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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

  @media (min-width: 890px) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

      grid-column-gap: 2.5rem;
    }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {

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

  }

  @media (min-width: 990px) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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








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


HOUSE of COMMONS. 








VOL. 102. 








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JOURNALS 


OF THE 





HOUSE of COMMONS. 





From JANuaRyY the 19th, 1847, 


In the TeEntH Year of the Reign of 


QUEEN VICTORIA, 
To JULY the 23d, 1847, 


QUEEN VICTORIA. 


—=—— 


Sess. 1847. 


ee 


ee . 


Printed by Order of The House of Commons. 

















Vor. 102, A2 





















JOURNALS 


OF THE 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 








VOL. 102. 














Message 
to attend 
Her Majesty. 


Writs issued 
in the Recess. 


Members take 
the Oaths, 


Corn. 
No. 1, 


JOURNALS 


OF THE 


HOUSE 


of COMMONS. 








Sess. 1847. 








Martis, 19° die Januarii ; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


MESSAGE from Her Majesty, by Mr. 
Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod: 


Mr. Speaker, 


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

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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That in pur- 
suance of the directions of the Act passed in the 
24th year of the reign of his Majesty King George 
the Third, c. 26, he had issued his Warrants to the 
Clerk of the Crown to make out new Writs for the 
election of Members to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the Shire of Renfrew, in the room of 
Patrick Maxwell Stewart, Esquire, deceased ; for 
the Parts of Lindsey, in the County of Lincoln, in 
the room of the Honourable Charles Anderson 
Worsley Pelham, commonly called Lord Worsley, 
now Earl of Yarborough, called up to the House of 
Peers ; and, for the Eastern Division of the County 
of Worcester, inthe room of John Barneby, Esquire, 
deceased. 


Several Members returned upon new Writs took 
the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and took 
and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, and deli- 
vered to the Clerk of the House an account of their 
qualification. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Statement of the Average Prices (regulating Duties) 
of Wheat, Barley and Oats, with the Rates of Duty 
payable on Foreign Corn, in each week, from the 
25th day of June 1846:—An Account of Imports 
and Entries of Foreign and Colonial Wheat and 
Flour, Indian Corn and Meal, in each week since 
the passing of the Act 9 and 10 Vic. c. 22, and in 
each month during the year 1846 :—A Comparative 


Statement of Imports and Entries of Foreign and 
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Colonial Wheat and Flour, Jndian Corn and Indian 
Meal, Barley and Barley Meal, Oats and Oatmeal, 
in each year, ending the 5th day of January 1844, 
1845, 1846, and 1847 :—Statements of Wheat 
Flour, Indian Corn, and Indian Meal imported into 
the United Kingdom from the United States of 
America, during the years ended the 5th day of 
January 1845 and 1846; also during the eleven 
months ending the 5th day of December 1846 :— 
Of the Quantities of Foreign and Colonial Wheat, 
Flour, Indian Corn, and Indian Meal exported from 
the bonded warehouses in the same period :—Of 
British and Irish Wheat and Flour exported during 
the eleven months ending the 5th day of December 
1846 :—Accounts of the Imports into Jreland in 
1846, up to the latest period, ‘of Wheat, Flour, 
Indian Corn, and Indian Meal, from Great Britain 
and from Foreign Countries :—Of Wheat, Barley, 
Oats, and Flour, exported from Jreland in 1846 :— 
And, a Comparative Statement of Wheat and Flour, 
Barley and Oats, exported from Ireland to Great 
Britain, in the years 1843, 1844, 1845, and 1846. 

Mr. Parker accordingly presented the said Papers. 

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


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


to be read a second time. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Corn, &amp;c. 


an Account of the Quantities of Wheat, Barley, 
Oats, Wheat Flour, Oatmeal, Butter, Cheese, and 
Meat; of the Number of Cattle, Sheep, and Swine 
imported into Great Britain from Ireland, in each 
month in the year 1846. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Navy. 


Copy of the Treasury Minute restricting Naval 
Promotion to one vacancy in three, the Number of 
Officers on the List at the date of the Minute, and 
the Number on the 30th day of September 1846. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Steam Vesse's. 
Return of Screw Steam Vessels laid down and (X2"y-) 


launched since the 1st day of January 1840 ; also, 
of Iron Steam Vessels laid down and launched from 
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the same time, distinguishing those with Screw, 
their Tonnage, Horse-power, and Armament. 


Salisbury 


- Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
rit. 


to thé Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
‘for the electing of a Citizen to serve in this present 
Parliament for the City of Salisbury, in the room 
of Ambrose Hussey, Esquire, who, since his Election 
for the said City, hath accepted the Office of Stew- 
ard or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s Three Chiltern Hun- 
dreds, of Stoke, Desborough and Bonenham, in the 
County of Buckingham. 


Sussex ( West- 
ern Division) 


Writ. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Western Division 
of the County of Sussex, in the room of Charles 
Wyndham, Esquire, who, since his Election for the 
said Division of the said County, hath accepted the 
Office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s Three 
Chiltern Hundreds, of Stoke, Desborough and Bo- 
nenham, in the County of Buckingham. 


Mr. Speaker Mr. Speaker reported, That the House had this 


Tee Majesty's “@Y attended Her Majesty in the House of Peers, 
—_ Y* where Her Majesty was pleased to make a most 


gracious Speech from the Throne, to both Houses 
of Parliament, of which Mr. Speaker said he had, 
for greater accuracy, obtained a Copy; which he read 
to the House, as followeth ; 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 


It is with the deepest concern that upon your 
again assembling I have to call your attention to the 
dearth of provisions which prevails in Jreland and 
in ~~ of Scotland. 

n Ireland especially the loss of the usual food of 
the people has hai the cause of severe sufferings, 
of disease, and of greatly increased mortality among 
the poorer classes. Outrages have become more 
frequent, chiefly directed against property ; and the 
transit of provisions has been rendered unsafe in 
some parts of the country. 

With a view to mitigate these evils very large 
numbers of men have been employed, and received 
wages, in pursuance of an Act passed in the last 
Session of Parliament. Some deviations from that 
Act, which have been authorized by the Lord Lieu- 
tenant in order to promote more useful employment, 
will, I trust, receive your sanction. Means have 
been taken to lessen the pressure of want in districts 
which are most remote from the ordinary sources 
of supply. Outrages have been repressed, as far 
as it was possible, by the Military and Police. 

It is satisfactory to Me to observe, that in many 
of the most distressed districts the patience and 
resignation of the People have been most exem- 
plary. 

The deficiency of the harvest in France and Ger- 
many, and other parts of Europe, has added to the 
difficulty of obtaining adequate supplies of provi- 
sions, 

It will be your duty to consider what further 
measures are required to alleviate the existing dis- 
tress. I recommend to you to take into your serious 
consideration whether, by increasing, for a limited 
period, the facilities for importing Corn from Fo- 
reign Countries, and by the admission of Sugar 
more freely into Breweries and Distilleries, the sup- 
ply of food may be beneficially augmented. 

I have likewise to direct your earnest considera- 
tion to the permanent condition of Ireland. You 
will perceive, in the absence of political excitement, 
an opportunity for taking a dispassionate survey of 
the social evils which afflict that part of the United 
Kingdom. Various measures will be laid before 
you, which, if adopted by Parliament, may tend to 
raise the great mass of people in comfort, to promote 
agriculture, and to lessen the pressure of that com- 


19° Januarie. ” 





A, 1847. 


petition for land. which has been the fruitful source 
of crime and misery. ; 

The marriage of the Infanta Luisa Fernanda of 
Spain to the Duke of Montpensier has given rise to 
a Correspondence between My Government and 
those of France and Spain. 

The extinction of the Free State of Cracow has 
appeared to Me to be so manifest a violation of the 
Treaty of Vienna, that I have commanded that a 
Protest against that Act should be delivered to the 
Courts of Vienna, Petersburgh and Berlin, which 
were parties to it. Copies of these several Papers 
will be laid before you. 

I entertain confident hopes that the hostilities in 
the River Plate, which have so long interrupted 
Commerce, may soon be terminated, and My efforts, 
in conjunction with those of the King of the French, 
will be earnestly directed to that end. 

My relations generally with Foreign Powers in- 
spire Me with the fullest confidence in the mainte- 
nance of Peace. 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


I have directed the Estimates to be prepared, 
with a view to provide for the efficiency of the Pub- 
lic Service, with a due regard for economy. 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 


I have ordered every requisite preparation to be 
made for putting into operation the Act of the last 
Session of Parliament for the establishment of Local 
Courts for the Recovery of Smal] Debts. It is My 
hope that the enforcement of Civil Rights in all 
parts of the Country to which the Act relates may, 
by this measure, be materially facilitated. 

I recommend to your attention measures which 
will be laid before you for improving the Health of 
Towns, an object the importance of which you will 
not fail to appreciate. 

Deeply sensible of the blessings which, after a 
season of calamity, have been so often vouchsafed 
to this nation by a superintending Providence, I con- 
fide these important matters to your care, in a full 
conviction that your discussions will be guided by 
an impartial spirit, and in the hope that the present 
sufferings of My people may be lightened, and that 
their future condition may be improved, by your 
deliberative wisdom. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Resolution 
ae , That an humble Address be presented to Her for Address. 
ajesty, humbly to thank Her Majesty for Her 
most gracious Speech from the Throne : 
Humbly to inform Her Majesty, that we fully par- 
ticipate in the deep concern which Her Majesty 
expresses in having to call our attention to the dearth 
of provisions which prevails in Jreland and parts of 
Scotland : 
To state to Her Majesty, that we lament to learn 
that in Jreland especially, the loss of the usual food 
of the people has been the cause of severe sufferings, 
of disease, and of greatly increased mortality among 
the poorer classes. We 7 regret that outrages, 
chiefly against property, have become more frequent, 
and that, in some parts of the country, the transit 
of provisions has been rendered unsafe : 


To thank Her Majesty for informing us that, with 
a view to mitigate these evils, very large numbers of 
men have been employed, and have received wages, 
in pursuance of an Act passed in the last Session of 
Parliament ; and to assure Her Majesty that we will 
take into our consideration the propriety of giving 
our sanction to the deviations from that Act, which 
have been authorized by the Lord Lieutenant of Jre- 
land, in order to promote more useful employment : 
To thank Her Majesty for informing us, that 
means have been taken to lessen the pressure of 
want in districts which are most remote from the 
ordinary sources of supply, and that outrages ae 
en 


10 Vicroriz. 19°—90° 
been repressed, as far as it 
Military and Police: 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty, that we partici- 
pate in the satisfaction with which Her Majesty 
observes the exemplary patience and resignation of 
the people in many of the most distressed districts : 

To express the regret with which we learn, that 
the difficulty of obtaining adequate supplies of pro- 
visions has been augmented by the deficiency of the 
harvest in France and Germany, and in some other 
parts of Europe :—To state to Her Majesty, that, in 
compliance with Her Majesty’s recommendation, we 
will not fail to consider what further measures may be 
required to alleviate the existing distress, and to 
take into our serious consideration whether by in- 
creasing, for a limited period, the facilities for im- 
porting Corn from Foreign Countries, and by the 
admission of Sugar more freely into Breweries and 
Distilleries, the supply of food may be beneficially 
augmented : 

To assure Her Majesty that our earnest consider- 
ation shall be directed to the permanent condition 
of Jreland, and that we will avail ourselves of the 
opportunity afforded, by the absence of political 
excitement, to take a dispassionate survey of the 
social evils which afflict that part of the United 
Kingdom : 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for the assurance 
‘that various measures will be laid before us which 
are intended to raise the great mass of the people 
in comfort, to promote agriculture, and to lessen the 
pressure of that competition for the occupation of 
Jand which has been the fruitful source of crime and 
misery : 


was possible, by the- 


Januarii. 5 

To assure Her Majesty, that we fully participate 
in the deep sense Her Majesty entertains of the 
blessings, which, after a season of calamity, have so 
often been vouchsafed to this nation by a super- 
intending Providence; humbly to thank Her Ma- 
| jesty for confiding to us those important matters, for 
the gracious expression of Her Majesty’s full con- 
viction that our discussions will be guided by an 
impartial spirit, and for Her Majestv’s hope, that, 
by our deliberations, the present sufferings of Her 
people may be lightened, and their future condition 
be improved ; 


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


Mercurii, 20° die Januarii, 1847: 


And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 


the said Resolution:—And a Committee was ap- 
pointed of Mr. Charles Howard, Mr. Ricardo, 
Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Sir George 
Grey, Sir John Hobhouse, The Chancellor of the 
Exchequer, Viscount Morpeth, Mr. Labouchere, 
Mr. Macaulay, Mr. Attorney-General, Mr. Solicitor- 
General, The Lord Advocate, Sir William Somer- 
ville, Mr. Charles Buller, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Tufnell, 
Mr. Parker, and Mr. Greene, or any Five of them:— 
And they are to withdraw immediately. 





' the Committee. 


Humbly to thank Her Majesty, for informing us | ; 
¥ rt | | Ordered, That the Votes and Proceedings of this Votes and 
'House be printed, being first, perused by Mr, Proceedings, 


that the Marriage of the Infanta Luisa Fernanda of 
Spain with the Duke of Montpensier, has given rise 
to a Correspondence between the Government of 
Her Majesty and those of France and Spain: 

Humbly to express our acknowledgments to Her 
Majesty, for informing us that the extinction of the 
free State of Cracow has appeared to Her Majesty 
to be so manifest a violation of the Treaty of Vienna, 
that Her Majesty has commanded that a Protest 
against that act should be delivered to the Courts 
of Vienna, Petersburgh and Berlin, which were 
parties to it, and for having directed that Copies of 
these several Papers shall be laid before us : 

To assure Her Majesty, that we have learned with 
oreat satisfaction, that Her Majesty entertains con- 
fident hopes that the hostilities on the River Plate, 
which have so long interrupted commerce, may soon 
be terminated, and gratefully to acknowledge Her 
Majesty’s assurance, that Her efforts, in conjunction 
with those of the King of the French, will be earnestly 
directed to that end : 

That we rejoice to be informed, that Her Majesty’s 
relations generally with Foreign Powers, inspire 
Her Majesty with the fullest confidence in the main- 
tenance of Peace: 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty, for having di- 
rected the Estimates to be prepared, with a view to 
provide for the efficiency of the Public Service, with 
a due regard for economy : 

To thank Her Majesty, for informing us that Her 
Majesty has been graciously pleased to order every 
requisite preparation to be made for putting into 
operation the Act of the last Session of Parliament, 
for the establishment of Local Courts for the Re- 
covery of Small Debts, and to assure Her Majesty, 
that we participate in the hope expressed by Her 
“Majesty, that the enforcement of Civil Rights in all 
parts of the country to which the Act relates, may, 
by this measure, be materially facilitated : 

To assure Her Majesty, that in conformity with 
Her Majesty’s gracious recommendation, we will 
direct our attention to the measures which will be 
laid before us for improving the Health of Towns, 
an object the importance of which we do not fail to 

. appreciate : 

Vou. 102. 


peaker; and that he do appoint the printing 
thereof; and that no person but such as he shall 
appoint do presume to print the same. 


an Account, showing, for each of the last Five years, 
the Quantities brought to Charge of Foreign, of 
Colonial, and of British Spirits, respectively ; the 
Values of the imported Silk Manufactures, brought 
to Charge at the Customs, and of the Silk Manu- 
factures exported, in the several years respectively; 
also, the Quantities of Raw Silk imported in each 
year. 


inclusive, the Number of Vessels and of Tonnage 
entered inwards and cleared outwards at each of the 
Twelve principal Ports of the United Kingdom 
respectively ; also, the official and declared Values 
of the Exports, and official Value of the Imports, 
for each of the said Ports, during the same years 
respectively. 


an Account of the Total Amount of Duty received 
upon Foreign Wheat imported between the 5th day 
of July 1846 and the 19th day of January 1847; 
together with the Weekly Average Price of Wheat, 
according to the Gazette, in each week of the same 
period; and the Quantities imported and the 
Quantities entered for Consumption in each week. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after One of the clock 
on Wednesday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 





B3 


Si 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw Committee 


up an Address, to be presented to Her Majesty, upon poh wos up 
= Tess 5 


Ordered, That Her Majesty’s Most gracious Queen’sSpecch 
Speech to both Houses of Parliament be referred to referred. 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Shipping, 
Return showing, for each year from 1816 to 1845, Exports, &amp;e. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Wheat. 

















Southwark 
Paving, &amp;c. 


Middlesex 
Writ. 


Bristol and 
Exeter Rail- 
way (Taunton 
and Castle 
Cary Branch) 
Bill. 


Bristol and 
Exeter Rail- 
way (Branch 
from Bleadon 
to Wells, 
Glastonbury 
and Street) 


, 


Bill. 


South Eastern 
Railway 

(Mid Kent and 
Direct Tun- 
bridge) Bill. 


Lowestoft 
Railway and 
Harbour 
(Alteration 
near Reed- 


ham) Bill. 


Liverpool 
Gas Bill. 


Mercurii, 20° die Januari ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 

HE following Returns having been transmitted 

to the Clerk, were laid upon the Table; viz., 
Returns to an Order dated the 28th day of August, 
in the last Session of Parliament, for Accounts from 
the Commissioners of the West Division of the 
Borough Pavements, under the Act 6 Geo. 3, c. 3: 
—From the Trustees of the South District of 
Saint George, Southwark, under the Act 10 Geo. 4, 
c.128:—From the Trustees of the Kent-road, 
for Paving, &amp;c., and Lighting, under the Act 52 
Geo. 3:—And from the Trustees of the Dover-road 
Improvement Act, 11 Geo,4: Of all Receipts of 
the Trust for the last Three years, ending the 24th 
day of June 1846, distinguishing the Amount of 
Rates from other Receipts, if any, and the Amount 
of the Expenditure of the Trust during the same 
Period, with the separate Amounts annually paid 
for Salaries of Officers, Poundage on collection of 
Rates, Law Expenses, and any other Expenses 
whatsoever, for the maintenance and management 
of the Trust, and the separate Amounts at which 
each Contract has been taken during the said Period, 
with the Name of each Contractor, (so far as relates 
to the Trustees for lighting, &amp;c. the South District 
of Saint George-the-Martyr, Southwark.) 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire, to serve in 
this present Parliament for the County of Middlesex, 
in the room of George Byng, Esquire, deceased. 


A Petition of the Bristol and Exeter Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
said Company to make a Branch Railway from the 
parish of Lyng, near the town of Taunton, to join 
the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway, near 
Castle Cary, in the county of Somerset, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Dickinson, Mr. 


Philip Miles and Mr. Henry Berkeley. 


A Petition of the Bristol and Exeter Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
said Company to make a Branch Railway from the 
Bristol and Exeter Railway, in the parish of Blea- 
don, to the city of Wells, the town of Glastonbury, 
and the parish of Street, all in the county of Somer- 
sel, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Dickinson, Mr. 
Philip Miles and Mr. Henry Berkeley. 


A Petition of the South Eastern Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said 
Company to make a Railway from the North Kent 
line of the South Eastern Railway, at Lewisham, to 
Tunbridge, with branches to Dartford, Sevenoaks, 
Maidstone and Paddock Wood, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Sir Edmund Lilmer and Mr. Plumptre. 


A Petition of the Lowestoft Railway and Harbour 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize 
an alteration in the line of the Lowestoft Railway, 
and to amend the Act relating to the Lowestoft 
Ra‘lway and Harbour Company, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
coraingly, by Mr. Burroughes and Mr. Wodehouse. 


A Petition of the Liverpool Gas Light Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Provisions 
of two several Acts relating to the said Company, 
and to enable the said Company to raise a further 
Sum of Money, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Viscount Sandon and Sir Howard Douglas. 


90° Januariz. 





A. 1847. 


A Petition of the Commissioners acting in execu- Portsmouth 
tion of the several Acts thereinafter mentioned, for Lights wil 
leave to bring in a Bill for paving, lighting, cleansing, Improvement 
watering, regulating and otherwise improving the Bill. 
town of Portsmouth, in the county of Southampton, 
and for removing and preventing Nuisances and 
Annoyances therein, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 


Mr. Baring and Sir George Staunton. 





Brewer 

&amp;e. 
A Petition of Commissioners acting in execution Birkenhead 

of the Acts thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring — 

: ; ~ . nend- 

in a Bill for amending and enlarging the Powers and ment (No. 1.) 

Provisions of the several Acts relating to the Im- Bill. 

provement of Birkenhead, Claughton-cum-Grange, 

and part of Oxton, in the county of Chester, was 

presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 

brought in accordingly, by Sir Philip Egerton, Mr. 

Tatton Egerton and Mr. John Tollemache. 


Corpor 
Punish 
(Army 


A Petition of the Birkenhead Dock Company Birkenhead 
and the Herculaneum Dock Company, for leave to Dock — 
bring in a Bill to amalgamate the said Companies, he sel 
and to amend the Provisions of the Acts relating Dock Com- 
thereto, was presented, and read. a oa 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to ™“" * 
consolidate the Birkenhead and the Herculaneum 
Dock Companies: And that Sir Philip Egerton, 

Mr. Tatton Egerton and Mr. John Tollemache do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Seame 


Labou 


A Petition of Commissioners acting in execution Birkenhead (Color 


of the Acts thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring (Commission- 
pina Bill to authorize the Birkenhead Dock Com- ye ane 
missioners to construct an additional Dock and other (Construction 
Works at Birkenhead, in the county of Chester, and of New Docks 
for other purposes, was presented, and read. aa 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill pin, 

to authorize the Birkenhead Dock Commissioners 

to construct an additional Dock and other Works 

at Birkenhead, and for other purposes: And that 

Sir Philip Egerton, Mr. Tatton Egerton and Mr. 

John Tollemache do prepare, and bring it in, 


Leave 


A Petition of Commissioners acting in execution Birkenhead eee 


of the Acts thereinafter mentioned, for leave to Comimission- 
bring in a Bill to alter and amend the Acts relating {° —— 

page A ap mendment 
to the Birkenhead Commissioners’ Docks, and to (as to Con- 
make further Provision with respect to the Con- struction of 
struction of the Sea or Wharf Walls along Wallasey hala 
Pool, and for other purposes, was presented, and pil, ~ 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Sir Philip Egerton, Mr. Tatton Eger- 
ton and Mr. John Tollemache. 


New! 


Grair 
Provi 
(Irels 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Malt. 
Account of the Total Number of Quarters of Malt 
made between the 10th day of October 1845 and 
the loth day of October 1846 ; distinguishing the 
Quantity made in each County, and the Quantity 
used by Brewers and Victuallers and Retail Brew- 
ers :—Also, continuing this Return up to the 10th 
day of January 1847 (in continuation of former 
Return). Sug: 
Mok; 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Hops. 
Accounts of the Total Number of Acres of Land in 
Great Britain under the Cultivation of Hops in the 
year 1846 ; distinguishing the Number of Acres in 
each Parish:—Of the Duty on Hops of the growth 
of the year 1846 ; distinguishing the Districts and 
the Old from the New Duty :—Of the Quantity of 
Hops exported from Great Britain to Foreign 
Countries, from the 5th day of January 1846 to the 
5th day of January 1847 ; distinguishing the Coun- 
tries to which the same have been exported, and 
also the Quantities to each Country ; also, British 
from Foreign growths, and the Dates of the years 
in which the British Hops were grown :—Of Fo- 
reign Hops imported into the United Kingdom, 
from 





Brewers, 
&amp;e. 


Corporal 
Punishments 
( Army.) 


Seamen. 


Labour 
(Colonies.) 


10 Victroriz. 


from the 5th day of January 1846 to the 5th day of 
January 1847; distinguishing the Ports where im- 
ported, and the Countries from whence exported : 
—aAnd, of the Total Number of Pounds Weight of 
Hops charged with Duty in each of the several 
Collections of the United Kingdom, in the year 1846 
(in continuation of former Keturns). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the Number of Persons in each of the 
several Collections in the United Kingdom licensed 
as Brewers, Victuallers, to sell Beer to be drunk 
on the Premises, and to sell Beer not to be drunk 
on the Premises; stating the Number of each Class 
who brew their own Beer, and the Quantity of 
Malt consumed by them, particularising each Class 
in each Collection, from the 10th day of October 
1845 to the 10th day of October 1846 (in continua- 
tion of former Return). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Corporal Punishments 


which have been inflicted in the Army since the | 


last Parliamentary Returns, up to the latest period 
at which they can be furnished. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Seamen afloat above the 
Estimate, and the Number of Seamen that the 
Channel Squadron are short of Complement. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence 
relative to the supply of Labour to the British Co- 
lonies in the West Indies and the Mauritius (in con- 
tinuation of the Papers presented 26th August 1846, 
No. 691 (2).) 

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


20° Januariz. - f 


and commerce of the British Empire, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


the House will enact such laws with reference to 
the keepers of brothels and all persons trafficking 
|in female virtue as shall invest magistrates and 
officers of police with more summary powers, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Poor of the city and county of the city of Chester, 
praying that the House will forthwith pass a law 
abolishing the Poor Law Commissioners, and with- 
hold a vote of supply to defray the cost of such 
| Commissioners, and also repeal the Act 9 and 10 
Vic., c. 66, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Brechnock Union, praying the House to abolish the 
law of Settlement absolutely and entirely, and in 
lieu thereof to enact that the maintenance and relief 
of the destitute poor be made a national charge, and 
that all the property in the kingdom be assessed in 
just and equal proportions, according to its relative 
value, for their support, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


forthwith passed, containing such wholesome pro- 
visions of out-door relief, as may be adequate to the 
destitution of the Jrish people, as may save the 
people of England from being made contributory to 
their support, and which may protect the poor la- 
bourers of England and Wales from a demoralizing 
competition with their fellow labourers in Ireland, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Magistrates, Clergy Promiscuous 
and Inhabitants of the town of Dovor, praying that Intercourse. 


A Petition of the Incorporated Guardians of the Poor Law. 


A Petition of the Guardians of the Poor of the Settlement. 


A Petition of the Guardians of the Poor of the poor Law 
Brecknock Union, praying that a Poor Law may be (Ireland.) 




























aw 


« Ordered, That all persons who will question any Orders and 
Leave of Ordered, That Mr. Colquhoun have leave of ab-| Returns of Members to serve in Parliament, for Resolutions. 
Absence. sence for two months, on account of ill health. any county, city, borough, or place in the United Elections, 





New Zealand. 


Grain and 
Provisions 


(Ireland.) 


Sugir and 
Molasses, 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Papers relative to the Affairs of New Zea- 
land—Correspondence with Governor Grey. 


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


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bristol, stating that 
the Petitioners have learned that numbers of their 
fellow subjects in Jreland are perishing from the 
effects of hunger and destitution, whilst there is 
abundance of grain in foreign markets; and praying 
for the immediate employment of the whole marine 
belonging to or under the control of the Government 
and people of England in the transportation of grain 
and provisions, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Bankers, Brewers, Dis- 
tillers and other Traders of the city of London, pray- 
ing that the House will be pleased immediately to 
rescind the penalties to which public brewers and 
distillers are at present liable for using sugar and 
molasses, and allow henceforth the free and unre- 
stricted use of these commodities, whereby the Peti- 
tioners consider the House will greatly encourage and 
benefit the colonists, and concede to them the right, 
as British subjects, to dispose of their produce in a 
more enlarged and better market, cause a consider- 
able saving in the consumption of barley and other 
grain, secure to the Petitioners and Her Majesty’s 
subjects generally the continued enjoyment of their 
usual beverage at a cheap rate, protect and probably 
augment the public revenue, and extend the shipping 


Kingdom, do question the same within fourteen 
days next, and so within fourteen days next after 
any new Return shall be brought in. 

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

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

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








VoL. 102. 


B4 Resolved, 


























Witnesses, 


Metropolis 
Police. 


Footmen. 


Prayers. 


Letters. 








8 90° Januarie. 


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

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


Resolved, That if it shall appear that any person 
hath been tampering with any Witness, in respect 
of his evidence to be given to this House, or any 
Committee thereof, or directly or indirectly hath 
endeavoured to deter or hinder any person from 
appearing or giving evidence, the same is declared 
to be a high crime and misdemeanor; and this 
House will proceed with the utmost severity against 
such offender. 

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

Ordered, That the Commissioners of the Police 
of the Metropolis do take care that, during the 
Session of Parliament, the passages through the 
Streets leading to this House be kept free and open, 
and that no obstruction be permitted to hinder the 
passage of Members to and from this House, and 
that no disorder be allowed in Westminster Hall, or 
in the passages leading to this House, during the 
sitting of Parliament, and that there be no annoy- 
ance therein or thereabouts ; and that the Serjeant- 
at-Arms attending this House do communicate this 
Order to the Commissioners aforesaid. 


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

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

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

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

Ordered, That, to prevent the intercepting or 
losing of Letters directed to Members of this 
House, the person appointed to bring Letters from 
the General Post-office to this House, or some 
other person to be appointed by the Postmaster- 
General, do for the future, every day during the 
Session of Parliament, Sundays excepted, constantly 
attend, from ten of the clock in the morning till 
seven in the afternoon, at the place appointed for 
the delivery of the said Letters, and take care 
during his stay there, to deliver the same to the 








A, 1847. 


several Members to whom they shall be directed,. 
or to their known servant or servants, or others 
bringing notes under the hands of the Members 
sending for the same. 

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

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

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


Ordered, That a Committee of Privileges be Privileges, 


appointed. 


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


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

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

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


Resolved, That the House do meet every Wed- Business of 
nesday at Twelve o’clock at noon, for Private Busi- the House. 


ness, Petitions, and Orders of the Day, and do 
continue to sit until Six o’clock, unless previously 
adjourned. 

Resolved, That when such Business has been dis- 
posed of, or at Six o’clock precisely, notwithstand- 
ing there may be Business under discussion, Mr. 
Speaker do adjourn the House, without putting any 
Question. 

Resolved, That whenever the House shall be in 
Committee at Six o’clock, the Chairman do imme- 
diately report Progress, and Mr. Speaker do resume 
the Chair, and adjourn the House, without putting 
any Question. 

Resolved, That the Business under discussion, 
and any Business not disposed of at the time of such 
adjournment, do stand as Orders of the Day for the 
next day on which the House shall sit. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That Committees on all Private Bills, as well 
as on Railway Bills, consist of Five Members, 
neither personally nor indirectly interested in the 
Question submitted to their consideration ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Ewart, 7 
Yeas, U Mr. Thornely : of 
Tellers for thef Mr. Mewdegate, 1 
Noes, l Mr. Wilson Patten: J 

So it passed in the Negative. 


36. 


103. 


The House was moved that the Standing Order standing 
of the House No. 3, relative to the appointment of Orders. 


Committees, might be read ; and the same was read, 

as followeth :— 
“« That a Committee to be designated the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, shall be nominated 
at 














Libr 
Hous 


Poo! 


Ru 








Library of the 
House. 


leges, 





ess, 


Poor Law. 


Russian 
Dutch Loan. 


Address 
33 of reported. 


USe.. 








10 Vicroriz. 


at the commencement of everv Session, and shall 
consist of Eleven Members, of whom Five shall be 
a Quorum.” ‘ 

And a Committee was nominated of Sir William 
Heathcote, Mr. Ord, Lord Dalmeny, Sir Robert 
Ferguson, Mr. Wilson Patten, Sir John Yarde Bul- 
ler, Mr, Agiionby, Captain Jones, Mr. Home Drum- 
mond, Mr. Wrightson and Mr. Sotheron. 


Ordered, That a Standing Committee of Sixteen 
Members be appcinted to assist Mr. Speaker in the 
direction of the Library, and to whom shall be re- 
ferred all matters relating thereto:—And a Com- 
mittee was appointed by Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 
The Chancellor ofthe Exchequer, Lord John Rus- 
sell, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Williams 
Wynn, The Lord Advocate, Mr. Shaw, Viscount 
Palmerston, Viscount Mahon, Major-General Foz, 
Mr. Solicitor-General, Mr. Pendarves, Mr. Acland, 
Sir William Somerville and Mr. Monckton Milnes. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return from each Poor Law Union and Parish in 
England and Wales, of the Number of non-resident 
Families and Persons who were in receipt of Relief 
on the 26th day of August 1846; distinguishing 
those who have since become chargeable to the 
Unions and Parishes in which they were residing at 
that period. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the Amounts paid for Principal and for 
Interest in each year for the Russian Dutch Loan, 
since the Treaty of Vienna ; and stating the Amount 
of the principal Sum of such Loan now due and 
payable by Great Britain, under the Act 2 and 3 
Will. 4, c. 81. 


Mr. Charles Howard reported from the Com- 
mittee appointed yesterday to draw up an Address 
to be presented to Her Majesty, That they had 
drawn up an Address accordingly: And the same 
was read, as followeth : 


Most Gracious Sovereign, 


We Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal Sub- 
jects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, 
beg leave to express to Your Majesty our humble 
thanks for Your Majesty’s most gracious Speech 
from the Throne. 

We fully participate in the deep concern which 
Your Majesty expresses in having to call our at- 
tention to the dearth of provisions which prevails in 
Lreland and parts of Scotland. 

We beg to state to Your Majesty, that we lament 
to learn that, in Zreland especially, the loss of the 
usual food of the people has been the cause of 
severe sufferings, of disease, and of greatly increased 
mortality among the poorer classes: We deeply 
regret that outrages, chiefly against property, have 
become more frequent, and that, in some parts of 
the country, the transit of provisions has been 
rendered unsafe. 

We thank Your Majesty for informing us that, 
with a view to mitigate these evils, very large 
numbers of men have been employed, and have 
received wages, in pursuance of an Act passed in 
the last Session of Parliament; and we assure 
Your Majesty that we will take into our considera- 
tion the propriety of giving our sanction to the 
deviations from that Act, which have been autho- 
rized by the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, in order 
to promote more useful employment. 

We beg to express our thanks to Your Majesty 
for informing us, that means have been taken to 
lessen the pressure of want in districts which are 
most remote from the ordinary sources of supply, 

VoL. 102. 





20° Januariz. 








9 


and that outrages have been repressed, as far as it 
was possible, by the Military and Police. 

We humbly assure Your Majesty, that we par- 
ticipate in the satisfaction with which Your Ma- 
jesty observes the exemplary patience and resigna- 
tion of the people in many of the most distressed 
districts. 

We learn with regret that the difficulty of 
obtaining adequate supplies of provisions has been 
augmented by the deficiency of the harvest in 
France and Germany, aad in some other parts of 
Europe; and, in compliauce with Your Majesty’s 
recommendation, we will not fail to consider what 
further measures may be required to alleviate the 
existing distress, and to take into our serious con- 
sideration whether by increasing, for a limited 
period, the facilities for importing Corn from foreign 
countries, and by the admission of Sugar more 
freely into Breweries and Distilleries, the supply of 
food may be beneficially augmented. 

We assure Your Majesty that our earnest con- 
sideration shall be directed to the permanent 
condition of Ireland, and that we will avail ourselves 
of the opportunity afforded, by the absence of 
political excitement, to take a dispassionate survey 
of the social evils which afflict that part of the 
United Kingdom. 

We thank Your Majesty for the assurance that 
various measures will be laid before us which are 
intended to raise the great mass of the people in 
comfort, to promote agriculture, and to lessen the 
pressure of that competition for the occupation of 
land, which has been the fruitful source of crime 
and misery. 

We humbly thank Your Majesty for informing 
us that the Marriage of the Infanta Luisa Fernanda 
of Spain with the Duke of Montpensier, has given 
rise to a Correspondence between the Government 
of Your Majesty and those of France and Spain. 


We beg to express our acknowledgments to 
Your Majesty, for informing us that the extinction 
of the free State of Cracow, has appeared to Your 
Majesty to be so manifest a violation of the Treaty 
of Vienna, that Your Majesty has commanded that 
a Protest against that act should be delivered to 
the Courts of Vienna, Petersburgh and Berlin, 
which were parties to it, and for having directed 
that Copies of these several Papers shall be laid 
before us. 

We assure Your Majesty, that we have learned 
with great satisfaction, that Your Majesty enter- 
tains confident hopes that the hostilities on the 
River Plate, which have so long interrupted com- 
merce, may soon be terminated, and gratefully to 
acknowledge Your Majesty’s assurance, that Your 
efforts, in conjunction with those of the King of the 
French, will be earnestly directed to that end. 

We rejoice to be informed that Your Majesty’s 
relations generally with Foreign Powers inspire 
Your Majesty with the fullest confidence in the 
maintenance of Peace. 

We humbly thank Your Majesty for having 
directed the Estimates to be prepared, with a view 
to provide for the efficiency of the Public Service, 
with a due regard for economy. 


We thank Your Majesty for informing us that 
Your Majesty has been graciously pleased to order 
every requisite preparation to be made for putting 
into operation the Act of the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for the establishment of Local Courts for the 
Recovery of Small Debts, and we assure Your 
Majesty, that we participate in the hope expressed 
by Your Majesty, that the enforcement of civil 
rights in all parts of the country to which the Act 
relates, may, by this measure, be materially facili- 
tated. 

We assure Your Majesty that, in conformity 
with Your Majesty’s gracious recommendation, we 
will direct our attention to the measures which will 


c be 








Address 
agreed to. 


Queen’s 
Speech to be 
‘onsidered. 


Corn Importa- 
tion. 


Navigation. 


Customs and 
Excise. 


Milbank 


Prison. 


Union 
Workhouses 
(Ireland. ) 


Public Income 
and Expendi- 
ture. 

No. 2. 


10 20°—21° 


be laid before us for improving the Health of Towns, 
an object the importance of which we do not fail to 
appreciate. 

We fully participate in the deep sense Your Ma- 
jesty entertains of the blessings which, after a 
season of calamity, have so often been vouchsafed to 
this nation by a superintending Providence ; and 
we humbly thank Your Majesty for confiding to us 
those important matters, and for the gracious ex- 
pression of Your Majesty’s full conviction that our 
discussions will be guided by an impartial spirit ; 
and for Your Majesty’s hope, that, by our delibera- 
tions, the present sufferings of Your people may be 
lightened, and their future condition be improved. 

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

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


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


The House was moved, That the Act 9 and 10 
Vic., ¢. 22, to amend the Laws relating to the Im- 
portation of Corn, might be read; and the same 
being read. 

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


The House was moved, That the Act 8 and 9 Vic., 
ec. 88, for the Encouragement of British Shipping 
and Navigation, might be read ; and the same being 
read ; 

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


The House was moved, That the several Acts re- 
lating to the Duties of Customs and Excise, might 
be read; and the same being read ; 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Report of the Commissioners 
appointed, in August last, to inquire into the Ma- 
nagement of Milbank Prison, together with the 
Evidence :—Also, Copies of any Instructions or 
Orders issued by the Secretary of State to the Prison 
Authorities in consequence thereof. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of Correspondence relating to 
the state of Union Workhouses in Ireland. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Net Public Income of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the year 
ended the 5th day of January 1847 (after abating 
the Expenditure thereout defrayed by the several 
Revenue Departments), and of the actual Issues or 
Payments within the same period, exclusive of the 
Sums applied to the Redemption of Funded or pay- 
ing off Unfunded Debt, and of the Advances and 
Repayments for Local Works, &amp;c. :—And, of the 
Balances of the Public Money remaining in the 
Exchequer on the 5th day of January 1846; the 
Amount of Money raised by the additions to the 





Januari. A. 1847. 


Funded or Unfunded Debt in the year ended the 
5th day of January 1847; the Money applied to- 
wards the Redemption of the Funded or paying off 
Unfunded Debt; the Total Amount of Advances 
and Repayments on account of Local Works, &amp;c., 
with the Difference accruing thereon, and the Ba- 
lances in the Exchequer on the 5th day of January 
1847. 


Mr. Parker accordingly presented the said Ac- 
counts. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, spirits. 
Returns of the Consumption of Spirits, British, No.3. 
Foreign and Colonial, in the United Kingdom, from 
1800 to 1845, both inclusive. 

Mr. Parker accordingly presented the said Re- 
turns. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Malt. 
Account showing the Number of Bushels of Malt No.3. 
charged with Duty in the last Twenty years; the 
Rate of Duty, and Amount charged ; together with 
the Average Price of Barley per Bushel. 

Mr. Parker accordingly presented the said Ac- 
count. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 











Jovis, 21° die Januarii ; 


Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of East India. 
the East India Company, was called in, and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 
several Acts of Parliament,—List, No. 135, speci- 
fying the particulars of the Maritime Compensation 
proposed to be granted to the there-undermentioned 
persons under an arrangement sanctioned by the 
Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, 
and laid before the honourable the House of Com- 
mons on the 26th February 1846. 


Mr. Campbell also presented, — Return to an Education 
Order, dated the 5th day of August, in the last India.) 
Session of Parliament, for a Return of the Num- 
ber of Scholars in the several Schools and other 
Establishments for Education maintained at the 
Public Expense in the several Presidencies of Bri- 
tish India, specifying the Locality of each School 
and other Establishments for Education ; the Num- 
bers of Hindoo, Mussulman and Christian Scholars 
in the same respectively, and the Instruction afforded 
in each ; specifying whether the Christian Scri 
tures are or are not used in such Schools and other 
Establishments for Education (in completion of Re- 
turn, No. 118, of last Session) :—And then he with- 
drew. 

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


Sir Philip Egerton presented a Bill for amending Birkenhead 
and enlarging the Powers and Provisions of the Improvement 
several Acts relating to the Improvement of Birken- Acts Amend- 
head, Claughton-cum-Grange, and Part of Oxton, Bill, _—_ 
in the County of Chester: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Sir Philip Egerton presented a Bill to alter and Birkenhead 





amend the Acts relating to the Birkenhead Com- Commission- 
missioners’ 


eel FP cd tlt bet bt PP 


_ 





10 Vicroriz. 


ers Dock Acts missioners’ Docks, and to make further Provision 


Amendment with respect to the Construction of the Sea or Wharf 
p ncewngt Walls along Wallasey Pool, and for other Purposes: 
Sca Wallalong And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
Wallasey to be read a second time. 

Pool) Bill. 

Birkenhead Sir Philip Egerton presented a Bill to amalga- 
Dock i mate the Birkenhead and Herculaneum Dock Com- 
eh a pany, and to amend the Provisions of the Acts re- 
Dock Com- ating thereto: And the same was read the first 
pany Amalga- time; and ordered to be read a second time. 

mation Bill. ? 

Birkenhead Sir Philip Egerton presented a Bill to authorize 


(Commission- the Birkenhead Dock Commissioners to construct 


yes nega an additional Dock and other Works at Birken- 


(Construction fead,in the County of Chester, and for other Pur- 


rok y haem poses: And the same was read the first time ; and 
of Culvert) ordered to be read a second time. 

Bill. 

Manchester, A Petition of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne 
= and Manchester Railway Company, the Sheffield 


Railway (Sup- 2nd Lincolnshire Junction Railway Company, the 
ply of Surplus Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway Com- 


vy ater to wr, pany, and the Grimsby Dock Company, for leave to 

Salford, | bring in a Bill to enable the Manchester, Sheffield 

Stockport) and Lincolushire Railway Company to convey, by 

Bill means of reservoirs and aqueducts, the Water not 
required for their canals, called the Peak Forest 
Canal, and Macclesfield Canal, to the boroughs of 
Manchester, Salford and Stockport, for the better 
supply thereof with Water, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Mark Philips, Mr. Marsland and Mr. Gis- 
borne. 

London, A Petition of the London, Brighton and South 

ee Coast Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 


Railway (Kent Bill to enable the said Company to make a Railway 
Railway to — between London, Maidstone, Canterbury and Tun- 


sent el bridge, with Branches, was presented, and read ; 
and Tun- and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
bridge) Bill. by Mr. Frewen and Sir Thomas Troubridge. 

a Sir Howard Douglas presented a Bill to amend 


the Provisions of two several Acts relating to the 
Liverpool Gas Light Company, and to enable the 
said Company to raise a further Sum of Money : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Llynvi Valley 
Railway Ex- 
tension Bill. 


A Petition of the Llynvi Valley Railway ‘om- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said 
Company to make an Extension of their Railway to 
Newcastle, in the county of Glamorgan, and to 
amend the Acts relating to the said Railway, to be 
called The Liynvi Valley Railway Extension, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Dr. Bowring and Mr. 
Morvis. 


Wakefield A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Wake- 
New Gas Bill. fe/d, amd the neighbourhood thereof, and Pro- 
moters of the Undertaking thereinafter mentioned, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for better supplying with 
Gas the township of Wakefield, and the neighbour- 
hood thereof, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
William Lascelles and Mr. Stansfield. 
te cee A Petition of the Ipswich and Bury Saint Ed- 
mund’s Rail, mund’s Railway Company, for leave te bring in a 
way (No.1.) Bill to enable the Jpswich and Bury Saint Ed- 
(Extension to mund’s Railway Company to make a Railway from 
Bi ~— the Norwich Extension Line of the Ipswich and 
Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway, to or near to Yar- 
mouth, in the county of Norfolk, with two Branches 
therefrom, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Lord Fen- 
dleshom and Captain Gladstone. 
Vou. 102, 


91° Januari. 


11 


A Petition of the North Staffordshire Railway North Staf- 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a fordshire Rail- 
Railway from the Churnet Valley Line of the North Valloy — 
Staffordshire Railway, at or near Marchington, to and Trent Val- 
the Trent Valley Railway, at or near Hademore, ey Railway 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to a 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Adderley, Mr. 

Russell and Colonel Anson. 


A Petition of the North Staffordshire Railway North Staf- 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to consolidate mor Rail- 
and amend the Acts relating to the said Company, ao 
and to authorize certain alterations of, and the forma- Branches) Bill, 
tion of certain Branches and additional Works in 
connection with their Undertaking, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Adderley, Mr. Russell and Co- 


lonel Anson. 


Mr. Baring presented a Bill for paving, lighting, Portsmouth 
cleansing, watering, regulating and otherwise im- peed = 
proving the Town of Portsmouth, in the County of Seesecnanh 
Southampton, and for removing and preventing Nui- Bill. 
sances and Annoyances therein: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Kemble presented a Bill to enable the Bristol Bristol and 
and Exeter Railway Company to make a Branch Exeter Rail- 
Railway from the Bristol and Exeter Railway, in f.&gt;,‘pieadon 
the Parish of Bleadon, to the City of Wells, the to Welis, 
Town of Glastonbury, and the Parish of Séreeé, all pe a 
in the County of Somerset : And the same was read }ji1)- _ 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Kemble presented a Bill to enable the Bristo/ Bristol and 
and Exeter Railway Company to make a Branch te Sora 
Railway from the Parish of Lyng, near the Town and Castle 
of Taunton, to join the Wilts, Somerset and Wey- Cary Branch) 
mouth Railway, near Castle Cary, in the County of B” 
Somerset: And the same was read the first time ; 


and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the several Persons whose names Yeovil, 

. ? ae: -1, Bridport and 
are thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill jycter Rail- 
for making Railways from the Wilts, Somerset and way, with _ 
Weymouth Railway, near Yeovil and near Bridport, Branches, Bill. 
to the South Devon and Bristol and Ezeter Rail- 
ways, at Exeter, with Branches to Sidmouth, Char- 
mouth, Ilminster and Crewkerne, to be called The 
Exeter Great Western Railway, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Lord Courtenay and Sir Thomas 
Acland. 


A Petition of the Great Western Railway Com- Great Western 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a Rail- Rallway (Ex- 
way from the Berks and Hazts Railway, at Hunger- oe ga 
ford, to join the Line of the Wilts, Somerset and Hants Railway 

Weymouth Railway, at Westbury and Devizes, was pe pag on 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be ‘aie a 
brought in accordingly, by Lord Norreys and Vis- Branch to 

count Villiers. Devizes) Bill. 

A Petition of the Great Western Railway Com- Great Western 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for making Branch ee i 
Railways from the Great Western Railway, to the kgham, _ 
Towns of Egham, Staines, Brentford and Twichen- Staines, Brent~ 
ham, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- Twickenham) 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Lord WVorreys Bin. 
and Viscount Villiers. 


A Petition of the Great Western Railway Com- Great Western 
pany, for leave to bring ina Bill for making Branch win | tojoin 
Railways from the Great Western Railway, and the West Lon- 
from Hammersmith, to join the West London Rail- don Railway, 
way, for widening a portion of the West London sam dort 
Railway, and for extending the same, so as to join of West Lon. 
the London and South Western Railway, in the pa- don Railway, 


c2 rish 

















12 1° Januariz. 


and Branches rish of Saint Mary Lambeth, in the county of Sur- 
to Hammer- yey, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
smith, and to ? 3 ee 

join the Lon. Ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Lord 


don and South orreys and Viscount Villiers. 
Western 

Railway near 

Lambeth) Bill. 


Glasgow, A Petition of the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle 
errata Railway Company, and the Glasgow, Paisley, Kil- 
way,andGlas- marnock and Ayr Railway Company, for leave to 
gow, Paisley, bring in a Bill to amend the Acts and alter the 
aay ema terms of Amalgamation of the Glasgow, Paisley, 
yr Rail- |. A 
way (No. 4.) Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Company, and of the 
Bill. Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway Company, 
was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Acts, and alter the terms of Amalga- 
mation of the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Rail- 
way Company and of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kil- 
marnock and Ayr Railway Company: And_ that 
Mr. Bouverie and Mr. Ewart do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Glasgow, A Petition of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock 
Paisley, Kil- and Ayr Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
aor Balboa Bill to enable the said Company to make certain 
and Glasgow Branch Railways in the county of Ayr, and to alter 
arg eg the line of the Glasgow and Belfast Union Railway, 
way (No, 1.) and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
Bill. and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Bouverie and Mr. James Oswald. 


Glasgow, A Petition of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock 
Paisley, Kil- and Ayr Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
Ayr Railway Bill to authorize the construction of certain Branch 
(No. 2.) Bill. Railways in the county of Ayr, in connection with 
the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


by Mr. Bouverie and Mr. James Oswald. 


Glasgow, _ A Petition of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock 

Paisley. Kil, and Ayr Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 

Ayr Railway Bill to amend the Acts relating to the Glasgow, 

(No. 4.) Bill. Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway, and to au- 
thorize the formation of a Branch to Dunlop-street, 
in Glasgow, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Bouverie and Mr. James Os- 
wald. 


Newbury A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking 

Cemetery Bill. thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for establishing a General Cemetery for the inter- 
ment of the Dead in the Parish of Newbury, near 
the Town of Newbury, in the County of Berks, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Robert Palmer, Mr. 
Pusey and Viscount Barrington. 


‘Blackburn, 
Darwen and 
Bolton Rail- 
way Acts 
Amendment 


(Diversions of Blackburn and Bolton-in-the-Moors, and for amend- 


Line in the 
Parishes of 


Blackburn and 


A Petition of the Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
enabling the said Company to make certain Altera- 


A, 1847. 


A Petition of the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Birkenhead, 


Cheshire Junction Railway Company, for leave to joey ile 


bring in a Bill for enabling the said Company to make Junction Rail- 
certain Deviations in the main line and the Chester way (Devia- 


Branch of their Railway, and for other purposes, godin 


| was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered ter Branch, 


to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Philip Egerton, &amp;c.) Bill. 
Mr. John Tollemache and Mr. Cornwall Legh. 


A Petition of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne Manchester, 
and Manchester Railway Company, the Sheffield ye ao a 
and Lincolushire Junction Railway Company, the Railways (Sta- 
Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway tionatSheffield 
Company, and the Grimsby Dock Company, for poor oh 
leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Manchester, Canal) Bill. 
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company to 
construct an additional or enlarged Station at Shef- 
field, and to make a Branch Railway to the Sheffield 
Canal, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Par- 


her and Mr, Edward Heneage. 


A Petition of the Reading, Guildford and Rei- Reading, 
gate Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill i = 
to authorize certain Alterations of the line of the Railway Bill 
Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway, and to 
amend tlie Act relating thereto, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


Mr, Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Reading, 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Guildford 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for Railway Bil 
the Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway Bill, 
the Standing Orders have not been complied with, 
as no Notices have been given in the newspapers of 
any other county than Surrey, although the Bill 
relates also to the counties of Berkshire and South- 
ampton. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Glasgow, 
Railway Company, and the Glasgow, Paisley, Kil- Rumtiesand 
marnock and Ayr Railway Company, for leave to way, and Glas- 
bring in a Bill to amend the Act relating to the gow, Paisley 
Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway Company, sak er ae 
and to authorize the Company te make a Branch way (No. 2.) 
Railway to Kirkcudbright, with diverging Lines Bill. 
therefrom, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 


Standing Orders, 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Glasgow, 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for eng eg 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for ag, saline 
the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway, and gow, Paisley, 
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Kilmarnock 
(No. 2.) Bill, the Standing Orders have not been mee, 2.) 


complied with in the following instances: viz., Bill. 


1. Inthe parish of Buitle, a small triangular piece 
of ground, being a lawn separated by a low fence 





tions in the line of their Railway in the parishes of 


ing the Acts relating thereto, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 


Bolton-in-the- cordingly, by Mr. Wilson Patten and Mr. Talbot 


Moors ) Bill. 


Birkenhead, 
Lancashire 


and Cheshire 
Junction Rail- 


Clifton. 


A Petition of the Birkenhead, Lancashire and 
Cheshire Junction Railway Company and the Ches- 
ter and Birkenhead Railway Company, for leave to 


way, and Ches- bring in a Bill to incorporate the Chester and Bir- 
terandBirken- Reread Railway with the Birkenhead, Lancashire 


head Railway 


Purchase or 


Amalgamation read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- | 


Bill. 


and Cheshire Junction Railway, was presented, and 


cordingly, by Sir Philip Egerton, Mr. John Tolle- 
mache and Mr. Cornwall Legh. 


from 144 on the Plan (which latter is described in 
the Book of Reference as garden ground), about 
40 feet by 60 feet, the property of Robert Weems, 
Esquire, and cultivated as lawn, is not numbered 
thereon, nor referred to in the Book of Reference. 


2. In the same parish, a corner of a copse, being 
about 30 feet by 50 feet, the property of the said 
Robert Weems, Esquire, which is shown on the Plan 
to be beyond the limits of deviation, is marked 
within such limits on the enlarged Plan, and the 
same is not numbered thereon, nor described in the 
Book of Reference, nor has any application in writ- 
_Ing been made to the said Robert Weems in respect 
thereto. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 





A Petition 






































































So 


le 





Glasgow, 


Paisley, Kil- 
marnock an 
Ayr Railway, 
and Ayrshire 
and Bridge of 
Weir Railway 
(No. 3.) Bill. 


Glasgow, 
Paisley, Kil- 
marnock and 
Ayr Railway, 
and Ayrshire 
and Bridge of 
Weir Railway 
{No. 3.) Bill. 


Glasgow, 
Dumfries and 
Carlisle Rail- 
way, and Glas- 
gow, Paisley, 
Kilmarnock 
and Ayr Rail- 
way (No. 3.) 
Bill. 


Glasgow, 
Dumfries and 
Carlisle Rail- 
way, and Glas- 
gow, Paisley, 
Kilmarnock 
and Ayr Rail- 
way (No, 3.) 
Bill. 


21° Januari. 13 
The said line of the Clydesdale Junction Railway 


10 Vicroriz. 
A Petition of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock 


and Ayr Railway Company, and of the Ayrshire is also erroneously described on the Plans as pass- 


and Bridge of Weir Railway Company, for leave to | ing through Nos. 79 and 80, in the parish of Hamil- 
bring in a Bill to en@ble the Glasgow, Paisley, Kil-| ton; on the Plan of the proposed Branch to the 
marnock and Ayr Railway Company to make cer-| Wishaw and Coltness Railway, near Milton, the line 
tain Branch Railways in the counties of Renfrew of the said Clydesdale Junction Railway is erro- 
and Ayr, and for other purposes, was presented, neously described as passing through Nos. 68, 69, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on '75, and 77, in the parish of Hamilton, and as 
Standing Orders. crossed by the proposed Branch at the last-men- 
| tioned number. 

Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | The said line is crossed by the said proposed 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for) Branch in No. 76, in the parish of Hamilton, but: 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for no such crossing is shown on the Plan, nor have 
the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway,| the owners of the Clydesdale Junction Railwa 
and Ayrshire and Bridge of Weir Railway (No. 3.) | been applied to in respect of their property in i 
Bill, the Standing Orders have not been complied | number; the said line of the Clydesdale Junction 
with in the following instances: viz., | Railway passes through or into No. 78, in the 

1. The Book of Reference deposited in the Pri-| parish of Hamilton, but the Plans do not describe 
vate Bill Office does not contain the name of Dame| the said line as passing through or into the said 
Eliza Mary Shaw Stewart, of Newark, as proprie-| Number, nor are the names of the owners of the said 
trix of a field numbered 110, in the parish of Port Railway contained in the Book of Reference with 
Glasgow, on the Plan deposited in the Private Bill} Tespect to the said number, nor have they been ap- 
Office, which is erroneously represented in the said , plied to in respect to their property therein. 

Book of Reference as belonging to Matthew Brown,| Atthe point where the proposed Branch to the 
but the name of the said Dame Eliza Mary Shaw | intended Clydesdale Junction Ralens at Hamilton 
Stewart is entered therein as superior of the said | is stated on the Section to effect a junction with the 
property. said Railway on a level, there appears to be an 

2. That in the same parish the said Dame £liza error of between two and three feet in the relative 
Mary Shaw Stewart is proprietrix of certain gardens | levels of the Branch and the said Clydesdale Junc- 
and an old house numbered in the said Book of, tion Railway, the level of the rails of the Clydes- 
Reference 150, 151 and 152, but the said Dame dale Junction Railway being at that point between 
Eliza Mary Shaw Stewart is described therein as | two and three feet above the level of the rails of 
superior of the said property. the proposed Branch. 


3. One side of a portion of a public street in the | On sheet No. 4, of the Plans, the enlarged Plan 
parish of Port Glasgow, situated between 1 and | of No. 32, &amp;c., in the parish of Dalserf, differs from 
121, on the said Plan, and numbered thereon 113, the general Plan in the following particulars: viz., 
is not marked upon the said Plan, although the| The point of crossing the parish-road, No. 43, 
same is within the limits of deviation. on the enlarged Plan, is distant 180 feet, or there- 

4. In the parish of Port Glasgow, upon a certain | abouts, from the point of crossing as shown on the 
inclosure numbered 86 on the said Plan, and entered | general Plan. 
in the Book of Reference as the property of the' The general Plan shows the line as passing 
Gouroch Rope-work Company, a certain building | through field No. 42, whilst the enlarged Plan de- 
belonging to the said Company is not shown upon} scribes the line as crossing the road before reaching 
the said Plan. | that field, and consequently passing clear of that 


Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- field. 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. | The enlarged Plan describes the line as passing 
| through field No. 35, whilst the general Plan de- 


A Petition of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car- | scribes the line as passing clear of that field. 
lisle Railway Company, and the Glasgow, Paisley,| |The point of crossing the parish-road, No. 30, as 
Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Company, for leave | shewn on the enlarged Plan, is distant a chain, or 
to bring in a Bill to authorize the construction of! thereabouts, from the point of crossing as shown 
certain Branch Railways in the county of Lanark, | on the general Plan. 
in connection with the Glasgow, Dumfries and; On sheet No. 5, of the Plans, a road partly within 
Carlisle Railway, was presented, and read; and _ the limits of deviation lying between Nos. 66 and 
referred to the Select Committee on Standing | 74, in the parish of Hamilton, is not numbered on 
Orders. the Plan, but it appeared that the road is a con- 
tinuation of a road numbered 69, and that the divi- 
sion which has been drawn on the Plan between 
these portions of the road does not in fact exist. 

On sheet No. 9, of the Plans, at or near 74 fur- 
longs on the proposed Strathavon Branch, No. 126, 
in the parish of Dalserf, on the general Plan, repre- 








Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway, and 
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway 
(No. 3.) Bill, the Standing Orders have not been 


complied with in the following instances: viz., 

The Notices and Petition and Bill describe the 
proposed Branch to the Clydesdale Junction Rail- 
way (a Railway authorized to be made, but not yet 
executed), as terminating by a junction with the 
line of the said Railway at or near to North Mother- 
well Farm-house, in the parish of Dalziel, which 
junction is described on the Plans as being effected | 
in No. 94, in the said parish; but the true line of 
the said Clydesdale Junction Railway does not | 
exist at that point, nor is it inserted in the Book of | 
Reference as existing at that point, nor have the | 
owners of the said Railway been applied to as) 
owners of property at that point. | 

VoL, 102. 








sents a different property from that represented by 
the same number on the enlarged Plan, and the 
Book of Reference contains only one number 126 
in the parish of Dalserf. 


On sheet No, 10, a garden and orchard at or 
near 2 miles 33 furlongs adjoining No. 128, and 
partly within the limits of deviation, have not been 
numbered on the Plan, nor described in the Book 
of Reference. 

A field lying north of No. 90, in the parish of 
Dalserf, is not numbered on the Plan, nor described 
in the Book of Reference thereto. 


The line of Railway is incorrectly drawn in the 


additional Plan on the enlarged scale of property 
c3 No. 162, 





14 


No. 162, &amp;c., in the parish of Lesmahagow, being 
drawn about a chain west of its true position. 

The Plan of the Branch to Stonehouse is incon- 
sistent with the notices, and with the Petition and 
Bill, inasmuch as the notices and Bill describe the 
said Branch as terminating at or near to the south- 
west end of the village of Stonehouse, whilst the 
Plan shows the said Branch as terminating at a 
point distant between 3 and 4 furlongs from the 
extreme south-west end, which point is only about 
1 furlong distant from the extreme north-east end 
of the said village. 


On the Branch from Balgreen to Moss Castle, 
the point at which the line crosses the public road 
No. 43, in the parish of Crawford John, as shown 
on the Plan, differs from the same point as shown 
on the Section to the extent of 3 chains, or there- 
abouts. 


On the same Branch the line is shown on the 
Plan to join the Zesmahagow and Motherwell Branch 
at or near 1 mile, 1 furlong, 6 chains, 40 links, 
while on the Section the junction is shown at or 
near 1 mile, 1 furlong, 3 chains, 20 links. 


On the Lesmahagow and Motherwell Branch, the 
point at which the line crosses the public road No. 
3, in the parish of Lesmahagow, as shown on the 
Plan, differs from the same point as shown on the 
Section to the extent of 2 chains, 60 links, or there- 
abouts. 

On the Branch to Laigh Brockley, a public road 
No. 267, in the parish of Lesmahagow, is shown on 
the Plan to be crossed at 2 furlongs, 3 chains, 80 
links, whilst on the Section it is shown to be crossed 
at 2 furlongs, 7 chains, 80 links. 

On the Branch to Stonehouse a turnpike-road 
No. 171, in the parish of Dalserf, is shown on the 
Plan to be crossed at 1 mile, 2 chains, 50 links, 
whilst on the Section it is shown to be crossed at 
1 mile, 6 chains. 


On the same Branch, a road, No. 194, in the 
parish of eres is shown on the Plan to be crossed 
at 1 mile, 6 furlongs, 5 chains, 70 links, whilst on 
the Section it is shown to be crossed at 1 mile, 6 
furlongs, 8 chains, 30 links. 


Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Glasgow, A Petition of the Glasgow, Dumfries and Car- 
Dumfries and isle Railway Company, and the Glasgow, Paisley, 
Carlisle Rail- Kil ae yes, Seat ; for 1 

way,and Glas- Aé/marnock and Ayr Railway Company, for leave 
gow, Paisley, to bring in a Bill to enable the Glasgow, Dumfries, 


Kilmarnock = and Carlisle Railway Company to make several 

aes Branch Railways in the counties of Dumfries and 

Bill. Cumberland, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders. 

Glasgow, Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


Dumfries anl_ My, Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- 
Carlisle Rail- 


way, and Glas- Vate Bills ; That in the case of the Petition for the 
gow, Paisley, Gilasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway, and Glas- 
Kilmarnock | gow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (No. 1.) 
and Ayr Rail- +,. oS ms : ; 
way (No. 1.) Bill, the Standing Orders have not been complied with 
Bill. in the following instances: viz..—The name of the 
township of Longtown, through and into which the 
Branch at or near the Lynemoor Cottage is proposed 
to »e made, is not contained in the notices with respect 
to such Branch ; that on or before the 15th day of 
December last, application was not made in writing 
to the following owners, or reputed owners, lessees, 
or reputed lessees, and occupiers in respect of pro- 
perty on the line as at present laid down, or within 
the limits of lateral deviation intended to be ap- 
plied for, and defined upon the Plans; and that in 
the cases hereinafter described, the names of the 
owners, or reputed owners, lessees, or reputed 


91° Januariz. 






A. 1847. 


lessees, or occupiers of the same, were not entered 
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The above omissions occur with respect to the 
Branch line to the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, 
and the first omission occurs likewise with respect 
to the Branch to the Caledonian Railway, near 
Springfield. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock Glasgow, 
and Ayr Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Paisley, Kil- 
Bill to enable the said Company to make a Branch prov x hoon 
Railway to the West side of Dunlop-street, in Glas- (No. 5.) Bill. 
gow, and to enlarge their Station at Tradeston, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 


Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Glasgov, 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- Paisley, Kil- 
vate Bills; That in the case of the Petition for the age hae 
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (No. 3.) Bill. 
(No. 5.) Bill, the Standing Orders had not been com- 
plied with, as the height of the arch of the bridge 
by which it is proposed to carry the Railway over the 
public carriage-road, called Great Clyde-street, 
marked No. 3, in the parish of Glasgow, is not 
marked in figures at the crossing thereof upon the 
Sections deposited with the Sheriff Clerks of the 
counties of Lanark and Renfrew, at Glasgow, 
Hamilton, Lanark, Airdrie, Paisley and Greenock. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of J ustices of the Peace for the County Cheshire 
Palatine of Chester, in Quarter Sessions assembled, Stipendiary 


of the Peace for the county palatine of Chester to 
appoint a Stipendiary Assistant Chairman or Judge 
of 











for leave to bring in a Bill to empower the Justices Chairman Bill 





Regent's ¢ 
Company 

Padding 
and Lime! 
Railway : 
Branch) ° 


Regent’s 
Company 
(Paddin ¢ 
and Lime 
Railway 
Branch) 


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Railwa: 
Harbou 
(Altera 
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Bill. 


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and 





10 Vicroriz. 21° Januari. -| # 


of the Court of Quarter Sessions for the said | don and Greenwich Railway, and the North Kent pee Arms 
county, was presented, and read; and a Bill was | Line of the South Eastern Railway, with the Brick- °""°%™ Bill 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Philip | layers’ Arms Branch Railway, was presented, 
Egerton and Mr. Tatton’ Egerton. jand read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Sir Edmund Filmer and Mr. 
newent'sCanal _ A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Plumptre. 
Company Regent’s Canal, for leave to bring ina Bill to enable 
(Padding‘on |. the said Company to make a Railway from Pad-; A Petition of the South Eastern Railway Com- South Eastern 
ae nema dington to Limehouse, with a branch therefrom, and pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said Railway _ 
Branch) Bill. to amend the Acts relating to the Regent’s Canal, | Company to make a Railway from the South East- S ie) Be 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select | ern, Gravesend and Rochester Railway, at Strood, , 
Committee on Standing Orders. | to join the South Eastern, Canterbury, Ramsgate 
jand Margate Railway at Chilham, in the county 
Regent’sCanal Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | of Kent, with Branches to Sheerness and Faversham 
Company Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for | Creek, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ae me Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for | ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Railway and the Regent's Canal Company (Paddington and} Plumptre, Mr. Stoddart Douglas and Mr. William 
Branch) Bill. Limehouse Railway and Branch) Bill, the Standing | Henry Bodkin. 
Orders have not been complied with in the following 
I gg Pe li. ae re = = | A Petition of the South Eastern Railway Com- et ete 
ta s : &gt; i . , = . 4 H . a 
cael William Graken, one of the lees of | pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said y 


- (Strood to 
. . ’ C re k J ; tl nav 2} 
property on the line, before eight o’clock on the | ompany to make a Railway from the Gravesend Maidstone) 
15th day of December last, the first-named party 


| and Rochester Railway, at Strood, to Maidstone, was Bill. 
8 : , | presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
having been applied - “% ™ “4 th, and the — | brought in accordingly, by Mr. Plumptre, Mr. Stod- 
named party on the 15th, at half past nine o’cloc | dart Douglas and Mr. William Henry Bodkin. 
p.m.; but it was proved that the parties who made 
the application had left London, for the purpose, in ie 
sufficient time under ordinary circumstances to have| A Petition of the South Eastern Railway Com- South Eastern 
made the applications before eight o’clock on the | pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said Railway 
: (Croydon and 
15th, and that the delay arose from the roads Company to make Branch Railways from the North Bromley 
having been rendered impassable by snow. Kent Line of the South Eastern Railway, near Branches)Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the | Lewisham, to Croydon and Bromley, was presented, 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Sir Edmund Filmer and Mr, 
Lowestoft Mr. Wodehouse presented a Bill to authorize an | Plumptre. 
Railway and alteration in the Line of the Lowestoft Railway, and 
iiteeution 0 amend the Act relating to the Lowestoft Railway| A Petition of the South Eastern Railway Com- South Eastern 
(Alteration 5 ; : y Rh vp ailwa 
nearReedham) and Harbour Company: And the same was read | pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said (Mai a 
a. the first time; and ordered to be read a second | Company to make a Railway from the South Eastern Chart) Bill. 
time. Railway, at yy to oe same Railway, at Great 
; _ | Chart, near Ashford, in the county of Kent, was 
Controverted Mr, Speaker acquainted the House, That his | presented, oni read ; ond « Til wes eho - wo 
Elections. _ Warrant for the appointment of Members to serve | brought in accordingly, by Sir Edmund Filmer and 
No.6. on the General Committee of Elections was upon | Mr, Plumptre. 
the Table:—And the said Warrant was read, as 
followeth : 


ee 








A Petition of the Dundalk and Ennishillen Rail- Dundalk and 

Pursuant to an Act passed in the 8th year of, way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter ae 
: : RS : : ee ailway Bi 

the reign of Her present Majesty, intituied “ An , and amend several of the powers and provisions of 

Act to amend the Law for the ‘l'rial of Controverted | the Act relating to the Dundalk and Enniskillen 

Elections of Members to serve in Parliament,” I | Railway, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 

do hereby appoint the Right honourable Sidney | ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Viscount 

Herbert, Member for the Southern Division of the Jocelyn and Mr. William Collett. i 

County of Wilts; the Right honourable Fox Maule, | 

Member for the Town of Perth; Thomas Grimston | Bas , i 

Bucknall Estcourt, Esquire, Member for the Uni-| A Petition of Inhabitants of Sunderland, for Sunderland 


versity of Ozford; William Villiers Stuart, Esquire, | eave to bring in a Bill for enlarging the Markets, Markets. | 
Member for the County of Waterford; Joseph | and providing new Markets, and for the regulation ang General 
Brotherton, Esquire, Member for the Borough of | f the Markets and Fairs within the borough of Improvement 
Salford; and William Miles, Esquire, Member for | Sunderland, and for the general Improvement of ¥™ 

the Eastern Division of the County of Somerset, to the said borough and the vicinity thereof, and for 


be Members of the General Committee of Elections | other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 


for the present Session. Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
Given under my hand, this 21st day of January | by Mr. Hudson and Mr. Richard Hodgson. 
1847, : 


Charles Shaw Lefevre, Speaker. | A Petition of the Direct London and Portsmouth Direct London 


; ; : ee rae and Ports- 
Ordered, That the said Warrant be printed. | Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to ng 


enable the said Company to make an Approach to way pin, 
South Easten Mr. Plumptre presented a Bill to enable the | the town of Dorking, and a deviation in the line, 
Eee ail South Eastern Railway Company to make a Rail-| and certain alterations in the levels of their Railway, 
Direct ‘fun. Way from the North Kent Line of the South 2nd in the Croydon and Epsom Railway, was pre- 
bridge) Bil. Eastern Railway at Lewisham, to Tunbridge, with | sented, and read; and a Bill bases ordered to be 
Branches to Dartford, Sevenoaks, Maidstone and | brought in accordingly, by Sir William Jolliffe and 
Paddock Wood: And the same was read the first) Mr. Kemble. 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. | 





mm Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Rental 
Rave? A Petition of the South Eastern Railway Com-| a Return of the Aggregate Net Rental of all Zre- (Ireland. 


North Kent Pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said | /and, as assessed to the Poor Rate of the several 
had Brick- Company to make a Railway to connect the Lon-| Unions. 
Vou. 102. c4 Ordered, 








Provisions 
(Ireland. ) 


Emigration 
(New South 
Wales.) 


Shipping. 


Corn-ladcn 


Ships. 


Bingley 
Poor Llouse. 


16 91° Januarii. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Aggregate Amount of Provisions 
imported from Ireland to England, in the Three 
last years, ending January 1846, comprehending 
Grain of all kind, Butter, Cheese, Beef, Pork, Eggs, 
Bacon, Swine, Oxen, Sheep, &amp;e. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Emigrants that have 
been sent to the Colony of New South Wales since 
the suspension of the Bounty Orders in March 
1842; showing out of what Fund the Expense of 
Emigration has been defrayed, whether by Money 
paid by the Home Government, or by Cash or De- 
bentures paid or issued by the Colonial Government ; 
and, if by Debentures, what Amount of such De- 
bentures were outstanding up to the last Returns 
from the Colony; together with a Return of the 
Revenue of the Colonial Government, and Funds 
now in hand applicable to the purpose of Emigra- 
tion to that Colony :—Also, Copies or Extracts of 
all Correspondence between the Colonial Office and 
the holders of such Bounty Orders since the close 
of the last Session of Parliament. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a List of the Ports, Sub-Ports and Places esta- 
blished according to the provisions of the following 
Acts of Parliament; viz.,3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 52 and 
57, 8 and 9 Vic.,c. 86 and 91, at which certain 
Goods and Merchandize may legally be shipped, 
landed and warehoused in Bond; stating,in columns, 
the Description of the Goods imported and ex- 
ported, and the Amount of Duties paid thereon, at 
the said several Ports, Sub-Ports and Places, in 
the year ending the 5th day of January 1847 :— 
Also, the Number of Registered Vessels belonging 
to each Port, and the Amount of Tonnage, with the 
Tonnage of Vessels entering and leaving each of 
the said Ports, Sub-Ports and Places, in the year 
ending the 5th day of January 1847; distinguish- 
ing the Foreign from the Coasting Trade, exhibiting 
the Number of Vessels below and above One hun- 
dred tons burthen. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Ships laden with Foreign 
Corn entered inwards at the Ports of the United 
Kingdom, between the Sth day of January 1846 
and the 5th day of January 1847; specifying the 
Kinds and Quantities of Corn, the Ports of Lading, 
and the Ports of Discharge, and whether in Ships 
of the United Kingdom or any other Nation, and 
to what Nation they belonged (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 162, of Session 1846). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Times, and Dates thereof, 
that the Bingley Poor House, in the Keighley Union, 
has been visited by Assistant Poor Law Commis- 
sioners since the 9th day of June 1842; the Num- 
ber of Inmates in the said Poor House on that day, 
and the Number of Inmates on each succeeding 1st 
day of January :—Also, Copies of all Instructions 
which have been issued by the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners, and all Communications which they have 
received relating to the said Poor House, since the 
9th day of June 1842 :—Also, Copies of any In- 
structions which they have issued to the Auditor of 
the Keighley Union, authorizing him to prohibit the 
Constable of Bingley from relieving destitute Per- 
sons whom he may find in the night time ina state 
of starvation; and, if no such Instructions have 
been issued by them, whether the said Auditor has 








A, 1847. 


acted upon his own responsibility in issuing such 


Order. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Union with 
of the borough of Cork, praying for the repeal of Ireland. 


the Legislative Union between Great Britain and 
Ireland, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers residing in the Licensea 
borough of Northampton, stating that tradesmen Victuallers. 


and manufacturers, other than the Petitioners, are 
exempt from the payment of duties on Windows in 
their shops and warehouses in which goods are 
deposited, sold and exposed for sale, whilst the 
Petitioners, in addition to their heavy payments for 
licenses are called upon to pay duty upon the whole 
of the windows in their establishments, although 
the cellars, bars, parlours and kitchens of their 
respective houses are used for the depositing and 
sale of their goods in a similar manner to the shops 
and warehouses of other tradesmen; and also that 
their trade is seriously affected and injured by the 
late additional charge of five pounds per centum upon 
their licenses ; and praying that the House will be 
pleased to adopt measures for redressing their 
grievances, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Padiham (three Petitions) ;— Factories. 


Rochdale ;—Spotland ;— Todmorden ;— Castleton ; 
—and, Wardleworth ; praying the House to pass a 
Ten Hours Bill for all minors and females employed 
in Factories, without delay,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Limerick ;—and, Newcastle-upon- Chelsea 
Tyne; complaining of a deduction of five per centum Pensions. 


from the pensions granted to the Out-Pensioners of 
Chelsea Hospital; and praying for redress,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of inhabitants of Finsbury, and others, Raja of 
interested in the welfare and good government of Satara. 


the British Indian Empire, stating that the Peti- 
tioners, deeply interested in the case of his High- 
ness Pertaub Sing, the Ex-Raja of Sattara, who 
has been accused of hostility to the British Govern- 
ment, has been deposed and exiled from his domi- 
nions upon that charge, and for seven years has 
been denied the means of being heard in his own 
defence, pray the House to adopt measures to 
secure to that prince that which is the right of every 
man subject to British law, namely, the opportu- 
nity of examining the charges which have been 
brought against him, the evidence in support of the 
same, and of bringing forth the proofs of his inno- 
cence, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Shipowners of the Port of J/fra- Lighthouses, 
combe, stating that the Petitioners are of opinion, &amp;«. 


that the carrying into effect the recommendation of 
the Select Committee on Lighthouses, &amp;c., will be 
productive of great benefit to the navigation and com- 
merce of the country ; and praying that the House 
will pass a law in accordance therewith, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Poor Removal 
habitants of the parish of Blandford Forum, in the Ac- 


county of Dorset, praying for the amendment or 
repeal of the Poor Removal Act, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered io lie upon the Table. 


_ Petitions from the East India and China Asso- Sugar and 
ciation of the port of Liverpool (Chairman) ;—and, Molasses. 


Members 


Wilt 
set al 
mout 
way | 


Bill. 


Wilts, Somer- 
set and Wey- 
mouth Rail- 
way (No. 2.) 
Bill. 





10 Vicroriz. 


Members of the Association of the West India 
Planters and Merchants of the port of Liverpool ; 
praying the House to adopt immediate measures for 
rescinding the penalties to which public brewers and 
distillers are subjected for using Sugar and Molasses, 
whereby, in the opiniun of the Petitioners, the 
House will at this time materially encourage the 
exertions of our colonists, relieve, by a more effective 
application of grain, the wants of the public, ensure 
the supply of a wholesome beverage at moderate 
rates, maintain and most probably augment the 
revenue, with great advantage to the general com- 
merce of the United Kingdom,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway (No. 2.) 
Biil, the Standing Orders have not been complied 
with in the following instances: viz., 

1. The Bristol and Exeter Railway Company 
are and were on and previous to the 30th day of 
November last, owners of a piece of land in the 
parish of Bleadon, numbered 2, on the Plans depo- 
sited in the Private Bill Office, and entered in the 
Book of Reference asa drove and waste; but ther 
names are not contained in the said Book of Refer- 
ence in respect thereof, and no application in writing 
has been made to them in respect of the same. 


2. A pasture, numbered 6, on the said deposited 
Plans in the said parish of Bleadon, is entered in 
the said Book of Reference as belonging to the 
Dean and Chapter of Winchester, as owners thereof, 
and to George Yeo, as lessee and occupier, whereas 
the Reverend David Williams is, and was on and 
previous to the said 30th day of November last, the 
lessee or grantee thereof, and Charles Young is, and 
was on and previous to the said 30th day of Novem- 
ber, the occupier; nor are the names of the said 
David Williams and Charles Young inserted in the 
said Book of Reference in respect of the said 
property, numbered 6 ; and no application in writing 
has been made to the said David Williams, or to 
the said Charles Young, in respect thereof. 


3. No application in writing, as required by the 
Standing Orders, has been made to John Sellich, 
who is, and was on and previous to the 30th day of 
November last, the lessee or grantee of the property 
numbered 81, on the said deposited Plans in the 
said parish of Bleadon, in respect of such property, 
although his name is inserted in the Book of Re- 
ference in respect thereof as lessee. 

4. George Slade, whose name is entered in the 
Book of Reference as the occupier of No. 66, in the 
parish of Bleadon, and who was the occupier of the 
said property on or before the 30th November last, 
has received no application in the form prescribed 
by the Standing Orders in respect thereof. 


5. In respect of the property numbered 84, on 
the deposited Plans in the said parish of Bleadon, 
George Attlin is described in the said Book of 
Reference as lessee thereof, whereas George Het- 
ling and William Ernest Hetling are, and were on 
and previous to the 80th November last, jointly en- 
titled thereto as lessees or grantees under the said 
Dean and Chapter of Winchester ; but no applica- 
tion in writing, as required by the Standing Orders, 
has been made to the said William Ernest Hetling, 
in respect thereof. 

6. In respect: of the property, No. 90, on the 
said deposited Plans in the said parish of Bleadon, 
George Attlin is described in the said Book of 
Reference as the lessee thereof, whereas the said 
George Hetling and William Ernest Hetling are, 
and were on and previous to the 30th November 
last, jointly entitled thereto as lessees or grantees 
under the said Dean and Chapter of Wincheséer ; 
but no application in writing, as required by the 

Vou. 102, 


23° Januarie. 





17 


Standing Orders, has been made to the said William 
Ernest Hetling in respect thereof. 

7. In respect of the properties numbered 101, 
102 and 91, on the said deposited Plans, in the said 
parish of Bleadon, George Attlin is described in 
the said Book of Reference as the lessee thereof, 
whereas the said George Hetling and William Ernest 
Hetling are, and were on and previous to the 30th 
day of November last, jointly entitled thereto as 
lessees or grantees under the said Dean and Chapter 
of Winchester; but no application in writing, as 
required by the Standing Orders, has been made te 
the said William Ernest Hetling in respect thereof. 


8. The Plan does not accurately describe the 
lands into or through which the proposed Railway 
will pass, as no fence is shown between the proper- 
ties numbered 118 and 119, in the parish of Compton 
Bishop, although a fence does now, and did on and 
previous to the 30th day of November last, divide 
such lands, 

9. The field No. 182, in the said deposited Plan, 
in the parish of Compton Bishop, is wrongly shown 
on the Plan, inasmuch as the property numbered 
182, is in fact two fields which are divided by a fence 
which does and did on and previous to the 30th 
day of November last exist, but which is not shown 
on the said Plan. 

10. With respect to a public carriage-road at 
1 mile, 34 chains, on the Plan of the Glastonbury 
Branch, described in the Book of Reference, as a 
parish road, it is not shown on the Section how it 
is intended to be crossed and the level altered, nor 
is the height marked, or any cross Section given. 

11. In the Book cf Reference deposited John 
Hussey is described as the owner, and William 
Rossiter as the occupier of No. 4, in the parish of 
Mamholl, a corner of which is within the limits of 
deviation, and which number is therein described. 
as pasture and foot-path, whereas in fact John 
Hatcher, is the owner, and Edmund Hatcher is the 
occupier of the said property, and no application 
has been made to them in respect thereof. 


12. A road No, 131, on the said Plans in the 
out-parish of Saint Cuthbert-on-Wells, and another 
road No. 20, in the parish of Pilton, are described 
on the Section as being intended to be diverted, 
but in neither case is such intended diversion 
shown upon the Plan, 

13. The parish boundary between the parish of 
Stower Provost, and the parish of Sodber, is not 
correctly marked on the said Plans, or in con- 
formity with the model Plan annexed to and 
forming part of the Standing Orders, and a field 
numbered 6, in the parish of Sodber is not in the 
said parish of Sodber, but in the parish of Stower 
Provost, in the county of Dorset. 

14. In the Books of Reference deposited in 
respect of the said undertaking with the Clerk of 
the Peace for the county of Dorset, and at the 
Private Bill Office, John Meatyard is described as 
the occupier of the said field No. 6, in the reference 
to the said parish of Sodber, whereas in fact the 
said field is in the said parish of Stower Provosé, 
and isin the occupation of Richard Meatyard, and 
no application has been made to him in respect 
thereof. 

15. The Books of Reference deposited with the 
Clerk of the Peace for the county of Dorset, and 
in the Private Bill Office, described Edwin Hiscock 
as the occupier of No. 40, in the parish of Stower 
Provost, whereas William Burlton, is the occupier 
of the said property; and the said Books of Re- 
ference describe the said William Burlton, as the 
occupier of another field numbered 39, in the same 
parish, and adjoining the said No. 40, whereas 
Edwin Hiscock is the occupier of the same, and 
neither the said William Burlton, nor the said 
Edwin Hiscock received any application in writing 
in the form prescribed by the Standing Orders in 

D respect 








Sugar. 


Corn Importa- 
tion Bill. 


18 


respect of the properties of which they were severally 
the occupiers on and before the 30th November 
last. 

16. The Books of Reference deposited with the 
clerks of the peace for the counties of Somerset and 
Dorset, and in the Private Bill Office, describe Wil- 
liam Brasher as the owner of a certain arable field, 
in the parish of Charlton Musgrave, numbered 27 
on the Plan, and of which a portion is within the li- 
mits of deviation as defined thereon, whereas Wi/- 
liam Russell is the owner thereof; and the said 
Books of Reference describe William Brasher as the 
occupier of the said field instead of William George, 
who is, and was on and before the 30th November 
last, the occupier of the same, and the said William 
George has not received application in writing, in 
the form prescribed by the Standing Orders, in 
- of his interest as the occupier of the said 
ield. 

17. The Books of Reference deposited as afore- 
said describe the owners of an occupation-road 
numbered 48, in the parish of Wincanton, in the 
county of Somerset, as Thomas Autrey Gapper, 
William Brasher and James Crew, but do not 
also describe John Davis and Sarah Davis to be 
owners of the same, whereas the said John Davis 
and Sarah Davis are jointly owners of the same, as 
well as the persons above mentioned, who are en- 
tered in the Book of Reference ; and the said John 
Davis and Sarah Davis have not received any ap- 
plication in writing in the form prescribed by the 
Standing Orders, in respect of their interest in the 
said ruad as part owners thereof. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Amount of Duty received on Sugar, 
from the 5th day of April 1846 to the 5th day of 
January 1847 ; specifying the Amount received un- 
der the different rates of Duty:—And, of all Su- 
gars that have been stopped for alleged inaccurate 
entry at the Custom Houses of London and Liver- 
pool, between the 5th day of April 1846 and the 5th 
day of January 1847; specifying the Number of 
Packages in each parcel so detained, the respective 
Dates of Stoppage and Release, and whether Colo- 
nial or Foreign Sugar:—Also, the Amount of 
Money now held in the said Custom Houses as paid 
under protest upon disputed claims in regard to 
these Sugars. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee to consider the Act 9 and 10 Vic., 
c, 22, to amend the Laws relating to the Importa- 
tion of Corn. 

(In the Committee.) 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
suspend, for a time to be limited, the Duties on the 
Importation of Corn, 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lation. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 


Mr. Greene accordingly reported a Resolution ; 
which was read, as followeth : 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
suspend, for a limited time, the Duties on the Im- 
portation of Corn:—And he moved the House ac- 
cordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
Aud that Mr. Greene, Lord John Russell and The 
Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


21° Januari. 





A. 1847. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Navigation 
into a Committee, to consider the Act 8 and 9 Vic. Bill. 
c. 88, for the Encouragement of British Shipping 
and Navigation. 

(In the Committee.) 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
allow, for a time to be limited, the Importation of 
Corn from any Country in Foreign Ships. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene accordingly reported a Resolution ; 
which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
allow, for a time to be limited, the Importation of 
Corn from any Country in Foreign Ships :~And he 
moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Greene, Lord John Russell and The 
Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, and bring 
it in, 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns ofthe Extraordinary Presentment Sessions oe ™ 
held in each Barony, Half Barony, County of a (reland) 
City or County of a Town in Ireland, under the 
Provisions of the Act 9 and 10 Vic. c. 107 ; specify- 
ing the Date on which each such Presentment Ses- 
sions were held, the Amount presented thereat, and 
the Amount approved and sanctioned, in each case 
respectively ; also, the Date on which Public Works, 
in pursuance of such Act, were commenced in each 
District :—Of the Expense incurred under the said 
Act, in respect of the Officers, Surveyors and As- 
sistants employed by the Commissioners of Public 
Works in Jreland, in each such Barony, Half Ba- 
rony, County of a City or County of a Town re- 
spectively :—Also, a List of the different Works 
undertaken in each such Barony, Half Barony, 
County of a City or County of a Town, left un- 
finished, by reason of the Amount presented for 
such Works having been expended. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a yajyation and 
Return of the Valuation of each Electoral Division Population 
in Ireland, with Population in 1841. (Ireland.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Drainage 
Copy of all Correspondence between the Board of (land. 
Works in Dublinand the Treasury with Mr. Smith, 
of Deanston, relative to his taking charge of a 
system of Thorough Drainage in Ireland. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Famine 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Copy (Ireland.) 
of all Correspondence between Colonel Knox Gore, 
Lieutenant of County Sligo, and Her Majesty’s 
Ministers, relative to the Famine in Jreland, dated 
August 6th and 7th,1846:—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Labour Rate 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Copy (eland.) 
of Lord Devon’s Letter to Lord John Russell, dated 
August 14, 1846; together with the Resolutions on 
the Labour Rate Act forwarded from Limerick, and 
Lord John Russell’s Answer thereon:— And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to suspend, for a Corn Impor- 
Time to be limited, the Duties on the Importation of tation Bul. 
Corn: And the same was read the first time; and No.4 
ordered to be read a second time To-morrow; and 





to be printed. 
Mr. 


Navigé 
Bill. 
No 


Queen’ 
Speech 
sidered 


Queer 
Bount 


Chest 


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Mr. Greene presented a Bill to allow, for a Time 
to be limited, the Importation of Corn from any 
Country in Foreign Ships: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
To-morrow; and to be printed. 


Navigation 
Bill. 
No. 5. 


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

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

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


Queen’s 
Speech cone 
sidered. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Veneris, 22° die Januari ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Holford, from the Office of the Governors 
of Queen Anne’s Bounty, was called in; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament,—An Account of all Monies 
received and disbursed by the Governors of Queen 
Anne’s Bounty, during the year ending the 31st 
day of December 1845 :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. 


Queen Anne’s 
Bounty. 


Chester Writ. | Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Citizen to serve in this present 
Parliament for the City of Chester, in the room of 
the Right honourable Robert Grosvenor, commonly 
called Lord Robert Grosvenor, who, since his Elec- 
tion for the said City, hath accepted the Office of 
Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s Three Chiltern 
Hundreds, of Stoke, Desborough and Bonenham, in 
the County of Buckingham. 


Ipswich and 
Bury Saint Ed- 
mund’s Rail- 
way (No. 1.) 


Mr. Lane Fox presented a Bill to enable the 
Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway Com- 
pany to make a Railway from the WVorwich Exten- 


(Extensionto sion Line of the Jpswich and Bury Saint Edmund's 
Xanmouth) Railway to or near to Yarmouth, in the County of 
; Norfolk, with two Branches therefrom: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 

read a second time. 
London, Mr. Frewen presented a Bill to enable the Lon- 
—— don, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company 


Railway (Kent to make a Railway between London, Maidstone, 
Railway to Canterbury and Tunbridge, with Branches: And 


eared the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
and Tun- be read a second time. 
, bridge) Bill. 
Llynvi Valley — Dr. Bowring presented a Bill to enable the L/ynvi 
sae piu, Valley Railway Company to make an Extension of 
‘their Railway to Newcastle, in the County of Gla- 

morgan, and to amend the Act relating to their said 
Railway, to be called The Ziynvi Valley Railway 
Extension: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 

South Eastern Mr. William Henry Bodkin presented a Bill to 

Railway 


enable the South Eastern Railway Company to 
make a Railway from the South Eastern Railway 
at Maidstone, to the same Railway at Great Chart, 
near Ashford, in the County of Kent: And the 
same was read tbe first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


(Maidstone to 
Chart) Bill. 


oath Eastern Mr. William Henry Bodkin presented a Bill to 
(Strood to ebable the South Eastern Railway Company to 


make a Railway from the South Eastern, Gravesend 


and Rochester Railway, at Strood, to Maidstone: 
VoL. 102. 


Maidstone 
Bil. one) 


21°—292° Januarie. 


And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 





19 


Mr. William Henry Bodkin presented a Bill to South Eastern 
enable the South Eastern Railway Company to Railway 
make a Railway from the South Eastern, Gravesend Sine) Ba 
and Rochester Railway at Strood, to join the South 
Eastern, Canterbury, Ramsgate and Margate Rail- 
way at Chilham, in the County of Kent, with 
Branches to Sheerness and Faversham Creek: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


Mr. William Henry Bodkin presented a Bill to South Eastern 
enable the South Eastern Railway Company to a. 
make a Railway to connect the London and Green- Leyte age 
wich Railway and the North Kent Line of the layers’ Arms 
South Eastern Railway with the Bricklayers’ Arms Junction) Bill 
Branch Railway: And the same was read the first 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. William Henry Bodkin presented a Bill to South Eastern 


enable the South Eastern Railway Company to Atiway 
make Branch Railways from the North Kent Line — aa 


of the South Eastern Railway, near Lewisham, to Branches) Bill. 
Croydon and Bromley: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Ricardo presented a Bill to consolidate and North Staf- 
amend the Acts relating to the North Staffordshire fordshire Rail- 
Railway Company, and to authorize certain Altera ¥°Y Altera 
tions of, and the Formation of certain Branches and Branches) Bill. 
additicnal Works in connection with their Under- 
taking: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Ricardo presented a Bill for making a Rail- North Staf- 
way from the Churnet Valley Line of the North fordshire Rail- 
Staffordshire Railway at. or near Marchington, to Valle Line 
the Trent Valley Railway at or near Hademore : and Trent Val- 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered ley Railway 
to be read a second time. Junction) Bil. 


Sir Philip Egerton presented a Bill to empower Cheshire 
the Justices of the Peace for the County Palatine xconeen a 
of Chester to appoint a Stipendiary Assistant Chair- a 
man or Judge .of the Court of Quarter Sesssions 
for the said County: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Sir Philip Egerton presented a Bill to incorporate Birkenhead, 
the Chester and Birkenhead Railway with the Bir- ener 
kenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire J unction Rail- Junction Rail- 
way: And the same was read the first time ; and way, andChes- 


. ter and Birken- 
ordered to be read a second time. hood Ralbwerr 


Purchase or 
Amalgamation. 
Bill. 
Sir Philip Egerton presented a Bill for enabling Birkenhead, 
the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction L@2°shire 
A 3 oe ce . and Cheshire 
Railway Company to make certain Deviations in Junction Rail- 
the Main Line and the Chester Branch of their way (Devia- 
Railway, and for other Purposes: And the same tio of Main 
: Line and Ches- 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a ter Branch, 
second time. &amp;c.) Bill. 


A Petition of the Cheltenham Waterworks Com- Cheltenham 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing the Waterworks 
said Company to raise a further Sum of Money, was Pill 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Craven Berkeley and 
Mr. Henry Berkeley. 


Mr. William Lascelles presented a Bill for better Wakefield 
supplying with Gas the Township of Wakefield and New Gas Bill- 
the Neighbourhood thereof: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Resolved, That, after Tuesday next,the House will Private Bills. 
not receive any Petition fora Private Bill, unless it 
D2 be 














20 


be presented within three clear days after it shall 
have been indorsed by one of the Examiners. 

Resolved, That, on and after ‘Tuesday next, all 
Memorials complaining of non-compliance with the 
Standing Orders be deposited in the Private Bill 
Office before six of the clock in the evening of any 
day on which the House shall sit, and before two 
of the clock on any day on which the House shall 
not sit, and that two Copies of every such Memorial 
be deposited, for the use of the Examiners, before 
twelve of the clock on the following day. 

Resolved, That all Memorials complaining of 
non-compliance with the Standing Orders, in refer- 
ence to Petitions which stand in the “ General List 
of Petitions,” after No. 250, be deposited on or 
before Saturday the 6th day of February next. 


Manchester, A Petition of the Sheffield, Ashton-under- Lyne 
Sheffield and and Manchester Railway Company, the Sheffield 
Lincolnshire 


Railway (Sta- and Lincolnshire Junction Railway Company, the 
tion Approach Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway 
—_—* Company, and the Grimsby Dock Company, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the Manchester, 
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company to 
make improved Communications to their Station in 
Manchester, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Gisborne and Mr. Grimsditch. 


Manchester, A Petition of the Sheffield, Ashion-under-Lyne 
Sheffield and and Manchester Railway Company, the Sheffield and 


eteay, and Lincolnshire Junction Railway Company, the Great 
Manchester Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway Company, 
and Lincoln and the Grimsby Dock Company, and of the Man- 
pote chester and Lincoln Union Railway and Chesterfield 
terfieldand and Gainsborough Canal Company, for leave to 


a bring in a Bill to incorporate the Manchester and 
Canation Bin, Lincoln Union Railway and Chesterfield and 
gamation Bi , . . 
Gainsborough Canal Company with the Manchester, 
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company, was 
resented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
sae in accordingly, by Mr. Gisborne and Mr. 
Edward Heneage. 


Manchester, A Petition of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne 
Sheffield and and Manchester Railway Company, the Sheffield 
Lincolnshire ° * : P &amp; . 

Railway and Lincolnshire Junction Railway Company, the 


(Branch from Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway 
Ashton-under- Company, and the Grimsby Dock Company, for 


ham) — leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the Manchester, 
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company to 
make a Railway from Ashton-under-Lyne to Old- 
ham, with a Branch therefrom, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Hindley and Mr. Gisborne. 
Manchester, A Petition of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne 
Sheffield and and Manchester Railway Company, the Sheffield 
— and Lincolnshire Junction Railway Company, the 
(Branch to Great Grimsbyand Sheffield Junction Railway Com- 
Chapeltown pany, and the Grimsby Dock Company, for leave 
= a to bring in a Bill for enabling the Manchester, Shef- 
Branch) Bill. field and Lincolnshire Railway Company to makea 
Branch Railway to or near Chapeltown, and a Coal 
Branch from their Zhurgoland Station to the town- 
ship of Stainborough, was presented, and read ; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Viscount Morpeth and Mr. Gisborne. 
Manchester, A Petition of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne | 


Sheffield and and Manchester Railway Company, the Sheffield 
Lincolnshire “ 


Railway and Lincolnshire Junction Railway Company, the 
(Junctionwith Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway 


a Comquny, and the Grimsby Dock ae, for 
net gael leave to —_ in a Bill for enabling the Manchester, 
Branches Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company to 
— make a Railway, by way of Barnsley, to join the 


Midland Railway, with Branches therefrom, all in 
the West Riding of the county of York, was pre- 


22° Januariz. 


A. 1847. 


| sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Viscount Morpeth and 
Mr. Gisborne. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Manchester, 
Canal Navigation from Manchester to or near Ash- Sheffield and 
ton-under-Lyne and Oldham, and also of the Shef- a 
field, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway (Ashton Canal 
Company, the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Purchase) Bill. 
Railway Company, the Great Grimsby and Shef- 
field Junction Railway Company, and the Grimsby 
Dock Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
vesting in the Manchester, Sheffieldand Lincolnshire 
Railway Company the Canal Navigation from 
Manchester to or near Ashton-under-Lyne and Old- 
ham, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Gis- 
borne and Mr. Grimsditch. 


A Petition of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne Manchester, 
and Manchester Railway Company, the Sheffield Sheflicld and 
and Lincolnshire Junction Railway Company, the Railway = 
Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway (Branch at 
Company, and the Grimsby Dock Company, for Bussworth to 
leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the Manchester, ect Cone 
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company to Tramway, and 
make a Railway at Bugsworth, and for amending Amendment 
the Acts relating thereto, was presented, and read ; ny ae 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


by Mr. Gisborne and Mr, Grimsditch. 





| The Order made yesterday, That Mr. Mark Phi- Manchester, 
lips, Mr. Marsland and Mr. Gisborne do prepare, ey 
and bring in the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln- Salbour ee 
| shire Railway (Supply of Surplus Water to Man- ply of Surplus 
chester, Salford and Stockport) Bill, was read, and Water to 

: Manchester, 
discharged . Salford and 
Ordered, That Mr. Marsland and Mr. Gisborne Stockport) 

Bill. 


do prepare, and bring in the Bill. i 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill for enabling Blackburn, 
the Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton Railway Com- a 
pany to make certain Alterations in the Line Oe hae F 
their Railway in the Parishes of Blackburn and Amendment 
Bolton-in-the-Moors, and for amending the Acts page of 
relating thereto: And the same was read the en of 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. Blackburn and 
Bolton-in-the- 
Moors) Bill. 

Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill to enable the Direct London 
Direct London and Portsmouth Railway Company 24 Ports- 

r ; . mouth Rail-- 
to make an Approach to the Town of Dorking, and way Bill. 
a Deviation in the Line, and certain Alterations in 
the Levels of their Railway, and in the Croydon and 
Epsom Railway: And the same was read the first 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Lord Marcus Hill reported to the House, That Answer to 
Her Majesty having been attended with their Ad- Address. 
dress of Wednesday last, was pleased to receive the 
same very graciously, and to give the following 
Answer : 


I receive with great satisfaction your loyal and 
dutiful Address. 

I look with entire confidence for your aiding My 
endeavours to preserve the blessings of Peace 
abroad ; and to promote at home the general wel- 
fare and happiness of My people. 


And I feel assured, that no exertions will be want- 
ing on your part to meet My anxious wishes for the 
‘relief of My suffering subjects in Zreland, and parts 
| of Scotland. 





A Petition of the Worfolk Railway Company, for Norfolk Rail- 
leave to bring in a Bill to empower the said Com- ¥ay o-. 
pany to make a Railway from the Norfolk Railway, rapa ne 
near Thetford, to join the Ipswich and Bury Saint wich and Bury 
| Edmund’s Railway, near Bury Saint Edmund's, St. Edmund's 


was 





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Railway near was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 


Bury St. Ed- 


‘'s) Bill be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wodehouse and 
mun . 


Mr. Burroughes. 


Norfolk Rail- A Petition of the Norfolk Railway Company, for 
way ( enon leave to bring in a Bill to empower the said Com- 
a ™ pany to make a Branch Railway from Wymondham 
Norwich Ex- to Diss, was presented, and read. 
tension of “y Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
: aay “rd. to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make 
mund’s Rail- a Railway from Wymondham to Diss: And that 
way, and the Mr, Wodehouse and Mr. Burroughes do prepare, 
proposed Thet and bring it in 

ford and Reed- 5 

ham Railway 
near Diss) Bill. 
Wolverhamp- 


A Petition of the Wolverhampton Gas Light Com- 
ton Gas Bill. 


pany, and the Wolverhampton New Gas Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enlarge the powers of 
the Wolverhampton Gas Light Company, and to 
authorize the union of such Company with the 
Wolverhampton New Gas Company, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Mr. Villiers and Mr. Thornely. 


A Petition of the Leeds, Dewsbury and Manches- 
ter Railway Company, the Leeds and Thirsk Rail- 
way Company, the Manchester and Leeds Railway 
Company, and the Great Northern Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a Rail- 
way Station on the north side of the River Aire, in 
Leeds, in the West Riding of the county of York, 
to be called “ The Leeds Central Railway Station,” 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Beckett Deni- 
son, Mr. Beckett and Mr. Aldam. 


Leeds Central 
Railway 
Station Bill. 


Shropshire A Petition of the Shropshire Union Railways and 
Union Rail x 

canal = Canal Company, and of the London and North 
Canal (Lease Western Railway Company, for leave to bring in 


to the London a Bill to authorize a Lease of the Undertaking of 

dey the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company 

way Company) to the London and North Western Railway Com- 

Bill. pany, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Viscount 
Clive and Mr. Benbow. 


London and A Petition of the London and North Western 
Railway (owe Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
port Pagnell, empower the said Company to make a Railway from 
OlneyandWel- the London and North Western Railway, near 
Bronch) Bill Bletchley, to Newport Pagnell, Olney and Welling- 
* borough, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by the Marquis 

of Chandos, Mr. Tower and Sir Charles Douglas. 


London and A Petition of the Zondon and North Western 
North Western Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
way (Saint . _ 

Alban’s, Luton empower the said Company to make a Railway from 

and Dunstable the London and North Western Railway, near Wat- 

Branch) Bill. ford, to Saint Alban’s, Luton and Dunstable, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Ryder and Mr. 
Mangles. 


Wilts, Somer- A Petition of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth 

= ee Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 

way (No.2.) enable the said Company to construct a Railway 

Bill. from Bleadon to Blandford, with a Branch to Glas- 
tonbury, and a Railway from Compton to Wilton, 
with a Branch to Gillingham, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Persons, being Suitors for the Bill 
thereinafter referred to, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from the Railway of the 
Hartlepool Dock and Railway Company, near to 
a,c to join the Stockton and Hartlepool 

OL. 102, 


Hartlepool 
and Stockton 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 





92° Januariz. 91 


Railway, in the parish of Stranton, with a Branch 
joining the said Railway of the Hartlepool Dock 
and Railway Company, in the parish of Hart, all 
in the county of Durham, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly 
by Lord Harry Vane and Mr. Hutt. 


A Petition of the Hartlepool West Harbour and Hartlepool 
Dock Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to West Harbour 
enable the said Company to construct additional (Dock Esten- 
Docks, and for amending an Act passed in the se- sion) Bill. 
venth year of the reign of Her present Majesty 
relating to the said Hartlepool West Harbour and 
Dock Company, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Lord Harry Vane and Mr. Hutt. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Rochdale 
Rochdale Canal, and of the Manchester and Leeds Canal (Sale to 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for Manchester 
vesting the Undertakings of the Company of Pro- Railway Com- 
prietors of the Rochdale Canal in the Manchester pany) Bill. 
and Leeds Railway Company, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 


cordingly, by Mr. Entwisle and Mr. Brotherton. 


Mr. William Collett presented a Bill to alter and Dundalk and 
amend several of the Powers and Provisions of the Exniskillen 
Act relating to the Dundalk and Enniskillen Rail- a 
way: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a.second time. 


Viscount Villiers presented a Bill for making Great Western 
Branch Railways from the Great Western Railway Railway 
to the Towns of Egham, Staines, Brentford and —” ? 
Twickenham: And the same was read the first time ; Staines, Brent- 


and ordered to be read a second time. ford and 
Twickenham) 


Bill. 

Viscount Villiers presented a Bill for making Great Western 
Branch Railways from the Great Western Railway, Railway | 
and from Hammersmith to join the West London gee aa 

° : ; . est Lon- 
Railway, for widening a Portion of the West Lon- don Railway, 
don Railway, and for extending the same so as to Widening and 
join the London and South Western Railway, in presi eal 
the Parish of Saint Mary Lambeth, in the County don Railway 
of Surrey: And the same was read the first time ; and Branches 


. to Hammer- 
and ordered to be read a second time. smith, and to 


join the London and South Western 
Railway near Lambeth) Bill. 


Viscount Villiers presented a Bill for making a Great Western 
Railway from the Berks and Hants Railway at Railway (Ex- 
Hungerford, to join the Line of the Wilts, Somerset, — 
and Weymouth Railway at Westbury and Devizes : Hants Railway 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered from Hunger- 


. ford to West- 
to be read a second time. tenn, ailire 


Branch to 
Devizes) Bill. 
Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend the Glasgow, 
Acts and alter the Terms of Amalgamation of the ternary hen 
Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway Company, way, and 
and of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Glasgow, 
Railway Company: And the same was read the risen. i. 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. hos tae 
(No. 4.) Bill. 
Mr. Parker presented a Bill to enable the AMfan- Manchester, 
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Com- pager sar 
pany to construct an additional or enlarged Station Railways 
at Sheffield, and to make a Branch Railway to the (Station at 
Sheffield Canal: And the same was read the first Sheffield and 
: : ranch to the 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. Sheffield 
Canal) Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend the x el 
Acts relating to the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, sirmneck and 
and Ayr Railway, and to authorize the Formation of Ayr Railway 
a Branch to Dunlop-street, in Glasgow, and for (No. 4.) Bill. 
other Purposes: And the same was read the first 


time; and ordered to be read a second time. 
D3 Mr. 








Glasgow, 

Paisley, Kil- 
marnock and 
Ayr Railway 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Glasgow, 
Paisley, Kil- 
marnock and 
Ayr Railway, 
and Glasgow 
and Belfast 
Union Railway 
(No, 1.) Bill. 


Factories. 


Lighthouses, 
&amp;e. 


Sugar and 
Molasses. 


Grain and 
Provisions, &amp;c, 
({reland.) 


Poor Removal 
Act. 


Australian 
Corn. 


Rating of 
Tenements, 


Promiscuous 
Intercourse. 


22 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the 
Construction of certain Branch Railways in the 
County of Ayr, in connection with the Glasgow, 
Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway, and for 
other Purposes: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway 
Company to make certain Branch Railways in the 
County of Ayr, and to alter the Line of the Glas- 
gow and Belfast Union Railway, and for cther Pur- 


poses: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Three Petitions from Padiham, praying the House 
to pass, without delay, a Ten Hours Bill for all 
minors and females employed in Factories,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Mewcastle-upon- Tyne (Mayor) ;— 
and, Fowey; praying the House to pass a law in| 
accordance with the recommendation of the Select | 
Committee on Lighthouses, &amp;c.,—were presented, | 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, and Inhabit- 
ants of Liverpool, praying for the abolition of the 
prohibition of the use of Sugar and Molasses in 
Breweries, and the restrictions practically pro- 
hibitory in Distilleries, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of the Chairman of a Conference of 
the Persons named by the proper authorities as | 
members of the several Relief Committees of the | 
Queen’s County, held in Maryborough Court-house, 
praying the House to provide an immediate supply | 
of food for the people of Ireland, to be sold to the | 
poor at reasonable prices, and to be accessible even 
to the utterly destitute; that consumption of corn 
in Distilleries and Breweries be arrested, and such 
alterations made in the Navigation Laws as shall 
afford the utmost facility for the free introduction 
of corn, which they consider would also be greatly 
advanced by the employment of any spare vessels 
of Her Majesty’s Navy in that most laudable ser- 
vice, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 





Petitions from Southwell Union ;—and, Clifton 
Union ; praying for the repeal or amendment of the 
Poor Removal Act,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Colonists and Farmers of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Province of South Australia, praying that 
grain, the produce of South Australia, may be ad- 
mitted into the United Kingdom, on the same terms 
as corn and flour, the produce of Canada, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of 
Guardians of the Erpingham Union, in the county 
of Norfolk, praying that all Parochial Rates charge- 
able on cottages let at an annual rent not exceeding 
five pounds per annum be made recoverable from the 
owners of such cottages, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Congregation of 
the Wesleyan Chapel in the town and borough of 
Deal, in the county of Kent, praying that the House 
will enact such laws with reference to the keepers 


92° Januarii. 


| Lunatic Asylums of Zreland may henceforward, as 








A. 1847. 


of brothels, and all persons trafficking in female 
virtue, as shall invest magistrates and officers of 
police with more summary powers, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Jurors of the county of Leitrim, Jurors 
praying that all persons claiming a right to vote for (Ireland. 
a Member to serve in Parliament, or having pro- 
perty or a rent-charge upon property, within a 
county, to the annual value of twenty pounds, be 
placed upon the Jury list of that county ; and that 
in future, the personal service of a summons to 
attend as a juror be dispensed with; and that 
after the publication of the Jury list, any person not 
answering to his name when called upon in court, 
be fined by that court, in a penalty not less than 
fifty pounds, unless good cause be shown for his 
absence; and that such penalty, when levied, be 
applied in aid of the county cess, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising Attornies’ 
in Lewes, in the county of Sussex, praying that they Certificates. 
may be wholly relieved from the payment of the 
Annnal Duties on their Certificates, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Physicians and Surgeons residing Lunatic 
in Clonmel, praying that the District and Provincial on land) 
vacancies occur, be placed on a footing with the 
Lunatic Asylums of Great Britain, by rendering it 
imperative that resident Medical Superintendents 
be attached to each; and that in this humane re- 
spect the Irish Asylums may be assimilated to the 
British as soon as it may be possible to do so, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Farmers, Labourers and Inhabitants Emigration 
of the barony of Mohill, in the county of Leitrim, (rand) 
stating that great distress prevails in that barony 
from the loss of the potato crop; and praying the 
House to adopt measures for enabling the poor in 
Ireland to emigrate to some other country, where 
they may be able to support themselves and their 
families, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Petition of his Sovereign High- Duke of 
ness Prince Charles Frederick Augustus William en. P 
Duke of Brunswick, Luneburg, and Oels,a Member ou. 
of the Royal Family of England, and a General in 
the British Army, praying the House to protect and 
assist him in the recovery and full control of his pri- 
vate property and paternal inheritance, which was 
presented upon the 9th day of July, in the last Ses- 
sion of Parliament, be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, China Trade. 
Returns of the Trade of the various Ports of China, 
down to the latest period (in continuation of the 
Returns laid before Parliament during the last 
Session.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Taxes. 

a Return of all Articles upon which Taxes are im- 
posed in Great Britain, which are not taxed in 
freland, stating the Amount of each Item, in the 
year ending the 5th day of January 1847 :—Also, 
of all Items upon which a different Amount of 
Taxes is imposed in Great Britain and Ireland, 
stating the Amount paid on each Item in each 
Country, in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1847. 


Admiral Bowles presented, by Her Majesty’s Tidal 
Command,—Copy, Opinions of Harbour Boards, Harbours — 
Lloyd’s Commission. 


Maritime 
Regulations 
of Foreign 
Countries. 


Drainage. 


Spain. 


Corn Impor- 
tation Bill. 


Navigation 
Bill. 


10 Vicroriz. 229° Januari. 23 


Lloyd’s Agents, and others, on the Harbour Con- 
servancy Bill. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, an Abstract of the Maritime Regulations of 
the following Countries; France, Sweden, Norway, 
Denmark, Holland, Prussia, Russia, Belgium, Por- 
tugal, the Brazils, the United States, and the South 
American States; showing where Special Treaties 
with Great Britain are in existence. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Applications that have 
been made for Advances of Public Money, under 
the Act of last Session, c. 101, to authorize the 
Advance of Public Money, to a limited Amount, 
to promote the improvement of Land in Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, by Works of Drainage, in England, 
Treland and Scotland respectively ; the Total Sum 
applied for in each Country, and the Amounts 
sanctioned by the Government. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,— Copy of Correspondence relating to 
the Marriages of the Queen and Infanta of Spain. 
. Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

able. 


The Corn Importation Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee :—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 


Mr. Greene reported the Bil! accordingly ; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The Navigation Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House. 

Resoived, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2° paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 


Cravusz No. 1 (That after the passing of the Act, 
and before , it shall be lawful to import 
into the United Kingdom, for home use, from any 
Country, in any ship or vessel of any Country, 
however navigated, any Corn, Maize, Grain, Flour, 
Meal, Rice or Potatoes, the growth and produce of 
any Country, anything in the Law of Navigation 
to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding). 

Amendment proposed: P. 1.1. 7. After “ And” 
to insert the words, “ provided such vessel shall 
be proved to have sailed from the port of lading 
on or.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 

VoL. 102. 





The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the f Mr. Mitchell, ‘ 
Yeas, Mr. Thomas Duncombe : } o0. 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Tufnell, 7 
Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: Ff — 


P. 1. 1s. 9 and 10. Blank filled with the words 
“ first day of September.” 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cause No. 2., amended, and agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed, and read the third time this day. 


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

Ordered, That Her Majesty’s Most gracious Queen’s 
Speech to both Houses of Parliament be referred to ee 
the Committee. aera 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
Queen’s Speech read. 
Resolved, That a Supply be granted to Her Ma- 


jesty. 
Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Customs and 
into a Committee to consider the several Acts re- Excise. 
lating to the Duties of Customs and Excise. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That it is expedient to suspend, for 
a time to be limited, the Duties on the importation 
of Buck Wheat, Buck Wheat Meal, Maize or 
Indian Corn, Indian Corn Meal and Rice. 


2. Resolved, That it is expedient to allow the use 
of Sugar in the brewing of Beer. 


3. Resolved, That there be allowed and paid a 
drawback of Five shillings, and Five ‘per centum, on 
the exportation to foreign parts of every Thirty-six 
gallons of Beer or Ale, the worts used in the 
brewing whereof shall not be of lower specific 
gravity than 1°054; and a drawback of Seven 
shillings and sixpence, and Five per centum, on the 
exportation of such Beer or Ale, the worts used 
in the brewing whereof shall not be of less specific 
gravity than 1°081. 


4, Resolved, That an allowance of Twelve shillings 
and ten pence be granted to every Distiller of 
Spirits in the United Kingdom for and in respect 
of every Eleven gallons and a half (and so in pro- 
portion) of Spirits produced from Sugar used by 
such Distiller in the making of Spirits upon which 
the Duties granted by law shall have been paid. 

5. Resolved, That it is expedient to make Re- 
gulations relative to the Distillation of Spirits 
from Sugar, in England, Scotland and Ireland. 

6. Resolved, That ir leu of the Duties of 


Customs now chargeable on the articles under- 
D4 mentioned, 








Corn Impor- 
tation Bill. 


Navigation 
Bill. 


Adjournment. 


Scttlement and 
Poor Removal. posed, That a Select Committee be appointed, to 


Q4 


mentioned, imported into the United Kingdom, the 
following Duties shall be charged ; viz., 


Spirits, or Strong Waters, for every gallon of such Spirits 
or Strong Waters, of any strength not exceeding the 
strength of Proof by Sykes’ hydrometer, and so in pro- 
portion for any greater or less strength than the strength 
of Proof, and for any greater or less quantity than a gal- 
lon ; viz. 

Spirits, or Strong Waters, the produce of any British 
Plantation in America, not being sweetened Spirits, 
or Spirits mixed with any article, so that the degree 
of strength thereof cannot be exactly ascertained by 
such hydrometer, 

d. 

4 

2 

2 


If imported into England, the gallon - 
Scotland » - 
Ireland - - 


9 
” 


Co Co 





Rum, the produce of any British Possession within 
the limits of the Kast India Company’s Charter, not being 
sweetened Spirits, or Spirits so mixed as aforesaid, in re- 
gard to which the conditions of the Act 4 Vic., c. 8, have 
or shall have been fulfilled, 


8. d. 

If imported into England, thegallon - 8 4 
pe Scotland 9 - 42 
Treland - - 38 2 


” 


—— Rum Shrub, however sweetened, the produce of 
and imported from such Possessions, in regard to which 
the conditions of the Act 4 Vie., c. 8, had or shall have 
been fulfilled, or the produce of and imported from any 
British Possession in America, 


te a 

If imported into England, the gallon - 8 4 
- Scotland - - 4 2 

i Ireland &lt;i - 8 2 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon 
Monday next. 


The ingrossed Bill to suspend, for a Time to be 
limited, the Duties on the Importation of Corn, was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to suspend, until the First day of 
September One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
seven, the Duties on the Importation of Corn. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to allow, for a Time to be li- 
mited, the Importation of Corn from any Country 
in Foreign Ships, was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to allow, until the First day of 
September One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
seven, the Importation of Corn from any Country, 
in Foreign Ships. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 


inquire into the operation of the Law of Settlement 


and of the Poor Removal Act of the last Session of 


Parliament, and to report their Observations there- 
on to the House; 


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


Sabbati, 23° die Januarii, 1847: 


And the Question being put :-—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee to inquire, in the first place, into the opera- 
tion of the Poor Removal Act, and to report specially 
thereon to the House, 


29° 95°35 Januarit. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Navy. 





A. 1847. 


Return of the Line of Battle Ships and Frigates 
cut down for Steam Block-ships. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of Outrages specially reported to the Con- ( 
stabulary Office in [redand, from the 1st day of Ja- 

nuary 1846 to the 1st day of January 1847 (in con- 

tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 356, of Session 

1846) :—And, of all Murders that have been com- 

mitted in Ireland in each month of the year 1846 ; 

specifying the County in which such Murder has 

been committed, and the Name and Condition of 

the Person so murdered (in continuation of Parlia- 

mentary Paper, No. 220, of Session 1846). 


Returns of the Number and Tonnage of Sailing 
Vessels registered at each of the Ports of Great 
Britain and Ireland, including the Isle of Man and 
Channel Islands, distinguishing those under and 
those above Fifty Tons Register, on the 31st day 
of December 1846:—Similar Returns of Steam 
Vessels and their Tonnage :—Returns of the Num- 
ber and Tonnage of Vessels that entered and cleared 
Coastwise, at each of the Ports of Great Britain 
and Jreland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands (in- 
cluding their repeated Voyages), distinguishing 
Steam from Sailing, between the 31st day of De- 
cember 1845 and the 31st day of December 1846: 
—Like Returns from and to the Colonies ; further 
distinguishing British from Foreign Vessels :—Like 
Returns from and to Foreign Ports; also distin- 
guishing British from Foreign Vessels :—Returns 
of the Number and Tonnage of Sailing Vessels re- 
gistered at each of the Ports of the Colonies of the 
United Kingdom respectively, distinguishing those 
under and those above Fifty Tons Register, on the 
31st day of December 1846 :—Similar Returns of 
Steam Vessels and Tonnage :—And, a Return of 
the Number of Vessels, with their Tonnage (distin- 
guishing Steam from Sailing Vessels), that were 
built and registered ; also, a similar Return of Ves- 
sels sold and transferred ; also, a similar Return of 
Vessels wrecked ; also, a similar Return of Vessels 
broken up, in the year 1846 (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 155, of Session 1846). 


And then the House, having continued to sii. 
till half an hour after Twelve of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next. 











Lune, 25° die Januarii ; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 18 47. 


PRAYERS. 


at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of ** 


an Act of Parliament,—Copies of the Special Re- 
ports of the Indian Law Commissioners. 


to an Order, dated the 28th day of May, in the 
last Session of Parliament, for Abstract Returns 
of the Strength of the Ewropean and Native Corps 
of the Regular Indian Armies, on the Ist day of 
May 1837, and on the Ist day of May 1845, at 
each of the three Presidencies, Bengal, Madras 
and Bombay; stating the Number of separate 
Corps of Cavalry, of Infantry, of Artillery, and 
of Engineers; the Number of European Officers 
of each Rank, and the Total Number of all Ranks, 
borne on the Muster Rolls of each Corps on those 
two days :—Also, of the several Irregular Corps of 
Cavalry and Infantry at each of the three Presiden- 
cies, on the Ist day of May 1837, and the 1st day of 
May 1845; stating the Strength of Officers and 











Privates, 


Outrages 
Ireland.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Shipping. 


R. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of Indian Law 
the East India Company, was called in ; and Commission: 


Mr. Campbell also presented,—Further Return Army (India) 








on- 


dia.) 





10 Vicroriz. 


Privates, and distinguishing the Number of Euro- 
pean Officers, and their Rank, serving with each 
such Corps; stating also whether the Corps were 
employed on Permanent or on Temporary Service, 
and the Date of their being first enrolled :—A Re- 
turn of the Number of European Officers of the 
Indian Armies, Cavalry, Infantry, Artillery and 
Engineers, at each of the three Presidencies, absent 
from Regimental Duty on the 1st day of May 1837 
and the ist day of May 1845 ; stating the Number 
and Rank of such Officers, and whether absent on 
Furlough, on Sick Certificate, or on Staff employ ; 
stating also, how many Native Corps, at each Pre- 
sidency where the Number of European Officers 
present with such Corps on the 1st day of May 1837 
and on the 1st day of May 1845 did not amount to 
one half of the Number of European Officers, re- 
quired to complete the Establishment according to 
the East India Company’s regulations :—Also, the 
highest and the lowest Number of European Offi- 
cers present with any one Corps at each of these 
Dates, and the Average Number of Officers with 
each Corps at each of the Presidencies :—Abstract 
Returns of the Augmentations of Corps, and the 
Numbers of Officers and Men added to the several 
Branches of the Jndian Armies, Regular and Irre- 
gular, at each of the three Presidencies ; stating 
the Dates and Extent of such Augmentations made 
during the period between the Ist day of May 
1837 and the 1st day of May 1845; and also, 
the Dates and Extent of any Reductions in the 
same period :—Of the Force employed for Reve- 
nue and Police purposes at each of the three 
Presidencies ; stating the Number of Corps, and 
the Strength in Officers and Men of each Corps, also 
the Number of European Officers attached to each 
such Corps, on the 1st day of May 1837 and the 
ist day of May 1845; also, a Statement of the Aug- 
mentation of that Force between the Ist day of May 
1837 and the 1st day of May 1845, and the Dates 
and Extent of such Augmentations ; also, the Dates 
and Extent of any Reductions that were made in 
that time :-—Of the Total Strength of Her Majesty’s 
Troops, Cavalry and Infantry, in each of the three 
Presidencies of India, on the 1st day of May 1837 
and the Ist day of May 1845, stating the Number 
of Officers and Privates borne on the Muster Rolls 
at these Dates :—Of the Total Military Charges of 
India, for each of the years from the year ending 
the 30th day of April 1837 to the 30th day of April 
1845; stating the Amount of these Charges at each 
of the three Presidencies of Bengal, Madras and 
Bombay, distinguishing the Ordinary and Extraor- 
dinary Charges at each Presidency; and distin- 
guishing also the Charges of Her Majesty’s Troops, 
Ordinary and Extraordinary, from those of the 
Company’s Forces; in Rupees and in Sterling 
Money :—And, of the Total Charges of the Force 
employed for Revenue and Police purposes in India, 
stating the Amount at each of the three Presidencies, 
in each of the years ending the 30th day of April 
1838, and the 30th day of April 1845; distinguish- 
ing the Additional Charges, in the year ending the 
30th day of April 1845, for the Augmentations made 
after the 1st day of May 1837, in Rupees and in 
Sterling Money :—A Return of the Naval Forces 
(Sailing and Steam-vessels) in the East India Com- 
pany’s Service in India, on the 1st day of May 
1837 and the 1st day of May 1845, stating the 
Augmentations, if any, and the Extent and Dates 
of such Augmentations; distinguishing also the 
Force employed on the Coast of Scinde and on the 
River Indus, from the Force employed elsewhere :— 
Abstract Returns of the Total Charges of the 
Indian Naval Force in the years ended the 1st day 
of May 1837 and the Ist day of May 1845; dis- 
tinguishing, as far as possible, the Charge for the 
Force employed on the Coast of Scinde, and on the 
River Zndus, in the last year, in Rupees and Ster- 


ling Money :—And, of the Total Amount of the 
VoL. 102. 











95° Januari. D5 


Revenues of Jndia in each of the years ended the 
30th day of April 1837 to the 30th day of April 
1845, distinguishing the Amount of the Revenue at 
each of the three Presidencies of Bengal, Madras 
and Bombay ; also, an Account of the Expenditure 
at the three Presidencies in the same years, and the 
Amount of Surplus or Deficiency, and the Balance 
in the Treasury at each of these Dates: —An Ab- 
stract Account of the Total Annual Home Charges 
on the Indian Revenue in each of the years ended 
30th day of April 1837 to the 30th day of April 1845, 
distinguishing the same under the separate Heads 
for Establishments, Payment of Dividends, Pen- 
sions, Freight and Conveyance of ‘Troops, Military 
Stores, &amp;c.:—An Account of the Total Amount of 
Debt of the East India Company in India, bonded 
and floating, distinguishing the Amounts at each of 
the three Presidencies in each year from the 1st day 
of May 1837 to the Ist day of May 1845, stating 
the Rates of Interest paid thereon, and the Aggregate 
Charge for Interest on the whole Debt, in each of 
these two years in Jndia:—And, a similar Ac- 
count of the bonded and floating Debt of the East 
India Company at Home, in each year, from the 
Ist day of May 1837 to the 1st day of May 1845, 
stating the Rates of Interest, and the Aggregate 
Charge for Interest on the said Debt in each of these 
ears :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 


A Petition of the London, Brighton and South London, . 
Coast Railway Company, for leave to bring in a tn ap 
Bill to enable the said Company to make a new Railway (Ex- 
line of Railway from the Junction of their Railway tension to Lon- 
with the London and Greenwich Railway, to or don Bridge) 
nearly to their Station near London Bridge, was” * 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Alderman Humphery 
and Mr. Kemble. 


A Petition of the London, Brighton and South London Bridge 
Coast Railway Company, for leave to bring in at Boney 
Bill for enlarging the present Station of the Lon- fniargement 
don, Brighton and South Coast, and of the South Bill. 
Eastern, and of the London and Greenwich Rail- 
way Companies, at or near London Bridge, and 
for the division of such present and such enlarged 
Station between the London, Brighton and South 
Coast, and the South Eastern Railway Companies, 
for the separate accommodation of the traffic of such 
two Railway Companies, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Alderman Humphery and Mr. Kemble. 


A Petition of the London, Brighton and South London, 
Coast Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Brighton and 
Bill to enable the said Company to enlarge their Railway (Lon- 
Terminal Station at London Bridge, and to divide don Bridge 
such Station permanently from that of the South cence a 
Eastern Railway Company, was presented, and Arrangement) 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- Bill. 
cordingly, by Mr. Alderman Humphery and Mr. 


Kemble. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for vesting the Rochdale _ 
Undertakings of the Company of Proprietors of the ao to 
Rochdale Canal in the Manchester and Leeds Rail- 305 teeds 
way Company: And the same was read the first Railway Com- 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. pany) Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Manchester, 


Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway pater 9 


Company to convey, by means of Reservoirs and Railway (Sup- 
Aqueducts, the Water not required for their Canals, ply of oq 2 
called the Peak Forest Canal, and Macclesfield betray 
Canal, to the Boroughs of Manchester, Salford and fordandStock- 
Stockort, for the better supply thereof with Water : port) Bill 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 

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26 


Manchester, Mr. Hindley presented a Bill for enabling the 

Sheffield and Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway 
incolnshire : 

Railway Company to make a Railway, by way of Barnsley, 


(Junction with to jo the Midland Railway, with Branches there- 
the Midland from, all in the West Riding of the County of York: 


Barmy and And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
Branches to be read a second time. 

therefrom) Bill. 

Manchester, Mr. Hindley presented a Bill for enabling the 
Shefiicld and Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway 
Railway ‘© Company to make a Branch Railway to or near 
(Branch to | Chapeltown, and a Coal Branch from their Thurgo- 
Chapeltown Jand Station to the Township of Stainborough : 
land Coal And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
Branch) Bill. to be read a second time. 


Manchester, 


Mr. Hindley presented a Bill for enabling the 


Sheffield and Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway 
—— Company to make a Railway from Ashton-under- 


(Branch from Lyne to Oldham, with a Branch therefrom: And 
peenie the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
hn) ay ld- be read asecond time. 

eer pa The Order made upon Friday last, That Mr. 
Lincolnshire Gisborne and Mr. Edward Heneage do prepare, and 
Railway, and bring in the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire 
Manchester Railway, and Manchester and Lincoln Union Rail- 
and Lincoln ‘ - ° 

Union Rail- way, and Chesterfield and Gainsborough Canal 
way, and Amalgamation Bill, was read and discharged. 
Chesterfield Ordered, That Mr. George Henry Cavendish and 
Mr. William Collett do prepare, and bring in the Bill. 


and Gainsbo- 
rough Canal 
Amalgamation 
Bill. 
Fleetwood, 


Preston and 
West Riding 


A Petition of the Fleetwood, Preston and West 
Riding Junction Railway Company, for leave to 
Junction Rai bring in a Bill for enabling the said Company to 
Junction Rail- 5 ; 
way (Burnley Make the Burnley and Colliery Branches from the 
and Colliery Fleetwood, Preston and West Riding Junction 
Branches) Bill. Railway, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wilson 
Patten and Mr. Talbot Clifton. 


Manchester, Mr. Hindley presented a Bill for enabling the 
Sheffield and Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway 
— Company to makea Railway at Bugsworth, and for 
(Branch at | amending the Acts relating thereto: And the same 
Bugsworth to was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
eg aa a second time. 

Tramway, and 
Amendment 
of Acts) Bill. ; ; 
Manchester, Mr. Hindley presented a Bill for enabling the 
Sheffield and Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway 
caltear (Be- Company to make improved Communications to 
tion Approach their Station at Manchester: And the same was 
in Manchester) read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 

a. time. 


Shefficld Canal 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Bill. 


Sheffield Canal, for leave to bring ina Bill toamend 
an Act passed in the fifty-fifth year of the reign of 
his Majesty King George the Third, intituled, “ An 
Act for making and maintaining a Navigable Canal 
from Sheffield to Tinsley, in the West Riding of the 
County of York ;” and to repeal certain Laws relating 
toa Road from Tinsley to Sheffield, and the other 
Roads in the Township of Tinsley, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Parker and Mr. Ward. 


Manchester, Mr. Hindley presented a Bill for vesting in the 

Sheffield and Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway 

Lincolnshire Company the Canal Navigation from Manchester to 

Railway 5 

(Ashton Canal or near Ashton-under-Lyne and Oldham: And the 

Purchase) Bill. same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


A Petition of the Midland Great Western Rail- 
way of Ireland Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to enable the said Company to make certain Devia- 
tions in the authorized line of the said Railway, and 


Midland Great 
Western Rail- 
way of Ireland 
(Newcastle, 
Anniskinnan 


95° Januari. 








A. 1847. 

to amend the Acts relating thereto, was presented, and Baltrasna 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- Deviations) 
cordingly, by Mr. Barry Baldwin and Mr. Moffatt. 


A Petition of Subscribers to and Promoters of the London, 


Undertaking thereinafter mentioned, and of the a = 
London and North Western Railway Company, for Saee poet 


leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway from and Branches 
Cheltenham, to join the London and North Western Bill. 
Railway at Tring, with Branches therefrom, to be 

called The London, Oxford and Cheltenham Rail- 

way, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 

dered to be brought in accordingly, by the Marquis 

of Chandos and Mr. Craven Berkeley. 


A Petition of the several Persons whose names windsor 
are thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill Railway Bill. 
for making a Railway from Windsor to join the 
Great Western Railway near Slough, to be called 
The Windsor Railway, was presented,and read ; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Captain Fitzmaurice and Mr. Neville. 


A Petition of the Warrington Gas Light and Coke Warrington 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend and &amp;* Light and 
extend the Provisions of an Act passed in the third 
year of the reign of King George the Fourth, inti- 
tuled, An Act for incorporating the Warrington Gas 
Light Company, was presented, and read; anda 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Wilson Patten and Mr. Ireland Blackburne. 


A Petition of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth witts, Somer- 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to set and Wey- 
authorize certain Alterations of the Line of the ae ong 
Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway, was pre- p&gt; ag ‘ 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be Pitcombe, and 
brought in accordingly, by Viscount Villiers and Rodden and” 
Viscount Chelsea. viations) Bill 

A Petition of Sir Henry Peyton, of Swift's House, Doddington 
near Bicester, in the county of Oxford, Baronet, Rectory a 
and Henry Peyton, of Leamington, in the county of a 
Warwick, Esquire, his only Son and Heir-at-law, for 
leave to bring in a Bill to divide the parish and rec- 
tory of Doddington, otherwise Dornington, into 
three separate and distinct parishes and rectories, 
and to endow the same out of the revenues of that 
rectory, and to make provision for the further divi- 
sion of such rectories and parishes, and for other 
purposes connected therewith, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Viscount Villiers and Mr. Alliz. 


Mr. Richard Hodgson presenteda Bill for en- sunderland 
larging the Markets, and providing new Markets, Markets, _ 
and for the Regulation of the Markets and Fairs Bridge,Fernes 

the and General 
within the Borough of Sunderland, and for the gene- Improvement 
ral Improvement of the said Borough and the vici- Bill. 
nity thereof, and for other Purposes : And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Petition of the East Lincolnshire Railway East Lincolv- 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the shire Railway 
East Lincolnshire Railway Act 1846, and to autho-  encgeee gs 
rize a deviation in the line of such Railway, at and Branch to 
near Boston, and the construction of a Branch Great Grims- 
Railway to join the Great Grimsby and Sheffield yA heel 
Junction Railway, near Grimsby, was presented, and Railway at 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in Grimsby) Bill. 
accordingly, by Mr. Christopher and Sir Montague 
Cholmeley. 


A Petition of the East Lincolnshire Railway fast Lincoln 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the shire Railway 
said Company to make a Branch Railway to con- —-s. 
nect the town of Louth and the city of Lincoln, and coln) Bill. 
for enlarging the powers of the Act relating to such 
Railway, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 

ordered 





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ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Chris- 
topher and Sir Montague Cholmeley. 


Newbury Mr. Pusey presented a Bill for establishing a 

Cemetery Bill. General Cemetery for the Interment of the Dead, in 
the Parish of Newbury, near the Town of Newbury, 
in the County of Berks: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Manchester, A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Sheffield and §fefield Canal, and also of the Sheffield, Ashton- 
sone under-Lyne and Manchester Railway Company, the 
field Canal Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway Com- 


Purchase) Bil. pany, the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction 
Railway Company, and the Grimsby Dock Com- 
any, for leave to bring in a Bill for vesting in the 
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway 
Company, the Sheffield Canal, was ae and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Parker and Mr. Ward. 


Edinburgh A Petition of the Magistrates and Town Council 

and Northern of the royal burgh of Arbroath, praying the House 

Railway Bill. 5 pass a Bill, for which application is intended to be 
made during the present Session by the Edinburgh 
and Northern Railway Company, for the purpose of 
improving the Ferry behind Ferry-Port-on-Craig, 
and the north shore of the River Tay, at Broughty, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Leeds, Dews- A Petition of the Leeds, Dewsbury and Manches- 
bury and Man- ter Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 
pee Sn for altering, amending and enlarging or repealing 
sion to Wake- some of the powers and provisions of the Leeds, 
ficld,andJune~ Dewsbury and Manchester Railway Act, 1845, and 
wath the» the Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester Deviations 
Wakefield, and Branches Railway Act, 1846, and for autho- 
ee rizing the making and maintaining of certain 
York and. Branches and Extensions from the said Leeds, Dews- 
North Midland bury and Manchester Railway, was presented, and 
Railways) Bill. read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


Leeds, Dews- 
bury and Man- 


Mr. Speaker laid on the Table,—Report from Mr. 
Chote Rat ay, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
way (Exten- Bills; That in the case of the Petition for the Leeds, 
sion to Wake- Dewsbury and Manchester Railway (Extension to 
eld, anddune- Wakefield, and Junction at Methiey with the Wake- 
with the. &gt; field, Pontefract and Goole, and the York and 
Wakefield, | North Midland Railways) Bill, the Standing Orders 
aap pr have not been complied with, as the following errors 
Saale cued were admitted by the agent for the Bill to have 
North Midland been discovered in the Book of Reference; viz., 
Railways) Bill, : ; 

Names of Owners and Occupiers omitted from 
the Book of Reference for the township of Methley: 





OWNERS. OCCUPIERS, 





Carr, John - -  -| Nalson, Robert. 
Elliott, ee - -| Atkinson, Matthew. 
Hoyland, John -  - | Dickinson, James. 


Savile, Philip Yorke 


Hich, William. 
Webster, Richard - 


Scatcher, Robert. 
Waddington, Henry. 








But it appears that those omissions were dis- 
covered prior to the 15th of December last, and 
that all the parties were served with applications in 
writing, in the form prescribed by the Standing 
Orders on or before that day, and that, with the 
exception of two, from whom no answers have been 
received, they are returned as assenting to the Bill. 


In the same parish, W™. Pulleine is entered in the 
Books of Reference as John Pulleine, and James 
Taylor is described as the occupier of Nos. 65 and 
66, whereas the said lands are occupied by the 


above-named Henry Waddington and James Dich- 
VoL. 102. 


95° Januari. 7 


inson, whose names are omitted from the Book of 
Reference. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Lascelles presented a Bill for making a Rail- Leeds Central 
way Station on the North side of the River Aire, in en 
Leeds, in the West Riding of the County of York, ; 
to be called The Leeds Central Railway Station : 

And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Lord Courtenay presented a Bill for making Rail- Yeovil, 
ways from the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Rail- a 
way, near Yeovil, and near Bridport, to the South way, with 
Devon and Bristol and Exeter Railways, at Exeter, Branches, Bill. 
with Branches to Sidmouth, Charmouth, Ilminster 
and Crewkerne, to be called The Exeter Great West- 
ern Railway: And the same was read the first time ; 


and ordered to be read a second time. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Factories. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number and Names of the 
Persons summoned for Offences against the Factory 
Acts, between the 1st day of January 1846 and the 
1st day of January 1847; specifying the Date of 
the Conviction or Hearing; the Place of Hearing ; 
by whom each Conviction was made ; the Offence 
in each case; and the manner in which the Penal- 
ties and Costs were appropriated :—Also, a Sum- 
mary of the Total Number of Informations and Con- 
victions, and the Amount of Penalties and Costs. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Corn, &amp;c. 
Accounts relating to the Import, Export and Con- 
sumption of Corn, Grain, Meal and Flour, in the 
year ending the 5th day of January 1847 :—State- 
ments of the Weekly Average Price of Wheat, the 
Duty Average, and the Rate of Duty; also the 
Quantities charged with Duty, and the Amount of 
Duty received thereon, distinguishing Foreign from 
Colonial, in each week, from the 5th day of January 
1846 to the 5th day of January 1847 :—And, of the 
Quantities of each kind of Grain, distinguishing 
Foreign from Colonial, imported, paid Duty, and 
remaining in Warehouse, in each month of the 
year 1846, together with the Average monthly Price 
of Wheat in England and Wales :—An Account of 
the Annual Average Prices of Wheat in Guernsey 
and Jersey, with the Quantities imported and ex- 
ported in the year 1846:-—Statements of the Total 
Quantities of Wheat and Wheat Flour imported 
into and exported from Great Britain, in the year 
1846 :—And, of the several kinds of Grain and 
Meal imported from each Country, and likewise of 
the Quantities re-exported to each Country, in the 
year 1846 :—Accounts. of the Total Amount and 
Average Rate of Duty received on each kind of 
Grain, distinguishing Foreign and Colonial, during 
the continuance of the Act 5 Vic., c. 14, together 
with similar Returns from the passing of the Act 
9 and 10 Vic., c. 22 (26th June 1846), to the 5th 
day of January 1847 :—Of the Quantities of each 
kind of Grain which paid the several Rates of Duty 
during the continuance of the Act 5 Vic., c. 14, to- 
gether with similar Returns from the passing of the 
Act 9 and 10 Vic., c. 22 (26th June 1846), to the 
5th day of January 1847 :—Of the Total Quantities 
of each kind of Grain, Foreign and Colonial, with 
the Total Amount of Duty. paid on each kind, and 
the Average Rate thereof during the continuance of 
the Act 5 Vie., c. 14, together with similar Returns 
from the passing of the Act 9 and 10 Vic., c. 22 
(26th June 1846), to the 5th day of January 1847: 
—Of the Quantities of Corn and Meal imported 

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28 


into Great Britain from Ireland, in the year ended 
the 5th day of January 1847:—Of the Annual 
Quantities of Wheat, Barley and Oats sold in the 
different Towns in Great Britain and Wales, from 
which the Averages were taken in the years 1843, 
1844, 1845, 1846 and 1847, ending the 5th day of 
January in each year; and the Annual Average 
Prices at each of the different Towns :—And, of 
the Septennial Prices of each kind of Grain, as 
prepared for the purposes of the Tithe Commis- 
sioners, in each year, from 1835 to 1847, together 
with the Annual Average Price of Grain for the 
same period. 


Foreign 
Vessels, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of Sums paid out of the Consolidated Duties 
of Customs, under the Act 59 Geo. 3, c. 54, and 
subsequent Orders of the Right honourable the 
Lords Commissioners of Her aay be Treasury, in 
the years 1845 and 1846, for the difference of Rates 
and Charges due to Corporations, Companies or 
Individuals, for Foreign Vessels, which under 'lT'rea- 
ties of Reciprocity, or otherwise, are admitted into 
the Ports of the United Kingdom at the same Rates 
of Charge as British Vessels; specifying each of 
the several Rates, on what account the same was 
paid, whether fur Light Dues, Dock Dues on Ships 
or Merchandize, Pilotage, or otherwise :— Also, the 
Total Amount (under the Reciprocity Treaties) paid 
up to the 31st day of December 1846 (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 558, of Session 
1845). 


Cheltenham 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


The Order made upon Friday last, That Mr. 
Craven Berkeley and Mr. Henry Berkeley do pre- 
pare, and bring in the Cheltenham Waterworks Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That Mr. Craven Berkeley and Captain 
Berkeley do prepare, and bring in the Bill. 


Glasgow, A Petition of the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston 
Barrheadand DPirect Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 


——_. B® enable the said Company to make certain 
way Bill. Branch Railways, and to alter a Portion of their 
Line, and for other purposes relating thereto, was 
=. and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
rought in accordingly, by Mr. Hope Johnstone and 

Mr. Bouverie. 
Glasgow, A Petition of the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston 


Barrhead and Direct Railway Company and the Glasgow Southern 
Neilston iq _Lerminal Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
Glasgow Bill to authorize the Purchase of the Glasgow South- 
Southern ern Terminal Railway by the Glasgow, Barrhead 
Terminal Rail- 4yq Neilston Direct Railway Company, and to 
ways Amalga- , Pacing ’ 
mation Bill, amend the Acts relating to the said Company, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hope Johnstone and 
Mr. Bouverie. 


Scottish Mid- A Petition of the Scottish Midland Junction Rail- 
land Junction way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable 
Railway the said Company to make a Branch Railway from 
(Amendment 
andBranch to near the Royal Burgh of — to or near to the 
Laurencekirk) Town of Laurencehirk, in the County of Kincardine, 
Bill. and to amend the Acts relating to the said Railway, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Viscount Duncan and 
Mr. Duncan. 


Caledonian A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company 

and Glasgow, and of the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway 

—— Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to amalgamate 

Railways the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway with 

Amalgama- — the Caledonian Railway, and to authorize the raising 

tion Bill. of additional Money by the said last-mentioned 
Company, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hope 
Johnstone and Mr. Baine. 


95° Januarie. 





A, 1847. 


Mr. Hutt presented a Bill to enable the Hartle- Hartlepool 
pool West Harbour and Dock Company to con- West Harbour 
struct additional Ducks, and for amending an Act oy 
passed in the seventh year of the reign of Her pre- sion) Bill. 
sent Majesty, relating to the said Hartlepool West 
Harbour and Dock Company: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Hutt presented a Bill for making a Railway Hartlepool 
from the Railway of the Hurtlepool Dock and Rail- poe vad 
way Company, near to Hartlepool, to join the yay Bin, 
Stockton and Hartlepool Railway, in the Parish of 
Stranton, with a Branch joining the said Railway 
of the Hartlepool Dock and Railway Company, in 
the Parish of Hart, all in the County of Durham: 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Thet- Settlement. 
ford Union, in the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, 
stating that the Petitioners are desirous that the 
Law of Settlement be repewled, and that Unions be 
charged with relief to all able-bodied poor, the rate 
for the relief of such able-bodied poor to be raised 
by an union rate upon the previous seven years’ 
expenditure for the poor; that all other charges 
for out-door relief and establishment expenses be 
paid from a general fund; and praying the House 
to abolish the Law of Settlement, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy of Saint Pancras, and Shop- Lord’s Day. 
keepers of Somers Town, in the said parish, praying 
that a Bill against Sunday Trading may be passed 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Guardians of the Poor of the Poor Removal 
York Union, praying for the immediate repeal of 4c 
the Poor Removal Act, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Assessors and Collectors of pro- Tax Assessors 
perty, income and land and assessed taxes for the 224 Collectors. 
district of Worcester, stating that a great number 
of persons whose whole time is occupied in assess- 
ing and collecting the taxes in larger towns, being 
wholly dependent upon the poundage for their re- 
muneration, are but very inadequately rewarded, 
considering the very heavy expenses to which they 
are subjected, the important trusts they hold, and 
the serious responsibilities under which they are 
bound by their securities, &amp;c.; and praying that 
the House will take their case into consideration, 
and provide such remedy as shall seem fit under 
the circumstances set forth, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bridgewater and Famine in 
its neighbourhood, stating that the Petitioners &gt; 
regard with dismay the afflicting and increasing 
prevalence of famine in Zreland, and in some of the 
remoter provinces of Her Majesty’s British do- 
minions; that while they rejoice to observe the 
prompt and energetic exertions of the Government, 
they are painfully convinced of their inadequacy to 
the extraordinary requirements of the period; and 
praying the House to have recourse to such addi- 
tional measures as may be deemed advisable for the 
more efficient preservation of perishing multitudes 
from impending destruction; also assuring the 
House that they will cheerfully submit to any re- 
quisite augmentation of the national burthens which 
may be temporarily needed for the discharge of so 
important and bounden a duty, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition 


(Ire 
Sco 


Fa 


Su; 
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Li 
&amp;e 





Poor Law 
(Ireland and 
Scotland.) 


Factories. 


Sugar and 
Molasses. 


Lighthouses, 
&amp;e. 


Grain and 
Provisions 
(Ireland.) 


Colonel War- 
ren Hastings 
Leslie Frith. 


Supply. 


Customs and 
Xcise, 


10 VicToriz. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Bridge- 
water and its neighbourhood, praying the House to 
prevent a recurrence of the awful calamity of famine 
to their Zrish and Scotch countrymen, by the imme- 
diate enactment of a just, well-considered and effi- 
cient Poor Law both for Jreland and Scotland, 
which should provide for the maintenance of the 
whole destitute poor of those countries, whether in- 
mates of the workhouses or not, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Three Petitions from Habergham Eaves, praying 
the House to pass a Ten Hours’ Bill for all minors 
and females employed in factories,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bury Saint Edmund’s ;—Glas- 
gow ;—and, Agents appointed by the Legislatures 
for Barbadoes, Antigua and Montserrat, and Saint 
Christopher, Saint Vincent, Dominica, Nevis and 
The Virgins; praying the House to remove the pro- 
hibition against the use of Sugar in public Breweries, 
and the restrictions on its use in Distilleries, so far 
as is consistent with the protection of the Revenue, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Shipowners of the port of Sunder- 
land, praying the House to pass a law for giving 
effect to the recommendation of the Select Com- 
mittee on Lighthouses, &amp;c., and that the House will 
be pleased to revise the present pilotage system of 
this country, and protect shipowners against the 
heavy expenses to which they are now subjected 
thereby, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Mewcastle-upon- Tyne ;—Carlisle ; 
— Paisley ;— Wells (Somerset) ;—High Bridge ;— 
Fleetwood ;— York ;— Bath ;— Rochester ; — Read- 
ing (two Petitions); — Topsham; — Margate; — 
Stoke-upon-Trent ;— Enfield ;—and, Northampton ; 

raying for the immediate employment of the whole 
arine belonging to or under the control of the 
Government and people of England in the trans- 
portation of grain and provisions to Ireland,—were 
—— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Warren Hastings Leslie Frith, 
Colonel in the Bengal Artillery, in the service of the 
East India Company, praying for the appointment 
of a Select Committee of inquiry into the claims of 
the Petitioner, as the only son and personal repre- 
sentative of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Frith, de- 
ceased, formerly in the Bengal Cavalry, and Aide- 
de-Camp to the late Warren Hastings, Esquire, 
Governor-General of India, upon the East India 
Company, for payment of several sums of money 
advanced by the Petitioner's father in 1784, for the 
payment of the Sepoys belonging to the Nabob 
Vizier of Oude, employed under his command in 
garrisoning the fortress of Futty Ghur, in virtue 
of a treaty between the then Guvernor-General and 
the Nabob, known as the treaty of Chunar, was 
gga and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report from the Committee to whom it was re- 
ferred to consider the Motion made upon Thursday 
last, That a Supply be granted to Her Majesty ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
Report from the Committee to whom it was referred 
to consider the several Acts relating to the Duties 
of Customs and Excise ; 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 
Vot. 102. 


25° Januari. 





29 


The House was moved, That the 34th, 35th and Controverted 
36th Sections of the Act 7and 8 Vic., c. 103, to Elections. 


amend the Law for the Trial of Controverted Elec- 
tions of Members to serve in Parliament, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

The Clerk read the List of Members who have 
claimed to be excused from serving on Election 
Committees, as being upwards of sixty years of age, 
as followeth : 

William Astell, Esquire, Colonel Baillie (Honi- 
ton), Walter Baine, Seinen John Benett, (South 
Wilts), Esquire, J. Ireland Blackburne, Esquire, 
William Brown (South Lancashire), Esquire, Sir 
Charles M. Burrell, Aaron Chapman (Whitby), 
Esquire, Edward Connolly, Esquire, William Shar- 
man Crawford, Esquire, William Joseph Denison 
(Surrey), Esquire, Sir Howard Douglas (Liverpool), 
Right honourable Edward Ellice (Coventry), Sir 
William Feilden (Blackburn), John Fielden, (Ol- 
ham), Esquire, Augustus Eliott Fuller, Esquire, 
William Ormsby Gore (Salop), Esquire, John 
Hardy, Esquire, John Heathcoat (Tiverton), Es- 
quire, Sir John Hope (Edinburghshire), Kedgwin 
Hoskins, Esquire, Joseph Hume, Esquire, Sir Robert 
Harry Inglis, Sir Charles Knightley, William Gore 
Langton, Esquire, Sir Charles Lemon, James Loch, 
Esquire, Major Macnamara, Lord Charles Manners 
(South Leicester), Stewart Marjoribanks, Esquire, 
Sir Charles Napier, Cornelius O’Brien, Esquire, 
William Ord, Esquire, James Oswald (Glasgow), 
Esquire, George Palmer (Essex), Esquire, James 
Pattison, Esquire, Edward William Wynne Pen- 
darves, Esquire, John Phillpotts, Esquire, John 
Round (Maldon), Esquire, ice Sheppard, Es- 
quire, Sir Henry Smyth (Colchester), Sir George 
T. Staunton, Sir George Strickland, Sir Frederick 
W. Trench, Richard Walker, Esquire, Edmond 
Wodehouse, Esquire, Colonel Wood ( Brecknockshire), 
and the Right honourable Charles Watkin Williams 
Wynn (Montgomeryshire). 

The Right honourable Lord John Russell having 
stated, That, being First Lord of the Treasury, ne 
could not attend Election Committees without 
material inconvenience to the public service, during 
the time he may hold the said Office ; 

Resolved, That the Right honourable Lord John 
Russell, First Lord of the Treasury, be excused from 
serving on Election Committees during the time he 
may hold the said Office. 


The Right honourable Sir George Grey having 
stated, That, being one of Her Majesty’s Principal 
Secretaries of State, he could not attend Election 
Committees without material inconvenience to the 
public service, during the time he may hold the said 
Office ; 

Resolved, That the Right honourable Sir George 
Grey, one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of 
State, be excused from serving on Election Com- 
mittees during the time he may hold the said 
Office. 

The Right honourable Sir Charles Wood, Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer, having stated, That he 
could not attend Election Committees without 
material inconvenience to the public service, during 
the time he may hold the said Office ; dl 

Resolved, That the Right honourable Sir Charles 
Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer, be excused 
from serving on Election Committees during the 
time he may hold the said Office. 


Thomas Greene, Esquire, having stated, That, 
being Chairman of the Committee of Ways and 
Means, the House had also devolved upon him 
the duty of sitting as Chairman of all Committees 
upon Private Bills unopposed, and that it would 
not be in his power to perform that duty if selected 
to serve on an Electicn Committee ; 

Resolved, That Thomas Greene, Esquire, Chair- 
man of the Committee of Ways and Means, be 
excused from serving on Election Committees 

E3 during 








Answer to 
Addresses. 


Poor Law 
(Scotland.) 


Police 
(Scotland. ) 


Lunatics 
(Scotland. ) 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts. 


Milbank 
Prison. 


Poor Law. 





30 25° Januariz. A. 1847. 


during the time he may be required to sit as Chair- year 1846, subsequent to the commencement of the 

man of ali Committees upon Private Bills unop- last Session of Parliament. 

posed. | Copy of a General Order issued by the Poor Law Poor Law 
|Commissioners to each Union in Jreland, dated (Ireland. 


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That 14th November 1846. 


% : A Return of the Number of Causes instituted and Court of 
_ pope - eg sth Cea a - aes ‘decided in the Court of Session in Scotland, be- (Seotlan 4) 
would be graciously pleased to give directions that | coe Ge i oe of dannary, a oF er = aay” ) 
the Papers therein mentioned might be laid before | ~ for abl 4 se Ss F sory 
this House), had been presented to Her Majesty ; ae y je! udgment but not disposed of at the last o 
and that Her Majesty had commanded him to) ydeomery That th ~~ th 
acquaint this House, that She will give directions lTebie pon SO Oe Ge SRS Se Ee 
accordingly. ” 


| A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and Message’ from 
Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s | Mr. Senior : the Lords ; 
Command,—Copy of the First Annual Report of | Mr. Speaker, 
the Board of Supervision for the Reliefofthe Poor, The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
in Scotland. | lowing, without Amendment ; viz., 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the; A Bill, intituled, An Act to suspend, until the Corn Impor. 
Table. | first day of September One thousand eight hundred tation Bill 
we Forty-seven, the Duties on the Importation of 
Corn: 


ir Willi S ille presented r t to! ee ; 
ota A, — ‘ — si Maj esty z Panag ann A Bill, intituled, An Act to allow, until the first Navigation 
F H sty,— | 


Address to Her Majesty, dated the 6th day of July, day of September One thousand eight hundred and Pill 
in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return Forty-seven, the Importation of Corn from any 
from each of the Burghs in Scotland; stating | Country in Foreign Ships :—And then the Mes- 
whether they have or have not adopted the Act | *°°8¢s withdrew. 


3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 46, imtituled, “ An Act to} . ; eee ; : 
enable Burghs in Scotland to establish a General | Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Labouring 


System of Police ;” and, if they have adopted it, 'to render valid certain Proceedings for the Relief of oe 
stating the Date of such adoption, whether in he eurhin P er Vy Sar seals rag” of gin 
whole or in part, and, if in part only, stating what | Chancel “yes 7 ee * ord ." LE bke j ”" 
part ; stating also all the Expenses attending such | 5 ancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Labouchere 
adoption. o prepare, and bring it in. 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
17th day of August, in the last Session of Parlia- | Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Improvement 
ment, for a Return from the several Parishes in | to facilitate the Improvement of Estates by Landed yea 
the different Counties in Scotland, of the Number | Proprietors in Lreland: And that Lord John Rus- sities 
of Idiots and Lunatics, and other Insane Perscns, of | sell, The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. La- 
each sex, who are maintained, either wholly or in | bouchere do prepare, and bring it in. 
part, out of the Parochial or other Public Funds; 


distinguishing, in such Return, the respective Num-| Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for Destitute 
bers of such Persons who are kept in Public Asy-| the Temporary Relief of Destitute Persons in Jre- Persons 
lums, in Private Madhouses, in Workhouses or | /and: And that Lord John Russell, The Chancellor (ireland) Bill. 
Wards attached thereto, and in Private Houses, | of the Exchequer and Mr. Labouchere do prepare, 
with their Relatives or Friends respectively ; and | and bring it in. 
also stating, for each County, the Average Sum 
which is allowed and paid for the maintenance of| Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to poor Relief 
such Insane Persons kept in each of these Four dif-! make further Provision for the Relief of the Destitute (Ireland) Bill. 
ferent modes. | Poor in Ireland: And that Lord John Russell, Sir 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the | George Grey and Mr. Labouchere do prepare, and 
28th day of August, in the last Session of Parlia- | bring it in. 
ment, for Returns of the Number and Name of all 
Ecclesiastical or other Courts having peculiar juris-| A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Railways 
diction, or exempt from jurisdiction, locally situate | posed, That it is the Opinion of this House no public (Ireland.) 





within any Parish or Place within the limits of the 
several Dioceses of Canterbury, London, Winches- 
ter, Chichester, Lincoln and Rochester, comprised 
in a Scheme or Order of the Ecclesiastical Commis- 
sioners, dated the sth day of August 1845 :—Of the 
Number and Name of all Peculiars not holding 
Courts within the said Dioceses comprised in the 
said Scheme or Order :— And, of the Notice (if any) 
that was given to the several Owners, Holders, 
Patrons, Officials and other Parties interested and 
affected by the said Scheme or Order, and whether 
they had an opportunity of being heard respecting 
the same. 

A Copy of the Report of the Commissioners ap- 
pointed, in August last, to inquire into the Manage- 
ment of Milbank Prison, together with the Evi- 
dence :—Also, Copies of any Instructions or Orders 
issued by the Secretary of State to the Prison Au- 
thorities, in consequence thereof. 


Sir William Ssmerville also presented, pursuant | 


works can be of greater importance to the future 
prosperity of Jreland than Railways, and that every 
facility for their construction be given by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Government ; provided always, that proper 
security can be afforded for the repayment of any 
advances made by the Treasury :—And the said 


Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


{ 





to assist Mr. Speaker in all matters which relate to 
the Printing executed by Order of this House, and 
| for the purpose of selecting and arranging for print- 
ing Returns and Papers presented in pursuance of 
Motions made by Members of this House, which 
‘may be referred to the said Committee :—And a 
_ Committee was appointed of Mr. Parker, Sir Robert 
| Harry Inglis, Mr. Pusey, Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr. 
| Young, Viscount Mahon, Mr. Hume, Mr. Card- 
‘well and Mr. Loch. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


to the directions of several Acts of Parliameut,— | 


Copies of all General Rules issued by the Poor | 


Law Commissioners to Unions in England, in the 


it was referred to consider the Motion made upon 
Thursday 


| Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Printing. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom Supply. 


Na 
anc 
Est 


Cu 
Ex 





m 


nt 


Navy, Army, 
and Ordnance 
Estimates. 


Customs and 
Excise. 


10 Vicroriz. 


Thursday last, That a Supply be granted to Her 
Majesty, a Resolution ; and the same was read, as 


followeth : 
: Resolved, That a Supply be granted to Her Ma- 


jesty. 


The said Resolution being read a second time ; 

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

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


Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for 
Naval Services, to the 3ist day of March 1848, be 
laid before this House. 

Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for 
Army Services, to the 31st day of March 1848, be 
laid before this House. 

Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for 
Ordnance Services, to the 31st day of March 1848, 
be laid before this House. 

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

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


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to 
whom it was referred to consider the several Acts 
relating to the Duties of Customs and Excise, several 
Resolutions ; which were read, as follow : 


1. Resolved, That it is expedient to suspend, for 
a time to be limited, the Duties on the importation 
of Buck Wheat, Buck Wheat Meal, Maize or Indian 
Corn, Indian Corn Meal and Rice. 


2. Resolved, That it is expedient to allow the 
use of Sugar in the brewing of Beer. 


3. Resolved, That there be allowed and paid a 
Drawback of five shilllngs, and five per centum, on 
the exportation to foreign parts of every thirty-six 
gallons of Beer or Ale, the worts used in the brewing 
whereof shall not be of lower specific gravity than 
1:054; and a Drawback of seven shillings and six- 
pence, and five per centum, on the exportation of 
such Beer or Ale, the worts used in the brewing 
whereof shall not be of less specific gravity than 
1081. 


4. Resolved, That an allowance of twelve shillings 
and ten pence be granted to every Distilier of 
Spirits in the United Kingdom for and in respect of 
every eleven gallons and a half (and so in proportion) 
of Spirits produced from Sugar used by such Dis- 
tiller in the making of Spirits upon which the Duties 
granted by Law shall have been paid. 


5. Resolved, That it is expedient to make Regu- 
lations relative to the Distillation of Spirits from 
Sugar in England, Scotland and Ireland. 


6. Resolved, That in lieu of the Duties of Customs 
now chargeable on the Articles undermentioned, 
imported into the United Kingdom, the following 
Duties shall be charged : viz., 


Spirits, or Strong Waters, for every gallon of such Spirits 
or Strong Waters, of any strength not exceeding the 
strength of Proof by Sykes’ hydrometer, and so in pro- 
portion for any greater or less strength than the strength 
=. Proof, and for any greater or less quantity than a gal- 
mM; viz, 


Spirits, or Strong Waters, the produce cf any British 
Plantation in America, not being sweetened Spirits, 
or Spirits mixed with any article, so that the Tegves 
of strength thereof cannot be exactly ascertained by 
such hydrometer, 


&amp;. d. 

If imported into England, the gallon - 8 4 
~ Scotland om - 42 

J Ireland &gt; - 3 2 


VoL. 102. 


95° Januari. 


31 


Rum, the produce of any British Possession within 
the limits of the East India Company's Charter, not being 
sweetened Spirits, or Spirits so mixed as aforesaid, in re- 
gard to which the conditions of the Act 4 Vic., c. 8, have 
or shall have been fulfilled, 





s. d. 

If imported into England, the gallon - 8 4 
as Scotland =i - 4 2 

% Ireland a - 38 2 





Rum Shrub, however sweetened, the produce of 
and imported from such Possessions, in neil to which 
the conditions of the Act 4 Vic., c. 8, had or shall have 
been fulfilled, or the produce of and imported from any 
British Possession in America, 


s. d. 

If imported into England, the gallon - 8 4 
- Scotland _,, - 42 

“ Ireland a 3 2 


The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill or Bills be brought in upon 
the said Resolutions: And that Mr. Greene, The 
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Parker do 
prepare, and bring in the same. 


Mr. Tufnell presented a Bill to suspend, for a Buck Wheat, 
Time to be limited, the Duties on the Importation &amp;c., Importa- 
of Buck Wheat, Buck Wheat Meal, Maize or Indian 4 Bill 
Corn, Indian Corn Meal and Rice: And the same No.7. 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 

second time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Mr, Tufnell presented a Bill to allow the Use of Brewing from 
Sugar in the Brewing of Beer: And the same was Sugar Bill. 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second = No. 8. 
time upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Parker presented a Bill to render valid cer- Labouring 
tain Proceedings for the Relief of Distress in Lre- a (Ireland) 
land, by Employment of the Labouring Poor: And “yy. 9 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be wis 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Parker presented a Bill to make further poor Retief 
Provision for the Relief of the Destitute Poor in (Ireland) Bill. 
Ireland: And the same was read the first time; No.10. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Hawes presented a Bill to empower the Zon- London and 
don and North Western Railway Company to make North Western 
a Railway from the London and North Western B#lway (Saint 

: 4 “ Alban’s, Luton 
Railway near Watford, to Saint Alban’s, Luton and and Dunstable 
Dunstable: And the same was read the first time ; Branch) Bill. 


and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Hawes presented a Bill for authorizing the Cheltenham 
Cheltenham Waterworks Company to raise a further Waterworks 
Sum of Money: And the same was read the first ””* 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Hawes presented a Bill to empower the Lon- London and 
don and North Western Railway Company to make North Western 
a Railway from the London and North Western (Newprt Pag- 
Railway near Bletchley, to Newport Pagnell, Olney nel, Olney and 
and Wellingborough: And the same was read the Wellingbo- 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. — Branch) 

Mr. Hawes presented a Bill to enlarge the Powers wolverhamp- 
of the Wolverhampton Gas Light Company, and to ton Gas Bill. 
authorize the Union of such Company with the 
Wolverhampton New Gas Company: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Hawes presented a Bill to authorize a Lease ghropshire 
of the Undertaking of the Shropshire Union Rail- Union Rail- 
ways and Canal Company tothe London and North (i¥%, wee 

7 : anal (Lease 
Western Rai!way Company: And the same was to the London 


read the first time; and ordered to be read a second and North — 
time. Western Rail- 











way Company) 
ill, 


E4 Mr, Bill. 








32 25°—26° 


Norfolk Rail- | Mr, Hawes presented a Bill to empower the Nor- 
way (Branch fo/k Railway Company to make a Railway from the 


——- Norfolk Railway near Thetford, to join the Ipswich 


Ipswich and and Bury Saint Edmund's Railway near Bury Saint 
rte. Ap Edmund’s: And the same was read the first time ; 
munds Rail- | : : F 

way near Bury 20d ordered to be read a second time. 

St. Edmund’s) 

Bill. 

Norfolk Rail- 
way (Branch 
from Wymond 


Mr. Hawes presented a Bill to empower the Wor- 
folk Railway Company to make a Railway from 
“Wymondham to Diss: And the same was read the 


Norwich Ex- first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 
tension of the 

Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway, 

and the proposed Thetford and Reedham 

Railway, near Diss) Bill. 


Queen Anne’s Ordered, That the Account relative to Queen 
Bounty. Anne’s Bounty, which was presented upon Friday 
No. 11. last, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Martis, 26° die Januari; 


Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


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


Bank of Mr. Smee, from the Bank of England, was called 

England. in, and at the bar presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—An Account 
of the Amount of all Exchequer Bills or Treasury 
Bills, and other Government Securities, which have 
been purchased by the Governor and Company of 
the Bank of England, or on which any Sum or 
Sums have been lent and advanced for the Public 
Service by the Governor and Company of the said 
Bank, in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1847 ; showing what Amount of such Bills, before 
the making up of this Account, has been paid off 
and discharged ; and the Amount of such Exche- 
quer Bills, or Treasury Bills, or other Government 
Securities, which was in the hands of the Governor 
and Company of the said Bank on the Sth day of 
January 1847 aforesaid. 

An Account of the Amount of Balances of Sums 
issued for the Payment of Dividends due and not 
demanded, and for the Payment of Lottery Prizes 
or Benefits which had not been claimed, and which 
remained in the hands of the Governor and Com- 
pany of the Bank of England, on the thereunder- 
mentioned days, being those next before the issue 
from the Exchequer of Money for the Payment of 
Dividends on account of the National Debt, for 
each of the Four preceding Quarters respectively. 

National Debt. An Account of the Receipt and Expenditure of 
£.3,578,721. 1s. 3d. in one year, from the 5th 
January 1846 to the Sth January 1847, by the 
Commissioners appointed by the 26 Geo. 3, for the 
Reduction of the National Debt :—And then he 
withdrew. 


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


Chard Canal ~— A Petition of the Chard Canal and Railway Com- 

aaa a pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said 

and Amalga- Company to extend their Railway from Jiminster 
ga -) y 


to Chard, all in the or oy of Somerset, was pre- 
sented, and read; anda Bill was ordered to be 





Januari. A. 1847. 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Dickinson and Mr. q 
Acland. : 


A Message, by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman Royal Assent | 
Usher of the Black Rod : to Bills, 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s § 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Public Bills therein men- 
tioned ; and that the Lords, thereby authorized, 
had declared the Royal Assent to the said Bills : 

Which Bills are as follow : 

An Act to suspend until the First day of Septem- Corn Impor. 
ber One thousand eight hundred and Forty-seven, ttion Bil. 
the Duties on the Importation of Corn : 

An Act to allow until the First day of September Navigation 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-seven, the Bill. 
Importation of Conn from any country in Foreign 


woe eT 


Ships. 
Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill to amend a 
and extend the Provisions of an Act passed in the Coke mit and 


third year of the reign of King George the Fourth, 
intituled, An Act for incorporating the Warrington 
Gas Light Company: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


_—e7 


A Petition of the Preston and Wyre Railway Preston and 
Harbour and Dock Company, for leave to bring in a Wyre Railwy 
Bill to alter and amend the Acts relating to the said ®Y 
Company, and to enable the Company to make an 
additional Railway at Kirkscar Bay, in the county 
palatine of Lancaster, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Wilson Patten and Mr. Talbot Clifton. 


A Petition of the Wharfdale Railway Company, Wharfiale 
for leave to bring ina Bill to amend the provisions orm d “ 
of the Wharfdale Railway Act, 1846, and to make oe Hall 
certain Deviations from the authorized Jine of Rail- Deviations) 
way, was presented, and read; and a Bill was Bill 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 


Beckett Denison and Sir George Strickland. 


hed tt Sed Ge OA bd 


Mr. Barry Baldwin presented a Bill to enable Midland Gre ; 
the Midland Great Western Railway of Zreland ——, ; 
Company to make certain Deviations in the autho- (Newcastle, ) 
rized Line of the said Railway, and to amend the Anniskinna 
Acts relating thereto: And the same was read web een 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second pj), 


time. 


A Petition of the Liskeard and Caradon Railway Liskeard 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the and Caradon 
said Company to raise a further sum of Money, and Railway Bil 
to sell or lease their Railway to the Cornwall Rail- 
way Company, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by The 
Judge Advocate and Mr. Dickinson. 


The Liverpool Gas Bill was read a second time ; Liverpool 

and committed. Gas Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of the several Persons whose names Llynvi Iron 
are thereunto subscribed, being Directors of the Company Bil- 
Llynvi Iron Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for regulating Legal Proceedings by or against the 





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10 Vicroriz. 


Llynvi Iron Company, and for granting certain 
powers thereto, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Dr. 
Bowring and Mr. Morris. 


A Petition of theseveral Persons whose names 
are thereunto subscribed, being Owners or Oc- 
cupiers of property situate in the township of 
Shipley, the village of Windhill, and the neigh- 
bourhood thereof, in the West Riding of the county 
of York, Subscribers to the undertaking thereinafter 
mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for lighting 
with Gas the Township of Shipley, the Village of 


Shipley 
Gas Bill. 


Windhiil, and the neighbourhood thereof, in the | 


West Riding of the county of York, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Beckett Denison and Mr. Bus- 
feild. 


A Petition of the General Terminus and Glasgow 

x Harbour Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
nar Bill to enable the said Company to make Branch 
Branches Bill. Railways to connect the Caledonian and other ad- 
joining Railways, with certain subsidiary Branches, 
and to amend the Act relating to such Railway, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the General Terminus and Glasgow Har- 
bour Railway Company to make Branch ‘Railways 
to the Caledonian, and other adjoining Railways, 
with certain subsidiary Branches, and to amend the 
Act relating to such Railway: And that Mr. Os- 
wald and Mr. Dennistoun do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


General 
Terminus and 


Sheficld Canal Mr. Parker presented a Bill to amend an Act 

Bill. passed in the Fifty-fifth year of the reign of His 
Majesty King George the Third, intituled, “ An 
Act for making and maintaining a Navigable Canal 
from Sheffield to Tinsley, in the West Riding of 
the County of York,” and to repeal certain Laws 
relating to a Road from Tinsley to Sheffield, and 
the other Roads in the Township of Tinsley: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time, 


Manchester, Mr. Parker presented a Bill for vesting in the 
Sheficld and = Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway 
incolnshire 


Railway (Shef. Company the Sheffield Canal: And the same was 
field Canal read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
Purchase) Bill. second time. 


Liverpool, A Petition of the Liverpool, Manchester and 
Manchester Mewcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Company, 
and Newcastle- 


apenas for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said 
Junction Rail- Company to make a Railway from the Burnley 


ped a Branch of the Manchester and Leeds Railway, in 
BL ~—s the Township of Habergham Eaves, in the Parish 
of Whalley, in the County of Lancaster, to the 
East Lancashire Railway, in the same Township, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Entwisle and 
Mr, Hutt. 
Norfolk Rail- _ A Petition of the Norfolk Railway Company, 
way (Yar- _— for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said Com- 
dion, te.) Ba. pany to extend their Railway to the Town of 
spies Great Yarmouth, and for other Purposes, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wilshere, Mr. Wode- 
house and Mr. Burroughes. 
Manchester A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 


Markets Bill. gesses of the borough of Manchester, for leave to 
bring in a Bill to amend some of the provisions of 
the Manchester Markets Act, 1846, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 


accordingly, by Mr. Mark Philips and Mr. Milner 
Gibson. 


VoL, 102. 


26° Januariz. 


33 


The Order made yesterday, That leave be given to Caledonian 
bring in a Bill to amalgamate the Glasgow, Paisley 24 Glasgow 
and Greenock Railway with the Caledonian Rail- rtm 
way, and toauthorize theraising of additional Money Railways 
by the last-mentioned Company, was read, and ia 
discharged. — 

Ordered, That the Petition for the said Bill, 
which was presented yesterday, be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to enable the Glas- Glasgow, 
gow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway Com- psa al 
pany to make certain Branch Railways, and to Railway Bill, 
alter a Portion of their Line, and for other Purposes 
relating thereto: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to authorize the Glasgow, 
Purchase of the Glasgow Southern Terminal Rail- Barrhead and 
way by the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct mee 
Railway Company, and to amend the Acts relating gow Southern 


to the said Company: And the same was read Terminal 


the first time; and ordered to be read a second pl 
time. tion Bill. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to divide the Parish Doddington 
and Rectory of Doddington, otherwise Dornington, wsenes Bil. 
into three separate and distinct Parishes and Rec- 
tories, and to endow the same out of the Revenues 
of that Rectory, and to make Provision for the 
further division of such Rectories and Parishes, and 
for other Purposes connected therewith: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to enable the Scot- Scottish Mid- 
tish Midland Junction Company to make a Branch and Junctiox 
Railway from near the Royal Burgh of Forfar to , +e, 
or near to the Town of Laurencehirk, in the County and Branch to 
of Kincardine, and to amend the Acts relating to havrencekirky 
the said Railway: And the same was read the first 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to authorize certain Wilts, Somer- 
Alterations of the Line of the Wilts, Somerset and set and Wey- 
Weymouth Railway: And the same was read the ver (io 3) 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. (Bruton, Pit- 


combe, and Rodden and 
Bradford Deviations) Bill. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill for making a Rail- Windsor _ 
way from Windsor to join the Great Western Rail- Railway Bill. 
way near Slough, to be called The Windsor Rail- 
way: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time, 


Mr. Spooner presented a Bill to enable the Lon- London, 

don, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company Brighton and. 

° ; : : South Coast 
to enlarge their Terminal Station at London Bridge, Railway (Lon- 
and to divide such Station permanently from that don Bridge 
of the South Eastern Railway —s And the Station En- 

ss argement and 

same was read the first time; and ordered to be Arrangement) 


read a second time. Bill. 


Mr. Spooner presented a Bill to enable the Lon- London, 
don, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company Brighton and 
; ° - “ South Coast 
to make a new Line of Railway from the Junction Raiway (Ex- 
of their Railway with the London and Greenwich tension to Lon- 
Railway to or nearly to their Station near London don Bridge) 
Bridge: And the same was read the first time ; 


and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Spooner presented a Bill for enlarging the London Bridge 

present Station of the London, Brighion and South Railway —- 
Coast, and of the South Eastern, and of the London abn 
and Greenwich Railway Companies, at or near Bill. 
London Bridge ; and for the division of such pe 
and such enlarged Station between the London, 
Brighton and South Coast and the South Eastern 
Railway Companies, for the separate accommoda- 
tion of the traffic of such two Railway Companies : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 





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F A Petition 








34, 96° Januarie. 


Manchester, A Peution of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne 
Sheffield and and Manchester Railway Company, the Sheffield 
omega and Lincolnshire Junction Railway Company, the 
(Louth and Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway 


Horncastleand Qompany, and the Grimsby Dock vay ane bs for 

— ——. leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Manchester, 

Branches) Bill. —. and Lincolnshire Railway Company to 
make Branch Railways to the Towns of Louth and 
Horncastle, and to connect the East Lincolnshire 
Railway, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. William 
Collett and Mr. Edward Heneage. 


Manchester A Petition of the Manchester and Lincoln Union 
and Lincoln Railway and Chesterfield and Gainsborough Canal 
Union Rail- stey : , 
way (Devia- Company, for leave to bringin a Bill to authorize a 
tion) Bill. Deviation in the line of the Manchester and Lincoln 

Union Railway, was presented, and read ; and a 

Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 

Mr. George Cavendish and Mr. William Collett. 
Birmingham, A Petition of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton 
Wolverhamp- 


ton and Stare and Stour Valley Railway Company, for leave to 
Valley Rail- bring in a Bill to authorize a certain Alteration in 
way (No.1.) the line of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and 
eet Stour Valley Railway, and to amend the Act re- 
Bil. _ lating thereto, and for other purposes, was presented, 

and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 


accordingly, by Mr. Dugdale and Mr. Robert Scott. 


London, 
Oxford and 


Sir Charles Douglas presented a Bill for making 
Cheltenham 2 Railway from Cheltenham to join the London and 
Railway and North Western Railway at Tving, with Branches 
Branches Bill. therefrom, to be called The London, Oxford and 
Cheltenham Railway: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Portsmouth 


~_ The Portsmouth Paving, Lighting and Improve- 
aving, 


he ment Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 
Improvement Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Bill. mittee of Selection. 


East Lincom- Mr. Forbes Mackenzie presented a Bill to amend 
po chan the East Lincolnshire Railway Act, 1846, and to 
, oeagaont authorize a Deviation in the Line of such Railway 
Branch to at and near Boston, and the Construction of a 
ae Branch Railway to join the Great Grimsby and 
Junction Rail- Sheffield Junction Railway near Grimsby: And the 
way at Grims- same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
by) Bill. a second time. 


East Lincoln- Mr. Forbes Mackenzie presented a Bill to enable 

shire Railway the East Lincolnshire Railway Company to make a 

(Branch from a A 

Louth to Lin. Branch Railway to connect the Town of Louth and 

coln) Bill. the City of Lincoln, and for enlarging the Powers 
of the Act relating to such Railway: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


LynnandEly A Petition of the Zynn and Ely Railway Com- 

Railway (Ex- pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said 

Bury St. Fa Company to extend their Railway to Bury Saint 

mund’s) Bill. 2dmund’s, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Viscount 
Jocelyn and Mr. Christie. 


Lynn and Ely, 


A Petition of the Lynn and Ely Railway Com- 
Ely and 


Tietinndon, PORY&gt; the E/y and Huntingdon Railway Company, 
gdon, / . : ? 

and Lynn and the Lynn and Dereham Railway Company, for 

and Dereham leave to bring in a Bill for consolidating the Lynn 


Railways and Ely, the Ely and Huntingdon and the Lynn 

Amalgama- i é . : 

tion Bill. and Dereham Railway Company into one Company, 
to be called The East Anglian Railways Company, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Viscount Jocelyn and 
Mr. Christie. 

LynnandEly A Petition of the Lynn and Ely Railway Com- 


Railway (Ex- 
tension to 
Spalding and 
Holbeach) Bill, 


pany, for leave to bring ina Bill to enable the said 
Company to extend their Railway to Spalding and 








A, 1847. 


Holbeach, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Viscount 
Jocelyn and Mr. Christie. 


Mr. Parker years a Bill to incorporate the Manchester, 
Manchester and Lincoln Union Railway and Ches- re ont 
: ~ incolnshire 
terfield and Gainsborough Canal Company with the Railways, ana 
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Manchester 
Company: And the same was read the first time ; hag wg 
and ordered to be read a second time. way,and Ches. 
terfield and Gainsborough 
Canal Amalgamation Bill, 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill for enabling Fleetwood, 
the Fleetwood,{Preston and West Riding Junction Seg 

é est Riding 
Railway Company to make the Burnley and Col- Junction Rail 
liery Branches from the Fleetwood, Preston and way (Burnley 
West Riding Junction Railway: And the same was Branches) Bil 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 


time. 


A Petition of the Bristol and South Wales Junc- Bristol and 

tion Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill South Wales 
: Y : - . . Junction Rail- 

to enable the said Company to improve and maintain yay and Aust 
the Aust or Old Passage Ferry across the River Ferry Bill. 
Severn, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Philip 
Miles and Mr. Henry Berkeley. 


The Right honourable For Maule, Joseph Bro- Controverted 
therton, Esquire, and William Miles, Esquire, being #4. 
three of the Members appointed by Mr. Speaker to 
serve on the General Committee of Elections, and 
not objected to by the House, severally took the 
following oath : 


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


Ordered, That the Petition of the Earl of Zis- saint Atpan’s 
towel, which was delivered in upon the 13th day of Election. 
August in the last Session of Parliament, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Bo- 
rough of Saint Alban, be referred to the General 
Committee of Elections. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Francis Egerton London and 
Earl of Ellesmere,and of the London and North West- North Western 
ern Railway Company, for leave to bring ina Bill to —- ga 
authorize the Right honourable Francis Egerton Earl of Elles- 
Earl of Ellesmere to sell, and the London and North mere’s Interest 
Western Railway Company to purchase, the Estate pty ae 
and Interest of the said Earl inthe Manchester,South Junction and 
Junction and Altrincham Railway, was presented, Altrincham 
and read ; anda Bill was ordered to be brought in a 
accordingly, by Sir Charles Douglas and Mr. En- 
twisle. 


Petitions from Stansfield (two Petitions) ;— Heap Factories. 
(seven Petitions) :— Todmorden (two Petitions) ;— 
Walsden (two Petitions); — Langfield (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Padiham ;— Manchester (two Petitions) ;— 
Castleton (two Petitions) ; — Rochdale; — Glasgow 
(Chairman) ;—Godey ;— Hyde (seven Petitions) ;— 
Newton Moor (three Petitions); — and, Newton ; 
praying the House to pass a Ten Hours Bill for all 
Minors and Females employed in Factories,—-were 
7 age and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of the Guardians of the Poor of the poor Removal 
township of Leeds, in the county of York, praying Act. 
for the amendment or repeal of the Poor Removal 
Act, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Shipowners of the ports of Llanelly Lighthouses, 
and Carmarthen, praying the House to pass a law to **: 
carry into effect the recommendation of the Select 
Committee 


—_= ————— eee ae ae aren 


Co 








Arrestment 
of Wages 
(Scotland. ) 


Corn. 


Cattle, &amp;c. 


Shipping. 


China. 


Glass. 


Standing 
Orders ; 


Reading, 
Guildford and 
Reigate Rail- 
way Bill. 


10 VicTroriz. 


Committee on Lighthouses, &amp;c., was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Workmen and Labourers of the 
city of Glasgow, praying the House to abolish the 
system of Arrestment of Wages in Scotland, and 
the poinding the household furniture of the working 
and labouring classes, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of all Wheat and Wheat Flour, stated in 
Quarters of Wheat, imported into the United King- 
dom, in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1847; also, of the Quantity entered for Home Con- 
sumption in the same period (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 54, of Session 1846) :—Of all 
Wheat and Wheat Flour, stated in Quarters of 
Wheat, imported into the United Kingdom from 
Canada, in the year ending on the 5th day of Janu- 
ary 1847; also, of the Quantity entered for Home 
Consumption in the same period (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 54, of Session 1846) :— 
And, of the Quantities of Wheat, Barley, Oats, 
Wheat Flour and Oatmeal imported into Great 
Britain from Ireland, from the 5th day of July 1846 
to the 5th day of January 1847 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 584, of Session 1846). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of all Cattle, Sheep and Swine imported 
into Great Britain from Ireland, from the 5th day of 
July 1846 tothe 5th day of January 1847 (in conti- 
nuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 584, of Session 
1846). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number and Tonnage of Ships entered 
Inwards and cleared Outwards for the United States 
of America, distinguishing those of British, Colonial 
and American build, from the year ending the 1st day 
of September 1836 to the year ending the 1st day 
of September 1846, inclusive. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Orders, Ordinances, or other Official 
Documents which have been issued by the British 
Authorities in China, for regulating the Trade 
thereof :—And, Accounts of the Receipts and Dis- 
bursements of the Colony of Hong Kong (in conti- 
nuation of the last Parliamentary Returns), made up 
to the latest period at which they can be furnished. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of each description of Glass imported into 
the United Kingdom in the year ending the 5th day 
of January 1847, distinguishing Weight or Quantity, 
and the Countries from which imported :—Of the 
Quantities of Foreign Glass on which Duty has been 
paid during the same period, distinguishing the Rate 
and Amount of Duty :—Of the Quantity of each 
Description of Glass in Bond on the 5th day of Janu- 
ary 1847 :—And, of the Quantities and Description 
of Foreign Glass exported for the year ending the 5th 
day of January 1847, distinguishing the Countries to 
which exported :—And, a similar Return of British 
Glass exported. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; 
which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Reading, 
Guildford and Reigate Railway Petition, the Stand- 
ing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; That the 
Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill on 
giving the Notices in the newspapers for three suc- 
cessive weeks in the counties of Berks and South- 
ampton. 


VoL. 102. 


96° Januari. 





35 


2. Resolved, That in the case of the Glasgow, Glasgow, 
Dumfries and Carlisle Railway, and Glasgow, Pais- ee and 
ley, Kilmarnock and A yr Railway (No. 2.) Petition, oa 
the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; gow, Paisley, 
That the Parties be permitted to proceed with their“) ry 
Bill on inserting a clause restricting them from tak- oan (No. 2.) 
ing two pieces of land in the parish of Brittle, in Bill. 
the possession of Robert Weems, Esquire, which 
were not numbered on the Plan, nor inserted in the 
Book of Reference. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Glasgow, Glasgow, 
Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway, and Ayrshire Paisley, Kil- 
and Bridge of Weir Railway (No. 3.) Petition, the poms hn 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; That and Ayrshire 
the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill = —~* = of 
on inserting a clause restricting them from taking (No. 3.) Bil” 
any part of an inclosure, No. 86, belonging to the 
Gourock Rope Company ; That the Committees on 
this and the two preceding Bills do examine in the 
first place how far such Orders have been complied 
with, and do report the same to the House on the 
Report of the Bill. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- Glasgow, 
spect of the Petition for the Glasgow, Dumfries and Dumfries and 
Carlisle Railway, and Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar- co 
nock and Ayr Railway (No. 2.) Bill, which was this gow, Paisley, 
day made from the Select Committee on Standing Kilmarnock 
Orders, might be read ; and the same being read ; rene. eg 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Bill. © 
amend the Act relating to the Glasgow, Dumfries 
and Carlisle Railway Company, and to authorize 
the Company to make a Branch Railway to Kirk- 
cudbright, with diverging lines therefrom, and for 
other purposes: And that Mr. Bouverie and Mr. 

Ewart do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Glasgow, 
of the Petition for the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar- Paisley, Kil- 
nock and Ayr Railway, and Ayrshire and Bridge of peo oe tan 
Weir Railway (No. 3.) Bill, which was this day and Ayrshire 
made from the Select Committee on Standing Ore and Bridge of 
ders, might be read ; and the same being read ; (No 3) Bile 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill” ©” ~ 
to enable the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and 
Ayr Railway Company to make certain Branch 
Railways in the Counties of Renfrew and Ayr, and 
for other purposes: And that Mr. Bouverie and 
Mr. Oswald do prepare, and bring it in. 


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


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to Union 
Order,—Copies or Extracts of Correspondence re- Workhouses 
lating to the state of Union Workhouses in Ireland, “*!#™4) 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Chelsea Pen- 
for abolishing Poundage on Chelsea Pensions : And sions Bill. 
that Mr. Secretary at War and The Chancellor of 
the Exchequer do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to »ring in a Bill Factories Bill 
to limit the Hours of Labour of Young Persons and 
Females in Factories: Aud that Mr. John Fielden, 
Mr. Brotherton and Mr. Aglionby do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented National 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Gallery. 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Minutes of the Trustees of 
the National Gallery during the years 1845 and 
1846, with the Names of all the Trustees present 
at each Meeting :—Also, Copies of the Orders and 
Instructions to the Keeper of the Gallery ee 

F 2 the 





Chelsea Pen- 
sions Bill. 


No. 12, 


Public 
Petitions. 


Settlement 
and Poor 
Removal 


Factories Bill. 
No. 13. 


Emigration 


Cireland.) 


Buck Wheat, 
&amp;c., Importa- 
tion Bill. 


Supply. 


Indian Law 
Comniis- 
siooners. 


No. 14. 


36 


the cleaning of the Pictures, and any Directions in 
respect to their Arrangement; and of any other 
Documents relating thereto. 

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


Mr. Secretary at War presented a Bill for abo- 
lishing Poundage on Chelsea Pensions: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Friday next; and to be 
printed, 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, to 
whom shall be referred all Petitions presented to the 
House, with the exception of such as complain of un- 
due Returns, or relate to Private Bills; and that 
such Committee do classify and prepare abstracts 
of the same, in such form and manner as shall ap- 
pear to them best suited to convey to the House 
all requisite information respecting their contents, 
and do report the same from time to time to the 
House; and that such Reports do in all cases set 
forth the number of signatures to each Petition :— 
And that such Committee have power to direct the 
printing in extenso of such Petitions, or of such 

arts of Petitions, as shall appear to require it :— 
And that such Committee have power to report 
their Opinion and Observations thereupon to the 
House :—And a Committee was appointed, of Mr. 
Thornely, Sit Robert Harry Inglis, the Earl of Arun- 
del and Surrey, Lord Courtenay, Viscount Duncan, 
Captain Jones, Mr. Cripps, Mr. Pusey, Mr. Ed- 
ward Buller, Mr. Buckley, Mr. William Hamilton, 
Mr. Owen Stanley, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Villiers 
Stuart and Lord Alfred Hervey. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The House was moved, That the Order made 
upon Friday last, that a Select Committee be ap- 
pointed, to inquire into the operation of the Law of 
Settlement, and of the Poor Removal Act of the 
last Session of Parliament, and to report their Ob- 
servations thereon to the House, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of The Judge Ad- 
vocate, Sir James Graham, Mr. Bankes, Mr. Evelyn 
Denison, Sir George Grey, Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 
Lord Harry Vane, Mr. Poulett Scrope, Mr. William 
Miles, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Borthwick, Mr. Charles 
Round, Mr. Aldam and Mr. William Henry Bod- 
kin; with power to send for persons, papers and 
records, 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Mr. John Fielden presented a Bill to limit the 
Hours of Labour of Young Persons and Female in 
Factories: And the same was read the first time, 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 
nesday, the 10th day of February next; and to be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Petition from Mohill, relative 
to Emigration (Jreland), which was presented upon 
Friday last, be printed. 


The Buck Wheat, &amp;c., Importation Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Thursday next, 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into the 
Committee of Supply, To-morrow, was read, and 
discharged. 

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


Ordered, That the Special Reports of the Indian 
Law Commissioners, which were presented yesterday, 
be printed, 





26°—28° Januari. 





A, 1847. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Police 
to Police (Scotland), which was presented yesterday, (Stand. 
be printed. No. 15. 


And then the House adjourned till Thursday next. 








Jovis, 28° die Januariti ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Maltby, from the Trinity House, was called Lighthouses, 
in; and at the bar presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 14th day of August, in the last 
Session of Parliament, for a Return by the Corpo- 
ration of Trinity House of Deptford Strond, showing 
whether they have adopted the Recommendation of 
the Select Committee on Lighthouses, in the use 
of Culza or Rape-seed Oil instead of Sperm Oil, 
and what the saving of Expense has accrued there- 
from, and also whether they have made any, and 
what, Reduction in the Light Dues charged by them: 
—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Golden, from the Office of the Commissioners Metropolitan 

of the Metropolitan Police, was called in; and at Police. 

the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of se- 

veral Acts of Parliament,—Accounts showing the 

Sums received and expended for the purposes of the 
Metropolitan Police, Police Superannuation Fund 

and Police Courts, in the year ended the 31st day 

of December 1846 :—And then he withdrew. 

” — That the said Accounts do lie upon the 

able. 


Mr. Maitland, from the Commissioners of the Northern 
Northern Lighthouses, was called in; and at the Lighthouses, 
bar presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act 
of Parliament,—An Abstract of the Receipts and 
Payments on account of the Duties levied for the 
Northern Lighthouses, for the year 1845 :—And 
then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Oswald presented a Bill to enable the Glas- Glasgow, 
gow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Com- Paisley, Kil- 
pany to make certain Branch Railways in the Coun- — and 

s - yr Railway, 
ties of Renfrew and Ayr, and for other Purposes: ana Ayrshire 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered and Bridge of 
to be read a second time. (No 3) Bul 

A Petition of the Glasgow, Airdrie and Monklands glasgow 
Junction Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Airdrie ané 
Bill to enabie the said Company to make certain Monklands _ 
Branch Lines, to extend their Terminus to Mon- ee 
trose-street, Glasgow, and to amend the Act relating Carmyle, Cen- 
: such Railway, was presented, and read ; and a ‘¥al Junction, 

ill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Oswald, Mr. Dennistoun and Mr, WV ‘liam se i - 


Baillie. Street Termi- 
nus) Bill, 


A Petition of the Glasgow, Airdrie and Monk- gtasgow, 
lands Junction Railway Company, for leave to bring Airdrie and 
in a Bill to enable the said Company to make a — 

° unction 
Branch from at or near Whitevale-street, Glasgow, Railway (Cow- 
to or near Cowlairs, and to amend the Act relating lairs Branch) 
to such Railway, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
Bill was ordered to brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Oswald, Mr. Dennistoun and Mr. William Baillie. 


A Petition of the Huddersfield and Manchester quaddersficld 
Railway and Canal Company, for leave to bring in and Manches- 
a Bill for enabling the said Company to make a‘ cy 
Railway from Oldham to Ashton and Guide Bridge, (Branch from 
was presented, and read; anda Bill was ordered to Oldham to 
be brought in accordingly, by Lord Hotham and Ashton and 


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A Petition 





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and Coplawhill 


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Clerkenwell 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Lynn and Ely, 
Ely and Hunt- 
ingdon and 

L an 
Derchems Rail- 
ways Amalga- 
mation Bill. 


Lynn ané Ely 
Railway 
(Extension to 
Bury St. Ed- 
mund’s) Bill. 


3 Lynn and Ely 


Railway 
(Extension to 
Spalding and 
Holbeach) Bill. 


Norfolk Rail- 


» way (Branch 


from Norwich 
to Aylsham, 
with a Branch 
to North 
Walsham) 
Bill. 


Norfolk Rail- 
way (Branch 
from Norwich 
to Aylsham, 
with a Branch 
to North 
Walsham) 
Bill, 


North British 
ilway 


(No. 1.) Bill, 


North British 
Rai way 


(No. 1.) Bill, 


10 VicToriz. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the 
Acts thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for granting further Powers to the Clerkenwell 
Improvement Commissioners, for the purpose of 
enabling them to complete the new Street, and the 
Improvements connected therewith, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Thomas Duncombe and Mr. 
Wakley. 


The Order made upon Tuesday last, That Viscount 
Jocelyn and Mr. Christie do prepare, and bring in 
the Lynn and Ely, Ely and Huntingdon, and Lynn 
and Dereham Railways Amalgamation Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That Lord George Bentinck and Vis- 
count Jocelyn do prepare, and bring in the Bull. 


The Order made upon Tuesday last, That Viscount 
Jocelyn and Mr. Christie do prepare, and bring in 
the Lynn and Ely (Extension to Bury Saint Ed- 
mund’s) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That Lord George Bentinck and Vis- 
count Jocelyn do prepare, and bring in the Bill. 


The Order made upon Tuesday last, That Viscount 
Jocelyn and Mr. Christie do prepare, and bring in 
the Lynn and Ely Railway (Extension to Spalding 
and Holbeach) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That Lord George Bentinck and Vis- 
count Jocelyn do prepare, and bring in the Bill. 


A Petition of the Worfolk Railway Company, for 
leave to bring in a Bill to empower the said Com- 
pany to make a Railway from the Norfolk Railway, 
in the County of the City of Norwich, to Aylsham, 
in the County of Norfolk, with a Branch therefrom 
to North Walsham, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Worfolk Rail- 
way (Branch from Norwich to Aylsham, with a 
Branch to North Walsham) Petition, the Standing 
Orders had not been complied with, in the following 
instances: viz. On the last sheet of the Section 
deposited in the Private Bill Office, at the 5th mile 
2d furlong, a road is stated as to be diverted, but 
the proposed diversion is not shown on the Plan, 
but such diversion is shown on the Plans deposited 
with the Clerks of the Peace for the county of Nor- 


folk and county of the city of Norwich, and with 


the Parish Clerk of North Walsham. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the North British Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to empower the 
said Company to construct certain Railways in con- 
nection with the North British Railway, and with 
the Haddington and Kelso Branches thereof, to 
make certain Alterations in the Hawick and Kelso 
Branches, and to alter and improve the Leith Branch 
of the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
the North British Railway (No. 1.) Bill, the Stand- 
ing Orders have not been complied with, as it is 
intended by the said Bill to alter and amend two 
Acts passed respectively in the seventh and tenth 
year: of the reign of King George the Fourth, for 
making and maintaining a Railway from Edinburgh 
to Dalkeith, with Branches, and for raising a further 
Sum of Money, and making a Branch to Leith, 
whcih Acts are stated, by a clerical error in the No- 

Vou, 102 


98° Januariz. 








37 
tices published in the London Gazette, as having 
been passed in the seventh and tenth years of the 
re'gn of his late Majesty William the Fourth. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- Reading, 
— of the Petition for the Reading, Guildford and rere te 
eigate Railway Bill, which, upon Tuesday last, way Bill, : 
was made from the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders, might be read ; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
authorize certain Alterations of the line of the Read- 
ing, Guildford and Reigate Railway, and to amend 
the Act relating thereto: And that Mr. Mangles 
and Mr. Etwall do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of the Worfolk Railway Company, for norfolk Rail- 
leave to bring in a Bill to empower the said Com- way (from 
pany to make a Railway from the Worfolk Railway, pg ace 
at Thetford, to the Lowestoft Railway, near Reed- Railway near 
ham, with a Branch therefrom to Halesworth, was Reedham, with 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be Aewematd 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wilshere, Mr. Bur- pin,” 
roughes and Mr. Wodehouse. 


A Petition of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Bristol and 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the en Rail- 
said Company to make a Railway from Crediton, (Gx.diton and 
in the county of Devon to Launceston, in the county Launceston) 
of Cornwall, was presented, and read; and re- Bill. 


ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speakerlaid upon theTable,—Report fromMr. Bristol and 
May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Exeter Rail- 
Bills; That in the case of the Petition for the pe ome 
Bristol and Exeter Railway Extension (Crediton Launceston) 
and Launceston) Bill, the Standing Orders have Bill. 
not been complied with, in the following instances : 
viz. 

On Puans. 

1. That the Plans deposited, in respect of the 
said undertaking, with the Clerk of the Peace for 
the county of Devon, and in the Private Bill Office, 
do not describe the line or situation of the whole 
of the work, and the lands in or through which 
it is to be made, varied, extended or enlarged, or 
which are situate within the limits of deviation 
defined upon the said Plans, or through which 
every communication to or from the work is to be 
made as the same lands, in fact, were on or before 
the 30th day of November last, in the following 
instances: viz. 

Parish of Crediton. 

2. Four several buildings are iaid down upon 
the Plans deposited with the Clerk of the Pence for 
the county of Devon, and in the Private Bill Office, 
in a certain inclosure in the parish of Crediton, in 
the county of Devon, numbered 12 in the said 
Plans, and adjoining a certain road in the said 
parish, numbered 6 on the said Plan, whereas there 
were not any such buildings. 

On certain land in the said parish of Crediton, 
numbered 74 on the said Plans, a house is omitted 
to be laid down, which, if properly delineated, would 
divide the said land, numbered 74, into two inclo- 
sures, as the same were and now remain divided; and 
one of these inclosuers is not numbered on the 
said Plans. 

Between certain Jands in the said parish of Cre- 
diton, severally num bered 105 and 107 on the said 
Plans, a fence is omitted to be laid down, which 
divides the said lands so numbered 105 and 107 
respectively as aforesaid into two inclosures, as the 
same were and now remain divided. 


Parish of Colebrook. 


3. The road numbered 51 on the said Plan, in 
the said parish of Colebrook, is not correctly laid 
F3 


down 








38 


down on the said Plan, as the same is therein laid 
down as bounded by and terminating at a stream 
running through the land, and stream numbered 50 
and 56 on the said Plans, whereas the said road 
should be laid down upon the said Plans as ex- 
tending up to the limits of deviation marked on 
the north side of the said stream; and the several 
fences on each side of the said last-mentioned road 
so continued as aforesaid, are wholly omitted to be 
laid down on the said Plan, and the inclosures are 
not numbered thereon. 

On certain land in the said parish of Colebrook, 
numbered 56 on the said Plan, a fence is omitted 
to be laid down on the north-west corner thereof, 
which, if properly delineated, would divide the said 
land numbered 56 from another small inclosure at 
the corner thereof, and which inclosure 1s not 
numbered on the said Plans. 

Parish of Clannaborough. 

4. On certain land in the parish of Clannaborough, 
in the said county ‘of Devon, numbered 2 on the 
said Plans, a fence is omitted to be laid down on 
the north-west corner thereof, which, if properly de- 
lineated, would divide the said land numbered 2 on 
the said Plan from a small inclosure at the corner 
thereof, and the said last-named inclosure is not 
numbered on the said Plans. 


Parish of North Tawton. 

5. On certain land in the parish of North Tawton, 
in the said county of Devon, numbered 12 on the 
said Plans, a fence is omitted to be laid down, 
which, if properly delineated, would divide the said 
land, numbered 12 on the said Plans, into two in- 
closures, as the same were and now remain divided. 

6. The lands in the said parish of North Tawton, 
numbered 13 in the said Plans, according to the 
scale thereof, is shown to be about 40 yards longer 
than it should be, according to the true measure- 
ment of the said land along the south fence of the 
land numbered 14 in the said parish. 

7. The lands in the said parish of North Tawton, 
numbered 9 and 11 on the said Plans, along the 
fence which separates the same, according to the 
scale thereof, are showu to be about 40 yards longer 
than they should be, according to the true measure- 
ment of the aid lands. 

8. The «1d in the said parish of North Tawton, 
numbered 12 on the said Plan, according to the 
scale thereof, is shown to be about 40 yards longer 
than it should be, between Nos. 11 and 15, accord- 
ing to the true admeasurement of the said land, and 
a portion of the same is not numbered thereon. 

9. If the inclosures numbered 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 
14 and 15, in the said parish of North Tawton, were 
properly and correctly laid down on the said Plans, 
and the line of Railway correctly described thereon, 
then the line of Railway would be shown to be ona 
curve of about half a mile radius, and not on a curve 
of above a mile, as shown on the said Plans; and 
the radius of the said curve, being less than a mile 
in length, is not noted on such Plan in furlongs and 
chains. 

Parish of Sampford Courtenay. 

19. On certain land in the parish of Sampford 
Courtenay, numbered 7 on the said Plan, a fence is 
omitted to be laid down, which, if properly deli- 
neated, would divide the said land, numbered 7, 
into two inclosures, as the same were and now 
remain divided, one of which inclosures is not num- 
bered thereon. 


Parish of Okehampton. 

11. Between certain lands in the parish of Oke- 
hampton, severally numbered 192 and 194, a fence is 
omitted to be laid down which divides the said lands 
so numbered respectively 192 and 194 as aforesaid, 
into two inclosures, as the same were and now 
remain divided, 

12. Between certain lands in the said parish, 





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A. 1847. 


severally numbered 200 and 203 on the said Plan, 
a fence is omitted to be laid down, which, if pro- 
perly delineated, would divide the said lands so 
numbered respectively 200 and 203 as aforesaid, 
into two inclosures, as the same were and now 
remain divided. 

Parish of Sourton. 

13. Between the 21st mile and 21st mile and 4 
furlongs on the said Plan, the delineation of the 
several lands situate between the lands Nos. 4 and 
12 inclusive, in the parish of Sourton, in the said 
county of Devon, is erroneous, in the following, 
amongst other instances: A fence is omitted to be 
laid down, dividing the lands numbered 5 and 8 on 
the said Plan; a fence is omitted to be laid down 
between the lands numbered 6 and 7; on the lands 
numbered 9 cn the said Plan, a fence is omitted to 
be laid down; on land numbered 10 on the said 
Plan, a fence is omitted to be laid down dividing 
the same into two inclosures. 


Parish of Bration Clovelly. 


14. A portion of the lands numbered 22, described 
as being. in the parish of Budestowe in the said 
Plan, and in the Book of Reference deposited there- 
with, is inaccurately described as being in such pa- 
rish, as the said land is situate in the parish of 
Bratton Clovelly. 

Parish of Thrusselton. 

15. On certain land in the parish of Thrusselton, 
numbered 96 in the said Plan, a fence is omitted 
to be laid down, which, if properly delineated, would 
divide the said land so numbered 96 into two in- 
closures, as the same was and now remains divided ; 
and one of these inclosures is not numbered on the 
Plans. 

Parish of Stowford. 

16. On certain land in the parish of Stowford, in 
the county of Devon, numbered 13 on the said 
Plan, a fence is omitted to be laid down, which, if 
properly delineated, would divide the said land so 
numbered 13 into two inclosures, as the same was 
and now remains divided; and one of these inclosures 
is not numbered on the Plans. 


Parish of Lifton. 


17. On certain lands in the parish of Lifton, 
numbered 10 on the said Plan, a fence is omitted 
to be laid down on the said Plan, which, if properly 
delineated, would divide the said land sonumbered 10 
into two inclosures, as the same was and now re- 
mains divided; and one of these inclosures is not 
numbered on the said Plans. 

18. On certain land in the said parish of Lifton, 
numbered 41 on the said Plan, two fences are 
omitted to be laid down, which, if properly delineated, 
would divide the said land numbered 41 into three 
inclosures, as the same was and now remains di- 
vided; and two of these inclosures are not numbered 
on the said Plans. 

19. On certain land in the said parish, num- 
bered 82 on the said Plans, a fence is omitted to be 
laid down, which, if properly delineated, would di- 
vide the said land so numbered 82 into two in- 
closures, as the same was and now remain divided ; 
and one of these inclosures is not numbered on the 
said Plans. 

20. A building is omitted to be Jaid down on 
certain land in the said parish of Lifton,numbered 86, 
on the said Plan, as the same was and now remains 
on the said land. 


Parish of Lawhitton. 

21. On certain land in the parish of Lawhitton, 
numbered 60, on the said Plans, two buildings are 
omitted to be laid down on the said Plans, as the 
same were and now remain divided. 

22. On certain lands in the said parish, num- 
bered 17*, on the said Plan, a fence is omitted to be 
laid down, which, if properly delineated, would di- 

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vide the said lands so numbered 17°, into two in- 
closures, as the same were and now remain divided. 
23. On certain lands in the said parish severally 
numbered 15&gt;, and 18%, on the said Plans, a fence 
is omitted to be laid on the said Plans, which, if 
properly delineated, would divide the said lands so 
numbered 15, and 18+, into two inclosures, as the 
same were and now remain divided; and one of 
these inclosures is not numbered on the said Plans. 


SECTIONS. 


24. The Section deposited in respect of the said 
undertaking at the office of the Clerk of the Peace 
for the county of Devon, does not correctly show 
the surface of the ground marked on the Plan of 
the said undertaking deposited with such Section, 
with reference to the datum horizontal line referred 
to and delineated on the said Section; and that 
there are errors in the levels of the said undertaking, 
especially in the following particulars, and between 
the points and at the places hereinafter mentioned : 
(that is to say), 

25. At the point of crossing of the said line of 
Railway over a certain turnpike-road in the parish 
of Lifton, in the county of Devon, numbered 129 
on the Plan deposited with the Clerk of the Peace 
for the county of Devon, the height of the said 
road is shown on the said Section so deposited as 
aforesaid to be 213 feet above the datum horizontal 
line of the said Section, whereas the true height 
thereof above the said datum line should be 232 
feet, or thereabouts ; and it is shown on the said 
Section that the said road is intended to be lowered 
8 feet, and passed under the said intended Railway, 
whereas to pass the said road under the said Rail- 
way it must be lowered 20 feet, or thereabouts ; and 
at the said last-mentioned point the extreme height 
of embankment over the surface of the ground is 
marked on the said Section as 10 feet, whereas the 
same should be 9 feet cutting. 

26. At the point of crossing the line of Railway 
over a certain public road in the parish of Stowford, 
in the county of Devon, No. 48 in the Plan and 
Book of Reference deposited with the said Section 
as aforesaid, the height of the said road is shown 
in the said Section to be 174 feet, or thereabouts, 
above the datum horizontal line of the said Section 
so deposited as aforesaid, whereas the true height 
thereof above the datum line should be 181 feet or 
thereabouts; and that at the last-mentioned point the 
extreme height of embankment over the surface of 
the ground is marked on the said Section as 30 feet, 
whereas the true height thereof should be 25 feet, or 
thereabouts. 

27. Ata certain point about 24 chains beyond 
the point marked 17 miles, 3 furlongs, on the said 
Section so deposited as aforesaid, the surface of the 
ground at a certain turnpike-road numbered 62, on 
the said Plan so deposited as aforesaid, in the 
parish of Okehampton, in the said county of Devon, 
is shown by the said Section to be 484 feet, or 
thereabouts, above the datum line of the said Sec- 
tion, whereas the surface of the ground at the said 
turnpike-road is 492 feet, or thereabouts, above the 
said datum line ; and the said road is shown on the 
said Section to be 19 feet embankment, and to be 
level and altered, whereas the said road is in truth 
and in fact in 11 feet embankment only, and in 
order to pass the same under the said line of rails 
it should be lowered 8 feet, or thereabouts, to be 
rendered passable ; and at about 2 chains further 
west than the said last-mentioned turnpike-road in 
the inclosure No. 8, on the said Plan, in the said 
parish of Okehampton, the surface of the ground is 
shown by the said Section to be 483 feet above the 
datum line of the said Section, whereas the true 
aes thereof is 504 feet above the said datum 

ine. 

28. Between the points marked 9 miles, 6 fur- 
longs, and 10 miles, 3 furlongs, in the datum hori- 

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98° Januariz. 39 


zontal line of the said Section deposited as afore- 
said, the surface of the ground is shown on the said 
Section as from 25 feet to 40 feet, or thereabouts, 
lower than the true surface of the ground ; and at or 
about a certain point marked on the said Section 
9 miles, 7 furlongs, the surface of the ground is 
shown on the said Section as being 379 feet, or 
thereabouts, above the datum horizontal line of the 
said Section, whereas the true surface of the ground 
at the said point is 406 feet, or thereabouts, above 
the said datum line ; and the extreme depth of 
cutting below the surface of the ground at the point 
last aforesaid, is shown upon the said Section as 
3 feet, or thereabouts, whereas the true depth thereof 
should be 30 feet, or thereabouts. 


29. At or about the point marked on the said 
datum line of the said Section 10 miles, 2 furlongs, 
the surface of the ground is shown on the said Sec- 
tion to be 390 feet, or thereabouts, above the said 
datum line, whereas the true surface of the ground 
atthe said point is 433 feet, or thereabouts, above the 
said datum line; and at the said last-mentioned 
point the extreme height of the embankment over 
the surface of the ground is shown upon the said 
Section as 3 feet, whereas the same should be a 
cutting of 40 feet, or thereabouts. 


30. Ator about the point marked on the said datum 
horizontal line of the said Section 10 miles, 3 fur- 
longs, the surface of the ground is shown on the 
said Section to be 400 feet, or thereabouts, above 
the said datum line and level with the said intended 
line of Railway, whereas the true surface of the 
ground at the said point should be 427 feet or 
thereabouts above the said datum line, and 27 feet, 
or thereabouts, above the level of the said intended 
Railway ; and at the said last-mentioned point the 
surface of the ground is shown upon the said Sec- 
tion as level, whereas the same should exhibit a 
cutting of 27 feet. 

31. Between the points marked 15 miles and 15 
miles 1 furlong, on the datum horizontal line of the 
said Section deposited as aforesaid, the surface 
of a certain turnpike-road, in the parish of Samp- 
ford Courtenay, in the county of Devon, numbered 
146, on the Plan and Book of Reference thereto 
deposited with the said Section as aforesaid, is 
shown on the said Section to be 390 feet, or there- 
abouts, above the datum line of the said Section, 
whereas the true surface of the ground at the said 
turnpike-road should be 401 feet, or thereabouts, 
above the said datum line of the said Section. 

32. Between the points marked 15 miles, 1 fur- 
long, and 16 miles, 3 furlongs, on the datum hori- 
zontal line of the said Section, deposited as afore- 
said, the surface of the ground, as shown on the said 
Section, is not sufficiently raised above the hori- 
zontal datum line of the said Section by from 8 feet 
to 30 feet, or thereabouts, and the surface of the 
ground at a certain road in the parish of Sampford 
Courtenay, in the county of Devon, situate between 
the points marked 15 miles, 1 furlong, and 15 miles, 
2 furlongs, numbered 150, on the Plan of the said 
Railway, and in the Book of Reference thereto, is 
shown on the said Section to be 427 feet, or there- 
abouts, above the said datum line of the said Sec- 
tion, whereas the true surface of the ground at the 
said last-mentioned road should be 438 feet, or 
thereabouts, above the said datum line. 


33. A certain public road between the points 
marked 15 miles, 7 furlongs, and 16 miles, on the said 
Section, so deposited as aforesaid, in the parish of 
Okehampton, in the county of Devon, numbered 4, 
on the said Plan and Book of Reference thereto, 
deposited as aforesaid, is shown on the said Section 
to be 488 feet, or thereabouts, above the datum line 
-of the said Section, whereas the true surface of the 
ground at the said last-mentioned public road is 
506 feet, or thereabouts, above the said datum line, 
and the extreme depth of cutting below the a 
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40 28° Januari. 


of the ground is shown upon the Section as 22 feet, 
or thereabouts, whereas the true — thereof 
should be 40 feet, or thereabouts, at the road last 
aforesaid. 


34. Between the points marked on the said Sec- 
tion at 15 miles, 4 furlongs, and 15 miles, 5 furlongs, 
at the eastern side of a certain field or inclosure, in 
the parish of Sampford Courtenay, in the said count 
of Devon, numbered 180 on the said Plan and Boo 
of Reference thereto, so deposited as aforesaid, the 
surface of the ground is shown by the said Section 
to be 571 feet, or thereabouts, above the said datum 
line of the said Section, whereas the true surface of 
the ground there is 579 feet, or thereabouts, above the 
said datum line ; and the extreme depth of cutting 
below the surface of the ground is shown upon the 
said Section as 100 feet, whereas the true depth 
thereof should be 108 feet, or thereabouts. 


35. Ata certain point situated between 16 miles, 
1 furlong, and 16 miles, 2 furlongs, on the said Sec- 
tion, as deposited as aforesaid, at the extreme east 
of a certain inclosure in the parish of Okehampton, 
numbered 9 onthe said Plan and Book of Refer- 
ence so deposited as aforesaid, the surface of the 
ground is shown by the said Section to be 433 feet, 
or thereabouts, above the datum line of the said 
Section, whereas the true surface of the ground 
at the said point should be 462 feet, or there- 
abouts, above the said datum line of the said Sec- 
tion; and the extreme height of embankment over 
the surface of the ground is shown upon the said 
Section as 21 feet, or thereabouts, whereas the 
same should exhibit a cutting of 8 feet below the 
surface at the said point; and at a certain point, 
being 8 chains beyond the puint marked 15 miles, 
ry ss Ia on the said Sections so deposited as 
aforesaid, the surface of the ground at a certain 
road numbered 3, in the said parish of Okehamp- 
ton, is shown by the said Section to be 473 feet, or 
thereabouts, above the said datum line, whereas 
the true surface thereof at the said point is 496 feet 
above the said datum line ; and the extreme depth of 
cutting below the surface of the ground is shown 
upon the said Section as 4 feet, or thereabouts, 
whereas the true depth should be 27 feet or there- 
abouts. 


36. Between the points marked 28 miles, 6 fur- 
longs, and 29 miles, 1 furlong, on the datum hori- 
zontal line of the said Section, deposited as afore- 
said, the line marked on the said Section to show 
the surface of the ground described on the Plan so 
deposited as aforesaid, is not sufficiently raised 
above the datum horizontal line of the said Section, 
by from 7 feet to 20 feet, or thereabouts; and the 
surface of the ground at 28 miles, 6 furlongs, 7 chains, 
or thereabouts, as marked on the said Section, at a 
certain public road, numbered 9 in the said Plan, 
in the parish of Stowford, in the county of Devon, 
is shown on the said Section to be 307 feet, or 
thereabouts, above the said datum line of the said 
Section, whereas the true surface of the ground at 
the said road is 821 feet above the said datum line, 
or thereabouts; and at the said road the extreme 
depth of cutting under the surface of the ground 
is marked upon the said Section as 63 feet, where- 
as the true depth thereof should be 77 feet, or there- 
abouts. 


37. The surface of the ground at a certain point 
marked 28 miles 7 furlongs on the said Section so 
deposited as aforesaid, in a certain field or inclosure 
numbered 12 on the said Plan, in the said parish of 
Stowford, so deposited as aforesaid, is shown on 
the said Section as being 316 feet, or thereabouts, 
above the datum horizontal line of the said Section, 
whereas the true surface of the ground of the said 
field is 331 feet, or thereabouts, above the said 
datum line and at the said last-mentioned point, the 
extreme depth of cutting under the surface of the 
ground is marked upon the said Section as 72 feet, 





A. 1847. 


whereas the true depth thereof should be 87 feet, 
or thereabouts, 

38. Between the point marked 34 miles 3 furlongs 
and 34 miles 4 furlongs, on the said Section, the 
line marked on the said Section to show the surface 
of the ground described on the said Plan, is not 
sufficiently raised above the datum horizontal line‘of 
the said Section from 5 feet to 12 feet, or thereabouts; 
and the surface of the ground at a certain point, 
situate about 8 chains beyond the point marked 34 
miles 4 furlongs on the said Section, on a certain 
field or inclosure numbered 95 on the said Plan, in 
the parish of Zawhitton, in the county of Cornwall, 
is shown by the said Section to be 295 feet, or 
thereabouts, above the said datum line of the said 
Section, whereas in truth and in fact the surface of 
the ground at the said point should be 305 feet 
above the said datum line, or thereabouts. 

39. At or about53 chains beyond the point marked 
34 miles 7 furlongs, on the said Section, the surface of 
the ground at a certain field or inclosure numbered 
112 on the said Plan, in the said parish of Law- 
hitton, is shown on the said Section to be 336 feet, or 
thereabouts, above the datum line of the said Section, 
whereas the true surface of the ground at the said 
point is 347 feet, or thereabouts, above the said 
datum line. 

40. Between the points marked 34 miles, and 34 
miles 1 furlong, on the datum line of the said Sec- 
tion, the line marked on the said Section to show the 
surface of the ground described on the said Plan is 
not sufficiently raised above the datum line of the 
said Section by from 7 feet to 28 feet, or thereabouts; 
and the surface of the ground at a certain point about 
7} chains beyond the point marked 34 miles on the 
said Section, at a certain field or inclosure No. 68 
on the said Plan, in the said parish of Zawhitton, is 
shown on the sat 4 Section to be 236 feet above the 
datum line of the said Section, whereas the true 
surface of the ground of the said point is 266 feet, or 
thereabouts, above the said datum line. 

41. Between the points marked on the datum 
horizontal line of the said Section 7 miles, 1 furlong, 
and 7 miles, 5 furlongs, the surface of the ground 
described on the said Section is not sufficiently 
raised above the horizontal datum line of the said 
Section, by from 8 feet to 20 feet, or thereabouts ; 
and the surface of the ground at a certain public 
road, in the parish of Bow, otherwise Rymet Tracey, 
in the county of Devon, between the points marked 
on the said Section as the 7th mile, 3d furlong, and 
7th mile, 4th furlong, and numbered 5 on the said 
Plan and Book of Reference thereto,is shown on 
the said Section to be 368 feet, or thereabouts, above 
the said datum line of the said Section, whereas the 
true surface of the ground at the said road is 378 
feet, or thereabouts, above the said datum line. 

42, The surface of the ground at or about the 
point marked 7 miles, 2 furlongs, on the said datum 
line of the said Section, is shown as 355 feet above 
the datum line of the said Section, whereas the true 
surface thereof is 366 feet, or thereabouts, above the 
said datum line, at or about the said last-mentioned 
point ; and at the said last-mentioned point, the ex- 
treme depth of cutting under the surface of the ground 
is shown upon the said Section as 11 feet, whereas 
the true depth thereof should be 21 feet, or there- 
abouts; and the surface of the ground at a certain 
point situate 4 chains beyond the point marked 
7 miles, 3 furlongs, in the said Section, is shown on 
the said Section as 374 feet, or thereabouts, above 
the datum line of the said Section, whereas the true 
surface thereof at such point is 387 feet, or there- 
abouts ; and at the said last-mentioned point the 
extreme depth of cutting under the surface of the 
ground is shown upon the said Section as 23 feet, 
whereas the true depth thereof should be 36 feet, or 
thereabouts. 

43. Between the points marked 12 miles 5 fur- 
longs,and 13 miles, onthe horizontal datum line of the 





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said Section, the surface of the ground as shown on 
the said Section is from 7 feet to 24 feet lower than 
the true surface of the ground between the said 
points ; and the surface of the ground between the 
12th mile 6th furlong, and the 12th mile 7th furlong, 
at the east of a certain field or inclosure in the said 
parish of Sampford Courtenay, numbered 51 on 
the said Plan ofthe said Railway and Book of Re- 
ference thereto, is shown on the said Section to be 
420 feet, or thereabouts, above the datum line of 
the said Section, whereas the true surface of the 
ground at the said point is 438 feet, or thereabouts, 
above the said datum line. 

44, Between the points marked 14 miles, 2 fur- 
longs, and 15 miles, on the datum horizontal line of the 
said Section, the surface of the ground described in 
the said Section is not sufficiently raised above the 
datum horizontal line of the said Section, by from 
6 feet to 20 feet, or thereabouts. 

45. The surface of the ground at a certain stream, 
in the said parish of Sampford Courtenay, marked 
on the said Plan of the said Railway, at or about 
the 14th mile, 5th furlong, is shown on the said Sec- 
tion as 452 feet, or thereabouts, above the datum line 
of the said Section, whereas the true surface of the 
ground on the said stream is 468 feet, or thereabouts, 
above the said datum line. 

46. The surface of the ground at a certain road 
in the said parish of Sampford Courtenay, marked 
on the said Section as between the 14th mile 7th fur- 
long, and 15 miles, is shown on the said Section to 
be 430 feet, or thereabouts, above the said datum 
line of the said Section, whereas the true surface of 
the ground at the said road is 440 feet, or there- 
abouts, above the said datum line. 

47. Between the points marked 1 mile, 4 furlongs, 
and 1 mile, 6 furlongs, or thereabouts, on the said 
datum horizontal line of the said Section, the surface 
cf the ground marked on the said Section is not 
sufficiently raised above the datum line of the said 
Section, by from 5 feet to 17 feet, or thereabouts ; 
and that between the points marked 1 mile, 5 fur- 
longs, and 1 mile, 6 furlongs, a certain road in the 
parish of Crediton, in the county of Devon, num- 
bered 91 in the said Plan and Book of Reference 
thereto, is shown by the said Section to be 128 feet, 
or thereabouts, above the datum line of the said 
Section, whereas the true surface of the ground at 
the said road is 147 feet, or thereabouts, above the 
said datum line of the said Section. 

48. Between the points marked 25 miles, 5 fur- 
longs, and 26 miles, 1 furlong, on the datum horizontal 
line of the said Section, the surface of the ground 
as shown on the said Section is not sufficiently raised 
above the datum line of the said Section, by from 
5 feet to 16 feet, or thereabouts ; and the surface of 
the ground at 26 miles 4 chains at a certain field or 
inclosure numbered 2 on the said Plan, in the pa- 
rish of Thrusselton, in the said county of Devon, 
is shown ou the said Section as being 310 feet, or 
thereabouts, above the datum line of the said Sec- 
tion, whereas the true surface of the ground at the 
said point is 322 feet, or thereabouts, above the said 
datum line. 

49. At a certain point situated 6 chains beyond 
the point marked as the 17th mile, 6th furlong, to a 
certain other point situate above 4 chains beyond 
the point marked as the 18th mile, 6th furlong, on 
the said Section, the line marked on the said Sec- 
tion to show the surface of the ground described on 
the said Plan is not sufficiently raised above the 
datum horizontal line of the said Section by from 5 
feet to 50 feet, or thereabouts ; and the surface of 
the ground at a certain point situate about 6 chains 
beyond the point marked as the 18th mile, 1 furlong, 
cn the said Section, is shown on the said Section to 
be 552 feet, or thereabouts, above the said datum 
line of the said Section, whereas the true surface of 
the ground at the said point should be 502 feet, or 
thereabouts, above the said datum line. 

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4f 


50. At or about a certain point marked on the 
said datum horizontal line of the said Section as the 
18th mile 6th furlong, the surface of the ground at 
a certain road numbered 206, in the said parish of 
Okehampton, in the county of Devon, in the said 
Plan and Book of Reference thereto, is shown on 
the said Section to be 579 feet, or thereabouts, 
above the datum horizontal line of the said Section, 
whereas the true surface of the ground at the said 
road is 591 feet, or thereabouts, above the level of 
the said datum line; and at the said last-mentioned 
point, the extreme depth of cutting under the surface 
of the ground is shown upon the said Section as 17 
feet, whereas the true depth thereof should be 25 feet, 
or thereabouts; and the surface of the said road is 
shown on the said Section as 18 feet above the 
upper surface of the line of rails, as marked on 
the said Section, whereas it should be 25 feet above 
the said upper surface of the said line of rails. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize a Manchester 
Deviation in the Line of the Manchester and Lincoln and Lincoln 
Union Railway: And the same was read the first (evista)? 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill tc enable the Lymn and Ely 
Lynn and Ely Railway Company to extend their alin ss 
Railway to Spalding and Holbeach: And the same §patding and 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a Holbeach) Bill, 


second time. 


Manchester, 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Mane 
Sheffield and 


Manchester, Sheffield and_ Lincolnshire Railway [jy ccinshire 
Company to make Branch Railways to the Towns Railways 

of Louth and Horncastle, and to connect the East — a 
Lincolnshire Railway : And the same was read the {Horneastleand 


: é East Lincoln- 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. — shire Junction 


Branches) Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for consolidating Lynn and Ely, 
the Lynn and Ely, the Ely and Huntingdon, and ot gm 
the Lynn and Dereham Railway Companies into one Fy and 
Company, to be called The East Ang/ian Railways Dereham Rail- 
Company: And the same was read the first time ; Ways Amalga- 


: mation Bill. 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Lynn 2 dogg Ely 
and Ely Railway Company to extend their Railway ren A ‘oe 
to Bury Saint Edmund’s: And the same was read Bury St. Ed- 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second mund’s) Bill. 


time. 


Dr. Bowring presented a Bill for regulating Pro- Liynvi Iron 
ceedings by or against the ZLlynvi Iron Company, Company Bill. 
and for granting certain Powers thereto: And the 
samme was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Dr. Bowring presented a Bill for lighting with Shipley 
Gas the Township of Shipley, the Village of Wind- Gas Bill. 
hill, and the Neighbourhood thereof, in the West 
Riding of the County of York: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Dr. Bowring presented a Bill to enable the Gene- General 
ral Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway Com- ——— 
pany to make Branch Railways to connect with the jour Railway 
Caledonian and other adjoining Railways, with cer- Branches Bill. 
tain subsidiary Branches, and to amend the Act 
relating to such Railway; And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


time. 


A Petition of the Direct London and Portsmouth Direct London 
Railway Company, and the London, Brighton and wooed gt 
South Coast Railway Company, for leave to bring yondon, 
in a Bill to- unite and consolidate the said Com- Brighton and 


G panies, 











South Coast 
Railways 
Amalgamation 
Bill. 


Kingston- 
upon-Thames 
Small Tene- 
ments Bill. 


Bristol and 
Clifton Oil Gas 
Bill. 


Croydon 
Commercial 
Gas 2nd Coke 
Bill. 


Liskeard and 
Launceston 
Branch Rail- 
way Bill. 


Sheffield 
Markets Bill. 


Westminster 
Improvements 
Bill. 


Arbroath and 
Forfar, and 
Scottish Mid- 
land Junction 
Railways 
Connecting 
Railway Bill. 


Aberdeen 
Railway 
(Brechin 
Branch Devia- 
tion) Bill. 


Aberdeen and 
Great North 
of Scotland 
Railways 
(Amalgama- 
tion or Leas- 
ing) Bill. 





42 28° Januariz. A. 1847. 


panies, was presented, and read; and a Bill was | Mr. Bannerman, Sir Andrew Leith Hay and Lord 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir William | Gordon Hallyburton. 
Jolliffe and Mr. Kemble. - es 
A Petition of Commissioners for the Improvement Birkenhead 

A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property, | of Birkenhead, Claughton-cum-Grange and part of a 
and Rate-payers within the parish of Kingston-upon-| Oxton, in the county of Chester, for leave to bring snd Prete ee 
Thames, in the county of Surrey, for leave to bring , in a Bill for enabling the said Commissioners more of Birkenhead 
in a Bill for better assessing and collecting the Poor, effectually to supply with Gas the limits under — ga 
Church and Highway Rates, within the parish of | their jurisdiction, and to purchase the existing Gas pi, 
Kingston-upon- Thames, in the county of Surrey, was | Works of the Birkenhead and Claughton Gas and 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be| Water Company, was presented, and read ; and 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Kemble and Mr. |a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Antrobus. Sir Philip Egerton and Mr. Tatton Egerton. 


A Petition of the Bristol and Clifton Oil Gas| A Petition of Commissioners for the Improvement ener 
. &gt; - .* 4 Dp: provement 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for granting | of Birkenhead, Claughton-cum- Grange and part of (Waterworks) 
further Powers to the said Company, was presented, ; Oxton, in the county of Chester, for leave to bring and Purchase 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought | in a Bill to authorize the said Commissioners to pk soe 
in accordingly, by Mr. Philip Miles and Mr. establish Waterworks for the better supplying the Sa” 
Henry Berkeley. inhabitants thereof with water, and to purchase the Bill. 
existing Waterworks of the Birkenhead and Claugh- 
A Petition of Provisional Directors of the Croy- | ton Gas and Water Company, was presented, and 
don Commercial Gas and Coke Company, for leave read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
to bring in a Bill for lighting with Gas the town of | cordingly, by Sir Philip Egerton and Mr. Tatton 
Croydon and its vicinity, in the county of Surrey, | Egerton. 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Kemble and | Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Glasgow, Kil- 
Mr. Antrobus. | Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for — 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Glasgow, Railway 
A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking | Kilmarnock and Ardrossan Railway (Amendment, (Amendment, 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill | Deviations and Branches) Petition, the Standin Branches) ill 
for making a Railway from Launceston, to join the | Orders had not been complied with in the follow-" ~ ; 
Cornwall Railway near the town of Liskeard, all in ing instances: viz. A public road, No. 32, in the 
the county of Cornwall, was presented, and read; | parish of Kilmarnock, on the Branch to the in- 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, | tended Station at Kilmarnock, and on the Branch 
by Admiral Bowles and The Judge Advocate. |to Waterside, is erroneously entered in the Books 
; \of Reference as the property of the Provost, 
A Petition of the Most noble Henry Charles | Magistrates, Town Council and Police Commis- 
Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal and hereditary Earl | sioners of the burgh of Kilmarnock, whereas the 
Marshal of England, for leave to bring in a Bill for | same is the property of the Turnpike-road Trustees 
removing the Market between King-street and | of the county of Ayr, and no application has been 
Castle-street in the town of Sheffield, and for pro-| made to the said Trustees in respect of the said 
viding a new Market-place in lieu thereof, and for road, but it appeared that by an agreement between 
regulating and maintaining the Markets and Fairs) the said Trustees and the Magistrates and Town 
of the said Town, was presented, and read; and a| Council, the road in question has, for the last 20 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by | years, been maintained and kept in repair by the 
the Earl of Arundel and Surrey and Mr. Parker. | said Magistrates and Town Council. 
A public road, No. 147, in the parish of Beith, on 
A Petition of the Westminster Improvement the said Branch to Beith, is erroneously entered in 
Commissioners, for leave to bring ina Bill to amend | the Book of Reference as an occupation-road, the 
and enlarge the Powers and Provisions of the West-| property of Robert Speir and Robert Montgomery, 
minster Improvement Act, 1845,and to authorize whereas the same is a parish or statute-labour road, 
the application of certain Rates in aid of the Im-/| and the Statute Labour Trustees are the owners, 
provements, was presented, and read; and a Bill! and have the charge thereof. 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr.| On the Plan of the Branch to Beith, a public road 
Warburton and Mr. Bannerman. crossed by the Railway at 1 mile, 6 furlongs, 6 
|chains, and another public road crossed by the 
A Petition of the Aberdeen Railway Company, | Railway at 2 miles, and another public road within 
and of the there-undersigned Directors thereof, for | the limits of deviation, opposite the point 1 mile, 
leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Aberdeen Rail- |7 furlongs and 1 chain, are numbered by the same 
way Company to make a Railway from the Arbroath | number on the Plan, and described as one road in 
and Forfar Railway, in the parish of Forfar, to the|the Book of Reference, whereas the same are 
Scottish Midland Junction Railway, in the parish | three distinct roads, although they are under the 
of Glammis, was presented, and read; and a Bill| management of the same body, viz., the Parish 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Road Trustees. 
Bannerman and Lord Gordon Hallyburton. | On the Plan of the variation of the main line, a 
| public road crossed by the Railway at 1 furlong, 
A Petition of the Aberdeen Railway Company, and another public road crossed by the Railway at 
auc of the there-undersigned Directors thereof, for | 6 furlongs, 6 chains, and another public road within 
leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said Company | the limits of deviation, near 1 furlong, 23 chains, 
in part to alter their Branch Bailway to Brechin, are numbered by the same number on the Plan, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered | and described as one road in the Book of Reference, 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Bannerman whereas the same are three distinct roads. 
and Lord Gordon Hallyburton. There are two distinct properties numbered (on 
the Plan of the Branch to join the Ardrossan Branch) 
A Petition of the Aberdeen Railway Company, |28, in the parish of Stewarton, only one of which 
and of the Great North of Scotland Railway Com-|is referred to in the Book of Reference as No. 28, 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to consolidate the in the said parish; but it appeared that the No. 28 
said Companies, was presented, and read; and aon one of the said properties, was intended to apply 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by to the adjoining parish of Dryhorn, by which num- 


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10 VicTorRIz. 


ber in the said parish, the property was described 
in the Book of Reference, and that the same pro- 

erty was also numbered by another number on the 
Plan, and by that number referred to in the Book 
of Reference as being in the parish of Stewarton, it 
being doubtful in which parish the said property 
was situate ; and it further appeared that the owner 
thereof had been applied to in respect of his pro- 
perty as being in each of the said parishes ; under 
similar circumstances two distinct properties are 
numbered 29, in the said parish of Stewarton, only 
one of which is referred to in the Book of Reference 
as No. 29, in the said parish. 

On the Branch to the water-side, a road crossed by 
the Railway at or about 2 miles, 3 furlongs, 3 chains, 
is represented on the Section as 2 feet, 3 inches, less 
above the datum line than the true level thereof. 

No depositof Plan, Section or Book of Reference 
was made at the office of the Principal Sheriff Clerk 
of the county of Ayr, at Kilmarnock, at which place 
one of the co-ordinate offices of the said Sheriff Clerk 
is established ; such deposit was however made at 
the office of the said Sheriff Clerk at Ayr; and it 
appeared that the present division of the county had 
not been made until the month of September last, 
and that up to the end of September or the begin- 
ning of October, the only office of the said Sheriff 
Clerk was at Ayr aforesaid. 


Caledonian 
and Glasgow, 
Paisley and 
Greenock 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Caledonian 
Railways and Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railways Amal- 
——— gamation Petition, the Standing Orders had not 
been complied with, in the following intstaces ; viz. 
The Notices do not state the intention to amend 
the Caledonian, Polloc and Govan and Clydesdale 
Junction Railways Amalgamation Act, 1846, as 
proposed by the Bill. The Notices do not state 
the intention to amend the Act 1 Vic.,c. 117, which 
authorized the construction of the Glasgow, Pais- 
ley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway, and placed a 
portion of the line, which was common to the Glas- 
gow, Paisley and Greenock Railway, under the joint 
control and management of the two Companies, in 
the place of which latter Company it is proposed 
by the Bill to substitute the Caledonian Railway 
Company. The Notices were not published in any 
newspaper in the county of Ayr, in which the said 
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway 
(to which the Bill relates as above mentioned), is 
situate. The rates and tolls leviable in respect 
of the above-mentioned portion of the line are 
partly regulated by the said Act 1 Vic., c. 117 and 
223, which Rates and Tolls it is intended to alter 
by the proposed Bill; but the Notices do not spe- 
cify the intention to alterthe Rates and Tolls le- 
viable under such Act. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Biteahew The Birkenhead Dock Company and Hercu- 
aoe ani. aneum Dock Company Amalgamation Bill was read 


Herculaneum @ second time; and committed. 


Dock Com. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


2 Seg ga mittee of Selection. 


: The Birkenhead Improvement Acts Amendment 
mprovement 


‘Acts Amend. (NO. 1.) Bill was read a second time; and com- 
ment (No. 1.) mitted. 


Birkenhead 


Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

er The Birkenhead Commissioners Dock Acts 

ets Dock Acts Amendment (as to Construction of Sea Wall along 

Amendment Wallasey Pool) Bill was read a second time; and 

as to Con- 


committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


sruction of 

Sea Wallalong 
Wallasey =~ 
Pool) Bill, Vor 102 


98° Januariz. 








43 | 


The Birkenhead (Commissioners) Dock Acts Birkenhead 
Amendment (Construction of New Docks and Al- pene nel 
teration of Culvert) Bill was read a second time ; Amendment 
and committed. (Construction 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- o%! New Docks 
mittee of Selection. 


of Culvert) 
Bill. 

Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill to alter and 
amend the Acts relating to the Preston and Wyre 
Railway, Harbour and Dock Company, and to en- 
able the Company to make an additional Railway 
at Kirkscar Bay, in the County Palatine of Lan- 
caster: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Preston and 
Wyre Railway 
Bill. 


A Petition of the North Western Railway Com- North Western 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the said ce sie 
Company to make certain Alterations and Diver- rr Gas- 
sions in the main Line of their Railway, at Skipton, terton and __ 
Casterton and Sedbergh, was presented, and read ; Sedbergh) Bill. 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Viscount Morpeth, Mr. Wilson Patten and Mr. 

Talbot Clifton. 


A Petition of the Huddersfield and Manchester Nuddersfield 
Railway and Canal Company, for leave to bring in a Manches- 
Te . E er Railway 
a Bill for enabling the said Company to alter a Por- (Deviations 
tion of the Line of their Oldham Branch, and for and — 
é 2 ‘ tions in Old- 
other Purposes, was presented, and read; and ajo ate 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by &amp;c.) Bill. 
Mr. Stansfield and Mr. Aldam. 


A Petition of the Manchester and Leeds Railway Manchester 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the snag 
said Company to alter the line and levels of the ( ye: 
Brighouse Branch of the West Riding Union Rail- Levels of Brig- 
ways, and to make a new line into Leeds, was pre- ere — 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be Riding Union 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Beckett Denison and Railways, sad 
Mr. Entwisle. lenis Y Bill, 1 

A Petition of the Wear Vailey Railway Company Wear Valley, 

and of the Bishop Auckland and Weardale Rail- Bishop Auck- 
way Company, and of Joseph Pease, of Southend, ees 
in the parish of Darlington, in the county of Dur- Extension and 
ham, Esquire, Thomas Meynell, the younger, of the Wear and Der- 
city of York, Esquire, Henry Stobart, of Etherley, piping %, 
in the said county of Durham, Esquire, John Cas- Tunnel Amal- 
tell Hopkins, of Woodside, in the parish of Darling- gamation Bill. 
ton aforesaid, Esquire, and Henry Pease, of Pierr- 
mont, in the parish of Darlington aforesaid, Esquire, 
Owners of the Wear and Derwent Railway, and of 
the said Joseph Pease, Thomas Meynell and John 
Castell Hopkins, Owners of the Weardale Extension 
Railway, and of the said Joseph Pease, Thomas 
Meynell and Henry Stobart, Owners of the Shildon 
Tunnel, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the 
Wear Valley Railway Company to purchase or 
lease the Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway, 
the Wear and Derwent Railway, the Weardale Ex- 
tension Railway, and the SAi/don Tunnel, and to 
raise an additional sum of Money, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Bowes 
and Lord Harry Vane. 


A Petition of the Metropolitan Sewage Manure Metropolitan 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling th Bill. 
the said Company to alter the line of their Works, 
and for other Purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Colonel Thomas Wood and Mr. Tower. 


Mr. Henry Berkeley presented a Bill to enable pyistol and 
the Bristol and South Wales Junction Railway South Wales 
Company to improve and maintain the Aust or Old acer iin 
Passage Ferry across the River Severn: And the Aust Ferry 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be Bill. 
read a second time. 


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Norfolk Rail- The Judge Advocate presented a Bill to enable 

way (Yar on. the Norfolk Railway Company to extend their 

sion, &amp;¢.) Bill, Railway to the Town of Great Yarmouth, and for 
other Purposes: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Liskeard and The Judge Advocate presented a Bill to enable 


oo pin, the Liskeard and Caradon Railway Company to 

failway Bin. aise a further Sum of Money, aud to sell or lease 
their Railway to the Cornwall Railway Company : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 

Birmingham, Mr. Spooner presented a Bill to authorize a 


bcp yo certain Alteration in the Line of the Birmingham, 
Valley Rail. Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway, and to 
way (No. 1.) amend the Act relating thereto, and for other Pur- 


(Smethwick poses: And the same was read the first time; and 


Deviatioz ‘i 
=m ordered to be read a second time. 
Birmingham A Petition of Directors of the Company therein- 


District Fire after mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for 

seaman: incorporating the District Fire Insurance Company 
of Birmingham, by the name of the Disirict Fire 
Insurance Company, for enabling the said Com- 
pany to sue and be sued, and for other Purposes 
relating to the said Company, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. AZuntz and Mr. Spooner. 


Southampton &lt;A Petition of the Southampton and Dorchester 
and Dorchester Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
Railway (New nakine an alteration in the line of the South- 
Forest Devia- 5 * 
tion and ampton and Dorchester Railway, and Branches 
Branches) Bill. therefrom to Lymington and Eling, and for other 
purposes, was preseuted, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir William 
Heathcote, Sir John Guest and Mr. Chaplin. 
Wharfdale Sir George Strickland presented a Bill to amend 
poses d ; the Provisions of the Wharfdale Railway Act, 1846, 
yy Hall and to make certain Deviations from the authorized 


Deviations) Line of Railway: And the same was read the first 
Bill. time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Glasgow, Mr. Ewart presented a Bill to amend the Act 


Dumfries and relating to the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle 
pce Railway Company, and to authorize the Company 
gow, Paisley, to make a Branch Railway to Kirkeudbright, with 
Kilmarnock diverging Lines therefrom, and for other Purposes : 
pi, he And the same was read the first time and ordered 
Bill. to be read a second time. 


Manchester Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend some 

Markets Bill. of the Provisions of the Manchester Markets Act, 
1846: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


London and Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the 
North Western Richt honourable Francis Egerton Eari of Elles- 
oe _— mere, to sell, and the London and North Western 
Earl of Elles- Railway Company to purchase, the Estate and 
mere’s Interest Interest of the said Earl in the Manchester, South 
par Junction and Altrincham Railway: And the same 
Junction and was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
Altrincham second time. 

Railway ) Bill. 


Stourbridge 


A Petition of Rate-payers within the several 
Rates Bill. 


parishes, townships and hamlets of Stourbridge, 
The Lye, Wollaston, Wollescote, Upper Swinford, 
Cradley, Lutley, Halesowen, Illey, Hasbury, Hawn, 
The Hill, Cakemore, Lapal and Ridgacre, in the 
county of Worcester, and the several parishes, town- 
ships or hamlets of Amblecote and Kingswinford, in 
the county of Stafford, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
better assessing and collecting the Poor Rates, High- 
way Rates, Church Rates and other Parochial Rates, 
the County, Shire Hall, Police and other County and 
Local Rates on Small ‘Tenements, in the several Pa- 
rishes, fownships and Hamlets of Stourbridge, Upper 








A, 1847. 


Swinford, Wollaston, The Lye, Wollescote, Cradley, 
the borough of Halesowen, Hawn, Hasbury, Iiley, 
Lutley, The Hill, Cakemore, Ridgacre and Lapal, 
in the County of Worcester, Kingswinford and 
Amblecote, in the County of Stafford, situate within 
and forming the Stourbridge Union, and also for 
better assessing and collecting certain Rates, autho- 
rized to be levied and collected under the Powers 
and Previsions of an Act made and passed in the 
sixth year of the reign of His late Majesty King 
George the Fourth, intituled, “An Act for better 
lighting, cleansing, watch;ng, paving, and otherwise 
improving the Township of Stourbridge, in the 
parish of Old Swinford, in the county of Worces- 
ter, for regulating the Market, and building a 
Market-place within and for the said Township, and 
for the removing and preventing Nuisances and 
Annoyances therein,” was presented, and read ; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 


Colonel Anson and Mr. Robert Scott. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Uiverpool, 
Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 
Junction Railway Company to make a Railway upon-Tyne 


from the Burnley Branch of the Manchester and ction Rail- 


4 J s . way Acts 
Leeds Railway, in the Township of Habergham be 


Eaves, in the Parish of Whalley, in the County of Bill. 
Lancaster, to the East Lancashire Railway, in the 
same ‘Township, and for other Purposes: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


. . : eer : Chard Canal 
Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 74 Railway 


Chard Canal and Railway Company to extend their (Extension 


Railway from Ilminster to Chard, all in the County and Amalga- 
of Somerset : And the same was read the first time ; ™240") Bill. 


and ordared to be read a second time. 


Petitions from East Looe ;—Hackleton ;—and, Poor Removal 


Piddington ; praying for the repeal or amendment A“ 
of the Poor Removal Act,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and barony Poor Law 

of Kinsale,stating that the Petitioners deprecate the (Ircland.) 
system of electoral divisions paying for their own 
Poor under a Ciause in the Poor Relief (Zreland) 
Act, and that they consider equality of taxation in 
each Union is a just and fair principle ; complaining 
that their Union is unduly taxed in comparison 
with the surrounding Unions; and praying fora full 
and searching inquiry into their grievances, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Legislative Council of New New South 
South Wales, in council assembled, signed by The Wales. 
Speaker, was presented, and read; setting forth, That 
John Edge Manning, Esquire, was in 1828, ap- 
pointed Registrar of tlhe Supreme Court, and as the 
holder of such appointment was empowered by their 
honors the judges to collect the effects of persons 
dying intestate; that Mr. Manning inthe year 1811 
executed a deed of assignment of all his property, 
for the benefit of his creditors, and that in 1823 
upon his return from an eight years’ residence on 
the Continent, he took the benefit of the Act for 
the Relief of Insolvent Debtors ; that in December 
1841 Mr. Manning was discovered to have applied 
to his own use 9,9962. 16s. 4d., the property of 
intestate persons collected by him; that in March 
1842 Mr. Manning was declared insolvent, and 
that hisestate has since paid two dividends, one of 6d. 
and the other of 13d. in the pound ; that during the 
whole period from 1828 to 1841 Mr. Manning was 
in the habit of keeping but one account at his 
bankers’ for monies received and paid by him in his 
public and private capacity; that he had neither 
day-book, ledger nor cash-book, and that the book 
of accounts left by him on his suspension is so loose, 

inaccurate 


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and Newcastle 


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inaccurate and unsatisfactory, as not to deserve the| Copy of Correspondence from the middle of 
name of an account at all; that in 1838 the judges. August 1846, to the middle of January 1847, relat- 
o made rules requiring Mr. Manning to pass his | ing to the measures adopted for the Relief of the 
accounts before a judge, and pay the balance found | Distress in Ireland (Fisheries Series). 

due into the savings bank; that Mr. Manning re-, Copy of Correspondence from July 1846, to 
monstrated against these rules as threatening to take January 1847, relating to the measures adopted for 
from him a source of legitimate income on the faith the Relief of the Distress in Jreland (Board of 
of which he immigrated to the colony, and intimated Works Series.) 

that unless he was permitted to retain and make| Ordered, That the said Papere do lie upon the 
use of the money himself, he would use no exertions | Table. 

to obtain it; that on the audit of Mr. Manning’s | 
proceedings held under the above-mentioned rules in | Ac 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Exports and 
p ihren : : A - count of the declared Value of the various Imports. 
oo Peco — judges Boonie mecca Articles of British Produce and Manufactures ex- 
officer had Deen In vie teal B money O' | ported to the British West India Colonies for each 
intestate persons, without keeping any regular or 


intelligible account of it, and that at this audit Mr. —&lt; Oe pet sone yee snes Ee Se See of 


: . ; ; January 1847, with the Rate of Duty imposed on 
Manmng seported cp tg gabe _tenlgeaonsactte of cach Article in the Colonies ; and of the Quantities 
1,989]. 17s. -3d., whereas the court, after argument 


f ve &lt; &lt; ; . 
aah eongiemn slleuwl, 2 dered him to pay over of the principal Articles of the Growth and Manu 





3,085/, 18s. 2d., thus increasing the amount of his 
liability by nearly 1,100/.; that notwithstanding 
these circumstances, sufficient, it would seem, to 
raise a violent suspicion, Mr. Manning was allowed | 
to remain in possession of his office, and thus not 
only to appropriate to his own use the personal 
property of intestate persons, but also their real | 
estate, to a much larger amount, from the facility | 
of obtaining powers of attorney, which his highly } 
confidential situation under Government afforded ; | 
that it appears from the facts above stated, that Mr. | 
Manning was a person disqualified by his previous | 











facture of the British West India Colonies im- 
ported into the United Kingdom; and of the 
Quantities cleared for Home Consumption, and the 
Rate of Duty charged on each Article, with the 
Gazette Average Price of Sugar for each year end- 
ing the 5th day of January 1847; also, the Number 
of Ships, distinguishing British and Foreign, with 
their Tonnage, that have entered and cleared for 


| the British West India Colonies from the United 


Kingdom during the same period :—A similar Re- 
turn for the East India Company’s Territories and 
Ceylon :—A similar Return for China :—A similar 


os peat Return for Mauritius :—A similar Return for ti 
ye career for situations of trust, but that nevertheless Britich North 4m ners Col vex cana eoace R 
: - in his case the most — igre duty Was | turn for Mew South Wales and Australian Colonies : 
allowed to pass uncensured, and that it ts only just | 4 similar Return for the United States of America: 
“ that those who sent this officer to the colony, under amt dein Wet tee Gils nod cialis Mee. 
ll. such circumstances, should make good to the widows Son the Mitt nm dial a sailed Wictenis Gar Mieation 
. ed = e ~ . ’ abe « 
and orphans of wage ts ‘© caps: sere 2 has a ,and the other Ports of South America (in con- 
— aes See Se a Caen at Parliamentary Paper, No. 651, of Ses- 
which his high official situation has enabled him | -. on 4 
yval 5 | slon 1845). 


Trish Poor, 


to commit ; and praying that the House will take | 
the premises into favourable consideration, and take 
such steps for relieving the sufferers by Mr. Manning’s | 
defalcation as to the House shall seem meet. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return from the Ports of London, Liverpool, Dover 
and Southampton, of all Description of Goods sub- 


Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the | ject to ad-valorem Duty, which, since the 1st day 


Table. | 


Two Petitions from Liverpool, complaining of 
the great influx of the Jrish poor into the town of | 
Liverpool, arriving in a state of the most deplorable 
destitution, both as to food and raiment, so as to 
make them applicants for relief as casual poor the 
moment of their arrival within the parish, by which 
the parish of Liverpool is compelled to bear an un- 
equal proportion of the national calamity ; and | 
praying the House not to separate without enacting 
a law, by which in future the people of Ireland, like 
the people of England, shall be compelled to make 
provision for the wants of their own poor,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


of January 1845, have been detained by the Officers 
of Her Majesty’s Customs, for supposed under- 
value for Duties payable; specifying the Amount 
they were entered at, what paid to the Importers, 
what they are sold for, how often put up to Sale, 
the Expenses attending the Sale, the Profit and 
Loss to the Revenue, and the Gratuities paid to 
the Officers on each detention; also, the Number 
of Memorials presented by the Importers or Agents 
to the Board of Customs, praying to be allowed to 
amend their entries, and the Amount of Fines paid 
for the indulgence, and to whose use the said Fines 
have been appropriated. 

Mr. Parker accordingly presented the said 
Return. 


Goods 
Detained. 


No. 18. 


Table. Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 
Tea. A Petition of Inhabitants of Birmingham, pray- 
ing the House to remit all, or the greater part, of} Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty's Com- postage 
the Tax levied on Tea, or so to modify and equalize | mand,—Copy of Articles agreed upon between the Convention 
the Duties so that that beverage may be accessible | Post-office of Great Britain and the Post-cflice of (P™*si@) 
to all classes of society, was presented, and read ; | Prussia, for carrying into execution the Convention 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. | of Ist October 1846. (Signed at London the 14th, 

‘and at Berlin the 21st November, 1846.) 

A Petition of Factory Workers in the employ of; Copy of additional Articles to those agreed upon Postage 
Messrs. Charles Openshaw and Sons, being opera- ‘between the Post-office of Great Britain and the Convention 
tives in the township of Bury, praying the House | Post-office of France, for carrying into execution FT") 
to passa Ten Hours Bill for all minors and females | the Convention of 3d April 1843, for establishing at 
employed in Factories without delay, was presented, , Portsmouth an Office for the Exchange of Mails 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | with Havre. (Signed at Paris the 7th, aud at 

| Loudon the 30th November 1846.) 

The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by; Copy of the Fourteenth Annual Report from the Public Works 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Correspondence | Board of Public Works in Ireland. (ireland. ) 
from July 1846, to January 1847, relating to the| Mr. Parker also presented, pursuart to the direc- Postage 
measures adopted for the Relief of the Distress in tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copies SS 
Treland (Commissariat Series). ‘Treasury Warrants regulating the Rates of Postage *™’ '™"**"") 

Vou, 102, G3 between 





Factories. 


Distress 
(lreland.) 











46 


between the United Kingdom and Denmark, and 
between the United Kingdom and Prussia. 


Court of An Account of the Fees received in the Office of 

Crelaed. 5 William Tighe Hamilton, Esquire, Second Remem- 
brancer of the Court of Exchequer in Jre/and, and 
«f the Disbursements thereout, in the four Quarters 
ending 5th January, 5th April, 5th July, and 5th 
October 1846. 

Reaper of Copy of Warrant granting a Compensation Al- 

the Signet : : " 

(Scotland.) | lowance of £1,000. per annum to the Right honour- 
able Viscount Melville, for Loss sustained under the 
Statutes 1st and 2d Vic., c. 86, and 1stand 2d Vice., 
c. 114. 

Mint. 


An Account of all Supplies remaining in the 

Mint, and of Sums advanced out of the Consolidated 
Fund, under the Authority of the Lords Commis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, to the Master of 
the Mint, for effecting the Purchase of Bullion for 
the Coinage of Silver and Copper Monies for the 
Public Service; showing the Amount of the several 
Purchases of Bullion, and the Seignorage accruing 
on the Coinage ; also, of Cash received by the Mas- 
ter of the Mint in payment for the Coin delivered at 
the Mint Office for the Public Service, and the Sums 
paid thereout from time to time into Her Majesty’s 
Exchequer for the ‘use of the Consolidated Fund, 
in repayment of the Advances so made, from the 
31st day of December 1845 to the 31st day of 
December 1846. 
_— An Account made up to the 31st December 1846, 
Dutch Loan. of the Sums which have been paid and applied, 
within the year 1846, by virtue of an Act of 55 Geo. 3, 
c. 115, intituled, An Act for carrying into effect a 
Convention between His Majesty and the King of 
the Netherlands and the Emperor of all the Russias ; 
for paying and satisfying the Interest on the part of 
the Loan therein agreed to be borne by His Majesty, 
on all or anv of the Securities therein mentioned, 
and towards paying and satisfying the principal 
thereof (in case of the principal of any of the said 
Securities shall have been paid), and also for paying 
the expenses of carrying the said Act into execu- 
tion, and the Sinking Fund for the extinction of 
the same. 


i Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to Orders,— 

,ussian ° . ° 

Dutch Loan. An Account of the Amounts paid for Principal and 
for Interest in each year for the Russian Dutch 
Loan, since the Treaty of Vienna; and showing 
the Amount ofthe Principal Sum of such Loan now 
due, payable by Great Britain, under the Act 
2and 8 Will. 4, c. 81. 


An Account of the Quantities of Wheat, Barley, 
Oats, Wheat Flour, Oatmeal, Butter, Cheese and 
Meat; of the Number of Cattle, Sheep and Swine, 
imported into Great Britain trom Ireland, in each 
month in the year 1846, 


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


Corn, &amp;c. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Amount of the Contracts and 
Sums paid for Jrish Provisions, for the Supply of 
the Navy, Army, Ordnance and Commissariat, in 
the year 1846. 


Irish Provi- 
sions (Navy, 
&amp;c.) 


Distilling from Mr. Parker presented a Bill to further encourage 


Sugar Bill. — the Distillation of Spirits from Sugar in the United 
No. 16. Kingdom: And the same was read the first time ; 
end ordered to be read a second time To-morrow; 

and to be printed. 
Poor Law Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


(Ireland.) Return of the Number of Paupers admitted into 


each Workhouse in Jreland during the year 1846, 
showing the Number admitted in each Week ; Num- 
ber discharged during same Period; Number died 
during same Period; Number in House on each 
Saturday since the Ist day of November 1846; 


98” Januarie. 








A. 1847. 


showing the Number which each Workhouse was 
originally constructed to receive; Number ill of 
Fever, of Scarlatina, of Dysentery, or of Contagious 
Diseases, on each Saturday; showing the Number 
which the Sick Ward or Hospital attached -to each 
Workhouse was originally constructed to receive ; 
Number who died during each Week since the Ist 
day of November 1846 ; distinguishing such as died 
of Contagious Diseases in each Workhouse, or in 
any Hospital or Ward attached to such Workhouse ; 
Number of Paupers affected with Fever or other 
Febrile Contagious Diseases, transferred to any 
Hospital under the Fifteenth Clause of the Poor 
Law Amendment Act of 1843; Number of Lu- 
natics transferred to any Lunatic Asylum from each 
Workhouse during the years 1844, 1845 and 1846: 
—Copies of all Communications made by the Poor 
Law Commissioners to Boards of Guardians on the 
Sanatory State of the Workhouses :—Ofany Com- 
munications made by Boards of Guardians to the 
Poor Law Commissioners, or of Minutes of Pro- 
ceedings of such Boards, respecting the Prevalence 
of Disease in Workhcuses :—And, of any Instruc- 
tions given by the Poor Law Commissioners to any 
Physicians or Surgeons, to inquire into the Nature 
and Extent of Disease in any Workhouse, and into 
the cause of such Disease, together with the Re- 
ports of such Physicians or Surgeons thereupon. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, pyplin 
Returns of the Net Annual Sum received by the Pipe-water: 
Corporation of the City of Dublin, in each year 
from the ist day of January 1842, for Pipe-water 
Rent in the City of Dublin :—Of all Sums paid by 
them out of the Rates, distinguishing such as are 
for Interest, and those for other Charges :—And, 
of the Names of all Officers appointed from the 
Ist day of November 1841 by the Corporation, 
their Annual Salaries and Emoluments. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, pyplin Water. 
Copies of such parts of the Reports of the Dublin 
Paving Commissioners to the Lord Lieutenant of 
Ireland as relate to the Supply of Water to the City 
of Dublin from the year 1841:—Returns of the 
Number and Names of all Streets within the Bounds 
of the Borough of Dublin in which no Main Pipes 
for the Supply of Water have been laid :—And, 
Copies of all Correspondence on the subject of the 
Supply of Water which has taken place between 
the Paving Commissioners and the Corporation of 
Dublin in 1844, 1845 and 1846. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a poor Law 
Return of the Sums expended in Relief of, and (Scotland.) 
for the Maintenance of the Poor in the several Pa- 
rishes of Scotland, from the 1st day of January 
1843 to the Ist day of January 1844; also, a si- 
milar Return from the Ist day of January 1846 
to the 1st day of January 1847; specifying the 
Amount expended in each particular Parish, and 
whether the same has been levied by Legal Assess- 
ment or by Voluntary Contribution, or from what 
other source. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Corporal 
Return of the Number of Prisoners who have suf- Punishment 
fered Corporal Punishment in the different Military uxt 
Prisons of England, Ireland and Scotland; the Of- 
fence for which they were punished, the Number of 
Lashes to which they were sentenced, with the 
Number received ; the Date of each Punishment, 
together with the Names of the Visitor or Visitors 
by whom each Sentence was passed :—Also, the 
Number of Prisoners in Confinement, on the 31st 
day of December 1846, in each Military Prison, 
together with the Total Number that have passed 
through such Prison since the opening thereof. 

Ordered, 


Brewe 
pistill 


Convi 


(Wool 


Poor | 
Comu 
sione! 


Corp 
Punis 
(Shir 
z0N..) 


Diffe 
Dati 
(Col 


Prov 


(Ire 


Bu 
&amp;e 
tio 





Breweries and 
Distilleries. 


Convicts 
(Woolwich.) 


Poor Law 
Commis- 
sioners. 


Corporal 
Punishment 
(Ship Ama- 
20N..) 


Differential 
Duties 
(Colonies. ) 


Provision 
Depots 
(Ireland. ) 


Settlement and 
Poor Removal. 


Brewing from 
Sugar Bill. 


Buck Wheat, 
ke, Importa- 
Yon Bill, 


28°—99° 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of any Report from the Board of Excise to 
the Lords of the Treasury, on the use of Barley, 
Malt, Sugar and Molasses in Breweries and Dis- 
tilleries. 


10 Vicroriz. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire 
into the Treatment of Convicts on board the Hulks 
at Woolwich ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Thomas Duncombe, an 

Yeas, | Mr. Aglionby : | i 

Tellers for the f Mr. Tufnell, i013 

Noes, L Lord Marcus Hill: | te 


So it passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire into the made adopted by the Poor Law 
Commissioners and their Assistant Commissioners 


in drawing up Reports, and their treatment of 


Boards of Guardians; and what control the Right 
honourable Sir James Graham, Baronet, exercised 
over the Poor Law Commissioners and their Assist- 
ant Commissioners, during the time he held the 
Office of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State 
for the Home Department :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Number of Corporal Punishments, and 
the Number of Lashes in each Punishment, on 
board Her Majesty’s Ship “The Amazon,” Captain 
Stopford, during the time of his command ; stating 
the Number of the Establishment of that Ship, and 
the Stations on which serving during that time :— 


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


Veneris, 29° die Januarii, 1847: 


The said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Memorials and Representations from 
Canada, and other Colonies, respecting the Differ- 
ential Duties on Goods imported into the Colonies, 
and respecting the Operation and Effect of the 
British Navigation Laws on their Commerce, since 
1845. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the several Places in Ireland where Depots 
of Provisions have been established since the 1st 
day of January 1846; the Date when each such 
Depot was established; the Date when each was 
first opened, and has since been closed and re- 
opened ; the Quantity of Provisions sold during 
each month, and the Average Price at which each 
Description of Provisions has been sold during such 
month. 


Ordered, That Mr. Henley be added to the Select 
Committee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


The Brewing from Sugar Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday the 5th 
day of February next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Buck Wheat, &amp;c., im- 
portation Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Vou. 102. 





Januari. 47 

Mr. Parker presented a Bill to alter certain Du- Customs 
ties of Customs: And the same was read the first Duties Bill. 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time this No. 17. 
day ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Parker presented a Bill for the Temporary Destitute 
Relief of Destitute Persons in Jreland: And the Persons 
: : (ireland) Bill 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be No 19 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be _ 
printed. 


A Petition of the Manchester and Salford Water- Manchester 
works Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to and Salford 
enable the Company of Proprietors of the Manches- — 
ter and Salford Waterworks more effectually to ~ 
supply the Inhabitants of the Towns of Manchester 
and Salford, and other Places, with Water, and to 
grant further powers to the said Company of Pro- 
prietors, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Bro- 
therton and Mr. Entwisle. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, xoilways. 
Accounts of the Amount of Capital or Stock autho- 
rized to be raised by Railway Bills passed in the 
last Session :—Of the Amount of Instalments ac- 
tually paid on account of Capital in each case, and 
of the Amount remaining to be paid :—Of the 
Amount authorized to be borrowed on Mortgage, 
Debenture, Bond or otherwise, in each case, under 
the said Acts :—And, of the Amount of all Mort- 
gages, Bonds, Debentures or Engagements for bor- 
rowing Money, contracted by Railway Companies, 
now outstanding, whether raised under the authority 
of Acts passed in the last or in previous Sessions of 
Parliament, or otherwise ; stating the Rate of In- 
terest, and the Time of the Principal falling due, in 
each case. 


A Petition of the London and North Western ponden and 
Railway Company, the Huddersfield and Manchester North Western 
Railway and Canal Company, and the Leeds, Dews- Railway 
. (Lease and 
bury and Manchester Railway Company, for leave Purchase of 
to bring in a Bill to incorporate the Huddersfield the Hudders- 
and Manchester Railway and Canal Company and field and Man- 

; oe chester Rail- 
the Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester Railway Com- wayandCanal, 
pany with the London and North Western Railway and the Lecds, 
Company, was presented, and read; and a Bill was cate oe _ 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Captain Railway) Bill. 


Mangles, Mr. Aldam and Mr. Benbow. 


A Petition of Surveyors of the out-parish of witts, Somer- 
Saint Cuthbert-in-Wells, taking notice of the appli- set and Wey- 
cation for leave to bring in the Wilts, Somerset and arte as 
Weymouth Railway (No. 2.) Bill, and praying that pi, ~~ 
the Standing Orders of the House, in reference to 
the said Bill, may be dispensed with ; and that their 
Petition may be referred to the Committee to 
whom the Petition for leave to introduce the said 
Bill, and the Report of the Examiners thereon, 
stands referred, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Union Union 
Workhouses (Ireland), which was presented upon Workhouses 


M os 2 (Ireland.) 
Tuesday last, be printed. No. 20. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Court Court of 
of Chancery, which was presented upon ‘Tuesday ey 
last, be printed. No. 21. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Bank Bank of 
of England, which were presented upon Tuesday eee 
last, be printed. No. 22. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Na- National Debt. 
tional Debt, which was presented upon Tuesday No. 23. 
last, be printed. 


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


G4 














A8 


Veneris, 29° die Januarii ; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


Imperial Gas R. Filer, from the Imperial Gas Light and 
Light and 


Coke Com- 


_— Parliament,—A Return of the Contingency Fund 
of the Imperial Gas Light and Coke Company :— 
And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 
Naval Receipt Mr. Soady, from the Audit Office, was called in, 
= Expen- and at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions 
_ of an Act of Parliament,—An Account of the Naval 
Receipt and Expenditure for the year ended the 
31st March 1846 :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. 
Manchester Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
and Salford Company of Proprietors of the Manchester and Sal- 
Waterworks 


Bill. ford Waterworks more effectually to supply the 
Inhabitants of the Towns of Manchester and Salford, 
and other Places, with Water, and to grant further 
Powers to the said Company of Proprietors: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 

Public Peti- 

tions (First 

Report.) 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented from the 19th to the 26th days 
of this instant January, both inclusive, and had 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

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

Glasgow, Mr. Oswald presented a Bill to enable the Glas- 
Airdricand == ggw, Airdrie and Monklands Junction Railway 
Monklands “ _ Pe : Lines _ : 
Junction Rail. Company to make certain Branch Lines, to extend 
way (Cowlairs, their Terminus to Montrose-street, Glasgow, and to 
Carmyle, Cen- amend the Act relating to such Railway: And the 
tral Junction, — oo : 
and Coplawhill Same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
Branches, and read a second time. 

Montrose- 
street Ter- 
minus) Bill. 
Glasgow, 
Airdrie and 
Monklands 


way (Cowlairs street, Glasgow, to or near Cowlairs, and to amend 

Branch) Bill. the Act relating to such Railway: And the same 
was read the first time and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Glasgow, The Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway, and 


Dumtries and Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway 


Carlisle Rail- 


way, and Glas- (No. 4.) Bill was read a second time; and com- 


gow, Paisley, mitted. 
Kilmarnock 
and Ayr Rail- 
way (No, 4.) 
Bill. 
Glasgow, 
Paisley, Kil- 
marnock and 
Ayr Railway 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 


and committed. 
mittee of Selection. 


North Stat- 


way (Altera- eae 
tions and mitted. . 
Branches)Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


North Staf- 


way (Churnet 
Valley Line 
and Trent Val- 
ley Railway 
Junction) Bill 


read a second time ; and committed. 


nuittee of Selection. 


20° Januari. 


The Liynvi Valley Railway Extension Bill was Llynvi Vatky 


Coke Company, was called in, and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of 


A. 1847. 


Railway Ex. 


read a second time ; and committed. tension Bil 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway Ipswich and 
(No. 1.) (Extension to Yarmouth) Bill was read ar teeny 
second time ; and committed. Railway 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Cio. 1) (i 

; rena: ension to Yar. 
mittee of Selection. mouth) Bil. 

Dr. Bowring presented a Bill for making a Rail- Liskeard ang 
way from Launceston to join the Cornwall Railway, ane 
near the Town of Liskeard, all in the County of Railway Bix, 
Cornwall: And the same was read the first time ; 


and ordered to be read a second time. 


Lord Harry Vane presented a Bill for enabling Wear Valley, 
the Wear Valley Railway Company to purchase or ee aoe 
lease the Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway, #10 Wi 

: ale, Weardale 
the Wear and Derwent Railway, the Weardale Ex- kxtension, ani 
tension Railway, and the Shildon Tunnel, and to Wear and 
ae tie ts &gt; — Derwent 
raise an additional Sum of Money, and for other Railways, sal 
Purposes: And the same was read the first time ; Shildon Tun. 
and ordered to be read a second time. nel Amalga- 

mation Bill. 

Mr. Parker presented a Bill for removing the gheicia 
Market between King-street and Castle-street, in the Markets Bill 
Town of Sheffield, and for providing a new Market- 
place in lieu thereof, and for regulating and main- 
taining the Markets and Fairs of the said Town: 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail- Manchester, 
ways (Station at Sheffield and Branch to the Shef- Sheffield and 
field Canal) Bill was read a second time; and com- Hincenshire 


; Railways 
mitted. (Station at 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Sheffield and 


: ae : Branch to 
mittee of Selection. the Shefficld 





Mr. Oswald presented a Bill to enable the Glas- 
gow, Airdrie and Monklands Junction Railway Com- 
Junction Rail. Pavy to make a Branch from at or near Whitevale- 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
The Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr 
Railway (No. 2.) Bill was read a second time; 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


The North Staffordshire Railway (Alterations and 
fordshire Rail- Branches) Bill was read a second time; and com- 


The North Staffordshire Railway (Churnet Valley 
fordshire Rail- Line and Trent Valley Railway Junction) Bill was 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


Canal) Bill. 
The South Eastern Railway (Mid Kent and Direct gouth Easten 
Tunbridge) Bill was read a second time; and com- Railway (Mil 
mitted Kent and 
. ‘; . Direct Tun- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- pridge) Bil 
mittee of Selection. 


The South Eastern Railway (Croydon and Brom- south Easter 
ley Branches) Bill was read a second time; and prec d 


: Croydon ant 
committed. Bromley 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Branches)Bil. 
mittee of Selection. 


The South Eastern Railway (Maidstone to Chart) south Eastem 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. Railway 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be referred to the Com- Chart Bill ¥ 
mittee of Selection. 


‘The South Eastern Railway (Strood to Maidstone) South Eastern 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. Railway 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- (Strood te 


i Ss j Maidstone 
mittee of Selection. a ~ stone) 


The South Eastern Railway (North Kent and South Eastem 
Bricklayers’ Arms Junction) Biil was read a second Railway _ 
time ; and committed. piney 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- layers’ Arms 
mittee of Selection. Junction) Bill 


The South Eastern Railway (North Kent Line) South Eastem 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. ae, a 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- "hilt 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Tatton Egerton presented a Bill to authorize Birkenhead 
the Commissioners for the Improvement of Birken- CWaterworkth 
head, Claughton-cum-Grange, and part of Oxton, in and Purchase 
the County of Chester, to establish Waterworks for of Birkenhea! 
the better supplying the Inhabitants thereof with 2™4 Cush 


“yere - Waterworks 
Water, and to purchase the existing Waterworks of Bil. 











the 


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O Yar. 


| and 
ton 


Bill, 


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Wear, 
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Ss, and 
Tun- 
lga- 
Sill. 


Bill 


iter, 
and 
hire 
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and 
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field 
rill, 


astern 
(Aid 


un- 
Bill. 


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s) Bill. 


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aster 


to 
ne) 


astern 


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the Birkenhead and Claughton Gas and Water 
Company: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 





. 


Mr. Tatton Egerton presented a Bill for enabling 


Birkenhead 
Improvement the Commissioners for the Improvement of Birken- 


eee head, Claughton-cum-Grange, and Part of Oxton, in 


of Birkenhead the County of Chester, more effectually to supply 
and — with Gas the Limits under their Jurisdiction,and to 
on _— purchase the existing Gas Works of the Birkenhead 
and Claughton Gas and Water Company: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 


read a second time. 


Manchester A Petition of the Manchester and Leeds Railway 
— Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
a said Company to make certain Branches, Exten- 
Extensions, sions, Deviations and other Works, and to amend 


Deviationsand their Acts, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 


rations of . . 
epee ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. En- 


other Works) ¢wisle and Mr. Brotherton. 
Bill. 
Gloucester and 
Dean Forest 
Railway (Con- 
struction of 


A Petition of the Gloucester and Dean Forest 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
authorize the said Company to construct a Dock or 


Docks) Bill. Basin, at Gloucester, in connection with the said 
Railway, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Phil- 
potts and Captain Berkeley. 

Manchester = A Petition of the Manchester and Leeds Railway 

and Leeds Raii- 


wae tena Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
from the Hud- Said Company to make a Branch from the Hud- 
dersfield and = dersfieldand Sheffield Junction Railway to Barnsley, 
ag et and an Extension of the Holmfirth Branch of the 
to Barnsley, same Railway, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
os a was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
of Holmfirth Vy Roce 
Branch) Bill Stansfield and Mr. Entwisle. 
Saint Ives A Petition of Rate-payers and Inhabitants of the 
(Huntingdon) Town of Saint Ives, and its neighbourhood, for leave 
Improvement . : : es ° : 
Bill, to bring in a Bill for paving, lighting, watching, 
draining, cleansing and improving the Town of Saint 
Ives, and the neighbourhood thereof, in the county 
of Huntingdon, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Fellowes and Mr. Thornhill. 


Standing 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
Orders ; 


Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; 

which were read, as follow : 

Glasgow, 1. Resolved, That in the case of the Glasgow, 

agar Dumfries and Carlisle Railway, and Glasgow, Pais- 
vv and ley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (No. 3.) Petition, 


way, and = : : 
Glasgow, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed 
Paisley, Kil- with. 

marnock and 

Ayr Railway 

(No. 3.) Bill. 

Glasgow, 2. Resolved, That in the case of the Glasgow, 
nan eg Dumfries and Carlisle Railway, and Glasgow, Pais- 
way, and €Y, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (No. 1.) Petition, 
Glasgow, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; 
Paisley, Kil- That the Parties be permitted to proceed with their 
marnock and Bill 

Ayr Railway 4!) 
(No. 1.) Bill. 
Glasgow, 
Paisley, Kil- 
marnock and 
Ayr Railway 
(No. 5.) Bili. 


3. Resolved, That in the case of the Glasgow, 
Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (No. 5.) 
Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with ; That the Parties be permitted to proceed with 
their Bill on amending the Sections deposited in the 
Private Bill Office, and with the Sheriff Clerks of 
the counties of Lanark and Renfrew, at Glasgow, 
Hamilton, Lanark, Airdrie, Paisley and Greenock, 
by the insertion of figures, showing the height of 
the arch of the bridge over the public carriage-road, 
called Great Clyde-street, in the parish of Glasgow. 

That the Committee on the Bill do examine, in 
the first place, how far such Order has been complied 
with, and do report the same to the House on the 
Report of the Bill. 

Vou. 102, 


90° Januari. 








49 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Wilts, Somer- Wilts, Somer- 
set and Weymouth Railway (No. 2.) Petition, the eat ol 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; That way (No. 2.) 
the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. Bill. 


5. Resolved, That in the case of the Regent’s Canal Regent’sCanal 
Company (Paddington and Limehouse Railway and ao 
Branch) Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be (hivimros 

ranc ) Pe ition, the Standing Orders ought to be andLimehouse 
dispensed with; That the Parties be permitted to Railway and 


proceed with their Bill. Branch) Bill. 


6. Resolved, That in the case of the Leeds, Dews- Leeds, Dews- 
bury and Manchester Railway (Extension to Wake- bury and 
field, and Junction at Methley with the Wakefield, along (Exe 
Pontefract and Goole, and the York and North tension to 
Midland Railways) Petition, the Standing Orders Wakefield,and 

: : r ° Junction at 
ought to be dispensed with; That the Parties be Methley with 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. the Wakefield, 

The second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth Resolu- Pontefract and 

‘ 3 : Goole, and the 
tions, being read a second time, were agreed to. —- York and 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. North Midland 

Railways) Bill.. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Glasgow, — 

of the Petition for the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar- Paisley, Kil- 
° : ; - marnock and 

nock and Ayr Railway (No. 5.) Bill, which was this a yr Railway 
day made from the Select Committee on Standing (No. 5.) Bill 
Orders, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to 
enable the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr 
Railway Company to make a Branch Railway to 
the west side of Dunlop-street, in Glasgow, and to 
enlarge their Station at Tradeston: And that Mr. 
Bouverie and Mr. Oswald do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Glasgow, 
of the Petition for the Glasgow, Dumfries and Car- Dumfries and 
lisle Railway, and Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock aos 
and Ayr Railway (No. 1.) Bill, which was this day Glasgow, 
made from the Select Committee on Standing Or- Paisley, Kil- 
ders, might be read; and the same being read ; pcan Sa 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to (No. 1.) Bill. 
enable the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Rail- 
way Company to make several Branch Railways, in 
the Counties of Dumfries and Cumberland, and for 
other Purposes: And that Mr. Bouverie and Mr. 
Ewart do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr, Henry Berkeley presented a Bill for granting Bristol and 
further Powers to the Bristol and Clifton Oil Gas eg 
Company: And the same was read the first time ; 7°" 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Henry Berkeley presented a Bill for better Kingston- 
assessing and collecting the Poor, Church and upon-Thames 
: Se eeae . » Ere Small Tene- 
Highway Rates within the Parish of Kingston-upon- ments Bill, 
Thames, in the County of Surrey: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 


second time. 


The Bristol and Exeter Railway (Taunton and ee at 
. : Pe Re : , Exeter Rail- 
Castle Carey Branch) Bill was read a second time ; war Clemuiet 
and committed. and Castle 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ee 


mittee of Selection. 


The Wakefield New Gas Bill was read a second Wakefield 
time; and committed. New Gas Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Order made yesterday, That Sir William Southamptou 
Heathcote, Sir John Guest and Mr. Chaplin do #4 Dorches- 
prepare, and bring in the Southampton and Dor- (Slow Beert 
chester Railway (New Forest Deviation and Branches) Deviation and 
Bill, was read, and discharged. Branches) Bill. 

Ordered, That Sir John Guest and Mr. Chaplin 
do prepare, and bring in the Bill. 


Ordered,That it bean Instruction tothe Committee Committee of 
of Selection, not to appoint the sitting of any Com- Selection. 
mittee on Bilis for Town Improvements, Markets and 

H Fairs, 








50 29° Januariz. 


Fairs, Harbours and Docks, Cemeteries, Gas Works, 
Water Works, or any Bills for the Amendment of 
Acts for any of the above purposes, before the 1st 
day of March next. 


Clerkenwell 
Improvement 


Mr. Thomas Duncombe presented a Bill for grant- 
ing further Powers to the Clerkenwell Improvement 
Commissioners, for the purpose of enabling them to 
complete the New Street, and the Improvements 
connected therewith: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Birkenhead, The Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junc- 
Lancashire’ tion Railway (Deviation of Main Line and Chester 
and Cheshire ; : 

Junction Raile Branch), &amp;c., Bill was read a second time; and 
way (Devia~- committed. 

eae ll Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
ter Branch, mittee of Selection. 
&amp;c.) Bill. 
Birkenhead, The Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junc- 
ory ne tion Railway, and Chester and Birkenhead Rail- 
Jenction Rall- way Purchase or Amalgamation Bill was read a 
way, and second time ; and committed. 

os ame Some Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Railway Pur- mittee of Selection. 

chase or Amal- 
gamation Bill. 
Cheshire 
Stipendiary 
Chairman Bill. 


The Cheshire Stipendiary Chairman Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ashton Gas 


a A Petition of the Ashton-under-Lyne Gas and 
i. 


Waterworks Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for better supplying with Gas the Town and Parish 
of Ashton-under-Lyne, in the County Palatine of 
Lancaster, and the Township of Dukinfield, in the 
County Palatine of Chester, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Tatton Egerton and Mr. Hindley. 


Ipswich and 
Bury Saint 


A Petition of the Ipswich and Bury Saint Ed- 
. mund’s Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
Fdnund’s Bill to amend the Acts relating to the said Com- 
Railway = =) : 

(No. 2.) (Ex- pany, and for making a Railway from the line of 
tension from the Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway, at 
Re Sant Bury Saint Edmund’s, to Newmarket and Ely, was 
Newmarket presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
and Ely) Bill. brought in accordingly, by Captain Gladstone and 
Mr. Lane Fox. 


Blackburn, 
Darwen and 


The Blackburn, Darwenand Bolton Railway Acts 
Rolton Rail Amendment (Diversions of Line in the Parishes of 
sar anne Blackburn and Bolton-in-the-Moors) Bill was read 
Amendment a second time; and committed. 

(Diversions of — Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Line in the . &gt; Sel &lt; 

Parishes of | mittee of Selection. 
Blackburn and 

Bolton-in-the- 

Moors) Bill 


North West- 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill for enabling 
ern Railway 


aeeens the North Western Railway Company to make cer- 
at Skipton, tain Alterations and Diversions in the Main Line of 
Casterton and their Railway at Skipton, Casterton and Sedbergh : 
Sedbergh) Bill. And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 
Birmingham —= Mr. Muntz presented a Bill for incorporating the 
ent *° District Fire Insurance Company of Birmingham 
Bill. hy the name of The District Fire Insurance Com-- 
pany, for enabling the said Company to sue and be 
sued, and for other Purposes relating to the said 
Company: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Aberdeen and 


Mr. Duncan presented a Bill to consolidate the 
Great North &amp; 


7 Beotland Aberdeen and Great North of Scotland Railway 
oT 8c é ~ . e 
Railways Companies: And the same was read the first time ; 


(Amalgama- and ordered to be read a second time. 
tion or 


Leasing) Bill. 

















A. 1847. 


Mr. Duncan presented a Bill to enable the Aber- Aberdeen Rail. 
deen Railway Company in part to alter their Branch 3” oo 
° 3 a eV1a~ 
Railway to Brechin: And the same was read the tion) Bill. 


first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Duncan presented a Bill to enable the Aber- Arbroath and 
deen Railway Company to make a Railway from me Bend : 
the Arbroath and Forfar Railway, in the Parish of jand Junction 
Forfar, to the Scottish Midland Junction Railway, Railways 
in the Parish of Glammis: And the same was read ae et 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second a 
time. 


Mr. Kemble presented a Bill to unite and con- Direct London 
solidate the Direct London and Portsmouth Railway a 
Company with the London, Brighton and South pondon, ‘ 
Coast Railway Company: And the same was read Brighton and 


the first time; and ordered to be read a second ong 
time. Amalgama- 
tion Bill. 
Mr. Kemble presented a Bill for lighting with Croydon | 
Gas the Town of Croydon and its Vicinity, in the Commercial 
’ Gas and Coke 
County of Surrey: And the same was read the pi) 


first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The Direct London and Portsmouth Railway Bill Direct London 
was read a second time ; and committed. and ie 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- a” : 
mittee of Selection. , 


Mr. Wynn Ellis presented a Bill to amend and Westminster 
enlarge the Powers and Provisions of the Wes¢- Improvements 
minster Improvement Act, 1845, and to authorize Bi 
the Application of certain Rates in aid of the Im- 
provements : And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Wyna Ellis presented a Bill for better as- Stourbridge 
sessing and collecting the Poor Rates, Highway tes Bill. 
Rates, Church Rates, and other Parochial Rates, 
the County, Shire Hall, Police, and other County 
and Local Rates, on Small Tenements, in the se- 
veral Parishes, Townships and Hamlets of Stour- 
bridge, Upper Swinford, Wollaston, The Lye, Wol- 
lescote, Cradley, the Borough of Halesowen, Hawn, 
Hasbury, Illey, Lutley, The Hill, Cakemore, Ridg- 
acre and Lapal, in the Cuunty of Worcester, King- 
swinford and Amblecote, in the County of Stafford, 
situate within and forming the Stourbridge Union ; 
and also for better assessing and collecting certain 
Rates authorized to be levied and collected under 
the Powers and Provisions of az Act made and 
passed in the sixth year of the reign of his late 
Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, “ An 
Act for better lighting, cleansing, watching, paving 
and otherwise improving the Township of Stour- 
bridge, in the Parish of Oldswinford, in the County 
of Worcester, for regulating the Market, and build- 
ing a Market-place within and for the said Town- 
ship, and for the removing and preventing Nuisances 
and Annoyances therein :’’ And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Southampton and Dorchester Southampton 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for and Dorches- 
making a Branch Railway from the Southampton woah 
and Dorchester Railway, at Moreton, to Weymouth, Branch) Bill. 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 


Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Southampton 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 224 Dorches- 
: : ’ , ter Railway 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Southampton (Weymouth 
and Dorchester Railway Acts Amendment (Wey- Branch) Bill. 
mouth Branch) Petition, the Standing Orders had 
not been complied with, in the following instances, 
viz., One-tenth part of the amount subscribed has 
not been deposited with the Court of Chancery, it 
appearing that the amount subscribed was£. 140,000, 


and 


Fas 
Rai 
(B1 


to | 
Bil 





10 Vicrorti@. 


and that only £. 12,750, instead of £.14,000, was so 
deposited ; but it appeared that the sum deposited 
was equal to one-tenth of three-fourths of the es- 
timate. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Eastern Union Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to empower the 
said Company to make a Railway from the Eastern 
Union Railway, at Manningtree, to Harwich, with 
Branches thereout, and for other Purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Lord Rendlesham 
and Captain Gladstone. 


Eastern Union 
Railway — 
(Branch from 
Manningtree 
to Harwich) 
Bill. 


A Petition of the Southampton and Dorchester 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
making a Branch Railway from the Southampton 
and Dorchester Railway to Blandford, and for 
other Purposes, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Southampton 
and Dorches~ 
ter Railway 
(Blandford 
Branch) Bill. 


Southampton 
and Dorches- 
ter Railway 
(Blandford 
Branch) Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills ; That in the case of the Southampton 
and Dorchester Railway (Blandford Branch) Peti- 
tion, the Standing Orders had not been complied 
with in the tollowmg instances: viz..—A property 
numbered 112 on the Plan in the parish of Spetiis- 
bury, is not referred to in the Book of Reference, 
and no application has been made to Mr. John S. 
Drax, the owner, in respect thereof; the names of 
Sarah Foster and Henry William Foster, the 
owners of No, 42°, in the parish of Charlton Mar- 
shall, are not contained in the Book of Reference 
as owners of the said property, nor has application 
been made to them in respect thereof; no applica- 
tion was made to Mr. Joseph Stone, agent of Major 
Lacy Walter Giles Yea, the Committee of Sir Wal- 
ter Yea, Baronet, a lunatic, the owner of No. 8, in 
the parish of Sturminster, in respect of such property ; 
one-tenth part of the amount subscribed was not 
deposited in the Court of Chancery, it appearing 
that the amount subscribed was £.112,500, and 
that only £.10,500, instead of £.11,250, was so de- 
posited ; but it appeared that the sum deposited 
was equal to one-tenth of three-fourths of the 
estimate. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Huddersfield 
and Manches- 
ter Railway 
(Deviations 
and Altera- 
tions in Old- 
ham Branch, 


Mr. Aldam presented a Bill for enabling the 
Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal 
Company to alter a Portion of the Line of their Old- 
ham Branch, and for other Purposes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be reada 


&amp;c.) Bill. second time. 

London and Mr. Aldam presented a Bill to incorporate the 
— Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal 
(Lease und 4 Company, and the Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester 


Purchase of 


Railway Company, with the London and North 
the Hudders- 


dcld and Md, Western Railway Company: And the same was 
aia Rail. read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 


way and Canal, time. 
and the Leeds, 
Dewsbury and Manchester Railway) Bill. 


Mr. Aldam presented a Bill to enable the Man- 
nei chester and Leeds Railway Company to alter the 
(Alteration of Line and Levels of the Brighouse Branch of the 
Levels of Brig- West Riding Union Railways, and to make a New 
— — Line into Leeds: And the same was read the first 
We . 

Riding Union time; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Railways, and 
New Line into 
Leeds) Bill. 
Huddersfield 
and Manches- 
ter Railway 
and Canal 


Manchester 
and Leeds 


The Order made yesterday, That Lord Hotham 
and Mr. Stansfield do prepare, and bring in the 
Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal 

VoL. 102. 


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51 


(Branch from Oldham to Ashton and Guide Bridge) ace from 

Bill, was read, and discharged. Petal 
Ordered, That Mr. Aldam and Mr. Stansfield Guide Bridge) 

do prepare, and bring in the Bill. Bill. 


Colonel Thomas Wood presented a Bill for en- Metropolitan 
abling the Metropolitan Sewage Manure Company },;""°° ,,. 
5 ; ; : M &gt; Bill. 
to alter the Line of their Works, and for other Pur- _— 
poses: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


The Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Bill was Dundalk and 
read a second time ; and committed. Enniskillen 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ene ee 
mittee of Selection. 


The Great Western Railway (Branch to join the Great Western 

West London Railway, Widening and Enlargement Railway 
: 5 (Branches to 

of the West London Railway, and Branches to join the West 
Hammersmith, and to join the London and South London Rail- 
Western Railway, near Lambeth) Bill was read a prec | Sora 
second time; and committed. ment of West 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- London 


- Q . Railway, and 

mittee of Selection. Sedincan 
Hammersmith, and to join the London and 
South Western Railway near Lambeth) Bill. 


The Great Western Railway (Extension of the Great Western 
Berks and Hants Railway from Hungerford to West- Railway (Ex- 
bury, with a Branch to Devizes) Bill was read a jjorke. —" 

Y&gt; : Pose ieee ul was read @ Rerks and 
second time ; and committed. Hants Rail- 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Wy from 


P 2 a Hungerford t 
mittee of Selection. Weslurr, P 


with a Branch to Devizes) Bill. 


The Great Western Railway (Branches to Egham, Great Western 
Staines, Brentford and Twickenham) Bill was read Railway 
a second time ; and committed. a 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Staines, 
mittee of Selection. es — 

wickenham 
Bill. 

A Petition of the West Cornwall Railway Com- West Cornwall 
pany, for leave to bring ina Bill to enable the said Railway 
Company to make two Branch Railways from the (Branches ‘0 | 
West Cornwall Railway to Saint Ives, and Norway- Norwayman’s 
man’s Wharf respectively, and to construct, pur- Wharf, and 
chase and enlarge certain Wharfs and Quays, at ae 
Hayle, was presented, and read; and a Bill was ment of Quays 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Charles at Hayle) Bill. 
Lemon and Sir Richard Vyvyan. 


The Lowestoft Railway and Harbour (Alteration Lowestoft 
near Reedham) Bill was read a second time; and }ailway and 
cated Harbour (Al- 
committed. J teration near 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Reedham) Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- Wilts, Somer- 
spect of the Petition for the Wilts, Somerset and *** rahe i 
Weymouth Railway (No. 2.) Bill, which was this omni ag 
day made from the Select Committee on Standing Bill. 
Orders, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Rail- 
way Company to constructa Railway from Bleadon 
to Blandford, witha Branch to Glastonbury, anda 
Railway from Compton to Wilton, with a Branch 
to Gillingham: And that Viscount Villiers and 
Viscount Chelsea do prepare, and bring it in. 

A Petition of the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Glasgow, 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to Liisley and 
enable the said Company to make certain Branch Railway 
Railways, and to amend the Acts relating to the (Amendment 
said Railway, was presented, and read ; and a Bil] 214 Braneles 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. gow, Paisley, 


Hope Johnstone and Mr. Baine. Kilmarnock 
and Ayr, the 
Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston, and the 
Glasgow. Strathaven and Lesmahagow 
Railways, and to Haugh Pits) Bill. 


A Petition 


lo 


H 











Glasgow, Kil- 
marnock and 
Ardrossan 
Railway 
(Amendment, 
Deviations 
and Branches) 
Bill. 


Factories. 


Lighthouses, 
&amp;e. 


Union with 
Ireland. 


Famine in 
Ireland. 


County Works 
Presentments 
(Ireland) Act. 


Private Bills, 


Leeds, Dews- 
bury and 
Manchester 
Railway (Ex- 


52 


A Petition of the Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ar- 
drossan Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to enable the said Company to make certain 
Branch Railways, and to make certain Deviations 
from the line and levels of the said Railway, and to 
amend the Act relating to the said Railway, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Factory Workers in the employ of 
Mr. James Brierley, Wellfield Mill, near Rochdale, 
being in the township of Castleton, in the parish of 
Rochdale, praying the House to pass a Ten Hours 
Bill for all minors and females employed in Facto- 
ries, without delay, was presenied, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Shipowners of the port of Scilly, 
praying the House to pass a law in accordance with 
the recommendations of the Select Committee on 
Lighthouses, &amp;c., was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Commissioners 
of the town of Callan, in the county of Kilkenny, 
praying for the repeal of the legislative union be- 
tween Great Britain and Ireland, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the North Riding of the county 
of Tipperary ;—and, Maryborough, East; praying 
the House to adopt immediate, energetic and de- 
cisive measures to arrest the progress of daily in- 
creasing devastation amongst the Jrish people, and 
also for the permanent amelioration of the condition 
of their country,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of the town of Ballymenagh, in the county 
of Antrim, praying for the amendment of the County 
Works Presentments (Zreland) Act, by substituting 
a division into townlands, or at the least into elec- 
toral districts, rather than into baronies or half- 
baronies, as is at present by law provided in respect 
of Extraordinary Presentment Sessions in Ireland, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the ‘Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report which, 
upon the 3d day of August, in the last Session of 
Parliament, was made from the Select Committee 
appointed to examine the applications for Local 
Acts during this Session of Parliament; to examine 
eT in respect to the Bills for the Erection 
of new Waterworks, Drainage and Paving and Im- 
provements, according to the recommendations 
made by the Commissioners of Inquiry into the 


20° Januariz. 





A. 1847. 


| Junction at Methley with the Wakefield, Pontefract 
/and Goole, and the York and North Midland Rail- 


lect Committee on Standing Orders, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for altering, amending and enlarging or repealing 
some of the Powers and Provisions of the Leeds, 
Dewsbury and Manchester Railway Act, 1845, and 
the Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester (Deviations 
and Branches) Railway Act, 1846, and for autho- 
rizing the making and maintaining of certain 
Branches and Extensions from the said Leeds, 
Dewsbury and Manchester Railway: And that Mr. 
| Beckett and Mr. A/dam do prepare, and bring it in. 


| 
| 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Tobacco, Manufactured Tobacco, Cigars and Snuff, 
paid Duty upon Quarterly, in the years 1844, 1845 
and 1846, and up to the 5th day of January 1847; 
also, the Gross Amount of Duty received thereon, 
distinguishing England, Scotland and Ireland, and 
the respective Ports of [mportation therein, and the 
| Totais of each Quarter and Year:—Of the several 
| Seizures made, and of the Prosecutions for Breach 
of the Laws relating to Tobacco, in the year ending 
the 5th day of January 1847; distinguishing Great 
Britain from those in Ireland, specifying the 
_ Places where and Names of the Persons prosecuted, 

or from whom the Seizures were made; the Quan- 

tities and Kinds of Goods seized ; whether Fine or 
Imprisonment imposed; whether Fine paid, or 
|Party suffered Imprisonment; for what time im- 
| prisoned :—And, of the Number of Persons con- 
'victed for smuggling Tobacco, Spirits, Tea, Silk, and 

for any other articles, and the Total Number con- 
_victed, in the year ending the 5th day of January 
| 1847; also, the Number of Persons who paid the 
| Peesities imposed ; the Number of Compromises 
made ; the Number of Persons committed to Pri- 
/son; the Number of Persons in Prison for Offences 
against the Revenue Laws, on the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1847 :—Accounts of the Quantity of Foreign 

Manufactured Tobacco and Snuff imported into the 
United Kingdom, in each of the Three years 1844, 
1845 and 1846; stating the Quantity exported from 
| the Bonded Warehouses as Merchandize to the Bri- 
| tish Colonies, and to what Colonies ; also the Quan- 
| tity exported as Ship Stores in each of these Three 
years :—Of the Quantity of British manufactured 
Tobacco exported as Merchandize under Drawback 
to the British Colonies, in each of the Three years 
1844, 1845 and 1846; and also, an Account of the 
Quantity exported as Ship Stores in each of these 
Three years :—And, of the Quantity of British Ma- 
nufactured Snuff exported in each of the Three 








Returns of the Number of Pounds Weight of Leaf 


means of improving the Health of Towns and densely | years, 1844, 1845 and 1846 :—And, a Return of the 
populated Districts ; and to ascertain how far the | several Seizures made, and of the Prosecutions for 
principle of their recommendations may be carried | Breach of the Laws relating to Tobacco, between 
out in relation to the Bills proposed, and whether | the 5th day of January 1844 and the 5th day of Ja- 
any and what measures may be recommended for | nuary 1847; distinguishing those in Great Britain 
adoption by the House thereon, might be read; and | from those in Lreland ; specifying the Places where 
the same being read ; jand Names of the Persons prosecuted, or from 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- | whom the Seizures were made; the Quantities and 
posed, That Public General Acts should be prepared | Kinds of Goods seized ; the precise nature of the 
for each of the several subjects of Police and Watch- | Offences charged or for which the Seizures were 
ing, of Waterworks and Sewage, of Paving, of Im- | made; the results of the Examinations of the 
provement of Towns and Regulation of Buildings, | Goods by analysis, or otherwise, where seized for 
Streets and Roads, of Markets and Fairs, of Ceme- | adulteration ; whether any and what judicial Pro- 
teries, of Bridges and Ferries, of Harbours, Docks, | ceedings were taken in each case; the Result of 
Ports, Piers and Quays, of Canals, Rivers and Na- | such Proceedings, whether convicted or otherwise ; 


vigation, as recommended in the Report of the Se- 
lect Committee on Private Bills, embodying, as far 
as possible, the suggestions thereof:—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for the Leeds, Dewsbury and 


Manchester Railway (Extension to Wakefield, and 


Amount of Fine pzid or Imprisonment suffered ; 
whether the Goods seized were condemned or re- 
stored. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
' Return of the Number of Boys who have been 
; received into the Army as Drummers from the 


‘ various Union Workhouses in the United Kingdom, 


year 


tension to 
Wakefield, and 


: : ; Junction at 
ways) Bill, which was this day made from the Se- Methiey with 


the Wakefield, 


Pontefract and 
Goole, and the 
York and 
North Mid- 
land Rail- 
ways) Bill. 


Tobacco, &amp;e. 


Drumnicrs. 


Milb 
Pris 


Sett! 
and 
Rew 


A dj ‘ 


Che 
sion 


Sup 


Dis 
Sug 


Bu 
&amp;e. 
tion 


Tr 


( 


Si 


tad food 


Milbank 
Prison. 


Settlement 
and Poor 
Removal. 


Adjournment. 


Chelsea Pen- 
sions Bill. 


Supply. 


Distilling from 
Sugar Bill. 


Buck Wheat, 
&amp;c., Importa- 
tion Bill. 


Customs 
Duties Bill. 


Provisions 
(Ireland.) 


No. 24, 


Sugar. 
No. 25. 


Breweries and 
Distilleries, 


No. 26. 


Greek Loan. 
No. 27, 





10 VicrorizZ. 


year by year, from the year 1840, specifying the 
Unions respectively, down to the end of 1846. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of a Letter addressed to the Secretary of 
State by the Inspectors of Milbank Prison, and 
of Extracts made by them from the Report of the 
Commissioners appointed to inquire respecting the 
Prison, and of the Remarks of the Inspectors 
thereon. 

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


Ordered, That all Petitions on the subject of the 
Law of Settlement, or the Poor Removal Act of last 
Session, be referred to the Select Committee on 
Settlement and Poor Removal. 


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


The Chelsea Pensions Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


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

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


The Distilling from Sugar Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


Mr. Greene reported the Buck Wheat, &amp;c., Im- 
portation Bill; and the Aniendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Customs Duties Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Orders,— 
Return to an Order, dated the 21st day of this in- 
stant January, for a Return of the aggregate Amount 
of Provisions imported from Jreland into England, 
in the three last years, ending January 1846, com- 
prehending Grain of all kind, Butter, Cheese, Beef, 
Pork, Eggs, Bacon, Swine, Oxen, Sheep, &amp;c. 

Return to an Order dated the 21st day of this 
instant January, for Returns of the Amount of 
Duty received on Sugar, from the 5th day of April 
1846 to the 5th day of January 1847; specifying 
the Amount received under the different Rates of 
Daty :—And, of all Sugars that have been stopped 
for alleged inaccurate entry at the Custom Houses 
of London and Liverpool, between the 5th day of 
April 1846 and the 5th day of January 1847; 
specifying the Number of Packages in each Parcel 
so detained, the respective Dates of stoppage and 
release, and whether Colonial or Foreign Sugar :— 
Also, the Amount of Money now held in the said 
Custom Houses as paid under protest upon disputed 
claims in regard to these Sugars. 

Copy of any Report from the Board of the Excise 
to the Lords of the Treasury,on the use of Barley, 
Malt, Sugar and Molasses in Breweries and Dis- 
tilleries. 

Mr. Parker also presented, pusuant to the direc- 
tions of several Acts of ‘Parliament,—An Account 
of Money paid out of the Consolidated Fund, under 
the Acts 2 and 3 Will. 4, c. 121, and 6 and 7 Will. 4, 
c.94, m the year ended 3lst December 1846, for 

Vou. 102. 


29° Januariz.—1° Februaritz. 


53 


Interest and Sinking Fund, on that part of the 
Greek Loan guaranteed by this country under the 
authority of the said Acts. 

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


Sir William Somerville presented,—Return to an Magistrates 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 28th day of May, (Scotland. 
in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return of the 
Number of Magistrates named in the Commission of 
the Peace in each County in Scotland, specifying the 
Number who have qualified and acted as Magistrates, 
and stating the Date of the last Commission, and 
addition thereto (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 278, of Session 1830). 

Sir William Somerville also presented, pursuant Dublin Metroe 
to the directions of an Act of Parliament,—An politan Police. 
Account of all Monies received and expended from 
Ist January to 3ist December 1846; and, also, 
an Account of all Monies received as Tax upon 
Houses, Lands and Tenements, for the purposes 
of the Dublin Metropolitan Police during said 
period, specifying the Total Sum charged upon and 
received from every Parish, the Rate in the pound 
at which computed, and the Total Annual Value of 
the Property in every Parish, pursuant to1 Vic., 
c. 25. 

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


Mr. Parker presented a Bill to authorize cer- Reading, 
tain Alterations of the Line of the Reading, Guild- a 
ford and Reigate Railway, and to amend the Act way Bill, “ 
relating thereto: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Parker presented a Bill to empower the Norfolk Rail- 
Norfolk Railway Company to make a Railway from Way (from 
‘Norfolk Rail TI d hn E Thetford to 
the Norfolk Railway at Thetford, to the Lowestoft the Lowestoft 
Railway near Reedham, with a Branch therefrom to Railway, near 
Halesworth: And the same was read the first time ; Reedham, with 
ae i ; a Branch to 
and ordered to be read a second time. Tr cena 
Bill 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Me- Metropolitan 
tropolitan Police, which was presented yesterday, be Police. 


printed. No. 28. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Northern Northern 
Lighthouses, which was presented yesterday, be Lighthouses. 
printed. No. 29. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Mint, Mint. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 30. 


Ordered, That the Account of the Amounts paid Russian 
for Principal and for Interest of each Year for the Dutch Loan. 
Russian Dutch Loan, since the Treaty of Vienna; No. 31. 
and stating the Amount of the Principal Sum of 
such Loan now due and payable by Great Britain, 
under the Act 2 and 3 Will. 4,¢. 81, which was 
presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Corn, &amp;c., Corn, &amp;e. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. Nu, 32. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 





Luna, 1° die Februari ; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 
HE Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Manchester, 
Railway (Supply of Surplus Water to Man- Salt ant 
chester, Salford and Stockport) Bill was read 2 Railway (Sup- 
second time; and committed. 


ply of Surplus 
Ordered, Vhat the Bill be referred to the Com- 


Water to Man- 
. we ‘ chester, 
mittee of Selection. 


Salford and 
Stockport) 
Bill. 





H3 The 








Rochdale 
Canal (Sale to 
the Manches- 
ter and Leeds 
Railway Com- 
pany) Bill. 


Bolton Im- 
provement 


Bill. 


Woodford 
Metropolitan 
Cemetery Bill. 


Imperial 
Continental 
Gas Associa- 
tion Bill. 


Exeter, Yeovil 
and Dorches- 
ter Railway 
and Branches 
Bill. 


Buckingham 
and Brackley 
Junction Kail- 
way, and 
Oxtord and 
Bletchley 
Junction Rail- 
way Com- 
panies Amal- 
gamation and 
Extension of 
Lines Bill. 


South Eastern 
Railway 
(Widening of 
the Greenwich 
Railway, and 
Arrangement 
and Enlarge- 
ment of the 
London Bridge 
Station) Bill. 


South Eastern 
Railway (Lon- 
don Bridge 
Station Ar- 
rangement 
and Enlarge- 


ment) Bill. 


Salisbury and 
Yeovil Rail- 
way Bill, 


54 


The Rochdale Canal (Sale to the Manchester and 
Leeds Railway Company) Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Bolton, in the county palatine of 
Lancaster, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the borough of 
Bolton, in the county of Lancaster, to improve such 
Borough, and to take a lease of, and to purchase 
the Works of the Bolton Waterworks Company, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Dr. Bowring and Mr. 
Ainsworth. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for establishing a Cemetery at Woodford, in the 
county of Essex, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Masterman and Mr. Lyall. 


A Petition of Directors of the Imperial Continental 
Gas Association, for leave to bring ina Bill for ex- 
tending the Powers of the Imperial Cortinental 
Gas Association, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Masterman and Mr. Ricardo. 


A Petition of the Promoters of an undertaking 
known by the name of the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dor- 
chester Railway, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
making a Railway from Ezeter to Yeovil, with 
Branches and Extensions therefrom, to be cal'ed 
The Exeter, Yeovil and Dorchester Railway, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Divett, Sir John 
Duckworth, and Mr. Chaplin. 


A Petition of the Buckingham and Brackley 
Junction Railway Company, and the Oxford and 
Bletchley Junction Railway Company, for leave to 
bring in a Bill to authorize the consolidation into 
one Undertaking of the said Companies, and to en- 
able the Company so to be consolidated to make 
Extension Lines to Banbury and Aylesbury, and an 
alteration of the Line into the city of Oxford, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by the Marquis of Chandos, 
Sir Charles Douglas and Mr. Tower. 


A Petition of the South Eastern Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said 
Company further to widen the London and Green- 
wich Railway, and to enlarge their London Bridge 
Station, was presented, and read; anda Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Ed- 
mund Filmer, Mr. Plumptre, and Mr. Alderman 
Humphery. 


A Petition of the South Eastern Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for providing in- 
creased Station Accommodation at the Terminus of 
the South Eastern and London, Brighton and South 
Coast Railways, at or near London Bridge, and for 
the Arrangement thereof, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Sir Edmund Filmer, Mr. Plumptre, and Mr. 
Alderman Humphery. 


A Petition of the London and South Western 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
enable the said Company to make a Railway from 
Salisbury to Yeovil, with Branches to Shaftesbury 
and Wincanton, and to jointhe Exeter, Yeovil and 
Dorchester, and Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth 
Railways, near Yeovil, and to purchase or lease the 
said Lyeter, Yeovil and Dorchester Railway, was 


1° Februari. 





A. 1847. 


presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of Salisbury ang 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Yeovil Rail- 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for “*Y 3! 
the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Bill, the Standing 
Orders had not been complied with, in the following 
instances ; viz. Application was made to the Re- 
verend Charles Buchanan Pearson, on the 15th day 
of December last, after the hour of eight p. m., but 
it was proved that such application was made at 
half past ten in the morning of that day, and that 
the Promoters being informed by their local agents, 
that he was then resident at Bath (where he had 
resided when an application for the same property 
was served on him by the same parties last year), 
dispatched a messenger to Bath, on the 14th of 
December. 

That such messenger returned fo:thwith with in- 
formation, that the said C. B. Pearson had left that 
place, and that forthwith another messenger was 
dispatched to his then ascertained residence, by the 
first train; but as such residence was situated twelve 
miles from any Railway station, the messenger was 
unable to make such application before half past 
ten o’clock. 

Upon the first sheet of the Sections deposited in 
the Private Bill Office and in the office of the Clerk 
of the Peace for the county of Dorsec, there is a 
vertical scale of 80 feet to the inch, and all the 
sheets of such Sections are drawn to the said ver- 
tical scale; but upon sheet No. 2, there is another 
vertical scale of 50 feet to an inch, and on sheet 
No. 4, another vertical scale of 60 feet to an inch ; 
and all the figured heights upon the scid two sheets 
are wrongly stated, if measured by the vertical 
scales drawn upon such sheets respectively ; and 
all the gradients upon such two sheets, if calculated 
from the heights above the datum line, as measured 
by such vertical scales, instead of from the heights, 
as figured upon the Section, are also wrongly stated 
in figures. 

Upon the portions of the Sections which were 
deposited with certain Parish Clerks (such Sections 
bemg drawn throughout to the vertical scale of 
80 feet to an inch), there are erroneous scales to the 
vertical heights; viz. 





PARISH, DESCRIPTION OF ERROR. 





Sherborne + - | On sheet No, 1, a scale of 50 feet 
to the inch. 

On sheet No. 3, a scale of 80 feet 
to the inch (the correct scale.) 
On the first sheet, a scale of 

80 feet (the correct scale). 

On the second sheet, a scale of 
50 feet. 

The scale is put down on all the 
four sheets, as 60 fect to an 
inch. 

On sheet No. 4, there is a ver- 
tical scale of 60 feet to the 
inch, and no other. 


Bradyord Abbas - 


Oborne - - - 


Milborne Port - 





On the portion of the Plan of the said Railway 
deposited with the Parish Clerk of the parish of 
Chilmark, there is no scale. 

On the Sections of the said Railway deposited 
in the office of the Clerk of the Peace for the county 
of Dorset, and in the Private Bill Office, the ex- 
treme depth of the Railway under the surfaces of 
the ground, is not marked for a certain proposed 
cutting, exceeding 5 feet, between 31 miles, 7 fur- 





| longs, and 32 miles, 4 furlongs. 


Between 1 mile, 4 furlongs, and 2 miles, the 
gradient is incorrectly stated as being 1 in 881, 
whereas it should be 1 in 705, in continuation of a 
gradient shown upon the previous part of such Sec- 
tion, as being 1 in 705. 





A certain 


Lon 
Rail 
mini 
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Bill. 


Lon 
Bris 
Sou’ 
Rail 
Rail 
Mai 
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and 
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10 Vicroriz. 


A certain diversion of the River Madda (not 
being a navigable river), at or about 11 miles, 5 fur- 
longs and 2 chains, is shown upon the Sections of 
the said Railway as being intended; but no such 
diversion is shown upon the Plans deposited in the 
Private Bill Office and with the Parish Clerk of the 

arish of Chilmark. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


London Bridge 
Railway Ter- 
mini General 
Enlargement 
Bill. 


The London Bridge Railway Termini General 
Enlargement Bill was read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

London, The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 
—— (Kent Railway to Maidstone, Canterbury and 


1° Februariz. 


55 
The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail- Manchester, 
way (Branch from Ashton-under-Lyne to Oldham) Shefticla and 
- . ‘ Lincolnshire 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. Railway 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- (Branch from 
mittee of Selection. Ashton-under- 
Lyne to Old- 
ham) Bill. 
The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail- Manchester, 
way (Junction with the Midland Railway, vid Barns- Sheffield and 
- - Lincolnshire 
ley, and Branches therefrom) Bill was read a second Railway 
time; and committed. (Junction with 
| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- the Midland 
| mittee of Selection eeenrer, ee 
; mu : Barnsley,and 
Branches 
therefrom) 
; Bill. 
The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail- Manchester, 
way (Branch to Chapeltown and Thurgoland Coal Sheffield and 


; ° Lincolnshire 
Branch) Bill was read a second time; and com-}.4.., 








Railway 


Railway (Kent Tunbridge) Bill was read a second time; and com-| mitted. (Branch to 
Railway to mitted. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- poor ml 
one va8ed Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | mittee of Selection. fand Coal” 
and Tun- mittee of Selection. Branch) Bill. 
bridge) Bill. The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail- Manchester, 
Manchester Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the way (Ashton Canal Purchase) Bill was read a se- mart 
—— Manchester and Leeds Railway Company to make | cond time ; and committed. Railway 
(Branches, certain Branches, Extensions, Deviations and other _Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- (Ashton Canal 
Extensions, Works, and to amend their Acts: And the same was | mittee of Selection. Purchase) Bill. 
y= onl read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 

tions of Levels, time. 


and other 
Works) Bill. 


Midland Rail- 
way (Syston 
and Peterbo- 
rough Railway 


A Petition of the Midland Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize certain De- 
viations in the line of the Syston and Peterborough 


Deviations Branch of the Midland Railway, and the formation | 
ee of a Road or Approach to the intended AZunton 


Station) Bill. Station thereof, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
Station) Bill p 


was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir 


John Trollope, Mr. Fitzwilliam and Mr. Farnham. 


Midland Rail- 
way (Exten- 
sion from near 
Leicester, via 
Bedford, to 
Hitchin and to 
Northampton 
and Hunting- 
don, and En- 
largement of 
the Leicester 
Station) Bill. 


A Petition of the Midland Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said Com- 
pany to make a Railway from near Leicester, vid 
Bedford, to Hitchin, and to Northampton and Bed- 
ford, with Branches, to enlarge the Leicester Station 
of the Midland Railway, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Vernon Smith, 
Mr. Stafford O’ Brien and Captain Polhill. 


Midland Rail- A Petition of the Midland Railway Company, for 
way, Leicester Jeaye to bring in a Bill to enable the said Company 
and Swanning- : 


ton Railway t0 alter the line of the Leicester and Swannington 
Widening, De- Railway, and to make certain Branches therefrom, 
— and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
(Enlargement and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
of Leicester by Mr. Packe, Mr. Farnham and Mr. Mundy. 


Station, and 
extending Powers as to 
Ibstock Branch) Bill. 


Ryde In- A Petition of Commissioners for improving the 
Pt = Town_of Ryde, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
amending the Ryde Improvement Act, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. William Hamilton and Mr. 

A’Court Holmes. 
Gloucesterand Mr. Phillpotts presented a Bill to authorize the 


Dean Forest 
Railway (Con- 
struction of 
Docks) Bill. 


Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway Company to 
construct a Dock or Basin at Gloucester, in connec- 
tion with the said Railway: And the same was read 


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


Manchester, - ° 7 a 
ror The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail- 


Lincolnshire W@Y (Station Approach in Manchester) Bill was read 
Railway (Sta- &amp; second time; and committed. 


tim Approach Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
\pn 8 mittee of Selection. 


ter) Bill, 
VoL. 162. 


The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail- 
| way (Branch at Bugsworth to join the Peak Forest 
; Canal Tramway and Amendment of Acts) Bill was 
'read a second time; and committed. (Branch at 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bussworth to 


= sf : join the Peak 
| mittee of Selection. Forest Canal 


Tramway and 
Amendment of 
Acts) Bill. 

| The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail- Manchester, 

| way (Sheffield Canal Purchase) Bill was read a se- ee 
_cond time ; and committed. a!" 

| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ; 


(Sheffield 
mittee of Selection. Canal Pur- 


| chase) Bill. 


| The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail- Manchester, 
| ways, and Manchester and Lincoln Union Railway, en 
_and Chesterfield and Gainsborough Canal Amalga- jajiway 


Railways, and 


Manchester, 

Sheffield and 
Lincolnshire 
Railway 


| mation) Bill was read a second time; and com- Manchester 

' mitted and Lincoln 

—: . Union Rail- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- yay ang 


mittee of Selection. 


Chesterfield 
and Gainsbo- 
rough Canal 
Amalgama- 
tion Bill. 
Ordered, That the Sheffield Canal Bill be read a shefficla 
second time upon Monday the 15th day of this in- Canal Bill. 
stant February. 





Sir Charles Lemon presented a Bill to enable the West Cornwall 
West Cornwall Railway Company to make two atte 8 " 
Branch Railways from the West Cornwall Railway erage ak 
to Saint Ives and Norwayman’s Wharf respectively, Norwayman’s 
and to construct, purchase and enlarge certain bse 
Wharfs and Quays at Hayle: And the same was gnq Enlarge- 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second ment of Quays 
time. at Hayle) Bill. 


The Sunderland Markets, Bridge, Ferries and sunderland 
General Improvement Bill was read a second time ; Markets, 
and committed. i 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ral Improve- 


mittee of Selection. ment Bill. 








The Order made upon Thurday last, That Lord Huddersfield 
Hotham and Mr. Stansfield do prepare, and bring in pasar sear 
the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway (Branci (Branch 4 i 
from Oldham to Ashton and Guide Bridge) Bill, Oldham to 
was read, and discharged. —- a 

Ordered, That Mr. Aldam and Mr. Stansfield do yi, 8 
_ prepare, and bring in the Bill. 
| H 4 





The 











56 


London, The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 

Brighton and (London Bridge Station, Enlargement and Arrange- 

Sieeeethan ment) Bill, was read a second time; and com- 

don Bridge mitted. ; 

Station En- Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

largementand _. f Selecti 

Arrangement) Mittee of Selection. 

Bill, 

London, The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 

Brighton and (Extension to London Bridge) Bill, was read a se- 

South Coast : ; 5 ’ 

Railway (Ex- cond time ; and committed. 

tension to Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
ndon ~ age : 

Bridge) Bil, Mittee of Selection. 


Bristol and The Bristol and Exeter Railway (Branch from 

Exeter Rail: Bleadon to Wells, Glastonbury and Street) Bill, 

way (Branch oe , 

from Bleadon Was read a second time; and committed. 

to Wells, Glas- Ordered, That. the Bill be referred to the Com- 

Street) Bill. mittee of Selection. 

Pile Pier Ex- A Petition of John Abel Smith, of Dili | 

tensions Bill. sayare, in the county of Middlesex, Esquire, for leave | 
to bring in a Bill for extending and enlarging a cer- | 
tain Pier, in Pile Harbour, in the Parish of Dalton- 
in- Furness, in the County Palatine of Lancaster ; and 
to alter the Act relating thereto, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Wilson Patten and Mr. Talbot 
Clifton. 


Fast Lincoln- 


path ce Boston, and Branch to Great Grimsby and Shef- 
field Junction Railway at Grimsby) Bill, was read a 


Boston, and C b 
Branch to second time; and committed. 


Great Grims- 
by and Shef- 7 sais / 
field Junction mittee of Selection. 
Railway at 
Grimsby) Bill. 
Fast Lincoln- The East Lincolnshire Railway (Branch from 
pede sted Louth to Lincoln) Bill, was read a second time; and 
‘anc ( ° 
Louth to Lin- comiitted. 
coln) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Paisley, Barr- A Petition of Persons thereunto subscribing, and 
head and Hur- of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Rail- 
let Railway — way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for mak- 
Bill. ° A : 2 : “ 
ing a Railway from Paisley to Barrhead, with cer- 
tain Railways and Branch Railways therewith con- 
nected, to be called The Paisley, Barrhead and 
Hurlet Railway, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Colonel Mure and Mr. Hastie. 


Mr. Sidney Herbert, one other Member appointed 
by Mr. Speaker to serve on the General Committee 
of Elections, and not objected to by the House, 
took the following oath : 


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


Ordered, That the Committee do meet To-morrow, 


at half an hour after Three of the Clock in the after- 
noon. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Glasgow, Mr. Ewart presented a Bill to enable the Glas- 
oe gow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway Company to 
ee. make several Branch Railways in the Counties o 
gow, Paisley, Dumfries and Cumberland, and for other Purposes : 
Kilmarnock And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 


and Ayr Rail- be pate ‘ 
way (No. 1.) '0 be read a second time. 


Bill. 

Manchester Mr. Stansfield presented a Bill to enable the 
and Lecds Manchester and Leeds Railway Company to make 
Railway 


(Branch from 2 Branch from the Huddersfield and Sheffield 
the Hudders- Junction Railway to Barnsley, and an Extension 
ficld and Shef- of the Holmfirth Branch of the same Railway: And 


wr apg the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
Barnsley, and read a second time. 

Extension of 

Holmfirth 


Branch) Bill. 


1° Februariz. 


The East Lincolnshire Railway (Deviation at! 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


A, 1847. 


The Windsor Railway Bill was read a second Windsor 


time ; and committed. Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Tatton Egerton presented a Bill for better Ashton Gas 
supplying with Gas the Town and Parish of Ash- Bill 
ton-under-Lyne, in the County Palatine of Lancas- 
ter, and the Township of Dukinfield, in the County 
Palatine of Chester: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Duncan presented a Bill to enable the Glas- Glasgow, 


gow, Paisley and Greenock Railway Company to ——s 
make certain Branch Railways, and to amend the Railway 


Actsrelating to thesaid Railway : And the same was (Amendment 

read the first time ; and ordered to he read a second pag gm 

| time. gow, Paisley, 

Kilmarnock and Ayr, the Glasgow, Barrhead and 
Neilston, and the Glasgow, Strathaven and Lesma- 
hagow Railways, and to Haugh Pits) Bill. 


The Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct, Glasgow, 
and Glasgow Southern Terminal Railways Amalga- irs a 
mation Bill was read a second time ; and com- yect, and i 
mitted. Glasgow 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- a 
mittee of Selection. ways Amalga- 
mation Bill. 
| The Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Glasgow, 
Railway Bill was read a second time; and com- eae 
| mitted. rect Railway 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 








| 
| 
| 


| The Scottish Midland Junction Railway (Amend- Scottish Mid- 
‘ment and Branch to Zaurencekirk) Bill was read — 
a second time; and committed. (Amendment 
| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- and Branch to 
| mittee of Selection. a 
| A Petition of Shareholders inan Undertaking for Leicester Wa- 
establishing Waterworks in the borough of Leicester, te™works Bill 
| for leave to bring in a Bill for better supplying with 

Water the Inhabitants of the said borough, and 
‘certain Parishes and Places adjacent thereto, in the 
County of Leicester, was presented, and read ; and 
/a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 


Sir John Easthope and Mr. Wynn Ellis. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the several parishes, Wolverhamp- 

townships and places of Wolverhampton, Bilston, ton Rates Bill 
Willenhall and Wednesfield, in the county of Staf- 
ford, for leave to bring in a Bill for better assessing 
the Poor Rates, Highway Rates, County and 
Police, and other Parochial and Local Rates on 
small tenements in the several ‘Townships of Wol- 
verhampton, Bilston, Willenhall and Wednesfield, in 
| the county of Stafford, was presented, and read. 
| Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for better assessing the Poor Rates, Highway Rates, 
County and Police Rates, and other Parochial and 
|Local Rates on Small Tenements, in the several 
Townships of Wolverhampton, Bilston, Willenhall 
and Wednesfield, in the County of Stafford: And 
that Mr. Robert Scott and Mr. Ewart do prepare, 
| and bring it in. 





A Petition of John George Bonner, of Furnival’s Crowland and 

| Inn, Holborn, in the city of London, Gentleman, Cowbit . 
for leave to present a Petition for leave to bring in bao Bill 

a Bill for the better drainage of lands, called Crow- ‘ 

land Washes, and Fodder Lots, Cowbit Wash and 

| Deeping Fen Wash, in the several parishes of Crow- 

land, Spalding and Pinchbeck, the hamlets of 

Cowbit and Peakhill, and the extraparochial place 

or lands, called Deeping Fen or Deeping Fen Well 

and Washes, all in the county of Lincoln, was pre- 

sented and read; and referred to the Select Com- 

mittee on Standing Orders. 





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—— mittee of Selection. 


Wilts, Somer- The Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway 
set and Wey- (No, 1.) (Bruton, Pitcombe and Rodden and Brad- 
mouth Rail- ae : : f d ti ‘ d 
way (No. 1.) ford Deviations) Bill was read a second time; an 


(Bruton, Pit- committed. 


combe and Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Rodden and : L 

Bradford De- mittee of Selection. 

viations) Bill. 

Yeovil, Brid- The Yeovil, Bridport and Exeter Railway, with 


port and Exe- Branches, Bill was read a second time; and com- 
ter Railway, 


ith Branches, mitted. . 
Sil. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Plymouth and A Petition of Trustees of the Plymouth and 
eg Tavistock Turnpike-road, for leave to bring in a Bill 
: for amending the Acts relating to the Roads lead- 
ing from the Lower Market House, in Tavistock, 
to Old Town Gate, in the borough of Plymouth, 
and from Manadon Gate to the Old Pound near 
Devonport, in the county of Devon, was presented, 

and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for amending the Acts relating to the Roads leading 
from the Lower Market House, in Tavistock, to Old 
Tower Gate in the Borough, and from Manadon 
Gate to the Old Pound near Devonport, in the 
County of Devon: And that Lord Courtenay, and 
Sir John Yarde Buller do prepare, and bring it in. 


London and The London and North Western Railway (New- 


so — port Pagnell, Olney and Wellingborough Branch) 
aoa” Bill was read a second time; and committed. 


Pagnell, Olney Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


and Welling- mittee of Selection. 
borough 


Branch) Bill. 
London and The London and North Western nang | (Saint 
North West- Alban’s, Luton and Dunstable Branch) Bill was 


faint Allen's, read a second time ; and committed. 


Luton and Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Dunstable j i 

Branch) Bill. mittee of Selection. 

London, Ox- § The London, Oxford and and Cheltenham Rail- 
ford and Chel- 


ie way and Branches Bill was read a second time; 
tenham Rail- . 
way and and committed. 
Branches Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Huddersfield Mr. Stansfield presented a Bill for enabling the 
ree wag Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal 
(Branch from Company to make a Railway from Oldham to 
Oldham to Ashton and Guide Bridge: And the same was 
Guide Bit - read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 


time. 


Liverpool, A Petition of the several Persons whose names 

re —_ are thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring ina Bill 

Railway and for making a Railway from the Liverpool and 

Branch Bill. Bury Railway, near Liverpool, through Crosby, to 
the Town of Southport, w:th a Branch, to be called, 
The Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Entwisle and Mr. 
Brown. 


+ ae Dock A Petition of Commissioners of the Ipswich 
‘ Docks, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the 
law relating to Pilotage, in the port of Ipswich, and 
to incorporate the Jpswich Dock Commissioners, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Captain Gladstone 

and Mr. Lane Fox. 

VoL. 102. 


1° Februari. 57 


Midland Great The Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland 
Wore See (Newcastle, Anniskinnan and Baltrasna Devia- 
Caevcestio tions) Bill was read a second time; and com- 


Anniskinnan mitted. 
and Baltrasna = Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


A Petition of the Midland Railway Company, for Midland Rail- 
leave to bring in a Billto enable the said Company ¥{¥ Erewaslt 
to purchase the Mansfield and Pinzxton Railway,and pi,” " 
to alter the same, and to make a Railway from the 
Erewash Valley Railway to the Mottingham and 
Mansfield Railway, with Branches to Mansfield, and 
also to the Alfreton Ironworks, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Midland Rail- 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for ¥®Y ng ag 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for sa” ws 
the Midland Railway (Erewash Valley, &amp;c., with 
Branches) Bill, the Standing Orders had not been 
complied with; as Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick 
Clark, a joint-tenant of a certain property in Mans- 
field, was served with application on the 22d Decem- 
ber in London, the application having been sent to 
him by messenger in Jreland on the 12th Decem- 
ber, where the Promoters were informed by the 
other joint-tenant of the said property, that he was 
then quartered with his regiment. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred tothe Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Ipswich Gas Light Company, Ipswich Gas 

for leave to bring in a Bill to alter, amend and en- ~” 

large the Powers and Provisions of an Act passed 

in the second year of the reign of his late Majesty 

King George the Fourth, intituled, An Act for 

lighting with Gas the Town and Borough of Jpswich, 

in the County of Suffolk, was presented, and read ; 

and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 

by Captain Gladstone and Mr. Lane Foz. , 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Clarence 

Clarence Railway, for leave to bring in a Bill to Railway, and 
; : . Leeds and 

enable the Amalgamation of the Clarence Railway Thirsk Rail- 
and the Leeds and Thirsk Railway, was presented, way Amalga- 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ™tion Bill 
accordingly, by Lord Harry Vane, Mr. Hutt and 
Mr. Wawn. 


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That Answer to 
their Address of Monday last, (That Her Majesty 44*** 
would be graciously pleased to give directions to 
the proper Officers that the several Estimates therein 
mentioned might be laid before this House,) had 
been presented to Her Majesty; and that Her 
Majesty had commanded him to acquaint this 
House, that She will give directions accordingly. 


Sir George. Grey reported to the House, That Answer to 
their several Addresses of the 25th, 26th and 29th seamemaeel 
days of January last, (That Her Majesty would be 
graciously pleased to give directions that the Papers 
therein mentioned might be laid before this House,) 
had been presented to Her Majesty ; and that Her 
Majesty had commanded him to acquaint this House, 
that She will give directions accordingly. 


Colonel Anson presented, pursuant to an Address Ordnance 
to Her Majesty,—Estimates of Effective and Non- =stimates. 
effective Ordnance Services, for the year 1847-48. No. 20. 


Colonel Anson also presented,—Return to an Corporal 
Order dated the 6th day of August, in the last Punishment, | 
Session of Parliament, for Abstracts of the Average ater _ 
Strength, in each year, of the Royal Marines, 
and the Number of Men who, since the 1st day 
of January 1844 to the 31st day of December 
1845, have suffered Corporal Punishment or Im- 
prisonment ; showing the Nature of Offences, in 
classes, for which such Punishment has been 
awarded, and the Number in each class; and 
showing the greatest Number and the smallest 
Number of Lashes, and the Aggregate Number of 
Lashes in each year ; also, the longest and shortest 
Period of Confinement awarded as Punishment to 
each Person, and the Average Period of Confine- 





I ment 


| 
i 
i 











Rochdale Wa- 
terworks Bill. 


Darwen Wa- 
terworks and 
Reservoirs 
Bill. 


Glasgow, Pais- 
ley and Green- 
ock Railway 
(Branches at 
Port Glasgow 
and to the Ca- 
ledonian Rail- 


58 


ment for each Class of Offence :—And, of the Aver- 
age Strength of the Royal Artillery in Great Britain 
and Ireland, and the Number of Soldiers who, be- 
tween the 1st day of January 1844 and the 31st day 
of December 1845, have suffered Corporal Punish- 
ment or Imprisonment; showing the Nature of the 
Offences, in classes, for which such Corporal 
Punishment or Imprisonment has been awarded, 
and the Number in each class ; and showing, also, 
the greatest and the smallest Number of Lashes, 
and the Aggregate Number of Lashes in each year ; 
also, the longest and shortest Period of Confinement 
awarded as Punishment, and the Average Period 
for each class of Offences:—Returns of the Num- 
ber of Soldiers, belonging to Regiments and Depots 
in Great Britain and Ireland, who, since the 1st 
day of January 1844, have suffered either Corporal 
Punishment or Imprisonment ; and, whenever either 
Corporal Punishment or Imprisonment has been 
inflicted on the same Person more than once, speci- 
fying how often it has been so inflicted; with 
Abstract of the Number of Soldiers, belonging to 
Regiments in the Colonies and Possessions of Great 
Britain, who, in each year since the 1st day of 
January 1844, have suffered Corporal Punishments 
and Imprisonments; showing the Nature of the 
Offences, in classes, for which such Corporal 
Punishment or Imprisonment has been awarded, 
and the Numbers in each class; stating, also, the 
greatest Number and lowest Number of Lashes in- 
flicted on any person in each year; also, the longest 
and the shortest Period of Confinement awarded as 
Punishment, and the Average Period of Confine- 
ment for each Class in each year :—Of the Number 
of Soldiers who, since the 1st day of January 1844, 
have suffered Corporal Punishment or Imprison- 
ment, and whenever either Corporal Punishment or 
Imprisonment has been inflicted on the same Person 
more than once, specifying how often it has been so 
inflicted, and the Azgregate Number of Lashes in 
each year; and distinguishing Numbers in Regi- 
ments in the Colonies and Possessions of Her Ma- 
jesty from Regiments in Depots in Great Britain 
and Jreland :—And, of the Corporal Punishments 
inflicted in the Royal Navy, in each of the years 
1844 and 1845, both inclusive ; stating the highest 
and lowest Number of Lashes at each time, and the 
Aggregate Number of Lashes in each year (so far as 
relates to the Royal Artillery and Royal Sappers 
and Miners) (in continuation of Parliamentary Pa- 
per, No. 308, of Session 1845). 

Ordered, That the said Estimates and Return do 


1° Februariz. 





A. 1847. 


and read; and referred to the Select Committee on way, and Di- 


version of 


Canal) Bill, 


The Hartlepool West Harbour and Dock (Dock Hartlepool 
Extension) Bill was read a second time; and com- tt a 
mitted. , : (Dock Exten- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- sion) Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 


Standing Orders. 


The Hartlepool and Stockton Junction Railway Hartlepool and 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. — 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Railway Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to amend the Acts Ipswich and 
relating to the Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund’s Bury Saint 

es : ‘ Edmund's 
Railway Company, and for making a Railway from Rajiway 
the Line of the Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund's (No. 2.) (Ex- 
Railway at Bury Saint Edmunds, to Newmarket tension from 

1 Ely: And the same was read the first time; Eaund'e 
anc Y . nc same re e i s me ? Edmund Ss to 
and ordered to be read a second time. Newmarket 
and Ely) Bill. 

Mr. Greene presented a Bill for altering, amend- Leeds, Dews- 
ing and enlarging or repealing some of the Powers Duty and 

&gt; oo Manchester 
and Provisions of the Leeds, Dewsbury and Man- Railway (Ex- 
chester Railway Act, 1845, and the Leeds, Dewsbury tension to 
and Manchester Deviations and Branches Railway W®kefield,and 
Act, 1846, and for authorizing the making and Seley wi 
Act, 1846, and for authorizing the making and yethiey with 
maintaining of certain Branches and Extensions the Wakefield, 
from the said Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester Pontefract and 


: “ Goole, and the 
Railway: And the same was read the first time ; york and 


and ordered to be read a second time. North Midland 
Railway) Bill. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to enable the Glas- Glasgow, Pais- 
gow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Com- ley, Kilmar- 
; : nock and Ayr 
pany to make a Branch Railway to the west side of Railway 
Dunlop-street, in Glasgow, and to enlarge their (No. 5.) Bill. 
Station at Tradeston: And the same was read the 


first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Glasgow, Pais- 
Railway, and Glasgow and Belfast Union Railway !¢y, Kilmar- 


5 : k and A 

(No. 1.) Bill, was read a second time; and com- = ay “= 
mitted. Glasgow and 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Belfast Union 


mittee of Selection. (No.1) Bil 





The Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Glasgow, | 

| Railway (No. 4.) Bill was read a second time; Psley,Ki- 
’ : ? marnock and 

}and committed. Ayr Railway 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- (No. 4.) Bill. 


lie upon the Table; and that the Estimates be | mittee of Selection. 


printed. 


A Petition of the Leeds Waterworks Company, Leeds Water- 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the | for leave to bring in a Bill to amend and enlarge works Bill. 
Rochdale Waterworks, for leave to bring in a Bill ‘the Provisions of an Act passed in the first year of 


for better supplying with Water the Inhabitants of 
the town and borough of Rochdale, and of several 
townships and places, all in the parish of Rochdale, 
in the county of Lancaster, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


by Mr. Wilson Patten and Mr. Brown. 


A Petition of Promoters of the undertaking 
thereinatter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for better supplying with Water the town and 
neighbourhood of Over Darwen, in the county of 
Lancaster, and for affording a more regular and con- 
stant supply of Water to the Millowners and others 
on the River Darwen, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Wilson Patten and Mr. Hornby. 


A Petition of the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
enable the said Company to make certain Branch 
Railways at Port Glasgow, and to the Caledonian 
Railway at Glasgow, and to divert part of the Glas- 
gow, Paisley and Ardrossan Canal, was presented, 


‘the reien of Her present Majesty, intituled, An Act 


for the better supplying with Water the Town and 
Neighbourhood of Leeds, in the West Riding of the 
county of York, and for more effectually supplying 
the said Town and Neighbourhood with Water, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Beckett and Mr. 
Aldam. 


The Leeds Central Railway Station Bill was read Leeds Central 
a second time ; and committed. Railway Sta- 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- %? Bi 
mittee of Selection. 


The Norfolk Railway (Branch from Wymondham Norfolk Rail- 
to the Norwich Extension of the Ipswich and Bury way (Branch 
Saint Edmund's Railway, and the proposed Thetford a to 
and Reedham Railway near Diss) Bill was read a the Norwich 
second time ; and committed. mg 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- pee tag , 
mittee of Selection. Saint Ed- 
mund’s Railway, and the proposed Thetford 
and Reedham Railway near Diss) Dill. 





The 


Norfo 
way ( 
from 
to joi 
wich 
St. E 
Railv 
Bury 
Edm 
Bill. 


Stear 


Pres 
(Irel 


Wit 


ae oe ee he 


Norfolk 
way (Branch 
way (rretford 
to join the Ips- 
wich and Bury 
St. Edmund’s 
Railway, near 
Bury Saint 
Edmund’s) 
Bill. 


Steamers. 


Presentments 
(Ireland). 


Wine. 


Spirits. 


Saint Ives 
(Huntingdon) 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Leeds, Wake- 
field and Mid- 
land Junction 
Railway Bill. 





10 Vicroriz. 


The Norfolk Railway (Branch from Thetford to 
join the Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund's Railway, 
near Bury Saint Edmund’s) Bill was read a second 
time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Or dered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Steamers employed by 
Gove rnment since the 30th day of September last, 
in co nvey ing Provisions to various parts of Jreland ; 
speci fying each Voyage; the Quantity of Provisions 
in each Vessel; the ‘Length of Time spent in each 
such Voyage ; the Places where landed, and the 
Quan tities de posited at each Place; also, specify- 
ing the Tonnage of every such Vessel. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Amount of Presentments made in 
Ireland, under the Act 9 and 10 Vie., c. 107; dis- 
tinguishing the Amount presented for under the 
terms of the Act, and under Mr. Labouchere’s 
Letter; and showing, in the latter case, whether the 
Works specified in the Presentments are Public 
Works or Drainage for which undertakings have 
been given by individual Proprietors; and of the 
Amount sanctioned by the Treasury under each 
head :—And, of the Amount of Money expended in 

ayment of the Staff employed by the Board of 
Werks, from the Ist day of September 1846 to the 
15th day of January 1847; stating the Rate of 
Salary aliowed to each individual, and the particular 
Fund on which the Salary has been charged, toge- 
ther with the Amount expended in Horses and 
Carts, and Works of that description. 


Ordered, That there he laid before this House, 
an Account of the Number of Gallons of Foreign 
Wine imported, of the Quantities upon which Duty 
has been paid for Home Consumption, and Quanti- 
ties exported; also, the Quantities retained for 
Home Consumption, after deducting the Amount 
exported subsequently to the Payment of Duty, for 
the year ended the 5th day of January 1847, dis- 
tinguishing Cape, French, Portugal, Spanish, Ma- 
deria, Rhenish, Canary, Fayal, Sicilian, and other 
sorts, together with the Quantities of each sort re- 
maining in bond on the 5th day of January 1847, 
distinguishing London from the Country. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the Number of Proof Gallons of Rum, 
distinguishing West India, East India and Foreign ; 
also, of Brandy, Geneva and other Foreign, Colonial 
or Jersey Spirits imported ; of the Quantities upon | 


which Duty has been paid for Home Consumption, | 









































1° Februarie. 59 


Viscount Morpeth presented, vy Her Majesty’s Local Acts. 
Command,—Copies of Preliminary Inquiries with No. 33, 
reference to the powers and authorities vested in 
the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, &amp;c., 
by an Act of the 9th and 10th Vic., c. 106, for in- 
stituting preliminary inquiries in cases of applica- 
tion for local Acts of Parliament, the Surveying 
Officer appointed by the said Commissioners under 
the provisions of the said Act, being instructed to 
require from the applicants, or to obtain from other 
sources, the information, whether documentary or 
otherwise, specified in the under-mentioned articles, 
and to verify the same on the spot, by receiving 
evidence in the manner prescribed by the Act. 

I. Supply of Water. 

I(s). Drainage, Sewerage and Cleansing. 

I(c). Lights, Gas and Oil. 

I(p). Pavements. 


I(£). Public 'Edifices, as Market-houses, Courts 
of Law, Town Halls and Bridges. 


I(r). Public Ways and Walks, Streets, Squares, 
Parks, &amp;c. 


I(c). Cemeteries. 


II. General Instructions for the guidance of the 
Surveying Officers. 

IIL. Summary of Cases deposited with the Com- 
missioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, &amp;c., on or 
before the 30th November 1846. 


IV. Arrangement of Cases. 


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


Mr. Greene presented a Bill for making an Al- gouthampton 
teration in the Line of the Southampton and Dor- and Dorches- 
chester Railway, and Branches therefrom to Lyming- ler fee 
ton and Eling, and for other Purposes: And the Deviation and 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be Branches) Bill. 
tread a second time. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to empower the yastern Union 
Eastern Union Railway eg, | to make a Rail- Railway 
way from the Eastern Union Railway at Manning- (Branch from 
° ° Y Manningtree 
tree to Harwich, with Branches thereout, and for ¢o Harwich) 
other Purposes: And the same was read the first Bill. 


time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to enable the Wilts, Wilts, Somer- 
Somerset and Weymouth Railway Company to con- s¢t and Wey- 
struct a Railway from Bleadon to Blandford, with cercia ts 
a Branch to Glastonbury, and a Railway from Bill. 
Compton to Wilton, with a Branch to Gillingham: 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 





the Quantities exported, and the Quantities shipped | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, outrages 
as Stores, and used by the Navy, for the year ended Returns of the Number and Description of Out- (Ireland.) 
the sth day of January 1847, together with the | Ts speciaily reported by the Constabluary 


Quantities of each Sort remaining in Bond on the 
5th day of January 1847, distinguishing London 
from the Country. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill for paving, lighting, 


watching, draining, cleansing and improving the | 


Town of Saint Ives, and the Neighbourhood there- 
of, in the County of Huntingdon: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Railway therein- 
after mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
making ceréain Lines of Railway in the West Riding 
of the County of York, to be called The Leeds, 
Wakefield and Midland Junction Railway, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. William Lascelles 
and Mr. Hornby. 





Vor. 102. 


throughout Jre/and, in each of the years 1845 and 
1846 :—Of the Total Number of Outrages specially 
reported in each nionth ofthe years 1845 and 1846: 
—Of the Total Number of Agrarian Outrages spe- 
cially reported in each month of the years 1845 and 
1846 :—And, of the Total Number of Outrages 
specially reported in each County in Jreland, in 
each of the years 1845 and 1846. 


Petitions from Dumfries ;—Plymouth ;—Kirk- Lighthouses, 
wall ;—and, Bridport; praying the House to pass &amp;¢. 
a law in accordance with the recommendation of 
the Select Committee on Lighthouses, &amp;c.,—were 


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


Petitions from Hillhouse ;—Todmorden ;—Padi- Factories. 
ham ;—Chorley ;—and, Huddersfield (Chairman) ; 
praying the House to pass a Ten Hours Bill for all 
minors and females employed in Factories,—were 

12 presented, 





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60 1°— 2° Februarii. 


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


A Petition of the Chairman of the West India 
Association of Dublin, stating that that Association 
has heard, with great satisfaction, the measures 
proposed by Her Majesty’s Government, in re- 
ference to the admission of Sugar into breweries 
and distilleries, and the reduction of the duty on 
Rum to rates nearly proportionate to those levied 
upon home Spirits in England, Scotland and Ire- 
land respectively ; they regret that it has not been 
deemed expedient to remove the restrictions to the 
use of Molasses, but entertain a confident expecta- 
tion that some means may be hereafter devised to 
obviate the objections to this concession ; and pray- 
ing the House to sanction those measures, as per- 
manent enactments, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sugar and 
Molasses. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Guardians of 
the Poor of the Union of Carrickmacross, sub- 
mitting to the House whether a judicious reclamation 
of the Waste Lands in Jreland, and anallocation of 
them to a peasant proprietary upon equitable terms 
would not be vastly preferable to wasting the labour 
of the country upon useless road work, or diverting 
its funds to a forced emigration; and praying the 
House to take the subject into consideration, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Waste Lands 
Cireland.). 


Petitions from Mountrath;— Cork (Chairman 
and Secretary) ; — and, Dublin (two Petitions) ; 
praying the House to pass laws, without delay, to 
secure the immediate and rapid distribution of 
supplies of food for the people of Lreland,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

Table. 
Destitute 


) A Petition of Members of the Reproductive Em- 
Circland) pi, Ployment Committee in Dublin, praying the House 
‘ to postpone the Second Reading of the Destitute 
Persons (Jreland) Bill, until the Petitioners and 
others resident in Jreland shall have had time 
calmly to consider its bearings and probable effect, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Famine in 
Lreland. 


Settlement. Petitions from Hunslet ;—and, Bedford Union ; 
praying for an alteration of the Law of Settlement, 
—were presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Settlement and Poor Re- 


moval. 


Rum. Petitions from Cork;— Coldstream ;—and, Kin- 
cardine; praying that Rum may not be allowed to 
be admitted into this country, except it pay a duty 
of 4s. 10d. per gallon,-—-were presented, and read ; 
and cotenel te lie upon the Table. 


Navy. 
No.34. 


Mr. Ward presented,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 19th day of January last, for a Copy of the 
Treasury Minute restricting Naval promotion to 
one vacancy in three, the Number of Officers on 
the List at the date of the Minute, and the Number 
on the 30th day of September 1846. 

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


Labouring The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
par “Zeland) Reading of the Labouring Poor (Jreland) Bill ; 
, And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time: 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


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


Martis, 2° die Februarii, 1847: 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till thisday. 








A. 1847. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Poor Relief 
Reading of the Poor Relief (Jreland)Bill ; Creland) Bal. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Destitute 
Reading of the Destitute Persons (Zreland) Bill ; posed Bi 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time C74) Bill 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Chelsea Pen- 
a Committee upon the Chelsea Pensions Bill ; and, $18 Bill. 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


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

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Theingrossed Bill to suspend, for a Time to be Buck Wheat, 
limited, the Duties on the Importation of Buck &amp;c., Importa- 
Wheat, Buck Wheat Meal, Maize or Indian Corn, #1 Bill 
Indian Corn Meal and Rice, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to suspend until the first day of 
September One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
seven, the Duties on the Importation of Buck 
Wheat, Buck Wheat Meal, Maize or Zndian Corn, 

Indian Corn Meal and Rice. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Customs 
Reading of the Customs Duties Bill ; Duties Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Emigration 
Return of the Number of Persons who have emi- Ireland.) 
grated at the Expense of the different Poor Law 
Unions in Jreland, in the years 1844, 1845 and 
1846; with Copies or Extracts from all Letters 
since received, giving an Account of the Emigrants. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Naval Naval Receipt 
Receipt and Expenditure, which was presented 24 Expendi- 
© ‘ ‘ ture. 

upon Friday last, be printed. — 


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








Martis, 2° die Februarii; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 
'H OM AS Grimston Bucknall Estcourt, Esquire, controverted 
one other Member appointed by Mr. Speaker Elections. 
to serve on the General Committee of Elections, 
and not objected to by the House, took the fol- 
lowing oath : 
I do swear, That I will truly and faithfully 
perform the duties belonging to a Member of 
the General Committee of Elections, without 
fear or favour, to the best of my judgment and 
ability. So help me God. 


Captain Gladstone presented a Bill to alter, tpswich Gas 
amend and enlarge the Powers and Provisions of Bill. 
an Act passed in the second year of the reign of 
his late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, 
An Act for lighting with Gas the Town and Borough 





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&gt; et ot 


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10 VicroriZ. 


of Ipswich, in the County of Suffolk: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Captain Gladstone presented a Bill to amend the 
Law relating to Pilotage in the Port of Ipswich, 
and to incorporate the Ipswich Dock Commissioners: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Ipswich 
Dock Bill. 


The General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour 
Railway Branches Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


General Ter- 
minus and 
Glasgow Har- 
bour Railway 
Branches Bill. 


Midland Rail- Captain Plumridge presented a Bill to authorize 
way (Syston certain Deviations in the Line of the Syston and 
pa Peterborough Branch of the Midland Railway, and 
Deviations | the formation of a road or approach to the intended 
and Approach Manton Station thereof: And the same was read 


o itlon) Bil the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time 


Mr. Masterman presented a Bill for extending 
the Powers of the Imperial Continental Gas As- 


Imperial Con- 
tinental Gas 


_ sociation: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 

Woodford Mr. Masterman presented a Bill for establishing 

Metropolitan =) 


Cemetery Bi. # Cemetery at Woodford, in the County of Essex : 


to be read a second time. 


Public , Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
—” mittee on Public Petitions; That they had examined 


days of January last, and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | 


and be printed. 


Clarence Rail- 


| 


way, and . Y lennar | 

Loicang  gamation of the Clarence Railway, and the Leeds | 

Thirsk Rail- 

way Amalga- 

mation Bill. time, 

Ryde Im- Mr. William Hamilton presented a Bill for 

= amending the Ryde Improvement Act: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be | 
read a second time. | 

Leith Har- A Petition of Commissioners for the Harbourand | 

— Docks of Leith, for leave to bring in a Bill to! 

s Dues ; ‘ &gt; 

Bill, abolish, reduce, equalize and consolidate the Rates 
and Duties leviable at the Harbour and Docks of | 
Leith, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- | 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by the Lord 
Advocate and Mr. Gibson Craig. 

Scottish Union A Petition of the Scottish Union Insurance Come | 

Insurance 


., pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for incorporating 
eo the’ Seottiek Union Insurance Company, ye for 
enabling the said Company to sue and be sued, and | 
to take and hold Property, and for amending the 
Rules and Regulations of the said Company, and 
for other purposes relating thereto, was presented, | 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Macaulay, Mr. Gibson Craig 
and the Lord Advocate. 


2° Februariz. 


' read a second time ; and committed. 
the Petitions presented upon the 28th and 29th | mittee of Selection. 


Mr. IVawn presented a Bill to enable the Amal- | 


| British Railway (No. 1.) Petition, the Standing 





Kilmarnock 
han dl Council and Commissioners of Police of the) 
Bill, borough of Kilmarnock, for leave to bring in a Bill | 


for amending the Acts relating to the Police and | 
Improvement of the Burgh of Kilmarnock, and for 
other Purposes in relation thereto, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought~in | 
accordingly, by Mr. Bouverie and Mr. Oswald. 

VoL. 102. | 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town | tion, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 


61 


| A Petition of Trustees acting respectively under Whiteburn 
| the Acts of the first and tenth years of the reign 2nd Kelso and 
of His Majesty King George the Fourth thereinafter j24°%2"4 
recited, for leave to bring in a Bill for the continued _— 
Repair and Maintenance of the Road from or near 
Whiteburn, in the county of Berwick, to the town 
of Kelso, in the county of Roxburgh, and to 
‘authorize the transfer of a portion of the said Road 
to the Trustees of the Road form Lauder, to and 
through Kelso, to the March Burn, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
— by Sir Hugh Campbell and Mr. Francis 

cott. 


Mr. Henry Berkeley presented a Bill to enable Bolton 
the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough ne 
of Bolton, in the County of Lancaster, to improve 
such Borough, and to take a lease-of and to pur- 
chase the Works of the Bolton Waterwokrs Com- 
| pany: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 





| Mr. Sidney Herbert reported from the General Controverted 
| Committee of Elections; That they had appointed Plections. 

| Thursday the eighteenth day of this instant Fe- 

_bruary, at three o’clock in the afternoon, ir No. 3. 
'Committee-room of the House of Commons, to 

| choose from Panel No. 1., the Select Committee 

ito try the Saint Alban’s Election Petition. 

| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


And the same was read the first time; and ordered | 


The Bis mingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Val- Birmingham, 
ley Railway (No. 1.) (Smethwick Deviation) Bill was podnapisi 
. Valley Rail- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- way (No. 1.) 
(Smethwick 
Deviation) 
Bill. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; O'4¢Ts; 


which were read, as follow : 


1. Resolved, That in the case of the Norfolk Norfolk Rail- 


Railway (Branch from Norwich to Aylsham, with 5°" (Grench 
7 rom Norwich 


and Thirsk Railway: And the same was read |a Branch to North Walsham) Petition, the Standing to Aylsham, 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second | Orders ought to be dispensed with ; That the Parties with a Branch 
| be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 


to North Wal- 
sham) Bill. 


2. Resolved, That in the case of the North North Brit- 
ish Railway 
Orders ought to be dispensed with; That the ai aia 


Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 


3. Resolved, That in the case of the Caledonian Caledonian 
and Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railways #14 Glassow, 
Amalgamation Petition, the Standing Orders ought Greonsck 
to be dispensed with ; That the Parties be permitted Railways 
to proceed with their Bill, on the insertion of a A™m#lgama- 

Bee . . tion Bill. 
Clause restricting them from altering the rates 
and tolls leviable under the Act 1 Vie., ec. 117, 


s. 223. 


4, Resolved, That in the case of the Southampton Southampton 
and Dorchester Railway (Weymouth Branch) Peti- cst eae 
tion, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed p renatii 4 
with; That the Parties be permitted to proceed Branch) Bill. 
with their Bill, on depositing in the Court of 
Chancery such an amount in addition to the one- 
tenth of three-fourths of the estimate already 
deposited, as will make the total sum deposited 
equal to one-tenth of the amount subscribed. 


5. Resolved, That in the case of the Southampton Southampton 


and Dorchester Railway (Blandford Branch) Peti- 2%4 Dorches- 
ter Railway 


; ; ‘ (Blandford 
with; That the Parties be permitted to proceed Branch) Bill, 


with their Bill, on theinsertion of a Clause restricting 
them from taking any part of the property No. 112, 
on the Plan, in the Parish of Spettisbury, and on 
depositing in the Court of Chancery such an 
amount in addition to the one-tenth of three-fourths 
of the estimate already deposited, as will make ee 

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62 


total sum deposited, equal to one-tenth of the 
amount subscribed. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


North British 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
Railway 


spect of the Petition for the North British Railway 
(No. 1.) Bill, which was this day made from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
empower the North British Railway Company to 
construct certain Railways, in connection with the 
North British Railway, and with the Haddington 
and Kelso Branches thereof, to make certain Alter- 
ations in the Hawick and Kelso Branches, and to 
alter and improve the Leith Branch of the Edin- 
burgh and Dalkeith Railway, and for other Pur- 
poses: And that Sir John Hope and Mr. Gibson 
Craig do prepare, and bring it in. 


Norfolk Rail- 
way (Branch of the Petition for the Norfolk Railway (Branch 
from Norwich fron, Norwich to Aylsham, with a Branch to North 
to Aylsham, . % a 
with a Branch Walsham) Bill, which was this day made from the 
to North Select Committee on Standing Orders, might be 
ew read ; and the same being read ; 
to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make 
a Railway from the Norfolk Railway, in the county 
of the city of Norwich, to Aylsham, in the county of 
Norfolk, with a Branch therefrom to North Wal- 
sham: And that Mr. Burroughes and Mr. Wode- 
house do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Southampton and Dorchester 
Railway (Blandford Branch) Bill, which was this 
day made from the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring im a Bill 
for making a Branch Railway from the Southampton 
and Dorchester Railway to Blandford, and for cther 
Purposes: And that Sir John Guest and Mr. Chap- 
lin do prepare, and bring it in. 


Southampton 
and Dorches- 
ter Railway 
(Blandford 
Branch) Bill. 


Southampton 
and Dorches- 
ter Railway 
(Weymouth 
Branch) Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Report inrespect 
of the Petition for the Southampton and Dorchester 
Railway (Weymouth Branch) Bill, which was this 
day made from the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Branch Railway from the Southamp- 
ton and Dorchester Railway, at Moreton, to Wey- 
mouth, and for other Purposes: And that Sir John 
Guest and Mr. Chaplin do prepare, and bring it in. 


Regent's Canal 
Company 
(Paddington 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Regent's Canal Company 


andLimehouse (Paddington and Limehouse Railway and Branch) | 


Railway and Bill, which, upon Friday last, was maae from the 
Branch) Bill. Select Committee on Standing Orders, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That \eave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Company of Proprietors of the Regent’s 
Canal to make a Railway from Paddington to Lime- 
house, with a Branch therefrom, and to amend the 
Acts relating to the Regent’s Canal: And that Sir 
William Clay and Mr. Aldam do prepare, and bring 
it in, 


Caledonian 
Railway 
(Lease or Pur- 
chase of the 
Glasgow, 
Barrhead and 
Neilston Di- 
rect, and the 
Glasgow 
Southern Ter- 


A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company, 
the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Rail- 
way Company, and the Glasgow Southern Terminal 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
effectuate a Lease of the Glasgow, Barrhead and 
Neilston Direct Railway, and the Glasgow Southern 
Terminal Railway, to the Caledonian Railway Com- 
pany, and to authorize the said Company to raise 


® Febhruariz. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect | 


Ordered, That ieave be given to bring in a Bill | 





A. 1847. 


Money for these and other Purposes, was presented, minal Rail- 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought ways) Bill. 
in accordingly, by Mr. Hope Johnstone and Mr. 
Bouverie. 


Colonel Mure presented a Bill for making a Rail- Paisley, Barr. 
way from Paisley to Barrhead, with certain Rail- head and | 
: 2 Hurlet Rail- 
ways and Branch Railways therewith connected, to yay Bill. 
be called The Paisley, Barrhead and Hurlet Rail- 
way: And the same was read the first time; and 


ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Kemble presented a Bill to enable the South —_ Eastern 
Eastern Railway Company further to widen the Senora 
London and Greenwich Railway, and to enlarge Greenwich 
their London Bridge Station: And the same was pee and 

: : 3 : rrangement 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 374 a 
time. ment of the 
London Bridge 
Station) Bill, 

Mr. Kemble presented a Bill for providing in- South Eastern 

creased Station Accommodation at the Terminus of ®!way (Lon- 
; don Bridge 

_ the South Eastern, and London, Brighton and South gtation Ar- 

| Coast Railways, at or near London Bridge, and for rangement and 

_ the Arrangement thereof: And the same was read os 

'the first time; and ordered to be read a second ~ 

time. 





A Petition of Directors of the Company therein- Protestant 

after mentioned, for leave to bring ina Bill to change rea 
: ©S~ General Life 

the Name of the Protestant Dissenters and General and Fire In- 
Life and Fire Insurance Company, to The General surance Com- 
Life and Fire Assurance Company, and to extend to P®"y Bill. 
the Company, by its new name, the Powers of the 
Act enabling the Company to sue and be sued in 
the name of the Chairman, Deputy Chairman or any 
one of the Directors, or of the Secretary of the Com- 
pany, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Vil- 
liers and Mr. Hindley. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the Colchester 
Act thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Navigation 
Bill to amend an Act for improving the Navigation 4 ynrre 

p g the Navigation ment Bill. 

from the Hythe, at Colchester, to Wivenhoe, in the 
county of Essex, and for better paving, lighting and 
improving the Town of Colchester, and for making a 
new Channel, and deepening the River Colne, from 
Wivenhoe to Ram’s Hard, leading towards the Sea, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Sir Henry Smyth, 
Mr. Charles Round and Mr. Sanderson. 


Mr. Broadley presented a Bill for making certain Leeds, Wake- 
Lines of Railway in the West Riding of the County a = a 
of York, to be called The Leeds, Wakefield and Railway Bill. 
| Midland Junction Railway: And the same was 
| read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
; time. 





A Petition of the Newmarket and Chesterford Newmarket 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 24 Chester- 
‘ . eB Aa ° ge ford Railway 
venable the said Company to extend their line of (Extension to 
| Railway to Thetford, in the county of Norfolk, was Thetford) Bill. 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Alliz, Mr. Philip 


Bennet, Mr. Waddington and Mr. Etwall. 


Mr. Brown presented a Bill for making a Rail- Liverpool, 
way from the Liverpool and Bury Railway, near ~ se ong 
Liverpool, through Crosby, to the Town of South- Railway and 
port, with a Branch, to be called The Liverpool, Branch Bill. 
Crosby and Southport Railway: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brown presented a Bill for better supplying Rochdale 
with Water the Inhabitants of the Townand Borough Waterworks 
of Rochdale, and of several Townships and Places,” 
all in the Parish of Rochdale, in the County of Lan- 

caster : 





Dar 
terw 
Rese 


Pile 
tens’ 


Brit 
cha 
pan, 


Gla 


Ard 
Rail 
(An 
Dev 
Bra 


Gla: 
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ock 
(Br: 
Por 
and 
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Rai 
Div 
Car 





10 Vicroriz. 


caster: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


parwen Wa- Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Biil for better 
terworks and cuyplying with Water the Town and Neighbourhood 


— of Over Darwen, in the County of Lancaster, and 


for affording a more regular and constant supply of 
Water to the Mill-owners and others on the River 
Darwen: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bull for extending 
and enlarging a certain Pier in Pile Harbour, in the 
Parish of Dalton-in-Furness, in the County Palatine 
of Lancaster, and to alter the Act relating thereto : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Pile Pier Ex- 
tensions Bill. 


A Petition of Members of a Company called the 
British Exchange Company, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for incorporating the said Company, for 
enabling such Company to sue and be sued, and 
for granting other dl to such Company, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by the Lord Advocate and 
Lord Alfred Paget. 


British Ex- 
change Com: 
pany Bill. 


Glasgow, Kile | Ordered, That the Report in respect to non- 

marnock and eompliance with the Standing Orders, in the case 

emg of the Petition for the Glasgow, Kilmarnock and 

(Amendment, Ardrossan Railway (Amendment, Deviations and 

Deviationsand Branches) Bill, which, upon Thursday last, was 

Branches) Bill. oq upon the Table, be referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


Glasgow, Pais- Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
ley andGreen- Mr, Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
heey A Private Bills ; That in the case of the Glasgow, 
Port Glasgow Paisley, and Greenock Railway (Branches at Port 
and tothe —- Glasgow, and to the Caledonian Railway, and Diver- 
caionan ia sion of Canal) Petition, the Standing Orders had 
Diversion of not been complied with, in the following instance ; 
Canal) Bill. yz, 'Vhe fixed point to which the datum line is 
referred, is not sufficiently designated on the Sec- 
tion, the datum line being referred to the top 
water of the Glasgow, Paisley and Ardrossan Canal, 
by which it is intended to designate the level of the 
weir over which the water of the canal would run 
when overflowing, but the situation of such weir is 
not stated on the Section ; it appeared however that 
there was no lockage on the Canal in question ; 
it appeared that the nearest weir to the terminus 
of the Railway was at 3 miles distance, and that 
the actual surface of the water of the canal varied 
to the extent of more than 12 inches. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Shropshire 
Union Rail- 
ways and Ca- 
nal (Lease to 
the London 
and North 
Western Rail- 


The Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Lease 
to the London and North Western Railway Com- 
pany) Bill was read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


wy Com- mittee of Selection. 
pany) Bill. 
Buckingham —- Sir Charles Douglas presented a Bill to authorize 


and Brackley 


Junction Ra. t2e Consolidation into one Undertaking of the 


way, and Ox. Oxford and Bletchley Junction Railway Company 
id and and the Buckingham and Brackley Junction Rail- 
haley... way Company, and to enable the Company so to 
Junction Rail- ’ es “a z 8 a 
way Compa- be consolidated to make Extension Lines to Ban- 
ties Amalga- -bury and Aylesbury, and an Alteration of the 
Eten tt Line into the City of Ozford: And the same was 
“Xtension of : 

Lines) Bi], | read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 

time. 
leeds Water. | Mr. A/dam presented a Bill to amend and enlarge 


"orks Bill. the Provisions of an Act passed in the first year of 


the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, An Act 
for the better supplying with Water the Town and 
VoL. 102. 


2° Februari. 








63 


Neighbourhood of Leeds, in the West Riding of 
the County of York, and for more effectually sup- 
plying the said Town and Neighbourhood with 

ater: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


The Liskeard and Caradon Railway Bill was read Liskeard and 
a second time ; and committed. —" 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ~” 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Secretary at War presented, pursuant to an Army 
Address to Her Majesty,—Estimates of Effective Estimates. 
and Non-effective Army Services, for the year No.36. 
1847-48. 

Mr. Secretary at War also presented, pursuant Corporal 

to Order,—A Return of the Number of Prisoners a 
who have suffered Corporal Punishment in the ese 
different Military Prisons of England, Ireland and 
Scotland ; the Offence for which they were punished, 
the Number of Lashes to which they were sentenced, 
with the Number received ; the Date of each Pu- 
nishment, together with the Names of the Visitor or 
Visitors by whom each Sentence was passed :— 
Also, the Number of Prisoners in Confinement on 
the 31st day of December 1846, in each Military 
Prison, together with the Total Number that have 
passed through such Prison since the opening 
thereof. 

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


Mr. Etwal/ presented a Bill for making a Rail- Exeter, Yeovil 
way from Exeter to Yeovil, with Branches and Ex- 2nd Dorches- 
tensions therefrom, to be called The Exeter, Yeovil pint ons 
and Dorchester Railway : And the same was Bill. 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


The Norfolk Railway (Yarmouth Extension, &amp;c.) Norfolk Rail- 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. way (Yar- 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- son he) Ea 
mittee of Selection. ; 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill for amending the Plymouth ana 
Acts relating to the Roads leading from the Lower Tavistock 
Market House, in Tavistock, to Old Town Gate, in ®°*4 Bill 
the Borough of Plymouth, and from Manadon Gate, 
to the Old Pound, near Devonport, in the County 
of Devon: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill for better assessing Wolverhamp- 
the Poor Rates, Highway Rates, County and Police ton Rates Bill. 
Rates, and other Parochial and Local Rates on 
Small Tenemeuts, in the several Townships of Wol- 
verhampton, Bilston, Willenhall and Wednesfield, in 
the County of Stafford: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill for better supplying Leicester 
with Water the Inhabitants of the Borough of Lei- Waterworks 
cester, and certain Parishes and Places adjacent” ° 
thereto, in the County of Leicester: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Packe presented a Bill to enable the Mid- Midland Rail- 


land Railway Company to make a Railway from or Wy (Exten- 

: oA ° ° sion from near 
near Leicester, vid Bedford, to Hitchin, and to Yeicester, via 
Northampton and Bedford, with Branches, to en- Bedford, to 
large the Leicester Station on the Midland Railway, ray bocce 
and for other Purposes: And the same was read ton and Hunt- 


the first time; and ordered to be read a second ingdon, and 
time Enlargement 
, of the Leices- 

ter Station) 

Bill. 
Mr. Packe presented a Bill to enable the Mid- Midland Rail- 
land Railway Company to alter the Line of the WY (Leicester 
14 Leicester 








64 2° Februari. 


and Swan- s Leicester and Swannington Railway, and to make 
aa Widen certain Branches therefrom, and for other Purposes: 
ing, Deviae And the same was read the first time; and ordered 


tions and to be read a second time. 
Branches, En- 


largement of Leicester Station, and extend- 
ing Powers as to Ibstock Branch) Bill. 


‘Caledonian, The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
and Glasgow, of the Petition for the Caledonian and Glasgow, 
an Bg Paisley and Greenock Railways Amalgamation Bill, 
Railways which was this day made from the Select Committee 
Amaigama- on Standing Orders, might be read ; and the same 
tion Bill being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amalgamate the Glusgow, Paisley and Greenock 
Railway with the Caledonian Railway, and to 
authorize the raising of additional money, by the 
said last-mentioned Company: And that Mr. Hope 
Johnstone and Mr. Baine do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Factories. Petitions from Chorley (two Petitions) ;—Great 
Bolton ; — Huddersfield; — and, Bolton; praying 
the House to pass a Ten Hours Bill for all minors 
and femalesemployed in Factories,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


a Removal Petitions from South Elmsall;—Milton Union ; 
, — Malton Union; — Bulwell; — and, Leicester ; 
praying for the repeal of the Poor Removal Act,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 

the Table. 
— ond Petitions from Linlithgow :—and, Landed Pro- 
prietors and others; praying the House not to sanc- 
tion the use of Sugar in distilieries, unless it pay 
an equal amount of Duty to that charged on Barley 
malted, and not to admit Rum into consumption in 
this country, except it pay a Duty of at least 4s. 8d. 
or 4s. 10d. per gallon, of proof spirits,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Brewcriesand = Petitions from Greenock ;—and, Leeds Temperance 

Distillerics. Society (Chairman) ; praying the House not to sanc- 
tion the use of Grain and Sugar in Breweries and 
Distilleries,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Charitable A Petition of Roman Catholic Archbishops and 
Donations and 


Bishops of Jreland, praying for the repeal of the 

Bequests 3 ; Sa : 

(Ireland) Act. 16th Clause of the Charitable Donations and Be- 
quests (Ireland) Act, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Rum. A Petition of Landed Proprietors, Farmers and 
others, of the county of Clackmannan, praying the 
House not to allow Rum to be admitted into con- 
sumption into this country at a lower rate of duty 
than 4s. 10d. per gallon, which they consider ne- 
cessary for the due protection of their interests, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


County Works A Petition of Magistrates, Clergymen, Cess- 

Fresentments Havers and Inhabitants of the barony of Longford 

(Ireland) Act, wa " ‘ ? 
praying for the repeal of the County Works Pre- 
sentments (Jreland) Act, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Tea. A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Dublin, 
praying for the reduction of the duty upon Tea to 
an uniform rate of one shilling per pound, was 


— and read; and ordered to he upon the 
Table. 

Raja of A Petition of Inhabitants of Brighton, and others 
Sattara. 


interested in the welfare and good government of 
the British Indian Empire, stating that they are 
deeply interested in the case of his Highness Pur- 
ak Shean, the ex-Raja of Sattara, who has been 








A. 1847. 


accused of hostility to the British Government, 
forcibly deposed and exiled from his dominions upon 
this charge, and denied for seven years the means 
of being shes injhis own defence ; and praying the 
House to adopt measures to secure to that Prince 
that which is the right of every man subject to 
British law, namely, the opportunity of examining 
the charges which have been brought against him, 
the evidence of the same, and of bringing forth the 
proofs of his innocence, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Vice Chairman of the Board of Poor Law 
Guardians of the Balrothery Union, in the county of (ieland.) 


Dublin, praying for alteration of the Poor Law in 
Lreland, by enabling the Boards of Guardians to 
borrow money, at a reduced rate of interest, and 
re-payable by instalments, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors of estates, Tenants and Settlement, 


Inhabitants of the parish of King’s Cliffe, in the 
county of Northampton, praying for alteration of the 
Law of Settlement, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Settlement and 
Poor Removal. 


Petitions of William Prowting Roberts ; — James Ger- 
Margaret Ireland;—Jane Gerrard ;—Ellen Dob- ard and 


son ;—and, Ellen Wyke; complaining of the pro- 
ceedings on the trial of James Gerrard and others, 
at Warrington, on a charge of having absented 
themselves from the service of their master; and 
praying that poor persons may have more time 
allowed them for their defence, and not be debarred 
from seeing their wives and friends before they 
are tried, and that persons tried before magistrates 
at Petty Sessions may be allowed the full benefit 
of all legal forms and privileges, the same as per- 
sons tried at Quarter Sessions and the Assizes,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Corn Imports- 
of the borough of Manchester, praying that the tion Bill 


Corn Importation Bill may pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That Captain Berkeley have leave of Leave of 
absence for a week, on account of illness in his Absence. 


family. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Navy. 


Return of the Number of Commissioned Officers 
of all grades on the Navy List, on the 1st day of 
January 1816. 


The Lynn and Ely, Ely and Huntingdon, and Lynn Lynn and Ely, 
and Dereham Railways Amalgamation Bill was read Ely and Hunt 


a second time; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Dereham Rail- 


mittee of Selection. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Drainage of 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 1=¢ 


to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all Applications made for the Advance 
of Public Money, under the provisions of the Act 
9 and 10 Vic.,c. 101, to authorize the Advance of 
Public Money, toa limited Amount, to promote the 
Improvement of Land in Great Britain and Ireland 
by Works of Drainage, as regards England and 
Scotland; distinguishing the Applications made 
from each Country. 

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

A Message 


Me 
the 


Pri 





T- 


orta- 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Private Bills. 


Railways. 


Westminster 
Bridge and 
New Palace. 


Printed 


Papers. 


Tetter 
Carriers. 


Drainage 
(Ireland. 


Court of 
Exchequer, 


10 Vicroriz. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham, 

and Mr. Senior: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords request, That this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships a Copy of the 
Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Com- 
mittee appointed by this House in the last Session 
of Parliament, to examine the applications for Local 
Acts during the Session ; to examine especially in re- 
spect of the Bills for the erection of new Waterworks, 
Drainage and Paving and Improvements, according 
to the recommendations made by the Comwis- 
sioners of inquiry into the means of improving the 
Health of Towns, and densely populated Districts, 
and the Appendix and Index: And also, 

The Lords request, That this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships Copies of the First 
and Second Reports from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed by this House, in the last Session of Par- 
liament, to inquire whether, without discouraging 
legitimate enterprise, conditions may not be em- 
bodied in Railway Acts, better fitted than those 
hitherto inserted in them, to promote and secure 
the interests of the Public; together with the Pro- 
ceedings of the Committee, the Minutes of Evidence, 
and the Appendix and Index thereto: And also, 

The Lords request, That this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, Copies of the 
First, Second and Third Reports from the Select 


Committee appointed by this House, in the last Ses- | 


sion of Parliament, to consider the present state of 
Westminster Bridge, and of the New Palace at West- 
minster, particularly with reference to the Reception 
and Accommodation of this House in the same, to- 
gether with the Proceedings of the Committee, the 
Minutes of Evidence, and the Appendix and Index 
thereto :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an Answer 
to the said Message, by Messengers of their own. 

And the Messengers were again called in; and 
Mr, Speaker acquainted them therewith :—And then 
they again withdrew. 


Sir Frederic Thesiger having informed the House, 
That the Court of Exchequer Chamber had this 
day come to a unanimous decision, reversing the 
Judgment of the Court of Queen’s Bench in the 
case of Gosset, Knight, v. Howard ; 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


Copy of the Short-hand Writer’s Notes of the Ar-| 


guments and the Judgment of the Court of Ex- 
chequer Chamber in the case of Gosset v. Howard. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, showing the Amount of Wages paid to tie 
Letter Carriers of Class No. 1, of this Metropolis, 
on the ist day of July 1846, and also the Average 
Amount of all other Emoluments received by them 
respectively :—Similar Returns for the Letter Carriers 
of Classes Nos. 2 and 8:—Returns showing the 
Amount of Wages now paid to the Letter Carriers 
in each of said Classes, and also of the Amount of 
Compensation in lieu of all Emoluments :—And, of 
the Amount of Wages of the Letter Carriers of the 
City of Dublin, showing the Amount now paid to 
each Class respectively, and also the Average Amount 
of all other Emoluments received by them. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Order,—Copy 
of all Correspondence between the Board of Works 
in Dublin and the Treasury with Mr. Smith of 
Deanston, relative to his taking charge of a system 
of Thorough Drainage in Ireland. 

Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Warrant 
granting Compensation to William Walker, late one 
of the Side Clerks in the Office of the Queen’s Re- 
membrancer in the Exchequer, for Compensation 
on account of Loss sustained by him in consequence 

VoL, 102. 


2° Februariz. 


65 


of the abolition of the Equity business of that 
| Court. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

| Table. 
| 
| _ The Order of the day being read, for resuming Labouring 
| the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed Poor (Ireland) 
| yesterday, That the Labouring Poor (Ireland) Bill Bil: 
| be now read a second time ; 

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

And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative :—The Bill was accordingly read a 
second time; and committed toa Committee of the 
whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Destitute Persons (Jreland) Bill was, accord- pestitute 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed Persons 
|'toa Committee of the whole House, for Thursday (“eland) Bill, 
next. 





The Poor Relief (Zredand) Bill was, according to Poor Relief 
| Order, read a second time; and committed to q (ireland) Bill, 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


| Mr. Greene reported the Chelsea Pensions Bili ; Chelsea Pen- 
}and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. sons BES. 

| Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 

\ be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


| The Order of the day being read, for the Second Customs 
y sg , seag4 
Reading of the Customs Duties Bill ; Duties Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


'upon Friday next. 
| 


| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Destitute Per- 

|to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased $8 (Ireland. ) 

ito give directions that there be laid before this 

| House, a Copy of a Letter from the Secretary of 

, State for the Home Department to the Lord Lieu- 

| tenant of Jreland, relating to the measures for the 

| Temporary Relief of Destitute Persons. ~ 

|__ Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 

| Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 

| of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 

| Viseount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s Cracow. 

| Command,—Papers relative to the Suppression, by 

ithe Governments of Austria, Prussia and Russia, 

i of the Free State of Cracow, and to the annexation 

lof that State to the Austrian Empire, 1846-47. 

' Copy of Convention between Her Majesty and sandwich 
the King of the Sandwich Islands.—Signed at Ho- Islands. 
nolulu, March 26, 1846. 

| Copy of the Accession of the King of Saxony to International 

ithe Convention concluded May 13, 1846, between Copyright. 

Great Britain and Prussia, for the establishment of 

International Copyright.—Signed at Berlin, August 

24, 1846. 

Copy of Communications between the Represen- Switzerland. 
tatives of Austria, Prussia and Russia, in Switzer- 

land, and the President and Executive Council of 
Berne, on the occasion of the assumption by the 

latter of the Functions of Federal Directory. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Mary Frances south Eastern 

Elizabeth Baroness Le Despencer, praying that she Railway (Mid. 
: : : : : . : Kent and Di- 

may be heard, by herself, her counsel or agent, vc Tun- 
against certain parts of the South Eastern Railway pridge) Bill. 
(Mid Kent and Direct Tunbridge Railway) Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
iCommittee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
| by herself, her counsel or agent, upon her Petition, 
if she think fit ; and counse! heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





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London and 
South West- 
ern Railway 
(Widening, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Railway Bills. 


66 3° Februari. 


Mercurii, 3° die Februarii ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 

PETITION ofthe London and South West- 

ern Railway Company, for leave to bring ina 
Bill to enable the said Company to widen and im- 
prove the London and South Western Railway, 
from the Junction thereof with the Richmond Rail- 
way tothe Terminus at Nine Elms, and to enable 
them to enlarge their intended Station at the York- 
road, Lambeth, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir 
John Easthope and Mr. Chaplin. 


1. Resolved, That a Committee of Five Members 
be appointed, to be called The Classification Com- 
mittee of Railway Bills, to consist of the following 
Members:—Mr. Wilson Patten, Lord Courtenay, Sir 
Robert Ferguson, Sir John Pakington and Lord 
Dalmeny; and that Three be the Quorum of the 
said Committee. 

2. Resolved, That Copies of all Petitions for 
Railway Bills presented to the House, be laid before 
the said Committee. 


shall form into Groups all Railway Bills which, in 
their Opinion, it would be expedient to submit to the 
same Committee. 

4. Resolved, That, as soon as the Committee of 
Classification shall have determined what Railway 


Bills are to be grouped together,' they shall report | 


the same to the House, and all Petitions against any 
of the said Bills shall be presented to the House 
three clear days before the meeting of the Com- 
mittee thereon. 

5. Resolved, That there be no more than seven 
clear days between the First Reading of any Rail- 
way Bill and the Second Reading thereof, except 
by Special Order of the House. 





A. 1847. 


13. Resolved, That the Committee of Selection 
shall give each Member a sufficient notice of his ap- 
pointment as a Member of a Committee ona Rail- 
' way Bill, and shall transmit to him a copy of the 
' Twelfth Resolution, and a blank form of the Decla- 
ration therein required, with a request that he will 
forthwith return it to them properly filled up and 
| signed. 
14. Resolved, That if the Committee of Selection 
Shall not within due time receive from each such 
| Member the aforesaid Declaration, or an excuse 
| which they shall deem sufficient, they shall report 
to the House the name of such defaulting Member. 
| 15. Resolved, That the Committee of Selection 
| 





shall have the power of substituting, before the first 
‘meeting of a Committee, another Member for a 
| Member whom they shall think it proper to excuse 
‘from serving on that Committee. 
| 16. Resolved, That power be given to the Com- 
mittee of Selection to send for persons, papers and 
records, in the execution of the duties imposed on 
| them by the foregoing Resolutions. 
17. Resolved, That no Member of a Committee 
| shall absent himself from his duties on such Com- 


| mittee, unless in the case of sickness, or by leave of 
_ | the House. 
3. Resolved, That the Committee of Classification | 


18. Resolved, That all questions before Commit- 
‘tees on Railway Groups or Bills shall be decided by 
a majority of voices, including the voice of the 
_Chairman ; and that, whenever the voices shall be 
equal, the Chairman shall have a second or casting 
| vote. 

19. Resolved, That if the Chairman shall be ab- 
sent from the Committee, the Member next in rota- 
| tion on the List, who shall be present, shall act as 
| Chairman. 

20. Resolved, That Committees shail be allowed 


_to proceed so longas three Members shall be present, 


but not with a less number, unless by special leave 


_of the House. 
| 21, Resolved, That if on any day within one hour 


6, Resolved, That the Breviate of every Railway ' after the time appointed for the meeting of a Com- 
Bill shall be laid on the Table of the House, and be | mittee three Members shall not be present, the 
printed and delivered one clear day before the Second Committee shall be adjourned to the next day on 


Reading. 

7. Resolved, That such Railway Bills as shall 
have been read a first time before the House shall 
agree to these Resolutions, shall be read a second 
time within seven clear days thereafter. 

&amp;. Resolved, That such of the Standing Orders as 
relate to the composition of the Committees on Pri- 
vate Bills, and the Orders consequent thereon, be 
suspended, so far as regards Railway Bills pending 
in the course of the present Session. 

9. Resolved, That Committees on Railway Bills, 
during the present Session of Parliament, shall be 
composed of a Chairman and four Members, to be 
appointed by the Committee of Selection. 

10. Resolved, That each Member of a Committee 
on a Railway Bill or Bills, shall, before he be en- 
titled to attend and vote on such Committee, sign a 
declaration that his constituents have no local inter- 
ests, and that he himself has no personal interest 
for or against any Bull referred to him ; and no such 
Committee shall proceed to business until the whole 


of the Members thereof shall have signed such | 


declaration. 


11. Resolved, That the promoters of a Railway | 
Bill shall be prepared to go into the Committee on | 


the Bill on such day as the Committee of Selection 
shall, subject to the Order that there be seven clear 
cays between the Second Reading of every Private 
Bill and the sitting of the Committee thereupon, 
think proper to appoint, provided that the Classifi- 
cation Committee shall have reported on such Bill. 
12. Resolved, That the Committee of Selection 
shall give each Member not less than fourteen days’ 


notice of the week in which it will be necessarv for | 


him to be in attendance, for the purpose of serving, 
if required, on a Railway Bill Committee. 


which the House shall sit, and then shall meet at 
‘the hour on which such Committee would have sat 
had no such adjournment taken place. 

| 22. Resolved, That in the case of a Member not 
being present within one hour after the time ap- 
pointed for the meeting of the Committee, or of any 
Member absenting himself from his duties on such 
| Committee, such Member shall be reported to the 
House at its next sitting. 

| 23. Resolved, That each Committee shall be ap- 
_ pointed to meet on each day of its sitting not later 
than twelve o'clock, unless by the regular vote of 
the Committee. 

24. Resolved, That Committees on Railway Bills 
have leave to sit in the present Session, notwith- 
standing any adjournment of the House, if the 
Committee shall so think fit. 
| 25. Resolved, That it be an Instruction to all 
‘Committees upon Private Bills, nut to hear Parties 
on any Petition hereafter referred to them which 
shall not be prepared and signed in strict confor- 
mity with the Rules and Orders of this House. 

26. Resolved, That all Select Committees on 
Railway Groups or Bills be empowered to refer, if 
they shall so think fit, to the Chairman of Ways 
and Means, together with the Members ordered to 
prepare, and bring in each such Bill, any unopposed 
Railway Bill submitted for their consideration, and 
that such Bills be severally dealt with by the said 
Chairman, and those Members respectively acting 
with him, as other unopposed Bills are to be deait 
with. 

27. Resolved, That the following Clause be in- 
serted in all Railway Bills passing through this 
House: 
| And be it further Enacted, That nothing herein 
| contained 


ae 


Scot 
Insu 


Con 


and 
Du 


No 
(N 


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sn a i: 2. 2 





10 Vicrorriz. 


contained shall be deemed or construed to exempt 
the Railway by this or the said recited Acts autho- 
rized to be made from the provisions of any General 
Act relating to such Acts, or of any General Act 
relating to Railways now in force, or which may 
hereafter pass, during this or any future Session of 
Parliament, or from any future revision and altera- 
tion, under the authority of Parliament, of the 
maximum rates of fares and charges authorized by 
this Act. 


Mr. Gibson Craig presented a Bill for incorpo- 
rating the Scottish Union Insurance Company, and 
for enabling the said Company to sue and be sued, 
and to take and hold property, and for amending 
the Rules and Regulations of the said Company, 
and for other Purposes relating thereto: And the 
same read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Scottish Union 
Insurance 
Company Bill. 


Mr. Gibson Craig presented a Bill to abolish, re- 
duce, equalize and consolidate the Ratesand Du- 
ties leviable at the Harbour and Docks of Leith; 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Leith Harbour 
and Docks 
Dues Bill. 


North British 
Railway 
(No. 1.) Bill 


Mr. Gibson Craig presented a Bill to empower 
the North British Railway Company to construct 
certain Railways in connection with the North Bri- 
tish Railway, and with the Haddington and Kelso 
Branches thereof; to make certain Alterations in 
the Hawick and Kelso Branches; and to alter and 
improve the Leith Branch of the Edinburgh and 
Dalkeith Railway, and for other Purposes: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Southampton _ Mr. Gibson Craig presented a Bill for making a 
and Dorches- Branch Railway from the Southampton and Dor- 
CWermeath chester Railway, at Moreton, to Weymouth, and for 
Branch) Bill, other Purposes: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Kilmarnock 
Police and 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill for amending the 
Acts relating to the Police and Improvement of the 
Burgh of Kilmarnock, and for other Purposes in 
relation thereto: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Caledonian 
and Glasgow, 
Paisley and 
Greenock 


Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill to amalgamate the 
Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway with the 
Caledonian Railway, and to authorize the raising of 


Railways additional Money by the said last-mentioned Com- 
—— pany: And the same was read the first time ; and 


ordered to be read a second time. 


Caledonian 
Railway 
(Lease or Pur- 
chase of the 


Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill to effectuate a 
Lease of the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Di- 
rect Railway and the Glasgow Southern Terminal 


Glasgow, Railway, to the Caledonian Railway Company, and 
Barrhead and to authorize the said Company to raise Money for 
Neilston Di- 


rect, and Glas. these and other Purposes: And the same was read 


gow Southern the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
Terminal time 
tailways) Bill, : 


Nortolk Rail- 


Mr. Spooner presented a Bill to empower the 
way (Branch 


from Norwich 2VO7folk Railway Company to make a pe sarge 

to Aylsham, the Norfolk Railway, in the County of the City of 

ae Branch Worwich, to Aylsham, in the County of Norfolk, 

shamn) Bal ‘l- with a Branch therefrom to North Walsham : And 
the same read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Newmarket 
and Chester- 


Mr. Spooner presented a Bill to enable the Vew- 

ford Railway @@rket and Chesterford Railway Company to ex- 

(Extension to tend their Line of Railway to Thetford, in the 

Thetford) Bill. County of Worfolk: And the same was read the 

first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 
VoL. 192. 


3° Februariz. 





67 


Mr. Greenepresented a Bill for tle continued Re- Whiteburn 
pair and Maintenance of the Road from or near 3nd Kelso, and 
Whiteburn, in the County of Berwick, to the Town mae ae 
of Kelso, in the County of Roxburgh, and to au- Bill. 
thorize the Transfer of a Portion of the said Read 
to the Trustees of the Road from Lauder, to and 
through Kelso, to the Marchburn: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to enable the Com- Regent’sCanal 
pany of Proprietors of the Regent’s Canal to make Company 
ae ; : ° (Paddington 
a Railway from Paddington to Limehouse, with a gna Lime- 
Branch therefrom, and to amend the Acts relating house Railway 
to the Regent’s Canal: And the same was read the 2%¢ Branch) 


first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the East Lincolnshire Railway Com- East Lincoln- 
pany, and of Frederick Chaplin, of Tathwell, in the ry ped ag aa 
county of Lincoln, Esquire, for leave to bring in a sag 
Bill to authorize the East Lincolnshire Railway chase) Bill. 
Company to purchase an existing lease of the Louth 
Navigation, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Christopher and Sir Montague Cholmeley. 


A Petition of the Wardens and Commonalty of South Eastern 
the New Bridge of Rochester, in the county of Kent, (hort Kens 
praying that they may be heard, by their counsel or Linc) Bill. 
agents, against certain parts of the South Eastern 
Railway (North Kent Line) Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That Answer to 
their Address of the 2d day of this instant February, A@¢tess- 
(That Her Majesty would be graciously pleased to 
give directions that the Papers therein mentioned 
might be laid before this House,) had been pre- 
sented to Her Majesty ; and that Her Majesty had 
commanded him to acquaint this House, that She 
will give directions accordingly. 


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to an Destitute Per- 
Address to Her Majesty,—Copy of a Letter from sons (Ireland.) 
the Secretary of State for the Home Department to No.7. 
the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, relating to the 
measures for the Temporary Relief of Destitute 
Persons. 

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


Ordered, That the Petitions of William Prowting James Ger- 
Roberts, Jane Gerrard, Ellen Wyhke, Margaret tard and 
Treland and Ellen Dobson, relative to the case of tet. 
James Gerrard, and others, which were presented 
yesterday, be printed. 


Petitions from Kirkheaton;—Chorley (two Pe- Factories. 
titions) ;—and, Huddersfield; praying the House 
to passa Ten Hours Bill, for all minors and females 
employed in Factories,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Shipowners of the Port and Har- Lighthouses. 
bour of Drogheda, praying the House to abolish 
the present system of Taxation on Shipping for 
Light Dues, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates, Churchwardens, Poor Removal 
Guardians and Overseers of the Poor of the parish A“ 
of Andover, in the county of Southampton, praying 
for alteration of the Poor Removal Act, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 
K 2 The 








Westminster 
Bridge and 
New Palace. 


Private Bills. 


Supply. 


Chelsea 
Pensions Bill. 


Destitute Per- 
sons (Ireland) 
(Advances. ) 


Railways. 


Milbank 
Prison. 


68 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords of yester- 


day, wherein their Lordships request that this House | 


will be pleased to communicate to their Lordships, 
Copies of the First, Second and Third Reports from 
the Select Committee appointed by this House, in 
the last Session of Parliament, to consider the pre- 
sent state of Westminster Bridge, and of the New 
Palace at Westminster, particularly with reference 
to the reception and accommodation of this House 
in the same ; together with the Proceedings of the 
Committee, the Minutes of Evidence, and the Ap- 
pendix and Index thereto. 


| 
Resolved, That printed Copies of the said Reports | 


be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships :—And that Mr. Greene do deliver the 
same. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords of yester- 
day, wherein their Lordships request that this House 
will be pleased to communicate to their Lordships, 
A Copy of the Minutes of Evidence taken before 
the Select Committee appointed by this House in the 
last Session of Parliament to examine the applica- 


tion for Local Acts during the Session ; to examine , 


especially in respect of the Bills for the erection 
of New Waterworks, Drainage and Paving and 
Improvements, according to the recommendations 
made by the Commissioners of Inquiry into the 
means of improving the Health of Towns and 
densely-populated Districts; and the Appendix and 
Index. 

Resolved, That a printed Copy of the said Mi- 
nutes of Evidence be communicated to the Lords, 


as desired by their Lordships:— And that Mr. | 


Greene do deliver the same. 


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

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


The ingrossed Bill for abolishing Poundage on 
Chelsea Pensions was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, To- 
morrow, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider 
of authorizing the Advance of Money, by way of 
Loan, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the 


Relief Commissioners appointed in pursuance of 


any Act for the temporary Relief of Destitute Per- 
sons in Ireland, and of the issue of Money in aid 
of the Rates or Voluntary Contributions which may 
be made for the purposes of such Act ; 

Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of all Regulations of every Railway Company 
oa the subject of Travelling on Sunday; showing 
the Number of Trains each way on that day, and 
distinguishing those Trains which carry the Mails. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Report made to Her Majesty, 
by Mr. Escott, a Member of this House, on the 


3°—4° Februari. 








A, 1847. 


| state of Milbank Prison:—And the said Motion 
| was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


| A Petition of Promoters of the undertaking there- 
‘inafter mentioned, and of the London and South 
Western Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for making a Railway from Staines to Woking- 
ham, with Branches to the Zondon and South West- 
‘ern Railway, was presented, and read; and a Bill 

ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Colonel 
| Reid, Sir John Walsh, Sir Denis Le Marchant and 
| Mr. Matheson. 


A Petition of Promoters of the undertaking 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring ina Bill 
for making a Railway from Richmond to Windsor, 
with a Loop Line through Brentford and Hounslow, 
| was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Ashley, Colonel 
| Reid, Mr. Neville, Sir William Clay and Colonel 
Thomas Wood. 


Mr. Secretary at War presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of War- 
rant, authorizing the Enrolment of Chelsea and 
Greenwich Out-Pensioners. 
| Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
| Table. 
| 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to Drainage 
(Ireland), which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








| 





| Jovis, 4° die Februarii ; 
. . . 
| Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 18 47. 


PRAYERS. 


| QRDERED, That Mr. Speaker do issue his 
Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, 
to make out anew Writ for the electing of a Burgess 
to serve in this present Parliament for the Town 
and County of the Town of Galway, in the room 
of Sir Valentine Blake, Baronet, deceased. 


The House being informed, That the Sheriffs of 
the city of London attended at tlhe door, they were 
| called in ; and at the bar presented,—A Petition of 
the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the 
city of Zondon, in Common Council assembled :— 
And then they withdrew. 
| And the said Petition for leave to bring in a Bill 
| to provide for the Conservation of the River Thames, 

and for the Regulation, Management and Improve- 
iment thereof, was read; and a Bill was ordered to 
, be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Masterman and 
| Mr. Pattison. 

| 


| The House being informed, That the Sheriffs of 
mse city of London attended at the door, they were 
called in; and at the bar presented,—A Petition of 
ithe Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the 
icity of London, in Common Council assembled :— 
And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition for leave to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of 
the City of London to raise a sum of Money for pay- 
ing off the Monies now charged on the Bridge House 

Estates, by authority of Parliament, and to raise 
| Caxther Monies upon the credit of the said Estates, 
and of their own Estates and Revenues, for effecting 
Public Works and Improvements in and near the 
said city, was read; anda Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Masterman and Mr. 
Pattison. 





The House being informed, That the Sheriffs of 
the city of London attended at the door, they were 
called in; and at the bar presented,—A Petition of 
| the 





Windsor, 
Staines and 
South West- 
ern Railway 
(Staines to 
Ascot and 
Wokingham, 
with 


Branches) Bill, 


Windsor, 
Staines and 
South West- 
ern Railway 
(Richmond to 
Windsor, &amp;e.) 
Bill. 


Chelsea and 
Greenwich 
Out-Pen- 
sioners, 


Drainage 
(Ireland). 


No. 38. 


Galway Writ. 


Thames Con- 
servancy Bill. 


Bridge House 
Estates Debt 


London (City) 
Small Debts 


Lon¢ 
Imp! 
Bill. 


Prii 
Pap 


‘ 


Sou 
Pay 


RNa tu—-e 


ph — = ™ © 


ane = eet or oO 


10 Vicroriz. 


the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the 
city of London, in Common Council assembled :— 
And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition for leave to bring in a Bill 
for the more easy Recovery of Small Debts and 
Demands within the city of London and the Li- 
berties thereof, was read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Masterman and 
Mr. Pattison. 


London (City) 
Improvements 
Bill. 


The House being informed, That the Sheriffs of 
the city of London, attended at the door, they were 
called in; and at the bar presented,—A Petition of 
the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the 
city of London, in Common Council assembled :— 
And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition for leave to bring in a 
Bill for widening and improving Cannon-street, and 
for making a new Street from the west end of Can- 
non-street to Queen-street, and for widening and 
improving Queen-street, and for effecting other im- 
provements in the city of London, was read ; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Masterman and Mr. Pattison. 


Printed 
Papers. 
No. 39. 


Mr. Joseph Gurney, from the Office of the Short- 
hand Writer attending this House, was called in, and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to Order,—Copy of the 
Short-hand Writer’s Notes of the Arguments and 
the Judgment of the Court of Exchequer Chamber 
in the case of Gosset v. Howard :—And then he 
withdrew. 

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


Southwark 


Mr. Yeates, from the Trustees of the Dover-road 
Paving, &amp;c. 


Improvement Act, was called in; and at the bar 
presented,—Further Return to an Order, dated 
the 28th day of August, in the last Session of Par- 
liament, for Returns from the Commissioners of the 
West Division of the Borough Pavements, under 
the Act 6 Geo. 8, c. 3:—From the Trustees of the 
South District of Saint George, Southwark, under 


the Act 10 Geo. 4, c. 128 :—From the Trustees of 


the Kent-road, for Paving, &amp;c., and Lighting, under 
the Act 52 Geo. 3 :—And, from the Trustees of the 
Dover-road Improvement Act, 11 Geo. 4:—An Ac- 
count of all Receipts of the Trust for the last Three 
years, ending the 24th day of June 1846, distinguish- 


ing the Amount of Rates from other Receipts, if 


any, and the Amount of Expenditure of the Trust 
during the same Period, with the separate Amounts 
annually paid for Salaries of Officers, Poundage on 
Collection of Rates, Law Expenses, and any other 
Expenses whatsoever, for the maintenance and 
management of the Trust, and the separate Amounts 
at which each Contract has been taken during the 
said Period, with the Name of each Contractor, (so 
far as relates to the Trustees of the Dover-road) :— 
And then he withdrew. 

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


Windsor, Sir John Walsh presented a Bill for making a 

wanesand Railway from Staines to Wokingham, with Branches 

South West- . : 

em Railway to the London and South Western Railway: And 

— the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
SCO : 

and Woking- read a second time. 

ham, with 

Branches ) Bill. 

Windsor, Colonel Reid presented a Bill for making a Rail- 


Staines and : ra ee ; 
South West. Way from Richmond to Windsor, with a Loop Line 


em Railway through Brentford and Hounslow: And the same 
(Richmond to was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 


= &amp;¢.), second time. 
South York- A Petition of Promoters of the undertaking 


shire, Doncas- -e] . i ; : : 
Sean eee thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 


Railway (Pe. for making several lines of Railway, between Peni- 
nistone, &amp;e,, stone, Barnsley, Elsecar, Rotherhamand Doncaster, 


ot urchase jn the West Riding of Yorkshire, to be called The 
Sheffield, VoL. 102 = 


4° Februari. 





69 


South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Railway, and Rotherham, 
for authorizing the purchase of part of the Sheffield, see 
Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Yuddersticla 
Goole Railway, and of the Dun Navigation and and Goole 
Dearne and Dove Canal, was presented, and read ; Iga 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing and Dearne 
Orders. and Dove 
Canal) Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from South York- 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Shire Doneas- 
Private Bills; That in the case of the South York- Railway (Pe- 
shire, Doncaster and Goole Railway (Penistone, &amp;c., nistone, &amp;e., 
and Purchase of Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, cee ae 
Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Railway, Dun Rotherham, 
Navigation, and Dearne and Dove Canal) Petition, Barnsley, 
the Standing Orders had not been complied with, aac 
in the following instances; viz. ond Gauls 

On the Plan of the branch to the Huddersfield Railway, Dun 
and Sheffield Junction Railway, the said branch is — eg 
stated to commence at 12 miles, 7 furlongs, 5 chains, ana Dove 
on the Penistone branch, instead of 11 miles, 7 Canal) Bill. 
furlongs, 6 chains, and the miles and furlongs of 
such branch are, in consequence of this error, incor- 
rectly marked on the said branch, and the distances 
of the roads, Nos. 12&gt; and 2», in the parish of Sidk- 
stone, are also incorrectly marked thereon. 

The length of the following furlongs is incorrectly 
shown on the Plan, and the length of the same 
as shown on the Plan consequently differs from the 


length of the same as shown upon the Section. 





| 


On the main line: 


The 5th furlong, 9th mile, is shown to be 15 chains. 


6th ~ %9 - =: - - ‘4 r) 
5th ‘, 1 thmile - - - 11g ,, 
Gh » » - - &gt; © 8 » 


On the Branch to join Huddersfield and Shef- 
field Junction Railway. 


The Ist furlong, 14th mile, is shown to be 1] } chains. 


The vertical measure from the datum line to the 
line of Railway, as marked in feet and inches, at the 
changes of gradient on the Section, differs from the 
heights, as measured on the said Section, in the 
following particulars ; viz. 


On the Penistone Branch: 








Height Height Height 
marked in as as 
Figures | measured | measured 
on the |by Vertical) by Ivory 
Section. Scale. Scale. 
ft. in.| ft. in.| ft. im. 
Between the 4th and 5th fur- 
long of the 10th mile =| 28 &lt;7 ee . jam 
Near the 14th mile - - | 743.10] 737 - — 
Near the junction with the 
Sheffield, Ashton-under- 
Tyne and Manchester Rail- 
way- -  -  - =| 773 8] 767 -| 759 - 
At the point of junction with 
the above Railway - -| 776 2{ 768 - | 761 —- 











On the Branch to the Huddersfield and Shefiield 
Raiiway : 


At the point of junction with 

the Penistone Branch - | 603 -— | 594 - —_ 
Between the Ist and 2d fur- 

long, 13th mile - - - | 620 73} 610 - — 
Near the 183th mile - -{| 696 -| 684 - _ 
At the point of junction with 

the Huddersfield and Shef- 

field Junction Railway = - | 696 - | 685 - — 











The correctness of the original plate, from which 
the sheets in which the above-mentioned errors 
occur were struck off was proved, and it was also 
proved that the shrinking of the paper arising from 
|the ereater or less rapidity of drying after being 
| wetted, took effect to an extent sufficient to account 
‘for all the above errors; that such shrinking was 
‘capricious in its results, and had hitherto baffled the 
K 3 efforts 











Caledonian 
Railway 
(Glasgow, 
Garnkirk and 
Coatbridge 
Railway, 
Branch to 
Glasgow and 
Station) Bill. 


Standing 
Orders. 





70 4° Februari. A. 1847. 


efforts of engravers to control it, in the present case stitute there, unless the Examiner shall require fur- 
its effects amounting to an error of about 2percent., ther evidence. . and 
are the more conspicuous in consequence of the, Ordered, That the said Order be a Standing Or- - 
large extent of the vertical height, as measured | der of this House. r 
from the datum horizontal line on the Section. "i ; 
Certain parties to the subscription contract have | A Petition . the oe and — td a th 
not, in the terms of Standing Order No. 47, bound Company, for leave to bring ina bi ate 
themselves, their heirs, executors and administrators, Acts relating to the London and oe _— "ys provement,and 
for the payment of the money subscribed. and to authorize the Company to alter the Gauge of Branches to 


The Cutlers Company of Sheffield appear in the their Railway, and to make certain Improvements the Saint Ka- 


: A : _ therine’s and 
Reeth: an ceheninas af Gen aun of £44000 in the approaches to the said Railway, and to make pondon Docks 
’ c » . &gt; dl 
To these parties the terms, heirs, executors and | 


‘Branches to the London and Saint Katharine’s Bill. 
administrators would not apply ; but they have sub- 


Docks, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
Hee: ade _ ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Dr. Bow- 
scribed a deed which is not in its terms properly | ring and Mr. Mangles. 
applicable to corporations, being between the several | 


persons whose names are subscribed, &amp;c., and in| Dr. Bowring presented a Bill for incorporating British Ex- 


which each and every of the several parties thereto, | the British Exchange Company, for enabling such change Com- 
so far only as related to the acts and defaults of Company to sue and be sued, and for granting other pany Bill, 


himself and herself, and his and her heirs, executors | Powers to such Company: And the same was read 
and administrators, and to the sum of money only ithe first time; and ordered to be read a second Con 
set opposite to his or her name in the schedule, ! tino. Tar 


doth thereby covenant, that they the said parties | 


ava ¢c At ro , . nt ° ! . . . 
have subscribed, &amp;c., &amp;c.; and further, each and’ py, Bowring presented a Bill to authorize the East Lincoln- 
every of the said several parties, so far only as | Rast Lincolnshire Railway Company to purchase an Shire Railway 
relates to the acts of himself or herself, and his or existing Lease of the Louth Navigation: And the arn cg 
5 g “ 


her representatives, = to the &lt;a of hedule, same was read the first time; and ordered to be chase) Bill. 
written opposite to his or her name in the schedule, read a second time. 


doth thereby for himself and herself, and his and her 
heirs, executors and administrators, covenant and 
declare that they the said several parties, or their | 
respective heirs, executors and administrators, will | 
well and truly pay or cause to be paid the amounts | 
subscribed, &amp;c., &amp;c. ; and they have thereby and to | 
that extent rendered it doutful whether the money 


rs subscribed could be recoverable by action at ‘to Ram’s Hard, leading towards the Sea: And the 
aw. 


: ; same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
The names of the Sheffield town trustees ap- | ’ 


., a second time. 
pear in the deed, as subscribers of the sum of | 


£.26,600, but under the head of “ Usual Signature | 
of the Subscriber” is subscribed the name of | 
Thomas Asline Ward, Town Collector, who has | 


= power or authority to bind the said trustees by | Fire Assurance Company, and to extend to the Insurance 
en ce ee ae ee Ee | Company, by its new name, the Powers of the Act Company Bill. 

le above-mentioned subscriptions of £.15,960, | enabling the Company to sue and be sued in the Pe 
and £.26,600, being deducted from the amount sub- | name of the Chairman, Deputy Chairman or any pt 
AP) &gt; . ie ;. rap. a ’ ~ | ¢ ‘ ts ? ~* 
scribed, such amount is not equal to three-fourths one of the Directors, or of the Secretary of the Com- 


uf the amount of the estimate. . pany: And the same was read the first time; and 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the ordéred to be read a second time. 


Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Man 


Mr. John Round presented a Bill to amend an Colchester 
Act for improving the Navigation from The Hythe, ae 
at Colchester, to Wivenhoe, in the County of Essez, a 
and for better paving, lighting and improving the 
Town of Colchester; and for making a new Chan- 
nel, and deepening the River Colne from Wivenhoe 


Du 


Mr. Villiers presented a Bill to change the Name Protestant 
of the Protestant Dissenters and General Life and Dissenters 


- eas ) . and General 
Fire Insurance Company, to the General Life and Lite ana Fire 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill for making a Branch Southampton 

A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company, Railway from the Southampton and Dorchester #4 Dorches- Se 
ior leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said Com-| Railway to Blandford, and for other Purposes : pense | 

pany to make a Branch Railway from the Glasgow, | And the same was read the first time ; and ordered Branch) Bill. 

Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway to Glasgow, and to be read a second time. 


to enlarge the Station in that city, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in A Petition of the Midland Railway Company, for Midland Rail- 
accordingly, by Mr. Hope Johnstone, Mr. Lockhart leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said ompany way (Mas- 
and Mr. Hodgson Hinde. to enlarge their Stations at Masbrough and Nor- a L 
-manton respectively, and to construct additional Stations En- 
The House was moved, That the 13th Standing Sidings or Branch Railways, was presented, and ns 
Order of the House might be read; and the same read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ~~ 
was read, as followeth : accordingly, by Mr. Al/dam and Mr. Beckett. 


“13. That, 1 case of any applicati or ¢ a: , _ , 
Privars iit ciaiae cou bm ithe see al ae A Petition of Nathaniel Stallwood, of Calthorpe- Rastern Comte - 
admit proof of the compliance with the Stand-| sees, &amp; the parish of Saint Pancras, in the rng id (Tottenham t0 
ing Orders which refer to the aflixing to the church- | si Middlesex, stating that a Bill is about to be in- Guilford- 
doors the requisite Notices, and to the applications | awn the — by the Eastern Counties street) Bill. 
to Owners, Lessees and Occupiers, on the produc- R wim age &lt;i ane punpace jot conatructing 
tion of affidavits sworn before any Sheriff Depute or | * ailway from Tottenham to Gray’s Inn-road; and . 
his substitute there, unless the Examiner shall re- | PT YS that if that Bill should be passed, a clause ( 


quire further evidence.” | may be introduced to indemnify all holders and ' 


re a ; owners of property within sixty yards at least of an 
“a That the said Standing Order be re- | property they may require, for the loss in rents, a 
— ; Po Severance of houses and lands, and that he may be 
Ordered, That in the case of any application for heard at the bar of the House, or before the Select 
a Private Bill relating to Scotland, the Examiner Committee on Standing Orders, or any other Com- 
may admit proof of the compliance with the Stand- mittee of the House, to sustain and prove the alle- 
ing Orders of the House, on the production of affi-. gations contained in his Petition, was presented, 
davits sworn before any Sheriff Depute or his sub- and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition 


Manchester 





10 VicToriz. 


A Petition of Subscribers to and Promoters of the 


and Southport yndertaking thereinafter mentioned, and also of the 


Railway anc 
Branches Bill. 


Navy Officers. 


Commercial 
Tariffs. 


Dudley Union. 


Poor Removal 
Act. 


Settlement. 


Lighthouses. 


Breweries and 
Distilleries, 


Seed Corn, &amp;e. 
(Ireland. ) 


Manchester and Leeds Railway Company, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for making a Railway from South- 
port, through Wigan, to Pendleton, near Maxnches- 
ter, with several Branches, to be called The Man- 
chester and Southport Railway, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Entwistle and 
Captain Lindsay. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of Navy Officers who have died, been dis- 
missed the Service, and promoted, between the 27th 
day of February 1830 and the 30th day of Septem- 
ber 1846; likewise a Return of Officers promoted 
for special brilliant Services, and those promoted 
to Death or Court Martial Vacancies by Com- 
manders-in-Chief abroad. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Commercial Tariffs and Regu- 
lations of the several States of Europe and America, 
together with the Commercial Treaties between 
England and Foreign Countries.—Parts XVIL., 
XVIII. and XIX :—Spanish American Republics. 

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


A Petition of Guardians of the Dudley Union, in 
the county of Worcester, complaining of the pro- 
ceedings instituted by the auditor of the said Union, 
and sanctioned by the Poor Law Commissioners, 
against the Governor of the Dudley Poor-house, for 
obeying the order of the Board of Guardians, and 
giving to the inmates of the Workhouse a substan- 
tial dinner on Christmas-day instead of their usual 
rations ; and praying the House to call for the cor- 
respondence that has sete between the Petitioners 
and the Poor Law Commissioners in the whole of 
the matter, and to devise remedies for the grievances 
complained of, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cambridge Union ;— Fornham 
Saint Martin ;— Hitchin ;—and, Rye Union; 
praying for the repeal or amendment of the Poor 
Removal Act,—were presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Settlement 
and Poor Removal. 


Petitions fron. Doncaster Union ;— Leicester 
Union (Chairman) ;—Jlkeston ;—and, Brentford 
Union ; praying for alteration in the Law of Settle- 
ment,—were presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Settlement and Poor 
Removal. 


A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce of Li- 
merick, praying the House to pass an Act for 
the speedy abolition of Light House Dues, was 


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


A. Petition of Labourers of different clay-works, 
in the parish of Saint Austell, in the county of 
Cornwall, praying the House to prohibit the use of 
Corn in Breweries and Distilleries, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Nobility, Gentry, Clergy and Inha- 
bitants of the county of Weaford, stating that in 
the opinion of the Petitioners the lives of the people 
in Ireland, the preservation of social order, and the 
very existence of the frame-work of society itself, 
depend on speedy and effective measures being 
taken to supply the destitute Landholders through- 
out Jreland with the labour and seed necessary for 
the execution of the ordinary and indispensable 
spring work; suggesting the establishment of seed 

VoL. 102. 








4° Februari. 71 


depots for the ensuing crop, and food depéts for the 
preservation of the lives of the people ; the stoppage 
of distillation from grain, and the prohibition of the 
further exportation of food from Jreland, till the 
present crisis shall have passed away ; and lastly, 
a tax upon absentees; and praying the House to 
apply the remedies pointed out by the Petitioners, 
without a moment’s unnecessary delay, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Westminster, stating that the Raja of 
Petitioners are deeply interested in the case of his 5#ttara- 


Highness Pertaub Shean, the ex-Raja of Sattara, 
who has been accused of hostility to the British Go- 
vernment, has been forcibly deposed and exiled from 
his dominions upon this charge, and for seven years 
has been denied the means of being heard in his own 
defence; and praying the House to adopt measures 
to secure to this prince that which is the right of 
every man subject to British law, namely, the op- 
portunity of examining the charges which have been 
brought against him, the evidence in support of the 
same, and of bringing forth the proofs of his inno- 


cence,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to . 


lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Sharples ;—Great Bolton ;— Factories. 


Chorley ;— Bury ;— Golcar ;—and, Huddersfield 
(three Petitions) ; praying the House to pass a Ten 
Hours Bill for all minors and females employed in 
Factories,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Farmers, Labourers and Inhabit- Emigration 
ants of the barony of Mohill, in the county of Lei- (Ireland. ) 


trim, praying the House to provide means for en- 
abling the poor of Ireland to emigrate to some other 
country, where they may be able to support them- 
selves and their families, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Famine in 
gesses of Cork, praying the House to adopt measures !r¢land. 


toarrest the further progress of the wide-spread and 
dire calamity of famine and pestilence in the various 
parishes comprised in the Union of Skibbereen, by 
causing the immediate establishment of depots for 
food, and that no further delays be permitted to inter- 
pose, but that food at any cost, and at any sacri- 
fice, be mercifully supplied to their famishing but 
patient though perishing fellow-subjects, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners and Tra- Ports, Mar- 


ders of the city of Londonderry, praying the House bows ‘i. Bill 


to refuse its sanction to the Bill introduced in the 
last Session of Parliament, for the better Manage- 
ment and Preservation of the Ports, Harbours, 
Creeks, Tidal Waters, and Navigable Lakes and 
Rivers of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ire/and, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Landed Proprietors, Farmers and Rum. 


others, of the county of Stirling, praying that the 
House will not allow Rum to be admitted into con- 
sumption in this country at a lower rate of duty 
than 4s. 10d. per proof gallon, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Aylesbury Union, Lunatics Act 5 


in the county of Bucks, praying for the repeal or 
alteration of the Act 8 and 9 Vic., c. 100, for the 


Regulation of the Care and Treatment of Lunatics, tics Act. 


and also the Act 8 and 9 Vic., c. 126, to amend the 
Laws for the Provision and Regulation of Lunatic 
Asylums for Counties and Boroughs, and for the 
Maintenance and Care of Pauper Lunatics in Eng- 
land, so that the Petitioners may be spared the 

K 4 heavy 





EP tes wd 


a 
ete’ 


— 





7 
i2 


heavy expense of building 
County Lunatic Asylum, and be allowed the 


of selecting for their pauper lunatics either the | 


licensed houses or the county asylums, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Emigration Mr. Hawes presented, pursuant to an Address to 
ty vos — Her Majesty,—A Return of the Number of Emigrants 
ales. 


that have been sent to the Colony of New South 
Wales since the suspension of the Bounty Orders 
in March 1842; showing out of what Fund the 
Expense of Emigration has been defrayed, whether 
by Money paid by the Home Government, or by 
Cash or Debentures paid or issued by the Colonial 
Government ; and, if by Debentures, what Amount 
of such Debentures were outstanding up to the last 
Returns from the Colony; together with a Return 
of the Revenue of the Colonia! Government, and 
Funds now in hand applicable to the purpose of 
Emigration to that Colony :—Also, Copies or Ex- 
tracts of all Correspondence between the Colonial 
Office and the holders of such Bounty Orders since 
the close of the last Session of Parliament. 

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


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to 
several Addresses to Her Majesty,—Copyv of the 
Minutes of the Trustees of the National Gallery 
during the years 1845 and 1846, with the Names of 
all the Trustees present at each Meeting :—Also, 
Copies of the Orders and Instructions to the Keeper 
of the Gallery respecting the Cleaning of the Pic- 
tures, and any Directions in respect to their Ar- 
rangement; and of any other Documents relating 
thereto. 

A Return of all Applications made for the Ad- 
vance of Public Money, under the provisions of the 
Act 9 and 10 Vie.,c.101, “to authorize the Advance 
of Public Money to a limited amount to promote 
the Improvement of Land in Great Britain and 
Ireland,by works of Drainage,” as regards England 
and Scotland ; distinguishing the Applications made 
from each Country. 

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


National 
Gallery. 


No. 40. 


Drainage of 
Land. 


Railways 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
(ireland) B 5 


ill. to stimulate the prompt and profitable employment 
of the people by the encouragement of Railways in 
Ireland: And that Lord George Bentinck, Mr. 
Hudson, the Marquis of Granby, and Mr. Alder- 
man Thompson do prepare, and bring it in. 


Poor Relicf 
Circiand. ) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Income on which the Assessment is 
made for the Relief of the Poor in every Union in 
Ireland ; the Dates of any Assessments ordered to 
be levied since March 1846; the Rate in the Pound 
sterling of such Assessments, and the Amount col- 
lected and expended :—And, of the Amount of any 
Subscriptions for the Relief of the Poor in every 
Union in Jreland, distinguishing, 1st. The Balance 
(if any) remaining from the Subscriptions of 1845 
and 1846 ;—2d. Private Subscriptions advanced by 
Owners, Lessors, and Occupiers of property within 
each Union ;—3d. Subscriptions received from 
other sources ;—4th. Amount from Public Grants. 


Savings Banks 


nk Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


Return of the Amount of Deposits in the several 
Savings Banks in Ireland on the 1st day of January 
1846, and the 1st day of January 1847. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Amount of Poor Rates levied under 
the provisions of Statutes of the Imperial Parlia- 
ment for England and Wales, in each year since 
1840 ; stating the Amount in the Pound sterling in 
each Union :—And, a similar Return of the Amount 
levied in JLreland, 


Poor Rates. 


4° Februari. 


and maintaining a| 
right | late the prompt and profitable Employment of the (Ireland) Bin 











A. 1847. 


Lord George Bentinck presented a Bill to stimu- Railways 
People by the Encouragement of Railways in Jre- No. 41. 
land: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 
next ; and to be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Destitute Per. 
into a Committee to consider of authorizing the pos (ireland) 
Advance of Money, by way of Loan, out of —_— 
ConsolidatedFund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, to the Relief Commissioners 
appointed in pursuance of any Act for the temporary 
Relief of Destitute Persons in Jreland, and of the 
issue of Money in aid of the Rates or Voluntary 
Contributions which may be made for the purposes 
of such Act. 

(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That provision be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, for Advances, not ex- 
ceeding £.300,000, by way of Loan, to the Relief 
Commissioners appointed in pursuance of any Act 
for the temporary relief of Destitute Persons in 
Ireland. 

Xesolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come te a Re- 
solution. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Labouring 
mittee on the Labouring Poor (Zreland) Bill; Poor (Ireland) 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 7" 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- pestitute Per 
mittee on the Destitute Persons (Ireland) Bill; sons (Ireland) 
Resolved, That this House will, ‘To-morrow, re- BA 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Saint Alban's 
received a Letter signed ‘‘ James Coppock,” Agent Election. 
for the Petitioner against the Return of Benjamin 
Bond Cabbell, Esquire, for the borough of Saint 
Alban, stating that it was not intended to proceed 
with the Petition :—And the said Letter was read, 


as followeth : 
8, Cleveland Row, Saint Jumes’, 
Sir, 4th February 1847. 

As agent for the Earl of Listowel, in the matter 
of his Petition, delivered in on the 13th day of 
August last, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Saint Alban, I hereby 
beg to inform you that it is not intended to proceed 
with the said Petition. 


I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servant, 


To the Right Honourable James Coppock. 
The Speaker of the House of Commons. 


The Order made upon the 26th day of January 
last, for referring the Petition of the Earl of Zis- 
towel, compiaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the Borough of Saint Alban, to the General 
Committee of Elections, was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Captain 
Copies of all Correspondence between the East Robert Frith 
India Company and their Residents at Lucknow, 
from the years 1775 to 1801, inclusive, respecting 
the appointment of Captain Robert Frith to the 


Command of the temporary Brigade in the service 
| of the King of Oude, and including the Letter of 


the Governor-General (Lord Wellesley) to Saadid 
Ali Khan, Nabob of Lucknow. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





10 Vicroriz. 


Veneris, 5° die Februarii ; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 
PRAYERS. 
M R. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of 


the East India Company, was called in; and 
at the bar presented,—Returns to an Order, dated 


East India. 


the 16th day of June 1845, for Returns showing | 


the Sickness, Mortality and Invaliding in the Ho- 
nourable East India Company’s Armies, in the Pre- 
sidencies of Bengal, Madras and Bombay respec- 
tively, from the year 1825 to 1844, inclusive :—Of 
the Sickness, Mortality and Invaliding of their Civil 
Service, in each Presidency, from 1825 to 1844 :— 
Of the Sickness and Mortality in the Gaols and 
Civil Hospitals in the Presidencies and Dependen- 
cies of Bengal, Madras and Bombay respectively, 
from 1825 to 1844 respectively :—And, of the Sick- 
ness, Mortality and Invaliding in the Honourable 
East India Company’s Indian Navy (so far as re- 
lates to the East India Company’s Armies). 

Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of August, 
in the last Session of Parliament, for a Copy of the 
Correspondence relative to the case of the Ex-Raja 
of Sattara, which has passed between the Govern- 
ment of India and the Court of Directors of the 
East India Company, and between the Government 
of India and the Governor-General’s Agent at Be- 
nares, since December 1844, so far as the same has 
been communicated to the Court of Directors, and 
so far as the Papers included in this Return have 
not been already laid before this House :—And then 
he withdrew. 


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


Raja of 
Sattara. 


Mr. Sharland, the Town Clerk of Gravesend, was 
called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the 


Gravesend 
Pier, 


directions of several Acts of Parliament,—An Ac- | 


count of the Sums of Money received and applied 
by virtue of a certain Act of Parliament made and 


passed in the fifth year of the reign of Her Majesty | 


Queen Victoria, intituled, “ An Act for amending 
the Acts relating to the Gravesend Quay and Pier,” 
for the year ending the 18th day of June 1846 :— 
And then he withdrew. 


Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the | 


Table. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Third Re- 
port.) 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 1st, 2d and 3d days of 
this instant February; and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Doddington 
Rectory 
Division Bill. 


The Doddington Rectory Division Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Glasgow, The Glasgow, Airdrie and Monklands Junction 
Airdrie and 


Railway (Cowlairs, Carmyle Central Junction and 
Monklands ee , : 
Junction Rail- Coplaw-hill Branches, and Montrose-street Termi- 
way(Cowlairs, nus) Bill was read a second time; and committed. 
Carmyle, Cen- 
tral Junction, 
and Coplaw- 
hill Branches, 
and Montrose-street Terminus) Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 


Glasgow, The Glasgow, Airdrie and Monklands Junction 
oe Railway (Cowlaas Branch) Bill was read a second 


time; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


Junction Rail- 
way (Cowlairs 


Branch) Bill. mittee of Selection. 
Glasgow, The Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Rail- 
Paisley, Kil- 


Railway 


7 


way, and Ayrshire and Bridge of Weir 


Marnock and VoL. 102 


5° Februariz. 


|(No. 3.) Bill was read a second time; and com- Ayr Railway, 


Ordered, That the Biil be referred to the Com- 
| 





73 


tted. 

| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
_ mittee of Selection. 

| Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill for making Manchester 
a Railway from Southport, through Wigan, to Pen- and South- 
dleton, near Manchester, with several Branches, to a 
be called The Manchester and Southport Railway : Bill. 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 

to be read a second time. 


and Ayrshire 
and Bridge of 
Weir Railway 
(No. 3.) Bill. 


| mi 


A Petition of the London and North Western London and 

Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to North Western 
. : ‘ +» Railway 

empower the said Company to make a Branch Rail- (Resco and 
way from Bescot to Wolverhampton, and for other Wolverhamp- 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was ve — 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wil- **) ®" 
son Patten and Colonel Anson. 





| A Petition of the London and North Western rondon and 
| Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to North Western 
empower the said Company to make divers Branch Railway 

[ . (Ormskirk 
Railways in the County of Lancaster, and for other and Rainford 
| purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was Branch, &amp;c.) 

ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wilson Bil 

Patten and Colonel Anson. 


The Preston and Wyre Railway Bill was read a preston and 
second time ; and committed. Wyre Railway 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bi 
mittee of Selection. 


The North Western Railway (Diversions at Skip- North Western 
ton, Casterton and Sedbergh) Bill was read a se- Railway 
cond time; and committed. (Diversions a6 


‘ . kipton, Cas- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- a 
mittee of Selection. : Sedbergh) Bill. 





The London and North Western Railway (Pur- London and 
|chase of the Earl of Ellesmere’s Interest in the North Westerm 


. . +) Railway (Pur- 
| Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Rail- ices ate 


_way) Bill was read a second time ; and committed. Earl of Elles- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- mere’s Interest 


° “a in the Man- 
mittee of Selection. prtecintie co 


Junction and 
Altrincham 
Railway) Bill. 
| The Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle-upon- Liverpool, 
- Tyne Junction Railway Bill was read a second time ; Manchester 
. and New- 
and committed. castle upon- 
| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Tyne Junction 
mittee of Selection. Railway Bill. 


| The Kingston-upon- Thames Small Tenements Bill Kingston- 
| was read a second time ; and committed. a 
| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- nents Bill. 


' mittee of Selection. 


| A Petition of the Eastern Counties Railway Com- Eastern Coun- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said ties Railway 

|Company to make a Railway from the Eastern (Combeldme a 

| Counties Railway, near Cambridge, to the Bedford Bedford, &amp;c.) 

and Bletchley Railway, at or near Bedford, with Bill. 

| Branches, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 

|ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Fitz 

| Roy Kelly and Mr. Hudson. 


A Petition of the Eastern Counties Railway Com- Fastern Coun- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said ties Railway 
Company to make a Railway from the Eastern mere 
Counties Railway, near Cambridge, to the Hertford Ware Line, 
‘and Ware Branch of the Northern and Eastern &amp;c.) Bill. 

' Railway, with Branches, was presented, and read ; 

| and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
| by Sir FitzRoy Kelly and Mr. Hudson. 

| A Petition of the Great Northern Railway Com- Great North- 
| pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said c™ ae gt 
; Company to make an Extension of their Railway et Teel 
| from the Parish of Saundby, in Nottinghamshire, Mas sion) Bill, 
L the 











Kingston- 
upon-Hull 


(Holy Trinity) 


Cemetery Bill. 


Manchester 
Markets Bill. 


Llynvi Iron 
Company Bill. 


Liskeard and 
Launceston 
Branch Rail- 
way Bill. 


Lynn and Ely 
Railway 
(Extension to 
Spalding and 


Holbeach) Bill. 


Lynn and Ely 
Railway 
(Extension to 
Bury St. Ed- 
mund’s) Bill. 


London and 
Blackwall 
Railway 
Improvement 
and Branches 
to the St. Ka- 
therine’s and 
London Docks 
Bill. 


Midland Rail- 
way ( Mas- 
brough and 
Normanton 
Stations En- 
largement) 
Bill. 


Direct London 
and Ports- 
mouth, and 
London, 
Brighton and 
South Coast 
Railways 
Amalgama- 
tion Bill. 


Manchester 
and Lincoln 
Union Rail- 
way Deviation 
Bill. 


Manchester, 
Sheffield and 
Lincolnshire 
Railways 
(Louth and 
Horncastle, 


74 


the Askern Branch of the Wakefield, Pontefract and | 
Goole Railway, in the Parish of Owston, in the 

West Riding of Yorkshire, with a Branch to rejoin | 
the Great Northern Railway, in the Parish of 
Snaith, in the said West Riding, was presented, and 

read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- | 
cordingly, by Mr. Christopher, Sir Montague Chol- | 
meley and Mr. Beckett Denison. 

A Petition of the Vicar and Churchwardens of 
the parish of the Holy Trinity, in the town of, 
Kingston-upon-Hull, for leave to bring in a Bill for | 
providing a Cemetery or Burial-ground for the Pa- | 
rish of the Holy Trinity, in the Town of Kingston- 
upon-Hull, and for amending the Act relating to | 
the present Burial-ground of the said Parish, was | 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be | 
brought in accordingly, by Sir Walter James and | 
Sir John Hanmer. | 

| 

The Manchester Markets Bill was read a second | 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


| 

The Liynvi Iron Company Bill was read a se-| 
cond time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | 
mittee of Selection. | 

The Liskeard and Launceston Branch Railway 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee cf Selection. 


The Lynn and Ely Railway (Extension to Spald- | 
ing and Holbeach) Bill was read a second time; and 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Biil be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 








| 


The Lynn and Ely Railway (Extension to Bury| 
Saint Edmund’s) Bill was read a second time ; and | 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | 
mittee of Selection. | 

} 

Dr. Bowring presented a Bill to amend the Acts | 
relating to the London and Blackwall Railway, and | 
to authorize the Company to alter the Gauge of | 
their Railway, and to make certain Improvements 
iu the Approaches to the said Railway, and to make | 
Branches to the Zondon and Saint Katherine's , 
Docks: And the same was read the first time; and | 
ordered to be read a second time. | 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to enable the Mid- | 
land Railway Company to enlarge their Stations at | 
Masbrough and Normanton respectively, and to con- | 


5° Februariz. 





A. 1847. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- — East 


mittee of Selection. 


incolnshire 
Junction 
Branches) Bil, 


The re dee Railway (from Thetford to the Norfolk Raj. 


Lowestoft 


mitted. 


ailway near Reedham, with a Branch to %3Y (trom 


Thetford to 


| Halesworth) Bill was read a second time; and com- the Lowestoft 


Railway near 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- rp 


mittee of Selection. 


The Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Masterman presented a Bill for widening 


Street from the West End of Cannon-street to 
Queen-street, and for widening and improving Queen- 
street, and for effecting other Improvements in the 
City of London: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Masterman presented a Bill for the more 
easy Recovery of Small Debts and Demands within 


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


Mr. Masterman presented a Bill to enable the 
Meyor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City 
of London to raise a Sum of Money for paying off 
the Monies now charged on the Bridge House 
Estates, by authority of Parliament, and to raise 
further Monies upon the Credit of the said Estates, 
and of their own Estates and Revenues, for effect- 
ing Public Works and Improvements in and near 


the said City: And the same was read the first 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway, 
and Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Rail- 
way (No. 2.) Bill was read a second time; and 


ranch to 
Halesworth) 
Bill. 


Reading, 
Guildford anj 
Reigate Rail. 
way Bill. 


London (City) 


and improving Cannon-street, and for making a new [provements 


Mi. 


London (City) 
Small Debts 


'the City of Zondon and the Liberties thereof: And Bill. 


Bridge House 
Estates Debt 
ill, 


Glasgow, 
Duntries and 
Carlisle Rail- 


way, and Glas- 
committed. gow, Paisley, 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- a 
mittee of Selection. ve (No. 2) 
Bill. 
Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Standing 


which were read, as follow : 


1. Resolved, That in the case of the Bristol and 
Exeter Railway Extension (Crediton and Launces- 
ton) Petition, the Standing Orders ought not to be 
dispensed with. 


2. Resolved, That in the case of the Glasgow, 


Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; Orders; 


Bristol and 
Exeter Rail- 
way Extension 
(Crediton and 
Launceston) 
Bill. 


Glasgow, Kil- 


struct additional Sidings or Branch Railways: And .X‘/marnock and Ardrossan Railway (Amendment, a 
the same was read the first time: and ordered to | Deviations and Branches) Petition, the Standing iio 
he read a second time. . Orders ought not to be dispensed with. (Amendment, 
! a 
The Direct London and Portsmouth, and London,'| 3. Resolved, That in the case of the Salisbury salisbury 
Brighton and South Coast Railways Amalgamation /and Yeovil Railway Petition, the Standing Orders and Yeovil 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. ought to be dispensed with; That the Parties be R4!™*Y Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-| permitted to proceed with their Bill, on striking 
mittee of Selection. out the erroneous scales placed on shects Nos. 2, 
and 4, of the Sections, in all the deposits, and on 
| substituting the scale to which the Sections have in 
The Manchester and Lincoln Union Railway De-' fact been drawn, and on adding the scale to the 
viation Bill was read a second time ; and committed. Plan deposited in the parish of Chilmark; and 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-' that the Committee on the Bill do examine, in the 
mittee of Selection. first place, how far such Order has been complied 
with, and do report the same to the House, on the 


The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail- | Report of the Bill. 


ways (Louth and Horncastle and East Lincolnshire | 
Junction Branches) Bill was read a second time; | 


The third Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


and committed. | 
Mr. 


Caledo 
Railwa 
(Glasg 
Garnk 
Coatbr 
Railwe 
Brancl 
Glasge 
Statior 


Salish 
and Y 
Railw: 


Brist 
Soutl 
dune 
way : 


Ferry 


Wha 
Raily 
(Skiy 
Cay] 
Devi: 
Bill. 


Wea 
Bish 
land. 
Wea 
Wea 
tensi 
Wea 
Der 
way 
Am: 


Lon 
Sout 
Rail 
(Wi 
&amp;e.) 


Gla 
Pai 
mal 
Ay 
(N 


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) 


ts 


10 Vicroriz. 


Caledonian Mr. Baine presented a Bill to enable the Cale- 

Railway donian Railway Company to make a Branch Rail- 

ee way from the Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge 

Coatbridge Railway to Glasgow, and to enlarge the Station in 

—*,, that City: And the same was read the first time ; 
ranch 


Glasgow and and ordered to be read a second time. 


Station) Bill. 
Salisbury, 
and Yeovil 
Railway Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for the Salisbury and Yeovil 
Railway Bill, which was this day made from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the London and South Western Railway 
Company to make a Railway from Salisbury to 
Yeovil, with Branches to Shaftesbury and Wincan- 
ton, and to the Ezeter, Yeovil and Dorchester, and 
Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railways, and to 
purchase or lease the said Exeter, Yeovil and Dor- 
chester Railway: And that Mr. Sidney Herbert, 
Mr. Seymer and Mr. Chaplin do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Bristol and The Bristol and South Wales Junction Railway 
South Wales) and Aust Ferry Bill was read a second time; and 
Junction Rail- : 

vay and Aust Committed. 


Ferry Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Wharfdale The Wharfdale Railway (Skipton and Cayley 


Railway 


(Skipton and Hail Deviations) Bill was read asecond time ; and 


Cayley Hall committed. 
Deviations) Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Bill. mittee of Selection. 


Wear Valley, The Wear Valley, Bishop Auckland and Wear- 
Bishop Auck- gle, Weardale Extension and Wear and Derwent 


—— Railways, and Shildon Tunnel Amalgamation Bill 


Weardale Ex- was read a second time ; and committed. 


tension, and Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Wear and 


: a 
Derwent Raile Mittee of Selection. 


ways, and Shildon Tunnel 
Amalgamation Bill. 


London and Mr. Spooner presented a Bill to enable the Zon- 


— don and South Western Railway Company to widen 
(Widening, and improve the London and South Western Rail- 
&amp;c.) Bil. way from the Junction thereof with the Richmond 
Railway to the Terminus at Wine Elms, and to en- 
able them to enlarge their intended Station at the 
York-road, Lambeth: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
oo ao _ A Petition of Parliamentary Trustees for improv- 
mamock and 12g the Navigation of the River Clyde, and enlarging 
Ayr Railway the Harbour of Glasgow, praying that they may 


(No.4.) Bill. be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kil- 
marnock and Ayr Railway (No. 4.) Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Paisley and A Petition of Parliamentary Trustees for im- 
Renfrew Rail- R 


way (Sale ana Proving the Navigation of the River Clyde, and en- 

Improvement) larging the Harbour of Glasgow, stating that a 

Bill. ill has been introduced, or is about to be intro- 
duced into the House, for the sale or lease to the 
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway 
Company, of the Paisley or Renfrew Railway, and 
for the execution of certain Works in connection 
therewith ; and praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of such Bill, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Glasgow, 

Paisley, Kil- 

marnock and 


yr Railway 
(No. 5.) Bill, 


_ A Petition of Parliamentary Trustees for improv- 
ing the Navigation of the River Clyde, and enlarg- 


ing the Harbour of Glasgow, praying that they 
VoL. 102. 


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75 


may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kil- 
marnock and Ayr Railway (No. 5.) Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Parliamentary Trustees for im- Caledonian 
proving the Navigation of the River Clyde, and - 
enlarging the Harbour of Glasgow, stating that a Bill links, sa 
is about to be introduced into the House, intituled, Glasgow Sta- 
a Bill to enable the Caledonian Railway Company *i™) Bill. 
to extend their Railway across the River Clyde, at 
Glasgow, and to form a Station in that City ; and 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of such 
Bill, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Proprietors, Occupiers Manchester, 
and Tenants of certain mills, factories, iron-foun- Sheffield and 
7s : : : Linclonshire 
dries, land and premises, situate in and near to Man Railway 
chester, in the county of Lancaster, praying that (Ashton Canal 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or Purchase) Bill. 
agents, against certain parts of the Manchester, 

Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (Ashton Canal 
Purchase) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of John Stone, of the Prebendal-in- London, 
Thame, in the county of Oxford, Esquire ;——and, fe _ 
John Francklin, of Westlington, in the parish of ae 
Dinton, in the county of Buckingham, Esquire ; Branches Bill. 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Lon- 
don, Oxford and Cheltenham Railway and Branches 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themseives, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of William Hamwood Frampton, of Yeovil, 
Gray’s-Inn, in the county of Middlesex, Esquire, Bridport and 


/ : a .” Exeter Rail- 
praying that he may be heard, by hinseli, Wit wey, with 


counsel or agent, against certain parts of the Yeovil, Branches, Bill 
Bridport and Exeter Railway, with Branches, Bill, 
was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition 


A Petition of William Stidolph, of Whitehead’s kaucation of 
Grove, Chelsea, Professor of Education to the Blind, the Blind. 
&amp;c., complaining of the absence, in England, of any 
Government assistance for the Education of the 
Blind; and praying that they may be placed 
under the protection of the Government, in the 
same manner as it is carried out in France, Belgium, 

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


A Petition of Joseph Bentley, Aldine Chambers, Education. 
London, setting forth the deficiency of the present 
system of Education in England, and suggesting 
a plan by which the same would be considerably 
lessened; and praying the House to take the matter 
into their consideration, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Sarah Easter Ricketts, stating that Sarah Easter 
she is the legal representative of the late Lieutenant Ricketts. 
John Bevan, r,N., who died a lunatic in Haslar 
Hospital, on the 2d of August 1831, at which time 

L 2 there 








William 
Cummings. 


Rum. 


Sugar and 
Rum. 


Ministers’ 
Money 
(Ireland.) 


Dundee 
Harbour. 


Malt. 


Bread 
(ireland. ) 


76 5° Februari. 


there were arrears of half-pay due to him amounting | 
to the sum of £.444; that having obtained letters of 
administration, the Admiralty gave her an order to 
receive that sum on the 11th January 1832, but on 
a representation being made by the Victualling 
Board, to the effect, that if this debt were paid, 
Government would be liable to a few other similar 
demands, the above order was rescinded, and the 
Petitioner plunged into the greatest possible distress; 
that the Board of Admiralty has since paid her the 
sum of £.21 4s. on account of the late Lieutenant 
Bevan, but the balance £.422 16s. is still withheld 
from her; and praying for the interference of the 
House to procure her that justice to which she 
conceives she is fairly and legally entitled, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of William Cummings, of the parish 
of Thoverton, near Exeter, stating that he is seventy- 
one years of age, and has served in the Army fifteen 
years and upwards, and was discharged without a 
pension ; that he has been obliged to apply to his 
parish for assistance, and was allowed from the 
parish, for himself and his wife, one shilling and 
two loaves of bread per week, from August 1846, 
until December following, when it was without 
cause given stopped ; that he applied thereon to 
the Poor Law Commissioners, who referred him to 
the Guardians of the Tiverton Union, who refused 
to allow him out-door relief, because he was pos- 
sessed of a small cottage ; and praying the House 
to take his case into consideration, and direct those 
empowered to govern the poor to grant him such 
out-door relief as the equitable laws of the country 
will admit of, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Distillers in the counties of Forfar 
and Kincardine ; — and, Distillers in Scotland ; 
praying the House not to sanction the admission 
of Rum into Scotland, at a lower rate of Duty than 
4s. 10d. per proof gallon,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Landed Proprietors, Farmers and 
others, praying the House not to sanction the use 
of Sugar in distilleries, unless it pay an equal amount 
of Duty to that charged on Barley malted, and 
that Rum may not be admitted into consumption, in 
this country, except it pay a duty of at least 4s. gd. 
per proof gallon, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of Limerick, praying for the 
abolition of Ministers’ Money in Jreland, was 
—* and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
‘able. 


A Petition of John Machenzie Lindsay, Merchant 
and Insurance Agent, Dundee, complaining of the 
misapplication of the Dundee Harbour Funds, by 
the trustees of the said Harbour; and praying the 
House to give power to some competent board to 
compel the strict adherence of the said trustees to 
Act of Parliament, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Deopham ;— Wendling ; — and, 
Cringleford ; praying for the repeal of the duty on 
Malt,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of Limerick, praying for 
amendment of the Act 1 and 2 Vic., to provide re- 
gulations for the making and sale of Bread in Jre- 
land, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 











A. 1847. 


A Petition of John Williams, formerly of Corn- ae 
hill, in the city of London, and now of Maiden- 4) 
stone Hill, Blackheath, Kent, praying that he may 
be permitted at once without any hindrance or 
delay, to receive the authority of Her Majesty’s 
Government, and the sanction of Parliament, to 
carry into effect his plans for the health of the 
community, and for the increase of the public 
thoroughfares, by the construction of sub-arches for 
the streets of London, which sub-arches will also 
be an accessible situation for all pipes, without 
opening the ground, or disturbing the ‘paving ; and 
that a Bill may be brought into the House im- 
mediately for that important purpose, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Extra-paro- 
gesses of the town and borough of Northampton, bial Places. 
stating that there are existing in various parts of 
the country, considerable tracts of land, which 
from having anciently been parts of forests or parks, 
demesne lands of the Crown, or the property of 
dissolved monasteries, and other ecclesiastical 
bodies, are extra-parochial, and therefore not within 
the Acts for the relief of the poor; and praying the 
House to devise a measure for subjecting extra- 
parochial places, at all events where the popula- 
tion is considerable, to the ordinary local rates and 
management, either by annexing them to adjoining 
parishes, or otherwise as Parliament shall think fit, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Petitions from Stockbridge ;— Abingdon Union ; Poor Remoyat 


Grampound ; — Thrapston Union ;— Amlwch ; —- Act- 
Hundred of Forehoe (Norfolk) ; — Walsingham 
Union (Chairman) ;—Docking Union ;—and, Hun- 
dreds of Loddon and Clavering (Norfolk) ; praying 
for the repeal or alteration of the Poor Removal 
Act,—were presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Wexford and its Tea. 
vicinity, praying for the reduction of the duty on 
Tea to 1s. per pound, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of in- Capital 
habitants of London, and its vicinity, praying for Pst. 
the substitution of some other penalty in lieu of 
the Punishment of Death, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Great Bolton; — Huddersfield Factories. 
(five Petitions) ;— Lindley (three Petitions) ; — 
Sheepridge ;—Paddock (two Petitions) ;—Lindiey- 
cum-Quarmby ;—and, Bolton; praying the House 
to pass a Ten Hours Bill for all minors and females 
employed in Factories,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Coun- Lunatic Asy- 
cillors of the town and borough of Northampton, 3" _ 
praying for the repeal of so much of the Lunatic Stale Act. 
Asylums and Pauper Lunatics Act as relates to 
the providing asylums in any county or borough 
where an efficient public hospital or asylum already 
exists, or otherwise to enable the Petitioners to con- 
tract with the governors of the existing institutions in 
that town, at a rate per head per week, giving the 
Justices of the town a power of visitation, was pre- 
sented, and read ; andordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Landlord 
Guardians of the Drogheda Union, praying for an nd Tenant 
amendment of the law between Landlord and Tenant (""#" 
in Ireland, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Freeholders, Inhabitants of Brigh- Raja of 
ton, and other persons interested in the welfare and 5*t™- 
good 


‘| 





al 


Lighthouses. 
&amp;e. 


Anatomy Act. 


Medical Re- 
gistration Bill. 


Prisons. 


Emigration 
(New South 
Wiles.) 

No. 42. 
Drainage of 
Land, 

No, 43. 


Emigration, 


Loans, &amp;c. 


10 VicTorRtiz. 


good government of the British Indian Empire, 
stating that the Petitioners are deeply interested in the 
case of His Highness Pertaub Sing, the ex-Raja of 
Sattara, who has been accused of hostility to the Bri- 
tish Government, has been forcibly deposed and exiled 
from his dominions upon this charge, and for seven 
years has been denied the means of being heard in his 
own defence; and praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures to secure to this prince the opportunity of 
examining the charge which has been brought against 
him, the evidence in support of the same, and of 
bringing forth the proofs of his innocence, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Shipowners of the port of Arundel, 
in the county of Sussex, praying the House to pass 
a law in accordance with the recommendation of 
the Select Committee on Lighthouses, &amp;c., was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


5° Februari. 





A Petition of Inhabitants of Cropland, praying 
the House to appoint a Committee to investigate 
the working of the Anatomy Act, with a view to its 
repeal, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Sir William Somerville presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 28th day of 
August, in the last Session of Parliament, for a 
Copy of any Communication addressed to the Secre- 
tary of State, by direction of the Society of Apothe- 
caries (London), containing a statement of the 
grounds of objection offered by the Society to the 
Medical Registration Bill. 

Sir William Somerville also presented, pursuant 
to the directions of several Acts of Parliament,— 
Copies of all Reports and of all Schedules trans- 
mitted to the Secretary of State respecting Prisons. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Emigration 
(New South Wales), which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Drainage of 
Land, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Papers relative to Emigration to the British 
Provinces in Worth America. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account Current of Monies received between 
Great Britain and Ireland since the Union :— 
Accounts of all Loanscontracted by the Irish Govern- 
ment, and the Progress of the Zrish National Debt, 
from its commencement down to 1801 (the Union): 
—An Account, in continuation, showing the subse- 
quent Loans contracted by the Jrish Exchequer 


Cd 
id 
Auditor, to the Poor Law Commissioners, on the 
Weymouth Union :—And, Copy of the last Report 
by the Assistant Commissioner of the District on 
the Weymouth Union, with the Date of the Report. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Poor Law 
upon the 28th day of January last, That there be (Scotland) 


laid before this House, a Return of the Sums ex- 
pended in Relief of, and for the Maintenance of the 
Poor, in the several Parishes of Scotland, from the 
1st day of January 1843 to the Ist day of January 
1844; also, a similar Return from the Ist day of 
January 1846 to the Ist day of January 1847 ; spe- 
cifying the Amount expended in each particular 
Parish, and whether the same has been levied by 
legal Assessment or by Voluntary Contribution, or 
from what other source, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented South m 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 405*"* 


to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Monies received in England 
and in the Colony for Sales of Land in South Aus- 
tralia, or on account thereof; specifying (where 
practicable), the Parties from whom received, and 
the lands purchased ; also, of the Expenditure of 
the said Monies, and the Authorities for such Ex- 
penditure ; also, of all Liabilities for Balance of 
Passage-money of Emigrants ; also, of the Balances 
of the Land Fund, both in England and the Colony, 
and where deposited ; also, specifying the Amount 
available to further Emigration, and the Reserve 
for other objects, (the said Returns to commence 
from the last Accounts of the Land Fund presented 
to Parliament). 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Adjournment. 


posed, That this House will, at the rising of the 
House this day, adjourn till Monday next ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“cc 
that She will be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions that there be laid before this House, a Copy 
of the Report made by Bickham Escott, Esquire, 
one of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the State 
“ of Milbank Prison,” instead thereof, 

And the Question being proposed, “ That the 
“ words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
“ Question :’ —The said proposed Amendment was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

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


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom ! 


an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, Milbank 


rison, 


Jestitute 





tow raf j ee Persons 
until it was abolished, in 1817:—An Account| it was referred to consider of authorizing the Ad-( 


b f 7 Treland) 
showing how the Debts contracted by the Trish | vance of Money, by way of Loan, out of the Conso- [ Advances. ] 


Windows. 


Wermouth 
Vnicn. 


Exchequer before and after the Union were disposed | 
cf, and the Sources from which the interest was 
aid :—The Revenue and Expenditure of Zreland, 
trom the 5th day of January 1841 to the 5th day of 
January 1846, inclusive :—And, the Taxes imposed | 
in Great Britain and the Taxes imposed in Ireland, 
and the Produce of each Tax, during the last Ten 

years. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Amount of Window Duty assessed 
tor the year 1845 for the ‘'welve Towns paying the 
largest Amount, with the net Amount of Duty re- 
ceived for the same on the 5th day of April 1846. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Reports made by Mr. Payne, District 





VoL. 102, 


lidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Pri- 
tain and Ireland, to the Relief Commissioners ap- 
pointed in pursuance of any Act for the temporary 
Relief of Destitute Persons in Ireland, and of the 
issue of Money in aid of the Rates or Voluntary 
Contributions which may be made for the purposes 
of such Act, a Resolution ; which was read, as fol- 
loweth : 

Resolved, That Provision be made, out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Jreland, tor Advances, not exceeding 
£.300,000, by way of Loan to the Relief Commis- 
sioners appointed in pursuance of any Act for the 
Temporary Relief of Destitute Persons in Ireland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 

L3 mitttee 








Destitute 
Persons 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Brewing from 
Sugar Bill. 


Distilling from 
Sugar Bill. 


78 


mittee on Destitute Persons (Zreland) Bill, That 
they have power to make provision therein pursuant 
to the said Resolution. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Destitute Persons (Jre- 
land) Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

CravseE N° 1. (Relief Commissioners shall have 
authority to superintend the execution of this Act, 
and shall appoint, subject to the approval of the 
Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, a sufficient number of 
persons to be inspectors, &amp;c.) 

Amendment proposed, in P. 1. 1. 17. To leave 
out the words “shall appoint, subject to the ap- 
** proval of.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Ciavse, N° 2. agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 3. (Lord-Lieutenant to give orders 
for the constitution of a Relief Committee in any 
one or more electoral divisions of an Union, in 
which it shall appear to him that this Act should 
be put in force; Provided always, That the Justices 
resident in such electoral divisions, if any, and the 
Guardians of the Poor elected for such electoral 
divisions, and one of the Inspectors to be appointed 
by the Relief Commissioners, shall, in every case, 
be constituted members of such Relief Committee.) 

Amendment proposed, in P. 2. 1. 13. After the 
words “ appear to him” to insert the words “ after 
“ due inquiry.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 2, 1. 20, 
Atter the words “ Justices resident”’ to insert the 
words “ or possessing property.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted, 
put, and negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed, in P. 2. 1. 22. 
After the words “ elected for such electoral divi- 
‘* sions,’ to insert the words, “and the clergy of 
all denominations officiating in such electoral di- 
“ visions.” 

Question put, Thatthose words be there inserted : 

The Committee divided : 


nan 


Tellers forthe fMr. William Smith O’Brien, | ., 
Yeas, LMr. John O’ Connell: ' 
Tellersforthe) Mr. Tufnell, 1 128 
Noes, (Lord Marcus Hill. } a 


Clause, agreed to. 

Ciauses, N° 4, to N° 11, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Sabbati, 6° die Februarii, 1847: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Brewing from Sugar Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Distilling from Sugar Bill ; 

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


5°—§°—8° Februariz. 





A. 1847. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Se- Customs 
cond Reading of the Customs Duties Bill; Duties Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Labouring 
mittee on the Labouring Poor (Jreland) Bill ; x 1. (ireland 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ~ 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Rates, 
Return, stating the Amount, in the Pound Sterling, 
levied for Poor Rates in each Parish of the several 
Unions in England and Wales, in each year, since 
1840. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after Twelve of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 





Lune, 8 die Februarii ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


em Midland Railway (Syston and Peterbo- yyjaland Rail. 
rough Railway Deviations and Approach to way (Syston 
Manton Station) Bill was read a second time ; and 44 Peterbo- 
committed. ng ne 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- tions, and 


mittee of Selection. Approach to 
Manton Sta- 


tion) Bill. 

A Petition of the Aberdeen Harbour Commis- a perdeen 
sioners, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the Harbour 
purchase by the Aberdeen Railway Company of a Bill. 
piece of ground at the upper part of the Pale, 
and upper part of the Harbour of Aberdeen, now 
vested in the said Commissioners, and to enable 
such Commissioners to make certain Alterations 
and new Works connected with such Harbour, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Bannerman and Sir 
Andrew Leith Hay. 


The Aberdeen Railway (Brechin Branch Devia- Aberdeen 
tion) Bill was read a second time ; and committed. oe 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Deviation) 


mittee of Selection. Bill. 


The Aberdeen and Great North of Scotland Rail- Aberdecs onl 
‘ ; : : e reat North 
ways (Amalgamation or Leasing) Bill was read a Srent tor 
second time ; and committed. Railways 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- (Amalgama- 
mittee of Selection. tion or Leas- 
ing) Bill. 
The Arbroath and Forfar and Scottish Midland Arbroath and 
Junction Railways Connecting Railway Bill was — i 
read a second time ; and committed. land Junction 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Railways Con- 
mittee of Selection. necting Rail- 
way Bill. 
The Manchester and Leeds Railway (Branches, Manchester 
Extensions, Deviations, Alterations of Levels, and 224 Leeds 
h : Ww i ae Bill d d . Railway 
other Works) Bill was read a second time ; and (Brancises, 
committed. Extensions, 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Deviations, 
. ~ . Alterations of 
mittee of Selection. Levels, and 
other Works) 
Bill. 
A Petition of the Exeter and Exmouth Railway Exeter and 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the ae 
Exeter and Exmouth Railway Act, 1846, and to 
enable the Zondon and South Western Railway 





Company to subscribe towards, lease or purchase 
the 


il alae i 


adem &amp; tee 





10 VicTroriz. 


the said Railway, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Divett, Sir John Duckworth and Mr. Francis 
Scott. 


A Petition of the Midland Great Western Rail- 
way of Ireland Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to enable the said Company to make a Railway 
was presented, and read ; 


Midland Great 
Western Rail- 
way of Ireland 
(Extension 

from Athlone from Athlone to Galway, 


—_—- ) and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Blake and Mr. Barry Baldwin. 

nee ee The Clarence Railway and Leeds and Thirsk 

ee Thirk Railway Amalgamation Bill was read a second 


Railway Amal- time ; and committed. 


gamation Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Glasgow, 


Pair, Kil- The Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr 
matneek and Railway (No. 5.) Bill was read a second time; and 
Ayr Railway committed. 
(No. 5.) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

in Rail- The Midland Railway (Extension from near Lei- 
pod eate rear cester, vid Bedford, to Hitchin, and to Northampton 
Leicester, via. and Huntingdon, and Enlargement of the Leicester 
Bedford, to. Station) Bill was read a second time; and com- 
Hitchin, and stad 
to Northamp- mitted. : 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


ton and Hunt- 
ingdon, and = mittee of Selection. 


Enlargement 

of the Leicester 

Station) Bill. 

Midland Rail- The Midland Railway (Leicester and Swanning- 
yn * saaca ton Railway, Widening, Deviations and Branches, 
ton Railway, Enlargement of Leicester Station, and extending 
Widening, powers as to Jbstock Branch) Bill was read a se- 
peor sae cond time ; and committed. 

Enlargement. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


of Leicester mittee of Selection. 


Station, and 
extending powers as to 
Ibstock Branch) Bill. 


The Metropolitan Sewage Manure Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Metropolitan 
Sewage 


Manure Bill, 


The Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway (Con- 
struction of Docks) Bill was read a second time; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Gloucester and 
Dean Forest 
Railway 
(Construction 
of Docks) Bill. 


A Petition of the Northern Counties Union Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable 
the said Company to make certain alterations in 
their Railway, in the parishes of Aysgarth and Wen- 
sley, in the North Riding of the county of York, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Major Beresford, Mr. 
Octavius Duncombe and Mr. William Collett. 


Northern 
Counties 
Union Railway 
Deviation Bill. 


A Petition of the Newport, Abergavenny and 
and Homann, Hereford Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
Beliway Bill for amending the Newport, Abergavenny and 
(Extension to Hereford Railway Act, 1846, and to authorize De- 
=e ll viations from the line of the said Railway, and for 
» 2" making Branches and Extensions therefrom, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Fitzmaurice and 


Mr. Bulkeley Hughes. 


Newport, 
Abergavenny 


Newport, 
Abergavenny 


A Petition of the Newport, Abergavenny and 
and linn, Hereford Railway Company, for leave to bring ina 
a Hereford “1° ° : - we os 
Railway De- Bill to enable the said Company to extend their 
Vistions Bill. Railway from the neighbourhood of Pontipool, to 
the Taff Vale Railway, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Fitzmaurice and Mr. Bulkeley Hughes. 

VoL. 102. 


8° Februari. 





79 


A Petition of the Corporation of the Governor, Norwich 
Deputy Governor and Guardians of the Poor of Small Tene- 
the city and county of Norwich, and liberties of ™s BUl: 
the same, for leave to bring in a Bill for more ef- 
fectually assessing, collecting and levying the Poor 
and other Rates, in the city and county of the city 
of Norwich, and liberties of the same, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by the Marquis of Douro 
and Mr. Burroughes. 


The West Cornwall Railway (Branches to Saint West Cornwall 
Ives and Norwayman’s Wharf, and Construction me 
and Enlargement of Quays at Hayle) Bill was read ey se a 
a second time; and committed. Norwayman’s 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- bane - 

° 4 ° /onstruction 
mittee of Selection. and Enlarge- 
ment of Quays 
at Hayle) Bill. 

The Eastern Union Railway (Branch from Man- Eastern Union 
ningtree to Harwich) Bill was read a second time ; Railway 

‘ (Branch from 
and committed. Manningtree 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- to Harwich) 

ill. 


mittee of Selection. B 


‘The Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund's Railway Ipswich and 
(No. 2.) (Extension from Bury Saint Edmund’s to Bury St. Ed- 


Newmarket and Ely) Bill was read a second time ; a (Ne ms 
and committed. (Extension 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- from Bury 
mittee of Selection 7 
° to Newmarket 
and Ely) Bill. 
_ The Huddersfield and Manchester Railway (De- Huddersficla 
viation and Alterations in Oldham Branch, &amp;c.) Bill and Manches- 
was read a second time; and committed. ter Railway 


; Deviati d 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- roche 
mittee of Selection. Oldham 
— &amp;c.) 
ill. 


The Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and yuddersficld 
Canal (Branch from Oldham to Ashton and Guide and Manches- 


: : : ; : - _ ter Railway 
a Bill was read a second time; and com- (0 qi "i 


(Branch from 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Oldham to 


: : Ashton and 
mittee of Selection. Guide Bridge) 
Bill. 


The Manchester and Leeds Railway (Branch from Manchester 
the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway to = = 
Barnsley, and Extension of Holmfirth Branch) Bill (Branch — 
was read a second time ; and committed. the Hudders- 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


field and Shef- 
: ; ld Juncti 
mittee of Selection. Seid Junction 


Railway to 
Barnsley, and Extension of 
Holmfirth Branch) Bill. 


A Petition ofthe Znverness Gas and Water Com- Inverness Gas 
pany, and of the thereunder-signed Directors there- 2%4 Water Bill. 
of, tor leave to bring ina Bill to enable the Inverness 
Gas and Water Company to raise a further Sum of 
Money, and to construct additional Works, and to 
amend the Act relating to the said Company, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Henry Baillie, Mr. 

Matheson and Mr. Edward Ellice. 


Sir Andrew Leith Hay presented a Bill to enable Salisbury 
the London and South Western Railway Company 2d Yeovil, 
to make a Railway from Salisbury to Yeovil, with ®#!wey Bil 
Branches to Shaftesbury and Wincanton, and to the 
Exeter, Yeovil and Dorchester, and Wilts, Somerset 
and /Veymouth Railways, and to purchase or lease 
the said Exeter, Yeovil and Dorchester Railway : 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


The Birmingham District Five Insurance Com- Birmingham 
pany Bill was read asecond time; and committed. — &lt;a) 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Company Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 
L4 The 








80 8° Februarit. A. 1847. 


Clerkenwell The Clerkenwell Improvement Bill was reada! In the Book of Reference, No. 120, in the parish 
—_— second time ; and committed. _of Snaith, is described as road and drain, whereas 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- the said number includes a field, which is not de- 

mittee of Selection. | scribed in the Book of Reference. 


The Book of Reference does not correctly set 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill to empower fh the names of the owners of the following 


London and 

















North Western the London and North Western Railway Company | properties: 
(Ormskirk to make divers Branch Railways in the County of ™ 
and Rainford Zarcaster, and for other Purposes: And the same On the Main Line: 
— &amp;c.) was read the first time; and ordered to be read a | 
second time. | | Names inserted 
No. Owners. in 
London and Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill to empower Sead at ene. 
Railway (Bese the London and North Western Railway Company Welk ait menial « 
cot and Wole to makea Branch Railway from Bescot to Wolver- 96 &amp; 97 Participants for the level | Undertakers of the 
verhampton hampton, and for other Purposes: And the same of Hatficld Chase, &amp;c.-| Aire and Calder 
— &amp;c.) was read the first time; and ordered to be read a Navigation. 
F second time. 99 Ditto - - - - | Ralph Creyke. 
Great N. . . Parish of Thorne : 
ireat North- § Mr, Wilson Patten presented a Bill to enable the 
em Railway Great Northern Railway Company to make an Ex-| 71 | Devizee in Trust under | William Godfrey. 
(Isle of . . : f Parish of Saundd the Will of the late 
Axholme Ex- tension of their Railway from the Parish of Saundby, Charles Dail 
tension) Bill. jn Nottinghamshire, to the Askern Branch of tl . —— - 
) in Nottinghamshire, to the Askern Branch of the 72 Ditto - - -  -| Henry Edow. 
Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole Railway, in the 
Parish of Owston, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Parish of Fishlake : 
with a Branch to rejoin the Great Northern Railway, Thomas Slandering = | Devizees in Trust of 


late William Coal- 
man. 


in the Parish of Snaith, in the said West Riding: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 





Parish of Hatfield : 
‘ _ 5&amp;6 | Mrs. Elibabeth Ariell -{ Makin Durham. 
The Fleetwood, Preston and West Riding Junc- 

tion Railway (Burnley and Colliery Branches) Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Fleetwood, 
Preston ana 
West Riding . 
Junction Rail- 
way (Burnley 
and Colliery 
Branches) Lill. 


Parish of Conisburg : 


146 | William Wasteneys - | John Goodlad. 


Parish of Wath-on-Dearne : 


64 | William Stockill - = - | George William Maw- 


son. 


And no application has been made to the owners 
of the above-mentioned properties. 


London and 
North Western 
Railway 


The London and North Western Railway (Lease 
and Purchase of the Huddersfield aud Manchester 
(Lease and Railway and Canal, and the Leeds, Dewsbury and 
Purchase of | Manchester Railway) Bill was read a second time ; 
+ ae mae and committed. 

Sieeiiaaten Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-| 
Railway and mittee of Selection. | 
Cana), and the 


The Book of Reference does not correctly set 
forth the names of the occupiers of the following 
properties : 














dass eae — No. Occupiers. —e" 
chester Railway) Bill. Book of Reference. 
Midland Rail- A Petition of the Midland Railway Company, 
maa for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said Com- Parish of Tankersley : 
Doncaster and pany to make a Railway from Goole to Doncaster; 14 | John Palfreyman and | Nathaniel Rothwell. 
— Line) and Barasley, and to join the line of the Sheffield, Christopher Rily — - 

_ Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway, and 18 Christopher Riley and | John Buckenshaw, 


Francis Buckenshaw - 


also from the Midland Railway, near Cudworth, to 19 | Bujunin Legeck - 


Barnsley, with Branches, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


Christopher Riley. 


The above errors occur on the Main Line. 


Parish of Doncaster : 


39 Richard Wood William Greenfield. 


Midland Rail- | Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


plied with, in the following instances ; viz. One of 
the diverging lines passes through two fields in the 
township of Monk Bretton, in the parish of Royston, 
but the names of the said township and parish are 
not contained in the notice with respect to such di- 
verging line, though they are contained in the no- 
tice with respect to the main line. 

Power is taken by Clause 7, of the proposed 
Bill, to make a Railway commencing in the parish 
of Warmsworth, but the Plans describe the same as 
commencing in the parish of Doncaster. 

A certain public drain under the control of the 


surveyors of public drains for the township of | 


Wath-upon-Dearne, situate between 59 and 60, in 
the parish of Wath-upon-Dearne, within the limits 
of deviation, is not numbered on the Plan, nor de- 
scribed in the Book of Reference, nor have the said 
surveyors been applied to with respect to the said 


mapas ro tay : + 40 William Greenfield - - | Richard Wood, 

a —* Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for | 94&amp; 95| Mary Bowe a - «| Samuel King. 1 
Doneasterand Private Bills; That in the case ofthe Midland Rail- . t 
Goole Line) way, Sheffield, Barnsley, Doncaster and Goole Line | . The above errors with respect to Nos. 39 and 40, 
Bill. Petition, the Standing Orders had not been com- | in the parish of Doncaster, occur on the easterly and 


on the northern junction, as well as on the main 
line; and with respect to Nos. 94 and 95, on the 
southerly junction as well as on the main line ; and 
with respect to Nos. 39 and 40, and Nos. 94and 95, 
no application has been made to the occupiers 
thereof. 


The Book of Reference does not contain the 
names of the occupiers of the following properties 
within the limits of deviation : 


Elsecar Branch ;—Parish of Wath-upon- Dearne. 





No. Name of Occupier 





omitted. 

| 
83 | James Armitage. 
116 Josiah Tunnacliffe. 





drain, 


The applications in writing made in respect of the 
following properties do not correctly show the man- 
| ner 





ion Ck ot het 





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ner in which the line of the deposited Section will 
affect the same : 

















Parish of Darfield. 
In Notice. Actual Measurement. 
No. . Embank- : Embank- 
Cutting. ment. Cutng, ment. 
ft. in. . mm ft. in. ft. in 
224 - 3 - 6 - 3 ~ 
225 7 - 8 8 not affected. 











The applications in writing made to the under- 
mentioned owners or occupiers in respect to the fol- 
lowing properties, do not correctly show the manner 
in which the line of the deposited Section will affect 
the same. 


Main Line. 
Parish of Conisbrough. 





























Description of line deposited, 
and of greatest height of 
Embankment, 
and depth of Cutting. 
No. Description. Owner. Occupier. 
In Notice. sete aaee 
ft. in. 
18 | Field - - | William Was-| - - - | 96 6 cut-| tunnelling. 
teneys. ting. 
20 | Waste or com-} - - - | Byelawmen - | 99 ~ ditto. 
mon land, 
22 Field - -|- - - | Edward Walker| 99 - ditto. 
24 Waste orcom-| - - - | Byelawmen - | 98 - 60, a cutting and 
mon land. tunnelling. 
25 Public bridle- | Surveyors of Ditto - =| 25 - 58 ft. -in. cute 
way. highways of ting. 
Conisbrough. 
90 | Field - - | Sarah Watkins,| - - - 5 - not on line. 
94 Ditto - -| - - - Matthew Chad-} 15 ~ not on line. 
wich, 
17. | Occupation-road| - - - | Jane Appleyard, 87 - tunnelling. 
104 Field - -| - - - Richard Awty | not on line | 17 feet cutting. 


Eastern Coun- 


ties Railway 
(Hertford to 
Hitchin) Bill. 


Fastern Coun- 


ties Railway 
(Hertford to 
Hitchin) Bill. 


The applications in writing made to William 
Priestly and William Godfrey, state the road there- 
in, numbered 68, in the parish of Thorne, to be 
crossed with an embankment of 9 feet, and the 
road is to be raised 9 feet, and carried over the 
Railway by a bridge; whereas it appears by the 
Section that there is a 9 feet 6 inch cutting at the 
said road. 

The applications in writing made to John Ler- 
vant, owner, and William Farmery, John Rhodes 
and John Millman, the occupiers of certain cot- 
tages, yards and out-buildings, numbered 95, in 
the parish of Thorne, do not show the manner in 
which the line of the deposited Section will affect 
the same. 

The declaration by the Midland Railway Com- 
pany does not state that they are the Promoters of 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Eastern Counties Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said 
Company to make a Railway from the Northern 
and Eastern Railway, at Hertford, to the Great 
Northern Railway, near Hitchin, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway (Hertford to Hitchin) Petition, the 
Standing Orders had not been complied with, in 
the following instance ; viz. 

The subscription contract did not, at the time of 
the deposit of the copy thereof in the Private Bill 
Office, amount to three-fourths of the estimate ; it 
appeared that John Bagshaw had subscribed for the 
sum of £.30,000 on the 10th of January, Archibald 
Hastie for the sum of £.40,000, and Robert Wil- 
liam Kennard for the sum of £.35,000 on the 11th 
of January ; it appeared that the above-named par- 
ties had agreed to sign the contract previously to 

VoL. 102. 





8° Februari. 81 


the 31st of December ; but that, by mistake, a dif- 
ferent contract had been brought to them for sig- 
nature ; that the mistake was rectified as soon as 
discovered ; and that one-tenth part of three-fourths 
of the estimate had been deposited with the Court 
of Chancery, previous to the 15th day of January. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Leedsand Thirsk Railway Com- Leeds and | 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the sy tan 
said Company to deviate the main Line of their tion of Main 
Railway in Crimple Valley, to alter the proposed Line in Crim- 
Junction with the York and Newcastle Railway, and ple Bile” 
to divert the Leeds, Wortley and Stanningley Turn- “  * 
pike-road, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Beckett 
and Mr. Aldam. 


A Petition of the Zeedsand Thirsk Railway Com- Leeds and | 
r : -: 2 : Thirsk Rail- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the ya. Gknares- 
said Company to make a Railway from the Town- borough and 
ship of Knaresborough to or near Boroughbridge, a 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to “""" 7 
be brought in accordingly, by Viscount Morpeth, 


Mr. Beckett Denison, Mr. Beckett and Mr. Aldam. 


A Petition of the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Com- Leeds and_ 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the a en 
said Company to make a Railway by Harrogate to gate and Pate- 
Pateley, and for other Purposes, was presented, and ley Branch, 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- &amp;¢-) Bill 
cordingly, by Viscount Morpeth, Mr. Bechett Deni- 


sonand Mr. Ferrand. 


A Petition of the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Com- Leeds and 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the cre ose 
said Company to make a Railway from Melmerby to aly maa 
Northallerton, and to form a Junction with the by to Northal- 
York and Newcastle Railway, was presented, and a &amp;e.) 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Wrightson, Mr. Octavius Dun- 
combe and Mr. Stansfield. 


A Petition of the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Com- Leeds and | 
pany, for leave to bring ina Bill for enabling the a Sl 
said Company to extend their Leeds and Hartlepool aiff and Stile 
Railway from Eaglescliff to the Clarence Railway lington Exten- 
at Stillington, all in the County of Durham, was Si) Bill. 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Lord Harry Vane, Mr. 


Octavius Duncombe and Mr. Grainger. 


A Petition of the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Com- Leeds and 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the Thirsk Rail- 
said Company to make a Railway from the Clarence i Aap 
Railway to the Newcastle and Berwick Railway, Newcastle 
with a Branch therefrom to the Bishop Auckland rey 
Branch of the York and Newcastle Railway, was a 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for enabling the said Company to make a Railway to 
the Mewcastle and Berwick Railway, with a Branch 
therefrom to the Bishop Auckland Branch of the 
York and Newcastle Railway: And that Lord Harry 
Vane, Mr. Grainger, Mr. Bright and Mr. Beckett 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir Fitz Roy Kelly presented a Bill to enable the Eastern Coun- 
Eastern Counties Railway Company to make a Rail- (Cusbeidae 
way from the Eastern Counties Railway, near Cam- Royston and 
bridge, to the Hertford and Ware Branch of the Ware Line, 
Northern and Eastern Railway, with Branches : ®¢:) Bill 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Sir FitzRoy Kelly presented a Bill to enable the eee Sone 
Eastern Counties Railway Company to make a po 2) "ay 
Railway from the Eastern Counties Railway, near (Cambridge to 


M Cambridge, 






































































82 8° Februarie. 


Bedfurd, &amp;c.) Cambridge, to the Bedford and Bletchley Railway, 

a. at or near Bedford, with Branches: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Liverpool, The Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway 
Tosby anc : ae = } . ( - 
Southport and Branch Bill was read a second time; and com 


mitted. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Railway and 
Branch Bill. 


Glasgow, The Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway, 
Dumfries and : 


Se ee a? 
Carlisle Raile 224 Glasgow, Paisley , Kilmarnock and Ayr er 
way, and Glas- way (No. 1.) Bill, was read a second time; anc 
gow, Paisley, j 

eee 4 committed. ; . “ 
and Ayr Rail. , Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
way (No. 1.) mittee of Selection. 
Bill. 


a sr ‘om- The Croydon Commercial Gas and Coke Bill was 
mercial Gas 


eee ay read a second time ; and committed. 
and Coke Bill. ~ ‘ 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

South Eastern The South Eastern Railway (Widening of the 
idle op Greenwich Railway, and Arrangement and Enlarge- 
‘ning o : J : Q : . : 
the Greenwich ment of the London Bridge Station) Bill, was read 

Railway, and a second time; and committed. 

mee = ena Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
and nlarge- . a : 

ment of the mittee of Selection. 
London Bridge 
Station) Bil). 
South Eastern 
Railway (Lon- 
don Bridge 
Station Ar- 


The South Eastern Railway (London Bridge Sta- 
tion Arrangement and Enlargement) Bill, was read 
a second time; and committed. 
rangementand QOrydered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
cata mittee of Selection. 


Leeds, Dews- 
bury and Man- 


The Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester Railway 
vary ane’2- (Extension to Wakefield and Junction at Methley 
chester Rail- ‘ r . _D . ; 
way (Exten- With the Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole, and the 
sion to Wake- York and North Midland Railways) Bill, was read 
rong ei a second time ; and committed. 

ley with the Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Wakefield, _ mittee of Selection. 
Pontefract and 

Goole, and the York and North 
Midland Railways) Bill. 


Manchester 
and Leeds 
Railway 


The Manchester and Leeds Railway (Alteration | 





A. 1847. 


Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


The Buckingham and Brackley Junction Rail- Buckingham 
way, and Ozford and Bletchley Junction Railway Scan on 
Companies Amalgamation and Extension of Lines yay ana - 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. Oxford and 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bletchley 

‘tt f Sclection Junction Rail- 
mittee of Selection. way Compa- 
nies Amalgamation and 
Extension of Lines Bill, 
The Exeter, Yeovil and Dorchester Railway and Exeter, 


; &gt; Beit «. . . ee eg Yeovil and 
a Bill was read a second time; and com= poychester 
mitted. 


Railway and 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Branches Bill, 


mittee of Selection. 


The Southampion and Dorchester Railway (ew Southampton 
Forest Deviation and Branches) Bill was read a and Dorches- 
second time ; and committed. Clow Fores 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Deviation and 
mittee of Selection. Branches) Bill. 


The Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway Wilts, Somer. 


’ 9 : pes ate ee : ‘ _ set and Wey- 
(No. 2.) Bill was read a second time; and com sesats Salt” 
mitted. 


; way (No. 2.) 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


The Order made upon the 25th day of January mmprovement 
last, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to facili- of Estates 
tate the Improvement of Estates by Landed Pro- (ireland) Bill, 
prietors in Ireland, was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Landed 
to facilitate the Improvement of Landed Property Property 
in Ireland by the owners thereof, and thereby to en) ae 
afford Employment to the Labouring Classes: And 
that Lord John Russell, The Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer and Mr. Labouchere do prepare, and bring 
it in. 





| Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Orders,— wheat. 
| Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of January 

last, for an Account of the Total Amount of Duty 
received upon Foreign Wheat imported between the 
| 5th day of July 1846 and the 19th day of January 
|1847; together with the weekly average Price of 
Wheat, according to the Gazette, in each week of the 


of Levels of Brighouse Branch of the West Riding | S¢me period ; and the Quantities imported, and the 


(Alteration of Union Railway and new Line into Zeeds) Bill, was Quantities entered for consumption in each week. 


a pea ne read a second time ; and committed. 
dee Wes Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-| 
Riding Union mittee of Selection. | 
Railway and 
New Line into 
Leeds) Bill. 
Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | 
way (Branches Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for | 
to Auchen. Private Bills; That in the case of the Wishaw and | 
heath Mineral Coltness Railway (Branches to Auchenheath Mine- | 
oo ngs ral Field and Canderside) Petition, the Standing 
sme)" Orders had not been complied with, in the following 
instances; viz. ‘The proportion or rate of inclina- 
tion between each change of gradient is not cor- 
rectly marked upon the Section, in the following 
instances: , 


Wishaw and 
Coltness Rail- 


On Section of the Extension Railway to Auchen- 
heath: 





Gradient Rate of Inclination 


Return to an Order dated the 26th day of Janu- Shipping. 
ary last, fora Return of the Number and Tonnage 
of Ships entered mwards and cleared outwards for 
the United States of America, distinguishing those 
of British, Colonial and American build, from the 
year ending 1st day of September 1836 to the year 
ending the 1st day of September 1846, inclusive. 

A Return of the several Places in Ireland where Provision 
Depots of Provisions have been established since Depots 
the 1st day of January 1846; the Date when each anaes 
such Depot was established ; the Dates when each 
was first opened, and has since been closed and re- 
opened; the Quantity of Provisions sold during each 
month, and the Average Price at which each descrip- 
tion of Provisions has been sold during such month. 

Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to the di- Court of 
rections of several Acts of Parliament,—Account of Crelan). 
Compensations granted to Officers attached to the _— 
Equity side of the Court of Exchequer, in Jreland. 

Copies of all Cases which have been stated and Assessed 








j 
} 
: j ae Correct Rate. 
occuring between marked on Section. ; ' 
| 


a | 
4 Miles 6f. 5 ch. 
and 


) j1 in 161 or 
8 Miles 2f. 1 ch. § 


Ll in 170 v thereby. 


J oe : : : axes. 
signed by Commissioners acting in the execution of 


by the Judges on Appeal, since the Date of a like 


- | — the Acts relating to the Assessed Taxes, determined 
a, - ae ; i 
| | Return made in the last Session of Parliament. 
| 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


| Table. 


On Section of branch to Wishaw and Coltness 
Railway : 


Commencement } Lingo {1 in 83 or 
and End - -/ | 


Mr. Parker presented a Bill to facilitate the Im- Landed 
provement of Landed Property in Ireland by the Property 


t thereby. | Owners thereof, and thereby to afford Employment Crciead) Ee. 


to No. 44. 


—_— kao hee OS 








10 VicTori#. 


the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


The Caledonian and Glasgow, Paisley and 
Greenock Railways Amalgamation Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 


Caledonian 
and Glasgow, 
Paisley and 


Greenock : 
Railways Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Amalgama- —_ mittee of Selection. 


tion Bill. 


Caledonian 
Railway 
(Lease or Pur- 
chase of the 
Glasgow, 
Barrhead and 
Neilston Di- 
rect, and the 
Glasgow 
Southern Terminal Railways) Bill. 


The Caledonian Railway (Lease or Purchase of 
the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Divect, and 
the Glasgow Southern Terminal Railways) Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Glasgow, Pais- 
ley and Green- 


The Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway 
ook Railway (Amendment and Branches to the Glasgow, Paisley, 
(Amendment Kilmarnock and Ayr, the Glasgow, Barrhead and 
and Branches [Vei/ston, and the Glasgow, Strathaven and Lesma- 
pty al hagow Railways, and to Haugh Pits) Bill was read 
Kilmarnock @ second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


and Ayr, the 

a ate and mittee of Selection. 
Neilston, and the Glasgow, Strathaven 

and Lesmahagow Railways, and to 


Haugh Pits) Bill. 


South Eastern 
Railway 
(North Kent 
Line) Bill. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens 
of the city of Rochester, in the county of Kent, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
South Eastern Railway (North Kené Line) Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Birkenhead, 
Lancashire 
and Cheshire 
Junction Rail- 
way (Devia- 
tion of Main 
Line, and 


A Petition of Lsaac Temple, Clerk, Incumbent of 
the parish of Plemstall, in the county of Chester, 
praying that the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire 
Junction Railway (Deviation of Main Line and 
Chester Branch, &amp;c.) Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


Chester ; 

Branch, &amp;c.), the Table. 

Bill. 

Glasgow, A Petition of Colonel William Newall Maxweil, 


Dumfries and of Goldiella, praying that he may be heard, by 

var andGlas- himself, his counsel or agent, against certain parts 

gow, Paisley, of the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway, 
ese and Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Rail- 
renee, 2.) way (No. 2.) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Bill. Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


South Eastern 
Railway 
(Strood to 
Maidstone) 
Bill. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens 
of the city of Rochester, praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the South Eastern Railway (Strood 
to Maidstone) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Norfolk Rail- 
Way (Branch 
from Wy- 
mondham to 
the Norwich 
Extension of 
the Ipswich 
and Bury 
Saint Ed- 


A Petition of the Reverend John Maddy, of 
Somerton, in the county of Suffolk, Doctor in Di- 
vinity, praying that he may be heard, by himself, 
his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the 
Norfetk Railway (Brauch from Wymondham, to the 
Norwich Extension of the Ipswich and Bury Saint 
Edmund’s Railway, and the proposed Thetford and 
VoL. 102. 


8° Februariz. 








83 


to the Labouring Classes: And the same was read! Reedham Railway, near Diss) Bill, was presented, 


mund’s Rail- 

and read. way, and the 
O : . ‘ as proposed 

rder ed, That the said Petition be referred to the Thetford and 

Committee on tie Bill; and the Petitioner heard, Reedham 

by himself, his counsel or agent upon his Petition, Ralway, near 

a : : iss) Bill. 

if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 

Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions from Dorchester Union ;—Norwich ;— Poor Re- 

Hutton Cranswick ;—Dolgelley ;—Rhodogeidio ; — moval Act. 
Llangefni; — Boston Poor Law Union; — and, 
Ipswich Union ; praying for the repeal or alteration 
of the Peor Removal Act,—were presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Settlement and Poor Removal. 


Petitions from Great Bolton (three Petitions) ;— 
Farnhill ;— Cononley ;—Sution ( York) ;—Hudders- 
field (two Petitions) ;—North Bierley (Chairman) ; 
—and, East Bowling (Chairman); praying the 
House to pass a Ten Hours Bili for all minors and 
females employed in Factories,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Factories. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors residing in Attornies 
Stafford, praying that they may be relieved from Certificates. 
the payment of the annual duties on their Certifi- 
cates, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Tabie. 

Petitions from Withnell ;—Liverpool Association Te:- 
for the Reduction of the Duty on Tea (Chairman) ; 
—and, Banbridge; praying the House to raise the 
supplies for Zreland in such a mode as will not press 
directly upon revenue, and to grant immediately 
such a reduction of the duty on Tea as will eftec- 
tually relieve the varied and important interests con- 
nected with its consumption, and yield an honour- 
able return to the Chinese nation for their liberal 
and enlightened policy towards us,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Lancaster Union;—and, Glou- Poor Law 
cester Union; praying that such a Poor Law for “te#n4.) 
Ireland may be passed as may be found adequate 
to the destitution of the [vish people, as may save 
the Petitioners from being made unfairly contribu- 
tory to their support, as may give to life and pro- 
perty the safeguards of civilization aud law, and 
which may protect the poor labourers of England 
from such a demoralizing competition with their 
fellow-labourers in Jreland as can only end in 
sinking both in the same abyss of universal wretched- 
ness,—were presented, and read and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners of land, and Agents of Ab- New Zealand. 
sentee Proprietors, in the Settlement of Velson, New 

Zealand, complaining of the conduct of the Mew 

Zealand Company in regard to the sale of land ; and 

praying the House to pass an Act enabling the Peti- 

tioners to obtain legal redress in the colony of New 

Zealand, by suing the principal agent or other officer 

of the Company, was presented, and read; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Liverpool ;—aud, Wolverhampton; 
praying for the repeal of the duties on the importa- 
tion of Foreign Copper Ores,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Copper Ores. 


A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce and Paper, 
Manufactures of the city of Edinburgh, praying for 
the repeal of the duties affecting Paper, or the entire 
removal of the excise survey on its manufacture, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Greenock (Chamber of Commerce); Lighthouses, 
—and, Aberdeen ; praviug the House to pass a law &amp;e. 
in accordance with the recommendations of the 
M 2 Select 














Rum. 


Relief to 
Ireland. 


Education. 


Factori s. 


Queen’s 
Prison. 


Emigration 
(Ireland.) 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Richard Wes- 
ton Mara. 


Agricultural 
Schools. 


Poland. 


Raja of 
Sattara. 


No. 45. 


Steam Ves- 
sels,( Navy.) 





84. 8°—9° Februari. A. 1847. 


Select Committee on Lighthouses, &amp;c.,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Distillers of Bandon;—and, Dis- 
tillers in that part of the United Kingdom called 
Ireland ; praying the House not to sanction the pro- 
posed alteration in the duties on Rum,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Bankers, Shipowners 
and others, of the town of Liverpool, praying the 
House to raise the money required for Ireland by 
such means as will not lay the burden directly upon 
the revenue, and to adopt measures for the relief 
of the country by the reduction of those imposts 
which at present press so heavily upon trade, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Sir William Somerviile presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of Minutes of the Com- 
mittee of Council on Education in August and 
December 1846. ; 

Copy of Reports of the Inspectors of Factories to 
Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the 
Home Department for the half-year ending 31st 
October 1846. 

Sir William Somerville also presented, pursuant 
to the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of 
Rules for the Conduct and Treatment of Prisoners 
in the Queen’s Prison. 

Copy of Rules or Portions of Rules for the Con- 
duct and Treatment of Prisoners in the Queen’s 
Prison. 

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


A Petition of Farmers, Labourers and Inha- 
bitants of the barony of Mohill, in the county of 
Leitrim, praying the House to provide means for 
enabling the poor of Zreland to emigrate tosome other 
country, where they may be able to support them- 
selves and their families, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Poor Law 
Guardians of the Union of Monaghan, praying that 
the Poor Relief (Jreand) Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Richard Weston Mara, of Ely- 
place, Dublin, Barrister-at-law, complaining of his 
removal from the office of Registrar of Friendly So- 
cieties in Ireland; and praying for inquiry into his 
case, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Cadogan Williams, praying the 
House to promote self-supporting Agricultural 
Schools throughout the kingdom, and especially in 
Treland, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Correspondence between the 
late Marquis of Londonderry and the Emperor 
Alexander, respecting the Kingdom of Poland; 
also, Copy of the General Treaty of Vienna, 1815, 
with the three Annexes relating to the Establish- 
nent and Government of the Free State of Cracow. 

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


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Raja 
of Sattara, which was presented upon the 5th day 
of this instant February, be printed. 


Mr. Ward presented, pursuant to Orders, — 
a Return of Screw Steam Vessels laid down and 





launched since the 1st day of January 1840; also, 
of Iron Steam Vessels laid down and launched 
from the same time, distinguishing those with Screw, 
their Tonnage, Horse-power and Armament. 
A Return of the Number of Commissioned Of- Navy. 
ficers of all grades on the Navy List, on the 1st day 
of January 1816. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


WilliamVilliers Stuart, Esquire, one other Mem- Controveried 
ber appointed by Mr. Speaker to serve on the Elections. 
General Committee of Elections, and not objected 
to by the House, took the following oath : 


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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Destitute 
into a Committee upon the Destitute Persons (Ire- Persons 
land) Bill. aetna 

(In the Committee.) 


Criavses, No. 12 to No 21, with Amendmeuts 
to several of them, agreed to. 


Clause added. 


Cuause (And be it Enacted,’ That on the ap- 
plication of the Relief Commissioners, the Com- 
missioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury shall be 
empowered to cause to be issued and paid from 
time to time, as they shall find necessary, out of 
any monies which may be granted for that pur- 
pose, any sum or sums of money, under such re- 
gulations and conditions, as the said Commis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury shall think fit, 
in aid of the rates so to be made as aforesaid, 
or of voluntary contributions, for the purposes of 
this Act; and all such monies shall be paid over 
to the Finance Committee of the Union, or Elec- 
toral Division or Divisions on account of which 
it shall have been issued, and shall be applied 
and accounted for in like manner as the monies 
paid pursuant to any warrant as aforesaid) 
brought up, and read 1° and 2°. 

Amendment proposed : At the end of the Clause, 
to add the words “ Provided always, That in no 
“ case shall the sum so advanced by the Com- 
missioners of Her Majesty’s ‘Treasury exceed 
the sum raised by rate, or voluntary contribution, 
within the Union or Electoral Division.” 
Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed : At the end of the 
Clause, to add the words, “‘ Provided always, That 
“no grant shall be made in aid of any such rates 
by the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, 
unless and until at least one moiety of such rates 
shall have been actually raised.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to, and added. 

Other Clauses added. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





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Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself peek ae 
into a Committee upon the Brewing from Sugar °°8* 
Bill. 

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


Martis, 9° die Februarii, 1847: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr.Greene 
reported, 


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reported, That the Committee lad gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Sugar and 
Rum. 


Petitions from Cupar of Fife ;—Colinsburgh ;— 
St. Andrews ; -- Kirkcaldy; — Newburgh ;— and, 
Perth; praying the House not to sanction the use 
of Sugar in distilleries, unless it pay an equal amount 
of duty to that charged on Barley malted, and not 
to admit Rum into consumption, except it pay a 
duty of at least 4s. 8d. per gallon,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Distilling from 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
Sugar Bill. 


proposed, That the Order of the day for the Com- 
mittee on the Distilling from Sugar Bill, be now 
read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Order of the day for the Com- 
mittee on the Distilling from Sugar Bill, be now 
read; and the same being read ; 

The House resolved itself into the Committee ; 
and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Poor Relief 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. 


mittee on the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Customs 


The Customs Duties Bill was, according to Order, 
Duties Bill. 


read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Friday next. 


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

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Supply. 


Labouring The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Poor (Ireland) mittee on the Labouring Poor (Jreland) Bill ; 

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


Wishaw and 
Coltness Rail- 
way (Branches 
to Auchen- 
heath Mineral 
Field and Can- 
derside) Bill. 


A Petition of the Wishaw and Coltness Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
said Company to make Branch Railways to Auchin- 
heath Mineral Field, and to Canderside; was pre- 
sented and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Ordered, That the Alphabetical List of Members 
to serve on Election Committees be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 


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








Martis, 9° die Februarii ; 
Anno 10° Victoriz Regine, 1847. 
PRAYERS. 

eakrentcy R. Brown, from the Court of Bankruptcy, was 
urt, called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant 
to the directions of an Act of Parliament,—A Re- 
turn of Fees by the Chief Registrar of the Court of 
Bankruptcy, from the 1st January to the 31st day 

of December 1846 :—And then he withdrew. 


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


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85 


Mr. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law Bingley Poor 
Commissioners, was called in ; and at the bar pre- House. 
sented, pursuant to Order,—A Return of the Num- 
ber of Times, and Dates thereof, that the Bingley 
Poor House, in the Keighley Union, has been visited 
by Assistant Poor Law Commissioners since the 
9th day of June 1842; the Number of Inmates in 
the said Poor House on that day, and the Number 
of Inmates on each succeeding Ist day of January : 
— Also, Copies of all Instructions which have been 
issued by the Poor Law Commissioners, and all 
Communications which they have received relating 
to the said Poor House, since the 9th day of June 
1842 :—Also, Copies of any Instructions which they 
have issued to the Auditor of the Keighley Union, 
authorizing him to prohibit the Constable of Bing- 
ley from relieving Destitute Persons whom he may 
find in the night-time in a state of Starvation ; and, 
if no such Instructions have been issued by them, 
whether the said Auditor has acted upcn his own 
responsibility in issuing such Order: —And then he 
withdrew. 

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


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Settle- 
ment and Poor Removal, have leave to sit this 
day, till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. 


Settlement 
and Poor 
Removal. 


Norwich 
Small Tene- 
ments Bill. 


The Marquis of Douro presented a Bill for the 
more effectually assessing, collecting and levying 
the Poor and other Rates, in the City and County 
of the City of Norwich, and Liberties of the same: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 4th and 5th days of 
this instant February; and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Public Peti- 
tions (Fourth 
Report.) 


Portadown 
and Dungan- 
non Railway 
Bill. 


A Petition of the Promoters of the Undertaking 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from Portadown, in the 
County of Armagh, to Dungannon, in the County of 
Tyrone, to be called The Portadown and Dungan- 
non Railway, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Portadown 
and Dungan- 
non Railway 
Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That, in the case of the Petition for 
the Portadown and Dungannon Railway Bill, the 
Standing Orders had not been complied with, as 
power is given by the Bill to the Dublin, Belfast 
and Coleraine Junction Railway Company to ac- 
cept a lease of the said Portadown and Dungannon 
Railway, but Notices of the said Bill have not been 
published in any newspaper of the counties of Lon- 
donderry and Antrim, in which counties the Dublin, 
Belfast and Coleraine Junction Railway is situate. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Aberdeen 


Mr. Bannerman presented a Bill to authorize the 
Harbour Bill. 


Purchase by the Aberdeen Railway Company of a 
Piece of Ground at the Upper Part of The Inches, 
and Upper Part of the Harbour of Aberdeen, now 
vested in the Aberdeen Harbour Commissioners, and 
to enable such Commissioners to make certain Al- 
terations and new Works connected with such Har- 
bour: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Liverpool, Manchester and 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for amalgamating the 

M 3 Liverpool, 


Liverpool, 
Manchester 
and Newcas- 
tle-upon-Tyne 








86 


Junction, and Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle-upon-Tyne ( 


— Junction, and Northern Counties Union Railway 
ounti &lt; 


Union Rail- Companies, was presented,and read ; and a Bill was 
ways Amalga- ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Cay- 
mation Bill. /ey and Mr. Hutt. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making 
a Railway trom the Great Western Railway at Chel- 
tenham, to join the Ozford and Rugby Railway, 
near Oxford, with a Branch therefrom, and for 
other Purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Cripps and Mr. Walpole. 


Cheltenham 
and Oxford 
Railway Bill. 


Boston, Stam- A Petition of the Boston, Stamford and Birming- 
ooo ham Railway Company, for leave to bring in a_ Bill 
Railway (Pe- to empower the said Company to make a Railway 
terborough from the Syston and Peterborough Railway, at or 
Line) Bill” near Peterborough, to the Stamfurd and Wisbech 
‘ Line of the Boston, Stamford and Birminghan 
Railway, in the Parish of Thorney and Isle of Ely, 

was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 

be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Fitzwilliam and 


Mr. Stafford O' Brien. 


A Petition of the Zondon and South Western 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
enable the said Company to make Railways from 
Andover, to join their Salisbury Branch Railway at 
e: Michaelmarsh, and from the same Branch at Rom- 
Salisbury ity * ate ; 
Branch, &amp;c.) S¢y, to join the Southampton and Dorchester Rail- 
Bill, way at Redbridge, allin the county of Southampton, 
to be called The Andover and Southampton Junc- 
tion Railway, was ‘presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Compton, Mr. Chaplin and Mr. Francis Scott. 


London and 

South West- 
ern Railway 
(Andover to 
the Bishop- 

stoke and 


Edinburgh, 
Leith and 
Granton Rail- 
way (Leith 
Extension) 
Bill. 


A Petition of the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
enable the said Company to make a Branch Rail- 


Leith, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir John 
Hope and Mr. Gibson Craig. 

Edinburgh, A Petition of the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton 
- to Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
enable the said Company to make a Branch Rail- 
way (including a Basm, Wharf and Landing Place) 
from the Haymarket Station of the Edinburgh and 
Glasgow Railway, to join and communicate with 
the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal at Meg- 
getland, and with the Edinburgh Branch of the 
Caledonian Railway at Gorgie Mains, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir John Hope and Mr. 
Gibson Craig. 


way (Union 
Canal and 
Caledonian 
Railway Junc- 
tion) Bill. 


Newport, Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
bergavenny 


and Herefora Vewport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway Com- 
Railway (Ex- pany to extend their Railway from the Neighbour- 
— n hood of Pontipool to the Taff Vaile Railway: And 
aff Vale . . : 
oo eg , e same wasr s first time: ; Bo Se ss 
Railway) Bil. the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Newport, 

Abergavenny 

and Hereford 
Railway De- 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for amending 
the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway 
Act, 1846, and to authorize Deviations from the 


viations Bill. Line of the said Railway, and for making Branches | 
and Extensions therefrom: And the same was read | 


the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 
Northern Mr. Henry Berkeley presented a Bill to enable 
Union Rail- the Northern Counties Union Railway Company to 
way Deviation make certain Alterations in their Railway, in the 
Bill. Parishes of Aysgarth and Wensley, in the North 
Riding of the County of York: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


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A, 1847. 


Mr. Blake presented a Bill to enable the Mid- Midland Great 
land Great Western Railway of Jreland Company y “tert Rail. 
3 y of Ireland 

to make a Railway from Athlone to Galway : And (Extension 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be from Athlone 


read a second time. we 


Petitions of Traders and Wharfingers, Owners Regent’sCanal 
and Occupiers of land, in the Regent’s Park ;— (Padtinston 
Owners and Occupiers of houses and land, in and saat Chas, 
in the neighbourhood of the Regent’s Park :—aud, house Railway 
Traders and Wharfingers on the Regent’s Canal ; = Brench) 
praying that the Regent's Canal Company (Pad- ~ 
dington and Limehouse Railway and Branch) Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of George.Bellas Greenough, of Grove 

House, Regent’s Park, in the county of Middlesex, 
Esquire, praying that he may be heard, by himself, 
his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the 
said Bill, was also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Regent’s Ca- 
posed, That the Regent’s Canal Company (Pad- CPaddine te 
dington and Limehouse Railway, and Branch) Bill ana pth " 
be now read a second time ; house Railway 

The Amendments following were proposed to be = Branch) 

made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word ~ 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being proposed, That the word 
now’ stand part of the Question:—The said 
proposed Amendment and Motion were severally, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 23d day of this instant Fe- 
bruary. 


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Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- Orders ; 
tions ; which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Crowland and Crowland and 
Cowbit Washes, &amp;c., Drainage Petition, for leave to "lhe ss 
present a Petition for a Bill, the Sessional Order prainage Bill. 
ought to be dispensed with; That the Parties be 
permitted to present their Petition accordingly. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Midland Midland Rail- 
Railway (Evewash Valley, &amp;c.) Petition, the Stand- Valley eh 
ing Orders ought to be dispensed with; That the Bill. © 
| Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 


3. Resolved, That in the case of the Glasgow, Glasgow, Pais- 
Paisley and Greenock Railway (Branches at Port —* 
Glasgow, and to the Caledonian Railway and Diver- ieee A 
sion of Canal) Petition, the Standing Orders ought Port Glasgow 
to be dispensed with ; That the Parties he permitted ne tte he 
to proceed with their Bill on amending the Section, way and Di- 
by stating thereon the situation of the weir to the version of 
level of which the datum line was intended to be ©2™*) Bill 
referred; and that the Committee on tke Bill do 
examine, in the first place. how far such Order has 
been complied with, and do report the same to the 
House, on the Report of the Bill. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. : 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Crowland and 
of the Petition for leave to present a Petition for the Cowbit me 
| Crowland and Cowbit Washes, &amp;c., Drainage Bill, bce = 
| which was this day made from the Select Committec ° 
| on Standing Orders, might be read ; and the same 
| 


being read ; 

A Petition of Proprietors of lands on Crowland 
| Washes and Fodder Lots, Deeping Fen, Welland 
Wash and Cowbit Wash respectively, all in the 
| county of Lincoln, for leave to bring ina Bill for the 
| hetter Drainage of lands called Crowland Washes 
| and Fodder Lots, Cowbit Wash and Deeping Fen 
| Wash, 





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Wash, in the several parishes of Crowland, Spalding 
and Pinchbeck, the hamlets of Cowbit and Peakhill, 
and the extra-parochial place or lands called 
Deeping Fen, or Deeping Fen Welland Washes, all 
in the county of Lincoln, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Sir John Trollope, Mr. Turnor and Mr. Finch. 


Leeds and 
Thirsk Rail- 
way (Branch 
from Melmer- _ 5 hd 
by to Northal- form a Junction with the York and Newcastle Rail- 


Mr. Wrightson presented a Bill for enabling the 
Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company to make a 
Railway from Melmerby to Northallerton, and to 


lerton, &amp;c.), 


a way: And the same was read the first time; and 


ordered to be read a second time. 


Caledonian 
Railway 
(Edinburgh 
Station and 
Branches to 
Granton, &amp;c.), 
Bill. 


A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company, 
for leave to brmig in a Bill to enable the said Com- 
pany to extend their Station in Edinburgh, and to 
make Branch Railways to Granton, to the Edin- 
burgh and Glasgow Railway, to Wilsontown, to 
Fauldhouse, and to Biggar and Broughton, wes 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hope Johnstone, Mr. 
Lockhart and Mr. Hodgson Hinde. 


Paisley, Barr- 
head and Hur- 
let Railway 


ill, 


The Paisley, Barrhead and Hurlet Railway Bill 
was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Glasgow,Paise The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
ley and Green- snect of the Petition for the Glasgow, Paisley and 
ock Railway é: 5 h R il c Br h = P Gil aE 
(Branches at reenock hallway ( ranches at Fort Glasgow, aud 
Port Glasgow, to the Caledonian Railway and Diversion of Canal) 
and to the Ca- Bil], which was this day made from the Select Com- 
ledonian Rail- ° . S 1 ‘ O “d Be : I he Or 1: | | 
way and Di- Muittee on Standing Orders, might be read; and the 
version of same being read ; 
Ran &gt;: * a ° . 
Canal) Bill. Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway 
Company to make certain Branch Railways at Port 
Glasgow,and to the Caledonian Railway at Glasgow, 
and to divert part of the Glasgow, Paisley and Ar- 
drossan Canal: And that Mr. Hope Johnstone and 
Mr. Baine do prepare, and bring it in. 


Norfolk Rail- 
way (Branch 
from Norwich 
to Aylsham, 
with a Branch 
to North Wal- 
sham) Bill. 


The Norfolk Railway (Branch from Norwich to 
Aylsham, with a Branch to North Walsham) Bill 
was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


North British 
Railway 
(No. 1.) Bill. 


The North British Railway (No. 1.) Bill was read 
a second time, and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Southampton 
and Dorches- 
ter Railwa 
(Weymouth 
Branch) Bill. 


The Southampton and Dorchester Railway (Wey- 
mouth Branch) Bill was read a second time; and 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Inverness Gas 
and Water 
Bill. 


Mr. Henry Baillie presented a Bill to enable the 
Inverness Gas and Water Company to raise a fur- 
ther Sum of Money, and to construct additional 
Works, and to amend the Acts relating to the said 
Company: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Exeter and 
Exmouth 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to amend the Exeter 
and Exmouth Railway Act, 1846, and to enable the 
London and South Western Railway Company to 
subscribe towards, lease or purchase the said Rail- 
way: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Leeds and 


Lord Harry Vi 
cy ol arry Vane presented a Bill for enabling 


way (Eagles. the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company to extend 
a) agies- . ° 

cliffand Stil- their Leeds and Hartlepool Railway from Eagles- 
lington Exten- cliff, to the Clarence Railway, at Stillington, all in 


sion) Bill, “VoL. 102 


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87 


the County of Durham: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Lord Harry Vane presented a Bill for enabling Leeds and 
the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company to make a Thirsk Rail- 
Railway from the Clarence Railway to the New- a Asc 4 
castle and Berwick Railway, with a Branch there- Newcastle Ex- 
from to the Bishop Auckland Brauch of the York tension, &amp;c.), 
and Wewcastle Railway: And the same was read” 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Beckett presented a Bill for enabling the Leeds and | 
Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company to make cur cna: 

ailway, by Harrogate, to Pateley, and for other gate and Pate- 
Purposes: And the same was read the first time ; ley Branch, 


and ordered to be read a second time. &amp;c.), Bill. 


Mr. Beckett presented a Bill for enabling the Leeds and 
Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company to deviate Thirsk Rail- 
the Main Line of their Railway in Crimple Valley, ¥°Y Pyris: 

Way In Urompte Valley; tion of Main 
to alter the proposed Junction with the York and Line in Crim- 
Newcastle Railway, and to divert the Leeds, Wort- ple Mk 
ley and Stanningley Turnpike-road : And the same “” ~~ 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Beckett presented a Bill for enabling the Leeds and 
Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company to make + ee 
Railway from the Township of Knaresborough, to or a : 
near Boroughhridge: And the same was read the Boroughbridge 


first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. Branch) Bill. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Factories. 
Clergy, Gentry, Millowners, Manufacturers, Factory 
Operatives and other Inhabitants of Bradford, in the 
West Riding of the county of York, praying the 
House to pass a Ten Hours Bill for all minors and 
females employed in Factories, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Sunderland (two Petitions) ;— Navigation 
Montrose;—and, South Shields and Westve, within L@¥s. 
the Port of Newcastle-upon- Tyne ; stating that while 
the Petitioners and the Shipping interest generally 
concur cordially in the temporary suspension of the 
Navigation Laws in the present exigencies of the 
nation, so far as regards the free importation of food, 
they hope that no advantage will be permitted to be 
taken of such concurrence to urge the permanent re- 
peal of those laws, but that the House will be pleased 
to negative every such attempt, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman of the Chamber of 
Commerce and Manufactures at Manchester, pray- 
ing the “House forthwith to institute a calm and 
searching inquiry into the effects of the existing 
Navigation Laws upon the interests and conditions 
of the British people, was also presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors of War- Attornies 
minster, in the county of Wilts, praying that they Ccttificates. 
may be wholly relieved from the payment of their 
annual duties on their Certificates, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Herring 
a Return of the Quantity of Herrings, in Barrels, fooler 
: - cotland. ) 

cured, shipped and exported during the years 1842, 
1843, 1844, 1845 and 1846, from the Ports of Aber- 
deen, Fraserburgh, Peterhead, Banff, Portsoy, Cul- 
len, Speymouth, Burghead, Inverness, Helmsdale 
and Wick, and all other Ports or Creeks interjacent, 
specifying the Number of Barrels cured, shipped 
and exported at each of the said Ports and Creeks 
respectively ; also, the Names of the Vessels in 
which, and Ports to which they were sent, with the 
Official and Declared Values of their Cargoes ; —_ 
M 4 the 








Leave of 
Absence. 


Revenue and 
Expenditure. 


James Gerrard 


and others. 


Richard Wes- 
ton Mara, 


Milbank 
Prison. 


James Ger- 
rard, and 
others, 


Ware Union. 


38 


the Number and Tonnage of all Boats or other 
Craft employed in the Herring Fishery during each 
of the above years, at the said Ports and Creeks 
respectively, with the Number of the Crew in each 
Boat so employed. 


Ordered, That Colonel Westenra have leave of 
absence for a month, on account of ill health ;—and, 
Mr. Welbya month, on account of a domestic afflic- 
tion. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of Public Revenue and Expenditure from 
1822 to 1846, both inclusive; showing, (1) the 
Amount received in each year from the Ordinary 
Revenue; (2) the Amount received from other 
Sources; (3) the Total Revenue in each year, de- 
ducting Drawbacks and Re-payments; (4) the 
Charges of Collection and other Payments out of 
the Revenue, in its Progress to the Exchequer ; 
(5) the Charge of the Public Debt, funded and un- 
funded ; (6) the Amount of all other Expenditure ; 
(7) the Total Expenditure for each year :—And, of 
the Expenditure for the Army, Navy and Ordnance, 
from 1822 to 1846, both inclusive ; distinguishing 
under each year, and under each head, the Expendi- 
ture; (1) for the Effective Service; (2) for the 
Non-effective Service ; (3) the Total Expenditure. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Informations and Evidence 
given before the Magistrates assembled in Petty 
Sessions at Warrington, on Monday the 25th day 
of January last, on which James Gerrard, Thomas 
Wyke, James Ireland and John Dobson were sen- 
tenced to Three months imprisonment, with Hard 
Labour, for leaving the service of Joseph Baxter 
Edelsten, File manufacturer; together with Copies 
of the Convictions and Warrants of Commitment, 
and of the Contracts entered into by the said Pri- 
soners with the said Joseph Baxter Edelsten. 

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


Ordered, That the Petition of Richard Weston 
Mara, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Letter from the Secretary of 
State to Bickham Escott, Esquire, and of the Re- 
port therein referred to, on the State of Milbank 
Prison. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Letter from Thomas Lyon and 
William Stubbs, Esquires, Magistrates acting at 
Warrington, dated the 4th day of February 1847, 
containing a Statement relative to the case of James 
Gerrard and others. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Copies of all Letters to and from the Poor Law | 


Commissioners and their Assistant Commissioner, 
Mr. Hall, relative to the compulsory Resignation of 
Mr. Palmer, late Clerk and Superintendent Registrar 
of the Ware Union, received reson ig to those 


9°—10° Februari. 








A, 1847. 


(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 524, 
of Session 1846). 


Mr. Sidney Herbert reported from the General Controvertea 
Committee of Elections; That they had selected the E!¢ctions. 
following Members to be the Chairmen’s Panel, 
and to serve as Chairmen of Election Committees 
for the present Session :—The Right honourable 
Francis Baring; Ralph Bernal, Esquire ; George 
Bankes, Esquire ; Robert Palmer, Esquire; Henry 
Home Drummond, Esquire ; and, The Honourable 
Henry Manners Sutton. 

Mr. Sidney Herbert also reported from the 
General Committee of Elections; That they had 
divided the List referred to them of Members to 
serve on Election Committees into Five Panels. 

Whereupon the Clerk decided by lot at the 
Table the order of the said Panels, and distinguished 
each of them by a number denoting the order in 
which they were respectively drawn. 

Ordered, That the said Panels be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Navigation 
That a Select Committee be appointed, to inquire Laws. 
into the operation and policy of the Navigation 
Laws ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Ricardo, 1 155 
Yeas, L Mr. Hume : | eae 
Tellers. for the ¢ Mr. Liddell, 1 61 
Noes, Mr. Alderman Thompson: f &gt;” 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Roman Ca- 
for the further Repeal of Enactments imposing Pains tholic Relief 
and Penalties upon Her Majesty’s Roman Catholic 
Subjects, on account of their Religion: And that 
Mr. Watson, Lord John Manners and Mr. Escott 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Agricultural 
for the Improvement of Agricultural Tenant Right oo Right 
in England and Wales: And that Mr. Pusey, Mr. “a 
Evelyn Denison and Mr. Acland do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Corporal 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Copy Punishments 
of the Returns of Corporal and other Punishments on (8% 
board each of Her Majesty’s Ships in the Royal 
Navy, ineach year from the 1st day of January 1844 
tothe 31st day of December 1846, stating the Name, 
Rating, Nature of the Offence, Date of Punish- 
ment, the Number of Lashes, and Remarks of Com- 
mander in Chief or Senior Officer, as to any excess 
of Punishments, or otherwise, according to the 
Schedules published and ordered in the Admiralty 
Instructions, dated the 1st day of January 1844, 
for the Government of Her Majesty’s Naval Ser- 
vice; stating also, the Number of Seamen and 
Marines employed in each year, and the Average 
Number flogged; distinguishing those with and 
those without Trial by Court Martial; distinguish- 
ing the Number of Commissioned and Warrant and 
Petty Officers; also, specifying the names of Her 
Majesty’s Ships and Vessels, and the name of the 
Commanders, in which no Corporal Punishments 
have been inflicted in any of these years ; 


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


Mercurii, 10° die Februarii, 1847: 
The said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Police 


ptesented to the House of Commons, in July 1846, | Returns of the Police Reward Fund in Ireland, (reland-y 


constituted 





d 


Destitute 
Persons 
(Ireland) Bill. 


t 
Brewing from 
Sugar Bill. 


Distilling 
from Sugar 
Bill. 


Agricultural 
Tenant Right 
Bill. 


No. 46. 


Corporal 
Punishment 
(Arny.) 


Navy 
Estimates. 


No. 47. 


Isle of Man. 
No. 48. 


10 VicTroriz. 


constituted by the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 13, s. 49, 
for the year ending the 31st day of December 1846 : 
—Of the Police Superannuation Fund, constituted 
under the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 13, s. 46, for 
the year ending the 31st day of December 1846 :— 
Of the Names ofall Persons receiving Pensions or 
Gratuities from either of the above Funds, showing 
the date in each case of the Commencement of 
Service, the Rank or Employment of each Individual, 
the cause and date of Retirement, the age of each 
person at the date of Retirement, and the Amount 
received by each per annum, or otherwise, as re- 
ceived from either of the above Funds, specifying on 
which the charge is made :—And, showing the 
Number of Policemen who are employed as Ser- 
vants by the Inspector-General of Police in Ireland, 
the Deputy Inspector-General, Received Surgeon, 
Veterinary Surgeon, Provincial Inspectors and 
Officers of the Reserved Force of Police in Dublin ; 
together with the Number of Policemen acting as 
Clerks, Messengers or other Employment, not that 
of an ordinary Constable, in the Office of the In- 
spector-General or other Officer above named, or to 
the Officers of the Reserved Force of Police in 
Dublin; also showing the Number of Policemen 
in every County in Jreland who do not perform the 
Duties of Constables, but are employed either as 
Clerks or Officers’ Servants, have charge of Of- 
ficers’ Horses or otherwise; distinguishing the 
Number of Men in each Employment, together 
with the Expense, including the Pay and Allow- 
ances of those in each Employment ; together with 
a Recapitulation, showing the Annual Expense of 
Officers’ Servants, Clerks, &amp;c., and the Total 
Annual Expense of Servants, Clerks, Messengers, 
&amp;e. 


Mr. Greene reported the Destitute Persons (Lre- 
land) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time, upon Friday 
next. 


Mr. Greene reported the Brewing from Sugar 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Thursday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report on the Distilling from Sugar Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon 
Thursday next. 


Mr. Pusey presented a Bill for the Improve- 
ment of Agricultural Tenant Right in England and 
Wales : And tne same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday the 
22d day of this instant February ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of Persons flogged in the Army in Great 
Britain and Ireland, in the years 1845 and 1846, 
to the end of July; specifymg the Offence, the 
Regiment, the Place of Station, the Time, the Sen- 
tence, and the Number of Lashes inflicted. 


Mr. Ward presented, pursuant to an Address 
to Her Majesty,—Navy Estimates for the year 
1847-48. 

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


Ordered, That the Copies of the Addresses of the 
Inhabitants of the Town of Douglas and vicinity, 


agreed upon at a Public Meeting convened by the 
VoL. 102. 


§°—10° Februari. 


89 


High Bailiff, the Chief Magistrate of that Town and 
District, and presented to his Excellency Lieutenant 
Governor Hope, by Deputations from the said Meet- 
ing, consisting of the High Bailiff and others, and 
W. Kelly and others: —Of the Petition of the said 
W. Kelly and others, presented to his Excellency 
on the same occasion :—Of the Address of the In- 
habitants of the Town of Ramsey and Northern 
District of the Isle of Man to his Excellency, and 
agreed upon at a Public Meeting convened by the 
High Bailiff, the Chief Magistrate of that Town 
and District, and presented by a Deputation from 
that Meeting :—Of the Petitions of the Committees 
and Delegates of the Associations in the Northern 
and Southern District of the Isle of Man, having for 
their object the attainment of an Elective House of 
Keys, presented to his Excellency by a Deputation 
from the several Parishes and Towns of the said 
Isle :—Of the Protest of Lieutenant-Colonel Camp- 
bell, delivered to his Excellency on the 6th Decem- 
ber 1845, on the occasion of Lieutenant-Colonel 
James Campbell’s refusing to be sworn a Member of 
the House of Keys :—And, of the Correspondence, 
or Extracts therefrom, which has taken place be- 
tween his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor and 
the said Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell, relating to 
his Election as a Member of the House of Keys, 
the mode in which that House is at present consti- 
tuted, and the state of public opinion in this Island 
on that subject, which were presented upon the 
21st day of April, in the last Session of Parliament, 
be printed. 


of Judicial Sittings of the Justices of the Peace 
for the Isle of Man since the first appointment of 
Justices in that Island, stating the year the first 
appointment took place, and under what Act of 
Parliament ; also showing the Name of their Clerk 
or Clerks, and the Amount of Salary or other 
Emolument per annum received by him; also 
showing the Gross Amount of Fines inflicted by 
the Justices, and the Net Amount paid to Govern- 
ment :—Showing the several Ecclesiastical and 
Civil Official Situations, Judicial and otherwise, 
held by persons who have been admitted Members 
of the Manz Bar, showing their Names and Amount 
of Salary, and other Sources and Amounts of 
Emoluments of such Situations, and stating if the 
Parties, and which of them, now practice at the 
Manx Bar :—And, showing the Number of Attor- 
nies, and the Names of each, who sit as Members 
of the House of Keys in its judicial capacity, which 
were presented upon the 21st day of May, in the 
last Session of Parliament, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns of the Amount col- 
lected in the Isle of Man, by the authority of the 
Act 54 Geo. 3, c. 143, s. 1, for Harbour Dues in 
each year, from the year 1833 to 1843, under the 
several heads stated by the Schedule of that Act: 
—Of the Expenditure of the Amounts so received, 
under the various heads to which appropriated, and 
of the Balance in hand of the said Funds on the 
[st day of January 1844:—Of the Commissioners 
now qualified, and who execute the said Act :— 
And, of the Amount of Fines levied under its 
authority, in an amended form, and in conformity 
with the said Act, which were presented upon the 
15th day of June, in the last Session of Parliament, 
be printed. 


Sums of Money annually derived by the Govern- 
ment, also by their Officials and the Persons ap- 

ointed to any office by authority of any Act of 
rynwald, as Salary, and in lieu of Salary or other- 
wise (including Civil and Ecclesiastical), under Acts 
of Tynwald or other authority, oe each 
Amount, and by whom received, and his office, and 





N stating 





Ordered, That the Returns showing the Number Jsle of Man. 


No. 48. 


Isle of Man. 
No. 48. 


Ordered, That the Returns of all the several! Isle of Man. 


No, 48, 





Isle of Man. 
No. 48. 


Isle of Man, 
No. 48. 


Isle of Man. 
No, 48. 


Prisons, 
No. 49. 


Shipping. 
N oO. 50. 
Provision 


Depots 
(Ireland.) 


No, 51. 


90 9°—10° Februari. 


stating the several offices held by each individual, 
showing under what Act or other authority, during 
the last Twenty years, distinguishing each year :— 
And, showing the several Amounts paid for improve- 
ments and alterations in the several Government 
Buildings (Harbours excepted) on the Island, dis- 
tinguishing each Building and Land, and showing 
the Amount expended on each place in each year 
during the last Twenty years, which were presented 
upon the 15th day of June, in the last Session of 
Parliament, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Memorial or 
Petition of the Parochial "ie of the Isle of Man, 
presented to the House of Keys, in December last, 
on the subject of the Marriages and Registration 
Bills for that Island, which was presented upon the 
15th day of June, in the last Session of Parliament, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns of the Number and 
Tonnage of Boats engaged during the last Twenty 
years (distinguishing each year) in the Fishing, on 
the Coast of the Island, that have paid Custom :— 
Of the Quantities and declared Value of British and 
Trish Produce and Manufactures and Foreign and 
Colonial Goods (on which Duty has been paid on 
Importation into the United Kingdom) exported 
from the United Kingdom to the Isle of Man during 
the years 1840, 1841, 1842 and 1843 :—Of the 
Number and Description of each Vessel, with the 
Amount of Tonnage of each, distinguishing the 
Ports to which they belonged, the Ports where they 
cleared from, and where bound to, with the Descrip- 
tion of Cargo, that have entered the Ports of the 
Isle of Man, distinguishing each Year and Port, 
during the past Twenty years:—Of the several 
Items of Expenditure, and showing the Amount of 
each Salary in the Collection of the Revenue in the 
Isle of Man during the last six years, distinguishing 
each year :—Of theseveral Items of Superannuations 
and Pensions paid out of the Isle of Man Revenue 
of Customs during the last six years, distinguishing 
each year :—And, of the several Items of Expen- 
diture paid out of the Revenue of Customs in the 
Isle of Man, for the Administration of Justice and 
Government of the Island, during the last Twenty 
years, distinguishing each year and each Salary :— 
And, the Return of the Quantities of Foreign and 
Colonial Goods brought into the Jsle of Man, free 
of Duty, from the bonded Warehouse in the United 
Kingdom, in the year 1845 :—A Tabular Return of 
the Quantities of Wheat, Flour, Meal, Barley, Oats, 
Potatoes, Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Eggs and Butter, 
forwarded from the Isle of Man, as the Produce 
thereof, in each year ending the 5th day of January 
1845 and 1846 :—A Tabular Return of the several 
Quantities of Goods brought into the Isle of Man 
n the years 1843, 1844 and 1845, which were en- 
titled to Drawbacks of Excise, distinguishing each 
year :—Returns, showing the several Amounts of 
Money granted during the last Twenty years by 
Government for educational Purposes in the Js/e of 
Man, and how appropriated, distinguishing each 
year:—And, showing the several Amounts of Money 
granted during the last Twenty years by Govern- 
ment for Charitable Purposes in the Is/e of Man, 
and how appropriated, distinguishing each year, 
which were presented upon the 25th day August, in 
the last Session of Parliament, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to Prisons, 
which were presented upon the 5th day of this 
instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Shipping, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Provision 
Depots (Zreland), which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 








A. 1847. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Steam Steam Vessels 
Vessels (Navy), which was presented yesterday be (N@vY m 
printed.» No. 52. 


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








Mercurii, 10° die Februarii ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Cripps presented a Bill for making a Rail- Cheltenham 
way from the Great Western Railway at and Oxford 
Cheltenham, to join the Oxford and Rugby Railway ®*!way Bill. 
near Oxford, with a Branch therefrom, and for 
other Purposes: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Watson presented a Bill for the further Re- Roman Catho- 
peal of Enactments imposing Pains and Penalties lic Relief Bill. 
upon Her Majesty’s Roman Catholic Subjects, on No. 53. 
account of their Religion: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Wednesday the 24th day of this instant 
February ; and to be printed. 


The Vewmarket and Chesterford Railway (Ex- Newmarket 
tension to Thetford) Bill was read a second time ; 2”4 Chester- 


. ford Railway 
and committed. (Extension to 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Thetford) Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to enable the Gilas- Glasgow, Pais- 
gow, Paisley and Greenock Railway Company to !¢y and Green- 
c z i a ock Railway 
make certain Branch Railways at Port Glasgow, (Branches at 
and to the Caledonian Railway at Glasgow, and to Port Glasgow, 
divert Part of the Glasgow, Paisley and Ardrossan *%4 to the Ca- 
: ledonian Rail- 
Canal: And the same was read the first time ; and way and Di- 


ordered to be read a second time. version of 
Canal) Bill. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to enable the Cale- Caledonian 
donian Railway Company to extend their Station Railway 
: ? 7 ; : (Edinburgh 
in Edinburgh, and to make Branch Railways to gation and 
Granton, to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, Branches to 
to Wilsontown, to Fauldhouse, and to Biggar and Granton, &amp;c.), 
Broughton: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


The Caledonian Railway (Glasgow, Garnkirk and Caledonian 
Coatbridge Railway, Branch to Glasgow Station) ‘Ghana 
Bill, was read a second time ; and committed. Garnkirk and 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Coatbridge 


, s é Railway; 
mittee of Selection. Branch to 


Glasgow Sta- 
tion) Bill. 
Mr. Brown presented a Bill for amalgamating Liverpool, 
the Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle-upon-Tyne vr 5 ancl 
Junction and Northern Counties Union Railway dlo-upon- Tyas 
Companies: And the same was read the first time ; a and 
or 


and ordered to be read a second time. Northern 
Counties 


Union Rail- 
ways Amal- 
gamation Bill. 
Mr. Fitzwilliam presented a Bill to empower the Boston, Stam- 
Boston, Stamford and Birmingham Railway Com- ford and Bir- 
: mingham 
pany to make a Railway from the Syston and Pe- paiiway (Pe- 
terborough Railway, at or near Peterborough, to the terborough 
Stamford and Wisbech Line of the Boston, Stam- and Thomey 
ford and Birmingham Railway, in the Parish of “"°? 
Thorney and Isle of Ely: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Compton presented a Bill to enable the Zon- London and 
don and South Western Railway Company to make South West- 
Railways 


Ld tae PP oe er 


ais atid ie te 





ern Railway 
(Andover to 
the Bishop- 
stoke and 
Salisbury 
Branch, &amp;c.), 
Bill. 


Chard Canal 
and Railway 
(Extension 

and Amalga- 
mation) Bill. 


Westminster 
and Lambeth 
Bridge Bill. 


District Luna- 


tic Asylums 
(Ircland.) 


Peninsular 
and Oriental 


Steam Packet 


Company. 


Swansea 
Harbour Bill. 


10 VicToRIiz. 


Railways from Andover to join their Salisbury 
Branch Railway at Michaelmarsh, and from the 
same Branch at Romsey to join the Southampton 
and Dorchester Railway at Redbridge, all in the 
County of Southampton, to be called The Andover 
and Southampton Junction Railway: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


The Chard Canal and Railway (Extension and 
Amalgamation) Bill, was read a second time ; and 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Sir Samuel Brown, of Netherbyres 
House, in the county of Berwick, Knight, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for making a Bridge across the 
River Thames, from Church-street, Lambeth, to 
Market-street, Westminster, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Suspension Bridge across the River 
Thames, from Church-street, Lambeth, to Market- 
street, Westminster: And that Sir De Lacy Evans 
and Captain Plumridge do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, showing the Number and Names of the Dis- 
trict Lunatic Asylums of Zreland ; the Number and 
Names of the Governors of those Asylums ; stating 
the Dates of their Appointment, the Counties ap- 
pointed for, the Number of Meetings held in each 
Asylum, in each year during the Five years ended the 
31st day of December 1846, and the Names of the 
Members attending for said period at such Meetings ; 
the Number of ‘ Urgent Cases’ admitted into each 
Asylum ; distinguishing the County from which 
received, and the Distance of each Urgent Case’s Re- 
sidence from such Asylum; the Average Duration in 
each month, stated in Hours for such month, so far as 
can be ascertained, during Three years ended the 
31st day of December 1846, of the Medical Attend- 
ance upon each District Lunatic Asylum ; distin- 
guishing at foot how often such Attendance took 
place after two o’clock p. m. by the Visiting Medical 
Officers, Physicians, Surgeons or Apothecaries, the 
Number and Names of all Officers, the Number and 
Names of all Servants, their Salaries and Wages ; 
stating whether Officers or Servants hold other, and 
if so what situations, independent of and uncon- 
nected with such District Lunatic Asylum as they 
may be attached to or reside in; the Number of 
curable or probably curable Cases; the Number of 
incurable or probably incurable Cases, distinguishing 
the latter into harmless, incurable, insane, harmless 
idiots, mischievous or dangerous, incurable, insane, 
mischievous or dangerous idiots, for Three years, 
ended the 31st day of December each year; the 
above Returns to be made out by the proper Officers 
and signed by them, countersigned by the Manager 
or Chief Officer of each District Lunatic Asylum 
in Ireland. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Charter granted to the Peninsular and 
Oriental Steam Packet Company ; and, of the Con- 
tracts entered into between Her Majesty’s Govern- 
ment and the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet 
Company. 


A Petition of Trustees for carrying into Execution 
the several Acts thereinafter mentioned, relating to 
the Harbour of Swansea, in the county of Glamor- 
gan, for leave to bring in a Bill toamend the several 
Acts relating to the said Harbour, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. John Henry Vivian and Mr. 
Talbot. 

Vot. 102. 


10° Februari. 





91 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bradford, praying Anatomy Act 
for the appointment ofa Committee tu investigate 
the working of the Anatomy Act, with a view to its 
repeal, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from the Drogheda Poor Law Poor Law 
Union ; praying for amendment of the Poor Law in {eland.) 
Ireland,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cuckfield Union ;—and, Worcester 
Union (Chairman); praying that such a Poor Law 
may be passed as may be found adequate to the 
destitution of the Jrish people, as may save the Peti- 
tioners from being made antairly contributory to their 
support, as may give to life and property the safe- 
guards of civilization and law, and which may pro- 
tect the Poor Labourers of England from such a 
demoralizing competition with their fellow labourers 
of Ireland, as can only end in reducing both to the 
same state of wretchedness,—were also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Rugby Union ;—and, Worcester poor Removal 
Union (Chairman); praying for the repeal or amend- Act. 
ment of the Poor Removal Act,—were presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Settlement and Poor Removal. 


A Petition of Shipowners of the Port of Dundee, Lighthouses, 
praying the House to pass a law in accordance with &amp;«. 
the recommendations of the Select Committee on 
Lighthouses, &amp;c., was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President of the Chamber of Tea. 
Commerce of the city of Waterford, praying the 
House to take intoearly consideration the expediency 
of making a liberal reduction in the present duty on 
Tea, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Alford ;— Horncastle ;—and, Ex- Attorgies’ 
eter; praying that Attornies and Solicitors may be ©**tiftcates. 
relieved from the payment of the annual duties on 
their Certificates,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Finsbury, and others Raja of 
interested in the welfare and good government of S#ttara. 
the British Indian Empire, stating that they are 
deeply interested in the case of his Highness 
Purtaub, the ex-Raja of Sattara, who has been ac- 
cused of hostility to the British Government, has 
been forcibly deposed and exiled from his domi- 
nions upon shis charge, and for seven years has been 
denied the means of being heard in his own defence ; 
and praying the House to secure to this Prince 
that which is the right of every man subject to 
British Law, namely, the opportunity of examining 
the charges which have been brought against him, 
the evidence in support of the same, and of bring- 
ing forth the proofs of his innocence, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Committee of Intoxicating 
the National Temperance Society, praying the House Drinks. 
to adopt measures for immediately arresting the 
manufacture of Intoxicating Drinks, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Solicitors of Her Majesty’s High Court of 
Court of Chancery, praying the House to inquire “'*"°"Y: 
into the claims made a the Lord Chancellor, in 
pursuance of the Act for abolishing certain Offices 
of the High Court of Chancery in England, and to 
take under its consideration the several orders made 
thereon, and to inquire into the fees imposed upon 

N2 the 








Affidavits. 


Answer to 
Addresses. 


Milbank 
Prison. 


Milbank 
Prison. 


Bingley Poor 
House. 


No. 54. 


Navy. 
No. 55. 


Factories. 





92 10°—11° Februariz. A. 1847. 


the suitors, and into the state and several charges grove ;— Crankeyshaw ;— Castleton ;—Duntocher ; 
affecting the several funds of the suitors of the said — Horton (Chairman) ; — Luddenden ; — Shercoat 
Court, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie , (four Petitions) ;— Warley ;— Wheatley ;—Ovenden ; 


upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Cobbett, a Prisoner in the 
Queen’s Prison, praying that inquiry may be made 
into the facility for personation in Affidavits taken 
in Her Majesty’s Courts in England and Ireland, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Sir George Grey reported tothe House, That their 
several Addresses of the 5th, 8th and 9th days of 
this instant February, (That Her Majesty would be 
graciously pleased to give directions that the Papers 
therein mentioned might be laid before this House), 
had been presented to Her Majesty; and that Her 
Majesty had commanded him to acquaint this 
House, that She will give directions accordingly. 


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to 
several Addresses to Her Majesty,—Copy of a 
Letter addressed to the Secretary of State by the 
Inspectors of Milbank Prison, and of Extracts made 
by them from the Report of the Commissioners ap- 
= to inquire respecting the Prison, and of the 

emarks of the Inspectors thereon. 


Copy of a Letter from the Secretary of State to 
Bickham Escott, Esquire,and of the Report therein 
referred to, on the State of Milbank Prison. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bingley 
Poor House, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy, | 


which was presented upon Monday last, be printed. 


| 
Petitions from Rastrick (two Petitions) ;—Holm- 
firth (two Petitions) ;—Kirkburton (six Petitions) ; 


—Almondbury (five Petitions) ;—Newfold Mill ;— 


| — Mizxenden ;—Somerby ;—and, Rishworth ; pray- 
| Ing the House to passa Ten Hours Bill for all minors 
_and females employed in Factories,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Reading of the Factories Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
now” stand part of the Question :—And a De- 
bate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Wed- 
nesday next, 


“cc 


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

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





limit Arrest for Debt in Jreland: And that Sir 
| Henry Winston Barron and Mr. Monckton Milnes 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


It being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker adjourned 
the House till To-morrow, without putting 
the Question. 





} 


Jovis, 11° die Februarii ; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


the East India Company, was called in; and 


Mr. J. Hobson Farrar ;—Manchester and Salford | %* the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 
(two Petitions) ;—Bradford (four Petitions) ;— | several Acts of Parliament,—Resolutions of the 
Wadsworth ;— Huddersfield (ten Petitions) ;—Scar- Court of Directors of the East India Company, 


bolton;—Hebden Bridge Mill;—Martin Mill;—| being the Warrants or Instruments granting any 


Winters ;—Clayton West (two Petitions) ;—Skel- 
—- ;—Longroyd Bridge ; — Paddock; — 
Denby Dale ;—Buttershaw (Chairman) ;— Holbeck ; 


— Bolton (Mayor) ;—Chorley (three Petitions) om | 


Spotland ;—Preston (nineteen Petitions) ;—Nether- 
ton ;—Leigh ;—Leeds (two Petitions) ;—Spotland 
and Newchurch;—Keighley (two Petitions) ;—Ba- 
cup (five Petitions) ;— Barrhead (three Petitions) ; 
— Sharples ;—Ainsworth (two Petitions) ;— Rosen- 
dale ; — Failsworth ;— Little Bolton; — Shore ;— 
Great Bolton ;— Leicester ;— Fereneze;— Lower My- 
tholm ;— Heap (four Petitions) ;—Meltham ;— Ash- 


ton;— Ashton-under- Lyne (seven Petitions) ;— Stock- | tions and Allowances granted by the Court of 


port (four Petitions) ;—Stayley ;— Dukinfield (eight 


Petitions) ;—Crofthead ;— Ripponden (two Peti-| 


tions) ;—Chorlton-on- Medlock ;— Thornton (Chair- 
man) ;—Emley (two Petitions);—High Hoyland; 
— Oldham (sixty-five Petitions) ; — Saddleworth 
(five Petitions) ;—Quick;—Commercial Mills ;— 
Thornliebank Mill;—-Glasgow (ten Petitions) ;— 
Dundee ;— Crompton (seven Petitions);— Bury (ten 
Petitions) ;—_Bluckburn ;— Halifaz (four Petitions) ; 
— Wiredaleand Wardle ;— Macclesfield ;— Rochdale 
(nineteen Petitions) ;—Spawhole ;—Kirkheaton ;— 
Samlesbury (three Petitions) ;— Whitelees ;—Salms- 
bury ;—Cawthorn ;— Crossland ;—Crossarthurlie ; 
—Smallbridge ;— West Arthulie;— Neilston; — 


Dale ;— Bolton ;— Meetham ;— Hutchesontown (two 
Petitions) ; — Heywood ; — Manchester ; — Green- 


Pension. 


Resolutions of the Court of Directors of the East 
| India Company, being the Warrants or Instruments 
granting any Salary or Gratuity. 


An Account of Allowances, Compensations, Re- 
munerations and Superannuations granted to Offi- 
cers and Servants of the East India Company, in the 
year 1846, (there having been no Allowances of this 
nature granted to Officers or Servants of the Board 
_ of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, within the 
same period). 


Particulars of all Compensations, Superannua- 





| Directors of the East India Company, and con- 
firmed by the Board of Commissioners for the 
Affairs of India, between the 1st January and 31st 
| December 1846 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


ment and Poor Removal have leave to sit this day, 
| till five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 





Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table, — Index to 


Correspondence, from July 1846 to January 1847, (Ireland.) 
Oakbank ; — Paddock ; — Rothesay ; — Walton-le- | relating to the measures adopted for the Relief of No. 56- 


Distress in Jreland (Commissariat Services.) 
| Ordered, That the said Paper be printed. 


| Ordered, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Factories Bill. 


Supply. 


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


Debt 


(Ireland) Bill. 


| M&amp; Campbell, from the Court of Directors of East India. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Settle- Settlemens 


and Poor 
Removal. 


Distress 


Railw 
Classi 
(First 


Lond 
Nort! 
ern I 
(Port 
and 





10 Vicroriz. 


Railway Bills Ordered, That the Classification Committee of 
Classification Railway Bills, have power to report from time to 
(First Report.) tine, 

No. 57. Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the said Com- 
mittee ; That they had considered the matters 
referred to them, and directed him to make a Re- 
port thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 

London and A Petition of the Zondon and North Western 
North West- Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
ern Railway hac sage 5 : 
(Portobello enabling the said Company to make a Branch line 
and Wolver- of Railway from Portobello to Wolverhampton, and 
Ee ne) for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
fn referred to the Select Committee on Standing 


Orders. 


A Petition of the Zondon and North Western 


London and 


North West- Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
eee enabling the said Company to make a Railway from 
and Lichfield Birmingham to Lichfield, with Branches, and for 
oy &amp;c.), amending the former Acts relating to the said Com- 


pany, was presented, and read ; and referred tothe 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


The East Lincolnshire Railway (Louth Naviga- 
tion Purchase) Bill was read a second time; and 
committed, 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


East Lincoln- 
shire Railway 
(Louth Navi- 
gation Pur- 
chase) Bill, 


Great North. A Petition of the Great Northern Railway Com- 
ern — pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said 
(ices Lynn) Company to make a Branch Railway to King’s 
Bill. Lynn, in Norfolk, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Christopher, Mr. Turnor and Mr. Beckett 
Denison. 
Edinburgh, Sir John Hope presented a Bill to enable the 
a Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway Company 
way (Leith to make a Branch Railway to the Upper Draw- 
Extension) bridge, in the Town of Leith: And the same was 
Bill. read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 
Edinburgh, Sir John Hope presented a Bill to enable the 
oe 4. Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway Company 
vay (Union to make a Branch Railway (including a Basin, 
Canaland Wharf and Landing-place) from the Haymarket 
Rugicnian | Station of the Edinburgh and Glasyow Railway, to 
tion) Bil, Join and communicate with the Edinburgh and Glas- 
gow Union Canal at Meggetland, and with the Edin- 
burgh Branch of the Caledonian Railway, at Gorgie 
Mains: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 
Caledonian A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company, 
a (Ex- for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said Com- 
ion of ? : 
Motherwell pany to make an Extension of the Motherwell Branch 
sewed of the Clydesdale Junction Railway to Auchinheath 
e 


fae . Mineral Field, with Branches therefrom, was pre- 
ction Rail- ‘ 
way to Auch- sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 


inheath Mine- mittee on Standing Orders. 
ral Field, with 
Branches to the Wishaw and Coltness Rail- 
way, Canderside and Hamilton) Bill. 


Caledonian Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
se Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Motherwel! Private Bills; That in the case of the Caledonian 
we Railway (Extension of Motherwell Branch of Cly- 


desdale Junction. Railway to Auchinheath Mineral 
Field, with Branches to the Wishaw and Coltness 
Railway, Canderside and Hamilton) Petition, the 
Standing Orders had not been complied witli, in the 
following instances ; viz. 

Railway, Can- , - be following property within the limits of devia- 
derside ang tion is not numbered on the Plans, or described in 
Hamilton Bill. the Book of Reference. 

Vou, 102. 


Junction Rail- 
way to Auch- 
inheath Mine- 
Tal Field, with 
ranches to 
the Wishaw 
and Coltness 


11° Februariz. 


93 


A house and garden adjoining Nos. 85 and 86, in 
the parish of Hamilton, on the branch to the 
terminus of the Clydesdale Junction Railway, near 
Hamilton. 

The proportion or rate of inclination between 
each change of gradient is not correctly marked 
upon the Section, in the following instances : 


On Section of Extension to Auchenheath: 





Rate of Inclination : 











Gradient occurring Y 
Marked on 
between Sectian, Correct Rate. 
M. f. ch. M. f. ch. 


4 6 5 and 8 2 1 





1 in 170 | 1 in 161 


On Section of Branch to Wishaw and Coltness 
Railway : 


Commencement and End -| 1in80 | lin 83 


Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company, Caledonian 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said Com- Rulway 
pany to make Branches from the Clydesdale Junc- a a 
tion Railway, to the Douglas and Lesmahagow Clydesdale 
Mineral Fields, and to Sérathavon, was presented, Junction Rail- 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on &gt;, wines 


: Douglas and 
Standing Orders. Lesmahagow 


Mineral Fields, 
and toStratha- 
von) Bill. 
Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Caledonian 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for sais 
Private Bills ; Thatin the case of the Caledonian —— 
Railway (Branches from the Clydesdale Junction Clydesdale 
Railway, to the Douglas and Lesmahagow Mineral 3 ae Rail- 
Fields, and to Strathavon) Petition, the Standing Demhes a 
Orders had not been complied with, in the following Lesmahagow 
instances; viz. edited sh au. iekde, ad to 
_ The following properties, lying partly within the gtrathavon) 
limits of deviation, are not numbered on the Plan, Bill. 
nor described in the Book of Reference. 
On the branch to West Town, parish of Blan- 
tyre: A small piece of land between No. 8, and a 
road excluded from the limits of deviation, at the 
corner of field No. 6. 
Parish of Dalserf: A field between road No. 14, 
and field No. 10. 
The additional Plan of the following property 
dc: «not correspond with the general Pian. 
A plantation numbered 154, in the parish of 
Lesmahagow on the general Plan, is not numbered 
on the enlarged Plan, No. 154, on the enlarged Plan 
being placed on a road. 
The height of the Railway over the surface of the 
public road (No. 202 on the Plan of the line to 
West Town, in the parish of Lesmahagow), which 
appears by the Plan to be crossed by the Railway, 
is not marked in figures at such crossing on the 
Section. 
On the cross Section No. 4* upon the branch to 
Strathavon, the rate of inclination of the surface of 
the road as proposed to be altered, is not marked in 
figures thereon. 
The Book of Reference does not contain the 
name of Janet Miller, as owner of the part of 23, 
23, 23, in the parish of Stonehouse, adjoining the 
occupation-road No. 19, and separated by it from 
Nos. 81 and 37, and no application was made to 
her in respect of the said property. 
The Book of Reference is further inaccurate in the 
following particulars : 
On the branch to Strathavon, the names of the 
owners, lessees and occupiers of Nos. 6,7, 8, 9,11 
114 and 12, in the parish of Dalserf, ave not inserted. 
On the branch to Bank End, the names of the 
owners, lessees and occupiers of Nos, 261, 264, 266, 
267 and 265, in the parish of Lesmahagow, are not 
| inserted. 





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94. 11° Februari. 


It appears that in the two last-mentioned 
instances, the name of the owners, lessees and oc- 
cupiers of the above-mentioned properties occur in 
the Book of Reference to the line to West Town, 
from which line the branches on which the omis- 
sions occur diverge. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 

Sutton Har- A Petition of Subscribers to and Promoters of 
—— the undertaking thereinafter referred to, for leave 
“to bring in a Bill for improving and regulating the 
Harbour of Sutton Pool, in the Port of Plymouth, 
in the county of Devon, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Sir John Yarde Buller, Mr. Pole Carew, and 

Mr. Francis Scott. 


Ayrshireand A Petition of Promoters of an undertaking 
Railway thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
(Smithstown for making a Railway from Smithstown to Dalmel- 
to Dalmelling- Jington, in the county of Ayr, was presented, and 
ton) Bill. read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Richard Hodgson and Mr. Hope 
Johnstone. 
Soteinghasn A Petition of the Ambergate, Nottingham and 
and Boston, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway Company, 
and Eastern for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said Com- 
ee” pany to alter the line of their Railway, and to con- 
pe ofLine Struct certain Branch Railways connected therewith, 
and Branches into or near the town of Nottingham, was pre- 
ham) Bie sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Frederick Tolle- 
mache, Sir James Duke and Mr. Gisborne. 
naar Ba Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Railway Bil. Mr. Smth, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills ; That in the case of the Newry and 
Enniskillen Railway Petition, the Standing Orders 
had not been complied with, in the following in- 
stance ; viz. The Bill is stated in the Agent’s de- 
claration to be a Bill of the Third Class, and the 
Standing Orders applicable to Bills of the Third 
Class only have been complied with; but the Bill 
appears to be a Bill of the Second Class, inas- 
much as by Clause 5, power is given to deviate in 
certain parts from the line, and beyond the limits 
of deviation laid down on the Plans deposited and 
referred to in the Newry and Enniskillen Railway 
Act, 1845, notwithstanding anything in the Railway 
Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, or in the said 
Newry and Enniskillen Railway Act, 1845, respec- 
tively contained, provided such deviations be made 
with consent of the owners, lessees and occupiers 
of the lands through which the same shall be made, 
and provided such deviations be subject to the Clause 
in the Railway Clauses Consolidation Act, limiting 
deviations from gradients, curves, tunnels and other 
engineering work ; and by Clause 6, the provisions 
of the said Newry and Enniskillen Railway Act, 
1845, are extended and applied to the Railway and 
Works by this Act (or the proposed Bill) authorized. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Liverpool, A Petition of the Liverpool, Manchester and 
a, Newcastle-upon- Tyne Junction Railway Company, 
tle-upon-Tyne for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize certain Al- 
Junction Kail terations in the Line of the Liverpool, Manchester 
ite dp and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway, and 
= for other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a 
Hawes Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 


Branch) Bill. Major Beresford, Mr. Cayley and Mr. Hutt. 


Dundee and A Petition of the Dundee and Perth Railway 
Perth Railway Company, and of the thereunder-signed Directors 
(Alteration on, thereof, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
and Inchture, said Company to alter and extend their Line near 


Polgavie and to Perth, and to make Branches therefrom to Jnch- 








A. 1847. 


ture, Polgavie and Inckmichael, was presented, and Inchmichae| 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- Btches)Bil, 
cordingly, by Mr. Duncan and Lord Gordon Hal- 

lyburton. 


A Petition of the Dundee and Perth Railway Dundee and 
Company, and of the Dundee and Newtyle Railway X*wtyle Bi 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for widening, “"”*Y . 
altering and improving the Dundee and Newtyle 
Railway, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Dun- 
can and Lord Gordon Hallyburton. 


A — of the Eastern Counties Railway Com- aga Coun. 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said /S°/“4Uway 
Company to make a Railway from the Syston and “ Folking at 
Peterborough Railway, in the Parish of Etton, in ham) Bill. 
the County of Northampton, to the Ambergate, Not- 
tingham and Boston Junction Railway, near Folk- 
ingham, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir John 
Trollope and Mr. Hudson. 


The Windsor, Staines and South Western Railway Windsor, 
(Richmond to Windsor, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second pe a 
time; and committed. py Railway 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- (Richmond to 
mittee of Selection. aes — 


The Windsor, Staines and South Western Railway Windsor, 
(Staines to Ascot and Wokingham, with Branches,) Staines and 
Bill d d ti d : 1 South West- 

ill was read a second time; and committed. ern Railway 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- (Staines to 


mittee of Selection. Ascot and 
Wokingham, 
with 
Branches, )Bill, 


The London and Blackwall Railway Improve- London and 


ment, and Branches to Saint Katherine’s and Lon- Blackwall 


; 3 : Railway In- 
don Docks, Bill was read a second time ; and come provement and 


mitted. Branches to 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- = — 
° ~ . 1 
mittee of Selection. London Decks 
lil. 


A Petition of the Eastern Counties Railway Com- Eastern Coun- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said ties Railway 
Company to make a Railway from the Great North- ek Bil 
ern Railway, near Spalding, to the Nottingham aud 
Lincoln Branch of the Midland Counties Railway, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hudson and Mr. 

Hastie. 


A Petition of the South Staffordshire Railway South Staf- 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to empower frdshire Rail- 
; ; . way (Cannock,, 
the said Company to make divers Branch Railways, wricy and 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; Norton 
anda Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, any Bar 


by Colonel Anson and Mr. Edward Buller. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 1raintree and 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making — Bal 
a Railway from the Maldon, Witham and Braintree “*’ _ 
Railway, near Braintree, to Halstead, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Hudson and Sir John Tyrell. 


A Petition of the Eastern Counties Railway Com- Eastern Coun- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said ties Railway 
Company to make a Railway from Wisbech to Spald- Wie Diy 
3 ; : Spalding) 
ing, and to construct Docks at Wisbech, in connec- 
tion therewith, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Hudson and Mr. Hastie. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- Midland Rail- 
spect of the Petition for the Midland Railway (Ere- way (Erewash 
wash Valley, &amp;c.) Bill, which, upon Thursday last, a" » &amp;c.) 
was made ons the Select Committee on Standing” ~ 
Orders, might be read ; and the same being read ; 


Ordered, 


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and C 
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Bury 
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yrs 


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in- 


il- 
ish 


Newmarket 
and Chester- 
ford Railway 
(Extension to 
Bury Saint 
Edmund's, 
with a Branch 
to Ely) Bill. 


Newmarket 
and Chester- 
ford Railway 
(Extension to 
Bury Saint 
Edmund’s, 
with a Branch 
to Ely) Bill. 


10 VicTorIiz. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Midland Railway Company to pur- 
chase the Mansfield and Pinzton Railway, and to 
alter the same, and to make a Railway from the 
Erewash Valley Railway to the Nottingham and 
Mansfield Railway, with Branches to Mansfield and 
also to the Alfreton Iron-works: And that Mr. 
Hudson and Mr. Mundy do prepare, and bring it 


in. 


A Petition of the Newmarket and Chesterford 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
enable the said Company to extend their line of 
Railway to Bury Saint Edmund’s, with a Branch to 
the City of Ely, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills; That, in the case of the Petition for the 
Newmarket and Chesterford Railway (Extension to 
Bury St. Edmund's, with a Branch to Ely) Bill, 
the Standing Orders had not been complied with ; 
viz. 

Deposit of a Parisu Puan. 


A portion of the Plan and Book of Reference re- 
lating to the parish of Holy Trinity, Ely, was de- 
posited with the clerk of the hamlet of Stuntney, 
instead of with the Parish Clerk of the parish of 
Holy, Trinity, Ely, in which parish the said hamlet 
of Stuntney is situate. 


Pian and Book of REFERENCE. 


A certain Inclosure within the limits of deviation, 
m the parish of Gazeley, adjoining the northern 
boundary of the Inciosure numbered 6, and the 
road numbered 4, in the same parish, is not num- 
bered on the Plan deposited in the Private Bill 
Office. 


On sheet No.8, of the said Plan ofthe Ely Branch, 
the names of the counties of Cambridge and Suffolk 
are transposed, and the parish of Herringswell ap- 
pears to be in the county of Cambridge instead of 
in Suffolk, and the parish of Kennett to be in the 
county of Suffolk, instead of in Cambridge. 


The Book of Reference to the said Plan depo- 
sited in the Private Bill Office, is incorrect, as it 
contains the followmg numbers and descriptions, 
purporting to refer to the property described in the 
said Plans, whereas no corresponding numbers ap- 
pear upon the said Plans, by which the said pro- 
perties can be identified : 























N° on 
Parish. Book of Description. Observations. 
Reference. 
Soham - - 55 Field. 
Soham - - 632 | House, Officesand | In this case there 
Garden. are two N°® 63 
Soham - - 185a | Drain. on the Plan. 
Holy Trinity, Ely 5a | Plantation. 
Holy Trinity, Ely 25 Field. 
Holy Trinity, Ely 27 Field. 
Kentford - - 12 Plantation. 
Line from Newmarket to Bury Saint Edmund's. 
Gazeley = - 6a | Plantation, 
Gazeley  - - 6° Field. 
Westley - . 5 Plantation. 
SECTIONS. 


On the Section of Branch Railway to Ely depo- 
sited in the Private Bill Office, the said Section does 
not correctly show the surface of the ground 
marked upon the Plan, nor the true level thereof, 
with reference to the datum horizontal line, in the 
instances and to the extent set forth in the follow- 
ing Schedule : 


VoL. 102. 


11° Februari. 





95 


Height of the Surface 
of the Ground above 
the Datum Line, as 
same ought in fact 





Height of the Sur- 
face of the Ground 
above Datum Line, 
as appears by the 


At the Surface of the 
Ground, occurring 
on the said Section 
at the distance, 











deposited Section, | % : 
thereon, of jt to appear, about 
Miles. fur. ch. feet. inches. feet. 
1 &amp; 8 43 - 32 
10 7 13 77 «326 69 
) i a 73 6 65 


The height of the intended Branch Railway to 
Ely, over the navigable River Ouse, occurring at 
the distance of 3 furlongs, 7 chains, from the Ely 
terminus, and the height and span of the arch of 
the bridge or viaduct, by which the said river is 
intended to be crossed by the said Branch Rail- 
way, is not marked in figures on the said Section, 
at the crossing thereof. Two public roads are 
crossed by the said Railway, at the distance of 
4 miles, 16 chains, and 4 miles, 21 chains, on the 
said Section of the Branch Railway to Ely, of 
which the level is intended to be altered, but there 
are no cross Sections, showing the surface of the 
present roads. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Manchester, 
gesses of the Borough of Manchester, in the county Sheffield and 
of Lancaster, praying that they may be heard, by anor - 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain (Ashton 
parts of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire a oo 
Railway (Ashton Canal Purchase) Bill, was pre- “iase) = 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Great Post-road North British 
District of Turnpike-roads of the county of Had- ogy, oo 
dington, and of the Right honourable Thomas Earl iki 
of Haddington, one of the said Trustees ; praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the North 
British Railway (No. 1.) Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Manchester, 
gesses of the borough of Manchester, in the county ama el a 
of Lancaster, praying that they may be heard, by Railway ‘(Sta 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain tion Approach 
parts of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire ™ — 
Railway (Station Approach in Manchester) Bill, — 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Mary Brown, of Dunstable, in the London and 
county of Bedford, Widow, praying that she may North West- 
be heard, by herself, her counsel or agent, against CSairtAlben’s 
certain parts of the London and North Western {uton and 
Railway (Saint Alban’s, Luton and Dunstable Dunstable 
Branch) Bill, was presented, and read. Branch) Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by herself, her counsel or agent, upon her Petition, 
if she think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


N 4 A Petition 








Southampton 
and Dorches- 
ter Railway 
CWeymouth 
Branch) Bill. 


Croydon Com- 
mercial Gas 
and Coke Bill. 


Huddersfield 
and Manches- 
ter Railway 
(Deviations 
and Altera- 
tions in Old- 
ham Branch, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Exeter, Yeovil 
and Dorches- 
ter Railway 
and Branches 
Bill. 


Lahore. 
No. 58, 


Capital 
Punishment. 


Poor Law 
ireland.) 


Property Tax. 


96 


A Petition of John Trenchard Trenchard, of 
Poxwell House, in the county of Dorset, Esquire, 
praying that he may be heard, by himself, his coun- 
sel or agent, against certain parts of the Southamp- 
ton and Dorchester Railway (Weymouth Branch) 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of 
the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Trustees ot the Surrey and Sussex 
Roads, praying that they may be heard, by their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Croy- 
don Commercial Gas and Coke Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of Manchester, in the county 
of Lancaster, praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway 
(Deviations and Alterations in Oldham Branch, &amp;c.) 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of William Hamwood Frampton, of 
Gray’s Inn, in the county of Middlesex, Esquire, 
praying that he may be heard, by himself, his 
counsel or agent, against certain parts of the Ez- 
eter, Yeovil and Dorchester Railway and Branches 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Sir John Hobhouse presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Coumand,— Papers relating to the Articles of 
Agreement concluded between the British Govern- 
ment and the Lahore Durbar, on the 16th of De- 
cember 1846, for the Administration of the Lahore 
State during the Minority ot the Maharaja Dhuleep 
Sin . e 

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


Petitions from London (two Petitions); — and, 
Greenwich (Chairman); praying that some other 
penalty, befitting a civilized and christian state may 
be provided, in heu of the Punishment of Death,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Guardians of the Poor of the 
Salford Union, in the county of Lancaster, praying 
that such a Poor Law for /reland may be enacted, 
as shall be just and equitable to all Her Majesty’s 
subjects, and afford that relief which the waits and 
necessities of the Zrish Poor require, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


A Petition of Edwin Stott, of Manchester, stat- 
ing that he is engaged in the trade of a Tobacco 
Manufacturer, and that for several years he has not 
been able to obtain a remuneration from bis bu- 
siness; complaining of being surcharged to the 
Property Tax ; and praying the House to interfere 
t» prevent any proceedings being taken to enforce 


11° Februari. 








A. 1847. 


the present charge laid against him, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the barony of Mur- Famine in 
risk, in the county of Mayo, praying the House to Ireland, 
pass such saving measures, whereby the lives of 
Her Majesty’s subjects in Ireland may be spared 
and rescued from the horrors of death by starvation, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Shipowners of the Port of New- Merchant 
castle, resident in the borough of Tynemouth, pray- Seamen's Act, 
ing that ships in the carrying trade, between Her 
Majesty’s possessions in Canada, Nova Scotia, New 
Brunswick and this kingdom, may be exempted 
from the necessity of supplying the crew with lime 
juice, agreeable to the 18th section of the Merchant 
Seamen’s Act, was: presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Car- County 
marthen, stating that the Petitioners are most anxious Courts Act, 
for the speedy establishment of Local Courts for the 
recovery of Small Debts, under the Act passed in the 
last Session of Parliament ; and praying the House to 
adopt the means necessary to secure the appointment 
of Judges and officers for the several Welsh districts, 
who thoroughly understand the language of the in- 
habitants, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Shipowners, Importers Copper Ores. 
of Copper Ore, Copper Smelters and others resident 
at Bristol, praying for the repeal of the duties on the 
importation of Foreign Copper Ores, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Liverpool, Manchester and Bir- Railways _ 
mingham ;—and, Bristol and Bath; praying that (Ireland) Bill 
the Railways (Zreland) Bill may pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Bury ;-— Rochdale (two Petitions) ; Factories. 
— Richard Calrow and Co. ;—and, Heap (two Peti- 
tions) ; praying the House to pass a Ten Hours Bill 
for all minors and females employed in Factories,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Poor Law Guardians of the Down- Destitute Per. 
atrick Union, praying that the Destitute Persons &lt;i gt 
(Ireland) Bill; and the Poor Relief (Zredand) Bill 5,3 Retiet 
may not pass into law, as they now stand, was pre- (Ireland) Bill 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Tiverton Union ; — Salisbury ; — Poor Removal 
Union of Ipswich;— Shepton Mallett ; —- Long A«t- 
Crendon ;— Holyhead ;— Ordsall ;—and, Rocester ; 
praying for the repeal or amendment of the Poor 

emoval Act,—were presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Settlement and 
Poor Removal. 


A Petition of Landed Proprietors, Farmers and Rum. 
others in Kincardineshire, praying the House not 
to sanction the proposed measure relative to the 
duties on Rum in its present form, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Mew- Public _— 
port, in the county of Mayo, praying the House to (ireland) 
order an additional number of men to be placed on 
the Public Works in Jreland, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Shipowners of the borough and Lighthouses, 
port of Great Yarmouth, praying the House to pass &amp;* 
a law in accordance with the recommendations Z 
the 


TH mw 





Raja of 
Sattara. 


Act, 


Tea. 


Scindc, 


Copper Ore. 
es, 


sill, King Wil- 


liam’s Town. 


Copper. 


er: 
1d) 


vat 


ks 


10 VicTorIZ. 


the Select Committee on Lighthouses, &amp;c., was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Hammersmith, in 
the county of Middlesex, and others interested in 
the welfare and good government of the British 
Indian “Empire, stating that they are deeply in- 
terested in the case of his Highness Purtaub Sing, 
the Ex-Raja of Sattara, who has been accused of 
hostility to the British Government, forcibly de- 
posed and exiled from his dominions upon this 
charge, and for seven years has been denied the 
means of being heard in his own defence; and 
praying the House to adopt measures to secure to 
this Prince the opportunity of examining the charges 
which have been brought against him, the evidence 
in support of the same, and of bringing forth the 
proofs of his innocence, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wottingham ;—and, Messrs. Maze, 
Ames, Bush, and Co., and others ; praying for a re- 
duction of the duty on Tea,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all further Papers respecting Scinde that 
have been communicated to the Court of Directors 
(in continuation of former Papers). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Memorials and Petitions presented to 
the Board of Trade, and to the Chancellor of the 
Exchequer, respecting the Duty on Copper Ore, 
and Copies of the Answers sent to the several Ap- 
plications since January 1846. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Abstract Return of the Total Amount, under 
separate heads, expended in the cultivation and 
improvement of the Crown Estate of King William’s 
Town, or Pobble O’ Keefe, in Ireland, in each year 
from its commencement to the end of December 
1846 ; with a Statement of the acreable extent of 
such improved land, and the Annual Rental received 
in each year, so as to exhibit a Profit and Loss 
Account of the same. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of all Copper imported into the United 
Kingdom in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1847, distinguishing each sort of Copper, from what 
Country, and into what Ports imported :—Of the 
Quantities of Copper exported from the United 
Kingdom in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1847, distinguishing each Sort, from what Port 
sent, and to what Country exported:—Of the 
Quantities of Copper exported from the Port of 
London in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1847, distinguishing each Sort, and to what Country 
exported :—Of the Quantities of Copper exported 
from the Port of Liverpool in the year ending the 
5th day of January 1847, distinguishing each Sort, 
and to what Country exported :—And, of all Copper 
Ore which has been imported into the United King- 
dom in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1847, showing the Quantity upon which Duty has 
been paid, the Countries from which the same has 
been imported, and the per-centage Quantities of 
Metallic Copper contained in each parcel of Ore 
upon which Duty has been paid, together with the 
Rate and Amount of Duty received thereon. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of all Tin imported into the United 
Kingdom in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1847, distinguishing from what Countries imported ; 
also, an Account of all Tin exported from the 
United Kingdom in the year ending the 5th day of 

VoL. 102. 


11° Februari. 


~ 
97 
January 1847, distinguishing to what Countries 
exported. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Zinc. 
an Account of all Zinc and Zinc Ore imported and 
exported during the year ending the 5th day of 
January 1847, and the Duty paid thereon. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Lead. 
an Account of the Imports and Exports of Lead and 
Lead Ore for the year ending the 5th day of January 
1847. 


Ordered, That the Copy of Convention between Russian 
his Majesty and the Emperor of all the Russias, Dutch Loan. 
signed at London November 16th 1831, which was No. 59. 
presented upon the 27th day of June 1832, be 
printed. 


Sir Henry Winston Barron presented a Bill to Arrest for _ 
limit Arrest for Debt in Ireland: And the same Dcbt (Ireland) 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Wednesday the 24th day of this 
instant February; and to be printed. 


No. 60. 


Mr. John Henry Vivian presented a Bill to amend Swansea Har- 
the several Acts relating to Swansea Harbour: And bour Bill. 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s Bishopricks. 
Command,—Copy of Gucantaies for inquiring into No.6l. 
the state of the several Bishopricks in England and 
Wales. 

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


Ordered, That the Copy of a Letter of the In- Milbank 
spectors of Milbank Prison, which was presented Prison. 
yesterday, be printed. No. 62. 


Ordered, That the Copy of a Letter from the Milbank 
Secretary of State to Bickham Escott, Esquire, and Prison. 
of the Report relative to Milbank Prison, which No.63. 
was presented yesterday, be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Landlord and 
proposed, That it appears to this House, from the ireland.) 
Reports of various Committees and Commissions, 
that the system generally adopted in times past in 
the letting and management of Landed Property in 
Ireland, has been one of the main causes of the 
present distressed state of that country, and the 
disordered state of its social relations; and that no 
measures can be effectual in producing a demand 
for labour, or improving the condition of the people, 
which shall not include such an amendment of the 
Laws of Landlord and Tenant as shall give to the 
improving tenant in occupation a suflicient per- 
manency of tenure, or else establish the tenant’s 
right to claim by law full compensation for all 
benefits created by the expenditure of his labour 
and capital on the premises in his occupation ; 

And the previous Question being proposed, ‘That 
that Question be now put :—The said previous 
Question, and Motion, were severally, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill ae ao 
further toamend the Acts to facilitate the Inclosure pi)" 
and Improvement of Commons, by providing that 
all waste or common lands allotted by virtue of 
these Acts shall be held as freehold, and shall be 
allotted as such, without reference to the tenure of 
the ancient lands in respect of which such allotments 
shall be made: And that Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Hors- 
man, and Mr. Charles Howard do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Poor Rates | 
for better securing the payment of Irish Poor Rates: a tetain demas 





oO And 








Public Works 
(freland.) 


Hulks 
(Woolwich. ) 


Railways Bill. 


98 


And that Mr. Sharman Crawford and Mr. William 
Williams do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of a Letter, dated the 4th day of December 
1846, from the Board of Works, addressed to Captain 
Wynn, directing an investigation of Charges con- 
tained in the annexed Letter from George Westropp 
to the said Board, respecting partiality and miscon- 
duct to the Liscannor Relief Committee ; also, of the 
said George Westropp’s Letter, and of the Correspond- 
ence which took place between Captain Wynn and 
Mr. Westropp on that subject :—Of Captain Wyzn’s 
Report to the Board of Works, as the result of the 
investigation held by him, pursuant to the Board’s 
Letter, at Liscannur, on the 17th day of December 
1846 ; and also a Copy of Mr. O’ Brien’s Letter to 
the Secretary of the Board, requesting a Copy of the 
said Report :—Of the Letter written by the Right 
honourable Henry Labouchere to the Board of 
Works, dated the 5th day of October 1846, on the 
subject of Reproductive Works :—Of the Present- 
ment made thereunder at the Extraordinary Sessions 
held at Corofon, for the Barony of Inchiquin, in the 
County of Clare, on the 30th day of November 
1846 :—Of the Presentment made under the same 
Letter at the Extraordinary Sessions held at Ennis- 
tymon on the 4th day of December 1846, for the 
Barony of Corconcrae, in the County of Clare :—Of 
the Treasury Minute under which Inspectors of 
Public Works, or of Lists of Labourers, were ap- 
pointed to carry out the objects of the Act 9 and 10 
Vic., c. 107 :—And, of all such Instructions for the 
guidance of the said Inspectors, and in explanation 
of their Duties and Responsibilities, as may have 
been issued by the Treasury, the [rish Government, 
or the Board of Works in Ireland :— Lists of all the 
said Inspectors now or lately employed in Jreland ; 
specifying the Salary and Allowances paid to each 
Inspector ; and stating by whom he had been ap- 
pointed :—Of the Men employed upon the said 
Public Works in the Baronies in the said County 
of Clare, in charge of Captain Wynn, who were 
struck off the Lists of Labourers by the said Inspec- 
tor; specifying the Name and Place of Abode of 
each person so struck off, and the cause alleged by 
the said Inspector for so striking him off, and the 
Names of the Persons so struck off the Lists as 
aforesaid who had been subsequently reinstated :— 
And, of the several Relief Committees in the County 
of Clare of which Captain Wynn took charge ; 
specifying how often he visited each for the revision 
of Lists, and the Date of each Visit. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Name, Age, Date of Reception, and 
Death of each Prisoner who has died on board the 
Unité, Wye, Justitia, and Warrior Hulks, at Wool- 
wich, from the tst day of January 1844, inclusive, to 
the present time ; with the Date and Verdict of the 
Coroner’s Inquest in each case :—And, of the place, 
as far as practicable, where each Corpse has been 
buried ; distinguishing those claimed by their Rela- 
tives or Friends from those sent to any and what 
Hospital or School of Anatomy for Dissection ; the 
Date of their Transmission, the Name of the Person 
to whom transmitted, by whose Order so sent, and 
whether any and what Sum has been paid or charged 
thereon, and by whom received. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for regulating the Proceedings of the Commisioners 
of Railways, and for amending the Law relating 
to Railways: And that Mr. Strutt, The Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, and Mr. Parker do prepare, and 
biing it in. 


11° Februari. 





A, 1847. 


Account of the Number of Barracks under the 
Ordnance Department at Home and Abroad, stating 
the Place where each is situated, the Date of Erec- 
tion, and the Number of Men and of Horses that 
each Barrack is calculated to accommodate ; also, 
the greatest Number of Men and of Horses lodged 
in each of these Barracks at any one time in the 
year 1846; also, the Number of the Establishments 
and the Charge thereof, the Expense for Building 
and Repairs at each, and of all other Contingent 
Charges, so as to exhibit the Aggregate Charge for 
each Barrack in the last year; always exclusive of 
the Charge for Men and Horses. 


Abstract of the Aggregate Amount paid in each year, 
on Account of the Survey of Counties, and the 
Trigonometrical Surveys, distinguishing the amount 
for England, Ireland, and Scotland, since the com- 
mencement, up to January 1847, and the Total 
Amount for each Kingdom and for the United King- 
dom :—Accounts of the Number of Sheets or Maps 
of Survey of each Kingdom finished ; the Number 
of Sheets sold in each year to the public ; the Rate 
of Charge per Sheet; and the Amount received in 
each year from the Sale of the Maps :—Ofany steps 
taken, by introducing the Electrotype or other 
process, to produce Copies of the said Maps which 
may be sold to the Public at a reduced Rate :—And, 
of the Number of Copies so made, the Number sold, 
the Prices at which sold, and the Amount received 
for the same. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Railways (Zreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


the Brewing of Beer, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to. 

A Clause (Lawful for Distillers to warehouse for 
home consumption Spirits distilled from Sugar, with- 
out payment of the Duty of Excise,) was brought 
up, and read the first time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a secend 
time :—And the said Motion and Clause were seve- 
rally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in Clause 6., Is. 16. and 17., by leaving out 
the words “ over and above all other penalties.” 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Bill:—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Continuation of the Correspondence 
relating to the Marriages of the Queen and Infanta 
of Spain.—January, ive, 1847. 

Copy of Regulations of the Prussian Government 
for the Education and Qualification of Persons for 
Civil and Military Appointments. 

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


Proceedings of the Commissioners of Railways, and 
for amending the Law relating to Railways: And 





the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Barracks. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Trigonometri- 


cal Surveys. 


Railways 


(Ireland) Bill. 


The ingrossed Bill to allow the use of Sugar in Brewing from 


Sugar Bill. 


Mr. Greene reported the Distillmg from Sugar Distilling from 


Sugar Bill. 


Spain. 


Civil and 


Military Ap- 


pointments 
( Prussia.) 


Mr. Strutt presented a Bill for regulating the Railways Bill. 


No. 62. 


AStr 
Custo 


Wey 
Tnic 


Wal 


Pul 


tior 





A Stranger in 
Custody. 


Weymouth 
Union. 


Ware Union. 


Public Peti- 
tions (Fifth 
Report.) 


Sowerby 

Bridge Im- 
provement and 
Waterworks 
Bill, 


Sowerby 
Bridge Im- 
provementand 
Waterworks 


10 Vicroriz. 


be read a second time upon Tuesday next ; and to | 
be printed. 


The Serjeant-at-Arms attending this House in- 
formed the House, That he had taken into his cus- 
tody Charles Francis Alder, a stranger, whom he 
found in the Gallery appropriated to the Members 
of this House. 

And a Member present having stated, That he 
was acquainted with Mr. Alder, and that, in conse- 
quence of inisdirection, Mr. Alder had entered the 
part of the House appropriated to the Members ; and 
that he was sorry that he had transgressed the Rules 
of the House ; 

Ordered, That the said Charles Francis Alder be 
discharged out of the custody of the Serjeant-at- 
Arms attending this House. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow, 








Veneris, 12° die Februari ; 
Anno 10° Victoriz Regine, 1847. 





PRAYERS. 


R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law 
Commissioners, was called in; and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to Orders,—Copies of all Re- 
orts made by Mr. Payne, District Auditor to the 
Pose Law Commissioners, on the Weymouth Union : 
—And, Copy of the last Report by the Assistant 
Commissioner of the District, on the Weymouth 
Union, with the date of the Report. 


Copies of all Letters to and from the Poor Law 
Commissicners and their Assistant Commissioner, 
Mr. Hail, relative to the compulsory resignation of 
Mr. Palmer, late Clerk and Superintendent Register | 
of the Ware Union, received subsequently to those 
presented to the House of Commons in July 1846 


11°—12° Februari. 





(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 524, 
of Session 1846) :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 8th and 9th days of 
this instant February, and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants or Owners of property, 
in the village of Sowerby Bridge, in the West 
Riding of the county of York, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for paving, lighting, watching, draining and 
improving the Town of Sowerby Bridge, in the West 
Riding of the county of York, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
the Sowerby Bridge Improvement and Waterworks 
Bill, the Standing Orders have not been complied 
with, in the following instance: By the 65th Sec- 
tion of the Bill, it is proposed to be enacted that 
every inhabitant of the town of Sowerby Bridge, 
and every occupier of land within the same, who 
shall be assessed to any rate under the authority of 
the said Bill, shall, in respect of the land for which 
he shall be so assessed, be released from all rates 
and assessments for the repairs of the highways in 











the township within which such land shall be 

situated, although such township shall extend | 

beyond the said town; but the notices of the in- 

tended application in the gazettes and newspapers | 

do not state any intention to alter the existing 
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99 


highway rates within the said township, or to confer 
any exemption from payment of such rates. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Great Northern Railway Com- Great North- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the ¢™ Railway 

. : ‘ ‘ ; : (Deviations 
said Company to make certain alterations in the petween 
line and levels of their Railway between London, London and 
and the neighbourhood of Grantham, was _pre- Grantham) 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Great North- 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for ¢t™ Railway 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for tacoma 
the Great Northern Railway (Deviations between London and 
London and Grantham) Bill, the Standing Orders — 
have not been complied with; as George Stephens wan 
was notserved withan application in writing in respect 
of his interest in the property numbered 7, in the 
parish of Saint Mary, Islington, until the 22d De- 
cember last; but it appeared that a messenger was 
dispatched from Edinburgh, with such application 
on the 13th, and would have arrived at Craigellachie 
(204 miles north) in the ordinary course, at Four 
o’clock on the afternoon of the 14th, but was de- 
tained until the 22d, by a snow-storm, which made 
the roads impassable for several days. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of London and 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for pong ot ana 
Private Bills ; That in the case of the Petition for ‘Sinninghans 
the London and North Western Railway (.Birming- and Lichfield) 
ham and Lichfield Line) Bill, the Standing Orders B- 
have not been complied with, in the following in- 
stances : 

Between the terminus of the main line and the 
2d furlong of the 1st mile, on sheet No. 1, of the 
Plans deposited in the Private Bill Office, there is 
a curve of a radius less than a mile, but no memo- 
randum of the radius of such curve is noted on 
the said Plans. 

On the Section of the main line of the said Rail- 
way from Birmingham to Lichfield, deposited in the 
Office of the Clerk of the Peace for the county of 
Stafford, the extreme height of the Railway over 
or depth under the surface of the ground, is not 
marked for every embankment and cutting exceed- 
ing five feet, in the following instances ; viz. 

Embankment between the 4th furlong and 6} 
furlongs, or thereabouts. 

Cutting between the 1st mile and 6th furlong, and 
2d mile and Ist furlong. 

Cutting between the 4th mile and 1st furlong, and 
the 4th mile and 2d furlong. 

Embankment between the 10th mile and 6 } fur- 
longs, and the 11th mile and 1 } furlongs. 

There are two sheets of cross Sections in reference 
to the longitudinal Section, as required by the 
Standing Orders, but in the copy of the Plans and 
Sections deposited with the Clerk of the Peace for 
the county of Stafford, duplicate copies of one of 
such sheets only have been inserted, instead of the 
said two sheets. 

The following errors occur in the cross Sections 
in reference to the Section deposited with the said 
Clerk of the Peace; viz. 

Main Line from Birmingham to Lichfield : 

On the cross Sections Nos. 5 and 9, the rate of 
inclination of the present roads is not shown, neither 
is the rate of inclination of the roads, when altered, 
figured, and on cross Section No. 18, the inclination 
of the road, when altered, is not figured. 

South Branch to the Trent Valley Railway : 

On the cross Section No. 1,,the inclination of 
the present road is not figured. 


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The height of the said intended Railway over a 
certain public carriage-road, numbered 163, in the 
parish of Sutton Coldfield, on the Plan deposited in 
the Private Bill Office, is marked one foot, whereas 
by measurement, according to the scale on which 
the said Sections are drawn, it should be marked 
five feet, or thereabouts. 

The properties numbered respectively 2* and 32, in 
the parish of Saint Michael, in the Book of Refer- 
ence, and therein described, are not properly distin- 
guished by corresponding numbers on the Plan; and 
in respect of the said No. 28, as numbered on the 
Plan, the occupier, Joseph Collins, has received no 
application in writing; and in respect of the said 
No. 3*, as numbered on the Plan, Richard Greene, 
the owner, and George Beckett, the occupier, have 
received no application in writing. 

And in the same parish, the Nos. 87 and 89, 
by which two adjoining gardens are distinguished, 
are transposed upon the said Plan, and William 
Lakin, the occupier of No. 89, has received appli- 
cation in respect of No. 87, as numbered on the 
said Plan. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ipswich Dock The Zpswich Dock Bill was read a second time ; 
Bill. and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ipswich Gas The Jpswich Gas Bill was read a second time ; 
Bill. and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of the Zynn and Ely Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said 
Company to make a Navigation from Lyx to 
Wormegay, all in the County of Norfolk, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Lord George Bentinck 
and Viscount Jocelyn. 


Lynn and Ely 
Railway 

( Lynn and 
Wormegay 
Navigation) 
Bill. 


Lynn andEly A Petition of the Zynn and Ely Railway Com- 


Railway pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a De- 

po pace viation in the line of the Zynn and Ely Railway, 

Docks) Bil. and for forming Docks within the Borough of King’s 
Lynn, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Lord George 
Bentinck and Viscount Jocelyn. 

Ambergate, Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 


Nottingham Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern 
and Boston, 


ana Geshe Junction Railway Company to alter the Line of 
Junction Rail- their Railway, and to construct certain Branch 
way ( — Railways connected therewith into or near the Town 
On Oraveies Of Nottingham: And the same was read the first 


and Branches . 
to Notting- time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


ham) Bill. 


Great North- Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 

_ ow Great Northern Railway Company to make a 

(Branch to | Branch Railway to King’s Lynn, in Norfolk: And 

King’s Lynn) ‘ 

Bill. the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


Standing 
Orders ; 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; 
which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the South York- 
ee shire, Doncaster and Goole Railway (Penistone, &amp;c., 
Railway (Pe- and Purchase of Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, 
nistone, &amp;c., Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Railway, Dun 
pte Navigation and Dearne and Dove Canal) Petition, 
Rotherham, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; 


Rotherham, 


South York- 


Barnsley, That the Parties be permitted to proceed with their 
Wakeficld, , Bill on striking out from that part of the Contract 
ota eaten Deed which coniains the names and description of 


Railway, Dun Subscribers, those of the Sheffield Town Trustees, 


12° Februari. 








A. 1847. 


and substituting those of Thomas Asline Ward, who Navigation, 


has executed the deed as Subscriber for £.26,600. 924 Dearne 
and Dove 


Canal) Bill. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Portadown Portadown 
and Dungannon Railway Petition, the Standing _— el 
Orders ought to be dispensed with ; That the Par- pin, aad 
ties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on prov- 
ing before the Committee on the Bill the insertion 
of the Notices in the newspapers of Londonderry 
and Antrim; That the Committees on the two pre- 
ceding Bills do examine, in the first place, how far 
such Orders have been complied with, and do report 
the same to the House on the Report of the Bill. 

8. Resolved, That in the case of the Midland Midland Rail- 
Railway (Sheffield, Barnsley, Doncaster and Goole ——— 
Line) Petition, the Standing Orders ought not to amine 4 and 
be dispensed with. — Line) 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Eastern Eastern Coun- 
Counties Railway (Hertford to Hitchin) Petition, tics Railway 

= : A (Hertford to 
the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; Hitchin) Bill. 
— the Parties be permitted to proceed with their 

ill. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Wishaw and Wishaw and 
Coltness Railway (Branches to Auchinheath Mineral ee a 
Field and Canderside) Petition, the Standing Orders big a nny ™ 
ought to be dispensed with; That the Parties be heath Mineral 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. jaaatee 

The first, second, fourth and fifth Resolutions,“ —_ 
being read a second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Richard Hodgson presented a Bill for making Ayrshire and 
a Railway from Smithstown to Dalmellington, in Railwer’ 


the County of Ayr: And the same was read the ( 


. s Smithstown 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


to Dalmelling- 
ton) Bill. 
The Protestant Dissenters and General Life and Protestant 
Fire Insurance Company Bill was read a second Dissenters and 
sect : General Life 
time ; and committed. and Wire Te- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- surance Com- 
mittee of Selection. pany Bill. 


The Midland Railway (Masbrough and Norman- Midland Rail- 
ton Stations Enlargement) Bill was read a second Wy (Mas- 
time ; and committed. sn: ne 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Stations En- 
mittee of Selection. —_— 

Captain Plumridge presented a Bill for making Westminster 
a Suspension Bridge across the River Thames, from 224 Lambeth 
Church-street, Lambeth, to Market-street, West- a 
minster: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Major Beresford presented a Bill to authorize cer- Liverpool, 
tain Alterations in the Line of the Liverpool, Man- ae 
chester and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway, tie-upon-Tys 

pon-Tyne 
and for other Purposes: And the same was read Junction Rail- 


the first time; and ordered to be read a second Way (Altera- 
tiene tion of Main 
’ Line and 
Hawes 
Branch) Bill. 
Mr. Duncan presented a Bill to enable the Dun- Dundee and 

dee and Perth Railway Company to alter and ex- Perth Railway 

tend their Line near to Perth, and to make Branches soe 5 seven 

therefrom to Inchture, Polgavie and Inchmichael : and Inchture, 

And the same was read the first time; and ordered ee ae! - 

“ nchmichae: 
to be read a second time. Branches) Bill. 
Mr. Duncan presented a Bill for widening, al- Dundee and 

tering and improving the Dundee and Newtyle Rail- Newty'e |. 

: - . Railway Bill. 
way: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- Airdrie and 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend ta, 
the Airdrie and Bathgate Junction Railway Act, won thenel 
1846, and to authorize a Deviation of such Railway, ment and De- 


was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered Vi#tion) Bill. 


to 


mo moaecd Od 


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10 Vicroriz. 


to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Oswald, Mr. 
William Baillie and Sir John Hope. 


South York- The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
shire, Doncas- of the Petition for the South Yorkshire, Doncaster 


ee, he and Goole Railway (Penistone, &amp;c., and Purchase 


nistone, &amp;c., of Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Hud- 


and La dersfield and Goole Railway, Dun Navigation, and 
len Dearne and Dove Canal) Bill, which was this day 


Barnsley, made from the Select Committee on Standing Or- 
pl 4 ders, might be read ; and the same being read ; 
— Goole Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


Railway, Dun for making several lines of Railway between Penis- 

—— tone, Barnsley, Elsecar, Rotherham and Doncaster, 

and peame in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to be called The 

Canal) Bill. South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Railway, and 
for authorizing the purchase of part of the Sheffield, 
Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and 
Goole Railway, and of the Dun Navigation, and 
Dearne and Dove Canal: And that Viscount Mor- 
peth, Mr. Fitzwilliam and Mr. Beckett Denison do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Wishaw ana The House was moved, That the Report in respect 

Coltness Rail- of the Petition for the Wishaw and Coltness Railway 

way — (Branches to Auchinheath Mineral Field and Can- 

dee derside) Bill, which was this day made from the Se- 

Field and lect Committee on Standing Orders, might be read ; 
Canderside) and the same being read ; 

- Ordered, That leave be given to bringin a Bill 

to enable the Wishaw and Coltness Railway Com- 

any to make Branch Railways to Auchenheath 

Mineral Field and Canderside: And that Mr. Hope 

Johnstone, Mr. Lockhart and Mr. Hodgson Hinde 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


Portadown The House was moved, That the Report in respect 

and Dungan- of the Petition for the Portadown and Dungannon 

von Railway Railway Bill, which was this day made from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from Portadown, in the county 
of Armagh, to Dungannon, in the county of Tyrone, 
to be called The Portadown and Dungannon Rail- 
way: And that Viscount Northland, Lord Claud 
Hamilton and Sir William Verner do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Manchester The Manchester and Southport Railway and 
and Southport Branches Bill was read a second time; and com- 
Railway and : ? 
Branches Bill, Mitted. : 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Newry and A Petition of the Newry and Enniskillen Railway 
ee, Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter and 
ye" amend the Newry and Enniskillen Railway Act, 
1845, was presented, and read; and referred to the 


Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


The Ashton Gas Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Ashton Gas 
Bill, 


Birkenhead The Birkenhead Improvement (Gas Works), and 
oon Purchase of Birkenhead and Claughton Gas Works 
pe coe Bill, was read a second time ; and committed. 
of Birkenhead Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
and Claughton mittee of Selection. 
Gas Works 

Bill. 

London and The London and South Western Railway (Wi- 


South Western ino. &amp; i . j : ee 
Railway (Wi. dening, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time ; and com 


dening, &amp;c.), mitted. - 
Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

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12° Februariz. 101 


The a and Dorchester Railway (Bland- Southampton 


ford Branch) Bill was read a second time; and po man 
committed. (Blandford 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Branch) Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to empower the South — Staf- ‘ 
Staffordshire Railway Company to make divers \"* shire Rail- 

: : way{(Cannock, 
Branch Railways, and for other Purposes: And the Wyrley and 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be Norton 


; : Branches, 
read a second time. &amp;e.) Bill. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill for improving and Sutton Har- 
regulating the Harbour of Sutton Pool, within the ont Bi 
Port of Plymouth, in the County of Devon: And the 

same was read the first time; and ordered to be 

read a second time. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to enable the Eastern Eastern Coun~ 
Counties Railway Company tomakea Railway from pede an A 
the Syston and Peterborough Railway, in the Parish to Folking- ' 
of Etton, in the County of Northampton, to the ham) Bill. 
Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston Junction Rail- 

way, near Folhkingham: And the same was read 

the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 

time. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill for making a Rail- Braintree and 
way from the Maldon, Witham and Braintree Oe Bill _ 
Railway, near Braintree, to Halstead: And the ' 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 

a second time. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to enable the Eastern Eastern Coun- 
Counties Railway Company to make a Railway ponte A 
from the Great Northern Railway, near Spalding, Newark) Bill. 
to the Nottingham and Lincoln Branch of the Mid- 

land Counties Railway: And the same was read 

the first time; and ordered to be read a second 

time. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to enable the Eastern Eastern Coun- 
Counties Railway Company to make a Railway CWicbech te 
from Wisbech to Spalding, and to construct Docks gpalding) Bill. 
at Wisbech, in connection therewith : And the same 

was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 


second time. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to enable the Midland Midland Rail- 
Railway Company to purchase the Mansfield and ¥*} (Roewert 
; : alley, &amp;c.) 
Pinzton Railway, and to alter the same, and to gj), 

make a Railway from the Erewash Valley Railway 
to the Nottingham and Mansfield Railway, with 
Branches to Mansfield, and also to the Alfreton 
Iron Works: And the same was read the first time ; 


and ordered to be read a second time. 


Petitions of Rebecca Goodall, Widow, and the London, 

Reverend James Joseph Goodall, the Owners of eee ond 
: ‘ eltenham 

certain lands or grounds through which the line of Railway Bill. 

the London, Oxford and Cheltenham Railway is 

proposed to be carried ;——and, Thomas Tindal, 

the Owner of certain lands or grounds through or 

near which the line of Railway thereinafter mentioned 

is proposed to be carried ; praying that the London, 

Oxford and Cheltenham Railway Bill may not pass 

into a law, as it now stands,—were presented, and 

read ; and referred to the Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Surrey and Sussex South Eastern 
Roads, praying that they may be heard, by their Xilway 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the South ta 
Eastern Railway (Croydon and Bromley Branches) Branches) Bill. 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 

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102 


Bristol and A Petition of Richard Plantagenet Brydges 
Exeter Rails Chandos Temple Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, 
way (Branch ; . : 
from Bleadon praying that he may be heard, by himself, his 
to Wells, counsel or agent, against certain parts of the Bristol 
poe y maf and Exeter Railway (Branch from Bleadon to 
Bill — Wells, Glastonbury and Street) Bill, was presented, 
and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 
Manchester, A Petition of Owners, Proprietors, Occupiers 


Sheffield and and Tenants of certain mills and other manufac- 
Railway tories and premises situate in the parish of Ashton- 
(Ashton Canal under-Lyne, adjoining or near to the Ashton-under- 
Purchase) Bill. Zyne or Oldham Canal, praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Manchester, Sheffield 
and Lincolnshire Railway (Ashton Canal Purchase) 
Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Windham 
Henry Wyndham Earl of Dunraven, praying that 
he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 
against certain parts of the Llynvi Valley Railway 
Extension Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Llynvi Valley 
Railway Ex- 
tension Bill. 


Scottish Mid- 


A Petition of General the honourable Sir Alez- 
land Junction 


See ander Dujf, of Delgaty Castle, praying that he may 

(Amendment be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against 

and Branch to certain parts of the Scottish Midland Junction 

ccs Railway (Amendment and Branch to Laurencekirk) 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel, or agent, upon his Peti- 
tion, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Glasgow, | A Petition of Inhabitants of Glasgow, in the 
hen tg county of Lanark, praying that the Glasgow, Pais- 
Ayr Railway ‘ey, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (No. 4.) Bill, 
(No. 4.); and, and the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Rail- 
se gg a way (No. 5.) Bill, may not pass into law, was 
marnock and Presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Ayr Railway ‘lable. 
(No. 5.) Bills. 


Celedenten A Petition of Parliamentary Trustees on the 
Railway bridges over the Clyde at Glasgow, stating that a 
(Branch 


Bill has been introduced, or is about to be intro- 
duced, into the House, intituled, A Bill to enable the 
Caledonian Railway Company to extend their 
Railway across the River Clyde at Glasgow, and to 
form a Station in that City; and praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of such Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


across Clydc 
and Glasgow 
Station) Bill. 


A Petition of Parliamentary Trustees on the 
bridges over the Clyde at Glasgow, praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Glasgow, 
Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (No. 4.) 
Bill, was presented and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bull, against the said Petition. 


Glasgow, 

Paisley, Kil- 
marnock and 
Ayr Railway 
(No. 4.) Bill. 


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A Petition of Parliamentary Trustees on the glaseow 
bridges over the Clyde at Glasgow, praying that Paisiy, Kil- 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or ™4™ock and 

ne : s e yr Railway 
agents, against certain parts of the Glasgow, Paisley, (No. 5.) Bill 
Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (No. 5.) Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Parliamentary Trustees on the Cheaen, 

: i Y 2 : Ai i 
bridges over the Clyde at Glasgow, praying that ae ag 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or Junction Rail- 
agents, against certain partsof the Glasgow, Airdrie way (Cowlairs, 
and Monklands Junction Railway (Covwlairs, Car- Carmyle Cen- 

: a 2 trai Junction, 
myle Central Junction, and Coplaw-hill Branches, ana Coplaw- 
and Montrose-street Terminus) Bill, was presented, hill Branches, 
and read. and — 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to on Bill, 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
jn favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the Ac* South Eastern 
thereinafter mentioned, praying that they may Le Railway 
heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain a 
parts of the South Eastern Railway (Mid- Keni pridge) Bill. 
and Direct Tunbridge) Bill, was presented, aud 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing tle Act South Eastern 
thereinafter mentioned, praying that they may be Railway 
heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain Chart) Bul. 
parts of the South Eastern Railway (Maidstone to 
Chart) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioncrs 
heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Pew- 
tion, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the Act South Eastern 
thereinafter mentioned, praying that they may be Railway 
heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain Stood to 

a Q age x Maidstone) 
parts of the South Eastern Railway (Strood to Bin. 
Maidstone) Bill, was presented, and read. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tion, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Edward Kendal, of Cheltenham, Newport, 
: } nt ae Se To)... Abergavenny 
in the county of Gloucester, praying that the New- 1s "Hereford 
port, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway (Exten- jtailway (Ex- 
sion to Taff Vale Railway) Bill may not pass into tension to Taff 
a law, as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 341° Railway) 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Richard Plantagenet Brydyes Wilts, Somer- 
Chandos Temple Duke of Buckingham and Chan- ** bo-ghee ‘ 
dos, praying that he may be heard, by himself, his way (No. 2.) 
counsel or agent, against certain parts of the Wii¢s, Bill. 
Somerset and Weymouth Railway (No. 2.) Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition 


Edinbu 
and No 
Railwa 
prove 
the Fer 
tween J 
Port-or 
and the 
Shore &lt; 
River ° 


Bill. 


Glasgo 
Paisley 
marno¢ 
Ayr R 
(No. 5. 


Rating 
Tenem 


Healt! 
Towns 


War. 


Rail 
(Ire 


Trel 


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10 Vicroriz. 12° Februariz. 103 


Edinburgh A Petition of the Magistrates and Town Council | not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
and Northern of the royal burgh of Montrose, praying the House ordered to lie upon the Table. } 
ene As to pass the Bill intended to be introduced during = . 
the Ferry be- the present Session by the Edinburgh and Northern | Petitions from Penryn ;—Sudbur y ;—Ipswich ta a Removal 
tween ee Railway Company, for the purpose of improving the Sa AS Eh ai —_ ro = bang a ° 
Powhe North Ferry betwixt Ferry-Port-on-Craig and the North | '!s for the repeat or amendment of the Foor Kemova 


Shore of the Shore of the River Tay, at Broughty, was presented, Act,—were presented, and read; and referred to the 


oh a in 


River Ty) and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Select Committee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 
Bill. : 
Glasgow, Ordered, That the Petition of Parliamentary Trus- Petitions from Directors of the Carlisle, Annan ricnthouse, 


. sn iie 
aisley, Kil- a : sake cd and Liverpool Steam Navigation Company ;—and, &amp;c. 
coaek and — e' ane aie es at gene oo “er — Saint Ives (Cornwall); praying the House to pass 
Ayr Railway @n@ en a = : ait - P h fy cena Was | a law in accordance with the recommendations of the 
Oe se ae rH oon be « me a Select Committee on Lighthouses, &amp;c.,—were pre- 
February, praying that they may be heard, by them- sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of eas am — ri yg A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors residing at 4 tories’ 
way (No. 5.) bill, be reterred to the Committee o Chesterfield, in the county of Derby, praying that Certificates. 
the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, by themselves, they may be wholly relieved from the payment of H 
their co unsel or agents, upon their Petition, if they the annual duties on their Certificates, was presented, 
think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, ondh cand &lt; ck eclenal ts es cen a 
against the said Petition. : P . 


a 


ns , . A Petition of Inhabitants of the Town and Neigh- county Courts 
as an bcagies id 7 — " hye Board h FT bourhood of Lampeter, in the county of Cadi, Act. 
uardians of the Lreepriage Lynn “nion, in the |» raying the House to adopt the means necessary to 
county of Worfolk, praying that owners of small | secure the appointment of judges and officers for the | 
Tenements may be rated to the Poors Rute, in lieu | scveral Welsh Districts, under the County Courts 
of the occupiers, was presented, and read ; and or- Act, who thoroughly understand the language of the 
dered to lie upon the Table. inhabitants, was presented, and read; and ordered | 
Health of A Petition of the College of the Freemasons of | © lie upon the Table. 
a a the Church, praying the House to repeal the duty} 4 petition of Shipowners of the borough of Navigation 
on Windows, and extend the benefits of sewage to Tynemouth, within the Port of Newcastle-upon- Laws. 
all parts of the metropolis, and other cities and Tyne, praying the House not to sanction the re- 1 
towns throughout the empire, and generally adopt peal of the Navigation Laws, was presented, and Hl 
such measures as may be necessary for opening | ;ead- and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
close courts, widening narrow passages and streets, , 
and admitting free currents of air in all directions 
and throughout all quarters, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


a 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Capital i 
Inhabitants of Zondon, praying the House altoge- Punishment i 
ther to abolish Capital Punishment, and to consi- i 
der what other punishment should be substituted, H 
more befitting a civilized and christian state, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


War. A Petition of Inhabitants of Chishill and its vi- 
cinity, praying the House to secure the adoption of 
a treaty between the British Government and the 
other Governments of the world respectively, in| Petitions of the Chamber of Commerce and Manu- Copper Ores. 
which the parties shall agree to abandon the bar- | factures at Manchester ;—and, Company of Cutlers, 
barous and unchristian practice of War, and to refer | Sheffield ; praying for the repeal of the duties on fo- 
all matters of dispute and difficulty to the arbitra- | reign Copper Ores imported into this country,—were 
tion of such persons as shall from time to time be | presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
mutually agreed upon, with an impartial umpire in | Table. 
case of difference of opinion among the arbitrators, | 4 Petition of the Chairman of the East India and Tea. : 
and to abide by the decision thus given, without | 

: 
| 


ante tt pgp Me psee China Association of Liverpool, praying the House 
sd cnksth tn 4 shige aj —- pane rea’! to provide the Money required for present aid to 
ee ee Se ee Ireland, from such sources as will not interfere with 
Railways Petitions from Liverpool, Manchester and Bir- | the appropriation of the existing surplus of reve- 
(Itcland) Bill. mingham;— Gorey ;—and, Union of Gorey; praying | 2Ue to the reduction of the duty on Tea and other 
that the Railways (Ireland) Bill may pass into a articles of consumption amongst the great body of 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie the people, we presented, and read; and ordered 

upon the Table. to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Relief A Petition of the Chairman of the Poor Law bina 6 eaepncnage of 8 _— and : 
os. Guardians of the Union of Newry, situate in the | @" , Re: praying. e ee 7 ake i he “a wines 
counties of Armagh and Down, praying the House | “°"* feel wie od a x “" me a 
to facilitate the passing of the measures now before rte 4 se ps a ey eee 

Parliament for the relief of the Poor in Zreland, | °° OE A Se ee 
; more particularly the construction of several miles 
of Railway for which Acts of Parliament have been 
passed, and which works are suspended from want 
of funds, was presented, and read; and ordered to 


Revising Barrister for the borough of Cambridge, of Voters 


ia , ‘ 
Three Petitions from Cambridge, alleging that the Registration \ 
at the last Registration, omitted to insert the names ceataiaaatid 


of certain persons whose claims to vote were good H 
lie upon the Table. and legal, and struck out the names of other persons, 4 
aprentice- A Petition of Josiah Dearden, of Manchester, in sehene saat Hee Sad Sinem geeveenayy Sete a ; 


; be good and sutlicient; and praying for inquiry,— 
the county of Lancaster, Gentleman, praying the} “© . eat igs i 
House to ‘abla the stamp duty of i ee on = and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
Indentures of Apprenticeship, or to cause it to be sti 


reduced to two shillings and six-pence, was pre-| Petitions from Saint Matthew Bethnal Green ;— Rogistration 
sented, and read; and ordered tolie uponthe Table. | Alexander Robb ;—and, Manchester (Chairman) ; of Voters Act; 
praying for amendment of the Registration of Voters or hong " 
Act, and the repeal of the rate-paying clauses of the act, 
Reform of Parliament Act,—were presented, and 


Factories Bill. A Petition of Manufacturers and Mill-owners of 
the town of Galashiels, in the county of Selkirk, 


North Britain, praying that the Factories Bill may | read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
04 A Petition 


Vou. 102. 











Smoke. 


Hulks 
(Woolwich. ) 


Hulks 
( Woolwich.) 


Dublin 
Paving, &amp;c. 


Pablic Works, 
&amp;e. 


104 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish and bo- | 
rough of Tynemouth, praying the House to pass a 
law for the purpose of effectually suppressing the 
nuisance arising from the Smoke of Furnaces or 
Manufactories, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order made yesterday, for presenting to 
Her Majesty, an humble Address, that She would 
be graciously pleased to give directions that there 
be laid before this House, Returns of the Name, 
Age, Date of Reception and Death of each Pri- 
soner who has died on board the Unité, Wye, Jus- 
titia and Warrior Hulks, at Woolwich, from the 
1st day of January 1844, inclusive, to the present 
time; with the Date and Verdict of the Coroner’s 
Inquest in each case :—And, of the Place, as far 
as practicable, where each Corpse has been bu- 
ried; distinguishing those claimed by their Re- 
latives or Friends from those sent to any and what 
Hospital, or School of Anatomy for Dissection ; the 
Date of their Transmission, the Name of the person 
to whom transmitted, by whose Order so sent, and 
whether any and what Sum has been paid or charged 
thereon, and by whom received, was read, and 
discharged. 


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


12° Februari. 





give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Name, Age, Date of Reception, and 
Death of each Prisoner who has died on board the | 
Unité, Wye, Justitia and Warrior Hulks at Wool- 
wich, from the ist day of January 1844, inclusive, 
to the present time; with the Date and Verdict of 





the Coroner’s Inquest in each case :—Of the Place, 
as far as practicable, where each Corpse has been | 
buried ; distinguishing those claimed by their Re-| 
latives or Friends from those sent to any and what 
Hospital, or School of Anatomy for Dissection ; the | 
Date of their Transmission, the Name of the Per-| 
son to whom transmitted, by whose Order so sent, | 
and whether any and what Sum has been paid or 
charged thereon,and by whom received :—And, of all | 
Corporal Punishments inflicted on Prisoners con- | 
fined on board the Hulks at Woolwich, from the 1st | 
day of January 1843 to the present time; with the | 
Number of Lashes given in each case, with the | 
Date thereof. | 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to_ 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House 
a Return, from the Commissioners for paving, 
lighting and cleansing the city of Dublin, of a Copy 
of the existing Contract for lighting the City with 
Gas:—Copies of a Letter from Edward Lucas, 
Esquire, Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant, to 
the Commissioners, dated Dublin Castle, the 25th 
day of June 1844, in relation to the intended Con- 
tract :—Of the Answer of the Commissioners to said 
Letter, dated the 29th day of June 1844 :—Of the 
Letter from the Commissioners to Mr. Lucas, dated 
the 12th day of July 1844, on the same subject :— 
Of the Opinion of the Solicitor-General for /reland, 
taken by the Commissioners, on said Letter and 
Contract :—Of the Bond taken from Mr. Peter 
Brophy and others by the Commissioners, on per- 
mission being given to open the Pavements for the 
purpose of laying the Pipes of the Alliauce Gas 
Company :—And, a Return of such Proceedings at 
Law (if any) as have been resorted to by the Com- 
missioners for any alleged violation of the Condi- 
tions of said Bond, and the Penalties incurred (if 
any). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account (since the Union), of all Sums of Money 


‘in the Outer House of the Court of Session, Scot- 
| land, year 1846. 





advanced on Loan by the Imperial Treasury, for 





A. 1847. 


Public Works, or other Purposes, in [reland ; 
specifying, in the case of each Loan, the Purpose 
for which, the Parties to whom, the Conditions on 
which, each such Loan has been advanced; and 
how far such Conditions have as yet been complied 
with ; distinguishing all Advances and Repayments 
made since the Establishment of the Board of 
Works :— Similar Returns for England and Scot- 
land :—Returns, stating the Remittances of Public 
Money from the British Exchequer to the Irish, 
and vice versd, down to the present time (in contin- 
uation of Account, No. 2, of Sessional Paper, No. 
652, date 8th August 1845):—-And, stating the 
Totals of Relief of Taxation to Great Britain and 
Ireland respectively, in each year, since 1800 down 
to the present time (in continuation of the Return, 
No. 5738, of Session 1843). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Exchequer 
Account of all Exchequer Bills raised, or authorized Bills. 
to be raised, charged on the Aids or Supplies of No. 66: 
1847, unprovided for. 

Mr. Parker accordingly presented the said Ac- 
count. 

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


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Orders,— Taxes. 
A Return of all Articles upon which Taxes are im- 
posed in Great Britain which are not taxed in 
Ireland, stating the Amount of each item, in the 
year ending the 5th day of January 1847 :—Also, 
of all items upon which a different Amount of 
Taxes is imposed in Great Britain and Ireland, 
stating the Amount paid on each item in each 
Country, in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1847. 

Return to an Order dated the 5th day of this Windows. 
instant February, for a Return of the Amount of 
Window Duty assessed for the year 1845 for the 
Twelve Towns paying the largest Amount, with 
the Net Amount of Duty received for the same on 
the 5th day of April 1846. 

Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to the di- Assessed 
rections of several Acts of Parliament,—Copies of see 
Cases stated and signed by the Commissioners °°" 
acting in the execution of the Assessed Tax Acts, 
determined by the Judges in Scotland, since the 
Date of a like Return made in the last Session of 
Parliament. 

Copy of Warrant granting Compensation Allow- Court of 


ances to James Denham, and others, Assistant Clerks fSentiand.) 


Copy of Warrant granting a Compensation Al- Teind Court 
lowance to John Barron, Depute Clerk of the Scotlant) 
Teind Court in Scot/and, year 1846. 

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


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to Outrages 

Order,—Returns of the Number and Description of (tela"¢) 
Outrages specially reported by the Constabulary 
throughout Lreland, in each of the years 1845 and 
1846 :—Of the Tota] Number of Outrages specially 
reported in each month of the years 1845 and 1846 : 
—Of the Total Number of Agrarian Outrages 
specially reported in each month of the years 1845 
and 1846 :—And, of the Total Number of Outrages 
specially reported in each County in Jreland, in each 
of the years 1845 and 1846. 

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


The ingrossed Bill for the temporary Relief of Destitute 
Destitute Persons in Ireland, was, according to me so Bill 
Order, read the third time ; and an Amendment was “He 
made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. - 

he 








10 Vicroriz. 


Railways The Order of the day being read, for the Second | 
(Ireland) Bill. Reading of the Railways (Iretand) Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 


And the House, having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 13° die Februarii, 1847: 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 


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


Landed The Landed Property (Jreland) Bill was, accord- 

eels pin, 2g to Order, read a second time; and committed 

- “to a Committee of the whole House, for Friday 
next. 

Customs The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Duties Bill. mittee on the Customs Duties Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Labouring 1» rhe Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ag (ireland) sittee on the Labouring Poor (Ireland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
inittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Distilling from The ingrossed Bill to further encourage the Dis- 
Sugar Bill. tiJlation of Spirits from Sugar in the United King- 
dom, was, according to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Navigation 


: The House was moved, That the Order made 
aws. 


upon Friday last, That a Select Committee be ap- 
pointed to inquire into the Operation and Policy of 
the Navigation Laws, might be read ; and the same 
being read ; 

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


Corporal Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
— a Copy of the Order given by the Admiralty to 
oi Officers to submit to the Commander-in-Chief at 
the Ports, for his approval, Crimes that require Cor- 

poral Punishment. 


Poor Rates Mr. Sharman Crawford presented a Bill for bet- 
(Ireland) Bill. tey securing the Payment of Poor Rates in Jreland: 
No.67. And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 24th 

day of this instant February ; and to be printed. 


Workhouses 


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


an Account of the Sum Total advanced on Loan on 
the Security of the Poor Rates in Jreland, for the 
Building of Workhouses in Jreland, specifying the 
Amount granted to each Union, the Date of such 
Advance, the Sum already received in Repayment 
from each Union, the Date of such Repayment, and 
an Account of the Sum Total still due on the entire 
Loan. 
Vou. 102. 








12°—13°—15° Februariz. 105 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, poor Law. 
an Extract from the Application and Report Books 
of the Relieving Officers of the several Poor Law 
Unions in the Counties of Wilts, Dorsetshire and 
Somerset, showing the Amount of Relief granted to 
individual Applicants by Boards of Guardians in 
1846, under the following heads:—1. Names of 
Applicants, their Wives and Children under Sixteen, 
dependent on them:—2. Age:—8. Calling :—4. 
If Able-bodied :—5. If partially or wholly disabled, 
and the Description of Disability :—6. Cause of 
seeking Relief, and Nature of Application : — 7. 
Weekly Earnings at the time or previous to making 
an Application to the Board :—8. Relief ordered by 
Guardians in Money and in kind, with Quantity and 
Description :—9. For what Time allowed, or Nature 
of the Order made :—10. Observations—Deaths, 
Removals and such other Information as may be 
deemed useful ; Amount fixed for the Weekly Main- 
tenance of each Pauper in the Union House. Copy 
of the Dietary Table in use in each Union Work- 
house. 


And then the House, having continued to sit til 
half an hour after Twelve of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next. 





Lune, 15° die Februarii ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Oswald presented a Bill to amend the Air- Airdrie and 
drie and Bathgate Junction Railway Act, Bathgate 
 g . cats . Junction Rail- 
1846, and to authorize a Deviation of such Railway: yay (amend- 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered ment and De- 


to be read a second time. viation) Bill. 


The Caledonian Railway (Edinburgh Station and Caledonian 
Branches to Granton, &amp;c.), Bill was read a second pore ;, 
time ; and committed. ag 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Branches to 


mittee of Selection. — &amp;c.) 


The Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway Glasgow, 
(Branches at Port Glasgow, and to the Caledonian a 
Railway, and Diversion of Canal) Bill was read a Railway 
second time; and committed. (Branches at 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Port Glasgow, 
mittee of Selection. pond 
Railway, and 
Diversion of 
Canal) Bill. 

A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company, Caledonian 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said Com- Railway 
pany to make certain Branch Railways in the Coun- tae tn 
ties of Dumfries and Cumberland, was presented, Bill.” 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Hope Johnstone, Mr. Lockhart 


and Mr. Hodgson Hinde. 


A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company, Caledonian 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said Com- R#ilway 
: : (Branch 
pany to extend their Railway across the River Clyde across Clyde 
at Glasgow, and to form a Station in that City, was and Glasgow 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be St#tion) Bill. 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hope Johnstone, 


Mr. Lockhart and Mr. Hodgson Hinde. 


A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company, Caicdonian 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said Com- Railway 
. (Lease of part 
pany to take on lease a Portion of the Glasgow, of Glasgow, 
Dumfries and Carlisle Railway, was presented, and Dumfries and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- a 
cordingly, by Mr. Hope Johnstone, Mr. Lockhart *”?”* 


aud Mr. Hodgson Hinde. 


The Wolverhampton Rates Bill was read a second Wolverhamp- 
time ; and committed. ton Rates Bill. 


P Ordered, 





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106 15° Februariu. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Sheffield, A Petition of the Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, 
Rotherham, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Railway Com- 
Wakeficld, pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for empowering the 
Huddersfield said Company to abandon a Part of their Railway, 
Sailor CPax- and to make certain Deviations from the Level of 
tial Alveration Other Portions, and to extend their Railway, and 
of Levels, &amp;c.) for other purposes, was presented, and read ; and 
ae. a Bill was ordered to be Lvonaihe in accordingly, by 


Mr. Beckett Denison and Mr. Fitzwilliam. 


se A Petition of Promoters of the Line of Railway 
Fee enancter thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 


Junction Rail- for making a Railway from the Midland Railway, 


“way (Mas- — at Masbrough, to Doncaster, to be called The Shef- 
-brough toDon- 


caster) Bill field, Rotherham and Doncaster Junction Railway, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Viscount Morpeth 
and Mr. Arthur Duncombe. 


New Zealand A Petition of the New Zealand Company, for 

Company Bill. jeave to bring in a Bill for granting further Powers 
to the said Company, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Aglionby and Mr. Marjoribanks. 


Sheffield The Sheffield Markets Bill was read a second 
Markets Bill. time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Edinburgh, Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
heith and ai. Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
ail- : , ? : Ze 
way (Leith Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
andGranton the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway (Leith 
— *e.) and Granton Junction, &amp;c.), Bill, the Standing Or- 
ders have not been complied with, in the following 
instances ; in the Plans deposited in the Private 
Bill Office, a line of Railway, about 10} chains in 
length, is delineated as passing through Princes- 
street Gardens, in the county of the city of Edin- 
burgh ; but in the Notices for the Bill, published in 
the Edinburgh Gazette and Caledonian Mercury, 
the intention of the Promoters to make the said line 
of Railway is not stated, but Notice is given therein 
that power will be taken for the compulsory pur- 
chase of a piece of land in East Princes-street Gar- 
dens, lying to the westward of the Litt/e Mound, 
and to the north of the Edinburgh and Glasgow 
Railway [see last sheet of Plans], on which land 
the said line of Railway is proposed to be con- 
structed ; the line of the said Railway as defined 
upon the Plan deposited in the Private Bill Office, 
measures upon the scale on the same, nearly 103 





A. 1847. 


Clerk of the Peace for the county of Stafford, and 
in the Private Bill Office, No. 212, in the parish of 
Wolverhampton, described as brick-kilns, sheds, 
buildings and land in the occupation of Daniel Mil- 
lington ; and 106%, in the same parish (described as 
timber yards and buildings in the occupation of 
Edward Dawes), are not distinguished by corre- 
sponding numbers in the Book of Reference depo- 
sited with the parish clerk of Wolverhampton, but 
such properties are entered therein under a second 
No. 21, and a second No. 106, respectively. 

Thomas Woodward was, on and before the 30th 
day of November last, and now is, the lessee, unde1 
a church lease for lives, of a piece of pasture land, 
No. 99, on the said Plans, in the parish of Wolver- 
hampton, but his name is not inserted in the said 
Books of Reference as such lessee, nor has he re- 
ceived any application in writing in respect thereof. 

William Goater was, on and before the 30th day 
of November last, and now is, the occupier of a 
garden allotment, No. 152, on the said Plans, in 
the parish of Wolverhampton, but his name is not 
inserted in the said Books of Reference as such 
occupier, nor has he received any application in 
writing in respect thereof. 

Silvanus Earp is entered in the said Books of 
Reference as owner of a house, brewhouse, out-of- 
fices, yard and building land, No. 131, and joint 
owner of a certain road or street, No. 138, on the 
said Plans, in the parish of Wolverhampton, whereas 
his son, Henry Smith Earp was, on or before the 
30th day of November last, and now is, the owner 
of the same. 

By a clerical error in the Books of Reference, 
James Woodward, the occupier of a twig-yard and 
sheds, numbered 86, in the parish of Wolverhampton, 
is entered therein as John Woodward. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the East Lancashire Railway Com- East Lanca- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said Site Railway 
Company to make Branches from the said Railway jfitton and 
to Clitheroe, to Mitton and to Padiham, in North Padiham _ 
Lancashire, was presented, and read ; and referred Branches) Bill. 


to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of Mr. East Lanca~ 
May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private +A 
Bills ; That in the case of the Petition for the East \fitton and 
Lancashire Railway ( Clitheroe, Mitton and Padiham Padiham 
Branches) Bill, the Standing Orders have not been Branches) Bill. 
complied with, in the following instances : 

In the written applications served on Wm. Thomas 
Carr, as the owner, and on Dizon Robinson, as the 
occupier of a pasture field, in the township of Cli- 





chains, whereas by the Section the measurement of 
the said Railway 1s stated to be 9 chains, 44 links, 
and measures, according to the scale on the said 
Section, 12 chains, 40 links, or thereabouts, [see 
last sheet of Plans}. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


London and Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of 

— Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 

(Portobello Private Bills; ‘That in the case of the Petition for 

and Wolver- the London and North Western Railway (Portobello 

a 21.d Wolverhampton Branch, &amp;c.), Bill, the Standing 

BL Orders have not been complied with, in the following 
instances: 

In the several cross Sections (three in number) 
attached to the Sections deposited with the Clerk 
of the Peace for the county of Stafford, and in the 
Private Bill Office, showing the alterations in the 
present level or rate of inclination of certain roads 
intended to be effected by the Railway, the inclina- 
tions of the present surface of such roads are deli- 
neated, but are not also marked in figures. 

In the Books of Reference deposited with the 





theroe, in the parish of Whil/ey, in the county of 
Lancaster, numbered 32, in the said township and 
parish, the said pasture field is stated to be within 
the limits of deviation intended to be applied for, 
whereas it is in fact in the line as at present laid out, 
but the Schedule to the said applications does not 
state the descriptions of the Section on the line of 
the said Railway through the said pasture field, nor 
the greatest height of embankment or depth of cut- 
ting within the same; and the written applications 
served on the said Wm. Thomas Carr, as the lessee, 
and on Thomas Squires, as the occupier of a pro- 
perty numbered 30, in the same township and 
parish, the said property is stated to be on the line 
as at present laid out, whereas the same is, according 
to the Plan deposited in the Private Bill Office, and 
in fact, within the limits of the deviation intended to 
be applied for. 

In the written applications served upon Le Gendre 
Nicholas Starkie and Dixon Robinson, as the 
owners, and upon John Jackson, the elder, as occu- 
pier of a property in the township of Simonstone and 
parish of Whailey, in the said county of Lancaster, 
numbered 22 on the Plan of the Padiham Branch 

deposited 








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deposited in the Private Bill Office, the said pro- 
perty is stated to be within the limits of deviation 
intended to be applied for, whereas the same is on 
the line as at present laid out ; but the Schedules to 
the said applications do not state the description of 
the Section of the line of the said Railway through 
the said property, nor the greatest height of em- 
bankment or depth of cutting within the same. 

In the Book of Reference to the Plan of the 
Clitheroe Branch, deposited in the Private Bill Office, 
numbered 33, in the township of Whalley and parish 
of Whalley, in the county of Lancaster, is stated to 
be in the occupation cf the Reverend John Master 
Whalley, whereas Lawrence Bramley is, and on and 
before the 30th day of November last was, the occu- 
pier of the same ; and no application in writing has 
been made to the said Lawrence Bramley in respect 
thereof. 

In the written application served upon Thomas 
Campbell, as the occupier of a pasture field, num- 
bered 21, in the township of Great Harwood, and 
parish of Blackburn, in the said county, the said 
property is stated to be within the limits of the 
deviation intended to be applied for, whereas the 
same is in the line as at present laid out; but the 
Schedule to the said application does not state the 
description of the Section on the line of the said 
Railway through the said pasture field, nor the 
greatest height of embankment or depth of cutting 
within the same. 

In the written application served upon the Reve- 
rend John Master Whalley, as the owner of a pas- 
ture field numbered 106, in the township of Whal- 
ley, and parish of Whalley, in the said county, 
referred to in the Book of Reference to the Plan 
of the Mitton Branch, deposited in the Private 
Bill Office, the said pasture field is stated to be 
within the limits of deviation intended to be ap- 
plied for, whereas it is in the line as at present 
laid out; but the Schedule to the said application 
does not state the description of the Section of 
the line of the said Railway through the said pasture 
field, nor the greatest height of embankment or 
depth of cutting within the same; and in the writ- 
ten application served upon the said John Master 
Whalley, as the owner of a meadow field, numbered 
105, in the said township of Whalley, and parish of 
Whalley, the said meadow field is stated to be in 
the line, as at present laid out, whereas the same is, 
according to the said Plan, within the limits of 
deviation. 

In the Books of Reference to the Plan of the 
said Mitton Branch, deposited at the office of the 
Clerk of the Peace for the county of Lancaster, in 
certain lands referred to, as Nos. 170, 171, 172, 173, 
174, 175, 176 and 177 respectively, in the said 
township of Whalley, and parish of Whalley, are 
stated to belong to William Whalley and the Black- 
burn, Clitheroe and North Western Junction Rail- 
way Company, whereas the said lands are and 
were the property of the said John Whalley; and 
in the Book of Reference deposited with the parish 
clerk of the said parish of Whalley, the same lands, 
so numbered respectively, are stated to belong to 
the said John Master Whalley, and the Blackburn, 
Clitheroe and North Western Junction Railway 
Company ; and in respect of the said several 170, 
171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176 and 177, respectively, 
the said John Master Whalley has received no appli- 
cation in writing, as required by the Standing 
Orders. 

The Books of Reference to the Plans of the said 
Mitton Branch, deposited at the office of the Clerk 
of the Peace for the county of Lancaster, and with 
the parish clerk of the parish of Whalley, do not 
correspond with the Plans of the same branch de- 
posited therewith, as certain properties designated 
thereinas numbered onthe said Plans, 153, 154,155, 
156, 157, 158, 159, 169, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 
166, 167, 168 and 169 respectively, in the said 


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township of Walley, and parish of Whalley, are not 
defined on the said Plan of the Mitton Branch, in 
the said township and parish ; and the Book of Re- 
ference for the said branch deposited in the Private 
Bill Office, is not a copy of the Book of Reference 
deposited at the office of the Clerk of the Peace for 
the county of Lancaster, as the several properties so 
numbered as above, and the owners or reputed 
owners, lessees and reputed lessees and occupiers 
thereof, are obliterated. 

In the Schedule annexed to the written applica- 
tion served upon the said John Master Whalley, 
certain lands belonging to him are stated to be 
situate in the said township of Whalley, and parish 
of Whalley, and to be designated on the Plan of the 
Mitton Branch by the Nos. 155, 156, 157, 158, 
160, 161 and 162 respectively, to be within the 
limits of deviation intended to be applied for, but 


no corresponding numbers appear on the Plans of 


the said Mitton Branch, in the said township and 
parish, deposited with the Clerk of the Peace for 
the county of Lancaster, with the parish clerk of the 
said parish of Whalley,and at the Private Bill Office. 

In the Schedule annexed to the written applica- 
tion served upon William Whalley, relative to the 
said Mitton Branch, certain lands belonging to him 


are stated to be situate in the said township of 


Whalley, and parish of Whalley, and to be de- 
signated on the Plan of the said branch in the said 
township and parish, by the Nos. 159, 160, 163, 
164, 165, 166,167, 168 and 169 respectively, and to 
be within the limits of deviation intended to be ap- 
plied for, butno corresponding numbers appear on the 
Plans of the said Mitton Branch, in the said town- 
ship and parish deposited with the Clerk of the 
Peace for the county of Lancaster, with the parish 
clerk of the said parish of Whalley, and at the 
Private Bill Office. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Sheffield Canal Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. 'To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 


And the Question being put, That the word 
now” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the ( Mr. Parker, 


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Yeas, \ Mr. Ward: } ™ 
Tellers for the ¢ Viscount Morpeth, Las 
Noes, | Mr. Beckett Denison: Jf" 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
‘** upon this day six months” be added at the end 
of the Question: —It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being 


put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


Sheffield Canal 
Bill. 


Sir John Hobhouse presented, by Her Majesty’s Railways 


Command,—No. 1. Copy of a Letter from the Go- 
vernment of India, in the Legislative Department, 
dated 9 May 1846, transmitting, 

No. 2. Report by Mr. Simms and Captains Boi- 
leau and Western, dated 13 March 1846. 

No. 3. Minute by the Honourable Sir 7. H. Mad- 
doch, Knight, dated 1 May 1846. 

No. 4. Minute by the Honourable F. Millett, 
dated 1 May 1846. 


No. 5. 


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No. 5. Minute by the Honourable C. H. Cameron, 
dated 1 May 1846. 

No. 6. Copy ofa Letter from the Government of 
India in the Legislative Department, dated the 
22d August 1846, transmitting, 

No. 7. Minute by the Governor-General of India, 
dated 28 July 1846. 

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


Bristol and 
Clifton Oil 
Gas Bill. 


The Bristol and Clifton Oil Gas Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Plymouth and The Plymouth and Tavistock Turnpike-road Bill 
Tavistock 2r ; . 1 itted 
Turnpike. Was read a second time; and committed. 
road Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Boston, Stam- A Petition of the Boston, Stamford and Birming- 
ate oe ham Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bull 
aber to empower the said Company to make a Branch 
(Branch to Railway from the Stamford and Wisbech Line of 
= span the Boston, Stamford and Birmingham Railway at 
bech Harbour Wisbech, to Wisbech Harbour, and to construct cer- 
Improvement) tain Works at Wisbech Harbour, was presented, 
Bill. and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Fitzwi/liam and Mr. Stafford 
O’ Brien. 


Boston, Stam- A Petition of the Boston, Stamford and Bir- 
ford and 





A. 1847. 


\of Burnley, to connect the East Lancashire Rail- 
| way with the Manchester and Leeds Railway there, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Sir William Feilden 
and Mr. Walker. 


A Petition of the East Lancashire Railway Com- East Lanca- 
pany, for leave to bring ina Bill to enable the said rot sana 
Company to make a Branch Railway to Southport, eench jee 
| and to extend the Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston, Preston Ex- 
and the Blackburn and Preston Lines of their Rail- te?sio) Bill. 
way into Preston, and for other purposes relating 
thereto, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Wil/iam 
Feilden and Mr. Walker. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the Rochdale 
Acts for improving the Town of Rochdale, for leave —_—, 
‘to bring in a Bill for extending and enlarging the 
| Provisions of the Act for lighting, paving, cleansing, 
| watching, regulating and improving the Town of 
| Rochdale, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, was 
| semarvges and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 

brought in accordingly, by Mr. Sharman Crawford 
and Mr. Brown. 





A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property Cockermouth 

situate in and within the town and township of Cock- Improvement 
-ermouth, in the county of Cumberland, for leave to 
| bring in a Bill for paving, lighting, cleansing, 
watching and otherwise improving the Town of 
_ Cockermouth, in the county of Cumberland, and for 


Birmingham ™izgham Railway Company, for leave to bring in a | the removal and prevention of Nuisances and An- 
Railway (Wis- Bill to empower the said Company to make a Rail- | noyances within the same, was presented, and read ; 
bech to Sutton way from Wisbech to Sutton Bridge, with a Branch \and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 


pa’ ““) to Sutton Saint Mary, and to improve the Harbour | 


at Sutton Bridge, was presented, and read ; and a | 


ingly, by Mr. Aglionby and Mr. Irton. 


Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by | The Birkenhead Improvement (Waterworks and Birkenhead 


Mr. Fitzwilliam and Mr. Stafford O’ Brien. 


| works) Bill, was read a second time; and com- 
Eastern Union A Petition of the Eastern Union and the Jpswich | mitted. 


and Ipswich ° 7 ’ . . 
nr tr and Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway Companies, for 


Bausund’s leave to bring in a Bill for uniting the said Com- 
Railways panies into one Company, was presented, and read. 
Amalgama- Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
tion Bill. &gt; ° ee 
to amalgamate the Eastern Union and Ipswich and 
Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway Companies into one 
Company: And that Lord Rendlesham, Captain 


Gladstone and Mr. Lane Fox do prepare, and bring | 


it in. 


Newhaven A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts 
a thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
gation, and for more effectually maintaining the Harbour of 
Lewesand Wewhaven, and the Navigation of the River Ouse, 
~e - pi, between Mewhaven and Lewes, and for draining the 
oo * Low Lands lying in Lewes and Laughton Levels, all 
in the county of Sussex, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Fuller, Mr. Frewen and Mr. Fitzroy. 
East Lanca- A Petition of the East Lancashire Railway Com- 
ats namin pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said 
and Rawten- Company to alter the Line and Levels of their Rail- 
stall Coal = way, and to make a Branch Railway therefrom, and 
Branch) Bill. fox other purposes relating thereto, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 
in accordingly, by Sir William Feilden and Mr. 
Walker. 
Fast Lanca- A Petition of the East Lancashire Railway Com- 
‘ons oe pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said 
Sheva Bil. Company to extend their Railway from Bury to 
Manchester, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir 
William Feilden and Mr. Walker. 


East Lanca- 
shire Railway 
(Burnley . : 
Connecting Company to make a Railway in and near the town 
Line) Bill. 


A Petition ofthe East Lancashire Railway Com- 


pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said | 


|Purchase of Birkenhead and Claughton Water- Improvement 
(Waterworks 


and Purchase 
of Birkenhead 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 204 Claughton 
. ; Waterworks) 
mittee of Selection. Bill. 
| The Leith Harbour and Docks Dues Bill was Leith Harbour 
_read a second time; and committed. and Docks 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Dues Bill. 
| mittee of Selection. 


The Whiteburn and Kelso,and Lauder and Kelso whitepurn 
Roads Bill was read a second time; and com- and Kelso, and 
mitted ne and 

, i 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Ri — 

mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Richard Hodgson presented a Bill for mak- Lynn and Ely 
ing a Deviation in the Line of the Lynn and Ely Railway (De- 
Railway, and for forming Docks within the borough Lyn Docks) 
of King’s Lynn: And the same was read the first BL 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 





Mr. Richard Hodgson presented a Bill to enable Lymn and Ely 
the Lynn and Ely Railway Company to make a Na- Railway 
2 : ° (Lynn and 
vigation from Lynn to Wormegay, all in the County WrmecayN 
te gayNa= 
of Norfolk: And the same was read the first time ; vigation) Bill. 


and ordered to be read a second time. 





Mr. Richard Hodgson presented a Bill for mak- South York- 
_ing several Lines of Railway between Penistone, shire, Doncas- 
| Barnsley, Elsecar, Rotherham and Doncaster, in into (Pe- 
the West Riding of Yorkshire, to be called The nistone, &amp;c., 
South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Railway, ek mg 
and for authorizing the Purchase of part of the Shef- dese en 
field, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Hudders- Barnsley, 
field and Goole Railway, and of the Dun Naviga- Wakefield, 


idersfield 
tion, and Dearne and Dove Canal: And the same —- Baie 





was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a Railway, Dun 
Navigation 
and Dearne 
and Dove 

| Canal) Bill. 

| Mr. 


' second time. 


Po 
an 
no) 


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Wishaw and 


eoneunen shaw and Coltness Railway eg to make 


Mr. Lockhart presented a Bill to enable the Wi- 


to Auchin- Branch Railways to Auchinheath Mineral Field 
heath Mineral and to Canderside: And the same was read the first 


pear el time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Wolverhamp- The Wolverhampton Gas Bill was read a second 
ton Gas Bill. |. : 
time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
_... Mr. Greene presented a Bill for making a Rail- 
oo ean way from Portadown, in the County of Armagh, to 
Bill. Dungannon, in the County of Tyrone, to be called 
The Portadown and Dungannon Railway: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Great North- A Petition of the Great Northern Railway Com- 
ern Railway 


15° Februari. 109 


The Leeds, Wakefield and Midland Junction Rail- ape Wake- 
way Bill was read a second time; and committed. os —— 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Railway Bill. 
| mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Walter Francis Duke of Buccleuch Edinburghand 
and Queensberry, and Sir JohnGladstone, of Fasque, Northern Rail- 
Baronet, and of the Edinburgh and Northern Rail- dy agg 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to vest &amp;c.) Bill. * 
in the Edinburgh and Northern Railway Company 
the Undertaking of the Low-water Pier at Burnt- 
island, and of the Ferry between the same and 
Granton; and to enable the said Company to ex- 
| tend and improve the said Pier, was presented, and 
| read; and a Bill was ordered _to be brought in ac- 

cordingly, by Mr. Edward Ellice and Mr. George 
William Hope. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Liverpool 





(Hertford,  Pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said ! of the borough of Liverpool, for leave to bring in a Corporation 


Hatfield and Company to makea Railway from Saint Alban’s to. 
Saint Alban’s the Great Northern Railway at Hatfield, and thence | 
Branch) Bil. +4 the Town of Hertford, was presented, and read ; | 

and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


by Mr. Astell, Mr. Octavius Duncombe and saad 


Beckett Denison. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 


Bill for better supplying with Water the Borough — 


of Liverpool, and the Neighbourhood thereof, and 


| for authorizing the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 


of the said Borough to purchase the Liverpool and 
Harrington Waterworks, and Liverpool Waterworks, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 


“ i ; | be brought in accordingly, by Viscount Sandon and 
A Petition of the Great Northern Railway Com- | Sir Howard Douglas. 


(Deviations pany, for leave to bring ina Bill to enable the said | 


between 
Grantham and 


Company to make certain alterations in the line of | 


Ordered, That the Petition of Inhabitants of Malta and 


York) Bill, their Railway, as already authorized, between ‘the islands of Malta and Gozo, praying the House ©°29- 


Grantham and York, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


by Mr. Astedl, Mr. Christopher and Mr. Beckett | 


Denison. 
— A Petition of the Great Northern Railway Com- 
Geviiions pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said | 
between Company to make certain alterations in the line of | 
ee their Railway, as already authorized, between Pe- 
Doneaster)  ferborough, Boston and Doncaster, was presented, | 
Bill. and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought 

in accordingly, by Mr. Astedl, Mr. Beckett Denison 

and Mr. Christopher. 
ag aa The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
(Hertford to spect of the Petition for the Eastern Counties Rail- 
Hitchin) Bill. way (Hertford to Hitchin) Bill, which, upon Fri- 


day last, was made from the Select Committee on | 


Standing Orders, might be read ; and the same being | 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to 
make a Railway from the Northern and Eastern 
Railway, at Hertford, to the Great Northern Rail- 


to grant them a National Representation, which was 
presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


| A Petition of Surveyors of the Highways for the London and 
parishes of Aston, Shenstone and Sutton Coldfield, — 
and of Trustees of the Stonnall and Stonebridge oe 
Turnpike-road, praying that the London and North and Lichfield 
Western Railway (Birmingham and Lichfield Line, Line, &amp;c.) Bill. 
&amp;c.), Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of James Connell Prance, of Maidstone, South Eastern 
'in thecounty of Kent, Surgeon and Apothecary ;—— Railway 
and, William Henry Crispe and John Crispe, both Ghart) Bil. 
of Maidstone, in the county of Kent; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the South Eastern 
Railway (Maidstone to Chart) Bill,—were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 





way, near Hitchin: And that Mr. Hudsonand Mr. 
Hastie do prepare, and bring it in. 


Petitions. 


| . | | 
Salisbury and "The Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Bill was read | A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Liynvi Valley 


Yeovil Rail- 


way Bill. a second time ; and committed. | 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Shipley 


pe Al The Shipley Gas Bill was read a second time; 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Eastern Coun- The Eastern Counties Railway Extension (Cam- 
—— bridge to Bedford, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time ; 
(Cambridge to and committed. 

aie &amp;e.) Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Eastern Coun- The Eastern Counties Railway (Cambridge, Roy- 
hes Railway ston and Ware Line, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second 


and committed. | 


Bridgend Railway, in the county of Glamorgan, cae og 
'praying that they may be heard, by their counsel ™°" 
or agents, against certain parts of the Liynvi Valley 
Railway Extension Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Mew Cross Turn- South Eastern 
pike-roads, in the counties of Kent and Surrey, see ‘ 
praying that they may be heard, by their counsel eae ag wn 
or agents, against certain parts of the South Eastern Branches) Bill. 
Railway (Croydon and Bromley Branches) Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 


Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 





(Cambridge. °. . 

Royston and time; and committed. 

Ware Line, Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | 

&amp;c.) Bill. mittee of Selection. | 
Vo. 102. 


by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. | 

P 3 A Petition 


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South Eastern 
Railway (Mid- 
Kent and 
Direct Tun- 
bridge) Bill. 


London, 
Oxford and 
Cheltenham 
Railway Bill. 


John IHogan. 


Railways 
(ireland) Bill. 


Breweries and 
Distilleries. 


Little 
Bowden 
Charities. 


110 15° Februari. 


A Petition of Truscees of the New Cross Turn- | 
pike-roads, in the counties of Kent and Surrey, | 
praying that they may be heard, by their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the South Eastern 
Railway (Mid-Kent and Direct Tunbridge) Bill, was 
presented, and read. _ os 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Charles Porcher, of Cliffe, in the 
county of Dorset, Esquire, and George Reid, ot 
Clarence-terrace, Regent’s Park, in the county of 
Middlesex, Esquire, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the London, Oxford and Cheltenham 
Railway Bill, was presented, and read, 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
bv themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour ofthe Bill, against the said Petition. 





A Petition of John Hogan, of Adare, county Li- 
merick, stating that the Petitioner and his son were 
employed on the public works near Adare, under the 
recommendation of the Relief Committee ; that his 
family then consisted of four in number ; that about 
three weeks since his only daughter died, and the 
intelligeuce being communicated to the Relief Com- 
mittee, he was dismissed from his employment on 
the ground that the rule of the Board of Works could 
not be violated, and that his family being now re- 
duced, no more than his little son should get em- 
ployment ; and praying the House to take his case 
into consideration, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Armagh, praying 
that the Railways (Jreland) Bill may pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Peter- 
head, in the county of Aberdeen, praying the House | 
to adopt immediate measures for stopping brewing | 
and distillation from grain for such a period as may | 
appear, under the existing circumstances of the 
country, to be necessary, was presented, and read ; | 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition ofthe Reverend Thomas Watton Bar- 
low, Clerk, Rector of Little Bowden, in the county 
of Northampton, stating that in the said parish is an 
estate vested in Trustees, to apply the rents and 
proceeds of the same to the promotion of charitable 
uses, for the ease, benefit and advantage of the in- 
habitants of the said parish for the time being, and | 
for none other uses or purposes whatever; that the | 
Petitioner having discovered that but a small por-| 
tion of the rents had been applied to the benefit or | 
comfort of the poor, but that by far the larger por- | 
tion had been applied to lessen the parochial bur- 
dens, he represented this to the Feotfees, who have 
now applied to the High Court of Chancery for a 
scheme for the future application of these funds, and, 
as the Petitioner apprehends, not in accordance with 
the intentions of the testator; and praying that in 
any Act the House may be pleased to pass respect- 
ing the disposal of charity funds, they will provide 
for a strict auditing of the accounts of the Feoffees, 
and that the funds should be applied to such chari- 
table designs as the testator had in view, and that | 
part of the revenue of the Bowden Charity Estates 
be made available to the education of the poor in 

















A. 1847. 


A Petition of Factory Workers in the employ of Factories, 
Joseph Wood and Sons, Dearnley, being situated in 
the parish of Rochdale, praying the House to pass 
a Ten Hours Bill for all minors and females em- 
ployed in Factories, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to J.nies Gerrard 
several Addresses to Her Majesty,—A Copy of the and others, 
Informations and Evidence given before the Magis- 
trates assembled in Petty Sessions at Warrington, 
on Monday the 25th day of January last, on which 
James Gerrard, Thomas Wyke, James Irelund and 
John Dobson were sentenced to three months’ im- 
prisonment, with hard labour, for leaving the service 
of Joseph Baxter Edelsten, File Manufacturer ; 
together with Copies of the Convictions and War- 
rants of Commitment, and of the Contracts entered 
into by the said prisoners with the said Joseph Baz- 
ter Edelsten. 


Copy of a Letter from Thomas Lyon and Wil- JamesGerrard 
liam Stubbs, Esquires, Magistrates acting at Wur- and others. 
rington, dated the 4th day of February 1847, con- 
taining a statement relative to the case of James 
Gerrard and others. 

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


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

Return of the Number and Names of Poor Law 
Unions in England in which it is the custom of the 
Boards of Guardians to depute a portion of the 
Board as a distinct and separate Committee for 
transacting the business of the Board; also, the 
Number and Names of Unions in which the meet- 
ings of Boards of Guardians for the execution of 
their duties, and for the Relief of the Poor, have 
been held less frequently than once a week. 


The London and North Western Railway (Descoé London and 
and Wolverhampton Branch, &amp;c.) Bill was read a NorthWestern 
second time; and committed. + oe 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Wolverhamp- 
mittee of Selection. ton Branch, 

&amp;c.) Bill. 


The London and North Western Railway (Ori:s- London and 
kirk and Rainford Branch, &amp;c.) Bill was read a NorthWestern 
. ge . Railway 
second time; and committed. (Ormskirk 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- and Rainford 
mittee of Selection. Branch, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Wey- Weymouth 
mouth Union, which was presented upon Frid: Union. 
last, be printed. No. 63. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Outrages Gutrages 
(Zreland), which were presented upon Friday last, ireland.) 


be printed. No. 64. 


Mr. Ward presented, pursuant to Order,—Copy Corporal 
of the Order given by the Admiralty to Officers to Punishments 
submit to the Commander-in-Chief at the Ports, — 
for his approval, Crimes that require Corporal eneoess 
Punishment. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Railways _ 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which, ‘!reland) Bill. 
upon Friday last, were proposed to be made to the 
Question, That the Railways (Zre/and) Bill be now 
read a second time ; and which Amendments were, 
to leave out the word “ now,” and, at the end of the 
Question, to add the words “upon this day six 
months.” 


And the Question being again proposed, That 


the parish, was presented, and read ; and ordered | the word “ now” stand part of the Question :—The 


to he upon the Table. 


House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 


And 


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


Martis, 16° die Februariti, 1847: 


Ordered, That the Debate be  rther adjourned 
till this day. 
Poor Relief The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Poor Relief (Zreland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Customs 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Duties Bill. 


mittee on the Customs Duties Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Labouring The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Poor (Ireland) mittee on the Labouring Poor (Ireland) Bill ; 

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


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
Rating of Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
aaa provide that the Owners of Tenements of small 


annual value shall be assessed to the Rate for the 
Relief of the Poor, and the Highway Rate, in place 
of the Occupier: And that Mr. Waddington, Mr. 
Allix and Colonel Wood do prepare, and bring it 


In. 


Public Works 


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


Copy of Mr. Hornsby’s Letter to Samuel Gamble, 
c.E., referred to in Mr. Gamble’s Letter of the sth 
day of January 1847, addressed to Lieutenant 
Colonel Jones. 

Cotton(India.) Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of Papers in the Possession of the East 
India Company, showing what Measures have 
been taken since 1836 to promote the Cultivation 
of Cotton in India, with the particulars and result 
of any Experiments which have been made by the 
said Company, with a view to introduce the Growth 
of American Cotton, or to encourage the Production 
of Native Cotton in India :—And, a Return of the 
Quantity of Cotton Wool exported from the British 
Possessions in Jndia in each year during which the 
Accounts have been kept, stating the Ports from 
which the Shipments were made, the Quantity 
shipped at each Port, and the Countries to which the 
Cotton was expurted, and the Shipments to each 
Country. 


British 
Museum. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Total Amount expended on the New 
Buildings and Fittings of the British Museum, from 
the Commencement of the Rebuilding until the 
present time ; also of the date when the New Build- 
ings were commenced ; and an Estimate of tlie Cost 
of completing the Buildings and Fittings. 


Woollen 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Manufactures. 


Account of the Quantities and declared Value of 
British Woollen Manufactures exported from the 
United Kingdom in the year 1846; specifying the 
Countries to which they were sent. 

Haydock 


Lodge Luna- 
tic Asylum. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a further Report of the Commis- 


sioners in Lunacy to Her Majesty’s Principal Se- | 


cretary of State for the Home Department, relative 
to the Haydock Lodge Lunatic Asylum. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
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6° Februari. 111 


Her Majesty by such Members of this House as 


are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Railways. 
au Account of the proposed Amount of Capital, and 
of the Sums authorized to be borrowed, in the Rail- 
way Bills deposited with the Commissioners of 
Railways for the present Session of Parliament. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Public Income 
Account, for the years 1836 to 1846, both inclusive, "4 Expendi- 
showing, for each year, ture. 


1. The Amount received into the Exchequer : 
2. The Total Expenditure therefrom : 
3. The Expenditure under the several Heads 
1. Charge of Debt: 
2. Other Charges on Consolidated Fund : 
3. Charge for Army, &amp;c., Services : 
4. Charge for Miscellaneous Services : 
4. The Surplus, or 
5. The Deficiency of Income compared with Expenditure : 


6. The Amount of Taxes repealed) ,....  .). 
\ distinguishing the 


or reduced, and Se 
principal items : 


7. Of the Taxes imposed, 
8. Total Capital of Deht, Funded and Unfunded : 
a sienasial f1. Funded 
9. Capital of Debt Uz. Exchequer Bills : 
10. Balances in the Exchequer at close of year. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and other In- Tea. 
habitants of the city of Edinburgh, praying for a 
reduction of the duty on Tea, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


_Mr. Milner Gibson presented, pursuant to the Ecclesiastical 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copies Commission. 
of Orders of Her Majesty in Council, made in 
1846, ratifying Schemes of the Ecclesiastical Com- 
missioners for England. 


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


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





Martis, 16° die Februarii ; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 
PRAYERS. 


M R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Index to Public 





Reports of Commissioners on Public Ac- Accounts. 


counts. No. 70. 
Index to Reports of Commissioners on Roads and Roads and 

Bridges. Bridges. 
Ordered, That the said Papers be printed. No. 71. 


Captain Gladstone presented a Bill to amalga- Eastern Union 
mate the Eastern Union and Ipswich and Bury 2nd Ipswich 
Saint Edmund’s Railway Companies: And the 22¢Bury Saint 


: Edmund’s 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be Railways 
read a second time. Amalgama- 

tion Bill. 


Colonel Connolly presented a Bill for empowering Sheffield, 
the Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Hud- Rotherham, 
dersfield and Goole Railway Company to abandon ai 
a part of their Railway, and to make certain Devia- Huddersfield 
tions from the level of other portions, and to extend 24 Goole 


their said Railway, and for other Purposes :— a 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered of Levels, &amp;c.) 
1, 


to be read a second time. Bil 


Colonel Conzolly presented a Bill for making a Sheffield, 
Railway from the Midland Railway, at Masbrough, Rotherham 
to Doncaster, to be called, The Sheffield, Rotherham yet en 
and Doucaster Junction Railway: And the same way (Mas- 


was read the first time; and ordered to be read a broughto Don- 








second time, 


caster) Bill. 
ep 4 Mr. 








112 


Public Peti- 
tions (Sixth 
Report.) 


days of this instant February, and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


A Petition of the Saint Helen’s Canal and Rail- 


Saint Helen’s 


Canal and way Company, for leave to bring ina Bill to enable 
Railway(War- 2 5 , 

rington and the said Company to make Branch Railways to 
Blackbrook — Warrington and to Blackbrook, and to make certain 


— &amp;c.) alterations in their Railway, and also to take a 
lease of the Rainford Branch of the London and 
North Western Railway, was presented, and read ; 

and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


by Mr. Wilson Patten and Mr. Treland Blachburne. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
(Branches to 
Sleaford) Bill. 


A Petition of the Great Northern Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said 
Company to make a Branch of their Railway from 
the main line of their Railway in the parish of 
Hougham, in Lincolnshire, to or near Sleaford, and 
thence to join the Great Northern Railway, in the 
parish of Gosberton, in the same county, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Astell, Mr. Turnor 
and Mr. Christopher. 


A Petition of the Great Northern Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said 
Company to make a Railway from the Methley 


Great North. 
ern Railway 
(Extension to 
Leeds and 


Wakefield, Branch of the Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole 
— ot Railway to Leeds and Wakefield, with certain 
Branch of | Branch Railways therefrom, all in the West Riding 
Wakefield, of the county of York, was presented, and read ; 


ee and anda Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
way) Bi by Mr. Beckett Denison, Mr. William Lascelles, 
Mr. Beckett and Mr. Aldam. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
(Purchase of 
Ambergate, 
Nottingham 
and Boston 
and Eastern 
Junction Rail- 
way, &amp;c.) Bill. 


A Petition of the Great Northern Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said 
Company to take a lease of or to purchase the East 
Lincolnshire Railway, the Boston, Stamford and 
Birmingham Railway, and the Ambergate, Notting- 
ham and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway, 
was presented, and read; anda Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Astell, Mr. 
Christopher, and Mr. Beckett Denison. 


Dublin and 
Drogheda 
Railway 
(Branch from 
Navan to 
Kells) Bill. 


A Petition of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
said Company to make a Railway from the Navan 
Branch of the Dublinand Belfast Junction Railway, 
in the county of Meath, to the town of Kells, in the 
same county, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir 
William Somerville and Mr. George Alexander 
Hamilton. 


A Petition of the Cornwall Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize an altera- 
tion in the Line of the Cornwall Railway, and to 
amend the Act relating thereto, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Charles 
Lemon and the Judge Advocate. 


Cornwall 
Railway Bill. 


Macduff Har- 


A Petition of Richard Wharton Duff, Esquire, 
bour Bill. 


of Orton, General the honourable Sir A/exander 
Duff, second son of the deceased Alexander Earl 
of Fife, James Souter, Esquire, Writer to the Signet, 
James Duff, Esquire, Member of Parliament for 
Banffshire, Major Alexander Francis Taylor, resid- 
ing at Rothiemay, and Alexander Thomas Wharton 
Duff, Esquire, only son of the said Richard Whar- 
ton Duff, being the surviving, origina) and assumed 
Trustees acting under a trust disposition and settle- 
ment executed by the deceased James Earl of Fife, 
dated Twenty-eighth November Eighteen hundred 


16° Februari. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the | 
Petitions presented upon the 10th, 11th and 12th | 














A. 1847. 


and One years, and relative deeds of alteration 
thereof executed hy the said Earl, all registered in 
the Books of Council and Session, the Ninth day of 
August Eighteen hundred and Fourteen, by which 
trust disposition and settlement it is declared that 
any two of the said trustees, while there are three or 
more surviving and accepting, shall be a quorum, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for improving and main- 
taining the Harbour of Macduff, in the county of 
Banff, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Duff 
and Mr. Ricardo. 


A Petition of the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Edinburgh, 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to Leith and — 
enable the said Company to make a Branch Rail- oa 
way from Bonnington to Trinity Villa; to acquire and Granton 
certain = of Land, and to shut up and use Junction) Bill. 
certain Roads or Streets, for the purposes of the 
said Railway, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for granting New Zealand 
further Powers to the ew Zealand Company : And Company Bill. 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented 2 Biil to enable the Great North- 
Great Northern Railway Company to make certain ¢™ Railway 
Alterations in the Line of their Railway, as already cee oll 
authorized, between Peterborough, Boston and Don- borough, Bos- 
caster: And the same was read the first time ; and to 22d Don- 


ordered to be read a second time. caster) Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Great North- 
Great Northern Railway Company to make a Rail- (77 sw 
way from Saint Alban’s to theGreat Northern Rail- Siatheld and 
way at Hatfield, and thence to the Town of Hert- Saint Alban’s 
ford: And the same was read the first time ; and Branch) Bill. 


ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Great North- 
Great Northern Railway Company to make certain er Railway 
Alterations in the Line of their Railway, as already Coevietions 

b . J? between 
authorized, between Grantham and York: And the Grantham and 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be York) Bill. 


read a second time. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented a Bill for more effectually Newhaven 
maintaining the Harbour of Newhaven and the Harbour, Ouse 
Navigation of the River Ouse, between Newhaven eee — 
and Lewes, and for draining the Low Lands lying Lewes and 
in Lewes and Laughton Levels, all in the County Laughton 
of Sussex: And the same was read the first time ; antiaes 


and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Paisley and Renfrew Railway Paisiecy and 
Company, and of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock Rentrew ago” 
and dyr Railway Company, for leave to bring in + ster 
a Bill to authorize the Sale of the Paisley and Ren- Bill. 
frew Railway to the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock 
and Ayr Railway Company, and the Improvement 
of the said Railway by the latter Company, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hastie and Mr. 

Bouverie. 


A Petition of the East of Fife Railway Company, East of Fife 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said Com- Railway 
pany to deviate a portionof the Main Line, and to Saree 
improve the Junction with the Edinburgh an 
Northern Railway near Markinch, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Edward Ellice and Sir John 
Hope. 


The Great Northern Railway (Js/e of Axholme Great North- 


Extension) Bill was read a ime: . ern Railway 
- r on) B e second time; and com (Isle of Ax- 
mitted. ; . holme Exten- 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Come sion) Bill 


mittee of Selection. 


Dr. 








10 Vicroriz. 


East Lanca- 

shire Railway 
(Burnley : 
Connecting in and near the Town of Burnley, to connect the 


Dr. Bowring presented a Bill to enable the East 
Lancashire Railway Company to make a Railway 
Line) Bill. East Lancashire Railway with the Manchester and 
Leeds Railway there: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 

East Laaca- Dr. Bowring presented a Bill to enable the East 
shire Railway T ancashire Railway Company to make a Branch 
(Southport Rail : . ah 
Branch and ailway to Southport, and to extend the Liverpool, 
Preston Exten- Ormskirk and Preston, and the Blackburn and Pres- 
sion) Bil. ton Lines of their Railway into Preston, and for 
other purposes relating thereto: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


East Lanca- Dr. Bowring presented a Bill to enable the East 
a Lancashire Railway Company to alter the Line 
at Rawten- and Levels of their Railway, and to make a Branch 
stallCoal = Railway therefrom, and for other purposes relating 
Branch) Bill. thereto: And the same was read the first time ; and 


ordered to be read a second time. 
East Lanca- Dr. Bowring presented a Bill to enable the East 
shire Railway Tancashire Railway Company to extend their Rail- 
(Bury to Man- B pany 
chesicr) Bill. Way from Bury to Manchester: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 


time. 
Rochdale Mr. Sharman Crawford presented a Bill for 
—_ extending and enlarging the Provisions of the Act 


for lighting, paving, cleansing, watching regulating 
and improving the Town of Rochdale, in the County 
Palatine of Lancaster: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 
Dublin and A Petition of the Dublin and Belfast Junction 
Belfast June- Railway Company, with a Branch from Drogheda 
Navan Branch to Navan, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize 
Railway Bill. the Sale to the Dublin and Drogheda Railway Com- 
pany of the Wavan Branch of the Dublin and Bel- 
fast Junction Railway, and to enable the Dublin 
and Drogheda, the Dublin and Belfast Junction 
Railway Company, with a Branch from Drogheda 
to Navan, the Ulster and the Dundalk and Ennis- 
hillen Railway Companies, or any of them, to amal- 
gamate with one another, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


by Mr. George Alexander Hamilton and Mr. Bellew. 


Edinburgh Mr. Edward Ellice presented a Bill to vest in the 
and Northern Edinburgh and Northern Railway Company the 
(Burntisland Undertaking of the Low Water Pier at Burntisland, 
Picr, &amp;c.) Bill. and of the Ferry between the same and Granton, 
and to enable the said Company to extend and im- 
prove the said Pier: And the same was read the first 


time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Edinburgh A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
a = Council of the city of Edinburgh, for leave to bring 
in a Bill to enlarge and improve the Meal, Corn 
and Grain Markets of the city of Edinburgh, and 
for other purposes in relation thereto, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Gibson Craig and Mr. Maii- 
land. 


Bingley A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and neigh- 

Gas Bil. bourheod of Bingley, in the West Riding of the 
county of York, being Promoters of the under- 
taking thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for lighting with Gas the Town and Neigh- 
bourhood of Bingley, in the West Riding of the 
county of York, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Ferrand and Mr. Ward. 

VoL. 102. 


16° Februari. 113 


Mr. Fitzwilliam presented a Bill to empower the Boston, 
Boston, Stamford and Birmingham Railway Com- nea and 
pany to make a Branch Railway from the Stamford i 
and Wisbech Line of the Boston, Stamford and Bir- (Branch to 
mingham Railway, at Wisbech, to Wisbech Harbour, Lyon 
and to construct certain Works at Wisbech Har- te secon 
bour: And the same was read the first time ; and Improvement) 


ordered to be read a second time. Bi 


Mr. Fitzwilliam presented a Bill to empower the Boston, 
Boston, Stamford and Birmingham Railway Com- ee and 
pany to make a Railway from Wisbech to Sutton poiway (Wis- 

; . . y (Wis 
Bridge, with a Branch to Sutton Saint Mary, and bech to Sutton 
to improve the Harbour at Sutton Bridge: And Bridge, &amp;c.) 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to ~”” 


be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Eastern Counties Railway Com- Eastern Coun- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said (lifoed 103 
Company to make a Railway from the Eastern jury Fort and 
Counties Railway, at or near the Forest Gate Sta- Southend, with 
tion, to Southend, with Branches, was presented, and # Branch from 

; ; Vange to 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- Battie Bridge) 
cordingly, by Mr. Hudson and Mr. Bramston. Bill. 


Mr. Hastie presented a Billto enable the Eastern Eastern Coun- 
Counties Railway Company to make a Railway poh scrip 
from the Northern and Eastern Railway, at Hert- {fitenin) Bil 
ford, to the Great Northern Railway, near Hitchin : 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 


to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brown presented a Bill for better supplying Liverpool 
with Water the Borough of Liverpool and the Corporation 
Neighbourhood thereof, and for authorizing the jj" 
Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the said Borough =~ 
to purchase the Liverpool and Harrington Water- 
works and Liverpool Waterworks: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


The Saint Ives (Huntingdon) Improvement Bill Saint Ives 
was read a second time; and committed. mac 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bill, 


mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to enable the Cale- Caledonian 
donian Railway Company to make certain Branch Railway 
Railways in the Counties of Dumfries and Cumber- (Branches to 

: Canobie, &amp;c.) 
land: And the same was read the first time; and git), 
orderea to be read a second time. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to enable the Cale- Caledonian 
donian Railway Company to extend their Railway Railway 
across the River Clyde, at Glasgow, and to form a snes 
Station in that City: And the same was read the and Glasgow 


first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. Station) Bill. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to enable the Cale- Caledonian 
donian Railway Company to take on Lease a por- Railway 
tion of the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Rail- ee a“ 
way: And the same was read the first time ; and Dumfries and 
ordered to be read a second time. Carlisle Rail- 

way ) Bill. 

A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking ojdham 
thereinafter mentioned, and also of the Manchester Alliance _ 
and Leeds Railway Company, for leave to bring in “way Bill 
a Bill for making certain Lines of Railway, in the 
couaty of Lancaster, to be called The Oldham 
Alliance Railway, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Fielden and Mr. Entwisle. 


A Petition of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Birmingham, 
Stour Valley Railway Company, for leave to bring Wolverhamp- 
in a Bill to enable the said Company to construct Valley Baile 
Branch Railways to Stourbridge, Dudley, and other way (No. 2.) 
places, and for other purposes, was presented, and Branches Bill. 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 


ingly, by Sir Charles Douglas and Mr. Robert Scott. 





Q A Petition 





114 16° Februarzz. 


Chester and A Petition of the Chester and Holyhead Railway 
Railway (ix- Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
tensions at said Company to make certain extensions of and 
Chester and alterations in the Line of the Chester and Holyhead 
mg head, &amp;e.) Railway, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
‘ read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Colonel Pennant and Mr. Alderman 
Thompson. 
ee A Petition of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union 
Dues Bill. Canal Company, and of Robert Ellis, Writer to the 
Signet, Edinburgh, Cierk to the said Company, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Leith 
Harbour and Docks Dues Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 

Wexford and A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Magis- 

way(Killarney trates and Cess-payers of the barony of Maguinchy, 

to Valencia) in the county of Kerry, taking notice of the appli- 

Bill. cation for leave to bring in the Wexford and Va- 
lencia Railway (Killarney to Valencia) Bill; and 
praying that such Bill may speedily pass into law, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

London and 


~- A Petition of Misses Winifred Orrell, Elizabeth 
orth Western . ‘ 
Railway Orrell and Aun Barbara Orrell, praying that they 
(Ormskirk may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
era agents, against certain parts of the London and 
pil. | North Western Railway (Ormskirk and Rainford 
Branch, &amp;c.), Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Edinburgh A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town 

aise" Council of the royal bargh of Linlithgow, praying 

Bill. the House not to sanction or allow to pass into law 
any Bills which may be introduced into the House 
by or on behalf of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- 
way Company, until they shall have restored the 
Sunday passenger trains, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Seed Corn, 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of the 
elief Committee for the half barony of Rathcomath, 
Ballymore division, county Westmeath, stating that 
while the Petitioners are grateful for the proposed 
grant for Seed Corn for Ireland, they are also con- 
vinced that the amount is inadequate to the pre- 
sent want; and praying that means, equal to the 
exigency may be placed at the disposal of the land- 
lords, under suitable regulations, and the inspection 
of duly-qualified and trust-worthy officers, who, in 
conjunction with the local committees, will be em- 
powered to make, and be responsible for, the fit 
and profitable appropriation of both food and seed 
in each locality, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Waste Lands A Petition of the High Sheriff, Chairman of a 
(ireland. ) Meeting of Gentry, Clergy and Freeholders of the 
county of Waterford, praying that immediate mea- 
sures may be taken by the Legislature for causing the 
waste and unoccupied lands of Jreland to be brought 
into cultivation, and for setting upon them that por- 
tion of the population for whose labour there exists 
no natural demand in their respective localities, 
and that, with this view, Commissioners be ap- 
pointed with power to purchase or take a lease of 
the lands that might be found suitable for these 
purposes, from the owners thereof, at a valuation, 
and to select the settlers from townlands in which 
the population may appear to be most dense in pro- 
portion to the poor law valuation, and that, upon 


&amp;c. (Ireland.) R 





A. 1847. 


the completion of such purchase or lease, the recla- 
mation and culture of said lands be carried on 
under the direct superintendence and control of 
the Commissioners, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Thomas Willis, of Denzille- Stamp Duties 
street, Dublin, Barrister-at-Law, stating that by the Assimilation. 
Act for assimilating the Stamp Duties in Great 
Britain and Ireland, passed in the year 1842, the 
Stamp Duty payable on adinission to the degree of 
Barrister-at-Law in Jreland was raised to 501., and 
by an Enactment of the same session, students for 
the Jrish bar were entitled to be repaid a consider- 
able portion of the Stamp Duty paid by them on 
their admission to an English Inn of Court, pro- 
vided that they applied for the same within six 
months after such payment ; that he was admitted 
a member of the Honourable the Society of the 
King’s Inns, Dublin, in Hilary Term, 1843, and a 
Member of the Honourable Society of the Znner 
Temple, in Easter Term, 1844, on both which occa- 
sions he paid the Stamp Duty of 25/., but was not 
informed that any portion of either sum would be 
returned, nor was he aware of the existence of such 
a privilege until about the time of his admission to 
the degree of Barrister-at-Law in Ireland, in Mi- 
chaelmas Term 1846, when he applied at the Stamp 
Office, Somerset House, for such repayment, but 
was informed that his application came too late; 
and praying that the House will direct the repay- 
ment of such portion of the Stamp Duty paid by 
him on his admission to the Honourable Society of 
the Znner Temple, as he would have been entitled 
to had he applied for the same within six months 
after payment thereof, and will take into considera- 
tion the propriety of compelling students for the 
Irish bar to pay a sum of money which they are 
entitled to re-demand the moment after, but their 
ignorance of which privilege has placed many of 
them in a similar position with the Petitioner, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Reverend William Augustus Parish Clerks. 
Morgan, Perpetual Curate of the parish of Tresmere, 
near Launceston, in the diocese of Exeter and county 
of Cornwall, stating that he is informed that there 
is no law in existence by which Parish Clerks can 
enforce payment for the performance of their duties, 
where no land or other property is apportioned for 
such purposes; and praying the House, by legislative 
enactment, or otherwise, to apply some remedy, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Reverend Patrick Harley, Islands of 
P.P., Arran, county Galway, stating that for a Arran. 
length of time the Islands of Arran, in the county 
of Galway, have been constituted a distinct barony 
in themselves, and that since they have been so con- 
stituted, no baronial sessions have been held, the 
consequence of which is that the local interests of 
the said islands have been totally neglected ; and 
praying the House to apply a speedy remedy, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Union with 
of the borough of Waterford, praying the House to Ireland. 
pass a Bill for the repeal of the legislative union 
between Great Britain and Ireland, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of windows, &amp;e. 
Bridgnorth, and its neighbourhood, praying the 
House to pass a law to repeal the tax on Windows 
and Lights, and instead thereof to impose a moderate 
house tax, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition 











Fan 
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Ref 
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Po 


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Famine in 
Treland. 


tO Vicrortiz. 


A Petition of Members of the Poor Relief Com- 
mittee of the petty sessions district of Fintona, county 
Tyrone, praying the House to take immediate mea- 
sures to remove all hindrances from, and facilitate the 
importationand distribution of, bread stuffs and other 
provisions, and for the sale of them at prices bearing 
a fair proportion to that of other articles of commer- 
cial speculation ; that the House will cause depots 
of seed to be established throughout the country, 
and organize an extensive and well-digested system 
of emigration, and make such enactments as will 
invite capital to the scientific cultivation of the soil, 
to the reclamation of waste lands and the develop- 
ment of the other capabilities and resources of that] 
country, and thereby afford beneficial employment 


16° Februarie. 








115 


land, in the transportation of Grain and Provisions 
to Scotland and Ireland, were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of the Railways _ 
Representative Vestry of Saint Mary-le-bone, pray- (Ireland) Bill. 


ing that the Railways (Jreland) Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from the Relief Committee of Ferns 
(Chairman) ;—and, Newry; praying that the said 
Bill may pass into a law,—were also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Citizens of Dublin, praying for the Ministers’ 
abolition of Ministers’ Money, in Lreland, was pre- Money 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. (Ireland. ) 


and food to the miserable population of Ireland, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Isle of Man. 


Tea. 


Reform of 


Poor Removal 


Act. 


Attornics’ 
Certificates. 


Factories. 


Factories Bill, 


Lighthouses, 
&amp;c. 


Petitions from Turton ;—and, Kilkenny ; praying 
for a reduction of the duty on Tea,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Inha- 


— Tullamore ;—North Dublin Union ;—and, Re- 
verend John Jackson, Rector of Tallow; praying 
for amendment of the Poor Law in Jreland,—were 


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


Petitions from Cranbrook ;—Salford Union (Chair- 
man) ;— Devizes Union ;—Sherinaham ;—Hundreds 
of Tunstead and. Happing (Norfolk) (Chairman) ;— 
Salhouse ;— Brill ;—and, Launceston Union (Chair- 
man); praying for the repeal or alteration of the 
Poor Removal Act,—were presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Settlement and 
Poor Removal. 


Petitions from Salisbury ;—Market Deeping ;— 
and, Grantham ; praying that Attornies and Soli- 
citors may be wholly relieved from the payment 
of the annual duties on their Certificates,—were 
presented, andread ; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Petitions from Bury (Lancaster) ;—Milnrow ;— 
Airdrie ;—and, Great Bolton; praying the House 
to pass a Ten Hours Bill for all minors and females 
employed im Factories,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants and other Inhabitants 
of Liverpool, praying that the Factories Bill may 
not pass into a iaw, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from King’s Lynn ;—Poole ;—Ipswich ; 





to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Memorials presented to the Go- 
vernment, with Correspondence, or Extracts of Cor- 
respondence, on the subject of the Reform of the 
House of Keys (in continuation of the Return of the 


Parliament —_—bitants of the borough of Greenwich, in the county | last Session). 
— of Kent, praying for the repea) of that portion of| Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 

the Reform of Parliament Act commonly called the | Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 

Rate-paying Clauses, was presented, and read ; and | of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Bread, Flour 

Poor Law Petitions from Thomas Callan ;—Union of Ennis- | to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 24 Wheat. 
Cireland-) earthy ;—John Hamilton ;—Sherry and Racavan;|to give directions that there be laid before this 


House, Returns of the Price, in London, of the best 
Wheaten Bread, per imperial pound English ; of the 
best Wheaten Flour of which such Bread is manu- 
factured, per whperial pound English ; and of good 
red or white Wheat, weighing not less than 60 or 
61 pounds per imperial bushel, on the Ist day of 
November and the 1st day of December 1846, and 
the Ist day of January and the 1st day of February 
1847 :—And, from our Consul in Paris, of the Price 
(estimated in British currency, and also in the cur- 
rency of the country) of the best Wheaten Bread, 
not Fancy Bread, per imperial pound English; of 
the best Wheaten Flour of which such Bread is 
manufactured, per imperial pound English; and the 
best red or white Wheat, weighing not less than 
from 60 to 61 pounds per imperial bushel, on the 
1st day of November and the 1st day of December 
1846, and the 1st day of January and the Ist day 
of February 1847. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Navigation 


Return of the various Articles seized, Ships detained, 
and Penalties imposed in the United Kingdom for 
Contravention of the Navigation Laws, stating the 
circumstances under which each Seizure was made, 
Ship detained, or Penalty imposed; upon what 
conditions such Articles or Ships were released, or 
how otherwise disposed of, from the year 1841 to 
1846 inclusive. 








and, Montrose ; praying the House to pass a law in 
accordance with the recommendations of the Select 
Committee on Lighthouses, &amp;c.,-—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Convict Dis- 
mand,—Copy of Correspondence on the subject of cipline and 
Convict Discipline and Transportation. a 

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

Sunday 


A Petition of Clergy of the Metropolis, praying 
Trading. d 


that a Bill against Sunday Trading may be passed 
into law, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, Vhat the Account relative to Wheat, Wheat. 
which was presented upon the 8th day of this instant No. 72. 
February, be printed. 

Petitions from Street ;— Glasgow (three Peti- 


Deate onl The House was moved, That the Order made upon Navigation 


Provisions _ tions);—and, Worcester; praying for the employ- | Tuesday last, that a Select Committee be appointed Laws. 
iocena) and ment of the whole Marine belonging to or under | toinquire into the Operation and Policy of the Naviga- 


the control of the Government and people of Eng- 
VoL. 102. 





tion Laws, might be read ; and the same being read ; 
Q2 Mr. 





a 


—_— 


Railways 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Railways Bill. 


Wolverhamp- 
ton General 
Cemetery Bill. 


Northampton 
and Banbury 
Railway Bill. 


116 16°—17° Februari. 


Mr. Ricardo, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Mitchell, 
Mr. Alderman Thompson, Mr. Villiers, Sir Howard 
Douglas, Admiral Dundas, Mr. Lyall, Mr. M‘Car- 
thy, Mr. Thomas Baring, Mr. Hume and Mr. Lid- 
dell, were nominated Members of the Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That Mr. Bright be one other Member of the said 
Committee:—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then Sir George Clerk and Mr. Milner Gibson 
were nominated other Members of the said Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Committee have power to send 
for oe papers and records. 

rdered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which, 
upon Friday last, were proposed to be made to the 
Question, That the Railways (Jreland) Bill be now | 
read a second time; and which Amendments were, | 
To leave out the word “now,” and, at the end of 
the Question, to add the words “ upon this day six 
‘** months.” 

And the Question being again proposed, That the | 
word “now” stand part of the + see Ba :—The | 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. | 





And the House having continued to sit till after | 


twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 
Mercurii, 17° die Februarii, 1847: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
: { Major Beresford. } 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Newdegate " 118. 
1. § Lord Marcus Hill, . 
Tellers for the Noes,) Mr. Tufnell : : 332. 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words | 
“ upon this day six months” be added at the end of | 
the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second | 
Reading of the Railways Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half au hour after Three of the clock on 
Wednesday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Mercurii, 17° die Februarii ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


PETITION of Inhabitants of Wolverhamp- 

ton, in the county of Stafford and diocese of 
Lichfield, and Directors and Proprietors of the Wol- 
verhampton General Cemetery coment for leave 
to bring in a Bill for establishing a General Ceme- 








tery at Wolverhampton, in the county of Stafford, 
and for making certain direct Roads and Approaches 
to the said Cemetery from the town of Wolverhamp- 
ton, and the neighbourhood thereof, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Villiers, Mr. Thornely and Mr, 
Brotherton. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 





Railway from the Northampton and Peterborough 
Branch of the London and North Western Railway 
to the town of Banbury, to be called The North-| 
ampton and Banbwry Railway, and for other Pur-| 





A. 1846. 


poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Charles 
Knightley, Mr. Vernon Smith and Mr. Raikes 
Currie. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Leominster 
Leominster Canal Navigation, for leave to bring ina ae + 
Bill for authorizing the Sale of the Leominster Canal “°""** 
and other property of the Company of Proprietors 
of the Leominster Canal Navigation, and for winding 
up and adjusting the concerns of the same Com- 
pany, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Joseph 
Bailey, Junior, and Mr. Arkwright. 


A Petition of Suitors for the Bill thereunto an- Bathwick 
nexed, for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal an Act Church Bill. 
passed in the fifty-fifth year of the reign of his late 
Majesty King George the Third, intituled, “ An Act 
for building a new Church, and also a Workhouse, 
in the Parish of Bathwick, in the County of Somer- 
set ;” and another Act passed in the fifty-seventh 
year of the reign of his said late Majesty, intituled, 

“ An Act to amend an Act of the fifty-fifth year of 
the reign of His present Majesty, for building a new 
Church and Workhouse, in the Parish of Bathwick, 
in the County of Somerset ;” and to provide for the 
uture administration and exercise of the trusts and 
powers created and given by the same Acts respec- 
tively, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Lord Wial- 


liam Powlett and Mr. William Miles. 


A Petition of the London and South Western Rail- London and 
way Company, for leave to bringin a Bill to amend South Western 
the Acts relating to the London and South Western ay aoe 
Railway, and to enable the London and South West- 
ern Railway Company to increase their Capital, and 
to complete various arrangements with other Com- 
panies and Undertakings, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; anda Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Francis Scott, Sir 
John Easthope and Mr. Chaplin. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Sunderland 


| of the borough of Sunderland, for leave to bring in Improvement, 


a Bill for paving, lighting, sewering, supplying with Bridee Bal. 


Water and improving the Borough of Sunderland, 
and for vesting the management thereof, and of the 
Markets and Bridge, in the Mayor, Aldermen and 
Burgesses of such Borough, was presented, and read; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. David Barclay and Mr. Wawn. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for paving, light- Cockermouth 
ing, cleansing, watching, and otherwise improving _ 
the Town of Cockermouth, in the County of Cum-~"~ 
berland, and for the Removal and Prevention of Nui- 
sances and Annoyances within the same: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Great North- 
Great Northern Railway Company to take a lease (PL nein. | 
of or to purchase the East Lincolnshire Railway, the p Sesh 
Boston, Stamford and Birmingham Railway, and Nottingham 
the Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston,and Eastern ‘oor — 
Junction Railway: And the same was read the first Seseties alk 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. way, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Great North- 
Great Northern Railway Company to make a Rail- ¢™ Railway 
3 (Extensin to 
way from the Methley Branch of the Wakefield, teeds and 
Pontefract and Goole Railway to Leeds and Wake- Wakefield, 


é : : : :_, Deviation of 
field, with certain Branch Railways therefrom, all in Methley 


the West Riding of the County of York: And the Branch of 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be Wakefield, 
Pontefract and 
Goole Rail- 
way ) Bill. 
Mr. 


read a second time. 








10 Victortiz. 


Great Northe | Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 

em Railway Great Northern Railway Company to make a Branch 

ortord) Bill, of their Railway from the main Line of their Rail- 
way, in the Parish of Hougham, in Lincolnshire, to 
or near Sleaford, and thence to join the Great 
Northern Railway, in the Parish of Gosberton, in 
the same County: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Saint Helen’s 
Canal and 
Railway( War- 


Mr. Ireland Blackburne presented a Bill to enable 
the Saint Helen’s Canal and Railway Company to 
nneton and ™ake Branch Railways to Warrington and to Black- 
Blackbrook rook, and to make certain Alterations in their Rail- 
Branches, &amp;c.) way, and also to take a lease of the Rainford Branch 
_ of the London and North Western Railway: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


Leeds and 

Thirsk Rail- 
way (Leeds, 
Durham and 


The Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Leeds, Durham 
and Newcastle Extension, &amp;c.) Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 


Newcastle Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Extension, ; : 

Se) Bill mittee of Selection. 

Leeds and 


Thirsk Rail- 
way (Devia- 
tion of Main 
Line in Crim- 
ple Valley, 
&amp;c.) Bill, 


Main Line in Crimple Valley, &amp;c.) Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Knaresborough 
and Boroughbridge Branch) Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


Leeds and 
Thirsk Rail- 
way (Knares- 
borough and 


Borough- re ? ‘ 

bridge mittee of Selection. 

Branch) Bill. 

Leeds and The Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Eaglescliff and 


Thirsk Rail- 
way (Eagles- 
cliff and Stil- 
lington Ex- 

tension) Bill. 


Stillington Extension) Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Leeds and 
Thirsk Rail- 
way (Harro- 
gate and Pate- 
ley Branch, 


The Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Harrogate and 
Pateley Branch, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


&lt;o) om. mittee of Selection. 

Leeds and The Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Branch from 
ee Melmerby to Northallerton, &amp;c.) Bill was read a 
ney Grene second time; and committed. 

merby to Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


Northallerton, mittee of Selection. 


&amp;c.) Bill. 

Cornwall Sir Charles Lemon presented a Bill to authorize 

Railway Bill) ay Alteration of the Line of the Cornwall Railway, 
and to amend the Act relating thereto, and for other 
Purposes: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 

Tok and A Petition of the York and North Midland Rail- 


North Midland way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for ena- 


17° Februari. 


The Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Deviation of 


117 


the purchase by the Yorkand North Midland Railway Railway (East 
Company of the interests of the Shareholders in the Ritts &amp;) Bill 
Market Weighton Canal; and the purchase of the ; 
Canal communicating therewith, called Sir Edward 

Vavasour’s Canal; of the Pocklington Canal; and 

of the Leven Canal, all in the East Riding of the 

county of York, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 

was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Hudson, Sir John Lowther and Lord Hotham. 


A Petition of the York and Newcastle Railway York and 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling ee 
the said Company to make certain Branch Railways (Pelaw. Tyne 
in the counties of Durham and York, and for other Dock, &amp;c., _ 
Purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was Branches)Bill. 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hud- 
son, Mr. Liddell and Mr. Hodgson Hinde. 


A Petition of the York and Newcastle and New- York and 
castle and Berwick Railway Companies, for leave to Newcastle, | 
bring in a Bill to authorize the Consolidation into one $4 Berwick 
Undertaking of the York and Newcastle and the Railways 
Newcastle and Berwick Railways, was presented, and Amalguma- 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in "™ 
accordingly, by Mr. Hudson, Mr. Hodgson Hinde 
and Mr. Richard Hodgson. 





The Exeter and Exmouth Railway Bill was read Exeter and 
a second time; and committed. Exmouth _ 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 2#!way Bill. 
\mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Hindley presented a Bill to enable the East- fastern Coun- 
ern Counties Railway Company to make a Railway ties Railway 
from the Eastern Counties Railway, at or near the —_ _ 
Forest Gate Station, to Southend, with Branches : ana Scathend, 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered with a Branch 
to be read a second time. Battle Bridge) 

A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses weymouth 
of the Borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, and Melcombe 
for leave to bring in a Bill for reducing the Dues of a 
the Harbour of the Borough and Town of Weymouth Trusts Bill. 
and Melcombe Regis, in the county of Dorset, and 
consolidating the Trusts created by the Acts relating 
to such Harbour, and the Bridge of the said Borough, 
and for other Purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Bankes and Mr. Christie. 


Mr. Ferrand presented a Bill for lighting with Bingley 
Gas the Town and Neighbourhood of Bingley, in G8 Bill 
the West Riding of the County of York: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Mr. Entwisle presented a Bill for making certain Oldham 
Lines of Railway in the County of Lancaster, to be Alliance 
called “The Oldham Alliance Railway :” And the a 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to enable the Chester Chester and 
and Holyhead Railway Company to make certain Railway (Bx- 
Extensions of, and Alterations in, the Line of the tensions at 
Chester and Holyhead Railway, and for other Pur- Chester and 

oses: And the same was read the first time ; and Holyhead, 


s &amp;c.) Bill. 
ordered to be read a second time. os 


Mr. Gibson Craig presented a Bill to enlarge and Edinburgh 
improve the Meal, Corn, and Grain Markets of the Markets and 
: é : Customs Bill. 
City of Edinburgh, and for other Purposes in rela- 
tion thereto: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 








actin bling the said Company tomakea Railway from their 
Branch) Bill. line at Burton Salmon to Knottingley, with a Branch 
therefrom, and for other Purposes, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Hudson, Sir John Lowther and 
Mr. Redhead Yorke. 
York and A Petition of the York and North Midland Rail- 
North Midland __ : fe: ° : 
aliway way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
(Harrogate enabling the said Company to make a Railway from 
ee their Church Fenton and Harrogate Branch, to 
and Knareg, Anaresborough and Boroughbridge, was presented, 
borough Ex- and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
tension) Billk aecordingly, by Mr. Hudson, Sir John Lowther and 
Mr. Octavius Duncombe. 
York and 


A Petition of the York and North Midland Rail- 
way Company, forleave to bring in a Bill to authorize 
VoL. 102. 


North Midland 


Mr. Gibson Craig presented a Bill to authorize Paisley and 
the Sale of the Paisley and Renfrew Railway to tee ape 
the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Rail- + th naan 
way Company, and the Improvement of the said Bil. 
Railway by the latter Company : And the same was 

Q3+ read 











118 17° Fe 


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


East of Fife Mr. Gibson Craig presented a Bill to enable the 


Railway East of Fife Railway Company to deviate a portion 
oviasion) of their Main Line, and to improve the Junction | 
Bill, thereof with the Edinburgh and Northern Railway, | 
near Markinch: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. | 
Macduff Mr. Gibson Craig presented a Bill for improving 
Harbour Bill. 


and maintaining the Harbour of Macduff, in the | 
County of Banff: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Gibson Craig presented a Bill to enable the 
Dublin and Drogheda Railway Company to make 


Dublin and 
Drogheda 


TBranck from 2 Railway from the Vavan Branch of the Dublin and 
Navanto Belfast Junction Railway, in the County of Meath, 
Kells) Bil. to the Town of Kells, in the same County : And the 


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


Dublin and Mr. Gibson Craig presented a Bill to authorize 
Belfast Junc- ‘ 


— Sian the Sale to the Dublin and Drogheda Railway Com- 

Navan Branch pany of the Navan Branch of the Dublin and Bel- 

Railway Bill. fast Junction Railway, and to enable the Dublin and 
Drogheda, the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway | 
Company, with a Branch from Droghedato Navan, 
the Ulster, and the Dundalk and Enniskillen Rail- 
way Companies, or any of them, to amalgamate with 
one another: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


tirmingham, Mr. Ainsworth presented a Bill to enable the Bir | 

Wolverhamp- mingham, Wolverhamptonand Stour Valley Railwa 

Valley Rall Company to construct Branch Railways to Stour- 

way (No. 2.) Uridge, to Dudley, and other Places, and for other 

Branches Bill. Purposes: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 





A. 1847. 


bruariz. 


| Petitions from Warrington (seven Petitions) ;— Factories. 
| Factory Workers in the employ of Hadfield and 
| Frost (two Petitions) ;—Ship Carpenters ;—Saint 
James, Lachford ;— Tyldesley (Three Petitions) ;— 
United Trades Association for the Protection of 
Industry ;—Jonathan Pim ;— Huddersfield (two Pe- 
titions) ;— Chorley (three Petitions); — Bradford 
(two Petitions);— Bolton ; — Hindley ; — Hebden 
Bridge and other places ;— Handforth-cum-Bosden ; 
— Royton (eight Petitions) ;— Accrington ;—Barns- 
ley ;— Todmorden ; — East Woodside ; — Leeds ;— 
Bingley ;— Manchester ;—Little Bolton ;—Oldham 
(eight Petitions) ;—Bacup ;—Levern ;—and, Roch- 
dale; praying the House to pass a Ten Hours Bill 
for all minors and females employed in Factories, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Dundee Cham- Factories Bill. 
ber of Commerce, praying that the Factories Bill 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from William Fielden and Sons, and Tea. 
others ;—and, Halifax; praying for a reduction in 
the duty on Tea,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Guardians of the Poor of the Settlement. 
Loughborough Union, in the counties of Leicester 
and Nottingham, praying the House to abolish the 
Law of Settlement, and in lieu thereof to enact that 
the maintenance and relief of the destitute poor be 
made a national charge, and that all the property 
in the kingdom be assessed in just and equal pro- 
portions, according to its relative value, for their 
support, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


Two Petitions from Bradford; praying the House Anatomy Act. 








Midland Great The Midland Great Western Railway of Jreland 
Western Rail- (Extension from Athlone to Galway) Bill was read 
bo okey a second time ; and conimitted. 

- Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


from Athlone 3 
to Galway) mittee of Selection. 


Bill. 


Army (India.) | Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army 


No. 73. (Zndia), which was presented upon the 25th day of 
January last, be printed. 
Geent of Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court 
Session , of Session (Scotland), which was presented upon 
(Scotland.) the 25th day of January last, be printed. 
No. 74. 
Lighthouses. Ordered, That the Return relative to Lighthouses, 
No. 75. which was presented upon the 28th day of January 


last, be printed. 


East India. Ordered, That the Returns relative to East India, 


No. 76. which were presented upon the 5th day of this instant 
February, be printed. 
y, Se p 
Medical Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Medical 
Registration Registration Bill, which was presented upon the 
Sill. 


te 4 5th day of this instant February, be printed. 
INO. 44 


James Gerrard 
and others. 


Ordered, That the Copy of Informations and Evi- 
dence relative to the case of James Gerrard and 


No. 78. others, which was presented upon Monday last, be 
printed. 
JamesGerrard Ordered, That the Copy of the Letter relative to 
and others. the case of James Gerrard and others, which 
No. 79. 


was presented upon Monday last, be printed. 


Wolverhamp- A Petition of Owners of houses, buildings and 

ton Rates Bil. oround in the town and borough of Wolverhampton, 

in the county of Stafford, praying that the Wolver- 

hampton Rates Bill may not pass into a law, was 

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


to appoint a Committee to investigate the working 
of the Anatomy Act, with a view to its repea!,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


| 

| 

A Petition of Shipowners of Alloa and Kincar- Lighthouses, 

| dine, in North Britain, praying the House to pass &amp;¢ 

ja law in accordance with the recommendation of the 

|Select Committee on Lighthouses, Kc., was pre- 

| sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions from Guardians of the Poor of the parish Poor Law 

of Bermondsey, Surrey ;—and, Killineer and Tully- (ireland). 

uscur; praying for amendment of the present Poor 

Law in Jreland,—were presented, and read ; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Guar- eae in 
dians of the Drogheda Union, praying the House to — 
cause such an immediate importation of Grain to be 
made into Ireland as may give relief to the suffering 
poor, was — and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of George Shillibeer, of the City-road, Horses and 
Finsbury, in the county of Middlesex, Funeral Car- C4 ases- 
riage Proprietor and Undertaker, praying the House 
to repeal the excise duty and assessed tax now levied 
{on all horses and carriages let to hire and use for 
‘funeral purposes, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 








Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Shipping- 
an Account of the Number, Tonnage and Crews of 
Vessels, distinguishing the Countries to which they 
belonged, which entered Inwards and cleared Out- 
wards in the year ended the Sth day of January 
1847, compared with the Entries and Clearances of 
the preceding year, stated exclusively of Vessels in 
ballast, and of those employed in the coasting trade 
between Great Britain and Ireland. 





Mr. 


Thame 
Navig: 


Factor: 


Bankr 
Court. 


Factor’ 


Supply 


Excheg 
Bills. 


Exche¢ 
Bills 














Thames 
Navigation. 


Factories. 


Bankruptcy 
Court. 


Factories Bill 


Supply ; 


Exchequer 
Bills. 


Exchequer 
Bills 





10 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Attorney-General presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account, in 
abstract, of the several Sums of Money received and 
disbursed by the Commissioners of the Thames Na- 
vigation in the year 1846. 

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


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty,—A Return of the Number 
and Names of the Persons summoned for Offences 
against the Factory Acts, between the 1st day of 
January 1846 and the Ist day of January 1847; 
specifying the Date of the Conviction or asin: 
the Place of Hearing; by whom each Conviction 
was made; the Offence in each case; and the man- 
ner in which the Penalties and Costs were appro- 
priated :—Also, a Summary of the Total Number of 
Informations and Convictions, and the Amount of 
Penalties and Costs. 

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


The following Returns, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament, having been trans- 
mitted to the Clerk, were laid upon the Table; viz. 
Returns of the Official Assignees of the Court 
of Bankruptcy, showing the Total Amounts of 
their Receipts and Payments for the year ending 
the 31st December 1846, upon every Estate under 
their charge as such Official Assignees; and also, 
the Balances appearing by their Books to be 
then in the Bank of England, standing to the credit 
of the Accountant in Bankruptcy, of every such 
Estate ; and also the Balances of every such Estate 
then in the hands or under the power or control 
of such Official Assignees ; together with Returns 
showing the several Sums allowed to them as Offi- 
cial Assignees for Remuneration and for Petty 
Expenses underevery Estate under their charge from 
the 31st December 1845 to the 31st December 
1846. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which, 
upon Wednesday last, were proposed to be made to 
the Question, That the Factories Bill be now read 
a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till after the other Order of the day. 


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

Ordered, That the Account of all Exchequer Bills 
raised, or authorized to be raised, charged on the 
Aids or Supplies of 1847, unprovided for, which was 
presented upon Friday last, be referred to the Com- 
mittee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighteen 
millions Three hundred and ten thousand Seven 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay 
off and discharge Exchequer Bills charged on the 
Aids of 1847, unprovided for. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Greene also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

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

VoL. 102. 











17°—18°—19° Februarii. 119 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Factories Bil). 


the adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which, 
upon Wednesday last, were proposed to be made to 
the Question, That the Factories Bill be now read 
a second time; and which Amendments were, To 
leave out the word “ now,” and, at the end of the 
Question, to add the words “upon this day six 
** months,” 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
word “now” stand part of the Question :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

‘The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the i Mr. Escott, 1 7 
Yeas, \ Mr. Bouverie : | Fe 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Parker, te 39 
Noes, U Mr. Tufnell: | eons 


So it passed in the Negative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this Hiouse do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for they Mr. Fielden, Liss 
Yeas, \ Mr. Brotherton: f ” 

Tellers for the; Mr. Roebuck, L gy 
Noes, { Mr. Dennistoun : s ‘ 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


And it being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker 
adjourned the House till To-morrow, without 
putting the Question. 








Jovis, 18° die Februari; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


5 ge House met; and being counted by Mr. Adjournment. 


Speaker, it appeared that Forty Members were 
not present; yet it being four of the clock, Mr. 
Speaker took the Chair, and again counted the 
House ; and Forty Members not being present :— 
The House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without 
a Question first put, till ‘To-morrow. 








Veneris, 19° die Februarii ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in; gugar. 


1 and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—Further Return to an Order, dated the 2ist day 
of January last, for Returns of the Amount of Duty 
received on Sugar, from the 5th day of April 1846 
to the 5th day of January 1847; specifying the 
Amount received under the different Rates of Duty: 
—aAnd, of all Sugars that have been stopped for 
alleged inaccurate entry at the Customs Houses of 
London and Liverpool, between the 5th day of 
Apnil 1846 and the 5th day of January 1847; 
specifying the Number of Packages in each parcel 
so detained, the respective dates of stoppage and 
release, and whether Colonial or Foreign Sugar :— 
Also, the Amount of Money now held in the said 
Custom Houses as paid under protest upon disputed 
claims in regard to these Sugars (so far as reiates 
to the Custom House, London). 


An Account of Sums paid out of the Consolidated Foreign 
Duties of Customs, under the Act 59 Geo. 3, c. 54, Vessels. 


Q4 and 





120 


and subsequent Orders of the Right honourable the 
Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, 
in the years 1845 and 1846, for the difference of 
Rates and Charges due to Corporations, Companies 
or Individuals, for Foreign » tr which, under 
Treaties of Reciprocity or otherwise, are admitted 
into the Ports of the United Kingdom at the same 
Rates of Charge as British Vessels; specifying 
each of the several Rates, on what account the 
same was paid, whether for Light Dues, Dock Dues 
on Ships or Merchandize, Pilotage or otherwise :— 
Also, the Total Amount (under the Reciprocity 
Treaties) paid up to the 31st day of December 
1846 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
558, of Session 1845.) 

Return to an Order dated the 28th day of Ja- 
nuary last, for an Account of the Amount of the 
Contracts and Sums paid for Irish Provisions, for 
the supply of the Navy, Army, Ordnance and Com- 
missariat, in the year 1846. 

Return to an Order dated the 4th day of this 


Provisions 
(Navy, &amp;c.) 


Savings Banks 


(ireland.) instant February, for a Return of the Amount of 
Deposits in the several Savings Banks in Ireland on 
the 1st day of January 1846, and the Ist day of 
January 1847. 

Drainage. A Return of the Number of Applications that 


have been made for Advances of Public Money, 
under the Act of last Session, c. 101, “ to authorize 
the Advance of Public Money to a limited Amount, 
to promote the Improvement of Land in Great 
Britain and Ireland by Works of Drainage” in Eng- 
land, Ireland and Scotland, respectively ; the Total 
Sum applied for in each Country, and the Amounts 
sanctioned by the Government. 


Return to an Order dated the 15th day of this 


Public Income 
and Expendi- 
ture. 


No. 99 to 1846, both inclusive, showing for each year, 
- . The Amount received into the Exchequer: 
. The Total Expenditure therefrom : 
. The Expenditure under the several Heads— 
1. Charge of Debt : 
2. Other Charges on Consolidated Fund: 
3. Charge for Army, &amp;c., Services : 
4, Charge for Miscellaneous Services: 
4. The Surplus, or 
5. The Deficiency of Income compared with Expenditure : 


6. The Amount of Taxes repealed} ).,.. +): 
peltens: ace Got { distinguishing the 
9° e 


. Of the Taxes imposed, J principal items: 
8. Total Capital of Debt, Funded and Unfunded : 


a ‘Day fi. Funded 
9. Capital of Debt) 9° Exchequer Bills ; 


10. Balances in the Exchequer at close of year :— 
And then he withdrew. 


ie 


e 
~: 


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


Distress 
Cireland.) 


N o. 80. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Index to Cor- 
respondence from July 1845 to January 1847, 
- relating to the Measures adopted forthe Relief of 
the Distress in Jreland, dated 1847 (Board of 
Works Series). 
Ordered, That the said Paper be printed. 
Dundee and 


Newtyle 
Railway Bill. 


The Dundee and Newtyle Railway Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. ~ 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Dundee and The Dundee and Perth Railway (Alteration and 
Perth Railway . 


(Alteration | Extension, and Inchture, Polgavie and Inchmichael 
und Extension, Branches) Bill was read a second time; and com- 
and Inchture, pitted. 


en tty Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


Zachmichael : 
Branches) Bill. mittee of Selection. 
bee ms The Inverness Gas and Water Bill was read a 
Bill. “er second time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


19° Februariz. 


instant February, for an Account for the years 1836 | 


A. 1847. 


A Petition of the London and South Western Blandford 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to a 
enable the said Company to make a Railway from ““""*Y Bill 
Blandford, in the county of Dorset, to Bruton, in 
the county of Somerset, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders, 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Herne Bay 
subscribed, for leave to bring in aBill for making a 24 Canter: 

) : : sag y Junction 
Railway from Herne Bay to a Junction with the Railway Bill, 
Canterbury and Whitstable Railway, to be called 
The Herne Bay and Canterbury Junction Railway, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Plumptre and 
Mr. Deedes. 


A Petition of the Jpswich and Bury Saint Ed- Ipswich and 
mund’s Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to amend the Acts of the said Company, and way (Branch 
for enabling the Company to construct a Railway from Ipswich 
from the Lpswich and Bury Saint Edmund's Rail- bridge) Bill 
way, near Ipswich, to Woodbridge, was presented, =~ ; 
and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Acts relating to the Zpswich and Bury 
Saint Edmund’s Railway Company, and to enable 
the Company to construct a Railway from the [ps- 
wich and Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway, near 
Ipswich, to Woodbridge: And that Captain Glad- 
stone and Mr. Lane Fox do prepare, and bring 
it In. 





A Petition of the Zondon and South Western Guildfora 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for Extension, and 
‘enabling the said Company to make Extensions of oe 

nas 5a a, areham 
the Guildford Extension, and Portsmouth and Railway Bill. 
| Fareham Railway, near Portsmouth, and a Devia- 
' tion in the authorized Line thereof, near Godalming, 
"was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
‘be brought in accordingiy, by Mr. Trotter, Mr. 
Mangles and Mr. Francis Scott. 





A Petition of the Royston and Hitchin Railway Royston and 
Company, for leave to bring ina Bill to enable the Hitchin Rail. 
said Company to extend their Line of Railway {°% — 
from Royston to Cambridge, was presented, and Royston to 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- Cambridge, 


cordingly, by Mr. Wilshere and Mr. Eliot Yorke. ates poe 


A Petition of the Royston and Hitchin Railway Royston and 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the ceseng og 
said Company to lease or sell their Line, and to Lease) Bill. 
authorize the said Company to enter into Con- 
tracts and complete Arrangements with the Great 
Northern Railway Company, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Wilshere and Mr. Eliot Yorke. 





A Petition of the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sud- eoichester, 
bury and Halstead Railway Company, for leave to Stour Valley, 
bring in a Bill to enable the said Company to make eS . 
an Extension of their Railway from Sudbury to ar Geta 
Melford, Lavenham and Clare, in the county of sionto Melford, 
Suffolk, was presented, and read; and a Bill was a 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Sander- wean 
sonand Sir Henry Smyth. 


A Petition of the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury Colchester, 
and Halstead Railway Company, for leave to bring Stour Valley, 


: : ‘ ~_ &gt; and 
in a Bill to enable the said Company to make an Ex- ss Rail- 


tension Railway from Lavenham to Bury Saint Ed- way (Exten- 
mund’s, in the county of Suffolk, was —s and Sion from 


: = 1e t 
read; anda Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- may oe Ed 


cordingly, by Mr. Sanderson and Sir Henry Smyth. mund’s) Bill. 


A Petition of the Eastern Union and Hadleigh —— 
Junction Railway Company and the Eastern Union friction Rail- 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for way (Sale to 


authorizing 








fed he tt fed et 








10 Victoriz, 


the Eastern 


authorizing the Sale of the Eastern Union and 


a Hadleigh Sunction Railway to the Eastern Union 

Bill. ° Railway Company, was presented, and read; anda 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Captain Gladstone and Mr. Lane Fox. 

—— A Petition of the Ipswich and Bury Saint Ed- 

Walsham  mund’s Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 


Railway Bill. to enable the said Company to makea Railway from 
Aylsham to North Walsham, both in the county of 
Norfolk, was presented, and read; anda Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by the Mar- 
quis of Douro and Mr. Benjamin Smith. 


Colchester, 
Stour Valley, 
Sudbury and 
Halstead Rail- 


A Petition of the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sud- 
bury and Halstead Railway Company, and of the 
several other Persons whose names are thereunto 
way (Stour subscribed, being Undertakers or Proprietors of the 
Perchase) Bill River Stour Navigation, for leave to bring in a Bill 
; ‘for enabling the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury 
and Halstead Railway Company to purchase cer- 
tain Shares in the River Stour Navigation, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Waddington and 
Mr. Philip Bennet. 


A Petition of the Ipswich and Bury Saint Ed- 
mund’s Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to enable the said Company to make an Exten- 
sion from their Railway at Norwich to join the in- 
tended Railway from Dereham to Wells, with a 
Branch from such Extension to Aylsham, in the 
county of Norfolk, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Zpswich and Bury Saint Edmund's Rail- 
way Company to make an Extension of their Rail- 
way from Norwich, to join the intended Railway 
from Dereham to Wells, with a Branch from such 
Extension to Aylsham, in the county of Norfolk : 
And that the Marquis of Douro and Mr. Benjamin 
Smith do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ipswich and 
Bury St. Ed- 
mund’s Rail- 
way (Exten- 
sion to East 
Dereham and 
to Aylsham) 
Bill. 


Taw Vale 
Railway and 


A Petition of the Taw Vale Railway and Dock 
nd Company, for leave to bring ina Bill for making a 
Dock (Devise Deviation in the Line of the Taw Vale Railway, for 
Bideford and making Branches therefrom to the Towns of Bede- 
Branches) Bill ford and South Molton, for enlarging the Dock, and 
, “for amending the Acts relating thereto, was _pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Francis Scott and 
Mr. Montague Gore. 


Thorne and 
Crowle Moors 
Drainage and 
Improvement 
Bill. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for draining, warping and otherwise improving the 
Waste Lands, commonly called Goole Moor and 
Thorne Moor, in the parishes of Thorne and Crowle, 
in the West Riding of Yorkshire, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 


| 


19° Februari. 

















Standing Orders. 





Sunderland Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for paving, light- | 
Improvement, ing, sewering, supplying with Water, and improving 
Markets and na : 5 . ~ : a 
Bridge Bill, the Borough of Sunderland, and for vesting the | 
Management thereof, and of the Markets se 
Bridge, in the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of | 
such Borough: And the same was read the first | 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. | 


Wolverhamp- 
ton General 
Cemetery Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for establishing a | 
General Cemetery at Wolverhampton, in the County | 
of Stafford, and for making certain direct Roads 
and Approaches to the said Cemetery, from the 
Town of Wolverhampton, and the Neighbourhood 
thereof: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Weymouth 
and Meleombe 
Regis Harbour 
and Bridge 
Trusts Bill, 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for reducing the 
Dues of the Harbour of the Borough and Town of 
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, in the County of 
Dorset, and consolidating the Trusts created by the 

Vou. 102. 





121 


Acts relating to such Harbour and the Bridge of the 
said Borough, and for other Purposes: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


The Cheltenham and Oxford Railway Bill was Cheltenham 
read a second time ; and committed. rinses: 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-*" *" ”” 
mittee of Selection. 


The Bridge House Estates Debt Bill was read a Bridge House 
second time; and committed. — Debt 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ~ 
mittee of Selection. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being London (City) 
proposed, That the London (City) Small Debts Bill — Debts 
be now read a second time :—And a Debate arising 
thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Fri- 
day next. 


The London (City) Improvements Bill was read London (City) 
a second time; and committed. Improvements 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-" ~ 
mittee of Selection. 


The Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway Edinburgh, 
(Leith Extension) Bill was read a second time ; and Leith and 
: Granton Rail- 
committed. ; way (Leith 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Extension) 


mittee of Selection. i 


The Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway Edinburgh, 
(Union Canal and Caledonian Railway Junction) Leith and, 

: : : Granton Rail- 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. way (Union 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Canal and 


mittee of Selection. Caledonian 
Railway 
Junction) Bill. 

A Petition of the Edinburgh Water Company, Edinburgh 

and of the there-undersigned Directors thereof, for Waterworks 

leave to bringin a Bill to enable the said Company to 

extend their Works, to raise a further Sum of Money, 

and to alter and amend the Acts relating to the 

said Company, was presented, and read; and a Bill 

was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Gibson Craig and Sir John Hope. 


The Scottish Union Insurance Company Bill was Scottish Union 
read a second time ; and committed. ee ies 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-~ 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of the Shrewsbury and Chester Rail- Shrewsbury 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to autho- _ Chester 
: ‘ A ‘ ailway 
rize the said Company to make certain Branches, (Branciies and 
and to provide Station-room and other conveniences Station) Bill. 
in the City of Chester, and to raise additional Capi- 
tal for these purposes, and for’amending the former 
Acts relating to the said Company, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Ormsby Gore and Sir Watkin 
Williams Wynn. 


Mr. Bailey presented a Bill for authorizing the Leominster 
Sale of the Leominster Canal, and other Property of Canal Naviga- 
the Company of Proprietors of the Leominster “°° 5#¢ Bill. 
Canal Navigation, and for winding up and adjusting 
the Concerns of the same Company: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Ordered, That the Petition of George Bellas Regent’s Canal 
Greenough, of Grove House, Regent's Park, in the Company 
county of Middlesex, Esquire, which was presented cole ol 
upon the 9th day of this instant February, praying Railway and 
that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or Brauch) Bill 
agent, against certain parts of the Regent’s Canal 
Company (Paddington and Limehouse Railway and 
Branch) Bill, be prmted at the expense of the party. 


R Ordered, 








122 19° Februari. 


Newport, Ordered, That the Newport, Abergavenny and 
Abergavenny 


"ny Hereford Railway Deviations Bill be read a second 
and Hereford ~: 
Railway De- time upon Monday next. 
viations Bill. 
Newport, Ordered, That the Newport, Abergavenny and 
Abergaven"y Hereford Railway (Extension to Taff Vale Railway) 
Railway Bill be read a second time upon Monday next. 
(Extension to 
Taff Vale 
Railway) Bill. 


Northern Ordered, That the Northern Counties Union Rail- 
Counties 


Union Rail- Way Deviation Bill be read a second time upon 
way Deviation Monday next. 

Bill. 
Taw Vale 


Railway and 
Dock Bill. 


A Petition of the Taw Vale Railway and Dock 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
said Company to lease their Undertaking to the 
London and South Western Railway Company, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Taw Vale 
Railway and 
Dock Bill. , 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Taw Vale 
Railway and Dock Petition, the Standing Orders 
had not been complied with in the following instance ; 
viz., Notice of the intended application was not 
published in any newspaper of the county of Wilts, 
in which county a portion of the works of the Lon- 
don and South Western Railway Company (to 
whom power is given by the proposed Bill to ac- 
cept of a lease of the Taw Vale Railway and Dock) 
is situate ; such notice was, however, published in 
the Hampshire Advertiser and Salisbury Guardian ; 
and in the Hampshire Telegraph and General 
Advertiser for Hants, Sussex, Surrey, Dorset and 
Wilts, which newspapers are circulated in the said 
County of Wilts. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Wilsontown, A Petition of the Wilsontown, Morningside and 
Morningside 


; : ag 
and Coltness C0ltness Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 


Railway Bill to enable the said Company to make Branch 
(Branches to Railways to the Benhar Coal Works, was presented, 
Benhar Coal and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
Edinburgh accordingly, by Mr. Hope Johnstone, Mr. Lockhart, 


and Glasgow and Mr. Hodgson Hinde. 
‘Turnpike- 
road) Bill. 


Strathtay and = A Petition of the Strathtay and Breadalbane Rail- 
Breadalbane 


= ; way Company, for leave to bring ina Bill to enable 

ixtension - / 2 * . 

Railway Bill, the said Company to extend their Line to the Dun- 
held Branch of the Scottish Midland Junction Rail- 
way, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Secre- 
tary at War and Mr. Lockhart. 


Caledonian A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company, 
&gt; or for leave to bring in a Bill to effectuate the Sale 
pra of the Wishaw and Coltness Railway to the Cale- 


Wishaw and donian Railway Company, was presented, and read ; 
a, py, 224 a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
tite ‘by Mr. Hope Johnstone, Mr. Lockhart and Mr. 


Hodgson Hinde. 


Eastern Coun- The Eastern Counties Railway (Spalding to 
(Golding Newark) Bill was read a second time; and com- 
Newark) Bill. mitted. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
nittee of Selection. 
Braintree and The Braintree and Halstead Railway Bill was 
Halstead read a second time; and committed. 
Railway Bill. O : Wh. 4 3 a 
rdered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Eastern Coun- The Eastern Counties Railway (Wisbech to 
WWisheck Spalding) Bill was read a second time; and com- 
Spalding) Bill, mitted. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 











A. 1847. 


The Eastern Counties Railway (Peterborough to Eastern Coun- 


Folkingham) Bill was read a second time; and ties Railway 


: Peterborough 
committed. : Folking- 4 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ham) Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


The Midland Railway (Erewash Valley, &amp;c.) Midland Rail- 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. — 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- pin, &gt;” ) 

mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Hudson presented a Bill to authorize the York and 
Consolidation into one Undertaking of the York and Newcastle, 

fs &gt; : ., and Newcastle 
Newcastle, and the Newcastle and Berwick Rail- ana Berwick 
ways: And the same was read the first time ; and Railways 


: Amalgama- 
ordered to be read a second time. tion BSI. 


Mr. Hudson presented a Bill for enabling the York and 
York and North Midland Railway Company to — 
make a Railway from their Church Fenton and rt 
Harrogate Branch to Knaresborough and Borough- Branch, Bo- 
bridge: And the same was read the first time ; Toushbridge 

: and Knares- 
and ordered to be read a second time. borough Ex- 
tension) Bill. 


Mr. Hudson presented a Bill for enabling the York and 
York and North Midland Railway Company to North Midland 
; oe aed Railway 
make a Railway from their Line at Burton Salmon (Knottingley 
to Knottingley, with a Branch therefrom, and for Branch) Bill. 
other Purposes: And the same was read the first 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Hudson presented a Bill for enabling the york and 
York and Newcastle Railway Company to make Newcastle 
certain Branch Railways in the Counties of Dur- tPelaw 

aw, Tyne 
ham and York, and for other Purposes: And the )ock, &amp;., 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be Branches) Bill. 


read a second time. 


Mr. Hudson presented a Bill to authorize the York and 
Purchase by the York and North Midland Rail- North Midland 
way Company of the Interests of the Shareholders {2,%2y, Ca 
in the Market Weighton Canal, and the Purchase Purchase) Bill. 
of the Canal communicating therewith, called Sir 
Edward Vavasour’s Canal, of the Pocklington 
Canal; and of the Leven Canal, all in the East 
Riding of the County of York: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


The Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle-upon- Liverpool, 
Tyne Junction Railway (Alteration of Main Sine ral 
and Hawes Branch) Bill was read a second time ; nat . 
and committed. Junction Rail- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- way (Altera- 


; ; tion of Main 
mittee of Selection. Tine and 


Hawes 
Branch) Bill. 
A Petition of Heritors or Proprietors of land, and Ross, Cro- 
others, whose names are thereunto subscribed, being marty, and 
Trustees of the district roads, in the counties of aha A 
Ross and Cromarty, and part of Nairn, locally si- pin. 
tuate in the county of Ross, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to amend certain Acts for making and main- 
taining Roads, and converting the Statute Labour, 
in the counties of Ross and Cromarty, and part of 
Nairn, locally situate in the county of Ross, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Thomas Mackenzie 
and Mr. Loch. 


Mr. Compton presented a Bill to amend the Acts pondon and 
relating to the London and South Western Railway, South Western 
and to enable the London and South. Western Rail- B«ilway Bill 
way Company to increase their Capital, and to com- 
plete various Arrangements with other Companies 
and Undertakings, and for other Purposes: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


The 





London and 
South Western 
Railway (An- 
dover to the 
Bishopstoke 
and Salisbury 
Branch, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Saffron 
Walden Rates 
Bill. 


Ewell Rates 
Bill. 


Great Western 
Railway 
(Amendment 
and Exten- 
sions) Bill. 


Cork, Black- 
rock and Pas- 
sage Railway 
Bill. 


Cork and 
Bandon 
Railway Bill. 


Dublin and 
Drogheda 
Railway (Pur- 


chase ofNavan 


Branch, &amp;c, 
Bil, ) 





10 Vicroriz. 


The Zondon and South Western Railway (An- 
dover to the Bishopstoke and Salisbury Branch, &amp;c.) 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of houses, 


19° Februari. 





lands and premises, in the parish and borough of 
Saffron Walden, in the county of Essez, for leave | 
to bring in a Bill for the better and more effectually 
ascertaining, assessing and collecting the Poor Rates, 
Highway Rates, Church Rates and Lighting Rates, 
in the parish and borough of Saffron Walden, in 
the county of Essex, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the better and more effectual ascertaining and 
collecting Poor Rates, Highway Rates, Church 
Rates and Lighting Rates, in the parish and bo- 
rough of Saffron Walden, in the county of Essex : 
And that Sir John Tyrell and Mr. Charles Round 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of houses, 
lands and premises, in the parish of Ewell, in the 
county of Surrey, for leave to bring in a Bill for the | 
better and more effectual ascertaining, assessing, | 
collecting and levying the Poor Rate, and all other | 





Rates and Assessments in the parish of Ewell, in | 
the county of Surrey, and for the better Manage- 
ment of the Business and Affairs of the said parish, 
and for other purposes relating thereto, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the better and more effectual ascertaining, col- 





| cordingly, by Mr. Smollett and Mr. Hastie. 


123 


Railway Companies, or any of them, to amalgamate 
with one another, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Brotherton and Mr. Morgan John O’ Connell. 


The Kilmarnock Police and Improvement Bill et 
: . . olice an 
was read a second time; and committed. Improvement 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- gil, 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for Glasgow and 
completing the Line of the Glasgow, Parkhead and Shotts Roads 
Woodend Turnpike-roads, for incorporating the same nas 
with the Roads under the charge of the Glasgow 
and Shotts Road Trustees, and for the further [m- 
provement and Maintenance of the said several 
Roads, for leave to bring in a Bill for the better 
Maintenance, Improvement and Repair of the Glas- 
gow and Shotts Turnpike-roads, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Lockhart and Mr. Dennistoun. 


A Petition of the Caledonian and Dumbarton- Caledonian 
shire Junction Railway Company, for leave to bring 224 Dumbar- 
in a Bill to enable the said Company to make cer- ioe 
tain Deviations and Branches, was presented, and (Deviations 


read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- between Dun 
2 tocher Lime 


Works and 
Bowling, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 

Mr. Greene presented a Bill for the better Drain- Crowland 
age of Lands called Crowland Washes and Fodder and Cowbit 
Lots, Cowbit Wash and Deeping Fen Wash, in the Drsinne Bil 
several Parishes of Crowland, Spalding and Pinch- ; 
bech, the Hamlets of Cowbit and Peakhill, and the 


lecting and levying the Poor Rate, and all other | extra-parochial Place or Lands called Deeping Fen, 
Rates and Assessments in the parish of Ewell, in’ op Deeping Fen Welland Washes, all in the County 
the county of Surrey, and for the better Manage- | of Lincoln: And the same was read the first time ; 


ment of the Business and Affairs of the said parish, | 
and for other purposes relating thereto: And that, 


Mr. Kemble and Mr. Antrobus do prepare, and bring | 


a 5 
it in. 

A Petition of the Great Western Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for making Branch | 
Railways from the Great Western Railway to Hen- | 
ley and to Radstock, to widen certain Portions of | 
the Great Western Railway, to enable the Great | 
Western Railway Company to purchase or amal- | 
gamate with the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and | 
Dudley Railway, and to purchase the Wycombe and | 
Great Western and Uxbridge Railways, and for | 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Vis- 
count Villiers and Viscount Chelsea. 


A Petition of the Cork, Blackrock and Passage 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
authorize an Extension of the Cork, Blackrock and 
Passage Railway to Monkstown, and to amend the 
Act relating thereto, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. M‘Carthy and Mr. Morgan John O’ Connell. 


A Petition of the Cork and Bandon Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize an 
Alteration in the Line of the Cork and Bandon 
Railway, and an Extension thereof into the city of 
Cork, and to amend the Act relating to the said 
Railway, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. M‘Carthy 
and Mr. Morgan John O’ Connell. 











A Petition of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway | 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize | 
the Purchase, by the Dublin and Drogheda Rail-| 
way Company, of the Navan Branch of the Dublin’ 
and Belfast Junction Railway, and to authorize the | 


and ordered to be read a second time. 


The Boston, Stamford and Birmingham Railway Boston, Stam- 
(Peterborough and Thorney Line) Bill was read a ford = Bir- 
second time ; and committed. cao 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- (Peterborough 
mittee of Selection. and Thorney 

Line) Bill. 

The Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle-upon- Liverpool, 
Tyne Junction and Northern Counties Union Rail- Manchester 
ways Amalgamation Bill was read a second time ; naan 
and committed. Tyne Junction 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 24 Northern 
mittee of Selection arg 

‘ Union Rail- 
ways Amalga- 
; . mation Bill. 
The Darwen Waterworks and Reservoirs Bill was parwen 


read a second time ; and committed. Waterworks 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- - Reservoirs 
mittee of Selection. ' 


The Pile Pier Extensions Bill was read a second Pile Pier 
time ; and committed. Extensions 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- _ 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of the Duffryn Llynvi and Porth- Duftryn 
cawl Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill ad gtd 
for the Consolidation of the Duffryn Llynvi and ana Sioeoel 
Porthcawl Railway Company with the Llynvi Val- Valley Rail- 
ley Railway Company, and for providing for the ¥®s — 
interim Management of the Railway, Port and Works en 
of the said first-mentioned Railway Company, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir Robert Price and 
Mr. John Henry Vivian. 


Mr. Hutt presented a Bill to repeal an Act passed Bathwick 
in the fifty-fiftn year of the reign of his late Majesty Church Bill. 
King George the Third, intituled, “An Act for 
building a new Church, and also a Workhouse, in 


Dublin and Drogheda, the Dublin and Belfast, the Parish of Bathwick, in the County of Somerset,” 
Junction Railway, with a Branch from Drogheda to and another Act passed in the fifty-seventh year of 
Navan, the Ulster and the Dundalk and Enniskillen the reign of his said late Majesty, intituled, 0 

VoL. 102. | R 2 ct 








aes ee 


ae ae 











124 


reign of his present Majesty, for building a new 
Church and Workhouse, in the Parish of Bathwick, 
in the County of Somerset,” and to provide for the 
future Administration and Exercise of the Trusts and 
Powers created and given by the same Acts respec- 
tively: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


East Lothian 
Central Rail- 


A Petition of Provisional Directors of the East 
Lothian Central Railway Company, for leave to 


—o bring in a Bill for making a Railway from the North 
British Railway, at East Linton, to Ormiston, to 
be called The East Lothian Central Railway, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. George William 
Hope and Mr. Balfour. 

Standing Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 

ated Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; 
which were read, as follow : 

Caledonian 1. Resolved, That in the case of the Caledonian 

ren A of Railway (Extension of Motherwell Branch of Clydes- 

Motherwell dale Junction Railway to Auchinheath Mineral Field, 

Branch of — with Branches to the Wishaw and Coltness Railway, 

ao ° — Canderside and Hamilton) Petition, the Standing 

Railway to Orders ought to be dispensed with; That the Par- 

Auchinheath ties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on the 

Mineral Field, 


with Branches !sertion of a Clause restraining them from taking a 
to the Wishaw house and garden, adjoining Nos. 85 and 86, in the 
and Coltness parish of Hamilton. 


Railway, Can- 

derside and 

Hamilton) Bill. 

Caledonian 2. Resolved, That in the case of the Caledonian 
Banwey Railway (Branches from the Clydesdale Junction 
(Branches : “ 

from the Railway to the Douglas and Lesmahagow Mineral 
Clydesdale Fields, and to Strathavon) Petition, the Standing 


Junction Rail- Orders ought to be dispensed with ; That the Parties 
way to the Pa. : , : : 
Douglas and be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on the in- 
Lesmahagow  sertion of Clauses restraining them from taking any 
pr 5m part of a small piece of land, between No. 8 and a 
avon) Bill, road excluded from the limits of deviation at the 

corner of a field, No. 6, in the parish of Blantyre ; 

and also any part of a field between a road, No. 14, 
and a field, N . 10, in the parish of Dalserf; and 
also the part of No. 23, 23, 23, in the parish of 
Stonehouse, adjoining the occupation-road, No. 19 ; 
and obliging them to prolong the road No. 202, in 
the parish of Lesmahagow, and to carry the same 
under the Railway by an arch of legal dimensions, 
if required so to do by the trustees of the said 
road. 

3. Resolved, 'That in the case of the Newry and 
Enniskillen Railway Petition, the Standing Orders 
ought to be dispensed with; That the Parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill, on forthwith 
giving such Notices, and depositing such Plans and 
Sections with reference to any proposed new Works, 
as are required by the Standing Dedoee for Bills of 
the second class. 


4. Resolved, That in the case of the Newmarket 
ae uileay 2nd Chesterford Railway (Extension to Bury Saint 
Geeaiante Edmunds, with a Branch to Lly) Petition, the 
Bury St. Ed- Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; That 
mund’s, with the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, 
a Branch to P &gt; d tall te the Wal Bi 
Ely) Bill. on making the Plan deposited in the Private Bill 
Office agree with the Book of Reference, by in- 


Newry and 
Enniskillen 
Railway Bill. 


Newmarket 
and Chester- 


serting on the Plan the No. 6%, in the parish of 


Gazeley, and No. 5, in the parish of Westley, and 
on striking out of the Book of Reference No. 55, 
in the parish of Soham, No. 5, No. 25 and No. 27, 
in the parish of the Holy Trinity, Ely, No. 12, in 


the parish of Kenford, and No. 64, in the parish of 


Gazeley ; and on the insertion of such clauses, with 
respect to the height and span of the arch over the 
River Ouse, as the Commissioners of the Ouse Navi- 
gation may consider necessary : 


- That the Conmittees on the four preceding Bills 
do examine, in the first place, how far such Orders 


19° Februari. 
Act to amend an Act of the fifty-fifth year of the 


A. 1847. 


' have been complied with, and do report the same to 
| the House, on the Report of the Bill. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


| The House was moved, That the Report in respect Caledonian 

_of the Petition for the Caledonian Railway (Exten- Railway 

sion of Motherwell Branch of Clydesdale Junction area el 

Railway to Auchinheath Mineral Field, with Branches Branch of 

to the Wishaw and Coltness Railway, Canderside Clydesdale 

_and Hamilton) Bill, which was this day made from Se a a 

| the Select Committee on Standing Orders, might Auchinheath 

be read ; and the same being read ; Maen S00, 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill poet — 

to enable the Caledonian Railway Company to make and Coltness 

an Extension of the Motherwell Branch of the Railway, Can- 

Clydesdale Junction Railway to Auchinheath Mine- Hamilton) Bill, 

ral Field, with Branches therefrom: And that Mr. 

Hope Johnstone, Mr. Lockhart and Mr. Hodgson 

Hinde do prepare, and bring it in. 





The House was moved, That the Report in respect Caledonian 
of the Petition for the Caledonian Railway (Branches Railway 
from the ClydesdaleJunction Railway to the Douglas (Branches 
and Lesmahagow Mineral Fields, and to Strathavon) Clydesdale 
Bill, which was this day made from the Select Com- Junction Rail- 
mittee on Standing Orders, might be read; and the eee ana 
same being read ; Lesmahagow 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bil] Mineral Fields, 
to enable the Caledonian Railway Company to make a” 
Branches from the Clydesdale Junction Railway ; 
to the Douglas and Lesmahagow Mineral Fields, 
and to Strathavon: And that Mr. Hope Johnstone, 
Mr. Lockhart and Mr. Hodgson Hinde do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Newry and 
of the Petition for the Newry and Enniskillen Rail- Enniskillen 
way Bill, which was this day made from the Select Bway Bill. 
Committee on Standing Orders, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to alter and amend the Newry and Enniskillen 
Railway Act 1845: And that Viscount Newry and 
Colonel Rawdon do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Newmarket 
of the Petition for the Newmarket and Chesterford ye el 
Railway (Extension to Bury Saint Edmund’s, with ‘imeniant 
a Branch to Ely) Bill, which was this day made from Bury St. Ed- 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, might be a = 
read ; and the same being read ; Ely) Bill. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to 
enable the Newmarket and Chesterford Railway 
Company to extend their line of Railway to Bury 





Saint Edmund's, with a Branch to the City of Ely: 
And that Mr. Alliz, Mr. Philip Bennet, Mr. Etwall 
and Mr. Waddington do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Blandford 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 214 Bruton 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Blandford Baltwey Se. 
and Bruton Railway Petition, the Standing Orders 
had not been complied with, in the following in- 
stances ; viz. 

In the following instances, where the parish 
boundaries are much intermixed, such boundaries 
are not correctly marked upon the Plan: 

A field No. 27, of which John Edward Brine is 
the owner, and George Gifford is the lessee and 
occupier, and which is situate in the parish of Win- 
canton, is described as being in the parish of Charl- 
ton Musgrove. 

Fields No. 62 and 64, of which Lord JIchester is 
the owner, and John Davis is the occupier, and a 
parish road No. 65%, which are situate in the parish 
of Bruton, are described as being in the parish of 
Pitcombe. 

And ro Book of Reference to the properties 

Nos, 62, 














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Thorne and 
Crowle Moors 
Drainage and 
Improvement 
Bill. 





10 Vicroriz. 


Nos. 62, 64 and 65* above-mentioned, was deposited 
with the parish clerk of Bruton. 

The Book of Reference does not correctly set 
forth the names of the owners, lessees or occupiers 
of the following properties, and in the cases herein- 
after mentioned, no application was made to such 
owners, lessees or occupiers, in respect of such 
properties. 






































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In the application in writing, made to Joseph 
Hart, in respect of a field numbered 12, in the 
parish of Blandford Forum, the Railway is de- 
scribed as being on en embankment of 24 feet, 
whereas it appears by the Section that the Railway 
is in a cutting of 24 feet. 

Application was not made to Peter Southey, 
occupier of a cottage and garden, in the parish of 
Blandford Forum, not numbered on the Plans, 
but adjoining certain properties numbered 85 and 
89, in the said parish, in respect of such property. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 

Mr. Smith, one of the Racin of Petitions for Pri- 

vate Bills ; That in the case of the Thorne and Crowle 

Moors Drainage and Improvement Petition, the 
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19° Februariz. 125 


Standing Orders had not been complied with, in 
the following instance; viz. The notices of the in- 
tended application were not fixed on the outer doors 
of the churches of the several parishes to which 
the Bill relates, for three successive Sundays, in the 
months of October and November, or either of 
them, such notices having been so affixed on Sun- 
days, the 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th December, and 
3d and 10th January last. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Great North- 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for &amp;™ sel 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Great —. 
Northern Railway (Branch to Horncastle and to and rt Bray- 
Brayford Mere Lincoln) Petition, the Standing Or- Lincoln) Bill 
dershad not been complied with, in the following 
instances; viz. 

The Book of Reference does not correctly set 
forth the names of the owners of the following 
properties. 








* Parish. No, Description. se 
Kirkby-super- 4 Arable field, well | Sir Joseph H. Haw- 
Bain. and drain. ley, baronet. 
Part 1. | Part of pasture | - ditto. 
field. 
Thornton - 7 17 inch - - | Sir Henry Dymoke 
baronet. 














Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


The South Staffordshire Railway (Cannock, South Staf- 
Wyrley and Norton Branches, &amp;c.) Bill was read a fordshire Rail- 
second time ; and committed. — Giytley 

Ordered, That the Bill be 1eferred to the Com- and Norton 
mittee of Selection. Branches, &amp;c.) 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 15th, 16th and 17th Suey 
days of this instant February, and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Secretary at War presented,— Return to an Corporal 
Order dated the 13th day of August, in the last Ses- Punishments 
sion of Parliament, for a Return of Persons flogged as 
in the Army, in Great Britain and Ireland, in the N° ®1- 
years 1845 and 1846, to the end of July; speci- 
fying the Offence, the Regiment, the Place of 

tation, the Time; the Sentence; the Order for 
its Execution; whether the Trials were open to 
the Public, or only open to the Regiment, or 
with closed Doors ; the Number of Lashes inflicted, 
and the Day; how soon after Punishment the man 
was able to return to his Duty, and at what Place 
he was then quartered; whether Death has followed 
within twelve months of the Flegging, and the Date 
of such Death; whether the Punishment was in- 
flicted, if in Cavalry Regiments, by the Trumpeter or 
Farriers ; if in Infantry Regiments, by the Privates 
or Drummers, and with what Instrument ; together 
with Copies of the Surgeon’s Minutes of all such 
Punishments, and any subsequent Observations on 
their consequences. 


Return to an Order dated the 20th day of Corporal 
January last, for a Return of the Number of Cor- Punishments 
poral Punishments which have been inflicted in the “4” 
Army since the last Parliamentary Returns, up to Nv-8- 
the latest period at which they can be furnished. 

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


R3 A Petition 











Kingsnorton, 
Northfield, 
&amp;c., Rates Bill. 


Kingsnorton, 
Northfield, 
&amp;c., Rates Bill. 


Settlement and 


Poor Removal 


(First Report.) 


No. 82. 


Army and 
Ordnance. 


Vice Admi- 
ralty Courts. 


Dudley Union. 


Soap. 


126 19° Februari. 


A Petition of Ratepayers of the several parishes, 
townships and places of Kingsnorton, Northfield, 
Beoley, in the county of Worcester, Edgbaston, in 
the county of Warwick, and Harborne, in the 
county of Stafford, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
rating in respect of certain rates, the owners in lieu 
of the occupiers of properties within the several 
parishes of Kingsnorton, Northfield and Beoley, in 
the county of Worcester, the parish of Edgbaston, 
in the county of Warwick, and the parish of Har- 
borne, in the county of Stufford, was presented, and 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 


Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills : That in the case of the Petition for 
the Kingsnorton, Northfield, &amp;c., Rates Bill, the 
Standing Orders have not been complied with, as a 
Copy of the agent’s declaration has not been de- 
posited at the Office of the Board of Trade. 

Ordered, That, the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to inquire into the operation of the Law of Settle- 
ment, and of the Poor Removal Act of the last 
Session of Parliament, and to report their Observa- 
tions thereupon to the House, and who were in- 
structed to inquire, in the first place, into the opera- 
tion of the Poor Removal Act, and to report specially 
thereon to the House, have power to report the 
Minutes of their Proceedings, together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them, from 
time to time. 

The Judge Advocate reported from the said 
Select Committee ; That they had considered the 
matter referred to them by the said Instruction, and 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns, showing the Establishment and Effectives 
of the British Army, in the Number of Officers and 
Rank and File, at Home and Abroad, on the Ist 
day of January 1836, and on the ist day of January 
1846 :—A like Return of the Ordnance Military 


Corps:—A Return showing the Establishment of 


the British Army, as fixed by The Queen’s Memo- 
randum, for Service at Home and on the several 
Foriegn Stations, for each of the years 1835, 1836, 
1837, and 1847 :—And, a like Return of the Ord- 
nance Military Corps (to be made in the same form 
as in Parliamentary Paper No. 635, of Session 
1845). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return from the several Vice-Admiralty Courts 
(according to the Schedule annexed to the Act 5 and 
6 Vic. c. 91), of all Cases which have been adjudged 
in the said Courts respectively, from the 10th day 
of August 1842 to the latest period at which the same 
can be made. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Correspondence which has passed be- 
tween the Guardians of the Dudley Poor Law Union 
and the Poor Law Commissioners, respecting the 
D'sallowance of a Sum of Money paid for the last 
Christmas-day Dinner given to the Paupers by the 
Guardians. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of all Soap made in each Town in Great 
Britain, distinguishng Hard from Soft, and also 
that on which Silicated Duty has been charged, from 
the 5th day of January 1846 to the 5th of January 
1847 :—Of all Soap exported, and the Amount of 











A. 1847. 


Drawback paid thereon, specifying the Port from 
whence shipped, from the 5th day of January 1846 
to the 5th day of January 1847:—Of the Quantity 
of Soap; distinguishing Hard from Soft, and the 
Amount of all Allowances and Drawbacks made 
to the Manufacturers of Woollens, Linen, Silk, and 
others, from the 5th day of January 1846 to the 5th 
day of January 1847 :—Ofail Soap exported to Ire- 
land, Hard and Soft, the Port from whence shipped, 
and the Amount of Drawback paid thereon, from 
the 5th day of January 1846 to the 5th day of Jan- 
uary 1847 :—Of all Soap imported into Great Bri- 
tuin, Hard and Soft, the Port at which imported, 
and the Amount of Duty paid thereon, from the 5th 
day of January 1846 to the 5th day of January 1847 : 
— Of all Persons convicted of defrauding the Reve- 
nue arising from Soap; the Date of each Conviction ; 
the Amount of the several Penalties; whether Per- 
sons so convicted had been previously convicted or 
fined, or had had Penalties compromised, with or 
without Conviction; and the Names, Dates, and 
Amount of all Penalties paid in all cases which 
have been compromised or tried before the Summary 
Court of Excise, from the 5th day of January 184( 
to the 5th day of January 1847 :—And, of the 
Number of Licenses granted to Soap-makers, dis- 
tinguishing those granted in England, Scotland, and 
Ireland, from the 5th day of January 1846 to tie 
5th day of January 1847 (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 81, of Session 1846). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Sailing Ships 
A Return of the following Sailing Ships and Steam 2nd Steam 


Vessels of War,— Raleigh, Constance, Thetis, Eury- 
dice, Spartan, Terrible, Retribution, Trident, Siden, 
Odin; and showing, 1. Total Cost of Hull and En- 
gines ; from whose Plans and Drawings built, and 
Displacement calculated, and Dimensions of Masts, 
Yards and Sails, were designed: 2. Difference be- 
tween Calculations made and actual Draught of 
Water, with all Ordnance Stores, Provisions, and 
Water, &amp;c., under Hatches, and Coals, in the case of 
Steamers, stating for how many Men, and for what 
Number of Days, she has Provisions and Water on 
Board for the same ; and in Steamers, for how n.any 
Days the Coals are calculated to last at Full Steam : 
3. Greatest speed obtained ; and in Steamers, when 
under Canvas and Steam together, when under Can- 
vas only, and when under Steam only: 4. Greatest 
Amount of Inclination in rolling, pitching, and send- 
ing, with the Number of Vibrations rolling in a mi- 
nute, or any given portion of time: 5. Number of 
Feet and Inches Centre of Gravity of Engine is 
above or below Load-water Line: 6. Expenses of all 
Descriptions, including Alterations, Pay, and Pro- 
visions of Officers and Men, from Date of Com- 
mission to the Ist day of January 1847, and Num- 
ber of Days at Sea in the same Period: 7. Con- 
structors’ Report of Her Majesty’s ship Thetis, dated 
Portsmouth, the 7th day of January 1847. 


Mr. Raikes Currie presented a Bill for making a Northampton 


Railway from the Northampton and Peterborough 
Branch of the London and North Western Railway 
to the town of Banbury, to be called, “ The North- 
ampton and Banbury Raiiway,” and for other Pur- 
poses: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Petitions of Daniel Millington and Edward Dawes, London and 
Occupiers of property which will be affected by the —- 
Branch Railway from Portobello to Wolverhamp- (Portobello 
ton ;— William Mellen, Owner of property which will and Wolver- 
be affected by the Branch Railway from Portobello a 


ays Bill. 


to Wolverhampton ;—and, Surveyors of Highw 


of the Townships of Willenhall and Wednesfield and 
Wolverhampton ; taking notice of the application for 
leave to bring in the London and North Western 
Railway (Portobello and Wolverhampton Branch, &amp;c.) 

Bill, 


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Bill, and praying that such Bill may pass into 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Rochdale A Petition of Proprietors or Occupiers of mills, 
Canal (Sale to factories, and other works contiguous to the Roch- 
oe dale Canal, praying that they may be heard, by 
Railway themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
Company) parts of the Rochdale Canal (Sale to Manchester 
- and Leeds Railway Company) Bill, was presented, 
and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Llynvi Valley _ A Petition of Mrs. Catherine Llewellyn, and of 
Railway Ex- William Llewellyn, of Courtcolman, in the County of 
tension Bill. G/amorgan, Esquire, praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Liynvi Valley Railway Extension 
Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


South Eastern A Petition of Wriothesley Baldwin and Henry 
Railway Godden, of Maidstone, inthe county of Kent, Brewers 
(Mid Kent and : ? 
Direct Tun- praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
bridge) Bill. their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
South Eastern Railway (Mid Kent and Direct 
Tunbridge, Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


South Eastern A Petition of Wriothesley Baldwin and Henry 
ean Godden, of Maidstone, in the county of Kent, 
Maidstone) Brewers, praying that they may be heard, by 
Bill. themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the South Eastern Railway (Strood to 
Maidstone) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


South Eastern A Petition of Owners or Occupiers of wharfs and 
Railway | other property affected by the Railway thereinafter 
(North Kent . . ; 1 : 

Line) Bil, Mentioned, praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the South Eastern Railway (North Kent 
Line) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Midland Rail- A Petition of Deputies of the Resident Freemen 


way (Leicester . 4 j F = 
waiSwanaine, and Freemen’s Widows, of the borough of Lei 


ton Railway cesfer, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
Widening, selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 


Deviations Mi i ; . : 
och Hennchen, of the Midland Railway (Leicester and Swanning- 


Enlargement #02 Railway Widening Deviations, and Branches 
ofLeicester Enlargement of Leicester Station and extending 
oe and powers as to Ibstock Branch) Bill, was presented, 
Powers as to and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Tostock 

Branch) Bill. 


Midland Rail- A Petition of John Alleyne Bosworth, of Leicester, 
a | coagroll Brick-maker, praying that he may be heard, by 
Leicester, via himself, his counsel or agent, against certain parts 
Bedford, to of the Midland Railway (Extension from near Lei- 


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19° Februari. 127 


cester, vid Bedford, to Hitchin, and to Northampton Hitchin, and to 
and Huntingdon, and Enlargement of the Leicester Nomthampton 
Station) Bill, was presented, and read. don, and En 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the largement of 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, Station) Bill 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, ~ ; 
if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 


Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of George Clavering Redman, of the Regent's Canal 
East India-road, praying that the Regent's Canal Company 
Company (Paddington and Limehouse Railway and pt in cool 
Branch) Bill may not pass into a law, as it now Railway and 
stands, was presented, and read; and ordered to Branch) Bill. 


lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing an Act for Wharfdale 
more effectually repairing and improving the York- (Bkipinn = 
shire District of the Road from Keighley, in the Cayley Hall 
West Riding of the County of York, to Kirkby, in Deviations) 
Kendal, in the County ot Westmoreland, and for ~"~ 
making several Diversions therefrom, within the 
said West Riding of the County of York, praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Wharfdale 
Railway (Skipton and Cayley Hall Deviations) Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bull, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Members of the Board for repair _—_ Eastern 
of the Highways in the — of Croydon, praying ‘elon -_ 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel Bromley _ 
or agents, against certain parts of the South Eastern Branches) Bill. 
Railway (Croydon and Bromley Branches) Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Right honourable William Lord Aberdeen 
Panmure, and others, acting Trustees on the Turn- sates 
pike-road from Arbroath to Brechin, by Petmures- Branch Devia- 
mill, and from Petmuresmili to Forfar,in the county tion) Bill. 
of Forfar, praying that they may be heard, by their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Aber- 
deen Railway (Brechin Branch Deviation) Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Cape of 
mand,—Copy of Correspondence with the Governor 6004 Hope. 
of the Cape of Good Hope, relative to the State of 
the Kafir Tribes on the Eastern Frontier of the 
Colony. 

Copy of a Despatch from Lieutenant-Governor Nova Scotia. 
Sir John Harvey to Earl Grey, dated Halifax, 2d 
February 1847, enclosing a Draft for One thousand 
pounds, voted by the Legislature of Nova Scotia 
for the Relief of the Destitute Poor in Ireland and 
the Highlands of Scotland. 

Mr. Hawes also presented,—Return to an Address Ceylon. 
to Her Majesty, dated the 10th day of August, in 
the last Session of Parliament, for a Copy of the 
existing Tariff in the Island of Ceylon, stating the 
Name of every Article imported and exported, the 
Rate of Duty charged, and the Amount of Duty 
received on each Article; also, the Aggregate 
Amount of Revenue, distinguishing that on Imports 

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128 19° Februari. 


and Exports in each of the three years 1842, 18438 
and 1844 :—Also, a Table of the Number of Articles 
imported, in classes, in the year 1844, showing the 
Number of Articles imported free ; the Number 
producing from £.100 to £.499; the Number pro- 
ducing from £.500 to £.999 ; the Number produc- 
ing from £.1,000 to 4,999 ; the Number producing 
from £.5,000 to £.50,000 ; the Number producing 
above £.50,000; and the Total Amount of Duty 
received from each class, and the Aggregate Amount 
of all the classes :—And, a similar Return of Ex- 
orts, in classes. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That their 
several Addresses of the 12th, 15th and 16th days 
of this instant February, (That Her Majesty would 
be graciously pleased to give directions that the 
Papers therein mentioned might be laid before this 
House), had been presented to Her Majesty; and 
that Her Majesty had commanded him to acquaint 
this House, that She will give directions accordingly. 


Answer to 
Addresses. 


Inclosure Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Commission. Command,—Inclosure Commission, Copy of Second 
Report of the Commissioners, 1847. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Haydock = Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to an 
——_ Lunatic Address to Her Majesty,—Copy of a further Report 
= of the Commissioners in Lunacy to Her Majesty’s 
Principal Secretary of State for the Home Depart- 

ment, relative to the Haydock Lodge Lunatic Asy- 


lum. 
Comnittals Sir William Somerville also presented, pursuant 
(ireland. to the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Returns 


from the Clerks of the Crown and Clerks of the 
Peace of the several Counties, &amp;c., in Lreland, of 
the Number of Persons committed to the different 
Gaols thereof for Trial, in the year 1846. 


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


Factorics. Petitions from Preston ;—and, Allan Mac Fa- 
dyen ; praying the House to pass a Ten Hours Bill 
for all minors and females employed in Factories,— 


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


Famine in A Petition of Landed Proprietors, Merchants and 

Ircland. other Residents in Ireland, praying the House to 
take the state of Jreland into immediate considera- 
tion, and adopt such measures as may ensure the 
inhabitants such a supply of food as will save them 
from starvation, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Grain and 
Provisions 


(Ireland.) 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Ennis, 
and vicinity, praying for the immediate employment 
of the whole marine belonging to or under the con- 
trol of the Government and people of England, 
in the transportation of grain and provisions to Jre- 
land, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


Poor Law A Petition of Guardians of the Gateshead Union, 

oem ‘. praying the House to pass an efficient Poor Law for 

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


Lighthouses, 


u Petitions from Ramsgate and Sandwich ;—Strom- 
vc. 


ness ;—Shoreham ;— Edinburgh ;—Members of the 


Association of the Shipowners for the abolition of 


the Light-dues ;— Woodbridge ; — Aldeburgh ; — 

Cardiff ;—and, Aldborough ; praying the House to 
ass a law in accordance with the recommendations 

of the Select Committee on Lighthouses, &amp;c.,—were 

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








A. 1847. 


Petitions from Leeds ;—and, Norwich; praying Tea. 
for a reduction of the duty on Tea,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Lambeth ;—and, Southwark ; stat- Raja of 
ing that the Petitioners are deeply interested in the Sattara. 
case of his highness Purtaub Sing, the ex-Raja of 
Sattara, who has been accused of hostility to the 
British Government, forcibly deposed and exiled 
from his dominions, upon this charge, and denied 
for seven years the means of being heard in his own 
defence ; and praying the House to adopt measures 
to secure to this Prince the opportunity of examin- 
ing the charges which have been brought against 
him, the evidence in support of the same, and of 
bringing forth the proofs of his innocence,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Bodmin Union (Chairman and Poor Removal 

Clerk) ;— Louth Union; — Stoke-upon-Trent ; — Act. 

Union of Manchester; — Nottingham Union ; — 

Ruthin Union (Chairman) ; — Beccles ;— Linstead 

Parva ;—Halesworth ;— Wenhaston ;— Woodbridge 

Union ;—Ufford ;—and, Aberystwyth Union; pray- 

ing for the repeal or amendment of the Poor Re- 

moval Act,—were presented, and read ; and referred 

to the Select Committee on Settlement and Poor 

Removal. 


Petitions from Warwick Union ;— Leicester (two Settlement. 
Petitions) ;— and, Blything Union; praying the 
House to abolish the Law of Settlement absolutely 
and entirely, and in lieu thereof to enact that the 
maintenance and relief of the destitute poor be 
made a national charge, and that all the property 
in the kingdom be assessed in just and equal pro- 
portion, according to its relative value, for their 
support,—were presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Settlement and Poor 
Removal. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the county of Pem- County Courts. 

broke, stating that the Petitioners are most anxious Act. 

for the speedy establishment of Local Courts for 

the recovery of Small Debts under the Act passed 

in the last Session of Parliament; end praying the 

House to secure the appointment of Judges and 

Officers for the several /Velsh districts who tho- 

roughly understand the language of the inhabit- 

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

upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Irish Waste Land Improve- Landea 
ment Society, praying that provision may be made Property _ 
in the Landed Property (Jreland) Bill enabling the (eland) Bill. 
said Society to obtain Loans for the purposes of its 
works and improvements, on the same terms and 
rates of interest as are proposed to be required of 
other owners of land who may become borrowers, 
in conformity with the 9th and 10th sections of the 
Act of the ninth year of Her present Majesty, c. 1, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Rum, &amp;c. 
gesses of the borough of Drogheda, praying the 
House not to sanction the proposed measure for 
altering the Duties on Rum and Colonial Spirits 
imported into Ireland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Archbishops and Roman Catho- 
Bishops of Ireland, praying the House to remove li¢ Tt 
all those legal disabilities under which the Roman — 
Catholic Regular Orders in Jreland suffer, and to 
place them on a level with the other Roman Ca- 
tholic clergy of Ireland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
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et rr Finis Salina 


Marriages 
Cireland.) 


Sugar and 
Run. 


Poor Relief 
(ireland) Bill. 


Anatomy Act. 


Promiscuous 
Intercourse. 


Salt (East 
India.) 


Poor Law 
{ireland.) 


Pensioners 
(Army.) 





10 Vicrortiz. 
A Petition of Roman Catholic Archbishops and 


Bishops of Jreland, praying for such a repeal or, 
modification of the existing statutes as may protect | 
the Roman Catholic Clergy of Zrelund from criminal | 
prosecution for the discharge of the duties of their |! 
|into consideration, was presented, and read; and 
between Roman Catholics and Protestants, or be- | 
tween a Catholic and a person who had been a| 


sacred office in celebrating or assisting at marriages 


Protestant within a year previous, and that the 
statutes rendering such marriages invalid may be 
repealed, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from London ;—and, British Guiana; 
praying the House to permit the free use of Sugar 
in breweries and distilleries, and to admit Colonial 
Rum at the same duties that may be chargeable 
on Home-made Spirits in England, Ireland and 
Scotland respectively,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the ‘lable. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of 
Guardians of the Stroud Union, praying that the 
Poor Relief (Zreland) Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Guardians of the Mount Mellick 
Poor Law Union, praying that the said Bill may 
not pass into a law, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bradford, praying 
the House to appoint a Committee to investigate 
the working of the Anatomy Act, with a view to 
its repeal, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of Leeds, praying that the House will enact 
such laws with reference to the keepers of brothels, 
and all persons trafficking in female virtue, as shall 
invest magistrates and officers of police with more 
summary powers, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Robert Falk, of Winsford Lodge, 
in the county of Chester, Salt-manutacturer and 
Merchant, complaining of losses on a cargo of salt 
shipped by him for Calcutta, in consequence of the 
Company's Officers there refusing to allow the salt 
to be bonded in the same manner as any other article 
of commerce, and insisting upon the whole of the 
duties being paid immediately in cash or Com- 
pany’s paper, and praying for redress, was _pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Council- 
lors of the town and borough of Wexford, praying 
for amendment of the Poor Law in Jreland, by 
enacting that there may be an uniform Poor-rate 
in all divisions of the Union, was presented, and 
read ; ahd ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Robbins and others, stating 
that the Petitioners served in Her Majesty’s army 
for various periods in different parts of the world, 
and when discharged, received each a pension com- 
mensurate with their services, but were persuaded 
by persons whom they now believe not to have been 
duly authorized, to commute their pensions for four 
years’ allowance in hand, half to be paid in Ireland, 
and the residue upon landing in North America, 
New South Wales, or Van Diemen’s Land; that 
the Petitioners landed in Quebec, when the cholera 
was raging there, and having received the remain- 
ing part of their pensions in small gales, they could 
put it to no proper use, as it was nearly all expended 
before they got the last of it paid them, and the 

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129 


dreadful calamity that stared them in the face 
caused those who had any means of procuring a i 
passage home to return to their native country be- 
fore they should fall victims to the pestilence then 
raging ; and praying the House to take their case 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Maryport; — and, Drogheda; Breweries and 
praying the House to prohibit the conversion of Distilleries. 
Grain into Malt, or being otherwise applied to 
brewing or distilling purposes,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President of the Chamber of Butter and 
Commerce and Manufactures at Manchester, pray- Ch®**- 
ing that the consumption Duties on imported Butter 
and Cheese may be forthwith wholly repealed, was 


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


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Registration 
habitants of Brighton, praying for the revision of pod go = 
the Registration of Voters Act; and, the repeal of 3? Baniament 
the Rate-paying Clauses of the Reform of Parlia- Act. 
ment Act, was presented, and read; and ordered to 


lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Manchester Commercial Associa- Relief to 
tion (President); — and, Liverpool; praying the Ireland. 
House to make such provision for alleviating the 
distress in Ireland as will not interrupt the progress 
of commercial reform, or trench upon the current 
revenue of the country,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Adam and James Adam, of « Black Cat” 
the City of Zondon, Shipowners, complaining of the Vessel. 
seizure of their vessel, called the “ Black Cat,” by 
the Officers of the Customs, on the 23d day of Ja- 
nuary last, upon an alleged information, that it 
was laden with military stores intended for the pur- 
poses of hostilities on the shores of Portugal, and 
praying for relief, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates and Rate-payers of the Railways _ 
Barony of Upper Kells and county of Meath, pray- — Bill, 
ing the House to facilitate the passing of the Rail- ““ 
ways (/reland) Bill, simultaneously with other mea- 
sures for tne relief of that country, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Cess-payers of that portion of the Municipal 
parish of Kilculliheen, which was formerly included pe Sank gr 
within the rural district of the county of the city of veins 
Waterford, but which now, under the provisions of 
the Municipal Corporations (Jreland) Act, forms a 
portion of the county of Waterford ; praying that 
the House will be pleased, by legislative enactment, 
to meet the wants of the Petitioners, by annexing 
the said portion of the parish of Kilculliheen to the 
barony of da, in the county of Kilkenny, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Com- Ports, Har- 
missioners for paving and improving the town of Bull c1846) 
Warrington, and for building a new Bridewell in 
the said town, praying that the Ports, Harbours, 

&amp;e. Bill of the last Session of Parliament, with 
certain alterations, may pass into law, was pre- 


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


A Petition of Frances Sarah Barlee, of Duke's ¥. S. Barlec. 
Bridge House, Bungay, in the county of Suffolk, 
(Wite of Charles William Barlee), complaining of 
the operation of certain laws, especially the perpe- 
tual land-tax imposed on her property, and the 
Stamp Act, which has fallen very heavily upon her 
s it 





Adjournment. 


Castlebar 
Union. 


Waterworks 
Clauses Bill. 


Gas Works 
Clauses Bill. 


Commissioners 
Clauses Bill. 


Markets and 
Fairs Clauses 
Bill. 


Railways Bill. 


Supply ; 


Exchequer 
Bills. 


Ways and 
Means. 


130 19° Februariz. 


in granting leases, and also in her Chancery pro- 
ceedings, before stamped proceedings in that court 
were abolished; and praying for relief from the 
heavy poor’s rate and other taxes upon Farm Pro- 
perty, oa! eragguaa and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Sums levied and expended for the 
Relief of the Poor in the Union of Castlebar, in the 
County of Mayo, since its first opening in September 
1842, up the 31st day of December 1846; distin- 
guishing the Amount of Rate struck, the Amount 
collected, the Total of Arrears still due, and in what 
proportion from Occupiers or immediate Lessors, 
and the proportion of actual Expenditure in every 
year to the Valuation of the Rateable Property in 
the Union :—Of the Number of Paupers admitted 
to the Workhouse of Castlebar during the last Six 
months; giving the Dates of their Admission :— 
Of the Number of Applicants for Admission that 
were rejected during the same period, with the 
Dates and the Grounds of their Rejection, if stated 
on the Minutes: and a Copy of any Resolution of 
the Board of Guardians, by which the Workhouse 
was closed to Applicants :—And, of the Number 
of Coroners’ Inquests held in the County of Mayo, 
in which Verdicts of ‘‘ Death by Starvation,” or of 
similar purport, were recorded; distinguishing the 
Number that were held within the Union of Caséle- 
bar. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for consolidating in one Act certain Provisions 
usually contained in Acts authorizing the making 
of Waterworks for supplying Towns with Water : 
And that Mr. Strutt, Sir George Grey and Mr. 
Parker do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for consolidating in one Act certain Provisions 
usually contained in Acts authorizing the making 
of Gas Works for supplying Towns with Gas: And 
that Mr. Strutt, Sir George Grey and Mr. Parker 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for consolidating in one Act certain Provisions 
usually contained in Acts with respect to the Con- 
stitution and Regulation of Bodies of Commis- 
sioners appointed for carrying on Undertakings of 
a Public Nature: And that Mr. Strutt, Sir George 
Grey and Mr. Parker do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for consolidating in one Act ‘certain Provisions 
usually contained in Acts for constructing or regu- 
lating Markets and Fairs: And that Mr. Strutt, 
Sir George Grey and Mr. Parker do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Railways Bill be read a se- 
cond time upon Monday next. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Sup- 
ply, a Resolution ; which was read, as followeth ; 

stesolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighteen 
millions three hundred and ten thousand seven 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay 
off and discharge Exchequer Bills, charged on the 
Aids of 1847, unprovided for. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider 
of Ways and Means, for raising the Supply granted 
to Her Majesty. i 





A. 1847. 


Ordered, That the Factories Bill be read a se- Factories Bill. 


cond time after the Orders of the day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Labouring 


into a Committee upon the Labouring Poor (Ireland) 
Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cuiause, N° 1, (Certain Presentments declared 
valid). 

Amendment proposed: At the end of the Clause, 
to add the words “ Provided always, That the sum 
“ expended for executing and completing such 
works shall in no case exceed the sum which 
has been so presented for the execution and com- 
pletion of the same.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Crause, N° 2, amended, and agreed to. 

Criause, N°3, agreed to. 

CrauseE, N° 4, (Commissioners of Public Works 
shall determine the amount of increased rent which 
the occupier of such lands ought to pay, by reason 
of the draining aad subsoiling thereof). 

Amendment proposed: In P. 5.1. 2. After the 
word “ lands,’ to insert the words “ or any person 
“ other than the occupier, having an immediate or 
‘ derivative title, under the person who is proprietor 
“ thereof, within the term of the said Act.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cxiause, N° 5, (Sums presented for Public Works 
to be assessed either on Barony at large or Elec- 
toral Divisions): And whereas at certain of such 
Sessions held after the said fifth day of October, 
Presentments were, by reason of the said announce- 
ment, made for works other than those of drain- 
age and subsoiling, but the proceedings at such 
Sessions were in many cases not taken in strict 
conformity with the provisions of the said first re- 
cited Act. 

Amendment proposed: In P. 5. Is. 25. and 26. 
To leave out the words “ but the proceedings,” in 
order to insert the words “ and although the pro- 
“ ceedings at such Sessions were in some cases not 
taken in strict conformity with the provisions of 
the said recited Act, nor with the regulations 
contained in the said announcement, it is neces- 
sary to ratify and confirm the same: BE it there- 
fore Enacted, That all Presentments which have 
been made at any Presentment Sessions held after 
the fifth day of October last, by the Justices and 
Cess-payers constituting such Sessions, and at 
any time before the passing of this Act, which 
shall have been or shall be approved of by the 
Lord Lieutenant of Zreland, and all works con- 
sequent upon such Presentments, and all ad- 
vances of public money which shall have been 
made or shall be made for the execution of the 
said works, and the several proceedings had and 
taken, or which shall be had and taken there- 
under, shall be as valid and effectual as if the 
same had been made, done and carried on pur- 
suant to the provisions of the said recited Act of 
the ninth and tenth years of the reign of Her 
present Majesty, and that sums so presented and 
apportioned on the several Electoral Divisions or 
parts of Electoral Divisions of Poor Law Unions, 
in the barony, half barony, county of a city or 
county of a town, for which such Sessions were 
held, shall be assessed on such Electoral Divi- 
sions, or parts of such Electoral Divisions re- 
spectively, as if the same had been presented 
under the provisions of the said recited Act.” 

Question 


“é 
“ 
“ 


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Seenie a. sais 














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en (anaemaen: 


bss 





Landed 
Property 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Customs 
Duties Bill. 


Supply. 


Factories Bill. 


Portland 
Harbour of 
Refuge and 
Breakwater 
Bill. 


Poor Relief 
Supervision 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Railways 
(ireland) Bill. 


10 Vicroriz. 


Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Criauses, N° 6, and N° 7, amended, and agreed 
to. 


Crauszs, N° 8, and N° 9, agreed to. 
Schedule added. 

Clause added. 

Preamble amended, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





And the House having continued fo sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 20° die Februarii, 1847: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Landed Property (Jreland) Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Customs Duties Bill ; 

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


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

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


The Factories Bill was, according to Order, read 
a second time ; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Wednesday, the 3d day of 
March next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to empower the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Woods to purchase Land for the purpose of a Har- 
bour of Refuge and Breakwater, in the Jsle of Port- 
land, in the County of Dorset: And that Mr. 
Ward, Admiral Dundas and Captain Berkeley do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the appointment of a Board for the Supervision 
of the Administration of the Laws for the Relief of 
the Poor in Jreland: Aud that Lord John Russell, 
Sir George Grey and Mr. Labouchere do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Entry in the 
Votes of Tuesday last, of the Proceedings of the 
House upon the Railways (Jreland) Bill, might be 
read; and the same was read, as followeth :— 


“ Railways (Jreland) Bill,—Order read, for 
resuming adjourned Debate on Amendment 
proposed to be made to Question [12th Fe- 
bruary), ‘ That the Bill be now read a second 
time ;) and which Amendment was, To leave 
out the word ‘now,’ and, at the end of 
the Question, to addthe words ‘ upon this 
‘day six months ;’—Question again proposed, 

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131 


That the word ‘now’ stand part of the 
Question :—Debate resumed. 


Mercurii, 17° die Februarii, 1847: 


Question put :—The House divided; Ayes, 
118; Noes, 322:—Words added :—Main 
Question, as amended, put, and agreed to :— 
Second Reading put off for six months.” 


And Notice being taken, that the number of the 
Noes reported by the Tellers did not correspond with 
the number of Members whose nimes appear in the 
List of Members who voted with the Noes on that 
Division, the same being 332, instead of 322; and 
the Tellers for the Noes being present ; and having 
stated that the number of 332 was correct, and that 
the number of 322 had been reported by a mistake ; 
Ordered, That the Clerk of the House do correct 
the said mistake in the Entry of the said Pro- 
ceedings in the Journal of this House, by stating the | 
number of the Noes at 332, instead of 322. 


Mr. Siruét presented a Bill for consolidating in Markets and 
one Act certain Provisions usually contained in Acts Fairs Clauses 
for constructing or regulating Markets and Fairs : Bi 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered No, 83. 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday next ; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Strutt presented a Biil for consolidating in Commissioners 
one Act certain Provisions usually contained in Acts Clauses Bill. 
with respect to the Constitution and Regulation of No. 84. 
Bodies of Commissioners appointed for carrying on 
Undertakings ofa Public Nature : And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Wednesday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Strutt presented a Bill for consolidating in Gas Works 
one Act certain Provisions usually contained in Acts Clauses Bill 
authorizing the making of Gas Works for supplying No. 85. 
Towns with Gas: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Strutt presented a Bill for consolidating in Waterworks 
one Act certain Provisions usually contained in Acts ©luses Bill. 
authorizing the making of Waterworks for supplying No. 86. 
Towns with Water: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Ward presented a Bill to empower the Com- Portland 

missioners of Her Majesty’s Woods to purchase me a “ 
» Pur f a Harbour of Refuge and Breakwat 

Land for the Purposes of a Harbour of Refuge and Breakwater 
Breakwater, in the Isle of Portland, in the County Bill. 
of Dorset: And the same was read the first time; No, 99. 
and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


A Motion being made, That this House wili, upon Landed 
Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee, to Property 
consider of authorizing Advances, out of the Con- praee dle 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, of such Sums as may be re- 
quired for the Purposes of an Act of the present 
Session for facilitating the Improvement of Landed 
Property in JLreland by the Owners thereof, and 
thereby to afford Employment to the Labouring 
Classes ; 

Lord John Russell, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resoive itself into the said Committee. 


Petitions of William Mickelthwait, of Keresforth south York- 
Hill, in the township of Barns/ey, in the county of shire, Doncas- 


York, Gentleman ;—and, Edward Parker, of Stair- eseur te 


Joot, in the township of Ardsley, in the county of nistone, &amp;c., 
York, Bleacher and Dyer ; praying that they may ary of 
s 2 :; be 


heffield, 














132 19°—.20°—92° Februarz?. 


Rotherham, be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 


sae against certain parts of the South Yorkshire, Don- 


Huddersficld caster and Goole Railway (Penistone, &amp;c., Purchase 


and Goole of Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Hud- 
Miviecion dersfield and Goole Railway, Dun Navigation, and 


and Dearne Dearne and Dove Canal) Bill,—were presented, and 


and Dove _— read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Canal) Bill. 
Russian Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 


Dutch Loan. Command,—Copy, Conventions between Great 
Britain andthe Netherlands, and Russia, of 1814 
and 1815, relative to the Russian Dutch Loan, &amp;c. 
Poland. Viscount Palmerston also presented,—Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of 
this instant February, for Copies of the Correspon - 
dence between the late Marquis of Londonderry 
andthe Emperor Alexander, respecting the King- 
dom of Poland; also, Copy of the General Treaty 
of Vienna, 1815, with the three Annexes relating to 
the Establishment and Government of the Free 
State of Cracow. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
One of the clock on Saturday morning, ad- 
journed till Monday next. 








Lune, 22° die Februarii ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 
PRAYERS. 
| HE Caledonian Railway (Branches to Canobie, 
Railway . &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time ; and com- 
(Branches to ; 
Canobie, &amp;c.) mitted. 


Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Caledonian 


—— The Caledonian Railway (Lease of Part of Glas- 
ailway 


(Lease of Part J; Dumfries and Carlisle Railway) Bill was read 
of Glasgow, a second time; and committed. 
Dumfries and Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


vay) Bill ail- mittee of Selection. 


Caledonian The Caledonian Railway (Branch across Clyde 
Railway 


and Glasgow Station) Bill was read a second time ; 
(Branch . 
across Clyde and committed. 
and Glasgow Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Station) Bill. mittee of Selection. 
Wishaw and The Wishaw and Coltness Railway (Branches to 
den Auchinheath Mineral Field and Canderside) Bill 
to Auchin- Was read a second time ; and committed. 
heath Mineral Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


Peer mittee of Selection. 


Caledonian Mr. Lockhart presented a Bill to enable the Ca- 
pt A mor donian Railway Company to make an Extension 
5 erseeatae of the Motherwell Branch of the Clydesdale Junc- 
Branch of — tion Railway to Auchinheath Mineral Field, with 


Clydesdale ~~ Branches therefrom: And the same was read the 
Junction Rail- 


‘wayto Auchin- first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
heath Mineral - 

Field, with Branches to the Wishaw 

and Coltness Railway, Canderside 

and Hamilton) Bill. 


Siinie Mr. Lockhart presented a Bill to enable the Cale- 
Railway 


pein ME donian Railway Company to make Branches from 
from the the Clydesdale Juncticn Railway to the Douglas 
Clydesdale — and Lesmahagow Mineral Fields, and to Strath- 
— avon : And the same was read the first time ; and 
Douglas and ordered to be read a second time. 

Lesmahagow 

Mineral Fields, and to 

Strathavon) Bill. 
ee Mr. Lockhart presented a Bill to effectuate the 
poate J — Sale of the Wishaw and Coltness Railway to the 
of Wishaw and Caledonian Railway Company: And the same was 


Coltness Rail- read the firsttime ; and ordered to be read a second 
way) Bil. time. 


A. 1847. 


Mr. Lockhart preserted a Bill to enable the Wil- Wilsontown, 
sontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway Com- a 
° ~ ss 

pany to make Branch Railways to the Benhar Coal Railway 
Works : And the same was read the first time ; and (Branches to 


: Benhar Coal- 
ordered to be read a second time. wouke and 


Edinburgh and Glasgow 
Turnpike-road) Bill. 


Mr. Lockhart presented a Bill to enable the Strathtay and 
Strathtay and Breadalbane Railway Company to Breadatbane 
extend their Line to the Dunkeld Branch of the Rajway Bill. 
Scottish Midland Junction Railway: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Lockhart presented a Bill for the better —— 
Maintenance, Improvement and Repair of the Glas- 3. pay 
gow and Shotts Turnpike-roads: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Lockhart presented a Bill to enable the Caledonian 
Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway ct ang oa 
Company to make certain Deviations and Branches: tion Railway 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered (Deviations 
to be read a second time. between Dun- 

tocher Lime 
Works and 
Bowling, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 

Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- O'4's: 
tions ; which were read as follow: 

1, Resolved, That in the case of the Sowerby Sowerby 
Bridge Improvement and Waterworks Petition, Bridge Im- 


4 . rovement and 
the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed Wesreatia 


with. Bill. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Great Great North- 
Northern Railway (Deviations between London and (De oni 
Grantham) Petition, the Standing Orders ought fetween Lon- 
to be dispensed with; That the Parties be per- don and Gran- 
mitted to proceed with their Bill. tham) Bill. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Edinburgh, Edinburgh, 
Leith and Granton Railway (Leith and Granton et -" 
Junction) Petition, the Standing Orders ought to way (Leith 
be dispensed with; That the Parties be permitted and Granton 
to proceed with their Bill. Junction) Bill. 


4. Resolved, That in the case of the Zondon and London and 
North Western Railway (Birmingham and Lich- — 
field Line, &amp;c.) Petition, the Standing Orders ought (Birmingham 
to be dispensed with; That the Parties be per- and Lichfield 
mitted to proceed with their Bill, on the insertion Line &amp;c-) Bill 
of a clause restraining them from taking any part 
of properties numbered 2 and 3* in the parish of 
Saint Michael, in the Book of Reference, and not 
correspondingly numbered on the Plan; and also 
any part of properties numbered 2@ and 32 on the 
Plan, and not correspondingly described in the 
Book of Reference ; and also restraining them from 
altering the level of a public carriage-road, No. 163, 
in the parish of Sutton Coldfield ; and that the 
Committee on the Bill do examine, in the first place, 
how far such Order has been complied with, and 
do report the same to the House, on the Report of 
the Bill. 

The 2d, 3d and 4th Resolutions, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- London and 
spect of the Petition for the London and North North Western 
Western Railway (Birmingham and Lichfield Line, Uisirvotaghem 
&amp;c.) Bill, which was this day made from the Select and Lichfield 
Committee on Standing Orders, might be read ; Line, &amp;c.) Bill 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for enabling the London and North Western Rail- 
way Company to make a Railway from Birming- 
ham to Lichfield, with Branches, and for amending 
the former Acts relating to the said Company : 

And that Mr. Wilson Patten and Colonel Anson do 
prepare, and bring it in, 








Mr. 





pe OD HHO DD 








10 Vicrorta. 


Herne Bay and 
Canterbury 


hea pil. Canterbury and Whitstable Railway, to be called 


The Herne Bay and Canterbury Junction Railway : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Plumptre presented a Bill for making a 
Railway from Herne Bay to a Junction with the 


Great North- 


A Petition of the Great Northern Railway Com- 
ern Railway 


hwy pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said 
a Company to make a Branch Railway to Horncastle, 
and at Bray- in the Parts of Lindsey, in Lincolnshire, and another 
ford Mere, Branch Railway to certain Wharfs at Brayford 
Lincoln) Bae. Mere, in the city of Lincoln, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 
Colchester, A Petition of the Ipswich and Bury Saint Ed- 
sted bingo mund’s Railway Company, and the Colchester, Stour 
udbury anc sa ; . 
Halstead Rail- Valley, Sudbury and Halstead Railway Company, 
way (Lease to for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Colchester, 
&lt;i &amp; Stour Valley, Sudbury and Halstead Railway Com- 
Edmund's pany to grant a lease of their Undertaking to the 
Railway Com- Jpswich and Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway Com- 
pany) Bil. any, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. San- 
derson and Sir Henry Smyth. 


Southwark 
Improvement 
Bill. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the 
Act thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in 
a Bill to continue and extend the powers of an 
Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of Her 
present Majesty, intituled, “ An Act for making a 
new Street from Blackman-street to the Southwark 
Bridge-road, and for improving the District called 
The Mint, all in the Parish of Saint George-the- 
Martyr, inthe Borough of Southwark, in the County 
of Surrey,” was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir 
William Molesworth and Mr. Alderman Humphery. 
Manchester, A Petition of the Manchester, Burton, Matlock 
Buxton, Mat- and Midlands Junction Railway Company, for 
ock and Mid- aaa : : ace 
lands Junction leave to bring in a Bill to make certain Deviations 
Railway De- inthe authorized Line of the Manchester, Buxton, 
viations Bill. Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway, and to 
amend the Act relating thereto, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. George Henry Cavendish, Mr. 
Gisborne and Viscount Duncannon. 


Dublin, 
Dundrum and 


A Petition of the Dublin, Dundrum and Rath- 
Rathfarnham J2722am Railway Company, for leave to bring in 
eioey am “a Bill to enlarge the Powers of the Dublin, Dun- 
(Extension to drum and Iathfarnham Railway Act, 1846, and to 
Stephens = enable the Company to make an Extension to 


ee Stephen’s Green, was presented, and read; anda 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Grogan and Mr. Archdall. 

Bingley A Petition of Inhabitants and Ratepayers of the 


_ town and neighbourhood of Bingley, in the West 
Riding of the county of York, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for lighting, paving, cleansing, sewering, 
draining, regulating and improving the town and 
neighbourhood of Bingley, in the West Riding of 
the county of York, and for other purposes con- 
nected therewith, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Beckett Denison and Mr. Ferrand. 


Taw Vale Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 

op Rar Deviation in the Line of the Taw Vale Railway, for 

tions and making Branches therefrom to the Towns of Bide- 

Bideford and ford and South Molton, for enlarging the Dock, 

Toosebeey ant and for amending the Acts relating thereto: And 
“the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


eng Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
Sudbury and’ Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Halstead 


VoL. 102. 


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133 


Railway Company to make an Extension of their Halstead Rail- 
Railway from Sudbury to Melford, Lavenham and ionts Melted, 
Clare, in the county of Suffolk: And the same Lavenham and 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a Clare) Bill. 


second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Colchester, 
Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Halstead a eee 
Railway Company to make an Extension Railway Halotec! Rail- 
from Lavenham to Bury Saint Edmund’s in the way (Exten- 
County of Suffolk : And the same was read the first }'°¥ —, a | 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. Bury St. Ed- 
mund’s) Bill. 

Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Ipswich and 
Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway Com- wre og oc 
pany to make an Extension of their Railway from way (Exten- 
Norwich, to join the intended Railway from Dere- sion to East 
ham to Wells, with a Branch from such Extension ree tt 
to Aylsham, in the County of Norfolk: And the Bil. 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 


read a second time. ! 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the Colchester, 
Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead tag 
Railway Company to purchase certain Shares in Halstead Rail- 
the River Stour Navigation: And the same was read way (Stour 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second N@vigation 


: Purchase) Bill. 
time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Aylsham 
Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway Com- and North 
. é : Walsham 
pany to make a Railway from Aylsham to North Raitway Bill. 
Walsham, both in the county of Norfolk: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for authorizing Eastern Union 
the Sale of the Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junc- m4 wey 
tion Railway to the Eastern Union Railway Com- wan tae a 
pany: And the same was read the first time; and the Eastern 
ordered to be read a second time. Union Railway 

Company ) 
a Bill. 

A Petition of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton Birmingham, 
and Dudley Railway Company, and of the Great pebege a 
Western Railway Company, for leave to bring ina Riilway &gt; 
Bill for making a Railway from Stourbridge to the (Stourbridge 
Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley Railway 24 West 

ra ; Bromwich) 
at West Bromwich, and for other Purposes, was pi 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr, Muntz and Mr. 
Spooner. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- painburgh 
spect of the Petition for the Edinburgh, Leith and Leith and’ 
Granton Railway (Leith and Granton Junction) Granton Rail- 
Bill, which was this day made from the Select Com- *'7 al 
mittee on Standing Orders, might be read, and the Junction) Bill. 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Rail- 
way Company to make a Branch Railway from 
Bonnington to Trinity Villa, to acquire certain 
pieces of Land, and to shut up and use certain 
Roads or Streets for the Purposes of the said Rail- 
way: And that Sir John Hepe and Mr. Gibson 
Craig do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir John Hope presented a Bill to enable the Edinburgh 
Edinburgh Water Company to extend their Works, }ya'*Wo"** 
to raise a further Sum of Money, and to alter and ~ 
amend the Act relating to the said Company: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 


be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Birmingham and Ozford Junc- Birmingham 
tion Railway Company and of the Great Western and Oxtord 


= 3 ‘ : : tion Rail- 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to so 


enable the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Rail- tion of Line, 
way Company to make certain Alterations in the &amp;¢.) Bill 
line of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Rail- 

s 3 way, 





= A 


Newmarket 

and Chester- 
ford Railway aoe - Pi 4 ‘ 
(Repeal of ” tain Provisions of the Newmarket and Cheslerford 
Provision Railway Act, 1846, was presented, and read ; and 
authorizing vs 


ties Railway 
(Lynn and 


134. 22° Februari. 


way, and to purchase the Stratford-upon-Avon 
Canal Navigation, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Spooner and Mr. 


Muntz. 
Birmingham A Petition of the Birmingham and Ozford Junc- 
and Oxford 


Junction Rail- tion Railway Company, and of the Great Western 
way(Warwick Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
and Stratford authorize the making of a Railway from the Bir- 
Line) Bil, mingham and Oxford Junction Railway, near War- 
wich, to join the line of the Stratford-upon-Avon 
Branch of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Spooner and Mr. Muntz.» 


Waterford, A Petition of the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow 

ies et and Dublin Railway Company, for leave to bring 

Dublin Rail- in a Bill to authorize certain Alterations of the 

way Bill. line of the Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow Rail- 
way, and to amend the Act relating thereto, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Viscount Duncannon, 
Sir Thomas Esmonde and Mr. James Power. 


Limerick A Petition of the Limerick Bridge Commissioners, 

Docks and = for leave to bring in a Bill for amending two Acts 

Harbour Bill. ; 2 o - ; : 
of Parliament passed respectively in the fourth year 
of the reign of his late Majesty King George the 
Fourth, and the fourth and fifth years of the reign 
of his late Majesty King Wi//iam the Fourth, for 
erecting a Bridge across the River Shannon, and 
a Floating Dock and other Works for the Improve- 
ment of the Port of Limerick, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. John O’Brien and Mr. Morgan 
John O’ Connell. 


Eastern Coun- A Petition of the Eastern Counties Railway Com- 


ties Railway 


(Maldon pany and the Maldon, Witham and Braintree Rail- 


Witham and Way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 


Braintree authorize the Purchase by the Eastern Counties 
Railway Pur. 
chase) Bill. 


Railway Company of the Maldon, Witham and 
Braintree Railway, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


by Mr. Hudson and Mr. Hastie. 


Eastern Coun- A Petition of the Eastern Counties Railway 
ties Railway 
(Purchase of 


Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize 


the North the Purchase, by the Eastern Counties Railway 
Woolwich Company, of the North Woolwich Railway, and 
— ®e-) the Lease of the Pepper Warehouses and Wharts 


of the East and West India Dock Company, and 
the Construction of Docks in connection with the 
North Woolwich Railway, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. ZZudson and Mr. Hastie. 


A Petition of the Eastern Counties Railway Com- 


pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for repealing cer- 


: a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
the Company ; $s} 


to use the Line by Mr. Edudson and Mr. Hastie. 
of the Eastern 

Counties Rail- 

way) Bill. 


Eastern Coun- &lt;A Petition of the Eastern Counties Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize 
Ely Railway, the Lease to the Eastern Counties Railway Com- 
and Ely and pany, of the Lynn and Ely, #ly and Huntingdon, 
ae, ana Lynn and Dereham Railways, was presented, 
a and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
Dereham Rail- accordingly, by Mr. Hudson aud Mr. Hastie. 

way Lease) 


Bill. 


EasternCoun- A Petition of the Eastern Counties Railway 
ties Railway 
Ss she : : - 
| ny ene “ said Company to make a Railway from the Wisbech, 
Bi ; 


Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 


ill. Saint Ives and Cambridge Junction Railway, in 


A. 1847. 


the Parish of Somersham, to the Town of Ramsey, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hudson and 
Mr. Fellowes. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Classifica- Railway Bills 
tion Committee of Railway Bills; That they had ee ag 
further considered the matters referred to them, jorz). a 
and directed him to make a Report thereof tothe jo, 97 
House. ; 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


The Great Northern Railway (Branch to King’s Great North- 
Lynn) Bill was read a second time ; and committed. ¢™ Railway 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- King’s Lynn) 
mittee of Selection. Bill. 


The Ayrshire and Galloway Railway (Smithstown Ayrshire and 
to Dalmellington) Bill was read a second time; and Galloway 


G 
: . Railway 
committed. : (Smithstown 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- to Dalmelling- 


mittee of Selection. ton) Bill. 


The Lynn and Ely Railway (Lynn and Wormegay Lynn and Ely 
Navigation) Bill was read a second time; and Railway 


committed. a 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Navigation) 
mittee of Selection. Bill. 


The Lynn and Ely Railway (Deviation and Lynn Lynn and Ely 
Docks) Bill was read a second time; and com- Railway 


: (Deviation 
mitted. and Lynn 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Docks) Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Commissioners of JV arkworth Warkworth 
Harbour, in the county of Worthumberland, for leave Harbour Bill. 
to bring in a Bill to explain and amend the Powers 
and Provisions of the Acts relating to Warkworth 
Harbour, in the County of Northumberland, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Matihew Bell and 
Mr. Richard Hodgson. 


A Petition of Directors of Claridge’s Patent Claridge’s 
Asphalte Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for i. 
regulating Legal Proceedings by or against the sari Bill. 
suid Company, and for granting certain Powers 
thereto, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Fitz- 

Roy Kelly and Mr. Hutt. 


A Petition of the Midland Railway Company, for Midland Rail- 
leave to bring in a Bill to empower the said Com- way (Exten- 
pany to extend the line of their Nottingham and = = 

“ a a igham 
Lincoln Railway, at Lincoln, and to make a Branch and Lincoln 
Railway to their Lincoln Station, was presented, Branch at. 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 1™°™ Bil: 
accordingly, by Mr. Hudson, Sir John Trollope and 
Mr. William Collett. 


Mr. Loch presented a Bill to amend certain Acts Ross, Cro- 
for making and maintaining Roads, and convert- ™@tty, and 
. Cc; i. ‘ ; : Part of Nairn 
ing the Statute Labour, in the Counties of Ross pistrict of 
and Cromarty, and Part of Nairn, locally situate Roads Bill. 
in the County of Ross: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


The Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway Newport. 
Deviations Bill was, according to Order, read a se- — 
cond time; and committed. oat Se one 

‘ = . ailway D 

Ordered, ‘that the Bill be referred to the Com- viations Bill. 

mittee of Selection. 


The Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Rail- Newport, 
way (Extension to Taff Vale Railway) Bill was, Abereevenny 


. ino ‘ . and Hereford 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- Railway 
mitted. (Extension to 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Tf Vele 





mittee of Selection. Railway) Bill. 


The 





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Coun! 
Unio! 
Devis 


Dubl 
Drog 
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Pay’ 
Pate 
Ass’ 
Bill. 


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10 VicrorizZ. 


Northern The Northern Counties Union Railway Deviation 
Counties _ Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 
Union Railway 5 


and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Deviation Bill. 


Dublin and The Order made — Friday last, That Mr. 


sy Brotherton and Mr. Morgan John O’ Connell do 
sai nl prepare, and bring in the Dublin and Drogheda 
Branch, &amp;c.) Railway (Purchase of Navan Branch, &amp;c.), Bill, 
Bill. was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That Mr. George Alexander Hamilton 
and Mr. James [ans Hamilton do prepare, and 
bring in the Bill. 

Payne's A Petition of Charles Payne, of the city of West- 
poe minster, Gentleman, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
Bill. forming and regulating the Timber Preserving Com- 
pany, and to enable the said Company to purchase 
and work certain Letters Patent, was presented, and 
read; anda Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Viscount Jngestre, Mr. Masterman 
and Mr. Alderman Humphery. 
Ryde Espla~- A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Ryde, 
— in the Isle of Wight, in the county of Hants, for 
provement leave to bring in a Bill for making an Esplanade 
Bill. fronting the Sea at Ryde, in the Isle of Wight, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. A’Court Holmes, 
Mr. William John Hamilton and Viscount Ingestre. 
Ewell Rates Mr. Greene presented a Bill for the better and 
Bill. more effectual ascertaining, collecting and levying 
the Poor Rate, and all other Rates and Assessments 
in the Parish of Ewell, in the County of Surrey, 
and for the better Management of the Business and 
Affairs of the said Parish, and for other Purposes 
relating thereto: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
— Mr. Greene presented a Bill for the better and 
parden Rates more effectually ascertaining, assessing and col- 


lecting the Poor Rates, Highway Rates, Church 
Rates and Lighting Rates in the Parish and Bo- 
rough of Saffron Walden, in the county of Essex: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Dublin and 
Drogheda 
Railway { Pur- 
chase of Navan 
Branch, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to authorize the 
Purchase, by the Dublin and Drogheda Railway 
Company, of the Navan Branch of the Dublin and 
Belfast Junction Railway, and to authorize the 
Dublin and Drogheda, the Dublin and Belfast 
Junction Railway, with a Branch from Drogheda 
to Navan, the Ulster, and the Dundalk and Ennis- 
killen Railway Companies, or any of them, to amal- 
gamate with one another: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Legal Quays 


A Petition of Joseph Barber, William John Hail, 
(London) Bill. 


John Ismay Nicholson and Frederick Besley, Tho- 
mas Wilkinson, and William Stennett and Jghn 
Knill, all of Lower Thames-street, in the city of 
London, Wharfingers, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for naking perpetual the provisions of an Act passed 
in the last Session of Parliament, intituled, “ An 
Act for the Regulation of the Legal Quays within 
the Port of London,” was presented, and read ; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Pattison and Mr. Aglionby. 

Guildford Mr. Kemble presented a Bill for enabling the 
ortenmand London and South Western Railway Company to 

outh . : aa a ! 
and Fareham make Extensions of the Guildford Extension and 
Railway Bil. Portsmouth and Fareham Railway, near Portsmouth, 
and a Deviation in the authorized Line thereof, near 
Godalming : And the same was read the first tinie ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 
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135 
A Motion was made, and the Question being Ambergate, 
proposed, That the Ambergate, Nottingham and a 
Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway (Alteration and Eastern 
of Line and Branches to Nottingham) Bill be now Junction Rail- 
read a second time; ps —— 
The Amendments following were proposed to be and Branches 
made to the Question ; viz. ‘lo leave out the word to Notting- 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 2#™) Bill 
the words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being proposed, That the word 
now” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
posed Amendment and Motion were severally, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


“ 


A Petition of the Edinburgh and Northern Rail- Edinburgh 
way Company, and of the thereunder-signed Di- —— 
rectors thereof, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable ree from 
the said Company to make a Railway from Burat- Burntisland to 
island Pier to their Branch to Dunfermline, to make omar 
a Deviation and Extension of the said Branch, to pi, ° ~ 
make another Railway from their Strathearn De- 
viation Railway to the Scottish Central Railway, 
and to make an alteration in the manner of con- 
structing the said Branch and Strathearn Deviation 
across certain roads, and the Halbeath Railway, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report. from Edinburgh 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 2nd Northern 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Edinburgh a eee 
and Northern Railway (Branch from Burntisland Burntisland to 
to Dunfermline Branch, &amp;c.) Bill, the Standing Dunfermline 
Orders have not been complied with, in the follow- — _ 
ing instances : 

Upon the Section deposited in the Private Bill 
Office of the proposed Branch from Burntisland 
Pier to the Dunfermline Branch, the line represent- 
ing the surface of the ground marked on the Plan 
of the said proposed Branch does not correctly 
show the surtace of the ground, as the height of the 
said surface line, as shown upon the said Section, 
differs from the actual height of the surface of the 
eround above the level represented by the datum 
line, as referred to the fixed point stated on the 
Section, at the places, in the manner, and to the ex- 
tent after mentioned ; that is to say: 

At the joint on the Section, at about 5 furlongs, 

5 chains, 80 links, from the commencement of the 
said Branch, where the said Branch is shown as 
crossing a road, the height of the surface of the 
road as shown upon the Section is 340 feet, or there- 
abouts, whereas the actual level of the surface of 
the said road is 347 feet, or thereabouts, above such 
datum line. 

At the point on the Section, at or about 5 furlongs, 
7 chains, 30 links, from the commencement of the 
said Branch, where the said Branch is shown as 
crossing a Railway, the height of the surface of the 
rails of the said Railway is shown upon the Section 
to be 350 feet, whereas the actual height of the said 
Railway is 359 feet, or thereabouts, above such 
datum line. 

At the point on the Section, at or about 1 mile, 

7 furlongs, 50 chains, from the commencement of 
the said Branch, where the said Branch is shown as 
crossing a road, the height of the surface of the 
said road, as shown upon the Section, is 3 feet at 
least below the actual height of the surface of such 
road at the said point. 

At the point on the Section, at or about 6 miles, 
7 furlongs, 1 chain, 30 links, from the commence- 
ment of the said Branch, where the said Branch is 
shown as crossing a Railway, the height of the sur- 
face of the rails of the said Railway, as shown upon 
the Section, is about 17 feet below the actual height 
of the surface of the rails of the said Railway, at 
the said point of crossing, as shown on the Plan; 

s4 which 











Ipswich and 
Bury St. Ed- 
mund’s Rail- 
way (No. 3.) 
(Extension 
from Bury 
St. Edmund’s 
to Thetford) 
Bill. 


Ipswich and 
Bury Si. Ed- 
mund’s Rail- 
way (Branch 
from Ipswich 
to Wooid- 
bridge) Bill. 


Parkgate and 
Chester and 
Birkenhead 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 





136 


which point as shown on the Plan differs from the 
same point on the Section, to the extent of between 
50 and 60 feet. 

A certain road numbered on the Plan deposited 
in the Private Bill Office, 46, in the parish of Dal- 
getly,and 14, 14, in the parish of Inverkeithing, is 
described in the Book of Reference thereto as a 
servitude or occupation-road, George Mercer Hen- 
derson, owner (being the owner of the lands adjoin- 
ing the same), and the public occupiers thereof; but 
it appears that the said road is a disused portion of 
the Old Great North Road, belonging to the Trustees 
of the Great North Road; and the said Trustees 
have received no application in writing in respect of 
the same. 

That the properties numbered on the Plan depo- 
sited in the Private Bill Office, 44, 37, 37 and 36, 
respectively, in the parish of Dunfermline, are de- 
scribed in the Book of Reference thereto as belong- 
ing to Andrew Main, whereas the same are and 
were on and before the 30th November last, the 
property of Andrew Moffat Melwood. 

The Great North Road, No. 12, in the parish of 
Inverkeithing, and 43, in the parish of Da/lgetty, on 
the said Plans, is shown on the Plan to be crossed 
by the said Branch Railway, at 2 miles, 2 chains, 
and 60 links, and on the said Section at 2 miles, 
1 chain, and 60 links, making a variance between 
the Plan and Section, of 1 chain. 

The servitude road, in the parish of Dalgetty, 
marked No. 28, on the said Plan, of the Branches 
from Burntisland to Dunfermline, is shown on the 
Plan to be crossed at 2 miles, 4 furlongs, 3 chains, 
and 80 links, and on the Section at 2 miles, 4 fur- 
longs, 4 chains, and 80 links, being a difference of 
1 chain. 

The yoad in the parish of Dunfermline, marked 
No. 30 on the said Plan, is shown on the said Plan 
to be crossed at 7 miles, 6 furlongs, and 65 links ; 
and on the Section at 7 miles 6 furlongs, 1 chain, 
and 65 links, being a difference of 1 chain. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred tothe Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 





A Petition of the Ipswich and Bury Saint Ed- 
munds Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to amend the Acts relating to the said Com- 
pany, and for making a Railway from the Spswich 
and Bury Saint Edmunds Railway, at Bury Saint 
Edmunds, to Thetford, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Acts relating to the Zpswich and Bury 
Saint Edmunds Railway Company, and for making 
a Railway from the line of the Lpswich and Bury 
Saint Edmunds Railway, at Bury Saint Edmunds, 
to Thetford: And that Lord Rendlesham, Captain 
Gladstone and Mr. Lane Fox do prepare, and bring 
it m. 


92° Februari. 





: , 
Mr. Lane Fox presented a Bill to amend the | 


Acts relating to the Ipswich and Bury Saint Ed- | 
mund’s Railway Company, and to enable the Com- 
pany to construct a Railway from the Jpswich and | 
Bury Saint Edmund's Railway, near L[pswich, to | 
Woodbridge: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table——Report from 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Parkgate 
and Chester and Birkenhead Junction Railway Pe- 
tition, the Standing Orders had not been complied 
with, in the following instance ; viz. The estimate 
amounting to £.42,500 deposited in the Private Bill 
Office, is not an estimate of the whole expense of 
the undertaking, inasmuch as it does not include 
the cost of the purchase of the land, for the pur- 
pose of the undertaking; but an estimate was 
produced amounting to £.50,000, and including the 
cost of the purchase of land, bearing the same date 








A. 1847. 


as the estimate so deposited, and signed by the same 
parties, who acknowleged their signatures thereto; 
and it appeared that the contract amounted to three- 
fourths of the said sum of £.50,000, and that the 
wrong estimate had been by mistake dep»sited in 
the Private Bill Office. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking there- Falmouth 
inafter mentioned, stating that the Petitioners are Waterworks 
promoters of a Bill for constructing Waterworks for ~~ 
supplying with Water the Town of Falmouth, and 
certain Parishes adjacent thereto; that the Petition 
for the said Bill, with the other documents, owing 
to an accident, was not deposited in the Private 
Bill Office of the House within the time prescribed 
by the Standing Orders; and praying that the 
Petition for the said Bill, notwithstanding such 
omission, may be inserted on the list of Petitions 
for Private Bills, and may be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills, to inquire 
into the compliance with the Standing Orders of the 
House, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Viscount Newry presented a Bill to alter and Newry and 
amend the Mewry and Enniskillen Railway Act Enniskillen 
1845: And the same was read the first time; and way Bill. 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Taun- Taunton 
ton, in the county of Somerset, for leave to bring in Improvement 
a Bill for paving, lighting, watching, watering, 414 Market 
cleansing, regulating and otherwise improving the 
borough of Taunton, in the county of Somerset, and 
for improving and regulating a Market and Market- 
places therein, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Labouchere and Sir Edward Colebrooke, 


Viscount Villers presented a Bill for making Great Westen 

Branch Railways from the Great Western Railway Railway 
to Henley, and to Radstock; to widen certain Por- (Amendment 

: ts ; and Exten- 
tions of the Great Western Railway ; to enable the gions) Bill. 
Great Western Railway Company to purchase or 
amalgamate with the Birmingham, Wolverhampton 
and Dudley Railway, and to purchase the Wycombe 


,and Great Western, and Uxéridge Railways, and 


for other Purposes: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. M‘Carthy presented a Bill to authorize an Cork, Black- 
Extension of the Cork, Blackrock and Passage rock _, 4 
Railway, to Monkstown, and to amend the Act inns mat 
relating thereto: And the same was read the first 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. M‘Curthy presented a Bill to authorize an Cork and 
Alteration in the Line of the Cork and Bandon Bandon Rail- 
Railway and an Extensivn thereof into the City of “°Y - 
Cork, and to amend the Act relating to the said 
Railway: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Waddington presented a Bill to enable the Newmarket 
Newmarket and Chesterford Railway Company to ard Chester- 


e = ps agg 2 ilway 
extend their Line of Railway to Bury Saint Ed- yronchseaty A 


mund’s, with a Branch to the City of E/y: And the Bury St. Ed- 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be mund’s, with 


h t 
read a second time. . Dy Bill 0 


Royston and 

Hitchin Rail- 

way (Exten- 

sion from 

; and Royston to 
Cambridge, 

&amp;c.) Bill. 


Mr. Thomas Duncombe presented a Bill to enable 
the Royston and Hitchin Railway Company to ex- 
tend their Line of Railway from Royston to Cam- 
bridge: And the same was read the first time 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Royston and 
Hitchin Rail- 
way (Sale or 
Lease) Bill. 


Mr. Thomas Duncombe presented a Bill to enable 
the Royston and Hitchin Railway Company to 
lease or sell their Line, and to authorize the said 

Company 








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ly 
d- 
th 


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uil- 
n- 


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uil- 
or 


Reading 
Improvement, 
Market, 
Waterworks 
and Sewage 
Bill. 


East Lothian 
Central Rail- 
way Bill. 


Sheffield, 
Rotherham 
and Doncaster 
Junction Rail- 
way (Mas- 
broughto Don- 
caster) Bill. 


Portadown 
and Dungan- 
non Railway 


Bill. 


Belfast Port 
and Harbour 
Bill. 


Duffryn 
Lynvi, and 
Porth Cawl 
and Llynvi 
Valley Rail- 
ways Amalga- 
mation Bill. 


Shrewsbury 
and Chester 
Railway 
(Branches and 
Station) Bill. 


Newmarket 

and Chester- 
ford Railway 
(Extension to 


Thetford) Bill. 


Edinburgh, 
Leith and 
Granton Rail- 
war (Union 


10 VicroriZz. 


Company to enter into Contracts, and complete 
Arrangements with the Great Northern Railway 
Company: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of Reading, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for paving, lighting, cleansing and im- 
proving the Borough of Reading, and a portion of 
the Hamlet of Whitley, in the county of Berks, and 
for altering and regulating the Market therein, and 
for establishing Waterworks and Sewage Works in 
the said borough, and for extending the said Sewage 
Works into certain parishes in the counties of Berks, 
Oxford and Wilts, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Viscount Chelsea and Mr. Charles Russell. 


Dr. Bowring presented a Bill for making a Rail- 
way from the North British Railway, at East Lin- 
ton, to Ormiston, to be called The East Lothian 
Central Railway: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Ordered, That the Sheffield, Rotherham and Don- 
caster Junction Railway (Masbrough to Doncaster) 
Bill be read a second time upon Friday next. 


The Portadown and Dungannon Railway Biil 
was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of the Corporation for preserving and 
improving the Port and Harbour of Belfast, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for the amendment of the 
Port and HarbourActs of Belfast, for making further 
Improvements and new Works there, and for the 
amendment of the Belfast and Cavehill Railway, 
and Belfast Town Improvement Acts, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Lord John Chichester and Mr. 
Ross. : 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill for the Consolida- 
tion of the Duffryn Llynvi and Porth Cawl Rail- 
way Company with the ZLilynvi Valley Railway 
Company, and for providing for the interim manage- 
ment of the Railway, Port and Works of the said 
first-mentioned Railway Company: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Matheson presented a Bill to authorize the 
Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company to make 
certain Branches, and to provide Station-room and 
other Conveniences in the City of Chester, and to 
raise Additional Capital for these Purposes ; and 
for amending the former Acts relating to the said 
Company: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of Bury Saint Edmund's, in 
the county of Suffolk, praying that they may be 
heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Newmarket and Chesterford Railway 
(Extension to Thetford) Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union 
Canal Company, and of Robert Lillis, Writer to the 


Signet, Edinburgh, Clerk of the said Company, 
Vou. 102. 


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137 


praying that they may be heard, by themselves, Canal and 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Caledonian 
Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway (Union er — 
Canal and Caledonian Railway Junction) Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard ia 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Surah Chambers, of Port Vale Great North- 
House, in the Borough of Hertford, Widow, pray- °? Railway 
. (Hertford, 
ing that she may be heard, by herself, her counsel fatfield and 
or agent, against certain parts of the Great Northern Saint Alban’s 
Railway (Hertford, Hatfield and Saint Alban’s Branch) Bill. 
Branch) Bill, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Leith Harbour 
Canal Company, and of Robert Ellis, Writer to the #24 Docks 
Signet, Edinburgh, Clerk of the said Company, pray- weenionae 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Leith 
Harbour and Docks Dues Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Thomas Hawkins, of No. 44, Char- London Sew- 
lotte-street, Portland-place, London, taking notice shag 
of the application for leave to bring in the London’ 
Sewage Chemical Manure Bill, and praying that he 
may be heard, by his counsel or agent, against such 
Bill, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Garford, the Younger, of the Regent’sCanal 
East India Board, praying that he may be heard, Company 
by himself or his agent, against certain parts of the = — 
Regent’sCanal Company ( Paddington and Limehouse house Railway 
Railway. and Branch) Bill, was presented, and read ; = Branch) 
and ordered to lie upon the ‘l'able. - 


A Petition of John Longe, of Spixworth Park, Norfolk Rail- 
in the county of Norfolk, Esquire, an Owner of way (Branch 
lands on the line of a projected Railway from clown” 
Norwich to Aylsham, with a Branch to North Wal- with'a Branch 
sham, called The Norfolk Railway (Aylsham and to North Wal- 
North Walsham Branch), praying that he may be *"*™ Bill 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against cer- 
tain parts of the Norfolk Railway (Branch from 
Norwich to Aylsham, with a Branch to North Wal- 
sham) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his 
Petition, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Henry Gaisford Gibbs Ludlow, of Great Western 

Heywood House, in the county of Wilts, Esquire, B#ilway 
A 5 a (Extension of 

praying that he may be heard, by himself, his coun- the Berks and 
sel or agent, against certiin parts of the Great West- Hants Railway 
ern Railway (Extension of the Berks and Hants pg 
Railway from Hungerford to Westbury, with a pury, with a 
Branch to Devizes) Bill, was presented, and read, Branch to_ 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to Pevizes) Bill. 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his 
Petition, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in 


favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses South Eastern 
of the borough of Maidstone, praying that the South —s _— 


Eastern Railway (Mid Kent and Direct Tunbridge) pirect Tun- 
Bill; the South Eastern Railway (Maidstone to bridge); 
T Chart) 








138 


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A. 1847. 


South Eastern Chart) Bill; and the South Eastern Railway (Strood | Majesty's Principal Secretzry of State for the Home 


Railway 


(Maidstone to 
Chart); South 


to Maidstone) Bill, may pass into law; and that 
the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 


Eastern Rail- (Kent Railway to Maidstone, Canterbury and Tun- 


way (Strood to 


Maidstone) ; 
and, London, 
Brighton and 


bridge) Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


South Coast Railway (Kent Rail- 
way to Maidstone, Canterbury 
and Tunbridge) Bills. 


Falmouth 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Tp swich and 

Bury St. Ed- 
mu nd’s Rail- 
way (No. 2.) 
(E xtension 


from Bury St. 


E dmund’s to 
N ewmarket 
and Ely) Bill. 


Ipswich and 
Bury St. Ed- 
mund’s Rail- 
way (No, 3.) 
( Extension 
from Bury St. 
Edmund’s to 


Thetford ) Bill. 


Railways Bill. 


Petitions from Falmouth ;—and, Falmouth and 
Budock (four Petitions); taking notice of the appli- 
cation for leave to bring in the Falmouth Water- 
works Bill, and praying that such Bill may pass into 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Bury Saint Edmund's, in the 


county of Suffolk, praying that the Ipswich and | 


Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway (No. 2.) (Extension 
from Bury Saint Edmund's to Newmarketand Ely) 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Bury Saint Edmund’s, in the 
county of Suffolk, taking notice of the application 
for leave to bring in the Ipswich and Bury Saint 
Edmund’s Railway (No. 3.) (Extension from Bury 
Saint Edmund's to Thetford) Bill, and praying that 
such Bill may pass into law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Commissioners 
for the improvement of the town of South Shields, 
stating that in and by an Act passed in the 8th and 
9th years of the reign of Her present Majesty, inti- 
tuled, ‘An Act for enabling the Newcastle and Dar- 
lington Junction Railway Company to make certain 
Branch Railway Stations and Works, and for other 
Purposes,” it was, amongst other things, enacted, 
that in all cases where any public streets or roads 
within the borough of South Shields should be crossed 


| Department, relative to the Proceedings in the case 
| of Mr. Jenkin Jones. 

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


| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Coals, Cinders 
‘Accounts of the Quantities of Coals, Cinders and and Culm. 


Culm shipped at the several Ports of England, Scot- 
| land and Ireland, coastways, to other Ports of the 
| United Kingdom, in the year 1846 ; distinguishing 
the Quantity shipped at each of the said Ports, as 


| compared with the year 1845 :—Of the Quantities 
|and declared Value of Coals, Cinders and Culm 
| exported from the several Ports of England, Scot- 
land and Ireland, to Foreign Countries and the 
| British Settlements abroad, in the year 1846; distin- 
_guishing the Countries to which the same were sent, 
/and comparing the same with the year 1845 ; also, 
distinguishing the Ports of the United Kingdom 
from which the same were shipped :—Ofthe Quan- 
tities of Coals, Cinders and Culm exported from the 
United Kingdom in the year 1846, with the Rate 
'and Amount of Duty thereon :—And, of the Quan- 
tities of Coals brought coastways and by Inland 
Navigation into the Port of London during the year 
1846, comparing the same with the Quantities brought 
during the year 1845. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Troops in 
a Return, to the latest Period, of the Sickness, Mor- Scinde. 


tality and Invaliding of the Troops in Scinde, since 
its Occupation, distinguished regimentally, Euro- 
peanand Natives, Royal and Company’s Troops, 
with the Per-centage of Sickness, Mortality and In- 
_validing, and the Strength of each Corps in each 
year. 


| 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Public Works 
Copies of a certain Notice, dated the 21st day of (Ireland.) 


| 
| 
| 


| November 1846, from Richard Millet, Resident 
Engineer for the Barony of Corcomrae, in the Count 
of Clare, to the Check Clerks at Killilagh:—Of 


by the Railways or Branch Railways already made, | Major Macnamara’s Letter, dated the 30th day of 
or by the said Act authorized to be made, the bridges | November 1846, addressed to the said Richard 
or arches over or across such public streets or! q4iJ/et, and of his Reply thereto :—Of Major Mac 

roads should be so constructed as to prevent water | ngmara’s Letter to Mr. Gamble, District Engineer 
from percolating through the same ; that notwith-| 5; the County of Clare, dated the 30th day of No- 
standing the existence of the aforesaid Clause, the in- | vember 1846, and Mr. Gamble’s Reply thereto :— 
habitants of South Shields continue to be seriously | And, of Major Macnamara’s Letter to Mr. Gamble 

annoyed, injured and inconvenienced by the percola- | gated the 2d day of December 1846, and of i. 
tion of discoloured water, arising from coal-dust and Reply thereto :—A List of the Seeneniia end Check 
the rust of the iron rails of the Railway bridges pass- | Clerks employed on the several Public Works in the 
ing over the streets and thoroughfares of the town | Relief District of Killilagh,the Number of Visits paid 
to the number of nine Railway bridges or viaducts, | ¢4 the said Works by the Wistaiet ccndt Rechfens Mond. 
owing to the defective and limited nature of the | neers respectively, during the Progress of the onal 
Clause in question, which does not provide a sum- | Works, up to the ist day of January 1847. and the 
mary conviction, or of a penal nature, in the event | Date of each Visit :—And, Copy of Captain Wynn's 
of any continuation of the grievance ; and praying | Report of the Investigation which took place at 
that in any general measure before the House having Ennistymon, on the 10th day of December 1846, 


reference to public Railways, or any Bill ofa private | ynon Charges preferred by Major Macnamaraagainst 
nature which may be introduced into the House by | My, Millet, Resident Engineer. 


the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway | 
Company, the House may cause such provisions to | 


be made as will protect the public from any repeti- 
tion or continuation of the grievance complained of, 


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


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
| House, a Copy of the Memorial of the Master Ma- 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Factories Bill. 


nufacturers and Mill-owners, in the County of 
A Petition of Shipowners of the port of Ezeter, | eran peal ng og athe = Hours ee _ 
praying the House not to sanction any measure for | semed to the Swat Less of the iveasuy, Senvumny 


. “ate . | 1847. 
the repeal! of the Navigation Laws, was presented, | ‘ 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
q of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Navigation 
Laws. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presente 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this | 
House, a Copy of a Communication from G. C. 
Lewis, Esquire, Poor Law Commissioner, to Her 


Jenkin Jones. 





Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Ware Ware Union. 
Union, which was presented upon the 12th day of No. 88. 
| this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, 











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Foreign Ordered, That the Paper relative to Foreign Ves- 
Vessels. sels, which was presented upon Friday last, be, 
No. 89. _ printed. 


SavingsBanks Ordered, That the Return relative to Savings 
(Ireland.) Banks (Jreland), which was presented upon Friday 
No. 90. last, be printed. 


Drainage. Ordered, That the Return relative to Drainage, 
No. 91. which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Nova Scotia, 
No.92. which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


10 Vicroriz. 


Nova Scotia. 


Ceylon. Ordered, That the Paper relative to Ceylon, which 
No. 93. was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


Committals Ordered, That the Returns relative to Committals 
oo (Ireland), which were presented upon Friday last, 
No. 94. 


be printed. 


Railways Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Railways Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Ways and The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Means. into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 
Consolidated Resolved, That towards making good the Sup- 
Fund. ply granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Eight mil- 
lions be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britainand Ireland. 
Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
Jution. , 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Greene also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, ‘That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

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


Labouring Mr. Greene reported the Labouring Poor (Jre- 
a (Ireland) /and) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
wis agreed to; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Landed The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

Cirland) into a Committee to consider of authorizing Ad- 

f Advances.) ances, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of such 
Sums as may be required for the Purposes of an Act 
of the present Session for facilitating the Improve- 
ment of Landed Property in Jreland by the Owners 
thereof, and thereby to afford Employment to the 
Labouring Classes. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct the Advance 
of Sums, not exceeding in the whole One million 
five hundred thousand pounds, out of the Consoli- 
dated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, for the Purposes and under the 
Provisions of an Act of the present Session to faci- 
litate the Improvement of Landed Property in Jre- 
land by the Owners thereof; and also the Advance 


of any Sums, not exceeding Five thousand pounds | 
in one year, for paying the Expenses of Preliminary | 


Investigations and Proceedings. 
Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come toa Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


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Februari. 139 


The Agricultural Tenant Right Bill was, ac- tng 
‘cording to Order, read a second time; and com- pay" Right 
mitted to a Select Committee. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 
| Martis, 23° die Februarii, 1847: 


| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Landed 
| mittee on the Landed Property (Ireland) Bill ; rime me | Bill. 
| Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday ‘ eee 


| next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Relief 
‘mittee on the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs 
‘mittee on the Customs Duties Bill; Duties Bill. 
| Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
| resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Registering 
| for registering Births, Deaths and Marriages in Scot- oe = 
land: And that the Lord Advocate, Sir George Grey oa — 

and Mr. Secretary at War do prepare, and bring 

it in. 





Ordered, That leave-be given to bring in a Bill to Marriage 
‘amend the Law of Scotland affecting the Constitu- (Seon) 
‘tion of Marriage: And that the Lord Advocate, Sir’ 

| George Grey and Mr. Secretary at War do prepare, 

‘and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Petition of John Adam and « Black Cat” 
| James Adam, relative to the seizure of their vessel, Vessel. 

“ Black Cat,” which was presented upon Friday 

| last, be printed. 


| A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers of the Copper Ores. 
borough of Birmingham, praying for the repeal of 

ithe Duties on Foreign Copper Ores, imposed by the 

| Tariff of 1842, was presented, and read; and or- 

dered to lie upon the Table. 

| The Lord Advocate presented a Bill for register- Registering 
‘ing Births, Deaths and Marriages in Scotland : Births, &amp;c. 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered Gt") 
to be read a second time upon Monday, the 8th day 
_of March next; and to be printed. 





0. 95, 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to amend Marriage 
lthe Law of Scotland affecting the Constitution of (Scotland) 
| Marriage: And the same was read the first time ; BU. 
|and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday No. 96. 
the 8th day of March next; and to be printed. 


The Order made upon Monday last, That leave Rating of 
be given to bring in a Bill to provide that the Tencments 
Owners of Tenements of small annual Value shall 2 
be assessed to the Rate for the Relief of the Poor, 
and the Highway Rate, in place of the Occupier, 
was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for Rating of 
assessing Owners of Small Tenements to Poor Tenements 
Rates and Highway Rates: And that Mr. Wad- N° 2.) Bill. 
dington, Mr. Alliz and Colonel Wood do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


A Petition of Members of the Town Council of poor Removal 
the borough of Reading, and also of the Guardians Act. 
of the Poor in the said borough, praying for the 
repeal or alteration of the Poor Removal Act, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 
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A Petition of Proprietors of Shares and Persons 
otherwise interested ina Company called The Com- 
mercial Gas Light and Coke Company, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for incorporating the Commercial Gas 
Light and Coke Company, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Sir William Clay and General Fox. 


Commercial 
Gas Light and 
Coke Com- 
pany Bill. 


Lancashire, A Petition of Members of the Company, and 
Cheshire and Promoters of the undertaking thereinafter referred 


North Wales to, for leave to bring in a Bill for incorporating the 
Drainage and i : a) ; D5 

Inclosure Lancashire, Cheshire and North Wales Drainage 
Company's and Inclosure Company, and for enabling the Own- 


- r i i . . . 
—y poration ors of settled Estates, drained, inclosed and im- 


proved by the said Company, to charge the same, 
for the purposes of such Drainage, Inclosure and 
Improvement, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir 
Philip Egerton and Sir Stephen Glynne. 


Rating of Colonel Thomas Wood presented a Bill for as- 

jag sessing Owners of Small Tenements to Poor Rates 

( aan * and Highway Rates: And the same was read the 
0, 97. 


first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 3d day of March next; and 
to be printed. 


Public Income Mr. Parker presented,—Further Return to an 

and Expendi- Order, dated the 15th day of this instant February, 

asap for an Account, for the years 1836 to 1846, both 
No. 98. inclusive, showing, for each year, 


1. The Amount received into the Exchequer : 
2. The Total Expenditure therefrom : 
3. The Expenditure under the several Heads— 

1, Charge of Debt : 

2. Other Charges on Consolidated Fund : 

3. Charge for Army, &amp;c., Services : 

4. Charge for Miscellancous Services: 
4. The Surplus, or 
5. The Deficiency of Income compared with Expenditure : 
6. The Amount of Taxes repealed} 

or reduced, and &gt; 
. Of the Taxes imposed : 
8. Total Capital of Debt, Funded and Unfunded : 
©. Caplaal of Duke (2 oe all Bills : 
10. Balances in the Exchequer at close of year. 


distinguishing the 
J principal items : 


(so far as relates to Taxes.) 


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


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


Martis, 23° die Februarii ; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 
PETITION of the Oxford, Worcester and 
Wolverhampton Railway Company, for leave 
Wolverhamp- tg bring in a Bill to enable the said Company to 
ton Railway = ‘ . ’ ae - 
(No. 1.) (Ex- make a Railway from Cheltenham to join the line 
tension and = of their Railway at Evesham, and from their said 
ns Railway in the parish of Church Honeybourne, in 
; the county of Worcester, to join the Stratford-upon- 
Avon Branch of their Railway in the parish of Peb- 
worth and county of G/oucester, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Oxford, Wor- 
cester and a 


Oxford, Wore __Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
cester and Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Wolverhamp- Private Bills; That inthe case of the Oxford, Wor- 
ig y &amp; cester and Wolverhampton Railway (No. 1.) (Exten- 
sion and Amendment) Petition, the Standing Orders 
Amendment) had not been complied with, in the following in- 
— stance; viz. On tie Stratford curve, the names of 

the Dean and Chapter of Christchurch, Oxford, are 


tension and 


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A. 1847. 


incorrectly inserted in the Book of Reference as 
owners of certain property in the parish of Church 
Honeybourne, numbered from 10 to 24, instead of 
the names of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster ; 
and in consequence of the error not having been 
discovered until the 16th of December, application 
was not made to the Dean and Chapter of West- 
minster, as owners Of such property, until the 17th 
of December. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Eastern Counties Railway Com- Eastern Coun- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said ties Railway 
Company to make a Railway from the Eastern (Pranch from 

‘ : ; . Stratford to 
Counties Railway at West Ham to or near the Vic- the Victoria 
tortia Park, with Branches to the East and West Park, &amp;c.) 
India Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Eastern Coun- 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for ties Railway 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Eastern Coun- —— vom 

‘i ss “ile ord to 
ties Railway (Branch from Stratford to the Victoria the Victoria 
Park, &amp;c.) Petition, the Standing Orders had not Park, &amp;c.) Bill 
been complied with in the following instance; viz. 

At the point where the proposed Railway is stated 

on the Section to effect a junction with the East and 

West India Docks, and Birmingham Junction Rail- 

way (Parliamentary line), on a level, there appears 

to be a difference inthe relative levels of the two 

Railways of about 13 feet, the Parliamentary line of 

the said East and West India Docks and Birmingham 

Junction Railway being at that point about 13 feet 

above the level of the line of the proposed Railway. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Bristol Build- 
gesses of the city of Bristol, for leave to bring in a on cg ’ 
Bill for extending and enlarging the Provisions of Bin. 
the Act for regulating Buildings and Party Walls 
within the city and county of Bristol, and for form- 
ing certain Streets, and for widening other Streets 
within the same, was presented, and read; anda 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Philip Miles and Mr. Henry Berkeley. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public Peti- 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined tions (Eighth 
the Petitions presented upon the 19th day of this ne 
instant February; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for regulating Claridge’ Pa- 
legal Proceedings by or against Claridge’s Patent en ——— 
Asphalte Company, and for granting certain Powers “°"P*"? °"™ 
thereto: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making per- Legal Quays 
petual the Provisions of an Act passed in the last (London) Bill 
Session of Parliament, intituled, An Act for the Re- 
gulation of the Legal Quays within the Port of 
London: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bil! to continue and Southwark 

extend the Powers of an Act passed in the sixth —— 
year of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, ” 
An Act for making a new Street from Blackman- 
street to the Southwark Bridge-road, and for im- 
proving the District called The Mint, allin the Pa- 
rish of Saint George-the- Martyr, in the Borough of 
Southwark, in the County of Surrey: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


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Ryde Im- The Ryde Improvement Bill was read a second 
ce time ; and committed. 
; Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Aberdeen — The Aberdeen Harbour Bill was read a second 
Harbour Bil. tine ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Lytham A Petition of Promoters of the undertaking 
_ thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
/ for paving, lighting, watching, draining, cleansing, 
regulating and otherwise improving the Town of 
Lytham, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, for 
upplying the Inhabitants thereof with Water, and 
for establishing and regulating a Market and Mar- 
ket-places therein, was presented, and read ; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Wilson Patten and Mr. Talbot Clifton. 
London and Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill for enabling 


North Western the London and North Western Railway Company 

Railway . Tiatiene te SG : ; 

(Birmingham to make a Railway from Birmingham to Lichfield, 

and Lichfield with Branches, and for amending the former Acts 

Line, &amp;c.) Bill. relating to the said Company: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Rochdale The Rochdale Waterworks Bill was read a se- 

Waterworks cond time; and committed. 

— Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Birmingham Mr. Spooner presented a Bill to authorize the 
and Oxford | making of a Railway from the Birmingham and 
Junction Rail- O a Sensi Rail W, a . 
way (Warwick for unction ailway, near Warwick, to join 
and Stratford the Line of the Stratford-upon-Avon Branch of the 
tg : 
Line) Bill. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway, 
° and for other Purposes: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Birmingham Mr. Spooner presented a Bill to enable the Bir- 
and Oxford 


Junction Rail "gam and Oxford Junction Railway Company 
way (Devia- to make certain Alterations in the Line of the Bir- 
tion of Line, minghamand Ozford Junction Railway, and to pur- 
&amp;c.) Bill, chase the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal Navigation, 
and for other Purposes: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Birmingham, Mr. Spooner presented a Bill for making a Rail- 
grey way from Stourbridge to the Birmingham, Wolver- 
ley Railway hampton and Dudley Railway, at West Bromwich, 
(Stourbetdge and for other Purposes: And the same was read the 
an es “of $] — . . , i 
Soeurwich) first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Bill. 


Eastern Coun- A Petition of the Eastern Counties Railway Com- 

pot neato de pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said 

of London and Company to enlarge their London and Stratford 

Stratford Stations, and to amend some of the provisions of 

yori ne the Acts relating to the said Company, was pre- 

of Acts) Bill. Sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hudson and Mr. 
Hastie. 


Direct London A Petition of the Zondon and South Western, the 
and Ports- 


mouth, Bich. Ordon, Brighton and South Coast, and Brighton 
outh, Brigh- ti : x : ; 
tonandChi- and Chichester Railway Companies, for leave to 


chester, Lon- bring in a Bill for authorizing the sale of part of 


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wa the Brighton and Chichester (Portsmouth Exten- 


Coast,and Sion) Railway to the London and South Western, 
gauien and and the London, Brighton and South Coast Rail- 
crn Railways W2Y Companies, and the use by the last-mentioned 
Bill, “ Company of part (Wandsworth to London) of the 
London and South Western Railway, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Mangles, Mr. Francis Scott 
and Mr. Chaplin. 
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The South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Rail- South York- 
way (Penistone, &amp;c., and Purchase of Sheffield, vrei. ae ag 
Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Railway (Pe. 
Goole Railway, Dun Navigation, and Dearne and nistone, &amp;c., 


Dove Canal) Bill was read a second time; and com- 2"4 Purchase 


j 1 of Sheffield, 
— , , Rotherham, 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Barnsley, 

mittee of Selection. Wakefield, 
Huddersfield 


and Goole Railway, Dun Navigation, 
and Dearne and Dove Canal) Bill. 


Mr. Beckett Denison presented a Bill for lighting, Bingley 
. ss A ae ees . Improvement 

paving, cleansing, sewering, draining, regulating pi) 

and improving the Town and Neighbourhood of 

Bingley, inthe West Riding of the County of York, 

and for other Purposes connected therewith: And 

the same was read the first time ; and ordered to 

be read a second time. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Great North- 
of the Petition for the Great Northern Railway (De- prone tind 
viations between London and Grantham) Bill, which soon 7. 
was yesterday, made from the Select Committee on don and 
Standing Orders, might be read; and the same — 
being read ; ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Great Northern Railway Company 
to make certain Alterations in the Line and Levels 
of their Railway between London, and the neigh- 
bourhood of Grantham: And that Mr. Christopher, 

Mr. Beckett Denison and Mr. Astell do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


The Leeds Waterworks Bill was read a second Leeds Water- 
time; and committed. works Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bil! be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Leeds and - 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling varaee: 
the said Company to construct works for bringing plying Water 
an additional supply of Water to Leeds, and other to Leeds, &amp;c.), 
places, and for other purposes, was presented, and _ 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Viscount Morpeth, Mr. Beckett Deni- 
son, Mr. Beckett and Mr. Aldam. 


A Petition of the York and Newcastle Railway York and 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling — 
the Hartlepool Dock and Railway Company, and (Hartlepool 
the Great North of England, Clarence and Hartle- Dock and 
pool Junction Railway Company to lease and also Railway, — 
to sell their respective Railways and Works to the of dh seo 
York and Newcastle Railway Company, was pre- Clarence and 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 7 . 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hudson, Mr. Lid- ria hy i 
dell and Lord Harry Vane. and Purchase) 

ill, 

A Petition of the York and Newcastle Railway York and 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for the en- —— 
larzement of the Wearmouth Dock, and the con- CWeersmeuth 
struction of new works in connection therewith, and Dock Enlarge- 
for other porposes relating thereto, was presented, ™¢nt) Bill. 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Hudson, Mr. David Barclay 
and Mr. Liddell. 


A Petition of the York and Newcastle Railway York and 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize Newcastle, 
he Amalgamation into one Company of the York Newcastle and 
the Amalgamation 0 one pany i Berwick, and 
and Newcastle, the Newcastle and Berwick, and North British 
the North British Railway Companies, was pre- Railways 

p: Amalgama- 

sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be tion pin. 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hudson, Sir John 


Lowther and Mr. Richard Hodgson. 


Mr. Hudson presented a Bill to empower the Midland Rail- 
Midland Railway Company to extend the Line of “#Y amg 
their Nottingham and Lincoln Railway, at Lincoln, Nottmgham 
and to make a Branch Railway to their Lincoln and Lincoln 
Station: And the same was read the first time 5 Prrtoin) Bill. 
and ordered to be read a second time. 

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142 


Mr. Hudson presented a Bill for repealing certain 
Provisions of the Newmarket and Chesterford Rail- 
way Act 1846: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Newmarket 
and Chester- 
ford Railway 
(Repeal of 
Provision au- 
thorizing the 
Company to use the line of the 
Eastern Counties Railway) Bill. 


Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway 
(Lynn and 
Ely Railway, 
and Ely and 
Huntingdon 
Railway, and 
Lynn and 
Dercham 
Railway 
Lease) Bill. 
Eastern Coun. 
tics Railway 


Mr. Hudson presented a Bill to authorize the 
Lease to the Eastern Counties Railway Company 
of the Zynn and Ely, Ely and Huntingdon, and 
Lynn and Dereham Railways: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Hudson presented a Bill to authorize the 
Purchase by the Eastern Counties Railway Com- 


Maldon, e * . . 
conen and pany of the Maldon, Witham and Braintree Rail- 
Braintree way: And the same was read the first time ; and 


Railway Pur- ordered to be read a second time. 
chase) Bill. 
Eastern Coun- 
tics Railway 
(Purchase of 
the North 
Woolwich 
Railway, &amp;c.), 


Bill. 


Mr. Hudson presented a Bill to authorize the 
Purchase by the Eastern Counties Railway Com- 
pany, of the North Woolwich Railway, and the 
Lease of the Pepper Warehouses and Wharfs of 
the East and West India Dock Company, and 
the Construction of Docks in connection with the 


North Woolwich Railway: And the same was read ! 


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


Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway 


Mr. Hudson presented a Bill to enable the 
Eastern Counties Railway Company to make a 


S orshia . . . , ’ 

( 5 eee Railway from the Wisbech, Saint Ives and Cam- 
to Ramsey) ; ’ : ‘ re 7 &gt; ae 

Bill. bridge Junction Railway, in the Parish of Somer- 


sham, to the Town of Ramsey: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Petition of the London and North Western 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
empower the said Company to make certain Branch 
Railways, and Extensions from Kenilworth to 
Berkswell, and from Leamington to Warwick, and 
to widen the line from Leamington to Coventry, all 
in the county of Warwick, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Dugdale and 
Sir Charles Douglas. 


London and 
North West- 
ern Railway 
(Kenilworth 
to Berkswell 
Branches and 
Extensions, 
&amp;c.), Bill. 


London and 
North West- 
ern Railway 
(Atherstone 
to Whitacre 
Branch) Bill. 


A Petition of the Zondon and North Western 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
empower the said Company to make a Branch 
Railway from the London and North Western Rail- 
way, near Atherstone, to the Midland Railway, at 
Whitacre, in the County of Warwick, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Dugdale and Sir Charles 
Douglas. 


London and 
North West- 
ern Railway 
(Coventry and 
Nuneaton 
Branches) Bill. 


A Petition of the Zondon and North Western 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
enabling the said Company to make certain Branch 
Railways from the Coventry and Nuneaton Line to 
the Mount Pleasant and Victoria Collieries, in the 
county of Warwick, with power to the London and 
North Western Railway Company to admit certain 
Parties as Shareholders in their Undertaking, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read ; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
M+. Dugdale and Sir Charles Douglas. 


Coventry, 
Nuneaton, 
Birmingham 
and Leicester 
Railway Bill. 


A Petition of the London and North Western, 
and Midland Railway Companies, for leave to bring 
in a Bill to enable the Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir- 
mingham and Leicester Railway Company to sell 
and transfer their Railway, Works and Interests to 
the London and North Western, and Midland Rail- 
way Companies, or either of them, and for other 
—— was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham and 


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Leicester Railway Company to sell and transfer 
their Railway, Works and Interests to the London 
and North Western, and Midland Companies, or 
either of them, and for other purposes: And that 
Mr. Dugdale and Sir Charles Douglas do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


A Petition of the Edinburgh and Northern Rail- 
way Company, and the Edinburgh, Leith and 


1) inburghand 
Northern, and 
Granton Railway Company, for leave to bring in a pee on 

Bill to incorporate the Edinburgh, Leith and Gran- Grenton 


ton Railway Company with the Edinburgh and — 
N &gt; ee 7 paleagess maigama- 
Northern Kailway Company, was presented, and ("7 


read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 


cordingly, by Sir John Hope and Mr. Gibson Craig. 


Sir John Hope presented a Bill to enable the Edinburgh, 
Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway Company } scorn 
to make a Branch Railway from Bonnington to way (Leith ; 
Trinity Villa, to acquire certain Pieces of Land, and and Granton 
to shut up and use certain Roads or Streets for the Junction) Bill. 
Purposes of the said Railway: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Persons, for Parkgate and 
leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway from pment 
Parkgate, in the county of Chester, to jom the junction ‘ 
Chester and Birkenhead Railway, in the parish of Railway Bill. 
Bebbington, in the ‘same county, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Commitice on 
Standing Orders. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second kegent’s Canal 
Reading of the Regent's Canal Company ( Padding- Company 
Pr. ; 4 h (Paddington 
ton and Limehouse Railway and Branch) Bill; pat sa 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Railway and 


Tuesday the 9th day of March next. Branch) Bill. 


i=) 


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Mr. Gisborne presented a Bill for paving, lighting, Reading Im- 
cleansing and improving the Borough of Reading, ee We, 
and a Portion of the Hamlet of Whitley, in the Soa Hor" 
County of Berks, and for altering and regulating Sewage Bill. 
the Market therein, and for establishing Waterworks 
and Sewage Works in the said Borough, and for 
extending the said Sewage Works into certain Pa- 
rishes in the Counties of Berks, Oxford and Wil?s : 

And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


a i ne 


Mr. Gisborne presented a Bill to make certain Manchester, 
Deviations in the authorized Line of the Manchester, Buxton, Mat- 
Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway, oe 
and to amend the Act relating thereto: And tlhe Railway De- 
same was read the first tine; and ordered to be viations Bill. 
read a second time. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Manchester 
of the borough of Manchester, for leave to bring in ae wt 
a Bill to enable the said Mayor, Aldermen and (power to 
Burgesses to construct Waterworks for supplying sell to the 
the said Borough, and several Places on the line .——— 
the said intended Works, with Water, and for other nade 
purposes, was presented, and read ; and referred to Company) 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. Bill. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- yfanchester 
gesses of the borough of Manchester, for leave to Corporation 
bring in a Bill to enable the said Mayor, Aldermen a 
and Burgesses more effectually to supply the said pe ge ll 
Borough with Water, and for other purposes, was ter and Salford 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be :  gaaaeeed 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Mark Philips, Mr. _ 

Milner Gibson and Mr. Brotherton. 





Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from surrey and 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Kent Commis- 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for °° 
the Surrey and Kent Commission of Sewers Bill, 
the Standing Orders had not been complied with, 

in 


Sewers Dill. 











Warkworth 
Harbour Bill. 


Midland Rail- 
way (Worces- 
ter, Hereford, 
Malvern and 
Cheltenham 
Lines, with a 
Branch to 
Ledbury) Bill. 


o 


South Eastern 
Railway 
(North Kent 
Line) Bill. 


Cockermouth 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Regent’s Canal 
Company 
(Paddington 
and Lime- 
house Railway 
and Branch) 
Bill. 


Chester and 
Holyhead 
Railway (Ex- 
tensions at 
Chester and 
Holyhead, 
&amp;e.), Bill. 


Improvement 
of Ireland, 





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in the following instances: Notices were not affixed 
for three successive Sundays in the months of Oc- 


23° Februarve. 143 


before any of them shall receive a Third Reading, in 
order that ample time may be afforded to persons 


tober or November, on the church doors of the | resident in that country, who are able to appreciate 


parish of Lewisham, such Notices having been 
affixed on Sundays the 22d and 29th of November, 


its wants, and have a deep interest in its prosperity, 
to consider the ministerial scheme as a whole, to 


and Sunday the 6th of December last: By Clause | examine its details, and to offer such suggestions 


12, of the Bill, it is proposed to authorize the | 


as their experience and knowledge of the country 


Guardians or Overseers of the Poor, Commissioners | may dictate, was presented, and read ; and ordered 


of Paving, Trustees, Commissioners or Surveyors 
of Highways, and Trustees of Turnpike-roads within 
the district comprised in the several Acts relating 
to the Surrey and Kent Commission of Sewers, to 
contribute from the monies levied for the relief of 
the poor, or in the hands of the said Trustees, Com- 
inissioners or Surveyors, for the purposes of their 
respective offices or trusts, such sums as they shall 
think fit for, or towards the arching over or covering 
in any existing sewer, or the construction of any 
new sewer, drain or watercourse within their respec- 
tive parishes or districts ; but such intended alter- 





ation of the powers of the Guardians or Overseers 
of the Poor, and Trustees, Commissioners or Sur- 
veyors as aforesaid, is not specified in the Notices 
published in the London Gazette and county news- 
papers. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to explain and 
amend the Powers and Provisions of the Acts 
relating to Warkworth Harbour, in the County of 
Northumberland: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
citizens of Worcester, taking notice of an application 
for leave to bring in a Bill for the construction of 
a line of Railway, from Worcester to Hereford, 
Malvern and Cheltenham, and, praying that such 
Bill may pass into law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens 
of the city of Canterbury, praymg that they may 
be heard, by their Recorder, Town Clerk and other 
agents, against certain parts of the South Eastern 
Railway (North Kent Line) Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their Recorder, Town Clerk and other agents, 
upon their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the town and town- 
ship of Cockermouth, praying that the Cockermouth 
Improvement Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Representative 
Vestry of Saint Mary-le-bone, praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Regent’s Canal Company 
(Paddington and Limehouse Railway and Branch) 
Bill, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Charles Pye Williams, of the city 
of Dublin, Managing Director of the city of Dublin 
Steam Packet Company, praying that he may be 
heard, by his counsel, a yainst certain parts of the 
Chester and Holyhead Railway (Extensions at 
Chester and Holyhead, &amp;c.) Bill, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Gentry and Landholders of the 


county of Clare, praying that Her Majesty’s Minis- | 


ters may be required to place on the Table of 

the House all such permanent measures as they 

mean to introduce for the Improvement of Ireland, 
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to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Leicester (Chairman) ;—Zondon Reform of 
(Chairman) ;— Oldham (Chairman) ;—and, Suint Petliament 
Pancras (Chairman); praying for the repeal of that“ 
portion of the Reform of Parliament Act, com- 
monly called the Rate-paying Clauses,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Warrington; praying the Factories. 
House to pass a Ten Hours Bill for all mimors and 
females employed in Factories,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Cirencester; praying for the Settlement. 
abolition of the Law of Settlement,— were pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


Petitions from Denbury; — Shardlow Union ; Poor Removal 
— Gwalchmai;— Llanelly Uuion (Chairman and Act. 
Clerk) ; — Cardigan Union ; — and, Rhayader ; 
praying for the repeal or alteration of the Poor Re- 
moval Act,—were presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Settlement and Poor 
Removal. 


A Petition of Merchants, Shipowners, Importers Copper Ores. 
of Copper Ore, Copper Smelters and others, re- 
sident in the city of London, praying for the repeal 
of the duties on the importation of Foreign Copper 
Ores, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kenilworth, pray- Lord’s Day. 

ing the House to pass a law which shall enact that 
no clause in any Bill hitherto passed, shall be con- 
strued to render it compulsory to run trains on the 
Lord’s Day, and that due care be taken that no 
such clause be contained in any Bill hereafter to be 
passed, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Corporal 
gesses of the borough of Portsmouth, praying the Punishment 
House to adopt such alterations in the established Caw ” 
order of things in the Army and Navy, as shall put 
an end to the practice of Corporal Punishment, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 











Table. 


A Petition of Shipowners of the port of Scar- Navigation 
borough, in the county of York, praying the House 1ws- 
to resist every attempt tending to the alteration, 
permanent suspension or repeal of the existing Na- 
vigation Laws, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Liscannor Relief Public Works 
Committee, in the barony of Corcomroe and county Ueland.) 
of Clare, praying the House to appoint a Select 
Committee to investigate the charges preferred by 
Captain Wynne against Major Macnamara and Cor- 
nelius O’Brien, Esquire, Members of the House, 
and against the Relief Committees and the people 
in general of that country, and to report upon his 
conduct during his residence as inspecting officer 
under the Board of Works in that country, and also 
that the House will cause to be suspended his ap- 
pointment to any office of trust under the Crown, 
should such be in the contemplation of Government, 








until the result of said inquiry be made known, and 
T4 his 














Se SE a 


— 








Robert Lang- 
slow, Esquire. 


Lighthouses. 
&amp;e. 


James Ger- 
rard, and 
others. 


Knights of 


Windsor. 


Railways 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Sayar and 
Ruin. 


Private bills. 


144, 


his competency to fill such situation tested, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Robert Langslow, Esquire, late 
Judge of the District Court of Colombo, No. 1, 
South, in the island of Ceylon, complaining of 
having been dismissed from the office of one of 
Her Majesty’s District Judges for the Island of 
Ceylon, and praying the House to take his case into 
consideration, and grant him redress, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Brixham ;—and, Swansea (Chair- 
man); praying the House to pass a law im accord- 
ance with the recommendations of the Select Com- 
mittee on Lighthouses, &amp;c.,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Working File Manufacturers and 
Tradesmen of Warrington, stating that James Ger- 
rard, James Ireland, John Dobson and Thomas 
Wyhke, ave now prisoners in Kirkdale Gaol, under 
circumstances which the Petitioners are advised 
are a violation of the laws of England, but that 
no redress or relief can be obtained for the said 
four prisoners, unless the House shall be pleased 
to interfere in their behalf; and praying the House 
to inquire into the facts, and whether the said 
prisoners have been fairly and properly tried, and 
if it shall appear that they have not had fair 
trials, that the said prisoners may be recommended 
to Her Majesty’s most gracious pardon, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Military Knights of Windsor, on 
the National and Royal Ancient Foundation and 
Endowment in the Ecclesiastical and Military 
Royal Chapel and College of Saint George in 
Windsor Castle, praying the House to take into 
consideration the case and claims of the Poor 
Knights and Military Knights of Windsor, and 
more particularly as regards the provision which 
was intended to be made for them; to grant them 
relief and an amelioration of their condition, and 
that the places of the twenty-six Poor Knights es- 
tablished by King Edward the Third may be filled 
up and re-established, a proper allowance being 
made and paid them out of the lands of the old 
dotation, was presented and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Gentry and Landholders of the 
county of Clare, praying that the Railways (Zre- 
land) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


Petitions from Landed Proprietors, Farmers and 
others;—Eastern District of Stirlingshire;— Nairn, 
Inverness, Ross and Suthertand;—and, Forfar- 
shire; praying the House not to sanction the pro- 
posed measures relative to the duties on Sugar 
and Rum,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
continue the inquiry into the Private Business of the 
House, the expenses attending the obtaining of all 
Private Bills, including all the expenses of the op- 
ponents as well as the promoters of Bills, and the 
taxing of expenses thereto:—And a Committee 
was appointed of Mr. Hume, Lord Granville So- 
merset, Sir George Grey, Sir James Graham, Mr. 
Strutt, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Greene, Mr. Gibson 
Craig, Sv William Clay, Sir William Heathcote, 
Mr. Estcourt, Mr. Loch, Mr. Home Drummond, 
Captain Jones and Lord Courtenay ; with power to 
send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


93° Februari. 


| 











A. 1847. 


Mr. Dowdeswell Message from 
the Lords, 


A Message from the Lords, by 

and Mr. Senior : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to further encourage Distilling from 
the Distillation of Spirits from Sugar in the United 5's? Bill 
Kingdom : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to allow the Use of Brewing from 
Sugar in the Brewing of Beer : ee 

A Bill, intituled An Act to abolish Poundage on Chelsea Pen- 
Chelsea Pensions : vein 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to suspend 
first day of September One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty-seven the Duties on the Importation of 
Buck Wheat, Buck Wheat Meal, Maize, or Zdian 
Corn, Jndian Corn Meal and Rice: And also, 

The Lords request, That this House will be 
pleased to communicate to their Lordships a Copy 
of the First Report from the Select Committee 
appointed by this House in the present Session of 
Parliament, on Settlement and the Poor Removal 
Act :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an Answer 
to the last part of the said Message, by Messengers 
of their own. 

And the Messengers were again called in, and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith :—And 
then they again withdrew. 


until the Buck Wheat, 
&amp;c., Importa- 
tion Bill. 


Settlement and 
Poor Removal. 


Resolved, That all Railway Bills in the present Railway Bills. 
Session be referred to the Railway Commisioners, 
for their Report to this House upon the following 
points, previously to such Bills being considered in 
Committees of this House :— 

That every Report so to be made upon each 
Bili, shall state the amount of the capital proposed 
to be raised, and of the loans proposed to be 
authorized by the Bill; and if, under the pro- 
visions of such Bill, any powers are to be given 
to any Company already incorporated, of raising 
further capital or loans, or of making alterations, 
branches, or extensions of their existing Lines, or of 
purchasing or leasing any other Lines made or to be 
made, or of subscribing to the capital, or guarantee- 
ing the capital of, or amalgamating with, other Com- 
panies; such Report shall also state the powers 
granted by any former Act or Acts to such Com- 
panies already incorporated for any of the above 
purposes, and of the manner in which, and extent to 
which, such powers have been exercised; and the 
Report shall further state the opinion of the Com- 
missioners thereon, and also their opinion as to any 
special provisions with which it may in any case 
be expedient to accompany the grant of any powers 
for any of the above-mentioned purposes. 

Resolved, That every such Report be referred 
to the Committee of this House appointed to consider 
the Bill to which the same may relate. 


Limerick 
Docks and 
Harbour Bill. 


Mr. Morgan John O’ Connell presented a Bill for 
amending two Acts of Parliament passed respective- 
ly in the fourth year of the reign of his late Majesty 
King George the Fourth, and the fourth and fifth 
years of the reign of his late Majesty King William 
the Fourth, for erecting a Bridge across the River 
Shannon, and a Floating Dock and other Works 
for the Lmprovement of the Port of Limerick: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Lane Fox presented a Bill to amend the Acts Ipswich my 
relating to the Jpswich and Bury Saint Edmund's edie 
Railway Company, and for making a Railway from Railway 
the line of the Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund's (No. 3.) (PX- 


Railway, at Bury Saint Edmund’s,to Thetford : And — 


the same was read the first time; and ordered to be Zamund’s 
read a second time. eee 
ul. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill for the Amendment Belfast Port 
of the Port and Harbour Acts of Belfast, for making = Harbour 
further 











‘ 











Wakefield Gas 
ill. 


Copper Ores, 


Turks Island. 


Emigration 
from Africa. 


Mauritius. 


Inquests 
{ireland.) 


Convicts 
4 Woolwich.) 


10 Victoria. 


further Improvements and new Works there, and 

for the Amendment of the Belfast and Cavehill Rail- 

way, and Belfast Town Improvement Acts : And | 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 

read a second time. 


A Petition of the Wakefield Gas Light Company, 
for leave to, bring in a Bill for better supplying with 
Gas the parish and neighbourhood of Wakefield, 
in the West Riding of the county of York, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. William Lascelles 
and Mr. Beckett Denison. 


Ordered, That the Petition from Birmingham, 
relative to the Duty on Copper Ores, which was pre- 
sented yesterday, be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Memorial from the Inhabitants of 
Turks island to Her Majesty, dated the 13th day of 
July 1844 :—Of the Address from the Committee 
of the Inhabitants of Turks Island to G. B. Mat- 
thews, Esquire, Governor of the Bahamas, dated 
the 30th day of October 1846, and of his Answer | 
thereto :—Of the Reports from Governor Matthews 
to the Right honourable the Secretary of State for 


23° Februariz. 145 


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


Mr. Milner Gibson presented, pursuant to the Coal- 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Statements of Whippers. 
the Receipts and Disbursements of the Coal-whip- 
pers Office, to the 31st December 1846. 

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


Viscount Duncannon presented a Bill to authorize Waterford, 
certain Alterations of the Line of the Waterford, Wexford, 
Wexford and Wicklow Railway, and to amend the ko gg -_ 
Act relating thereto: And the same was read the Railway Bill. 


first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Message, by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman Royal Assent 

Usher of the Black Rod: to Bills, 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 





the Colonies, respecting Turks Island, referred to | desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
in his Answer to the Committee of the Inhabitants : | Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
—And, of any Despatches from the Colonial Secre- | Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
tary to the Governor of the Bahama Islands respect- | was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
ing Turks Island, and the Applications from the | Assent to the several Public Bills therein men- 
Inhabitants since the receipt of those documents. _| tioned ; and that the Lords, thereby authorized, had 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | declared the Royal Assent to the said Bills ; which 


Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are | Bills are as foilow : 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | 


! 


of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. | 


An Act to suspend until the first day of Septem- Buck Whcat, 
ber One thousand eight hundred and Forty-seven, &amp;c., Importa- 
the Duties on the Importation of Buck Wheat, "" Bill. 
Buck Wheat Meal, Maize or Indian Corn, Indian 


to give directions that there be laid before this House, Gy Meal and Rice: 
all Papers relative to the further progress of Emi-| Ay Act to allow the Use of Sugar in the Brewing Brewing from 
vration from Africa to the West India Colonies. of Teer: Sugar Bill. 
W Ordered, 1 hat the Se Address be presented to) An Act to further encourage the Distillation of Distilling from 
cH M , by ag eumssaet this a as are | Spirits from Sugar in the United Kingdom: Sugar Bill. 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. An Act for abolishing Poundage on Chelsea Pen- Chelsea 
' sions Pensions Bill. 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | — o— 


io give diveetons that there. be laid betes thes! .. Sit George Grey reported to the House, That Anever t 
House, Returns of the actual Government Expen- | their several Addresses of the 22d day of this a Addresses. 
diture, and actual Government Receipts, of the | February, (that ysed —— erg egg aA 
Island of Mauritius for the years 1844 and 1845, | pleased to give directions that the Papers t "ue 
and the Balance in the Treasury at the conclusion mentioned might be laid before this House,) ha 

been presented to Her Majesty; and that Her 


° eae ' , : we AY Si. : ? P ’ 
of each year :—Of the Pension granted to Natha “Majesty had commanded him to acquaint this 


niel Kaisey, Esquire, late Auditor-General in the | : ota Prato . 
Island of Mauritius, and the cause of his with-, House, that She will give directions accordingly. 
drawal from the Service:— And, of the Appointments | Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to an Jenkin Jones. 
lately made of an Auditor-General, and Assistant! Address to Her Majesty,—Copy of a Communi-  No.98, 
Auditor-General, for the Island of Mauritius ; their , cation from G. C. Lewis, Esquire, Poor Law Com- 

Names, the Date of their Appointments, with the | missioner, to Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of 

Amount of Salary each is respectively to be paid; State for the Home Department, relative to the Pro- . 
also, by whom the said Appointments were made. ceedings in the case of Mr. Jenkin Jones. 


Ordered, ‘That the said Address be presented to| g. -spe ¥ F 
. . : ) sir 7 fe) p ; ~ a "Suge ( ¢ 3 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are | Sir William Somerville also presented, pursuant Outrages 


en ae! ; ‘ a ‘to Order,— Returns of Outrages specially reported to (Itcland.) 

of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. ‘the Constabulary Office in ya ey Sm the 1st 
Ordered, ‘That there be laid before this House, ‘day of January 1846 to the 1st day —— 1847, 
a Return of the Number of Persons upon whom | (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 356, 
Inquests have been held in Ireland, during each | of Session 1846) :—And, of all Murders that have 
week, since the Ist day of November 1846, with | been committed in Jreland, in each month of the 
the Causes of Death, specifying the Number which | year 1846 ; specifying the County in which such 
have died in each County. Murder has been committed, and the Name and 
Condition of the Person so murdered (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 220, of Session 
1846). 


Sir William Somerville also presented, pursuant en a 
South 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to vive directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copy of a Report made by the Superinten- 


dent of Convicts, to Her Majesty’s Principal Secre- |to the directions of an Act of Parliament,—State- Wale) 

tary of State for the Home Department, respecting | ments of the Receipts and Expenditure on account 

the Treatment of Convicts in the Hulks, at Wool-|of the Turnpike-roads in South Wales for the year 

wich. 1846, with Estimates for 1847. 
VoL. 102. U 





Ordered’, 








sapere oa eapee 
TR RLS SEAL LG TERT LEE TS DOE REE 2 








Poor Law. 
No. 100. 


Reform of 
Parliament 
Act. 


Juvenile 
Offenders Bill. 


Pious and 
Charitable 
Purposes Bill. 


Woolwich 
Arsenal. 


146 


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


Ordered, That the Returns, showing the Number 
of Persons relieved in each of the Workhouses in 
Ireland, during the haif-years ending on the 25th 
day of March 1844, and on the 29th day of Sep- 
tember 1844, respectively; and distinguishing cer- 
tain classes, as follow:—1. The Aged and Infirm, 
or otherwise permanently disabled :—2. The Children 
under Fifteen, dependent on any of the above class, 
and relieved together with them in the Workhouse : 
—3. Orphans and destitute Children under Fifteen, 
including all who are relieved in the Workhouse 
without Parents :—4. Widows and deserted Wives, 
including Wives whose Husbands are undergoing 
Sentence of Transportation :—5. The Children of the 
above class, relieved in the Workhouse with them: 
—6. Persons who became destitute through Sick- 
ness or Accident, and were on this account relieved 
in the Workhouse, distinguishing Males and Fe- 
males :—7. Children under Fifteen, dependent on 
the above class, and relieved in the Workhouse with 
them :—8. Persons who became destitute through 
all other causes, distinguishing Males from Females : 
—9. The Children under Fifteen dependent on the 
above class:—10. The Total relieved, distinguish- 
ing Males and Females, and Children under Fif- 
teen :—And, showing the Number of Applicants 
for Relief who were refused Admission into the 
Workhouse, in each of the said half-years ; dis- 
tinguishing them according to the above Classifica- 
tion, as far as practicable ; also the Population of 
each Union, according to the last Census, and the 
Valuations of the same :—And, a similar Return, 
so far as it can be made out, for the Unions in 
Oxfordshire and the North Riding of Yorkshire ; 
also for Liverpool, the Strand and Whitechapel 
Unions, and Norwich, including both In-door and 
Out-door Relief, which were presented upon the 
25th day of August, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to repeal so 
much of an Act passed in the reign of William the 
Fourth, intituled, “ An Act to amend the Represen- 
tation of the People in England and Wales,” as 
makes the right to Registration in Cities and Bo- 
roughs conditional on the payment of Poor's Rates 
and Assessed Taxes ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 


Yeas, \ Sir De Lacy Evans: ai 
Tellers for the { Lord Marcus Hill, l 
Noes, \ Mr. Tufnell: f - 


So it passed in tne Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more speedy Trial and Punishment of Juve- 
nile Offenders: And that Sir John Pakington and 
Sir William Heathcote do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
alter and amend the Laws relating to the Disposi- 
tion of Property for Pious and Charitable Purposes : 
And that Lord John Manners, Viscount Clive and 
Sir William Heathcote do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That there be laid before this House, a Copy of the 
Evidence taken before the Court of Inquiry insti- 


tuted in the month of April 1845, by the Board of 


Ordnance, at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, to in- 
vestigate charges preferred by Daniel Toner, against 
William Jones, Deputy Storekeeper, together with a 
Copy of the Charges and the Report thereon :— 
Also, a Copy of the Charges preferred and the 


93°_94° Februari. 








A. 1847. 


Evidence given against Daniel Toner, late a La- 
bourer in the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, by Mr. 
Reed, a Clerk in the Storekeeper’s Department, 
before Lord Bloomfield, Colonel Barney and Mr. 
Cheetham in August 1845, with their Report 
thereon ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 

Yeas, L Mr. Hume : 
Tellers forthe { Mr. Tufnell, 


Noes, \ Colonel Anson : 


Van. 
} 20. 


And it appearing, upon the Report of the division 
by the Tellers, that Forty Members were not pre- 
sent, and it being then after Four of the clock :—The 
House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a 
Question first put, till To-morrow. 


Mercuri, 24° die Februarii; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law Dudley Union. 

Commissioners, was called in; and at the 
bar presented, pursuant to Order,— Copy of the 
Correspondence which has passed between the 
Guardians of the Dudley Poor Law Union and the 
Poor Law Commissioners, respecting the disallow- 
ance of asum of Money paid for the last Christmas- 
day dinner given to the Paupers by the Guardians : 
—-And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 


A Petition of Directors of the British Commercial British Com- 
Insurance Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to mercial In- 
repeal an Act of the second year of His late Ma- a aa = 
jesty King William the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act 
to enable the British Commercial Insurance Com- 
pany to sue and be sued in the name of One of 
the Directors, or of the Secretary for the time 
being of the Company,” and to enable the said 
Company to sue and be sued in the name of one 
of their Directors, or of their Secretary for the 
time being, was presented, and read ; anda Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. James 
and Mr. Ewart. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Great North- 
Great Northern Railway Company to make certain pond ed 
Alterations in the Line and Levels of their Railway {)¢viations 
between London and the Neighbourhood of Gran- don and 
tham: And the same was read the first time ; and cata 


ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Eastern Coun- 
Eastern Counties Railway Company to enlarge ties Railway 
their London and Stratford Stations, and to amend ye seme 
some of the Provisions of the Acts relating to the Stratford 
Eastern Counties Railway Company: And_ the Stations, and 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be pee eal 


read a second time. 





The East Lancashire Railway (Southport Branch East Lanca- 
and Preston Extension) Bill was read a second Shire Railway 
=" , (Southport 
time ; and committed. Roeneh antl 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Preston Ex- 


mittee of Selection. tension) Bill. 


The East Lancashire Railway (Burnley Con- fast Lanca- 
necting Line) Bill was read a second time; and shire Railway 
committed. (Burnley Con- 
necting Line) 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- pi) 
mittee of Selection. 


The East Lancashire Railway (Deviations and East Lanca- 
Rawtenstali Coal Branch) Bill was read a second aoauaean” 
time ; and committed. peas tenon 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-stall Coal. 
mittee of Selection. Branch) Bill. 


The 














10 Vicroriz. 


East Lanca- = The East Lancashire Railway (Bury to Manches- 

(Bur aa ter) Bill was read a second time; and committed. 

pe Bil. Ordered, T hat the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Eastern Union The Eastern Union and Ipswich and Bury Saint 
and Ipswich ~ Edmund’s Railways Amalgamation Bill was read a 
and Bury 

Saint Ed- second time ; and committed. 

mund’s Rail- Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


ways Amal- ynittee of Selection. 
gamation Bill. 


Waterfordand A Petition of the Waterford and Limerick Rail- 

Limerick way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 

Railway Bill authorize certain Alterations im the Line of the 
Waterford and Limerick Railway, and to amend 
the Act relating thereto, and for other Purposes, 
was presented, and read ; ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Viscount Duncannon 
and Mr. Cornelius O’ Brien. 


\ A Petition of the North Western Railway Com- 
ane pany, and the Great Western Railway Company, 
join the West Praying that provision may be made in the Great 
London Rail- Western Railw ay (Branch to join the West London 
way, Widen-  Railw ay, Widening and Enlargement of West Lon- 
ing and En- 
largement of on Railway , and Branches to Hammersmith, and 
West London to join the London and South Western Railway, 
en _g near Lambeth) Bill to admit the Zondon and North 
eae Western Railway Company to participation, on 
smith, and to equal terms, with the Great Western Railway Com- 
eer 0 pany, in the use and enjoyment of the several 
Western Rail- Branch Railways and Works proposed to be ex- 
way,near —_ ecuted under the said Bill, and to allow them to 
Lambeth) Bill. enter into such arrangements with the Great Wes- 

tern Railway Company as may be necessary for 
effecting such object, was presented, and read; and 


referred. to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 


Bills. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Wakefield Borough 
Market Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
establishing a Market and Market- -place, in the 
Town and Borough of Wakefield, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. William Lascelles and Mr. 
Beckett Denison. 


Great North- | The Great Northern Railway (Hertford, Hatfield 
yo te and Saint Alban’s Branch) Bill was read a second 
Hatficldand time; and committed, 

Saint Alban’s Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


Branch) Bill. mittee of Selection. 


Great West- 


Wakefield 
Market Bill. 


Great North- = The Great Northern Railway (Deviations between 
ern Railway 


_— Grantham and York) Bill was read a second time ; 
(Deviations 
between and committed. 
Granthamand Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
York) Bill. mittee of Selection. 


Great North- The Great Northern Railway (Deviations between 
jen he Peterborough, Boston and Doncaster) Bill was 
between Pe- ead a second time; and committed. 

terborough, Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be referred to the Com- 


Boston and mittee of Selection. 
Doncaster) 
Bill. 


Sheffield, The Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, 
a Huddersfield and Goole Railway (Partial Alteration 
Wakefield, of Levels, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time; and 
Huddersfield committed. 

allway (Par Ordered, That the Bul be referred to the Com- 
tial Alteration Mittee of Selection. 

of Levels, &amp;c.) 

Bill. 


Eastern Coun- The Eastern Counties Railway (Hertford to 
ae ‘Y Hitchin) Bill was read a second time ; and com- 
Hitchin) Bill, mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Bristol Build- = Mr. Spooner presented a Bill for extending and 
ran enlarging the Provisions of the Act for regulating 
Bill, Buildings and Party Walls within the City and 
County ‘of Bristol, and forming certain Streets, and |} 

VoL. 102 


G4° Februarat. 147 


for widening other Streets within the same: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


Mr. Spooner presented a Bill for paving, light- Lytham 
ing, watching, draining, cleansing, regulating, ‘and ira, 
otherwise improving the Town of Lytham, in the - 
County Palatine of Lancaster, for supplying the In- 
habitants thereof with Water, and for establishing 
and regulating a Market and Market-places therein : 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Stockport Ma- 
gesses of the borough of Stockport, in the several orial Tolls 
counties of Chester and Lancaster, for leave to bring = Bridges 
in a Bill to purchase and define the Manorial and 
Market Rights of Stockport, to establish Public 
Parks, to ‘purchase or lease Waterworks, to build 
Bridges and to make other Communications in the 
borough of Stockport, was presented, and read; anda 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Yatton Egerton, Mr. Cobden and Mr. Brotherion. 


Mr. Edward Ellice presented a Bill to incorpo- Edinburghand 
rate the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway Northern, and 
a : ° “iets -~ Edinburgh, 
Company with the Edinburgh and Northern Rail- peith ana 
way Company: And the same was read the first Granton 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. Railways 
Amalgama- 


tion Bill. 

A Petition of Commissioners for erecting and Dunfermline 
maintaining a Court-house in the burgh of Cupar, a4 Cupar 
under the Act thereinafter mentioned, and Land- Quy?’ 
owners and Commissioners of Supply of the county 
of Fife, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter and amend 
an Act, intituled, “ An Act for providing in or near 
the Sarah of Cupar more extensive Accommodation 
for holding the Courts and Meetings of the Sheriff, 

Justices of the Peace and Commissioners of Suppl 

of the county of Fife, and for the Custody of the 
Records of the said county;” and to authorize the 
Commissioners acting under the authority of that 
Act to provide a a Court-house at Dunfermline for 
the Accommodation of the Courts of the Sheriff 
and Justices of the Peace in the Western District 
of the said county, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Captain Wemyss and Mr. Edward Ellice. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for Ayrshire 
making and maintaining Roads in the county of Roads Bill. 
Ayr, and for regulating the Statute Labour and 
Bridge Money in the’ said county, for leave to bring 
ina Bill for repairing and keeping in repair the 
Turnpike-roads in the county of Ayr, for making 
and maintaining new Roads, and altering and im- 
proving existing Roads, for rendering turnpike cer- 
tain parish Roads, and for regulating the Statute 
Labour and Bridge Money in the said county, was 
presented, and read; anda Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Lord James Stuart, Mr. 
Alexander Oswald and Mr. Bouverie. 


A Petition of William Gunston, of Piccadilly, iv Shipowners 
the county of Middlesex, Esquire, Walter Alex- Towing Com- 
pany Bill. 

ander Urquhart, of Great Tower-street, in the city 

of London, Merchant, John Rutherford, of Hard- 
wicke-ierrace, Commercial. road, in the county of 
Middlesex, Esquire, and Frederich Young, of Wel- 
lington-road, Bew-road, in the county of Midalesex, 

Esquire, Shareholders ‘of the Shipowners Towing 
Company, of which all the said Petitioners are di- 

rectors, and of which the first-named two of them 

are trustees as well as directors, for leave to bring 

ina Bill to enable the said Company to sue and 

be sued, and for vesting certain property belonging 





to the said Company ‘in the trustees thereof, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr, Masterman and 
Mr. Pattison. 


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Runcorn Gas _— A Petition of the Runcorn Gas Company, for leave 

Bill. to bring in a Bill to alter, amend and enlarge the 
provisions of an Act for lighting with Gas the Town 
of Runcorn, otherwise called Higher Runcorn and 
Lower Runcorn, and also the Township or Cha- 
pelry of Halton, both in the Parish of Runcorn, in 
the County of Chester ; and to empower the Com- 
pany thereby incorporated to supply and light with 
Gas other Townships and Hamlets in the vicinity, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Tatton Eger- 
ton and Mr. Loch. 


Edinburgh A Petition of the Edinburgh and Northern Rail- 
and Northern’ way Company for leave to bring in a Bill to enable 
Railway, Saint a 5 - 
Andrew’s and the said Company to construct Branch Railways 
Newburgh to Saint Andrew’s and Newburgh Harbour, and to 
omc ll anq “ivert and alter the levels of certain Turnpike-roads 
Road Cross- in the line of the Newport Railway Extension, was 
ings (Newport presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
Railway Ex- brought in accordingly, by Mr. Edward Ellice and 
tension ) Bill. ; a ee 
Mr. George William Hope. 


Edinburgh The Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Burnt- 
— island Pier, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time; and 
(Burntisland committed. 

Pier, &amp;c.) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Direct London Mr. Owen Stanley'presented a Bill for auhorizing 
and Ports- the Sale of Part of the Brighton and Chichester 
mouth, Brigh- ( Portsmouth Extension) Railway to the London 
ton and Chi- ‘+ . : ‘ 

chester, Lon- 2nd South Western, and the London, Brighton and 
don, Brighton South Coast Railway Companies, and the use by 
and South the last-mentioned Company of Part (Wandsworth 
Coast, and " . , : 
London and to London) of the London and South Western Rail- 
South Western way ; And the same was read the first time; and 
Railways Bill. oy jered to be read a second time. 


Manchester Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
ao ea Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
(Power to sell Private Bills ; That in the case of the Manchester 
tothe Man- Corporation Waterworks (Power to sell to the 
a = Manchester and Salford Waterworks Company) 
terworksCom- Petition, the Standing Orders had not been com- 
pany) Bill. plied with, in the following instances; viz. The 
Notices published in three successive weeks in the 
month of November are not copies one of the other, 
in the following particulars; viz. 


Extracts from notice as pub- | Extracts from notice as cor- 


lished in the Manchester | _ rectly published in the sub- 
Guardian, November 14, | sequent weeks. 


inthe Stockport Advertiser, | 
November 13, in the Derby | 
and Chesterford Reporter, | 
November 13, being the 
notice published in the | 

county newspapers in the | 

first of such successive 

weeks. 

1. “A Reservoir on the Hol- “A Reservoir on the Hol- 
lingworth Brook, at or near Car | lingworth Brook, at or near Car 
Wood, in the same township ;” Wood, in the township of Hol- 
[which would refer to the town-  lingworth and Tintwistle, in the 
ship of Tintwistle. | parish of Mottram in Longden- 

dale.” : 

2. “And which aqueduct or * And which aqueduct or con- 
conduit will pass through or into duit will pass through or into the 
the several townships, parishes and , several townships, parishes and 
extra-parochial places of Tintwistle, | extra-parochial places of Holling- 
Mottram,” &amp;e. | worth, Mottram,” &amp;c. 


Extract from notice as pub- | 
lished in the above county 
rewspapers, and in the 
London Gazette of Novem- 
ber 14, being the Gazette 
of the first of such succes- 
sive wecks. 


1. “A Reservoir near the “4A Reservoir near the Pen- 
Pendleton Toll-bar, in the town- | dleton Toll-bar, in the township of 
ship of Pendleton, in the said | Pendleton, in the said parish of 
parish of Manchester.” | Eecles.” 


Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Axholme Rail- | Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


gn A gee the Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
eeds ar 








A. 1847. 


Private Bills; That in the case of the Axholme Rail- a how ed 
way (fromthe Leeds and Selby Railway to Gains- rough) Bill. 
borough, with Branches) Petition, the Standing Or- 
ders had not been complied with, in the following 
instance ; viz. The Notices do not specify the in- 
tention of obtaining powers to sell or lease the un- 
dertaking to the York and North Midland Railway 
Company, but only specify the intention of confer- 
ring powers on the said Company to purchase or 
take on lease the said undertaking. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That the Boston, Stamford and Bir- a 
mingham Railway (Branch to Wisbech Harbour and mingham Rail- 
Wisbech Harbour Improvement) Bill be permitted way (Branch 
to be read a second time this day, notwithstanding ee mage 
the Breviate of the same has not been laid on the Wisbech Har- 
Table one clear day previously. a 

Ordered, That the Airdrie and Bathgate Junction jiririe and 
Railway (Amendment and Deviation) Bill, the Bre- a Rail- 
viate of which was laid on the Table on Friday last, way (Amend- 
be permitted to be read a second time ‘To-morrow, ent and De- 
notwithstanding that more than seven clear days ee 
lave elapsed since the First Reading thereof. 


Mr. Aldam presented a Bill for enabling the [eds and | 
Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company to construct — yon 
Works for bringing an additional Supply of Water plying Water 
to Leeds and other Places, and for other Purposes : to Leeds, &amp;e.) 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered “** 


to be read a second time. 


A Petition ofthe Newcastle and Berwick Railway Newcastle and 
2 : ; sages - ” Berwick Rail- 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling \.,, (Cram- 
the said Company to make certain Branch Rail-lington and 
ways in the borough and county of Mewcastle-upon- a 
© e 5 a Ff o- 
‘yne, and in the county of Northumberland, and \ yn ana 
for other Purposes, was presented, and read ; and other 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, Branches)Bil 


by Mr. Hudson, Mr. Matthew Bell, and Mr. Hodg- 
son Hinde. 


A Petition of the Yorkand North Midland Rail- York and 

C fon bes ae: Bill fi North Midland 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for en- Raiiway (Hull 
abling the said Company to make a Station at Station and_ 
Hull, and certain Branch Railways connected with Branches) Bill 
their Railways and the said Station, and for other 
Purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 


Hudson, Lord Hotham and Mr. Broadley. 


A Petition of the Newcastle and Berwick Rail- Neweastle and 
, . . . Berwick Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for en- yay (east 
abling the said Company to make certain Branch Coast Line, 
Railways in the county of Northumberland, and in Blyth, Seaton 
f . Sluice, and 
the borough and county of Mewcastle-upon- Tyne, deer 
and for other Purposes, was presented, and read ; Branches) Bill. 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


by Mr. Hudson, Mr. Matthew Belland Mr. Hodg- 
son Hinde. 


A Petition of the York and North Midland Rail- York and 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling Lon tl 
the said Company to extend the Line of their Har- (Harrogate 
rogate Branch Railway, and make a Station at Branch Ex- 


, : p , &gt; -1) tension and 
Harrogate, was presented, and read; and a Bill Toruiaen) 


/was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. pit. 


Hudson, Sir John Lowther and Mr. Redhead Yorke. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; O°? 5 
which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Zondon and London and 
North Western Railway (Portobello and Wolver- peg oh 
hampton Branch, &amp;c.) Petition, the Standing Orders (Portobello 
ought to be dispensed with; That the Parties be and Wolver- 
permitted to proceed with their Bill, on the insertion 2g 
of a clause restraining them from taking any partpiy ” 
of land, No. 99, in the parish of Wolverhampton, 


of which land Mr. Thomas Woodward is lessee. 








2. Resolved, 





ares 


eel eet OD eet 


Gate tot ft i oth 


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Blandford and 
Bruton Rail- 
way Bill. 


East Lanca- 
shire Railway 
(Clitheroe, 
Mitton and 
Padiham 
Branches) Bill. 


Thorne and 

Crowle Moors 
Drainage and 
Improvement 


Bill. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
(Branch to 
Horncastle 
and at Bray- 
ford Mere, 
Lincoln) Bill. 
Taw Vale 
Railway and 
Dock Bill. 


Kingsnorton, 
Northfield, 
&amp;¢c., Rates 
Bill. 


London and 
North West- 
ern Railway 
(Portobello 
and Wolver- 
hampton 
Branch, &amp;c.), 
Bill. 


Taw Vale 
Railway and 
Dock Bill. 


Thorne and 
Crowle Moors 
Drainage and 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Fast Lanca- 
shire Railway 
(Clitheroe, 
Mitton and 
Padiham 
Branches) Bill. 


10 Vicrorriz. 


2. Resolved, That in the case of the Blandford 
and Bruton Railway Petition, the Standing Orders 
ought to be dispensed with; That the Parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill, on the inser- 
tion of a clause restraining them from taking an 
orchard, No. 40, in the parish of Blandford Forum, 
and also the cottage, No. 73, in the same farish. 

That the Committees on the two preceding Bills 
do examine, in the first place, how far such Orders 
have been complied with, and do report the same 
to the House, on the Report of the Bill. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the East Lan- 
cashire Railway (Clitheroe, Mitton and Padiham 
Branches) Petition, the Standing Orders ought to 
be dispensed with; That the Parties be permitted 
to proceed with their Bill. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Thorne and 
Crowle Moors Drainage and Improvement Peti- 
tion, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with; That the Parties be permitted to proceed 
with their Bill. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Great 
Northern Railway (Branch to Horncastle and at 
Brayford Mere, Lincoln) Petition, the Standing 
Orders ought to be dispensed with. 


6. Resolved, That in the case of the Taw Vale 
Railway and Dock Petition, the Standing Orders 
cught to be dispensed with; That the Parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

7. Resolved, That in the case of the Kingsnorton, 
Northfield, &amp;c., Rates Petition, the Standing Orders 
ought to be dispensed with; That the Parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

The said Resolutions, bemg read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for the London and North 
Western Railway (Portobello and Wolverhampton 
Branch, &amp;c.) Bill, which was this ay made from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for enabling the London and North Western Rail- 
way Company to make a Branch line of Railway 
from Portobello to Wolverhampton, and for other 
Purposes: And that Mr. Wilson Patten and Colonel 


Anson do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Taw Vale Railway and Dock 
Bill, which was this day made from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Taw Vale Railway and Dock Com- 
pany to lease their Undertaking to the London and 
South Western Railway Company: And that Mr. 
Montague Gore and Mr. Francis Scott do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for the Thorne and Crowle 
Moors Drainage and Improvement Bill, which was 
this day made from the Select Committee on Stand- 
ing Orders, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for draining, warping, and otherwise improving the 
Waste Lands commonly called Goole Moor and 
Thorne Moor, in the parishes of Thorne and Crowle, 
in the West Riding of Yorkshire: And that Mr. 
Christopher and Mr. Beckett Denison do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for the East Lancashire Rail- 
way (Clitheroe, Mitton and Padiham Branches) 
Bill, which was this day made from the Select Com- 

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24° Februariz. 149 


mittee on Standing Orders, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the East Lancashire Railway Company to 
make Branches from the said Railway to Clitheroe, 
to Mittonand to Padiham, in North Lancashire: 
And that Sir William Feilden and Mr. Walker do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Great North- 
of the Petition for the Great Northern Railway = = 
(Branch to Horncastle and at Brayford Mere, frornenstis 
Lincoln) Bill, which was this day made from the and at Bray- 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, might be ford Mere, 

. Lincoln) Bill. 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Great Northern Railway Company 
to make a Branch Railway to Horncastle, in the 
Parts of Lindsey, in Lincolnshire, and another 
Branch Railway to certain Wharfs at Brayford 
Mere, in the city of Lincoln: And that Mr. Turnor, 

Mr. Astell and Mr. Beckett Denison do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Lord John Manners presented a Bill to alter and Pious and 
amend the Laws relating to the disposition of pro- seers 
perty for Pious and Charitable Purposes: And the © ““PO*S*™ 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be No. 101. 
read a second time upon Wednesday, the 10th day 
of March next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill for better supplying Wakefield 
with Gas the Parish and Neighbourhood of Wake- Bill. 


field, in the West Riding of the county of York: And 


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


Mr. Greene presented a Bill for incorporating the Lancashire, 

Lancashire, Cheshire and North Wales Drainage and eae - 
. . ale 

Inclosure Company, and for enabling the Owners pyrainage and 
of settled Estates drained, inclosed and improved Inclosure 
by the said Company, to charge the same for the Company's 
3 P Incorporation 
Purposes of such Drainage, Inclosure and Improve- p31), 
ment: And the same was read the first time; and 


ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Scottish Equi- 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for incorpo- table Life 
rating the Scottish Equitable Life Assurance So- Society Bill. 
ciety, for confirming the Rules and Regulations 
thereof, and for enabling the said Society to sue 
and be sued, to take and to hold Property, and for 
other purposes relating thereto, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Sir John Hope and Mr. Gibson Craig. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking Axholme Rail- 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill *4y (rom the 
for making a Railway from the Leeds and Selby setby Railway 
Railway, at or near Selby, in the West Riding of to Gainsbo- 
the County of York, to Gainsborough, in the County Pte ve 

ree 2 ranches) Bill, 
of Lincoln, with Branches therefrom, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 


Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Great North of India Railway Great North 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter, vary of Intia Rail- 
and extend the Powers of the said Company, and“ ””’ 
for facilitating the Construction of a Railway for 
connecting the Cities of Delhi, Agra and Allaha- 
bad, in India, and for extending the same to Mir- 
zapore and Benares, with Branches to Meerut, and 
other places in India aforesaid, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Richard Hodgson and Mr. 


Forbes. 


Mr. Hudson presented a Bill for enabling the YorkandNew- 
Hartlepool Dock and Railway Company, and the ae 
Great North of England, Clarence and Hartlepool ci. ana. 


Dock and 


Junction Railway Company to lease and also to Railway, and 





sell their respective Railways and Works to the Great North 
U3 —_— 


nace 


ee 





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PEI DET TES SP 

















































SPSL AE lle a reer mee 


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150 94° Februariz. 


Clarence and York and Newcastle Railway Company: And the 
one ig same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
way, Lease Yead a second time. 


and Purchase) 
Bill. 


York and Mr. Hudson presented a Bill for the Enlargement 
— of the Wearmouth Dock, and the Construction of 
ym new Works in connection therewith, and for other 
Dock Enlarge- Purposes relating thereto: And the same was read 
ment) Bil the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


time. 


York and Mr. Hudson presented a Bill to authorize the 
ene Amalgamation into one Company of the York and 
ewcastle and), © r ane l 
Berwick, and JVewcastle, the Newcastle and Berwick, and the 


North British North British Railway Companies : And the same 


oo. was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
tion Bill. second time. 


Robert Lang- Ordered, That the Petition of Robert Langslow, 

atic aati take Esquire, for inquiry into his case, which was pre- 
sented yesterday, be printed. 

James Ordered, That the Petition from Warrington, for 

Gerrard, and inquiry into the case of James Gerrard, and others, 

— which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Manchester, A Petition of Churchwardens and Overseers of 
eee nn the Poor of the township of Manchester, in the 
Railway (Ash- county of Lancaster, praying that they may be 
ton Canal heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
Purchase) Bill. certain parts of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- 
colnshire Railway (Ashton Canal Purchase) Bill, 
was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


London, A Petition of Trustees for executing an Act for 
Brighton and more effectually repairing and otherwise improving 
— the Road from the Post-road, near Faversham, by 
(Kent Railway Bacon’s Water, through «Ashford, to Hythe, and 
to Maidstone, from Bacon’s Water to Castle-street, in the City of 
a Canterbury, all in the County of Kent, and the 
bridge) Bill. Trustees of the said first-mentioned Road, praying 


that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- | 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the London, | 


Brighton and South Coast Railway (Kent Railway 
to Maidstone, Canterbury and Tunbridge) Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


South Eastern Petitions of Sir Brook William Bridges, of Good- 

Railway nestone Park, in the county of Kent, Baronet, one of 

cnn the Owners of the estate and hereditaments there- 
inafter mentioned ;——and, Her Majesty’s Justices 
of the Peace acting in and for the county of Kent, 
in General Sessions assembled, at JZatdstone, in the 
said county; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the South Eastern Railway (Maidstone to 
Chart) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered te be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


South Eastern A Petition of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace 
a acting in and for the County of Kent, in General 
rect Tun- Sessions assembled, at Maidstone, in the said 
bridge) Bill. county, praying that they may be heard, by their 

counsel or agents, against certain parts of the South 


Eastern Railway (Mid Kent and Direct sein did 


Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 





A, 1847. 


by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
_ they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
| Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Her Majesty’s Justices of the South Eastern 
| Peace acting in and for the county of Kent, in Railway 
| General Sessions assembled, at Mazdstone, in the in and 
| said county, praying that they may be heard, by Branches)Bill, 
| their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
South Eastern Railway (Croydon and Bromley 
Branches) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition from the Poor Law Union of Nuneaton, Poor Law 
in the county of Warwick, praying that such a Poor (reland.) 
Law may be passed as may be found adequate to 
| the destitution of the Irish people, as may save the 
Petitioners from being made unfairly contributory 
to their support, as may give to life and property 
the safeguards of civilization and law, and which 
may protect the poor labourers of England trom a 
| demoralizing competition with their fellow labourers 
of Ireland, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
| to lie upon the Table. 














| A Petition of the Chairman and Vice Chairman Union with 
| of the Carrick-on- Suir Union, praying for the repeal Ireland. 
'of the Act by which Jreland has been deprived of 

its Parliament, and to restore to her the inalienable 

right of self-legislation, was presented, and read; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Ballingarry, in the Public Works 

county of Limerick, complaining of the stoppage (Ireland.) 
of the Public Works at Ballingarry, on account of 

an outrage committed by eight men on the overseer 

of that district, by which stoppage two hundred 

and eighty-eight men, boys and destitute women 

were immediately dismissed from employment; and 

praying the House to take the premises into consi- 

deration, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Egloskerry ; —— Exeter ; Roman Catho- 
Great Malvern ;——Committee of the Protestant — 
Association (Chairman) ; Exmouth, Lympstone, ~~ 








and its vicinity ;——-Members of the Bath Church 
of England Lay Association ; Saxmundham ; 





| —— Birmingham (two Petitions) ;—-—Kenilworth ; 
——Flax Bourton ;——Scoulton ; —— Clapham ; 
_—— Cossington ; —— Rushmere ;--— Cranbrook ; 


| —— Shrewsbury ;—— Exmouth, Lympstoue, and the 
| vicinity ;——Jpswich ;—— Pont Blyddyn ;——and, 
| Leamington (two Petitions); praying that the 
'Roman Catholic Relief Bill may not pass into a 
| law,— were presented, and read; and ordered to 
i lie upon the Table. 

_ Petitions from Reading ;—and, Leeds; praying 
| that the said Bill may pass into a law,—were also 
| presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
| ‘Table. 


| Petitions from the Port of Scarborough ;-~and, Lighthouses, 
| Port of Maldon ; praying the House to pass a law in &amp;: 
accordance with the recommendations of the Select 
Committee on Lighthouses, &amp;c ,—were presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Hinckley Union ;—and, Cambridge Settlement. 
Union ; praying for alteration of the Law of Settle- 
ment,—were presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


A Petition of Members of the Relief Committee Railways dL 
of Taghmon, county Werford, praying that the Rail- tle 8 
ways (Jreland) Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 
seuted, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Seamen of South Shields, praying Navigation 
the House to oppose any measure that may be in- Laws 
troduced 


Ref 
Pal 
Ac 


Bre 
Dis 


(Ir 


Po 


Ma 


Piy 


Cor 





Universal 
Suffrage, &amp;c, 


Reform of 
Parliament 
Act. 


Breweries and 
Distilleries. 


Seed Corn 
(Ireland.) 


Poor Removal 
Act. 


Malt. 


Dublin 
Pipe-water, 


Dublin 
Corporation. 


Tariffs, &amp;c. 





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151 


troduced having for its object the permanent repeal | ware, Pottery and Glass, which have been exported 


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


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of Leeds, praying for Universal Suffrage ; 
Vote by Ballot; the division of the country into 





equal electoral divisions ; the payment of Members ; 
Annual Parliaments ; and, no Property Qualifica- | 
tion, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie | 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 


i 
| 


from this Kingdom, specifying the Countries or 
States to which such manufactured Articles have 
been exported, in the years 1844, 1845 and 1846 
respectively :—Of the Corn, Grain, Flour and Meal, 
measured in Quarters of Corn, and of the Quan- 
tities of the following Kinds of Provisions, viz., 


| Butter, Cheese, Biscuit, and Cured or Fresh Meat, 


which have been imported into this Kingdom in 
the years 1843, 1844, 1845 and 1846 respectively : 
—And, of the Foreign States, the Governments of 
which have prohibited the Exportation of or have 


Inhabitants of Leeds, praying the House to repeal | imposed additional Export Duties, specifying the 
that portion of the Reform of Parliament Act com-! Amount and Increase of such Duties, upon Corn, 
monly called the Rate-paying Clauses, was presented, | Grain, Flour, Meal, Potatoes or other Provisions, 


and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bodmin, and its 
neighbourhood, praying the House to prevent the 
destruction of grain and fruit in Breweries and Dis- 
tilleries, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Mount- 
mellick Union, praying for the establishment of a 
depot for Seed Corn for the distribution of Seed in 
that Union, under such securities for repayment, as 
to the House shall seem proper, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Heanor ;— Beverley Union ;—Ty- 


‘together with the Date of such Prohibition or Im- 
| Position of additional Export Duty, in the years 
1844, 1845, 1846 and 1847 respectively. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing the Number of Police 
Constables in each County or Division of a County, 
'in £ngland and Wales, under the Act 2 and 3 Vic. 
|c. 93, distinguishing each Class or Denomination ; 
including, also, a Return of the Number of Police 





wardreath ;— Saint Blazey ;— Fordington ;— Constables stationed in each Petty Sessions District 
Brighthelmston ;— Westoe ;—Eltisley ;—and, Gam- | in said Counties, with the Name and Population of 
lingay ; praying for the repeal or alteration of the | said District, and the Amount paid to the County 
Poor Removal Act,—were presented, and read ;, Police Rate by each District; together, with an 
and referred to the Select Committee on Settlement | Account, in detail, of the several Items of Expen- 
and Poor Removal. diture for the year 1846. , 
’ , Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Ordered, That there be Jaid before this House, fyey Majesty by such Members of this ne a6 are 
a Return of the Quantity of Malt made and charged of Per Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
with Duty, from the 10th day of October 1845 to 
the 5th day of January 1846, and from the 10th day 
of October 1846 to the 5th day of January 1847. | Copies of the Correspondence which has taken place 
: ; between the Committee of the Town of Kinsale, 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, the Board of Works, the Treasury, and the Secre- 
a Return of all Arrears and Annual Rent of Pipe | tary for Jreland, on the subject of certain repro- 
Water remitted by the Corporation of Dublin, or | ductive works presented at the Sessions held for the 
the Pipe Water Committee, from the Ist day of | Barony of Kinsa/e, on the 5th day of October last, 


November 1841 to the 31st day of January 1847, 


inclusive; with the Names and Residences of the | 


Memorialists, and the Houses or other Property 
owing the said Rent; and also the Name of the 
Officer of the Corporation upon whose report the 
Arrears and Annual Rent was remitted. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number ot Suits in which the 
Corporation of Dublin have been engaged from the 
Ist day of November 1841, stating the Names of 
the Parties, the Cause of Action, the ultimate Ver- 
dict or Decision of the Court, and the Sum incurred 
for Law or Equity Costs, in each year, to the 31st 
day of December 1846, and what Sum has been 
paid cr is still due of said Costs. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Returns specifying any Alterations which 
have been made since the 1st day of January 1844 
in the Tariffs of Foreign States, and of any Altera- 
trons of the Terms and Conditions upon which Raw 
Produce, Goods or Merchandize are imported into 
or exported from such Foreign States, specifying 
the Date at which such Alterations have been made, 
and the time at which they have or are to come into 
operation :—Specifying any Alterations of Custom 
Duties or other Alterations affecting the Commerce 
of the British Possessions, which have been au- 
thorized or effected under the Powers of the Act 
9 and 10 Vic. ec. 98:—Of the Declared Values of 
the following manufactured Articles, viz. Manu- 
factures of Cotton, Woollen, Silk, Leather, Hard- 

VoL, 102. 


under the Labour Rate Act. 


Constabulary 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Reproductive 
Works 
(Kinsale.) 


Ordered, That the Petition of Military Knights of Knights of 


Windsor, on the National and Royal Ancient Foun- Windsor. 


‘dation and Endowment in the Ecclesiastical and 
_ Military Royal Chapel and College of Saint George 
in. Windsor Castle, which was presented yesterday, 


be printed. 


The Boston, Stamford and Birmingham Railway Boston, Stam- 


(Wisbech to Sutton Bridge, &amp;c.) Bill was read a 


second time; and committed. 
_ Ordered, 'Vhat the Bill be referred to the Com- 
' mittee of Selection. 


| The Boston, Stamford and Birmingham Railway 


'(Branch to Wisbech Harbour and Wisbech Harbour 
Improvement) Bill was read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


| mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of 


i Ways and Means, a Resolution ; which was read, as 


followeth : 

Resolved, That towards making good the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Eight millions 
be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Greene, The Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Parker do prepare, and 
bring it in. 





u4 The 


ford and Bir- 


mingham Rail- 
way (Wisbech 
to Sutton 
Bridge, &amp;c.), 
Bill. 


Boston, Stam- 
ford and Bir- 
mingham Rail- 
way (Branch 
to Wisbech 
Harbour and 
Wisbech Har- 
bour Improve- 
ment ) Bill. 


Ways and 
Means ; 


Consolidated 
Fund. 


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Labouring 


152 


The ingrossed Bill to render valid certain Pro- 


a (ireland) ceedings for the Relief of Distress in Ireland, by 


Landed 
Property 
(Ireland) 

[ Advances. | 


Message from 
the Lords ; 


Destitutc 
Persons 


(ireland) Bill. 


Outrayes 
Cireland.) 


No. 102. 


Roman Ca- 
tholic Relict 


Bill. 


Arrest for 
Debt (Ireland 
Bill 


Employment of the Labouring Poor, was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to render valid certain Proceed- 
ings for the Relief of Distress in Jreland, by Em- 
ployment of the Labouring Poor, and to indemnify 
those who have acted in such Proceedings. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee, to 
whom it was referred to consider of authorizing 
Advances out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of 
such Sums as may be required for the Purposes of 
an Act of the present Session, for facilitating the 
Improvement of Landed Property in Lreland by 
the Owners thereof, and thereby to afford Employ- 
ment to the Labouring Class, a Resolution ; which 
was read, as followeth: 

Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct the Advance 
of Sums, not exceeding in the whole One million 
five hundred thousand pounds, out of the Consoli- 
dated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for the purposes, and under 
the provisions of an Act of the present Session to 
facilitate the Improvement of Landed Property in 
Ireland by the Owners thereof ; and also the Ad- 
vance of any Sums, not exceeding Five thousand 
pounds in one year, for paying the Expenses of 
preliminary investigations and proceedings. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, was 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Landed Property (Zreland) Bill, That 
they have power to make provision therein, pursuant 
to the said Resolution. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell 

and Mr. Wingfield: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for the temporary Relief of Destitute Persons in 
Ireland, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 
And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Outrages 
(Ireland), which were presented yesterday, be 
printed, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 


The Amendments following were proposed to be | “ 
made to the Question ; viz. ‘To leave out the word | “ 


“* now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stend part of the Question ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Fellers for the f Mr. Watson, 1 102. 
Yeas, \ Mr. Escott: 
Tellers for the f Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 
Noes, U Mr. Shaw: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—-The Bill was accordingly read a second time; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Wednesday the 10th day of March next. 


99. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Arrest for Debt (Zreland) Bill ; 


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Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 10th day of March next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Poor Rates 
Reading of the Poor Rates (Jreland) Bill; (ireland ) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


The Markets and Fairs Clauses Bill was, accord- Markets and 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed Pits Clauses 
to a Committee of the whole House, for To-mor- 
row. 


The Commissioners Clauses Bill was, according Commis- 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a ne 
. “. . lu 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Gas Works Clauses Bill was, according to Gas Works 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a ©!uses Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


‘he Waterworks Clauses Bill was, according to Waterworks 

The Waterworks Cl Bill s ding to Wat k 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Clauses Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration Destitute 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, pa al mn 
intituled, An Act for the temporary Relief of Desti- ae) 
tute Persons in Jreland; and the same were read, 
as follow: 

Pr. 3. 1. 14. After “constituted ” insert “ of such 
“ persons or.” 

Pr. 3. Ils. 35. and 36. After “ Committee” in- 
sert “ Provided also that no relief Committee consti- 
“ tuted under this Act shall be continued after the 
“ first day of November in this year, unless for the 
“ purpose of settling and closing their accounts.” 

Pr. 5. |. 36. Leave out “ an estimate ” and insert 
estimates,” and in the same line leave out “ sum ”’ 
and insert “‘ sums.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 13. After “send ” insert “ every.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 19. After “ opinion” insert “ any.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 31. After “sign ” insert “ every.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 36. Leave out “ thereof” and insert “ of 
“ each allowed estimate.” 

Pr. 6. 1.38. After “ when ” insert “any.” 

Pr. 10. l. 36. After ‘“ Commissioners ” 
Clause (A.) 

Crause (A.) “And be it Enacted, That as soon 
as may be after making any rate for the purposes 
of this Act, the guardians shall give notice in one 
or more newspapers usually circulating in the 
county of the amount of such rate, and of the 
time when it will be payable, and of the place 
where the book containing the particulars of such 
rate may be inspected by the rate-payers.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. : 


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Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Factories. 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Total Number of Persons 
employed in Cotton, Woollen, Worsted, Flax and 
Silk Factories respectively, in England, Scotland 
and Jreland, and the Total Number in the United 

Kingdom ; 

















10 Vicrortiz. 


Kingdom ; showing the respective Numbers of Males 
and Females, the Number employed under Thirteen 
— of age, the Number between Thirteen and 

ighteen years, and the Number above Eighteen 
years of age; also, specifying the Numbers in each 
County. 

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


Imports. Ordered, That there he laid before this House, 
a Tabular Return of all Articles imported into the 
United Kingdom in the year 1846, showing, in 
columns, the Gross Quantities imported, the Quan- 
tities paying Duty, the Rates of Duty, and the 
Amounts received for each; distinguishing the Im- 
portation from Foreign Countries and the Colonies, 
and exhibiting the Total Amount of Duties received. 


Society of Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
po to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Royal Charter lately granted 

to the Society of British Artists in Suffolk-street. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 

of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
Coventry, Mr. Moffatt presented a Bill to enable the Coven- 
meal try, Nuneaton, Birmingham and Leicester Railway 


and Leicester Company to sell and transfer their Railway, Works 


Q4°—95° Februariz. 153 


of the Master Manufacturers and Mill-owners, in 
the County of Lancaster, with respect to the Ten 
Hours Bill, presented to the First Lord of the Trea- 

sury, February 1847. 

‘ — That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 25° die Februarii ; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Masterman presented a Bill to enable the Shipowners 
Shipowners Towing Company to sue and be Towing Com- 
. . . . pany Bill. 
sued, and for vesting certain Property belonging to 
the said Company in the Trustees thereof: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land on Harwich and 
the line of or otherwise interested in the Undertaking Eastern Coun- 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for a img 
constructing a Railway from the Port or Harbour of pier pd 
Harwich, in the county of Essex, to the parish of Harwich to 
| Ardleigh, in the said county, and for constructing a {¢,Uasten 
| Pier in the said Port or Harbour, in connection with way at Ard- 

such Railway, was presented, and read; and a Bill leigh) Bil. 
| was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Vis- 
_ count Ingestre, Mr. Spooner and Mr. John Attwood. 





Railway Bill. and Interests to the London and North Western, | 


and Midland Railway Companies, or either of them, 
and for other Purposes : And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 
London and Mr. Moffatt presented a Bill to empower the 
pong Bert London and North Western Railway Company to 
(Kenilworth to make certain Branch Railways and Extensions from 
Berkswell, Kenilworth to Berkswell, and from Leamington to 
ne erage Warwick, and to widen the Line from Leamington 
&amp;e.) Bil. to Coventry, all in the County of Warwick, and for 
other Purposes ; And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
London and Mr. Moffatt presented a Bill for enabling the 
pny Stl London and North Western Railway Company to 
(Coventry and make certain Branch Railways from the Coventry 
a . and Nuneaton Line to the Mount Pleasant and Vic- 
mene Collieries, in the County of Warwick, with 
Power to the London and North Western Railway 
Company to admit certain Parties as Shareholders 
in their Undertaking, and for other Purposes : And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 
London and Mr. Moffatt presented a Bill to empower the Lon- 
North West- don and North Western Railway Company to make 
ern Railway A J 
(Atherstone @ Branch Railway from the London and North 
and Whitacre Western Railway, near Atherstone, to the Midland 
Branch) Bill. Railway, at Whitacre, in the County of Warwick : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Navy. Mr. Ward presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
No. 103. mand,—Statement of Excess of Expenditure of Her 
Majesty’s Navy, for the year 1845-46. 
Nary Officers. Mr. Ward also presented, pursuant to Order,—A 
No.104. Return of Navy Officers who have died, been dis- 
missed the Service, and promoted, between the 27th 
day of February 1830 and the 30th day of Sep- 
tember 1846; likewise, a Return of Officers pro- 
moted for Special Brilliant Services, and those pro- 
moted to Death or Court-martial Vacancies by 
Commanders-in-Chief abroad. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Factories Bill. Lord John Russell presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty,—Copy of the Memorial 
Vou. 102, 


' A Petition of the York and Newcastle Railway Tyne Docks 
| Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for making Bil. 
Docks at Jarrow Slake,in the River Tyne, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
| mittee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Tyne Docks 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Bill. 
| Private Bills; That in the case of the Tyne Docks 
| Petition, the Standing Orders had not been complied 

with, in the following instance ; viz. ‘The Notices 
do not state the intention to amend the several Acts 
i relating to the York and Newcastle Railway Com- 
| pany, recited in the Preamble, and incorporated 
with the proposed Bill, and which are amended by 
Clause 5, &amp;c., of the said Bill; nor have Notices of 
the proposed Bill been published in the county of 
Yorkshire, in which county the works of the said York 
and Newcastle Railway Company are partly situate. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


| 


A Petition of Four of the Directors of the Enfield rofela and 
and Edmonton Railway Extension Company, for Edmonton 
leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway from ae 
the Enfield and Ldmonton Railway, at Enfield, in ; 
the county of Middlesex, to the Great Northern Rail- 
way, in the parish of South Mimms, in the same 
county, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Enfield ana 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Edmonton 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Enfield and ee 
Edmonton Railway Extension Petition, the Standing 
Orders had not been complied with, in the following 
instance; viz. Notice of the intention to obtain 
powers to sell or lease the undertaking to the Great 
Northern or to the Eastern Counties Railway Com- 
panies, and to enable such Companies to purchase or 
accept a lease of the same, was not published in the 
several counties in which such Railways are situate. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders, 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking there- Cambridge, 
inafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for ae 
making a Railway from the Cambridge line of the Junction Rail- 
Eastern Counties Railway, at Cambridge, to the way Bill. 

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Great Northern Railway, at or near Saint Neot’s, 
in the county of Huntingdon, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Sir Fitzroy Kelly and Mr. Thomas 
Duncombe. 


Ipswich and A Petition of the Zpswich and Bury Saint Ed- 
Bury — mund’s Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
Railway * Bill to amend the Acts relating to the said Com- 
(Branch from pany, and for making a Railway from the line 
Stowmarket to of the Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund's Railway, 
Sudbury) Bil. + or near to Stowmarket, to Sudbury, with a 
Branch therefrom, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Lord Rendlesham, Captain Gladstone and Mr. Lane 
Fox. 
London and A Petition of the Zondon and North Western 
jy ona Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
(Lime-street, empower the said Company to enlarge their Stations 
Liverpool, at Liverpooland Crewe, and for other purposes, was 
Station Exten- presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
sion, &amp;c.) Bill. Hi 2 ts &gt; 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wilson Patten and 
Colonel Anson. 


Swansea and A Petition of John Kemp, being a Promoter of 

ang = ata the Undertaking thereinafter mentioned, for leave to 

Bill. bring in a Bill for making a Railway from the Swan- 
sea Vale Railway, at Ynisymond, in the parish of 
Cadoxton, to Nantmelyn, in the parish of Llange- 
feluch, both in the county of Glamorgan, with 
Branches, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir John 
Guest and Mr. Morris. 


South Wales A Petition of the South Wales Railway Company, 

Railway Bill. for leave to bring in a Bill for making certain new 
lines of Railway in connexion with the South Wales 
Railway, and certain alterations in the line of the said 
Railway, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Viscount Villiers and Mr. Saunders 
Davies. 


Swansea A Petition of Promoters of the line of Railway 
Valley Rail- and Branches thereinafter mentioned, for leave to 
way Bill. . é tine it ‘ : . 

‘ bring in a Bill for making a Railway from Abercrave 
Farm, in the parish of Yystradgunlais, in the county 
of Brecon, to Swansea, in the county of Glamorgan, 
with Branches, to be called The Swansea Valley 
Railway, was presented, and read; anda Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Viscount 
Viiliers and Mr. Saunders Davies. 


Valeof Neath A Petition of the Vale of Meath Railway Com- 

Railway Bill. pany, for leave to brig in a Bill for enabling the 
said Company to construct certain new lines of Rail- 
way in connection with the Vale of Neath Railway, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Viscount Villiers and Mr. Saunders Davies. 


Stockport Mi- Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to purchase and 

a define the Manorial and Market Rights of Stockport, 

Bil. to establish Public Parks, to purchase or lease Wa- 
terworks, to build Bridges, and to make other Com- 
munications within the Borough of Stockport : And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Manchester 
Corporation 
Water (Power - 7 " . 
to purchase Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, more effec- 


the Manches- tually to supply the said Borough with Water, and 
ter and Sal- for other Purposes: And the same was read the 
ford Water- first ti , | citteeedita tin wee d ti 
works) Bill. rst time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brothertun presented a Bill to enable the 


East Lanca- Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the East 
shire Railway 7 ancashire Railway Company to make Branches 
(Clitheroe, - 


Mitton and from the said Railway to Clitheroe, to Mitton and 


154 7 25° Februariz. 


Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of 





A. 1847. 


to Padiham, in North Lancashire: And the same Padiham 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a Branches)B Il. 
second time. 


A Petition of Provisional Directors and Pro- Swansea 
moters of, and Subscribers to, the Undertaking Docks Bill. 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for constructing and maintaining Docks and other 
works, at or near the south side of the town of 
Swansea, between Fabian’s Bay and the Swansea 
Infirmary, in the town and franchise of Swansea, 
and parish of Swansea, in the county of Glamorgan, 
was presented, and read ; anda Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Talbot and Mr. 

John Henry Vivian. 


A Petition of Commissioners of Sewers for the surrey and 
limits extending from East Mouldsey, in the county Kent Commis- 
of Surrey, to Ravensborne, in the county of Kent, a Bill 
for leave to bring in a Bill to facilitate the effectual ° 
Drainage of certain districts within the Commission 
of Sewers, for the limits extending from East Mould- 
sey, in Surrey, to Ravensborne, in Kent, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize cer- Waterford and 
tain Alterations in the Line of the Waterford and Limerick | 
Limerick Railway, and to amend the Act relating Railway Bill. 
thereto, and for other Purposes: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for draining, Thorne and 
warping, and otherwise improving the Waste Lands Crowle Moors 
commonly called Goole Moor and Thorne Moor, in eet wor 
the Parishes of Thorne and Crowle, in the West Bi 
Riding of Yorkshire: And the same was read the 


first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Great North. 
Great Northern Railway Company to make a Branch ¢t Railway 
Railway to Horncastle, in the Parts of Lindsey, in tne 
Lincolnshire, and another Branch Railway to certain and at Bray- 
Wharfs at Brayford Mere, in the City of Lincoln ; ford Mere, | 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered ay ae 
to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Directors of the National Mer- National Mer- 

cantile Life Assurance Society, for leave to bring in cantile Life 

a Bill to enable the National Mercantile Life As- Society Bill 
surance Society to sue and be sued in the name of 

a Nominal Party, and for other purposes relating to 

the said Company, was presented, and read; and a 

Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 

Mr. Masterman and Mr. Duncan. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Blandford and 

of the Petition for the Blandford and Bruton Rail- Bruton Rail- 
‘ ‘ ; ‘ way Bill. 

way Bill, which was yesterday made from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the London and South Western Railway 
Company to make a Railway from Blandford, in 
the county of Dorset, to Bruton, in the county of 
Somerset: And that Mr. Sidney Herbert, Mr. Sey- 
mer and Mr. Chaplin do prepare, and bring it in. 





Ordered, That the Chester and Holyhead Railway Chester and 
(Extensions at Chester and Holyhead, &amp;c.) Bill, be ee 
read a second time upon Thursday the 11th day of Railway ( 


tensions at 
March next. Chester and 


Holyhead, ' 
&amp;c.) Bill. 
The Dublin and Belfast Junction, and Navan Dublin and 
Branch Railway Bill was read a second time ; and Belfast Janc- 


‘ tion, and 
committed. Navan Branch 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Railway Bill 








mittee of Selection. 
The 











Dublin and 
Drogheda 
Railway 
(Branch from 
Navan to 
Kells) Bill. 


Dublin Con- 
sumers Gas 
Bill. 


Saint Helen’s 
Canal and 
Railway ( War- 
rington and 
Blackbrook 
Branches, 

&amp;c.) Bill. 


Londen and 
North Western 
Railway 
(Portobello 
and Wolver- 
hampton 
Branch, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Scottish 
Equitable Life 
Assurance 
Society Bill. 


Dunfermline 
and Cupar 
Court -houses 
Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Northern 
Railway, Saint 
Andrew’s and 
Newburgh 
Harbour, 
Branches, and 
Road Cross- 
ings (Newport 
Railway Ex- 
tension) Bill. 


Terrington 
Marsh Divi- 
sion, Allot- 
ment and In- 
closure Bill. 


Wisbech Port 
and Harbour 
Bill. 





10 Vicroriz. 


The Dublin and Drogheda Railway (Branch from 

favan to Kells) Bill was read a second time ; and 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of the Dublin Consumers Gas Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for rendering more 
efficient the Dublin Consumers Gas Company, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Grogan and Mr. 
Timothy O’ Brien. 


The Saint Helen’s Canal and Railway (Warring- 
ton and Blachkbrook Branches, &amp;c.) Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill for enabling 
the London and North Western Railway Company 
to make a Branch Line of Railway from Portobello 
to Wolverhampton, and for other Purposes: And the 
sane was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Gibson Craig presented a Bill for incorporat- 
ing the Scottish Equitable Life Assurance Society, 
for confirming the ‘Wales and Regulations thereof, 
for enabling the said Society to sue and be sued, to 
take and to hold Property, and for other Purposes 
relating thereto: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Gibson Craig presented a Bill to alter and 
amend an Act, intituled, “An Act for providing in 
or near the Burgh of Cupar more extensive Accom- 
modation for holding the Courts and Meetings of 
the Sheriff, Justices of the Peace, and Commission- 
ers of Supply of the County of Fife; and for the 
Custody of the Records of the said County,” and 
to authorize the Commissioners acting under the 
authority of that Act to provide a Court-house at 
Dunfermline for the Accommodation of the Courts 
of the Sheriff and Justices of the Peace in the 
Western District of the said County: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Gibson Craig presented a Bill to enable the 
Edinburgh and Northern Railway Company to con- 
struct Branch Railways to Saint Andrew's and 
Newburgh Harbour, and to divert and alter the 
Levels of certain Turnpike-roads in the Line of the 
Newport Railway Extension: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Petition of Owners of ancient commonable 
messuages, and tofts of ancient commonable mes- 
suages, situate within the parishes of Terrington 
Saint Clements and Terrington Saint John’s, in the 
township of Terrington, in the county of Norfolk, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for dividing, allotting and 
inclosing certain open Marshes and Waste Lands, 


in the township of Terrington, in the county of 


Norfolk, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Bagge, 
Mr. Chute and Mr. Eliot Yorke. 


A Petition ofthe Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Wisbech, in the Isle of Ely, in 
the county of Cambridge, and of Persons whose 
names are thereunder subscribed, being Burgesses 
and Inhabitants of the said borough, for leave to 
bring ina Bill to amend an Act for preserving and 
improving the Port and Harbour of Wisbech, in the 
Isle of Ely, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Eliot Yorkeand Mr. Allix. 

VoL. 102. 


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155 


Bill was read a second Cornwall 


The Cornwall Railway Railway Bill 
ailway 


time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 
The Oldham Alliance Railway Bill was read a se- Oldham | 
ms ‘ : Alliance 
cond time ; and committed. Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

The Eastern Counties Railway (d/ford to Tilbury Eastern Coun- 
Fort and Southend, with a Branch from Vange to (ited te. 
Battle Bridge) Bill, was read a second time; and bury Fort and 
committed. Southend, 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- — Aenea 
mittee of Selection. Battle Bridge) 
Bill. 

Mr. Hudson presented a Bill for enabling the York and 
York and North Midland Railway Company to oe 
make a Station at Hudl, and certain Branch Rail- (yyy — 
ways connected with their Railways and the said and Branches) 
Station, and for other Purposes : And the same was Bill. 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Hudson presented a Bill for enabling the York and 
York and North Midland Railway Company to ex- North Mid- 

: : : &lt; s land Railway 
tend the Line of their Harrogate Branch Railway, (jfarrogate 
and make a Station at Harrogate: And the same Branch Exten- 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a Sion and Ter- 
second time. , 


Mr. Hudson presented a Bill for enabling the Newcastle and 
Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company to make Berwick Rail- 
certain Branch Railways in the Borough and County Mn Rea 
of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and in the County of Perey Main, 
Northumberland, and for other Purposes: And the and Killing- 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read = — 

a second time. Branches) Bill. 

Mr. Hudson presented a Bill for enabling the Newcastle and 
Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company to make an Rail- 
certain Branch Railways inthe County of MVorth- a yal 
umberland, and in the Borough and County of Blyth, Seaton 
Newcastle-upon- Tyne, and for other Purposes: And a and 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be Branches) Bill. 
read a second time. 


The East of Life Railway (Markinch Deviation) Fast of Fife 


Bill was read a second time; and committed. Oidarktoch 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- jyeviation) 
mittee of Selection. Bill. 


The Airdrie and Bathgate Junction Railway Airdric and 
(Amendment and Deviation) Bill was read a second Bathgate 
time; and committed. on ee 

. . : : way (Amend- 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ment and De- 
mittee of Selection. viation ) Bill. 

Mr. Loch presented a Bill to alter, amend and en- Runcorn 
large the Provisions of an Act for lighting with Gas 6#s Bill. 
the Town of Runcorn, otherwise called Higher Run- 
corn and Lower Runcorn, and also the Township or 
Chapelry of Halton, both in the Parish of Runcorn, 
in the County of Chester, and to empower the Com- 
pany thereby incorporated to supply and light with 
Gas other Townships and Hamlets in the Vicinity : 

And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the district called Staffordshire 
the Staffordshire Potteries, and other places adjoin- Potteries in 
ing or near thereto, all in the county of Stafford, seiaciaiiaaiias 
for leave to bring ina Bill for supplying with Water 
certain parts of the Staffordshire Potteries, and the 
town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, and several town- 
ships and places adjoining or near thereto, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Alderman Copeland 
Mr. Buckley and Mr. Ricardo. 


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en 


















































156 25° Februari. 


ae A Petition of the Monkland sing team 
and Glasgow, Railway Company, the Ballochney Railway Com- 
nara any, x Ae he le Railway Company, for 
Ballochney  Jeave to bring in a Bill to vest the Monkland and 
and ena Kirkintilloch Railway, the Ballochney Railway 
Ye egg and the Slamannan Railway in the Edinburgh and 
tion, or Sale or Glasgow Railway Company, was presented, and 
Lease Bill. = yead; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 


cordingly, by Mr. Oswald and Mr. Forbes. 


Taw Vale Mr. Greene presented a Bill to enable the Taw 

Railway and Vale Railway and Dock Company to lease their 

Dock Bill. Undertaking to the London and South Western 
Railway Company: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Great Northe | The Great Northern Railwav (Branches to Slea- 

=e ford) Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

Greaford) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Great Northe The Great Northern Railway (Extension to Leeds 
oe aaiway , and Wakefield, Deviation of Methley Branch ot 
7 ileal Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway) Bill 
Wakefield, was read a second time ; and committed. 

— of Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Branchof mittee of Selection. 

Wakefield, 

Pontefract and 

Goole Rail- 

way) Bill. 

Great Northe The Great Northern Railway (Purchase of Am- 
ern Railway bergate, Nottinghamand Boston and Eastern Junc- 
(Purchase of |. © : S : 
Ambergate, tion Railway, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time; 
Nottingham and committed. 

and poston Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Junction Rail- mittee of Selection. 
way, &amp;c.) Bill. 
Ayr Harbour 


m= 4 A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
ll. 


the further Improvement of the Harbour of Ayr, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for further improving 
and maintaining the said Harbour, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Lord James Stuart and Mr. Alex- 
ander Oswald. 


Rutherglen A Petition of John Mann, residing at Murdos- 
and Strath- 


bungo Road four House, Lanarkshire, Commissioner and At- 

Bill. torney of William Dixon, Esquire, of Govan Col- 
liery, for leave to bring in a Bill for making 
and maintaining a Tarnpike-road from the burgh 
of Rutherglen to the village of Strathbungo, in 
the counties of Lanark and Renfrew, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Lockhart and Mr. 
Hastie. 

London Sew- 


ion Se A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking 
&gt; adhe thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to incorporate a Company by the name of the 
London Sewage Chemical Manure Company, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 
London Sew- Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
eS Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the London 
Sewage Chemical Manure Petition, the Standing 
Orders had not been complied with, in the fol- 
lowing instance; viz. One twentieth part of the 
amount subscribed was not deposited with the Court 
of Chancery, but it appeared that the one-twentieth 
part of three-fourths of the amount of the estimate 
had been so deposited. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred tu the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ayrshire Lord James Stuart presented a Bill for repairing 
Roads Bilk = and keeping in repair the Turnpike-roads in the 
County of Ayr, for making and maintaining new 
Roads, and altering and improving existing Roads, 





A. 1847. 


for rendering Turnpike certain Parish Roads, and 
for regulating the Statute Labour and Bridge Money 
in the said County: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read second time. 


A Petition of the Charing Cross Bridge Com- Charing Cross 
pany, heretofore called the Hungerford and Lam- Relies 

beth Suspension Foot Bridge Comparty, for leave to 

bring in a Bill for carrying into effect a contract 

by the Charing Cross Bridge Company for the Sale 

of the Charing Cross Bridge to William Jackson, Es- 

quire, and others, and for dissolving the Company, 

was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered 

to be brought in accordingly, by Sir De Lacy 

Evans and Mr. D’ Eyncourt. 


A Petition of R. Clark, for leave to bring in a Bognor Docks 

Bill for constructing Docks, Piers, Walls, Ware- Bill. 

houses and other Works at Bognor, in the county 

of Sussex, to be called the Bognor Docks, and for 

the regulation and management thereof, was pre- 

sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 

brought in accordingly, by Mr. Thomas Duncombe 

and Mr. Morgan John O Connell. 


Mr. Spooner presented a Bill to alter, vary and Great North 
extend the Powers of the Great North of India ve , 
; 2 para ailway Bill. 
Railway Company, and for facilitating the Construc- 
tion ofa Railway for connecting the Cities of Delhi, 
Agra, aud Allahabad, in India, and for extending 
the same to Mirzapore and Benares, with Branches 
to Meerut, and other places, in India aforesaid : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking riverpool 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill Guardian 
for lighting the borough and town of Liverpool &amp;* Bil 
with Gas, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Viscount 


Sandon and Mr. Brown. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- Kingsnorton, 
spect of the Petition for the King’s Norton, North- egg even 
field, &amp;c., Rates Bill, which was yesterday made ~ 
from the Select Committee on Standing Orders, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for rating to the relief of the Poor and other paro- 
chial and local rates the Owners of certain property 
within the parishes of King’s Norton, Northfield 
and Beoley, in the county of Worcester, Edgbaston, 
in the county of Warwick, and Harborne, in the 
county of Stafford, in lieu of the Occupiers thereof: 

And that Mr. Muntz, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Newdegate 
and Mr. James Arthur Taylor do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


The Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Birmingham, 
Valley Railway (No. 2.) Branches Bill was read a Wolverhamp- 
second time ; and committed. valley Bait 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- way (No. 2.) 


mittee of Selection. Branches Bill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and neigh- Tunstall Pav- 
bourhood of Tunstall, in the county of Stafford, ins, Lighting, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for paving, lighting, C27"? im. 

4 P oo JIS S&gt; Watching, Im 
watching, cleansing and otierwise improving the provement and 
Town and Neighbourhood of Tunstall, in the county Market Bill. 
of Stafford, and for improving and regulating the 
Market-place and Markets therein, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Alderman Copeland and Mr. 

Ricardo. 


A Petition of Directors and Proprietors of a Manchester 
certain Joint Stock Company, called The Manches- 24 Bie, 
ter and Birmingham and North Staffordshire Junc- staffordshire 


tion Railway Company, for leave to bring ina Bill Junction Rail- 





for W2y Bill. 








10 Vicroriz. 


for making a Railway from and out of the main 
line of the Manchester and Birmingham section of 
the London and North Western Railway, in the 
township of Cheadle Bulkeley, in the parish of 
Cheadle, in the county of Chester, and passing from, 
in, through or into the several parishes, townships, 
townlands and extra-parochial places of Cheadle, 
Cheadle Bulkeley, Cheadle Moseley, Stockport, 
Bramhall, Prestbury, Worth and Poynton, or some 
of them, in the county of Chester, and terminating 
by a Junction with the Macclesfield Branch of the 
said Manchester and Birmingham section of the 
said London and North Western Railway, in the 
township of Poynton, in the said parish of Prestbury, 
in the said county of Chester; also a Branch Railway 
from and out of a certain point of the said intended 
line of Railway, in the said township of Cheadle 
Bulkeley, and passing from, in, through or into the 
said township of Cheadle Bulkeley, and terminating 
by a Junction with the intended line of the Man- 
chester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction 
Railway, also in the said township of Cheadle Bul- 
keley ; also another Branch Railway from and out 
ofacertain point of the said intended line of Rail- 
way, in the said township of Poynton, and passing 
from, in, through or into the said township of Poyn- 
ton, and terminating by a Junction with a Branch 
Railway leading from the said Manchester and 
Birmingham section of the said London and North 
Western Railway to the Poynton Collieries, and 
belonging to the Right honourable George John 


Warren, Lord Vernon, also in the said township of 


Poynton, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Manchester Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
and Birming- Myr, May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- 
hamand North aa : “ge . 

Staffordshire vate Bills; That in the case of the Petition for the 


Junction Manchester and Birminghamand North Staffordshire 


Railway Bill. Junction Railway Bill, the Standing Orders have not | 


been complied with, as it is proposed by the said 
Bill to confer powers upon the London and North 
Western Railway Company, the North Staffordshire 
Railway Company, the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock 
and Midlands Junction Railway Company, and the 
Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Rail- 
way Company ; but notices of such intention have 
not been published in the counties in which the 
works of the said Companies are situate, being other 
than those in which the new works are proposed to 
be constructed. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Belfast A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 

improvement of the Borough of Belfast, for leave to bring ina 
Bill for the further Improvement of the said Borough, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Belfast Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,-- Report from 
oo Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
: Private Bills; That in the case of the Belfast Im- 
provement Petition, the Standing Orders had not 

been complied with, in the following instance ;_ viz. 
Application was not made to the following Parties, 

being owners, lessees or occupiers of property in- 


tended to be taken, on or before the 15th day of 


December last: 


Mary Foster” - - 
Jane Rutledge - - | Not applied to until the 
Samuel Summerville -¢ 16th and 17th of De- 
William Barcroft -| cember. 
Joshua Wanhope - 
Alan G. Brown - “ Not aplied to until the 
Charles Grainger -f£ 17th of December. 
But it appeared that the delay arose in consequence 
of a snow-storm which rendered the roads impas- 
sable. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 
VoL, 102. 





95° Februarii. 157 


A Petition of Directors of the Company formed, Lough Neagh 
and proposed to be incorporated, for the purpose of Drainage Bill. 
undertaking the draining of certain tracts of land in 
Lough Neagh and Lough Beg, in Ireland, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for draining certain tracts of land 
covered or liable to be flooded by the waters of 
Lough Neagh and Lough Beg, in Ireland, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Lough Neagh 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Uae Bill. 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Lough Neagh 
Drainage Petition, the Standing Orders had not 
been complied with, in the following instance ; viz. 
One-twentieth part of the amount subscribed was not 
deposited with the Court of Chancery until the 22d 
day of February instant. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


General Fox presented a Bill for incorporating the a 
Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company: And G37) 2™ 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to pany Bill. 


be read a second time. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Rathmines 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for better Improvement 
paving, cleansing, draining, regulating, lighting and“ 
improving the district of Rathmines, Mount Pleasant, 
Ranelagh, Cullenswood, Miltown, Rathgar and Ha- 
roldscross, and such other portions of the parish of 
Saint Peter, within the barony of Uppercross, in 
the county of Dublin, and for otherwise promoting 
the health and convenience of the inhabitants, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Rathmines 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for — 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Rathmines ~ 
Improvement Petition, the Standing Orders had not 
been complied with, in the following instance; viz. 

The copy of the Bill and agent’s declaration were 
not deposited in the Private Bill Office, nor a cop 
of such declaration at the Office of the Board of 
Trade, until the 2d day of January last. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of Mr. ae 
May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private coca oP 
Bills; That in the case of the Petition for the way Bil. 
Manchester and Southampton Railway Bill, the 
Standing Orders have not been complied with, in 
the following instances : 

A field, numbered 8, in the parish of Chedworth, 
is divided by the parish boundary, and the portion 
of the said field which is in the parish of Coles- 
bourne, is numbered 28 on the Plan deposited in the 
Office of the Clerk of the Peace for the county of 
Gloucester, but such number is not marked on the 
Plan deposited in the Private Bill Office. 

A proposed diversion of the public carriage-road 
numbered 104, with reference to the parish of An- 
dover, in the county of Southampton, and occurring 
at the distance marked 26 miles and 2 furlongs, or 
thereabouts, is shown on the said Plan deposited 
with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of South- 
ampton, but the same is omitted on the Plan of the 
said intended Railway deposited with the Parish 
Clerk of the parish of Andover. 

The vertical height at the point of junction of the 
East Branch from the main line, as shown on the 
Section deposited in the Private Bill Office, is 
figured 308 feet, but measures by the scale 316 feet. 

And on the North Eastern Branch the vertical 
height at the point of junction with the main line is 
figured 312 feet, and measures by the scale 319 
feet. 

And at the junction of the West Branch from the 

x 3 main 








es 


nese 2 








158 25° Februari. 


main line, the vertical height is marked on the main 
line 139 feet, and the vertical height at the same 
point on the Section of the Branch, is marked 144 
feet. 

The distances on the Section of the Branch in- 
tended to connect the Railway with the Great 
Western are erroneously marked on the Plan depo- 
sited in the Private Bill Office, the first furlong 
from the junction with the main line being marked 
as 8 furlongs, and the second furlong thereon being 
marked as 1 furlong; and the distances are not 
marked in furlongs on the said Plan of the said 
last-mentioned Branch. 

The distances on the Section of the Branch in- 
tended to connect the Railway with the Great 
Western Railway are erroneously marked on the 
Plan deposited in the Private Bill Office, the first 
furlong from the junction with the main line being 
marked as 8 furlongs, and the second furlong thereon 
being marked as 1 furlong; and the distances are 
not marked in furlongs on the said Plan of the said 
last-mentioned Branch. 

The gradient commencing at or near 3 miles 4 
furlongs, and ending between 3 miles 5 furlongs and 
3 miles 6 furlongs, marked respectively on the said 
Section, is stated on the said Section to be 1 in 200, 
whereas the same, as calculated from the figured 
heights thereon, should have been stated to be 
1 in 168, 

The gradient commencing between 10 miles 2 
furlongs and 10 miles 3 furlongs, and ending between 
11 miles 4 furlongs and 11 miles 5 furlongs, as 
marked respectively on the said Section, is stated 
on the last-mentioned Section to be 1 in 688, whereas 
the same, as calculated from the figured heights 
thereon should have been stated to be 1 in 617. 

The gradient commencing between 12 miles 2 
furlongs and 12 miles 3 furlongs, and ending 
between 13 miles 2 furlongs, and 13 miles 3 fur- 





A. 1847. 


to the road numbered 4, in the parish of Kempton) 
the rate of inclination of the said road, when altered, 
is delineated, but the same is not stated in figures. 

The published maps deposited with the Clerks of 
the Peace for the counties of Southampton, Wilts 
and Gloucester do not show thereon correctly the 
general course and direction of the said intended 
Railway, between the 83d and 86th miles, marked 
on the Plan of the said Railway deposited there- 
with, as the line of the said Railway is marked 
on the said map 1 mile, or thereabouts, north of its 
true course or direction as shown on the said Plan 
of the said Railway deposited therewith, and in 
consequence of such erroneous delineation of the 
said line upon the published map, the proposed 
branch to join the proposed London, Oxford and 
Cheltenham Railway is also erroneously delineated, 
both at its junction with the main line, and at its 
point of junction with the said proposed London, 
Oxford and Cheltenham Railway, near Chelten- 
ham. 

At or about the 73d mile 31 chains, and thence 
to Southampton, there is a continuous error on the 
Section, by which the surface of the ground with 
reference to the datum horizontal line of the said 
Section is shown as being 6 feet 6 inches lower than 
the true surface of the ground. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


The Paisley and Renfrew Railway (Sale and Im- Paisley and 


provement) Bill was read a second time, and com- Renfrew Rail- 
‘tted way (Sale and 

mitted. - : Improvement) 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 





A Petition of George Henry Drew, of Bermond- Bermondsey 


| sey-street, in the county of Surrey, Attorney-at-Law, Improvement 


; ‘ : No. 2.) Bill; 
praying that leave may be given to certain officers oe Lae ; 


longs, as marked respectively on the said Section, is | of the House to attend a trial at Guildhall, and Railway Bills 
stated on the said last-mentioned Section to be 1 in| produce the Minutes of Proceedings of the Com- (1845-) 
736, whereas the same, as calculated from the figured | mittees on the Bermondsey Improvement (No. 2.) 


heights thereon, should have been stated to be 1 in 
685. 

The gradient commencing at or near 14 miles 5 
furlongs, and ending between 15 miles 5 furlongs 
and 15 miles 6 furlongs, as marked respectively on 
the said Section, is stated on the same Section to be 
1 in 495, whereas the same, as calculated from the 
figured heights thereon, should have been stated 
to be 1 in 467. 

The gradient commencing between 16 miles 4 
furlongs and 16 miles 5 furlongs, and ending at or 
near 18 miles, respectively marked on the said 
Section, 1s stated on the said last-mentioned Section 
to be 1 in 755, whereas the same as calenlated from 
the figured heights thereon, should have been stated 
to be 1 in 742, 

The gradient commencing between 21 miles and 
21 miles 1 furlong, and ending at or near 21 miles 
5 furlongs, respectively marked on the said Section, 
is stated on the said last-mentioned Section, to be 
1 in 580, whereas the same, as calculated from the 
figured heights thereon, should have been stated 1 
in 570. 

The gradient commencing between 66 miles 1 
furlong and 66 miles 2 furlongs, and ending at or 
near 66 miles 7 furlongs, respectively marked on 
the said Section, is stated on the said last-mentioned 
Section to be 1 in 150, whereas the same, as calcu- 
lated from the figured heights thereon, should have 
been stated to be 1 in 144. 

The cross Section No. 32, which is intended to 
show the nature of the intended alteration of two 
roads numbered respectively 11 and 15, in the parish 
of Preston, does not not correctly describe the 
nature of such alteration, as the point at which the 
Railway is intended to cross the same, is incorrectly 
marked upon the said cross Section. 

On the cross Section numbered 14, (in reference 





Bill; and, Kent Railway Bills (1845), and two Peti- 
| tions of Commissioners for improving the Waterside 
| Division of Bermondsey, and a Petition of the same 
| Commissioners against the Bermondsey Improve- 
/ment (No. 2.) Bill, was presented and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to the proper officers 


| to attend accordingly. 


Mr. Lascelles presented a Bill for establishing a Wakeficld 
Market and Market-place in the Town and Borough Market Bill. 
of Wakefield: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Midland Railway Company, Midland Rail. 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said Com- WY (Chelten- 
va : . ham, Warwick 
pany to construct a Railway from Ashchurch to anq Leaming- 
Warwick and Leamington, and a Branch to Chel- ton Line) Bill. 
tenham, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
urdered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Charles 
Douglas and Mr. Hudson. 


A Petition of the Midland Railway Company, for Midland Rail- 
leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said Company way (Glouces- 
to construct a Railway from Gloucester to Stone- Bag Sng “ 
house, and for other purposes connected with*the tion) Bill. 
Bristol and Gloucester lime of the Midland Rail- 
way, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Charles 
Douglas and Mr. Hudson. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Sandwich 
wesses of the town, port and borough of Sandwich, Haven Bill. 
in the county of Kent, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for improving, regulating and maintaining the Haven 
of Sandwich, in the county of Kent, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Sir Zhomas Troubridge and Mr. 
Lindsay. 





A Petition 














Blackburn 
Tmprovement, 
Market, &amp;c., 
Bill. 


Newmarket 
and Chester- 
ford Railway 
(Extension to 
Thetford) Bill, 


Sunderland 
Improvement, 
Markets and 
Bridge Bill. 


Sunderland 
Markets, 
Bridge, Ferries 
and General 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Liskeard and 
Launceston 
Branch 
Railway Bill. 


Wilts, Somer- 
set and Wey- 
mouth Rail- 
way (No. 1.) 
(Bruton, 
Pitcombe, and 
Rodden and 
Bradford De- 
viations) Bill. 


Rochdale 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Leicester 
Waterworks 
Bill, 





10 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of the Commissioners acting in execu- 
tion of the Act thereinafter mentioned, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for amending and enlarging the 
powers and provisions of an Act for improving the 
Streets and Public Places, and erecting a Town Hall, 
and improving the Markets in the Township of 
Bluchburn, in the County Palatine of Zancaster, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wilson Patten and 


Mr. Hornby. 


Petitions from East Dereham ;—Attleborough ;— 
Norwich ;—and, Thetford (two Petitions) ; praying 
that the Newmarket and Chesterford Railway (Ex- 
tension to Thetford) Bill may pass into a law—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Owners of property and Rate- 
payers of the borough of Sunderland, in the county 
of Durham, praying that the Sunderland Improve- 
ment, Markets and Bridge Bill may pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition ofthe Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Sunderland, praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Sunderland Markets, 
Bridge, Ferries and General Improvement Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of William Arundell Harris Arundell, 
of Trebursye, in the parish of South Petherwyn, in 
the county of Cornwall, Esquire, praying that he 
may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 
against certain parts of the Liskeard and Launceston 
Branch Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Kennet and Avon Canal Navigation, praying that 


they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, | 


against certain parts of the Wilts, Somerset and 
Weymouth Railway (No. 1.) (Bruton, Pitcombe, and 
Rodden and Bradford Deviations) Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, agaiust the said Petition. 


A Petition of James Dearden, of Rochdale, in the | 


county of Lancaster, Esquire, praying that he may 
be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against 
certain parts of the Rochdale Waterworks Bill, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Deputies of the Freemen and Free- 
men’s Widows, resident in the town and borough of 
Leicester, appointed and elected under and by virtue 
of a certain Act, intituled, “An Act to repeal so 
much ofan Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of 
Saint Mary, in or near the Borough of Leicester, as 
relates to the Regulation and Management of the 
Freemen’s Allotments, and to make other Provi- 
sions in lieu thereof,” praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Leicester Waterworks 
Bill, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Vou. 102. 





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159 


A Petition of Thomas Smith, of the town of Hert- Great North- 
ford, Architect and Surveyor, praying that he may CHenfnn 
be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against Hatfield and 
certain parts of the Great Northern Railway (Hert- Saint Alban’s 
ford, Hatfield and Saint Alban’s Branch) Bill, was Branch) Bill. 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Petitions of Henry Lawrence, of Ely, in the Isle of Lynn and Ely 
Ely, in the county of Cambridge, Esquire ;——John aeolian - 
Peek and John Hopkin, Surveyors of the highways Bury St. Ed- 
of the parish of Soham, in the county of Cambridge ; ™und’s) Bill. 
—— Reverend Henry Tasker, Clerk, Vicar of the 
parish of Soham, in the county of Cambridge, 
and, of William Staples the elder, and Stephen Dan- 
by, of Soham aforesaid, Farmers, and Robert Fyson, 
of Soham aforesaid, Gentleman ;——and, John Do- 
bede, of Soham, in the county of Cambridge, Es- 
quire; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Lynn and Ely Railway (Extension to Bury 
Saint Edmund’s) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 

A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for Eastern Coun- 
maintaining certain Roads in the County of Cam- poster f - 
bridge, to be called The Stumpcross Roads, praying Bedford, &amp;c.) 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel Bill. 
or agents, against certain parts of the Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway (Cambridge to Bedford, &amp;c.) Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill, and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for Eastern Coun- 
maintaining certain Roads in the County of Cam- (Cambridne 
bridge, to be called The Stumpcross Roads, praying Royston ond 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- Ware Line) 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the Eastern Bi 
Counties Railway (Cambridge, Royston and Ware 
Line) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Robert Benson, of Cockermouth, in Cockermouth 
the county of Cumberland, Gentleman, praying that Improvement 
the Cockermouth Improvement Bill may not pass ~"* 
into a law, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Private Bills. 


A Petition of Sir Percyvall Hart Dyke, of Lul- south Eastern 
lingstone Castle, in the county of Kent, Baronet, and Railway (Mid 
the Reverend Thomas Hart Dyke, Rector of Lul- oe of 
lingstone, in the same county, Clerk, praying that bridge) Bill, 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the South Eastern 
Railway (Mid Kent and Direct Tunbridge) Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Heneage Earl South Eastern 
of Aylesford, praying that he may be heard, by his rie 
counsel or agent, against certain parts of the South yaidstone) 
Eastern Railway (Strood to Maidstone) Bill, was Bil. 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 

x 4 Committee 

















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Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


South Eastern 
Railway 
(Maidstone to 
Chart) Bill. 


A Petition of John Case, of Maidstone, in the 
county of Kent, an Attorney and Solicitor, praying 
that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or 
agent, against certain parts of the South Eastern 
Railway (Maidstone to Chart) Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


South Eastern 
Railway 
(North Kent 
Line) Bill. 


Petitions of Trustees for executing the Act for 
more effectually repairing and otherwise improving 
the Road from the Post Road near Faversham, by 
Bacon’s Water, through Ashford to Hythe, and from 
Bacon’s Water to Castle-street, in the city of Can- 
terbury, all in the connty of Kent, and Trustees of 
the said first-mentioned road ; and, the Ferry 
Warden and Jury of the Isle of Sheppey, in the 
county of Kent; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
rain parts of the South Eastern Railway (North 
Kent Line) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





London, 
Brighton and 
South Coast 
Railway (Kent 
Railway to 
Maidstone, 
Canterbury 
and Tun- 
bridge) Bill. 


Petitions of Zsaac Lyon Baron Goldsmid ;—— 
Right honourable Heneage Earl of Aylesford ;—— 
and, Right honourable Edward Granville Earl of 
Saint Germans; praying that they may be heard, by 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (Kent 
Railway to Maidstone, Canterbury and Tunbridge) 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Great Western 
Railway ( Ex- 
tension ot the 
Berks and 
Ilants Railway 
from Hunger- 
tord to West- 
bury, with a 
Branch to 
Devizes) Bill. 


A Petition of the Mayor and Commonalty and 
Citizens of the city of London, Governors of the 
Possessions, Revenues and Goods of the Hospitals 
of Edward, late King of England the Sixth, of 
Christ, Bridewell and Saint Thomas-the-Apostle, 
(as Governors of Saint Thomas's Hospital aforesaid) ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of 
the Great Western Railway (Extension of the 
Berks and Hants Railway from Hungerford to 
Westbury, with a Branch to Devizes) Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think tit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


London and 
South Western 
Railway (Wi- 
dening, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


A Petition of Edward Hayward, of Heathfield, 
Vine Elms, in the county of Surrey, Esquire, 
praying that he may be heard, by himseli, his 
counsel or agent, against certain parts of the London 
and South Western Railway (Widening, &amp;c.) Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


25° Februari. 





A, 1847. 


Petitions of Commissioners of Drainage and fpswich ana 
Navigation appointed under an Act passed for im- Bury Saint 
proving the Drainage of part of the South Level of — 
the Fens within the Bedford Level, and the Navi- (No. 2) (Ex- 
gation of the Rivers passing through the same, and tension from 
being also owners of land within the said South + lhe al 
Level ;—— William Harlock, the younger, and Newmarket 
John Harlock, of Ely, in the Isle of Ely, in the and Ely) Bill, 
county of Cambridge, Gentleman ;—— Newmarket 
and Chesterfurd Railway Company; John Wells- 
man, of Kentford, in the county of Suffolk; 
and, John Henry Duke of Rutland; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Zpswich and 
Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway (No. 2.) (Extension 
from Bury Saint Edmund's to Newmarket and Ely) 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








A Petition of the Mewmarket and Chesterford Newmarket 
Railway Company, praying that they may be heard, ford Railway 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against CeT- (Repeal of Pros 
tain parts of the Newmarket and Chesterford Rail- vision autho- 
way (Repeal of Provision authorizing the Company N2ns the 


? : ; Cc ny t 
to use the line of the Eastern Counties Railway) ont tas Line 





Bill, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie of the Eastern 


Counties Rail- 

upon the Table. way) Bill 

A Petition of the Newmarket and Chesterford Ipswich ana 
Railway Company, praying that they may be heard, a 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain Railway . 
parts of the Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund's (No. 3.) (Ex- 
Railway (No. 3.) (Extension from Bury Saint Ed- range ang 
mund's to Thetford) Bill, was presented, and read ; Ear 


: » Edmund's to 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. Thetford) Bill. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Salford Union, settlement. 
in the county of Lancaster, praying that any mea- 
sure for the adoption of Union Settlement and 
Union Rating may not pass into law, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Settlement and Poor Removal. 

A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the 
Staines Union, in the county of Middlesex, praying 
the House totally to abrogate the Law of Settlement, 
and establish a National Rate or Assessment for 
the purpose of maintaining the necessitous poor 
during sickness, destitution or old age, was also 
presented, and read ; and referred to the said Select 
Committee. 


Petitions from Overton ;— Helston Union ;—Au- Poor Removal 
gustus James Brine ;—Brinklow ;—and, Bodmin ; A*- 
| praying for the repeal or alteration of the Poor Re- 
moval Act,—were presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Settlement and Poor 
Removal. 





A Petition of Members of the Steam-ship Com- Railway 
panies trading from the Port of Liverpool, praying CO™P2™* 
the House to refuse to Railway Companies the 
power of constructing and owning Steam Vessels, 
and trading with such in conjunction with the 
Railway ; and that such Companies may be re- 
stricted, to their legitimate trade as carriers by 
land, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Vice-President of the Man-€racow. 
chester Commercial Association, praying the House 
to adopt measures to restore the City of Cracow to 
that commercial position which she occupied prior 
to her annexation to the Austrian Empire, was pre- 


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





Petitions 











Run, &amp;c. 


Factories. 


Factories Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Act. 


Poor Law 
(Ireland.) 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Reform of 
Parliament 
Act. 


Breweries and 


Distilleries. 


Ministers’ 
Money 
(Ireland.) 


Anatomy Act. 


Union with 
Ireland, 


Roman 
Catholie 
Relief Bill. 





10 Victroriz. 


Petitions from Dublin;—and, Macroom; praying 
the House not to sanction the proposed measure 
for reducing the duty on Rum and other Colonial 
Spirits imported into Ireland,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Factory Workers in the employ of 
William Cross, being at Greengrove, in the town- 
ship of Wiredale and Wardle, praying the House 
to pass a Ten Hours Bill for all minors and females 
employed in Factories, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Crayford, in the 
county of Kent, praying that the Factories Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Robert Penny, junior, and Ralph 
Wood; and, Kingston-upon-Hull; praying that 
the said Bill may not pass into a law,—were also 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
‘Table. 


A Petition of the Grand Jury of the county of 
Kilkenny, praying that the House will be pleased, 
by legislative enactment, to cause a portion of the 
parish of Kilculliheen, which forms a portion of 
the county of Waterford, to be annexed to the 
barony of Jda, in the county of Kilkenny, for mu- 
nicipal purposes, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from New Ross ; — Athlone ;—Town 
Commissioners of Mallow (Clerk) ;—Kanturk ;— 
Kilkenny ;—and, Poor Law Union of Killarney; 
praying for an Amendment of the Poor Law in Jre- 
land, by equalizing the payment of the Poor-rates 
over the entire of each Union,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Justices and Cess-payers, forming 
the Extraordinary Presentment Sessions of the 
barony of Cremorne, in the county of Monaghan, 
praying that the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill may 
not pass into a law, as it now stands,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Hertford;—and, Bilston (Chair- 
man); praying for the repeal of that portion of 
the Reform of Parliament Act commonly called 
the Rate-paving Clauses,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Cuthbert Stella ;—and, Com- 
mittee of the Cirencester Temperance Society (Chair- 
man); praying the House no longer to permit the 
use of grain in Breweries and Distilleries,—were 
ears and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Kilkenny ;—and, Dublin; praying 
the House to pass an Act prohibiting the levying or 
collection of Ministers’ Money in corporate cities 
and towns in Lreland,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bradford, praying 
the House to appoint a Committee to investigate 
the working of the Anatomy Act, with a view to its 


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


A Petition of Town Commissioners of the bo- 
rough of New Ross, in the county of Wexford, 
praying for repeal of the Legislative Union between 
Great Britain and Ireland, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Christchurch (Hants) ;——and, 
Alternun; praying that the Roman Catholic Relief 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vou. 102. 


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161 


habitants of the borough of Manchester, praying 
that all duty on Salt, whether manufactured in or 
imported into Zndia, may forthwith cease, and that 
the manufacture thereof by the East India Com- 
pany be at the earliest practicable period discon- 
tinued, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


district of Cambridge, complaining of the inadequacy 
of their remuneration; and praying the House to 
take their case into consideration, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


vernment of the British Indian Empire, stating 
that they are deeply interested in the welfare of 
his highness Purtaub Sing, the ex-Rajah of Sat- 
tara, who has been accused of hostility to the British 
Government, forcibly deposed and exiled from his 
dominions upon this charge, and denied for seven 
years the means of being heard in his own defence ; 
and praying the House to adopt measures to secure 
to that Prince the opportunity of examining the 
charges which have been brought against him, the 
evidence in support of the same, and of bringing 
forth the proofs of his innocence, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


isting duty on the importation of Willow Squares 
may be raised to one shilling per dozen, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


suggesting a scheme of Church Reform ; viz., that 
the number of provinces and dioceses in England 
be doubled ; that all the Bishops be relieved from 
legislative duties in the House of Lords ; that all 
the episcopal incomes be considerably reduced, and 
the money applied to an increase in the number of 
working clergy; that the existing cathedral esta- 
blishments be charged with the cure of souls in 
certain districts assigned to their several members 
in their respective cities or towns, and that they 
may become seminaries for clergymen; that a salu- 
tary and wholesome Church discipline be established 
by the formation of diocesan councils, to be advisa- 
tory and ancillary to the Bishops; and praying that 
the aforesaid plan may receive the favourable consi- 
deration of the House, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Roman Catholic Clergymen of the dioceses of Cloyne 
and Ross, in the county of Cork, praying for the 
energetic interference of the House to arrest the 
progress of the Famine in Jreland, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Ereter, praying for 
the repeal of the Duties on Windows, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Martin-in-the- 
Fields, praying the House to cause a law to be 
enacted to lower the Rents of Houses, where the 
working classes and mechanics are obliged to reside, 
so that a mechanic or labourer may be enabled to 
occupy two rooms, for the accommodation of his 
family; to establish a system of out-door relief to 
mechanics that are thrown out of employment in 
the winter season; and that agents or other parties 
who have the letting of houses may be debarred 
from stripping the tenants of the last vestige, on 





yu behalf 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Salt (East 
Bankers, Merchants, Manufacturers and other in- India.) 


A Petition of Assessors and Collectors of Pro- Tax Assessors 
perty, Income, Land and Assessed Taxes for the and Coliectors. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Mary-le-bone, Raja of 
and others interested in the welfare and good go- Sattara. 


A Petition of Willow Square Manufacturers, re- Willow 
sident in the Tower Hamlets, praying that the ex- Squares. 


A Petition of the Reverend John Jordan, Vicar Church of 
of Enstone, in the county and diocese of Oxford, England. 


Famine in 
Treland. 


Windows. 


Rents of 
Houses, &amp;c. 








4 








SN. DF 


eer ates 


Payment of 
Wages Act. 


Landlord and 
Tenant 
( Ireland.) 


Lighthouses, 
&amp;e. 


Shipping, &amp;c. 


Tea. 


Attornies 
Certificates. 


Trade and 
Navigation. 


No. 105. 





162 


behalf of rent, when unable to pay, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the National Associa- 
tion of United Trades for the Protection of Industry, 
and the employment of labour, praying for amend- 
ment of the Payment of Wages Act, so as effectually 
to protect the parties intended to be benefited 
thereby, and to substitute imprisonment for the 
penalties at present enforced by the said Act, was 
soa and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Tenant Farmers of Broughshane, 
and its vicinity, in the county of Antrim, stating that 
they conceive that the law between Landlord and 
Tenant in Jreland is unjust, leaving the tenant in 
the power of the landlord, who not unfrequently 
turns the tenants’ improvements to his own advan- 
tage; and praying the House to pass such an enact- 
ment as will secure the Tenant-right to the farmer, 
so that industry may be encouraged, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Blyth;—Padstow;—Newry ;— 
Portmadoc;—and, Whitstable; praying the House 
to pass a law in accordance with the recommenda- 
tions of the Select Committee on Lighthouses, &amp;c., 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Browne, of Warkworth 
Harbour, in the county of Northumberland, Ship- 
owner, praying the House to inquire into the 
subject of lights and harbour dues, and the taxes 
on materials and things used in the construction and 
maintenance of ships, and also into the encourage- 
ment of British Seamen and Fishermen, as well as 
Boatmen and Pilots, and that he may be heard 
before the Select Committee appointed to inquire 
into the Navigation Laws, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from ZLeeds;—and, Stalybridge; praying 
for a reduction of the duty on Tea,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors of Devizes, 
in the county of Wilts, praying that they may be 
relieved from the payment of the Annual Duties on 
their Certificates, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—An Acconnt of the Imports of the Prin- 
cipal Articles of Foreign and Colonial Merchandize, 
of the Consumption of such Articles, and of the 
Customs Duties received thereon, in the year ended 
5th January 1847, compared with the Imports, 
Consuniption and Receipts of the preceding year. 

An Account of the Exports of the Principal Ar- 
ticles of Foreign and Colonial Merchandize, in the 
year ended 5th January 1847, compared with the 
Exports of the preceding year. 

An Account of the Exports of the Principal 
Articles of British and Irish Produce and Manu- 
factures, in the year ended 5th January 1847, com- 
pared with the Exports of the preceding year. 

An Account of the Gross and Net Produce of the 
Duties of Customs, in the year ended 5th January 
1847, compared with the Produce of the preceding 
year, 

An Account of the Number and Tonnage of 
Vessels, distinguishing the Countries to which they 
belonged, which entered inwards and cleared out- 
wards, in the year ended 5th January 1847, com- 
pared with the Entries and Clearances of the pre- 
ceding year, stated exclusively of Vessels in Ballast, 
and of those employed in the Coasting Trade 
between Great Britain and Ireland. 


25° Februari. 











A. 1847. 


An Account of the Number and Tonnage of 
Vessels, which entered inwards and cleared out- 
wards with Cargoes, at the several Ports of the 
United Kingdom, during the year ended 5th Ja- 
nuary 1847, compared with the Entries and Clear- 
ances of the preceding year, distinguishing the 
Vessels employed in the intercourse between Great 
Britain and Ireland from other Coasters. 

Mr. Milner Gibson also presented, pursuant to Feclesiastical 
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copies Commission. 
of Orders in Council ratifying Schemes of the 
Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, to the 
end of 1846, (in continuation of the Papers laid 
before the House, on the 15th February 1847.) 


Copy of Order in Council for giving privileges of International 
Copyright to Prussian Authors, under the 7 and 8 Copytisht. 
Vic., c. 12. 

Copy of Order in Council reducing Duties on 
Prussian Books and Engravings, under the 9 and 
10 Vic., c. 58. 

Copy of Order in Council for giving privileges of 
Copyright to Saxon Authors, under the 7 and 8 
Vee. e. 12, 

Copy of Order in Council for reducing Duties on 
Saxon Books and Engravings, under the 9 and 10 
Vic., c. 58. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Accounts relative to Trade and 
Navigation, be printed. 


Mr. Hawes presented, pursuant to Order,— Differential 
Copies of all Memorials and Representations from a, ; 
Canada, and other Colonies, respecting the Differ- aimee 
ential Duties on Goods imported into the Colonies, 
and respecting the operation and effect of the 
British Navigation Laws on their Commerce, since 
1845. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Queen's 
Copies of all Correspondence since the 1st day of Saran 
January 1846, respecting the arrangement made by § oo 
the Treasury, on the expiration of the Queen’s 
Printer’s Patent in Jreland, for the several matters 
of business formerly done by them. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, portland Har- 
Copies of the Reports and Plan submitted to the bour of Refuge 
Board of Admiralty for a Harbour of Refuge and a 
Breakwater at the Isle of Portland, in the County ~~ 
of Dorset; and the Minute of the Board of Ad- 
mira!ty and Treasury approving of the same:—And, 
of the Correspendence with the Treasury, and an 
Estimate of the probable Expense to be incurred for 
the Purchase of Land, and for the formation of the 
Breakwater and Harbour, as approved of. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Military Sav- 
a Statement of the Military Savings Banks, from ings Banks. 
the Date of the last Return, showing the Total Sums 
deposited, and withdrawn, for the period compre- 
hended in the Return, and the Stations in which 
the several Regiments were quartered. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Robert Lang- 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased *!ow, Esquire 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of all Documents and other Evidence 
forming the ground for the Dismissal from Office of 
Robert Langslow, Esquire, one of the District 
Judges of Ceylon; and, also, of the subsequent 
Correspondence relating to such dismissal. 

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


Resolved, ‘That an humble Address be presented Sugar Duties. 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that tiere be laid before this 
House, 


Tenan 
Cirela: 


Mr. \ 
Inver 


Expi 
Law: 


Gr 
ern 
(ih 
Ha 
Sai 
Br: 


Fa 











ical 
on. 


nal 


a Ve 


Tenants 
(ireland) Bill. 


Mr. Warner's 
Invention. 


Expiring 
Laws. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
(Hertford, 
Hatfield and 
Saint Alban’s 
Branch) Bill. 


Factories. 


No. 106. 


Turnpike 
Trusts (South 
Wales.) 


No. 107. 


Factories Bill. 
No. 108 


Poor Rates 
(Ireland) Bil 


Markets and 
Fairs Clauses 
Bill. 


No. 109, 





10 Vicrorte. 25° Februari. 163 


House, Copies of any Memorials to Her Majesty | 
from the Island of Jamaica, and from the other 
West India Colonies, respecting the Sugar Duties ; 
together with Copies of the Replies thereto. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
secure the Rights of Occupying Tenants in /reland, 
and thereby to promote the Improvement of the 
Soil, and the Employment of the Labouring 
Classes: And that Mr. Sharman Crawford and Mr. 
Blake do prepare, and bring it in. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Report of Officers appointed to make a Trial 
of Mr. Warner’s Long Range, addressed to the 
Master General of the Ordnance. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to in- 
quire what temporary Laws of a public and general 
nature are now in force, and what Laws of the like 
nature have expired since the last Report upon the 
subject; and also, what Laws of the like nature are 
about to expire at particular periods, or in conse- 
quence of any contingent public event; and to re- 
port the same, with their Observations thereupon, to 
the House :—And a Committee was appointed of 
Mr. Parker, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Attorney-General, 
Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Greene, the Lord Advocate, 
the O’ Conor Don, Viscount Ebrington, Mr. Gibson 
Craig, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Ward, Mr. Milner Gibson, 
Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Sheil and Mr. Secre- 
tary at War; with Power to send for persons, pa- 
pers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Sarah Chambers, 
of Port Vale House, in the borough of Hertford,Wi- 
dow, which was presented upon Monday last, pray- 
ing that she may be heard, by herself, her counsel 
or agent, against certain parts of the Great North- 
ern Railway (Hertford, Hatfield and Saint Alban’s 
Branch) Bill, be referred to the Committee on the 
Bill; and the Petitioner heard, by herself, her 
counsel oragent, upon her Petition, if she think fit ; 
and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the 
said Petition. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Factories, 
which was presented upon the 17th day of this in- 
stant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Abstract, relative to Turnpike 
Trusts (South Wales), which was presented upon 
Tuesday last, be printed. 


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


The Poor Rates (Zreland) Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House for Thursday, the 
11th day of March next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Markets and Fairs 
Clauses Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Thursday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 

VoL. 102. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Commis- 
into a Committee upon the Commissioners Clauses C7C*. pin 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. N eo 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- ~® _ 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Thursday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Gas Works 
into a Committee upon the Gas Works Clauses Bill ; Clauses Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- No. 111. 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Thursday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Waterworks 
into a Committee upon the Waterworks Clauses ©!uses Bill 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. No. 112, 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Thursday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Barracks. 
Returns stating the Number of Barracks for the 
Royal Artillery, Engineers, and Army in the United 
Kingdom, distinguishing England, Scotland, and 
Treland, whete situated, and the areas in square feet 
of the Buildings and of the Parade Grounds attached 
thereto; the Date of erection, if known, and the 
Materials of which built; the Number of Officers 
and Men each Barrack is calculated to accommo- 
date; the Number of Men, Women, and Children 
usually occupying it; also what Regulations there 
are respecting the accommodation of married Non- 
commissioned Officers and Soldiers; the greatest 
Number of Men, Women, and Children lodged in 
each of these Barracks and Rooms thereof, at any 
one time in 1846 ; the Number of Rooms, distinguish- 
ing those for the use of the Officers, Non-commis- 
sioned Officers, and Privates severally, the dimen- 
sions, length, and width of each Room ; the Number 
of Men each Room is regulated to hold compared 
with the cubic feet or space of each Room ; the Num- 
ber of Windows in each Room ; the Number of Fire- 
places, and any other means of Ventilation in each 
Room ; how the Barracks are supplied with Water, 
whether from Wells or Rivers, and whether laid on 
in each Floor of the Barrack, or in each Room used 
for cooking, or in what part of the building, and 
whether there is a sink or pipe for the waste or refuse 
Water; also, whether the Barracks are drained, 
and how; what accommodation each Barrack affords 
for cooking, for the Men bathing, for washing, and 
for the Men cleaning their Clothes and Accoutre- 
ments, and other necessaries ; and in what parts of 
the Building these several places are situated, and 
whether the Floors of the Barrack are planked or 
laid with stone or brick ; the Numbers and Charge 
of the whole Establishment of each Barrack (Barrack- 
inasters, Barrack-serjeants, and Labourers), so as to 
exhibit the entire Expense of the Barrack Establish- 
ment in the year; the Expense of building and re- 
pairs at each Barrack, and aii other contingent 
Charges, so as to exhibit the aggregate Charge for 
Building and Repairs, for each Barrack, in the last 
year; the Total Amount of Barrack Damages paid 











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Public Works 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 113, 


Vice Admi- 
ralty Courts, 


Spirits and 
Silk. 
No. 114. 


Shipping, 
Exports, &amp;c. 


No. 115. 


Distress 
( Scotland.) 


Sewers ( West- 
minster. ) 


164 


by Officers and Men respectively in each Barrack, 
in the year 1846 :—Of the Amount of Canteen-rent 
received at each Barrack, and the Aggregate Amount 
of the Rent of all the Barrack Canteens, and how 
the same was appropriated inthe year; the Regula- 
tions regarding the kind of Spirits, Beer, Coffee, 
and other articles sold in the Canteens, stating 
by whom the Prices are fixed, and whether any Com- 
mittee of Officers or men have the management 
of the Canteen:—Of the Reading Rooms in each 
Barrack for Non-commissioned Officers and Privates, 
the dimensions, and whether supplied with Books or 
other articles by Government, or by subscription of 
the Officers or Privates, and at what Total Expense 
it is conducted in the year :—Showing whether any 
and what accommodation exists in each Barrack for 
Schools for the Soldiers or their Children, the average 
daily Number of each in attendance on the School 
in the year 1846, and from what Funds the Teachers 
and requisite Articles are supplied, and the Expense 
thereof; and what places and means of Amusements 
are attached to the Barracks, and also whether any 
and what kind of Rooms or other places are prepared 
for confinement for minor offences in the Regiment 
or Corps :—And, of the dimensions of the Wards 
in the Hospital, and the Number of Wards, how the 
Wards are ventilated, and the Number of Patients 
each Ward is calculated to accommodate, and the 
space in cubic feet allowed for each. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy ofa Letter from the Board of Public Works 
in Ireland, dated the 11th day of February 1847, on 
the subject of Presentments, for the period which 
may intervene between the present time and the 
carrying out the new Arrangements for relieving the 
Destitute in certain Districts in Ireland, with Minute 
of the Board of Treasury thereon. 

Mr. Parker accordingly presented the said Paper. 

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


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Orders,—A Re- 
turn from the several Vice-Admiralty Courts (accord- 
ing to the Schedule annexed to the Act 5 and 6 
Vic. c. 91) of all Cases which have been adjudged in 
the said Courts respectively, from the 10th day of 
August 1842 to the latest period at which the same 
can be made. 

Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of Janu- 
ary last, for an Account showing, for each of the 
last Five years, the Quantities brought to charge of 
Foreign, of Colonial, and of British Spirits, respec- 
tively; the Values of the imported Silk Manufac- 
tures brought to Charge at the Customs, and of the 
Silk Manufactures exported, in the several years 
respectively ; also the Quantities of Raw Silk im- 
ported in each year (so far as relates to the Excise 
Department). 

A Return showing, for each vear, from 1816 to 
1845, inclusive, the Number of Vessels and of Ton- 
nage entered inwards and cleared outwards at each 
of the Twelve principal Ports of the United Kingdom 


respectively ; also, the official and declared Values | 


of the Exports, and official Value of the Imports, for 
each of the said Ports, during the same years re- 
spectively. 

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


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Correspondence from July 1846 
to February 1847, relating to the Measures adopted 
for the Relief of the Distress in Scotland. 

Sir George Grey also presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of Au- 


gust, in the last Session of Parliament,—Copies of 


25°—26° Februari. 





A, 1847. 


| of the Commission of Westminster Sewers; of the 
_ Reply furnished by the Commissioners, by the Or- 
der of Sir James Graham; and of the two subse- 
quent Statements on the alleged Abuses in ques- 
tion, transmitted by the Commissioners and Mr. 
Leslie to the Home Department, or the Office of 
Woods and Forests; with Copy of any Letter on 
this subject which may have been addressed by Sir 
James Graham, as Home Minister, to the Lord 
Chancellor Lyndhurst. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Veneris, 26° die Februarii ; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


Me Ewing, from the Office of the Accountant 
in Bankruptcy, was called in; and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to the directions of several Acts 
of Parliament,— A Statement of the Amount trans- 
ferred and paid out as Dividends, of the Amount paid 
by Orders of the Court and of the Judges, from the 
31st day of December 1845 to 1st January 1847; 
also showing the unappropriated Balances existing 
on the following Accounts, and standing to the Ac- 
count of Richard Clarke, Esquire, the Accountant 
in Bankruptcy, on the 1st January 1847; viz., Ist. 
The Bankruptcy Fund Account; 2d. The Interest 
arising from the Bankruptcy Fund Account; 3d. 
The Unclaimed Dividend Account ; 4th. The Secre- 
tary of Bankrupts’ Account ; 5th. The Secretary of 
Bankrupts’ Compensation Account; together with 
Appendices to the two last-named Accounts, of the 
Payments made, to whom, and whether as Salaries, 
Compensatious or other Allowances :—And tien he 
withdrew. 

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





Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 22d, 23d and 24th 
days of this instant February, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 


Friday last, That the London (City) Small Debts 
Bill be now read a second time ; 

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

And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 





the Affirmative :—The Bill was accordingly read a 
second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of the Leeds, Dewsbury and Man- 
chester Railway Company, for leave to bring m a 
Bill for enabling the said Company to make a Branch 
Railway to Ossett, and to provide additional Station 
accommodation in the town of Dewsbury, and at or 
near Morley, all in the West Riding of the county of 
| York, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
_ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Beckett 
‘and Mr, Aldam. 
| 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 
Railway from the Cambridge Line of the Eastern 
Counties Railway, at Cambridge, to the Great 


Bankruptcy. 


Public Peti- 
tions (Ninth 
Report.) 


London (City) 


adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed upon —_ Debts 


Leeds, Dews- 
bury and 
Manchester 
Railway (Os- 
sett Branch 
and Dewsbury 
and Morley 
Stations) Bill 


Cambridge, 
Saint Neot’s 
and Bedford 
Junction 


the Statement transmitted by Mr. John Leslie to Northern Railway, at or near Saint Neot’s, in the Railway Bill. 
County of Huntingdon: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 

A Petition 


the Secretary of State for the Home Department, 
complaining of the Constitution and Administration 





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Waterford 
Road Bill. 


Waterford 
Road Bill. 


Great Indian 
Peninsula 
Railway Bill. 


Ayr Harbour 
Bill. 


Rutherglen 

and Strath- 
bungo Road 
Bill. 


Norwich 
Small Tene- 
ments Bill. 


London and 
North West- 
ern Railway 
(Lime-street, 
Liverpool, 
Station Exten- 
sion, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Bolton 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Vale of Neath 
Railway Bill. 


South Wales 
Railway Bill. 


Swansea 
Valley Rail. 
way Bill. 








10 VicToRiz. 


A Petition of Noblemen and Gentlemen of the } 


county of Waterford, for leave to bring in a Bill to, 
repeal the Waterford Turnpike-road Act, was pre- 
sented and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of Mr. 
May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills ; That in the case of the Petition for the Water- 


ford Road Bill, the Standing Orders had not been 


complied with, as no notices for the said Bill were 
published in the Dublin Gazette, or in any news- 
paper in the county. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the There-undersigned, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for iucorporating a Company, to be 
called The Great Indian Peninsula Railway Com- 
pany, and for giving powers to the East India Com- 
pany and the Governor-General of Zndiain Council, 
to enable the said Railway Company to make a 
Railway from Bombay to Alleh, with Extensions to 
Mhuse and the Pera River, and Branches or Ex- 
tensions to Sholapoor, Hyderabad, Kandeish, In- 
dore and Hoshungabad, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. William John Hamilton and Sir Howard 
Douglas. 


Lord James Stuart presented a Bill for further 
improving and maintaining the Harbour of Ayr: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Lord James Stuart presented a Bill for making 
and maintaining a ‘Turnpike-road from the Burgh of 
Rutherglen to the Village of Strathbungo, in the 
Counties of Lanark and Renfrew: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


The Norwich Small Tenements Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill to empower 
the London and North Western Railway Company 
to enlarge their Stations at Liverpool and Crewe, 
and for other Purposes: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


The Bolton Improvement Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Viscount Villiers presented a Bill for enabling 
the Vale of Neath Railway Company to construct 
certain New Lines of Railway in connection with 
the Vale of Neath Railway, and for other Pur- 
poses: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Viscount Villiers presented a Bill for making 
certain New Lines of Railway in connection with 
the South Wales Railway, and certain Alterations 
in the Line of the said Railway, and for other Pur- 
poses: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Viscount Villiers presented a Bill for making a 
Railway from Abercrave Farm, in the Parish of 
Ystradgunlais, in the County of Brecon, to Swan- 
sea, in the County of Glamorgan, with Branches, to 
be called The Swansea Valley Railway: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 








You. 102. 


26° Februari. 165 


The York and North Midland Railway (East york ana 
Riding Canals Purchase) Bill was read a second North Mid- 
time; and committed. _ —— 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- -~ ag 


mittee of Selection. chase) Bill. 


The York and North Midland Railway (Harro- York and 
gate Branch, Boroughbridge and Knaresborough fand Raileay 
Extension) Bill was read a second time; and com- (Harrogate 
mitted. Branch, Bo- 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ae 

: Ff Selective and Knares- 
mittee of Selection. borough Ex- 
. . ; ‘ tension) Bill. 

The York and North Midland Railway (Knotting- york and 
ley Branch) Bill was read a second time ; and com- North Mid- 
mitted land Railway 

: Tl } ten veda wT (Knottingley 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Branch) Biil. 


mittee of Selection. 


The York and Newcastle Railway (Pelaw, Tyne york and 
Dock, &amp;c., Branches) Bill was read a second time ; Newcastle 
and committed. os 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ey ogy 
mittee of Selection. Branches) Bill. 


The York and Newcastle and Newcastle and York and 
Berwick Railways Amalgamation Bill was read a Pe pcs 
second time ; and committed. pincer 
y : Cc all- 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ways Amalga- 
mittee of Selection. mation Bill. 


Sir De Lacy Evans presented a Bill for carrying Charing Cross 
into effect a Contract by the Charing Cross Bridge Bridge Bill. 
Company for the Sale of the Charing Cross Bridge 
to William Jackson, Esquire, and others, and for 
dissolving the Company: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Duncan presented a Bill to enable the Na- National Mer- 
tional Mercantile Life Assurance Society to sue and cantile Life 
be sued in the name ofa Nominal Party, and for QSS¢7°"e° 
other Purposes relating to the said Company: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to 


be read a second time. 


ociety Bill. 


Mr. Duncan presented a Bill to enable the Lon- Blandford and 
don and South Western Railway Company to make ate Bill 
a Railway from Blandford, in the county of Dorset, ““"~*Y 
to Bruton, in the county of Somerset: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Sir Thomas Troubridge presented a Bill for im- Sandwich 
proving, regulating, and maintaining the Haven of Haven Bill. 
Sandwich, in the county of Kent: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Gibson Craig presented a Bill to vest the painbureh 
Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway, the Balloch- and Glasgow, 
ney Railway, and the Slamannan Railway, in the Mouklant and 
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company: And Raliochney ’ 


the same was read the first time; and ordered to and Slaman- 


be read a second time. nan Railways 
Amalgama- 


tion, Sale or 
Lease Bill. 
Mr. Gibson Craig presented a Bill for construct- swansea 
ing and maintaining Docks, and other Works, at Docks Bill. 
or near the south side of the Town of Swansea, be- 
tween Fabian’s Bay and the Swansea Infirmary, in 
the Town and Franchise of Swansea, and Parish of 
Swansea, in the County of Glamorgan: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Gibson Craig presented a Bill for supplying Staffordshire 
with Water certain Parts of the Staffordshire Pot- peri 

: aterworks 
teries and the Town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, and pili. 
several Townships and Places adjoining or near 
thereto: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 

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166 


Terrington Mr. Gibson Craig presented a Bill for dividing, 
porno allotting, and inclosing certain open Marshes and 
ne and Waste Lands inthe Township of Terrington, in the 


Inclosure Bill. County of Norfolk: And the same was read the 
firsttime ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Wisbech Port Mr. Gibson Craig presented a Bill to amend an 

and Harbour Act for preserving and improving the Port and 

= Harbour of Wisbech, in the Isle of Ely: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Swansea The Swansea Harbour Bill was read a second 
Harbour Bill. time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Sheffield, Ro- The Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster Junction 


oe Railway (Musbrough to Doncaster) Bill was, ac- 
Junction Rail. cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 


way (Mas- mitted. 

brough to Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

Doncaster) ? 4 : 

Bill. mittee of Selection. 

Blackburn Mr. Hornby presented a Bill for amending and 

ag enlarging the Powers and Provisions of an Act for 

Bill alanis improving the Streets and Public Places, and erect- 
ing a Town Hall and improving the Markets in the 
Township of Blackburn, in the County Palatine of 
Lancaster: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 

Chiltenham The Cheltenham Waterworks Bill was read a 

— second time; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Harwich and =Mr. Gisborne presented a Bill for constructing 
Eastern Coun- 9 Railway from the Port or Harbour of Harwich, in 
ties Junction . ie . 
Railway and the County of Essex, to the Parish of Ardleigh, in 
Picr (from the said County, and for constructing a Pier in the 
Harwich to said Port or Harbour, in connection with such Rail- 
the Eastern . : 

way: And the same was read the first time; and 


Union Rail- : 
way at Ard- ordered to be read a second time. 


leigh) Bill. 
Mold Railway A Petition of Persons whose names are there- 
- unto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
making a Railway from Mold, in the county of 
Flint, to join the Chester and Holyhead Railway, 
in the parish of Hawarden, in the same county, with 
Branches, to be called The Mold Railway, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir Stephen Glynne and 
Mr. Alderman Thompson. 


Private Bills Ordered, That. the Select Committee appointed 
(First Report.) to continue the Inquiry into the Private Business 
No. 116. of the House, the Expenses attending the obtaining 
of all Private Bills, including all the Expenses of 
the opponents as well as the promoters of Bills, 
and the taxing of Expenses thereto, have power to 
report their Observations and Opinicn thereupon 

from time to time. 

Mr. Hume reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; That they had considered the matter to 
them referred; and directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

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


Ipswich and 
Bury Saint 


Mr. Lane Fox presented a Bill to amend the 
Edwrund’s Acts relating to the Zpswich and Bury Saint Ed- 
Railway mund’s Railway Company, and jor making a Rail- 
(Branch from way from the Line of the Jpswich and Bury Saint 
re rome Edmund's Railway, at or near tu Stowmarket, to Sud- 

° bury, with a Branch therefrom: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Liverpool 


QM Februari. 











A, 1847. 


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


Mr. Greene presented a Bill for paving, lighting, Tunstall Pav- 
watching, cleansing and otherwise improving the )ie, Lighting, 
Town and Neighbourhood of Tunstall, in the county Watching, 
of Stafford, and for improving and regulating the Improvenx xt 
Market-place and Markets therein: And the same 2nd Market 
was read the first time; and ordered to be reada 
second time. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to enlarge the Dublin, Dun- 
Powers of the Dublin, Dundrum and Rathfarnham a 
Railway Act, 1846, and to enable the Company to Railway (Ex. 
make an Extension to Stephen’s Green: And the tension to 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be Stephen's 


Green) Bill. 
read asecond time. = 


A Petition of the Oxford, Worcester and Wol- Oxford, Wor- 
verhampton Railway Company, for leave to bring in el 5 
a Bill to enable the said Company to make a Rail- ton Relteer 
way from Stourbridge to join their Railway near (No. 2.) (Ex- 
Dudley, and to Halesowen, with certain Branches fnsions and 

: mendment) 
therefrom, and for other Purposes, was presented, p31), 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Spooner and Sir Denis Le 


Marchant. 


A Petition of the Birmingham and Oxford Junc- Birmingham 
tion Railway Company, and the Birmingham, Wol- = besangge 
verhampton and Dudley Railway Company, and the rd 
Great Western Railway Company, for leave to Wolverhamp- 
bring in a Bill for uniting the Birmingham and Ox- ten and Dud- 
ford Junction Railway Company and the Birming- ybbe crete. 
ham, Wolverhampton and Dudley Railway Com- Bill. ~ 
pany into one Company, and for authorizing the 
Sale of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Dud- 
ley Railway, and other new Works, to the Great 
Western Railway Company, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Spooner and Mr. Muntz. 


The Newbury Cemetery Bill was read a second Newbury 
time; and committed. Cemetery Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Northampton and Banbury Railway Bill Northampton 
was read a second time ; and committed. and Banbury 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ny ae 
mittee of Selection. 


The Sutton Harbour Improvement Bill was read Sutton Har- 
a second time; and committed. bour Improve- 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-™™* BU 
mittee of Selection. 


The House was moved, That the following para- Great North- 
graph of the Second Report of the Classification yoecsrind 
Committee of Railway Bills might be read; and jetween Pe- 
the same was read ; viz. terborough, 

“ Your Commitiee recommend that the Great — and 
Northern Railway Bill (Deviations between Peter- pi, wed 
borough, Boston and Doncaster) be divided into two 
Bills, the one to contain the Deviations near Don- 
caster, the other the remaining Deviations, and that 
the first Bill be referred to Group No. 31, the second 
Bill to Group No. 28.” 

The Order made upon Wednesday last, for refer- 
ring the said Bill to the Committee of Selection, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Great Nor:)- 
enable the Great Northern Railway Company to ¢™ Railway 
divert the Line of their Railway, as already autho- tig 
rized, between Gainsborough and Doncaster : And borough and 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill for lighting the; that Mr. Astell, Mr. Beckett Denison and a. Ser) 


Guardian Gas Borough and Town of Liverpool with Gas: And | Christopher do prepare, and bring it in. 


Bill. 


Ordered, 





Rocl 
Wat 
Bill. 


Shefi 
ther] 
Don 
Junc 
way 

bron: 
Don 
Bill. 








e- 





Great North- 
ern Railway 
(Deviation 
between 
Peterborough, 
Boston and 
Gainsbo- 
rough) Bill. 


Swansea and 
Amman Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


South Devon 
Railway Ex- 
tension and 
Amendment 
Bill. . 


Rochdale 
Waterworks 


Sheffield, Ro- 
therham and 
Doncaster 
Junction Rail- 
way (Mas- 
brough to 
Doncaster) 
Bill. 





10 Victoria. 96° Februari. 167 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to 
enable the Great Northern Railway Company to 
make certain Alterations in the Line of their Rail- 
way, as already authorized, between Peterborough, 
Boston and Gainsborough: And that Mr. Astell, 
Mr. Beckett Denison and Mr. Christopher do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Morris presented a Bill for making a Rail- 
way from the Swansea Vale Railway, at Ynisymond, 
in the Parish of Cadoxton, to Nantmelyn, in the 
Parish of Llangefelach, both in the County of Gla- 
morgan, with Branches: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time, 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills ; That in the case of the Petition for the 
South Devon Railway Extension and Amendment 
Bill,the Standing Orders had not been complied with, 
in the following instances: On the Section deposited 
inthe Private Bill Office, the vertical heights from the 
datum line to the line of Railway, at a change of gra- 
dient about 3 chains beyond 18 miles 1 furlong, and 
at another change of gradient 2 chains beyond 18 
miles 2 furlongs, are erroneously marked 294 feet 
6 inches, instead of 429 feet 6 inches; at a point situ- 
ate between 1 and 2 chains beyond the point marked 
23 miles 4 furlongs on the said Section, the height 
of the rails above the surface of the ground, and the 
extreme height of embankment, are marked as being 
97 feet, whereas the same, according to the scale, 
should have been marked 85 feet; James March is 
incorrectly inserted in the Book of reference depo- 
sited in the Private Bill Office, as the occupier of 
the property No. 77, in the parish of Bickleigh, 
whereas William Northmore should have been in- 
serted therein as the occupier, and the said William 

Yorthmore has not received any application in re- 
spect of the said property; Edwin Scobell is and 
was, previous to the 30th November last, lessee of 
certain lands in the parish of Bickleigh, numbered 
respectively 77, 82, 84, 85, 86 and 87, but his name 
is not inserted in the Book of Reference as lessee 
thereof, nor has he received any application in writ- 
ing in respect thereof; Thomas Button is the occu- 
pier of a certain coppice, a portion of which is within 
the limits of deviation, and is numbered 27, in the 
parish of Bickleigh, but his name is not inserted in 
the Book of Reference. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That the Petition of James Dearden, 
Esquire,which was presented yesterday, praying that 
he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 
against certain parts of the Rochdale Waterworks Bill, 
be referred to the Committee on the Bill; and the 
Petitioner heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 
upon his Petition, if he think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions from Balby-cum-Hexthorpe ; — Conis- 
brough ;— Rotherham ;—and, Doncaster; praying 
that the Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster Junc- 
tion Railway (Masbrough to Doncaster) Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of the Right honourable Charles Wii- 
liam Wentworth Fitzwilliam, Earl Fitzwilliam, 
an Owner, and of other Owners and Occupiers of 
estates, lands and other hereditaments on the line 
of the proposed Railway thereinafter mentioned ; 
George Walker and others, Owners and Occu- 
piers of estates, land and other hereditaments on 
the line of the proposed Railway thereinafter men- 
tioned ; and, John Fullerton and others, Owners 








and Occupiers of estates, land and other heredita- 

ments on the line of the proposed Railway therein- 

after mentioned ; praying that the said Bill may not 
VoL. 102. 





pass into a law,—were also presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of James Cox and others, Inhabitants South Eastern 
of the town and parish of Croydon, in the county (Con, a 
of Surrey, and of the surrounding districts and -, 
places accommodated by means of the existing Branches) Bill. 
Railway from London Bridge to Croydon; 
William Harris and others, Owners or Occupiers of 
mills on the River Wandle, in the county of Surrey ; 
John Morland and others, Owners and Occu- 
piers of land and property on the line and in the 
neighbourhood of the proposed Branch Railways 
thereafter mentioned ; London, Brighton and 
South Coast Railway Company ; Thomas Rus- 
sell, of Croydon, in the county of Surrey, Esquire ; 
R. C. Crafion and others, Owners and Occu- 
piers of land and property on the line and in the 
neighbourhood of the proposed Branch Railways 
thereafter mentioned; Thomas Hibbs and others, 
Inhabitants of the town and parish of Croydon, in 
the county of Surrey, and of the surrounding dis- 
tricts and places accommodated by means of the 
existing Railway from London Bridge to Croydon ; 
——and, J. W. Sutherland and others, Inhabitants 
of the town and parish of Croydon, and of the sur- 
rounding districts and places accommodated by 
means of the existing Railway from London Bridge 
to Croydon; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the South Eastern Railway (Croydon and 
Bromley Branches) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 




















Petitions of Owners and Occupiers of property South Eastern 
in or Inhabitants of the city of Canterbury and iNort Kent 
its vicinity; —-— John Sharp and others, Owners Line) Bill 
and Occupiers of land and property on the line or 
in the neighbourhood of the proposed Railway and 
Branches thereinafter mentioned ;——and, Richard 
Bathurst and others, Owners and Occupiers of 
land and property on the line or in the neighbour- 
hood of the proposed Railway and Branches there- 
inafter mentioned ; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the South Eastern Railway (North 
Kent Line) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions, 


Petitions of the Right honourable Charles Earl of South Eastern 
Romney ; Stephen Coomber and others, Owners ‘afsideene - 
and Occupiers of land and property on the line or Chart) Bill. 
in the neighbourhood of the proposed Railway and 
Branches thereinafter mentioned ; —— John Scott 
Giles and others, Owners and Occupiers of land 
and property on the line or in the neighbourhood 
of the proposed Railway and Branches thereinafter 
mentioned ;——John Monckton, of Maidstone, in 
the county of Kent, Gentleman ; —— Christopher 
Phipps, of River, near Dovor, in the county of 
Kent, Paper Manufacturer, and Israel Phipps, of 
Upper Thames-street, London, Wholesale Stationer ; 
——and, Sir Edward Cholmeley Dering, of Surren- 
den Dering, in the county of Kent, Baronet; pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the South 
Eastern Railway (Maidstone to Chart) Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. — 

Yee Petitions 

















168 


South Eastern Petitions of Lord Bexley and others, Owners and 


CMtid tee P Occupiers of land and properties on the line or in 
Teena a the neighbourhood of the proposed Railway and 


bridge) Bil. Branches thereinafter mentioned; James E. West 
and others, Owners and Occupiers of land and pro- 
perties on the line and in the immediate vicinity of 
the proposed Railway and Branches thereinafter 
mentioned ;——Sarah Jones and others, Owners and 
Occupiers of land and properties on the line or in 
the neighbourhood of the proposed Railway and 
Branches thereinafter mentioned ; Joseph Palmer 
and others, Owners and Occupiers of land and pro- 
perties on the line or in the neighbourhood of the 
proposed Railway and Branches thereinafter men- 
tioned ; Mary Susanna May, Walter Horatio 
May and Mary Susanna May the younger, Owners 
and Occupiers of a mansion-house, and also Owners 
of farms, lands and property on the line and in the 
immediate vicinity of the proposed Railway and 
Branches thereinafter mentioned ; Francis Dash- 
wood, of Seamore-place, Curzon-street, in the county 
of Middlesex, and of Hallcot, in the county of Kent, 
Esquire ; and, Lord Sydney and others, Owners 
and Occupiers of the land on the line of the pro- 
posed Branch to Dartford, and generally of Inha- 
bitants of the parish of Bexley, in the county of Kent; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
South Eastern Railway (Mid Kent and Direct Tun- 
bridge) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 

















London, Petitions of Eliza Susannah Whatman, of Vinters, 
Brighton and jn the county of Kent, Widow, and James Whatman, 
— of the same place, Esquire ;——South Eastern 
(Kent Railway Railway Company ;——Commissioners of Sewers 
to Maidstone, for the limits extending from East Mouldsey, in the 
oe county of Surrey, to Ravensborne, in the county of 
bridge) Bill. Kent: John Wreford, of Broughton House, Of- 
ford, in the county of Kent, Esquire ;—— William 
Ford Burton, of Grove-road, Saint John’s' Wood, 
in the county of Middlesex, Esquire ; and, Wil- 
liam Wickham Drake, of Duke-street, Saint James’s, 
in the county of Middlesex, Esquire ; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the London, Brighton 
and South Coast Railway (Kent Railway to Maid- 
stone, Canterbury and Tunbridge) Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








T.ondon, 
Brighton and 
South Coast 
Railway (Ex- 
tension to 
London 


Bridge) Bill. 


A Petitionof the South Eastern Railway Company, 
praying that they may be heard, by their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the London, Brighton 
and South Coast Railway (Extension to London 
Bridge) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, egainst the said Petition. 


London, 
3righton and 
South Coast 
Railway (Lo 
don Bridge 


A Petition of the South Eastern Railway Com- 
pany, praying that they may be heard, by their 
n- counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Zon- 

don, Brighton and South Coast Railway (London 
Station, En- | Bridge Station Enlargement and Arrangement) Bill 
largement and a = _ ? 
Arrangement) W@S presented, and read. 
Bill. Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 


26° Februari. 





A. 1847. 


they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the South Eastern Railway Com-London_. 
pany, praying that they may be heard, by them- et too at 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts Goveral En- 
of the London Bridge Railway Termini General largement Bill 
Enlargement Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Commissioners of the Nene Out- Great North- 
fall, incorporated by an Act usually called the Nene &amp;m™ Railway 
Outfall Act, and of the North Level Commissioners, King’s Lynn) 
being Commissioners acting in execution of the Act Bill. 
usually called The North Level Improvement Act, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Great 
Northern Railway (Branch to King’s Lynn) Bill, was 

resented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Pearce Rogers Nesbit, Doctor of Yeovil, Brid- 

Medicine ; and, Tenants and Occupiers of pro- | ate and 
‘ . Exeter Rail- 

perty at Honiton; praying that they may be heard, way, with 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- Branches, Bill, 
tain parts of the Yeovil, Bridport and Exeter Rail- 
way, with Branches, Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Petitions of John Tharp, of Chippenham Park, Ipswich and 
in the county of Cambridge, Esquire ; John ad Saint 
Turner Hales, of Herringswell, in the county of E&amp;mund’s 

sy gswelt, Y OF Railway 
Suffolk, Esquire ; Corporation of the Governors (No. 2.) (Ex- 
of the possessions, revenues and goods of the Free —— — 
Grammar School of King Edward the Sixth, in p3;eund’s to 
Bury Saint Edmund's, in the county of Suffolk ; Newmarket) 
John Daniel Wastell, of Risby, in the county Bill. 
of Suffolk, Clerk and Owner of land upon the line, 
or within the limits of deviation of the proposed 
Railway there above mentioned ;——John Dobede, 
and others, Owners of land upon the line, or within 
the limits of deviation of the proposed Railway 
there above mentioned ; William Rayner, and 
others, Owners of land upon the line, or within the 
limits of deviation of the proposed Railway there 
above mentioned ; and, Benjamin Thompson, of 
Bury Saint Edmund’s, in the county of Suffolk, 
Farmer, a Lessee and Occupier of land upon the line, 
or within the limits of deviation of the proposed 
Railway there above mentioned ; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Jpswich and 
Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway (No. 2.) (Extension 
from Bury Saint Edmund’s to Newmarket) Bill,— 
were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 3 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 




















A Petition of William Philip Honeywood, of Braintree and 
Marks Hall, in the county of Essex, a Landowner Halstead, 
on the line of the proposed Railway thereinafter es 
mentioned, praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Braintree and Halstead Railway Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 

the 

















16 Vicroriz. 


the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Henry Payne, of the town of Not- 


Manchester, 
Sheffield and ¢jngham, Doctor of Physic, and of Frances, his 


Lincolnshire 


Railway, ang Wife, praying that the Manchester, Sheffield and 
Manchester Lincolnshire Railway, and Manchester and Lincoln 
ihe Union Railway, and Chesterfield and Gainsborough 
way, and Canal Amalgamation Bill may not pass into a law, 
Chesterfield as it now stands, was presented, and read ; and or- 


and Gainsbo- dered to lie upon the Table. 
rough Canal Rs . : 
Amalgamation A Petition of Henry Payne, of the town of Not- 


Bill. tingham, Doctor of Physic, and of Frances, his 
Wife, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the said Bill, was also presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 





Caledonian A Petition of Members of the Parochial Board 
os of the parish of Saint Cuthberts, in Edinburgh, 
Station and praying that they may be heard, by their counsel 
Branches to or agents, against certain parts of the Caledonian 
_ Xe.), Railway (Edinburgh Station, and Branches to 
Granton), &amp;c., Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tion, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Great West- Petitions of Richard Worledge Southby, of Hare 
aaa Hatch, in the county of Berks, Esquire ;——and, 
join the West Commissioners of Sewers for the limits extending 
London Rail- from East Mouldsey, in the county of Surrey, to the 
em Pe ae Ravensborne, in the county of Kent; praying that 
ment of West they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
London Rail- or agents, against certain parts of the Great Western 
bn. i — to Railway (Branch to join the West London Railway, 
Hammer- Widening and Enlargement of West London Rail- 
smith, andto way, and Branches to Hammersmith, and to join 
— meee a the London and South Western Railway, near Lam- 
Western Rail- beth) Bill,—were presented, and read. 
way, near And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
Lambeth) Bill. ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Peti- 


tions. 


Great Western A Petition of Inhabitants of Devizes, and its 
cg a vicinity, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
Berks and —_- Selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
Hants Rail- of the Great Western Railway (Extension of the 
Tenmetrdto Berks and Hants Railway from Hungerford to| 
Westbury, Westbury, with a Branch to Devizes) Bill, was pre-' 
with a Branch sented, and read. 
a Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the , 

Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, | 

by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their | 

Petition, if they think fit; and counsel! heard, in 


favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. | 








Lighthouses, 


he Petitions from the President of the Committee 


of Merchants of Cork ;— Berwich-upon- Tweed ;— 
Nevin ; — Pwllheli ;—and, Torquay; praying the 
House to pass a law in accordance with the recom- 
mendations of the Select Committee on Lighthouses, 
&amp;c.,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Cork Gaols. A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of Cork, praying for the consolidation of the city 
of Cork Gaol, and the county of Cork Gaol, by 

Vou. 102. 





26° Februari. 169 


which the expense of such establishments would in 
their opinion be materially lessened for the same, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors residing Attornies 
in the city of York, praying that they may_ be Certificates. 
relieved from the payment of the duty on their 
annual Certificates, was presented ; and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Carlile, praying for the Contempt of 
amendment of the law relative to ea Tel of Court. 
Court, so that no public functionary shall have 

power to confine any of Her Majesty’s subjects for 

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

upon the Table. 


Petitions from Colchester ;— Wrentham ;—Charl- Poor Removal 
ton ;— Llanaber ; —and, York ; praying for repeal Act. 
or alteration of the Poor Removal Act,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


Petitions from Henstead Union (Chairman) ;—-- Rating and 
Leicester ; and, Chesterfield Union ; praying Settlement. 
for the abolition of the laws of Rating and Set- 
tlement,—were presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Settlement and Poor 
Removal. 





A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Clif- Roman 
ton Dartmouth Hardness, in the county of Devon, Catholic 
praying that the Roman Catholic Relief Bill may Betet Bill 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Rate- Poor Law 
payers and Inhabitants of the city of Cork, praying (Ireland.) 
for amendment of the present Poor Law in Jreland, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and 
Clerk of the Poor Law Union of Bury, in the 
county of Lancaster, praying that a law may be 
passed to make property in Jreland fairly contribute 
to the support of the Zrish Poor, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Mayo ;—Aughagour, Thuvanish ; Famine in 
— Aughagour ;— Carveigh and Cloonskill ;— Keelcul; ireland. 
—Mace and Cushen ;--Mihanagh, Tourbuck, Fork- 


field and Bunrover ;—and, Methven; praying the 


House to adopt measures for the relief of the des- 
titute now suffering from Famine in Jreland,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Birmingham, praying Grain and 
the House to sanction the employment of the whole hay 4 
of the available portion of the Navy belonging to Scotland.) 
or under the control of Government, in the trans- 
portation of Grain and Provisions, and to adopt 
such other measures as shall be most speedily effec- 
tive in alleviating the miseries of their fellow 
subjects in Ire/and and Scotland, and in preventing 
a like calamity in England, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Standing Committee Sugar and 
of West India Planters and Merchants, praying that 2». 
free access for the products of the West ndia Co- 
lonies to the markets of the mother country, may no 
longer be denied, and that the House will be pleased 
to pass such measures as shall give the utmost free- 
dom to the use of Sugar and Molasses, and admit 
Rum for consumption at equal rates of duty with 
Home-made Spirits throughout the United Kingdom, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 
Z Petitions 





Ee 











Anatomy Act. 


Holyhead 
Harbour. 


Royal Assent 
to a Bill. 


Destitute 
Persons 


(Ireland) Bill, 


Electors 
(Ireland. ) 


Army Com- 
missions. 


Public Works 
(ireland.) 


170 26° Februari. 


Mr. Redhead Yorke presented a Bill to enable the Midland Rail- 


Petitions from Eaton; — Maningham ; — and, 
Bowling; praying the House to appoint a Com- 
mittee to investigate the working of the Anatomy 
Act, with a view to its repeal,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Treasury Minute dated the 3d day of 
April 1846, relative to the formation of a Harbour 
at Holyhead, and Agreements with the Chester and 
Holyhead Railway Company to contribute towards 
the said Harbour. 


A Message, by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman, Usher of 

the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do 
desire the immediate attendance of this Honourable 
House in the House of Peers, to hear the Commis- 
sion read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the Public Bill therein mentioned ; and 
that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the 
Royal Assent to the said Bill: Which Bill is 
as followeth : 





A. 1847. 


Midland Railway Company to construct a Railway 
from Ashchurch to Warwick and Leamington, and 


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


Mr. Redhead Yorke presented a Bill to enable the 
Midland Railway Company to construct a Railway 


ine of the Midland Railway: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


before this House, Returns stating the Number of 
Barracks for the Royal Artillery, Engineers and 
Army in the United Kingdom, distinguishing Eng- 
land, Scotland and Ireland, where situated, and the 
Areas in square feet, of the Buildings and Parade 
Grounds attached thereto; the Date of Erection, if 
known, and the Materials of which built; the Num- 
ber of Officers and Men each Barrack is calculated 
to accommodate ; the Number of Men, Women and 
Children usually occupying it; also, what Regula- 
tions there are respecting the Accommodation of 
Married Non-commissioned Officers and Soldiers ; 
the greatest Number of Men, Women and Chil- 
dren lodged in each of these Barracks and Rooms 
thereof, at any one time in 1846; the Number of 
Rooms, distinguishing those for the use of the Offi- 
cers, Non-commissioned Officers and Privates seve- 
rally, the Dimensions, Length and Width of each 














An Act for the Temporary Relief of Destitute | Room ; the Number of Men each Room is regulated 


Persons in Jreland. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Electors appearing by 


‘to hold compared with the cubic feet or space of 
‘each Room; the Number of Windows in each 
_Room; the Number of Fire-places, and any other 
'means of Ventilation in each Room; how the Bar- 


the Lists or Books of the Clerks of the Peace racks are supplied with Water, whether from Wells 


registered for each County, City, Town or Borough | 
in Ireland, on the 1st day of February in each of | 
the years 1837 and 1847, including in the Return 
for 1847 those only who had been registered sub- 
sequently to the 1st day of February 1839 ; distin- 
guishing, in separate columns, the Number regis- 
tered under different qualifications, and showing 
the Increase or Decrease exhibited by the Numbers, 
as appearing registered on the 1st day of February 
1847, compared with those appearing registered on 
the 1st day of February 1837 :—Of the Number of 
Electors for Counties entitled to vote on the 2d day 
of February, in each of the years 1846 and 1847, 
with the Name of the Barony from which each 
Elector was registered :—And, of the Number of 
Electors registered for the Counties, Cities and Bo- 
roughs of Zreland, from the ist day of February 
1845 to the 1st day of February 1846, and from the | 
ist day of February 1846 to the 1st day of February 
1847; also, of the Total Number of registered Elec- 
tors for each County, City and Borough of Jreland, 
on the 1st day of February 1846 and on the 1st day 
of February 1847 respectively :—And, Summaries 
of the foregoing Returns for the whole of Ireland 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 469, 
of Session 1846). 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Non-Commissioned Offi- 
cors appointed to Commissions in each year from 
the Ist day of January 1836 to the 31st day of 
December 1846 ; specifying those appointed to the 
Rank of Cornet and Ensign; to Adjutancies, with 


or Rivers, and whether laid on in each Floor of the 
Barrack, orin each Room used for cooking, or in 
what part of the Building, and whether there is a 
Sink or Pipe for the waste or refuse Water; also, 
whether the Barracks are drained, and how; what 
Accommodation each Barrack affords for cooking, 
for the Men bathing, for washing, and for the Men 


‘cleaning their Clothes and Accoutrements, and 


other necessaries; and in what parts of the Build- 
ing these several places are situated, and whether 
the Floors of the Barrack are planked, or laid with 
stone or brick; the Numbers and Charge of the 
whole Establishment of each Barrack (Barrack- 
masters, Barrack-serjeants and Labourers), so as to 
exhibit the entire Expense of the Barrack Establish- 
ments in the year; the Expense of Building and 
Repairs at each Barrack, and all other contingent 
Charges, so as to exubit the Aggregate Charge for 
Building and Repairs for each Barrack in the last 
year ; the Total Amount of Barrack Damages paid 
by Officers and Men respectively in each Barrack, 
in the year 1846 :—Of the Amount of Canteen-rent 
received at each Barrack,and the Aggregate Amount 
of the Rent of all the Barrack Canteens, and how 
the same was appropriated in the year; the Regula- 
tions regarding the kind of Spirits, Beer, Coffee and 
other Articles sold in the Canteens, stating by 
whom the Prices are fixed, and whether any Com- 
mittee of Officers or Men have the management of 
the Canteen:—Of the Reading Rooms in each 
Barrack for Non-commissioned Officers and Pri- 
vates, the Dimensions, and whether supplied with 
Books or other Articles by Government, or by Sub- 





the Rank of Cornet or Ensign; to the Rank of 
Quartermaster (in continuation of a Return laid 
befcre the Commission on Military Punishments in 
1836, page 319). 


Ordered, That the Petition from Ltscannor, re- 
lative to Public Works (Jreland), which was pre- 
sented upon Tuesday last, be printed. 


scription of the Officers or Privates, and at what 
Total Expense it is conducted in the year:—Showing 
whether any and what Accommodation exists in 
each Barrack for Schools for the Soldiers or their 
Children, the Average daily Number of each in 
attendance on the School in the year 1846, and 
from what Funds the Teachers and requisite Arti- 
cles are supplied, and the Expense thereof; and 

what 





a Branch to Cheltenham: And the same was read ton Line) Bill. 


from Gloucester to Stonehouse, and for other Pur- house Junc- 
= connected with the Bristol and Gloucester tion) Bill 


The Order made yesterday, that there be laid Barracks. 











Barr: 











Barracks. 





10 Vicrorix. 


what places and means of Amusements are attached 
to the Barracks, and also whether any and what 
kind of Rooms or other places are prepared for 
Confinement for minor Offences in the Regiment or 
Corps:—And, of the Dimensionsof the Wards in the 
Hospital, and the Number of Wards, how the Wards 
are ventilated, and the Number of Patients each 
Ward is calculated to accommodate, and the space 
in cubie feet allowed for each, was read; and 


discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns, stating the Number of Barracks for the 
Royal Artillery, Engineers and Army, in the United 
Kingdom; distinguishing England, Scotland and 
freland, where situated, and the areas in square feet 
of the Buildings and of the Parade Grounds attached 
thereto; the Date of Erection, if known, and the 
Materials of which built; the Number of Officers 
and Men each Barrack is calculated to accommo- 
date ; the Number of Men, Women and Children 
usually occupying it; also what Regulations there 
are respecting the accommodation of Married Non- 
commissioned Officers and Soldiers; the greatest 
Number of Men, Women and Children lodged in 
each of these Barracks and Rooms thereof, at any 
one time in 1846; the Number of Rooms, distinguish- 
ing those for the use of the Officers, Non-commis- 
sioned Officers and Privates severally, the Dimen- 
sions, Length and Width of each Room; the Num- 
ber of Men each Room is regulated to hold, com- 
pared with the cubic feet or space of each Room ; 
the Number of Windows in each Room; the Num- 
ber of Fire-places, and any other means of Ventila- 
tion in each Room ; how the Barracks are supplied 
with Water, whether from Wells or Rivers, and 
whether laid on in each Floor of the Barrack, or in 
each Room used for cooking, or in what part of the 
Building, and whether there isa sink or pipe for 
the waste or refuse Water; also, whether the Bar- 
racks are drained, and how; what Accommodation 
each Barrack affords for cooking, for the Men bath- 
ing, for washing, and for the Men cleaning their 
Clothes and Accoutrements, and other necessaries ; 
and in what parts of the Building these several places 
are situated, and whether the Floors of the Barrack 
are planked or laid with stone or brick ; the Num- 
bers and Charge of the whole Establishment of each 
Barrack (Barrack-masters, Barrack-serjeants and 
Labourers), so as to exhibit the entire Expense of 
the Barrack Establishment in the year; the Expense 
of Building and Repairs at each Barrack, and all 
other contingent Charges, so as to exhibit the ag- 
gregate Charge for Building and Repairs, for each 
Barrack in the last year; the Total Amount of Bar- 
rack Damages paid by Officers and Men respec- 
tively in each Barrack, in the year 1846 :—Of the 
Amount of Canteen-rent received at each Barrack, 
and the aggregate Amount of the Rent of all the 
Barrack Canteens, and how the same was appro- 
priated in the year; the Regulations regarding the 
kind of Spirits, Beer, Coffee, and other Articles sold 
in the Canteens, stating by whom the Prices are 
fixed, and whether any Committee of Officers or 
Men have the Management of the Canteen :—Of the 
Reading Rooms in each Barrack for Non-commis- 
sioned Officers and Privates, the Dimensions, and 
whether supplied with Books or other Articles by 
Government, or by Subscription of the Officers or 
Privates, and at what Total Expense it is conducted 
in the year:—Showing whether any and what Ac- 
commodation exists in each Barrack for Schools for 
the Soldiers or their Children, the Average Daily 
Number of each in attendance on the School, in the 
year 1846, and from what Funds the Teachers and 
requisite Articles are supplied, and the Expense 
thereof ; and what places and means of Amuse- 
ments are attached to the Barracks, and also whe- 
ther any and what kind of Rooms or other places 
are prepared for Confinement for minor Offences in 

VoL. 102. 


96° Februari. 171 


the Regiment or Corps :—And, of the Dimensions of 
the Wards in the Hospital, and the Number of Wards, 
how the Wards are ventilated, and the Number of 
Patients each Ward is calculated to accommodate, 
and the space in cubic feet allowed for each :—A 
similar Return of the Marine Barracks:—A similar 
Return of the Barracks in the Channel Isles:— 
And, a similar Return of the Barracks in the Co- 
lonies. 


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


Mr. Ward presented,—Return to an Order, dated Peninsular 
the 10th day of this instant February, for Copies of = — 
the Charter granted to the Peninsular and Oriental _ ona - 
Steam Packet Company :—And, of the Contracts No. 117. 
entered into between Her Majesty’s Government 
and the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet 
Company. 

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


Sir William Somerville presented, by Her Ma- prisons 


jesty’s Command,—Copy of the Eighth Report of (Scotland.) 


the General Board of Directors of Prisons in Scot- 
land, to the Right honourable Sir George Grey, 
Baronet, one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries 
of State, of their Proceedings under the Act 2 and 3 
Vic. c. 42. 


Sir William Somerville also presented, pursuant to Hulks, 
an Address to Her Majesty,—Returns of the Name, (Woolwich.) 
Age, Date of Reception, and Death of each Prisoner 
who has died on board the Unité, Wye, Justitia 
and Warrior Hulks at Woolwich, from the 1st day 
of January 1844, inclusive, to the present time; with 
the Date and Verdict of the Coroner’s Inquest in 
each Case :—Of the Place, as far as practicable, 
where each Corpse has been buried; distinguishing 
those claimed by their Relatives or Friends from 
those sent to any and what Hospital or School of 
Anatomy for Dissection; the Date of their Trans- 
mission, the Name of the Person to whom trans- 
mitted, by whose Order so sent, and whether any 
and what sum has been paid or charged thereon, and 
by whom received :—And, of all Corporal Punish- 
ments inflicted on Prisoners confined on board the 
Hulks at Woolwich, from the 1st day of January 
1843, to the present time; with the Number of 
Lashes given in each case, with the Date thereof. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Lunatics Lunatics 
(Scotland), which was presented upon the 25th day (Scotland.) 
of January last, be printed. No. 118. 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to Differential pifferentiat 
Duties (Colonies), which were presented yesterday, Duties. 
be printed. (Colonies. ) 
No. 119. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply ; 
mittee of Supply ; Estimates 


Ordered, That the Navy Estimates for the year — gl 
1847-48, be referred to the Committee. _— 

Ordered, That the Army Estimates for the year Army. 
1847-48, be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Ordnance Estimates for the Ordnance. 
year 1847-48, be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Statement of Excess of Ex- Navy. 
penditure of Her Majesty’s Navy, for the year 1845- 
46, which was presented upon Wednesday last, be 
referred to the Committee. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Charr ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 





the end of the Question, in order to add the words, 
: Z2+ “ an 














Sa 








Corn, &amp;c. 


Excess of 
Naval 
Expenditure. 


Seamen, &amp;c. 


Wages to d°, 


Victuals to d°, 


Tanded 
Property 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Customs 
Duties Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Agricultural 
Tenant Right 
Bill. 


172 26°—27° Februari. A. 1847. 


“ an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, Herbert, Mr. Stafford O’ Brien, Mr. Evelyn Denison, 
“ praying that She would be graciously pleased to | Mr. Yatton Egerton, Mr. Packe, The Earl of 
“ authorize and direct that such Ships of Her Ma-| Arundel and Surrey, Viscount Sandon, Mr. New- 
“ jesty’s Navy, as can be spared from the regular degate, Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Hayter, Mr. Acland, Mr. 
duty, be applied, under such regulations as Her | Finch, Mr. David Barclay and Sir Charles Lemon. 
Majesty might deem advisable, to the accom-| Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


modation of Merchants in the conveying of corn Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Relief. 
“ and provisions from Foreign Countries into the 


: ; ; hs Returns of the Total Number of Families relieved, 

“ ports of the United Kingdom,” instead thereof. ds | With the Number of Persons of which such Families 
And the Question bemg put, That the wor 5 | consist, who were relieved with Out-door Relief,and 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question: | ¢1. Amount of such Out-door Relief to such Poor : 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. he | Of the Number of Persons relieved with In-door 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now — the | Relief (both Returns for the week ending the 20th 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into | g ay of February, or the nearest day previous to the 
the Committee. 20th day of February on which the Weekly Account 
(In the Committee.) is made up for the year 1846); and like Returns for 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- the corresponding week for the year 1847, from all 
dred and eighty-five thousand two hundred and | Poor Law Unions, Parishes and Places under Local 
eighty pounds six shillings and nine pence, be Acts, or Gilbert's Incorporation, and Parishes and 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Excess of the | Places not comprised in any Union or Incorporation, 
Naval Expenditure beyond the Grants for the year for England and Wales :— And, of the Number of 
ended the 31st day of March 1846. Persons who were relieved as Wayfaring Poor in 

2. Resolved, That Forty-one thousand five hun-' any Building or Ward belonging to any Workhouse, 
dred men be employed for the Sea Service, for | or any detached Building, or any Parochial or Dis- 
thirteen lunar months, to the 31st day of March | trict Asylum established for the Reception of the 
1848, including Twelve thousand Royal Marines, | Wayfaring or Vagrant Poor, on the night of the 15th 
and Two thousand Boys. day of Febrnary 1847; and a like Return for the 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 16th day of February 1846, for England and Wales. 
million three hundred and twenty-five thousand 
eight hundred and twenty pounds, be granted toHer| |The Order made upon Friday last, That leave be os 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of Wages to Seamen | given to bring in a Bill for the Appointment of a (ireland) Bill. 
and Marines, and to the Ordinary and Yard Craft, | Board for the Supervision of the Administration of 
which will come in course of payment during the | the Laws for the Relief of the Poor in Ireland, was 
year ending on the 31st day of March ae Tread, and discharged. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six hun- | ; , 
dred and thirty-five thousand four hundred and| Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill ae 
fifty-two pounds, be granted to’ Her Majesty, to’ for the Execution of the Laws for the Relief of the ,7" (Ireland) 
defray the Charge of Victuals to Seamen’ and Poor in Jreland: And that Lord John Russell, Sir Bin. 
Marines in Her Majesty’s Fleet, and the Ordinary | George Grey and Mr. Parker do prepare, and bring 
and Yard Craft, which will come in course e! pay: | it in. 

Ins y I n¢ 7 a 
anche 4 ge rE ee eS A Petition of the South Devon Railway Company, South Devon 

Resolutions to be reported. | for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said Com- — - 

on | pany to construct Railways to Tavistock and Laun- 4 


“ 
“ 
“ 














‘ Amendment 
And the House having continued to sit till after | ces¢on, and to extend the Line of the South Devon Bill. 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; Railway to Torquay and to Brixham, and for other 
Sabbati, 27° die Feb i aan | purposes, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
abbati, 27° die Februarii, : 


the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene | 


reported, That the Committee had come to several | 


Mr. Parker presented a Bill to apply a Sum out Consolidated 
Resolutions. 


of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the year pl om 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- One thousand eight hundred and Forty-seven: And aan —_ 
day next. | the same was read the first time; and ordered to 


Mr. Greene also acquainted the House, that he be read a second time upon Monday next. 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 


have leave to sit again. Mr. Parker presented a Bill to provide for the Poor Relief 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | Execution of the Laws for Relief of the Poor in Laws’ Execu- 


next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. | Jreland: And the same was read the first time ; a 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday No. 199. 


mittee on the Landed Property (Jreland) Bill; the 8th day of March next ; and to be printed. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Salt (East 
Copy of a Letter from the Court of Directors of the Mdia.) 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| East India Company to the Governor-General of 
mittee on the Poor Relief (Jre/and) Bill; India in Council, dated the 3d day of February 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | 1847, on the Regulations for the Bonding of Salt in 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. Calcutta. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- — Hobhouse accordingly presented the said 
mittee on the Customs Duties Bill ; ee 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday — That the said Paper do lie upon the 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. . 








The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Cheese. 
nittee of Ways and Means; | Accounts of the Quantities of Cheese imported into 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | the several Ports of Great Britain, in each Month 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. of the year 1846; distinguishing the European, 


United States and Colonial Produce :—And, of all 
The Select Committee on the Agricultural Tenant | European Cheese, exclusive of British Cheese, ex- 


ported from England, in the year 1846 (in continua- 
tion 


Right Bill was nominated of Mr. Pusey, Mr. Sidney 














— me hCF 


Paddle Box 
Boats. 


No. 121. 


Dock Yards. 
No. 122. 


‘Sir John 


Soane’s 
Museum. 


British Com- 
mercial Insur- 
ance Company 
Bill. 


‘York and 


Newcastle 
Railway 
(Main Line 
Improvement, 
&amp;c.) Bill, 


York and 
Newcastle 
Railway 
(Main Line 
Improvement, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Eastern Union 
and Hadleigh 
Junction Rail- 
Way (Sale to 
the Eastern 
Union Rail. 
way Com- 
pany) Bill, 





10 Vicroriz. 26°—27° Februari.—1° Marti. 173 


tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 290, of Session 
1846). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Extract from Commodore Caffin’s Report, relative 
to the advantage of Paddle-box Boats in the surf, 
during the operations for extricating the Sphynx. 

Mr. Ward accordingly presented the said Paper. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Circular to the Admirals and Captains su- 
perintending Her Majesty’s Dock Yards. 

Mr. Ward accordingly presented the said Paper. 

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


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before One of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 





Lune, V die Martii ; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 
M*: Bailey, Curator of Sir John Soane’s Mu- 
we 


seum, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of Par- 
hament,—A Statement of the Funds of the Museum 
of the late Sir John Soane, on the 5th January 1847 : 
— And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. James presented a Bill to repeal an Act of 
the second year of his late Majesty King William 
the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act to enable the British 
Commercial Insurance Company to sue and be sued 
in the Name of one of the Directors, or of the 
Secretary for the time being of the Company,” and 
to enable the said Company to sue and be sued in 
the Name of one of their Directors, or of their Secre- 
tary for the time being: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Petition of the York and Newcastle Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling 
the said Company to improve their main line of 
Railway, and to make certain Branches in the county 
of Durham, and for other Purposes, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of Mr. 
May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills; That in the case of the Petition for the York 
and Newcastle Railway (Main Line Improvement, 
&amp;c.) Bill, the Standing Orders had not been com- 
plied with; as application in writing was not made 
to the Reverend Henry Askew, in respect of the 
several properties numbered 39, 41, 42, 44, 45, 
46, 49, 50, 54, 56, 57, 59, 38, 40, 43, 47, 48, 51, 
52, 43, 55, 58, in the parish of Gateshead, on the 
Plans deposited in the Private Bill Office, until 25 
minutes before 12 o’clock on the evening of the 15th 
of December last; but it appears that the service 
of such application was delayed until that time by 
a heavy snow-storm. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


The Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction Rail- 
way (Sale to the Eastern Union Railway Company) 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 














Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


VoL. 102, 


The Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway Ipswich and 
(Extension to East Dereham and to Aylsham) Bill pet ha 
was read a second time ; and committed. way (Exten- 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- sion to East 
mittee of Selection. mag eng 

Bill. 

The Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund's Railway Ipswich and 
(Branch from Ipswich to Woodbridge) Bill was read pcs g 
a second time ; and committed. “a (Branch 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred te the Com- from Ipswich 
mittee of Selection. tides) Bill. 

Mr. William Hamilton presented a Bill for incor- Great Indian 

porating a Company, to be called The Great Indian ating 
Peninsula Railway Company, and for giving Powers ““’"*Y ©" 
to the East India Company and the Governor- 
General of Jndia in Council, to enable the said 
Railway Company to make a Railway from Bombay 
to Alleh, with Extensions to Mhuse and the Pera 
River, and Branches or Extensions to Sholapoor, 
Hyderabad, Kandeish, Indore and Hoshungabad : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Edinburgh and Bathgate Rail- Edinburgh 
way Company, for leave to bring ina Bill to enable 2n4 Bathgate 

2 igi 5 Railway (De- 
the said Company to extend their Barracks Branch, yjation’ ana 
to deviate a portion of their main line, and for other Amendment) 
purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was Bill. 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wil- 
liam Baillie and Sir John Hope. 


A Petition of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- py 

way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to Railway Bill. 
authorize the said Company to hold stock in or to 
purchase or lease the Edinburgh and Bathgate, 
the Stirling and Dunfermline, and the Glasgow, 
Airdrie and Monklands Junction Railways, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Gibson Craig and Lord James Stuaré. 


The Herne Bay and Canterbury Junction Rail- Herne Bay 
way Bill was read a second time ; and committed. erty 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Railway Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Ambergate, 
Reading of the Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, ey nag 
and Eastern Junction Railway (Alteration of Line and Eastern 
and Branches to Nottingham) Bill ; Junction Rail- 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ten by rl 

i ine 
upon Tuesday, the L6th day of this instant March. and Branches 
to Notting- 
ham) Bill. 

The Royston and Hitchin Railway (Extension Royston and 
from Royston to Cambridge, &amp;c.) Bill was read a Hitchin Rail- 
second time; and committed. pe. — 

Ordered, Tha‘ the Bill be referred to the Com- Royston to 
mittee of Selection. ee 

The Royston and Hitchin Railway (Sale or Lease) Royston and 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. ets Se 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Lexsc) Bill 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of the Great Southern and Western Great South- 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to er and West- 
enable the said Company to make a Railway from nal i 
Portarlington to Tullamore, was presented, and (Portarlington 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in to Tullamore) 
accordingly, by Mr. William Collett and Mr. Mor- _ 


gan John O’ Connell. 


A Petition of Subscribers to and Promoters of the Manc\ester 
Undertaking thereinafter mentioned, for leave to nd South- 
bring in a Bill for making a Railway from South- Raglway Bill. 
ampton to Cheltenham, to be called The Manchester 
and Southampton Railway, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


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Caledonian The Caledonian Railway (Branches from the 
Railway Clydesdale Junction Railway to the Douglas and 
(Branches : ; 5 \ 
oun the Lesmahagow Mineral Fields, and to Strathavon) 


Ciydesdale Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 


Junction Rail- Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
way to the 


Douglas and mittee of Selection. 
Lesmahagow 

Mineral Fields, and to 

Strathavon) Bill. 


Caledonian The Caledonian Railway (Extension of Mother- 
aw (EX- wel] Branch of Clydesdale Junction Railway to 
ension of &lt; ° : : : 

Motherwell Auchinheath Mineral Field, with Branches to the 
Branch of | Wishaw and Coltness Railway, Canderside and 
fo ne nag Hamilton) Bill was read a second time ; and com- 
way to Auch- mitted. 

— gene Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
ral Ficld, with .-4.. ae 

Branches to Muttee of Selection. 
the Wishaw and Coltness Railway, 
Canderside and Hamilton) Bill. 


Caledonian The Caledonian Railway (Purchase or Lease of 
—— — Wishaw and Coltness Railway) Bill was read a 
of Wishaw second time; and committed. 

and Coltness Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Railway) Bill. nittee of Selection. 

Caledonian The Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction 
and Dumbar- Railway (Deviations between Duntocher Lime 
tonshire Junc- ° : 

tion Railway Works and Bowling, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second 
(Deviations time; and committed. 


between Dun- — Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
tocher Lime : 


Works and mittee of Selection. 

Bowling, &amp;c.) 

Bill. 

Strathtay and The Strathtay and Breadalbane Extension Rail- 

mo ragag way Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

Railway Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, 

Wilsontown, The Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Rail- 

Morningside way (Branches to Benhar Coal-works, and Edin- 

and Coltness . fists ‘ : 

Railway burgh and Glasgow Turnpike-road) Bill was read a 

(Branches to second time ; and committed. 

a Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

Edinburgh ‘mittee of Selection. 

and Glasgow 


Turnpike-road) Bill. 


York Im- A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens 
provement, | of the city of York, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
Lendal Bridge , ., ,. ; : ; z 

and Ap- building a Bridge across the River Ouse, in the city 


proaches Bill. of York, with Approaches thereto, and for widening, 
altering and improving certain Streets or Thorough- 
fares within the said city, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hudson, Sir John 


Lowther and Mr. Redhead Yorke. 


Newry and The Newry and Enniskillen Railway Bill was 

Enniskillen read a second time ; and committed. 

many Se, Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Dublin Mr. Shaw presented a Bill for rendering more 

Consumers’ efficient the Dublin Consumers’ Gas Company : 

Gen oe. And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Colchester, Mr. Sanderson presented a Bill to enable the Col- 
lage chester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Halstead Rail- 
Halstead Rail- Way Company to grant a Lease of their Undertaking 
way (Lease to to the Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund's Railway 
posh ome ‘Company: And the same was read the first time ; 
Edmund's. and ordered to be read a second time. 

Railway Com- 

pany) Bill. 

Colchester, The Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Hal- 
lege. 5 stead Railway (Extension from Lavenham to Bury 
Halstead Rail- Saint Edmund’s) Bill was read a second time ; and 
way (Exten- committed. 

pookne-oall to Ordered, Tnat the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Bury St. Ed- mittee of Selection. 

mund’s) Bill. 








A. 1847. 


The Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Hal- Colchester, 
stead Railway (Extension to Melford, Lavenham and 3ur Valley, 

. gets é ‘ Sudbury and 
Clare) Bill was read a second time ; and committed. Halstead Rail- 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- way (Exten. 


i g : sion to Mel- 
mittee of Selection. ford, Laven. 


ham and 
Clare) Bill. 
The Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Hal- Colchester, 
stead Railway (‘Stour Navigation Purchase) Bill Stour Valley, 
, ° : Sudbury and 
was read a second time ; and committed. Halstead Rail- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- way (stour 
mittee of Selection. Navigation 
Purchase) Bill. 
The Taw Vale Railway and Dock (Deviations and Taw Vale 
Bideford and South Molton Branches) Bill was read Railway and 
a second time; and committed. a 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bideford and 
mittee of Selection. South Molton 
Branches) Bill. 
A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking Wexford ana 
thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill Valencia Rail- 
for making a Railway from the town of Kellarney, in bin «al 
the county of Kerry, to the harbour of Valencia, in cia) Bill. 
the same county, to be called The Wexford and 
Valencia Railway, was presented, and read ; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Daniel O’ Connell, Mr. John Attwood and Mr. 
Spooner. 


The Order made upon Friday last, That Mr. Oxford, Wor- 

Spooner and Sir Denis Le Marchant do prepare, Ss 
eae ; r olverhamp 

and bring in the Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- to. Railway 
hampton Railway (No. 2.) (Extensions and Amend- (No. 2.) (Ex- 
ment) Bill, was read ; and discharged. tensions and 

Ordered, That Mr. Spooner, Sir Denis Le Mar- ———" 
chant and Sir John Pakington do prepare, and 
bring in the Bill. 


Mr. Beckett presented a Bill for enabling the Leeds, Dews- 
Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester Railway Company bury and 
to make a Branch Railway to Ossett, and to provide Seabuen tue- 
additional Station Accommodation in the Town of sett Branch 
Dewsbury, and at or near Morley, all in the West and Dewsbury 
Riding of the County of York: And the same was Sk 

: ; tations) Bill. 

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


The Aylsham and North Walsham Railway Bill Ayisham and 
was read a second time ; and committed. North Wal- 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- — Railway 
mittee of Selection. ; 


Mr. Greene reported the Protestant Dissenters Protestant 
and General Life and Fire Insurance Company Bill, ——— 
without Amendment. pees Tire “4 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed. surance Com- 
peny Bill. 

Mr. Greene reported the Birmingham District Birmingham 
Fire Insurance Company Bill, with Amendments. oo Fire 

. . . &gt; nsurance 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. @°yany Bill. 

Mr. Greene reported the Llynvi Iron Company Liynvi Iron. 
Bill, with Amendments. Company Bill 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Denis Le Marchant presented a Bill to enable Oxford, Wor- 
the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway cester and 
Company to make a Railway from Stourbridge, to hing eel 
join their Railway near Dudley, and to Halesowen, (No, 2.) (Ex- 
with certain Branches therefrom, and for other Pur- tensions and 
poses : And the same was read the first time ; and —" 
ordered to be read a second time. i 


Sir Denis Le Marchant presented a Bill for mak- Mold Railway 
ing a Railway from Mold, in the County of Flint, Bill 
to join the Chester and Holyhead Railway, in the 
Parish of Hawarden, in the same county, with 
Branches, to be called The Mold Railway : And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


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Shrewsbury Ordered, That the Shrewsbury and Chester Rail- 
ee way (Branches and Station) Bill be read a second 


(Branches and time upon Monday next. 
Station) Bill. 


East a The East Zothian Central Railway Bill was read 
Centra 


heavy Bill, 2 Second time; and committed. 

oiatieainas Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Inverness A Petition of the Magistrates and Town Council 

on of the Royal Burgh of Inverness, for leave to bring 

Bill. in a Bill for deepening, enlarging, improving and 
maintaining the Port and Harbour of Inverness, 
and the Navigation of the River ess, and the 
Quays and Piers, and other works connected there- 
with, for regulating the Anchorage and Shore Dues 
of the said Port and Harbour, and for other pur- 
poses relating thereto, was presented, and read ; aud 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Loch and Mr. Edward Ellice. 

Inverness Mu- A Petition of the Magistrates and Town Council 

uicipaland ~~ of the Royal Burgh of Jnverness, for leave to bring 

—" es ina Bill for extending the Municipal Boundaries of 
the Burgh of Inverness, establishing a general sys- 
tem of Police therein, lighting and cleansing the 
Streets, improving and maintaining, and if neces- 
sary rebuilding the Bridges over the River Wess, 
and making accesses thereto, providing public Mar- 
kets and bleaching greens, regulating the Bridge 
tolls, petty and Market customs ; and for other pur- 
poses relating to the said Burgh, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Mr. Loch and Mr. Edward Ellice. 


Edinburgh 
and Perth 


Railway Bill. 


A Petition of Parties whose names are thereunto 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 
Railway from North Queensferry, by Inverkeithing 
and Kinross, to the Scottish Central Railway at 
Moucrieffe Hill, with Branches, to be called The 
Edinburgh and Perth Railway, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by General Morison, Mr. Secretary-at- 
War, and Mr. Gibson Craig. 


Duffryn 
Llynvi and 
Porth Cawl 


The Duffryn Llynvi and Porth Cawland Llynvi 
Valley Railways Amalgamation Bill, was read a se- 
and Llynvi cond time ; and committed. 

Valley Rail- Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


ways Amalga- mittee of Selection. 
mation Bill. 


Guildford The Guildford Extension and Portsmouth and 
a Fareham Railway Bill was read a second time ; and 
and Fareham committed. 

Railway Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


London and 
South Western 
Railway Bill. 


The London and South Western Railway Bill 
was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Railway Bills Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Classifica- 
— tion Committee of Railway Bills; That they had 
Report.) further considered the matters referred to them, 
No.123, 2nd directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Birmingham 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill for uniting 
—. q the Birmingham and Ozford Junction Railway 
Birmingham, Company, and the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and 
nee Dudley Railway Company into one Company, and 
ley. Rail “sm for authorizing the Sale of the Birmingham, Wolver- 
Amalgama-  ampton and Dudley Railway, and other new Works, 
tion Bill, to the Great Western Railway Company: And the 

same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 

a second time. 

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175 


Mr. Wilson Patien presented a Bill for rating to Kingsnorton, 
the Relief of the Poor, and other Parochial and ~~ 
; -.2 + &amp;C, Rates 
Local Rates, the Owners of certain Property within gir. 
the Parishes of Kingsnorton, Northfield and Beoley, 
in the County of Worcester, Edgbaston, in the 
County of Warwick, and Harborne, in the County 
of Stafford, in lieu of the Occupiers thereof: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered tu be 
read a second time. 


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to the Grand Jury 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Accounts of Presentments 
Presentments made by the Grand Juries of the se- pe 
veral Counties, Cities and Towns of Jreland, in the 
year 1846, 

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


A Petition of Landowners, Occupiers and Inha- South Eastern 
bitants of the district of North Kené, praying that the poi . 
South Eastern Railway (North Kent Line) Bill, may 4407 "yar 

ou y (North Kent ) Bill, may Line) Bill. 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of Owners and Occupiers of land and 
property on the line or in the neighbourhood of the 
proposed Railway and Branches thereinafter men- 
tioned ; and, of James Beckford Wildman, of 
Chilham Castle, in the county of Kent, Esquire ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
said Bill;—were also presented, and read. 

Am the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the South Eastern 

Navigation of the River Medway, praying that they Railway 
: (Maidstone to 

may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, (hart) Bill. 
against certain parts of the South Eastern Railway 
(Maidstone to Chart) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of the Honourable John Duncan Bligh, South Eastern 
Guardian of the Right honourable John Stuart, Earl oan J 
of Darnley (a minor) ;——Inhabitant Householders Wtaidstone) 
of JZaidstone, in the county of Kent;——Owners and Bill. 
Occupiers of land and properties on theline of the pro- 
posed Railway thereinafter mentioned ;——Com- 
missioners for executing an Act for widening, im- 
proving, regulating, paving, cleansing and lighting 
the Streets, Lanes and other Public Passages and 
Places within the King’s Town of Maidstone, in the 
County of Kent, for removing and preventing En- 
croachments, Obstructions, Nuisances and Annoy- 
ances therein, for better supplying the said Town 
with Water, and for repairing the Highways within 
the Parish of Maidstone ;——Company of Pro- 
prietors of the Navigation of the River Medway ; 
——and, William Henry Cotton and Samuel Cotton, 
both of Lothbury, London, Gentlemen ; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the South Eastern 
Kailway (Strood to Maidstone) Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners: 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of the Right honourable the Earl Am- South ~~ 
herst ; Maximilian Dudley Digges Dalison ;—— Poel Dg 
Owners and Occupiers of land and properties on the yect Tun- 


line of the proposed Railway thereinafter mentioned ; bridge) Bill. 











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South Eastern 
Railway 
(Croydon and 
Bromley 
Branches) Bill. 


Chester and 
Holyhead 
(Extensions at 
Chester and 
Holyhead, &amp;¢.) 
Bill ; and, 
Railways Bill. 


Leith Uarbour 
and Docks 
Dues Bill. 


176 


——Inhabitant Householders of Maidstone, in the | 
county of Kent ;——Commissioners for executing | 


an Act for widening, improving, regulating, paving, 
cleansing and lighting the Streets, Lanes and other 
Public Passages and Places within the Kings Town 
of Maidstone, the County of Kent, for removing and 
preventing Encroachwents, Obstructions, Nuisances 
and Annoyances therein, for better supplying the said 
Town with Water, and for repairing the Highways 
within the Parish of Maidstone; Christopher Idle, 
of North Frith, inthe parish of Hadlow,in the county 
of Kent, Esquire ;---—Company of Proprictors of 
the Navigation of the River Medway ;——Owners 
and Occupiers of houses, land and properties in and 
near the town of Tonbridge, in the immediate vi- 
cinity of the proposed Railway and Branches there- 
inafter mentioned ;——and, William Henry Cotton 
and Samuel Cotton, both of Lothbury, London, 
Gentlemen; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the South Eastern Railway (Mid-Kent and 
Direct Tunbridge) Bill,--were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, ifthey think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Petitions of Peter Cator, Agent and Attorney of 
John Cator, of Beckenham-place, in the county of 





Kent, Esquire ; and, Robert Booth Latter, being 
an Owner and Occupier of land and property on 
the line and in the neighbourhood of the proposed 
Branch Railway to Bromley; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the South Eastern Railway 
(Croydon and Bromley Branches) Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, ifthey think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of John Ramsay, of Alloa, Secretary 


and Director of the Alloa, Stirling and Kincardine | 


Steam-Boat Company, praying the House not to 
grant the powers sought by the Chester and Holy- 
head Railway (Extensions at Chester and Holyhead, 
&amp;c.) Company, to enable them to become an asso- 
ciation of Shipowners on a large scale, with au- 
thority to build, charter, hire or otherwise employ 
steam-vessels and ships of all descriptions, or to 
lend their capital to other parties for effecting such 
purposes, and for the purpose of trading to and from 
the port of Holyhead, and to and from all other 
ports and places, without at the same time incurring 
any of those liabilities and responsibilities, personal 
or otherwise, to which all classes of Shipowners are 
now liable, and also praying the House to introduce 
a clause into the General Railway Bill now before 
Parliament, by which Railway Companies shall be 
prohibited from becoming Shipowners, Merchants or 
general Traders, or from applying their funds or 
capital directly or indirectly to any other purposes 
than locomotion on land, or the other legitimate 
objects of Railway Companies, unless accompanied 
hy the same personal liabilities to which other Ship- 
owners are liable, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Leith Chamber of Commerce, 
praying that they may be heard, by their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Leith Harbour 
and Dock Dues Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


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A. 1847. 


A Petition of Winifred Orrell, Ann Barbara Saint Melen's 
Orrell and Elizabeth Orreil, praying that they may oe song 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, (Warrington 
against certam parts of the Saint Helen’s Canal and and Black- 
Railway (Warrington and Blackbrook Branches, 
&amp;c.) Bill, was presented, and read. &amp;e.) Bill,” 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Reverend Christopher Words- Windsor, 

worth, Doctor of Divinity, and of Henry Reeve and Staines and 
W . : ° ‘ South West- 

John Rogers Wheeler, Esquires, Devisees in Trust, crn Railway 
and Executors of the last will and testament of (Staines to’ 
Edwin Hill Handley, Esquire, deceased, and Mary and 
Handley and Charlotte Handley, Spinsters, the te- jam, with 
nants for life under the same will, praying that they Branches) Bill. 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Windsor, Staines and 
South Western Railway (Staines to Ascot and 
Wokingham, with Branches) Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Sir David Baird, of Newbyth, Ba- Windsor, 
ronet, Jonathan Peel, Esquire, a Lieutenant-Colonel Staines and 
in Her Majesty’s Army, Member of Parliament, and rang Fon 
Sir John Andrew Cathcart, of Carleton, Baronet, (Richmond to 
the Trustees acting under the will of Archibald, the Windsor, &amp;c.) 
late Marquis of Ailsa, deceased, praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Windsor, Staines and 
South Western Railway (Richmond to Windsor, &amp;c.) 

Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions from Alexander Lord Ashburton;—and, Newmarket 
Mildenhall; praying that the Newmarket and Ches- and Chester- 
terford Railway (Extension to Thetford) Bill may once tty 
/pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and Thetford) Bill: 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of the Ipswich and Bury Saint Ed- 

mund’s Railway Company ; and, Henry Prigg, 
Mayor of the borough of Bury Saint Edmund's, in 
the county of Suffolk; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the said Bill,—were also presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 

‘in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








| Petitions from Cambridge ;—and, Newmarket and Newmarket 

| other places ; praying that the Newmarket and Ches- = Sailway 
| terford Railway (Extension to Thetford); and, New- (Extension to 
market and Chesterford Railway (Extension to Bury Thetford); 

| Saint Edmund’s, with a Branch to Z/y) Bills may ameypten = sel 
| pass into law,—were presented, and read ; and or- terford Rail- 


dered to lie upon the ‘Table. way (Exten- 
sion to Bury 

St. Edmund’s, with a 

Branch to Ely) Bills. 


Petitions cf Owners of property on the line of Newmarket 
Railway thereinafter mentioned ; ——Jpswich and 2nd Chester- 


cv , ; . ford Railway 
| Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway Company ; —— (Extension to 


| Frederick Peere Williams Freeman, squire, an Bury Saint 


mor of . j j in- Edmuud’s, 
Owner of property on the line of Railway therein a apg 


after mentioned ;——and, Henry Prigg, Mayor “a to Ely) Bill. 
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the borough of Bury Saint Edmund’s, in the county 
of Suffolk; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Newmarket and Chesterford Railway 
(Extension to Bury Saint Edmund's, with a Branch 
to Ely) Bill,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Fordham ;— Soham ;—and, Bury 
Saint Edmund's; praying that the said Bill may pass 
into a law,—were also presented, and read ; and or- 

dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of houses 
and land, and Inhabitants of the town of Newmarket 
and its neighbourhood, praying that the Ipswich 
and Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway (No. 2.) (Exten- 
sion from Bury Saint Edmuna’s to Newmarket and 
Ely) Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of Owners of property on the line of 
the Railway thereinafter mentioned ;——Stewards 
of the Jockey Club ;——and, Sir Thomas Rokewode 
Gage, of Hengrave Hall, in the county of Suffolk, 
Baronet ; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the said Bill,—were also presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 

A Petition of Henry Prigg, Mayor of the borough 
of Bury Saint Edmund’s, m the county of Suffolk, 
praying that the said Bill may pass into a law, was 
also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Ipswich and 
Bury Saint 
Edmund's 
Railway 
(No. 2.) (Ex- 
tension from 
Bury Saint 
Edmund’s to 
Newmarket 
and Ely) Bill. 


London, Petitions of the Chairman and Clerk to the Com- 
Brighton and missioners of the Faversham Navigation ;—— Peter 
le Cator, Agent of John Cator, of Beckenham-place, in 
Railway to the county of Kent, Esquire ;—— Edward Twopenny, 
Maidstone, of Woodstock House, in the parish of Tunstall, n 
Canterbury the county of Kent, Esquire ;——George Tweedy, 
bridge) Bil. of Bromley, in the county of Kent, Lieutenant-Co- 
lonel in the honourable East India Company’s ser- 
vice, and Violet, his Wife ; —— Frederick Pratt 
Barlow, Attorney of Stewart Erskine Rolland, of 
Bromley, in the county of Kent, Esquire ;——Right 
honourable Earl Amherst ;—-—-and, Francis Whita- 
her, of Mountains Hall, in the parish of Tonbridge, 
in the county of Kent, Esquire, and Jane, his Wife ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (Kent 
Railway to Maidstone, Canterbury and Tunbridge) 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of Owners of property, and Ratepayers 
of the borough of Sunderland, in the county of 
Durham ;——and, Owners or Occupiers of property 
in the township of Southwick, in the county of Dur- 
ham; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Sunderland Markets, Bridge, Ferries and Ge- 
neral Improvement Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Sunderland 
Markets, 
Bridge, Fer- 
ries and Gene- 
ral Improve- 
ment Bill. 


North British 
Railway 


(No. 1.) Bill. 


A Petition of Trustees upon the North Branch of 
Kelso Union Turnpike-roads, in the counties of 
Roxburgh and Berwick, praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 

VoL. 102. 





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177 
certain parts of the North British Railway (No. 1.) 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Reverend Thomas Wintle, London and 
Rector of the parish of Leckford, in the county of South Western 
Southampton, praying that the London and South yest 99 ‘ 
Western Railway (Andover to the Bishopstoke and Bishopstoke 
Salisbury Branch, &amp;c.) Bill may not pass into a 204 Salisbury 
law, as it now stands, was presented, and read ; Branch, te.) 
and referred to the Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Henry Hutton, of Battersea Fields, London ana 
in the county of Surrey, Miller, praying that he South West- 
may be heard, by himself, his counsel wont, See 

y ard, by self, ounsel or agent, (Widening 
against certain parts of the Zondon and South &amp;c.) Bill.” 
Western Railway (Widening, &amp;c.) Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, ‘ 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Inhabitants of the borough of Bury Lymn and Ely 
Saint Edmund's, in the county of Suffolk ; and, Railway (Ex- 
Owners and Occupiers of houses and land, and In- seg a. 
habitants of the town of Newmarket and its ueigh- Edmund's) 
bourhood ; praying that the Lynn and Ely Railway Bil. 
(Extension to Bury Saint Edmund's) Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of Edward Witt, of Fornham All Saints, 
in the county of Suffolk, Farmer ; Frederick 
Peere Williams Freeman, Esquire, an Owner of 
property on the line of Railway thereinafter men- 
tioned ;—— Sir Charles William Kent, Baronet, a 
Captain in Her Majesty’s First Regiment of Life 
Guards ;-—-— and, Ipswich and Bury Saint Ed- 
mund’s Railway Company; praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the said Bill,—were also pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Peti- 
tions. 








A Petition of the Right honourable John Earl of Leeds, Dews- 
Mexborough, praying that he may be heard, by ell 
himself, his counsel or agent, against certain parts Railway 
of the Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester Railway (Extension to 
(Extension to Wakefield, and Junction at Methley cana gegaa 
with the Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole and the Methiey with 
York and North Midland Railways) Bill, was pre- the Wakefield, 
sented, and read. ee 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the York and 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, North Mid- 
4 himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, way) Bill 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 


Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Henry Hutton, of Battersea Fields, Great West- 
in the county of Surrey, Miller, praying that he rca apt 
may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, join the West 
against certain parts of the Great Western Railway London Rail- 
(Branch to join the West London Railway, Widen- ;"*° bet 
: a . : g and En- | 
ing and Enlargement of West London Railway, and jargement of 
Branches to Hammersmith, and to join the London West London 
and South Western Railway near Lambeth) Bill, a: = 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to smith, and to 


Hammer- 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner?) postal 
AA heard, 


























178 1° Marti. 


Western Rail- heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his 
Lawbeth) Bill. Petition, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in fa- 


vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Great North- j 
= Railway Mexborough, praying that he may be heard, by 
(extension tO himself, his counsel or agent, against certain parts 


Leeds and &gt; - 
Wakefield, | of the Great Northern Railway (Extension to Leeds 





A. 1847. 


A Petition of Landholders of the parishes of Relief to 
Clonrush and Inniscaltra, in the barony of Leitrim, land. 
and county of Galway, suggesting that a Baronial 
rather than a Parochial Taxation would be most 


A Petition of the Right honourable John Earl of | judicious for the relief of Zreland, coupled with an 


extensive but politic emigration; and praying the 
House to direct their attention to the subject, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


Deviation of and Wakefield, Deviation of Methley Branch of | Table. 


Methley 


Branch of Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole Railway) Bill, 


Wakefield, | was presented, and read. 
Pontefractand QOrydered, That the said Petition be referred to 
a Lg the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 
; heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his 
Petition, if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
Famine A Petition of Inhabitants of Hawick, setting forth 


A Petition of Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, Legacy 
of Brisbane and Makerston, Baronet, G.c.B., and Duties. 
William Malcolm Fleming, of Barochan, two of the 
Executors acting under the will of the deceased 
Henry Douglas, Esquire, late of Patna, in the pro- 
vince of Behar, in Bengal, in the East Indies, 
complaining of having been charged with legacy 
duties to which they are advised they were not 


(Ireland and the distress existing in Zreland and the Highlands of | legally liable, and praying for inquiry and redress, 


ne Scotland ; and praying that the Ports may be opened 


for the free admission of Foreign Corn, that the re- 
maining duties on all the prime necessaries of life may 
be abolished,that the Navigation Laws may bealtered 
so as to place them in accordance with the acknow- 
ledged principles of free trade, and also that dis- 
tillation, for six months, may be prevented, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Factories. A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of Stalybridge, praying the House to pass 
a Ten Hours Bill for all minors and females employed 
in Factories, was presented, and read; and ordered 


to lie upon the Table. 


Tax Assessors &lt;A Petition of Assessors and Collectors of Assessed 

and Collectors. Taxes, Land Tax and Property and Income Tax for 
the hundred of Boothby Graffoe, in the county of 
Lincoln, stating that the present allowance of three- 
pence in the Pound orthree-halfpence to the Asses- 
sor and three-halfpence to the Collector, does not 
sufficiently remunerate them for the duties they 
have to perform, and praying the House to take 
their case into consideration, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Navigation 
Laws. « 


A Petition of the Chairman and Deputy-Chair- 
man of the Liverpool Shipowners Society, praying 
that the House will not sanction any change in the 
principle of the Navigation Laws as at present ad- 
ministered, and that the Petitioners may be allowed 
to support their views as expressed in their Petition 
by evidence before the Committee on the said laws, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Navigation Laws. 


Public Works 


A Petition of Members of the Killilagh and Kil- 
(Ireland. ) 


shanny Relief Committee, in the county of Clare, 
stating that the official Reports of Mr. Inspector 
Wynn, lately in charge of that county under the 


provisions of the Poor Relief Act, merit the repro- 


bation of the Petitioners ; and praying that the 
House will adopt measures to stay (i 


cated on by any tribunal the House may be pleased 
to constitute, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Rum, &amp;c. 


ation of the duty on Rum into consideration, and 
either to adopt a higher rate of duty on Colonial 
Spirits on principles equitable to all parties, or .to 
allow a corresponding drawback of the duty on 


Malt used in making Malt Spirits, as is proposed to 


be done in the case of Sugar used in distilleries, was 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 





such be con- 
templated) his promotion until all pertaining to his 
official connection with Clure be tested and adjudi- 


A Petition of the Chairman and Members of the 
acting Committee of the Forres Agricultural Society, 
praying the House to take the subject of the alter- 


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


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Cole- Railways 
raine, praying that the Railways (Zreland) Bill may (Ireland) Bill. 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Mount Melick ;——and, Newtown Poor Relief 
Limavady Poor Law Union (Chairman) ; praying (Ireland) Bill. 
that the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill may not pass into 
a law, as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Shandrum ;—Monanimney;—Bal- poor Law 
lyclough ; — Midleton ; — Fermoy ; — Youghal ; — (ireland. ) 
Cove ;—and, Kilbolane, Knocktemple and Tullalease ; 
praying the House to extend to Jreland the advan- 
tages of a good Poor Law, insuring the right of the 
able-bodied, as well as the infirm poor, to out-door 
relief, —were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Fishguard ;—Leith (Chairman) ; Lighthouses, 
—and, Directors of the London, Leith, Edinburgh *- 
and Glasgow Shipping Company ; praying the 
House to pass a law in accordance with the recom- 
mendations of the Select Committee on Lighthouses, 
&amp;c.,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Directors of the poor of the united Settlement. 

parishes of Saint Michael, and the Holy Trinity, in 
the city of Coventry, praying the House to 
abolish the Law of Settlement, and in lieu thereof 
to enact that the maintenance and relief of the 
destitute poor be made a county charge, and that 
an assessment by way of county rate be substituted, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


Petitions from Cheltenham ;—Kilgerran ; —Co- Poor Removal 
ventry ;—and, Houghton-le-Spring Union (Chair- Ac 
man); praying for the repeal or alteration of the 
Poor Removal Act,—were presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Settlement and 
Poor Removal. 


The House was moved, That the Report which, Private Bills. 

upon Friday last, was made from the Select Com- 
mittee — to continue the inquiry into the 
Private Buisiness of the House, the Expenses at- 
tending the obtaining of all Private Bills, including 
all the Expenses of the Opponents as well as the 
Promoters of Bills, and the taxing of Expenses 
thereto, and who were empowered to report their 
Observations and Opinion thereupon from time to 
time, might be read ; and the same being read ; 








_ A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
| posed, That this House doth agree with the Com- 
| mittee 


rar were te 50 


cay rare 





RT a 


Corn. 


Cattle, &amp;c. 


West India 


Islands Relicf. 


Leominster 


Canal Naviga- 
tion Sale Bill. 


Local Acts. 
No. 124. 


Hulks 
(Woolwich. ) 


No. 125. 


Rating of 
Tenements 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Russian 
Dutch Loan. 


Metropolitan 
Building Act 


Ways and 
leans ; 


Loan, 


10 Vicroriz. 


mittee in the said Report :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Orders,— 
Accounts of all Wheat and Wheat Flour, stated in 
Quarters of Wheat, imported into the United King- 
dom in the year ending on the 5th day of January 
1847; also, of the Quantity entered for Home Con- 
sumption in the same period (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 54, of Session 1846) :— 
Of all Wheat and Wheat Flour, stated in Quarters 
of Wheat, imported into the United Kingdom from 
Canada, in the year ending on the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1847 ; also, of the Quantity entered for Home 
Consumption in the same period (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 54, of Session 1846) :— 
And, of the Quantities of Wheat, Barley, Oats, 
Wheat Flour and Oatmeal imported into Great Bri- 
tain from Ireland, from the 5th day of July 1846 to 
the 5th day of January 1847 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 584, of Session 1846). 

An Account of all Cattle, Sheep and Swine im- 
ported into Great Britain from Ireland, from the 
5th day of July 1846 to the 5th day of January 
1847 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
584, of Session 1846). 

Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account of all 
Loans advanced during the year ending 5th January 
1847, to the Islands of Antigua, Saint Kitts, Nevis, 
Dominica and Montserrat, and of all Sums repaid 
by reason of such Advances, with the Interest paid 
thereon, during the same period. 

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


Ordered, That the Leominster Canal Navigation 
Sale Bill be read a second time upon Friday next. 


Viscount Morpeth presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Improvement of Towns :—Preliminary 
Inquiries Act 9 and 10 Vic., c. 106, Copies of Re- 
ports of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, 
&amp;c., enclosing the Reports of the Surveying Officers 
appointed under the above Act, and the Short- 
hand Writer’s Notes of the Evidence taken. 

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


Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Hulks, 
(Woolwich), which were presented upon the 26th day 
of February last, be printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Rating of Tenements (No. 2.) Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 17th day of this instant 
March. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Amount that will be payable 
for Principal and for Interest, in each year, for the 
Russian Dutch Loan, under the Act 2 and 3 Will. 
4, c. 81, from and after the Ist day of January 
1847 :—Also, an Abstract Statement of the Total 
Amount of the Principal, and of the Interest, and of 
both, up to the 30th day of June 1915. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 

" Return of the Fees received by each of the District 

Surveyors and the Official Referees and other Of- 

ficers, under each head of Charge, during each 

Quarter, under the Metropolitan Building Act, 
since the Act has come into operation. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. 
(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That towards raising the Supply 
Vou. 102. 


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179 


granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Eight millions 
be raised by Annuities. 

2. Resolved, That every contributor to the said 
Sum of Eight millions, shall for every Sum of Eighty- 
nine pounds Ten shillings contributed and paid, be 
entitled to the principal Sum of One hundred pounds 
in anuuities, after the rate of Three pounds per cen- 
tum, to commence from the 5th day of January 1847, 
and to be added to and made one joint Stock with the 
existing Three per centum Consolidated Annuities, 
and be payable and transferable at the Bank of 
England, at the same time and in the same manner, 
and subject to the like redemption, as the said An- 
nuities. 

That the several Annuities shall be charged on and paid 


out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland. 


That every Contributor shall, on the 5th day of March 1847, 
make a deposit of £.12 per centum on such sum as he or 
she shall choose to subscribe, towards raising the said sum 
of Eight millions, with the Chief Cashier or Cashiers of 
the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, as 
a security for making the future payments on or before the 
days or times hereinafter mentioned ; that is to say,— 


Payment of 
£.12 per centum on or before the 9th day of April next, 


12 ditto ditto 7th May, 

12 ditto ditto 11th June, 

12 ditto ditto 9th July, 

12 ditto ditto 6th August, 

12 ditto ditto 3d September, 

16 ditto ditto 15th October. 
£.100 





3. Resolved, That all the Monies so to be received 
by the said Cashier or Cashiers of the said Governor 
and Company of the Bank of England, shall be paid 
into the Account of the Receipt of Her Majesty’s 
Exchequer at the Bank of England, in aid of the 
Monies belonging to the Consolidated Fund, and 
shall be applied from time to time for any of the 
purposes for which Money might be advanced or 
granted from the Consolidated Fund of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, under the Act 9 and 10 Vic., 
c. 107, or for such Services as may be voted by this 
House, or as may be authorized to be paid thereout 
by any Act passed, or that may be passed, in the 
present Session of Parliament. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, ‘hat the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Greene also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, ‘Lhat the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

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





The House, according to Order, resolved itself Poor Relief 
into a Committee upon the Poor Relief (Zreland) (teland) Bill. 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. No.126. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Landed 
mittee on the Landed Property (Zreland) Bill ; Property 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday “¢!#"4) Bill 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply; 
into the Committee of Supply. 
(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Number of Land Forces, not Land Forces. 
exceeding One hundred and eight thousand three 
AA2 hundred 





Charge for @°. 


General Staff 
Officers, &amp;c. 


Public Mili- 
tary Depart- 
ments. 


Royal Mili- 
tary Asylum, 
&amp;e. 


Volunteer 
Corps. 


Rewards for 
distinguished 
Services. 


Pay of 
General 
Officers. 


Full Pay for 
Reduced 
Officers. 


alf Pay for d°. 


180 


hundred and ninety-eight Men (exclusive of the Men| Pay and M ~ ig Pema to reduced and retired 


employed in the Territorial Possessions of the East | Officers of Her 


India Company), Commissioned and Non-Commis- 
sioned Officers included, be maintained for the Ser- 
vice of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, from the 1st day of April 1847 to the 31st 
day of March 1848. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
million seven hundred and twenty-eight thousand 
seven hundred and thirty-seven pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Her 
Majesty’s Land Forces, for Service in the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and on 
Stations Abroad (excepting the Regiments employed 
in the Territorial Possessions of the East India 
Company), which will come in course of payment 
from the 1st day of April 1847 to the 31st day of 
March 1848, both days inclusive. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and seventy-seven thousand seven hundred and 
seventy eight pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge of General Staff Officers 
and Officers of the Hospitals, serving with Her Ma- 
jesty’s Forces in the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, and on Foreign Stations (ex- 
cepting India), and of Her Majesty’s Garrison of 
the Tower of London, which will come in course of 
payment from the 1st day of April 1847 to the 31st 
day of March 1848, both days inclusive. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ninety- 
six thousand five hundred and thirty-two pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of 
the Allowances of the Principal Officers of the seve- 
ral Public Military Departments in Great Britain, 
their Deputies, Clerks and Contingent Expenses, 
which will come in course of payment from the 1st 
day of April 1847 to the 31st day of March 1848, 
both days inclusive. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven- 
teen thousand six hundred and thirty-three pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of the Royal Military Asylum, of the Normal and 
Model Schools established there, and of the Hiber- 
nian Military School, which will come in course of 
payment from the 1st day of April 1847 to the 31st 
day of March 1848, both days inclusive. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighty- 
six thousand three hundred and four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Volunteer Corps, which will come in course of 
payment from the 1st day of April 1847 to the 31st 
day of March 1848, both days inclusive. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifteen 
thousand seven hundred and forty pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Allowances as Rewards for distinguished Services, 
and of Allowances to Ofticers of Her Majesty’s Gar- 
risons, holding their Appointments as Rewards for 
Military Service, in the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Jreland, and on Foreign Stations, which 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1847 to the 31st day of March 1848, both 
days inclusive. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighty- 
two thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge of the Pay of General 
Officers in Her Majesty's Forces, not being Colonels 
cf Regiments, which will come in course of payment 
from the Ist day of April 1847 to the 31st day of 
March 1848, both days inclusive. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- 
nine thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge of Full Pay for reduced 
and retired Officers of Her Majesty’s Forces, which 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1847 to the 31st day of March 1848, both 
days inclusive. 

10. Lesolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
hundred and twenty thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Half 


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A. 1847. 


ajesty’s Land Forces, which will 
come in course of payment from the 1st day of April 
1847 to the 31st day of March 1848, both days 
inclusive. 


11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
nine thousand one hundred and thirty-six pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
for Half Pay and Reduced Allowances to Officers 
of disbanded Foreign Corps, of Pensions to wounded 
Foreign Officers, and of Allowances to Widows and 
Children of deceased Foreign Officers, which will 
come in course of payment from the 1st day of April 


1847 to the 31st day of March 1848, both days 
inclusive. 





Half Pay to 
Foreign 
Officers, &amp;c. 


12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Widows” 
hundred and thirty-one thousand eight hundred and Pensions. 


ae pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Charge of Pensions to be paid to the 
Widows of Officers of the Land Forces, which will 
come in course of payment from the 1st day of April 
1847 to the 31st day of March 1848, both days 
inclusive. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ninety- 
eight thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge of Allowances on the Com- 
passionate List, of Allowances as of Her Majesty’s 
Royal Bounty and Pensions, Gratuities and Allow- 
ances to Officers for Wounds, which will come in 
course of payment from the ist day of April 1847 
to the 31st day of March 1848, both days inclu- 
sive. 


Compas- 
sionate List. 


14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Chelsea and 


six thousand six hundred aud twenty-three pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals, and of the 
In-Pensioners of those Establishments, which will 
come in course of payment from the Ist day of 
April 1847 to the 31st day of March 1848, both 
days inclusive. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 


Kilmainham 
Hospitals. 


Out-Pension- 


million two hundred and thirty-six thousand seven ¢rs of Chelsea 


hundred and thirty-two pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of the Out-Pen- 
sioners of Chelsea Hospital, of Pensions granted to 
discharged Negro Soldiers, of Pensioners from Ha- 
noverian Corps which served with the British Army 
in 1793, 1794 and 1795, and of the Military Orga- 
nization of Out-Pensioners in the United Kingdom 
and in Mew Zealand, which will come in course of 
payment from the 1st day of April 1847 to the 31st 
day of March 1848, both days inclusive. 


16, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
nine thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge of Allowances, Compensa- 
tions and Emoluments in the nature of Superan- 
nuation or Retired Allowances, to persons formerly 
belonging to the several Military Public Depart- 
ments in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, which will come in course of payment from 
the 1st day of April 1847 to the 31st day of March 
1848, both days inclusive. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Greene also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

Reading of the Railways Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday, the 12th day of this instant —— 
Ir. 


Hospital, &amp;c. 


Superannua- 
tions. 


Railways Bill. 





10 Vicrorrz. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and eighty-five thousand two hundred and 
eighty pounds, Six shillings and Nine-pence, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Excess of the 
Naval Expenditure beyond the Grants for the year 
ended the 31st day of March 1846. 

2. Resolved, That Forty-one thousand five hun- 
dred Men be employed for the Sea Service, for thir- 


1°—2° Marti. 


181 


August, in the last Session of Parliament, for a 
Return of the Constabulary Force in England and 
Wales, and the Name of each County, City, Town 
or Borough; the Number in each County, Riding 
or Division, and City, Town or Borough, and the 
Rank of each Chief or other Officer; the Amount 
of Pay for each, and the Date when each Force was 
organised ; whether there is a Superannuation Fund, 
and if so, what Amount is deducted from the Pay of 
each, and what are the Regulations for Super- 
annuation Allowance. 


teen lunar months, to the 31st day of March 1848, 
including Twelve thousand Royal Marines, and Two 
thousand Boys. 


Sir William Somerville also presented, pursuant Dublin 
to Order,—A Return from the Commissioners for Paving, &amp;c- 


Paving, Lighting, and Cleansing the City of Dublin, 
Wages to d°. 


3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One mil- 
lion three hundred and twenty-five thousand eight 
hundred and twenty pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of Wages to Seamen 
and Marines, and to the Ordinary and Yard Craft, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1848. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six hun- 
dred and thirty-five thousand four hundred and fifty- 
two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of Victuals to Seamen and Marines in 
Her Majesty’s Fleet, and the Ordinary and Yard 
Craft, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1848. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


of a Copy of the existing Contract for Lighting the 
City with Gas :—Copies of a Letter from Edward 
Lucas, Esquire, Under Secretary to the Lord Lieute- 
nant, to the Commissioners, dated Dublin Castle, the 
25th day of June 1844, in relation to the intended 
Contract: —Of the Answer of the Commissioners, 
to said Letter, dated the 29th day of June 1844 :— 
Of the Letter from the Commissioners to Mr. Lucas, 
dated the 12th day of July 1844, on the same 
subject :—Of the Opinion of the Solicitor-General 
for Ireland, taken by the Commissioners, on said 
Letter and Contract :—And, of the Bond taken from 
Mr. Peter Brophy and others, by the Commissioners, 
on permission being given to open the Pavements for 
the purpose of laying the Pipes of the Alliance Gas 
Company :—And, a Return of such Proceedings at 


Law (if any) as have been resorted to by the Com- 


—— Bil Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | missioners for any alleged violation of the Conditions 
Muuny © for the Regulation of Her Majesty’s Royal Marine | of said Bond, and the Penalties incurred (if any). 
Forces while on Shore: And that Mr. Greene, Mr. Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Ward and Admiral Dundas do prepare, and bring | Table. 
it in. 
Sir George Grey presented a Bill to explain and Drainage of 
Customs The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| amend the Act authorizing the Advance of Money 104 Bill. 
Duties Bill. mittee on the Customs Duties Bill ; for the Improvement of Land by Drainage, in Great No. 128. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, | Britain: And the same was read the first time; and 
resolve itself into the said Committee. ordered to be read a second time upon Friday next ; 
and to be printed. 
Consolidated | The Consolidated Fund (£.8,000,000.) Bill was, 
i nie according to Order, read a second time; and com-| Mr. Ward presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 
gg 000.) mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for | mand,—Copies of Reports of the Admiralty, relative No. 129. 


Friday next. to Applications for Local Acts. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table ; and be printed. 


Drainage of 


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


to explain and amend the Act authorizing the Ad- 
vance of Money for the Improvement of Land by 
Drainage, in Great Britain: And that Sir George 
Grey and the Lord Advocate do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Martis, 2° die Martii ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 








Army Enlist- 


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


for limiting Enlistment in the Army: And that Mr. 
Secretary at War and the Paymaster-General do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- pypiic 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had ex- Petitions 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 25th and (Tenth Re- 
26th days of February last; and had directed him ne 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Amount received for the Canada 
£.4 per-cent. Loan of £.1,500,000, under the Act 5 
and 6 Vic.,c. 118, stating the Periods at which raised, 
the Amount raised at each Period, and the Amount 
of Money received for each £.100 Stock, at each 
Period :—And, Copy of the Notice by the Treasury 
to the Public, of the Conditions of the Loan. 


Canada Loan. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Settlement Settlement 
and Poor Removal have leave to sit this day, til] and Poor 
Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. «moval. 
Lahore, Sir John Hobhouse presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Further Papers relating to the Ariicles 
of Agreement concluded between the British Go- 
vernment and the Lahore Durbar, on the 26th of 
December 1846, for the administration of the Lahore 
State during the Minority of the Maharaja Dhuleep 


Notice being taken that the British Commercial British Com- 
Insurance Company Bill was not properly prepared ; mercial Insur- 

‘The Order for reading the said Billa second time, #7¢° ComPary 
was read, and discharged. ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Sing. 
rdered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to British Com- 
Table. 


repeal an Act of the second year of his late Ma- mercial Insur- 
jesty King William the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act 
to enable the British Commercial Insurance Com- 
pany to sue and be sued in the Name of one of the 

AA3 Directors, 


ance Company 
Constabulary (No. 2.) Bill. 


oe Sir William Somerville presented,—Return to an 


Address to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of 
Vou. 102. 











182 


Directors, or of the Secretary for the time being of 
the Company ;” and to enable the said Company to 
sue and be sued in the name of one of their Direc- 
tors, or of their Secretary for the time being : And 
that Mr. James and Mr. Ewart do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Dunfermline A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 
ee subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for the better 
, supplying the town of Dunfermline, and places 
adjacent thereto, with Water, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Lord Dalmeny and Mr. Edward 

Ellice. 


British Com- 
mercial Insur- 
ance Company 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


the second year of his late Majesty King William 
the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act to enable the Bri- 
tish Commercial Insurance Company to sue and be 
sued in the Name of one of the Directors, or of the 
Secretary for the time being, of the Company ; and 
to enable the said Company to sue and be sued in 
the Name of one of their Directors, or of their Se- 
cretary for the time being: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Dublin and 
Drogheda 
Railway 
(Purchase of 
Navan Branch, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


The Dublin and Drogheda Railway (Purchase of 
Navan Branch, &amp;c.) Bill, was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


—— Sir John Hope presented a Bill to enable the 
Railway  Ldinburgh and Bathgate Railway Company to ex- 


(Deviation 
ont) Bil their Main Line, and for other Purposes: And the 
ne . ° 

same was read the first time; and ordered to be 


read a second time. 


Great Western 
Railway 
(Amendment 
and Exten- 
sions) Bill. 


The Great Western Railway (Amendment and Ex- 
tensions) Bill was read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Edinburgh 


and Glasgow 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Gibson Craig presented a Bill to authorize 
the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company to 
hold Stock in, or to purchase or lease the Edinburgh 
and Bathgate, the Stirling and Dunfermline, and 
the Glasgow, Airdrie and Monklands Junction 
Railways, and for other Purposes: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a se- 
cond time. 

Edinburgh 


and Perth 


Railway Bill. 


Mr. Gibson Craig presented a Bill for making a 
Railway from North Queensferry, by Inverkeithing 
and Kinross, to the Scotdish Central Railway at Mon- 
crieff Hill, with Branches, to be called The Edin- 
burgh and Perth Railway: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Inverness Mr. Gibson Craig presented a Bill for extending 

Municipal and the Municipal Boundaries of the Burgh of Jnver- 

a NC» ness ; establishing a general System of Police there- 
in; lighting and cleansing the Streets; improving 
and maintaiming, and if necessary, rebuilding the 
Bridges over the River Ness, and making Accesses 
thereto; providing Public Markets and Bleaching 
Greens; regulating the Bridge Tolls, Petty and 
Market Customs ; and for other Purposes relating 
to the said Burgh: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Inverness 
Harbour and 
Navigation 
Improvement 


Mr. Gibson Craig presented a Bill for deepening, 
enlarging, improving and maintaining the Port and 
Harbour of Inverness, and the Navigation of the 
River ess, and the Quays and Piers, and other 
Works connected therewith ; for regulating the An- 
chorage and Shore Dues of the said Port and Har- 
bour ; and for other Purposes relating thereto: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


2 Marti. 





A. 1847 


A Petition of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Shrewsbury 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to and Birming- 
enable the said Company to make Branch Railways Act Amend. 
to Madeley and Iron Bridge, and to join the Lon- ment and 
don and North Western Railway, and for other pur- Branches Bill. 
poses, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Shrewsbury 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- 204 Birming- 
vate Bills; That in the case of the Petition for the = 
Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Act Amend- ment and 





Mr. James presented a Bill to repeal an Act of 


tend their Barracks Branch, to deviate a Portion of 


ment and Branches Bill, the Standing Orders have Branches Bill. 
not been complied with; as, on the Section of the 
proposed Branch from Wolverhampton to Willen- 
hail, on the London and North Western Railway, 
the fixed point to which the datum horizontal line 
is referred is not distinctly stated in writing, the 
same being thus described: “ Datum line, 344 feet 
7 inches below level of rails of the London and North 
Western Railway at point A on Plan corresponding 
with datum line of section of main line, 1845 ;” but 
no point is so distinguished, in consequence of the 
Letter A having been omitted from the Plan. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That the Newmarket and Chesterford ——— 
Railway (Extension to Bury Saint Edmund’s, with 2.5 Raiwas 
A : *. ford Railway 
a Branch to Ely) Bill be now read a second time : (Extension to 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; and cn aap “1 
committed. aka 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Ely) Bil. 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Persons thereunto subscribing, for Kilmarnock 
leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway from and Ayr 
iss 5 : é Direct Rail- 
Kilmarnock to Ayr, with a Branch to the Harbour way Bin, 
of Ayr, to be called The Kilmarnock and Ayr 
Direct Railway, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from Kilmarnock 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for i. 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Kilmarnock way Bill. 
and Ayr Direct Railway Petition, the Standing 
Orders had not been complied with, in the follow- 
ing instances ; viz. 

The notice does not state the intention of making 
a Branch of about 2 furlongs in length, in order to 
effect a junction between the main line and the pro- 
pesed Glasgow and Belfast Union Railway. 

The roads numbered 119 and 121, and the pro- 
perties numbered 120, 122 and 123, in the parish 
of Newton-upon-Ayr, situate within the limits of 
deviation of the Branch Railway to the Harbour of 
Ayr, are not numbered on the Plan or described in 
the Book of Reference with reference to the said 
Branch, but are numbered and referenced with re- 
gard only to the main line ; and with respect to Nos. 
119 and 121, no application was made to the magis- 
trates of Newton-upon-Ayr or to the trustees of the 
parish roads in the said parish of Vewton-upon-Ayr, 
so far as regards the said Branch. 

At the roads occurring at the following distances 
the surface of the ground is incorrectly represented 
with reference to the datum horizontal line on the 
Section :— 














Dis a Extent of inaccuracy in the Level, as represented 

ens on the Section. 

M. F.Ch. 

23 8 Between 2 and 3 feet lower than the correct 
level. 

46 2 feet 6 inches lower than correct level. 

S FF 2 Between 3 and 4 feet lower than correct level. 

3.6 8 3 feet 1 inch lower than correct level. 

709 3 feet 6 inches lower than correct level. 


Special Report : 

That in this case the same question has arisen (Special Re- 
with respect to the necessity of the deposit of Plan, port.) 
Section and Book of Reference at the office of the 

principal 











10 Vicroriz. 


principal Sheriff-Clerk of Ayrshire, at Kilmarnock, 
as arose in the case of the Glasgow, Kilmarnock and 
Ardrossan Railway (Amendment, Deviations and 
Branches) Petition, and on this point the Examiner 
begs to report the following facts to the House, in 
order that they may be referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders for their decision there- 
upon: 

That Ayr is the head burgh of the county of Ayr. 
That the Sheriffs Courts for the despatch of all civil 
and criminal business are held by a Sheriff Substi- 
tute in the said town of Ayr, and are attended by a 
Sheriff Clerk Depute, who acts for the principal 
Sheriff Clerk of the said county, and has an office 
at Ayr, the principal Sheriff Clerk residing at 
Edinburgh. 

That a variety of public business is transacted at 
the said principal Sheriff Clerk’s office at Ayr, 
either by custom or by Special Act of Parliament, 
the transaction of which does not of necessity in- 
volve the fact that the said office should be the only 
or the principal office of the said principal Sheriff 
Clerk, or even that there should be any office of the 
said principal Sheriff Clerk in the said town; thus 
the Registry of Voters is kept at Ayr by the pro- 
visions of the Reform Act; the fiars prices of grain 
regulating the payment of rents and stipends which 
are always struck at the head burgh of the county, 
are struck at Ayr, as in like manner in the adjoining 
county of Renfrew, the said fiars prices are struck at 
Renfrew, being the head burgh, although there is 
no office of the principal Sheriff Clerk in the said 
town of Renfrew; so with respect to the records 
of various local matters, there is kept at Ayr the 
register of inhibitions (a process affecting real es- 
tates) the register of improvements charged on 
entailed estates, the record of notarial protests, and 
the general register of deeds, while it appears that 
in the county of Renfrew the register of imhibitions 
is kept at Paisley, not being the head burgh of 
the said county, and the register of sasines is kept 
at Glasgow, which is out of the said county. 

That in the month of September 1846, Her Ma- 
jesty having been pleased to signify Her pleasure 
that a salary should be allowed to an additional 
Sheriff Substitute for the county of Ayr, who should 
be resident and hold his Court at Kilmarnock, the 
principal Sheriff of the county appointed B. 2. Bell, 
Esquire, to be such Sheriff Substitute, and by an 
Act of Court (dated 15th September) divided the 
county into two districts, assigning to the Kilmar- 
nock district the several parishes therein named, and 
assigning the residue of the parishes in the said 
county to the Ayr district. 

That it thereupon became necessary that a 
Sheriff Clerk Depute should be appointed to attend 
the Courts of the said Sheriff Substitute, and the 
principal Sheriff Clerk (Alexander Hunter, Esquire) 
accordingly appointed Mr. 7. Fulton to that office. 

That the duties of the Sheriff Substitute and the 
Sheriff Clerk Depute at Kilmarnock, are in all 
respects analogous to, and co-extensive with those 
of the Sheriff Substitute and Sheriff Clerk Depute 


2° Martii. 183 


Sheriff Substitute at Kilmarnock having come into 
operation in the month of October last, the pro- 
moters of the said Kilmarnock and Ayr direct Rail- 
way Bill made the usual deposit in the office of the 
principal Sheriff Clerk at Ayr only, and not in that 
at Kilmarnock, although about one-fourth part of 
the works of the said Railway is situate within the 
said district of Kilmarnock. 

That as regards the —_— of deposits in the 


‘eases of counties similarly divided into districts, it 


was proved, 

That in the adjoinining county of Zanork there are 
four divisions or wards, three of them, (viz. Lanark, 
Hamilton and Glasgow) being of considerable 
antiquity, and the fourth, (viz. Airdrie) having been 
very recently erected by similar authority of an 
Act of Court, in the same form with that consti- 
tuting the Kilmarnock district. 

That doubts very early arose, whether a deposit 
in any one, and which of such offices would be a 
compliance with the Standing Orders, and that after 
much discussion, the practice has prevailed very 
generally of depositing in each of the'said four districts 
or wards, and almost uniformly of depositing in such 
of the said wards as were affected by the works of the 
Railway in question ; thus in the year 1846, out of 21 
cases of Railway Bills affecting Lanarkshire, deposits 
were made in all four districts in 15 of such cases, 
and only in five cases was the deposit made in those 
divisions only in which the works were situate. 

In the county of Renfrew, out of six cases, depo- 
sits were made in each of the divisions in four cases, 
and in the divisions in which the works were situate, 
in two cases. 

In Ayrshire, out of seven cases, deposits were 
made both at Ayr and Kilmarnock in three cases ; 
deposits were made in that district in which the 
works were situate in two cases ; and in the two re- 
maining cases, (viz. that of the Glasgow, Kilmar- 
nock and Ardrossan Railway Bill and the present 
Bill) the deposit was made at Ayr only, although 
the works were situate in both districts. 

That in the central and eastern parts of Scot/and, 
where several counties are similarly divided, and in 
particular the county of Fife is divided into the 
districts of Cupar and Dunfermline, and the county 
of Forfar into the districts of Forfar and Dundee, 
a similar doubt has also arisen, and the practice of 
depositing in both districts of the said counties has 
prevailed, although with more exceptions to it than 
in the western counties of Scotland. 

That in the case of the Glasgow Junction Rail- 
way, 1844, a deposit at Glasgow only (not being 
the head burgh of the county of Lanark, the works 
being situate in that ward) was sanctioned by a Sub- 
Committee ; but that in respect of the peculiar cir- 
cumstances of the ancient divisions of that county, 
the Promoters of Bills have not found themselves 
justified in adopting any definite rule, as flowing 
from that decision. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


pee 


at Ayr, save in so far as the duties incident upon Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report frum Glasgow, Kil- } 

the existence of the Registers hereinbefore men-| Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for marnock and j 

tioned, as being kept at Ayr, do not fall to be dis-| Private Bills; That since the Report on the Glas- oe soc | 

charged at Kilmarnock, where only a Register of | gow, Kilmarnock and Ardrossan Railway (Amend- (Amendment 

protests is kept. ment, Deviations and Branches) Petition was pre- Deviationsand 
That the erection of a register of deeds, or of in-| sented to the House, which stated that the Stand- Branches) Bill 


; 
Py is ; ; 5 ; Rg agence Special Re- i 
hibitions, at Kilmarnock, rests solely with the Lord | ing Orders had not been complied with, inasmuch as a Hl 


Clerk Registrar of Scotland, and in no degree with 
the principal Sheriff Clerk, nor is any further act on 
his part necessary to enable his said depute to dis- 
charge the functions incident on its erection. 

That the office of the principal Sheriff Clerk at 
Kilmarnock is established in rooms occupied by 
Mr. Fulton, rent free, under an arrangement with 
his principal, until the public buildings which are 
contemplated for the purpose, shall be completed. 

That under these circumstances, the Court of the 

Von. 102. 


no deposit of Plan, Section and Book of Reference 
had been made at the office of the Principal Sheriff- 
clerk of Ayrshire at Kilmarnock, a similar objec- 
tion has arisen with respect to the Kilmarnock and 
Ayr Direct Railway; and that after hearing the 
additional evidence adduced on this occasion, the 
Examiner considers the case to be of such a nature 
as will be most satisfactorily disposed of by a deci- 
sion of the Select Committee on Standing Orders, as 
well in respect of the cases at present before the 








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184 


House, as in reference to the establishment of a ge- 
neral and uniform practice amongst the Promoters 
of Bills in future, and the removal of the doubt which 
prevails as to the requirements of the Standing Or- 
ders in this respect. That the Examiner has there- 
fore (as authorized by the Standing Order, No. 17.) 
made a Special Report of the facts to the House, in 
the said case of the Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct 
Railway Petition. That the facts stated in such 
Special Report, so far as regards the establishment 
of the office at Kilmarnock, apply equally to the 
case of the Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ardrossan 
Railway Petition ; and that the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders having reported to the House, on 
the case of the last-mentioned Petition, that it is 
desirable that such Report should be again referred 
to the Standing Orders Committee, together with 
this Report. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That so much of the Report which, upon 
the 5th day of February last, was made from the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders, as relates to the 
(Amendment, Petition for the Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ardros- 
Deviations — san Railway (Amendment, Deviations and Branches) 
= Branches) Bil], be referred back to the said Committee for re- 
os consideration. 


Glasgow, Kil- 
marnock and 
Ardrossan 
Railway 


Portland 
Harbour of 
Refuge and 
Breakwater 
Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Portland 
Harbour of Refuge and Breakwater Bill, the Stand- 
ing Orders had been complied with. 


Wexford and 
Valencia Rail- 
way (Killar- 
ney to Valen- 
cia) Bill. 


Mr. Spooner presented a Bill for making a Rail- 
way from the Town of Killarney, in the County of 
Kerry, to the Harbour of Valencia, in the same 
County, to be called The Wexford and Valencia 
Railway: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Spooner presented a Bill to enable the Great 

tail Northern Railway Company to make certain Altera- 
(Deviations ' tions in the Line of their Railway, as already au- 
between Peter- &gt; ° 
borough, Bos- thorized, between Peterborough, Boston and Gains- 
ton and Gains. borough: And the same was read the first time ; 
borough) Bill. and ordered to be read a second time. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 


Great North- 
ern Railway 


Mr. Spooner presented a Bill to enable the Great 
= Northern Railway Company to divert the Line of 
(Deviations be- , ‘ : Sige 
tween Gains- their Railway, as already authorized, between Gains- 
borough and =borough and Doncaster : And the same was read the 


— first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Great South- 
ern and West- 
ern Railway 
Extension 
(Portarlington 
to Tullamore) 
Bill. 


Cork and 
Bandon 
Railway Bil. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to enable the Great 
Southern and Western Railway Company to make 
a Railway from Portarlington to Tullamore: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


The Cork and Bandon Railway Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. . 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

The Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway Bill 
was read a second time; and committed, 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Cork, Black- 
rock and 
Passage 


Railway Bill. 


London, Petitions from Canterbury ;— Maidstone ;—'Tun- 
Brighton and} -idge ;—Sevenoaks ;—and, Sittingbourne and Fa- 
— versham ; praying that the London, Brighton and 
(Kent Railway South Coast Railway (Kent Railway to Maidstone, 
to Maidstone, Canterbury and Tunbridge) Bill may pass into a 
—— law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
bridge) Bill. upon the Table. 
Wilts, Somer. A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
set and Wey- gesses, being the Common Council of the city and 
mouth Rail- borough of Wells, in the county of Somerset, pray- 
way (No. 2.) . a “ a &gt;} 

ill ing that the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway 


9° Martiz. 








A. 1847. 


(No. 2.) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Bury Norfolk Rail- 
Saint Edmund’s, in the county of Suffolk, praying way (Branch 
that the Worfolk Railway (Branch from Thetford, a 
to join the Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund's Rail- Ipswich ana 
way, near Bury Saint Edmund’s) Bill may pass into Bury St. Ed- 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 4's Rail- 

‘ ? way, near 
upon the Table. Bury St. Ed- 
mund’s) Bill. 

A Petition of James Horne Rigg, Esquire, of Caledonian 
Downfield, praying that he may be heard, by him- Railway 
self, his counsel or agent, against certain parts of (edinbursh 
the Caledonian Railway (Edinburgh Station and Branches to 
Branches to Granton, &amp;c.) Bill, was presented, and Granton, &amp;c.), 
read. _ 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Trustees of the South Branch of North British 
the Kelso Union Turnpike-roads, praying that the Railway 
North British Railway (No. 1.) Bill may not pass on Sos 
into a law, as it now stands, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Thomas Wentworth Beaumont, of Manchester 

Bretton Park, in the county of York, Esquire, 2™41&lt;eds 
: : ° ? Railway 
praying that he may be heard, by himself, his coun- (Branch from 
sel or agent, against certain parts of the Manchester the Hudders- 
and Leeds Railway (Branch from the Huddersfield feld and Shet- 
: &gt;o* field Junction 

and Sheffield Junction Railway to Barnsley, and Railway to 
Extension of Holmfirth Branch) Bill, was presented, Barnsley, and 
and read. Extension of 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Beanch) a. 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Carson, Warren and Company, of Caledonian 
the city of Glasgow, Bottle Manufacturers, and of 24 Dumbar- 
David Carson and Timothy Warren, the Individual aioe 
Partners of the said Company, praying that they (Deviations 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, neg: moet 
against certain parts of the Caledonian and Dumbar- ell — 
tonshire Junction Railway ( Deviations between Dun- Bowling, &amp;c.) 
tocher Lime Works and Bowling, &amp;c.) Bill, was pre- Bill- 


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


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens Newport, 
of the city of Hereford, praying that they may be oer aemee | 
heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain sabe &amp;- 
parts of the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford viations Bill. 
Railway Deviations Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of James Colvin, of Bealings, in the Ipswich and 
county of Suffolk, Esquire, praying that he may be ea 
heard, by his counsel] or agent, against certain parts Pasiway 

oy ay oo "ee : P Railway 
of the Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund's Railway (Branch from 
(Branch from Ipswich to Woodbridge) Bill, was Ipswich te 

S 2 Woodbridge) 
presented, and read. Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he think 
fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against 
the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Alexander Ipswich and 
Baron Ashburton, praying that he may be heard, by ead = 
himself, his counsel or agent, against certain parts Seer , 


of the Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway (No. 3.) (Ex: 
(No. 3.) (Extension from Bury Saint Edmund’s to tension from 


Thetford) Bill, was presented, and read ; and ordered ee te 
to lie upon the Table. Thetford) Bill- 


A Petition 





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Wilts, Somer- A Petition of Commissioners of Sewers for the 
set and Wey- county of Somerset, praying that they may be heard, 
mouth Rail- b .f me 
way (No. 2.) by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
Bill. tain parts of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth 
Railway (No. 2.) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Bristol and A Petition of David Williams, Clerk, Rector of 
Exeter Rail’ Bleadon, in the county of Somerset, praying that the 
po one Bristol and Exeter Railway (Branch from Bleadon 
to Wells, Glas- to Wells, Glastonbury and Street) Bill may pass into 
tonbury and gq Jaw, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 


Street) Bill. upon the Table. 


Teeds Central A Petition of Trustees of the Coloured Cloth Hall, 
Railway Sta- jin Leeds, in the West Riding of the county of York, 
aaenes praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Leeds 
Central Railway Station Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 

favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Great North- A Petition of Trustees in whom are vested the 
Sunless te manors, real estates, coal-mines and collieries which 
Leeds and were late the property of Charles Brandling, Esquire, 
Wakefield, deceased, afterwards of Charles John Brandling, 
Macthicy. of Esquire, deceased, and subsequently of the Reverend 
Branch of Ralph Henry Brandling, Clerk, situate at Middleton, 
Wakefield, _ near Leeds, in the county of York, praying that they 
| ng gg may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
way) Bill. against certain parts of the Great Northern Railway 
(Extension to Leeds and Wakefield, Deviation of 
Methley Branch of Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole 

Railway) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 


favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Railways Bill. A Petition of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway 
Company, praying that the Railways Bill may not 
pass into a law, but that they may be heard at the 
bar of the House, by their counsel or agents, against 
the Preamble of the Bill, and against the provisions 
thereof, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Extra-paro- A Petition of Charles Robert Cotton, a Magis- 
_— Places, trate of the county of Chester, Broughton Hall, 
: Worthenbury, Wrexham, stating, that the district of 
Threapwood, on the borders of Cheshire and Flint- 
shire, though nominally annexed to the Wrexham 
Union, being extra-parochial, and having no funds 
for the maintenance of the poor, no rates being 
levied for that purpose, and having no overseer or 
other officers to secure to them the means of ob- 
taining the relief they are generally entitled to, 
urgently demands the especial consideration of the 
House, in reviewing the existing Poor Laws; also 
complaining of the operation of the existing Law of 
Settlement; and praying the House toadopt remedial 
measures, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Settlement. Petitions from Beaminster Union ; — Bridport 
Union ;— Rishridge Union (Chairman) ;—and, East 
Stonehouse; praying for alteration of the Law of Set- 
tlement,—were presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Settlement and Poor 
Removal. 


Poor Law A Petition of the Guardians of the Poor Law 
(ireland) — Union of Bolton, in the county of Lancaster, praying 
that a law may be passed making the property in 
Ireland wholly contributory to the support of the 

VoL. 102. 





2° Martii. | 185 


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


A Petition of Daniel Kinahan, of Belvoir House, Poor Relief 
Donnybrook, praying that the Poor Relief (Jre/and) (reland) Bill. 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was 
apm and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Municipal 
of Cork, praying for such a re-construction of the Corporations 
Municipal Law of Jreland as will assimilate it with ae 
the law of England, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees or Commissioners of Eye- Ports, Har-— 
mouth Harbour in the county of Berwick, praying Pours, &amp;c. Bill 
that the Ports, Harbours, &amp;c. Bill introduced in the _ne 
last Session, may not pass into law; and that they 
may be heard, by counsel, against the same, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Landed Proprietors, Farmers and Sugar and 
others in Berwickshire, praying the House not to 8™- 
sanction the use of Sugar in distilleries, unless it 
pay an equal amount of duty to that charged on 
Barley malted, and not to admit Rum into con- 
sumption in this country, except it pay a duty of at 
least 4s. 8d. per proof gallon, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President of the Hull Chamber Relief to 
of Commerce, praying the House to raise the Money Ireland. 
required for Lreland by such means as will not lay 
the burden directly upon the revenue of this year, 
and to adopt measures for the relief of the country 
by the reduction of duties, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Tower Ham- 
habitants of the parish of Saint John, at Hackney, '** —. 
in the county ot Middlesex, praying the House to” ° "°*™ 
adopt such measures by legislative enactment as 
will secure to the owners and occupiers of lands and 
tenements within the jurisdiction of the Commis- 
sioners of Sewers for the Tower Hamlets, a gua- 
rantee tiiat the monies raised by taxation on the said 
district shall be applied in promoting the public 
health and comfort of the inhabitants of each parish 
in the district, in proportion to the monies levied on 
the owners and occupiers thereof; and that the 
House will be pleased to cause an inquiry to he 
made into the constitution of the present Commis- 
sion of Sewers for the Tower Hamlets, and of the 
execution of the powers entrusted to the Commis- 
sioners thereof, and generally that the Petitioners 
may have relief in the premises, and be secured for 
the future from an extravagant expenditure of the 
money levied on them in the shape of sewers’ rates, 
was presented and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Auckland Union ; — Horncastle Poor Removal 
Union ; — Barnstaple Union ; — and, i ; Act. 
praying for the repeal or alteration of the Poor 
moval Act,—were presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Settlement and Poor 
Removal. 


Petitions of Edward Charles Snelson, of No. 37, Westminster 
Church-street, in the parish of Saint Mary Lam- — Lambeth 
° uspension 
beth, in the county of Surrey; and, Joseph Bridge Bill. 
Henry Cooper, of No. 16, Milbank-street, in the pa- 
rish of Saint John-the-Evangelist, Westminster ; 
praying that the Westminster and Lambeth Suspen- 
sion Bridge Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Hull, Workpeople Tes. 
and Managers of the Hull Flax and Cotton Mills, 
praying for a further revision of the Import Duties, 








BB and 





Factories. 


Lighthouses, 
&amp;e. 


General Fast. 


Roman Catho- 
lic Relief Bill. 


Anatomy Act. 


Court of 

Exchequer 

(Ireland.) 
No. 131. 


Salt (East 
India.) 


No. 130. 


Corn. 
No. 132, 


Cattle, &amp;c. 
No. 133. 


Constabulary 
Force. 


No. 134. 


Settlementand 
Poor Removal 
(Second 
Report.) 


No. 135. 


Legacy 
Duties, 


Poor Law 
Commission, 





186 


and particularly a material reduction in the duty on 
Tea, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Joseph Tite, an Inhabitant of Clen- 
ham Netherbury, in the county of Dorset, stating 
that he is decidedly of ee that twelve hours 
constant employment in Factories is too long, but 
he would earnestly entreat the House to weigh well 
the consequences to masters and servants, and the 
country at large, of passing a Ten Hours Bill, was 


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


Petitions from Hull;—and, Liverpool Shipowners 
Association (Chairman and Deputy Chairman) ; 
praying the House to pass a Jaw in accordance with 
the recommendation of the Select Committee on 
Lighthouses, &amp;c.,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ballymachugh ;— Barragh ;— 
and, Exeter; praying that as soon as possible a 
solemn day of humiliation, fasting and prayer, be set 
apart throughout the United Kingdom, and that 
legislative sanction be given thereto,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. . 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Crediton 
and its vicinity, praying that the Roman Catholic 
Relief Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Wibsey, praying the 
House to appoint a Committee to investigate the 
working of the Anatomy Act, with a view to its re- 
peal, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Court 
of Exchequer (Ireland), which was presented upon 
he 28th day of January last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Salt (East 
India), which was presented upon the 26th day of 
February last, be printed. 


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


Ordered, That the Account relative to Cattle, &amp;c., 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Constabulary Force, which was presented yes- 
terday, be printed. 


The Judge-Advocate reported from the Select 
Committee on Settlement and Poor Removal; 
That they had further considered the matters to 
them referred, and directed him to report the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them. 

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


Ordered, That the Petition of Sir Thomas 
Makdougall Brisbane and William Malcolm Fle- 
ming, relative to Legacy Duties, which was pre- 
setted yesterday, be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Letters from the Poor Law Com- 
missioners to the Secretary of State respecting the 
transaction of the business of the Commission. 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | 


Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


2° Martiz. 











A. 1847. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Commercial 
before the Select Committee appointed in 1845, Marine. 
to inquire into the Condition and State of the Com- 
mercial Marine of the Country, and to take into 
consideration and report on the best mode of en- 
couraging and extending the employment of British 
Shipping, be laid on the Table of this House. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, sites for 
That a Select Committee be appointed, to inquire Churches 
whether and in what part of Scotland, and under (Sotland.) 
what circumstances, large Numbers of Her Ma- 
jesty’s subjects have been deprived of the means of 
Religious Worship by the refusal of certain Pro- 


prietors to grant them sites for the erection of 
Churches ; 


The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Bouverie, 7 89 
Yeas, Mr. Ewart : =r 

Tellers for the f Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 
Noes, Mr. Stuart Wortley : J 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


61. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Poor Removal 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Copy Act. 
of the Case submitted by the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners to the Law Officers of the Crown, for their 
opinion with reference to the construction of a 
Clause in the Poor Removal Act :—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Railways. 
Returns showing the Amount of Money expended 
in the actual Cost of Construction, and of working 
Stock (including Locomotive Engines, Carriages, 
Tools, &amp;e.) of all Railways in Great Britain and 
Ireland, in each triennial period, previous to the ist 
day of January respectively, in the years 1841, 1844 
and 1847:—And showing the Sums of Money 
actually expended by the following Railway Com- 
panies previous to 1841 :—London and Birmingham, 
Grand Junction, Great Western, Brighton, South 
Western, South Eastern and Midland; likewise 
the Aggregate Sum expended by the above-men- 
tioned Railway Companies, in each year previous to 
1841. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Royal Arsenal 

Copies of the Evidence taken before the Court of (Woolwich. 
Inquiry instituted in the month of April 1845, by 
the Board of Ordnance, at the Royal Arsenal, Wool- 
wich, to investigate Charges preferred by Daniel 
Toner against William Jones, late Deputy Store- 
keeper, with a Copy of the Charges and the Report 
thereon :—And, of the Charges preferred, and the 
Evidence given against Daniel Toner, late a la- 
bourer in the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, by Mr. Reed, 
a Clerk in the Storekeeper’s Department, before 
Lord Bloomfield, Colonel Barney and Mr. Cheetham 
in August 1845, with their Report, and any Me- 
morial or Correspondence that has passed between 
Daniel Toner and the Board of Ordnance thereon. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Ways and 
Ways and Means, several Resolutions ; which were Means. 
read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply Loan. 
granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Eight millions 
be raised by Annuities. 

2. Resolved, That every Contributor to the said 
Sum of Eight Millions shall, for every Sum of 
Eighty-nine pounds ten shillings contributed and 
paid, be entitled to the principal Sum of One hun- 
dred pounds in Annuities, after the Rate of Three 
pounds per centum, to commence from the 5th day 
of January 1847, and to be added to and made one 
Joint Stock with the existing Three per centum Con- 
solidated Annuities, and be payable and — 

able 


DART RRPN EE OAS 








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Supply ; 


Land Forces. 


Charge for d°. 


General Staff 
Officers, &amp;c, 


Public 
Military 
Departments. 





10 Vicrortx. 


able at the Bank of England at the same time and 
in the same manner, and subject to the like redemp- 
tion, as the said Annuities. 


That the several Annuities shall be charged on, and paid 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland. 

That every Contributor shall, on the 5th day of March 1847, 
make a deposit of £.12 per centum on such sum as he or 
she shall choose to subscribe towards raising the said sum 
of Eight millions, with the Chief Cashier or Cashiers of 
the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, as 
a security for making the future payments on or before the 
days or times hereinafter mentioned ; that is to say,— 


Payment of 
£.12 per centum on or before the 9th day of April next, 





12 ditto ditto 7th May, 
2 = ditto ditto 11th June, 
12 ~— ditto ditto 9th July, 
12 ditto ditto 6th August, 
12 ditto ditto 3d September, 
16 ditto ditto 15th October. 
£.100 





3. Resolved, That all the Monies so to be re- 
ceived by the said Cashier or Cashiers of the said 
Governor and Company of the Bank of England 
shall be paid into the Account of the Receipt of 
Her Majesty's Exchequer at the Bank of England, 
in aid of the Monies belonging to the Consolidated 
Fund, and shall be applied from time to time for 
any of the purposes for which Money might be 
advanced or granted from the Consolidated Fund 
of Great Britain and Ireland, under the Act 9 and 
10 Vic.,c. 107, or for such Services as may be voted 
by this House, or as may be authorized to be paid 
thereout by any Act passed, or that may be passed, 
in the present Session of Parliament. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the 
said Resolutions: And that Mr. Greene, The Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Parker do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a Number of Land Forces, not 
exceeding One hundred and eight thousand three 
hundred and ninety-eight Men (exclusive of the 
Men employed in the Territorial Possessions of the 
Last India Company), Commissioned and Non- 
commissioned Officers included, be maintained for 
the Service of the United Kingdom of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, from the 1st day of April 1847 to 
the 31st day of March 1848. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
million seven hundred and twenty-eight thousand 
seven hundred and thirty-seven pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Her 
Majesty’s Land Forces, for Service in the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and on 
Stations Abroad (excepting the Regiments employed 
in the Territorial Possessions of the East India 
Company), which will come in course of payment 
from the 1st day of April 1847 to the 31st day of 
March 1848, both days inclusive. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and seventy-seven thousand seven hundred 
and seventy-eight pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, for defraying the Charge of General Staff 
Officers and Officers of the Hospitals, serving with 
Her Majesty’s Forces in the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, and on Foreign Sta- 
tions (excepting Jndia), and of Her Majesty's Gar- 
rison of the Tower of London, which will come 
in course of payment from the 1gt.day of April 
1847 to the 31st day of March 1848, both days in- 
clusive. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ninety- 
six thousand five hundred and thirty-two pounds, 
be sage to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 

OL, 102. 


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187 


of the Allowances of the Principal Officers of the 
several Public Military Departments in Great Bri- 
tain, their Deputies, Clerks and Contingent Ex- 

enses, which will come in course of payment from 
the 1st day of April 1847 to the 31st day of March 
1848, both days inclusive. 


5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventeen Royal Military 
thousand six hundred and thirty-three pounds, be Asylum, &amp;c. 


granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of the Royal Military Asylum, of the Normal and 
Model Schools established there, and of the Hiber- 
nian Military School, which will come in course of 
payment from the 1st day of April 1847 to the 31st 
day of March 1848, both days inclusive. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighty- 
six thousand three hundred and four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Volunteer Corps, which will come in course of 
payment from the 1st day of April 1847 to the 31st 
day of March 1848, both days inclusive. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifteen 


thousand seven hundred and forty pounds, be distinguished 


granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Allowances as Rewards for distinguished Ser- 
vices, and of Allowances to Officers of Her Majesty’s 
Garrisons, holding their Appointments as Rewards 
for Military Service, in the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, and on Foreign Sta- 
tions, which will come in course of payment from 
the 1st day of April 1847 to the 31st day of March 
1848, both days inclusive. 


8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighty- Pay of Gencral 


two thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge of the Pay of General 
Officers in Her Majesty’s Forces, not being Colo- 
nels of Regiments, which will come in course of 
payment from the 1st day of April 1847 to the 31st 
day of March 1848, both days inclusive. 


9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- rut Pay for 


nine thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge of Full Pay for Reduced 
and Retired Officers of Her Majesty’s Forces, which 
will come in course of payment from the ist day of 
April 1847 to the 31st day of March 1848, both 
days inclusive. 


10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four yalt Pay ford. 


hundred and twenty thousand pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Half-Pay 
and Military Allowances to Reduced and Retired 
Officers of Her Majesty’s Land Forces, which will 
come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1847 to the 31st day of March 1848, both 
days inclusive. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
nine thousand one hundred and thirty-six pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
for Half-Pay and Reduced Allowances to Officers 
of Disbanded Foreign Corps, of Pensions to Wounded 
Foreign Officers, and of Allowances to Widows and 
Children of deceased Foreign Officers, which will 
come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1847 to the 31st day of March 1848, both 
days inclusive. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and thirty-one thousand eight hundred and 
fifty-nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Charge of Pensions to be paid to the 
Widows of Officers of the Land Forces, which will 
come in course of payment from the Ist day of 
April 1847 to the 31st day of March 1848, both 
days inclusive. 


13. Resolved, That aSum, not exceeding Ninety- Compassionate 


eight thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge of Allowances on the 
Compassionate List, of Allowances as of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Royal Bounty, and Pensions, Gratuities and 
Allowances to Officers for Wounds, which will come 
in course of payment from the 1st day of April 
1847 to the 31st day of March 1848, both days in- 
clusive. 


BB2 14, Resolved, 


Volunteer 
Corps. 


Rewards for 


Services. 


Officers. 


Reduced 
Officers. 


Half Pay to 
Foreign 
Officers, &amp;e. 


Widows’ 
Pensions. 


List. 


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188 2° 3° Martiz. 


Chelsea and 14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
——e six thousand six hundred and twenty-three pounds, 
— ie granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals, and of the 
In-Pensioners of those Establishments, which will 
come in course of payment from the 1st day of April 
1847 to the 31st day of March 1848, both days in- 
clusive. 
Out-Pension- 15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
ers of Chelsea yyjjlion two hundred and thirty-six thousand seven 
Hospital, &amp;.  undred and thirty-two pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of the Out-Pen- 
sioners of Chelsea Hospital, of Pensions granted to 
discharged Negro Soldiers, of Pensioners from Ha- 
noverian Corps, which served with the British Army 
in 1793, 1794 and 1795, and of the Military Orga- 
nization of Out-Pensioners in the United Kingdom 
and in New Zealand, which will come in course of 
payment from the 1st day of April 1847 to the 31st 
day of March 1848, both days inclusive. 
fuperannua- 16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
tions. nine thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge of Allowances, Compensa- 
tions and Emoluments, in the nature of Superannua- 
tion or Retired Allowances, to persons formerly be- 
longing to the several Military Public Departments 
in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, which will come in course of payment from 
the 1st day of April 1847 to the 31st day of March 
1848, both days inclusive. 
The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


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


Mercurii, 3° die Martii, 1847: 


Mutiny Bill. Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the 
better Payment of the Army and their Quarters : 
And that Mr. Greene, Mr. Secretary at War, the 
Paymaster General, and the Judge Advocate do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


Consolidated The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

pe 900) ito a Committee upon the Consolidated Fund Bill; 

Bil. ) and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 

sumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 

the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


YorkImprove- Mr, Hudson presented a Bill for building a Bridge 

age across the River Ouse, in the City of York, with 

‘Approaches Approaches thereto, and for widening, altering and 

Bi improving certain Streets or Thoroughfares within 
the said City, aud for other Purposes: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Juvenile Sir John Pakington presented a Bill for the more 
Offenders 3ill. sneedy Trial and Punishment of Juvenile Offenders : 
No. 136 And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 17th 

day of this instant March ; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour atter Twelve of the 
clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 





Mercurii, 3° die Martii ; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 
Dunfermline ORD Dalmeny presented a Bill for the better 
—— supplying the ‘own of Dunfermline and Places 
adjacent thereto with Water: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 








A. 1847. 


The Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway Ipswich and 
(No. 3.) (Extension from Bury Saint Edmund’s to Bry St. Ed- 


; ; d’s Rail- 
Thetford) Bill was read a second time ; and com- “ar (No-3.) 
mitted. (Extension 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ag er 
. : t. Edmund’s 

mittee of Selection. to Thetford) 

Bill. 
Resolved, That the Committee on every Railway Railway Tolls. 

Bill shall fix the Tolls, and shall determine the 

maximum rates of charge for the conveyance of 

passengers, with a due amount of luggage, and of 

goods, on such Railway, and such rates of charge 

shall include the Tolls, and the costs of locomotive 

power, and every other expense connected with the 

conveyance of passengers, with a due amount of 

luggage, and of goods, upon such Railway ; but if 

the Committee shall not deem it expedient to de- 

termine such maximum rates of charge, a Special 

Report, explanatory of the grounds of their omitting 

so to do, shall be made to the House, which Special 

Report shall accompany the Report of the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Newcastle and Berwick Rail- Newcastle 
way (Cramlington and Percy Main and Killing- — 
worth and other Branches) Bill be read a second (Cramlington 
time upon Fridav next. and Perey 

= Main, and 
Killingworth and other 
Branches) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmin g- Coventry, 
ham and Leicester Railway Bill be read a second heaton, 

: oe irmingham 
time this day. and Leicester 
Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the London and North Western London and 
Railway (Kenilworth to Berkswell Branches and Notth Western 
Extensions, &amp;c.) Bill be read d time this Genny 
xtensions, &amp;c.) Bill be read a second time this (Kenilworth 


day. to Berkswell 
Branches and 
Extensions, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Zondon and North Western bn 
I NI : e . orth Western 
(Coventry and Nuneaton Branches) Bill be read © coventey alk 
second time this day. Nuneaton 
Branches) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Zondon and North Western London and 
Railway (Atherstone and Whitecre Branch) Bill be a 
ailway 


read a second time this day. (Atherstone 


and Whitacre 
Branch) Bill. 
The Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham and Lei-Coventry, 
cester Railway Bill was, according to Order, read AT nee 
second time; and committed. onl Leleuer 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Railway Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


The London and North Western Railway (Kenil- London and 
worth to Berkswell Branches and Extensions, &amp;c.) North Western 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; R2lwy 

= s ? » (Kenilworth 
and committed. to Berkswell 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Branches and 


mittee of Selection. xe) Bil 


The London and North Western Railway (Co- London and 
ventry and Nuneaton Branches) Bill was, according — 
to Order, real a second time ; and committed. ye. end 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Nuneaton 


mittee of Selection. Branches) Bill. 


The London and North Western Railway (Ather- London and 
stone and Whitacre Branch) Bill was, according to North Western 
Order read a second time; and committed. — . 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- a Whitacre 


mittee of Selection. Branch) Bill. 


The Birmingham and Ozford Junction Railway girmingham 
(Deviation of Line, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time; and Oxford 


. Junction Rail- 
and committed. weer (Etio&gt; 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-tion of Line, 
mittee of Selection. &amp;c.) Bill. 
The 











10 Vicroriz. 


Birmingham 


and Oxford | (Warwick and Stratford Line) Bill was read a 
Junction Rail- 


way (Warwick Second time ; and committed. 


The Birmingham and Ozford Junction Railway 


and Stratford Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Line) Bill. —_ mittee of Selection. 


Birmingham, The Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley 
eo Railway (Stourbridge and West Bromwich) Bill 
iw Railway was read a second time; and committed. 


(Stourbridge Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
and West mittee of Selection. 

Bromwich) 

Bill. 


Eastern Coun- The Eastern Counties Railway (Somersham to 
ties Railway Ramsey) Bill was read a second time; and com- 
(Somersham ‘tted 
to Ramsey) ‘Mltted. 


Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Eastern Coun- The Eastern Counties Railway (Lynn and Ely 


ties Railway Railway, and Ely and Huntingdon Railway, and 
(Lynn and 2 


Ely Railway, Lynn and Dereham Railway Lease) Bill was read a 
and Ely and second time ; and committed. 


Huntingdon Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Railway, and 


Lynn and mittee of Selection. 

Dereham Rail- 

way Lease) 

Bill. 

Fastern Coun- The Eastern Counties Railway (Purchase of the 
ties Railway North Woolwich Railway, &amp;c.) Bill was read a se- 
i — *" cond time; and committed. 

Woolwich Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
— &amp;c.) mittee of Selection. 


Eastern Coun- The Eastern Counties Railway (Maldon, Witham 
ties Railway 


‘Maldon and Braintree Railway Purchase) Bill was read a 
Witham and second time; and committed. 
Braintree Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


Railway Pur- 


“chase) Bill. mittee of Selection. 


Midland Rail- The Midland Railway (Extension of the Wotting- 
ped —” ham and Lincoln Branch at Lincoln) Bill was read a 
Nottingham second time; and committed. 

and Lincoln Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


Lincoln) Bill mittee of Selection. 


Newmarket The Newmarket and Chesterford Railway (Repeal 
and Chester- 


. of Provision authorizing the Company to use the 
ford Railway : : 2 l 
‘Repeal of Line of the Eastern Counties Railway) Bill was 
Provision read a second time; and committed. 
authorizing Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
the Company f é 
to use the Line mittee of Selection. 
of the Eastern 
Counties 
Railway) Bill. 


Edinburgh, The Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway 
Leith and 


. (Leith and Granton Junction) Bill was read a second 
Granton Rail- &gt;. : 
way (Leithand time ; and committed. 
GrantonJunc- Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
tion) Bil. ~~ mittee of Selection. 


Edinburgh A Petition of the Edinburgh and Northern Rail- 
and Northern 


Seley way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable 
(Improvement the said Company to improve the Ferry between 
ofthe Ferry be- Ferry-Port-on-Craig and the North Shore of the 
Soman River Tay, was presented, and read; anda Bill 
andthe North was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 


Shore of the Edward Ellice and Mr. George William Hope. 
yg Tay) 
Mu, 


Waterford, The Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin 
= ang Railway Bill was read a second time; and com- 
Dublin Rail- mitted. 

way Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


London and The London and North Western Railway (Bir- 
North Western 


Railway mingham and Lichfield Line, &amp;c.) Bill was read a 
(Birmingham second time ; and committed. 


and Lichfield Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
he, Xe.) Bill. mittee of Selection. 


Vou. 101. 





3° Martii. 189 


Ordered, That the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock Manchester, 
and Midlands Junction Railway Deviations Bill be regen 
read a second time To-morrow. innate Saati 
Railway De- 
viations Bill. 

Ordered, That the Petition of Carson Warren and Caledonian 
Company, Bottle Manufacturers, and of David and bumbar- 
Carson and Timothy Warren, the individual partners a ag 
of the said Company, which was presented yester- ( Deviations 
day, praying that they may be heard, by themselves, peeg  accgl 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Woske a 
Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway Bowling, xc.) 
(Deviations between Duntocher Lime Works and Bill. 
Bowling, &amp;c.) Bill, be referred to the Committee on 
the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if the 
think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Overseers of the Poor of the parish Manchester, 
of Droylsden, in the county of Lancaster ;——and, re et 
Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Railway 
parish of Ashton under-Lyne, in the county of Lan- (Ashton Canal 
caster; praying that they may be heard, by them- Purchase) Bill. 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail- 
way (Ashton Canal Purchase) Bill,—were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Pe- 
titions. 


A Petition of the Right honourable George Great North- 
Edward Arundell Monckton Arundell Viscount ern Railway 
Galway, and of the several other Persons there- a 
undersigned, praying that they may be heard, by Grantham and 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of York) Bill. 
the Great Northern Railway (Deviations between 
Grantham and York) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Watermen plying at Lambeth Stairs, Westminster 
praying that the Westminster and Lambeth Bridge 214 Lambeth 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and Pride? Bill. 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Henry Drummond, praying that he Direct London 
may be heard, by himself or his counsel, against #4 ye 
certain parts of the Direct London and Portsmouth on ak ‘ 
Railwayc; and, Reading, Guildford and Reigate Reading. 
Railway Bills, was presented, and read. er oneg Ig 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the sing ‘ 
Committee on the Bills; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself or his counsel, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the Lills, 
against the said Petition. 


Petitions from Dungarvan ;— Tallow and Lis- Waterford 
more ;—and, Waterford ; taking notice of the appli- Road Bill. 
cation for leave to bring in the Waterford Road 
Bill; and praying that such Bill may pass into 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners of cottages and small houses Kingston- 
within the parish of Kingston-upon- Thames, in the upon-Thames 
county of Surrey, praying that they may be heard, asa a 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against i 
certain parts of the Kingston-upon-Thames Small 
Tenements Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 

BBS8 Petition, 





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190 3° Marti. 


Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Manchester, A Petition of Peter Brown, of the township of 
Shefficldand = Fyilsworth, in the parish of Manchester, praying 
Lincolnshire 2 


Railway that the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail- 

(Branch from way (Branch from Ashton-under-Lyne to Oldham) 

—o Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was 

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

A Petition of Inhabitants of Failsworth, in the 
parish of Manchester, praying the House not to 
sanction the said Bill without binding the said Com- 
pany to have a sufficient number of covered car- 
riages fitted up with seats, and constructed in such 
a manner as to give complete protection from the 
weather, running with every passenger train at a 
charge of a farthing a mile for each passenger, and 
also to enact the same charge for similar accommo- 
dation in every Railway Act hereafter granted, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


London, A Petition of Trustees of the New Cross Turn- 
Brighton and pike-roads, in the counties of Kent and Surrey, 
South Coast praying that they may be heard, by their counsel 
Railway (Kent ae : a a 

Railway io OF agents, against certain parts of the London, 
Maidstone, Brighton and South Coast Railway (Kent Railway 
oe to Maidstone, Canterbury and Tunbridge) Bill, was 
bridge) Bill. presented, and read. 

- Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Surrey and — A Petition of Trustees of the Vew Cross Turnpike- 
Kent Commis- roads, in the counties of Kent and Surrey, taking no- 
sion of Sewers ,- 4 ‘ ; P es 
tice of the application for leave to bring in the Surrey 
and Kent Commission of Sewers Bill; and praying 
that they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of such Bill, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ecclesiastical A Petition of Deputies of the Three Denomina- 

Courts. tions of Protestant Dissenters, Presbyterian, Inde- 
pendent and Baptist, in and within twelve miles of 
London, appointed to protect their civil rights, pray- 
ing the House to abolish the Ecclesiastical Courts, 
and that the civil jurisdiction now exercised by them 
may be removed to the civil courts, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Railways Bill. A Petition of the York and Newcastle Railway 
Company, praying that the Railways Bill may not 
pass into a law, and that they may be heard at the 
bar of the House, by their counsel or agents, against 
the preamble of the said Bill, and against the pro- 
visions thereof, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Baths and A Petition of Ratepayers of the parish of Saint 
Washhouses Andrew, Holborn, in the city of London and county 
fact. of Middlesex, stating that the Act 9 and 10 Vic., c. 74, 
to encourage the establishment of Public Baths and 
Washhouses, is not applicable to the parish of Sain¢ 
Andrew, Holborn, because that parish does not se- 
parately maintain its own poor, and that the Peti- 
tioners are very desirous of obtaining the benefit of 
that Act; and praying the House to extend to that 
par'sh, and all other parishes and districts similarly 
circumstanced, the benefit of the said Act, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Food. A Petition of Working Classes of the borough of 
Lambeth, calling the attention of the House to the 
present high price of bread, and the principle of 
taxation upon food generally ; and praying that the 
House will extend its protection to those who are 
suffering in consequence ; and that if the evil arises, 





A. 1847. 


to any extent, from a want of shipping to convey corn 
from foreign shores, the vessels belonging to our 
Navy may be employed for that purpose, was pre- 
sented and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Reverend John Jordan, Vicar Church of 
of Enstone, in the county and diocese of Oxford, Ensland. 
suggesting a scheme of Church reform ; viz., that 
the number of provinces and dioceses in England 
be doubled; that all the Bishops be relieved from 
legislative duties in the House of Lords; that all 
the episcopal incomes be considerably reduced, and 
the money applied to an increase in the number of 
working clergy; that the existing cathedral esta- 
blishments be charged with the cure of souls in 
certain districts assigned to their several members 
in their respective cities or towns, and that they 
may become seminaries for clergymen ; that a salu- 
tary and wholesome Church discipline be established 
by the formation of diocesan councils, to be advisa- 
tory and ancillary to the Bishops ; and praying that 
the aforesaid plan may receive the favourable consi- 
deration of the House, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Mewton and Hyde ;—Heap (five Factories. 
Petitions) ;— Newton ;—Edinburgh (Chairman) ;— 
Bury, Lancaster (two Petitions) ;—Preston (Lan- 
caster) ;—Little Bolton ;—Physicians and Surgeons ; 
— Heywood (two Petitions) ;—Joseph Foster ;-—Hud- 
dersfield (four Petitions) ;—Great Bolton (two Peti- 
tions);—Counties of York, Lancaster, Derby and 
Chester ;— and, Dewsbury; praying the House to 
pass a Ten Hours Bill for all minors and females 
employed in Factories, were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Horton, praying the Anatomy Act. 
House to appoint a Committee to investigate tiie 
working of the Anatomy Act, with a view to its 
repeal, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions of Members of the Committee and Breweries and 
Members of the Roscommon Temperance Society ;— Pistilleries. 
Members of the Committee and Friends of the Enon 
Chapel Congregation Temperance Society ;—and, 

Members of the Committee and Members of the Roch- 
ford Hundred Temperance Society, in the county of 
Essex; praying the House not to sanction the use 
of grain in Breweries and Distilleries—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Tabie. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Holywell, in the Raja of 
county of Flint, interested in the welfare and good Satara. 
government of the British Indian Empire, stating 
that they view with feelings of deep regret the 
treatment which his Highness Purtaub Sing, the 
deposed Raja of Sattara, has received at the hands 
of the Eust India Company ; and praying that the 
House will grant to his Highness all that his High- 
ness solicits, namely, the opportunity to prove his 
innocence of the charges which have been preferred, 
in secret, against him, was presented, and read: and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Orders,—Copy Holyhead 
of the Treasury Minute, dated the 3d day of April Harbour. 
1846, relative to the formation of a Harbour at 
Holyhead, and Agreements with the Chester and 
Holyhead Railway Company to contribute towards 
the said Harbour. 

A Return of the Quantity of Malt made and Malt. 
charged with Duty, from the 10th day of October 
1245 to the 5th day of January 1846, and from the 
10th day of October 1846 to the 5th day of January 
1847. ‘ 

An Account of the Amount that will be payable Russian 

for Principal and for Interest in each year, for the Dutch Loan. 
Russian Dutch Loan, under the Act 2 and 3 Will.4, No.137. 
c. $1, from and after the 1st day of January 1847 :— 





Also, 





10 Vicroriz. 


Also, an Abstract Statement of the Total Amount 
of the Principal and of the Interest, and of both, up 
to the 30th day of June 1915. 

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


Windsor, A Petition of John Ward, of Richmond, in the 
Staines and county of Surrey, Esquire, praying that he may 
— be heard, by his counsel or agent, against. certain 
(itichmona parts of the Windsor, Staines and South Western 
io Windsor, Railway (Richmond to Windsor, &amp;c.) Bill, was pre- 
&amp;c.) Bill. sented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


Union Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Workhouses Command,—Copies or Extracts of Correspondence 
(ircland.) —_yelating to the State of Union Workhouses in 
Ireland—Second Series. (In continuation of Papers 
presented 28th January 1847.) 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Isle of Man. Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty,—Copies of Memorials 
presented to the Government, with Correspondence, 
or Extracts of Correspondence, on the subject of 
the Reform of the House of Keys (in continuation 
of the Return of the last Session.) 

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


Barracks. Colonel Anson presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 14th day of August in the last Session 
of Parliament, for a Return from each Barrack in 
the United Kingdom, stating the Date of its Erec- 
tion, if known:—The Materials of which it is built : 
—The Number of Sleeping Rooms for the Use of 
the Privates and Non-commissioned Officers :—The 
Dimensions, Length, Width and Height of each 
Room:—The Number of Windows in each Room, 
the Number of Fireplaces in each Room, and any 

- other means of Ventilation in each Room :—Num- 
ber of Men each Room is regulated to hold :—Num- 
ber of Men, Women and Children usually occupy- 
ing it:—How the Barrack is supplied with Water, 
and the Distance from the Buildings :—And, what 
Accommodation each Barrack affords for Washing 
for the Men, for their Clothes and for Cooking. 

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


Factories Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Factories Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“this House will, upon this day six months, resolve 
“‘ itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 

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

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


r Mr, Fielden, Las 
Tellers for the Yeas, { Mr. Brotherton: 3 190. 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Escott, 1 100. 


Mr. Bright: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


And it being Six of the clock, Mr, Speaker ad- 
journed the House till To-morrow, without putting 
the Question. 


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3°—4° Martz. 191 


Jovis, 4° die Martii ; 
Anno 10° Victorian Regine, 1847. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Parkinson, from the Office of the Account- Railway 
ant-General of the Court of Chancery, was Deposits. 
called in; and at the bar presented,—Return to an 
Order dated the 28th day of August, in the last 
Session of Parliament, for an Account of the Monies 
received by the Accountant-General as Deposits for 
Railways, and the Amounts repaid, between the 1st 
day of December 1845 and the 15th day of Septem- 
ber 1846 ; specifying the Date of each Receipt and 
Repayment :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Edinburgh and Northern, and Edinburgh, Edinburghand 
Leith and Granton Railways Amalgamation Bill pone gaa 
was read a second time ; and committed. Leith aan ‘ 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Granton Rail- 
mittee of Selection. i al 

A Petition of Subscribers for promoting the Un- South Metro- 
dertaking thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring a 
ina Bill for better supplying with Water certain iin 
districts of the Metropolis south of the Thames, in 
the counties of Kent and Surrey, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from gouth Metro- 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for politan Water- 
Private Bills ; That in the case of the South Metro- “ors Bill. 
politan Waterworks Petition, the Standing Orders 
had not been complied with, in the following in- 
stances: viz., The notices do not specify the inten- 
tion to vary the rights and privileges of the Com- 
pany of Proprietors of the Kent Waterworks, who 
appear now to be possessed of the right of supply- 
ing with water the houses of tie inhabitants of the 
Manors of East Greenwich and Says Court, and the 
parishes and places thereto belonging, under and 
by virtue of Royal Letters Patent, and of the Act 
49 Geo. 3, c. 189; the Plan does not show the line 
or situation of the intended out-fall between the 
wharf numbered 2 on the Plan and the River 
Thames. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


The Great Northern Railway (Deviations between Great North- 
London and Grantham) Bill was read a second ¢t Railway 


time; and eommitted. ae 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- London and 

mittee of Selection. ena 
lil. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Thomas Smith, Great North- 
of che town of Hertford, Architect and Surveyor, ¢™ Railway 
which was presented upon the 25th day of February (fiertrd. 
last, praying that he may be heard, by himself, his Saint Atban’s 
counsel or agent, against certain parts of the Great Branch) Bill. 
Northern Railway (Hertford, Hatfield and Saint 
Alban’s Branch) Bill, be referred to the Committee 
on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, by himself, 
his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he think 
fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against 
the said Petition. 


Ordered, That the York and Newcastle Railway York and 
(Hartlepool Dock and Railway, and Great North —- 
England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway oe 
Lease and Purchase) Bill be read a second time Dockand Rail- 
To-morrow. . a 

land, Clarence and Hartlepool Juncison 
Railway Lease and Purchase) Bill. 


Mr. Edward Ellice presented a Bill to enable arya 
the Edinburgh and Northern Railway Company to any 
improve the Ferry between Ferry-Port-on-Craig provement of 
and the North Shore of the River Zay: And the the Ferry be~ 


BB4 same 











192 4° Marti. 


ee a same was read the first time; and ordered to be | 
ort-on-Craig : 
andthe North 7e2d a second time. | 
Shore of the River Tay) Bill. | 


Eastern Coun- Ordered, That the Eastern Counties Railway | 
ties Railway (Enlargement of London and Stratford Stations, | 
(Enlargement . 2 : 
of London and and Amendment of Acts) Bill be read a second time | 


Stratford upon Thursday, the 18th day of this instant March. | 

Stations and 

Amendment 

of Acts) Bill. 

Commercial The Clerk laid upon the Table, pursuant to 

Marine. Order,—The Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
the Select Committee appointed in 1845 to inquire 
into the condition and state of the Commercial 
Marine of the country, and to take into considera- 
tion and report on the best mode of encouraging and 
extending the Employment of British Shipping. 


Settlementand Mr. Thomas Duncombe reported from the Select 
Poor Removal Committee on Settlement and Poor Removal; That 
haat - they had further considered the matter to them re- 
No. 139, ferred, and directed him to report the Minutes of 
OT” the Evidence taken before them. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Manchester, The Order of the day being read, for the Se- 
ae gpa cond Reading of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock 
ee Tanetiog 2A Midlands Junction Railway Deviations Bill; | 








lands Junction : ; 
Railway Devi- Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


ations Bill. upon Tuesday next. 


Protestant An ingrossed Bill to change the name of the Pro- 
Dissenters —testant Dissenters and General Life and Fire In- 
and General ~ ‘ : 4s 
Life and Fire SUrance Company, to the General Life and Fire 
Insurance — Assurance Company, and to extend to the Company, | 
Company Bill. hy its new name, the Powers of the Act enabling 
the Company to sue and be sued in the name of the 
Chairman, Deputy Chairman, or any one of the 
Directors, or of the Secretary of the Company, was 
read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Thornely do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


Newmarket Ordered, That the Petition of the Mewmarket 
-—_ yon and Chesterford Railway Company, which was pre- 
iuesedi ef” sented upon the 25th day of February last, praying 
Provision that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
authorizing or agents, against certain parts of the Newmarket 
apiece and Chesterford Railway (Repeal of Provision 
of the Eastern authorizing the Company to use the Line of the 
Counties Rail- Kastern Counties Railway Company) Bill, be re- 
es ) ferred to the Committee on the Bill: and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
Ipswich and Ordered, That the Petition of the Newmarket | 
nan Bg tg and Chesterford Railway Company, which was pre- 
way (No.3) sented upon the 25th day of February last, praying 
(Extension —_ that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
| saab fa or agents, against certain parts of the Jpswich and 
Thetford) Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway (No. 3.) (Extension 
Bill from Bury Saint Edmund’s to Thetford) Bill, be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Newmarket Ordered, That the Petitions of Owners of pro- 
and Chester- nerty on the line of Railway thereinafter mentioned; 
ford Railway Petty Jine of Railway thereinafter mentioned ; 
(Extension. to and, Frederick Peere Williams Freeman, Esquire, an 
Bury St. Ed- Owner of property on the line of Railway therein- 
pa, aero after mentioned, which were presented upon the 1st 
Ely) Bill. day of this instant March, praying that they may be 

heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 


certain parts of the Mewmarket and Chesterford 





Railway (Extension to Bury Saint Edmund’s, with 





A. 1847. 


a Branch to Ely) Bill, be referred to the Committee 
on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, upon their Petitions, 
if they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of 
the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


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Mr. Secretary at War presented, pursuant to Drummers: 
Orders,—A Return of the Number of Boys who have 
been received into the Army as Drummers from the 
various Union Workhouses in the United Kingdom, 
year by year, from the year 1840, specifying the 
Unions respectively, down to the end of 1846. 


Return to an Order dated the 25th day of Febru- Military 
ary last, for a Statement of the Military Savings a 
Banks, from the date of the last Return, showing 
the Total Sums deposited and withdrawn, for the 
period comprehended in the Return, and the Sta- 
tions in which the several Regiments were quartered. 

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


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- Orders ; 
tions; which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Fulmouth Falmouth 
Waterworks Petition to insert the Petition for the Waterworks 
Bill on the list of Petitions for Private Bills, the 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that 
the Petition be inserted accordingly. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Edinburgh rainburgh 
and Northern Railway (Branch from Burntisland to and Northern 
Dunfermline Branch, &amp;c.) Petition, the Standing tpraneh ie 
Orders ought not to be dispensed with. Burntisland to 
Dunfermline 
Branch, &amp;c.) 
, Bill. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Parkgate and Parkgate and 
Chester and Birkenhead Junction Railway Petition, Chester and 
the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; —— 
- the parties be permitted to proceed with their Railway Bill. 

ill. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Oxford, oxford, 
Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (No. 1.) Worcester ané 
(Extension and Amendment) Petition, the Standing ae 

. : . 24 
Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that the parties (No. 1.) 


be permitted to proceed with their Bill. (Extension 
and Amend- 
ment) Bill. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Eastern Kastern Coun- 
Counties Railway (Branch from Stratford to the ties Railway 
Victoria Park, &amp;c.) Petition, the Standing Orders one aat pg 
ought not to be dispensed with. the Victoria 
Park, &amp;c.) Bill. 

6. Resolved, That in the case of the Azxholme Axholme 
Railway (from the Leeds and Selby Railway to Railway (from 
Gainsborough) Petition, the Standing Orders ought Selby Hallway 
to be dispensed with; that the parties be permitted to Gainsbo-— 
to proceed with their Bill. rough) Bill. 


7, Resolved, That in the case of the Tyne Docks Tyne Docks 
Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed Bill. 
with ; that the parties be permitted to proceed with 
their Bill. 

8. Resolved, That in the case of the Surrey and Surrey and i 
Kent Commission of Sewers Petition, the Standing Kent Commis- 


Orders ought not to be dispensed with. ieee 


9. Resolved, That in the case of the Belfast Im- Belfast 
provement Petition, the Standing Orders ought to Improvement 
be dispensed with ; that the parties be permitted to B# 
proceed with their Bill. 

10. Resolved, That in the case of the Lough Lough Neagh 
Neagh Drainage Petition, the Standing Orders Drainage Bill- 
ought to be dispensed with ; that the parties be per- 


cr er SP 


| mitted to proceed with their Bill. 


11. Resolved, That in the case of the Enfield and Enfield and 

Edmonton Railway Extension Petition, the Standing E¢monton 

: 2 . © Railway Ex- 
Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that the parties tension Bill. 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill, with the 
exception of that part which enables them to sell 
or lease the undertaking to the Great Northern, or 
to the Eastern Counties Railway Company, and 


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which enables such Companies to purchase or accept 
a lease of the same. 


London 12. Resolved, That in the case of the London 
Chemical Sewage Chemical Manure Petition, the Standing 


Manure Bill. Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that the parties 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on forth- 
with depositing in the Court of Chancery, such a 
sum, in addition to one-twentieth part of three- 
fourths of the amount of the Estimate already de- 
posited, as will make the total sum deposited equal 
to three-fourths of the amount subscribed. 

Manchester, 


a 13. Resolved, That in the case of the Manchester, 
oe Birmingham and North Staffordshire Junction Rail- 
Staffordshite way Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- 
Junction _ pensed with ; that the parties be permitted to proceed 
Railway Bil. vith their Bill, with the exception of that part 

which confers powers on the London and North 
Western Railway Company, the North Staffordshire 
Railway Company, the Manchester, Buxton, Mat- 
lock and Midlands Junction Railway Company, and 
the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester 
Railway Company. 

That the Committees on the three preceding Bills 
do examine, in the first place, how far such Orders 
have been complied with, and do report the same 
to the House on the Report of the Bill. 

The first, third, fourth, sixth, seventh, ninth, tenth, 
eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth Resolutions, being 
read a second time, were agreed tu. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Parkgate and The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
Chesterand of the Petition for the Parkgate and Chester and 
Birkenhead . : 2 . : 2 
Janction Birkenhead Junction Railway Bill, which was this 
Railway Bill. day made from the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders, might be read; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for making a Railway from Parkgate, in the County 
of Chester, to join the Chester and Birkenhead Rail- 
way, in the Parish of Bebbington, in the said County 
of Chester: And that Mr. Lloyd Mostyn and Sir 
Richard Bulkeley do prepare, and bring it in. 


Oxford, The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
a of the Petition for the Oxford, Worcester and Wol- 
om our verhamptonRailway (No. 1.) (Extensionsand Amend- 
(No. 1.) ment) Bill, which was this day made from the Select 
(Extensions Committee on Standing Orders, might be read; and 
and Amend- : = = 
ment) Bil, the same being read ; a 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway Company to make a Railway from 
Cheltenham, to join the Line of their Railway at 
Evesham, and from their said Railway in the Parish 
of Church Honeybourne, in the County of Worces- 
ter, to join the Stratford-upon-Avon Branch of 
their Railway, in the Parish of Pebworth, and 
County of Gloucester, and for other Purposes: And 
that Sir John Pakington and Sir Denis Le Marchant 
do prepare, and bring it in, 


Axholme Rail- |The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
+ AA the of the Petition for the Axholme Railway (from the 
Selby Railway Leeds and Selby Railway, to Gainsborough, with 
to Gainsbo- - Branches) Bill, which was this day made from the 
push, with | Select Committee on Standing Orders, might be 
ranches) Bill. ae 
read ; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to hring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from the Leeds and Selby 
Railway, at or near Selby, in the West Riding of 
the county of York, to Gainsborough, in the county 
of Lincoln, with Branches therefrom: And that 
Mr. Hudson, Mr. Christopher and Mr. Arthur Dun- 
combe do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Tyne Docks Bill, which was 
this day made from the Select Committee on Stand- 

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Bill, 





4° Martiz. 193 


ing Orders, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making Docks at Jarrow Slake, in the River 
Tyne: And that Mr. Liddell, Mr. Hodgson Hinde 
and Mr. Hudson do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Enfield and 

of the Petition for the Enfield and Edmonton Rail- Edmonton 
‘ ; . fi Railway 

way Extension Bill, which was this day made from fyxtension Bil 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill for 
making a Railway from the Enfield and Edmonton 
Railway, at Enfield, in the county of Middlesex, to 
the Great Northern Railway, in the parish of South 
Mimms, in the same county: And that Mr, Mitcalfe 
and Mr. Boyd do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect London 
of the Petition for the London Sewage Chemical Sewage 
Manure Bill, which was this day made from the ae 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to incorporate a Company by the name of The Zon- 
don Sewage Chemical Manure Company: And that 
Sir De Lacy Evans, Mr. Hindley and Mr. Alderman 
Humphery do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Manchester 
of the Petition for the Manchester and Birminghum 4 Birming- 
and North Staffordshire Junction Railway Bill, i a 
which was this day made from the Select Com- fordshire 
mittee on Standing Orders, might be read; and Junction Rail- 
the same being read ; = 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from and out of the main 
line of the Manchester and Birmingham Section of 
the London and North Western Railway, in the town- 
ship of Cheadle Bulkeley, in the parish of Cheadle, 
in the county of Chesier, and passing from, in, 
through or into the several parishes, townships, 
townlands and extra-parochial places of Cheadle, 
Cheadle Bulkeley, Cheadle Moseley, Stockport, 
Bramhall, Prestbury, Worth and Poynton, or some 
of them, in the county of Chester, and terminating 
by a Junction with the Macclesfield Branch of the 
said Manchester and Birmingham Section of the said 
London and North Western Railway, in the town- 
ship of Poynton, in the said parish of Prestbury, in 
the said county of Chester; also a Branch Railway 
from and out of a certain point of the said intended 
line of Railway in the said township of Cheadle 
Bulkeley, and passing from, in, through or into the 
said township of Cheadle Bulkeley, and terminating 
by a Junction with the intended line of the Man- 
chester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction 
Railway, also in the said township of Cheadle Bulke- 
ley; also another Branch Railway from and out 
of a certain point of the said intended line of Rail- 
way, in the said township of Poynton, and passing 
from, in, through or into the said township of Poynton, 
and terminating by a Junction with a Branch Rail- 
way leading from the said Manchester and Birming- 
ham Section of the said London and North Western 
Railway, to the Poynton Collieries, and belonging 
to the Right honourable George John Warren Lord 
Vernon, also in the said township of Poynton: And 
that Mr. Yatton Egerton and Mr. Brotherton do 
prepare, and bring it in, 


The Direct Zondonand Portsmouth, Brighton and Dircet 


. . s ‘ London and 
Chichester, London, Brighton and South Coast, and yoyismouth, 


London and South Western Railways Bill was read Brighton and 
a second time; and committed. — 
Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be referred to the Com- Brighton ~~ 
mittee of Selection. South Coast, 
and London and South 
Western Railways Bill, 


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194. 


Newcastle and The Newcastle and Berwick Railway (East Coast 
—- wo Line, Blyth, Seaton Sluice and other Branches) Bill 
pa Shon was read a second time ; and committed. 

Blyth, Sea- Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
ton Sluice = mittee of Selection. 
and other 
Branches) Bill. 
York and 
North Midland 
Railway (Hull 
Station and 
Branches ) Bill. 


The York and North Midland Railway (Hull 
Station and Branches) Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


York and 
North Midland 
Railway 
(Harrogate 
Branch Ex- 
tension and 


The York and North Midland Railway (Marro- 
gate Branch Extension and ‘Terminus) Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Terminus) 

Bill. 

York and The York and Newcastle Railway (Wearmouth 
Newcastle = Dock Enlargement) Bill was read a second time ; 
7-7 and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Dock Enlarge- 
ment) Bill. 


York and’ 
Newcastle, 
Newcastle anc 
Berwick, and 
North British 
Railways 
Amalgama- 
tion Bill. 


Railway Bills 
Classification 


The York and Newcastle, Newcastle and Berwich, 
and North British Railways Amalgamation Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Classifica- 
tion Committee of Railway Bills; That they had 


Sot further considered the matters referred to them, and 
No. 138 directed him to make a Report thereof to the House. 


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


ee A Petition of Land-owners and Inhabitants of the 

Junction. town of Herne Bay, in the parish of Herne, praying 

Railway Bill. that the Herne Bay and Canterbury Junction Rail- 
way Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


South Eastern 
Railway 
(Maidstone to 
Chart) Bill. 


Petitions from Lenham ;—Ulcomb ; —Charing ; 
— Ashford ;— and, Hothfield; praying that the 
South Eastern Railway (Maidstone to Chart) Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ryarsh ; —Ditton:— Mountfield 
and Whatlington ; — Etchingham ; — Ticehurst ;— 
Crayford ;— Hastings and Saint Leonard’s ;—Tun- 
bridge ; —Salehurst ; —Dallington ;--Burwash ;— 
Capel and Tudeley;—Dartford;—Eltham and Mot- 
tingham ; — Eynsford ; — Sutton-at-Hone ; —Ship- 
bourne ; — Battle ;—Guestling ;— Tunbridge Wells ; 
Rye (two Petitions) ;—Saint Mary Cray ;—West 
Malling ; —Ightham ;—Otford and Shoreham ; — 
Wrotham ;—East and West Peckham ;—Hadlow ; 
— Westfield ;— Offham ;— Bexley ;—Fast Malling ; 
—Farringham ;—Brede ;— and, Footscray ; praying 
that the South Eastern Railway (Mid Kent and 
Direct Tunbridge) Bill may pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


South Eastern 
Railway 

(Mid Kent and 
Direct Tun- 
bridge) Bill. 


South Eastern 
Railway 

( North Kent 
Line) Bill. 


Petitions from Milton-next-Sittingbourne and Sit- 
tingbourne ; — Strood and Frindsbury ;—-Rainham 
and other places ;— Birchington and Acol;— 
Chatham and Gillingham ;—Stone and other places; 
— Canterbury ; — Boughton-under-Blean and Sel- 
ling ;—Measton and other places ;—Rochester ;— 
Ramsgate ;—and, Margate ; praying that the South 
Eastern Railway (North Kent Line) Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, aud read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


South Eastern 


Railway Petitions from Burham and Wouldham;—East 


Malling ;—West Malling ;—Strood and Frinds- 


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A. 1847. 


bury ;— Halling ;— Snodland ;—and, Ditton; pray- (Strood to 
ing that the South Eastern Railway (Strood to Maidstone) 
Maidstone) Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Coun- Edinburgh, 
cil of the burgh of Leith, praying that the Edinburgh, Leith and 
Leith and Granton (Union Canal and Caledonian inten Chast 
Railway Junction) Bill may pass into a law, was and Caledo- 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the — Railway 
Table. unction) Bill, 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Coun- Edinburgh, 
cil of the burgh of Leith, praying that the Edinburgh, — og 

: ~ ; 2. : : anton Rail- 
Leith and Granton Railway (Leith Extension) Bill way (Leith 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and Extension) 
ordered to lie upon the Table. = 


Two Petitions from Bury Saint Edmund’s, pvay- ipswich and 
ing that the Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund’s Rail- a tor 
way (No. 2.) (Extension from Bury Saint Edmund’s way (No. 2.) 
to Newmarket and Ely) Bill may pass into a law,— (Extension 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon #0™ Bury St. 


° Edmund’s to 
the Table, Newmarket 


A Petition of John Harlock and William Harlock, and Ely) Bill. 
praying that they may be allowed to withdraw their 
Petition against the said Bill; and that no further 
steps in respect thereof may be taken in the House 
on their behalf, was also presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Bury Saint Edmund’s ; pray- Ipswich and 
ing that the ZJpswich and Bury Saint Edmund's oe Age ara 
Railway (No, 3.) (Extension from Bury Saint Ed- oar (No. 3.) 
mund’s to Thetford) Bill may pass into a law,—were (Extension 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the from St. Ed- 
able. Thetford) Bill. 
Petitions of Inhabitants of Watton and its neigh- Ipswich and 
bourhood ;—and, Inhabitants of East Dereham and ¥ty St. Ed- 
. : : ‘ mund’s Rail- 
its neighbourhood ;_ praying that the Jpswich and way (No. 3.) 
Bury Saint Edmund's Railway (No. 3.) (Extension (Extension 
from Bury Saint Edmund's to Thetford) Bill may 'o™ Bury St. 
: é es Edmund’s to 
pass into a law; and that the Vewmarket and Ches- Thetford) ; 
terford Railway (Extension to Thetford) Bill may and, Newmar- 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; k¢tand Ches- 


: ? terford Rail- 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. ay Clana 


sion to Thet- 
ford) Bills. 
A Petition of the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton North British 
Railway Company, praying that they may be heard, ro ag Bill 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- a banat 
tain parts of the North British Railway (No. 1.) 
Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Caledonian 
Railway Compan William Lawrie, Mill- Railway 
master, Coltbridge Mills, in the parish of Saint sae see 
Cuthbert’s, and county of Edinburgh ; Mrs. Jes- Branches to 
sie Paterson or Pape, Spouse of George Pape, Granton, &amp;c.) 
Esquire, residing at Coltbridge House, in the parish 
of Saint Cuthbert, and county of Edinburgh, with 
consent of the said George Pape, and of him for 
his right and interest in the premises ;—-— William 
Murray, Esquire, of Henderland ;——and, Wiiliam 
Ramsay Ramsay, of Barnton, in the county of 
Edinburgh, Esquire ; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Caledonian Railway (Edinburgh 
Station, and Branches to Granton, &amp;c.) Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


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Wear Valley, A Petition of Edward Backhouse, of Sunderland- 
Bishop Auck- near-the-Sea, in the county of Durham, Esquire, 
a bowl praying that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel 
Weardale Ex- OF agent, against certain parts of the Wear Valley, 
tension, and =Bishop Auckland and Weardale, Weardale Extension, 
tes, and Wear and Derwent Railways and Shildon Tun- 
ways,and hel Amalgamation Bill, was presented, and read. 
Shildon Tun- Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
nel-Amal- = Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
a by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Newport, 

Abergavenny 
and Hereford 
Railway De- 
viations Bill. 


A Petition of Commissioners for paving and 
lighting the city of Hereford, praying that they may 
be heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford 
Railway Deviations Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


tegent’s Canal 


A Petition of Paynton Piggott Stainsby Conant, 
Company 


; of Archer Lodge, in the county of Hants, and Fran- 
(Paddington a S ~ A 

and Lime- cis Piggott, of Hechfield Neath, in the same county, 
house Railway Esquire, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
Branch) elves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
; of the Regent’s Canal Company (Paddington and 
Limehouse Railway and Branch) Bill, was presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Manchester, Petitions of the Chairman of Commissioners for 
Shefitld ant executing the Act for lighting, cleansing, watch- 
Railway ing and otherwise improving the Town of Ashton- 
(Ashton Canal -under-Lyne, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, 
— and for regulating the Police thereof, and of a 


certain other Act for altermg and amending the 
same ;——and, Lieutenant-Colonel John Wildman, 
of Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, Middlesex, 
the Guardian legally appointed of the Right honour- 
able George Harry Earl of Stamford and Warring- 
ton, a Minor under the age of twenty-one years; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway 
(Ashton Canal Purchase) Bill,—were presented, and 
read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Manchester, 


Manc A Petition of Lieutenant-Colonel John Wildman, 
Sheffield and 


Lincolnshire 0! Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, Middlesex, 
Railway the Guardian legally appointed of the Right honour- 
(Branch from able George Harry Earl of Stamford and Warring- 
dshton-andet- ton, a Minor under the age of twenty-one years, 
Oldham) Bill. praying that he may be heard, by himself, his coun- 
sel or agent, against certain parts of the Manchester, 
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (Branch from 
Ashton-under-Lyne to Oldham) Bill, was presented, 
and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Huddersfield A Petition of Lieutenant-Colonel John Wildman, 
oe of Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, Middlesex, 
and ang) the Guardian legally appointed of the Right honour- 
(Branch from able George Harry Earl of Stamford and Warring- 
Oldham to ton, a Minor, under the age of twenty-one years 
shton and . : i. . rh: 4 
Guide Bridge) Praying that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel 
Bill. ~~“ or agent, against certain parts of the Huddersfield 
and Manchester Railway and Canal (Branch trom 
Oldham to Ashton and Guide Bridge) Bill, was pre- 

sented, and read. 


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195 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 


if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Lieutenant-Colonel John Wildman, Huddersfield 
of Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, Middlesex, uae” 
the Guardian legally appointed of the Right honour- and Canal 
able George Harry Earl of Stamford and Warring- (Deviations 
ton, a Minor, under the age of twenty-one years, anlage 
praying that he may be heard, by himself, his coun- ham Branch, 
self, his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the &amp;c.) Bill. 
Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal 
(Deviations and Alterations in Oldham Branch, &amp;c.) 

Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Commissioners Ashton 
for executing the Act for lighting, cleansing, watch- 6s Bill. 
ing or otherwise improving the Town of Ashton- 
under-Lyne, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, 
aud for regulating the Police thereof, and of a cer- 
tain other Act for altering and amending the same, 
praying that he may be heard, by his counsel or 
agent, against certain parts of the Ashton Gas Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


Petitions of the Whitehaven Junction Railway Railways Bill. 

Company ;——Birmingham and Oxford Junction 
Railway Company ; and, Dublin and Drogheda 
Railway Company ; praying that the Railways Bill 
may not pass into a law, and that they may be 
heard, by their counsel or agents, at the bar of the 
House, against the same,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Ratepayers of the parish of Su¢- Poor Removal 
ton Valence, in the Hollingbourne Union, in the 4% 
county of Kent, praying for amendment of the Poor 
Removal Act, by adopting a Union Settlement, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


Petitions from Glasgow ;— Plymouth ;—and, Car- Lighthouses, 
digan ; praying the House to pass a law in accordance ** 
with the recommendation of the Select Committee 
on Lighthouses, &amp;c.,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Bishop and Clergy of Meath, in Poor Relief 
Synod assembled, praying that for the relief of (re!) 
the able-bodied in Jreland, a sufficient demand for 
labour be created by the development of the re- 
sources of the country, stimulated by a system 
of loans, with a power in the Government of direct- 
ing its enforcement by a rate, if necessary, in a par- 
ticular district, and that no out-door relief, by any 
permanent Poor Law, be granted, but that the se- 
verest restraint of the workhouse (left available for 
that purpose by the out-door relief of the infirm), 
be the portion of the idle and worthless labourer, 
and that food be given to those who are perishing, 
without exacting in return a task of useless labour, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Kidderminster Union ; — Frome Settlement. 
Selwood;— and, Poor Law Union of Tavistock 
(Chairman); praying the House to abolish the ex- 
isting laws affecting the Settlement and ee 

$c2 the 








Factories. 


Factories Bill. 


Anatomy Act. 


Lord's Day. 


Roman Catho- 
lic Relief Bill. 


Raja of 
Sattara. 


Richard Ga- 
thorne Butt. 


Seed Corn, &amp;e. 
Cireland.) 


Weymouth 
Union. 


196 


the Poor, and make provision for the relief of the 
poor by means of a general and national charge,— 
were presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


A Petition of Factory Workers in the employ of 
Messrs. Joshua Crook and Sons, being Spinners, in 
the parish of Great Bolton, praying the House to 
pass a Ten Hours Bill for all minors and females 
employed in Factories, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors of Mills, praying that 
the Factories Bill may not pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Eccelhill ;—and, Horton ; praying 
the House to appoint a Committee to investigate 
the working of the Anatomy Act, with a view to its 
repeal,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ipswich ;—Leamington ;—Shrews- 
bury (two Petitions);— and, York; praying the 
House to pass a law which shall enact that no 
clause in any Railway Bill hitherto passed, be con- 
strued to render it compulsory to run trains on the 
Lord’s Day, and that due care be taken that no such 
clause be contained in any Bill hereafter to be passed, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Ciergy of the parish of Wigan, 
praying that the Reman Catholic Relief Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Westminster, and 
others, interested in the welfare and good govern- 
ment of the British Indian Empire, stating that 
they are deeply interested jin the case of his High- 
ness Purtaub Sing, the Ex-Raja of Sattara, who 
has been accused of hostility to the British Go- 
vernment, forcibly deposed and exiled from his do- 
minions upon this charge, and for seven years has 
been denied the means of being heard in his own 
defence, and praying the House to adopt measures 
to secure to that Prince the opportunity of examin- 
ing the charges which have been brought against 
him, the evidence in support of the same, and of 
bringing forth the proofs of his innocence, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Richard Gathorne Butt, stating 
that he was indicted, with the Earl of Dundonald, 
for reporting the death of the Emperor Napoleon, 
for the purpose, as it was stated, to raise the public 
funds; that they both received, from the Court of 
Queen’s Bench, a sentence precisely similar, to the 
extent of one year’s imprisonment, but while the said 
Eari has been restored to the Navy and promoted, the 
Petitioner has been totally neglected ; and praying 
that the House will interfere to obtain for him some 
a as has been bestowed upon the said Earl 

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


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Tul- 
lamore Union, stating that the Petitioners being fully 
aware of the importance of immediately sowing the 
Jan] adapted for the growing of Corn in that Union, 
and of the total inability of small occupiers to pro- 
cure seed for that purpose, respectfully solicit the 
interference of the Legislature to enable them to do 
so; and praying the House to take the subject into 
consideration, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return ef the Names of the Unions taken from the 
Assistant Poor Law Comunissioner’s District now 


4° Martit. 








A. 1847. 


held by Mr. Gulson, on his being appointed to it 

in November 1846; and Copies of all Applications 

from Mr. Gulson, or any of his predecessors, or from 

any person connected with the Weymouth Union, 

for the removal of that Union from Mr. Gulson’s } 
District; and of all Correspondence of the Poor ‘ 
Law Commissioners, or portions of Correspondence, 

relative to the removal of the Weymouth Union from 

Mr. Gulson’s District, on its restoration thereto. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Population, ( 
Return showing the Population, the Annual Value of Poor's Rate, 
Property rated to the Poor’s Rate, the Expenditure ~~ 
for the Relief of the Poor, the Rate in the Pound on r 
the value of Rated Property of such Expenditure, 
the Total Number of Paupers relieved, including 
Casual Poor, the proportion per cent. to the Popu- 
lation of the Persons relieved, and the Rate per head 
on the Total Number of Paupers relieved, of the 
Expenditure according to the last Returns which 
have been laid before Parliament, in England and I 
Wales, Scotland and Ireland, respectively. a 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Newtown 

Copies of the Correspondence between the Reverend Limavady 
Bernard O’ Neill, Roman Catholic Chaplain of the ~™°™ 
Newtown Limavady Union, and the Poor Law Com- 
missioners, which led to the Inquiry held during the 
month of December 1846, in the Poor-house of the 
said Union :—Of the Charges preferred by the Re- 
verend Bernard O’ Neill against the Master, the 
Schoolmaster, and Schoolmistress of the said Union : 
—Of the Minutes of Evidence taken on the Inquiry 
by Mr. Otway, the Assistant Poor Law Commis- 
sioner, and his Report to the Poor Law Commission- 
ers :—Of the Minutes of the Guardians, and Letters 
to and from the Poor Law Commissioners, handed 
in on the said Inquiry :—Of the Letter announcing 
the decision of the Poor Law Commissioners on the 
said Inquiry to the Guardians, and of the Corre- 
spondence which, since the receipt of such decision, 
has taken place between the Commissioners and the 
Board of Guardians, up to the 22d day of February 
1847 :—And, of the Commissioners’ Order for the 
dismissal of John Piggot, the Schoolmaster ; of the 
Protest against the same by the Protestant Chap- 
lains of the Workhouse, and of the Observation 
made thereon by the Poor Law Commissioners. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Glasgow 
to Her Majety, That She will be graciously pleased Central 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, spe Al 
a Copy of the Report made by the Commissioners 
appointed to consider and report upon the advan- 
tages, or otherwise, which might be afforded by a 
Central Railway Terminus in the City of Glasgow. 

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


ie eS 


A Petition of the Reverend John Downes, Rector windsor, 
of Horten, in the county of Northampton, and Lucy Staines and 
his Wife, Owners of the lands on the line of the pong th tl 
therein mentioned projected Railway, praying that (Richmond to 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel Windsor, &amp;c.) 
or agents, against certain parts of the Windsor Bil 
Staines and South Western Railway (Richmond to 
Windsor, &amp;c.) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselvses, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That their Answer to 
several Addresses of the 23d, 24th and 25th days Addresses. 
of February last, and of the 2d day of this instant 
March (That Her Majesty would be graciously 
pleased to give directions that the Papers therein 
mentioned might be laid before this House,) had 

been 





Poor Law 
Commission. 


Convicts 
(Woolwich.) 


Convicts. 


Bread, Flour 
ard Wheat. 


Holyhead 
Harbour. 


No. 140. 
Isle of Man.” 
No. 141. 


Voluntary 
Emigration. 


Cracow. 





4°. 59 


been presented to Her Majesty; and that Her Ma- 
jesty had commanded him to acquaint this House, 
that She will give directions accordingly. 


10 Vicroriz. 


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to 
several Addresses to Her Majesty,— Copies of 
Letters from the Poor Law Commissioners to the 
Secretary of State, respecting the transaction of the 
business of the Commission. 

Copy of a Report made by the Superintendent of 
Convicts, to Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary 
of State for the Home Department, respecting the 
treatment of Convicts in the Hulks at Woolwich. 

Sir William Somerville also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of 
Report of John Henry Capper, Esquire, Superinten- 
dent of Ships and Vessels employed for the confine- 
ment of Offenders under sentence of Transportation. 

Ordered, That the said Papers dolie upon the Table. 


Viscount Palmerston presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty dated the 16th day of Feb- 
ruary last, for Returns of the Price in London, of 
the best Wheaten Bread, per imperial pound Eng- 
lish; of the best Wheaten Flour, of which such 
Bread is manufactured, per imperial pound English ; 
and of good Red or White Wheat, weighing not 
less than 60 or 61 pounds per imperial bushel, on 
the 1st day of November and the 1st day of De- 
cember 1846, and the 1st day of January and the 
ist day of February 1847 :—And, from our Consul in 
Paris, of the Price (estimated in British currency, 
and also in the currency of the country) of the best 
Wheaten Bread, not Fancy Bread, per imperial 
pound English ; of the best Wheaten Flour of which 
such Bread is manufactured, per imperial pound 
English ; and the best Red or White Wheat, weigh- 
mg not less than from 60 to 61 pounds per imperial 
bushel, on the 1st day of November and the 1st day 
of December 1846, and the 1st day of January and 
the 1st day of February 1847 (so far as relates to the 
Prices of Wheat and Bread in Paris). 

Ordered, That thesaid Return do lie upon the Table. 


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


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Isle of 
Man, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was 
proposed, ‘That in order to assist and encourage 
Voluntary Emigration to the Colonies, it is ex- 
pedient to increase the importance and authority of 
the Land and Emigration Board, to add to their 
agency in Great Britain and Ireland, and promote 
their vigilant superintendence of the passage and 
future location of the Emigrants. 

And the Previous Question being put, That that 
Question be now put:—It passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That this House, considering the faithful ob- 
servance of the General Act of Congress or Treaty 
of Vienna, of the 9th day of June 1815, as the 
basis of the peace and welfare of Europe, views 
with alarm and indignation the incorporation of the 
Free City of Cracow, and of its Territory, into the 
Empire of Austria, by virtue of a Convention 
entered into at Vienna, on the 6th day of November 
1846, by Russia, Prussia and Austria, in manifest 
violation of the said Treaty :—And a Debate arising 
thereupon ; 

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


Veneris, 5° die Martii, 1847 ; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Thursday next ; 

VoL. 102. 




















Martiz. 197 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn:—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Debate be adjourned till Thursday next ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ Thursday 
next,” in order to add the words “ this day” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ Thursday next” stand part of the Question :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. , 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjoured till Thurs- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into yfarkets and 
further consideration the Report on the Markets Fairs Clauses 
and Fairs Clauses Bill ; Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Commis- 
further consideration the Report on the Commis- sionersClauses 
sioners Clauses Bill ; Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Gas works 
further consideration the Report on the Gas Works Clauses Bill. 
Clauses Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Waterworks 
further consideration the Report on the Water- Clauses Bill. 
works Clauses Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Factories Bill. 
into a Committee upon the Factories Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That the 
Committee had made Progress in the Bill, and that 
he was directed to move, That the Committee have 
leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 17th day of this instant March, again resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


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

Resolved, That this House will, this day resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Greene reported the Consolidated Fund Bill; Consolidated 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. can 000) 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be Bin, 7° 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


Mr. Parker presented a Bill for raising a Sum of Loan Bill. 
Money by way of Annuities: And the same was No, 142. 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time this day ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Grain Spirits 
Return of the Number of Casks of Grain Spirits (Dublin.) 
exported from Dublin for the two last years to Great 
Britain, their Number of Gallons in bulk, and in 
Gallons of Proof Strength when put into Ware- 
house, the same when taken out of Warehouse, and 
those warehoused for the several periods of under 
Six Months, and from Six to Twelve Months, and 
from One year to Two years, and from Two years 

cc3 and 








Pious and 
Charitable 
Purposes Bill. 


Railways 
(India. ) 


Population, 
Poor’s Rate, 
&amp;c. 


No, 144. 


Leominster 
Canal Navi- 
gation Sale 


Bill. 


East Lanca- 
shire Railway 
(Clitheroe, 
Mitton and 
Padiham 


Branches) Bill 


Westminster 
and Part of 
Middlesex 
Sewers Bill. 





198 


and longer ; showing the actual deficiencies on each 


Class. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Pious and Charitable Purposes 
Bill, was read and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 14th day of April next. 


Sir John Hobhouse presented, by Her Majesty's 
Command,—Copy of a Letter from the Secretary to 
the Government of India, to the Chief Secretary to 
the Government of Madras, dated Fort William, 
24th January 1846, transmitting, 

Copy of Report upon the proposed Afadras and 
Wallajanuggar Railroad, by F. W. Simms, Esquire, 
dated 30th December 1845. 

Copy of a Letter from the Government of Bom- 
bay, to the Court of Directors of the East India 
Company, dated 30th September 1846. 

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


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

| 





Veneris, 5° die Martii ; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law 

Commissioners, was called in; and, at the 
bar presented, pursuant to Order,—A Return, show- 
ing the Population, the Annual Value of Property 
rated to the Poor’s Rate, the Expenditure for the 
Relief of the Poor, the Rate in the Pound on the 
Value of rated Property of such Expenditure, the 
Total Number of Paupers relieved, including Casual 
Poor, the Proportion per cent. to the Population of 


4°—5° Martie. 





A. 1847. 


The Cambridge, Saint Neot’s and Bedford Junc- Cambridge, 


‘ . : ; . i Saint Neot’s 
tion Railway Bill was read a second time; and My 'poiina 
committed. ; Junction Rail- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- way Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 


The Great Northern Railway (Branch to Horn- Great North- 
castle and at Brayford Mere, Lincoln) Bill was waka 
read a second time; and committed. Sesncnatio 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- and at Bray- 
mittee of Selection. oa oin) BL 
Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee pypjic 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 1st, 2d and 3d days a 
of this instant March; and had directed him to seaaititid 
make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The Taw Vale Railway and Dock Bill was read Taw Vale 
a second time ; and committed. Railway and’ 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ae ee. 
mittee of Selection. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Birmingham 
the Report on the Birmingham District Fire Insur- District Fire 
ance Company Bill; and the Amendments were {surance 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


A Petition of the Midland Railway Company, for yfidland Rail- 


| leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said Company way (Man- 


gotsfield to 


to construct a Railway from Mangotsfield to Bath, Bath) Bill 


}and for other purposes connected with the Bristol 
and Gloucester Line of the Midland Railway, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Viscount Duncan and 


Mr. Phiilpotts. 


A Petition of Members of the Grand Jury of the wryyfora Free 





the Persons relieved, and the Rate per head on the 
Total Number of Paupers relieved, of the Expendi- 
ture according to the last Returns which have been 
laid before Parliament, in England and Wales, Scot- 
land and Ireland respectively :—And then he with- 
drew. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Leominster Canal Navigation Sale 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The East Lancashire Railway (Clitheroe, Mitton 
and Padiham Branches) Bill was read a second time; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

‘mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Commissioners of Sewers for the 
city and liberty of Westminster, and part of the 
county of Middlesex, for leave to deposit a Petition 
for leave to bring in a Bill to extend certain of the 
provisions contained in the General Sewers Act, 
3 and 4 Wil/. 4, to the commission under which the 
Petitioners exercise their powers, and particularly 


such provisions as relate to the duration of the | 


commission, and the Orders of the Court of Sewers, 
the decreeing recompense and costs, the power to 
purchase lands, to facilitate works, the borrowing of 
money, the vesting property and works in the Peti- 
tioners, the enabling the clerk of the Commissioners 
to sue and be sued, and the enabling the Commis- 
sioners to levy fines and amerciaments, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


county of Wexford, for leave to bring in a Bill for Bridge Bill. 
|coustructing and maintaining a Bridge across the 
River Slaney, near the town of Wexford, with Ap- 
| proaches, and for taking down the present Bridge 
| there, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Grogan 
and Sir Thomas Esmonde. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Manchester, 
Railway from and out of the Main Line of the Man- Birmingham 
chester and Birmingham Section of the London and = cre 

‘ “ - ‘ = 3 * 2 taffordshire 
North Western Railway, in the Township of Cheadle Junction 
Bulkeley, in the Parish of Cheadle, in the County of Railway Bill. 
Chester, and passing from, in, through or into the 
several Parishes, Townships, Townlands and Extra- 
Parochial Places of Cheadle, Cheadle Bulkeley, 
Cheadle Moseley, Stockport, Bramhall, Prestbury, 
Worth and Poynton, or some of them, in the 
County of Chester, and terminating by a Junction 
with the Alacclesfield Branch of the said Manches- 
ter and Birmingham Section of the said London 
and North Western Railway, in the Township of 
Poynton, in the said Parish of Prestbury, in the 
said County of Chester; also, a Branch Railway 
from from and out of acertain point of the said in- 
tended Line of Railway, in the said Township of 
Cheadle Bulkeley, and passing from, in, through or 
into the said Township of Cheadle Bulkeley, and 
terminating by a Junction with the intended Line of 
the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland 
Junction Railway, also in the said Township of 
Cheadle Bulkeley; also, another Branch Railway 
from and out of a certain point of the said intended 
Line of Railway, in the said Township of Poynton, 
and passing from, in, through or into the said Town- 
ship of Poynton, and terminating by a Junction with 
a Branch Railway leading from the said Manches- 
ter and Birmingham Section of the said London 
and North Western Railway to the Poynton Col- 

lieries, 





Company Bill. 





oS et et ey 


No 














10 Vicroriz. 


lieries, and belonging to the Right honourable 
George John Warren Lord Vernon, also in the said 
Township of Poynton: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


time. 
Enfield and Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 
oe ney Railway from the Enfield and Edmonton Railway, 
&lt;aten Sa at Enfield, in the County of Middlesex, to the Great 


Northern Railway, in the Parish of South Mimms, 
in the same County: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Newcastle and 
Berwick Rail- 
way (Cram- 
lington and 
Percy Main 
and Killing- 


The Newcastle and Berwick Railway (Cramling- 
ton and Percy Main and Killingworth and other 
Branches) Bill was, according to Order, read a 
second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


worth and ‘ ee : 

other mittee of Selection. 

Branches) Bill. 

Great Western Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Railway __ Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
(Branch to join 


Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
additional provision in the Great Western Railway 
Enlareement (branch to join the West London Railway, Widen- 
of West Lon- ing and Enlargement of West London Railway, and 
don Railway, Branches to Hammersmith, and to join the London 
Ping sg and South Western Railway, near Lambeth) Bill, 
smith, and to the Standing Orders had not been complied with, in 
join the Lon- the following instance ; viz., no Notices of the in- 
eee: tended application were published in three succes- 
a-a sive weeks in the months of October and November, 
Lambeth) Bill. or either of them. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


the West Lon- 
don Railway, 
Widening and 


London Sew- 
age Chemical 
Manure Bill. 


Sir De Lacy Evans presented a Bill to incorporate 
a Company by the name of The London Sewage | 
Chemical Manure Company: And the same was | 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 








1y from the Leeds and Selby Railway, at or | 

Selby Railway Hear Selby, in the West Riding of the County of 

to Gains- _ ork, to Gainsborough, in the County of Lincoln, 

Lt, 0d Bil with Branches therefrom: And the same was read 

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


Axholme Rail- Mr, Redhead Yorke presented a Bill for making 


way (from the g Railw 
Leeds and e 


v 


Tyne Docks 


Tyr Mr. Redhead Yorke presented a Bill for making 
31. 


Docks at Jarrow Slake,in the River Tyne: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Belfast Im- The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
Mi’ ~—soOf the Petition for the Belfast Improvement Bill, 


which was yesterday made from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the further Improvement of the Borough of 
Belfast: And that Lord John Chichester, Lord 
Edwin Hill and Mr. Alexander do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Lough Neagh 


Drainage Bal The House was moved, That the Report in respect 


of the Petition for the Lough Meagh Drainage 
Bill, which was yesterday made from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for draining certain Tracts of Land covered or liable 
to be flooded by the Waters of Lough Meagh and 
Lough Beg, in Ireland: And that Lord John Chi- 
chester and Mr. Ross do prepare, and bring it in. 


Edinburgh and 
Northern Rail- 


The Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Saint 





5° Martz. 


'asecond time ; and committed. 


199 


Road Crossings, Newport Railway Extension) Bill way (St. An- 
' : drew’s and 
was read a second time ; and committed. Nowbunsh 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Harbour 


mittee of Selection. Branches and 
Road Cross- 
ings, Newport 
Railway Ex- 
tension) Bill. 


Mr. Hindley presented a Bill to enable the Ox- oxford, Wor- 
ford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Com- cester, and 
pany to make a Railway from Cheltenham to join Wolverhamp- 
the Line of their Railway at Evesham; and from (Xo. 1) (Ex- 
their said Railway, in the Parish of Church Honey- tensions and 
bourne, in the County of Worcester, to join the Amendment) 
Stratford-upon-Avon Branch of their Railway, in 
the Parish of Pebworth and County of Gloucester, 
and for other Purposes: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The York and Newcastle Railway (Hartlepool YorkandNew- 
Dock and Railway, and Great North of England, —— 
Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway, Lease a aud Raile 
and Purchase) Bill was, according to Order, read way,and Great 
a second time ; and committed. Leer yg 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ate Pw ate 


, ‘ and Hartlepool 
mittee of Selection. Junction Rail- 


way,Lease,and 
Purchase) Bill. 
The Zondon and North Western Railway (Zime- London and 
street, Liverpool, Station, Extension, &amp;c.) Bill was — 
read a second time; and committed. rp ti 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Liverpool, 


: Q . Station Exten- 
mittee of Selection. sion, &amp;c.) Bill. 


The London and North Western Railway ( Porto- London and 


bello and Wolverhampton Branch, &amp;c.) Bill was read NorthWestern 
Railway (Por- 
; tobello and 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- wojyerhamp- 


mittee of Selection. ton Branch, 

&amp;c.) Bill. 
The Belfast Port and Harbour Bill was read a Belfast Port 

second time ; and committed. = Harbour 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of the Edinburgh and Northern Rail- Edinburgh and 
way Company, for leave to deposit a Petition for an 
leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said Company fete Meats 
to make a Deviation and Extension of their Branch island to Dun- 
Railway to Dunfermline, to make another Railway frmline sa 
from their Strathearn Deviation Railway to the (yo,2) * 
Scottish Central Railway, and to make an alteration 
in the manner of constructing the said Branch and 
Strathearn Deviation across certain roads and the 
Halbeath Railway, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


A Petition of George Bradford Ellicombe, of Waterford and 
Parliament-street, Westminster, Parliamentary Agent Himerick 
for the Waterford and Limerick Railway Bill, stat- iatiied 
ing that the Waterford and Limerick Railway Bill 
now pendiag in the House, was presented on the 
25th day of February last, and should, according to 
the Resolutions of the House of the 3d day of Febru- 
ary last, have been read a second time not later than 
Friday the 5th day of March instant ; that the Peti- 
tioner only obtained the Breviate of the said Bill 
in time to print and lay it on the Table of the House 
on Thursday the 4th instant, and the said Bill could 
not therefore be read a second time until Monday 
the 8th instant; that the Petitioner has discovered 
that through an oversight no notice had been given 
at the Private Bill Office of any intention to move 
the Second Reading of the said Bill on Friday the 
5th instant; and praying that the said Order may be 
dispensed with, and that the said Bill may be al- 
lowed to be read a second time, although more than 
seven clear days may have elapsed since the First 
Reading thereof, was presented, and read ; and re- 





Andrew’s and Newburgh Harbour Branches and 
Vou. 102. 


ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 
cc4+ Mr. Greene 








200 


Parkgate and Mr. Greene presented a Bill for making a Rail- 
} eae = way from Parkgate, in the Parish of Great Neston, 
Junction in the County of Chester, to join the Chester and 


Railway Bill. Birkenhead Railway, in the Parish of Bebbington, 
in the same County: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Caledonian 
Railway (Ed- p 
inburgh Sta- 


Petitions of the Clerk to the Commissioners of 
olice for the town of Leith, under the Act to pro- 
ten and vide for the Municipal Government of the Town and 
Branches to Suburbs of Leith, for the further Administration of 
—* &amp;c-) Justice, and for the Regulation of the Police 
7 therein ; and, Members of the General Commit- 
tee of the Heritors of the parish of North Leith; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of 
the Caledonian Railway (Edinburgh Station and 
Branches to Granton, &amp;c.) Bill,—were presented, 

and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee onthe Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 
Petitions. 





Great North- Petitions of Owners and Occupiers of land and 
ern Railway Inhabitants of Harworth, in the county of Notting- 
(Deviations ~~ jgm;—and, Owners and Occupiers of land and 


between Gran- : : ; 
thames and other Inhabitants of Clayworth, in the county of 


York) Bi. Nottingham; praying that the Great Northern Rail- 
way (Deviations between Grantham and York) Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Huddersfield Petitions of Edward Brown, of The Firs, Esquire ; 


and Manches- 
ter Railway 
(Branch from 





and, John Lees, James Lees and Joseph Lees, 
all of Clarksfield, James Lees, of Manchester, and 
Oldham to John Booth, Esquires; praying that they may be 
Ashton and heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
= Bridge) aoainst certain parts of the Huddersfield and Man- 
chester Railway (Branch from Oldham to Ashton 
and Guide Bridge) Bill,—were presented, and read. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 

in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Huddersfield A Petition of John Lees, James Lees and Joseph 
and Manches- Lees, all of Clarksfield, James Lees, of Manchester, 
elevations and John Booth, Esquires ; praying that they may 
and Altera. be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
tions in Old- against certain parts of the Huddersfield and Man- 
_ Branch, ¢hester Railway (Deviations and Alterations in Old- 
c.) Bill. A 
ham Branch, &amp;c.) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Cornwall 


A Petition of Landowners, Lessees and Occupiers 
Railway Bill. 


of land, in the counties of Devon and Cornwall, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
o* the Cornwall Railway Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Windsor, 
Staines, and 
South Western 


A Petition of Thomas Wilmot, of Hithe House, 
in the parish of Egham, in the county of Surrey, 
own praying that he may be heard, by himself, his coun- 
(Staines to sel or agent, against certain parts of the Windsor, 
Ascot and Wo- S¢qines and South Western Railway (Staines to 


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A. 1847. 


Ascot and Wokingham, with Branches) Bill, was kingham, with 


resented, and read. Branches) Bill, 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of 
the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Commissioners for paving, lighting Eastern Coun- 
and improving the parish of Bethnal Green, in the boa cma 
county of Middlesex, praying that they may be pr * es oer 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against Stratford Sta- 
certain parts of the Eastern Counties Railway ts, = 
(Enlargement of Zondon and Stratford Stations, and of Acta) od 
Amendment of Acts) Bill, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Reverend John Curnow Millett, of West Cornwall 
Penpol Hayle, Cornwall, Clerk ; Henry Harvey ne to 
and Elizabeth Harvey, of Hayle Foundry, in the §t. Ives and 
county of Cornwall; —— John Vivian, Esquire, Norwayman’s 
one of the Trustees of the Cornish Copper Com- ae el 
pany ; and, Joseph Carne, Esquire, and John and Enlarge- 
Vivian, Trustees of the Cornish Copper Company ; ment of Quays 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, *+ Hayle) Bill 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of 
the West Cornwall Railway (Branches to Saint 
Ives and Norwayman’s Wharf, and Construction 
and Enlargement of Quays at Hayle) Biil,—were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








A Petition of Commissioners for executing an Liverpool Cor- 
Act for paving, lighting, cleansing, watering, re- poration 
gulating and otherwise improving the Town of a 
Saint Helens, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, 
and for establishing and regulating a Market 
therein ; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Liverpool Corporation Waterworks Bill, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Robert Maidstone Smith, Doctor of Yeovil, Brid- 

Medicine, Henry Nesbitt and Mary Joanna Smith, port oP 
: : .” Exeter Rail- 

praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their yay (with 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Yeovil, Branches) Bill. 
Bridport and Exeter Railway (with Branches) Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of George William Baker, of Wincan- Wilts, Somer- 
ton, in the county of Somerset, Gentleman, praying tea . 
that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or way (No. 2.) } 
agent, against certain parts of the Wilts, Somerset Bill. b 
and Weymouth Railway (No. 2.) Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bull; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of William Henry Tucker, of No. 


ee ears 


128, Birmingham 


High Holborn, London ;——and, Commissioners for ae 
executing two Acts for paving, lighting, watching, way (Devia- 


regulating and improving the Town of Leamington tion of Line, 
Priors, in the County of Warwick; praying that &amp;¢-) Bill 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 

agents, against certain parts of the Birmingham and 

Oxford Junction Railway (Deviation of Line, &amp;c.) 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 


And 





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10 Vicroriz. 


And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Great Western A Petition of Thomas Wilmot, of Hithe House, 
Railway in the parish of Egham, in the county of Surrey, 
=" ” praying that he may be heard, by himself, his coun- 
Staines, Brent- sel or agent, against certain parts of the Great West- 


ford aot ern Railway (Branches to Egham, Staines, Brent- 
— 7-9 ford and Twickenham) Bill, was presented, and 
read. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Peti- 
tion, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Swansea A Petition of Michael Williams, John Michael 
Harbour Bill. Wiliams and William Williams, of the Morpa Cop- 
per Works, near Swansea, in the county of Glamor- 
gan, Copper Smelters, praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Swansea Harbour Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


North British | A Petition of the Clerk to the Commissioners of 
Railway _— Police for the town of Leith, under the Act to pro- 
(No. 1.) Bill. Vide for the Municipal Government of the Town and 
Suburbs of Leith, for the further Administration of 
Justice, and for the Regulation of the Police therein, 
praying that he may be heard, by himself, his coun- 
sel or agent, against certain parts of the North Bri- 
tish Railway (No. 1.) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petitton, 


Blandford and A Petition of George William Baker, of Win- 
Bruton Rail- canton, in the county of Somerset, Gentleman, pray- 


ay Bill. : : &gt; 
iia ing that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or 
agent, against certain parts of the Blandford and 
Bruton Railway Bill, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Fleetwood, A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts 


Preston and . iri ad fron . H 
West Riding for repairing the Road from Blackburn to Adding- 


Junction Rail- kam and Cocking End, and from Old Accrington to 
way (Burnley the Burnley and Rochdale Turnpike-road, in Ha- 
Branches) Bill, bergham Eaves, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Fleetwood, Preston and West 
Junction Railway (Burnley and Colliery Branches) 
Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


‘ne Pais-_ A Petition of Parliamentary Trustees forimproving 
nock and Ayr the Harbour of Port Glasgow, praying that they 
Railway, and may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 


Ayrshireand against certain parts of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kil- 


ti Weir marnock and A yr Railway, and Ayrshire and Bridge 
(No. 3.) Bil. of Weir Railway (No. 3.) Bill, was presented, and 
read. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition, 

VoL, 102. 


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A Petition of Parliamentary Trustees for improving Glasgow, Air- 

the Navigation of the River Clyde, and enlarging tie, and 
: onklands 
the Harbour of Glasgow, praying that they may be Junction Rail- 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against way (Cowlairs, 
certain parts of the pg Airdrie and Monk- —— Cen- 
; ; ‘ ; &amp; ral Junction, 

lands Junction Railway (Cowlairs, Carmyle Central ana Coplaw- 
Junction, and Coplaw-hill Branches and Montrose- bill Branches, 
street Terminus) Bill, was presented, and read. poets eer 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the nus) Bill. 
Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 


favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Parliamentary Trustees for improving Glasgow, Pais- 


&gt; 


the Harbour of Port Glasgow, praying that they oA onal 

may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or (Branches at 

agents, against certain parts of the Glasgow, Port Glasgow 

Paisley and Greenock Railway (Branches at Port el 

Glasgow and to the Caledonian Railway, and Di- Railway, and 

version of Canal) Bill, was presented, and read. Diversion of 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the ©*™) Bill 

Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 

by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 

Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 

favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petitionof Parliamentary Trustees for improving Paisley, and 
the Navigation of the River Clyde, and enlarging eninge gue 
the Harbour of Glasgow, praying that they may be Improvement) 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against Bill. 
certain parts of the Paisley and Renfrew Railway 
(Sale and Improvement) Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions from Westerham ;— Brasted ; — Sun- South Eastern 
dridge ;— Wadhurst ;— Lewisham ;— Robertsbridge ; Railway (Mid 
—Brightling ;—Brenchley ;—North Cray;—Kem- tan 
sing ;— Chiselhurst ;— Crowhurst ;— Hollington ;— bridge) Bill. 
Saint Paul's Cray ;—Lee ;— and, Seddlescombe ; 
praying that the South Eastern Railway (Mid Kent 
and Direct Tunbridge) Bill may pass into a law, 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Petitions from Queenborough ;— Broadstairs ;— South Eastern 
Faversham ;—and, Preston; praying that the South Railway | 
Eastern Railway (North Kent Line) Bill may pass Cine) Bil 
into a law, were presented, and read ; and ordere 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Great Chart ;—Hollingbourne ;— gouth Eastern 
Leeds ;—Harrietsham ;—and, Broomfield; praying Railway 
that the South Eastern Railway (Maidstone to Chart) (Maidstone to 
: ; Chart) Bill. 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Beckenham ;— Croydon ;— and, South Eastern 
Lewisham ; praying that the South Eastern Railway Railway 
5 : ; (Croydon and 
(Croydon and Bromley Branches) Bill may pass into Bromley 
a law, were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie Branches) Bill. 


upon the Table. 


Petitions from Leith (two Petitions) ;—and North Edinburgh, 
Leith (two Petitions) ; praying that the Edinburgh, a 3 “ 
Leith and Granton Railway (Leith Extension) Bill co hau a 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and Extension) 
ordered to lie upon the Table, Bill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Devizes, was pre- Great Western 
sented, and read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners Railway (Ex- 
in the early part of the month of February last, were tension of the 

a - age Berks and 
parties to a Petition, which was presented to the yants Railway 


House by William Heald Ludlow Bruges, Esquire, from Hunger- 





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ford to West- 
bury, with a 
Branch to 
Devizes) Bill. 


Rathmines 
Improvement 


202 


M.P., on the 26th of February, praying the House to 
sanction such parts of the line only as will ensure 
to the Promoters of the extension of the Berks and 
Hants Railway the power of completing their 
undertaking, by carrying their main line from 
Hungerford to Westbury, through part of the 
borough of Devizes, and also that they may be 
heard in support of their Petition: That on Fri- 
day last the 26th of February, and subsequent days, 
the Petitioners were requested by one William 
Morris, of Devizes, to sign another Petition, which 
they have since been informed was drawn up in 
the office of the agents of the said Railway m 
Devizes, and which the said William Morris assured 
the Petitioners, in order to obtain their signatures, 
was to the same effect as that which they had pre- 
viously signed as above-mentioned ; and he the said 
William Morris further stated that it was necessary 
such Petition should be signed, or that no Railway 
would be brought to Devizes : That the Petitioners, 
on these representations, incautiously signed the said 
Petition, at the request of the said William Morris, 
without reading its prayer, and have since been in- 
formed that ics prayer is, that the Bill for making 
the said extension of the Berks and Hants Railway 
may pass as proposed by the Promoters: The Pett- 
tioners are still of the opinion, that unless the main 
line of the extension of the Berks and Hants Rail- 
way is brought to Devizes, in its course towards 
Westbury, a great injury will be done to the interests 
of this town, for the reasons they have assigned in 
their Petition presented to the House on the 26th 
of February last, by William Heald Ludlow Bruges, 
Esquire, M.p., and before signing the said Petition 
so presented, the memorialists had the opportunity 
of reading a printed copy of a memorial to Her 
Majesty’s Government, which was appended to it ; 
but they were called upon to sign the Petition 
brought to them by the said William Morris, 
without any such opportunity : The Petitioners have 
also been informed, and believe, that a very large 
proportion of the signatures appended to the Peti- 
tion brought to them by the said William Morris, 
were obtained in consequence of similar representa- 
tions to those above mentioned as having been made 
to the Petitioners, but as the Petitioners cannot 
compare the names, and as the Standing Orders of 
the House do not leave sufficient time forascertaining 
the number, the Petitioners. make this representa- 
tion for themselves alone; and praying that their 
names may be expunged from the said last last- 
mentioned Petition, and that the House will refuse 
to receive the Petition which prays them to sanc- 
tion the whole of the line proposed by the Great 
Western Railway Company, as an extension of the 
Berks and Hants Railway, in consequence of the 
improper manner in which signatures have been 
obtained, and further that this Petition may be re- 
ferred to the Committee of the House on Group 
(No. 6.). 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Great Western Railway (Ex- 
tension of the Berks and Hants Railway from 
Hungerford to Westbury, with a Branch to Devizes) 
Bill. 


A Petition of Clergy and Rate-payers, Inhabit- 
ants of Rathmines, and that part of the parish of 
Saint Peter in the barony of Upper Cross, and 
county of Dublin, praying the House speedily to 
pass the Rathmines Improvement Bill, the works 
under which will effectually provide employment 
for the poor, without the delays usually attendant 
upon the forms of the House, and that this Petition 
may be referred to the Committee on the said Bill ; 
and that the Petitioners may be heard by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents in support of the 
preamble of the said Bill, and all and every the 
clauses thereof, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


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A. 1847. 


Petitions from Newmarket (Cork) ;—Mallow ;— Poor Law 
Cloyne ;— Shkibbereen ; — Kilmacabea ;— Rosscar- eland.) 
bery ;— Mountmelick ;—and, Cashel (Chairman) ; 
praying for alteration of the Poor Law in Jreland,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Guardians of the Poor Law Union 
of Chorley, in the county of Lancaster; praying the 
House to extend to Ireland the advantages of a 
good Poor Law, which will insure the right of the 
able-bodied, as well as of the infirm poor, to out- 
door relief, was also presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the ‘lable. 


A Petition of Clergy of the Deanery of Middle- General Fast. 
wich, in the county and diocese of Chester, praying 
the House to address Her Majesty that She will 
cause a day to be set apart for a national fast and 
humiliation, was presented, and read, and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Pancras ;—and, Westminster Raja of 
(two Petitions) ; stating that the Petitioners are tt" 
deeply interested in the case of His highness Purtaub 
Sing, the Ex-Rajah of Sattara, who has been accused 
of hostility to the British Government, forcibly 
deposed and exiled from his dominions upon this 
charge, and denied for seven years the means of 
being heard in his own defence; and praying the 
House to adopt measures to secure to this Prince 
the opportunity of examining the charges which 
have been brought against him, the evidence in sup- 
port of the same, and of bringing forth the proofs 
of his innocence,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors of Brad- Attornies 
ford, in the county of Wilts, praying that they may ©¢Ttificates. 
be relieved from the payment of the annual duty on 

their Certificates, was presented, and read; and or- 

dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Roman Catholics of Chilvers Coton Roman Catho- 
and Nuneaton, both in the county of Warwick, pray- lic Relief Bill. 
ing that the Roman Catholic Relief Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wolverhampton (two Petitions) ; Wolverhamp- 


Wolverhampton Union; praying that the Wolver- 
hampton Rates Bill may pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Petitions of the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Railways Bill, 

Cheshire Junction Railway Company ; Reading, 
Guildford aud Reigate Railway Company ; 
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway 
Company ; —— Chester and Birkenhead Railway 
Company ; Birmingham, Wolverhampton and 
Dudley Railway Company ;——and, Huddersfield 
and Manchester Railway and Canal Company; 
praying that the Railways Bill may not pass into a 
law; and that they may be heard, by their counsel 
or agents, at the bar of the House, against the 
same,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Renfrewshire Turnpike-road Trus- 
tees, praying the House to provide in the said 
Bill, that in no case shall a Railway Company be 
entitled to divert a Turnpike-road at any point, 
unless such diversion is shown and laid down in the 
Parliamentary Plans thereof, or to raise or lower 
the road to a greater extent than what is shown on 
their Plans and Sections, without the consent of the 
Trustees on such road; that the gradient of the 
roads shall in all cases be constructed, so as to be 
at least 1 foot in 45, where the present level thereof 
is not of smaller gradient ; that the Companies be 
bound to uphold and maintain the roads that have 

been 














— Wednesfield; — Bilston ; — Willenhall ; — and, *™ Rates Bill. 


OME 


mr aces 





sa 





Pee 


War. 


Capital 
Punishment. 


Breweries and 


Distilleries, 


Lighthouses, 
&amp;e. 


Navigation 
Laws. 


Facteries. 


Poor Removal 
Act. 


Scitlement. 


Roman Catho- 
lic Relief Bill. 


Cottages 
(Ireland, 





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been interfered with by their operations, for at least 
tnree years, and that the whole of such operations, 
so far as regards the interference with the property 
of the Trustees, be conducted and finished to their 
satisfaction or that of the surveyor on the roads, 
and that compensation be in all cases afforded, both 
in respect of the loss of traffic and of the revenues 
thence arising to the trust, for the relief of the ob- 
ligants for the debt, and also for the property occu- 
pied and acquired by the Railway Company for the 
formation of their works, was also presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Secretary to the Society for the 
Promotion of permanent and universal Peace, pray- 
ing the House to take immediate measures for the 
entire abolition of the War system, and the adoption 
of a legalized system of arbitration, which would 
render War in time to come, all but impossible, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Seymour Teu/on, an Elder of the 
Church of God, meeting in Saint John’s-square, 
London, commonly known by the name of Free- 
thinking Christians, praying the House to repeal 
the laws which inflict the Punishment of Death, 
and to substitute a milder punishment, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Okehampton ;— and, Oxford; 
praying the House to adopt measures for stopping 
the use of Grain for the manufacture of intoxicating 
liquors in Breweries and Distilleries,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Garliestown;—Great Grimsby ; 
—and, Arbroath; praying the House to pass a law 
in accordance with the recommendations of the 
Select Committee on Lighthouses, &amp;c.,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Seamen of North Shields, praying | 


the House to oppose any measure that may be in- 

troduced having for its object the permanent repeal 

of the Navigation Laws, was presented, and read ; 

- referred to the Select Committee on Navigation 
aws. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the township of 
Bury, in the county of Lancaster, being Shop- 
keepers and Publicans, praying the House to pass 
a Ten Hours Bill for all minors and females em- 
ployed in Factories, without delay, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Thomas-the-Aposile (Corn- 
wall) ;—and, Cratfield, in the Union of Blything ; 
praying for the repeal or alteration of the Poor Re- 
moval Act,—were presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Settlement and‘Poor 
Removal. 


Petitions from Saint Germans Union; —Meon- 
stoke, in the Union of Droxford;—and, Hastings 
Union; praying for alteration of the Law of Settle- 
ment,—were presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Settlement and Poor Re- 
moval. 


Petitions from Quarley ; —— and, Grateley ; 
praying that the Roman Catholic Relief Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Athy Relief Com- 
mittee, praying the House to pass some measure to 
prevent the erection of Cottages in towns which 
shall not be provided with suitable meaus of ventila- 

Vou, 102, 


tion, and with those offices which are indispensable 
to the health and cleanliness of the inhabitants, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Rate-payers of the Isle Isle of Wight 
of Wight, praying for an inquiry into the administra- Roads. 
tion of the Isle of Wight Local Act 53 Geo. 3, c. 92, 
and especially into the conduct of the Magistrates 
and Commissioners under such Act, and that the 
House will remedy the same, either by a general Act, 
or by excepting the Isle of Wight Local Act out of 
the provisions of the Turnpike Continuing Acts, or 
by a Special Act to meet the case, or by such other 
method as shall seem most expedient, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Promiscuous 
Guildford, in the county of Surrey, praying that Mtercourse. 
the House will enact such laws with reference to 
the keepers of brothels and all persons trafficking 
in female virtue, as shall invest magistrates and 
officers of police with more summary powers, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Assessors and Collectors of Pro- Tax Assessors 


district of Kidderminster, in the county of Worcester, 
complaining of being inadequately rewarded for 
collecting the said Taxes, and praying the House 
to provide such remedy as shall seem fit under the 
circumstances set forth in their Petition, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order made upon Monday last, That leave Army Enlist- 
be given to bring in a Bill for limiting Enlistment in ment Bill. 
the Army, was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Army Service 
for limiting the Time of Service in the Army, and Bill. 
for amending the Acts for rendering effective the 
Services of the Chelsea and Greenwich Out-Pen- 
sioners: And that Mr. Secretary at War and the 
Paymaster-General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, mints (East 

Copies of the Annual Accounts of the Mints of India.) 
Calcutta, Bombay and Madras, in detail, and as 
those Documents are forwarded annually from India: 
—And, of all Correspondence relative to the Qualities 
of the Trial Plates between the Governments of 
Bengal and the Treasury; and of Copies of all 
Correspondence relative to the Removal of Mr. 
Curnin from his Office of Assay Master of the 
Calcutta Mint. 


Mr. Seerectary-at-War presented a Bill for limiting Army Service 
the Time of Service in the Army, and for amending Bill. 
the Acts for rendering effective the Services of the No. 145. 
Chelsea and Greenwich Out-Pensioners: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Friday next; and to be 
printed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Forbes have leave ef absence Leave of 
for a fortnight, on urgent business. Absence. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Military Knights Knights of 
of Windsor, praying the House to place the Institu- Windsor. 
tion of the Military Knights of Windsor under the 
protection of the Charitable Trusts Bill, which was 
presented upon the 7th day of August, in the last 
Session of Parliament, be printed. 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Drainage of 
mand,—A Return of all Applications made for the Lent, 
Advance of Public Money, under the provisions of No. 146. 
the Act 9 and 10 Vic., c. 101, to authorize the 








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Hops. 


Malt. 


Rrewers, 
Victuallers, 
&amp;e. 


Workhouses 
(Ireland. ) 


Local Acts. 
No, 129. 


Workhouse 
Schools, 


Adjournment. 


Quarantine. 


204. 


Advance of Public Money to a limited Amount, to 
promote the Improvement of Land in Great Britain 
and Ireland by Works of Drainage, as regards 
England and Scotland; distinguishing the Appli- 
cations made from each Country (in continuation of 
Return presented to the House on the 4th of Febru- 
ary last.— England). 

Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to Orders,— 
Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of January 
last, for Accounts of the Total Number of Acres of 
Land in Great Britain under the Cultivation of 
Hops in the year 1846; distinguishing the Number 
of Acres in each Parish :—Of the Duty on Hops of 
the growth of the year 1846; distinguishing the 
Districts, and the Old from the New Duty :—Of 
the Quantity of Hops exported from Great Britain 
to Foreign Countries, from the 5th day of January 
1846 to the 5th day of January 1847; distinguish- 
ing the Countries to which the same have been 
exported, and also the Quantities to each Country ; 
also, British from Foreign growths, and the Dates 
of the years in which the British Hops were 
grown :—Of Foreign Hops imported into the United 
Kingdom from the 5th day of January 1846 to the 
5th day of January 1847 ; distinguishing the Ports 
where imported, and the Countries from whence 
exported :—And, of the Total Number of Pounds 
weight of Hops charged with Duty in each of the 
several Collections of the United Kingdom, in the 
year 1846 (in continuation of former Returns). 


Return toan Order, dated the 20th day of Ja- 
nuary last, for an Account of the Total Number of 
Quarters of Malt made between the 10th day of 
October 1845 and the 10th day of October 1846 ; 
distinguishing the Quantity made in each County, 
and the Quantity used by Brewers and Victuallers, 
and Retail Brewers :—Also, continuing the Return 
up to the 10th day of January 1847 (in continuation 
of former Return). 


An Account of the Number of Persons in each of 
the several Collections in the United Kingdom 
as “ Brewers,” “ Victuallers,” “to sell Beer to be 
drunk on the Premises,” and “ to sell Beer not to be 
drunk on the Premises ;” stating the Number of 
each Class who brew their own Beer, and the Quan- 
tity of Malt consumed by them, particularizing each 
Class in each Collection, from the 10th day of Oc- 
tober 1845 to the 10th day of October 1846 (in 
continuation of former Return). 


An Account of the Sum Total advanced on Loan 
on the security of the Poor-rates in Ireland, for 
the building of Workhouses in Jreland, specifying 
the Amount granted to each Union, the Date of 
such Advance, the Sum already received in Re- 
payment from each Union, the Date of such Re- 
payment, and an Account of the Sum Total still 
due on the entire Loan. 

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


Mr. Ward presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Further Reports of the Admuralty relative 
to Applications for Local Acts. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of all Reports made by Assistant 
Commissioners to the Poor Laws, on the subject of 
Workhouse Schools, since the Ist day of January 
1846. 


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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 


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House, a Return of any Orders lately issued for 
regulating Quarantine. 

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


Ordered, That the Petition from York, relative Lord’s Day. 
to the Observance of the Lord’s Day, which was 
presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Malt, which Malt. 
was presented upon Wednesday last, be printed. No. 143. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Railway Railway 
Deposits, which was presented yesterday, be printed. Deposits. 
No. 139. 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Poor Law Poor Law 
Commission, which was presented yesterday, be Commission. 
printed. No. 148. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Convicts Convicts 
( Woolwich), which was presented yesterday, be (waren) 
printed. No. 149. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Convicts, Convicts. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 150. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Railways Railways. 
(India), which was presented yesterday, be printed. “oe , 
o. 151. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Bread, Bread, Flour 
Flour and Wheat, which was presented yesterday, 74 Wheat 
be printed. No. 152. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Supply ; 
posed, That the Order of the day, for the Committee 
of Supply, be now read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That ”’ to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, 
praying that She will be graciously pleased to 
direct inquiry to be made into the effect that the 
present Canteen system has upon the Army; and 
whether it would not be advantageous to disci- 
pline, and to the moral improvement of Her Ma- 
“ jesty’s troops, to prevent the sale of spirituous 
“« liquors in Canteens within the precincts or prox- 
‘¢ imity of barracks,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—The said proposed Amendment was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply, be now read ; and the same being 
read ; 

The House resolved itself into the Committee. 


Canteens. 


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1. Resolved, That a Number, not exceeding Twelve Ordnance Mili- 
thousand three hundred and ninety-two Men, Com- t#ty Corps. 
missioned and Non-Commissioned Officers included, 
of the Ordnance Military Corps, be maintained, for 
the Service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ireland, from the 1st day of April 1847 to the 
31st day of March 1848. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six hun- Pay of d* 
dred and seventeen thousand two hundred and 
thirty-nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Pay, Allowances and Contingencies of 
Ordnance Military Corps, which shall come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day March 1848, 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Commissariat 
hundred and seventy thousand four hundred and Supplies. 
sixty-four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Expense of the Commissariat and 
Barrack Supplies for Her Majesty’s Forces, Great 
Coats for the Army and Militia, Clothing for Colo- 
nial Corps, &amp;e., which shall come in course of Pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1848, 


4, Resolved, 














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Ordnan ce 4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ninety- 

— Seon six thousand four hundred and forty-four pounds, 

aia” granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Sala- 
ries and Contingencies of the Ordnance Offices ut 
the Zower and Pall Mall, which shall come in 
course of Payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1848. 

Ordnance and 5. -Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 

Barrack Es- hundred and twenty-eight thousand one hundred 

ad thirty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Salaries, Allowances and Contingen- 
cies of Ordnance and Barrack Establishments i 
the United Kingdom and Colonies, which shall 
come in course of Payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1848. 

Wages to 6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 

proces and hundred and thirty seven thousand eight hundred 

” ‘and fifty-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Wages of Artificers and Labourers 
employed in the Ordnance Department in the United 
Kingdom and the Colonies, which shall come in 
course of Payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1848. 

Ordnance 7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 

Stores. hundred and sixty-eight thousand seven hundred 
and twelve pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Expense of Ordnance Stores for Land 
and Sea Service, which shall come in course of Pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 3ist day of 
March 1848. 

Ordnance 8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six hun- 

Worksand dred and thirty-two thousand seven hundred and 

— sixty-five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Expense of Ordnance and Barrack 
Works, Buildings and Repairs, at Home and Abroad, 
which shall come in course of Payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1848. 


‘Scientific 9. Resolved, 'That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- 

Branch of the eight thousand nine hundred and eight-six pounds, 

Ordnance. he granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Ex- 
pense of the Scientific Branch of the Ordnance De- 
partment, which shall come in course of Payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1848, 

Non-effective 10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 

Ordnance — hundred and sixty-eight thousand five hundred and 

Senrsaee. thirty-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Expense of Non-effective Ordnance 
Services, Military and Civil, which shall come in 
course of Payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1848. 


Adtairalty 11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
Office. hundred and thirty-seven thousand and fifty-four 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Salaries of the Officers and the Contingent Ex- 
penses of the Admiralty Office, which will come in 
course of Payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1848. 
General Regis- 12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine 
‘pind Record thousand two hundred and twenty-nine pounds, be 
Soemen. granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of 
the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of the 
General Register and Record Office of Seamen, 
which will come in course of Payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1848, 
Scientific De- 13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
ie tere. of four thousand two hundred and_ seventy-seven 
; ounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Salaries of the Officers and the Contingent Ex- 
— of the several Scientific Departments of the 
avy, which will come in course of Payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1848. 


Naval Esta- 14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 


— at hundred and thirty-seven thousand two hundred 


and twenty-three pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Salaries of the Officers and the 
Contingent Expenses of Her Majesty’s Naval Es- 
tablishments at Home, which will come in course 
Vor. 102. 





Marti. 205 


of Payment during the year ending on the 31st day 

of March 1848. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- pe ~ Abroad. 
five thousand five hundred and fifty-seven pounds, 

be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 

of the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of Her 

Majesty’s Naval Establishments Abroad, which 

will come in course of Payment during the year 

ending on the 31st day of March 1848. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight Wages of Ar- 
hundred and eleven thousand three hundred and tificers, &amp;c., a 
four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray _— 
the Wages of Artificers, Labourers and others em- 
ployed in Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments at 
Home, which will come in course of Payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1848. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Sabbati, 6° die Martii, 1847: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

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

Mr. Greene also acquainted the House, That he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs 
mittee on the Customs Duties Bill ; Duties Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
19th day of this instant March, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Drainage of Land Bill was, according to Drainage of 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Land Bill. 
Committee of the whole House for Wednesday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Markets and 
further consideration the Report on the Markets Fairs Clauses 
and Fairs Clauses Bill ; _ 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Commissoners 
further consideration the Report on the Commis- Clauses Bill. 
sioners Clauses Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Gas-Works 
further consideration the Report on the Gas Works Clauses Bill 
Clauses Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Waterworks 
further consideration the Report on the Waterworks Clauses Bill. 
Clauses Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee, 


The ingrossed Bill to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated 
Consolidated Fund to the Service of the year One Fund 
thousand eight hundred and Forty-seven, was, ac- (S-8,000,000) 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 


Title be, An Act to apply the Sum of Eight Millions 





DD3 out 


ees 


Sosa pe 

















Loan Bill. 


Life Insur- 
ances Bill. 


Service of 
Heirs (Scot- 
Jand) Bill. 


Crown Char- 
ters and Pre- 
cepts (Scot- 
Jand ) Bill. 


"Transference 
of Lands 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Burgage Te- 
nure (Scot- 


land) Bill. 


Meritable 
Sccurities for 
Debt (Scot- 
Jana) Bill. 


Gencral Regis- 
ter House, 
(Edinburgh) 
Bill. 


Navy. 


Navy. 


Life Insur- 
ances Bill. 


No.153, 


206 


out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the 
year One thousand eight hundred and Forty-seven. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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


. Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to encourage Persons to effect Insurances on Lives : 
And that Mr. Godson and Mr. Benbow do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to amend the Law and Practice m Scotland as to 
the Service of Heirs: And that the Lord Advocate 
and Mr. Solicitor-General for Scotland do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Law and Practice in Scotland with 
regard to Crown Charters and Precepts from Chan- 
cery: And that the Lord Advocate and Mr. Solicitor- 
General for Scotland do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
facilitate the Transference of Lands and other Heri- 
tages in Scotland, not held in Burgage Tenure: 
And that the Lord Advocate and Mr. Solicitor- 
General for Scotland do prepare, and bring it in, 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to facilitate the Transference of Lands and other 
Heritages in Scotland held in Burgage Tenure : And 
that the Lord Advocate and Mr. Solicitor-General 
for Scotland do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring i a Bill 
to facilitate the Constitution and Transmission of 
Heritable Securities for Debt in Scotand, and to 
render the same more effectual for the Recovery of 
Debt: And that the Lord Advocate and Mr. Soli- 
citor-General for Scotland do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to authorize the application of certain Sums, received 
on account of the Fees payable to the Office of 
Director in Chancery in Scotland, towards the Pay- 
ment of Debts incurred in completing the General 
Register House at Edinburgh : And that the Lord 
Advocate, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. 
Gibson Craig do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all Vessels that have been purchased, 
since 1830, into the Royal Navy, including those 
condemned under the Acts relative to the Slave 
Trade, stating the Tonnage, and the Price paid for 
each, distinguishing the Amount paid for the Hull 
and for the Stores. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Boys of the first and 
second class for General Service received on board 
the several Flag Ships at Portsmouth and Devon- 
port, during the several months of August, Sep- 
tember, October, November and December 1846, 
distinguishing those who have not been entered 
under the Regulation of the Admiralty Memorandum 
of the 25th day of May 1841, with the Number of 
such Boys so entered, who have been supplied with 
Slop Clothing. 


Mr. Godson presented a Bill to encourage Per- 
sons to effect Insurances on Lives: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 


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A. 1847. 


second time upon Wednesday the 24th day of this 
instant March; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
half an hour after One of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next. 








Lune, 8° die Martii ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 
PRAYERS, 


’ R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Taw Rental 

I Commissioners, was called in; and at the Ireland.) 
| bar presented, pursuant io Orders,—Return to an 

Order dated the 21st day of January last, for a Re- 

| turn of the Aggregate Net Rental of all Zre/and, as 

| assessed to the Poor Rate of the several Unions. 

| A Return of the Valuation of each Electoral Valuation and 
| Division in Zreland, with Population in 1841 :;— Population 
| And then he withdrew. area 
| Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 

Table. 








| Ordered,That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Canterbury 
‘to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ Wit. 
_for the electing of a Citizen to serve in this present 
| Parliament for the City of Canterbury, in the room 


of James Bradshaw, Esquire, deceased. 


The Swansea Valley Railway Bill was read a Swansea 
second time; and committed. Valley Rail- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- “*Y Bill 

' mittee of Selection. 
The Vale of Neath Railway Bill was read a se- Vale of Neath 
cond time ; and committed. Railway Bil. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 





The South Wales Railway Bill was read a second South Wales 
‘time ; and committed. Railway Bill. 
| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
‘mittee of Selection. 


The Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Hal- Colchester, 
stead Railway (Lease to the Ipswich and Bury Saint Storr hee 
Edmund’s Railway Company) Biil was read a se- Haletead Rail- 
cond time; and committed. way (Lease to 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- the Ipswich 


mittee of Selection. tae a 


Railway Com- 
pany) Bill. 
The Harwich and Eastern Counties Junction Harwich and 
Railway and Pier (from Harwich to the Eastern Eastern Coun- 
| Union Railway at Ardleigh) Bill was read a second tine ant 
time ; and committed. Pier (from 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- H®twich to the 
‘mittee of Selection. io i 
Ardleigh) Bill. 
| A Petition of the North British Railway Com- North British 
| pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for extending the Railway 
| Hawick Branch of the North British Railway, to om ae 
ithe Caledonian Railway, near Carlisle, and from 
thence to Carlisle, with Branches to Canonbie, 
Gretna and Longtown, was presented, and read ; 
, and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 


| Orders. 








Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
| Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
| Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
, the North British Railway (No. 2.) Bill, the Stand- 
ing Orders have not been complied with, in the fol- 
lowing instances ; viz. 

It is proposed by Clauses 24 and 25 of the said 
Bill, to authorize the North British Railway Com- 
pany to enter into any contracts with the Maryport 
and Carlisle Railway Company and with the Lan- 

caster 


North Britisk 
Railway | 
(No. 2.) Bill. 











10 Victoriz«. 


caster and Carlisle Railway Company for a per- 
manent interest or right to the use of their Station 
and the works connected therewith, and for the 
passage of their traffic over and along the Railways 
belonging to such Companies, upon such conditions 
as may be agreed upon between the said Companies, 
respecting the tolls to be charged, and the time and 
method of forwarding such traffic ; such difference 
is to be referred to the Commissioners of Railways ; 
but the notices do not specify any such intention, 
nor explain that such interference with the said Com- 
panies will be authorized by the Bill; and no no- 
tices have been published in any newspaper of the 
counties of Lancaster and Westmoreland, being 
counties in which certain works of the said Lan- 
caster and Carlisle Railway Company are situate. 

And a small portion of the works of the Cale- 
donian Railway Company which will be effected 
by the proposed Bill, are situated in the county of 
Renfrew, but no notice was published in any news- 
paper of the said county. 

A road numbered 29 and 125, on the parish of 
Cavers, is shown on the Plan of the proposed Ex- 
tension of the Hawick Branch deposited in the 
Private Bill Office, as being crossed by the said 
Railway, between 10 miles 7 furlongs and 10 miles 
8 furlongs, whereas on the Section deposited there- 
with, the said road appears to be crossed between 
11 miles and 11 miles 1 furlong. 

At the change of gradient marked on the Section 
as occurring at or near 11 miles 7 furlongs 3 chains 
and 80 links from the commencement of the said 
Extension, the height of the line representing the 
upper surface of the rails, is marked in figures as 
817 feet above the datum line, being 8 feet at least 
more than the heiglit thereof, as measured by the 
vertical scale upon the said Section. 

At the change of gradient marked on the said 
Section as occurring at or near 13 miles 5 furlongs 
3 chains and 70 links from the commencement of 
the said Extension, the height of the line represent- 
ing the upper surface of the rails, is marked in 
figures as 702 feet above the datum line, being from 
8 to 10 feet more than the height thereof as mea- 
sured by the vertical scale upon the said Section. 

But in both the above cases other copies of the 
Section were produced, which had been struck from 
the same plate, and in which the variance between 
the figured heights and the heights as measured by 
the scale thereon, was very considerably less than 
on the copy which was deposited in the Private Bill 
Office; and it appeared in evidence that the errors 
in the last-mentioned copy of the Section, (being in 
the first case less than 1 per cent., and in the second 
somewhat more than 1 per cent.), may be accounted 
for by ashrinking or distortion of the paper upon 
which the same was engraved. 


Errors on the Levels. 


In the memorials of the Caledonian Railway 
Company and of George Gill Mounsey, Esquire, 
against the said Petition, several errors were alleged 
to exist in the Section, of the line of the proposed 
Extension of the Hawick Branch ; and it was agreed 
by the promoters and by the opponents of the said 
Petition, that the allegations in reference to such 
errors should be referred to J. F', Bateman, Esquire, 
Civil Engineer ; the Examiner has received a Re- 
port from Mr. Bateman, by which the following 
errors in the said Section are established : 

At the point on the Section at or about 12 miles 
3 furlongs from the commencement of the said Ex- 
tension, where the line of Railway is shown as 
passing in front of the front or principal entrance 
door to the Mosspaul Inn, marked 123, in the parish 
of Cavers, the height of the surface of the ground, 
as shown upon the Section, is 7 feet 11 inches below 
the actual height of the surface of the ground, which 
at the said point is 828 feet 8 inches above the datum 
line. 

VoL, 102. 








8° Martiz. 907 


At the point on the Section between 12 miles 
4 furlongs and 12 miles 5 furlongs from the com- 
mencement of the said Extension, where the line is 
shown as crossing the turnpike-road marked on the 
said Plan No. 9, in the parish of Ewes, the height 
of the surface of the ground, as shown upon the 
Section, is 6 feet 8 inches below the actual height 
of the surface of the ground, which at the said 
point is 801 feet 5 inches above the datum line. 

At the point on the Section between 12 miles 
5 furlongs and 12 miles 6 furlongs from the com- 
mencement of the said Extension, where the line is 
shown as crossing the turnpike-road marked on the 
said Plan No. 9, in the parish of Ewes, the height 
of the surface of the ground, as shown upon the 
Section, is 4 feet 7 inches below the actual height of 
the surface of the ground, which at the said point is 
787 feet 7 inches above the datum line. 

At the point on the Section between 153 miles 4 
furlongs and 13 miles 5 furlongs from the com- 
mencement of the said Extension, where the lineis 
shown as crossing the turnpike-road, marked on the 
said Plan No. 9, in the parish of Ewes, the height 
of the surface of the ground, as shown upon the 
Section, is 7 feet 8 inches below the actual height 
of the surface of the ground, which at the said point 
is 688 feet 6 inches above the datum line. 


Note by Mr. Bateman. 


The precise points referred to in allegations 5, 
6 and 7, (the three preceding paragraphs) are dif- 
ficult to determine, and therefore liable to error. 

At the point on the Section between 28 miles 
7 furlongs and 29 miles from the commencement 
of the said Extension, where the line is shown as 
crossing the statute-labour road, marked on the 
said Plan No. 130, in the parish of Canonbie, the 
height of the surface of the ground is shown upon 
the Section to be above the actual height of the 
surface of the ground at the said point, to the extent 
and under the circumstances explained by Mr. 
Bateman in his report; viz. 

This refers to a public road, the surface of which 
is very uneven, the highest point at the crossing of 
the Railway, and which is covered with a green 
sward, is 173 feet, 5 inches above the datum line, 
and the lowest part, which is the accustomed 
track-way for carts and horses, is 171 feet 1 inch 
above the datum line ; if the Jatter point be taken, 
the surface of the ground as shown, upon the Sec- 
tion, is 3 feet 9 inches above the actual height 
of the surface ; if the former point, the surface of 
the ground is 1 foot 5 inches above the actual 
height of the surface at the point referred to. 

At the point on the Section between 29 miles and 
29 miles 1 furlong from the commencement of the 
said Extension, where the line is shown as crossing 
the River Liddell, marked on the said Plan No. 
138, in the parish of Canonbie, and marked No. 1, 
in the parish of Kirkandrews-upon-Esk, the height 
of the surface of the ground, as shown upon the 
Section, is 3 feet 3 inches above the actual height 
of the surface of the ground, which at the said 
point is 87 feet 9 inches above the datum line. 


Note by Mr. Bateman. 


The bed of the river is very irregular, parts of it 
being 3 feet lower than the centre. 

At the point on the Section between 32 miles 
5 furlongs and 32 miles 6 furlongs, from the com- 
mencement of the said Extension, where the line is 
shown as crossing the turnpike-road, marked on 
the said Plan No. 50, in the parish of Arthuret, the 
height of the surface of the ground, as shown upon 
the Section, is 4 feet above the actual height of 
the surface of the ground, which at the said point 
is 168 feet 3 inches above the datum line. 

At the point on the Section between 33 miles 
1 furlong and 33 miles 2 furlongs from the com~- 


mencement of the said Extension, where the line is. 


pDbp4 shown 





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shown as crossing the township-road, marked on 
the said Plan No. 64, in the parish of Arthuret, the 
height of the surface of the ground, as shown upon 
the Section, is 4 feet 5 inches above the actual 
height of the surface of the ground, which, at the 
said point, is 128 feet 3 inches above the datum line. 

At the point on the Section between 33 miles 
4 furlongs and 33 miles 5 furlongs from the com- 
mencement of the said Extension, where the line is| 
shown as crossing the township road, marked on the 
said Plan No73, in the parish of Arthuret, the height 
of the surface of the ground, as shown upon the 





Section, is 5 feet 1 inch above the actual height of 
the surface of the ground, which, at the said point, | 
is 103 feet 9 inches above the datum line. | 

At the point on the Section between 34 miles 2) 
furlongs and 34 miles 3 furlongs from the com-| 


mencement of the said Extension, where the line is | 


shown as crossing the turnpike-road marked on 


the Plan No. 100, in the parish of Arthuret, the | 
height of the surface of the ground, as shown upon | 


the Section, is 4 feet 5 inches above the actual 


height of the surface of the ground, which, at the 
said point, is 59 feet 3 inches above the datum line. 

At the point on the Section between 38 miles 2 
furlongs and 38 miles 3 furlongs, from the com- 
mencement of the said Extension, where the line is 
shown as crossing the public road marked on the 
said Plan No. 11, in the parish of Rockliffe, the 
height of the surface of the ground, as shown upon 
the Section, is 3 feet 5 inches above the actual height 
of the surface of the ground, which, at the said 
point, is 78 feet 7 inches above the datum line. 

At the point on the Section between 38 miles 5 
furlongs and 38 miles 6 furlongs from the com- 
mencement of the said Extension, where the line is 
shown as crossing the turnpike-road marked on the 
said Plan No. 5, in the hamlet of Kingmoor, the 
height of the surface of the ground, as shown upon 
the Section, is 3 feet 9 inches above the actual height 
of the surface of the ground, which, at the said 
point, is 78 feet 6 inches above the datum line. 

At the point on the Section between 40 miles 
and 40 miles 1 furlong from the commencement of 


: | e s . 2 * a é 
height of the surface of the ground, which, at the | the said Extension, where the line is shown as cross- 


line. 
At the point on the Section at or about 35 miles 


1 furlong from the commencement of the said Ex- | 


tension, where the line is shown as crossing the | 
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township road, marked on the said Plan No, | 
113, in the parish of Arthuret, the height of the, 
surface of the ground, as shown upon the Section, | 
is 4 feet 1 inch above the actual height of the! 
surface of the ground, which, at the said point, is | 
52 feet 11 inches above the datum line. 

At the point on the Section between 35 miles 4) 
furlongs and 35 miles 5 furlongs from the com-| 
mencemeut of the said Extension, where the line is 
shown as crossing the River Lyne, marked on the | 
said Plan No. 120, in the parish of Arthuret, and 
No. 1, in the parish of Kirklinton, the height of the 
surface line of the Section, with reference to the 
datum line, is above the actual surface at that 
point, to the extent and under the circumstances 
explained by Mr. Bateman in his report ; viz., 

The level of the bed of the river is 30 feet 7 inches 
above the datum line; the surface of the water was | 
on the 2d day of March (being the ordinary level 
of the water when the river is not swollen) 32 feet 
4 inches above the datum line; the surface shown 
upon the Section is 40 feet above the datum line. 

If therefere the bed of the river be taken it will 
be 9 feet 5 inches, and if the surface of the water 
be taken, it will be 7 feet 8 inches above the actual 
surface at the point referred to. 

At the point on the Section between 36 miles and 
36 miles 1 furlong from the commencement of the 
said Extension, where the line is shown as crossing 
the public road, marked on the said Plan No. 22, 
in the parish of Kirklinion, the height of the sur- 
face of the ground, as shown upon the Section, is 
4 feet 1 inch above the actual height of the surface | 
of the ground, which, at the said point, is 53 feet 11 
inches above the datum line, 

At the point on the Section between 36 miles 1 
furlong and 36 miles 2 furlongs from the com- 
mencement of the said Extension, where the line is 
shown as crossing the turnpike-road marked on 
the said Plan, No. 25, in the parish of Kirklinton, 
the height of the surface of the ground, as shown 
upon the Section, is 3 feet 8 inches above the actual 
height of the surface of the ground, which, at the 
said point, is 59 feet 4 inches above the datum line. 


At the point on the Section between 37 miles 2 
furlongs and 37 miles 8 furlongs from the com- 
mencement of the said Extension, where the line is 
shown as crossing the public road marked on the 
said Plan No. 61, in the parish of Kirklinton, the 
height of the surface of the ground, as shown upen 
the Section, is 4 feet 6 inches above the actual 








said point, is 75 feet 7 inches above the eee the public road, marked on the said Plan No. 


39, in the hamlet of Kingmour, the height of the 


| surface of the ground, as shown upon the Section, is 


10 inches above the actual height of the surface of 
the ground, which, at the said point, is 65 feet 11 
inches above the datum line. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


The Blandford and Bruton Railway Bill was Blandford and 
read a second time; and committed. Bruton Rail- 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be referred to the Com- *Y Bill. 

mittee of Selection. ; 


The Shrewsbury and Chester Railway (Branches Shrewsbury 


‘and Station) Bill was, according to Order, read a #24 Chester 


: : Railway 
second time ; and committed. rp ee a and 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Station) Bill, 
mittee of Selection. 


The Birmingham and Ozford Junction, and Bir- Birmingham 
mingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley Railways ao nga , 
Amalgamation Bill was read a second time; and Birmingham, 
committed. Wolverhamp- 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- tom and Dud- 

: f Gelecti ley Railways 
Bill. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration Llynvi Iron 
the Report on the Ziynvi Iron Company Bill; and Company Bill. 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Mr. Pdillpotis presented a Bill to enable the Midland Rail- 
Midland Railway Company to construct a Railway way (Mangots- 
from Mangotsfield to Bath, and for other Purposes 11 te Bath) 
connected with the Bristol and Gloucester Line of — 
the Midland Railway: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


The Great North of India Railway Bill was read Great North 
a second time; and committed. of India 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bway Bill 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of the Right honourable the Lord Dublin Im- 
Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin, for provement 
leave to bring in a Bill for the Improvement of the ~ ” 
Borough of Dublin, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. ” 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Dublin Im- 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- Provemen* 
vate Bills; ‘That in the case of the Petition for the 

Dublin 








See 7 Geo. 3, 
ec. 22 (Irish: 
Parliament), 
59 Geo. 3, 

ec. Lxx (Local 
and Personal), 


Private Bills. 


Belfast Im- 
provement 
Bill. 


Lough Neagh 
Drainage Bill. 


Midland Rail. 
way (Worces- 
ter, Hereford, 
Malvern and 
Cheltenham 
Lines, with a 
Branch to 


Ledbury) Bill. 


Midland Rail- 
way (Worces- 
ter, Hereford, 
Malvern and 
Cheltenham 
Lines, with a 
Branch to 
Ledbury) Bill. 








10 Victoriz. 


Dublin Improvement Bill, the Standing Orders have 
not been complied with; as, under the 147th, 148th 
and 149th clauses of the Bill, the Lord Mayor, 
Aldermen and Burgesses, or the Council of the bo- 
rough of Dublin, are empowered to purchase, by 
compulsion, the property comprised in the Schedule 
(E.) to the said Bill annexed ; and under the 91st 
to the 99th clauses of the said Bill, or some or one 
of them, the said Council are empowered to take, by 
compulsion, property for the improvement of any 
of the existing streets, lanes or passages within the 
said borough ; and by the 275th clause of the said 
Bill, power is taken to vest the Dublin Royal Ex- 
change, which is regulated by two Acts of Parlia- 
ment of the 7th and 59th Geo. 3, in the said corpo- 
ration of the city of Dublin, together with all powers, 
duties, rights and liabilities of the trustees of the 
Dublin Royal Exchange, which shall cease and de- 
termine ; but no mention is made of the intention to 
take compulsory powers for the purchase of lands 
or houses, or to vest the said Royal Exchange in 
the corporation of the city of Dublin, in the notices 
for the said Bill, published in the Dublin Gazette 
and county newspaper. 


Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select . 


Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That no Report from any Committee on 
a Private Bill for Markets and Fairs ; for appointing 
Commissioners to carry out Public Works ; for Gas- 
works ; for Waterworks ; for improving and regu- 
lating the paving, draining, cleansing, lighting and 
watching Towns and populous Districts, and other- 
wise promoting the Health and Convenience of the 
Inhabitants thereof; for making Cemeteries ; for 
making Harbours, Docks and Piers, be taken into 
consideration by the House till the sense of Parlia- 
ment shall have been taken on the Clauses Conso- 
lidation Bill, applicable to the provisions of each 
such Private Bill respectively. 


Lord John Chichester presented a Bill for the 
further Improvement of the Borough of Belfast: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Lord John Chichester presented a Bill for drain- 
ing certain Tracts of Land, covered or liable to be 
flooded by the Waters of Lough Neagh and Lough 
Beg, in Ireland: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Midland Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said Com- 
pany to construct a Railway from Worcester to Here- 
ford, with’ Branches therefrom, and for making 
arrangements with the Herefordshire and Glouces- 
tershire Canal Company, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
the Midland Railway (Worcester, Hereford, Mal- 
vern and Cheltenham Lines, with a Branch to Led- 
bury) Bill, the Standing Orders have not been com- 
plied with, in the following instances; viz. 

A piece of garden ground adjoining Nos. 4 and 6, 
in the parish of Welland, and shown upon the Plan 
deposited in the Private Bill Office, as separated 
from an arable field, No. 4, belonging to the same 
owners and occupiers, is not numbered thereon 
nor described in the Book of Reference. 

On an inclosure numbered 15, in the parish of 
Orle Pritchard, on the said Plan, and described in 
the Book of Reference as house, shed and garden, 
the house or cottage is not delineated. 

In the Schedule to the application made to Abi- 
gail Smith, in respect of several properties in the 
parish of Mathon, No. 22, in that parish, on the 
Vot. 102, 








8° Marti. 209 


said Plan, was, by a clerical error, incorrectly de- 
scribed as No. 32. 

The name of Thomas Evans is not inserted in 
the Book of Reference, as owner of certain pro- 
perties in the parish of Marden, within the limits 
of deviation of the main line, and numbered on the 
said Plan 13, 14 and 15 respectively, in the said 
parish, although the said Thomas Evans was, on 
and before the 30th day of November last, and now 
is, the owner of the said properties; and the said 
Thomas Evans has not received any application in 
writing in respect thereof. 

On the Section deposited in the Private Bill 
Office, the vertical height at the end of the Ledbury 
branch, is stated to be 298, whereas the same 
should have been 293. 

On the Malvern and Ashchurch line the gradient 
commencing at or near 13 miles 2 furlongs 5 3 chains, 
and ending at or near 13 miles 3 furlongs 43 chains, 
is marked on the said Section 1 in 314, whereas 
such gradient, if calculated from the vertical heights, 
as drawn and figured thereon, should have been 
marked 1 in 291, or thereabouts ; and the gradient 
commencing at or near the said point, 13 miles 
3 furlongs 4} chains, and ending at or near 13 miles 
4 furlongs 7 chains, is marked on the said Section 
1 in 264, whereas such gradient, if calculated from 
the vertical heights, as drawn and figured thereon, 
should have been marked 1 in 271, or thereabouts. 

The point on the Section at which the road, num- 
bered 41, in the parish of Bosbury, is crossed by 
the Railway, is not correctly shown, as the figures 
having reference to such road are not placed at the 
true point of crossing. 

The point on the said Section at which the road 
numbered 41, in the parish of Bosbury, is crossed 
by the main line, is not correctly shown. 

The crossing of the public carriage-road, num- 
bered 48, in the parish of Saint John, in Bedwar- 
dine, by the main line, at or near the distance of 
4 miles 3 furlongs 6 3 chains, as shown on the Plan 
deposited in the Private Bill Office, is not shown 
or distinguished upon the Section, and the depth 
of the Railway under the same is not marked in 
figures at the crossing thereof. 

On the branch to Ledbury, the road numbered 41 
on the said Plan, jn the parish of Bosbury, and 
crossed by the said last-mentioned branch line, at 
or near the distance of 7 chains and 2 furlongs, as 
shown on the said Plan, is not shown on the Sec- 
tion of such branch line, but the same is shown on 
the Section of the main line; and the said main 
line and branch will be carried over the said road 
by the same bridge. 

And on the Malvern and Ashchurch line, the 
crossing of the road numbered 66, on the said 
Plan, in the parish of Tewkesbury, and crossed by 
the said last-mentioned line at or near the distance 
of 13 miles 1 furlong and 8 chains, as shown on the 
said Plan, is not shown or distinguished on the said 
Section of such line, and the height of the Railway 
over the said road, and the height and span of the 
arch by which the Railway will be carried over the 
same, are not marked in figures at the crossing 
thereof. 

At the point at which the said Railway is intended 
to cross the public carriage-road on the Malvern 
and Ashchurch line, No. 66, on the said Plan, in 
the parish of Zewkesbury, it appears, by the surface 
of the ground shown on the said Section, that the 
Railway will be on an embankment of eight feet, 
or thereabouts, and the level of the said road must 
be necessarily altered in constructing the said Rail- 
way, but = alteration is not stated on the said 
Section, and numbered, nor is any cross Section 
added to explain the nature of such alteration. 

The following cross Sections are not in accordance 
with the model Plan annexed to the Standing 
Orders, as the present surface of the roads is deli- 
neated, but the rate of inclination thereof is not 

EE marked 




















210 8° Marti. 


marked in figures ; viz., the cross Sections referred 
to by the numbers, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 
12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, on the 
Section of the main line; the cross Sections, 1, 2, 
3, 34, 4, 5, 6, 6*, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18 
and 19, on the Section of the Malvern and Ash- 
church line, and No. 38, on the Section of Branch, 
No. 1, leading to Shrewsbury, and Nos. 1 and 2 
respectively, on the Section of the Branch to Led- 
bury. 

The Malvern and Ashchurch line is shown to 
cross a certain public carriage-road at or near the 
distance of 13 miles 2 furlongs and 6 chains, shown 
on the said Section, and such road is stated, on the 
Section, to be lowered 1 foot 6 inches, and passed 
on a level, yet the same is not numbered on the 
said Section, nor is any cross Section added to 
explain more clearly, the nature of such alteration. 

The cross Section referred to by the No. 3, on 
the said Section of the Malvern and Ashchurch line, 
is inconsistent with the statement on the longitudinal 
Section, relative to the road to which the said cross 
Section refers, as such cross Section shows the said 
road to be lowered 4 feet, or thereabouts, and crossed 
on the level, whereas the longitudinal Section states 
that the said road is to be lowered 4 feet, and 

assed under the Railway. 

The public carriage-road shown on the said Sec- 
tion of the said last-mentioned line, to be crossed 
by the said Railway, at or near the distance of 4 
miles 8} chains thereon, is stated on the said Sec- 
tion as being intended to be lowered 8 feet, and 
passed under the Railway, and the cross Section 
referred to by the No. 4, accords with such descrip- 
tion, but such statement and cross Section are 
erroneous, as it is intended to raise the said road 
&amp; feet, and to carry the same over the Railway. 

The several applications in writing made to the 
persons named in the following Table, do not cor- 
rectly describe the Sections of the line deposited, 
and the greatest height of embankment and depth 
of cutting, as affecting the properties referred to in 
the said Notices by the numbers set forth in such 
Tables, on account of the several imaccuracies also 
therein particularly mentioned ; (that is to say) 























cs bie ° 
= Description in | Correct Description 
- p pa. such written of the 
Name of the Parish, £ Bs Application of the Sica on eeusbiad 
Owner, Lessee Township or &amp;&lt;a | Section of the a th vs % P os "hi 
or Occupier to | Extra-Parochial | 2 ¢ &lt; | Line deposited, &gt; Hi Ahi . 
whom written Place in which | &amp; 2° | of the greatest Sisteeediemens = 
Application Property is =z Height of Depth of C tt? 
has been made, situate, ofS Embankment er ip “08, 
S38 “Lae of | Statement of Error. 
Main Line: 

John Winnall | - Chapelry of 9 | - 14 feet em- | Should be 14 feet 
Newland, Pa- bankment. cutting. 
rish of Great 
Malvern. 

John Hopton | - Saint John,| 19 | 8 feet cutting | Should be 23 feet 
in Bedwar- embankment. 
dine. 

Sir Offiley Pen-| Clames - -| 25 |-4 feet em- | Should be 12 feet 
bury Wake- bankment ; embankment, 
man, Bart. 11 feet cut- {| and 8 feet cut- 

ting. ting. 
On the Malvern and Ashchurch Line : 

Rev. George | Ripple - -| 38 | - 16 feet em- | Should be 16 feet 

Hill Clifton. bankment. cutting (having 
been placed by 
a clerical error 
in the wrong 
column of the 
Schedule), 

Michael Proc- | Tewkesbury - 8 | - 20 feet em- | Should be 20 feet 
ier. bankment. embankment, 

and 10 feet cut- 
ting. 




















The Sections deposited in the Private Bill Office do 
not correctly show the surface of the ground with 
reference to the datum horizontal line as on the 
main line; there is a continuous error in the Section 





A. 1847. 


commencing at 8 miles, 5 furlongs and 490 links, 
and continuing thence to Hereford, by which the 
surface of the ground with reference to the datum 
line is shown to be 5 feet lower than the true sur- 
face of the ground ; and in the Sections of the Led- 
bury Branches of the said Railway, there is a con- 
tinuous error, by which the surface of the ground, 
with reference to the datum line, is shown to be 8 
feet lower than the true surface of the ground. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for constructing a Railway from 
Gloucester to ap" hn with Branches therefrom, 
to be called The Gloucester and Hereford Railway, 
and to transfer to such Company the Herefordshire 
and Gloucestershire Canal Navigation, and for other 
purposes connected therewith, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Phillpotts and Mr. Pulsford. 


The Swansea and Amman Junction Railway Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Proprietors of estates, Manufactu- 





Gloucester and 
Hereford Rail- 
wayland Canal 
Purchase Bill, 


Swansea and 
Amman Junce 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


Coventry, 


rers, Tradesmen, and others, in the county of War- Banbury and 


wick, and elsewhere, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
making a Railway from the authorized line of the 
Oxford and Rugby Railway, in the parish of 
Southam, to the line of the London and North 
Western Railway, in or near the city of Coventry, 
with Branches, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
the Coventry, Banbury and Ozford Junction Railway 
Bill, the Standing Orders have not been complied 
with, as, by the said Bill, power is proposed to be 
given to let on lease the proposed Railway to the 
Great Western Railway Company, or any other 
Railway Company, with power to the Great West- 
ern Railway, or such other Railway Company, to 
accept and take such lease, whereas the Notices given 


in the London Gazette and local newspapers do not 
specify the said Great Western Railway Company, 


but state generally that it is intended to lease the 
undertaking to any other Railway Company or 
Companies, or persons with whose line the said 
Railway and Branches hereby contemplated, or any 
of them, may unite; and Notices have not been 
published in newspapers of the several counties 
through which the said Great Western Railway 
asses. 


Oxford Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


Coventry, 
Banbury and 
Oxford Junc~ 
tion Railway 
Bill. 





Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 


lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


The Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway (Deviation Edinburgh and 
and Amendment) Bill was read a second time ; and Bathgate Rail- 


committed. — — 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- amendment) 
mittee of Selection. Bill. 


The Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester Railway Leeds, Dews- 


(Ossett Branch and Dewsbury and Morley Stations) 


Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 


bury and Man- 


chester Rail- 
way (Ossett 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Branch and 


mittee of Selection. 


Dewsbury and 


Morley Sta- 
tions) Bill. 


The Midland Railway (Cheltenham, Warwick and yyidland Rail- 


Leamington Line) Bill was read a second time ; and way (Chelten- 
tenham, War- 
wick and Lea- 
mington Line} 
Bill. 


committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


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Midland Rail- The Midland Railway (Gloucester and Stonehouse 


way (Glouces- J unction) Bill was read a second time; and com- 
ter and Stone- salted 


house Junc- ; 
tion) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Tpswich and 


The Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund's Railway 


dh (Branch from Stowmarket to Sudbury) Bill was read 
Railway a second time; and committed. 


(Branch from = Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Stowmarket to 


Sudbury) Bill Mittee of Selection. 


Wexford Free 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill for constructing and 
Bridge Bill. 


maintaining a Bridge across the River Slancy, near 
the Town of Wexford, with Approaches, and for 
taking down the present Bridge there: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


mie _ The Dublin, Dundrum and Rathfarnham Railway 
rum an a. : 4, eae lee % as re se- 
Rathfarnham (Xtension to Stephen’s Green) Bill was read a se 


Railway (Ex- cond time ; and committed. 
tension to Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


Gen) Bill mittee of Selection. 
Waterford, Mr. Speaker iaid upon the Table,—Report from 
Wexford, Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 


Tok ‘ : : i ; 3 aia 
bape Private Bills ; That in the case of the Petition for 


way (Repeal the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Rail- 
of Act) Bill. way (Repeal of Act) Bill, the Standing Orders have 
not been complied with; as it is proposed by the 
said Bill to repeal the Act of the last Session for 
authorizing the construction of the Waterford, Wex- 
ford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway ; but no Notices 
were inserted, as required by the Standing Orders, 
in any newspaper of the county of Kilkenny, although 
the line of the said Railway is authorized to be made 
within the said county. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


— Mr. Sharman Crawford presented a Bill to secure 

(Ireland) Bill. the Rights of Occupying Tenants in /reland, and 

No.127. thereby to promote the Improvement of the Soil and 
the Employment of the Labouring Classes: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 24th day 
of this instant March; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts, showing the Total Number of Proof 
Gallons of Spirits distilled in England, Scotland and 
Ireland respectively ; distinguishing the Quantities 
produced from Malt and from a mixture of Malt and 
unmalted Grain, or from any other Ingredient; show- 
ing the Total Quantity of each sort in the United 
Kingdom, for the year ending the 5th day of January 
1847 :—And, of the Number of Gallons of Proof 
Spirits (distinguishing the sorts) on which Duty was 
paid for Home Consumption in each of the Three 
Kingdoms, with the Rate per Gallon, and the 
Amount of such Duty; also, the Total Number of 
Gallons and Duty in the United Kingdom, for the 
year ending the 5th day of January 1847 :—Show- 
ing, under separate Heads, the Number of Gallons 
of Proof Spirits (distinguishing the Materials from 
which made) imported into each Kingdom from each 
of the others respectively ; stating also, the Rate per 
Gallon, and the Total Amount thereof in each case, 
and what portion of such Duty was paid on Removal 
of the Spirits from Bond, and what after their Ar- 
rival at the Place of Destination, for the year end- 
ing the 5th day of January 1847 :—And, of the 
Total Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits permitted 
out of Distillers’ Stocks in England, and the Total 
Number of Proof Gailons of British Brandy and 
Spirits of Wine permitted out of Rectifiers’ Stocks 
in England; also, the Total Quantity of Proof 
Gallons of Rum received into Rectifiers’ Stocks in 
England, for the year ending the 5th day of January 

Von, 102. 


Spirits. 





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911 


1847 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
361, of Session 1846). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Distillers. 
Returns of the Number of Licensed Distillers in 
England and Wales :—Of the Number of Informa- 
tions which have been laid against Persons licensed 
to distil or rectify Spirits, in England, Ireland and 
Scotland respectively, in each year, from the 1st 
day of January i827:—And, of the Names and 
Places of Residence of all Persons licensed to distil 
or rectify Spirits, who have been prosecuted and 
convicted in the several Courts of Exchequer in 
England, Ireland and Scotland, or who have sub- 
mitted to the imposition of Fines by way of com- 
promise, with the Amount paid in each case; dis- 
tinguishing also, with regard to the two last Returns, 
those who have been Distillers from mixed Grains, 
or from Malt only. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Malt. 
Returns of the Number of Bushels of Malt made 
from Barley, and the Number made from Bere or 
Bigg in England, Scotland and Ireland respectively, 
in each of the years 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845 and 
1846 :—Of the Number of Bushels of Malt of each 
description used in distillation from mixed Grain ; 
the Number of Bushels of each description used in 
distillation from Malt only ; the Number of Bushels 
of Malt used by Licensed Brewers, and the Number 
of Bushels used by Vinegar Makers, in each of the 
Three Kingdoms, during each of the above years : 
—And, of the Number of Gallons of Spirits upon 
which the Malt Drawback has been allowed in Scot- 
laud, and the Amount paid in each year, from 1832 
to 1846, both inclusive. 


Sir John Hobhouse presented, by Her Majesty’s Lahore. 

Command,—Further Papers relating to the Articles 
of Agreement concluded between the British Go- 
vernment and the Lahore Durbar, on the 16th of 
December 1846, for the Administration of the Lahore 
State during the Minority of the Maharajah Duleep 
Sing. 

” Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

able. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Glasgow Cen- 
Command,—Copy of Report of the Commissioners tral Railway 
for considering and reporting upon the Advantages, T™™. 
or otherwise, of a Central Railway Terminus in 
Glasgow. 

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


Mr. Hawes presented, pursuant to an Address to Sugar Duties, 
Her Majesty,—Copies of any Memorials to Her 
Majesty from the Island of Jamaica, and from the 
other West India Colonies, respecting the Sugar Du- 
ties ; together with Copies of the Replies thereto. 
Ordered, ‘That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to the Ecclesiastical 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of the Commission 
Annual Report of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners “*™"*) 
for Ireland to the Lord Lieutenant, for the year 
ending August 1846. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table. 


Petitions from Maidstone ;— and, Aylesford ; South Eastern 
praying that the South Eastern Railway (Mid Ken¢ Railway 
and Direct Tunbridge) Bill may pass into a law,— amine agua 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon bridge) Bill. 


the Table. 


Petitions from Maidstone;—Bearstead ;— Thurn- — Eastern 
ham;—and, Debtling ; praying that the South Ny 
: : Maidstone to 
Eastern Railway (Maidstone to Chart) Bill may Chart) Bill. 
pass into a law,-—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


EE2 Petitions 








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oes 


neice are 











South Eastern 


R il ¢ . » ’ M U 

(Strood to ~~—=« Praying that the South Eastern Railway (Strood to 

Maidstone) Maidstone) Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 

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

Edinburgh, Petitions from Leith ;—and, North Leith ; pray- 


ee 1. ing that the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway 
pen ~ of aoa (Union Canal and Caledonian Railway Junction) 


Canal and _— Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 


Caledonian —_yead; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Railway Junc- 


tion) Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Perth 
Railway Bill. 


Petitions from Kinross ;— Milnathort ; — and, 
Perth; praying that the Edinburgh and Perth Rail- 
way Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Shrewsbury Petitions from Wrexham ;— Corwan and other 
and Chester 7 ° “71 } rews- 
Railway places ;—and, Llangollen; praying that the Shrews 


(Branches and 6ury and Chester Railway (Branches and Station) 


. Station) Bil. Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 


read ; and ordered to Jie upon the Table. 


Southampton 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and county 
and Dorchester 


Railway of Poole, praying that the Southampton and Dor- 
(Blandiora chester Railway (Blandford Branch); and, Blandford 
Branch) ; and, and Bruton Railway Bills may pass into law, was 
Blandford and presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Joil. 
a * ‘Table. 
Cambridge, A Petition of Ebenezer Foster, Esquire, of Anstey 
ee — Hall, Trumpington, in the county of Cambridge, 
aah Railway praying that he may be heard, by his counsel or 
Bill. agent, against certain parts of the Cambridge, Saint 

Neot’s and Bedford Junction Railway Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


Royston and ~— A Petition of Ebenezer Foster, Esquire, of Anstey 
Hitchin Rail- Hall, Trumpington, in the county of Cambridge, 
pe Berl praying that he may be heard, by his counsel or 
tontoCam- agent, against certain parts of the Royston and 
bridge, &amp;c.) — Hitchin Railway (Extension from Royston to Cam- 
=. bridge, &amp;c.) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


Great Western Petitions of John Thomas Hope, of Netley, in the 


Railway county of Salop, Esquire ;——Reverend Frederick 


— ‘0 William Hope, of Upper Seymour-street, Portman- 
raines, i and, 


Staines, Brent- square, in the county of Middlesex, Clerk ; 

ford and Thomas Henry Hope, of Netley, in the county of 

pe n8™ Salop, Esquire ; praying that they may be heard, by 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Great Western Railway (Branches to Egham, 
Staines, Brentford and Twickenham) Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Conimittee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tions, ifthey think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Neweastle and A Petition of the Right honourable Jacob Baron 
pa Hastings, of Melton Constable, in the county of 
Me and Vorfolk, and of Seaton Delaval, in the county of 
Perey Main, Northumberland, praying that he may be heard, by 
at gee himself, his counsel or agent, against certain parts 
oe of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway (Cramlington 
Branches) Bill. and Percy Main and Killingworth and other 
Branches) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 


Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 


912 8° Martii. 


Petitions from Muidstone ; ~ and, Aylesford ; { by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 








A. 1847. 


if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Jacob Baron Newcastle and 
Hfastings, of Melton Constable, in the county of — — 
Norfolk, and of Seaton Delaval, in the county of es i. 
Northumberland, praying that he may be heard, by Blyth, Seaton 
himself, his counsel or agent, against certain parts Sluice and 
of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway (East Coast a Bik 
Line, Blyth, Seaton Sluice and other Branches) 

Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Peti-- 
tion, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Peter Arkwright, of Willersley, in Manchester, 

the parish of Matlock, in the county of Derby, Sheffield and 
‘ 4 Lincolnshire 

Esquire, the Owner of land and other property Railway 
which will be affected by the Bill thereinafter men- tes od 
: a acca im:celf Surplus Water 
tioned, praying that he may be heard, by hiniself, aan. 
his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the gaiford and 
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Stockport) 
(Supply of Surplus Water to Manchester, Salford Bil.. 
und Stockport) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
it he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Sir Henry Every, of Eggington North Staf- | 
Hall, in the county of Derby, Baronet, praying that oe Rail- 
he may be heard, by his counsel or agent, against ——— 
certain parts of the North Staffordshire Railway Branches) Bill. 
(Alterations and Branches) Bill, was presented, and 
read, 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 


aguinst the said Petition. 


A Petition of Tradesmen and other Inhabitants, Bolton Im- 
and Rate-payers and Owners of property in that provement 
portion of the township of Tong-with-Haulgh as - 
is comprised with the hamlet or district called 
Haulgh, within the borough of Bolton, in the county 
of Lancaster, praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Bolton Improvement Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Guardians of the Poor of the Man- Fast Lanca- 
chester Union ;——and, Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- shire oe 
gesses of the borough of Manchester, in the county phe Bill. 
of Lancaster; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the East Lancashire Railway (Bury to Man- 
chester) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of Churchwardens and Overseers of Rochdale 
the Poor of the township of Manchester, praying Canal (Sale to 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- “Manchester 

y 7 » by elves, c and Leeds 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the Rockdale Railway Com- 
Canal (Sale to Manchester and Leeds Railway pany) Bill 
Company) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 

Committee 











10 Vicroriz. 


Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


West Cornwall A Petition of Sophia Praed, the Mother and 
ate 4 to Guardian of William Backwell Praed, a Minor, 
~~ ey praying that she may be heard, by herself, her coun- 
Norwayman’s sel or agent, against certain parts of the West 
Wharfand = Cornwall Railway (Branches to Saint Ives and Nor- 
peor gs a wayman’s Wharf, and Construction and Enlarge- 
ment of Quays ment of Quays at Hayle) Bill, was presented, and 
at Hayle) Bill. pead. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred tothe 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by herself, her counsel or agent, upon her Petition, 
if she think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Shrewsbury A Petition of Land-owners, Tenant Farmers, 

a Tradesmen and other Residents on the proposed 

oe ang Branch Line of Railway to Llangollen, and the 

Station) Bill. adjacent district, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Shrewsbury and Chester Rail- 
way (Branches and Station) Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 

A Petition of Six of the Trustees and Commis- 
sioners for executing the Act for the more effectually 
repairing and improving the Road from the Town 
of Poot, in the County of Monigomery, through 
Oswestry, inthe County of Salop, to Wrexham, in 
the County of Denbigh, and several other Roads 
therein mentioned, in the said Counties and in the 
County of Merioneth, and for making several new 
Branches of Roads to communicate with the said 
Roads in the Counties of Salop, Montgomery and 
Denbigh, praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law, as it now stands, was also presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Committee on the Bill. 


Direct London A Petition of John Barton, of East Leigh, in the 


eed ay county of Hants, Esquire, praying that he may be 
way Bill, heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against cer- 


tain parts of the Direct London and Portsmouth 
Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Edinburghand _ Petitions of Gabriel Hamilton Lang, of Great 
Northern Rail- George-street, Westminster, Agent for the Tutors 
— and Curators of the Earl of Rothes, the Trustees of 
island to Dun- the Great North Road, Messrs. Christie and Begg, 
— _ Coal-masters, Messrs. Brown, Gordon and Com- 
(Nos) Bill” pany, Coal-masters, and others ;—and, Messrs. Spot- 
a tiswoode and Robertson, of Great George-street, 
Westminster, Parliamentary Agents, and of Messrs. 
Pritt, Venables and Company, of Parliament-street, 
Parliamentary Agents; taking notice of a Petition 
for leave to deposit a Petition for leave to bring in 
the Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Branch from 
Burntisland to Dunfermline Branch, &amp;c. (No. 2.)) 
Bill; and praying that leave may not be given to 
deposit the said Petition,—were presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 

Standing Orders. 


opel Cor. A Petition of the Chorley Waterworks Company, 
Waterworks Pr@ying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
Bill, their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Liverpool Corporation Waterworks Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

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A Petition of Commissioners for carrying into Rochdale 
execution the provisions contained in the Rochdale — 
Improvement Act, 7th and sth Vic., c. 104, praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Rochdale 
Waterworks Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of John Thomas Hope, of Netley, in the Windsor, 
county of Salop, Esquire ; Thomas Henry Hope, ee 
of Netley, in the county of Salop, Esquire ;——and, ern Railway 
the Reverend Frederick William Hope, of Upper (Richmond to 
Seymour-street, Portman-square, in the county of =— &amp;¢.) 
Middlesex ; praying that they may be heard, by their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Wind- 
sor, Staines and South Western Railway (Richmond 
to Windsor, &amp;c.) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





A Petition of the Reading, Guildford and Rei- Windsor, 
gate Railway Company, praying that they may be ee 
heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain ern Railway 
parts of the Windsor, Staines and South Western (Staines to 
Railway (Staines to Ascot and Wokingham, with Wokingham 
Branches) Bill, was presented, and read. with 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Branches) Bill. 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Shareholders in the Newry and Newry and 
Enniskillen Railway Company, and of the there- aman 
undersigned Occupiers of land along the line of the — 
said Railway, praying that they may be heard, by 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Newry and Enniskillen Railway Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Sir David Beard, of Newbyth, Ba- Glasgow, — 
ronet, Jonathan Peel, Esquire, a Colonel in Her pene epee 
Majesty’s Army, and Sir John Andrew Cathcart, of Ayr Railway, 
Carleton, Baronet, Trustees of the deceased most and Glasgow 
Honourable Marquess of Ai/sa, praying that they oe 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or way (No. 1.) 
agents, against certain parts of the Glasgow, Pais- Bill. 
ley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway, and Glasgow and 
Belfast Union Railway (No. 1.) Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Sir John Gerard, of New Hall, Saint Helen’s 
within Ashton-in-Machkerfield, in the County Pala- so —- 

; ° ailway(War- 
tine of Lancaster, Baronet, praying that he may pington and 
he heard, by his counsel or agent, against certain Blackbrook 
parts of the Saint Helen’s Canal and Railway (War- _ &amp;c.) 
rington and Blackbrook Branches, &amp;c.) Bill, was - 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 

Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he think 
fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against 
the said Petition. 

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A Petition 








214. 


Manchester 

and Southport 
Railway and : . ‘ 
Branches Bil. their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the | 


Manchester and Southport Railway and Branches | the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitione 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his 


Bill, was presented, and read. 


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A Petition of the Wigan Gas Light Company, | Strathaven and Lesmahagow Railways, and to Haugh gow, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, | Pits) Bill, was presented, and read. 


A. 1847. 





Barrhead 
d Neilston, 


and the Glas. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to gow, Strath. 


r aven and Les- 
mahagow Rail- 
ways, and to 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the | Petition, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in Haugh Pitts) 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, | favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. Bill 


by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their | 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Glasgow, A Petition of John Mann, Attorney of William 
eo Aw Dizon, of Govan Colliery, near Glasgow, praying 


way (Branches that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or 
at Port Glas- agent, against certain parts of the Glasgow, Paisley 
gow,and tothe and Greenock Railway (Branches at Port Glasgow, 
aledonian pg’ . : : 
Railway, and and to the Caledonian Railway and Diversion of 


Diversion of Canal) Bill, was presented, and read. 





Canal) Bill. Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 

Caledonian A Petition of John Mann, Attorney of William 

+ we Dizon, of Govan Colliery, near Glasgow, praying 

erg ge that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or 

Glasgow, agent, against certain parts of the Caledonian Rail- 

— and way (Lease or Purchase of the Glasgow, Barrhead | 

iscce ya and Weilston Direct, and the Glasgow Southern | 


the Glasgow Terminal Railways) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Southern Ter- Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the | 

we) a Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, | 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the | 
Bill, against the said Petition. | 


South Eastern A Petition of Lieutenant-Colonel William Leader | 


Railway Maberley, of Manchester-square, in the county 
(Croydon and 


le ; ‘ 
Branchzs) Bill praying that he may be heard, by his counsel or | 


agent, against certain parts of the South Eastern 
Railway (Croydon and Bromley Branches) Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


Wilts, Somer- 
set and Wey- 
mouth Rail- 
way (No. 2.) 
Bill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and county 
of Poole, praying thatthe Wilts, Somerset and Wey- 
mouth Railway (No. 2.) Bill may not pass into a} 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


| 
Middlesex, Secretary to Her Majesty’s Post-offi baad the House to pass a law in accordance with the &amp;«. 
9 be &gt;| 





London, Ox- 


ford ani Chel- A Petition of the Mayor and Commonalty and | 


tenham Rail. Citizens of the city of London, Governors of the | 
way and ossessions, revenues and goods of the Hospitals of | 
Branches Bill. Edward, late King of England, the Sixth, of Christ | 
Bridewell and Saint Thomas-the-Apostle, as Gover- | 
nors of Saint Thomas’s Hospital aforesaid ; praying | 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- | 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the London, | 
Oxford and Cheltenham Railway and Branches | 
Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in’ 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Glasgow, 
Paisley and 


A Petition of William Barr, of Fergusly and 
} ema dm Drums, Esquire, in the county of Renfrew, praying 
Railway that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or 
(Amendment agent, against certain parts of the Glasgow, Paisley 
and Branches = q ilwav (A 

totheGlascow, 224 Greenock Railway (Amendment and Branches 
Paisley, Kil- to the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr, the 


marnock and Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston, and the Glasgow, 
Ayr, the Glas- 


Petitions from Wrexham Abbott ;—Portslade ; 
and, York (three Petitions) ; praying for the repeal 
or alteration of the Poor Removal Act,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


A Petition of the Guardians of the Poor of the 
Towcester Union, in the county of Northampton, 
praying the House to take steps for totally abro- 
gating the Law of Settlement, and for establishing 
a National Rate or Assessment for the purpose of 
maintaining the necessitous poor during sickness, 
destitution or old age, was presented, and read; 
and referred to the Seiect Committee on Settlement 
and Poor Removal. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Westminster, stating 
that they are deeply interested in the case of his 
Highness Purtaub Sing, the Ex-Raja of Sattara, 
who has been accused of hostility to the British 
Government, forcibly deposed and exiled from his 
dominions upon this charge, and denied for seven 
years the means of being heard in his own de- 
fence; and praying the House to adopt measures 
to secure io this Prince the opportunity of examining 
the charges which have been brought against him, 
the evidence in support of the same, and of bringing 
forth the proofs of his innocence, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Weymouth ;—and, Leith; praying 


recommendation of the Select Committee on Light- 
houses, &amp;c.,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Foreman of the Grand Jury of 
the county of Wicklow, praying that the Railways 
(Jreland) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 


_and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from York ;—and, Bridport; praying 
for the abolition of Capital Punishment, —were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Traders and 
others, Inhabitants of the city of London and its 
vicinity, praying for a reduction of the duty on Tea, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions of the Aberdeen Railway Company ; 
—— Ashburton, Newton and South Devon Railway 
Company ;——Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway 
Company ; Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton 
Railway Company ; East Lancashire Railway 
Company ;——Cork and Bandon Railway Com- 
pany ;——Leeds and Bradford Railway Company ; 
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Rail- 











way Company ;——Ayrshire and Bridge of Weir 
_ Railway Company ;——North British Railway Com- 
pany ;——Blackburn, Clitheroe and North Western 


Junction Railway Company ;——South Wales Rail- 
way Company; Middlesborough and Redcar 





Railway Company ;——Liverpool, Manchester and 


Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Company ; 
——Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway Com- 
pany ;——Ely and Huntingdon Railway Company ; 


/——Cockermouth and Workington Railway Com- 


pany ;——Oxzford, Worcester and Wolverhampton 
Railway Company ; Fleetwood, Preston and 
West Riding Junction Railway Company ;—— 

Bishop 





Poor Removal 
ct. 


Settlement. 


Raja of 
Sattara. 


Lighthouses, 


Railways 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Capital 
Punishment. 


Tea. 


Railways Bill. 








Poor Law 
(Ireland.) 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Poor Law 
(ireland), &amp;c. 


Kensington 
Parish. 


Spanish Bonds. 


10 Vicrorr2. 
Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway Company ; 








Lynn and Ely Railway Company ; Wear 
Valley Railway Company ; Dundalk and En- 
niskillen Railway Company ; Newmarket and 
Chesterford Railway Company ; —~— /Vaterford, 
Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway Company ; 
Dublin, Dundrum and Rathfarnham Railway 
Company ;——Bristol and South Wales Junction 
Railway Company ; York and North Midland 
Railway Company ; London, Brighton and 
and South Coast Railway Company ; Stockton 
and Darlington Railway Company ;—— and, Lynn 
and Dereham Railway Company ; praying that the 
Railways Bill may not pass into a law, and that 
they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, at 
the bar of the House, against the same, were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 























A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
Common Council of the city of Glasgow, praying 
the House to pass a law for the establishment of a 
comprehensive and effectual system of assessment 
for the maintenance of the Poor in Jreland, and for 
the relief of Great Britain from the present un- 
precedented influx of Paupers from that country, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from Rochdale Union ; — Killeagh ;— 
Charleville (two Petitions);—and, Belfast Union 
(Chairman); praying the House to pass a law to 
insure to the able-bodied, in Ireland, the *right to 
out-door relief, as well as to the infirm Poor,— 
were also presented, and read ; and ordered ta lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Moira ;——and, Richard Daly ; 
praying that the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands, were pre- 


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





A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of 


Guardians of the Waterford Union, praying the 
House to refuse to adopt a general Union Rate, in 
lieu of the present law by electoral divisions; to 
give power to Boards of Guardians to apprentice 
young persons of both sexes, and to pass a Health 
of Towns Bill for Lreland, was presented, and read, 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the parish of Saint 
Mary Abbott's, Kensington, praying the House to 
institute an immediate mquiry into all the circum- 
stances relating to or connected with the orders of 
the Poor Law Commissioners, for the erection of a 
new Workhouse in that parish, was presented, and 
read, and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Dempster Heming, of Lindley-hall, 
in the county of Leicester, Esquire, Chairman, and 
Sir Thomas Buckler Lethbridge, of Sandhill Park, 
in the county of Somerset, Baronet, Deputy Chair- 
man of the Association of British Holders of Spanish 
bonds ; stating that the Spanish nation is indebted 
to the foreign holders of bonds upon their govern- 

nent to the amount of upwards of Seventy-eight 
millions of pounds sterling, upon a very small por- 
tion of which only, viz. Seven million one hundred 
and five thousand and sixty-six pounds interest is 
at present paid, and that the great proportion of 
holders of these bonds are British subjects; that 
the revenue of Spain, since the time of the first 
advance of this British capital, has doubled in 
amount, having been, so late as the 7th August 
1834, only Five million nine hundred and ninety 
thousand pounds, while in the budget of 1845, the 
minister of finance estimates it at upwards of Twelve 
millions sterling; that the Petitioners hold and re- 
present the holders of a large amount of these 
VoL. 102, 


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215 


national securities of Spain, upon which little or no 
interest has been paid for a series of years, and in 
respect of which various decrees made in favour of 
the holder, under the authority of the Spanish 
crown and government, remained unfulfilled and 
disregarded ; that the Petitioners humbly submit 
that the countenance and support of Great Britain, 
and the expenditure of her blood and treasure, were 
mainly instrumental in seating the present consti- 
tutional Queen on the throne of Spain, and that 
the money so expended was obtained from the loans 
whereof the repayment is now sought, and that in 
consideration of the sacrifices so often made by the 
British nation for the independence and benefit of 
Spain, which is matter of history, the Spanish go- 
vernment and people were especially bound to keep 
faith with British subjects, who have become im- 
poverished and distressed by lending their money 
to Spain in her hour of need; that, by a decree of 
the Cortes, the national properties of Spain were 
specially pledged and hypothecated as security to 
the foreign creditor, but the Spanish government 
has recently deprived the bondholders of this secu- 
rity, without payment of their debts, or any other 
equivalent ; that the Spanish government has paid 
and satisfied loans to home or native capitalists, 
which were contracted long subsequent to the debts 
due from Spain to British subjects, which remain 
still unpaid after a lapse of so many years, although 
by the aid of the bondholders’ money, Spain has 
been restored to a state of tranquillity, her revenue 
doubled since they lent their money, (as appears 
from the official sources) and the country is rapidly 
improving and increasing in wealth and resources, 
and her credit restored with her own capitalists ; 
that the Petitioners having, with other bondholders, 
prayed, memorialised and petitioned in vain for 
many years, and exhausted every other means of 
obtaining justice from Spain, now, for the first time, 
implore the House to interpose in favour of the 
British holders of Spanish bonds; and humbly 
submit, for the reasons stated, that the Spanish 
bondholders are entitled, by justice, law and good 
policy, to the protection and interference of the 
House and Her Majesty’s Government ; and hum- 
bly pray redress for the grievous injury and wrong 
done to the Petitioners and other British subjects 
by the bad faith of Spain, whereby their rights have 
been grossly violated; and praying the House to 
take the case of the British holders of Spanish 
bonds into consideration ; and that the Petitioners 
may have such further and other relief as to the 
wisdom and justice of the House may seem meet ; 
and that the Petitioners may be heard, by their 
counsel and agents, in support of their prayer for 
relief, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Juvenile 
gesses of the borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, pray- Offenders. 


ing the House to take into consideration the subject 
of the dealing with and punishment of Juvenile 
Offenders, and the best mode of reclaiming them 
from their errors, and that the House will be pleased 
to amend the law in these respects, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees for the River Lea Naviga- River Lea 
tion, praying that the Promoters of the several Bills Navigation, 


brought into the House, by which they seek powers 
affecting the interests of the River Lea Navigation, 
and of which the Petitioners and the said ‘Trustees 
have or may have notice, may be ordered to bear the 
reasonable expenses of the opposition which the 
Petitioners may deem necessary during their pro- 
gress in Parliament for the protection of their 
trust, and of carrying out such arrangements as 
may be made by them in regard to the said Bills, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 





EE4 A Petition 








216 


¥Edinburghand A Petition of John Connell, of Fludyer-street, 
eee w ang Westminster, Parliamentary Agent, stating that he 
Kirkintilloch, iS agent for a Bill to vest the Monkland and Kirk- 
Ballochney —_intilloch Railway, the Ballochney Railway, and the 


and Slaman- — S/qmannan Railway in the Edinburgh and Glasgow 
nan Railways 


Amalgama- Railway Company, which was presented to the 
tion, Saleor House, and read a first time, on Friday the 26th day 
Lease Bill. of February last; that in terms of the Standing 
Orders of the House relative to Railway Bills, the 
said Bill ought to have been read a second time not 
later than Friday the 5th day of March, but three 
clear days’ notice having through inadvertency been 
omitted to be given in the Private Bill Office, the 
Second Reading could not take place on that day, 
and more than seven clear days have in consequence 
now elapsed since the First Reading of the said Bill ; 
that the Breviate of the said Bill could not be ob- 
tained till Friday last, but was laid on the Table of 
the House, and printed and delivered, on that day ; 
and praying the House that the said Bill may be 
permitted to be read a second time, although more 
than seven clear days have elapsed since the First 
Reading thereof, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 
Haydock == = Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Haydock 
po uate Lodge Lunatic Asylum, which was presented upon 
No. 147. the 19th day of February last, be printed. 
Hops. Ordered, That the Return relative to Hops, which 
No. 154. was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 

Malt. Ordered, That the Account relative to Malt, 
No, 155. — which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 
a Ordered, That the Account relative to Brewers, 
ke... Victuallers, &amp;c., which was presented upon Friday 

No. 15G. last, be printed. 
Workhouses Ordered, That the Account relative to Workhouses 
at) (Jreland), which was presented upon Friday last, be 
No. 157. printed. 
Timber. Mr. Ward presented,— Return to an Order dated 


No. 158. the 2d day of February, in the last Session of Par- 
liament, for a Return of the Amount paid for British 
Oak Timber, Thick-stuff, Plank and Treenails, 
delivered for each of Her Majesty’s Dockyards 
under the Contract of the 19th day of December 
1843 to 1845; distinguishing the Quantity and 
Price of each Description of ‘Timber, viz., Rough 
Oak Timber, Sided Oak, Thick-stuff, Four-inch 
Plank, Three-and-a-half, Three, Two-and-a-half, 
and Two-inch Plank, with the Number of Treenails 
of each length. 

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


Landed Pro- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
perty (Leeland) mittee on the Landed Property (Ireland) Bill; 
Bill. And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
Relief of Dis- “ any plans of relief for the distress of the Irish 
tress(Ireland.) «Poop, by means of Loans to the Owners of Pro- 
perty in Ireland, would be unjust and impolitic, 
unless accompanied by a system of taxation 
which would subject such property to the burthens 
already imposed upon all property throughout 
Great Britain,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out, stand part of the 
Question :—Anda Debate arising thereupon ;—- 


“sé 


“ 


‘ 


iT 


. 


‘ 


Message from 


the Lord A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson 
1e@ LOTas, 


and Mr. Senior: 

Mr. Speaker, 
Labouring ‘he Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
oa rae) Act to render valid certam Proceedings for the 


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A. 1847. 


Relief of Distress in Ireland, by Employment of the 
Labouring Poor, and to indemnify those who have 
acted in such Proceedings, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House :—And then the Messengers with- 
drew. 


And the Question being put, That the words Landed Pro- 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; og (Ireland) 

I aie ill. 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Tufnell, 


‘ Vien. 

Yeas, L Lord Marcus Hill: J 
Tellers for the — Mr. Roebuck, oo 
Noes, Mr. Hume: aaa 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair:—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Instruction to the Committee, that they have 
power to make provision in the Bill, pursuant to the 
Resolution reported on the 24th February, read. 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph, 

Preamble postponed. 


Ciauses, N° 1 to N° 21, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Cuause N° 22, (Errors and omissions not to in- 
validate proceedings). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed : To leave out from 
the word “ Act,” in P. 11. 1. 40., to the end of the 
Clause. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


CiauseEs, N° 23 to N° 39, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 


Crause N° 40 (If any owner shall so desire it, 
the Rent-charge may be increased with the sanction 
of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, so 
as to pay off the Rent-charge sooner than 
years). 

Amendment proposed, in P. 17..20: After 
the word “ Treasury” to insert the words “ with the 
“ consent of the Reversioner.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted, 
put, and negatived. 

P. 17.1. 21. Blank filled with “ twenty-two.” 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Criavses, N° 41 to N° 60, with Amendments to 
severai of them, agreed to. 

Schedules (A.) (B.) and (C.) amended, and agreed 
to. 
Clauses added. 

Preamble amended, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


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


Martis, 9° die Martii, 1847: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Relicf 
mittee on the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill was, Registering 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- oo “ 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Sa ~— 
Monday the 22d day of this instant March. 

The 





10 VicToriz. §°—9° 


Marriage The Marriage (Scotland) Bill was, according to 
— Order, read a second time; and committed toa 


Committee of the whole House, for Monday the 
22d day of this instant March. 


Poor Relief The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

Laws Execu- Reading of the Poor Relief Laws Execution (Jre- 

tion (Ireland) 2 

Bill. land) Bull; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 

morrow. 

Supply ; Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of 

Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 

follow : 

1. Resolved, That a Number, not exceeding Twelve 
thousand three hundred and ninety-two Men, Com- 
missioned and Non-Commissioned Officers included, 
of the Ordnance Military Corps, be maintained, for 
the Service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ireland, from the 1st day of April 1847 to the 
3lst day of March 1848. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six hun- 
dred and seventeen thousand two hundred and 
thirty-nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Pay, Allowances and Contingencies 
of Ordnance Military Corps, which shall come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1848. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
hundred and seventy thousand for hundred and 
sixty-four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Expense of the Commissariat and 
Barrack Supplies for Her Majesty’s Forces, Great 
Coats for the Army and Militia, Clothing for Colo- 
nial Corps, &amp;c., which shall come in course of Pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1848. 

4, Resolved, 'That a Sum, not exceeding Ninety- 
six thousand four hundred and forty-four pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying tlie Sala- 
ries and Contingencies of the Ordnance Office at 
the Yower and Pall Mall, which shall come in 
course of Payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1848. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
hundred and twenty-eight thousand one hundred 
and thirty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Salaries, Allowances and Contingen- 
cies of Ordnance and Barrack Establishments in 
the United Kingdom and Colonies, which shall 
come in course of Payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1848. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and thirty-seven thousand eight hundred 
and fifty-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Wages of Artificers and Labourers 
employed in the Ordnance Department in the United 
Kingdom and Colonies, which shall come in course 
of Payment during the year ending on the 31st 
day of March 1848. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
hundred and sixty-eight thousand seven hundred 
and twelve pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Expense of Ordnance Stores for Land 
and Sea Service, which shall come in course of Pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1848. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six hun- 
dred and thirty-two thousand seven hundred and 
sixty-five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Expense of Ordnance and Barrack 
Works, Buildings and Repairs, at Home and Abroad, 
which shall come in course of Payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1848. 


9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- 


Ordnance 
Military 
Corps. 


Pay of de. 


Commissariat 
Supplies. 


Ordnance 
Oifices (‘Tower 
and Pall Mall.) 


Ordnance and 
Barrack Es- 
tablishments. 


Wages to 
Artificers and 
Labourers. 


Ordnance 
Stores. 


Ordnance, 
Works and 
Repairs, 


Scientific 


—. the eight thousand nine hundred and eighty-six pounds, 
’ be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Ex- 
pense of the Scientific Branch of the Ordnance De- 
partment, which shall come in course of Payment 
Vor. 102, 


Marti. 217 


during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1848, 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Non-effective 
hundred and sixty-eight thousand five hundred and Ordnance 
thirty-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for °° 
defraying the Expense of Non-effective Ordnance 
Services, Military and Civil, which shall come in 
course of Payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1848, 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Admiralty 
hundred and thirty-seven thousand and fifty-four Office. 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Salaries of the Officers and the Contingent Ex- 
penses of the Admiralty Office, which will come in 
course of Payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1848. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine General Regis- 
thousand two hundred and twenty-nine pounds, be ter and Record 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of — 
the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of the 
General Register and Record Office of Seamen, 
which will come in course of Payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1848. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- gcientific 
four thousand two hundred and_ seventy-seven Departments 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the ° the Navy- 
Salaries of the Officers and the Contingent Ex- 
penses of the several Scientific Departments of the 
Navy, which will come in course of Payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1848. 

14, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Naval Esta- 
hundred and thirty-seven thousand two hundred —_ - 
and twenty-three pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Salaries of the Officers and the 
Contingent Expenses of Her Majesty’s Naval Es- 
tablishments at Home, which will come in course 
of Payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1848. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- D° - Abroad. 
five thousand five hundred and fifty-seven pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
of the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of Her 
Majesty’s Naval Establishments Abroad, which 
will come in course of Payment during the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1848. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight Wages of 
hundred and eleven thousand three hundred and —_ &amp;e., 
four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray tenia 
the Wages of Artificers, Labourers and others em- 
ployed in Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments at 
Home, which will come in course of Payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1848. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


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

Resolved, ‘Vhat this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Markets and 
take into further consideration the Report on the — Clauses 
Markets and Fairs Clauses Bill; and the Amend- ~ 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

A Clause (In JZreland part of penalties to be 
paid to Guardians of Unions) was twice read ; and 
made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Rights of the Crown not to be af- 
fected) was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. . 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Commission- 
take into further consideration the Report on the — 
Commissioners’ Clauses Bill; and the Amend-~ 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

A Clause (In Jreland part of penalties to be paid 





FF to 








Gas Works 
Clauses Bill. 


Waterworks 
Clauses Bill. 


Ways and 
Means, 


Loan Bill. 


Portland Har- 
bour of Retuge 
and Break- 
water Bill, 


Galway 
Election, 


218 8°—9° 


to Guardians of Unions) was twice read; and made 
part of the Bull. 
Another Clause (Rights of the Crown not to be af- 
fected) was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time ‘To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into further consideration the Report on the 
Gas Works Clauses Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

A Clause (Court may order Petitioner to pay costs 
of groundless Petition) was twice read ; and made 
part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (in Zreland part of penalties to be 
paid to Guardians of Unions), was twice read ; and 
made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Undertakers to be subject to the 
provisions of the Metropolitan Paving Act, 57 Geo.3, 
c. 29.) was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Rights of the Crown not to be 
affected) was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into further consideration the Report on the Water- 
works Clauses Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

A Clause (Tenants under existing leases to repay 
the owner) was twice read; and made part of the 
Bill. 

Another Clause (Court may order Petitioner to 
pay the cosis of groundless Petition) was twice 
read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (In Ireland part of penalties to 
be paid to Guardians of Unions) was twice read ; and 
made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Undertakers to be subject to the 
provisions of the Metropolitan Paving Act, 57 Geo. 3, 
c. 29) was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Loan Bill; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Ordered, That the Portland Harbour of Refuge 
and Breakwater Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


A Petition of Timothy Murray and Michael 
Grady, of the county of the town of Galway, 
electors of the said county of the town of Galway, 
was presented, and read ; setting forth, That a Peti- 
tion to the House, signed by the Petitioners as 
Electors of the county of the town of Galway, in 
Treland, has been lodged with the Examiner of the 
House, complaining of the undue return of James 
Henry Monahan, Esquire, as a Representative for 
the said county of the town of Galway ; that Tho- 
mas Francis Meagher and Charles Govan Duffey, 
in accordance with the rules and orders of the 
House, have entered into a recognizance in the sum 
required by the House, before Samuel Wilkinson 
Tyndall, Esquire, a Justice of the Peace in and for 
the county of the city of Dublin, in Lreland, for 


Marti. A. 1847. 


well and truly paying all costs and expenses, which 
any Committee of the House selected to try the 
matter of the said Petition shall adjudge to be pay- 
able by the Petitioners or either of them, and also 
the costs and expenses due and payable by the 
Petitioners to any witness canal in their behalf, 
or to the party who shall appear in opposition to the 
said Petition, in case the Petitioners shall he al- 
lowed to withdraw their said Petition ; that each of 
them the said Thomas Francis Meagher and Charles 
Govan Duffey, by an affidavit written at the foot of 
the said recognizance, swears that he is really and 
bond fide worth the sum of Five hundred pounds, 
after paying and satisfying all his just and lawful 
debts ; that the said Petition and recognizance with 
the said affidavit subscribed, was presented to the 
Examiner of Recognizances of the House, who re- 
fused to receive the same by reason that each of 
the said deponents should have sworn that he was 
possessed of personal estate to the amount of Five 
hundred pounds, and not that he was worth the sum 
of Five hundred pounds; and that if the said de- 
ponents were also seized of real estate, then that 
each of them the said deponents should have sworn 
that he was so seised ; that it is necessary to obtain 
the certificate of the said Examiners, of the due 
filing of the said Recognizance and affidavit en- 
dorsed on the back of the Petition to be presented 
as aforesaid, previously to presenting the said Peti- 
tion; that this eighth day of March is the last day 
for presenting the said Petition ; that if time is al- 
lowed to the Petitioners, they will be enabled to 
procure the said affidavit to be made in due form ; 
that it is intended bond fide to prosecute the said 
Petition against the return of the said James Henry 
Monahan; and praying that the time for presenting 
the said Petition may be extended, in order to 
give time to the Petitioners to send back the said 
affidavit to the county of the city of Dublin, in Ire- 
land aforesaid, to be altered and re-sworn. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the time for presenting the said Petition be 
extended, in order to give time to the Petitioners to 
send back the said Affidavit to the county of the 
city of Dublin, in Ireland, aforesaid, to be altered 
and re-sworn :—It passed in the Negative. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented, pursuant to Order, 
—Returns of the Trade of the various Ports of 
China, down to the latest Period (in continuation of 
the Returns laid before Parliament during the last 
Session). 

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


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Two of the clock on ‘Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 9° die Marti; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 





China Trade. 


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


the East India Company, was called in; 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament,—List No. 136, spe- 
cifying the Particulars of the Compensation pro- 
posed to be granted to the there under-mentioned 
Person, who belonged to the late Maritime Service 
of the East India Company, under an arrangement 
sanctioned by the Board of Commissioners for the 
Affairs of Zndia, and laid before the Honourable 
the House of Commons on the 26th February 
1835 :—And then he withdrew. 
; Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 





A Petition 


Derbyshire, . : ’ 
Staffordshire thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill | thereof. 


and Worces- 
tershire Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


Derbyshire, 
Staffordshire 
and Worces- 
tershire Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 





10 Victortrz. 
A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking 


to authorize the construction of a Railway from 
Walsall, in the county of Stafford, to Uttoxeter, 
in the same county, with a Branch in the parish of 
Rushall, in the said county, to join the South 
Staffordshire Railway there, and with another 
Branch in the parish of Uttoxeter aforesaid, there 
to join the North Staffordshire Railway Potteries 
Line, by a Company to be called the Derbyshire, 
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Junction Railway 
Company, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Derbyshire, 
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Junction Railway 
Petition, the Standing Orders had not been com- 
plied with, in the following instances ; viz. 

Powers are given in the proposed Bill to the 
North Staffordshire Railway Company, the South 
Staffordshire Railway Company and the London 
and North Western Railway Company to amalga- 
mate with, or to purchase or take on lease the pro- 
posed Undertaking; but no notices of the intention 
to apply for such powers were published in the fol- 
lowing counties, being counties in which such 
Railways or portions of such Railways are situate; 
viz. . 

Counties of 


North Staffordshire | Derby and Chester. 


Railway. 
South Staffordshire | Worcester. 
Railway. 
London and North | Bedford, Northampton, Hertford, 


Western Railway. Chester, Buckingham, Lancaster, 
Middlesex, Woreester, Leicester 


and Warwick. 





Power is taken by clause 35 of the proposed 
Bill to use a certain portion of the Trent Valley 
Railway, and by clause 39 it is enacted, that if any 
dispute or difference shall arise between the pro- 
posed Company and the Zrent Valley Railway 
Company, as to using the said Trent Valley Rail- 
way, concerning the tolls to be charged for the use 
thereof, or concerning the time or method of for- 
warding the traffic thereon, or concerning any other 
cause, matter or thing wherein the safety or con- 
venience of the public may be concerned, such 
dispute or difference shall, at the request of either 
party, be referred to the Board of Railway Com- 
missioners, whose decision thereon shall be final. 
But the notices do not specify the intention of ap- 
plying for powers to use such line or to interfere with 
the tolls charged for the use of the same. 


Errors on the Plan. 
No. 11, in the parish of Walsa/i, is described as 
one inclosure, whereas the same is two inclosures. 
No. 204, in the said parish of Walsall, is described 
as one inclosure, whereas the same is two in- 
closures. 
Nos. 27 and 34, in the parish of Rushall, is de- 


scribed as one inclosure, whereas the same is two 
inclosures. 


Errors in the Books of Reference. 


A public street, numbered 173, in the parish of 


Rugeley, is described as an occupation-road. 

The names of Emma Banks and Mary Higott are 
not inserted as owners of Nos. 143—148 in the 
said parish of Rugeley. 

The names of John Jackson, William Hately, 
Samuel Craddock and Titus Lowbridge are not in- 
serted as occupiers of No. 8*, in the parish of Wal- 
sall, and no application has been made to them in 
respect thereof. 

The name of Joseph Waters is not inserted as 


occupier of No, 14, in the said parish of Walsall, 
VoL. 102, 


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219 


_and noapplication has been made to him in respect 


The names of the trustees and executors under 
' the will of Mary Blews, as mortgagees in possession, 
| are not inserted as owners of Nos. 206, 207 and 
| 212, in the said parish of Walsall, and no applica- 
| tion has been made to them in respect thereof. 

In the copy of the Subscription Contract depo- 
| posited in the Private Bill Office, the amount of 
the subscription of Mr. John Mee Mathew (viz. 
| £.6,000), and the amount which he has paid up 
| (viz. £.630), is omitted in the case of the second 
subscription of the above-named party. 

One-tenth part of the amount subscribed was not 
deposited with the Court of Chancery until the 4th 
day of February last. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


The Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Manchester, 
Junction Railway Deviations Bill was, according to a ape 
Order, read a second time; and committed. nt aglow 

“27 4 lands Junction 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Railway Devi- 


mittee of Selection. ations Bill. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public Peti- 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the tions (Twelfth 
| Petitions presented upon the 4th and 5th days of BP) 
this instant March ; and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

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





Mr. Phillpotts presented a Bill for constructing Gloucester and 
a Railway from Gloucester to Hereford, with Hereford Rail- 
Branches therefrom, to be called “The Gloucester dry 
and Hereford Railway,’ and to transfer to such ' 
Company the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire 
Canal Navigation, and for other Purposes connected 
therewith: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


An ingrossed Bill for incorporating the District Birmingham 
Fire Insurance Company of Birmingham, by the District Fire 
Name of “ The District Fire Insurance Company,” on 
; ; ; pany Bill. 
for enabling the said Company to sue and be sued, 
and for other Purposes relating to the said Com- 
pany, was read the third time ; and Amendments 
being proposed to be made to the Bill; 

Mr. Greene reported, That in the case of the 
said Bill, the Amendments proposed to be made on 
the Third Reading are, in his opinion, such as ought 
to be entertained by the House, without referring 
the same to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 








The Mold Railway Bill was read a second time ; Mold Railway 

and committed. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Rail- Oxford, Wor- 
way (No. 2.) (Extensions and Amendment) Bill was cester and 
: : Wolverhamp- 
read a second time; and committed. ton Railway 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- (No. 2.) (Ex- 


mittee of Selection. tensions and 
Amendment) 
Bill. 

Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; Orders ; 
which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Manchester Manchester 
Corporation Waterworks (Power to sell to the Man- Te poration 

F Sip aterworks 
chester and Salford Waterworks Company) Petition, (power to sell 
the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; to the Man- 


“t ; : +, chester and 
fg the Parties be permitted to proceed with their (ir 4 Water- 





{ works Com- 
2. Resolved, pany) Bill. 


| FF2 





220 


Rathmines 2. Resolved, That in the case of the Rathmines 

cca a Improvement Petition, the Standing Orders ought 
to be dispensed with ; That the Parties be permitted 
to proceed with their Bill. 


Manchester 3. Resolved, That in the case of the Manchester 

ond ang and Southampton Railway Petition, the Standing 

= ” Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 

Waterford 4. Resolved, That in the case of the Waterford 

Road Bill. = Road Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with; That the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill, on proving before the Com- 
mittee on the Bill that the Notices have been in- 
serted in the Dublin Gazette and county newspapers 
for three successive weeks in the month of Decem- 
ber last. 

Shrewsbury 5. Resolved, That in the case of the Shrewsbury 


and Birming- 
ham Railway 
Act Amend- 
ment and 
Branches Bill. 


and Birmingham Railway Act Amendment and 
Branches Petition, the Standing Orders ought to 
be dispensed with ; That the Parties be permitted 
to proceed with their Bill, with the exception of 
that part which enables them to make a Branch 
from Wolverhampton to Willenhall; That the Com- 
mittees on the two preceding Bills do examine, in 
the first place, how far such Orders have been com- 
plied with, and do report the same to the House, on 
the Report of the Bill. 


6. Resolved, That in the case of the South Devon 
Railway (Extension and Amendment) Petition, the 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; That 
the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

7. Resolved, That in the case of the York and 
Newcastle Railway (Main Line Improvement, &amp;c.) 
Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 


South Devon 
Railway (Ex- 
tension and 
Amendment) 
Bill. 


York and New- 
castle Railway 
(Main Line 
Improvement 


&amp;c.) Bill with; That the Parties be permitted to proceed with 
their Bill. 
The first, second, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh 
Resolutions, being read a second time, were agreed 
to. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Manchester The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
Corporation of the Petition for the Manchester Corporation 
Waterworks 


Waterworks (Power to sell to the Manchester and 
Salford Waterworks Company) Bill, which was 
this day made from the Select Committee on Stand- 
ing Orders, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the 
Borough of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, 
to construct Waterworks for supplying the said 
Borough, and several places on the line of the said 
intended Works, with Water, and for other Pur- 
poses: And that Mr. Mark Philips, Mr. Milner 
Gibson and Mr. Brotherton do prepare, and bring 
it In, 


(Power to sell 
to the Man- 
chester and 
Salford Water- 
works Com- 
pany) Bill. 


Shrewsbury 
and Birming- 
ham Railway 
Act Amend- 
ment and 


Branches Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Shrewsbury and Birmingham 
Railway Act Amendment and Branches Bill, which 
was this day made from the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway 
Company to make Branch Railways to Madeley 
and /ronbridge, and for other purposes: And that 
Mr. Ormsby Gore, Mr. Clive and Mr. William 
Collett do prepare, and bring it in. 


South Devon 
Railway (Ex- 
tensions and 
Amendment) 
Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the South Devon Railway (Ex- 
tensions and Amendment) Bill, which was this day 
made from the Select Committee on Standing Or- 
ders, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the South Devon Railway Company to 
construct Railways to Tavistock and Launceston, 


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A. 1847. 


and to extend the Line of the South Devon Railway 
to Torquay and to Brixham, and for other Purposes : 
And that Mr. Gill, Lord Courtenay and Sir John 
Yarde Buller do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the following Para- Glasgow, 
graph in the Third Report of the Classification Com- pene = 
mittee of Railway Bills, might be read; and the Rajtway 
same was read ; viz. (Branches at 


; Port Glasgow 
“ Your Committee recommend, That the and tothe 


Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Branches Caledonian 

(No. 145) Bill be divided into two parts ; the Railway, and 
Z : iversion of 

one to contain the Branch Railway from the Canal) Bill. 

Goods Depdt of the Glasgow, Paisley and 

Greenock Railway, at Glasgow, to the proposed 

Branch of the Caledonian Railway, near to 

Shield’s Bridge, in the parish of Govan, in the 

county of Renfrew, and the power to divert or 

alter the Glasgow, Paisley and Ardrossan 

Canal; and the other to contain the remaining 

provisions of the Bill; That the first be placed 

in Group 48, and the second in a subsequent 

Group.” 


The Order made upon the 15th day of February 
last, for referring the said Bill to the Committee of 
Selection, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Glasgow, 
to enable the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Rail- a = 
way Company to make a certain Branch Railway var 
to the Caledonian Railway, at Glasgow, and to (Branch to 
divert part of the Glasgow, Paisley and Ardrossan oe 
Canal: And that Mr. Hope Johnstone and Mr. piversion of 
Baine do prepare, and bring it in. Canal) Bill. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Glasgow, 
to enable the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Rail- oe = 
way Company to make certain Branch Railways at Railway 
Port Glasgow: And that Mr. Hope Johnstone (Branch at 
and Mr. Baine do prepare, and bring it in. aa ets 


The Great Indian Peninsula Railway Bill was Great Indian 
read a second time ; and committed. Peninsula 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ny So 
mittee of Selection. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect waterford 
of the Petition for the Waterford Road Bill, which Road Bill 
was this day made from the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to repeal the Waterford Turnpike-road Act: And 
that Mr. Villiers Stuart, Mr. Shapland Carew and 
Mr. Wyse do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Regent’s Canal Company (Paddington and Regent's Canal 
Limehouse Railway and Branch) Bill was, accord- Company 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed. (P#ddingtom 
5 a ; Z and Limehouse 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


‘ : ; Railway and 
mittee of Selection. Branch) Bill. 


General Fox presented, pursuant to Orders,— Tyjgonometri- 
An Abstract of the Aggregate Amount paid in each cal Surveys. 
year, on account of the Survey of Counties, and 
the Trigonometrical Surveys, distinguishing the 
Amount for England, Ireland and Scotland, since 
the commencement, up to January 1847, and the 
Total Amount for each Kingdom and for the United 
Kingdom :—Accounts of the Number of Sheets or 
Maps of Survey of each Kingdom, finished ; the 
Number of Sheets sold in each year to the Public; 
the Rate of Charge per Sheet; and the Amount 
received in each year from the Sale of Maps :—Of 
any steps taken, by introducing the Electrotype or 
other process, to produce Copies of the said Maps 
which may be sold to the Public at a reduced 
rate :—And, of the Number of Copies so made, 

the 








10 Vicrortiz. 


the Number sold, the Prices at which sold, and the 
Amount received for the same. 


Copy of Report of Officers appointed to make 
a trial of Mr. Warner’s Long Range, addressed to 
the Master-general of the Ordnance. 


Royal Arsenal Copies of the Evidence taken before the Court 
(Woolwich.) of Inquiry instituted in the month of April 1845, 
by the Board of Ordnance, at the Royal Arsenal, 
Woolwich, to investigate Charges preferred by Da- 
niel Toner against William Jones, late Deputy 
Storekeeper, with a Copy of the Charges, and the 
Report thereon:—And, of the Charges preferred, 
and the Evidence given against Daniel Toner, late 
a Labourer in the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, by Mr. 
Reed, a Clerk in the Storekeeper’s Department, 
before Lord Bloomfield, Colonel Barney and Mr. 
Cheetham, in August 1845, with their Report, and 
any Memorial or Correspondence that has passed 
between Daniel Toner, and the Board of Ordnance 
thereon. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Warner’s 
Invention. 


YorkandNew- The House was moved, That the Report in res- 

py ie pect of the Petition for the York and Newcastle 

Improvement, Railway (Main I.ine Improvement, &amp;c.) Bill, which 

&amp;c.) Bill. was this day made from the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for enabling the York and Newcastle Railway Com- 
pany to improve their main line of Railway, and to 
make certain Branches in the County of Durham, 
and for other purposes: And that Mr. Hudson, Mr. 
Matthew Bell and Mr. Hodgson Hinde do prepare, 
and bring it in. 

Southampton A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking 
Ger Light and thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring ina Bill 


Coke Bill. for better supplying with Gas the town and county 
of the town of Southampton, and certain places 
adjacent thereto, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. George William Hope and Mr. Hindley. 
Waterford, A Petition of Subscribers to a certain Subscrip- 
ber nq ton Contract purporting to be the Subscription 
Dublin Rail, Contract of the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and 
way (Repeal Dublin Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
of Act) Bill. ‘ 


Bill for the Dissolution of the said Company, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Committees on 
Private Bills. 


No. 155. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That the 
Clerk had caused to be prepared Sessional Lists 
of Members to serve on Committees upon Private 
Bills. 

Ordered, That the said Lists be printed. 

Private Bills. | Ordered, That Sir George Grey, Mr. Strutt and 
Mr. Home Drummond be discharged from further 
attendance on the Select Committee on Private 
Bills. 

Ordered, That Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Wilson Patten 
and Mr. Ewart be added to the Committee. 


South Eastern A Petition of Henry Dudlow Wildes, of Maid- 
roe de ang SOR, in the county of Kent, Gentleman, praying 
Bromley that it may be an Instruction to the Committee on 
soencion) the South Eastern Railway (Croydon and Bromley 
et Branches) Bill; and, South Eastern Railway (Mid 
Railway (Mid Kent and Direct Tunbridge) Bill, to hear the parties 
Aent and 


on the Petitions from Her Majesty’s Justices of the 
Peace for the county of Kent, notwithstanding the 
omission correctly to insert the name or short title 
by which the said Bills were first entered in the 
Votes of the House, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vou. 102. 


Direct Tun- 
bridge) Bill, 


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291 


Petitions from Grand Jury of the county of Railways 
Limerick ; —Carrick-on-Shannon ; —Drumshambo ; (Ieland) Bill. 
—and, Barony of Callan (Chairman) ; praying that 
the Railways (Zreland) Bill may pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Henry Broadley, of Beverley, in York and 

the county of York, Esquire, praying that he may North Midland 
. nies - “ Railway (Hull 

be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against gration and 
certain parts of the York and North Midland Rail- Branches) Bill 
way (Hul/ Station and Branches) Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Owners of property on the line of Newmarket 
Railway thereinafter mentioned, praying that the psec rl 
House will be pleased to permit their Petition against ‘aeaenaien te 
the Newmarket and Chesterford Railway (Extension Bury St. Ed- 
to Bury Saint Edmund’s, with a Branch to Ely) pag 
Bill, to be withdrawn, was presented, and read; and Ely) Bill. - 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Thomas Wheeler, of Sudbury, in the Ipswich and 
county of Suffolk, Bricklayer ;——and, Thomas Bury St. 
King, of Sudbury, in the county of Suffolk, Esquire ; 3&amp;7’ 

g, ‘Ys county of Suffolk, Esquire ; Railway 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their (Branch from 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Ips- Sudbury) Bil 
wich and Bury Saint Edmund's Railway (Branch ‘ 
from Stowmarket to Sudbury) Bill,—were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Pe- 
titioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 
Petitions. 


Petitions of Thomas King, of Sudbury, in the Colchester, 
county of Suffolk;——and, Thomas Wheeler, of Sud- Stour Valley, 
bury, Bricklayer; praying that they may be heard en ee 

; Ss iy Halstead Rail~ 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against way (Exten- 
certain parts of the Colchester, Stour Valley, SS 
bury and Halstead Railway (Extension to Melford, Clare) BL ° 
Lavenham and Clare) Bill,—were presented, and 
read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Pe- 
titioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 
Petitions. 





A Petition of Owners of barges and Persons Colchester, 

trading on the River Stour, and Persons resident Stour Valley, 
: ; ‘ Sudbury and 

upon the course of the said River, praying that they Yaistedd Rail- 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, way (Stour 
against certain parts of the Colchester, Stour Valley, ale ae 
Sudbury and Halstead Railway (Stour Navigation ~“"° — 
Purchase) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Henry Porter, of Haddenham, in Lynn and Ely, 
the Isle of Ely and county of Cambridge, Maltster, Ely and Hun-, 


praying that he may be heard, by himself, his coun- pence " 


sel or agent, against certain parts of the Lynn and Dereham Rail- 
Ely, Ely and Huntingdon, and Lynn and Dereham Ys Amalgax 
Railways Amalgamation Bill, was presented, and 

read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
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222 


by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Swansca A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
ie a Swansea Canal Navigation, praying that they may 
way Bill. 


be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Swansea Valley Railway 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
more effectually repairing the Roads from the town 
of Cambridge, to the Wadesmill Turnpike-road, in 


Royston and 
Hitchin Rail- 
way (Exten- 


Rovstonto the parishes of Great Chishill, and Little Chishill, 
Cambridge, in the county of Esser, and from the said town of 
&amp;c.) Bill. Cambridge to Royston, in the county of Cambridge, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Roy- 
ston and Hitchin Railway (Extension from Royston 
to Cambridge, &amp;c.) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
‘Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
Cambridge, A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
St. Neot’sand more effectually repairing the Roads from the town 
eid of Cambridge to the Wadesmill Turnpike-road, in 
Bill. the parishes of Great Chishill and Little Chishill, 


in the county of Essex, and from the said town of 
Cambridge to Royston, in the county of Cambridge, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Cam- 
bridge, Saint Neot’s and Bedford Junction Railway 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Swansea and 
Amman Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Swansea Canal Navigaticn, praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Swansea and Amman 
Junction Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Rochdale 


A Petition of the Reverend John Edward Nassau 
Waterworks 
ill. 


Molesworth, Clerk, Doctor in Divinity, praying that 
he may be heard, by himseif, his counsel or agent, 
against certain parts of the Rochdale Waterworks 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, ‘that the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Rill, against the said Petition. 


Eastern Coun- A Petition of Charles Robert Colman, of Iron- 
ties Railway gate Wharf, London, Whartinger, praying that he 
a, may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 
Stratford Sta- against certain parts of the Eastern Counties Rail- 
tions and way (Enlargement of London and Stratford Stations 
Amendment of 5nd Amendment of Acts) Bill, was presented, and 


Acts) Bill read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Edinburghand A Petition of Thomas Grainger, of Foulford, in 
ye Railway the county of Fife, praying that the Edinburgh and 


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A. 1847. 


Perth Railway Bill may not pass into a law, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions of Scripholders and Shareholders of 
and in the lately dissolved Edinburgh and Perth 
Railway Company, by Queensferry ;— and, the 
Edinburgh and Northern Railway Company ; pray- 
ing that the said Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table; and to be printed, at the expense 
of the Parties. 


A Petition of the Vicar and Inhabitants of the Gencral Fast. 
parish of North Curry, in the county of Somerset, 
praying that a day may be set apart for the ob- 
servance of solemn humiliation and prayer through- 
out the United Kingdom, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Union of Ballina;—and, Ardee Poor Law 
Union (Chairman); complaining of the present (Ireland. ) 
mode of rating for the Relief of the Poor in Jre- 
land; and praying for amendment of the law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of the High Sheriff and Grand Jury 
of the county of Monaghan, praying the House to 
maintain and continue the present system of rating 
in any measure, whether for the temporary or per- 
manent relief of the Poor in Jreland, which the 
House may judge it expedient to pass during the 
present Session of Parliament, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dorchester ;— Liverpool (three Pe- Capital 

titions) ;— Huddersfield ;— Bridgwater ;— Moira ;— Punishment. 
Chesterfield ;—Richard James Morrison;—W estern 
District of London;— Bridgwater ;— Southamp- 
ton (Chairman) ;— Lowey ;—The Church of God 
meeting in Saint John’s-square, London (three 
Petitions) ;— John Henry James ;— Ponsanooth ; 
— Belfast ;—Chichester ; — Dunmurry (Minister) ; 
— Southampton ;— Killinchy ;—Remonstrant Synod 
of Ulster (Clerk) ;— Moy ;— Norwich ;— Birken- 
head (Chairman) ;--Exeter ;— Plymouth ;—Great 
Yarmouth ;— and, Ravara; praying for the abo- 
lition of Capital Punishment,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors of Wincan- Attornies’ 
ton, in the county of Somerset, praying that they Certificates. 
may be wholly relieved from the payment of the 
annual duty on their Certificates, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Frome Selwood ;— Odiham ;— war. 
Fordingbridge ;— Gosport; — Newbury ; —and, 
Cosely ; praying the House to insure the inser- 
tion of a clause in all international Treaties, binding 
the parties to refer all disputes that may arise to 
arbitration, and to abide by the decision of the ar- 
bitrators without having any resort to arms,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions of the Alford Valley Railway Company; Railways Bil. 
Deeside Railway Company ;——Great North 
of Scotland Eastern Extension Railway Company ; 
——Great North of Scotland Railway Company ; 
—— Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway Com- 
pany ;——Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Com- 
pany ;——and, Bristol and Exeter Railway Com- 
pany ; praying that the Railways Bill may not pass 
into a law, and that they may be heard, by their 
counsel or agents, at the bar of the House, against 
the same,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Wrestlingworth ;— Helmsley Union ; Poor Removal 
—Alton Union ;— and, Chepstow; praying for the Act. 
repeal 





Lighthouses, 
&amp;e. 


Roman Catho- 
lic Relief Bill. 


Public Works 
(Ireland.) 


Navigation 
Laws. 


Cotton (India.) 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland), &amp;c. 


Drainage 
(Ireland.) 


Publie 
Records. 





10 VicrortizZ. 


repeal or alteration of the Poor Removal Act,—were 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


Petitions from Fraserburgh ;—Kingsbridge and 
Salcombe ; —and, Goole ; praying the House to pass 
a law in accordance with the recommendations of 
the Select Committee on Lighthouses, &amp;c.,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Petitions from Members of the Shepton Mallet 
Church Lay Association ;—and, Filey and Muston ; 
praying that the Roman Catholic Relief Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Members of the Relief Committee 
of Kilfenora and Kiltonaghta, in the barony of 
Corcomroe, and county of Clare ;—and, Members 
of the Kilmanaheen and Clouny Relief Committee, 
in the barony of Corcomroe, and county of Clare ; 
praying the House to appoint a Select Committee 
to investigate the'charges of Captain Wynne against 
Major M‘Namaraand Mr. Cornelius O’ Brien, Mem- 
bers of the House, and against the Relief Com- 
mittees, and people of Jreland,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Shipowners, Merchants and Trades- 
men of Brixham, praying the House to oppose 
any measure that may be introduced, having for its 
object the permanent repeal of the Navigation Laws, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Navigation Laws. 


A Petition of Master Cotton Spinners and Manu- 
facturers of the town of Stalybridge, and the 
neighbourhood thereof, praying the House to ap- 
point a Select Committee to make a full and search- 
ing inquiry into all the circumstances which affect 
the cultivation of Cotton in Jndia, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Bankers, Traders, and 
others of the borough of Leeds, praying the House 
to raise the money required for Jreland, by such 
means as will not lay the burden directly upon the 
revenue, and to adopt measures for the relief of the 
country, by the reduction of duties, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Amount of Public Money applied for 
in Ireland for Drainage under the Act 9 Vic., c. 4, 
or summary proceedings of that Act, and the Acts 
5 and 6 Vic.,c. 89, and 8 and 9 Vic.,¢. 89; the 
date of each application, and of each Advance of 
Money actually made under the above-mentioned 
Acts, prior to the 1st day of March. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Cost of preparing and otherwise 
fitting up the following Repositories: ‘The building 
erected in Westminster Hall in or about 1822, to 
receive the Common Law Records; also of the 
King’s Mews at Charing Cross ia 1831, and Carlton 
House Stables ; of the Vaults in Somerset House 
which held the Pipe and Lord Treasurer of the Ex- 
chequer Records (estimated by Sir Robert Harry 
Inglis and Mr. Hallam, in the ‘ Agenda’ of the 
Record Commissioners, to have been £.16,000); of 
other Vaults in Somerset House, containing certain 
Exchequer Records; of the Office of the Pells in 
Whitehall-yard ; of the Rolls House for the recep- 
tion of the Queen’s Bench Records from Westmin- 


ster; of the Repository at No. 3, Whitchall-yard, 
Vou. 102. 


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923 


which held the Common Pleas and Exchequer of 
Pleas Records, until removed to Carlton Ride ; of 
the White Tower of London, to receive the Admiralty 
Records; of the Stone Tower at Westminster ; 
together with the Cost of preparing Repositories 
for any of the Common Law or Chancery Records 
in Lincoln’s Inn, Serjeant’s Inn, or any other parts of 
the Metropolis, since the appointment of the Record 
Commission in 1800, so far as the same can be pre- 
pared :—A Return or Estimate of the Total Expenses 
incurred in removing the Records from one Keposi- 
tory to another, since 1800 :—And, a Return of the 
Cost incurred for watching by Policemen and the 
Fire Brigade the Carlton Ride, the Rolls House, 
and any other Record Repository, and for any other 
Securities adopted for insuring the buildings from 
fire, since the passing of the Record Act, 1 and 2 
Vic., c. 94. 

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








buildings of the British Museum, including Altera- 
tions, Fixtures and Furniture, in each year from its 
establishment under the Act 26 Geo. 2 (distinguish- 
ing Alterations from Buildings, and for the Purchase 
of Houses and Ground), so as to exhibit the Total 
Expenditure for the same up to the 31st day of 
December 1846 :—Of the Amount expended on the 
Establishment of the British Museum in Salaries, 
Wages, Appointments, Household Expenses, Offi- 
cers’ Residences, Rates and Taxes, and all other 
items of Expense, in each year, from the Establish- 
ment of the Museum under the Act 26 Geo. 2, so 
as to exhibit the Total Expense of its maintenance 
to the 31st day of December 1846 ; specifying the 
Totals for each year, and the Division under the 
several heads, every ten years, to the 25th day of 
December 1836, and thenceforward separately every 
year up to the 25th day of December 1846 :—Of 
the Amount expended in each department of the 
Museum, for the Purchase of Manuscripts, Prints, 
Printed Books, Maps, Music, Antiquities, Coins 
and Medals, Objects of Natural History (Zoological, 
Botanical, Fossil and Mineral), in each year, from 
the establishment of the Museum under the Act 26 
Geo. 2, under each department respectively, so as to 
exhibit the Total Amount of Expense of the various 
Collections, up to the 31st day of December 1846, 
specifying in the same forms as the last; distinguish- 
ing the Amount paid from Parliamentary and other 
Funds :—And, of all the Amounts paid under Acts 
and Votesof Parliament forall Buildings, Collections, 
and other Expenditure for the British Museum, in 
each year from its establishment under the Act 26 
Geo. 2, so as to show the Aggregate Amount paid 
for that Institution from Public Monies, up to the 
31st day of December 1846, 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the total 
repeal of the Punishment of Death ; 

The House divided: 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Ewart, 7 41 
Yeas, L Mr. Hume: | Seed 
Tellers for the f Mr. Tufnell, lay 
Noes, U Mr. Gibson Craig: » See 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the collection of Agricultural Statistics in Eng- 
land and Wales: And that Mr. Milner Gibson and 
Mr. Parker do prepare, and bring it in. 














Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
'a Return of the Number of Persons who have died 
FF4 


in 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, British 
Abstract Accounts of the Amount expended for the Museum. 


Punishment of 
Death. 


Agricultural 
Statistics Bill. 


Deaths 
(Ireland.} 








Hosiery 
Manufacturc 
Bill. 


County of 
Clare 


Spanish Bonds. 


Sites for 
Churches 
CScotland.) 





294, 


in each Parish in Jreland, during each month, since 
the 1st day of November 1846, in so far as the same 
can be ascertained by information derived from the 
iuquiries of the Constabulary ; specifying the Num- 
ber who have died from Starvation or Disease con- 
secuent upon insufficiency of Food, with a Summary 
for the whole of Zreland. 


The House was moved, That the Act 8 and 9 Vic., 
c. 77, to make further Regulations respecting the 
Tickets of Work to be delivered to persons em- 
ployed in the manufacture of Hosiery in certain 
cases, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into a Committee to consider the said 
Act:—The House accordingly resolved itself mto 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to repeal an Act, intituled, “ An Act to make fur- 
ther Regulations respecting the Tickets of Work 
to be delivered to Persons employed in the Manu- 
facture of Hosiery in certain cases,’ and to make 
other provisions instead thereof, and to make further 
provisions to secure the wages of persons employed 
in the manufacture of Hosiery. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene accordingly reported a Resolution ; 
which was read, as followeth ; 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
repeal an Act, intituled, “An Act to make further 
Regulations respecting the Tickets of Work to be 
delivered to Persons employed in the Manufacture 
of Hosiery in certain cases,” and to make other pro- 
visions instead thereof, and to make further pro- 
visions to secure the wages of persons employed in 
the Manufacture of Hosiery :—And he moved the 
House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Sir Henry Halford, Mr. Packe and Colonel 
Rolleston do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Extraordinary Sessions 
held m each Barony in the County of Clare, under 
the Act 9 and 10 Vic., c. 107; the Sum presented 
at each; distinguishing the Sums granted for com- 
pleting unfinished Works from those granted for 
new Works, and the Gross Amount thereof :—Spe- 
cifying the several Works as described in the Sche- 
dules for each Barony, the Amount granted for each 
Work at each Special Sessions, distinguishing the 
Sums expended for Labour, Implements, Overseers, 
Stewards, Pay Clerks, and Check Clerks, in respect 
to each Work; also, the Amount deducted from 
each of the Sums granted under the head of Con- 
tingencies, with a Statement showing whether the 
Sum still in hand, in respect to each Work, be or 
be not sufficient to complete the same :—And, spe- 
cifying the respective Sums granted for Works in 
each Barony which have not yet commenced, and 
the Gross Amount thereof. 


Ordered, That the Petition of the Chairman and 
Deputy-Chairman of the Spanish Bond-holders, 
relative to Spanish Bonds, which was presented 
yesterday, be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Order made 
upon Tuesday last, That a Select Committee be 
appointed, to inquire whether and in what part of 


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A. 1847. 


Scotland, and under what circumstances, large 
numbers of Her Majesty’s subjects have been de- 
prived of the means of Religious Worship by the 
refusal of certain proprietors to grant them sites for 
the erection of Churches, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Bouwverie, 
Sir James Graham, Sir John Pakington, Mr. Secre- 
tary at War, Lord Dalmeny, Mr. Baine, Viscount 
Morpeth, Mr. Morgan John O’ Connell, Mr. Bro- 
therton, Sir Edward Colebrooke, Mr. George William 
Hope, Mr. Deedes, Mr. Stafford O’Brien, Mr. 
Wilson Patten, and Mr. Henry Baillie; with power 
to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Rental (Jre- fina , 
° 5 . reland, 

land), which was presented yesterday, be printed. sage . 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Valuation Valuation ana 
and Population (Jreland), which was presented eelemt) 
yesterday, be printed. No. 159. 

Ordered, That the Papers relative to the Sugar Sugar Duties. 
Duties, which were presented yesterday, be printed. No. 160. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Ecclesias- sam ang 
tical Commission (Jreland), which was presented (Ireland.) 


yesterday, be printed. No. 161. 


Mr. Greene reported the Loan Bill; and the Loan Bill 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Roman Catho- 


Committee To-morrow, upon the Roman Catholic ic Relief Bill 
Relief Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 14th day of April next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Pious and 
nesday the 14th day of April next, the Pious and + oan A 
Charitable Purposes Bill, was read, and discharged. ~"P°S* °!~ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
W ednesday the 21st day of April next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Post-office. 
Accounts, showing the Gross and Net Post-office 
Revenue, and the Cost of Management, for the 
United Kingdom, for the year ending the 5th day of 
January 1847 :—Of the Charges of Management 
for the United Kingdom, under the different heads, 
for the year ending January 1847:—Of Payments 
out of the Post-office Revenue other than Charges 
of Management, for the year ending January 1847: 
—Of the Gross and Net Revenue and Cost of Col- 
lection of the Foreign and Colonial Postage, as near 
as can be estimated, for the year ending January 
1847 :—Showing the Total Expense incurred for the 
Packet Service, for the year ending January 1847: 
—And, showing the Gross and Net Revenue, and 
the Cost of Management of the London District 
Post, for the year ending January 1847 :—Returns 
of the Number and Amount of Money Orders issued 
and paid during the year ending the 5th day of 
January 1847 :—And, of the Expense of the Money 
Order Office, and the Amount for Commission 
during the year ending January 1847. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Processes 
Return of all Processes entered for Trial at the ireland.) 
Quarter Sessions held at Ballina, in the Barony of 
Tyrawly and County of Mayo, Ireland, on the 11th 
day of January last, and succeeding days, for Rent 
ending and due on the 1st day of November last, 
for use and occupation of Lands and Tenements 
ending the same Date, and for Conacre for Harvest 
of 1846; distinguishing the Numbers of each of 

these 


| 


he 





9°—10° 


these three descriptions of Processes, and giving the | 
Names of the Plaintiffs and Defendants, the Names 

of the Attornies for the Plaintiff, and for the Defend- 
ant, if defence were taken; and also the Amount | 
for which each Decree had en such Process was | 
respectively granted. | 


10 Vicrortiz. 


Agricultural | Mr. Milner Gibson presented a Bill to make Pro- 
Statistics Bill. vision for the collection of Agricultural Statistics in 
No. 162. England and Wales: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 

Friday next; and to be printed. 


Russian Dutch 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Loan. 


Comniand,—Copy of Correspondence relating to the 
Russian Dutch Loan, 1815 aad 1831. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Mercurii, 10° die Marti ; 
Anro 10° Victoria Regine, 18 47. 
PRAYERS. 


MOTION was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Edinburgh and Perth 
Railway Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz., To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question:—The said 
proposed Amendment and Motion were severally, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

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


Edinburgh 
and Perth 
Railway Bill. 











tathmines The House was moved, That the Report in respect 


— of the Petition for the Rathmines Improvement Bill, 

which was yesterday made from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for better paving, cleansing, draining, regulating, 
lighting and improving the district of Rathmines, 
Mountpleasant, Ranelagh, Cullenswood, Miltown, 
Rathgar and Haroldscross, and such other portions 
of the parish of Saint Peter, within the barony of 
Uppercross, in the county of Dublin, and for other- | 
wise promoting the Health and Convenience of the ' 
Inhabitants: And that Mr. Gregory, Mr. Grogan | 


and Mr. James Hans Hamilton do prepare, and | 
bring it in. | 


The Great Northern Railway ( Deviations between | 
Peterborough, Boston and Gainsborough) Bill was | 
between Peter- read a second time ; and committed. | 
borough, Bos- Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-. 


ton and Gains- jy; a : 
borough) Bill mittee of Selection. 





Great North- 
ern Railway 
(Deviations 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
(Deviations 
between 
Gainsborough 
and Doncas- 
ter) Bill. 


The Great Northern Railway (Deviations between 
Gainsborough and Doncaster) Bill was read a se- 
cond time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


H 


| 
| 
pons _Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the | 
Waterworks Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of | 
(Power to sell Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, to Con- | 
au Struct Waterworks for supplying the said Borough | 
Salford Water. and several Places on the Line of the said intended | 
works Com. Works with Water, and for other Purposes: And | 
pany) Bill. the same was read the first time; and ordered to | 
be read a second time. | 

VoL. 102, | 





Martiz. 925 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
the Chester and Holyhead Railway (Extensions to 
Chester and Holyhead) Bill, was read; and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Chester and 
Holyhead Rail- 
way (Exten- 
sions at Ches- 
ter and Holy 
head) Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a_ Bill Chester and 
to enable the Chester and Holyhead Railway Com+ Gen tte 
pany to make certain Extensions of and Alterations acer 
in the Line of the Chester and Holyhead Railway, Chester and 
and for other Purposes: And that Colonel Pennan¢ Holyhead) 


Saree No. 2.) Bill. 
and Colonel Paget do prepare, and bring it in. saan 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- South Eastern 
mittee on the South Eastern Railway (Croydon and a P 
Bromley Branches) Bill, to entertain the Petition of ae ” 
Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the County Branches) 
of Kent, against the Bill, which was presented upon Bill. 
the 24th day of February last, notwithstanding the 
Name or Short Title by which the said Bill was first 
entered in the Votes is incorrectly written at the 
beginning of such Petition. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- South Eastern 
mittee on the South Eastern Railway (Mid Kent —_ 
and Direct Z'umbridge) Bill, to entertain the Peti- }irect Tun- 
tion of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the bridge) Bill. 
County of Kent, against the Bill, which was pre- 
sented upon the 24th day of February last, not- 
withstanding the Name or Short Title by which the 
said Bill was first entered in the Votes is incor- 
rectly written at the beginning of such Petition. 


Sir John Yarde Buller presented a Bill to enable South Devon 
the South Devon Railway Company to construct Railway (ix- 
: TY yet : tension and 
Railways to Tavistock and Launceston, and to ex- Amendment) 
tend the Line of the South Devon Railway to 7or- Bill. 
quay and to Brixham, and for other Purposes ; 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


The ingrossed Bill for consolidating in one Act Markets and 
certain Provisions usually contained in Acts for og Clauses 
constructing or regulating Markets and Fairs, was, si 
according to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill for consolidating in one Act Commissioners 
certain Provisions usually contained in Acts with Clauses Bill. 
respect to the Constitution and Regulation of Bodies 
of Commissioners appointed for carrying on Under- 
takings of a Public Nature, was, according to Or- ; 
der, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill for consolidating in one Act Gas Works 
certain Provisions usually contained in Acts autho- Clauses Bill. 
rizing the making of Gas Works for supplying 
Towns with Gas, was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill for consolidating in one Act Waterworks 
certain Provisions usually contained in Acts autho- Clauses Bill. 
rizing the making of Waterworks for supplying 
Towns with Water, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Viscount Duncan presented a Bill for better sup- Southampton 
of the Consumers 

* 7 Gas Light and 
acent Coke Bill. 
thereto: 


plying with Gas the Town and County 
Town of Southampton, and certain Places adj 
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226 


thereto: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Shrewsbury 
and Birming- 
ham Railway 
Act Amend- 
ment and 
Branches Bill 


Mr. Thornely presented a Bill to enable the 
Shrewsbury and birmingham Railway Company to 
make Branch Railways to Madeley and Ironbridge, 
and for other Purposes: And the same was read 

* the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Wexford and The Wexford and Valencia Railway (Killarney 
Valencia Rail- ¢4 Valencia) Bill was read a second time ; and com- 
way (Killarney 
to Valencia) 
Bill. 


mitted. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Lockhart presented a Bill to enable the 
Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway Company 
to make a certain Branch Railway to the Caledo- 
nian Railway at Glasgow, and to divert part of the 
Glasgow, Paisley and Ardrossan Canal: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Glasgow, 
Paisley and 
Greenock Rail- 
way (Branch 
to the Cale- 
donian Rail- 
way and Di- 
version of 


Canal) Bill. 


Glasgow, 
Paisley and 
Greenock 


Mr. Lockhart presented a Bill to enable the 
Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway Company 
Railway to make certain Branch Railways at Port Glas- 
(Branches at_ gow: And the same was read the first time ; and 
on t Glasgow) ordered to be read a second time. 

’ . 

YorkandNew- Mr. Richard Hodgson presented a Bill for ena- 

castle Railway bling the York and Newcastle Railway Company 

srenadeaeed to improve their Main Line of Railway, and to make 

Be) Bill. certain Branches, in the County of Durham, and 
for other Purposes: And the same was read the 

first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Great South- 
ern and West- 
ern Railway 
Extension 
(Portarlington 
to Tullamore) 
Bill. 


The Great Southern and Western Railway Ex- 
tension (Portarlington to Tullamore) Bill was read 
a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for consolidating in one Act certain Provisions 
usually contained in Acts authorizing the making 
and improving of Harbours, Docks and Piers: And 
that Mr. Ward and Admiral Dundas do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Harbours, 
Docks and 
Piers Clauses 


Bill. 


Dublin Water. Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to 
Order,—Copies of such parts of the Reports of the 
Dublin Paving Commissioners to the Lord Lieu- 
tenant of Ireland as relate to the supply of Water 
to the City of Dublin from the year 1841 :—Returns 
of the Number and Names of all Streets within the 
Bounds of the Borough of Dublin in which no 
Main Pipes for the supply of Water have been 
laid :—And, Copies of all Correspondence on the 
subject of the supply of Water which has taken 
place between the Paving Commissioners and the 
Corporation of Dublin in 1844, 1845 and 1846. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


Varbours, 
Docks and 
Piers Clauses 
Bill. 


No. 163. 


Mr. Ward presented a Bill for consolidating in 
one Act certain Provisions usually contained in Acts 
authorizing the making and improving of Harbours, 
Docks and Piers: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time To- 
morrow ; and to be printed. 


Hulks (Vorts- 
mouth and 


Gosport.) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to iler Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Name, Age, Date of Recep- 
tion and Death of each Prisoner who has died on 
board the Hulks at Portsmouth and Gosport, from 
the ist day of January 1844 inclusive, to the present 
time, with the Date and Verdict of the Coroner’s 


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Inquest in each case:—Of the Place, as far as 
practicable, where each Corpse has been buried 
distinguishing those claimed by their Relatives or 
Friends from those sent to any and what Hospital 
or School of Anatomy for Dissection ; the Date of 
their transmission, the Name of the Person to whom 
transmitted, by whose Order so sent, and whether 
any and what Sum has been paid or charged thereon, 
and by whom received :—And, of all Corporal 
Punishments inflicted on Prisoners confined on 
board the Hulks at Portsmouth and Gosport, from 
the 1st day of January 1843 to the present time; 
with the Number of Lashes given in each case, with 
Date thereof. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Floyer have leave of absence Leave of 
for a month, on account of a domestic affliction, Absence. 


Ordered, That the Petitions against the Edin- Edinburgh 
burgh and Perth Railway Bill be referred to the and Perth | 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, and that saoey Ee. 
they report the circumstances under which the plans 
and estimates were prepared and deposited, the 
notices given, and the applications to landowners 
made, and whether they were such as to be in vio- 
lation of the spirit of the Orders of this House. 

Ordered, That the Committee have power to send 
for persons, papers and records. 


Petitions from Perth ;—Dunfermline (two Peti- Edinburgh 
tions) ;—Inverheit hing ;—and, Trustees for executing nag 
an Act for the further Improvement and Support of — 
the Passage across the Frith of ‘orth called The 
Queensferry ; praying that the Edinburgh and 
Perth Railway Bill may pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of the Reverend Henry John Gunning, Liverpool 
Clerk, the Honourable Colin Lindsey, Thomas Mor- — 
ris, Joseph Acton, Ralph Anthony Thichnesse and piu, —_ 
Richard Eccles, Esquire, being a Committee ap- 
pointed at a general meeting of the inhabitants of 
the borough of Wigan, and Thomas Morris, and 
Thomas Eckersley, Esquires, being a Committee ap- 
pointed at a general meeting of the town council of 
the borough of Wigan, to act conjointly for the pur- 
pose of taking such steps in relation to the Liverpool 
Corporation Waterworks Bill as should be deemed 
expedient for protecting the interests of the inha- 
bitants of the town and borough of Wigan, praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Liverpool Cor- 
poration Waterworks Bill, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Wesleyan Centenary Dublin, 

Chapel, Stephen’s Green, South, Dublin, praying — - 
: athfarnham 

that the Dublin, Dundrum and Rathfarnham Rail- Raitway 
way (Extension to Stephen’s Green) Bill may not (Extension to 
pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, Geeen) Bill 
and read; and referred to the Committee on the 
Bill. 


A Petition of the Gravesend and Milton Ceme- Gravesend _ 
tery Company, for leave to deposit a Petition for Cemetery Bill: 
leave to bring in a Bill for extending and enlarging 
the provisions contained in the Act, for establishing 
a General Cemetery in the Parish of Gravesend, 
in the County of Kent, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


A Petition of Charles Bulmer, of the city of Newport, 


aa —, Abergavenny 
Hereford, Wine-merchant, praying that he may be 7 Pon ford 


heard, by counsel, against certain parts of the New- Railway De- 
port, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway Devi- viations Bill 
ations Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 





Committee 





10 Vicroriz. 


Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by counsel, upon his Petition, if he think fit; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 
Petition. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Somersetshire Coal Canal Navigation, praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Great Western 
Railway (Amendment and Extensions) Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Great Western 
Railway 
(Amendment 
and Exten- 
sions) Bill. 


A Petition of Eagle Henderson, Esquire, Chair- 
man, and the thereunder-signed Directors of the 
Cixtensions at London, Leith, Edinburgh and Glasgow Shipping 
Chester and Company, praying that the Chester and Holyhead 
Holyhead, &amp;c.) Railway (Extensions at Chester and Holyhead, &amp;c.) 
Dailtveys Bill Bill, may not pass into a law, as it now stands; and 

that the House will introduce a clause into the 
General Railway Act now before Parliament, by 
which Railway Companies shall be prohibited from 
becoming ship-owners, merchants or general traders, 
or from applying their funds or capital, directly or 
indirectly, to any other purpose than locomotion on 
land, or the other legitimate objects of Railway 
Companies, unless accompanied by the same per- 
sonal liabilities to which other ship-owners are liable, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Chester and 
Holyhead 
Railway 


Taw Vale A Petition of Augustus Saltren Willett, of Tapley 
Railway and Park, the parish of Westleigh, in the county of Devon, 


— Esquire, praying that he may be heard, by himself, 
Bideford and his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the 
South Molton Taw Vale Railway and Dock (Deviations and Bide- | 


Branches) Bill. ford and South Molton Branches) Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Windsor, A Petition of John Willis Goodwin, of Leicester, 
Staines and Brewer, Mary Ann Goodwin, of Datchet, Widow, 
South Western 


Railway and Ralph Willis Goodwin, of Datchet, Gentleman, 
(Richmond to praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
= &amp;c.) their counsel or agents, against certain parts of 
the Windsor, Staines and South Western Railway 
(Richmond to Windsor, &amp;c.) Bill, was presented, 
and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Windsor, : Petition of Samuel Brown Oliver, of Chertsey, 

Stainesand in the county of Surrey, Esquire, praying that he 

ee may be heard, by his cone or A a gp Po cer- 

(Staines to tain parts of the Windsor, Staines and South West- 

— _ ern Railway (Staines to Ascot and Wokingham, with 

with "+ Branches) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Branches) Bil. | Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he think 
fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against 
the said Petition. 

Men Har- _—— Petitions from David Bell, Merchant in Glasgow, 

sen) Bill and of Craigmore, Buteshire;—and, New Koss; 


praying that the Ports, Harbours, &amp;c. Bill, intro- 
duced in the last Session, may pass into law,—were 


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


VoL. 102, 


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227 


A Petition of Members of the Zlanelly Temper- 
ance Society, and other Inhabitants, praying the 
House to adopt measures for preventing the use of 
Grain in Breweries and Distilleries, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Rotherfield Greys ;—Great Cog- Poor Removal 
geshall;—and Edmonton Union (Chairman) ;— A*t- 
praying for the repeal or alteration of the Poor Re- 
moval Act,—were presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Settlement and Poor 
Removal. 


Breweries and 
Distilleries. 


Petitions from Powderham : —— and, White Roman Catho- 
Roothing ; praying that the Roman Catholic Relief lic Relief Bill. 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Commissioners of the borough of Municipal 
New Ross, in the county of Wexford, praying for pom ang 
amendment of the Municipal Corporations (Lreland) (seen) Sak. 
Act, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Devonport, praying that the Marriage. 
present law which declares invalid all Marriages 
between parties within the prohibited degrees of 
collateral affinity, may be amended, so as to legalize 
marriage with the sister or other more remote rela- 
tion of a deceased wife, and especially that the issue 
of all such marriages which have been solemnized 
since the passing of the Act 5 and 6 Will. 4, c. 54, 
may be declared legitimate,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Wezr- Poor Law 
ford, praying for alteration of the system of rating (reland.) 
by electoral divisions in Jreland, for a system of 
out-door relief, and for compelling the absentee 
landlords to pay the whole of the poor-rates, was 


| presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


‘Table. 

Petitions from the electoral division of Collon ;— 
and, Connor; praying that the present system of 
rating by electoral divisions in Zreland may remain 
unaltered,—were also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Electoral Division of Collon ;—— Poor Relief 
and, Thomas Gallway and others; praying that (Ireland) Bill. 
the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill may not pass mto a 
law, as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of John Epps, of Great Russell-street, 
praying that the said Bill may pass into a law, was 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of White General Fasts. 
Roothing, Essex, and its neighbourhood, praying for 
the appointment of a national Fast-day to testify 
the general humiliation, to deprecate the divine dis- 
pleasure, and to remove the heavy judgments of God 
from the land, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Retail Brewers of the Midland Coun- Sale of Beer. 

ties of England, praying that the same rights and 
privileges for the Sale of Beer may be granted to 
them as are enjoyed at the present time by the 
retail brewers of the metropolis, and that the law 
may be altered enabling the Petitioners to keep open 
their houses until twelve o’clock, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Parishioners of the united parishes Landlord 
of Hore and Collinstown, in the county of Wes¢- and Tenant 
meath, praying the House not to allow the present ss 
Session to close, without some liberal and satisfac- 
tory legislation on the question of Landlord and 
Tenant in Jreland, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

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A Petition 











228 


Reform of A Petition of Inhabitants in the parish of Dalston, 
y-omaae praying for the repeal of the Ratepaying Clauses 
: of the Reform of Parliament Act, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Cotton A’Petition of Master Spinners, Manufacturers and 
(India.) 


others engaged in the Cotton Trade, in the borough 
of Wigan and its vicinity, praying the House to ap- 
point a Select Committee to make a full and search- 
ing inquiry into all the circumstances which affect 
the cultivation of Cotton in India, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Warncr’s Ordered, That the Papers relative to Mr. Warner’s 


a. Invention, which were presented yesterday, be 
No. 165, printed. 
Royal Arsenal Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Royal 


(Woolwich.) 


Arsenal ( Woolwich), which was presented yesterday, 
No. 166, 


be printed. 


Arrest for The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
my (Ireland) Reading of the Arrest for Debt (Zreland) Bill; 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Bill be now read a second time :— 
_ And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Drainage of 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Land Bill. 


into a Committee upon the Drainage of Land Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee nad gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


Landed 
Property 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Mr. Greene reported the Landed Property (Jre- 
land) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to, 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Trustees, &amp;c., may apply to the Court of Chancery, 
for leave to make permanent improvement in settled 
Estates, by monies in the hands of such Trustees, 
&amp;e.): And the said Clause was brought up, and 
read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a se- 
cond time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Incorporated Companies for improving of 
Land in Jreland empowered to borrow money for 
the purposes of this Act): And the said Clause was 
brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause (Exchanges may be made of land 
not subject to be inclosed) was twice read ; and made 
part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Notices of such exchanges and 
divisions to be given) was twice read ; and made 
part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Expenses of exchanges and di- 
visions) was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
Report of the said Bill be adjourned till ‘To-morrow. 


Poor Relief 
Laws Execu- 
tion (Ireland) 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Poor Relief Laws Execution (Jre- 
land) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 

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

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


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A. 1847. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways ana 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill, for raising a Sum of Money by Loan Bill. 
way of Annuities, was, according to Order, read the 
third time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, Aa Act for raising the sum of Eight Mil- 
ions by way of Annuities. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Strutt presented, pursuant to Orders,—Copy Railways. 
of all Regulations of every Railway Company, on No. 167. 
the subject of Travelling on Sunday ; showing the 
Number of Trains each way on that day, and dis- 
tinguishing those Trains which carry the Mails. 

An Account of the proposed Amount of Capital, Railways. 
and of the Sums authorized to be borrowed, in the WNo.168, 
Railway Bills deposited with the Commissioners 
of Railways for the present Session of Parliament. 

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


Mr. Strutt presented,—Report of the Commis- Railway Bills, 
sioners of Railways on certain Railway Bills com- No, 164, 
prised in Groups Nos. 1 and 3, in pursuance of a 
Resolution of the House of 23d February 1847. 

Ordered, That the said Report be referred to 
the Committees on Groups Nos. 1 and 3, of Rail- 
way Bills; and be printed. 


The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill was Edinburgh 
read a second time; and committed. and Glasgow 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Railway Bill 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Promoters of and Subscribers to Manchester 

the proposed Manchester and Southampton Rail- ne 
. F . on Railway 

way, for leave to deposit amended sections, and also (No, 2.) Bill. 

a Petition for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 

Railway from Southampton to Cheltenham, to be 

called The Manchester and Southampton Railway, 

was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 

Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Barracks, Barracks. 
which was presented upon the 3d day of this in- No, 169. 
stant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Processes 
Returns of all Processes entered for Trial for the (ireland). 
Baronies of Ballinrobe, Westport, Castlebar and 
Belmullet Erris, on the 11th day of January last, 
and succeeding days, for Rent ending and due on 
the 1st day of November last, for use and occupa- 
tion of Lands and Tenements ending the same 
Date, and for Conacre for Harvest of 1846; dis- 
tinguishing the Numbers of each of these three 
descriptions of Processes, and giving the Names 
of the Plaintiffs and Defendants, the Names of 
the Attornies for the Plaintift and for the Defend- 
ant, if defence were taken; and also the Amount 
for which each Decree had on such Process was 
respectively granted. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Destitute Irish 

Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to (Liverpool) 
give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of or Extracts from any Correspondence 
addressed to Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for 
the Home Department, relative to the recent immi- 
gration of destitute Irish into Liverpool. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Dublin 
a Return, showing the Number and Locality of the Fountains. 
Public Fountains in the City of Dublin on the 
31st 


Valuation 
Circland.) 


Llynvi Iron 
Compan y Bill, 


Doddington 
Rect ry 
Division Bill. 


10 Vicroriz. 


31st day of December 1841, and the Number of 
Hours in each Day during which the Poor of those 
Districts were supplied with Water thereat :— 
A similar Return of the Number, &amp;c., of Fountains 
on the 31st day of December 1846, specifying the 
locality of those erected since 1841:—And, a Return 
of all Applications made and of all Correspondence 
with the Pipe Water Committee or the Corporation 
of the City of Dublin, on the subject of an increased 
supply of Water to the Fountains of the City, and 
the necessity of erecting additional Fountains. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the several Counties, Counties of Cities, 
and Counties of Towns in Jreland, of which the 
Valuation under the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 84, 
has been completed, specifying the Name of each 
Barony or Half Barony, the acreable Contents and 
the Valuation thereof; stating also, the Sum or- 


dered to be levied by the Grand Jury Warrant of} 


Spring Assizes 1846, for each such Barony or Half 
Barony; and the Rate per centum which each such 
Sum bears to the Valuation; also, the Sum ordered 
to be levied by the Grand Jury Warrant of Summer 
Assizes 1846, for each such Barony or Half Ba- 
rony, and the Rate per centum which each such 
Sum bears to the Valuation; stating also, the 
Name and acreable Contents of each such County, 
County of a City, and County of a Town; the 
Annual Value thereof, according to the Valuation 
under that Act; the Amount of the Expense of 
such Valuation, the Cost per Acre of such Valua- 
tion, and the Rate which the Cost of such Va- 
luation bears to each £.100 of the Valuation :— 
From the Counties of Waterford and Cork, specify- 
ing the Name of each Barony or Half Barony, the 
acreable Contents, and the Valuation thereof; 
stating also, the Sum ordered to be levied by the 
Grand Jury Warrant of Spring Assizes 1846, for 
each such Barony or Balf Barony, and the Rate 
per centum which each such Sum bears to the Va- 
uation; also, the Sum ordered to be levied by the 
Grand Jury Warrant of Summer Assizes 1846, for 
each such Barony or Half Barony, and the Rate 
per centum which each such Sum bears to the Va- 
juation :—And, of the Counties, Counties of Cities, 

and Counties of Towns in Ireland, except Cork and 

Waterford, of which the Valuation under the Act 

6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 84, has not been completed ; 

specifying the Name of each Barony or Half Ba- 

rony, the acreable Contents according to the Ord- 

nance Survey ; stating also, the Sum ordered to be 

levied by the Grand Jury Warrant of Spring Assizes 

1846, off each such Barony or Half Barony, and the 

Rate per 1,000 Acres assessable in the County Book 

foreach Barony, &amp;c.; also, the Sum ordered to be 

levied by the Grand Jury Warrant of Summer Assizes 

1846, off each such Barony or Half Barony, and 

the Rate per 1,000 Acres assessable in the County 

Book for each Barony, &amp;c. (in continuation of Par- 

liamentary Paper, No. 216, of Session 1846). 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Jovis, 11° die Marti ; 


Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 





PRAYERS. 


N ingrossed Bill for regulating Proceedings by 
or against the Ziynvi lron Company, and for 
granting certain Powers thereto, was read the third 
time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Dr. Bowring do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Greene reported the Doddington Rectory 
‘| with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Vox, 102. 


10°—11° Maritiz. 


QO) 
Mr. Greene reported the Whiteburn and Kelso 


ments. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Manchester, 
London and Birmingham Railway Petition, the 
Standing Orders had not been complied with, in the 
following instances: viz. 

The short title by which the notices are headed 
(viz. Manchester, London and Birmingham Railway) 
is not descriptive of the Undertaking, which is for 
making a Railway from Saint Michael, Lichfield, to 
Kingsley, all in the county of Stafford. 

The Plan deposited with the Clerk of the Peace 
for the county of Stafford, is inaccurate in the fol- 
lowing particulars : 


. Parish of Saint Chad, Lichfield, a fence omitted, Nos. 8 
and 9. 

- Parish of Langdon, a fence, omitted between Nos. 45 
and 474, 

. Parish of Armitage, a house in enclosure No. 52 omitted. 

. Parish of Saint Chad, a house in enclosure No. 10 

omitted. 

. The parish boundary between the parishes of Stowe and 

Kingston, at or near 15 miles 1 furlong, is not marked. 

6. Nos. 6, 32, 33, 35, 36 and 37, are shown to be in the 
parish of Stowe, whereas the same are in the parish 
of Colwich. 

7. Certain lands situate in the parish of Kingston, at or 
near 15 miles 1 furlong, are not numbered on the Plan 
or referred to in the Book of Reference. 

8. The said Plan does not exhibit thereon the distances in 

niles and furlongs from one of the termini in the fol- 

lowing instances ;—The 2d and 4th furlong of the 1st 
mile are not marked ; the 3d furlong of the 2d mile 
is not marked. 


mcd bo 


or 


The Section does not correctly show the surface 
of the ground marked on the Plan at the following 
points : 











Correct Height. Height as shown. 
M. F. Ch. ft. in. ft. in. 
169 278 «6 292 4 
a &amp; 4 284 «8 299 8 
265 - 249 7 268 6 
3.- 2 238 «9 256 2 
42 3 224 «6 235 9 
6 1 - 219 = - 232 = 
6 7 - 265 7 292 10 
56 7 34 275 4 265 3 
5 7 8 3131 296 5 
6 2 5 2538 3 261 6 
6 6 63 141 8 150 11 
7 - 1 108 == 17) 
71 23 99 10 109 2 
7 2 2 8 68 94 #4 
7 2 34 84 - 94° «5 
8 6 41 92 38 102 10 
9 7 84 83 6 9% - 
13 4 - 231 6 240 6 
15 2 74 218 10 225 10 
16 5 63 235 =6 2438 «9 
18 5 2 268 8 276 10 
19 4 2 282 9 287 10 
20 1 5 300 «8 306 7 
21 1 73 359 «6 365 «3 
22 5 3 237 «9 296 10 
24 4 4 363 4 375 38 
24 6 2 368 385 3 
24 7 - 373 2 389 «638 
24 7 8 373 9 589 «6 
25 1 9 368 «66 389 
25 6 - 407 - 416 6 
27 4 1 323 1 53853 
27 4 6 379 1 383. - 


The vertical measure from the datum line to the 
surface of the ground is incorrectly marked at the 
following points on the Section : 

















At or about Correct Height. Height, as marked. 
M. F. Ch. ft. in. ft. in. 
16 - 267 6 280 - 
3.2 8 233 2 241 6 
3.6 3 276 = - 288 «6 
GGa3 The 





W aiteburn 


and Lauder and Kelso Roads Bill, with Amend- 2" Kelso and 


Lauder and 
Kelso Roads 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Bill. 


Manchester, 
London and 
Birmingham 
Railway Bill 











230 


The vertical measure from the datum line to the 
line of Railway is not marked in feet and inches 
at the changes of the gradient occurring at the fol- 
lowing points on the Section: 

At or about 16 miles. 
‘a 26 miles. 

On the Section deposited with the Clerk of the 

Peace for the county of Stafford, 


1. The distances on the datum line are not marked 
in miles and furlongs to correspond with those on 
the Plan at the following points: 


Miles. Fur. Miles. Fur. 


os 62 ll 6 
ll 4 es 
ll 6 12 - 


2. The vertical measure from the datum line to 
the line af Railway at the change of gradient oc- 
curring at 25 miles 1 furlong 9 chains, is marked as 
being 596 feet, whereas the same is by measure- 
ment 374 feet. 


11° Martiz. 





3. The height of the Railway over, or depth 
under the surface of the following turnpike-roads, 
is not marked in figures at the crossing thereof : 

At the crossing of the turnpike-road at 27 miles | 
4 furlongs and 8 chains, or thereabouts. 

At the crossing of the turnpike-road at 22 
5 furlongs and 4 chains, or thereabouts. 


| 
| 


i | 
miles | 


A. 1847- 


Bill Office, are not copies, the one of the other, in 


the following particulars : 








On Private On Clerk 
At or about Bill Office of the Peace 
Section. Section. 
M. F. C. ft. ft. 
17 - —- |- Height of Rail- 
way above datum 
line is marked - 245 244 
22 5 - |- Height of road 
overthe Railway, 
marked - - 16 not marked. 
28 4 —- |-Extreme height 
of embankment, 
marked - - 12 not marked. 
28 4 6 |- Extreme depth 
of cutting, marked 10 not marked. 
28 6 3 |-Extreme height 
of embankment, 
marked - - 12 not marked. 











The Plan and Section deposited with the Clerk 
of the Peace for the county of Stafford do not 
correspond with each other, inasmuch as a tunnel, 


| commencing at or near 27 miles 1 furlong, is stated 
/on the Plan to be 3974 yards in length, whereas on 


the Section the same is stated to be 341 yards in 
length. 


The Books of Reference do not contain the names 


\of the following owners or occupiers of property 


4, The extreme height over, or depth under the | within the limits of deviation : 


surface of the ground, is incorrectly marked in the 


case of the several embankments or cuttings fol- | 


lowing : 





Correct Height. | Height marked. 


At or about 








M. F. ft. in. ft. im. 
2 64% | Embankment - 8 - 26 
4 4; Cutting - 37 73 - 
24 4 Sch. ! Ditto - - 5 - | 1 8 
24 6 1 Ditto - - 6 | 3 6 
24 6 850 Ditto - - 7 - | 1 - 
25 1 4 Embankment - 19 - | 37 6G 
2% 3 - Ditto- -  * | 19 6 
27 3 Ditto - - 54 - 37 - 
28 7 163 yds. Ditto - - 45 - 29 . 


5. The extreme height over or depth under the 
surface of the ground is not marked for every em- 
bankment and cutting, exceeding 5 feet in the fol- 
lowing instances : 











At or about | At or about | 
M. F. M. F. 
2 7% Embankment. || 24 675 Cutting. 
6 4%; Ditto. | 2 24 Ditto. 
ll 4%, Ditto. | 97 4% Ditto. 
16 7# Cutting. | 28 34% Embankment. 
17 5 Embankment. || 28 345 Ditto. 
18-45 Ditto. | 28 44, Cutting. 
20 24 Cutting. 28 6% Embankment. 





6. The cross Sections are inaccurate and defec- 
tive in the instances and in the particulars follow- 
ing: that is to say ; 


No. of Cross 


Section. 

53 - The present rate of inclination of road not stated. 

Awe «© = = «= Ditte 

5 - «= = = « Ditto. 

, « = « « = Bie. 

$G$ - - = « = Ditta 

GS&lt;c«s « = «+ Fitn 

«s+ « » o ie. 
Ik « « « «= «= Bitte, 

2 - Level of rails marked as 4 feet above the surface 
of the road, whereas on the Section the level of 
the rails is shown to be 15 feet, or thereabouts 
below the said surface. : 

13 - The present rate of inclination of road not stated. 
14 - - - ~ @ Ditto. 

15 - - - = = Ditto. 

15% ~. - «= = - Ditto. 

16 «- « « « = DJitte. 

17 - - - - - Ditto. 

18 - - © «= «- Pitta 

The Sections deposited with the Clerk of the 


Peace for the county of Stafford, and in the Private 














. | A Name Name 

No. | Parish of of Owner. | of Occupier. Property. 

7% | Colton - -|- - Thomas | - - - | Field. 

| Charles Smith 
and James 
| Wright, and 
Walter Lan- 
| don. 

15 | Kingsley -| - - - | John Burton} Ditto. 

16 | Ditto - -| - - -| Ditto - -| Ditto, oceu- 
pation-road 
and footpath. 

19 Ditto - -]- - -| Ditto - -| Ditto. 

20 Ditto - -| - - -| Ditto - -| Field. 

21 Ditto - -j|- - -| Ditto - -| Ditto. 

56* Ditto - -|}- - =~] Joseph Foster| Dittoand oc- 

Blithfela cupation-road. 
ethfield: ~ 

1 - - o 

3-15 | - - - 

17, 28 | - - - 

14 ~ - - 

Leigh: 
1*, 194} - - - 

218 - - - 

279&amp; 284) - - - |* Lord Bagot’s| - - - | Various. 

3&amp;4) - - - Trustees, 

15 - . - 

24 - - - 

32 - - - 

34 - - - 

40 - ° “ 

57 - ~ - 

66 - - - 

142 &amp; | - - - 

143 - - - 

145 - - - 














The name of Lord Bagot inserted instead thereof. 


The Book of Reference deposited with the Clerk 
of the Peace for the county of Stafford does not 
contain the names of the following owners of pro- 
perty within the limits of deviation, nor has any 
application been made to them in respect of such 


property : 











Parish of Saint Michael, Name of Owner. Property. 
Lichfield : 
i - + | Stanley Pipe Wolferstan| Part of garden. 
Rugeley : 
59 oe “| Plantation. 
APES | ahaa | fo 
62 -- J Field and pond. 








Application was not made to the following per- 
sons, being owners, lessees or occupiers of property 





within 


10 Vicroriz. 


within the limits of deviation 


11° Martie. 


in respect of such 


property, on or before the 15th December last : 





- © 


&amp; 


a! 


10 


11 


Surveyors of Highways, owners of 


Edward Burgess, occupier of - 
Joseph Arnold, occupier of - 
William Adams, occupier of = - 
Freeholders of Kingsley, occu- 


piers of = - 


Marquis of Anglesea, owner of - 


George Carrington, Thomas Cur- 
rington, Jane Eddowes, Tho- 
mas Smith and wife, Francis A. 
Paramore and wife, owners of 


Mark Phillips, owner of - - 
James Wright and Walter Lan- 
dor, trustees for Thomas 
Charles Smith, owners of = - 


John Burton, occupier of - - 


Joseph Foster, occupier of - 


; Property. 





Public highway, in the 
parish of Draycott in 
the Moors, adjoining 
Nos. 4 and 5, in the sitid 
parish. 

No. 11, in the parish of 
Blithfield. 

No. 18, in the parish of 
Colwich. 

No. 74, in the parish of 
Cheadle. 


Nos. 33, 42, 44, 45 &amp; 62, 
in the parish of Kings- 
ley. 

Nos. 116, in the parish of 
Longden, and 120, in the 
parish of Saint Michael, 
Lichfield. 


Nos. 18, 20, 22, 30 &amp; 31, 
in the parish of Leigh. 
Nos. 121 and 127, in the 

parish of Cheadle. 


Nos. 74 and 7, in the pa- 
rish of Colton. 

No. 139, in the parish of 
Cheadle. 

No. 562, in the parish of 


Regent’s Canal 


Company 
(Paddington 


and Limehouse 


Railway and 
Branch) Bill. 


Railway Bills, 
Group No. 12. 


Waterford 
Road Bill. 


British 
Museum. 








Kingsley. 


So much of the Plan and Section as relates to 
the parish of Kingston, a portion of which is in- 
cluded within the limits of deviation, was not depo- 
sited with the parish clerk of such parish. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That the Petition of George Clavering 
Redman, of the East India-road, which was pre- 
sented upon the 19th day of February last, praying 
that the Regent’s Canal Company (Paddington and 
Limehouse Railway and Branch) Bill may not pass 
into a law, as it now stands, be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Petition of John Garford, the 
younger, of the East India-road, which was pre- 
sented upon the 22d day of February last, praying 
that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or 
agent, against certain parts of the said Bill, be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioner heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, upon 
his Petition, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. Lascelles reported from the Committee on 
Group No. 12, of Railway Bills; That the Com- 
mittee met this day at 12 o’clock, and that Admiral 
Bowles, one of the Members of the Committee, 
was not present, and did not attend during the 
sitting of the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Villiers Stuart presented a Bill to repeal 
the Waterford Road Act: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Orders,—A 
Return of the Total Amount expended on the new 
Buildings and Fittings of the British Museum, 
from the commencement of the Re-building until 
the present time ; also of the date when the new 
Buildings were commenced; and an Estimate of 
the Cost of completing the Buildings and Fittings. 

Returns to an Order, dated the 19th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for Accounts of all Soap made in each 
Town in Great Britain, distinguishing Hard from 
Soft, and also that on which Sicilated Duty has 
been charged, from the 5th day of January 1846 
to the 5th day of January 1847 :—Of all Soap ex- 

VoL, 102. 





231 


ported, and the Amount of Drawback paid thereon, 
specifying the Port from whence shipped, from the 
5th day of January 1846 to the 5th day of January 
1847 :—Of the Quantity of Soap; distinguishing 
Hard from Soft, and the Amount of all Allowances 
and Drawbacks made to the Manufacturers of 
Woollens, Linen, Silk and others, from the 5th day 
of January 1846 to the 5th day of January 1847: 
—Of all Soap exported to Ireland, Hard and Soft, 
the Port from ie a shipped, and the Amount 
of Drawback paid thereon, from the 5th day of 
January 1846 to the Sth day of January 1847 :— 
Of all Soap imported into Great Britain, Hard 
and Soft, the Port at which imported, and the 
Amount of Duty paid thereon, from the 5th day 
of January 1846 to the 5th day of January 1847: 
—Ofall Persons convicted of defrauding the Re- 
venue arising from Soap; the Date of each Con- 
viction; the Amount of the several Penalties ; 
whether Persons so convicted had been previously 
convicted or fined, or had had Penalties compro- 
mised, with or without conviction ; and the Names, 
Dates and Amount of all Penalties paid in all cases 
which have been compromised or tried before the 
Summary Court of Excise, from the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1846 to the 5th day of January 1847 :—And, 
of the Number of Licenses granted to Soap Makers, 
distinguishing those granted in England, Scotland 
and Jreland, from the 5th day of January 1846 to 
the 5th day of January 1847 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 81,’of Session 1846), (so 
far as relates to the Excise). 


Copies of all Correspondence since the 1st day Qucen’s 


of January 1846, respecting the arrangement made 
by the Treasury, on the expiration of the Queen’s 
Printers’ Patent in Jreland, for the several matters 
of Business formerly done by them. 


An Account of the Amount received for the Canada Loan. 


Canada 4 per cent. Loan of £.1,500,000, under the 
Act 5 and 6 Vic. c. 118, stating the periods at which 
raised, the Amount raised at each period, and the 
Amount of Money received for each £.100 Stock, 
at each period :—-And, Copy of the Notice by the 
‘Treasury to the Public of the Conditions of the Loan. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a River Wear 


Return of the Revenue received by the Commis- 
sioners appointed under the Act 11 Geo. 4, c. 49, 
intituled, An Act for the Improvement and Preser- 
vation of the River Wear and Port and Haven of 
Sunderland, in the County Palatine of Durham, in 
each year since the year 1842:—A List of the 
Commissioners now acting and qualified under that 
Act, stating their Names and Places of Residence ; 
also, the Number of Meetings of the Board, and 
the Names of the Commissioners who have at- 
tended each of the Meetings of the Board, in 
each year since 1842:—An Account of the Debt 
owing by the Commissioners, the Dates of contract- 
ing the same, and the Rate of Interest paid (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Return, No. 514, of 
Session 1843) :—Also, an Explanation of the Ac- 
count for the year 1832, where the Arrears of River 
Duty due December 31,1831 - £.1,141 16 3, 
Disputed in Lord Londonderry’s\ = 

75 11 #1 

Stone Account - -— - ; 
are made toamount tothe Sum of £.1,517 7 4: 
—Also, a particular and detailed Account, in each 
year since 1842, of what has been paid in Salaries ; 
also, in Law Expenses, in promoting and opposing 
Bills brought in or threatened to be brought before 
Parliament, and under what Clause in the Act 11 
Geo. 4, c. 49, or other authority, the same was paid. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Electors. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, in a tabular form, for the year 





Ga4 


1846, 





(Ireland. ) 








eT A Ae = LI I I Dn IEE 


Sugar, &amp;c. 


British 
Guarantee 
Association, 


Hay and Straw 
(Dublin. ) 


Sale of Beer. 


General Re- 
gister House 
(Edinburgh ) 
Bill. 


No, 170. 


Metropolitan 
Building Act. 


Metropolitan 
Buildings Act. 


232 11° Martz. 


1846, of the Number of Electors on the Registers 
of each County, City, Town and Borough in Eng- 
land, Wales and Scotland, returning Members to 
Parliament, exhibiting the several Qualifications, 
and distinguishing those who are required from 
those who are not required to pay Rates and Taxes 
to entitle them to be placed on the Registers :— 
And, a Tabular Return of the several Qualifications 
of Electors in the Counties, Cities, Towns and Bo- 
roughs of England, Wales and Scotland, which 
returned Members to Parliament previous to the 
passing of the Reform Act, distinguishing the Qua- 
lifications for which the Payment of Rates and Taxes 
was required, from those for which such Payment 
was not required. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Imports into the United King- 
dom of Sugar, Molasses, Rum, Coftee and Cocoa, 
from the West Indies and British Guiana, for the 
years 1831 to 1846, both inclusive, distinguishing 
the Quantities imported from each Colony in each 
year. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of any Treasury Minute, authorizing the Ac- 
ceptance, on the part of Official Departments, of 
the Bond of the British Guarantee Association, for 
the fidelity of Persons in the Service of Her Majesty, 
in lieu of private Sureties. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, showing the Number of Loads of Hay and 
Straw forfeited in Smithfield Market, Dublin, for 
the five years, ending the 31st day of December 
1836, 1841 and 1846, and how the same, or the 
Proceeds thereof, were disposed of. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Retail Brewers of 
the Midland Counties of England, relative to the 
Sale of Beer, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to authorize 
the Application of certain Sums received on account 
of the Fees payable to the Office of Director in 
Chancery, in Scotland, towards the Payment of 
Debts incurred in completing the General Register 
House at Edinburgh : And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


The Order made upon the 1st day of this instant 
March, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Fees received by each of the District 
Surveyors and the Official Referees and other Offi- 
cers, under each head of Charge, during each 
Quarter, under the Metropolitan Building Act, since 
the Act has come into operation, was read, and 
discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, for the years ending the 31st day of De- 
cember 1845, and the 31st day of December 1846, 
of all Sums of Money received for Salaries, or by 
Fees, or from any other source, either by the Re- 
gistrar, Official Referees, Clerks, District Surveyors, 
or by any other person employed in the execution 
of the Metrepolitan Buildmgs Act, for what Pur- 
pose, and for what Duty or Business the same has 
been received, and by whom received, during the 
said periods ; and also, Return for the like period, 
of all Payments made, and all Expenses incurred, 
during the said periods, in the execution of the 
said Act; also, of all or any Sums of Money owing 
to or by the Departments of the Metropolitan 
Buildings Office (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Papers, No, 286, 286. I., Session 1846.) 











A. 1847. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- South Eastern 
habitants of Rochester, Chatham, Strood, and their (Norah Kent 
vicinities, in public meeting assembled, praying that Line); ana, 
the South Eastern Railway (North Ken¢ Line); and, South Eastern 
South Eastern Railway (Strood to Maidstone) Bills, cine I 
may pass into law, was presented, and read ; and Maidstone) 


ordered to lie upon the Table. Bills. 


Petitions of Owners and Occupiers of property, Derbyshire, 
and others, Owners of land upon the proposed line Staffordshire 
of Railway thereinafter mentioned, and Inhabitants *™4,Worves-__ 
in and near the same ;—and, the Right honourable tion Railway 
Charles Chetwynd Earl Talbot, x.c., the Right Bill. 
honourable William Earl of Dartmouth, the Ho- 
nourable and Right reverend Doctor Richard 
Bishop of Bath and Wells, the Honourable William 
Lord Bagot, the Right honourable Edward John 
Lord Hatherton, and of Ralph Sneyd, and others, 
whose names are there undersigned, taking notice 
of the application for leave to bring in the Derby- 
shire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire Junction 
Railway Bill; and praying that such Bill may pass 
into law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Bury Saint Edmund’s, pray- Ipswich and 
ing that the Zpswich and Bury Saint Edmund’s aie Poa 
Railway (No. 2.) (Extension from Bury Saint Ed- war iin $3 
mund’s to Newmarket and Ely) Bill may pass into (Extension 5 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to "om Bury St. 


: pe Edmund’s to 
lie upon the Table. Newmarket 


and Ely) Bill. 
A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Ipswich and 
Bury Saint Edmund's, praying that the Ipswich Bury St. Ed- 
and Bury Saint Edmund's Railway (No. 3.) Exten- nonin agen 
sion from Bury Saint Edmund’s to Thetford) Bill (xtension 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and from Bury St. 


. . h, FEdmunda’s to 
ordered to lie upon the Table. Thetford) Bill. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property London, 
in, or Inhabitants of the town of Bromley, in Kent, og aud 
and its vicinity, praying that the London, Brighton Railway (Kent 
and South Coast Railway (Kent Railway to Maid- Railway to 
stone, Canterbury and Tunbridge) Bill may pass into Maidstone, 
law. w ie d d read : } dered li Canterbury 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 


* and Tun- 
upon the Tabie. bridge) Bill. 


Petitions from Tewkesbury ; — Gloucester (two yijalana Rail- 
Petitions) ; — Worcester ; — Malvern ; — Hereford way (Worces- 
(three Petitions) ;—G/oucester and Berkeley Canal aint 
Company ;—and, Upton-upon-Severn ; praying that Cheltenham 
the Midland Railway (Worcester, Hereford, Mal- Lines, with a 
vern and Cheltenham Lines, with a Branch to Led- pe - 

. . edbury) Bill. 
bury) Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost of Dumfries, praying Caledonian 
that the Caledonian Railway (Branches to Canonbie, Railway 
&amp;e.) 4 and Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway, Ganonbie,&amp;c.); 
and Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway and, Glasgow, 
(No. 2.) Bills, may pass into law, was presented, Dumfries and 
nail laid li he Tabl Carlisle Rail- 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. way, and 
Glasgow, 
Paisley, iil- 
marnock and 
Ayr Railway 
(No. 2.) Bills. 

A Petition of John Bonnor, of Bryn-y-gwalie, in Mold Railway 
the county of Denbigh, and Keith Bornes, of Spring- Bill. 
gardens, within the liberty of Westminster, Esquires, 
and of Margaret Mather, of Pentrehobin, in the county 
of Flint, Widow, and John Browning Edwards, of 
Gilyn-afon, in the county of Carnarvon, Esquire, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Mold Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, ‘That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 


their 








10 Victroriz, 


their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Lynn and Ely 
Railway 
(Lynn and 
Wormegay 
Navigation) 
Bill. 


Petitions of Thomas Hare and others, Owners of 
lands obtained under the powers contained in the 
Act of 55 Geo. 3, thereinafter mentioned, and sub- 
ject to be taxed under the same Act for the drainage 
thereof ; and, Special Commissioners for execut- 
ing the Act for draining and improving certain Fen 
Lands, Low Grounds and Marshes, and other Lands 
and Grounds in the Parishes of Wormegay, Should- 
ham, Marham, Middleton, Pentney, East Winch 
and West Bilney, in the County of Norfolk ; pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Lynn 
and E/y Railway (Lynn and Wormegay Navigation) 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





11° Mari. 


233 


Canterbury Junction Railway Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his 
Petition, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of James Horne Rigg, Esquire, of Edinburgh, 
Downfield, praying that he may be heard, by him- saat a. 
self, his counsel or agent, against certain parts of wae tien 
the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway (Union Canal and 
Canal and Caledonian Railway Junction) Bill, was nag 

ailway Junc- 
presented, and read. tion) Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Most honourable Frederick Colchester, 
William, Marquis of Bristol, Henry James Oakes, St Valley, 





Bolton 


A Petition of Cotton Spinners, 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Merchants, 
and Owners of property in the borough of Bolton, 
in the county of Lancaster, praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 


"Tradesmen and other Inhabitants and Ratepayers | Le Grice, ot Great Gransden, in the county oO 


| 
| 


&lt; : : ; Sudbury and 
of Nowton-court, in the parish of Nowton, in the ewes Rail- 


county of Suffolk, Esquire, the Reverend Frederick way (Exten- 
4 f sion from 

. ° . , Lavenham to 

Huntingdon, Clerk, Henry Le Grice, of Bury Saint Bury st. E4- 

Edmund's, in the said county of Suffolk, Esquire, mund’s) Bill. 


John Fenton, of Great Whelnetham, in the said 


against certain parts of the Bolton Improvement | county of Suffolk, Farmer and Auctioneer, Robert 


Bill, was presented, and read. 


| Warren, of the same place, Farmer, Samuel Wil- 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to ‘liam Fenton, of the same place, Farmer, and J’re- 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners | derick Head, of Cockfield, in the said county of 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon | Suffolk, Farmer, praying that they may be heard, 


their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Landowners, Occupiers and Inha- 
bitants of the parishes of Haddenham, Hilrow, 
Wilburton, Sutton Mepal, Witcham, Wentworth aud 
Coveney, in the Isle of Ely, and county of Cam- 
bridge, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Lynn and Ely, Ely and Huntingdon and | 
Lynn and Dereham Kailways Amalgamation Bill, | 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bull, against the said Petition. 


Lynn and Ely, 
Ely and Hunt- 
ingdon, and 
Lynn and 
Dereham Rail- 
ways Amalza- 
mation Bill. 


| 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the 
Act usually called the North Level Improvement 
Act thereinafter mentioned, praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, | 
against certain parts ofthe Lynn and Ely Railway 
(Extension to Spalding and Holbeach) Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition, 


Lynn and Ely 
Railway 
(Extension to 
Spalding and 
Holbeach) Bill. 


Commercial A Petition of Commissioners for executing the 
Gas Light and Act for making further provision for paving, light- 
a ing, cleansing, regulating, repairing and improving 
; the Streets, Highways and other Public Places, in 
the parish of Saint Matthew, Bethnal Green, in the 
county of Middlesex, praying that they may be 
heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Commercial Gas Light and Coke Com- 
pany Bill, was presented, and read; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 
qcmeBayand A Petition of Joshua Barrett, of Tibberton-square, 

anterbury —: . 7A ae le 

Saiatien in the county of Middlesex, Gentleman, praying 


Railway bill, that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or 
agent, against certain parts of the Herne Bay and 





| 


_by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
‘tain parts of the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury 
| and Halstead Railway (Extension from Lavenham to 
| Bury Saint Edmuna’s) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
| Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


{ 
‘ 


A Petition of the Honourable Sophia Hely puviin, 
Hutchinson, of Clifton, Gloucestershire, praying Dundrum and 
that she may be heard, by herself, her counsel or — 
agent, against certain parts of the Dublin, Dundrum (Extension to 
and Rathfaurnham Railway (Extension to Stephen’s St 
Green) Bill, was presented, and read. ° 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by herself, her counsel or agent, upon her Petition, 
if she think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


ephen’s 
reen) Bill. 


A Petition of James Farie, Esquire, of Farme, Glasgow, 
parish of Rutherglen, Hugh Cogan, Esquire, one of Airdrie and 
the Partners of the Dalmarnock Print-works, George yore ianes 
Wilson, Esquire, of Dalmarnock, near Glasgow, and way (Cowlairs, 
Robert Bryson and John Honeyman, Esquires, two Carmyle, Cen- 
of the Bailies of the city of Glasgow, Five and a‘) re eg 
quorum of the Trustees under the Act thereinafter hill Branches, 
mentioned, for maintaining and improving certain 22d Montrosc- 
Roads in the counties of Lanark, Ayr and Renfrew, oer Bill. 
and other purposes, and of James Hamilton, of 
Rogerton, in the parish of East Kilbride, and 
county of Lanark, Clerk to the trustees appointed 
by the said Act of Parliament, praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Glasgow, Airdrie and 
Monklands Junction Railway (Cowlairs, Carmyle, 

Central Junction, and Coplaw-hill Branches and 
Montrose-street Terminus) Bill, was presented, and 
read, 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour ofthe Bill, against the said Petition. 











Vou, 102. 


HH A Petition 

















Leeds, Wake- 
field and Mid- 
land Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
(Hertford, 
Hatfield and 
Saint Alban’s 
Branch) Bill. 


Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway 
(Wisbech to 
Spalding) Bill. 


London, 
Oxtord and 
Cheltenham 
Railway and 
Branches Bill. 


Bristol and 
Exeter Rail- 
way (Branch 
from Bleadon 
to Wells, 
Glastonbury 
and Street) 
Bill. 


Bristol and 
Exeter Rail- 
way (Taunton 
and Castle 
Carey Branch) 
Bill. 


234, 11° Maritiz. 


A Petition of Sackville Walter Lane Fox, Es- 
quire, Lord of the Manor of Wakefield, praying that 
he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 
against certain parts of the Leeds, Wakefield and 
Midland Junction Railway Bill, was presented, and 
read, 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his 
Petition, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of William Robert Baker, of Bayford- 
bury, in the county of Hertford, Esquire, praying 
that he may be heard, by his counsel or agent, 
against certain parts of the Great Northern Rail- 
way (Hertford, Hatfield and Saint Alban’s Branch) 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Commissioners acting in execution 
of an Act, usually called the North Level Improve- 
ment Act, thereinafter mentioned, praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Eastern Counties 
Railway (Wisbech to Spalding) Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Henry Whitchurch and James Whit- 
church, of Stoke Mandeville,in the county of Buchs, 
Farmers ;——and, William Rickford, of Aylesbury, 
in the county of Bucks, Esquire ; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the London, Oxford 
and Cheltenham Railway and Branches Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill ; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Peti- 
tions. 


A Petition of the Reverend Thomas Ainsworth, 
of Kimbolton, in the county of Hunts, Clerk, and 
Susannah Ainsworth, his Wife, the Reverend Andrew 
Brandram, of Beckenham, in the county of Kent, 
Clerk, the Reverend Robert Phelips, of Lufton, in 
the county of Somerset, Clerk, and Charles Aaron 
Moody, ot Kingston, in the said county of Somerset, 
Esquire, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Bristol and Exeter Railway (Branch from 
Bleadon to Wells, Glastonbury and Street) Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Reverend Thomas Ainsworth, 
of Kimbolton, in the county of Hunts, Clerk, and 
Susannah Ainsworth, his Wife, the Reverend Andrew 
Brandram, of Beckenham, in the county of Kent, 
Clerk, the Reverend Robert Phelips, of Lufton, in 
the county of Somerset, Clerk, and Charles Aaron 
Moody, of Kingsdon, in the said county of Somer- 
set, Esquire, praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Bristol and Exeter Railway (Taunton 


A. 1847. 


and Castle Cary Branch) Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Master, Wardens and Common- Regent’s Canal 
alty of Freemen of the Art or Mystery of Cloth- Company 


workers, of the city of Zondon, praying that they 


Company (Paddington and Limehouse Railway and 
Branch) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Owners, Lessees, and Occupiers of Manchester, 


Cotton-mills, Print-works, Paper-works, Corn-mills Sheffield and 
Lincolnshire 


and other manufactories and millsteads on the 





Combs Brook and Todds Brook, and on the River 
Goyt, in the counties of Derby and Chester ;—— 


le-Frith, in the county of Derby, Paper-maker ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway 
(Supply of Surplus Water to Manchester, Salford 
and Stockport) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


county of Lancaster, praying the House to appoint 
a Select Committee to make all necessary inquiries 
into the cause of the little progress that has been 
made in the growth of Cotton in India, and to 
ascertain the best means of there promoting the 
more extensive cultivation of it, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


amendment of the present Poor Law in Jreland,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


holders of the counties of Down, Antrim and Ar- 
magh, praying the House to postpone the discussion 
of the Landed Property (Ireland) Bill until after the 
introduction of the promised Ministerial measure 
respecting Jrish Tenant Right, which measure, as 
they earnestly hope, will be based upon the 
suggestions embodied in the Report of the Landlord 
and Tenant Commission, and confirm to the occu- 
piers of land through all Jreland those rights which 
are now enjoyed by custom in the province of Ulster, 
and particularly in that locality, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


ford, Crayford and Bexley, in the county of Kent, 
praying the House to discontinue now and for ever 
any payment out of the Public Treasury of this 
country, on account of what is called the Russo- 
Dutch Loan, to the Russian Government, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 





Table. 
' : A Petition 








! and Limehouse 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or Railway and 


agents, against certain parts of the Regent’s Canal Branch) Bill. 


brooks or streams, called The Hockham Brook, ply of Surplus 


and, Joseph Hughes, of Whitehall, near Chapel-en- Stockport) 


A Petition of Master Cotton Spinners and Mauu- Cotton 
facturers in Preston, and the neighbourhood, in the (ndia.) 


Petitions from Poor Law Union of Macroom ; — Poor Law 
Drogheda ;— and, Thurles Union; praying for (Ireland.) 


A Petition of the Chairman ofa Meeting of Land- Landed 


(Ireland) Bill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parishes of Dart- Russian 


Railway 
Clauses Con- 
solidation Act. 


War. 


Capital 
Punishment. 


Malt. 


Ports, Har- 
bours, &amp;c. Bill 
(1846.) 


Forestalling, 
&amp;e. 





10 Victroriz. 


A Petition of Peter Page, of East Sheen, in the 
parish of Mortlake, in the county of Surrey, Esquire, 
praying for amendment of the Railway Clauses 
Consolidation Act, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Trowbridge ;—Spalding ;—Rich- 
mond (Surrey); — Twickenham ; —Wandsworth ;— 
Bermondsey ; —Jabez Burns, v.v. ; —Brixton ; — 
Slough ; —Bradford ; — Westbury ; —Salisbury ; — 
Wilton ; -Maidenhead ; — Taunton ; —Stepney ; — 
Peckham ;—Harp Alley, Farringdon-street ;—East 
Harling ;—and, Lambeth; praying that steps may 
be taken by the British Legislature to secure the 
adoption of a treaty between the British Government 
and the other Governments of the world respectively, 
in which the parties shall agree to abandon the bar- 
barous and unchristian practice of War, and to refer 
all matters of dispute and difficulty that may arise, 
which cannot be settled by mutual negociation, to 
the arbitration of such persons as shall from time 
to time be mutually agreed upon, with an impartial 
umpire in case of difference of opinion among the 
arbitrators, and to abide by the decision thus given, 
without having any resort to arms,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Members and Friends of a Society 
of Christians assembling at the Lecture Rooms, 
Vauxhall Bridge-road ;—and, Kingsbridge; pray- 
ing for the abolition of Capital Punishment,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parishes of Swan- 
ton Morley and Worthing, in the county of Norfolk, 
praying for the repeal of the duty on Malt, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Wainfleet ;—and, Hartlepool ; pray- 
ing that the Ports, Harbours, &amp;c. Bill, introduced in 
the last Session, may pass into law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Rochdale, praying 
for a further revision of the Import Duties, and par- 
ticularly a material reduction of the duty on Tea, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of un- 
employed Operatives of Manchester, stating that the 
system of trading in corn is contrary to every prin- 
ciple of justice, and ought not to be allowed to con- 
tinue, as it permits the capitalists of the country to 
withhold that article of food from the necessities of 
the people until they can command the most ex- 
travagant and enormous profits, and enrich them- 
selves by the starvation of the poor; and praying 
the House to enforce the statute law of Elizabeth 
made and provided against Forestalling, &amp;c., and to 
devise measures for placing the surplus labourers 


11° Martz. 








235 


tion of the House to the present state of the Law 
between Landlord and Tenant in Jreland, and pray- 
ing for amendment of the same,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Assessors and Collectors of Pro- Tax Assessors 
perty, Income, Land and Assessed Taxes for the 24 Collectors. 


istrict of West Morley, in the county of York, com- 
plaining of inadequate remuneration for their ser- 
vices in collecting the said taxes ; and praying the 
House to iake their case into consideration, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Lewes Writ. 


to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Lewes, in the room 
of Sir Howard Elphinstone, Baronet, who, since his 
Election for the said Borough, hath accepted the 
office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s Three 
Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Bonen- 
ham, in the county of Buckingham. 


The House was moved, That the Petition of Sir Legacy Duties. 


Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, of Brisbane and 
Makerston, Baronet, c.c.B., and William Malcolm 
Fleming, of Barochan, two of the Executors acting 
under the will of the deceased Henry Douglas, 
Esquire, late of Patna, in the province of Behar, 
in Bengal, in the East Indies, which was presented 
upon the 1st day of this instant March, relative to 
Legacy Duties, might be read ; and the same being 
read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 


inquire into the grievances complained of in the 
said Petition :—And the said Motion was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 


Relief Committee of the parishes of Ki/fenora and 
Kiltonaghta, in the barony of Corcomroe, and county 
of Clare;—and, Members of the Kilmanaheen and 
Clouny Relief Committee, in the barony of Cor- 
comroe, and county of Clare, which were presented 
upon Tuesday last, praying the House to appoint 
a Select Committee to investigate the charges of 
Captain Wynne against Major M‘Namara and Mr. 
Cornelius O’ Brien, Members of the House, and 
against the Relief Committees, and people of Jre- 
land, be printed. 


parative Return of the Number of Deaths which 
have occurred in each Parish of Jreland, or from as 
many Parishes as may be practicable, in each of 
the Three last periods of Six Months, commencing 
the 1st day of September, and ending the 1st day 
of March respectively; with a Summary for each 
period:—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to ‘ 


—— 


Ordered, That the Petitions of Members of the Public Works 
(Ireland). 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Deaths 
posed, That there be laid before this House, aCom- (Ireland.) 


upon the land, where they would be able to produce 
food for themselves, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Trigonome- 
trical Surveys. 


No. 171. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Trigono- 
metrical Surveys, which was presented upon Tuesday 
last, be printed. 


Breweries and Petitions from Members of the Exeter Tempe- 


eames . . The House pruceeded to take into consideration Labouring 
Distilleries. yance Society, and others ;—and, Sticklepath; pray- I . COnnaern en &amp; &gt; 
ing the vem to adopt measures for ener the the oe made ay the Lords to the Bill, Bil, — 
use of Grain in Breweries and Distilleries,—were | 24% wie n Act to render valid certain Proceed- 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the _ for the Relief of Distress in Ireland, by Em- 
Table. . ployment of the Labouring Poor, and to indemnify 
those who have acted in such Proceedings; andthe 
Anatomy Act. A Petition of Inhabitants of Bradford, praying | Same were read, as follow : ieetk ; 
8 the House to appoint a Committee to investigate Pr. 11. 1. 14, After “ them” insert “in which 
the working of the Anatomy Act, with a view to its|“‘ determination the said Commissioners shall be 
repeal, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie | “ bound to have regard and, as far as possible, to 
upon the Table. “ give effect to any agreement which shall be shown 
“ to their satisfaction to have been entered into by 
Landlord Petitions from Ballymenock ; — Ballydavy ; —|“ the proprietor, and any person or persons having 
aan" Ballygraney;—and, Ballyrobert; calling the atten-|“ an immediate or derivative title from him in the 


VoL. 102. 





HH 2 


“ said 

















an aren tama 





Sar 2 epee ee 


236 
“ said lands, respecting the said draining and sub- 
“ soiling thereof.” 

Pr. 16. |s.29. and 30. After “ respectively” in- 
sert Clause (A.) 

Cuauss (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That the said 
“ Commissioners shall, within Three weeks next 
“ after the next meeting of Parliament, and also 
within Three weeks next after the beginning of 
every following Session of Parliament, until all 
the accounts arising out of the proceedings under 
the first recited Act and this Act shall be closed, 
send to the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Trea- 
sury an account of the several sums which they 
shall have certified to the Secretary of the Grand 
Jury of each county in Ireland, or which by any 
award or instrument as aforesaid they shall have 
charged on any county or county of a city or 
county of a town, barony, half barony or electoral 
division, or the lands of any proprietor, in such 
form, and with such particulars, as shall be di- 
rected by the said Commissioners of the Treasury ; 
and a copy of every such account shall be laid 
before both Houses of Parliament.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 

were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


n 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting holden 
at the Scientific and Literary Institute, Johkn-street, 
Tottenham Court-road, praying the House to address 
Her Majesty, that She will be pleased to direct Her 
Ministers to forthwith cease intercourse with the 


11°—12° Martze. 





Governments of Russia, Austria and Prussia, and 
to take, with the concurrence of Parliament, such | 
other steps as may be deemed most advisable towards | 
ensuring the restoration of Poland to the full extent | 
of her ancient boundaries, and securing to the people 
of that country the full power to establish institu- 
tions independent of foreign control, calculated to 
secure the rights and happiness of the entire Polish 
people, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon Thursday last, That this House, considermg 
the faithful observance of the General Act of Con- 
gress or Treaty of Vienna, of the 9th day of June 
1815, as the basis of the peace and welfare of 
Europe, views with alarm and indignation the in- 
corporation of the Free City of Cracow, and of its 
Territory, into the Empire of Justria, by virtue of 
a Convention entered into at Vienna, on the 6th 
day of November 1846, by Russia, Prussia and 
Austria, in manifest violation of the said Treaty ; 

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


And the House, having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 
Veneris, 12° die Martii, 1847: 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mi‘tee on the Poor Rates (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Coamittee. 





A, 1847. 


And other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Mon- 
day the 22d day of this instant March. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Army. 
a Return of tie Names of all Officers who have 
been appointed to unattached Commissions since 
the 1st day of January 1840, up tothe present time, 
specifying the Dates of their Original Commission, 
and the Regiment or Regiments in which they have 
since served; also the Staff Appointments, if any, 
which they have held during their Period of Service. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Friday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 











Veneris, 12° die Martii ; 
Anno 10° Victoriz Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 
O RDERED, That the Macduff Harbour Bill Macduff Mar- 
} bour Bill. 


be read a second time upon Friday next. 

Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; Or4ers 
which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the South Metro- South Metro- 
politan Waterworks Petition, the Standing Orders politan Water- 
oht be dis sed witl works Bill. 

ought not to be dispensed with. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Westminster Westminster 
and part of Jiddlesex Sewers Petition for leave to = of 
deposit a Petition for the Bill, the Standing Orders givers BilL 
ought to be dispensed with; ‘That the Parties be 


| permitted to deposit their Petition accordingly. 


3. Resolved, That the Committee having consi- Giasgow, Kil- 

dered the Special Report made by the Examiner on yrs and 
: : . rdrossan 

the Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ardrossan Railway Raiiway 
(Amendment, Deviations and Branches) Petition, (Amendment, 
are of Opinion, that with reference to the facts pevistionsand 
therein stated, the Standing Orders have been” _ 
complied with; and that with reference to somuch 
of his Report as relates to the Petition for the Bill 
referred back to the Committee for re-consideration, 
(together with the above-mentioned Special Report), 
they are of Opinion that the Standing Orders ought 
to be dispensed with, and that the Parties be per- 
mitted to proceed with their Bill. 

The second and third Resolutions, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Enfield and Edmonton Railway Extension Enfield and 


Bill was read a second time ; and committed. Edmonton 
Railway Ex- 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


; : : tension Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


The Manchester and Birmingham and North Menchester 
Staffordshire Junction Railway Bill was read Cr ad 
second time; and committed. North Staf- 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-fordshire 

i ~! i Junction 
mittee of Selection. railway Bill. 

A Petition of Promoters of the undertaking there- Falmouth 
inafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to Waterworks 
construct Waterworks for supplying with Water the 24 


ee 


town of Falmouth, and certain parishes adjacent 
thereto, in the county of Cornwall, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 


The Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 


iTarbours, 
Docks and 
Piers Clauses 


_. this day. accordingly, by Sir Charles Lemon and Captain 
Plumridge. 

Landed The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 

Property further Proceeding upon the Report of the Landed Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 


(Ireland) Bill, 
No.172. 


on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 8th, 9th and 10th days 
304 


Property (Ireland) Bill: —The House resumed the 


id fi i (Thirteenth 
said further Proceeding. 


Report.) 
f 





fe) 








10 Vicrort2. 


of this instant March; and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Newhaven 
Harbour, Ouse 
Lower Navi- 
gation, and 
Lewes and 


The Newhaven Harbour, Ouse Lower Navigation, 
and Lewes and Laughton Drainage Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


Laughton " ? : 
Drainage Bill. ™ttee of Selection. 
— The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Rail- 


Worcester and way (No. 1.) (Extension and Amendment) Bil 
Wolverhamp- : 
ton Railway Was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


(No. 1.) (Ex- 
tension and mittee of Selection. 


Amendment) 

Bill. 

Manchester, A Petition of Provisional Directors of the Under- 
Londonand taking thereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in 
Birmingham y 


a Bill for making a Railway from Saint Michael, 
Lichfield, in the hamlet of Wall or Pipehill, to 
Kingsley, all in the county of Stafford, by a Com- 
pany to be called The Manchester, London and 
Birmingham Railway Company, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


Railway Bill. 


Bingley Gas The Bingley Gas Bill was read a second time ; 


Bill. and committed. 
Ordered, Vhat the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Fdinburghand The Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Improve- 


Northern Rail- ment of the Ferry between Ferry-Port-on-Craig 
way (Improve- = 


mentofthe 22d the North Shore of thé River Yay) Bill was 
Ferry between read a second time ; and committed. 

na gel Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
the North. _Wittee of Selection. 
Shore of the 
River Tay) 
Bill. 

Axholme Rail- 
way (from the 


The Axholme Railway (from the Leeds and Selby 
Railway to Gainsborough, with Branches) Bill was 


ed ae read a second time; and committed. 
Selby Railway ? : . 
to Gains- Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


borough with mittee of Selection. 
Branches) Bill. 


Leominster 
Canal Naviga- 
tion Sale Bill. 


The Leominster Canal Navigation Sale Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Rochdale The Rockdale Improvement Bill was read a 

Improvement second time; and committed. 

— Ordered, That the Bili be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Liverpool The Liverpool Corporation Waterworks Bill was 

oe eee read a second time; and committed. 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Mutiny Bill. 
No. 173. 


Mr. Secretary at War presented a Bill for Punish- 
ing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Pay- 
ment of the Army and their Quarters: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 


Cheltenham 
and Oxford 
Railway Bill. 


_ A Petition of the Foreman of the Grand Jury 
impanelled at the Lent Assizes for the year 1847, 
held at Swansea, in the county of Glamorgan, pray- 
ing that the Cheltenham and Ozford Railway Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Portsmouth 
Paving, Light? 
MgandIm- ~ 
provement 
Bill. 


Petitions from Portsmouth (two Petitions) ;— 
Portsmouth and Croxton Town ;—and, Pertsea 
Island Union ; praying that the Portsmouth Paving, 

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237 


Lighting and Improvement Bill may pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Medical Practitioners in the royal Edinburghand 
burgh of Dunfermline, and of Practitioners before Perth Railway 
the Law Courts there, praying that the Edinburgh ~*~ 
and Perth Railway Bill may pass into a law, was 
— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


; Petitions of Chairman of tne Trustees for repair- Regent's Canal 
ing the highways, and lighting, paving and cleansing Company 
the parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, in the (Paddington 
=. ai “ : : ; and Lime- 

county of Middlesex, and Charles Davis, of Queen’s- jouse Railway 
road, in the same parish, Clerk to the said Trustees ; 2nd Branch) 
——and, Chairman of the Trustees of the Poor of Bil 
the parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, in the 
county of Middlesex, and John Ware, of Hackuey- 
road, in the same parish, Clerk to the said Trustees ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Regent's Canal Company (Paddington and Lime- 
house Railway and Branch) Bill,—were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of Churchwardens and Inhabitants of South Eastern 
the parish of Saint Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, poe Al “ 
in the county of Surrey, in Vestry assembled, Greenwich 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their Railway, and 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the South pee ae 
Eastern Railway (Widening of the Greenwich Rail- Ve or the 
way, and Arrangement and Enlargement of the London Bridge 
London Bridge Station) Bill, was presented, and Station) Bill. 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 


in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Churchwardens and Inhabitants of South Easterm 
the parish of Saint Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, a 
in the county of Surrey, in Vestry assembled, pray- Station, ” 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their Arrangement 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the South ie ~~ gl 
Eastern Railway (London Bridge Station Arrange- — 
ment and Enlargement) Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Churchwardens and Inhabitants of acne , 
the parish of Saint Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, givin Coast 
in the county of Surrey, in Vestry assembled, pray- Railway (Lon~ 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their a me 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Lon- tiesto 
don, Brighton and South Coast Railway (London Arrangement} 
Bridge Station Enlargement and Arrangement) Bill. 

Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Churchwardens and Inhabitants of London Bridge 
the parish of Saint Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, Railway Ter- 


: a ; ini General 
in the county of Surrey, praying that they may be cma 


heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against Bill. 
certain parts of the London Bridge Railway Termini 
HHS 


General 








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General Enlargement Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


bina ag and A Petition of Hugh Baker, of Lismacue, in the 

Railway pi, county of Tipperary, Esquire, being Owner and 
Occupier of property over which it is intended that 
the Deviation Line in the Railway thereinafter men- 
tioned shall pass, praying that he may be heard, by 
his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the 
Waterford and Limerick Railway Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 

be ae A Petition of Edmund Backhouse, of Darlington, 

land sad in the county of Durham, Esquire, praying that he 

Weardale, may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 

Weardale Ex- aeainst certain parts of the Wear Valley, Bishop 

‘qusion an Auckland and Weardale, Weardale Extensi 

Wear and Auckland and Weardale, Weardale Extension, anc 

Derwent Rail- Wear and Derwent Railways, and Shildon Tunnel 

— Amalgamation Bill, was presented, and read. 

Tunnel Amal- Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 

gamation Bill. Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 

Tpswich and A Petition of Thomas Trench Berney, of Morton 

a Hall, in the county of Vorfolk, Esquire, Owner of 

way (Exten- land and premises in the parishes of Morton and 

sion to East Attlebridge, in the said county of Norfolk, praying 

Dereham and that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or 

to Aylsham) ; ae ° . . ; 

Bill. agent, against certain parts of the Ipswich and Bury 
Saint Edmund’s Railway (Extension to East Dere- 
ham and to Aylsham) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, Vhat the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsei or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit ; and counsel heard, im favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


( A Petition of John Mann, Attorney of William 
mace Dixon, of Govan Colliery, near Glasgow, praying 
bour Railway that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or 
Branches Bill. agent, against certain parts of the General Terminus 

and Glasgow Harbour Railway Branches Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, agaist the said Petition. 


General Ter- 


North Br:tish 
Railway 
(No. 1.) Bill. 


A Petition of George Cleghorn, of Weens, James 
Cleghorn, of Halkburn, and others, Proprietors of 
buildings commonly called The New Buildings, 
North Bridge-street, of the city of Edinburgh, and 
their Feuars and Tenants thereof, praying that they 
may be heard, by their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the North British Railway (No. 1.) 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Great North- A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land, and 
ern Railway [nhabitants of Wheatley, in the county of Notting- 
(Deviatdean- 4am, praying that the Great Northern Ae hana (De- 
viations between Grantham and York) Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


tham and 
York) Bill. 








A. 1847. 


A Petition of Mrs. Susan Wiches, of Aylsham, in Norfolk Rail- 
the county of Norfolk, Widow, praying that she Way se 
may be heard, by herself, her counsel or agent, to Aylsham 
against certain parts of the Vorfolk Railway (Branch with a Branch 
from Norwich to Aylsham, with a Branch to North i North Wal- 
Walsham) Bill, was presented, and read. sham) Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 
heard, by herself, her counsel or agent, upon her 
Petition, if she think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Clerks to the Com- Ryde Im- 
missioners for executing an Act for amending the — 
Roads and Highways in the Isle of Wight, praying ~~ 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the Ryde 
Improvement Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Most noble Francis Godolphin Liverpool, 
D’ Arcy, Duke of Leeds, praying that he may be Mancvester 
heard, by his counsel or agent, against certain ypon-Tyne 
parts of the Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle- Junction Rail- 
upon-Tyne Junction Railway (Alteration of Main fy yam 
Line and Hawes Branch) Bull, was presented, and pine ana 
read. Hawes 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to Branch) Bill 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 
heard, by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Henry Lord Martlepool and 
Brougham and Vaux, and of Thomas Metcalfe, mg 
and Gerard Blisson Wharton, being Trustees under pi. 
the Will of the late Duke of Cleveland, praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Hartlepool 
and Stockton Junction Railway Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petiticn. 


A Petition of Charles Henry Payne, of Uphill Bristol and 
House, in the county of Somerset, Esquire, praying woe” Sansa 
that the Bristol and Ezeter Railway (Branch from a 
Bleadon to Wells, Glastonbury and Street) Bill may to Wells, Glas- 
not pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, acne 
and read; and referred to the Committee on the stale 
Bill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Reading and neigh- Windows. 
bourhood, praying the House immediately to re- 
peal the tax levied upon Windows, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Manchester (three Petitions) ;— Marriage. 
and, Manchester and Salford ; praying for alteration 
of so much of the Act 5 and 6 Will. 4., c. 54, as 
prohibits Marriages between widowers and their 
deceased wives’ sisters,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from District of Boston ;— Carmarthen ; Tax Assessors 
— District of Offiow South ( Stafford) ;—.Northamp- and Collectors. 
ton ;— Huddersfield and Upper Agbrigg ;—Copthorne 
and Effingham ;—and, Great Yarmouth ; complain- 
ing of inadequate remuneration for assessing and 
collecting the Property, Income, Land and Assessed 
Taxes ; and praying the House to take the same 
into consideration,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Two 





Railways Bill. 





10 Vicroriz. 


Two Petitions from Kingston-upon-Hull, pray- 
ing the House to introduce a clause into the General 
Railway Act now before Parliament, prohibiting 
all Railway Companies from becoming Shipowners, 
and from applying their capital or funds, either 
directly or indirectly, to any other than those pur- 
poses for which such Companies were originally 
constituted,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


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239 


now do to Saint Thomas, subject to no other com- 
mercial or fiscal regulations than those in force in 
Saint Thomas, in order that the experiment may 
be fairly tried how far the principles of free trade 
in the tropics, will practically work in a British 
island, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Navigation Laws. 


A Petition of the Grand Jury of the county of Poor Relief 
Roscommon, praying that the Poor Relief (Zreland) (Ireland) Bill, 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, and ** 


A Petition of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock 
and Midiands Junction Railway Company, praying 


Ports, Har- 
bours, &amp;e. 
Bill (1846). 


that the Railways Bill may not pass into a law; 
and that they may be heard, by their counsel or 
agents, at the bar of the House, against the same, 
was also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Chamber of Commerce and 
Manufactures at Manchester (President) ;—Mem- 
bers of the Committee of Owners of property on 
both banks of the River Hud/ (Chairman) ;—and, 


recommending that the support of the poor be 
charged upon the land exclusively, and that all 
other reproductive capital escape taxation; that 
all available reproductive capital be taxed at a 
fixed rate for the support of the poor, and that a 
well-regulated system of emigration be established, 
providing for the support of the emigrants, was 


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


Iifracombe ; praying that the Ports, Harbours, &amp;c. 
Bill, introduced in the last Session, may pass into 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 


Sir Henry Halford presented a Bill to repeal an yposj 
are Hosiery Manu- 
Act, intituled, An Act to make further Regulations canes Bill. 
respecting the Tickets of Work to be delivered to WNo.175. 


Rating of 
Tenements 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Settlement. 


Education. 


upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Owners of small tenements in the borough of Sad- 
ford, in the county of Lancaster, praying that the 
Rating of Tenements (No. 2.) Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Basford Union ;—and, Basford ; 
praying that the laws now in force relative to the 
Settlement, Removal and Maintenance of the indi- 
gent Poor may be abolished, and that, in lieu 
thereof, a national rate, on all fixed and specific 
property, whether real or personal, and a national 
Settlement may be established in their stead,—were 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


A Petition of Members of the Congregation of 
Independent Dissenters, meeting for public worship 


Persons employed in the Manufacture of Hosiery in 
certain cases, and to make other Provisions instead 
thereof, and to make further Provisions to secure 
the Wages of Persons employed in the Manufacture 
of Hosiery: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 
nesday the 21st day of April next; and to be 
printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a British 
Return of the Income and Expenditure of the Brit- Museum. 


ish Museum, for the year 1846, of the estimated 
Charges and Expenses for the year ending the 25th 
day of March 1848, and of the Sum necessary to 
discharge the same; and also, an Account of the 
Number of Persons admitted to visit the Museum 
from Christmas 1840 to Christmas 1846, together 
with a Statement of the Progress made in the Ar- 
rangement of the Collection, and an Account of 
Objects added to them, in the year 1846, 


Hiahfield Chavel. Huddersfield. in the c _a¢| The House was moved, That the Report in re- Glasgow, Kil- 
i ate dingo gpa cer ar yes! At spect of the Petition for the Glasgow, Kilmarnock marnock and 


York, praying the House to withhold its sanction 
’ Dias, — b agli : ; ar Ardrossan 
from the scheme of Education recommended in the | ®@4 Ardrossan Railway (Amendment, Deviations Railway 


Minutes of the Committee of Council on Educa-|2"4 Branches, &amp;c.) Bill, which was this day made (Amendment, 


Capital 
Punishment. 


tion, and to refuse to grant supplies in aid of this 
or of any other measure which may prove detri- 
mental to the continuance of those benevolent 
efforts which have already been so beneficial in 
promoting the instruction of the rising generation, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, praying the 
House to abolish the infliction of Capital Punish- 
ment in all cases, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


from the Select Committee on Standing Orders, Deviations and 
Branches, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


might be read ; and the same being read; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ardrossan 
Railway Company to make certain Branch Rail- 
ways, and to make certain Deviations from the line 
and levels of the said Railway, and to amend the 
Acts relating to the said Railway: And that Mr. 
Hope Johnstone and Mr. Bouverie do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


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


the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham Message from 

and Mr. Senior : the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Protestant 
Act to change the Name of the Protestant Dissenters Dissenters and 
and General Life and Fire Insurance Company to a 
the General Life and Fire Assurance Company, and surance Com- 
to extend to the Company, by its new Name, the pany Bill. 


Poor Law 


Petitions from Newtownards Union (Chairman) ; 
(Ireland. ) 


— Newtownards and Newtownards South ;— Kil- 
coursey ; — Monaghan ; — Diocese of Achonry; — 
Graigue ; — Roscommon ;— and, Horsham Union ; 
praying for amendment of the present Poor Law in 
Ireland,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Navigation 
Laws, 


A Petition of James Colquhoun, Esquire, Agent 
for the Virgin Islands, in the West Indies, praying 
that the Navigation Laws may be relaxed, quoad 
the trade with Tortola; that that island may be put, 
in all respects, on the same footing as the Danish 
Island of Saint Thomas, and that the vessels of all 
nations, with the produce of their own and of any 
= country, may freely trade to Tortola, as they 

OL. 102. 





Powers of the Act enabling the Company to sue 
and be sued in the name of the Chairman, Deputy 
Chairman or any one of the Directors, or of the 
Secretary of the Company, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Prisons Bill. 


for the Government of Milbank, Pentonville and 

Parkhurst Prisons; to which the Lords desire the 

concurrence of this House: And also, 
HH 4 


The 








‘Custody of 
Offenders. 


Shipping, 
Tonnage, 
Imports and 
Exports. 


Answer to 
Addresses. 


Quarantine. 


Processes 
reland.) 


240 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to amend the Law as to the Custody of Offenders ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Amount of Tonnage, Outwards and 
Inwards, and of the Number of Ships and Seamen, 
distinguishing British from Foreign, employed be- 
tween the United Kingdom and the following 
Countries, from 1840 to 1846, both inclusive, spe- 
cifying the Amount to each Country in each year: 
—Denmark, Sweden and Norway, Hamburg, Bre- 
men, Oldenburg, Mecklenburg, Hanover, Lubeck, 
Prussia, Austria, France, Portugal, States of Rio 
de la Plata, Brazil, Columbia, Mexico, United 
States: — Of the declared Value of British and 
Trish Produce and Manufactures exported from the 
United Kingdom to the above-mentioned Countries, 
from 1840 to 1846, both inclusive, specifying the 
separate Countries to which the same were exported 
each year :—Of the Amount of Tonnage, outwards 
and inwards, and of the Number of Skips and Sea- 
men, distinguishing British from Foreign, employed 
between the United Kingdom and the following 
Countries (other than the Countries in former Table), 
from 1840 to 1846, both inclusive, specifying the 
Amount to each Country in each year: Russia, 
Germany, Holland, Belgium, Spain, Italy and Is- 
lands, Turkey, Greece and Islands, Syrian Pales- 
tine, Egypt, Tripoli, Barbary and Morocco, and 
North Coast of Africa, Arabia, Sumatra and 
Java, China, Cuba and Foreign West Indies, Gua- 


temala, Chili and Peru :—Of the declared Value of 


British and Irish Produce and Manufactures ex- 
ported from the United Kingdom to the above-men- 
tioned Countries, from 1840 to 1846, both inclusive ; 
specifying the separate Countries to which the same 
were exported in each year:—Of the Amount of 
Tonnage, outwards and inwards, and the Number 
of Ships and Seamen, distinguishing British, Co- 
lonial and Foreign, employed between the United 
Kingdom and the British Colonies, from 1840 to 
1846, both inclusive, specifying the Amount to each 
Colony in each year :—And, of the declared Value 
of British and Irish Produce and Manufactures 
exported from the United Kingdom to the British 
Colonies, from 1840 to 1846, both inclusive, speci- 
fying the different Colonies to which the same were 
exported in each year (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 329, of Session 1840.) 


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That 
their several Addresses of the 4th, 5th, 9th, 10th 
and 11th days of this instant March, (That Her 
Majesty would be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions that the Papers therein mentioned might be 
laid before this House), had been presented to Her 
Majesty ; and that Her Majesty had commanded 
him to acquaint this Tlouse, that She will give di- 
rections accordingly, 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 5th day of this instant 
March, for a Return of any Orders lately issued for 
regulating Quarantine. 

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


The Order made upon Wednesday last, That there 
be laid before this House, Returns of all Processes 
entered for Trial for the Baronies of Ballinrobe, 
Westport, Castlebar and Belmullet Erris, on the 
11th day of January last, and succeeding days, for 
Rent ending and due on the 1st day of November 
Jast, for Use and Occupation of Lands and Tene- 
ments ending the same date, and for Conacre for 
Harvest of 1846; distinguishing the Numbers of 


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A. 1847. 


each of these Three Descriptions of Processes, and 
giving the Names of the Plaintiffs and Defend- 
ants, the Names of the Attornies for the Plaintiff, 
and for the Defendant, if defence were taken ;. 
and also the Amount for which each Decree had 
on such Process was respectively granted, was read, 
and discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Processes 
Returns of all Processes entered for Trial at the last (reland.) 
Hilary Quarter Sessions held at Ballinrobe, West- 
port, Castlebar and Belmullet Ervis, for Rent ending 
and due on the 1st day of November last, for use 
and occupation of Jands and Tenements ending 
the same Date, and for Conacre for Harvest of 
1846; distinguishing the Numbers of each of these 
three descriptions of Processes, and giving the Names 
of the Plaintiffs and Defendants, the Names of the 
Attornies for the Plaintiff, and for the Defendant, 
if defence were taken; and also the Amount for 
which each Decree had on such Process was respec- 
tively granted. 


ah tend ha! om 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Port Patrick 
a Return of the several Estimates which at various Harbour. 
times have been made, for completing the Harbour 
of Port Patrick, and the Amount of Public Money 
which has been expended on the same. 


Mr. Pusey reported from the Select Committee Agricultural 
on the Agricultural Tenant Right Bill; That they = Right 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found N _ 
the same to be true; and had gone through the “‘” sin 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed toa Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


om ed 


The Prisons Bill was read the first time, and Prisons Bill. 
ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday No, 176. 
next; and to be printed. 


The Custody of Offenders Bill was read the first Custody of 
time, and ordered to be read a second time upon Offenders Bilt. 
Thursday next; and to be printed. No. 177. 


eS 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, wheat, &amp;c. 
on the first day of each month, from the 1st day of 
February to the 1st day of August, an Account of 
the Quantity of Wheat, Barley and Oats exported 
from the United Kingdom to Foreign Countries 
during the preceding month :—Also, of the Quan- 
tities imported into the United Kingdom from Fo- 
reign Countries during the same period. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Jenkin Jones. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Statement of Mr. Jenkin 
Jones, sent to the Secretary of State, in reply to the A 
Letter of Mr. Lewis to Sir George Grey, of the 16th B 
day of February 1847. 

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


Viscout Palmerston presented, pursuant to Order, China. w 
—Copies of Orders, Ordinances, Rules and Regu- 
lations concerning the Trade of China. Si 

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


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to se- Bread, Flour 
veral Addresses to Her Majesty,—Further Return 424 Wheat 
to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 16th day 
of February last, for Returns of the Price, in Lon- 
don, of the best Wheaten Bread, per imperial pound 
English; of the best Wheaten Flour of —— 

rea 


P, 


tic 








10 Vicrortiz. 


Bread is manufactured, per imperial pound English ; 
and of good red or white Wheat, weighing not less 
than 60 or 61 pounds per imperial bushel, on the 
ist day of November and the 1st day of December 
1846, and the 1st day of January and the 1st day of 
February 1847 :—And, from our Consul in Paris, of 
the Price (estimated in British Currency, and also 
in the Currency of the Country) of the best Wheaten 
Bread, not Fancy Bread, per imperial pound English ; 
of the best Wheaten Flour of which such Bread is 
manufactured, per imperial pound English; and the 
best Red or White Wheat, weighing not less than 
from 60 to 61 Pounds per imperial bushel, on the 
ist day of November and the 1st day of December 
1846, and the 1st day of January and the 1st day 
of February 1847, (so far as relates to London). 


Society of . Copy of the Royal Charter lately granted to the 
British Artists. Society of British Artists in Suffolk-street. 

Dublin Pipe Sir William Somerville also presented, pursuant 

Vater. to Order,—Returns of the Net Annual Sum re- 

ceived by the Corporation of the City of Dublin, in 

each year from the 1st day of January 1842, for 

Pipewater Rent in the City of Dublin :—Of all 

Sums paid by them out of the Rates, distinguishing 


such as are for Interest, and those for other charges : | pointed to inquire what temporary Laws of a public Laws. 


—And, of the Names of all Officers appointed from 
the ist day of November 1841 by the Corporation, 
their Annual Salaries and Emoluments. 

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


Poor Relief The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Poor Relief (Zreland) Bill ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr Speaker do now leave 
the Chair:—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


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


Sabbati, 13° die Martii, 1847: 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 


Drainage of 


Mr. Greene reported the Drainage of Land Bill ; 
Land Bill. 


and the Amendments were read, and, with an 
Amendment to one of them, agreed to. 

A Clause (Applicants may substitute applica- 
tions, in respect of other lands, for the applications 
withdrawn or reduced in amount) was twice read, 
and made part of the Bill. 

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

Railways Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Railways Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 22d day of this instant March. 
Army Service The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Bill Reading of the Army Service Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Portland Har- The Portland Harbour of Refuge and Break- 


a — water Bill was, according to Order, read a second 
water Bil, time; and committed to a Select Committee. 
Agricultural 


Tie Order of the day being read, for the Second 
eading of the Agricultural Statistics Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Statistics Bill. R 


P yan The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


tion (Ireland) Reading of the Poor Kelief Laws Execution (Zre- 
Bill. land) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 
VoL. 102. 














12°—13° Marti. Q41 


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Harbours, 
mittee on the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Docks and 
Bill; Piers Clauses 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Foreign Linen, 
an Account of the Imports of Foreign Linen, Cot- &amp;c. 
ton and Woollen Manufactures, and of Foreign 
Glass, Cutlery and Hardware of all sorts, in the 
year ending the 5th day of January 1847, compared 
with the Imports of the same Foreign Manufactures 
of the preceding year. 


Mr. Parker reported from the Committee ap- Expiring 


and general nature are now in force; and what Laws No.178. 
of the like nature have expired since the last Report 
upon the subject ; and also what Laws of the like 
nature are about to expire at particular periods, or 
in consequence of any contingent public event; and 
to report the same, with their Observations there- 
upon, to the House; That they had examined the 
matters to them referred; and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


The Order made yesterday for presenting to Her Electors. 
Majesty an humble Address, that She would be 
graciously pleased to give directions that there be 
laid before this House, a Return, in a tabular form, 
for the year 1846, of the Number of Electors on 
the Registers of each County, City, Town and 
Borough in England, Wales and Scotland, returning 
Members to Parliament, exhibiting the several 
Qualifications, and distinguishing those who are 
required, from those who are not required, to pay 
Rates and Taxes to entitle them to be placed on 
the Registers:—And, a Tabular Return of the 
several Qualifications of Electors in the Counties, 
Cities, Towns and Boroughs of England, Wales 
and Scotland, which returned Members to Parlia- 
ment previous to the passing of the Reform Act, 
distinguishing the Qualifications for which the pay- 
ment of Rates and Taxes was required, from those 
for which such payment was not required, was read, 
and discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Electors. 
tou Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, in a tabular form, for the year 
1846, of the Number of Electors on the Registers 
of each County, City, Town and Borough in Eng- 
land, Wales and Scotland, returning Members to 
Parliament, exhibiting the several Qualifications, 
and distinguishing those who are required, from 
those who are not required, to pay Rates and Taxes 
to entitle them to be placed on the Registers :—And, 
a Tabular Return of the severA CQualifica' ions of 
Electors in the Counties, Cities, Towns aud Bo- 
roughs of England, Wales and Scotland, which re- 
turned Members to Parliament previous to the pass- 
ing of the Reform Act, distinguishing the Qualifi- 
cations for which the payment of Rates and Taxes 
was required, from those for which such payment 
was not required:—The £.10 Voters in each Bo- 
rough to be classed according to the Annual Value 
at which they are rated in the Parish Books, dis- 

11 tinguishing 


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242 12°— 


tinguishing those rated at £.10, and not exceeding 
£.15; £.15, and not eeceeding £.20; £.20, and 
not exceeding £.25 ; £.25, and not exceeding £.30 ; 
£.30, and not exceeding £.40; £.40, and not ex- 
ceeding £.50; and classing all those rated at a 
higher value than £.50, according to a scale as- 
cending £.20 at each step. 

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


Mr. Ward presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 
mand,—Reports of the Admiralty relative to appli- 
cations for Local Acts. 

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


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Saturday morning, 
adjourned till Monday next. 


Local Acts. 
No. 179. 








Luna, 15° die Marti ; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


e 


PRAYERS. 


R. Butler, from the British Museum, was 
called in ; and at the bar presented, pursuant 
to Order,—An Account of the Income and Expen- 
diture of the British Museum, for the year 1846, 
of the estimated Charges and Expenses for the 
year ending the 25th day of March 1848, and of 
the Sum necessary to discharge the same ; and 
also, an Account of the Number of Persons ad- 
mitted to visit the Museum from Christmas 1840 
to Christmas 1846, together with a Statement of 
the Progress made in the Arrangement of the Col-. 
lection, and an Account of Objects added to them, 
in the year 1846 :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. 


British 
Museum. 


Mr. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of the 
East India Company, was called in; and at the 
bar presented, pursuant to Order,—Copies of all 
further Papers respecting Scinde, that have been 
communicated to the Court of Directors (in con- 
tinuation of former Papers) :—And then he with- 
drew. 

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


Scinde. 


Wolverhamp- 
ton General 
Cemetery Bill. 


The Wolverhampton General Cemetery Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Midland Rail- |The Midland Railway (Mangotsfield to Bath) 


way — Bill was read a second time; and committed. 
Bath) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Falmouth Mr. Thornely presented a Bill to construct 
Waterworks Waterworks for supplying with Water the Town of 


_ Falmouth, and certain Parishes adjacent thereto, in 
the County of Cornwall: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 

Liverpool Ordered, That the Petition of the Chorley 


Corporation Waterworks Company, which was pres 
Wavcrworks Vaterworks Company, as presented upon 


Bill. the 8th day of this instant March, praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Liverpool Cor- 
poration Waterworks Bull, be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their Pe- 
tition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


13°— 








15° Marti. A. 1847. 


The Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Harbour Weymouth 
and Bridge Trusts Bill was read a second time ; #4 Melcombe 
2 egis Harbour 

and committed. and Bridge 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Trusts Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 


The Sunderland Improvement, Markets and Sunderland 
Bridge Bill was read a second time; and com- I™provement, 
2 Markets and 
mitted. ; Bridge Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Glasgow and Shotts Roads Bill was read a Glasgow and 
second time ; and committed. — Roads 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ~ 


mittee of Selection. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Whiteburn 
the Report on the Whiteburn and Kelso and Lauder = a and 
and Kelso Roads Bill; and the Amendments were y{2is9 Rents 
read, and agreed to. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Ambergate, 
the Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston and East- — 
ern Junction Railway (Alteration of Line and pee a. 
Branches to Nottingham) Bill, was read, and dis- Junction Rail- 
charged. way (Altera- 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 7 + se 
upon Tuesday the 23d day of this instant March. to Notting- 

ham) Bill. 

The Edinburgh Markets and Customs Bill was Edinburgh 
read a second time ; and committed. Markets and 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ©¥*°™s Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 


The Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway Glasgow, 
(Branches at Port Glasgow) Bill was read a second Paisley and 
time ; and committed. Eailwoge 


, I 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- (Branches at 
mittee of Selection. a Glasgow) 


The Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway Glasgow, 
(Branch to the Caledonian Railway, and Diversion Paisley = 
of Canal) Bill was read a second time; and com- se nar 
mitted. (Branch to the 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Caledonian 

, ; Railway, and 
mittee of Selection. Sinenien of 
Canal) Bill. 

Mr. Strutt presented,—Report of the Commis- Railway Bills. 
sioners of Railways on certain Railway Bills com- wy. 164, 
prised in Groups Nos. 10, 11 12, 13 and 14 (in 
pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23d Fe- 
bruary 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on cer- 
tain Railway Bills comprised in Group No, 12 (in 
pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23d February 
1847). 

Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
Bills to which the same relate; and be printed. 


The Parkgate and Chester and Birkenhead Junc- Parkgate and 


tion Railway Bill was read a second time; and Chester and 
‘tted Birkenhead 
committed. Junction 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Railway Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Ward presented a Bill for the Regulation of Marine 
Her Majesty’s Royal Marine Forces while on Shore : Mutiny Bill. 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered Nv, 179. 
to be read a second time To-morrow; and to be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Committee on ——- (No. 1.) Railway Bills 
of Railway Bills, have leave to sit upon Wednesday (Group Xo. L) 
next, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Richard Hodgson presented a Bill to enable Glasgow, Kil- 
the Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ardrossan Railway oe and 
. ° Trossan 
Company to make certain Branch Railways, and Railway 


to 


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a —-a_-. o| 











10 Vicroriz. 


(Amendment, to make certain Deviations from the Line and 


See on} Levels of the said Railway, and to amend the Act 

Bil. | relating to the said Railway: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 

Standing Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 

Orders 5 Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- 
tions ; which were read, as follow : 

Kilmarnock 1. Resolved, That the Committee, having con- 

ater sidered the Special Report made by the Examiner 

way Bill. on the Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct Railway Peti- 


tion, are of Opinion, that with reference to the 
facts therein stated, the Standing Orders have been 
complied with ; and that with reference to the non- 
compliances stated in the Report of the said Exa- 
miner, they are of Opinion, that the Standing 
Orders ought to be dispensed with, and that the 
Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, 
with the exception of that part which enables them 
to make a branch of about 2 furlongs in length, in 
order to effect a junction between the main line and 
the proposed Glasgow and Belfast Union Railway, 
and on the insertion of a clause restraining them 
from taking, for the purposes of the branch line to 
the Harbour of Ayr, the properties numbered 120, 
122 and 123, in the parish of Newton-upon- Ayr, 
and also from interfering with the roads numbered 
119 and 121, in the same parish, without the con- 
sent of all parties interested therein respectively. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Dublin Im- 
provement Petition, the Standing Orders ought to 
be dispensed with; That the Parties be permitted 
to proceed with their Bill, with the exception of 
those parts which enable them to purchase or take 
by compulsion, either the property comprised in 
Schedule (E.) annexed to the Bill, or any property 
for the improvement of any of the existing streets, 
lanes or passages within the borough of Dublin, or 
to vest by compulsion the Dublin Roval Exchange, 
together with the powers, duties, rights and liabili-~ 
ties of the trustees thereof, in the Corporation of 
Dublin. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Waterford, 
Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway (Repeal of 
Act) Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- 
pensed with; That the Parties be permitted to pro- 
ceed with their Bill, on inserting the notices for 
three successive weeks, in some newspaper published 
in the county of Kilkenny. 

That the Committees on the three preceding Bills 
do examine, in the first place, how far such Orders 
have been complied with, and do report the same to 
the House on the Report of the Bill. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Waterford 
and Limerick Railway Petition, for leave to read the 
Bill a second time, the Sessional Order ought to be 
dispensed with; That the Parties be permitted to 
read their bill a second time, on giving due notice 
thereof in the Private Bill Office. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Edinburgh 
Railway and Northern Railway (Branch from Burntisland 
(Branch from to Dunfermline Branch, &amp;c.) (No. 2.), Petition for 
Burntisland to leave to deposit a Petition for a Bill, the Standing 
age Orders ought to be dispensed with; That the Par- 

ranch, &amp;e.) ae : ee : 

(No, 2.) Bill, ties be permitted to deposit a Petition for a Bill to 
enable the Edinburgh and Northern Railway Com- 
pany to make a Deviation and Extension of their 
Branch Railway to Dunfermline, to make another 
Railway from their Strathearn Deviation Railway 
to the Scottish Central Railway, and to make an 
alteration in the manner of constructing the said 
Branch and Strathearn Deviation, across certain 

Roads and the Halbeath Railway. 
oe 6. Resolved, That in the case of the Edinburgh 
Monkland ang 22d Glasgow, Monkland and Kirkintilloch, Balloch- 
Kirkintilloch, ney and Slamannan Railways Amalgamation, Sale 
ew or S.ease. Petition to read the Bill a second time, the 
Dc Sefivae Sessional Order ought to be dispensed with ; That 
Amalgama- the Parties be permitted to read their Bill a second, 
Vou. 102. 


Dublin Im- 
provement 
Bill. 


Waterford, 
Wexford, 
Wicklow and 
Dublin Rail- 
way (Repeal 
of Act) Bill. 


Waterford and 
Limerick 


Railway Dill. 


Edinburgh and 
Northern 


Edinburgh and 


15° Marti: 


243 
time, on giving due notice thereof in the Private tion, Sale or 
Bill Office. Lease Bill. 

7. Resolved, That in the case of the Gravesend Gravesend_ 
Cemetery, Petition for leave to deposit a Petition Cemetery Bill. 
for a Bill, the Standing Orders ought not to be dis- 
pensed with. 

8. Resolved, That in the case of the Great West- Great Western 
ern Railway (Branch to join the West London Rail- Railway 
way, Widening and Enlargement of the West _ oe 
London Railway and Branches to Hammersmith, don Railway, 
and to join the London and South Western Rail- Widening and 
way near Lambeth) Petition for additional provi- prin a 
sion, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed London Rail- 
with; That the Parties be permitted to proceed way, and 
with their Bill. ~ ecco 

The first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and smith, and to 
eighth Resolutions, being read a second time, were _ the Lon- 
agree im on and South 


Western Rail- 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ae 


way near 

Lambeth) Bill. 
The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Harbours, 

Committee, To-morrow, on the Harbours, Docks Docks and 

and Piers Clauses Bill, was read, and discharged, Eicts Clauses 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday ~ 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Shipping. 
Return of the Number of Ships, with the Amount 
of their Tonnage, which have been reported in the 
Port of Zondon with cargoes to be warehoused for 
exportation, in the year 1846, distinguishing British 
from Foreign Ships, and also the several Countries 
to which the Foreign Ships belong. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Population, 
to Her Majesty, that She willbe graciously pleased Poor Relief, 
to give directions that there be laid before this *°(Se4) 
House, a Return, showing the Population, the 
annual Value of Property rated tothe Poor’s Rate, 
the Expenditure for the Relief and Maintenance of 
the Poor, the Rate in the Pound on the Value of 
Rated Property of such Expenditure, the Total 
Number of Paupers relieved, including Casual Poor; 
the Proportion per cent. to the Population, of the 
Persons relieved, and the Rate per head of the 
Expenditure on the Total Number of Paupers re- 
lieved, according to the last Returns laid before Par- 
liament, in the Highland Counties of Argyll, Inver- 
ness, Ross, Caithness and Sutherland: And, a 
similar Return in reference to the whole of Scot- 
land, with the exception of the above-mentioned 
Counties of Argyll, Inverness, Ross, Caithness and 
Sutherland. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Relief 
Return in reference to the Record of Applications Scotland.) 
to the Board of Supervision for Relief of the Poor 
in Scotland, stating in each case the Amount of 
Relief, whether in Food or in Money, but, if inFood, 
giving its Money value, which formed the subject 
of complaint; the decision of the Board as to such 
Allowance being insufficient, or the contrary, and, in 
cases where the ground of complaint was removed, 
stating the additional Amount of Relief that was 
granted. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Workhouses 
Copy of the Reports made to the Board of Health (lreland.) 
in Dublin, by the Medical Officers sent to inquire 
into the State of the Workhouses in Cork, Bantry 
and Lurgan. 


Petitions from Marlborough ;—Gloucester, Wills Manchester 
and Hunts (two Petitions) ;— Cheltenham ;—South- andSouthamp- 
ampton Dock Company ;— Southampton (two Peti- (No 3) Bil, 
tions) ;—Andover (two Petitions) ;—Commissioners~ | 
of the Port and Harbour of Southampton (Chair- 








112 man 








Edinburgh 
and Perth 
Railway Bill. 


Colchester, 
Stour Valley, 
Sudbury and 
Halstead Rail- 
way (Exten- 
sion Railway 
to Melford, 
Lavenham and 
Clare) Bill. 


Tpswich and 
Bury St. Ed- 
mund’s Rail- 
way (Branch 
from Stow- 
market to 
Sudbury) Bill. 


South Eastern 
Railway 

Mid Kent and 
Direct Tun- 
bridge) Bill. 


Dublin, Dun- 
drum and 
Rathfarnham 
Railway (Ex- 
tension to 
Stephen’s 
Green) Bill. 


244, 


man and Clerk ;—Cowes, and other places ;— Mill- 
brook, and other places ;—Cirencester ;—Crickdale 
and Swindon; — Romsey (two Petitions) ;— and, 
Stockbridge; taking notice of a Petition for leave 
to deposit a Petition, for leave to bring in the Man- 
chester and Southampton Railway (No. 2.) Bill; 
and praying that in the case of the said Petition, the 
Standing Orders of the House may be dispensed 
with,—were presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 

Petitions of W. R. Browne and John Browne, 
Owners of land on the line of the proposed Rail- 
way thereinafter mentioned; — John Stone, and 
others, Owners of land on the proposed Railway 
thereinafter mentioned ;—and, James Grooby, and 
others ; praying that leave may not be given to 
deposit the amended sections, or the Petition for the 
said Bill,—were also presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the said Select Committee. 


A Petition of the Dean of the Fraternity of 
Guildry of Dunfermline, praying that he may be 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against 
certain parts of the Edinburgh and Perth Railway 
Bill, was presented and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions of Trustees of Colny’s Charity, in the 
borough of Sudbury, in the county of Suffolk ;—— 
and, William Brock, of the borough of Sudbury, in 
the county of Suffulk, Farmer; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Colchester, Stour Val- 
ley, Sudbury and Halstead Railway (Extension 
Railway to Melford, Lavenham and Clare) Bill,— 
were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of William Brock, of the borough of 
Sudbury, in the county of Suffolk, Farmer ; and, 
Trustees of the Municipal Charities of the borough 
of Sudbury, in the county of Suffolk ; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Jpswich and 
Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway (Branch from Stow- 
market to Sudbury) Bill,—weére presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





A Petition of Captain James Ryder Burton, of 
Her Majesty’s Royal Navy, an owner of property 
upon the line of Railway thereinafter described, 
praying that he may be heard, by himself, his 
counsel or agent, against certain parts of the South 
Eastern Railway (Mid Kentand Direct Tunbridge) 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of William Andrews, Sophia Ferguson 
and Alexander M‘Cooke, praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Dublin, Dundrum and 
Rathfarnham Railway (Extension to Stephen’s 
Green) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


15° Marti. 








A. 1847. 


A Petition of John Heys, of Dalton Lodge, in Liverpool Cor. 
the county of Lancaster, Esquire, praying that he soma 9 
may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 
against certain parts of the Liverpool Corporation 
Waterworks Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his 
Petition, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the parish of Bath- Bathwick 
wick, within the city and borough of Bath, praying Church Bill 
that the Bathwick Church Bill, may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions of James Dearden, of Rochdale, in the Rochdale 
county of Lancaster, Esyuire ;—— Rochdale Water- — 
works Company ; and, John Clegg, Robert” 
Shepherd and Thomas Wilkinson, three of the 
Trustees nominated and appointed under an Act 
for providing an additional Market-place in and 
for the Town of Rochdale, in the County Palatine of 
Lancaster; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Rochdale Improvement Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Pe- 
titioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the 
said Petitions. 





Petitions of Householders of Saint Ann’s parish, in Dublin 
the city of Dublin, and Owners of property therein ; {provement 
and, Householders of Dublin, and Owners _ 

of property therein; taking notice of the applica- 

tion for leave to bringin the Dubin Improvement 

Bill; and praying that such Bill may not pass into 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 

upon the Table. 





A Petition of John Booth, Owner of property on yidland Rail 
the line of Railway thereinafter mentioned, praying way (Exten- 
that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or $1" from near 

A ‘ i -, Leicester, via 
agent, against certain parts of the Midland Rail- Beafora, to 
way (Extension from near Leicester, vid Bedford, Hitchin and to 
to Hitchin, and to Northampton and Huntingdon, me 
and Enlargement of the Letcester Station) Bill, was don, and En 
presented, and read. largement of 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Station) Bill 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, ‘ 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Edward Green, of the City-road, Regent’s Canal 
in the county of Middlesex, Wharfinger and Coal Company 
Merchant, praying that he may be heard, by him- po —" 
self, his counsel or agent, against certain parts of house Railway 
the Regent’s Canal Company (Paddington and and Branch) 
Limehouse Railway and Branch) Bill, was presented, Bi 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his 
Petition, if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions from Wolstanton and Burslem Union ; Poor Removal 
— Trowbridge;— Halstead (two Petitions) ;— Bever- Act. 
ley;—and, York ; praying for the repeal or altera- 
tion of the Poor Removal Act,—were presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on Set- 
tlement and Poor Removal. 





Petitions of the Cornwall Railway Company; 


: ‘ ‘ Railways Bill. 
Eastern Counties Railway Company ; and, Cale- 





donian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway Com- 
pany ; 








Ports, Har- 
pours, &amp;c. 
Bill (1846.) 


Anatomy Act. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland.) 
Bill. 


Tithes Com- 
mutation Act. 


Tax Assessors 
and Collectors. 


Breweries and 
Distilleries. 


Promiscuous 
Intercourse, 


Poor Law 
(Ireland.) 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Raja of 
Satiara, 





10 Vicroriz. 


pany; praying that the Railways Bill may not pass 
into a law, and that they may be heard, by their 
counsel or agents, at the bar of the House, against 
the same,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Bankers, Shipowners, 
Underwriters and others interested in the Harbour 
of Glasgow, and Navigation of the River Clyde, 
praying that the Ports, Harbours, &amp;c. Bill intro- 
duced in the last Session, may pass into law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Eaton, praying the 
House to appoint a Committee to investigate the 
working of the Anatomy Act, with a view to its re- 
peal, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Schoolmasters of the Presbytery 
of Dumbarton, praying that the Registering Births, 
&amp;c. (Scot/and) Bill may not pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Henry Payne, of the town of Wot- 
tingham, Doctor of Physic, praying for the repeal 
of the Tithes Commutation Act, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from District of the city of Gloucester ; 
—East Morley ;—Upper Divisions of Lewes and 
Pevensey Rapes (Sussex) ;—District of Norham and 
Islandshires ;— Hundred of Bisley (Gloucester) ;— 
and, District of Dacorum; complaining of the in- 
adequacy of the remuneration given to the Assessors 
and Collectors of Property, Income, Land and As- 
sessed Taxes ; and praying the House to take their 
case into consideration,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Pwllheli ;—and, Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne Total Abstinence Society (Chairman) ; pray- 
ing the House to adopt measures for stopping the 
use of grain in Breweries and Distilleries,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Clergy, Magistrates and Inhabitants 
of the city of Gloucester, and its vicinity, praying 
that the House will enact such laws with reference 
to the keepers of brothels and all persons traffick- 
ing in female virtue, as shall invest magistrates and 
officers of police with more summary powers, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Castletown Roche ;—and, Bally- 
ellen; praying the House to pass an Act giving a 
right of relief to the destitute Poor in Ireland, 
whether that destitution arise from age, sickness or 
want of employment,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Bradford ( Wilts);— Trowbridge; 
and, Saint Mary-le-bone; praying that a permanent 
Poor Law may be passed enacting that the destitute 
poor of Ireland shall be supported by the property 
of Ireland,—were also presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Caséle- 
comer, praying that the Poor Relief (Zreland) Bill 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of London, 
and others, interested in the welfare and good go- 
vernment of the British Indian Empire; stating that 
the Petitioners are deeply interested in the case of 

Vou. 102. * 


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945 


his Highness Purtaub Sing, the ex-Raja of Sattara, 
who has been accused of hostility to the British 
Government, forcibly deposed and exiled from his 
dominions upon this charge, and denied for seven 
years the means of being heard in his own defence; 
and praying the House to adopt measures to secure 
to this Prince the opportunity of examining the 
charges which have been brought against him, the 
evidence in support of the same, and of bringing 
forth the proofs of his innocence, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Selby (three Petitions) ;—Pateley Education. 


Bridge ;—and, Bird Bush ; stating that the Petition- 
ers view with strong disapprobation and alarma mea- 
sure for promoting Education at the public expense, 
and under the control of the Committee of Council 
on Education in August and December 1846 ; and 
praying the House not to sanction the proposed 
measure, but to leave the Education of the people 
to the people themselves, — were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of War. 


Inhabitants of ihe borough of Southwark, praying 
the House to secure the adoption of a treaty be- 
tween the British Government and the other Govern- 
ments of the world respectively in which the parties 
shall agree to abandon the barbarousand unchristian 
practice of War, and to refer all matters of dispute 
and difficulty that may arise, which cannot be settled 
by mutual negotiation, to the arbitration of such 
persons as shall from time to time be mutually 
agreed upon, with an impartial umpire in case of 
difference of opinion among the arbitrators, and to 
abide by the decision thus given without having any 
resort to arms, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Grand Jury of the county of Railways 
Tipperary, assembled at Spring Assizes, 1847, pray- (Ireland) Bill. 


ing that the Railways (Jreland) Bill may pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Robert Thomas Webb, Surgeon, of Bills relating 
No. 18, Wyndham-street, Saint Mary-le-bone, pray- t° Ireland. 


ing the House to introduce a clause into every Act 
relating to Lreland, to the effect that no Member of 
either House of Parliament who shall vote on that 
Act shall receive any personal or pecuniary benefit 
therefrom, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of R. T. Webb, of Windham-street, Unappro- 
Bryanstone-square, praying the House to pass a law Priated Lands. 


to appropriate, grant or let on long leases, all the 
Unappropriated Lands of the United Kingdom, and 
the colonies thereof, in small lots to persons who 
will cultivate them with their own hands, and to give 
a free passage to emigrants, and rations, until the 
land can be brought into cultivation (to be afterwards 
repaid by easy annual instalments for the benefit of 
more emigrants), was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Factory Workers in the employ of Factories. 


Mr. Thornley Godley, in the parish of Mottram, 
county of Chester, praying the House to pass a Ten 
Hours Bill for all minors and females employed in 
Factories, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Grand Jury of the South Emigration. 


Riding of the county of Tipperary ;—West half 
barony of Farney (Monaghan) ;—Barony of Farney 
and county of Monaghan (two Petitious);—Don- 
namaine ;— Ballymackney ;—and, Electoral Divi- 
sions of Carrickmacross, Bocks and Crossalane; 
praying the House to take into consideration the 

113 destitute 








| 


a 


Fire Arms 
(Ireland.) 


Attornies’ 
Certificates. 


Bread, Flour 
and Wheat. 


No. 152. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Criminal Law. 


Poor Reliet 
(ireland) Bill. 


Drainage of 
Land Bill. 


246 15°—.16° Marti. 


destitute condition of the Petitioners and their 
families, with a view to some legislative measure 
for affording them means of emigrating to one of 
the colonies where facilities exist for employment, 
and by means of which they could support them- 
selves, and thus render unnecessary the cost of 
their support and that of their families becoming 
a permanent tax upon this country,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Grand Jury of the South Riding 
of the county of Tipperary, at Spring Assizes, 1847, 
praying that some enactment may be made to pro- 
hibit the indiscriminate sale of Fire Arms in [reland, 
and thereby prevent ill-disposed and improper per- 
sons being in the possession of them, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors resid- 
ing at South Molton, in the county of Devon, pray- 
ing that they may be wholly relieved from the 
payment of the Annual Duties on their Certificates, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bread, 
Flour and Wheat, which was presented upon Fri- 
day last, be printed. 


A Message from the Lords by Mr. Duckworth 

and Mr. Russell: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to give leave to the Right honourable Frederick 
Shaw, and the Honourable Charles Ewan Law, 
Members of this House, to attend their Lordships, 
to be sworn, in order to their being examined 
as witnesses before the Select Committee ap- 
pointed by their Lordships in the present Session 
of Parliament, to inquire into the execution of the 
Criminal Law, especially respecting Juvenile Of- 
fenders and Transportation :—And then the Mes- 
sengers withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an Answer 
to the said Message by Messengers of their own. 

And the Messengers were again called in, and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith :—And 
then they again withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon Friday last, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair, (for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee upon the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill ;) 

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


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


a? 
Martis, 16° die Martii, 1847: 
And the Question being put :—It was resolved 
in the Athrmative. 
The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 
(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
raph. 
Preamble postponed. 


Yr 
&gt; 


lo report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed tomove, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

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


The ingrossed Bill to explain and amend the Act 
authorizing the advance of Money for the Improve- 








A. 1847. 


ment of Land by Drainage in Great Britain, was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The General Register House (Edinburgh) Bill General Re- 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and $8tt House 


a 2 Edinburet 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for ay is 


Thursday next. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Agricultural 
mittee on the Agricultural Tenant Right Bill ; —_—— 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
26th day of this instant March, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Poor Relief 
Reading of the Poor Relief Laws Execution (Jre- Laws Execu- 
land) Bill; — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


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

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; steam. 
Resolved, 'That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Commons 
to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands, in pur- ae 
suance of the Second Report of the Inclosure — 
missioners for England and Wales: And that Sir 
William Somerville and Sir George Grey do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Drainage of 
to facilitate the Drainage of Lands in Great Bri- 4s Bill 
tain: And that the Earl of Lincoln, Mr. Sidney 
Herbert, and Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Public Works 

Accouuts of the Amount of Sums applied for at the (Heland.) 
various Presentment Sessions held between the 1st 
day of October 1846 and the ist day of March 
1847, specifying the various Works, and distin- 
guishing those for Public Works and those for 
Drainage :—Of the Amount sanctioned by the Trea- 
sury for each Work :—Of the Amount expended 
on each Work up to the 1st day of March 1847 :— 
Of the Sums actually paid to the labourers on each 
Work, specifying the nature of the Work, whether 
done by task or otherwise :—And, of the Sums paid 
to the Officers employed in carrying on the various 
Works in each district, as well as the Cost of the 
Implements necessary for such Works. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Holyhead _ 
empower the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Harbour Bill 
Woods to purchase Lands for the purpose of a 
Harbour of Refuge at or near Holyhead, in the 
county of Anglesea: And that Mr. Ward and Vis- 
count Morpeth do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Select Committee on the Portland Harbour Portland Har- 

of Refuge and Breakwater Bill was nominated of bout o! Refuse 
Mr. Ward, Admiral Dundas, Captain Berkeley, Water pill 
Mr. Bankes, Viscount Morpeth, Mr. Bernal, Mr. 
Christie, Sir James Graham, Mr. Parker, Mr. 
Seymer, and Five Members to be added by the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Ordered, ‘That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, 





I 
( 


Public Works 
(Ireland. ) 


No, 180. 


Public Works 
(Ireland. ) 


Emigration. 


Qualified 
Justices and 
Elected Guar- 
dians (Ire- 
land.) 


No. 181. 


Public Works 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 180, 





10 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of a further Report and Correspondence 
with Captain Wynze, on the subject of Relief Works 
in the County of Clare:—And, of a Report from 
Captain Gordon, on Proceedings at Corcomroe, in 
the County of Clare, with specimens of Relief 
Labour Tickets and Lists for Employment. 

Mr. Parker accordingly presented the said 
Papers. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of further Correspondence on the subject of 
Relief Works in the County of Clare, referred to in 
the Order of the House of the 22d day of February 
last. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, any information which may have been re- 
ceived by the Colonial Office relative to the demand 
for Labour which exists in any of the Colonies 
suited to receive European Emigrants. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of qualified Justices, and of 
the Number of elected Guardians in each Union in 
Ireland. 

Sir William Somerville accordingly presented 
the said Return. 

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


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Orders,— 
Copies of a Letter, dated the 4th day of December 
1846, from the Board of Works, addressed to Cap- 
tain Wynne, directing an investigation of Charges 
contained in the annexed Letter from George Wes- 
tropp to the said Board, respecting partiality and 
misconduct to the Liscannor Relief Committee ; 
also, of the said George Westropp’s Letter, and of 
the Correspondence that took place between Cap- 
tain Wynne and Mr. Westropp on that subject :— 
Of Captain Wynne’s Report to the Board of Works, 
as the result of the investigation held by him, pur- 
suant to the Board’s Letter, at Liscannor, on the 
17th day of December 1846 ; and also a Copy of Mr. 
O’ Brien’s Letter to the Secretary of the Board, 
requesting a Copy of the said Report :—Of the 
Letter written by the Right honourable Henry La- 
bouchere to the Board of Works, dated the 5th day 
of October 1846, on the subject of reproductive 
Works:—Of the Presentment made thereunder at 
the Extraordinary Sessions held at Corofon, for the 
Barony of Inchiquin, in the County of Clare, on the 
30th day of November 1846 :—Of the Presentment 
made under the same Letter at the Extraordinary 
Sessions held at Ennistymon on the 4th day of 
December 1846, for the Barony of Corconcrae, in 
the County of Clare :—Of the Treasury Minute 
under which Inspectors of Public Works, or of Lists 
of Labourers, were appointed to carry out the objects 
of the Act 9 and 10 Vic., c. 107:—And, of all such 
Instructions for the guidance of the said Inspectors, 
and in explanation of their Duties aad Responsibi- 
lities, as may have been issued by the Treasury, the 
Irish Government, or the Board of Works in Jre- 
land :—Lists of all the said Inspectors now or lately 
employed in Jreland; specifying the Salary and 
Allowances paid to each Inspector; and stating by 
whom he had been appointed :—Of the Men em- 
ployed upon the said Public Works in the Ba- 
ronies in the said County of Clare, in charge of 
Captain Wynne, who were struck off the Lists of 
Labourers by the said Inspector; specifying the 

VoL, 102. 





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Name and Place of Abode ofeach Person so struck 
off, and the cause alleged by the said Inspector for 
so striking him off, and the Names of the Persons 
so struck off the Lists as aforesaid who had been 
subsequently reinstated :—And, of the several Relief 
Committees in the County of Clare of which Cap- 
tain Wynne took charge ; specifying how often he 
visited each for the Revision of Lists, and the Date 
of each Visit. 

Copy of Mr. Hornsby’s Letter to Samuel Gamble, Public Works 
C. E. referred to in Mr. Gamble’s Letter of the sth “reland.) 
day of January 1847, addressed to Lieutenant No. 180. 
Colonel Jones. 

Copies of a certain Notice, dated the 21st day of public Works 

November 1846, from Richard Millet, Resident (ireland.) 
Engineer for the barony of Corcomrae, inthe County No, 180. 
of Clare, to the Check Clerks at Killilagh :—Of 
Major Macnamara’s Letter, dated the 30th day of 
November 1846, addressed to the said Richard 
Millet, and of his Reply thereto :—Of Major Mac- 
namara’s Letter to Mr. Gamble, District Engineer 
for the County of Clare, dated the 30th day of No- 
vember 1846, and Mr. Gamble’s Reply thereto :— 
And, of Major Macnamara’s Letter to Mr. Gamble, 
dated the 2d day of December 1846, and of his Reply 
thereto :—List of the Stewards and Check Clerks 
employed on the several Public Works in the Relief 
District of Killilagh, the Number of Visits paid to 
the said Works by the District and Resident En- 
gineers respectively, during the progress of the said 
Works, up to the 1st day of January 1847, and the 
Date of each Visit :—And, Copy of Captain Wynne’s 
Report of the Investigation which took place at 
Ennistymon, on the 10th day of December 1846, 
upon Charges preferred by Major Mucnamara against 
Mr. Millet, Resident Engineer. 

Copies of the Correspondence which has taken Reproductive 
place between the Committee of the Town of Kinsale, Works (Xin~ 
the Board of Works, the Treasury, and the Secretary * 
for Ireland, on the subject of certain Reproductive 
Works presented at the Sessions held for the Barony 
of Kinsale, on the 5th day of October last, under 
the Labour Rate Act. 

A Return of the Number of Ships laden with Corn-laden 
Foreign Corn entered inwards at the Ports of the Ships. 
United Kingdom, between the 5th day of January No. 183. 
1846 and the 5th day of January 1847; specifying 
the Kinds and Quantities of Corn, the Ports of 
Lading, and the Ports of Discharge, and whether in 
Ships of the United Kingdom or any other Nation, 
and to what Nation they belonged (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 162, of Session 1846), 

Copies of all Memorials and Petitions presented Copper Ore. 
to the Board of Trade, and to the Chancellor of the Wo, 184. 
Exchequer, respecting the Duty on Copper Ore, and 
Copies of the Answers sent to the several Applica- 
tions since January 1846. 

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


No. 182. 


Ordered, That there be laid befcre this House, a public Works 
Return, showing the Average daily Number of Per- (reland.) 
sons employed on Relief Works in Ireland during No. 185. 
the Week ending the 6th day of March 1847; also 
the Cost, distinguishing the Amount paid in Wages 
and the Cost of the Establishment. 

Mr. Parker accordingly presented the said Re- 
turn. 

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


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to autho- Commons 
rize the Inclosure of certain Lands, in pursuance of (No?) Bill 
the Second Report of the Inclosure Commissioners N , 196 
for England and Wales: And the same was read the ee 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Ward presented a Bill to empower the Com- Holyhead 
missioners of Her Majesty's Woods to purchase 
Lands for the purpose of a Harbour of Refuge at 

114 or 


Harbour Bill. 
No. 187. 








Emigration 
from Africa. 


Loans, &amp;c. 


Public Income 


and Expendi- 
ture, &amp;c. 


Emigration 
Agents. 


Criminal Law. 





248 


or near Holyhead, in the county of Anglesea: And 

the same was read the first time; and referred to 

the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 
Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Mr. Hawes presented, pursuant to an Address to 
Her Majesty,—Copies of all Papers relative to the 


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A. 1847. 


Law, especially respecting Juvenile Offenders and 
Transportation. 

And Mr. Law, being present in his place, declared 
that he was willing, with leave of the House, to go 
to the House of Lords, as desired by their Lordships. 

Resolved, That the Honourable Charles Ewan 
Law have leave to go to the House of Lords, as 





further progress of Emigration from Africa to the 
West India Colonies. 

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


The Order made upon the 5th day of February | 
last, That there be laid before this House, An Ac- 
count Current of Monies received between Great 
Britain and Ireland since the Union :—An Account 
of all the Loans contracted by the Jrish Government, 
and the progress of the Jrish National Debt, from 
its commencement down to 1801 (the Union) :—An 
Account, in continuation, showing the subsequent 
Loans contracted by the Jrish Exchequer until it 
was abolished, in 1817 :—An Account showing how 
the Debts contracted by the Irish Exchequer before 
and after the Union were disposed of, and the 
sources from which the Interest was paid :—The 
Revenue and Expenditure of Ireland, from the 5th 
day of January 1841 to the 5th day of January 1846, 
inclusive :—And, the Taxes imposed in Great Britain 
and the Taxes imposed in Ireland, and the produce 
of each Tax, during the last Ten years, was read and 
discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, showing, for each year from 1817, the In- 
come from the various sources of the Revenue paid 
into the Exchequer in Ireland; the Expenditure, 
under the different heads of Service paid in Jreland, 
exclusive of the Charge of the Funded Debt; the 
Excess or Deficiency of Income after defraying these 
Charges ; the Annual Charge of Interest on the 
Funded Debt of Ire/and, existing at the time of the 
Consolidation of the Exchequers in 1817, calculated 
upon the Capital as it stood on the 1st day of Fe- 
bruary 1817; the Deficiency of Income paid into the 
ixchequer in Jreland to meet the Annual Charge 
of Interest on the Debt of Ireland existing in 1817, 
being the difference between the Interest of the Debt 
and the Sum available for the Payment thereof in 
each year; the Capital and Charge of the Funded | 
Debt of Ireland in each year from 1796 to 1817 (see | 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 35, of Session 1819-20): 
—And, an Account of the Taxes imposed in Great 
Britain, and the Taxes imposed in Ireland, and the 
Produce of each Tax during the last Ten years. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Names, the Dates and Places of 
Appointment, of all the Agents and Sub-Agents in 
the Service of Her Majesty, for the purposes of Emi- 


desired by their Lordships, if he think fit. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to 
acquain* them that this House hath given leave to 
the Honourable Charles Ewan Law to go to the 
House of Lords, as desired by their Lordships, if he 
think fit: And that Mr. Greene do carry the said 
Message. 


Ordered, That the Journai of this House, from Journal to be: 
the end of the last Session of Parliament to the Printed. 
end of the present Session, with an Index to the 
One hundred and second Volume, be printed. 

Ordered, That 1,250 Copies of the said Journal, 
and Index, be printed, by the Appointment and 
under the Direction of John Henry Ley, Esquire, 
the Clerk of this House. 

Ordered, That the said Journal, and Index, be 
printed by such person as shall be licensed by Mr. 
Speaker ; and that no other person do presume to 
print the same. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
One of the clock on Tuesday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 








Martis, 16° die Marta; 
Anno 10° Victories Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of Cotton (India.) 
the East India Company, was called in ; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to Order,—A Return 
of the Quantity of Cotton Wool exported from the 
British Possessions in India, in each year, during 
which the Accounts have been kept, stating the 
Ports from which the Shipments were made, the 
Quantity shipped at each Port, and the Countries 
to which the Cotton was exported, and the Ship- 


'ments to each Country :—And then he withdrew. 


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


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Bedford ___ 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new writ County Writ. 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire, to serve 
in this present Parliament, for the County of Bed- 
ford, in the room of William Astell, Esquire, de- 
ceased. 


Mr. Sayer, from the Commissioners of Brid- Bridlington 
lington Piers and Harbour, was called in; and at ern 


the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of an 





gration in the several Colonies and Dependencies, 


the nature of their Services; also, the Amount and | 


Sources from which their Salaries are derived, and 
whether any of them are entitled to receive any Fees 
or other Emoluments of Office, and from what Par- 
ties, and for what Duties. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords of this day, 
wherein their Lordships request that this House will 
be pleased to give leave to the Honourable Charles 
Ewan Law, a Member of this House, to attend their 
Lordships, to be sworn, in order to his being examined 
as a witness before the Select Committee appointed 
by their Lordships in the present Session of Parlia- 
ment, to inquire into the execution of the Criminal 


Act of Parliament,—Annual Account of the Com- 
| missioners of Bridlington Piers and Harbour, on 
‘account of the Loan of £.30,000 advanced to the 

said Commissioners by the Public Works Loan 
| Commissioners, in Loans of £.5,000 each, for the 
| Erection of the New South Pier and other Works, 
from the 26th day of July 1845 to the 26th day of 

July 1846. 

Abstract of the General Annual Account of the 
Commissioners of Bridlington Piers and Harbour, 
| from the 26th day of July 1845 to the 26th day of 
July 1846 :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined eel 


the Petitions presented upon the 11th and 12th days Report.) 
of 











Railway Bills. 
No. 164. 


Rathmines 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Kilmarnock 
and Ayr Direct 
Railway Bill. 


Great Western 
Railway 
{Branch to join 
the West Lon- 
don Railway, 
Widening and 
Enlargement 
of West Lon- 


10 Vicrorrz. 


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249 


of this instant March; and had directed him to connected therewith, and for the passage of their 


make a Report thereofto the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


traffic over and along the Railways belonging to 
.such Companies, and to refer any dispute with 
| such Companies to the Commissioners of Railways. 


2. Resolved, That in the case of the Coventry, 


_Mr. Strutt preserted,—Report of the Commis- | Banbury and Ozford Junction Railway Petition, 
sioners of Railways on certain Railway Bills com- | the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; 


prised in Groups Nos. 12, 14 and 27 (in pursuance | 'T 


of Resolution of 23d February 1847.) 

Ordered, That the said Paper be referred to the 
Committees on the Bills to which the same relates ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Solicitor-General for Ireland presented a Bill 
for better paving, cleansing, draining, regulating, 
lighting and improving the District of Rathmines, 
Mount Pleasant, Ranelagh, Cullenswovod, Mitl- 
town, Rathgar and Haroldscross, and such other 
Portions of the Parish of Saint Peter, within the 
Barony of Uppercross, in the County of Dublin, and 
for otherwise promoting the Health and Con- 
venience of the Inhabitants: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a se- 
cond time. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct 
Railway Bill, which was yesterday made from the 











Bill, with the exception of those parts which 
enable them to lease the proposed Railway, to the 
Great Western Railway Company, or any other 
Railway Company. 

That the Committees on the two preceding Bills 
do examine, in the first place, how far such Orders 
have been complied with, and do report the same 
to the House, on the Report of the Bill. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time ; 
were agreed to, 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Dublin Improvement Bill, 
which was yesterday made from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Improvement of the Borough of Dublin: 
And that Mr. John O’Connell and Mr. William 


Select Committee on Standing Orders, might be | Smith O' Brien do prepare, and bring it in, 


read ; and the same being read ; 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


that Mr. Bouverie, Lord James Stuart and Sir John 
Hope do prepare, and bring it in. 
The House was moved, That the Report in respect 


of the Petition for additional provision in the Great 
Western Railway (Branch to join the West London 


join the London and South Western Railway near 


Two Petitions from Gloucester ; praying that the 


Mid! ailwi Bi 
for making a Railway from Kilmarnock to Ayr, | congas Sey co eeee eee eee 


with a Branch to the Harbour of Ayr, to be called | 
The Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct Railway: And | 


pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


| Two Petitions from Gloucester ; praying that the 
| London, Oxford and Cheltenham Railway and 
| Branches Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- Railway and 

jsented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Branches Bill, 
| Table. 


Railway, Widening and Enlargement of West Lon- | 
don Railway, and Branches to Hammersmith, and to | Midland Railway (Gloucester and Stonehouse Junc- 


Two Petitions from Gloucester; praying that the 


tion) Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 


don Railway, Lambeth) Bill, which was yesterday made from | and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


and Branches the Select Committee on Standing Orders, might | 


to Hammer- 
smith, and to 
join the Lon- 
don and South 
Western Rail- 
way near 
Lambeth) Bill. 


Edinburgh 
Waterworks 
Bill, 


Waterford and 
Limerick 
Railway Bill. 


Edinburgh and 
Glasgow, 
Monkland and 
Kirkintilloch, 
Ballochney and 
Slamannan 
Railways 
Amalgama- 
tion, Sale or 
Lease Bill. 


Standing 
Orders ; 


North British 
Railway 
(No. 2.) Bill, 





be read ; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 


Petitions from Gloucester ;—and, the Gloucester 


; pet catia and Berkeley Canal Company ; praying that the 
mittee on the said Bill, That they have power to, Gloucester and Hereford Railway and Canal Pur- 


Coventry, 

Banbury and 
Oxford Junc- 
tion Railway 


hat the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 


Dublin Im- 
provement 
i 


Midland Rail- 
way (Mangots- 
field to Bath) 
Bill. 


London, Ox- 
ford and 
Cheltenham 


Midland Rail- 
way (Glouces- 
ter and Stone- 
house Junc- 
tion) Bill. 


Gloucester 
and Hereford 
Railway and 
Canal Pur- 


make provision therein, pursuant to the prayer of chase Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, chase Bill. 


the said Petition. 


The Edinburgh Waterworks Bill was read a se- 
cond time; and committed. 


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


Petitions from Gateshead; — and, Newcastle- 


|upon-Tyne; praying that the Leeds and Thirsk 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | Railway (Leeds, Durham and Newcastle Extension, 


mittee of Selection. 


read a second time; and committed. 
mittee of Selection. 


The Edinburgh and Glasgow, Monkland and 
Kirkintilloch, Ballochney and Slamannan Railways 
Amalgamation, Sale or Lease Bill was read a se- 
cond time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select! nesse and Richard Eccles, Esquires, being a Com- 
Committee on Standing Orders several Resolutions; | mittee appointed at a general meeting of the inhabit- 
| ants of the borough of Wigan, and Thomas Morris 
1. Resolved, That in the case of the North! and Thomas Eccersley, Esquires, being a Committee 
appointed at a general meeting of the town council 
of the borough of Wigan, to act conjointly for the 
purpose of taking such steps in relation to the 
Liverpool Corporation Waterworks Bill, as should 
be deemed expedient for protecting the interests of 


which were read, as follow: 


British Railway (No. 2.) Petition, the Standing 
Orders ought to be dispensed with ; That the parties 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill, with the 
exception of such part as enables them to enter into 
any contracts with the Maryport and Carlisle Rail- 
way Company, and with the Luncaster and Carlisle | the inhabitants of the town and borough of Wigan, 
Railway Company, for a permanent interest or which was presented upon Wednesday last, praying 
right to the use of their Station, and the Works that they may be heard, by themselves, their co 


VoL, 102. 





Leeds and 

Thirsk Rail- 
way (Leeds, 
Durham and 


| &amp;e.) Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and Newcastle Ex- 


’ - ‘ te , |read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
The Waterford and Limerick Railway Bill was | 


tension, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


ae A Petition cf the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Ambergate, 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-/ cesses of the town of Nottingham, praying that the 


Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston and Eastern 


into or near the town of Nottingham) Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Petition of the Reverend John 
Gunning, Clerk, The honourable Colin Lindsay, 
Thomas Morris, Joseph Acton, Ralph Anthony Thick- 


K K 


un- 
sel 


Nottingham 
and Boston 
and Eastern 


| Junction Railway (Alteration of Line and Branches Junction Rail- 


way (Altera- 
tionof Line and 
Branches into 
or near the 
town of Not- 


tingham) Bill, 


Liverpool 
Corporation 
Waterworks 
Bill. 











Bolton Im- 
provement 
Bill. 


Edinburgh 
Markets and 
Customs Bill. 


Dundee and 
Newtyle 
Railway Bill. 


Oldham 
Alliance 
Railway Bill. 


250 


sel or agents, against certain parts of the Liverpool 
Corporation Waterworks Bill, be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 

A Petition of Charles Scarisbrick, John Wood- 
cock, Henry Woodcock, William Crondson, Thomas 
Woodcock, William Roper Eccles, Richard Eccles, 
Thomas Hodson Eccles, Thomas Part, William 
Davies, John and Thomas Potter, Matthew Sep- 
timus Finch, John Fisher, John Finch, Samuel 
M‘Clure, John Knight, William Scowcroft, Felix 
Leach, William Marsden, James Marsden, William 
Cookson, William Morris, William Fouracre, Wil- 
liam Gerard Walmesley, Elizabeth Kenyon, Jane 
Kenyon, Edward Scott, Nathaniel Eckersley, James 
Eckersley, junior, Richard Ranson, Edward Wood- 
cock, William Tipping, Henry Whitaker, William 
Johnson, William Lamb, Garvis Gibson, William 
Park, Robert Park, Thomas Taylor and Brothers, 
John Fairhurst, John Acton, John Brierley, Wil- 
liam Jeffs, John Latham, James Low and John 
Thompson, being respectively Owners and Occupiers, 
or Owners or Occupiers of manufactories, mills and 
other works, and of lands and other hereditaments 
on the banks of or deriving a supply of water from 
the River Douglas, or Owners of lands, mines and 
hereditaments on the intended line of the pipes, 
conduits and other works of the Liverpool Corpora- 
tion Waterworks, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Liverpool Corporation Waterworks 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Trustees for improving the 
township of Little Bolton, praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Bolton Improvement 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton 
Railway Company, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Edinburgh Markets and Customs 
Bill, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts for 
making and maintaining the Turnpike-road from 
Dundee to Cupar Angus, with its Branch to Meigle, 
in the County of Forfar, and Obligants in Bonds 
for Money borrowed for making and maintaining 
the said Roads, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Dundee and Newtyle Railway Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of John Heywood, of Failsworth 
Lodge, in the county of Lancaster, Gentleman, 
praying that he may be heard, by himself, his coun- 
sel or agent, against certain paits of the Oldham 
Alliance Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, Vhat the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 


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A. 1847. 


by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of John Spencer Stanhope, of Cannon Manchester 
Hall, in the county of York, Esquire, praying that 2nd Leeds 
h ie tamale Reena 1 mare Railway 
e may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, (Branch from 
against certain parts of the Manchester and Leeds the Hudders- 
Railway (Branch from the Huddersfield and Sheffield f¢ld and 
3 : : . Sheffield Junc- 
Junction Railway, to Barnsley, and Extension of tion Railway 
Holmfirth Branch) Bill, was presented, and read. to Barnsley, 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the an” 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, Branch) Bill. 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 


Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Edward Hancock and John Mur- Bathwick 
ray Withers, Rate-payers and Inhabitant House- Church Bill. 
holders of the parish of Bathwick, within the city 
and borough of Bath, praying that the Bathwick 
Church Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Rochdale 
gesses of the borough of Manchester, in the county —— _—_ to 
of Lancaster, praying that they may be heard, by ang Leeds» 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain Railway 
parts of the Rochdale Canal (Sale to Manchester Company) Bill. 
and Leeds Railway Company) Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Doncaster and York and 
Tadcaster Turnpike-road, in the West Riding of North Midland 
the county of York, praying that they may be uamater 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, Branch) Bill. 
against certain parts of the York and North Mid- 
land Railway (Knottingley Branch) Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of William Wilson, of Over Whitacre, London and 
and of Exhall, in the county of Warwick, Gentle- a Western 
man, praying that he may be heard, by himself, his eae alk 
counsel or agent, against certain parts of the Zon- Nuneaton _ 
don and North Western Railway (Coventry and Branches) Bill. 
Nuneaton Branches) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Wincanton Union, Blandford 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, and Bruton 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the ®iway Bill 
Blandford and Bruton Railway Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Mayor and Commonalty and South Easter 
Citizens of the city of London, Governors of the Railway ( al 
possessions, revenues and goods of the Hospitals of oe - 
Edward, late King of England the Sixth, of Christ, Arrangement 
Bridewell and Saint Thomas-the-Apostle, (as Go- rd Puirse- 
vernors of Saint Thomas's Hospital aforesaid), pray- ae 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 

counsel 





10 Vicroriz. 


counsel or agents, against certain parts of the South 
Eastern Railway (London Bridge Station, Arrange- 
ment and Enlargement) Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


South Eastern’ A Petition of the Mayor and Commonalty and 
say ay eof Citizens of the city of London, Governors of the 
idening 0 d : 
the Greenwich Possessions, Revenues and Goods of the Hospitals 
Railway, and of Edward late King of England the Sixth, of 
ne. Christ, Bridewell and Saint Thomas-the-Apostle 
ment of the (as Governors of Saint Thomas’s Hospital afore- 
London Bridge said), praying that they may be heard, by them- 
Station) Bill. selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the South Eastern Railway (Widening of the 
Greenwich Railway and Arrangement and Enlarge- 
ment of the London Bridge Station) Bill, was pre- 

sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


London Bridge A Petition of the Mayor and Commonalty and 
Railway To Citizens of the city of London, Governors of the 
Enlargement Possessions, Revenues and Goods of the Hospitals 
Bill. of Edward late King of England the Sixth, of 
Christ, Bridewell and Saint Thomas-the-Apostle 
(as Governors of Saint Thomas’s Hospital afore- 
said), praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the London Bridge Railway Termini General 
Enlargement Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
London, A Petition of the Mayor and Commonalty and 
ne Citizens of the city of London, Governors of the 
outh Coast P cian : 
Railway (Ex. Possessions, Revenues and Goods of the Hospitals 
tension to of Edward late King of England the Sixth, of 
Bridpe) py, Crist, Bridewell and Saint Thomas-the-Apostle 
“7 (as Governors of Saint Thomas’s Hospital afore- 
said), praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 
(Extension to London Bridge) Bill, was presented, 
and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


— 4 A Petition of the Mayor and Commenalty and 
South Cone Citizens of the city of London, Governors of the 
Railway (Lon- Possessions, Revenues and Goods of the Hospitals 
ee of Edward late King of England the Sixth, of 
largement and Christ, Bridewell and Saint Thomas-the-Apostle 
Arrangement) (as Governors of Saint Thomas’s Hospital afore- 
Bill. said), praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against. certain parts 
of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 
(London Bridge Station Enlargement and Arrange- 
ment) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


=e Petitions from the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal 
~ Company ;—and, Gloucester (two Petitions); pray- 


Vou. 102. 





16° Marti. 251 


ing that the Midland Railway (Cheltenham, War- pon et 
wick and Leamington Line) Bill may pass into a} Line) Bill 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 

upon the Table. 


Petitions from Watford ;—Iver ; — Rotherhithe Promiscuous 

(three Petitions) ; — Suint Alban’s ; — Bradford ™tercourse. 
(York) ;— Fleet ;—Berkhamstead ;— Hawes ;— Bris- 
tol ;—Shorne ; — Springfield ;— Chalk ;— Hitchin ; 
— Holbeach ;— Cobham ;— Gravesend ;—and, Lon- 
don (Chairman) ; praying that the House will enact 
such laws with reference to the keepers of brothels, 
and all persons trafficking in female virtue, as shall 
invest magistrates and officers of police with more 
summary powers,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from District of Nottingham ;—Dis- Tax Assessors 
trict of Colchester ;— and, District of Chichester ; and Collectors. 
complaining of the inadequacy of the remuneration 
given to Assessors and Collectors of Property, In- 
come, Land and Assessed Taxes; and praying the 
House to take their case into consideration,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Relief Committee Deceased Poor 
of the Union of Mullaghbrack, in the county of Ar- (ireland.) 
magh, praying that the House will make due pro- 
vision for the supply of plain, but decent and suffi- 
cient coffins, for the interment of deceased persons 
in Ireland, who die, not leaving means to provide 
the same, and whose friends are unable to defray 
the expense, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Relief Committee Relief to 
for the barony of Tullygarvey, in the county of Cavan, !eland. 
suggesting measures for relief to Jreland, making of 
farm-roads, if required, through estates, draining the 
land, making fences, draining bogs and lakes, and, in 
cases of great necessity, assisting the poorer farmers 
in putting down their crops ; and praying that the 
House will afford every assistance to the formation 
of Railroads, by which they consider the resources 
of the country alone can be profitably developed, 
and other measures of relief, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Residents of Oaths. 
the county of Limerick, stating that certain Oaths 
containing denunciations of the religious belief of 
a large portion of Her Majesty’s subjects in Ireland, 
are required to be taken upon the entering on the 
duties of certain offices in that country, by those 
who are not in communion with the Church of 
Rome; and praying for their abolition, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Farmers of the Electoral District of Agricultural 
Aghada, in the barony of Lmokilley, Union of Mid- Tenant Right 
dleton, county of Cork, praying that the Agricultural _ 

Tenant Right Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy and Inhabitants of Chorley, Factorice. 
praying the House to pass a Ten Hours Bill for all 
minors and females employed in Factories, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Union Railways _ 
of Abbeyleix, praying that the Railways (Jreland) (ireland) Bill. 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Northleach Union (Chairman) ;— Poor Removal 
Storrington ;—and, Members of the Halesworth At 
Farmers Club; praying for the repeal or alteration 
of the Poor Removal Act,—were presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on Set- 
tlement and Poor Removal. 

K K 2 A Petition 





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Poor Law 
Trelan d.) 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Raja of 
Sattara. 


Anatomy Act. 


Breweries and 
Distilleries 


Education. 


Lighthouses, 
&amp;e. 


Cotton ( India.) 


Ports, Har- 
bours, &amp;c. Bill 
(1846.) 


252 


A Petition of Vestrymen of the parish of Saint 
Anne, Limehouse, praying that an efficient Poor Law 
may be passed for Jreland, founded on the principle 
of the 43d of Elizabeth, and making permanent 
provision out of the property of Jreland for the 
maintenance of the aged, impotent and destitute 
poor of that country, and also for the employment 
or subsistence of the able-bodied when in a state 
of destitution, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the High Sheriff, Foreman and 
Grand Jury of the Queen’s County, assembled at 
Lent Assizes, 1847, praying that the Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Owners and Occupiers of land in the counties of 
Antrim, Armagh aud Down, stating that. they ace | 
knowledge the claim of the able-bodied, in certain 
circumstances, to such relief as the Poor Relief’ 
(Ireland) Bill, now before the House, proposes to ex- 
tend to them, but view with deep anxiety a per- 
manent law for that purpose; and praying the 
House to enact a Poor Law for Jreland, embracing | 
the provisions of a Law of Settlement, a stringent | 
vagrant clause, an extensive system of colonization, | 
and a rating by electoral divisions, was also pre-' 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 








Petitions from London; — and, Westminster ;, 
stating, that the Petitioners are deeply interested | 
in the case of his Highness Purtaub Sing, the Ex- 
Raja of Sattara, who has been accused of hostility | 
to the British Government, forcibly deposed and | 
exiled from his dominions upon this charge, and | 
denied for seven years the means of being heard | 
in his own defence; and praying the House to! 
adopt measures to secure to that Prince the oppor- | 
tunity of examining the charges which have been 
brought against him, the evidence in support of the 
same, and of bringing forth the proofs of his inno- 
cence,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from [Heaton ;—and, Bradford ; pray- 


ing the House to appoint a Committee to inquire 


into the operation of the Anatomy Act, with a view | 


16° Marti. 


A. 1847. 


in the last Session, may pass into law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 





Ordered, That the Return to an Order dated the Army, &amp;c. 


28th day of May 1846, for Abstract Returns of the 
Strength of the European and Native Corps of the 
Regular Indian Armies, on the 1st day of May 1837, 
and on the 1st day of May 1845, at each of the Three 
Presidencies, Bengal, Madrasand Bombay; stating 
the Number of separate Corps of Cavalry, of Infan- 
try, of Artillery, and of Engineers; the Number of 
European Officers of each Rank, and the Total Num- 
ber of all Ranks, borne on the Muster Rolis of each 
Corps on those Two days ; also, of the several Irre- 
gular Corps of Cavalry and Infantry at each of the 
Three Presidencies, on the Ist day of May 1837, and 
the ist day of May 1845; stating the Strength of 
Officers and Privates, and distinguishing the Num- 
ber of European Officers, and their Rank, serving 
with each such Corps; stating also, whether the 
Corps were employed on permanent or on temporary 
Service, and the Date of their being first enrolled :— 
Return of the Number of European Officers of the 
Indian Armies, Cavalry, Infantry, Artillery and En- 
gineers, at each of the Three Presidencies, absent 
from Regimental Duty, on the 1st day of May 
1837 and the Ist day of May 1845; stating the 
Number and Rank of such Officers, and whether 


absent ou Furlough, on Sick Certificate, or on Staff 


employ; stating also, how many Native Corps at 
each Presidency where the Number of European 
Officers present with such Corps on the Ist day of 
May 1837 and on the 1st day of May 1845 did not 
amount to One-half of the Number of European 
Officers required to complete the Establishment, 
according to the East India Company’s Regula 
tions :—Also, the highest and the lowest Number of 
European Officers present with any one Corps at 
each of these Dates, and the Average Number of 


| Officers with each Corps, at each of the Presiden- 
| cies :—Abstract Returns of the Augmentations of 


; Corps, and the Numbers of Officers and Men added 
,to the several Branches of the Jndian Armies, Re- 
gular and Irregular, at each of the Three Presiden- 
cies ; stating the Dates and Extent of such Aug- 
,mentations made during the Period between the 
1st day of May 1837 and the 1st day of May 1845; 


to its repeal,—were presented, and read; and or-| and also the Dates and Extent of any Reductions 


dered to lie upon the Table. 


| 
| 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of | 


Inhabitants of Bolton-le-Moors, praying the House 
to adopt measures for stopping the use of grain in 
breweries and distilleries, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stratten Saint Margaret's ;—and, 
Swindon; praying the House to refuse its sanction 
to the scheme proposed in the Minutes of the Com- 


‘in the same Period:—Of the Force employed for 
Revenue and Police purposes at each of the Three 
Presidencies ; stating the Number of Corps, and 
the strength in Officers and Men of each Corps, also 
the Number of European Officers attached to each 
such Corps, on the 1st day of May 1837 and the 
Ist day of May 1845; also, a Statement of the 
Augmentation of that Force between the 1st day 
of May 1837 and the 1st day of May 1845, and 
the Dates and Extent of such Augmentations ; also, 





mittee of Council on Education, and also to refuse 


the Dates and Extent of any Reductions that 


e z= : . H sited . ‘ . pol « r S i 
to grant any monies for its introduction and sup- | of E made in that time:—Of the Total Strength 


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


Petitions from Kirhcaldy; — and, Carnarvon; 
raying the House to adopt measures for carrying 


of Her Majesty’s Troops, Cavalry and Infantry, in 
| each of the Three Presidencies of India, on the 1st 
day of May 1837 and the 1st day of May 1845, 
| stating the Number of Officers and Privates borne 
/ou the Muster Rolls at these Dates :—Of the Total 


into effect the recommendations of the Select Com- | Military Charges of India, for each of the years 
mittee on Lighthouses, &amp;c.,—were presented, and | from the year ending the 30th day of April 1837 to 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A. Petition of Master Spinners, Manufacturers 
and others engaged in the Cotton Trade in Chorley, 
and the neighbourhood, praying the House to ap- 
point a Select Committee to make a full and search- 
ing inquiry into all the circumstances which affect 
the cultivation of Cotton in India, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Harwich ;—and, Youghal; pray- 
inz, that the Ports, Harbours, &amp;e., Bill introduced 





the 30th day of April 1845 ; stating the Amount of 

‘these Charges at each of the Three Presidencies of 
Bengal, Madias and Bombay, distinguishing the 
Ordinary and Extraordinary Charges at each Pre- 

|sidency; and distinguishing also the Charges of 
| Her Majesty’s Troops, Ordinary and Extraordinary, 
from those of the Company’s Forces, in Rupees and 
| in Sterling Money :—And, of the Total Charges of 
the Force employed for Revenue and Police pur- 
poses in India, stating tie Amount at each of the 
Three Presidencies, in each of the years ending the 

30th day of April 1838 and the 30th day of April 

1845; 


(India.) 


No. 188. 











16° Marti. 


10 VictorizZ. 953 

Taxes imposed in Great Britain, and the Taxes 
1845 ; distinguishing the additional Charges in the | imposed in Ireland, and the Produce of each Tax 
year ending the 30th day of April 1845, for the Aug- | during the last Ten years. 
mentations made after the 1st day of May 1837, in Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Rupees and in Sterling Money :—Return of the | Table; and be printed. 
Naval Forces (Sailing and Steam Vessels), in the - 
East India Company’s Service in India, on the 1st A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Portsmouth 
day of May 1837 and the 1st day of May 1845, of the borough of Portsmouth, and of Persons whose Paving, Light 
stating the Augmentations, if any, and the Extent | names are thereunder signed, being Commissioners 7"8 ond 


Improvement 


and Dates of such Augmentations; distinguishing 
also the Force employed on the Coast of Scinde 
and on the River Indus, from the Force employed 
elsewhere :—Abstract Return of the Total Charges 
of the Indian Naval Force, in the years ended the 
ist day of May 1837 and the Ist day of May 1845; 
distinguishing, as far as possible, the Charge for the 
Force employed on the Coast of Scinde, and on the 
River Jndus, in the last year, in Rupees and Sterling 
Money :—Abstract Returns of the Total Amount of 
the Revenues of Jndia, in each of the years ended 
the 30th day of April 1837 to the 30th day of April 
1845, distinguishing the Amount of the Revenue at 
each of the Three Presidencies of Bengal, Madras 
and Bombay; also, an Account of the Expenditure 
at the Three Presidencies in the same years, and 
the Amount of Surplus or Deficiency, and the Ba- 
lance in the Treasury at each of these Dates :—Ab- 
stract Account of the Total Annual Home Charges 
on the Indian Revenue, in each of the years ended 
30th day of April 1837 to the 30th day of April 
1845; distinguishing the same under the separate 
Heads for Establishments, Payment of Dividends, 
Pensions, Freight, and Conveyance of Troops, Mi- 


for the improvement of the town of Portsmouth, 
praying that provision may be made in the Ports- 
mouth Paving, Lighting and Improvement Bill for 
prohibiting the holding of fairs in the said borough, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Report of Dr. Macwilliam, on 
the Boavista Fever. 

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





| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
| Returns of the Names of all Persons (except com- 
mon Workmen) who are or have been employed 
under the authority of the Master of the Rolls, on 
the Public Records, stating their Names, Office, 
| Duties, Salaries, Hours of Attendance, the time they 
|have been so employed ; or, under the late Record 
| Commission, directly or indirectly, as Clerks, or in 


litary Stores, &amp;c. :—-Account of the Total Amount of | auy other capacity ; and, as regards those who have 


Debt of the East India Company in India, Bonded 
and Floating; distinguishing the Amounts at each 
of the Three Presidencies in each year from the 1st 
day of May 1237 to the 1Istday of May 1845, stat- 
ing the Rates of Interest paid thereon, and the Ag- 
gregate Charge for Interest on the whole Debt, in 
each of these Two years in Jndia:—A simular Ac- 
count of the Bonded and Floating Debt of the East 
India Company at Home, in each year from the Ist 
day of May 1837 to the 1st day of May 1845, stat- 
ing the Rates of Interest, and the Aggregate Charge 
for Interest on the said Debt, in each of these years, 
wuich was presented upon the 16th day of August 
in the last Session of Parliament, be printed. 


ceased to be employed, the Date and Cause of their 
‘having ceased to be so engaged :—Showing the 
manner in which, under each year, the Sums voted 
‘by Parliament for the Arrangement, &amp;c., of the 
Public Records, have been expended and appro- 
priated, under the various heads of Salaries, Pay- 
ments for Job-work, Material for Repairs, Work- 
'men’s Wages, and fitting up Record Offices :—And, 
of the Amount of Fees received for Searches in the 
Public Records, in each year, since the passing of 
‘the Act 1 &amp; 2 Vie., c. 94. 
| 
ito Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
|to give directions, that there be laid before this 


British Ordered, That the Paper relative to the British House, a Return from each Commissary Court in 
Museum. Museum, which was presented yesterday, be printed. | Scotland, stating the Limits of their respective J uris- 

No. 189. | dictions prior and subsequent to the Act 4 Geo. 4, 
Scinde. Ordered, That the Papers relative to Scinde, which | c. 97, and the times, if any, at which they are not 


No. 190. 


Emigration 
from Africa. 


No. 191. 


Public Income 


were presented yesterday, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Papers relative to Emigration 
from Africa, which were presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Mr. Parker presented, — Return to an Order, 


| open for granting Confirmations :—And, a Return, 
stating the nature of the Records of these different 
Commissary Courts respectively, in so far as regards 
Wills or Confirmations; also, whether the Wills 
are deposited in the custody of the said Courts and 
there retained ; or if not retained, whether authen- 
tic copies of them are made and recorded; also, 


ee dated the 15th day of this instant March, for a | the earliest Dates of said Records, and of such Wills 
No 19° Return, showing, for each year from 1817, the In- | or recorded Copies in each Court respectively ; and 


come from the various sources of the Revenue 
paid into the Exchequer in Jreland ; the Expendi- 
ture, under the different heads of Service paid in 
Ireland, exciusive of the charge of the Funded 
Debt; the Excess or Deficiency of Income after de- 
fraying these Charges; the Annual Charge of In- 


the state and condition of such Records in regard 
to preservation, and Indices. 

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





Bill. 


Boavista 
Fever. 


Public 
Records, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Commissary 


Courts 
(Scotland.) 


terest on the Funded Debt of JLreland, existing at Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Rateable 
the time of the consolidation of the Exchequers | Return, showing the Net Annual Value of Rateable Property 


in 1817, calculated upon the Capital as it stood on 
the Ist day of February 1817; the Deficiency of 
Income paid into the Exchequer in Ireland to meet 
the Annual Charge of Interest on the Debt of Jre- 
land existing in 1817, being the difference between 
the Interest of the Debt and the Sum available for 
the payment thereof in each year; the Capital and 
Charge of the Funded Debt of Ireland in each year 
from 1796 to 1817 (see Parliamentary Paper, No. 
35. of Session 1819-20) :—And, an Account of the 
VoL. 102. 


Property in the several Unions in Oxfordshire, 
North Riding of Yorkshire, and in Liverpool, the 
Strand, and Whitechapel Unions, and Norwich 
Union respectively. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 





( Oxfordshire, 


&amp;c.) 


Waterford 


Returns of the Amount, in detail, paid to each Per- Corporation. 
son, by name, for Salary, Pension or Allowance, as 
a Municipal Officer of the Borough of Waterford, 
jin each of the years ending respectively September 

KK3 1844, 

















Union Work- 
houses. 


Dublin Cor- 
poration. 


Dublin Cor- 
poration. 


Dublin Pipe 
Water. 


Q54 16° Martiz. 


1844, 1845 and 1846:—Of the Amount paid to 
each Retired Officer of the late Corporation, as Com- 
pensation for the loss of Office :—Of the Amount 
claimed by any Retired Otficer not yet settled with: 
—Of the Names of the Securities for the present 
Treasurer on the 1st day of January 1847, and the 
Amount of such Security, and whether such Persons 
are Members of the Corporation :—Of the Names 
of the Persons in whom the Balance in favour of 
the Borough Fund of £.15,462 18s. 4d. on the Ist 
day of September 1845, was vested, and the Sum 
to the credit of the Borough Fund on the Ist day 
of January 1847, and the Persons to whose credit 
or in whose name it was vested :—Of the Rate of 
Interest, ifany, payable on said Balance :—And, of 
the Balance now in hand in favour of the Borough 
Fund, and in whose name vested :—A detailed State- 
ment of the Amount of Money borrowed by the 
Corporation from 1842 to 1847, and how disposed 
of, with the Interest payable on the same, and the 
manner the said Money was paid; and, if in the 
Funds, at what Price were the Funds taken by the 
Corporation, and at what Loss or Profit the said 
Funds wére sold ; and if any of the said Money is 
now vested in the Public Funds, and how much :— 
And, a detailed Account of the Debts due by the 
Corporation on the 1st day of September 1842, 1843, 
1844, 1845 and 1846. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Union Workhouses in England and 
Wales, and the Number of the Poor, and the Cost 
of maintaining them in each Union; and the Num- 
ber of the Poor, and the Amount given for Out-door 
Reliet by each Union, during the years 1843, 1844, 
1845 and 1846 respectively, classified according to 
Age and Infirmity :—-Of the Number of Children 
separated from their Parents in each of the Union 
Workhouses in England and Wales ; distinguishing 
their Sexes, and stating if any and what other Classi- 
fication exists; and a Report of their School In- 
struction, and the Number of Deaths of Infants, in 
each year, from the year 1834 to the end of the 
year 1846 respectively :—And, of the Amount paid 
to the Medical Attendants of the Union Workhouses, 
and the Number of the Poor, and the Number of 
the Sick in each Union, and the Number of the 
Poor each Attendant has under his care, and the 
Number of the Poor relieved by orders from Medical 
Men for extra Nutriment, during Convalescence, in 
each Union, during the years 1844, 1845 and 1846 
respectively. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all Expenses incurred by the Corpora- 
tion of the City of Dublin in Deputations, stating 
the Expense of each Deputation, its object, and the 
Names of the Persons composing that Deputation, 
from the 1st day of November 1841 to the 31st day 
of December 1846. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of Memorial on the subject of the Admission 
of Freemen, signed Martin Crean, and presented 
to the Lord Mayor and Corporation of the City of 
Dublin, on the 9th day of March 1847. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns showing the Number of Streets, Squares, 
Courts, Passages and Lanes in the City of Dublin 
furnished with Pipes for the supply of Water to the 
Inhabitants thereof, and the Number of those which 
are deficient in this accommodation ; also, the Num- 
ber of Miles of Mains in the City of Dublin, and 
whether same are of Metal or any other material :— 
And, showing the Date and Locality of the Fires 
which have occurred in the City of Dublin for the 
last Ten years, and the Amount of Property partially 
or wholly destroyed, and the Number of Lives lost 
by each such Fire, as far as can be ascertained. 











A. 1847. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Railway 
to Her Majesty, that She will be grac.ously pleased Accidents. 
to give directions that there be iaid before this 
House, a Return of the Number and Nature of 
Accidents and Injuries to Life and Limb which 
have occurred on Railways, from th: 1st day of 
July to the 31st day of December 1486 (in conti- 
nuation of the Report printed 11th and 12th August 
1846). 

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


The Order made yesterday, That the Earl of Lin- Drainage of 
coln, Mr. Sidney Herbert and Sir George Grey do L4nds Bill. 
prepare, and bring in the Drainage of Lands Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Earl of Lincoln, Mr. Sidney 
Herbert and Sir George Clerk do prepare, and bring 
in the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Venerable William Dealtry, General Fast. 

Doctor of Divinity, Archdeacon of Surrey, be de- 
sired to preach before this House at Saint Mar- 
garet’s, Westminster, on Wednesday the 24th day 
of this instant March, being the day appointed by 
the Proclamation of Her Majesty for a General 
Fast: And that Lord John Russell and Sir George 
Grey do acquaint him therewith. 


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to Destitute Irish 
an Address to Her Majesty,—Copies of, or Ex- (Liverpool.) 
tracts from, any Correspondence addressed to Her No. 193. 
Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Home Depart- 
ment relative to the recent Immigration of destitute 
Irish into Liverpool. 

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


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Railways 

to consider the circumstances under which a certain oe 
Document was printed by Order of this House, pur- en 
porting to be the Report of the Select Committee of 1846.) 
last Session, appointed to inquire whether, without 
discouraging legitimate enterprise, conditions may 
not be embodied in Railway Acts better fitted than 
those hitherto inserted in them, to promote and 
secure the interests of the public:—And a Com- 
mittee was appointed, of Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. 
Goulburn, Lord John Russell, Mr. Morrison, Mr. 
Hudson, Sir George Grey, Sir George Clerk, Mr. 
Wilson Patten, Mr. Warburton, Mr. Labouchere, 
Mr. Sidney Herbert, Mr. George Hamilton, Mr. 
Parker, Mr. Hume, Mr. Charles Russell, Sir John 
Easthope and Mr. Baring, with Power to send for 
persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Duckworth Message from 

and Mr. Russell : the Lords ; 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz., 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to apply the Sum of Consolidated 
Eight millions out of the Consolidated Fund, to the ete 000) 
Service of the year One thousand eight hundred and i 7 
Forty-seven : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for raising the Sum of Loan Bill. 
Eight millions by way of Annuities :—And then the iG 
Messengers withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Cracow. 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon the 4th day of this instant March, That this 
House, considering the faithful observance of the 
General Act of Congress, or Treaty of Vienna, of 
the 9th day of June 1815, as the basis of the peace 
and welfare of Europe, views with alarm and indig- 
nation the incorporation of the Free City of Cracow, 
and of its Territory, into the Empire of Austria, 


by 











10 Vicrorti2. 


by virtue of a Convention entered into at Vienna, 
on the 6th day of November 1846, by Russia, 
Prussia and Ausiria, in manifest violation of the 
said Treaty ; 

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


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


Mercurii, 17° die Martii, 1847: 


And the Previous Question being proposed, That 
that Question be now put:—The said Previous 
Question and Motion were severally, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


Marine Mutiny 
Bill. 


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


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after One of the clock 
on Wednesday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 








Mercurii, 17° die Martii ; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 
N R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law 


Commissioners, was called in; and at the 
bar presented, pursuant to Order,—A Retuin of 
the Names of the Unions taken from the Assistant 
Poor Law Commissioner’s district now held by Mr. 
Gulson, on his being appointed to it in November 
1846; and Copies of ali Applications from Mr. 
Gulson, or any of his predecessors, or from any 
person connected with the Weymouth Union, for 
the removal of that Union from Mr. G'ulson’s dis- 


Weymouth 
Union. 


trict ; and of all Correspondence of the Poor Law | 


Commissioners, or portions of Correspondence, ; 
relative to the removal of the Weymouth Union | 
from Mr. Gulson’s district, on its restoration 
thereto :—And then he withdrew. 

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


South Eastern 
Railway (Mid 
Kent and 
Direct Tun- 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on Group (No. 1.) of Railway Bills, to enter- 


16°—17° Marti. 


| Bridgewater ;——and, Company of Proprietors of 


255 


Mr. Poulett Scrope presented a Bill for the Im- Dublin 
provement of the Borough of Dublin: And the {yuProvement 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be — 
read a second time. 


Mr. Grimsditch presented a Bill to enable the Cheter ond 

’ a 0. y nea 
Chester and Holyhead Railway Company to make Railway (Exe 
certain Extensions of, and Alterations in, the Line tensions at 
of the Chester and Holyhead Railway, and for Chester and 
other Purposes: And the same was read the first Holyhead, &amp;c.) 


: 4 No, 2.) Bill. 
time; and ordered to be read asecond time. a 


The York and Newcastle Railway (Main Line York and New- 
Improvement, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time ; Cain Line 
and committed. Improvement 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- &amp;c.) Bill, 
mittee of Selection. 


Petitions of James Loch, Esquire, a Trustee under Manchester, 
the Will of the Most noble Francis late Duke of eo and 

° ° incolnshire 
Bridgewater ; and, Company of Proprietors of Railway 
the Mersey and Jrwell Navigation; praying that (Supply of 
they may be heard by themselves, their counsel or tg ate 
agents, against certain parts of the Manchester, salford and r 
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (Supply of Sur- Stockport) 
plus Water to Manchester, Salford and Stockport) ¥. 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered te be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Petitions of James Loch, Esquire, a Trustee under Manchester, 
the Will of the Most noble Francis late Duke of Sheffield and 
Lincolnshire 
Railway 
(Ashton Canal 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or Purchase) Bill. 
agents, against certain parts of the Manchester, 

Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (Ashton Canal 
Purchase) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the sail 
Petitions. 








ithe Mersey and Jrwell Navigation; praying that 


\ 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the )tanchester 
Mersey and Jrwell Navigation, praying that they and Southport 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or /#ilway and 





tain the Petition of Captain James Ryder Burton, 
which was presented upon Monday last, against 
the South Eastern Railway (Mid Kent and Direct | 
Tunbridge) Bill, notwithstanding the same was not 
presented three clear days before the first meeting | 
of the Committee thereon. 


bridge) Bill. 


Gloucester and 
Hereford Rail- 
way and Canal 
Parchase Bill. 


The Gloucester and Hereford Railway and Canal 
Purchase Bill was read a second time ; and com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Edinburgh 
and Perth 
Railway Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Edinburgh and Perth Railway Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 26th day of this instant March. 


Edinburgh 
Markets and 
Customs Bill. 


Ordered, That the Petition of the Edinburgh, 
Leithand Granton Railway Company, which was 
presented upon the 16th day of this instant March, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Edinburgh Markets and Customs Bill, be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


VoL. 102. 


agents against certain parts of the Manchester and vepccendians 
Southport Railway and Branches Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition, 


A Petition of James Loch, Esquire, a Trustee Liverpool Cor- 
under the Will of the Most noble Francis late poration 
Duke of Bridgewater, praying that he may be ja‘ ™™™* 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against — 
certain parts of the Liverpool Corporation Water- 
works Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his 
Petition, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition, 


Petitions of James Loch, Esquire, a Trustee under Rochdale 
the Will of Francis late Duke of Bridgewater ; Canal (Sale to 
and, Company of Proprietors of the Mersey and {he Manches- 
Jrwell Navigation; praying that they may be Railway Com- 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, pany) Bill. 
against certain parts of the Rochdale Canal (Sale 
tothe Manchester and Leeds Railway Company) 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 

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256 


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A. 1847. 


to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners | the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 


heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


North Staf- 


A Petition of James Loch, Esquire, a Trustee 
fordshire Rail- 


under the Will of the Most noble Francis late 
way (Altera- ‘ é 
tions and Duke of Bridgewater, praying that he may be 
Branches) Bill. heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against 
certain parts of the North Staffordshire Railway 
(Alterations and Branches) Bill, was presented, and 
read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


London and A Petition of James Loch, Esquire, a Trustee under 
—- the Will of the Most noble Francis late Duke of 
(lease and Bridgewater, praying that he may be heard, by him- 
Purchase of self, his counsel or agent, against certain parts of 
poo A ge pl the London and North Western Railway (Lease and 
po setiong Pea Purchase of the Huddersfield and Manchester Rail- 
way and Canal, way and Canal, and the Leeds, Dewsbury and Man- 
wd a chester Railway) Bill, was presented, and read. 
a te “Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Railway) Bill. Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Birkenhead 
(Commission- 
ers) Docks 
Acts Amend- 
ment (Con- 
struction of 
New Docks 
and Alteration 
of Culvert) 
Bill. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Mersey and Irwell Navigation, praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Birkenhead Commis- 
sioners Docks Acts Amendment (Construction of 
New Docks and Alteration of Culvert) Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Birkenhead 
Dock Com- 
pany and. IIer- 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Mersey and Irwell Navigation, praying that they 
oF ca may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
Dock Com- against certain parts of the Birkenhead Dock Com- 
pany Amalga- pany and Herculaneum Dock Company Amalga- 
mation Bill. . : social erie ~ 

mation Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill, and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Leeds and 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
Thirsk Rail- 


more effectually improving the Road from Gates- 
way (Leeds, : ie : 
Durham and “ead, in the County of Durham, to the Church-lane, 
Neweastle Ex- near Ryton-lane Head, and from the Bar Moor, to 
— Se.) the Hexham ‘Turnpike-road, near Dilston Bar, in 
the County of Northumberland, praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 


against certain parts of the Leeds and Thirsk Rail- | 
way (Leeds, Durham and Newcastle Extension, &amp;c.) | 


Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
b; themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


South Eastern 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Railway 


Glen Kent Grand Surrey Canal, praying that they may be 

and Brick. beard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 

layers’ Arms certain parts of the South Eastern Railway (North 

Junction) Bill. Kent and Bricklayers’ Arms Junction) Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 











heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. c 


A Petition of Owners of property, Inhabitants Cockermouth 
and Rate-payers within the town and township of a 
Cockermouth, praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Cockermouth Improvement Bill, was 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the royal burgh of apa 
Inverheithing and neighbourhood, praying that the Pviyay BilL 
v7 Nea eae # we Railway Bi 
Edinburgh and Perth Railway Bill may pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 

upon the Table. 


jj et 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Caernarvon, inter- Raja of ¢ 
ested in the welfare and good government of the 5447 
British Indian Empire, representing to the House 
the case of the deposed Raja of Sattara, who has 
by the British Indian authorities been dethroned, 
deprived of his property, and exiled from his do- 
minions, without trial, and upon charges which were 
preferred against him in secret, and praying the 
House to allow to that Prince an opportunity of 
proving his innocence before he is condemned and 
punished as guilty, was presented, and cead; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Poor Removal 
Gainsborough Union, in the counties of Lincoln and A*- 
Nottingham, praying for the repeal or alteration of 
the Poor Removal Act, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Settlement 
and Poor Removal. 


A Petition of Members of an Association of Lighthouses, 
Shipowners of Stockton-upon-Tees, in the county *¢ 
of Durham, praying the House to pass a law in 
accordance with the reconimendations of the Select 
Committee on Lighthouses, &amp;c., was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parishes of Roman Catho- 
Otten Belchamp and Belchamp Saint Paul, in the lie Relict Bill 
county of Essex, together with Pentlon, praying 
that the Roman Catholic Relief Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Division of Epping (Essex) ;— Tax Assessors 

District of Edmonton (Middlesex) ;—and, Kensing- 24 Colectors. 
ton; complaining of the inadequacy of the remunera- 
tion given to Assessors and Collectors of Property, 
Income, Land and Assessed Taxes; and praying the 
House to take their case into consideration,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition ofthe East and West Yorkshire Junc- Railways Bill- F 
tion Railway Company, praying that the Railways 
Bill may not pass into a law; and thatthey may be 
heard, by their counsel or agents, at the bar of the 
House, against the same, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. F 


i of a of the Poor of the parish Rating of 
of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, praying Tenements 
that the Rating of Tesaielinn (No. 2.) Bul mar ase 
not pass into a law, as it now stands, but that a 
clause may be inserted therein exempting the parish 
of birmingham from its operation, so far as relates 
to the Poor-rate, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Rate-payers of the parish of Bishops 
Stortford, in the county of Hertford, praying that 
the said Bill may pass into a law, was also pre- 

sented, 


Criminal 
Offenders. 


Cotton (India.) 
No. 194. 


Rating of 
Tenements 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Juvenile 
Offenders Bill. 


Factories. 


Factories Bill. 


Factories Bill. 





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


A Petition of Justices of the Peace for the bo- 
rough of Kingston-upon-Hull, and county of the 
same borough, praying the House to appomt a 
Committee, to inquire and to report on the state of 
the Criminal Population of these kingdoms, and 
particularly of the juvenile part of that population, 
with a view to ascertain the best means for the re- 
formation of Criminals, and for their safe restoration 
to society, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Cotton 
(India), which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Rating of Tenements (No. 2.) Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Mr. Brotherton, 


Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Bright : } 87 
Tellers forthe Noes,{ _ —e } 39. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Wed- 
nesday the 31st day of this instant March. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second | 


Reading of the Juvenile Offenders Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 


The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Wakley, } 93 
Yeas, | Mr. Ferrand : " 
Tellers for the J Sir John Pakington, } - 
Noes, Viscount Barrington: itt 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Wed- 
nesday the 28th day of April next. 


Petitions from Giasgow ;— Bolton ;—Keighley ; 


— Oldham ;— Rochdale ;—-Heywood ;—Chorley ;— 


Glasgow (Chairman) ;—Counties of York, Lancas- | 


ter, Chester and Derby ;—and, Bury (Lancaster) ; 
praying the House to pass a Ten Hours Bill for all 
minors and females employed in Factories,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the thereunder-signed, praying that 
the Factories Bill may not pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Factories Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That ” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“« this House will, upon Wednesday the 31st day of 
«‘ this instant March, resolve itself into the said 
“« Committee,” instead thereof. 

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

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257 


Question :—The said proposed Amendment was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair:—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
Rill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Cuiause, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 
C.ausE, N° 2, (Limiting the hours during which 


persons under eighteen years of age are to be em- 
ployed in mills and factories). 


Several Amendments made. 


Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill; 
The Committee divided : 


Tellers for they Mr. Fielden, laa 
Yeas, Mr. Brotherton : | doses 
Tellers for thef Mr. Bright, L 66 
Noes, { Mr. Duncan: J ; 


Cuause, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 














Cuausss, N° 4, and N° 5, agreed to. 


Clause, (And be it Enacted, That in all cases 
where, by reason of the restrictions by this Act 
respectively imposed, as regards the working of 
persons under the age of eighteen years, and of 
| females above the age of eighteen years, the lessee 
_or occupier, lessees or occupiers, of any such mill 
| or factory as is in this Act referred to, or any part 
| thereof, or any rooms therein, shall not be entitled 
to or be by law able to enjoy the full and beneficial 
use of the steam power contracted to be supplied by 
the lessor or landlord for the full length of time for 
| which the lessee or occupier, lessees or occupiers, 
| would, but for this Act, have been entitled to, a pro- 
| portionate abatement of the rent payable by such 
| lessee or occupier, lessees or occupiers, shall be made 
| and allowed by the lessor or landlord, such propor- 
| tionate abatement to be fixed and settled by any 
two of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, who 
shall have full power to hear the parties and their 
respective witnesses, and to summon them before 
them the said Justices, for that purpose, and finally 





to adjudicate and determine in the premises, if the 
| parties differ about the same), brought up, and 
read 1°. 


Motion made, and Question put, That the said 
|Clause be now read a second time:—Motion ard 
Clause, by leave, withdrawn. 


| Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, ‘That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Wed- 
| nesday, the 21st day of Apri! next. 


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

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


Supply. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Meavs. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Poor Rates 
Committee, To-morrow, upon the Poor Rates (Jre- (Ireland) Bill. 
land) Bill, was read; and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 25th day of this instant March, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 





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Kilmarnock Sir John Hope presented a Bill for making a 
ae a me Railway from Kilmarnock to Ayr, with a Branch to 
y*™ the Harbour of Ayr, to be called The Kilmarnock 

and Ayr Direct Railway: And the same was read 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of attendable Warrants 
granted by each of the Taxing Masters of the Court 
of Chancery for the Taxation of Costs, each day, 
within the fourth year of his appointment ; distin- 
guishing the Warrants to justify attendances, and 
the Number of Bills of Costs, and the Amount and 
Rate of the Per-centage on the Taxation thereof, 
paid thereon during that year, and the Sums re- 
ceived by him for Warrants granted, and for Copies 
of Bills of Costs, and for Reports or Certificates, or 
otherwise, during that period :—And, of the Total 
Amount of the Sums received by each of the Taxing 
Masters of the Court of Chancery (paid out of the 
Suitors’ Fee Fund), both for Salary and Compensa- 
tion, since the passing of the Act 5 and 6 Vic., 
c. 103, distinguishing the Sums paid to each Person, 
and the Names of the Persons. 


Court of 
Chancery. 


Light Gold. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, an Account of the Expenses incurred at the 
Mint on the recoinage of 2,860,282 ounces of Light 
Gold, received from the Bank of £ngland, under 
the Minute of Treasury, dated the 8th day of June 
1842, 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Jovis, 18° die Martii; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Holmes, from the Commissioners of Arun- 

del Port, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of 
Parliament,—Report and Account of the Commis- 
sioners of the Harbour of Littlehampton, called 
Arundel Port, in the County of Sussex, from the 
31st day of December 1845, up to and including 
the 31st day of December 1846 :—And then he 
withdrew. 
' en That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 





Arundel Port. 


Eastern Coun- The Eastern Counties Railway (Enlargement of 


pt eet , London and Stratford Stations and Amendment of 
of London and Acts) Bill was, according to Order, read a second 
Stratford time ; and committed. 

Stations, and Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


Amendmen: of. -a ‘ 
Acts) Bill, ‘mittee of Selection. 


Brighton and 
South Eastern 
Railway 
Companies. 


A Petition of William Cash and others, being 
Shareholders in the Brighton and South Eastern 
Railway Companies, stating that for some long 
time past there has been great competition existing 
between the Brighton and South Eastern Railway 
Companies, respecting the different extension lines 
of Railway proposed to be formed throughout the 
county of Kent, and that in consequence thereof 
great expenditure has been incurred by both Com- 
panies, to the detriment of the different proprietors 
m each of the said Companies, entailing a serious 
expense and a consequent diminution of profits; 
that in consequence of the alarm felt therefrom, there 
have been divers meetings between the representa- 
tives of the said Companies, with a view to an ami- 
cable arrangement, and to avoid the ruinous expense 
of continued Parliamentary oppositions; that the 


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A, 1847. 


Petitioners anticipated that the result of such meet- 
ings would have been a consolidation of the two 
Companies, or at least have put an end to the vexa- 
tious Parliamentary opposition so long carried on, 
but, to their regret, they find that no arrangement 
has been come to; but, on the contrary, there are 
now before the House several Bills introduced by 
each of the said Companies, with the view to the 
formation of competing lines; assuring the House 
that the prosecution of these opposing schemes is 
adverse to the feeling of the great majority of the 
Shareholders of both Companies, and that the Di- 
rectors, in prosecuting the same, are acting entirely 
contrary to the wishes of the respective proprietary; 
and praying the House not to sanction any of the 
said Bills until the Directors of the said Companies 
have joined and amalgamated for the purpose of 
establishing Lines of Railway, not in mere opposi- 
tion, the one Company to another, but those really 
adapted for the public wants; and also representing 
to the House that great advantages would result 
from the postponement, to a future Session, of the 
several Bills now before the House for the formation 
of Extension and Branch Lines in connection with 
the aforesaid Companies; and praying that the 
House will not permit any further progress to be 
made with such Bills, during the present Session of 
Parliament, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed, at the ex- 
pense of the Parties. 


The Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Act Shrewsbury 
Amendment and Branches Bill was read a second ey en 
time ; and committed. Act Amend- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ment and 


mittee of Selection. Branches Bill. 


Ordered, That the Chester and Holyhead Rail- Chester and 
way (Extensions at Chester and Holyhead, &amp;c.) He oma 
(No. 2.) Bill be referred to the Examiners of Peti- jinn ae 
tions for Private Bills, to examine and report to Chester and 
the House whether there are any provisions intro- Holyhead, ée.) 
duced into the Bill inconsistent with the Standing ‘ a 


Orders of this House. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- North British 
spect of the Petition for the North British Rail- poe om 
way (No. 2.) Bill, which, upon Tuesday last, wag &gt; 8) 
made from the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for extending the Hawick Branch of the North 
British Railway to the Caledonian Railway near 
Carlisle, and from thence to Carlisle, with Branches 
to Canonbie, Gretna and Longtown: And that Sir 
John Hope and Mr. Francis Scott do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

An ingrossed Bill for the continued Repair and Whiteburnand 
Maintenance of the Road from or near Whiteburn, a a 
in the County of Berwick, to the Town of Kelso, in an Monit 
the County of Roxburgh, and to authorize the Bill. 
transfer of a portion of the said Road to the Trus- 
tees of the Road from Lauder to and through 
Kelso to the Marchburn, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Hugh Campbell do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The South Devon Railway Extension and Amend- south Devon 
ment Bill was read a second time; and committed. Railway Ex- 


pat ; ion and 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ‘(iendment 
mittee of Selection. Bill. 


Ordered, That the Reports of the several Depart- Local Acts. 
ments on Private Bills Preliminary Inquiry, be 
referred to the Committees on the Bills to which 
they respectively relate. 


Mr. Masterman presented a Bill for forming and a 
regulating the Timber Preserving Company, and - ment Bill. 
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enable the said Company to purchase and work 


certain Letters Patent : And the same was read the | 


first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Scottish Union Mr. G'reene reported the Scottish Union Insurance 
Sena will Company Bill, with Amendments. 
ompay Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Drainage of The Earl of Lincoln presented a Bill to facilitate 
Lands Bill. the Drainage of Lands in Great Britain: And the 
No.195. same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Friday the 26th day of 

this instant March ; and to be printed. 


Edinburgh A Petition of Merchants, Bankers and Traders 

and Perth = in Dundee, praying that the Edinburgh and Perth 

Railway Bil. Railway Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Manchester A Petition of the Company of Proprictors of the 
and South. _ Andover and Redbridge Canal, praying that the 
on (No. 2.) Standing Orders of the House, in the case of the 
Bill. Manchester and Southampton Railway (No. 2.) Bill, 

may be dispensed with, was presented, and read ; 


and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 


Orders. 


South Eastern A Petition of Inhabitants and Traders of the 


Railway town of Deptford, in the counties of Kent and 
(Mid Kent and 


Direct Tun. SU77ey, praying that the South Eastern Railway | 


bridge) Bill. (Mid Kent and Direct Tunbridge) Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Eastern Coun- Petitions of the Managing Director of the city 
pocorn , of Dublin Steam Packet Company ; and, H.J. 
of London and Hall; praying that the Eastern Counties Railwa 





Stratford (Enlargement of London and Stratford Stations and | 


Stations, and “Amendment of Acts) Bill may not pass into a law, 
Amendment of 


Acts) Bill, 2S it now stands,—were presented, and read; and | 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Cheltenham 
and Oxford 


by their counsel or agents, against certain parts of 
the Cheltenham and Oxford Railway Bill, was pre- | 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, | 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Liverpool A Petition of John Plumbe Tempest, of Tong | 
nt Hall, in the county of York, Esquire, praying that | 
Bill, ~ he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, | 


against certain parts of the Liverpool Corporation | 
Waterworks Bill, was presented, and read. | 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, | 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, | 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the | 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Regent'sCanal A Petition of Commissioners of Sewers for the 
Company Tower Hamlets, excluding Saint Katherine’s and 
il Blackwall Marsh, in the county of Middlesex, pray- 
Railway and ing that they may be heard, by their counsel or 
Branch) Bill. agents, against certain parts of the Regent’s Canal 
Company (Paddington and Limehouse Railway and 
Branch) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 
nies sna A Petition of Commissioners of Sewers for the 
Railway (im Tower Hamlets, excluding Saint Katherine’s and 
provement and Blackwall Marsh, in the county of Middlesex, pray- 
Branches to ing that they may be heard, by their counsel or | 
ie St. Kathe- agents, against certain parts of the London and 
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18° Martie. 259 


| Blackwall Railway (Improvement and Branches to rine’s and 
| the Saint Katherine’s and London Docks) Bill, was ear 
ocks) Bill, 
presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Commissioners of Police of the Edinburgh and 


a . . &gt; Pay rg 
‘burgh of Dunfermline, praying that they may be beth Railway 


: . Bill. 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 


certain parts of the Edinburgh and Perth Railway 
Bill, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Persons interested in the Coasting Birkenhead 
Trade of the port of Liverpool, and Owners of (nore) Dock 
Coasting Vessels frequenting the said port, praying Acts Amend- 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel ment (Con- 

j i . ° struction of 
or agents, against certain parts of the Birkenhead yoy Docks 
(Commissioners) Dock Acts Amendment (Construc- and Alteration 
tion of New Docks and Alteration of Culvert) Bill, of Culvert) 
was presented, and read. _— 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 

















favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions from Lambeth ;— Southwark ; —and, Raja of 
Ruthin; stating that the Petitioners are deeply in- 5*t@t. 
terested in the case of his Highness Purtaub Sing, 
the Ex-Raja of Sattara, who has been accused of 
hostility to the British Government, forcibly deposed 


| and exiled from his dominions upon this charge, and 


denied, for seven years, the means of being heard in 
his own defence; and praying the House to adopt 
measures to secure to that Prince the opportunity of 
examining the charges which have been brought 


| against him, the evidence in support of the same, and 

A Petition of Trustees of the Cheltenham District | of bringing forth the proofs of his innocence,—were 
; _, Of Turnpike-roads, praying th: 1 be heard, | 
Railway Bill. | Is, praying that they may be heard, | 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
rg 
lable. 


A Petition of Landholders, Ratepayers and In- Poor Law 


‘habitants of the Kenmare Electoral Division of the (el@nd-) 


Poor Law Union of Kenmare, praying for amend- 
ment of the Poor Law in Jreland, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Clergy of the diocese of Leighiin, 
praying that they may be relieved from the dispro- 
portionate amount of rate with which they are at 
present charged for the maintenance of the poor, and 
that in future only a half rate chargeable upon their 
net income may be payable by them, as it is on every 
other income of reat in Ireland, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Guar- Poor Relicf 
dians of the Coleraine Poor Law Union, stating that (eland) Bill. 
the majority of the Guardians are of opinion that 
granting out-door relief at all involves the confisca- 
tion of property, but that, if granted, the evils would 
at least be slower in their operation if each division 
bore its own part of the expense ; and praying the 
House to take the subject into consideration, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Guar- Poor Rates 
dians of the Carrickmacross Union, praying that (!*+!nd) Bill. 
the Poor Rates (Jreland) Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Guardians of the Poor of the poor Removal 
Kettering Union, in the county of Northampton; Act. 
praying for the repeal or alteration of the Poor Re- 
moval Act, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Settlement and Poor 
Removal. 


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Tax Assessors Petitions from District of Winchester ;—District | complaining of the dismissal by Captain Wynne, of 
and Collectors. of Brighton ; ~ District of Oldham ; — District of | the District Check Clerk, for attending at the Peti- 
Dorking; — District of Birmingham ; — District of | tioner’s Chapel on Christmas-day, and noting the 
Frome ;—and, District of Braughin ; complaining of | different sums there collected as Christmas dues; 
the inadequacy of the remuneration given to the | and praying that the House will be pleased to grant 
Assessors and Collectors of Property, Income, Land | a Committee of inquiry into the conduct of the said 
and Assessed Taxes ; and praying the House to take | Captain Wynne, as the only means left of disabusing 
their case into consideration,—were presented, ana the public mind of the reports industriously circu- 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | ated by him to the prejudice of the Petitioner, 
| was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
Education. A Petition of Members of a Congregation of | the Table. 


Protestant Dissenters, meeting at John-street Chapel, | . 

in the town of Wolverhampton, praying the House| A Petition of Office-bearers connected with the 
not to consent to any grant of money for carrying | Wesleyan Society at Kirkgate Chapel, Bradford, in 
into execution the Minutes of the Committee of , the county of York, praying the House to enact such 
Council on Education; and further praying the | laws for the punishment of all persons guilty of 
House to present an humble Address to Her Ma- | trading in seduction and prostitution, as shall invest 
jesty to revoke the Order in Council by which the | magistrates with more summary powers for the sup- 
said Committee was constituted, was presented, and | pression of these practices, was presented, and read ; 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. ‘and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


| 


Promiscuous 
Intercourse. 


Marriage. Two Petitions from Bristol; praying that the | A Petition of Members of the Committee of the Breweries and 


present law which declares invalid all Marriages | Chorlton-upon-Medlock Teniperance Society, pray- 
between parties within the prohibited degrees of ing the House to adopt measures for stopping the 
collateral affinity, may be amended so as to legalize use of Grain in Breweries and Distilleries, was 
Marriage with the sister or other more remote rela- | presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
tive of a deceased wife,—were presented, and read ;_ Table. 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. | 
Petitions from Fore and Collinstown ; Cole- 
Italian Va- A Petition of Lewis Mariotti, stating that the |raine Poor Law Union (Chairman) ;——and, New 
grantsand = J¢qlian Vagrants and Mendicants, known under the | Ross; praying that the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill 
ee ee al organ boys and plaster-cast sellers, do not | may not pass into a law, as it now stands,— were 
spontaneously emigrate into this country, but are ; presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
here inveighed by false promises and representations | Table. 
of unprincipled men, who alone derive any benefit 





from the life of misery and abjection to which they | _A_ Petition of the Honorary Secretaries of the Queen’sPlates. 


doom them; and praying the House to appoint a | Belfast Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to 
Committee to inquire into the subject, and adopt | Animals, praying the House to refuse its sanction 
the best means for the cessation of an evil which , to the granting money out of the public funds for 
presents many of the worst features of the slave | Queen’s Plates to be run for in any part of the Em- 
trade, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie | pire, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. upon the Table. 
Ports, Har-_ A Petition of Merchants, Shipowners and Inha-} Petitions of Salesmen of Smithfield Market ;— 
— Bill hitants of Boscastle, in the county of Cornwall,| [phabitant Householders of West Smithfield, and im- 


praying that the Ports, Harbours, &amp;c. Bill, intro- 
duced in the last Session, may pass into law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


mediate neighbourhood, within the city of London ;— 
and, Hay and Straw Salesmen in Smithfield Market; 
praying the House not to sanction any measure for 
the removal of Smithfield Market,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions from County of Lincoln (three Peti- 
tions) ;—Wélliam Addison, and others ;—London, 
and Places adjacent (eight Petitions) ;— Whitechapel, 
and Places adjacent ;—and, Members of the Com- 
mittee of the Royal Society for the Prevention of 
, — . , Cruelty to Animals (Chairman); praying for the re- 
Sale of Beer. A Petition of Retail Brewers and Beer-sellers of , . ; oF aaa 
nikggin' at EA moval of the said Market,—were also presented, 
Manchester and its vicinity, im the county of Lan- c . 
energized eee J and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
caster, praying that they may be allowed the same 
hours for sale on any Sunday, Good Friday, Christ- 





Factories. A Petition of Factory Workers in the employ of 
Mr. John Cross, being Spinners in the parish o 
Great Bolton, praying the House to pass a Ten 
Hours’ Bill for all minors and females employed in 
factories without delay, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Distilleries. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Smithfield 
Market. 


ia . . A Petition of Anthony Walsh, late of the $3d Pensioners 
mas-day, or any other day appointed for a public Regiment, and formerly a ih complaining (Army-) 
Fast or Thanksgiving, as the Licensed Victuallers o 1 4 ; be 


are allowed, and until Twelve of the clock at night ved nent Saag oe “a i bg a oe 
during the week days, was presented, and read; hang r= Ary ch dong“ eoehantag anges macanttecenaype 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. een reduced to great distress in consequence, and 
praying the House to take his services and age into 
Settlement. A Petition of the Guardians of the Poor of the | consideration, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
Atherstone Union, in the counties of Warwick and | to lie upon the Table. 
Leicester, praying the House to take into consider- | 





tion the laws now in force relating to the Settlement | _ A Petition of Parish School-masters and Session Dagens 
and Removal of the Poor, with a view to their aboli- | Clerks resident within the presbytery of Edinburgh, Births, &amp;&lt;. 


(Scotland) 


tion, and to substitute in their stead such a law as Praying the House to take into its favourable con- pi, 


will give the Poor a title to relief in any part of | Sideration the interests of the Petitioners and of Edu- 

England and Wales, from whatever cause their des- | C@ton in Scotland, and to modify the Registering 

titution may arise, without the consequence of a | Births, &amp;c. (Scot/and) Bill, and so as either to pre- 

compulsory removal, was presented, and read ; and | S¢tve to the Petitioners the rights and emoluments 

referred to the Select Committee on Settlement and | they at present possess, or to provide compensation 

Poor Removal. to them for the loss they will sustain by the pro- 

posed infringement of their vested rights, was pre- 

Public Works A Petition of Malachi Duggan, Parish Priest of |sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
(ireland. ) Kilballyoue and Moycrta, in the county of Clare, ‘Table. 





A Petition 





to? 68d ied 





10 Vicronriz. 18° Marti. 261 

RomanCatho- A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Ayot new Name the powers of the Act enabling the 

lie Relief Bil. Saint Lawrence and its vicinity, in the county of Company to sue and be sued in the Name of the 
Hertford, praying that the Roman Catholic Relief Chairman, Deputy-Chairman, or any one of the 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and Directors or of the Secretary of the Company. 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That Answer to 





Lighthouses. Mr. Hume presented,—Further Return to an | their several Addresses of the 12th, 15th and 16th Addresses. 
No. 196, Order dated the 14th day of August, in the last ‘days of this instant March, (that Her Majesty would 


| 


Session of Parliament, for Statements by the Cor- | be graciously pleased to give directions that the 
poration of the Trinity House of Deptford Strond, | Papers therein mentioned might be laid before this 
by the Ballast Board in Dublin, and by the Com-! House,) had been presented to Her Majesty; and 
missioners of Northern Lights, showing whether | that Her Majesty had commanded him to acquaint 
they have adopted the recommendation of the Se- this House, that She will give directions accord- 
lect Committee on Lighthouses, in the use of the ingly. 
Culza or Rapeseed Oil instead of Sperm Oil, and | 
what the saving of Expense has accrued therefrom ; | 
and also, whether they have made any and what 
reduction in the Light Dues charged by them re- 
spectively (so far as relates to the Commissioners 
of the Northern Lighthouses.) 

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


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to se- Hulks (Ports- 
veral Addresses to Her Majesty,—Returns of the mouth and 
Name, Age, Date of Reception, and Death of each ainsi 
Prisoner who has died on board the Hulks at Ports- 
mouth and Gosport, from the 1st day of January 
1844, inclusive, to the present time, with the Date 
_and Verdic: . the Coroner’s Inquest in each case : 

—Of the Place, as far as practicable, where each 
Corpse has been buried; distinguishing those claimed 
by their Relatives or Friends from those sent to any 
and what Hospital or School of Anatomy for Dis- 


ge 


se. 20 hs PORN NONE ARLE SERIE EI IO LES 


Army Com- 
missions. 


No. 197. 


Mr. Secretary at War presented, pursuant to Or- 
der,—A Return of the Number of Non-Commis- 
sioned Officers appointed to Commissions in each 


year from the 1st day of January 1836 to the 31st 


day of December 1846 ; specifying those appointed | 
to the rank of Cornet and Ensign ; to Adjutantcies, 
with the rank of Cornet or Ensign; to the rank of, 
(Juartermaster (in continuation of a Return laid. 
before the Commission on Military Punishments , 


in 1836, page 319). 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the | 


section; the Date of their Transmission, the Name 
of the Person to whom transmitted, by whose Order 
so sent, and whether any and what Sum has been 
paid or charged thereon, and by whom received :— 
And, of all Corporal Punishments inflicted on Pri- 
soners confined on board the Hulks at Portsmouth 
and Gosport, from the ist day of January 1843 to 
the present time ; with the Number of Lashes given 


ee rot a Yao 


oP SS anti e eie 


Table; and be printed. | In each case, with Date thereof. ; 

Copy of the Statement of Mr. Jenkin Jones, sent Jenkin Jones. i 

British Ordered, That the Return relative to the British| to the Secretary of State, in reply to the Letter of 

Museum. Museum, which was presented upon the 11th day| Mr. Lewis to Sir George Grey, of the 16th day of ' 

No 198. — of thisinstant March, be printed. | February 1847, 

; 7 ., | Sir Willtam Somerville also presented, pursuant District Luna- H 

Soap. Ordered, That the Return relative te Soap, which | ¢, Order,—A Return showing the Number and tic Asylums 1 

No.199. was presented upon the 11th day of this instant Names of the District Lunatic Asylums of Ireland ; ane t 

March, be printed. the Number and Names of the Governors of those $ 

Queen’s Ordered, That the Papers relative to Queen’s groan “s wages: the Date a of their Appointment, 
} aan Pilstesiiiciaels ohisk tanh weeded wmemihé the Counties appointed for, the Number of Meet- 
(Ireland.) yh a), seat gine P “ings held in each Asylum in each year, during the 

No, 200, 11th day of this instant March, be printed. p "bite 5 


Five years ended the 31st day of December 1846, 
and the Names of the Members attending for said 
Period at such Meetings; the Number of Urgent 
Cases admitted into each Asylum; distinguishing 
the County from which received and the distance of 
each Urgent Case’s Residence from such Asylum ; 
the Average Duration in each month, stated in hours 


Royal Assent 


A Message, by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman 
to Bills. 


Usher of the Black Rod : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire | i. . “vs 
the iitmediate attendance of this Honourable House fe “4 such month, so far = can be ascertained, during 
in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. | ayes Med: — oe day of pa get “eV 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went | ° See Seal DeSean gee: eye. Ermeees Se 
up to the ak ik Micah inc thee being returned ; natic Asylum; distinguishing at foot how often such 


Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the fe ee -* bye 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her| 7 = . + ti ahead 


Sieieste%s Cammiiesinm teak tue ob tee Memes of Apothecaries, the Number and Names of all Officers, 
i plete a Commission under the Geet Seal the Number and Names ofall Servants, their Salaries 

sci clk alia a cslete anal aii aa Ri ° | and Wages; stating whether Officers or Servants hold 
pew ae be al Publ: Bills thers nae 9 other, and ifso, what Situations, independent of and 

me 2 ‘eon Raid had d - &gt;| unconnected with such District Lunatic Asylum as 
= — age ae a ws . goo i they may be attached to or reside in; the Number 
pa beg «te _— laid: | probably Curable Cases; the Num- 
. ie pee to applv the Sum of Eicht Millions out | Pet of incurable or probably Incurable Cases, dis- 

f th C lj ris Fund. to theS s” f th a] tinguishing the latter into Harmless, Incurable, In- 
ea emesis pe ert ewes ahseessmndeandbengh pe sane, Harmless Idiots, Mischievous or Dangerous 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-seven : : S , 


vag ‘ (er Incurable, Insane, Mischievous or Dangerous Idiots, 
An Act for raising the Sum of Eight Millions by for Three years, ended the 31st day of December 
‘way of Annuities : 


each year. 


An Act to render valid certain Proceedings for | Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
the Relief of Distress in Zreland, by Employment of |Table. 


the Labouring Poor, and to indemnify those aaah 


have acted in such Proceedings : | Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Quarantine 

Pr An Act to change the Name of the Protestant to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Laws. 

hea Dissenters and General Life and Fire Insurance ‘to give directions that there be laid before this 

and Fire Company to the General Life and Fire Assurance | {louse, Copies of such Correspondence, or Extracts 
Company, and to extend to the Company by its of Correspondence, as may have taken place since 


ance 
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262 
the last Parliamentary Returns, on the subject of 
the Quarantine Laws. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That inasmuch as the non-residence of Landed Pro- 
prietors in Jreland is one of the causes of social 
disorganisation of that Kingdom, it is expedient to 
impose a charge by way of Special Assessment, In 
aid of local objects of an useful nature, upon the 
estates of Absentee Proprietors, with a view to make 
some compensation for the evils resulting from their 
non-residence ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 





Tellers for the f Mr. Smith O’ Brien, 1 19 
Yeas, L Mr. Tuite: | Seow 
Tellers for the [ Mr. Tufnell, 1 20 


Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: 
So it passed in tne Negative. 


J 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, 
to inquire into the necessity for the removal of 
Smithfield Market, as a nuisance in the centre of 
the British Metropolis, to some appropriate site, 
comprising an area of not less than twelve acres, 
and the establishment of Abattoirs in the vicinity of 
London. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | 
to vive directions that there be laid before this House, | 
Copies of Correspondence between Mr, Rt. W. Mara | 
and the Treasury and the Home Office respecting | 
the Office of Registrar of Friendly Societies in | 
Treland ; also, Copies of the Appointment of Mr. | 
Connel, Mr. Cleghorn and Mr. Tidd Pratt, as Re- 
gistrars for Lreland, Scotland and England, respec- | 
tively; the Dates of such Appointments, and the | 
Minutes of the Commissioners of National Debt 
ordering such Appointments, specifying the Days 
on which such Minutes were passed. 

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


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





Veneris, 19° die Martii, 1847: | 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, Copies 
of a Despatch from the Secret Committee of the 
Court of Directors of the Last India Company to 
the Right honourable the Governor-General of India, 
respecting the Ex-Raja of Satéara, dated the 24th | 
day of March 1846; and a Copy of the Reply of | 
the Right honourable the Governor-General of India | 
to that Despatch ; together with Copies of the seve- | 
ral |Yocuments referred to in that Reply, or con- 
nected with it:—Of any other Letters which have 
been addressed by the present Governor-General 
of India to the Court of Directors of the East India | 
Company, or to the Secret Committee of the East 
India Company, relating to the case of the Ex-Raja 
o” Sattara, from the period of his Lordship’s arrival | 
in /ndia to the present time :—And, of the Minutes | 
of Dissent of Members of the Court of Directors | 
which have been recorded by any member of that | 
Court, and not hitherto published, relating to the | 
case of the Ex-Raja of Sattara, from the 30th day | 
of April 1840 to the present time :—And the said | 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 











Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Letters, not already laid before this 
House, addressed by the present Governor-General 


18°—19° Marti. 








A. 1847. 


of India to the Court of Directors of the East India 
Company, relating to the case of the Ex-Raja of 
Sattara :—And, of any Minutes recorded by the 
Court of Directors, or by any Member of the said 
Court, relating to the same case, and not already 
laid before this House. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Corporal 
a Return of the Number of Persons flogged in the Punishment 
British Navy in each of the years 1845 and 1846 ; C\*vy-) 
specifying the Name of the Ship, the Offence, the 
Sentence, and the Number of Lashes inflicted :— 
And, an Abstract of the ‘Total Number of Corporal 
Punishments in the Navy, and the Total Number 
of Lashes inflicted, in each year up to the 31st day 
of December 1846 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 308, of Session 1845). 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Lunatic _ 
for the further Amendment of the Laws relating to Asylums Bill. 
the Provision and Regulation of Lunatic Asylums 
for counties and boroughs in England: And that 
Mr. Attorney-General, Mr. Solicitor-General and 
Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for Towns Im- 
consolidating in one Act certain Provisions usually provement 
contained in Acts for paving, draining, cleansing, cence 
lighting and improving Towns: And that Viscount 
Morpeth and Sir George Grey do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Poor and 
to exempt Occupiers of Small Tenements from the Highway 
payment of Poor and Highway Rates: And that jo. pa 
Mr. Poulett Scrope and Mr. Escott do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Naval Service 
for extending the period of Service of Boys in Her o Boys Bill. 
Majesty’s Navy: And that Mr. Ward, Admiral 
Dundas, and Captain Berkeley do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Naval Prisons 
for the establishment of Naval Prisons, and for the Bl 
prevention of Desertion from Her Majesty’s Navy: 

And that Mr. Ward, Admiral Dundas, and Captain 
Berkeley do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Indemnity 
to indemnify such Persons m the United Kingdom Bill. 
as have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices 
and Employments, and to extend the Time limited 
for those purposes respectively: And that My». 
Parker and Mr. Attorney General do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Prisons Bill. 
Reading of the Prisons Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Second Custody of 
Reading of the Custody of Offenders Bill; Offenders Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- farbours, 
mittee on the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Docks and_ 
Bill - Piers Clauses 

; - ’ : Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself General Regis- 
into a Committee upon the General Register House *? el 

ig ; ; 5 . ~~ (Edinburgh) 
(Edinburgh) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, pin), 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

The 








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MarineMutiny 
Bill. 


Lighthouses. 
No. 196. 


Towns Im- 
provement 
Clauses Bill. 


No. 201. 


Naval Service 
of Boys Bill, 


No. 202. 


Indemnity 
Bill. 


Naval Prisons 
Bill. 


No. 203. 


Local Acts. 
No. 204. 


Free Emi- 
grants, &amp;c. 


Poor and 
Highway 
Rates Exemp- 
tion Bill. 

No. 205. 





10 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Marine Mutiny Bill; 

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


Ordered, That the Return to an Order, dated the 
14th day of August 1846, for Statements by the 
Corporation of the Trinity House of Deptford Strond, 
by the Ballast Board in Dublin, and by the Commis- 
sioners of Northern Lights, showing whether they 
have adopted the recommendation of the Select 
Committee on Lighthouses, in the use of Culza or 
Rapeseed Oil instead of Sperm Oil, and what the 
saving of Expense has accrued therefrom ; and also 
whether they have made any and what Reduction 
in the Light Dues charged by them respectively 
(so far as relates to the Commissioners of Northern 
Lighthouses), which was presented upon the 26th 
day of August, in the last Session of Parliament, 
be printed. 


Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill for consoli- 
dating in one Act certain Provisions usually con- 
tained in Acts for paving, draining, cleansing, light- 
ing and improving Towns: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Ward presented a Bill for extending the 
Period of Service of Boys in Her Majesty’s Navy: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Tuesday next; and 
to be printed. 


Mr. Parker presented a Bill to indemnify such 
Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to 
qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, 
and to extend the Time limited for those Purposes 
respectively: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time this day. 


Mr. Ward presented a Bill for the Establishment 
of Naval Prisons, and for the Prevention of Desertion 
from Her Majesty’s Navy: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Tuesday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Ward presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Reports of the Admiralty relative to appli- 
cations for Local Acts. 

Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
Committee on the Bills to which the same relate ; 
and be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Returns, showing the Number of Free Emigrants 
into Jamaica, British Guiana, Trinidad and the 
Mauritius; showing separately the Number im- 
ported into each of these Colonies, as well as the 
Places whence the Emigrants were imported, for 
each year since the Abolition of Slavery in August 
1834 :—Showing the Number of liberated Africans, 
and their destination, as far as practicable :— And, 
showing the Number of Emigrant Labourers now 
ordered by the above-mentioned Colonies. 

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


Mr. Poulett Scrope presented a Bill to exempt 
Occupiers of Small Tenements from the Payment 
of Poor and Highway Rates: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Wednesday the 31st day of this mstant 
March ; and to be printed. 


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


VoL. 102. 


18°-- 19° Martzi. 263 


Veneris, 19° die Martii ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 
PRAYERS. 


M®: Thornely reported from the Select Com- pubtic 

mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 

examined the Petitions presented upon the 15th, coos" 

16th and 17th days of this instant March, and had 

directed him to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Distress 
mand,—Copy of Correspondence from January to @rland.) 
March 1847, relating to the measures adopted for 
the Relief of the Distress in Jreland,—Commissariat 
—Second Series. 

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


The Saffron Walden Rates Bill was read a second Saffron 
time ; and committed. Walden Rates 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bi 
mittee of Selection. 


The Macduff Harbour Billwas, according to Order, Macduff 

read a second time; and committed. Harbour Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


The Ross, Cromarty and Part of Nairn District Ross, Cro- 


Roads Bill was read a second time; and com- ™®"¥Y oe 
mitted. Part of Nairn 


‘ District Roads 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Bolton 
gesses of the borough of Bolton, in the county of — 
Lancaster, praying that provision may be made in” 
the Bolton Improvement Bill, for affording facilities 
for the collection of the borough-rate, in the town- 
ships of Little Bolton and Tonge-with-Haulgh, 
within the said borough, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Coventry, 
of the Petition for the Coventry, Banbury and Oz- ete, sa 
ford Junction Railway Bill, which, upon Tuesday tion Railway 
last, was made from the Select Committee on Bill. 
Standing Orders, might be read ; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from the authorized line of 
the Ozford and Rugby Railway, in the Parish of 
Southam, to the Line of the London and North 
Western Railway, in or near the City of Coventry, 
with Branches: And that Mr. William Williams 
and Mr. Evelyn Shirley do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Warkworth Harbour Bill was read a second Warkworth 
time ; and committed. Harbour Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Bingley Improvement Bill was read a second Bingley 
time ; and committed. Improvement 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- _ 
mittee of Selection. 


The Ewell Rates Bill was read a second time ; Ewell Rates 

and committed. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


The Legal Quays (London) Bill was read a second Legal Quays 
time ; and committed. (London) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Claridge’s Patent Asphalte Company Bill was Claridge’s 
read a second time ; and committed. pe = 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Company Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 





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Ambergate, 
Nottingham 
and Boston, 
and Eastern 
Junction Rail- 
way (Altera- 
tion of Line 
and Branches 
to Notting- 
ham) Bill. 


North British 
Railway 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Waterford 
and Limerick 
Railway Bill. 





Newmarket 
and Chester- 
ford Railway 
(Extension to 
Bury St. Ed- 
mund’s, with 
a Branch to 
Ely) Bill. 


Commercial 
Marine. 


South Eastern 

Railway (Mid 

Kent and Di- 
) rect Tun- 
bridge) Bill. 


Caledonian 
Railway 
(Branchacross 
Clyde and 
Glasgow Sta- 
tion) Bill. 


Edinburgh 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Bolton 
improvement 
Bill. 


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264 19° Marti. A, 1847. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Tues- 
day next, the Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston 
and Eastern Junction Railway (Alteration of Line 
and Branches to Nottingham) Bill, was read; and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 16th day of April next. 


Sir John Hope presented a Bill for extending the 
Hawick Branch of the North British Railway to 
the Caledonian Railway, near Carlisle, and from 
thence to Carlisle, with Branches to Canonbie, 
Gretna and Longtown: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Waterford and Limerick Rail- 
way Company, praying that provision may be made 
in the Waterford and Limerick Railway Bill, for 
repealing a clause in the Act relating to the said 
Company, as to rate of dividend, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Newmarket 
and Chesterford Railway (Extension to Bury Saint 
Edmunda’s, with a Branch to Ely) Bill, have leave to 
sit, and proceed, upon Monday next. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, to hear Parties in support of any Petition 
against the said Bill, which may be referred to them, 
before Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee on Commercial Marine, 
in Session 1845, which were laid upon the Table on 
the 4th day of this mstant March, be referred to 
the Select Committee on Navigation Laws. 


A Petition of Householders of Maidstone, praying 
that they may be allowed to withdraw their Petition 
against the South Eastern Railway (Mid Kent and 
Direct Tunbridge) Bill, and relinquish the right of 
being heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
before the Committee to whom the said Bill might 
be referred, and against the Preamble of the said 
Bill, or any of the clauses thereof, as in the said 
Petition prayed, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to the Parties to 
withdraw their Petition accordingly. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost and Magistrates 
of Glasgow, the Lord Dean of Guild, and the 
Deacon Convener of the Trades of said city, and 
the Remanent Members of the Police and Statute 
Labour Committee of the Town Council of Glas- 
gow, praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Caledonian Railway (Branch across Clyde and 
Glasgow Station) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
Town Council of the city of Edinburgh, praying 
thas they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Edinburgh 
Waterworks Bill, was presented, and read.’ 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
vy themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Cotton Spinners, Merchants, Trades- 
men and others, Inhabitant Householders and Rate- 
payers of the Borough of Bolton, in the county of 
Lancaster, praying that they may be heard, by 








themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Bolton Improvement Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Newry, Newry and 
in the counties of Down and Armagh, praying that rg 
they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, ““""*Y 
against certain parts of the Newry and Enniskillen 
Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost and Magistrates Glasgow, 
of Glasgow, the Lord Dean of Guild, and the Paisley, Kil- 
Deacon Convener of the Trades of said city, an pg = 
the Remanent Members of the Police and Statute (No. 4.) Bill. 
Labour Committee of the Town Council of Glasgow, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Glas- 
gow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (No. 4.) 

Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost and Magistrates Glasgow, 
of Glasgow, the Lord Dean of Guild, and the Paisley, Kil. 
Deacon Convener of the Trades of said city, and tot baaeey 
the Remanent Members of the Police and Statute (No. 5.) Bill. 
Labour Committee of the Town Council of Glasgow, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway 
(No. 5) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Boston, Stam- 
gesses of the borough and ancient sea-port town of ford and wl 
Wisbech, in the Isle of Ely, in the county of Cam- cn 
bridge, and of Merchants, Traders, and other Inha- to Wisbech 
bitants of the said town and port, praying that they Harbour, - 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, carer 
against certain parts of the Boston, Stamford and ment) Bill. 
Birmingham Railway (Branch to Wisbech Harbour, 
and Wisbech Harbour Improvement) Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Boston, 
gesses of the borough and ancient sea-port town of Stamford and 


Wisbech, in the Isle of Ely, in the county of Cam- — 


bridge, and of Merchants, Traders and other Inha- (Wisbech to 
bitants of the said town and port, praying that they Sutton Bridge, 
. a = - oe og. &amp;C.) Bill. 

may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Boston, Stamford and 
Birmingham Railway (Wisbech to Sulton Bridge, 
&amp;c.) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 

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Great North- A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
ern Railway of the borough of Wisbech, in the Isle of Ely, in the 
(Branch to |.) county of Cambrid d of Inhabitants, Merchants 
King’s Lynn) y of Cambridge, and of Inhabitants, Merchan 
Bill. and Traders of the town and port of Wisbech, pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Great 
Northern Railway (Branch to King’s Lynn) Bill, 
was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themseives, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


——- Petitions of the Provost, Magistrates and Town 

at », Councilof the royal burgh of Dunfermline ; and, 

Railway BY. Chairman of a Meeting “of Karr te of the town 
and royal burgh of Dunfermline ; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Edinburgh and Perth 
Railway Bill,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 





— Rates “ Petition of Rate-payers and Owners of Pro- 
Bill. perty in the parish of Saffron Walden, in the county 


of L’ssex, praying that the consideration of the Saf- 
fron Walden Rates Bill may be postponed until the 
Rating of Tenements (No. 2.) Bill has been disposed 
of, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Ipswich and 


Bory St. Eed- A Petition of Christiana Anne Holmes, an Owner 
mund’s Rail. Of land on the line of Railway thereinafter men- 
way (No.2.) tioned, praying that she may be heard, by herself, 
ay ne her counsel or agent, against certain parts of the 
St. Edmuna’s Lpswichand Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway (No. 2.) 
to Newmarket (Extension from Bury Saint Edmund’s to New- 
and Ely) Bill. market and Ely) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by herself, her counsel or agent, upon her Petition, 
if she think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Ipswich Petitions of Ship-owners, Masters and Merchants 

Dock Bil. of the town and port of Ipswich ;——and, Trinity 
Pilots of the Port of Ipswich ; praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Jpswich Dock Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Newport, A Petition of Commissioners for paving and 

ry or lighting the city of Hereford, and the suburbs 

Railway De- thereof, praying that they may be heard, by them- 

viations Bill. selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Rail- 
way Deviations Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, hat the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bull, against the said Petition. 

— _A Petition of the East and West India Dock 

(Paddington Company, praying that they may be heard, by 

and Limehouse themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 

Beane a parts of the Regent’s Canal Company (Paddington 

; * and Limehouse Railway and Branch) Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 

it Secs Petitions from Laurencekirk (two Petitions) ;— 


19° Martiz. 265 


—Maryhkirk ;—Cupar Angus ;—and, Blairgowrie ; (Amendment 
praying that the Scottish Midland Junction Rail- — Branch to 
way (Amendment and Branch to Laurencekirh) Bill pu 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Union of Athy ;— Whitechapel ;— Poor Law 
Whitechapel Union ;—Bath (Chairman) ;— Spital- (eland.) 


fields ;— Paddington ;—and, Notting-hill ; preying 


for amendment of the present Poor Law in Jreland, 


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


Petitions from Sligo ; Cork ; and, Barony Poor Relief 
of Kilmain (Mayo); praying that the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill. 
(Ireland) Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 


lie upon the Table. 








A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough and port Ports, Har-_ 
of Yarmouth, in the Isle of Wight, praying that the bours, Sc. Bill 
Ports, Harbours, &amp;c. Bill, which was introduced in 
the last Session, may pass into law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bolton, in the county Anatomy Act. 
of York, praying the House to appoint a Committee 
to investigate the working of the Anatomy Act, with 
a view to its repeal, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Liskeard ;—Kirton-in-Lindsey ;— Poor Removal 
Saint James, Westminster ; — Oxford ; — Flyford A*- 
Favell ;—and, York; praying for the repeal or al- 
teration of the Poor Removal Act,—were presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Settlement and Poor Removal. 


Petitions from Chamber of Commerce of the City Lighthouses, 
of Waterford (President) ; — Aberdovey ; — Bristol &amp;«. 
General Steam Navigation Company (Chairman) ;— 
and, Whitehaven ; praying the House to pass a law 
in accordance with the recommendation of the Select 
Committee on Lighthouses, &amp;c.,—were presented, 
and read; ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Parochial Schoolmasters and Session Registering 
Clerks resident within the Presbytery of Dunbar ;— Births, &amp;c. 
and, Parish Schoolmasters and Session Clerks resi- eT 
dent within the Presbytery of Brechin; praying the (Scotland) — 
House to take into favourable consideration the Bills. 
interests of the Petitioners, and of Education in 
Scotland, and to modify the Registering Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland), and Marriage (Scotland) Bills, so as 
either to preserve to the Petitioners the rights and 
emoluments they at present possess, or to provide 
compensation to them for the loss they will sustain 
by the proposed infringement of their vested rights, 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants of Leicester, praying Capital 
the House to abolish Capital Punishment, and to Punishment. 
substitute some other penalty more befitting a civi- 
lized and christian state, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Fitzroy Teetotal Breweries and 
Association meeting at the Temperance Hall, Little D'stilleries. 
Portland-street, Suint Mary-le-bone, praying the 
House to adopt measures for stopping the use of 
grain in Breweries and Distilleries, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Reform of 
gesses of the borough of Drogheda, praying the Parliament 
House to expunge the Rate-paying Clauses from (!¢land) Act. 
the Reform of Parliament (Ireland) Act, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from District of First East Brixton ;— Tax Assessors 
Upper division of Arundel Rape ;—District of Man- "4 Collectors. 
chester ;— District of Brentford ;—District of Wang- 


ilway Fourdoun;—Fettercairn;—Garvock and Arbuthnot;| ford ;—and, District of Norwich; complaining of 


Vou. 102. 





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Raja of 
Sattara. 


Marriage. 


Education. 


Cotton 
(india.) 


Emigration 
(Ireland. ) 


Registration 
of Places of 
Worship. 


Colonial 
Spirits. 


Tenant Right 
(Ulster). 





206 19° Martii. 


the inadequacy of the remuneration given to As-| 


sessors and Collectors of Property, Income, Land 
and Assessed Taxes, and praying for relief,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Fable. 


Petitions from Westminster ;—and, Finsbury; 
stating that the Petitioners are deeply interested in 
the case of his highness Purtaub Sing, the Ex-Raja 
of Sattara, who has been accused of hostility to the 
British Government, forcibly deposed and exiled 
from his dominions upon this charge, and denied for 
seven years the means of being heard in bis own de- 
fence, and praying the House to adopt measures to 
secure to that Prince the opportunity of examining 
thecharges which have been brought against him, the 
evidence in support of the same, and of bringing 
forth the proofs of his innocence,—-were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Four Petitions from Cheltenham, stating that in 
the opinion of the Petitioners, the existing law 
which prohibits Marriage with a deceased wife’s 
sister is an inexpedient law, and ought to be re- 
pealed; and praying that the House will take the 





A. 1847. 


tunate, leaves them the means of emigrating to 
other lands ; that by giving the tenant an interest 
n the soil, it affords the best guarantee of peaceable 
conduct; that by encouraging industry it tends to 
develop the riches of the soil, and so to promote 
national wealth; that the Petitioners have ob- 
served with regret many violent and still more in- 
sidious efforts to set aside the usages connected with 
this right ; and praying that that subject may be put 
to rest by an enactment, legalizing the usages that 
have prevailed since the plantation of Ulster, was 
presented and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Clergymen of the Public Works 
barony of Kilmain, in the county of Mayo, praying Ireland.) 


the House to direct the Board of Works in Jreland, 
to have the persons employed on public works trans- 
ferred to labour on their own holdings, at the same 
rate of wages as if on the Public Works, from the 
25th of March to the 1st of May next, enabling 
them at the same time to have seed on reasonable 
terms sufficient to sow their little holdings to pre- 
vent the recurrence of famine next year, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


subject of the existing law relating to Marriages | Table. 
into early consideration, with a view to alterations 
therein,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Grand Jury Cess-payers of the Famine in 
townland of Rathcarty East, in the barony of Ireland. 
Fae and county of Kilkenny, praying that the 


- House will be pleased to adopt measures to reclaim 
Petitions from Hever ;— Blakeney;—and, Leo- | the waste land of Ireland, to locate the poor thereon, 
minster ; praying the House to refuse its sanction | 


Ses ies Siilvialies at Aties Chnnnaiinies dl Ciel ein ten to facilitate emigration, or such other means as will 
bs] € S : : “ . 

basis of a scheme of National Education and slso | ee “ _ aoe we my bing sell 

bs 4 7 ~ &gt; 

to refuse to grant any monies for its introduction | ee ee eee 

ye aie scares ace sagen apes the present famishing state of the Poor of Ireland, 

rw pigs itis Preble ea, and read; anc Or who are dying daily in large numbers for want of 

nee 8 Se Spee he Teeee. food ; and praying the House to devise some mea- 

‘sure for their immediate relief, was presented, and 


Petitions from Rochdale ;—and, Hyde ( Chester) ; read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


praying the House to appoint a Select Committee | ; ' 
to make a full and searching inquiry into all the) Ordered, That the Paper relative to Jenkin Jones, Jenkin Jones. 


circumstances which affect the cultivation of Cot-| which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 206. 
ton in India,—were presented, and read; and or- Ordered, That the Return relative to Hulks Hulks 


dered to lie upon the Table. | (Portsmouth and Gosport), which was presented ee, 
‘i , . _ | yesterday, be printed. N "207 , 
A Petition of Operatives of the borough of Sligo, slate 
praying the House to adopt some legislative measure | Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Rates. 
of Emigration, to enable the Petitioners to seek, in | to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
some of Her Majesty’s Colonies, the employment 'to give directions that there be laid before this 
which they cannot procure at home, and without , House, Returns of the Number of Informations for 
which, in a very short period, they and their families , Non-payment of Rates, together with the Number 
must perish, was presented, and read, and ordered of Persons included in each Information, during 
to lie upon the Table. \the year 1846, against Persons occupying Tene- 
/ments rated under £.6 per annum, at the different 
A Petition of William Crandell and Family, Tea- Petty Sessions in England and Wales :—And, of 
dealer of Chatham, in the county of Kent, stating | the Number of Persons excused from Payment of 
that being dissenters on principle from civil esta-| Rates, upon the application of the Overseers at 
blishments of religion, he and his family cannot | such Petty Sessions. 
worship God without first doing obeisance to Eccle-| _ Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
siastical Courts, whereby a registration of his place! Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as 
of worship is obtained ; and praying that the House | are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
will alter the character of the Registration of Places | 
of Worship, by placing them under the jurisdiction} | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, British 
of the purely civil courts of the law of the realm, was | Returns of the Names of all Persons of every deno- Museum. 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the | mination who were in the Service or Pay of the 
Table. | beg sae of the a Museum - _ — day 
7 — ; ; 'of March 1847, with the Amount of their Salaries 
—— = Distillers in the city of Glasgow, respectively, and the Date of the Warrant, Order 
praying the House not to pass any measure for | 4, Authority respectively, by or under which they 


altering the Duties on Colonial Spirits without | received their respective Appointments, and the 
enquiring into the claims of the Petitioners, was | as ; 

ae ? | Names or Name of the Trustees or Trustee by whom 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table the said Warrant, Order or Authority respectively, 
ipa sy / was made :—And, of the Names of all Persons who 
A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Agha-| at any time, since the 1st day January 1841, have 
dowey, in the county of Londonderry, stating that! been promoted to higher Office in, or have been 
they consider the ‘Tenant Right, as understood in| discharged from, or have left the Service of the 
Ulster, to be one cause of the prosperity and com-| British Museum, and stating the Date of the 
fort of that province; that they believe it is equally) Warrant, Order or Authority by or under which 
advantageous to landlords and tenants; that it they were so promoted or discharged, and the 
secures families against poverty, and when unfor- Names or Name of the Trustees or a 
whom 











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10 Vicroriz. 19° Martie. 267 
whom such Warrant, Order or Authority respectively | Mr. Ward presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 
was made. mand,—Reports of the Admiralty relative to appli- No.211, 


; ' cations for Local Acts. 
_ Clyde, Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Mr. Ward also presented, pursuant to Order,— Navy. 
C. 


a Copy of the Report by Captain Bethune of the! A Return of the Number of Boys of the First and No, 212. 





Harbours of 
Refuge. 


Ships “ Eury- 
dice” and 
“ Spartan.” 


Poor Law 
Unions 
(Ireland.) 


No, 208. 


Lunatic 
Asylums Bill. 


No. 209. 


Friendly 
Societies, 


Glass. 


Adjournment. 


Highland 
Roads and 
Bridges. 


No. 210. 


Royal Navy, and Captain Denison, ot the Royal 
Engineers, on the Clyde, &amp;c., to the Secretary of 
the Admiralty, dated the 25th day of May 1846. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Report of the Harbour of 
Refuge Commission of 1846, on the several modes 
of Construction referred to the Commission for their 
opinion, and Copies of all the Papers connected 
therewith. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Official Reports and Diagrams re- 
specting the Trials in sailing of Her Majesty’s Ship 
“* Eurydice,” during the months of August and 
September 1846 :—Also, the Number of Men and 
Boys victualled,and the Quantities of Provisions and 
Water, on Board Her Majesty’s Ships “ Spartan” 
and “ Eurydice,” on the 9th day of August 1846. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing the State of the Funds of the 
several Unions in Jreland, on the 31st day of Ja- 
nuary 1847, and the Progress of the Collection 
during the month. 

Sir William Somerville accordingly presented the 
said Return. 

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


Mr. Attorney-General presented a Bill for the 
further Amendment of the Laws relating to the 
Provision and Regulation of Lunatic Asylums for 
Counties and Boroughs in England: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House,a Return of the Number of the Certificates 
granted by the Registrars or Persons acting as 
Registrars of Friendly Societies in England, Ire- 
land and Scotland respectively, between the Date 
of the passing of the Act 9 and 10 Vic., c. 27, and 
the Date of the Appointment of the said Registrars 
by the Commissioners for the Reduction of the 
National Debt. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of Foreign Glass imported, retained for 
Home Consumption, exported and remaining in 
Bond, in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1847, distinguishing Weight and Quantity, and the 
Countries from which imported or exported, and the 
Rate and Amount of Duty :—And, a similar Re- 
turn of British Glass exported (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 214, of Session 1846). 


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


Mr. Loch presented, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament,—The Thirty-third Report 
of the Commissioners of Highland Roads and 
Bridges in Scotland. 

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

Vou. 102. 





Second Class for General Service received on Board 
the several Flag Ships at Portsmouth and Devon- 
port, during the several months of August, Septem- 
ber, October, November and December 1846, dis- 
tinguishing those who have not been entered under 
the regulation of the Admiralty Memorandum of 
the 25th day of May 1841, with the Number of 
such Boys so entered who have been supplied with 
slop clothing. 

Ordered, That the Papers relative to Local Acts 
be referred to the Committees on the Bills to which 
the same relate ; and be printed; and that the Re- 
turn relative to the Navy do lie upon the Table ; and 
be printed. 


Mr. Parker presented,—Amended Return to an Windows. 
Order, dated the 5th day of February last, for a No, 213. 


Return of the Amount of Window Duty assessed 
for the year 1845 for the Twelve Towns paying the 
largest Amount, with the Net Amount of Duty 
received for the same on the 5th day of April 1846. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Poor Relief 
into a Committee upon the Poor Relief (Jreland) Greland) Bill 


Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Cravuse N° 1 (Relief of Destitute Persons.) That 
the Guardians of Poor of every Union in Jreland 
shall make provision for the due relief of all such 
destitute poor persons as are permanently dis- 
abled from labour by reason of old age, infirmity 
or bodily or mental defect. 

Amendment proposed, in P. 1.1. 14: To leave out 
the word ‘‘ permanently.” 

Question proposed, That the word “ permanently” 
stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, by leave, 
withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed: in P. 1. 1. 16. 
After the word “ defect,” to insert the words “ and 
“ also of every such destitute poor person, being a 
widow, as shall have a legitimatechild orlegitimate 
children dependent upon her, and incapable of 
earning his, her or their livelihood, and have no 
illegitimate child born after the commencement 
of her widowhood.” 


Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Clause agreed to. 


CiausE N° 2 (Out-door Relief may be autho- 
rized.) That if at any time it shall be shown to the 
satisfaction of the Poor Law Commissioners, that 
by reason of the want of room in the workhouse 
of any Union, adequate relief cannot be afforded 
therein to destitute poor persons, not being persons 
permanently disabled as aforesaid. 

Amendment proposed: in P. 2. 1. 1. After the 
word ‘ shown,” to insert the words ‘‘ by the Board 
“ of Guardians of any Union.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Tufnell, Less 

Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: ae 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Shaw, 36 

Noes, Mr. Young : } ‘ 


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And the House having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Saturday morning. 


Sabbati, 20° die Marti, 1847: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made further Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this inom will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Customs The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Duties Bill. mittee on the Customs Duties Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Army Service The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Bill. Reading of the Army Service Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Agricultural § The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Statistics Bill. Reading of the Agricultural Statistics Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 16th day of April next. 


Poor Relief The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Laws Execu- Reading of the Poor Relief Laws Execution (Ireland) 
= (Ireland) Bill: 
lu. ? 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Commons The Commons Inclosure (No. 2.) Bill was, ac- 
Inclosure = cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Prisons Bill. The Prisons Bill was, according to Order, read a 
second time ; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for Monday next. 


Custody of The Custody of Offenders Bill was, according to 
Offenders Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 
General Re- Mr. Greene reported the General Register House 
gister House (Edinburgh) Bill; and the Amendments were read 
(Edinburgh) 
Bill. and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 


next, 
ay The Indemnity Bill was, according to Order, read 
- a second time ; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Monday next. 
Tenants i i 
(ireland) Bill The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 


nesday next, the Tenants (Jreland) Bill, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 31st day of this instant March. 


Life Insur- The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
ances Bill. —_ nesday next, the Life Insurances Bill, was read and 
discharged. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 31st day of this instant March. 


Criminal Law. The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords, of Mon- 


A. 1847. 


day last, wherein their Lordships request that this 
House will be pleased to give leave to the Right 
honourable Frederick Shaw, a Member of this 
House, to attend their Lordships, to be sworn, in 
order to his being examined as a witness before the 
Select Committee appointed by their Lordships in 
the present Session of Parliament, to inquire into the 
execution of the Criminal Law, especially respecting 
Juvenile Offenders and Transportation. 

And Mr. Shaw, being present in his place, declared 
that he was willing, with leave of the House, to go 
to the House of Lords, as desired by their Lordships. 

Resolved, That the Right honourable Frederick 
Shaw have leave to go to the House of Lords, as 
desired by their Lordships, if he think fit. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to acquaint them that this House hath given leave 
to the Right honourable Frederick Shaw to go to 
the House of Lords, as desired by their Lordships, 
if he think fit: And that Mr. Greene do carry the 
said Message. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Convicts, 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Circular Letter addressed by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Secretary of State to the Justices in Quarter 
Sessions, relative to the Confinement of Convicts 
after Sentence, and of the Replies received thereto. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented prisons. 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
an Account of all Money expended in the several 
Counties of England and Wales, in erecting or altering 
Prisons or Gaols, in the years 1844, 1845 and 1846 ; 
specifying the County, Name of every Prison, and 
the Amount expended upon each, 

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


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before One of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 





Lune, 22° die Martii; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 





PRAYERS. 


M R. Soady, from the Audit Office, was called Public 
in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the Accountants. 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—List of Officers 

and Departments whose Accounts are audited by 

the Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts. 

An Account of the Arrears and Balances due to 

and from all Public Accountants (arising upon Ac- 
counts which have been stated or declared), so far 

as the said Particulars can be ascertained from the 
Books of the Commissioners for auditing the Public 
Accounts, completed to the 5th January 1847. 

List of the Accounts depending in the Office of 

the Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts, 
completed to the 28th February 1847 :—And then 

he withdrew. 

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


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

for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in 

this present Parliament for the Eastern Division of 

the County of Somerset, in the room of Colonel Gore 

Langton, deceased. 





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Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 


Standing © 


Orders; Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; 
which were read, as follow: ; 
Midland Rail- 4, Resolved, That in the case of the Midland 


way (Worces- 
ter, Hereford, 
Malvern and 


Railway (Worcester, Hereford, Malvern and Chel- 
tenham Lines, with a Branch to Ledbury) Petition, 


Cheltenham the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed 

Lines, with a itl 

Branch to with. 

Ledbury ) Bill. ; 

Manchester 2. Resolved, That in the case of the Manchester 

and South- and Southampton Railway (No. 2.) Petition, for 

ampton Rail- Jeave to deposit amended Sections, and a Petition 

my SX° ?) for a Bill, the Parties be permitted to deposit Sec- 
tions, amended so far only as regards the error in 
the datum line, reported by the Examiner of Peti- 
tions, and to make the Corrections in the vertical 
heights necessarily consequent thereon, and that they 
prove before the Examiner that the Railway as 
proposed to be constructed under the amended Sec- 
tions, can be made in such a manner as not to affect, 
otherwise than as stated in the written applications 
to owners, any of the lands to be taken for the pro- 
posed Railway, except in the case where the land- 
owner is a consenting party ; and that they be per- 
mitted to deposit a Petition for the Bill in the Pri- 
vate Bill Office. 

The second Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Shipowners The Shipowners Towing Company Bill was read 

ae a second time; and committed. 

ines Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Coventry, Mr. William Williams presented a Bill for making 

peri = a Railway from the authorized Line of the Oxford 

tion Railway @nd Rugby Railway, in the Parish of Southam, to 

Bill. 


the Line of the London and North Western Railway, 
in or near the City of Coventry, with Branches: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Ipswich and 
Bury St. Ed- 
mund’s Rail- 
way (Exten-. 
sion to Kast 
Dereham and 
to Aylsham) 
Bill. 


The Order made upon the 1st day of this instant 
March, for referring the Zpswich and Bury Saint 
Edmunds Railway (Extension to East Dereham, 
and to Ay/sham) Bill, to the Committee of Selection, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 

Aylsham and = The Order made upon the 1st day of this instant 
a. March, for referring the Aylsham and North Wal- 
‘ ay : se : ; &amp; é 
Bill. sham Railway Bill to the Committee of Selection, 

was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Leicester The Leicester Waterworks Bill was read a second 
Waterworks time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Thorne and 


The Thorne and Crowle Moors Drainage and 
me nage Improvement Bill was read a second time; and 
Improvement committed. . 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Crowle Moors 


Crowland 

and Cowbit 
Washes, &amp;c., 
Drainage Bill. 


The Crowland. and Cowbit Washes, &amp;c., Drainage 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Scottish The Scottish Equitable Life Assurance Society 
(iutable Life Bill was read a secund time; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


Society Bill, , 
mittee of Selection. 


Glasgow, Kil- 


The Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ardrossan Rail- 


ma . oe : 
yo tc way (Amendment, Deviations and Branches) Bill 
Railway was read a second time ; and committed. 


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Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- (Amendment, 
mittee of Selection. ee 
ranches) Bill. 
The Lytham Improvement Bill was read a second Lytham 
time ; and committed. Improvement 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bil. 
mittee of Selection. 


The Wakefield Gas Bill was read a second time ; Wakefield 
and committed. Gas Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Petitions of the Provost, Ma- Edinburgh 
gistrates and Town Council of the Royal Burgh of hate 
Dunfermline ;—and, Chairman of a Meeting of In- a 
habitants of the Town and Royal Burgh of Dun- 
fermline, which were presented upon the 19th day 
of this instant March; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Edinburgh and Perth Railway 
Bill, be referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


Mr. Secretary at War presented, pursuant to the Military Sav- 





directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account ings Banks. 
of the Amount due by the Public to Depositors in No.214. 
Military Savings Banks, on the 31st March 1845, 
as reported to Parliament on the 27th March 1846; 
and of the Receipts, Interest and Disbursements in 
the said Military Savings Banks, during the year 
ending the 31st March 1846; together with the 
Number of Depositors therein on the said 31st 
March 1846 :—Also, an Account of the Sums paid 
over, and now about to be paid over by the Secretary 
at War to the Commissioners for the Reduction of 
the National Debt, for Investment in Bank Annui- 
ties, on account of the Fund for Military Savings 
Banks; and of the Dividends reported to the Se- 
cretary at War by the said Commissioners to have 
been received thereon, and invested in further aid 
of the Fund for Military Savings Banks. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Shipping. 
Returns of the Number and Tonnage of Ships re- 
gistered in each of the different Ports of the United 
Kingdom on the Ist day of January 1847; sepa- 
rating and stating the Number and Tonnage of such 
as were built in Foreign Countries or in the Colonies 
of the British Empire, which were then registered 
in the aforesaid Ports, and entitled to the Privileges 
of British Ships :—And, of the Number and Ton- 
nage of all Ships, distinguishing the British from 
the Foreign, which entered the United Kingdom, or 
cleared outwards with Cargoes to or from the dif- 
ferent Countries of Europe; and stating, if possible, 
the nature of such Cargoes generally ; and the same 
to or from the United States of America, between 
the 1st day of January 1846 and the 1st day of Ja} 
nuary 1847. 


Ordered, That the Petition from Sligo, relative Emigration. 
to Emigration, which was presented upon Friday 
last, be printed. 


Sir William Somerville presented, — Return to Houses and 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 28th day of Electors. 
July, in the last Session of Parliament, for Returns 
of the Numbers of Houses of the Annual Value 
of £.10, and upwards, in every City and Borough 
in £ngland and Wales, returning a Member or 
Members to serve in Parliament :—And, of the 
Number of Persons occupying such House in every 
such City or Borough, who, by reason of the Non- 
payment of Assessed Taxes within the period re- 
quired, are omitted from the Lists of Voters made 
out by the Overseers on and after the 20th day of 
July 1846. 

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Sir William Somerville also presented,—Return 
to an Order dated the 19th day of February last, 
for Returns of the Sums levied and expended for 
the Relief of the Poor in the Union of Casélebar, 
in the County of Mayo, since its first opening in 
September 1842, up to the 31st day of December 
1846; distinguishing the Amount of Rate struck, 
the Amount collected, the Total of Arrears still due, 
and in what proportion, from Occupiers or 1m- 
mediate Lessors, and the proportion, of actual Ex- 
penditure in every year, to the valuation of a Rate- 
able Property in the Union :—Of the Number of 
Paupers admitted to the Workhouse of Castlebar 
during the last six months; giving the dates of 
their admission:—Of the Number of Applicants 
for admission that were rejected during the same 
period, with the dates and the grounds of their re- 
jection, if stated on the Minutes; and a Copy of 
any Resolution of the Board of Guardians, by 
which the Workhouse was closed to Applicants : 
—And, of the Number of Coroners’ Inquests held 
in the County of Mayo, in which verdicts of Death 
by Starvation, or of similar purport, were recorded ; 
distinguishing the Number that were held within 
the Union of Castlebar, (so far as relates to the 
Number of Coroners’ Inquests held in the County of 
Mayo). 

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


Schoolmasters Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


(Scotland. ) 


Edinburgh 
and Perth 
Railway Bill. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Parish School- 
masters in Scotland, who hold the Office of Session 
Clerk. 

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


Petitions of Alexander Wilson, Esquire, of Hatch- 
bank ;—James Newton, and others, Landowners along 
the line of the proposed Edinburgh and Perth 
Railway ;—John Spittal, and others, Landowners 
along the line of the proposed Edinburgh and 
Perth Railway ;—Jane Fisher, and others, Land- 
owners along the line of the proposed Edinburgh 
and Perth Railway ;—A. L. Wardlaw, and others, 
Landowners along the line of the proposed Edin- 
burgh and Perth Railway ;—Tenants of lands and 
houses along the line of the proposed Edinburgh 
and Perth Railway ;— George Arnott Walker 
Arnott, Esquire, of Arlary, Doctor of Laws and 
Regius Professor of Botany, in the University of 
Glasgow ;—Lessees of land along the line of the 
proposed Edinburgh and Perth Railway ; — Sir 
Charles Adam and Lord Minto, Landowners along 
the line of the proposed Edinburgh and Perth Rail- 
way ;—J. A. Baird, and others, Landowners along 
the line of the proposed Edinburgh and Perth 
Railway ;—and, Members of the Provisional Com- 
mittee of the original scheme for making a Rail- 
way between Edinburgh and Perth, by Queens- 
ferry (two Petitions); praying that the Edinburgh 
and Perth Railway Bill may pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 

Petitions of the Chairman of a Meeting of inhabit- 
ants of the town and royal burgh of Dunfermline; 
—-—Miners, and other Inhabitants of Elgin Colliery, 
in the western district of Fife;——Inhabitants of 
the shipping port of Charlestown, m the western 
district of Fife ; Inhabitants of the village of 
Crossford, in the western district of Fife ; In- 
habitants of the village of Cairneyhill, in the 
western district of Fife; Inhabitants of the 
town and royal burgh of Dunfermline ; Coal- 
masters, Mivers, and other Inhabitants of Wellwood 
Colliery;—-~and, Deacon Convener of the right 
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Dunfermline, and the Remanent Deacons of said 
fraternities of crafts, and representing the individual 
members thereof in a Convener court assembled ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
said Bill,—were also presented, and read; and 
referred to the said Select Committee. 


A Petition of Landowners, House Proprietors, Caledonian 
Merchants, Manufacturers, Shipowners, Bankers, nite ‘ 
and others, Inhabitants of the royal burgh of Annan, Canonbie, &amp;«.) 
praying that the Caledonian Railway (Branches to Bill. 
Canonbie, &amp;c.) Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Sethnot and Navar ;—Logie Pert; Scottish Mid- 
— Dun; — Fearne ;— Stracathro ; —Carreston; — pe _— 
z annadice ges oes ;— Furnell;—Loch- Amendment 
ee; —and, Brechin (five Petitions); praying that 2nd Branch to 
the Scottish Midland Junction Railwey hate —— 
ment and Branch to Laurencehirk) Bill may pass ~ 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Manchester, Sheffield and Axholme Rail- 
Lincolnshire Railway Company, praying that they Y¥ from the 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, gelhy Railway 
against certain parts of the Axrholme Railway (from to Gainsbo- 
the Leeds and Selby Railway to Gainsborough, with in 
Branches) Bill, was presented, and read. —— 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Masters and Operative Plumbers Rochdale 
and Glaziers of the borough of Rochdale, praying —_ 
the House to insert a clause in the Rochdale Water- ” 
works Bill, to prohibit the Company monopolizing 
to themselves the plumbing department required at 
their works, and to compel them to employ regular 
tradesmen, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Joseph Taylor, of Newington, near Great North- 
Bawtry, Maltster, Brewer and General Merchant, foodie 
praying that the Great Northern Railway (Devia- between 
tions between Grantham and York) Bill may not Grantham and 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- YF) Bill. 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Manchester, Sheffield and 
Lincolnshire Railway Company, praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the said Bill, was 
also presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Members of the Representative Regent’sCanal 

Vestry of the parish of Saint Mary-le-bone, in the Company 
. . (Paddington 

county of Middlesex, praying that they may be ana Limehouse 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, Railway and 
against certain parts of the Regent’s Canal Company Branch) B - 
(Paddington and Limehouse Railway and Branch) 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Wesleyan Centenary Dublin, . 
Chapel, Stephen’s Green South, Dublin, praying en a Me 


that the Dublin, Dundrum and Rathfarnham Rail- Raitway (Ex- 
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tension to way (Extension to Stephen’s Green) Bill may not 
oe pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, 
Green) Bi. and read ; and referred to the Committee on the Bill. 
Glasgow, A Petition of the Lord Provost and Magistrates 


Airdrie and of Glasgow, the Lord Dean of Guild, and the 
a ae Deacon Convener of the Trades of said city, and 
way (Cowlairs, the Remanent Members of the Police and Sta- 
pe ao tute Labour Committee of the Town Council of 
os Coplaw-' Glasgow, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
hill Branches, selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
and Montrose- of the Glasgow, Airdrie and Monklands Junction 
aaa Bil, Railway (Cowlairs, Carmyle, Central Junction and 
Coplaw -hill Branches and Montrose-street Terminus) 
Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Liverpool A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Corporation Canal Navigation from Leeds to Liverpool, praying 
ee that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- 
” sel or agents, against certain parts of the Liverpool 
Corporation Waterworks Bill, was presented, and 

read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Eastern Coun. A Petition of Trustees for repairing the road 

ties Railway from Baldock, in the county of Hertford, to Bourn- 

(Cambridge, Bridge, in the county of Cambridge, praying that 

Royston and S 4 

Ware Line, they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 

&amp;c.) Bill. agents, against certain parts of the Eastern Counties 
Railway (Cambridge, Royston and Ware Line, &amp;c.) 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 

Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Ratepayers of the parish of Caris- 
brooke ;——Ratepayers of the parish of Mottistone ; 
Ratepavers of the parish of Shorwedl;—— 
Ratepayers of the parish of Godshill ;——Rate- 
payers of the parish of Thorley ;——Ratepayers of 
the parish of Kingston ; Ratepayers of the 
parish of Newchurch ;——Ratepayers of the parish 
of Niton ;——Ratepayers of the parish of Shanklin ; 
——Ratepayers in the parish of Arreton; 
Ratepayers of the parish of Chale ;——Ratepayers 
of the parish of Wootton ;——Ratepayers of the 
parish of Binstead ;——Ratepayers of the parish 
of Saint Nicholas ;——Ratepayers of the parish of 
Saint Lawrence ; Ratepayers of the parish of 
Whippingham ; Ratepayers of the parish of 
Brading ;——RKatepayers of the parish of J’resh- 
water ;—— Ratepayers of the parish of Whitwell ; 
——Ratepayers of the ery: of Gatcombe ;—— 
Ratepayers of the parish of Calbourne ;——Rate- 
payers of the parish of Brixton ;——Ratepayers of 
the parish of Shalfleet ;——and, Ratepayers of the 
parish of Saint Helen’s; praying that the Ryde 
{mprovement Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of Commissioners for executing an 
Act for amending the Roads and Highways in the 
Isle of Wight, praying that they may be heard, by 


themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 


Ryde Im- 
provement 
Bill. 





























parts of the said Bill, was also presented, and read. | 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the comer, in the county of Kilkenny, praying the House Ireland.) 

Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, to adopt measures for stimulating the application of 

by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their ; capital to the promotion of Jrish Railways, was 

Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in | resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
VoL. 102. 


Petitions from Stoke Saint Milborough ;—Ald- Rating of 
bourn ;—and, Ramsbury ; praying that the Rating of *tnements 
Tenements (No. 2.) Bill may pass intoa law,—were iis 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Highworth and Swindon Union ; Poor Removal 
—and, West Clandon; praying for the repeal or Act. 
alteration of the Poor Removal Act,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


Petitions from Peuryn;-—Briill ;—and, Arbroath; Breweries and 
praying the House to adopt measures for stopping Distilleries. 
the use of grain in Breweries and Distilleries,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Halshaw Moor ;—and, Great and Sale of Beer. 
Little Bolton (Chairman); praying the House to 
pass such laws as will give to the Retail Brewers 
and Beer-sellers the same privileges as others enjoy 
who are engaged in the sale of beer and cyder,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Members of the General Com- Registering 
mittee of the Parochial Board of Kennoway (Chair- Births, a 
man and Clerk) ;——Presbytery of Kircudbright ; (Scotland) 

Presbytery of Paisley (Moderator) ;——and, 
Presbytery of Selkirk (Moderator) ; praying that the 
Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Preses of a Meeting of Parish 
School-masters within the Presbytery of Dunse, 
praying the House to modify the said Bill so as 
either to preserve to the Schoolmasters the rights and 
emoluments they at present possess, or to provide 
oe to them for the loss they will sustain 
by the proposed infringement of their vested rights, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 





Petitions from the Presbytery of Paisley (Modera- Marriage 
tor);——and, Presbytery of ‘Selkirk (Moderator); — 
praying that the Marriage (Scot/and) Bill may not ~ 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Annan (Modera- Registering 


tor) ;——Members of the General Session of Paisley Births, Xe. 
. (Scotland) 
(Moderator) ; Melrose ; and, Presbytery of pin; and, 








Selkirk; praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. Marriage 
(Scotland) Bill; and, Marriage (Scotland) Bill may — 
not pass into law,—were presented, and read; and” 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from the Presbytery of Cupar ;— Wig- 
town ;— Peebles ;— Dalkeith ;— Ayr :—Meigle ;— 
Presbytery of Inverary (Preses);—Presbytery of 
Arbroath (Moderator) ;—Presbytery of Duxdee ;— 
Dornock ;—Presbytery of Stirling :-—Presbytery of 
Annan ;—Arbroath ;— Tain ;—Linlithgow ;—Pres- 
bytery of Paisley; —Presbytery of Langholm; — 
Presbytery of Lauder;—and, Presbytery of Dunoon ; 
praying the House to take into favourable considera- 
tion the interests of the Petitioners and of Education 
in Scotland, and to modify the said Bills so as either 
to preserve to the Petitioners the rights and emolu- 
ments they at present possess, or to provide compen- 
sation to them for the loss they will sustain by the 
proposed infringement of their vested rights,—were 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Caséle- Railways 


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Anatomy Act. A Petition of Inhabitants of Shipley, inthe county 
of York, praying the House to appoint a Committee 
to investigate the working of the Anatomy Act, 
with a view to its repeal, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Railways Bill. A Petition of the Edinburgh and Northern Rail- 
way Company, praying that the Railways Bill may 
not pass into a law; and that they may be heard, 
by their counsel or agents, at the bar of the House, 
against the same, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Tax Assessors Petitions from the District of South Roborough ; 

and Collectors. __)istrict of Tavistock;—and, District of Grantham- 
cum-Soke and Hundred of Winnibriggs and Three, 
(Lincoln); complaining of the inadequacy of the re- 
muneration given to Assessors and Collectors of 
Property, Income, Land and Assessed Taxes; and 
praying for relief,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


—_ a Petitions from Elie and Burgh of Queen’s Ferry ; 
urs, &amp;C, 


Bill (is46.) —and, Cowes; praying that the Ports, Harbours, &amp;c., 
Bill introduced in the last Session, may pass into 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Jamaica. A Petition of Proprietors, Labourers and Inha- 
bitants generally, of the parish of Hanover, in the 
county of Cornwall,and island of Jamaica, stating 
that the Petitioners have heard with astonishment 
and alarm, that an Act has lately passed the House, 
intituled, the Sugar Duties Bill; that they consider 
the enactments of that Bill ruinous to them as Sugar 
cultivators, because they are brought into immediate 
competition with slave countries, without any pre- 
vious preparation; and praying, if free-trade mea- 
sures are to be carried out, that all restrictions 
affecting their produce and its transit, and upon the 
free introduction of labourers, may be entirely dis- 
continued, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Law A Petition of the Churchwardens, Overseers of the 

Gane) Poor, and Inhabitants of the parish of Holy Trinity, 
Minories, in the liberty of the Tower of London, 
praying that an efficient Poor Law may forthwith 
be introduced into Jreland, similar in principle to that 
now existing in England, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Relief 


—, Petitions from Galway Town Commissioners ;—— 
Creland) Bill, G 


rand Jury of the city and county of Londonderry 
(Foreman) ;—— Cork (Locum tenens for the Mayor of 
Cork); ——Cappamore ; —— Poor Law Union of 
Waterford (Chairman) ; and, High Sheriff and 
Grand Jury of the county of Mayo (Foreman) ; pray- 
ing that the Poor Relief (Jredand) Bill may not pass 
into a law, as it now stands,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Lord's Day. A Petition of Inhabitants of the chapelry of 
Seend, in the parish of Melksham, in the county of 
Wilts, praying the House to pass a law, which shall 
enact, that no clause in any Railway Bill hitherto 
passed shall be construed to render it compulsory 
to run trains on the Lord’s Day, and that due care be 
taken that no such clause be contained in any Bill 
hereafter to be passed, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Education. Petitions from Chorley ;— Holbeck ;— Broughton ; 
— Wilsden (York); — Bradford (York) ; — Tower 
Hamlets ;—Members of the Committee of the Baptist 
Union of Great Britain and Ireland, comprehending 
nearly one thousand congregations of Protestant 
Dissenters, in the United Kingdom (Treasurer and 
Secretary) ;—Members of the Vewcastle and Gates- 
head Religious Freedom Society (Chairman and 
Secretary) ;—Huddersfield ;—and, Worcester ; pray- 





A. 1847. 


ing the House not to consent to any grant of 
money for carrying into execution the Minutes of 
the Committee of Council on Education, and that 
the House will present an humble Address to the 
Crown, praying Her Majesty to revoke the Order in 
Council by which the said Committee was consti- 
tuted,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


The Army Service Bill was, according to Order, Army Service: 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee Bil 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself a a 
into a Committee upon the Poor Relief (Zreland) Bill, (787 Bil 


(In the Committee.) 
Crause, N° 3, agreed to. 


Ciause, N° 4. (Relieving officers to be ap- 
pointed.) The Poor Law Commissioners shall direct 
the Guardians of each Union in Jreland to appoint 
so many relieving officers as the said Commissioners 
may deem requisite to assist in the administration 
of relief under this Act. 

Amendment proposed, in P. 2. 1. 36. To leave 
out the words “ direct the Guardians of each Union 
“ in Lreland to.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 


Ciausz, N° 5, agreed to. 


Ciause, N° 6. (Relieving officers may give pro- 
visional relief until the next meeting of the Guardians.) 
That every relieving officer so appointed as aforesaid 
shall have power to give provisional relief in any 
case of sudden and urgent necessity. 

Amendment proposed, in P. 3. ls. 9. and 10. To 
leave out the words, “ every relieving officer so ap- 
‘* pointed as aforesaid shall have power.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 


Cuavse, N° 7. (Relief to wife or child to be relief 
to husband or parent, as the case may be.) 

Amendment proposed: To add at the end of the 
clause the followmg words, ‘“ Provided always, 
“ That no wife or child shall be admitted into the 
“ workhouse without the husband or parent, for more 
than one week, unless with the sanction of the 
Poor Law Commissioners.” 

Question, That those words be there added, put, 

and negatived. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


CrauseE, N° 8, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


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


Martis, 23° die Martii, 1847: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made further Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Prisons Bill 
into a Committee upon the Prisons Bill; and, after No. 204- 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 

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Custody of 


10 Vicroriz. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


Offenders Bill. into a Committee upon the Custody of Offenders 


No. 211. 


Mutiny Bill. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 

Bill. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Landed 
Property 
(ireland) Bill. 


Railways Bill. 


Harbours, 
Docks and 
Piers Clauses 
Bill 


Marine 
Mutiny Bill 


Castoms 
Duties Bill. 


Poor Relief 
Laws Execu:: 
tion (Ireland) 
Bill 


Commons 
Inclosure 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


Supply ; 


Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report. be now received. 
Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Mutiny Bill; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill,and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 12th day of April next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Marriage (Scotland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 12th day of April next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Landed Property (Ireland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Railways Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, reso.ved itself into 
a Committee upon the Marine Mutiny Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr.Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Customs Duties Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Poor Relief Laws Execution (Ireland) 
Bill; 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Commons Inclosure 
(No. 2.) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


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

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

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273 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways ana 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill to authorize the Application of General Re- 
certain Sums received on account of the Fees pay- erdiabureh) 
able to the Office of Director in Chancery in Scot- Bill. 
land, towards the Payment of Debts incurred in 
completing the General Register House at Edin- 
burgh, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Indemnity 
into a Committee upon the Indemnity Bill; and, Bill. 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Distress 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- (Ireland.) 


mand,—Copy of Correspondence from January to 
March 1847, relating to the measures adopted for 
the Relief of the Distress in Jreland.—Board of 
Works Series (Second Part). 


A Return, showing the Average daily Number Public Works 
of Persons employed on Relief Works, in Jre- “teland-) 
land, during the week ending 13th March 1847, Ne-2165. 
also the Cost; distinguishing the Amount paid in 
Wages, and the Cost of the Establishment, so far 
as can be made out from the Estimates and Pay 
Lists already received. 


An Account of the Sum expended under the head Civil ; 
of Civil Contingencies in the years 1844, 1845 and Contingencies. 
1846, and an Estimate of the Amount required for No. 216. 
1847; enclosing, 

No. 1. Abstract of the Expenditure under the 
head of Civil Contingencies in the years 1844, 1845 
and 1846. 

No. 2. Detailed Account of the Expenditure in 
the year 1846. 

No. 3. Estimate of the Amount required to be 
voted in the year 1847. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Superintend- 
Return showing the Names of the several Parishes, Sy, css" 
Chapelries, Townships, Tithings, Hamlets, Pre- 
cincts, Liberties, and Extra-parochial or other 
Places, comprised within the several Superintendent 
Registrars’ Districts as they were constituted in 
pursuance of the Act of 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 86, or any 
Act passed for the amendment thereof, arranged in 
Registrars’ Districts, as the same were severally 
constituted on the 19th day of December 1846 ; 
with a Notice of all Changes (if any) which have 
been since made in any of the said several Districts. 


Mr. Ward presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 
mand,—Reports of the Admiralty relative to Appli- No. 129. 
cations for Local Acts. 

Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
Committees on the Bills to which the same relate ; 
and be printed. 


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








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974 


Martis, 23° die Martii ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 
Standing QRDER ED, That the Select Committee on 
a. Standing Orders have leave to sit this day, till 
five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 
Public Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
ect on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 
Report.) Petitions presented upon the 18th and 19th days of 
this instant March; and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Westminster © The Westminster Improvements Bill was read a 
terrae second time; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Plymouth and 
Tavistock 
Road Bill. 


The Order made upon the 15th day of February 
last, for referring the Plymouth and Tavistock Road 
Bill to the Committee of Selection, was read ; and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


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


te 9.) for repealing the Acts relating to the Roads leading 
Bill. (82) fom the Lower Market House, in Tavistock, to Old 
Town Gate, in the borough of Plymouth, and from 
Manadon Gate to the Old Pound, near Devonport, 
in the county of Devon, and making other Provi- 
sions in lieu thereof : And that Lord Courtenay and 
Sir John Yarde Buller do prepare, and bring it in. 
Westminster A Petition of the Right honourable and Honour- 
and Fart of able the Commissioners of Sewers for the city and 


liberty of Westminster, and part of the county of 
Middlesex, for leave to bring in a Bill to explain 
and amend the Laws of Sewers relating to the city 
and liberty of Westminster, and part of Middlesex, 
was presented, and read ; and reterred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


The Dunfermline and Cupar Court Houses Bill 


Sewers Bill. 


Dunfermline 


eS ee was read a second time ; and committed. 
Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Runcorn Gas 


~ The Runcorn Gas Bill was read a second time ; 


and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Scottish Union 
Insurance 
Company Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Scottish Union Insurance Com- 
pany Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, vith the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Rutherglen 

and Strath- 
bungo Road 
Bill. 


The Rutherglen and Strathbungo Road Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Warrington 
Gas Light and 


The Warrington Gas Light and Coke Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 


eee Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Committees. Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 


upon Thursday next, till Five of the clock, during 
the sitting of the House. 


Midland Rail- 
way (Chelten- 
ham, Warwick 
and Leaming- 
ton Line) Bill. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Joseph Thad- 
deus Lord Dormer, praying that he may be heard, 
by his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the 


23° Martiz. 


A, 1847. 


Midland Railway (Cheltenham, Warwick and Lea- 
mington Line) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 
heard, by his counsel or agent, upon his Peti- 
tion, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


dh tp Owners of or —— interested Metsopeiiion 
in houses and ground in the parish of Saint George, Sewage _ 
Hanover-square, Middlesex, abutting on oie a. 
streets or roads through which the tunnel proposed 
to be made by the Company thereinafter mentioned 
is intended to pass, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Metropolitan Sewage Manure 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of George Bramham, William Brook, Leeds Central 
Nicholas Dunn, John Sanderson, Benjamin Thomp- Railway Sta- 
son, Thomas Clarkson, George Robson, John Bar- se 
rett, Richard Kilvington, Thomas Gamble, Joseph 
Hewitt, Charles Waterworth, John Shaw, Henry 
Morley and William Roberts,the Surveyors of High- 
ways of the township of Leeds, praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Leeds Central Railway 
Station Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition’of William Rae Wilson, Esquire, Doc- Glasgow, 
tor of Laws, presently residing in London, Proprietor Faisley, Kil_ 
of houses and ground partly within and partly in the yr Railway 
immediate vicinity of the limit of deviation deli- (No. 4.) Bill. 
neated on the Parliamentary plan referred to in the 
Bill thereinafter complained of, praying that he 
may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 
against certain parts of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kil- 
marnock and Ayr Railway (No. 4.) Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Peti- 
tion, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of William Rae Wilson, Esquire, of Glasgow, 
Kelvinbank, Doctor of Laws, presently residing in = ee 
London, Proprietor of houses and ground within Ayr Railway 
the limit of deviation delineated on the Parlia- (No. 5.) Bill. 
mentary plan referred to in the Bill thereinafter com- 
plained of, praying that he may be heard, by him- 
self, his counsel or agent, against certain parts of 
the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway 
(No. 5.) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Peti- 
tion, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of William Rae Wilson, Esquire, of Caledonian 
Kelvinbank, Doctor of Laws, presently residing in te aititiin 
London, Proprietor of houses and ground partly Clyde and 
within and partly in the immediate vicinity, and so Glasgow _ 
considerably within three hundred yards of the Station) Bill 
limit of deviation specified in the Bill thereinafter 
complained of, praying that he may be heard, by 
himself, his counsel or agent, against certain parts 
of the Caledonian Railway (Branch across Clyde 





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Liverpool 
Corporation 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Birmingham 
and Oxford 
Junction Rail- 
way (Devia- 
tion of Line, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Newport, 
Abergavenny 
and Hereford 
Railway De- 
viations Bill, 


Edinburgh 
and Perth 
Railway Bill. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;e. 
(Scotland) 
Bill; and, 
Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


10 Victoriz: 


and Glasgow Station) Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Peti- 
tion, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough and 
parish of Wigan, in the county of Lancaster, praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Liverpool 
Corporation Waterworks Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill, and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Clerk to the Trustees of the 
Warwick and Northampton Road, praying that he 
may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 
against certain parts of the Birmingham and Oxford 
Junction Railway (Deviation of Line, &amp;c.) Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Reverend John James Waite, 
of Ilminster, in the county of Somerset, and Eliza 
his Wife, Edward Abley, of the city of poe 
Chemist, and Caroline his Wife, and Joseph 
Williams, of Warwich-street, Pimlico, in the county 
of Middlesex, Professor of Music, and Susan his 
Wife, and Valentine Buller, of the said city of 
Hereford, Accountant, and Emma his Wife, praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Newport, 
Abergavenny and Hereford Railway Deviations 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Merchants, Manufacturers, and other 
Inhabitants of Dunshelt, in the parish of Auchter- 
muchty, and county of Fife ;—Onesiphorus Tyndall 
Bruce, Esquire, of Falkland ;—Merchants, Manu- 
facturers, Landowners, Farmers, and other Inhabit- 
ants of the town and parish of Strathmiglo, in the 
county of Fife;—Magistrates and Town Council 
of the royal burgh of Auchtermuchty, Fifeshire;— 
Bankers, Merchants, Manufacturers, and other 
Inhabitants of the royal burgh of Auchtermuchty, 
and of Landowners, Farmers, and other Inhabit- 
ants of the parish of Auchtermuchty ;—Merchants, 
Manufacturers, and other Inhabitants of the burgh 
of Falkland, and of Landowners, Farmers, and 
other Inhabitants of the parish of Falkland ; — 
and, Patrick George Skene, Esquire, of Hallyards 
and Pitlour ; praying that the Edinburgh and Perth 
Railway Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


Petitions from Presbytery of Forres (Moderator) ; 
—-—and, Kirk Session of Falkirk ; praying that the 
Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill; and, Mar- 
riage (Scotland) Bill may not pass into law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions from Presbytery of Strathbogie ;—Pres- 
bytery of Alford ;—Presbytery of Ellon ;—Presby- 
tery of Aberdeen; — Presbytery of Garioch ;— 
Presbytery .of Chanonry; — and, Presbytery of 
Perth; praying the House to take into favourable 

Vou. 102, 


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275 


consideration the interests of the Petitioners and of 
Education in Scotland, and to reject the Registering 
Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill, and the Marriage (Scot- 
land) Bill; or to modify them so as either to pre- 
serve to the Petitioners the rights and emoluments 
which they at present possess, or to provide com- 
pensation tu them for the loss they will sustain by 
the proposed infringement of their vested rights,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered tolie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of Session of the Marriage 
— of Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen, praying that the — 
arriage (Scotland) Bill may not pass intoa law, ~ 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of Session of the Registering 
parish of Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen, praying that TBoothend 
the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not pin), 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Shipley, praying Anatomy Act. 
the House to appoint a Committee to investigate 
the working of the Anatomy Act, with a view to 
its repeal, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Master Manufacturers and Mill- Factories Bil 
owners, of the city of Carlisle, and neighbourhood, 
praying that the Factories Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Parliamentary Commissioners and Ports, Har- 
Trustees for the Harbour of Stonehaven, in the man ciate.) 
county of Kincardine (Chairman) ;—and, Norwich ; 
praying that the Ports, Harbours, &amp;c. Bill, intro- 
duced in the last Session, may pass into law,—were 
—- and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of John Aylmer, and others, praying the Church Tem- 
House to repeal so much of the Act of the 3d and poland) Act 
4th year of the reign of His late Majesty, as provided ait 
for the annexation of the spiritualities of the see of 
Kildare to the Archbishopric of Dublin, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bideford Union ;— Thomas Edg- Poor Removal 
worth ;—Saint Faith ( Norfolk) ;—Hundred of Sam- Act. 
ford (Suffolk);—and, Bridlington Union; praying for 
the repeal or alteration of the Poor Removal Act,— 
were presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


Petitions from Directors of the Chamber of Com- Cotton 
merce and Manufactures at Manchester (President) ; (In4ia-) 
—Crompton ;—and, Manchester ; praying the House 
forthwith to appoint a Select Committee to inquire 
into the progress of the cultivation of Cotton in Jndia, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Aberdeen Breweries and 
Temperance Society, praying the House to adopt Distilleries. 
measures for stopping the use of Grain in Breweries 
and Distilleries, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Bankers, Traders, and Tea. 
other Inhabitants of the borough of Liverpool, 
praying for reduction of the Duty on Tea, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ship-owners, Merchants, Fish- Lighthouses, 
curers, and others, of Wick and Pulteney Town, in ©“ 
the county of Caithness, praying the House to pass 
a law in accordance with the recommendation of 
the Select Committee on Lighthouses, &amp;c., was pre- 





sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
NN 2 A Petition 






































; 
; 
‘ 


Poor Law 
(Ireland.) 


Settlement. 


Sale of Beer. 


Education. 


Tithes Com- 
mutation Act. 


Tax Assessors 
and Collectors. 


Emigration. 


Poor Law, &amp;c 
&lt;Ireland.) 


Colonial 
Spirits, 


276 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the 
parish of Saint Matthew, Bethnal Green, in the 
county of Middlesex, praying that an efficient Poor 
Law for Ireland may be forthwith enacted, in order 
to prevent a recurrence of the great misery under 
which the people of that country are now suffering, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of 
Guardians of the Poor of the Barrow-upon-Soar 
Union, in the County of Leicester, praying for amend- 
ment of the Law of Settlement, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on Settle- 
ment and Poor Removal. 


Petitions from Horwich, Blachrod, and its vicinity ; 
—and, Salford; praying the tlouse to pass such 
Laws as will give to Retail Brewers and Beer-sellers 
the same power as others enjoy who are engaged in 
the Sale of Beer and Cyder,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


‘Petitions from Ealing (Chairman) ;—Scarborough ; 
— Bicester ; — Members of the Committee of the 
British School, in the town of Lancaster (Secretary) ; 
—Wolverhampton;—and,Gornal; praying the House 
to refuse its sanction to the Minutes of the Committee 
of Council as the basis of a scheme of National 
Education, and also refuse to grant any Monies for 
its introduction and support,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Reverend Joshua King, M. A., 
Rector of Woodchurch, in the county of Chester, 
praying for amendment of the Tithes Commutation 
Act, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Assessors and Collectors of Pro- 
perty, Income, Land and Assessed Taxes for the 
Division of Whitby Strand, in the county of York, 
complaining of the inadequacy of the remuneration 
given to them for assessing and collecting the said 
Taxes; and praying the House to take their case 
into consideration, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of Grand Jurors of the county of 
Sligo, stating that a plan of systematic colonization 
would prove useful as a remedy for local distress 
in Jreland, by affording the means of Emigration to 
such families as may be desirous of leaving the 
country ; and praying the House to take the subject 
into consideration, with a view to the relief of Jre- 
land, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Foreman of the Grand Jury 
of the county of Cavan, praying that in amending 
the Poor Law for Ireland, the House will proceed 
with extreme caution, by placing the granting of 
out-door relief under proper and well-defined limi- 
tation, remodelling the Poor-law districts, and im- 
proving the constitutions of the boards of guardians, 
so as to render the administration of the law safe, 
equitable and effective, and to give additional faci- 
lities for emigration, to grant free passage in certain 
cases, and to reduce the rate of charge in others, 
by employing, if need be, Government vessels in 
the service, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of English Corn Distillers in and near 
London, praying the House not to give their consent 
to any proposed legislative enactment purporting 
to effect a reduction in the differential duty between 
colonial spirit and English corn spirit, as now esta- 
blished by law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


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A, 1847. 


Mr. Borthwick reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Settlement and Poor Removal; That 
they had further considered the matters to them 
referred, and directed him to report the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them. 

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


Settlement 
and Poor Re~ 
moval (Fourth: 
Report.) 


No. 218. 


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


Returns of the Number of Colonial-built Vessels 
and their Tonnage, registered in each year since 
1841, at each of the Ports of the United Kingdom ; 
distinguishing the Number and Tonnage of each 
Colony respectively :—And, of the Gross Number 
and ‘Tonnage of Colonial-built Vessels registered at 
each of the Ports of the United Kingdom, on the 
31st day of December 1846; distinguishing the 
Number and Tonnage of each Colony respectively ; 
further distinguishing the Number and Tonnage of 
Colonial Ships at each Port respectively. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Shipping employed in the Trade of 
the United Kingdom, exhibiting the Number and 
Tonnage of Vessels that entered inwards and cleared 
outwards (including their repeated Voyages), sepa- 
rating British from Foreign Vessels, and distin- 
guishing the Trade with each Country, in the years 
1845 and 1846. 


Tonnage 
(Colonial.). 


Shipping and 
Tonnage. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill for repealing the Plymouth and 
Acts relating to the Roads leading from the Lower Tavistock 
Market House, in Tavistock, to Old Town Gate, in _ (No. 2.) 


the Borough of Plymouth, and from Manadon Gate 
to the Old Pound, near Devonport, in the County 
of Devon, and for making other Provisions in lieu 
thereof: And the same was read the first time ; and 


referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


The Order for resuming, upon Wednesday the 
31st day of this instant March, the adjourned De- 
bate upon the Question proposed upon Wednesday 
last, That the Rating of Tenements (No. 2.) Bill 
be now read a second time, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday the 28th day of April next, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Ships belonging to the 
Port of Newcastle, employed in the Mediterranean 
and Ports South of 40° North Latitude, in the years 
1835 and 1845; stating the Number of Ships and 
their Tonnage, in each of those years :—And, of 
the British and other Vessels employed exclusively 
in Foreign Trade, between the Ports in South Ame- 
rica and the Mediterranean; also from Perts in the 
Black Seaand the Mediterranean, to Holland, Bel- 
gium, Stettin and Russia. 


Rating of 
Tenements 


(No, 2.) Bill. 


Shipping. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from westminster 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for and Part of 


Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
the Westminster and Part of Middlesex Sewers Bill, 
the Standing Orders have not been complied with, 
as Notices of the intended application to Parliament 
have not been published in the London Gazette, nor 
in any newspaper in the county of Middlesex, as 
required by the Standing Orders. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the better Administration of Charitable Trusts 
for the benefit of Her Majesty’s Roman Catholic 
Subjects: And that Mr. Romilly and Mr. Ewart do 
prepare, and bring it in, 

Ordered, 


Middlesex 
Sewers Bill. 


Roman Catho- 
lic Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 





China. 


Captain 
Wynne’s 
Letters. 


Captain 


Wynne’s 
Letters. 


Sunday Trad- 
ing (Metro- 
polis.) 


City of Dublin 
and General 

Steam Naviga- 
tion Company. 


Fever 
&lt;Ireland) Bill. 


Adjournment. 


Relief of 
Distress 
(Ireland.) 


No.217. 


10 Victoriz. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, 
to take into consideration the present state of our 
Commercial Relations with China. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed, to 
inquire into the conduct of Captain Wynne, during 
his employment in the county of Clare, in November 
and December 1846, and January 1847, as Inspect- 
ing Officer under the Board of Works; and into the 
Statements contained in the printed Letters of the 
said Captain Wynne and Samuel Gamble, esquire, 
addressed to the said Board, and laid upon the Table 
of this House, and Report thereon; and also to 
inquire into and report whether the said Board of 
Works have or have not suppressed certain Letters 
or Reports made or alleged to have been made by 
the said Captain Wynne to them on investigations 
held at Ennistimon on the 10th, and at Liscannor 
on the 17th days of December 1846, and also cer- 
tain Letters in the possession of the said Board con- 
nected with these subjects:—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, 
to inquire into the Statements contained in the 
Letters of Captain Wynne and S. Gamble, esquire, 
addressed to the Board of Trade, in reference to the 
County of Clare, and to report thereon; and into 
the circumstances connected therewith, which may 
appear to them fit subjects for investigation. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, that a Select Committee be appointed on 
Sunday Trading in the Metropolis :—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, Returns 
of the Name, Tonnage, and Power of all Vessels of 
the City of Dublin and the General Steam Navigation 
Company, with the Date of their respective Con- 
struction, and the Station upon which each of such 
Vessels has been from time to time employed from 
the time when they first began to run:—Of the 
original Cost of the said Vessels, and their esti- 
mated present Value:—Of the Fares and Charges 
made for Passengers, Cattle and Merchandise on 
each Station on which they have been employed, 
stating the Date ofeach Alteration of the said Fares 
and Charges:—Of the Capital empowered to be 
raised by their Act of Parliament, and whether the 
Vessels employed by them are paid for out of their 
Capital, or have been provided by uther means, and, 
if so, by what means :—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend and continue an Act of the last Session of 
Parliament for making Provision for the Treatment 
of Poor Persons afflicted with Fever, in Ireland: And 
that Mr. Labouchere and Mr. Solicitor General for 
Ireland do prepare, and bring it in. 


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


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—An Estimate of the Sum required to be 
voted, on Account, towards defraying the Expense 
which will probably be incurred for the Relief of 
Distress in Ireland, during the year. ending 31st 
March 1848. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted to 
defray the Expenses incurred forthe Relief of Distress 
in Ireland, up to 31st March 1847. 

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

Von. 102. 


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277 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Poor Relief 
into a Committee upon the Poor Relief (Ireland) Gteland) Bill. 


Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Crause, N° 9, (How cost of out-door relief shall 
be charged.) The Poor Law Commissioners shall 
cause a book to be furnished to the Clerk of every 
Union in Jreland in which he shall register, together 
with the other particulars in the said form required, 
the iname of the electoral division in which every 
person relieved under this Act, out of the Work- 
house, shall have been resident at the time of his 
beginning to receive such relief; and all the provi- 
sions of the said Acts. . 


Amendment proposed: In P, 4.1. 4. After the 
words “ relief and,” to insert the words “ that all 
“ relief given under this Act be chargeable solely 
to the parish where the person relieved may have 
resided for the three preceding years; and in 
case the said parish should exceed six thousand 
acres of land, that then and in such case the said 
parish may be divided into two or more divisions, 
by the order and under the direction of the Poor 
Law Commissioners, in such manner as not to 
place in separate divisions any property belong- 
ing to one and the same proprietor; and when 
so divided, then that the person so relieved be 
chargeable to the said division of the said parish 
where the said person may have so resided.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn, 

Clause agreed to. 


Crause, N° 10. And be it Enacted, That when- 
ever the expenses chargeable to an electoral division 
of an Union in Jreland, in any one half-year, shall 
exceed a sum amounting to one shilling and three- 
pence in the pound on the net vaiue of such division, 
a portion of the said expenses, amounting to one 
shilling and threepence in the pound, shall be charged 
to the said electoral division, and the remainder 
thereof shall be charged to the Union at large. 

Amendment proposed: In P. 4. 1. 25, To leave 
out from the word “ that” to the words “ shall be 
“ charged,” in |. 30.,in order to insert the words, 
all expenses to be henceforth incurred for the re- 
lief of destitute poor persons in Jreland, whether 
“ under the provisions of this Act or of the said 
“ hereinbefore-recited Act of the Ist and 2d Vic., 
“ c. 56.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided : 


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Tellersforthe { Mr. Tufnell, 71 190 
Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: _— 

Tellers forthe { Mr. Morgan John O’ Connell,\ ,,. 
Noes, Colonel Rawdon: — 


Several Amendments made. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for ~ Mr. Tufnell, lie 
Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: a 
Tellers for thef Mr. Stafford O’ Brien, L 57 
Noes. (Lord John Manners : 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made further Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

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


The Towns Improvement Clauses Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed to 
the Select Committee on Private Bills. 


NN3 


The 


Towns Im- 
provement 
Clauses Bill. 








278 


Naval Service The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
of Boys Bill. Reading of the Naval Service of Boys Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Naval Prisons Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Naval Prisons 
Bill, 


Mutiny Bill. Mr. Greene reported the Mutiny Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Friday 
next. 
me The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
‘roperty _, Reading of the Landed Property (Zreland) Bill ; 
rae naae Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Monday next. 


Harbours, 
Docks and 
Piers Clauses 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses 
Bill ; 

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

Marine Mu- 


Mr. Greene reported the Marine Mutiny Bill; 


tiny Bill. and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Friday 
next. 
Poor Relief 


ed ll The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
tion (Ireland) Reading of the Poor Relief Laws Execution (Jre- 
Bill. land) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Commons 
Inclosure 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Mr. Greene reported the Commons Inclosure 
(No 2.) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Friday 
next. 


Indemnity 


Bill Mr. Greene reported the Indemnity Bill; and the 


Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Thurs- 
day next. 


Roman Catho- Mr. Romilly presented a Bill for the better Ad- 
eg ministration of Charitable Trusts for the benefit of 
No -, Her Majesty’s Roman Catholic Subjects: And the 
co" same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 28th day 

of April next; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Thursday next. 


Jovis, 25° die Martii ; 
Anno 10° Victoriz Regine, 1847. 
PRAYERS. 
Answer to a George Grey reported to the House, That 
Addresses.  \_) their several Addresses of the 17th, 18th, 19th 
and 22d days of this instant March, (That Her 
Majesty would be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions that the Papers therein mentioned might be 
laid before this House), had been ere to Her 
Majesty; and that Her Majesty had commanded 


him to acquaint this House, that She will give direc- 
tions accordingly. 


PublicIncome Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in; 
— and at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions 


of several Acts of Parliament,—Account of the Or- 


No. 220. dinary Revenues and Extraordinary Resources con- 


23°—25° Martz. 








A. 1847. 


stituting the Public Income of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland, for the year ended 
5th January 1847. 

Account of the Ordinary Revenues and Extra- 
ordinary Resources constituting the Public Income 
of Great Britain, for the year ended 5th January 
13847. 

Account of the Ordinary Revenues and Extra- 
ordinary Resources constituting the Public Income 
of Ireland, for the year ended 5th January 1847. 

Account of the Total Income of the Revenue 
of Great Britain and Ireland, in the year ended 
5th January 1847, after deducting the Repayments, 
Allowances, Discounts, Drawbacks and Bounties in 
the nature of Drawbacks; together with an Account 
of the Public Expenditure of the United Kingdom, 
exclusive of the Sums applied to the Reduction of 
the National Debt, within the same period. 

Account of the Net Public Income of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the year 
ended 5th January 1847, after abating the Expen- 
diture thereout defrayed by the several Revenue De- 
partments; and of the actual Issues or Payments 
within the same period, exclusive of the Sums ap- 
plied to the Redemption of Funded or paying off 
Unfunded Debt; and of the Advances and Repay- 
ments for Local Works. 

Account of the Balances of Public Money re- 
maining in the Exchequer on the 5th January 1846 ; 
the Amount of Money raised by the Additions to 
the Funded or Unfunded Debt in the year ended 
5th January 1847; the Money applied towards the 
Redemption of the Funded Debt or paying off Un- 
funded Debt ; the Total Amount of Advances and 
Repayments on account of Local Works, &amp;c., with 
the Difference accruing thereon, and the Balances 
in the Exchequer on 5th January 1847. 

Account of the Income of the Consolidated Fund Consolidated 
arising in the United Kingdom, in the year ended Fund. 
5th January 1847; and also of the actual Payments No. 220. 
on account of the Consolidated Fund, within the 
same period. 

Account of the Money applicable to the pay- 
ment of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom, in the year ended 5th January 1847, and of 
the several Charges which have become due thereon 
in the same year; including the Amount of Ex- 
chequer Bills charged upon the said Fund, at the 
commencement and at the termination of the year ; 
with Appendixes. 

Account of the actual Receipt and Expenditure Funded Debt. 
of the Sums placed in the hands of the Commis- No. 220. 
sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, 
year ended 5th January 1847. 

Account of the Total Amount of the Unredeemed 
Funded Debt, and the Charge thereof, at the 5th Ja- 
nuary 1846; of the Debt and Charge thereof created 
in the year ended 5th January 1847; of the Debt 
and Charge thereof reduced in the course of that 
year; and the Total Amount of the Unredeemed Debt 
and Charge, as it stood on 5th January 1847. 

Account of the state of the Public Funded Debt 
of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Charge 
thereupon, at 5th January 1847. 

Account of the Unfunded Debt of Great Britain Unfunded 
and Ireland, and of the Demands outstanding, on Debt. 
5th January 1847 ; distinguishing Exchequer Bills; No. 220. 
Sums remaining unpaid, charged upon the Aids 
granted by Parliament ; and Exchequer Bills to be 
issued out of the Consolidated Fund; and distin- 
guishing also such part of the Unfunded Debt and 
Demands as has been provided for by Parliament ; 
together with an Account of the Ways and Means 
remaining in the Exchequer, or to be received on the 
5th January 1847, to repay such part of the Un- 
funded Debt and Demands outstanding as have been 
provided for; with ——— 

Account showing how the Monies given for the Disposition of 
Service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain &amp;™"* 
and Ireland, for the year 1846, have been yews No, 220, 

ol, 








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em bed 








Arrears and 
Balances. 


No. 220. 


Trade and 
Navigation of 
the United 
Kingdom. 

No. 220. 
Increase and 
Diminution of 
Salaries. 


No, 221. 


Superannua- 
tions. 


No, 222. 


Public Debt. 
No. 223. 


Light Gold. 


Letter 
Carriers. 


Shipping. 


10 Vicroniz. 


of, distinguishing under their several heads, to 5th 
January 1847: 

Customs: England, Scotland, Ireland : — Ba- 
lances and Arrears, on 5th January 1847. 

Excise: England, Scotland, Ireland : — Arrears 
and Current Balances, on 5th January 1847. 

Stamps: Great Britain:—Arrears due on 5th 
January 1847, from Distributors; Net Balances in 
the hands of Distributors. 

Ireland :—Balances and Arrears on 5th January 
1847. 

Land and Assessed Taxes: Great Britain :—Ar- 
rears and Current Balances, on 5th January 1847. 

Ireland: Balances of deceased and dismissed 
Collectors; Balance of a deceased Revenue Col- 
lector. 

Post-office: Great Britain: — Arrears’ due on 
5th January 1847; Balances and Arrears due on 
5th January 1847. 

Ireland: — Arrears due on 5th January 1847 ; 
Balances and Arrears due on 5th January 1847. 

Land Revenues of the Crown: England, Wales, 
&amp;c.:—Arrears and Current Balances on 5th January 
1847. 

Accounts of the Trade and Navigation of the 
United Kingdom, during each of the Three Years 
ending 5th January 1847. 


An Account of every Increase and Diminution 
which has taken place, within the year 1846, in the 
Number of Persons employed, or in the Salaries, 
Emoluments, Allowance and Expenses, in all 
Public Offices or Departments; with an Abstract. 

An Account of all Allowances or Compensations 
granted as Retired Allowances or Superannuations, 
in all Public Offices or Departments, which remained 
payable on the 1st January 1846; the Annual 
Amount which was granted in the year 1846; the 
Annual Amount which ceased within the year; 
and the Amount remaining payable on the 31st of 
December 1846. 

An Account of all Additions which have been 
made to the Annual Charge of the Public Debt by 
the Interest of any Loan that hath been made, or 
Annuities created, in the last Ten years; and also 
showing how the Charge incurred in respect of the 
same has been provided for. 

Mr. Crafer also presented,— Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 17th day of this instant 
March, for an Account of the Expenses incurred at 
the Mint on the Recoinage of 2,860,282 ounces of 
Light Gold received from the Bank of England, 
under the Minute of Treasury, dated the sth day 
of June 1842. 

Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to Orders,— 
A Return showing the Amount of Wages paid to 
the Letter Carriers of Class No.1, of this Metropolis, 
on the 1st day of July 1846, and also the Average 
Amount of all other Emoluments received by them 
respectively :—Similar Returns for the Letter Car- 
riers of Classes Nos. 2 and 3 :—Returns showing 
the Amount of Wages now paid to the Letter Car- 
riers in each of said Classes, and also of the Amount 
of Compensation in lieu of all Emoluments :—And, 
of the Amount of Wages of the Letter Carriers of 
the City of Dublin, showing the Amount now paid 
to each Class respectively, and also the Average 
Amount of all other Emoluments received by them. 

A Return of the Number of Ships, with the 
Amount of their Tonnage, which have been reported 
in the Port of London with Cargoes to be warehoused 
for Exportation, in the year 1846, distinguishing 
British from Foreign Ships, and also the several 
Countries to which the Foreign Ships belong :— 
And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the Abstract of the Account relative 
to Increase and Diminution of Salaries, and the 
other Papers, except the Returns relative to Light 


Gold ; Letter Carriers ; and, Shipping ; be printed. 
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Mr. Greene, reported the Cheltenham Waterworks Cheltenham 
Bill, with Amendments. Waterworks 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. _ 


Mr. Greene reported the Darwen Waterworks Darwen 

and Reservoirs Bill, with Amendments. Waterworks 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. $14 Reserves 
Mr. Greene reported the Shipley Gas Bill, with Shipley 

Amendments. Gas Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Chester and Holyhead Railway Chester and 
(Extensions at Chester and Holyhead, &amp;c.) (No. 2.) Holyhead 


Bill be read a second time upon Tuesday next. es ™ 


Chester and 
Holyhead,&amp;c.) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 
Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Holyhead_ 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petttions for Harbour Bill. 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Holyhead 
Harbour Bill, the Standing Orders have been com- 
plied with. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Portsmouth 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Paving 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for ax sen tar 
additional Provision in the Portsmouth Paving, Bill. 
Lighting and Improvement Bill, the Standing Or- 
ders had not been complied with, as it is intended to 
prohibit the holding of the “ Free Market Fair” 
within the Borough of Portsmouth ; but the notices 
for the said Bill do not sufficiently specify such 
intention. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


The North British Railway (No. 2.) Bill was read North British 
a second time ; and committed. og a 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the in oO 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Petition of English Corn Dis- Colonial 
tillers in and near London, which was presented Spirits. 
upon Tuesday last, praying the House not to give 
their consent to any proposed legislative enactment 
purporting to effect a reduction in the differential 
duty between colonial spirit and English corn spirit, 
as now established by law, be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Dublin Record 
Returns showing the Aggregate Amount of the Sums Court. 
marked on all Attachments issued from the Record 
Court of the Borough of Dub/in, in the years ending 
the 31st day of December 1839, 1840, 1841, and 
1846, respectively :—Also, of the Number of Attor- 
nies registered in the said Court, for the years 1839 
and 1846, respectively. 

\ 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Three per 
an Account showing the highest and the lowest, and Cent. Consols. 
the mean Price of Three per cent. Consols during 
each year, in the Twenty-five years ending the 5th 
day of April 1847. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented gchoolmaster 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Scotland). 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Names of the Parochial 
Schoolmasters in Scotland, distinguishing those who 
hold any other office than that of Schoolmaster, 
together with the Duties and Emoluments thereof. 

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


Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the Thanks Dr. Dealtry 
of this House be given to the Venerable William thanked for 
Dealtry, Doctor of Divinity, Archdeacon of Surrey, his Sermon. 

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for the Sermon by him preached yesterday before 
this House, at Saint Margaret’s, Westminster; and 
that he be desired to print the same: And that Lord 
John Russell and Sir George Grey do acquaint him 
therewith. 


Edinburgh A Petition of Magistrates and Town Council of 
weg a the royal burgh of Queensferry, praying that the 
wate Edinburgh and Perth Railway Bill may pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 

upon the Table. 
Great West- &lt;A Petition of Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beau- 


Cavench te” foy, of South Lambeth, in the County of Surrey, 


join the West Vimegar Manufacturer, praying that he may be 
London Rail- heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against 
way,Widening certain parts of the Great Western Railway (Branch 


pactge tl to join the West London Railway, Widening and 


London Rail- Enlargement of West London Railway,and Branches 
wee to Hammersmith, and to join the London and 
ore South Western Railway near Lambeth) Bill, was 


smith, and to presented, and read. 

pe a Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 

Western Rail. Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 

way, near by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 

Lambeth) Bill. jf he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Leicester A Petition of John Blakesley, of Hinckley, in the 
a County of Leicester, Esquire, praying that the Lei- 


cester Waterworks Bill may not pass into a law as it 
now stands, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Committee on the Bill. 


Chester and 
Holyhead 
Railway (Ex- 
tensions at 
Chester and 
Holyhead, &amp;c.) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


A Petition of Shipowners, Merchants, Manufac- 
turers, Tradesmen and others, resident in the town 
of Belfast and its vicinity, praying that the Chester 
and Holyhead Railway (Extensions at Chester and 
Holyhead, &amp;c. No. 2.) Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the table. 


Wakefield A Petition of Surveyors of the Highways of the 
New Gas Bill. seyeral divisions of the township of Wakefield, in 
the Parish of Wakefield, in the West Riding of the 
county of York, praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Wakefield New Gas Bill, was presented, 
and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Birmingham 
and Oxford 
Junction Rail- 
way (Devia- 
tion of Line, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


A Petition of Thomas Tompson, Owner and Occu- 
pier of Albion House, Leamington Priors, in the 
county of Warwick, praying that he may be heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, against certain parts 
of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway 
(Deviation of Line, &amp;c.) Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, by 
himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if 
he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


Byte A Petition of Ratepayers of the town of Ventnor, 
Bi in the Isle of Wight, stating that the Petitioners 


having learned that a Bili has been introduced into 
the House, to exempt the town of Ryde trom the 
operation of the Isle of Wight Highway Act, and 
to vest the management of the roads of Ryde in the 
Commissioners of that town, humbly represent to 
the House, that it is generally desirable, and that 
there exists the same reasons to exempt the town 
of Ventnor; and praying the House not to confine 
the exemption from the operation of the local High- 


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A. 1847. 


way Act to Ryde, but to repeal it altogether, either 
by a special Act for that purpose or by excepting 
the local Act from the ;,usual Turnpike continuing 
Acts, or by a general Highway Act, or by such 
other means as the House may deem expedient, was 


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


A Petition of Surveyors of the Highways of the London, 
parish of Dinton, in the county of Buckingham, Oxford and 
saat then the he feet te @ ol ag Cheltenham 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, Rainway Bill, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
London, Oxford and Cheltenham Railway Bill, was 
presented, and read. _ 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Parochial Schoolmasters of the Registering 
Presbytery of Glasgow, praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. 
Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, ——cccaaes 
as it now stands, was presented, and read; and 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the General Session Registering 
of the Ministers and Elders of the city of Glasgow, a =. 
praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) ame on 
Bill; and, the Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not pass (Scotland) 
into law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to Bills. 
lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Presbytery of Dunfermline; — 

Session Clerks of Scotland;—Presbytery of Lanark ; 
— Presbytery of Biggar ;— Cambuslang ; — and, 
Presbytery of Hamilton; praying the House to take 
into favourable consideration the interests of the 
Petitioners and of Education in Scotland, and to 
modify the said Bills so as either to preserve to the 
Petitioners the rights and emoluments they at pre- 
sent possess, or to provide compensation to them 
for the loss they will sustain by the proposed in- 
fringement of their vested rights,—were also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Tabie. 


A Petition of Hays, Irvine and Co., of Mark- Corn Importa- 
lane, London, Corn Factors, stating that, between yh 
the passing of the Corn Importation Act of 1842, ‘ - 
and the receipt of the first weekly average, they 
demanded the lock to be removed from a con- 
siderable quantity of grain and flour bonded by 
them, under the Act of George the 4th, which 
demand was refused by the Customs, on the ground 
that the demand was not made in writing; and 
praying for relief, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Glasgow Emigration 
Hand-loom Weavers Emigration Society, praying (Seotland). 
the House to adopt such measures as will enable 
One hundred and twenty families of hand-loom 
weavers to emigrate from Glasgow to Canada, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Shipowners of Blyth, within the Navigation 
port of Newcustle-upon-Tyne, stating tiat they have Laws. 
observed with regret the notice for a Committee 
to consider the Navigation Laws, with a view to 
their repeal ; and praying that a small proportion 
of the maritime trade of this country which re- 
mains for the exclusive employment of British 
shipping, and which from its nature is best calcu- 
lated to rear and maintain a hardy and expert 
race of British seamen, may still be preserved from 
foreign competition, was presented, and read; and 
— to the Select Committee on Navigation 

aws. 





A Petition 





Poor Relief 
(ireland) Bill. 


Raja of 
Sattara. 


Rating of 
Tenements 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Breweries and 
Distilleries. 


Poor Removal 


Act. 


Education. 


Settlement. 


Poor Relief 
(ireland) Bill. 


10 Victroriz. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the divisions of Fo- 
gran, Lickblea and Castle-pollard, in the county of 
( Westmeath) ; Ballinrobe Electoral division of 
the Ballinrobe Union; —— and, Carrick-on-Suir 
Union (Chairman); praying that the Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Inhabitants of Dublin, stating that 
the Petitioners view with feelings of deep regret the 
treatment which his highness Pertaub Sing, the de- 
posed Raja of Sattara, has received at the hands of 
the East India Company, and praying the House 
to grant to his highness an opportunity to prove his 
innocence of the charges which have been preferred 
against him, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman, Vice Chairman and 
Members of the Board of Guardians of the Isle of 
Thanet Union, praying that the Rating of Tenements 
(No. 2.) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Teetotallers and others, of the town 
and neighbourhood of Tavistock, praying the House 
to pass a law making it illegal to use grain in Brew- 
eries and Distilleries, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from &lt;Aldenbury Union ;—and, Saint 
Luke (Chelsea); praying for the repeal or alteration 
of the Poor Removal Act,—were presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Settlement and Poor Removal. 


Petitions from Portsea ;— Bolton-le-Moors ;— 
Berwick ;—and, Kettering; praying the House not 
to consent to any grant of money for carrying into 
execution the Minutes of the Committee of Council 
on Education, and that the House will present an 
humble Address to the Crown, praying Her Majesty 
to revoke the Order in Council by which the said 
Committee was constituted,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman ofa Meeting of Rate- 
payers of the parish of Radford, in the county of 
Nottingham, praying the House to abolish the laws 
of Parochial Rating and Parcchial Settlement, and 
to establish in their stead a national Settlement, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Poor Relief (Zreland) 
Biil. 

(In the Committee.) 


Crause, N° il, (Exz-officio Guardians not to ex- 
ceed the number of Elective Guardians.) And whereas 
it is expedient to increase the number of qualified 
Justices, which, according to the provisions of the 
said first-recited Act, may be appointed to act as 
ex-officio Guardians of any Union; Be it Enacted, 
That so much of the said Act as provides that the 
number of ex-officio Guardians of any Union shall 
in no case exceed One-third of the number of Guar- 
dians to be elected by the rate-payers of such Union 
shall be repealed, and from and after the passing of 
this Act every Justice of the Peace resident in an 
Union in Ireland.) 

Amendment proposed: In P. 4.1.32. To leave 
out the words “ And whereas it is expedient.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 

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The Committee divided : 
Tellers for thef Mr. Tufnell, lisa 
Yeas, \ Lord Marcus Hill: oe 
Tellers for theJ Mr. John O’ Connell, } si 
Noes, \ Mr. Bellew : rial 
Another Amendment proposed: In P. 4. 1, 39. 
After the words “ Justice of the Peace” to insert 
the words ‘ whether for the county or borough.” 
Question proposed, That those words be there in- 
serted : -Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for thef Mr. Tufnell, Liss 
Yeas, \ Lord Marcus Hill: _ 
Tellers for the f Mr. John O’ Connell, 121 
Noes. (Mr. William Smith O Brien:§ 7? 
Ciause, N° 12, (The Poor Law Commissioners 
may dissolve a Board of Guardians, on default, 
without any intermediate election.) That from and 
after the passing of this Act, in case regular meetings 
of the Board of Guardians of any Union shall not 
be holden at the times enjoined by the said Com- 
missioners, or in case, through the default of the 
Guardians, the duties of such Board of Guardians 
shall not be duly and effectually discharged ac- 
cording tothe intention of the several Acts which 
now are or hereafter shall be in force for the relief 
of the destitute poor in Jreland, and of this Act. 
Amendment proposed: In P. 6.1.9. After the 
words “ in case” to insert the words “ the Board 
“ of Guardians should neglect to levy the rates 
within three calendar months after the rates 
made under the powers given to them by 1 and 
2 Vic., c. 56., 8. 78, it shall be lawful for the Poor 
Law Commissioners to direct them to proceed 
under that section, and that in case they should 
wilfully neglect or disobey the said order, they 
should be subject to the penalties on persons 
wilfully disobeying orders, enacted by the 102d 
section of the above-mentioned Act, and.” 
Question, That those words be there inserted, put, 
and Negatived. 
Clause, agreed to. 
Cuausss, N° 13 to N° 17, agreed to. 


Crause, (And whereas, under the provisions of 
the said Act of the 1st and 2d year of Her Majesty’s 
reign, tithe composition is liable to be rated only 
as and with the hereditaments upon which such 
composition is charged, and it is expedient that such 
provisions shall be amended; Be it therefore 
Enacted, That from and after the passing of this 
Act, composition for tithe, or rent-charge in lieu 
thereof, shall be deemed to be a separate rateable 
hereditament under the said Act, and shall be 
distinctly rated as such); brought up, read 1°, and, 
by leave, withdrawn. 


Crause, (And be it Enacted, That in all cases of 
rent-charge in lieu of tithes, the annual amount of 
such rent-charge, after deducting therefrom all rates, 
taxes and public charges, if any, imposed on the 
owner in respect thereof, shall be deemed to be 
the net annual value thereof) ; brought up, read 1°, 
and, by leave, withdrawn. 


Cuausg, (And be it Enacted, That the rate made 
upon each rent-charge or composition for tithe, 
shall be paid by the person in the receipt or enjoy- 
ment thereof, and may be recovered by all the ways 
and means by which any rate made on any lessor 
may be recovered); brought up, read 1°, and, by 
leave, withdrawn. - 


Crause, (And be it Enacted, That from and 
after the passing of this Act, the net annual value of 
all rateable hereditaments, other than rent-charge or 
composition for tithe, shall be deemed to be the rent 
for which, one year with another, the same might, 
in their actual state, be reasonably expected to let 
from year to year, all the rates, taxes and public 

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charges, if any, and the probable average cost of 
repairs, insurance, and the other expenses necessary 
to maintain the hereditaments in their actual state, 
and the rent-charge or composition for tithe, being 
assumed, for the purpose of estimating such annual 
value, to be paid by the tenant) ; brought up, read 
1°, and, by leave, withdrawn. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made further Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

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


Poor Rates The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Poor Rates (Jreland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day the 28th day of April next, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Prisons Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee on the Prisons Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Custody of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Offenders Bill. mittee on the Custody of Offenders Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Harbours, The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Docks and S 


Piers Clauses Mittee on the Harbours, Docks, and Piers Clauses 
Bill. Bill; | 
Resoived, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Indemnity 


The ingrossed Bill to indemnify such Persons in 
Bill. 


the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify 
themselves for Offices and Employments, and to 
extend the Time limited for those Purposes respec- 
tively, was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to indemnify such Persons in the 
United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify them- 
selves for Offices and Employments, and to extend 
the Time limited for those Purposes respectively, 
until the Twenty-fifth day of March One thousand 
eight hundred and Forty-eight. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Tenants 


Th r for readi S i /ed- 
Ureland) Bill. e Order for reading a second time, upon Wed 


nesday next, the Tenants (Jreland) Bill; was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 28th day of April next. 


Kilmarnock 
and Ayr 
Direct Rail- 
way Bill. 


The Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct Railway Bill 
was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Doddington 
Rectory 
Division Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Doddington Rectory Division 
Bil ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Mr. Warner’s 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Invention. 


Copies of the Instructions given by the Board of 
Ordnance to the Officers appointed for the Examina- 
tion of the Invention of Mr. Warner, called the 
Long Range :—And, of the Journal of the Proceed- 
ings of the Officers so appointed by the Board of 
Ordnance, to conduct the Examination. 


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A. 1847. 


Mr. Labouchere presented a Bill to amend and Fever 
continue an Act of the last Session of Parliament, (Ireland) Bill. 
for making Provision for the Treatment of Poor Per- No. 224. 
sons afflicted with Fever in Ireland: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- New Bruns- 
mand,—Copy of a Despatch from Lieutenant-Go- wick. 
venor Sir W. M. G. Colebrooke to Earl Grey, dated No. 225. 
Fredericton, New Brunswick, 26th February 1847, 
enclosing Bills for £.1,250 sterling, voted by the 
Legislature of New Brunswick for the Relief of 
the Destitute Poor in Zreland and Scotland. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Registrar- 
Returns of the Number of Persons employed at the — 
Office of the Registrar General of Births, Deaths cee ” 
and Marriages, in the year1846 ; distinguishing those 
on the Establishment and those Persons employed 
as extra or temporary ; specifying the Name, Rank, 
the Class, the Length of Service, the Salary, and the 
Pension suspended, if any, of each Person in each 
Branch ; together with the Scale fixed for Progressive 
Salaries, and the Rules established in the Office for 
Promotion :—Of the Number of Officers and Clerks 
who have been reduced or dismissed, or have left 
the Office, since the 1st day of July 1837; also the 
Dates, the Names, and Salaries of the Clerks ap- 
pointed under the late and present Registrar Gene- 
ral :—Of the Aggregate Amount of Charges for the 
Office for Registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages, 
in England and Wales ; stating the Amount for each 
of the Ten years it has been established, including 
all Sums of Money expended in any extra Work con- 
nected with the Department; also, an Account of 
the Amount received for Fees in each year, and how 
applied :—And, of the Amount of Salary and Emolu- 
ments of each District Registrar in the year 1846 ; 
distinguishing the Amount paid by the Office, and 
the Amount received in Fees from the community. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a pritish 
Copy of a Memorial to the First Lord of the Treasury, Museum. 
presented on the 10th day of March, by Members 
of the British Association for the Advancement of 
Science, and of other Scientific Societies, respecting 
the Management of the British Museum, with the 
Names affixed. 


Sir George Grey reported from the Select Com- settlement 
mittee on Settlement and Poor Removal; That they and Poor 
had further considered the matters to them referred, Removal 


: ; : .’ (Fifth Re- 
and directed him to report the Minutes of the Evi- or , 
dence taken before them. No. 226. 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Ministers* 
Return of the Amount of Money, commonly called Money 
“ Ministers’ Money” allotted under the Act 17 and (lan) 
18 Charles 2,c. 7, to be paid to the several and re- 
spective Incumbents within the City and Suburbs 
of Dublin, and the Liberties thereunto adjoining, 
and the other Cities and Towns Corporate in [reland, 
for each vear from 1836 to 1846, both inclusive, and 
the Amount of Money actually levied thereunder, 
and also the Dates of the respective Allotments under 
which the same has been levied, and the Number 
of Distraints made thereunder in each of the above 
years. 


A Petition of the Van Diemen’s Land Company, Van Diemen’s 
for leave to deposit a Petition for leave to bring in Land Com- 
a Bill for establishing the Title of the said Company ?°” 
to certain Lands in the Colony of Van Diemen’s 
Land, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 





A Petition 











ener ieee Ma * n « eemers has 


10 Vicroriz. 


Bristol and A Petition of William Nunn, of Hornisham, in the 
ane Se County of Wilts, Gentleman, praying that he may 
a en be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against 
to Wells, certain parts of the Bristol and Exeter Railway 
Glastonbury (Branch from Bleadon to Wells, Glastonbury and 
and Street) Street) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, by 
himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if 
he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 





Baths and A Petition of Ratepayers of the Parish of Saint 
ee George-the-Martyr, Queen-square, in the county of 
; Middlesex, stating that the Act 9 and 10 Vice. c. 74, 
to encourage the establishment of Public Baths and 
Washhouses, is not applicable to that Parish, because 
that Parish does not separately maintain its own 
Poor, and that the Petitioners are very desirous of 
obtaining the benefit of that Act; and praying the 
House to extend to that Parish, and to all other 
Parishes and Districts similarly circumstanced, the 
benefit of the Act, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
Veneris, 26° die Martii ; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 
PRAYERS. 
—— = MM": Brotherton reported from the Select Com- 
(Seventeenth mittee om Public Petitions ; That they had 
Report.) examined the Petitions presented upon the 22d 
and 23d days of this instant March, and had di- 
rected him to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
—., ns Lhe Stockport Manorial Tolls and Bridges Bill 
ani Brides Was read a second time; and committed. 
nu OFS Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
National The National Mercantile Life Assurance Society 
op seesl nee Dill was read a second time ; and committed. 
Socicty Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Caledonian The House was moved, That the following Para- 
Railway 


(Edinburgh @taphs in the Third Report of the Classification 
Station and Committee of Railway Bills, might be read ; and the 
Branches to same were read, ; viz. 


Granton, &amp;c.) E 
ill. “ Your Committee recommend that the Cale- 
donian Railway Bill, No. 205, be divided into two 
Bills, the first to contain Edinburgh Station and 
Branches to Granton and Edinburgh and Glasgow 
Railway.” 
“ The second to contain Branches to Wilsontown, 
Fauldhouse, Biggar and Broughton ; the first Bill 
to remain in this Group, the second to be placed in 
Group 47.” 


The Order made upon the 15th day of February 


last, for referring the Caledonian Railway (Edinburgh 
Station and Branches to Granton, &amp;c.), Bill to the 
Committee of Selection, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Caledonian Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
(Edinturch enable the Caledonian Railway Company to extend 
Station and their Station in Edinburgh, and to make Branch 
Fsaseg to Railways to Granton and to the Edinburgh and 
pe Glasgow Railway: And that Mr. Hope Johnstone, 
burgh and =©6- Mr. Lockhart, and Mr. Hodgson Hinde do prepare, 
Glasgow Rail- and bring it in. 
way) Bill. 


Caledonian Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
tailway ; 


(Branghes to tenable the Caledonian Railway Company to 
VoL, 102. 





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make Branch Railways to Wilsontown, to Fauld- Wilsontown, 
house, and to Biggar and Broughton: And that *° Fauldhouse 


d to Bi 
Mr. Hope Johnstone, Mr. Lockhart, and Mr. ana oa 
Hodgson Hinde do prepare, and bring it in. ton) Bill. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Committees on 
mittees on Private Bills which shall be appointed to Private Bills. 
meet on Thursday the 15th day of April, to enter- 
tain any Petitions which may be referred to them, 
provided the same are presented on or before Mon- 
day the 12th day of April. 


The Swansea Docks Bill was read a second time ; Swansea 
and committed. Docks Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Edinburgh 
Committee on Standing Orders, to whom were re- 4nd Perth 
ferred the Petitions against the Edinburgh and™ fag . 
Perth Railway Bill, with Instructions to report the No-227- 
circumstances under which the plans and estimates 
were prepared and deposited, the notices given, and 
the applications to landowners made, and whether 
they were such as to be in violation of the spirit of 
the Orders of this House ; That they had considered 
the matters to them referred, and directed him to 


-| make a Report thereof to the House. 


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


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which Orders ; 
was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That in the case of the Westminster Westminster 
and Part of Middleser Sewers Petition, the Stand- a a of 
ing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the sewers Bill 
Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on 
inserting the notices for three successive weeks in 
the London Gazette, and in some newspaper pub- 
lished in the county; and that the Committee on 
the Bill do examine, in the first place, how far such 
Orders have been complied with, and do report the 
same to the House on the Report of the Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Edinburgh 
Reading of the Edinburgh and Perth Railway Bill ; ~ ena 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon a ee 
Monday next. 


A Petition of the Glasgow, Dumfries and Car- Glasgow, 
liste Railway Company, for leave to deposit a Peti- Dumfries and 
tion for leave to bring in a Bill for executing the aoa 
Works contemplated by their former Petition, re- Glasgow, 
jected on account of non-compliance with the Stand- Paisley, Kil- 
ing Orders of the House, with the exception of the peri s 
proposed Branch to join the Motherwell Branch of (No. 3*.) Bill. 
the Clydesdale Junction Railway and the Branch to 
Hamilton, was presented, and read ; and referred 


to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


The Wakefield Market Bill was read a second Wakefield 
time; and committed. Market Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Ayrshire Roads Bill was read asecond time ; Ayrshire 
and comuitted. Roads Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Ayr Harbour Bill was read a second time ; Ayr Harbour 
and committed. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks Bill Staffordshire 
was read a second time; and committed. ge ‘. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- pi, 
mittee of Selection. 


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284 26° Martiz. 


Terrington The Terrington Marsh Division, Allotment and 
a Inclosure Bill was read a second time; and com- 
s10n, 2 - . 

ment and In- mitted. . 

closure Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Caledonian Mr. Greene, by Order, presented a Bill to enable 
Railway the Caledonian Railway Company to extend their 
(Edinburgh 


Station, and Station in Edinburgh, and to make Branch Rail- 
Branches to ways to Granton, and to the Edinburgh and Glasgow 
——— Railway: And the same was read the first time ; 
veer post ~ and ordered to be read a second time. 
Glasgow Rail- 
way) Bill. 

Caledonian Mr. Greene, by Order, presented a Bill to enable 
——- _— the Caledonian Railway Company to make Branch 
&gt; enone Railways to Wilsontown, to Fauldhouse, and to 
to Fauldhouse, Biggar and Broughton: And the same was read the 


and to Biggar first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 
and Brough- ’ 


ton) Bill. 


Charing Cross 


The Charing Cross Bridge Bill was read a second 
Bridge Bill. 


time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Wisbech Port The Wisbech Port and Harbour Bill was read a 

= Harbour second time ; and committed. 

er Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Rochdale Sir Robert Harry Inglis reported the Rochdale 

Waterworks Waterworks Bill, with Amendments. 

_ Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 


Harwich and ~~ A Petition of Inhabitants of the parishes of Saint 
Eastern Coun- NVi¢holas and Dovercourt, within the borough of 
ap Harwich and hundred of Tendring, in the county 
Pier (from of Essex, praying that the Harwich and Eastern 
Harwich tothe Counties Junction Railway and Pier (from Harwich 
areca to the Eastern Union Railway at Ardleigh) Bill 
Ardleigh) Bill. may pass into a Jaw, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Edinburgh 
and Perth 
Railway Bill. 


Petitions from Halheath ;—Cairneyhill ;—Car- 
nock ;—Limehilus ;—Saline ;— Wellwood Colliery ; 
— Crossford ; — Crossgates ;— Torryburon ; —New 
Mills ;—and, Lawrence Christie; praying that the 
Edinburgh and Perth Railway Bill may pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Blandford and 
Bruton 


Railway Bill. 


Petitions from Blandford, and Parishes and 
Places upon and adjacent to the proposed Blanford 
and Bruton Railway ;—and, Owners and Occupiers 
of land and Inhabitants of parishes and places upon 
and adjacent to the — Blandford and Bru- 
ton Railway (four Petitions); praying that the 
Blandford and Bruton Railway Bill may pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Blandfordand A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and county 
Bruton Rell of Poole, praying that the Blandford and Bruton 
De Railway Bill; and, Southampton and Dorchester 
and Dorchester Railway (Blandford Branch) Bill may pass into 
een law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
Branch) Bil, Upon the Table. 


Eastern Coun- A _ Petition of Inhabitants of the town and parish 

“cme of Holbeach, in the county of Lincoln, praying that 

Spalding) Bill, the Eastern Counties Railway ( Wisbech to Spalding) 
Bil! may pass into a law, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

EasternCoun- _ A Petition of the Mayor and Commonalty and 

pe Citizens of the city of London, Governors of the 

ilitchin) Bil. Possessions, Revenues and Goods of the Hospitals 


of Edward late King of England the Sixth, of 


Christ, Bridewell and Saint Thomas-the-Apostle, as 
Governors of Christ's Hospital aforesaid, praying 














A. 1847. 


that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Eastern 
Counties Railway (Hertford to Hitchin) Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Proprietors in and Shareholders of Charing Cross 
the Charing Cross Bridge Company, praying that Bridge Bi. 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Charing Cross 
Bridge Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of the town Rochdale 
of Rochdale, in the county palatine of Lancaster, Puprovement 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves,~ 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Rochdale Improvement Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of William Standish Standish, of Dur- Liverpool 
bury Park, in the county of Lancaster, Esquire ; oy mecoae 
——and, Frederick William Cobden, of Manchester, pin, 
in the county of Lancaster, and of Crosse Hall, near 
Chorley, in the same county, Calico Printer, and 
James M‘Naughten, of Manchester aforesaid, and 
of Birkacre, near Chorley aforesaid, Calico Printer ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Liverpool Corporation Waterworks Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of Residents and Proprietors of land Lough Neagh 
in the neighbourhood of Lough Veagh, praying that Drainage Bul 
the Lough Neagh Drainage Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Henry Edmund Waller, of Far- Liverpool, 
mington Lodge, in the county of Gloucester, and of Manchester | 
Kirkby Wall, in the county of York, Esquire, and mos — 
Thomas Robson, of Holtby House, near Bedale, in Junction Rail- 
the said county of York, Esquire, praying that they Way — 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, — 
against certain parts of the Liverpool, Manchester Hawes 
and Newcastle-upon- Tyne Junction Railway (Altera- Branch) Bill. 
tion of Main Line and Hawes Branch) Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Most noble Edward Adolphus Great North- 
Duke of Somerset, and the Right honourable JVi- ern Railway 
cholas Baron Bezley, ‘Vrustees and Governors of the et tae 
London Fever Hospital, and of the Right honourable don and Gran- 
William Earl of Devon, the President, and one of tham) Bil. 
the Governors of the said Hospital, praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Great Northern 


Railway 


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2 


10 Victoria. 


Railway (Deviations between London and Gran- 
tham) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


LymnandEly Petitions of William Hoff and Thomas Butter, 


Railway é 7 
pc pay both of Wormegay, in the county of Norfolk, 
Wormegay Farmers ;——and, Special Commissioners for exe- 


Navigation) cuting the Act for inclosing and draining Lands 

Bill. within the honor, manor and parish of Wormegay, 
in the county of Norfolk, assembled at a special 
meeting duly convened, pursuant to the directions 
of the said Act, and holden at the Crown Tavern, 
at King’s Lynn, in the said County; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Lynn and Ely 
Railway (Lynn and Wormegay Navigation) Bill,— 
were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 

Dublin A Petition of Churchwardens and Ratepayers of 
—— the parish of Saint Andrew, in the city of Dublin, 
praying that they may be heard, by their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Dublin Im- 
provement Bill, was presented, and read ; and or- 

dered to lie upon the Table. 


Great Western Petitions of Inhabitants of the town of Trow- 
pon bridge and its vicinity, in the county of Wilts ;—— 
3 Inhabitants of the town of Bradford and its vi- 


Berks and ect ‘ : : ‘ 
Hants Rail- cinity, in the county of Wilts; Inhabitants of 





Hen on a the city of Bath, in the county of Somerset ;—— 
Westbury, and, Merchants, Bankers, Owners and Occupiers of 


with a Branch property, in the county of the city of Bristol; pray- 

—e ing that the Great Western Railway (Extension of 

— the Berks and Hants Railway from Hungerford to 
Westbury, with a Branch to Devizes) Bill, may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of Simon Tayler, of East Coulson, in 
the county of Wilts,Gentleman, an Owner of lands 
ou the intended line of Railway thereinafter men- 
tioned ;——and, John Adlam and others, Owners of 
land on the intended line of Railway thereinafter 
mentioned; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the said Bill,--were also presented, and 
read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heara, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of Landowners and Inhabitants of the 
parish of ZZuntspill, in the county of Somerset, and 
its neighbourhood ;——Landowners and Inhabitants 
to Wells, of the parish of Rodney Stoke, in the county of 
Glastonbury Somerset, and its neighbourhood ; and, Land- 
— owners and [nhabitants of the parish of Burnham, 
in the county of Somerset, and its neighbourhood ; 
praying that the Bristol and Exeter Railway (Branch 
from Bleadon to Wells, Glastonbury and Street) 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of John Lewis and others, Landowners 
of the parishes of Cheddar and Rodney Stoke, in- 
termixed, in the county of Somerset; John 
Bilbie and others, Landowners of the parishes of 
Cheddar and Rodney Stoke, intermixed, in the county 
of Somerset; Josiah Lee and others, Landowners 
of the parishes of Cheddar and Rodney Stoke, in- 
termixed, in the county of Somerset ;—— Thomas 

VoL. 102. 


Bristol and 

Exeter Rail- 
way (Branch 
from Bleadon 











96° Martiz. 





285 


Vowles and others, Landowners of the parish of 
Rodney Stoke, in the county of Somerset ; Georye 
Griffith Beadon, Rector of Axbridge, in the county 
of Somerset ;——George Keel, James Brock Keel 
and Jumes Keel, all of Cheddar, in the county of 
Somerset, Gentlemen, Landowners of the parish of 
Cheddar, in the county of Somerset ; William 
Tiley Tucker, of Burnham, in the county of Somer- 
set, Draper and Tailor ;——James Grimsteed and 
Thomas Gilling, Landowners of the parish of 
Cheddar, in the county of Somerset; Robert 
Jolliffe Colthurst, late of Burnham, in the county 
Somerset, but now of Clifton, in the county of 
Gloucester, Gentleman ; Samuel Hippsley Sea- 
man, of the Manor House, Shiplate, in the parish 
of Bleadon, in the county of Somerset, Gentleman, 
Lord of the Manor of Shiplate ; and, Thomas 
Colmer Colthurst, of Huntworth, within the parish 
of North Petherton, in the county of Somerset, 
Gentleman ; praying that they may be heard, by 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
said Bill,—were also presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 

















A Petition of Commissioners for better paving, London, 
lighting, cleansing, watching and improving the Oxford and 
town of Cheltenham, and for regulating the Police Caieay ont 
thereof, and for removing and preventing Nuisances Branches Bill. 
and Annoyances therein, praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the London, Oxford and Chelten- 
ham Railway and Branches Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Commissioners for better paving, Midland Rail- 
lighting, cleansing, watching and improving the way (Chelten- 
town of Cheltenham, and for regulating the Police poe or 
thereof, and for removing and preventing Nuisances ton Line) Bill. 
and Annoyances therein, praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Midland Railway (Che/- 
tenham, Warwick and Leamington Line) Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred tothe 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Commissioners for better paving, Cheltenham 
lighting, cleansing, watching and improving the and Oxford 
town of Cheltenham, and for regulating the Police Railway Bill- 
thereof, and for removing and preventing Nuisances 
and Annoyances therein, praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Cheltenham and Oxford Rail- 
way Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Landowners and Inhabitants of the witts, Somer- 
parish of Burnham, in the county of Somerset, and set and Wey- 
its neighbourhood ; Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- out) Rail. 

ay (No. 2.) 
gesses of the borough and county of the town of piji. 
Poole ; Landowners and Inhabitants of the pa- 
rish of Huntspill, in the county of Somerset ;—— 
and, Landowners and Inhabitants of the parish of 
Rodney Stoke, in the county of Somerset, and its 


003 neighbourhood ; 























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286 26° Martie. A. 1847. 


neighbourhocd ; praying that the Wilts, Somerset 
and Weymouth Railway (No. 2.) Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of Inhabitants of the parishes of East 
Tisbury, Wardour, West Tisbury, Chilmark and 
Ansty, in the county of Wilts; William Tiley 
Tucker, of Burnham, in the county of Somerset, 
Draper and Tailor ; Thomas Voules and others, 
Landowners of the parish of Rodney Stoke, in the 
county of Somerset ; George Griffith Beadon, 
Rector of Axbridge, in the county of Somerset ;- 
Josiah Lee and others, Landowners of the parishes 
of Cheddar and Rodney Stoke, intermixed, in the 
county of Somerset ; Master, Keeper and Fel- 
lows of Gonville and Caius College, in the Uni- 
versity of Cambridge ; Inhabitants of the pa- 
rishes of East Stower, West Stower and Stour 
Provost, in the county of Dorset, and the neigh- 
bourhood thereof ; Thomas Leach, junior, and 
others, Owners and Occupiers of land and other 
property upon and near the line of the there above- 
mentioned Railway (between Compton and Wilton) ; 
Joseph Cadie and others, Owners and Occupiers 


























of land upon and near the line of the proposed Ex- | Maltster ; 
| James Keel, all of Cheddar, in the county of So- 


tension of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Rail- 
way ;——John Clarke and others, Owners and 
Occupiers of land upon and near the line of the 


proposed Extension of the Wilts, Somerset and 





Weymouth Railway ; The Right honourable 
George Pitt Rivers Baron Rivers ; Robert 
R. Hervey and others ;——Owners and Occupiers of 
land and other property, upon and near the line of 





the projected Railway from Blandford to Bleadon ; | 





John Hatcher and others, Owners, Lessees and 
Occupiers of land and other property, upon and near 
the line of the there above-mentioned Railway, in 
the parishes of Marnhull and Fifehead Magdalen, 
in the county of Dorset and Temple Coombe, Hen- 
stridge and Stowell, in the county of Somerset ; 
John Benett, of Pythouse, in the county of Wilts, 
Esquire ; John Benett, of Pythouse, in the county 
of Wilts, Esquire, one of the Members of the House ; 
Owners and Occupiers of property in the town 
of Sturminster Newton, in the county of Dorset, 
affected by the proposed line of Railway between 
Bleadon and Blandford ; ' 
and others, Owners and Occupiers of land upon and 
near the line of the proposed Extension of the 
Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway, together 
with the Inhabitants of Blandford ;—— Henry Sey- 
mour, of East Knoyle, in the county of Wilts, Es- 
quire ; Benjamin Everatt, of Wyke Champflower, 
in the parish of Bruton, in the county of Somerset, 
Gentleman, and Mary Everatt, of the same place, 
Spinster ;——James Welch, of Bruton, in the county 
of Somerset, Gentleman ; Alexander Powell, of 
Hurdcot House, in the county of Wilts, Esquire ; 
——Inhabitants of the town and parish of Gilling- 
ham, and the adjacent parishes of Silion, Bourton 
and Motcombe, in the county of Dorset ; Henry 
Ker Seymer, of Hanford House, in the county of 
Dorset, lisquire, one of the Members of the House ; 
Henry Ker Seymer, Esquire, Mm. P., Owner of 
jand and other property upon and near the line of 
the projected Railway from Blandford to Bleadon ; 
—— William Mogg, of Wyke Champflower, in the 
parish of Bruton, in the county of Somerset, Gen- 
tleman ;——Landowners of the parish of Compton 
Bishop, in the county of Somerset ; Robert Bin- 
sting and others, Landowners of the parishes of 
Cheddar and Rodney Stoke, intermixed, in the county 
of Somerset ;——John Lewis and Thomas Reeves, 
junior, Landowners of the parishes of Cheddar and 
Rodney Stoke, intermixed, in the county of Somerset ; 
James Grimsteed and others, Landowners of the 
parish of Cheddar, in the county of Somerset ; 
John Brown and others, Owners and Occupiers of 
land upon and near the line of the proposed Exten- 



































sion of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway ; read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Inhabitants of the town and parish of Mere, 
in the county of Wilts, and the neighbourhood there- 
of ; W. H. Turner, Rector of Trent, and others, 
Owners and Occupiers of land and other property 
upon and near the line of the there above-mentioned 
Railway (between Compton and Wilton) ;--—Edward 
Thomas Percy and others, Owners and Occupiers 
of land and other property upon and near the line 
of the there ‘above-mentioned Railway (between 
Compton and Wilton) ; Samuel Hippsley Sea- 
man, of the Manor House, Shiplate, in the parish 
of Bleadon, in the county of Somerset, Gentleman, 
Lord of the Manor of Shiplate ; Thomas Grove 
and another, Owners and Occupiers of property in 
the parishes of Henstridge, Charlton, Musgrove and 
Wincanton, in the county of Somerset ; Robert 
Jolliffe Colthurst, late of Burnham, in the county 
of Somerset, but now of Clifton, in the county of 
Gloucester, Gentleman ; Thomas Colmer Col- 
thurst, of Huntworth, in the parish of North Pether- 
ton, in the county of Somerset, Gentleman ; 
George Loch, of Shepton Mallet, in the county of 
Somerset, Builder ; John Allen, of Burnham, in 
the county of Somerset, Merchant, Brewer and 


























Henry Ker Seymer | 





George Keel, James Brock Keel and 


merset, Gentlemen, Landowners of the parish of 
| Cheddar ; Henry Bull Strangways, of Shap- 
| wick, near Glastonbury, in the county of Somerset, 
| Esquire; —— John Clavel Mansel, and _ others, 
Owners and Occupiers of property, in the parishes 
| of Henstridge, Temple Coombe and Charlton Mus- 
| grove, in the county of Somerset ; Most noble 
_ Richard Marquis of Westminster ; Reverend 
| Wyndham Jeane Goodden, Clerk, Rector of Nether 
Compton, in the county of Dorset ; Charles 
Eyres, Bursar of Gonville and Caius College ; 
Right honourable Robert Henry Earl of Pem- 
broke and Montgomery, an Owner and Occupier 
of land and other property upon and near the line 
of the there above-mentioned Railway (between 
Compton and Wilton) ;——lInhabitants of the town 
of Hindon and the neighbourhood thereof, in- 
| cluding the parishes of Sedgehill and East Knoyle, 
|in the county of Wilts; Edward Neave and 
|others, Owners and Occupiers of land and other 
property upon and near the line of the there above- 
mentioned Railway (between Compton and Wilton) ; 
and, Inhabitants of the parishes of Murnhull, 
Todber, Fifehead, Magdalen and Kington Magna, 
in the county of Dorset, and the immediate neigh- 
bourhood thereof; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the said Bill,—were also presented, and 
read. 

And the said Petitions were urdered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, ifthey think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


























Packet Company, praying the House not to sanction 
so much of the Chester and Holyhead Railway (Ex- 


powers the Chester and Holyhead Railway Com- 
pany to become shipowners, and to introduce a 
clause into the Railways Bill, to prohibit any other 
Railway Company from becoming ship-owners or 
traders of any kind, further than their legitimate 
object of locomotion on land, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





7 A Petition of Landholders of the Gorey Poor 
| Law Union, praying the House to pass such a law 
i between landlord and tenant in Jre/and, as whilst 
it secures the legitimate right of the proprietor will 
protect the improving tenant, was presented, and 


A Petition 


A Petition of Directors of the Dundalk Steam Chester and 


Holyhead 


Railway (Fx- 


tensions at 


tensions at Chester and Holyhead, &amp;c.) Bill, as em- Chester and 
Holyhead, &amp;c. ) 
(No. 2.) Bill; 
and, Railways 


Bill. 


Landlord 
and Tenant 
(Ireland.) 








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( 
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Ht 





Breweries and 
Distilleries. 


Poor Law 
(Ireland. ) 


Promiscuous 
Intercourse. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;e. 
(Scotland) ; 
and, Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bills. 


Education. 


Tax Assessors 


and Collectors, 


Medical Relief 
(Ireland. ) 


OEE ee cme ee ECR 9 





10 Vicrortz. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Mem- 
bers of the Northampton Total Abstinence Society, 
and other Inhabitants of the town of Northampton, 
praving the House to stop the use of Grain in Brew- 
eries and Distilleries, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of 
Guardians of the Poor Law Union of Ballinasloe, 
praying that any Act that may be passed for the 
extension or amendment of the Poor Law in Jre- 
land, may embody stringent provisions for the 
repression of mendicancy, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bradford (York);—and, Rochdale ; 
praying that the House will enact such laws with 
reference to the keepers of brothels, and all persons 
trafficking in female virtue, as shall invest magis- 
trates and officers of police with more summary 
powers,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
co lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Preses of Parish Schoolmasters 
and Session Clerks, resident within the presbytery 
of Dingwall, praying the House so to modify the 
Registermg Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill, andj the 
Marriage (Scotland) Bill, as either to preserve to the 
Schoolmasters the rights and emoluments they at 
present possess, or to provide compensation to them 
for the loss they will sustain by the proposed in- 
fringement of their vested rights, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Moderator of the Kirk Session 
of the parish of Stewarton, in the county of Ayr, 
praying that the said Bills may not pass into law, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergymen resident near Bunting- 
ford, praying that the proposed resolutions of the 
Lords of the Committee of Council on Education, 
by which assistant teachers are to be trained, and 
various improvements are to be introduced into 
those schools which accept the aid of Government, 
may be carriedinto immediate effect, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered tolie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Leeds ;—- Portsea ;—Cheltenham 
(two Petitions) ;—Linton ;— Duxford ;—Stamford ; 
— Doncaster ;— Newark (two Petitions) ; — Castle 
and Sible Hedingham ;—Debenham ;—New North- 
road ;—Botesdale ;—Rishangles ;—Members of the 
Cambridgeshire Central Educational Committee 
(Chairman) ;—WHorsforth (two Petitions) ;— Bacup 
(two Petitions) ;—Henley-in-Arden ;— Braintree ;— 
Chipper field (two Petitions) ;—Bocking ;—Maceles- 
field ;— Ogden ; —Leicester (Chairman) ; —Ashbur- 
ton;— Hechmondwike (two Petitions);— Martin 
Top ;—Cowlinghill ; — Hunslet ;— Sandy Syke ;— 
Penistone ;— Blackett ; — Upwell ; —- London (two 
Petitions) ; — Cowlinghill; — Lockwood ; — Aldbo- 
rough ;—Gamlingay ;—Isleham (two Petitions) ;— 
Long Sutton ; — Sainthill ;——- Semley ; — Berwick 
Saint John;— Newton Abhott ; — Beccles ;—and, 
Brixham; praying the House to refuse its sanc- 
tion to the scheme of Education proposed by the 
Committee of Council on Education,—were also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the District of Bromley ;—District 
of Sevenoaks ;—and, District of Aylesford East; 
complaining of the inadequacy of the remuneration 
given to the Assessors and Collectors of Property, 
Income, Land and Assessed Taxes ; and praying the 
House to take their case into consideration,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of a 
meeting of Members of the Medical Profession, of 
the county of Tyrone, praying the House to regu- 
late the payment of the salaries of the Medical Offi- 

Vou. 12. 


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287 


cers of Workhouses, Unions and Fever Hospitals in 
Ireland, by schedule, in the same way as the fees of 
Medical Witnesses at inquests, and the salaries of 
Medical Officers of gaols and infirmaries, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the parish 
of Great Yarmouth, in the county of Norfolk, pray- 
ing for the abolition of the Law of Settlement, and 
for providing for the relief of the poor by a national 
fund, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


Petitions from Hollingbourn Union ; — Hartis- 
mere Union;—and, Newent Union; praying for 
the repeal or alteration of the Poor Removal 
Act,—were presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


Petitions from Union of Dunfanaghy ;—Barony 
of Brawney (Westmeath) ;—and, Barony of Athlone 
(Roscommon) ; praying the House to adopt measures 
for stimulating the application of capital to the pro- 
motion of Railways in Jreland,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Electors of the county of the town 
of Galway, praying that the time for questioning 
disputed returns in the case of contested Elections 
in Jreland, may be extended by an alteration in the 
laws concerning the same, and that, for the future, 
offencesagainst the purity of Election, and against the 
independence of the House, may not be suffered to 
escape by means of objections which the Petitioners 
allege have no foundation, either in reason or law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Charles Cooper, William Everell, 
William Smith and Robert Swan, of Brighton, in 
the county of Sussex, stating that on the evening of 
Thursday the 18th day of February last, the Peti- 
tioners were taken into custody by the Brighton 
Police Officers, and lodged at the Police Office, at 
the Town Hall; that the friends of the Petitioners 
employed a solicitor, but they were not allowed to 
see, or converse, or instruct or explain to him any 
thing, except in the presence of a Police Officer ; 
that the Petitioners were taken before one of the 
Magistrates acting for the Brighton Division, who 
ordered them to be remanded till the 20th day of 
February, when they were again brought up, and 
discharged ; that they are advised that they were 
improperly taken into custody, and are without 
remedy; and praying that inquiry may be made 
into the matters of their Petition, and the law 
altered, so as to prevent others being injured as the 
Petitioners consider they have been, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy, Natives of the Principality 
ot Wales, residing in the West Riding of the county 
of York, praying the House to adopt measures to 
promote the appointment of persons learned in the 
Welsh tongue, whether natives or others, to the 
Sees of Wales, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Settlement. 


Poor Removal 


Act. 


Railways 
(Ireland.) 


Controverted 


ections 
(Ireland.) 


Brighton 
Police. 


Welsh 
Bishoprics. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Scotch Dis- British 


the existing laws of excise, regulating the bonding 
of British Spirits, are partial and unjust in their 
operation, inasmuch as they compel the Petitioners 
to pay duty on Spirits lost from natural or ac- 
cidental causes in Bond, and never brought into 
consumption, whilst the colonist or foreigner is 
relieved to a large extent of the duty on such de- 
ficiencies; and praying that the Petitioners may 
be put on a footing of equality with the colonist and 
foreigner, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


004 Sir 


tillers, stating that the Petitioners consider that ao 


pirits. 





Railway 
Accidents. 


Weymouth 
Union. 


Cotton Wool 
(India.) 


River Wear 
and Port of 
Sunderland. 


British 
Muscum. 


288 QA? Martiz. 





A. 1847. 


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to an! the late Lord Farnborough, the annual proceeds 
Address to Her Majesty,—A Return of the Num-! of which amount to eighty-six pounds three shil- 


ber and Nature of Accidents and Injuries to Life 
and Limb, which have occurred on Railways, from 
the 1st day of July to the 31st day of December 
1846 (in continuation of the Report printed 11th 
and 12th August 1846). 

Sir William Somerville also presented,— Further 
Return to an Order, dated the 4th day of this instant 
March, for a Return of the Names of the Unions 
taken from the Assistant Poor Law Commissioner’s 





District now held by Mr. Gulson, onhis being ap- 
pointed to it in November 1846; and Copies of all 
Applications from Mr. Gulson, or any of his prede- 
cessors, or from any person connected with the 
Weymouth Union, for the removal of that Union 
from Mr. Gulson’s District; and of all Correspon- 
dence of the Poor Law Commissioners, or portions 
of Correspondence, relative to the removal of the 
Weymouth Union from Mr. Gulson’s District, on its 
restoration thereto. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 


Table. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | 
Return of the Quantity of Cotton Wool exported 
from the British Possessions in India, in each year } 


during which the Accounts have been kept ; stating | 
the Ports from which the Shipments were made, the | 


lings and four-pence; That the establishment is 
necessarily attended with an expense far beyond 
the annual produce of the above-mentioned sums, 
and that the trust cannot, with benefit to the public, 
be carried on without the aid of Parliament; and 
praying the House to grant them such further sup- 
port towards enabling them to carry on the execu- 
tion of the trust reposed in them by Parliament for 
the general benefit of learning and useful know- 
ledge, as to the House shall seem meet. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Van Dicmen’s 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Land. 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Correspondence between the Se- 
cretary of State and Sir Kardley Wilmot, Baronet, 
relative to the recall of the latter from the Govern- 
ment of Van Diemen’s Land. 
Ordered, ‘That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by sueh Members of this House as are 


| of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Holyhead 
Copies of a Letter from the Secretary of the Ad- Harbour. 


Quantity shipped at each Port, and the Countries | miralty, dated the 27th day of March 1846, stating 


to which the Cotton was exported, and the Ship- | 


ments to each Country ; the Quantities to be given 
in Bales or in Pounds avoirdupois. 


The following Paper, pursuant to Order, having 
been transmitted to the Clerk, was laid upon the 
Table; viz. A Return of the Revenue received by the 
Commissioners appointed under the Act 11 Geo. 4, c. 
49, intituled, An Act for the Improvement and Pre- 
servation of the River Wear and Port and Haven of 
Sunderland, in the County Palatine of Durham, in 
each year since the year 1842:—A List of the 
Commissioners now acting and qualified under that 
Act, stating their Names and Places of Residence ; 
also, the Number of Meetings of the Board, and 
the Names of the Commissioners who have at- 
tended each of the Meetings of the Board, in 
each year since 1842:—An Account of the Debt 
owing by the Commissioners, the Dates of contract- 
ing the same, and the Rate of Interest paid (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Return, No. 514, of 
Session 1843):—Also, an Explanation of the Ac- 
count for the year 1832, where the Arrears of River 
Duty due December 31,1831 - £.1,141 16° 38, 
Disputed in Lord Londonderry’s| 7 11 1, 

Stone Account = - - ae 
are made to amount to the Sum of £.1,517 7 4: 
—Also, a particular and detailed Account, in each 
year since 1842, of what has been paid in Salaries ; 
also, in Law Expenses, in promoting and opposing 
Bills brought in or threatened to be brought before 
Parliament; and wnder what Clause in the Act 11 
Geo. 4, c. 49, or other authority, the same was 


paid. 


A Petition of the Trustees of the British Museum 
being offered to be presented ; 

Lord John Russell, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the contents of the said Petition, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

Then the said Petition, was brought up, and read ; 
setting forth, That the only funds belonging to the 
Petitioners for the support of the British Museum 
consist of thirty thousand pounds Three per cent. 
Reduced Bank Annuities, the annual dividend 
whereof amounts to nine hundred pounds ;—of a 
bequest of the late Earl of Bridgewater, the an- 
nual proceeds of which amount to about four hun- 
dyed and fifteen pounds; and also of a bequest of 








that the Lords of the Admiralty approve of Mr. 
Rendel’s Plans for a Refuge Harbour and Packet 
Harbour at Lolyhead ; and of the conditions upon 
which the contribution of £. 200,000, by the Chester 
and Holyhead Railway Company, had been tendered 
for the same, as referred to in the Treasury Minute 
of the 3d day of April 1846 :—And, of any Report 
from Captain Beechey, R.N., or others, on the 
nature of the Sea Ground proposed by Mr. Rendel 
to be inclosed as a Harbour of Refuge at Holy- 
head, and made subsequently to July 1846, toge- 
gether with a Plan, showing the result of such 
Examination ; together with a Copy of the Plan 
of such Harbour of Refuge and Packet Harbour at 
Holyhead, as has been approved of and prepared 
under the direction of Her Majesty’s Government, 
or of the Admiralty, and the Cost of such approved 
Harbours. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by Estimates of 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Statement of the Esti- Miscellancous: 
mates for PublicWorks and Buildings for 1847--48; a 
compared with the Estimates for the like Services yo. 999, 
for 1845-46 and 1846-47. Comparative 
Statement. 


An Estimate of the Amount that will probably be Public Build- 
required tor the Repairs, &amp;c., of Public Buildings ; ™8* &amp;* 
for Furniture, &amp;c., for various Public Departments; 
for certain Charges for Lighting and Watching, and 
for Rates and Taxes; also for the Maintenance and 
Repairs of Royal Palaces, and Works in the Royal 
Gardens, formerly charged upon the Civil List ; for 
one year from the 1st of April 1847 to the 31st of 
March 1848. 


An Estimate of the Sum proposed to be voted in Buckingham 
the year 1847, on Account of Works required for Palace. 
enlarging and improving Buckingham Palace. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required in Botanic _ 
the year ending 31st of March 1848, to defray the Garden(Kew.) 
Expense of erecting a Palm House in the Royal 
Botanic Gardens, Kew. 


An Estimate of the probable Sum that will be re- Houses ot 
quired to defray the Expense of providing temporary Seaaee’ 
Accommodation for the Houses of Parliament, 4 ecommoda- 
Committee-rooms, Offices, and temporary Official tion. 
Residences for the Speaker of the House of Com- 
mons, and other Officers of the House, &amp;c., for the 


year ending 31st of March 1848. 





An 








10 Vicrorriz. 
An Estimate of the probable Sum that will be re- 


New Houses 


of Parliament. quired to defray the Expense of the Works at the 
New Houses of Parliament, for the year ending the 
31st of March 1848, beyond what has already been 
provided for by Votes of Parliament. 

An Estimate ofthe Sums that will probably be 


Home Office, 


Board of required in the year ending 31st of March 1848, to 

Trade, &amp;¢. defray the Expense of taking down and rebuilding 
the Home Office, and for altering and enlarging the 
Board of Trade and Council Offices. 

Holyhead An Estimate of the Sums that will be required 

Harbour, 


for the Services of the Holyhead Harbour and 
Shrewsbury and Holyhead Roads, in the year ending 
the 3ist March 1848. 


Roads, &amp;c. 


Harbours An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in 

of Refuge. the year 1847, on Account of the Expense of con- 
structing Harbours of Refuge. 

on An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted 

Canal. in the year 1847, on Account of the Works carrying 


on at the Caledonian Canal. 


Public Build- | An Estimate of the probable Expense of main- 


ings, &amp;c. taining and repairing the several Public Buildings 

(ireland) in the Department of the Commissioners of Public 
Works in Ireland; also of the Expense of Inland 
Navigation and other Services under the direction of 
the Commissioners, for the year ending 31st March 
1848. 

Kingstown An Estimate of the Amount required to be voted 

Harbour. 


for Works and Repairs at Kingstown Harbour, from 
ist April 1847 to 31st March 1848. 

Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred to 
the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and 

Sir George Rose: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without amendment ; ziz., 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to explain and amend 
the Act authorizing the Advance of Money for the 
Improvement of Land by Drainage in Great 
Britain: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for regulating Proceed- 
ings by or against the Zlynvi Iron Company, and 
for granting certain Powers thereto: 

Whiteburn A Bill, intituled, An Act for the continued Re- 
and Kelso, and pair and Maintenance of the Road from or near 
ee Whiteburn, in the County of Berwick, to the Town 
Bi | ~—-Of ‘Kelso, in the County of Roxburgh, and to autho- 

rize the transfer of a Portion of the said Road to 
the Trustees of the Road from Zauder to and 
through Kelso to the Marchburn:—And then the 
Messengers withdrew. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Drainage of 
Land Bill, 


Llynvi Iron 
Company Bill. 


Troops 


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


Statement of the Number of Troops conveyed to and 
from the British East Indian Possessions, and from 
one Presidency or Possession to another, during 
the years 1845 and 1846, with the Expense thereof. 


Troops 
(Colonies. ) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Statement of the Number of Troops conveyed to 
and from the Colonies, and from one Colony to 
another, in Her Majesty’s Ships of War, and the 
Expense thereof, during the financial years 1845-6 
and 1847. 


Mr. Warner’s 
Invention. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of Public Money placed at the dis- 
posal of the Officers appointed by Her Majesty’s 
Government to report upon the Trials to be made 
of Mr. Warner’s Invention called Long Range, to 
enable him to exhibit its Powers; and a Copy of 
the Engagements entered into for the repayment of 
the Public Money so expended, in the event of the 
alleged Invention proving abortive; and an Account 
of what has been done with respect to the same. 
Adjournment. Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 


the House this day, adjourned till Monday next. 
VoL, 102, 


26°—27° Marti. 





289 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Post-office. 
Copy ofa Circular recently sent, by order of the 
Postmaster General, to the Surveyors of the Post- 
office. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Customs 
esses of the borough of Clonmel, praying that the Duties Bill. 
Customs Duties Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Customs 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs | 
Duties Bill. 


mittee on the Customs Duties Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That ” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ the Bill be committed to a Select Com- 
mittee,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, (Mc Gideon Craig _ }189. 
Tellers for the Noes, {Mejor Beresford: } 68. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


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


Sabbati, 27° die Martti, 1847: 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ways and 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. Means ; 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply Exchequer 
granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Eighteen mil- Bills. 

lion three hundred and ten thousand and seven 

hundred pounds be raised by Exchequer Bills for 

the Service of the year One thousand eight hundred 

and Forty-seven. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 








reported, That the Committee had come toa Reso- 
lution. 

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

Mr. Greene also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

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


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

Ordered, That the Account of the Sum expended Accounts, &amp;e. 
under the head of Civil Contingencies in the years referred: 
1844, 1845 and 1846, and an Estimate of the Civil Contin- 
Amount required. for 1847, which were presented 8°"°* 
upon Monday last, be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, ‘That the Estimate of the Sum re- petier of 
quired to be voted, on Account, towards defraying Distress 
the Expense which will probably be incurred for “tela2¢.) 
the Relief of Distress in Jreland, during the year 
ending 31st March 1848, which was presented upon 
Tuesday last, be referred to the Committee. 

PP Ordered, 


Supply ; 





Eat 








British 
Museum. 


Relief of 
Distress in 
Treland. 


Civil Contin- 
cencies, 


New Houses 
of Parliament. 


British 
Museum. 


Agricultural 
Tenant Right 
Bill. 


Prainage of 
Lands Bill. 


290 


Ordered, That the Estimate of the Sum required 
to be voted to defray the Expenses incurred for the 
Relief of Distress in Ireland, up to 31st March 1847, 
which was presented upon Tuesday last, be referred 
to the Committee. 

And a Motion being made, That the Account of 
the Income and Expenditure of the British Museum, 
for the year 1846, of the estimated Charges and 
Expenses for the year ending the 25th day of 
March 1848, and of the Sum necessary to discharge 
the same ; and also, an Account of the Number of 
Persons admitted to visit the Museum from Chist- 
mas 1840 to Christmas 1846, together with a State- 
ment of the Progress made in the Arrangement of 
the Collection, and an Account of Objects added 
to them in the year 1846, which were presented 
upon the 15th day of this instant March, be referred 
to the Committee ; 

Lord John Russell, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts and Estimate 
be referred to the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five 
hundred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Expenses incurred for the 
Relief of Distress in Ireland, to the 31st day of 
March 1847. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six 
hundred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, towards defraying the Expense which will 
probably be incurred for the Relief of Distress in 
Ireland, during the year ending the 31st day of 
March 1848. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying the Charge of Civil Contingencies, 
to the 31st day of March 1848. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty 
towards defraying the Expenseof the Works at the 
New Houses of Parliament, to the 31st day of 
March 1848. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on 
account, towards defraying the Charges of the 
British Museum, for the year ending on the 25th 
day of March 1848. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

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

Mr. Greene also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Agricultural Tenant Right Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day the 21st day of April next, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Drainage of Lands Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
heing proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That this House do now adjourn ; 

The House divided: 














26°—27° Marti. A. 1847. 


The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the f Colonel Sibthorp, } 1 

Yeas, { Mr. Craven Berkeley: ‘ 

Tellers for thef The Earl of Lincoln, 49 

Noes, \ Sir John Trollope: } ; 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time, and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Wednesday the 14th day of April 
next. 


The Lunatic Asylums Bill was, according to Lunatic _ 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Asylums Bill 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday the 
12th day of April next. 


The Naval Service of Boys Bill, was according Naval Service 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a °f Boys Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Naval Prisons Bill was, according to Order, Naval Prisons 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Wednesday the 14th day of 
April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Mutiny Bill 
Reading of the Mutiny Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Marine __ 
Reading of the Marine Mutiny Bill; ey Oe. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The ingrossed Bill to authorize the Inclosure of Commons 
certain Lands, in pursuance of the Second Report (No. 2.) Bill 
of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and~ *~*" ~* 
Wales, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Prisons Bill, 
mittee on the Prisons Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
16th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Custody of | 
mittee on the Custody of Offenders Bill ; Offenders Bil. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
16th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Harbours, 
a Committee upon the Harbours, Docks and Piers say ell 
Clauses Bill; and, after some time spent therein, pin, . 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene yo 9909, 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the in 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Tuesday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Prisons 
for enabling the Commissioners of Public Works in Geen) 
Ireland to purchase Land for Prisons in Ireland: 

And that Sir William Somerviile, Mr. Solicitor Ge- 
neral for Lreland and Sir George Grey do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Troops during 
to regulate the Stations of Soldiers during Parlia- 
mentary Elections: And that Mr. Secretary at War 
and Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 

Ordered, 


Elections Bill. 











Landed 
Property 
Improvement 
(Ireland) Bill, 


China. 


Slave Vessels. 


Slave Vessels 
(Cape of 
Good Hope.) 


Captain 
Wynne’s 
Letters, 


10 Vicrortiz. 


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


provide further Facilities for the permanent Improve- 
ment of Landed Property in Ireland, by the Owners 
thereof: And that Mr. William Smith O’ Brien, Mr. 
Sharman Crawford, and Viscount Newry do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
Tuesday last, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to take into consideration the present State of our 
Commercial Relations with China, might be read; 
and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Viscount Sandon, 
Mr. Baring, Mr. Beckett, Dr. Bowring, Mr. Brown, 
Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Harcourt, Mr. Hawes, 
Viscount Jocelyn, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Moffatt, Mr. 
John Abel Smith, Mr. Spooner and Sir George Staun- 
ton, with Power to send for persons, papers and 
records, 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of Slave Vessels captured since the 1st day 
of January 1842, distinguishing those brought for 
Adjudication before the Courts of Mixed Commission 
and the several Vice Admiralty Courts; describing 
the Tonnage of each Vessel, and the Flag under 
which she was seized, and whether such Seizure took 
_ in the presence of or with the assistance of any 

oreign Vessel of War, and of what Nation; stating 
the Number of Slaves, if any, on board at the time 
of Seizure; the Date and Decretal part of the Sen- 
tence, whether forfeiture or restitution, with the 
Amount of Proceeds of Sale or Costs awarded ; also, 
the Expenses of Condemnation as distinguished from 
the Charges for breaking up each Vessel, and the 
period when the Proceeds for distribution were paid 
into the Registry of the High Court of Admiralty : 
—And, of Slave Vessels that have been taken into 
Her Majesty’s Service since the 1st day of January 
1842; stating the Tonnage, and the appraised or 
estimated Value of the Hull and Stores, and the 
Sum or Sums which the Commissioners of the Admi- 
-_ have deemed a proper Price for the same. 
rdered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of Copies of the Bills, Disbursements, and 
Fees of the Marshal of the Vice Admiralty Court of 
the Cape of Good Hope, relative to the Slave Vessels 
Jehovah and Diana, sold by auction by virtue of 
Decree of Condemnation and Sale, bearing date the 
22d day of February 1840, and the 22d day of Ja- 
nuary 1846; together with the Proceeds of Sale of 
the said Vessels, Cargoes, and Appurtenances, and 
the Date when the same was paid into the Registry 
of the High Court of Admiralty. 

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


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
Tuesday last, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the Statements contained in the 
Letters of Captain Wynne and S. Gamble, Esquire, 
addressed to the Board of Trade, in reference to 
the County of Clare, and to report thereon; and 
into the circumstances connected therewith, which 
may appear to them fit subjects for investigation, 
might be read ; and the same being read; 

A Committee was nominated of Viscount Castle- 
reagh, Lord John Manners, Sir John Walsh, Mr. 
Solicitor-General, Mr. Stuart Wortley, Mr. Stafford 
— Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Sharman Crawford, 

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96°—27° Martiz. 





291 


Mr. Mackinnon, Mr. Borthwick, Mr. Bellew, Mr. 
Repton, Sir William Clay, Mr. Thornely and Mr. 
William Williams, with Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill for en- ppisons 
abling the Commissioners of Public Works in (Ireland) Bill 
Ireland to purchase Land for Prisons in Ireland: No. 228, 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday next ; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Secretary at War presented a Bill to regulate Troops during 
the Stations of Soldiers during Parliamentary Elec- Elections Bill. 
tions: And the same was read the first time; and No. 231. 
ordered tu be read a second time upon Wednesday 
next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed Navigation 
to inquire into the operation and policy of the a 
Navigation Laws, and to whom several Petitions . ese 
against alteration of the existing Navigation Laws “°“°* 
were referred, have Power to report the Minutes of 
their Proceedings, together with the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them, from time to time. 

Mr. Ricardo reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; That they had considered the matters to 
them referred; and directed him to report the 
Minutes of their Proceedings, together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

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


Mr. Gibson Craig presented a Bill to amend the Service of 
Law and Practice in Scotland as to the Service of Heits (Scot- 
: . : and) Bill. 

Heirs: And the same was read the first time ; and Ne 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday the *® 233. 
12th day of April next ; and to be printed. 


The Order made upon the 5th day of this instant Crown 
March, that leave be given to bring in a Bill to Charters and 
? ‘ : 5 : Precepts 
amend the Law and Practice in Scotland with re- (scotland) 
gard to Crown Charters and Precepts from Chan- Bill. 


cery, was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Crown 
to amend the Practice in Scotland with regard to a 
Crown Charters and Precepts from Chancery: And $3¢"" 
that The Lord Advocate and Mr. Solicitor-General 
for Scotland do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Hull Dock 
Copy of the Treasury Minute of 1844, relating to a Company. 
compromise of Dues payable to the Kingston-upon- 

Hull Dock Company. 


Mr. Gibson Craig, by Order, presented a Bill to Crown 
amend the Practice in Scotland with regard to Crown Charters 
Charters and Precepts from Chancery: And the {3° 
same was read the first time ; and ordered,to be read No. 234 
a second time upon Monday the 12th day of April eee 
next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Gibson Craig reported the Portland Harbour Pertland Har- 
of Refuge and Breakwater Bill, with Amendments, Dou of Refuge 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a water Bill, 


Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Mr. Lascelles reported from the Committee on Railway Bills, 
Group (No. 12) of Railway Bills; That the Com- oy 4 ) 
mittee met this day, pursuant to adjournment, and \~" ~ 
that Colonel Paget, a Member of the Committee, 
was not present during the sitting of the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after One of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next. 


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292 29° Martiz. 


Lune, 29° die Martiz ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 

R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law 

Commissioners, was called in; and at the 
bar presented, pursuant to Orders,—A Return of 
the Number of Persons whe have emigrated at 
the Expense of the different Poor Law Unions in 
Treiand, in the years 1844, 1845 and 1846; with 
Copies or Extracts from all Letters since received, 
giving an Account of the Emigrants. 

Copy of the Reports made to the Board of 
Health in Dublin, by the Medical Officers sent to 
inquire into the state of the Workhouses in Cork, 
Bantry and Lurgan :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Emigration 
(Ireland.) 


Workhouses 
(Ireland. ) 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to inquire whether and in what part of Scotland, 
and under what circumstances, large numbers of 
Her Majesty’s subjects have been deprived of the 
means of religious worship by the refusal of certain 
proprietors to grant them sites for the erection of 
Churches, have Power to report the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them from time to time. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit 
this day, till five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 


Sites for 
Churches 
(Scotland.) 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills, That in the case of the Chester and 
Holyhead Railway (Extensions at Chester and 
Holyhead Railway, &amp;c.) (No. 2.) Bill, there are no 
provisions introduced into the Bill, inconsistent with 
the Standing Orders of the House. 


Chester and 
Holyhead 
Railway 
(Extensions at 
Chester and 
Holyhead 
Railway, &amp;c.) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Waterford Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
and Limerick Mr, May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Railway Bil. private Bills, That in the case of the Petition for 
additional provision in the Waterford and Limerick 
Railway Bill, the Standing Orders have not been 
complied with, as it is proposed to repeal a clause of 
the Act of 1845, by which the dividends of the 
Company are restricted to 8 per cent., but the notices 
of the intended application to Parliament do not 
specify the intention of the Company to remove 
such restriction. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Sandwich 


The Sandwich Haven Bill was read a second 
Haven Bill. 


time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, 


Bristol and 
Clifton Oil 


Mr. Greene reported the Bristol and Clifton Oil 
Gas Bill, with Amendments. 


oo Ordered, That the Keport do lie upon the Table. 
Ipswich Mr. Greene reported the Ipswich Gas Bill, with 
Gas Bill. Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Pile Pier Ex- | Mr. Greene reported the Pile Pier Extensions 


tensions Bill. Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Edinburgh A Petition of the Edinburgh and Northern Rail- 
and Northern 


Sane way Company, and of Directors thereof, for leave 
(Branch from to bring in a Bill to enable the said Company to 
Burntisland to make a Deviation and Extension of their Branch 
eer gr Railway to Dunfermline, to make another Rail- 
(No. 2.) Bill, Way from their Strathearn Deviation Railway to 

the Scottish Central Railway, and to make an 

alteration in the manner of constructing the said 








A. 1847. 


Branch and Sérathearn Deviation across certain 
Roads, and the Halbeath Railway, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in. 
accordingly, by Mr. Edward Ellice and Mr. George 
William Hope. 


The Order made upon the 8th day of this instant Ipswich and 
March, for referring the Jpswich and Bury Saint Bury St. Ea~ 
Edmand’s Railway (Branch from Stowmarket to ar ri eee 
Sudbury) Bill to the Committee of Selection, was from Stow- 
read, and discharged. market to 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. Cateeny Sas. 


Mr. Owen Stanley reported from the Committee Railway Bills, 
on Group (No. 1.) of Railway Bills ; That the Com- Gtoup Co. 1.) 
mittee met this day at Twelve of the clock, pur- 
suant to adjournment, when a letter was received 
from Lord Granville Somerset, the Chairman of the 
Committee, stating that he was unable, in conse- 
quence of indisposition, to attend the meeting of 
the Committee during the day. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cheltenham 
the Report on the Cheltenham Waterworks Bill; + _elecaaes 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. ; 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Lascelles reported the Newmarket and Ches- Newmarket 
terford Railway (Repeal of Provision authorizing the 294 Chester- 
: 2). ford Railway 
Company to use the line of the Eastern Counties (Repeal of 
Railway) Bill, with Amendments. Provision 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; theorizing 


: the Compan 
and be printed. iweie tie tive 


of the Eastern 
Counties 
Railway) Bill. 
Mr. Lascelles reported the Newmarket and Ches- Newmarket 
terford Railway (Extension to Bury Saint Edmund’s, #4 Chester- 
“s : ‘ ford Railway 
with a Branch to Ely) Bill, with Amendments. (Extension to 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Bury St. Ed- 


and be printed. mund’s, with 
a Branch to 
Ely) Bill. 


Mr. Lascelles reported the Newmarket and Ches- Newmarket 
terford Railway (Extension to Thetford) Bill, with ford Railway 
Amendments. (Extension to 

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


Mr. Lascelles reported from tae Committee on Lynn and Ely 
the Lynn and Ely Railway (Extension to Bury CExtenton " 
Saint Edmund's) Bill; That they had examined the Bury st. Ed- 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, mund’s) Bill 
but the same same had not been proved to their 
satisfaction. 

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


Mr. Lascelles reported from the Committee on Norfolk Rail- 
the Norfolk Railway (Branch from Thetford, to ¥aY eo 
re = ° ., from Thetford 
join the Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund's Rail- ¢o join the 
way, near Bury Saint Edmund’s) Bill; That the Ipswich and 
parties promoting the Bill had stated to the Com- a 
mittee, That it was not their intention to proceed war meer Bury 
further with the same during the present Session of St. Edmund's) 
Parliament. Bill. 

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


Mr. Lascelles gag from the Committee on Ipswich and 
the Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway pies Pace 
(No. 3.) (Extension from Bury Saint Edmund's to “_e (No. 3.) 
Thetford) Bill ; That they had examined the allega- (Extension 
tions contained in the preamble of the Rill, but the ftom Bury |, 
: : ° St. Edmund’s 
sume had not been proved to their satisfaction. to Thetford) 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; Bill. 


and be printed, 


Mr. 








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Ipswich and 
Bury het 

v il- A = 
ae (No. 2.) (No. 2.) (Extension from Bury Saint Edmund's to 


(Extension Newmarket and Ely) Bill; That they had examined 


Mr. Lascelles reported from the Committee on 
the Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway 


from Bury St. : : : 
Edmund's to the allegations contained in the preamble of the 


Newmarket Bill, but the same had not been proved to their 
and Ely) Bill. satisfaction. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Weymouth Ordered, That the Weymouth and Melcombe 

tg ed Reyis Harbour and Bridge Trusts Bill be referred 

and Bridge to the Commissioners of Railways; and that the 

Trusts Bill. said Bill be not considered in Committee until the 
Commissioners shall have reported upon the Bills 
promoted by the Great Western Railway Company, 
in conformity with the Resolutions of this House of 
the 23d day of February last. 


Portland Har- — Notice being taken that the Portland Harbour of 
a Refuge and Breakwater Bill had been reported 
water Bil. upon Friday last, without the proper notice having 
been given in the Private Bill Office ; 
Ordered, That the Proceeding upon the Report 
of the said Bill be null and void. 


Edinburgh The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
So ” Reading of the Edinburgh and Perth Railway Bill ; 
; And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz., To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, atthe end of the Question, to add 
“ the words “ upon Monday the 19th day of April 
“ next.” 
And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question:— The said 
proposed Amendments and Motion were severally, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday the 13th day of April next. 


Edinburgh Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

ang Lert? , the Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 

vey Committee on Standing Orders relative to the Edin- 
burgh and Perth Railway Bill. 


YorkImprovee The York Improvement, Lendal Bridge and 
ment, Lendal Approaches Bill was read a second time; and 
Bridge and ; 4 
Approaches Committed. 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Liverpool The Liverpool Guardian Gas Bill was read a 
aaa Gas second time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Doddington An ingrossed Bill to divide the Parish and 
Rectory ——- Rectory of Doddington, otherwise Dornington, into 
Division Bill. three separate and distinct Parishes and Rectories, 
and to endow the same out of the Revenues of that 
Rectory, and to make Provision for the further 
Division of such Rectories and Parishes, and for 
other Purposes connected therewith, was read the 
third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Scottish Union An ingrossed Bill for incorporating the Scottish 
Insurance = Union Insurance Company, and for enabling the 
Company Bill. said Company to sue and be sued, and to take and 
hold Property, and for amending the Rules and 
Regulations of the said Company, and for other 

Purposes relating thereto, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 

Title be, An Act to enable the Scottish Union In- 





29° Martiz. 293 


surance Company to purchase Annuities, and invest 
Money on Securities in England and Ireland, and 
for other Purposes relating thereto. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Captain Berkeley reported the Portland Harbour Portland Har- 
of Refuge and Breakwater Bill, with Amendments. bour of Refuge 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a — “og 

Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. —— 


The Bristol Building and Improvement Bill was Bristol 
read a second time ; and committed. Building and 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- — 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed Railways 
to consider the circumstances under which a certain Committee 
Document was printed by Order of this House, ent, 1846.) 
purporting to be the Report of the Select Com- x o36 
mittee of last Session, appointed to inquire whether, 
without discouraging legitimate enterprise, condi- 
tions may not be embodied in Railway Acts better 
fitted than those hitherto inserted in them, to pro- 
mote and secure the Interests of the Public, have 
Power to report their Observations thereupon to the 
House, together with the Minutes of their Proceed- 
ings, and the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them, 

Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the said Select 
Committee ; That they had considered the matter to 
them referred ; and directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House, together with the Minutes of 
their Proceedings, and the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them. 

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


Mr. Hume reported from the Select Committee Private Bills 
on Private Bills ; That they had further considered (Second Re- 
the matters to them referred, and directed him to ?%) _ 
make a Report thereof to the House. No. 235. 

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


Mr. William Smith O’ Brien presented a Bill to Landed 
provide further Facilities for the permanent Improve- Property 
ment of Landed Property in Zreland by the Owners Ceand) Bill 
thereof: And the same was read the first time; No. 238 ‘ 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday —_ 
the 26th day of April next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Select Committee Sites for 
appointed to inquire whether, and in what parts of Churches 
Scotland, and under what circumstances, large (First Report) 
numbers of Her Majesty’s subjects have been de- N 0.237 
prived of the means of religious worship, by the — 
refusal of certain proprietors to grant them sites for 
theerection of Churches, and who were empowered to 
report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them, from time to time ; That they had considered 
the matters to them referred, and directed him to 
= the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

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


Ordered, That the Petition of Electors of Galway, Controverted 
relative to Controverted Elections (Zreland), which oe 
was presented upon Friday last, be printed. (Ireland. ) 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Light Gold, Light Gold. 
which was presented upon Thursday last, be printed, No. 239. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railway Raiiway 
Accidents, which was presented upon Friday last, Accidents. 
be printed. No. 240, 


Sir William Somerville presented,—Further Re- Parochial 
turn to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 9th Assessments, 
day of August 1845, for a Return, showing the 

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Friendly 
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(England.) 


Friendly 
Societies 


(Ireland). 


North British 
Railway. 


Tidal 
Harbours. 


294. 


annual Value or Parochial Valuation of each Parish, 
Township or Place in England and Wales, upon 
which the Parochial Assessments were levied for 
the year ending the 25th day of March 1844; dis- 
tinguishing that on Lands, Houses, Tithes, Quarries, 
Mines,’ Canals, Railways, Iron Works, and other 
Property, and the Total Amount of County, High- 
way, Poor, and Church Rate assessed thereon 
for the same period; with the proportion in the 

ound which these Rates together bear to the 
Valuation on which the Assessments are levied, 
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Sir William Somerville also presented, pursuant 
to an Address to Her Majesty,—Copies of any 
Circular Letter addressed by Her Majesty’s Secre- 
tary of State to the Justices in Quarter Sessions, 
relative to the confinement of Convicts after sen- 
tence, and of the Replies received thereto. 

Sir William Somerville also presented, pursuant 
to the directions of several Acts of Parliament,— 
Friendly Societies HMngland,—Further Returns of 
Sickness and Mortality, for the Five years ending 
31st December 1845. 

Friendly Societies Lreland,—Further Returns of 
Sickness and Mortality, for the Five years ending 
31st December 1845. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Report of Captain Coddington, R.E., and 
James Walker, Esquire, to the Railway Commis- 
sioners, on the state of the North British Railway. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of any Report by the Committee 
of the Clyde Trustees, on the Reports by the 
Tidal Harbour Commissioners, and on the Bill 


29° Martii. 


A. 1847. 


introduced into Parliament in pursuance of their 
Reports :—Also, Copies of any Memorials on the 
same subject, presented to Government, or the 
Tidal Harbour Commissioners, from the Clyde Trus- 
tees, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Merchants 
House of Glasgow :—And, similar Returns from 
Liverpool, Bristol, Hull, Dundee, Aberdeen, Sun- 
derland, Dublin and Cork. 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and royal Edinburgh 
burgh of Dunfermline, praying that the Edinburgh ag 
and Perth Railway Bill may pass into a law, was” 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 
A Petition of the Dean and Incorporation of the 
Fraternity of Guildry of Dunfermline, praying that 
he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 
against certain parts of the said Bill, was also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 
A Petition of James Burns, of No. 62, Northum- 
berland-street, Edinburgh, Esquire, praying that the 
Second Reading of the Edinburgh and Perth Rail- 
way Bill be postponed until the evidence taken 
before the Standing Orders Committee shall have 
been laid on the Table of the House, and be printed, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the Petition be printed at the ex- 
pense of the party. 


A Petition of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Fainburgh 
Canal Company, and of Robert Ellis, Writer to the and Bathgate 
Signet, Edinburgh, Clerk of the said Company, (peyiavionand 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their Amendment) 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Edin- Bill. 

burgh and Bathgate Railway (Deviation and Amend- 

ment) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 

by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 

Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 

favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of George Croosse, of Burcott House, Gloucester 
in the parish of Holmer, in the county of Hereford, 2nd Hereford 
Esquire, Landowner on the line of a projected Rail- — 
way from the city of Gloucester to the city of Here- chase Bill. 
ford, praying that he may be heard, by himself, his 
counsel or agent, against certain parts of the Glou- 
cester and Hereford Railway and Canal Purchase 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of John Burnet, Writer, in Glasgow ; Glasgow, 

and, Lord Provost, Magistrates and Coun- — and 

‘ : . onklands 

cil of the city of Glasgow; praying that they Junction Rail- 

may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or way (Cowlairs, 

agents, against certain parts of the Glasgow, Air- ep aoe 

drie and Monklands Junction Railway (Cowlairs, sa aie 

Carmyle, Central Junction and Coplaw-hill Branches, hill Branches, 

and Montrose-sireet Terminus) Bill,—were presented, —— 

and read. ' minus) Bill. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 

to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 

heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 

their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 


in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





A Petition of John Burnet, Writer, in Glasgow, Glasgow, 
praying that he may be heard, by himself, his Airdrie and 
i j Monklan('s 
counsel or agent, against certain parts of the Glus- Junction kail- 
gow, Airdrie and Monklands Junction Railway way (Cowl:irs 


(Cowlairs Branch) Bill, was presented, and read. 


Branch) Bill. 





Ordered, 





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Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 





Glasgow, A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
Paisley, Kil- Council of Glasgow, praying that they may be 
marnock and “ heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
Ayr Railway 1, by themselves, their counsel or agents,agains 
(No. 4.) Bill, certain parts of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock 
and Ayr Railway (No. 4.) Bill, was presented, and 
read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Glasgow, A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 

Paisley, Kil- Council of the city of Glasgow, praying that they 

marnock and : : 

Ayr Railway May be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 

(No. 5.) Bill. agents, against certain parts of the Glasgow, Pais- 
ley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (No. 5.) Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 

Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Glasgow, A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Coun- 
Paisley, Kil. cillors of the burgh of Port Glasgow, praying that 
p nena the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Rail- 
and, Ayrshire way, and Ayrshire and Bridge of Weir Railway 
and Bridge of (No, 3.) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 


(te 3) Bill Y and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Glasgow, A Petition of Justices of the Peace, Landowners, 
mage sll Bankers, Merchants, Manufacturers, Farmers and 
Railway Inhabitants of the town and parish of Beith, in the 
(Amendment, county of Ayr, praying that the Glasgow, Kilmar- 
aie wa nock and Ardrossan Railway (Amendment, Devia- 

anches) Bull. tions and Branches) Bill may pass into a law, was 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 
Caledonian A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
Railway Town Council of the city of Glasgow, praying that 
(Branch across 


Clyde and they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
Glasgow Sta- agents, against certain parts of the Caledonian Rail- 
tion) Bill. = way (Branch across Clyde and Glasgow Station) 
Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


EasternCoun- A Petition of Sir Augustus Brydges Henniker, of 
yt itn , Wewton Hall, in the county of Essex, and of Haw- 
of London and 2ey, near Stowmarket, in the county of Suffolk, 
Stratford Baronet, praying that he may be heard, by him- 
pes ae self, his counsel or agent, against certain parts of 
of Acts) Bill, the Eastern Counties Railway (Enlargement of 
London and Stratford Stations, and Amendment of 
Acts) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Eastern Coun- A Petition of Henry Hawkes, being an Owner and 
Way Occupier of land and property on the line and in 
Spalding) aa the neighbourhood of the proposed Railway therein- 
° after mentioned, praying that he may be heard, by 
himself, his counsel or agent, against certain parts 
of the Eastern Counties Railway (Wisbech to 

Spalding) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 

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if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Henry Hawkes, being an Owner Lynn and Ely 
and Occupier of land and property on the line and Railway 
in the neighbourhood of the proposed Railway (@xtension to 
thereinafter mentioned, praying that he may be Holbeach) Bill. 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against 
certain parts of the Lynn and Ely Railway (Exten- 
sion to Spalding and Holbeach) Bill, was presented, 
and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if 
he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses North British 
of the borough of Carlisle, praying that they may Railway 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, (N® ?-) Bil. 
against certain parts of the North British Railway 
(No. 2.) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Zondon and North Western gaint Helen’s 
Railway Company, praying that they may be heard, Canal and 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- oe — 
tain parts of the Saint Helen’s Canal and Railway Bisekbrook 
(Warrington and Blackbrook Branches, &amp;c.) Bill, Branches, &amp;c.) 
was presented, and read. Bill. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Reverend Edward Arthur Day- wits, somer- 
man, Clerk, Rector of the rectory and parish church set and Wey- 
of Okeford Shilling, otherwise Shillingstone, in the ag ga 
county of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury, and of Bil. aia 
the Rector and Scholars of Exeter College, in the 
University of Oxford, the Patrons of the same rec- 
tory, praying that they may be heard, by their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Wilts, 

Somerset and Weymouth Railway (No. 2.) Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Reverend Arthur Edward Day- pjanafora and 
man, Clerk, Rector of the rectory and parish church Bruton Rail- 
of Okeford Shilling, otherwise Shillingstone, in the ¥#y Bill. 
county of Dorset, and diocese of Salisbury, and of 
the Rector and Scholars of Exeter College, in the 
University of Oxford, the Patrons of the same rec- 
tory, praying that they may be heard, by their coun- 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the Blandford 
and Bruton Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, 
if they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of 
the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Corporation for preserving and publin 
improving the Port of Dublin, praying that they may Improvement 
be heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain ” 
parts of the Dublin Improvement Bill, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Avon and Gloucestershire Rail- Midland Rail- 
way Company, praying that they may be heard, by pie A — 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain pi) 
parts of the Midland Railway (Mangoisfield to 
Bath) Bill, was presented, and read, 

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Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Ipswich and A Petition of William Page Wood, of Great 
Bury St. Ec-  George-street, Westminster, Esquire, and of Ben- 
en ta jamin Phillips, of Wimpole-street, in the county of 
from Ipswich “Middlesex, Esquire, praying that they may be heard, 
to Wood- by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
bridge) Bi. tain parts of the Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund's 
Railway (Branch from Lpswich to Woodbridge) Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 

favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Buckingham A Petition of the President and Scholars of Saint 
and Brackley John-the-Baptist College, in the University of Oz- 
nag maa ford, praying that they may be heard, by their counsel 
Oxford and or agents, against certain parts of the Buckingham 
Bletchley and Brackley Junction Railway, and Oxford and 
ose Bletchley Junction Railway Companies Amalgama- 
panics Amal- tion and Extension of Lines Bill, was presented, 
gamation and and read. 

Extension of 


Lines Bill. Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 


by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 


they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


London, A Petition of the President and Scholars of Saiut 
Oxford ant —— John-the- Baptist College, in the University of Oz- 
+ seamen ford, praying that they may be heard, by their counsel 
Branches Bill. or agents, against certain parts of the Zondon, Oz- 
ford and Cheltenham Railway and Branches Bill, 
was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


AxholmeRail- A Petition of Ralph Creyke, of Raweliffe Hall, 
way (fromthe in the county of York, and Thomas Henry Sutton 
ee a Sotheron, of Bowden Park, in the county of Wilts, 
to Gainsbo- — Esquire, as Warpers under the Act thereinafter 
rough, with mentioned, of lands in the parishes of Whitgift and 
Branches) Bill, Snaith, and other adjoining parishes in the West 
Riding of the county of York, and as Owners of 
lands in the same parishes, praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Arholme Railway (from 
the Leeds and Selby Railway to Gainsborough, with 
Branches) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to tlre 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bull, against the said Petition. 


Leeds Water. A Petition of the Leeds Waterworks Company, 

works Bill praying that provision may be made in the Leeds 
Waterworks Bill, for giving power to the Company 
to deviate from the deposited plan in certain cases, 
and to construct certain works, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions 
‘or Private Bills. 


Kilmarnock A Petition of Lieutenant-General Sir James 
and oe ,  Slevenson Barns, k.c.B., residing at 33, Clarges- 
a" street, Piccadilly, praying that he may be heard, by 


himself, his counsel or agent, ayainst certain parts 
of the Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct Railway Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 








A. 1847. 


if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Grand Jury ofthe North Riding Fire Arms 

of the county of Tipperary, stating that they have (Ireland. Poot 
witnessed with anxiety and alarm the recent ex- (ire 
tensive and rapidly increasing acquisition of Fire- 

arms by the peasantry of that country, and praying 

the House to apply some efficient and timely remedy 

to an evil which they conceive must otherwise lead 

to the most disastrous consequences, was presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Members of the Hulme Branch of Breweries ang 
the Temperance Society ;—and, Dublin; praying P'stillerics. 
the House to stop the use of grain in Breweries 
and Distilleries,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from District of West Brixton ;—and, Tax Assessors 
District of Prestbury; complaining of the inadequacy **¢ Collectors. 
of the remuueration given to Assessors and Collect- 
ors of Property, Income, Land and Assessed Taxes ; 
and praying the House to take their case into consi- 
deration,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition from Ipswich, praying the House to Navigation 
refuse their assent to a repeal, or any fundamental Laws. 





alteration in the Navigation Laws, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Navigation Laws. 


A Petition of Clergy of the United Dioceses of Marriage. 
Down and Connor and Dromore, praying that the 
House will be pleased to discountenance Marriages 
between widowers and their deceased wives’ sisters, 
as well by refusing to repeal any laws that at present 
forbid them, as by enacting any others which the 
House may devise, conducive to the same end, was 


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


A Petition of John Todd Merrich, of New Oxford- Metropolitan 
street, in the county of Middlesex, Paper Stainer and Buildings Act. 
Manufacturer, complaining of the conduct of the 
District Surveyor and the Official Referees appointed 
under the Metropolitan Buildings Act, in reference 
to the premises recently erected by him for the pur- 
poses of his manufacture, and of an information a 
laid against the builder of the factory by the District 
Surveyor, and which proceedings being irregular 
were quashed, and praying that an inquiry may be 
directed by the House into the operation of the said 
Act, and that he may be heard, by himself, his 
counsel, agents and witnesses, before the Committee 
to whom the same may be referred, in support of 
the allegations contained in his Petition, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Carlingford ;—and, Wells (Nor- Ports, a 
folk); praying that the Ports, Harbours, &amp;c. Bill crete} — 
introduced in the last Session, may pass into law,— 


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


A Petition of Shipowners of the Port of Rye, Lighthouses. 
praying the House to pass a law in accordance with 
the recommendation of the Select Committee on 
Lighthouses, &amp;c., was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Reverend F. W. Maberly, Vicar Seed Corn 
of Great Facbro’, in the county of Suffolk, praying (ime) 
the House to adopt measures for providing Seed for 
sowing the land in Jreland, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce and Carlisle Mail 
Manufactures of the city of Edinburgh, praying 
the House to recommend the immediate establish- 
ment of a second direct Mail to Carlisle, or the 
continuance of the Dumfries and Edinburgh Mail, 





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or such other arrangement as will effect the acce- 
leration of communication with Carlisle, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the 
Union of Drogheda, praying that if any alteration 
be made in the Jrish Poor Law it shall be one ex- 
tending the basis of rating for Poor Law purposes 
to all capital which by its direct operation has the 
effect of creating paupers amongst the working and 
manufacturing population, and for which in the 
opinion of the Petitioners it is justly chargeable, 
and that the House will not abrogate the 44th sec- 
tion of Act 1 and 2 Vic., being the Act for the Re- 
lief of the Destitute Poor in Ireland, because it 
provides for the unions or annexation of the elec- 
toral divisions with the consent of the Guardians 
and of the Poor Law Commissioners, and by making 
such union or annexation of electoral divisions an 
equality of rates is already provided for, and any 
district legislation for an union rate they conceive 
is superfluous; and also that the salutary distinc- 
tion embodied in the 44th section of the said Act 
may be maintained, which exempts the man who 
does his duty, and punishes by pecuniary infliction 
the proprietor who will neglect the interest and wel- 
fare of the population entrusted to his charge, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Guardians of the Poor of the 
Stepney Union, in the county of Middlesex, praying 
that an efficient Poor Law may be passed for Jre- 
land, founded on the principle of the 43d of Eliza- 
beth, and making permanent provision out of the 
property of Zreland for the maintenance of the aged, 
impotent and destitute poor of that country, and 
also for the employment or subsistence of the able- 
bodied when in a state of destitution, was also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Aghina ;—and, Rathcormac and 
Gortroe ; stating, that in the opinion of the Peti- 
tioners, no Poor Law will meet the case of Ireland, 
which does not insure the right of the able-bodied, 
as well as of the infirm poor, to out-door relief; and 
praying the House to enact a law for that purpose,— 
were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Parochial Board of 


the city parish of Glasgow, stating that, in the 
opinion of the Petitioners, anabsolute necessity exists 
for the introduction of a sufficient Poor Law into 
Ireland, whereby an adequate provision shali be 
made for the relief and support of the impotent, infan- 
tine, diseased and aged poor of that country, and 
that the fund for this purpose should be raised by an 
assessment upon all incomes, whether arising from 
real or personal property; that the Petitioners feel 
persuaded had such a law as this existed in [reland 
they would not have to complain of the present in- 
flux of Jrish paupers, who are absorbing a large 
proportion of the rate levied for the poor properly 
belonging to that parish, by accustoming and in- 
structing them to look to parochial aid for support 
instead of depending upon their own exertions ; and 
praying the House to pass a measure embodying the 
views of the Petitioners, and also that the principle 
of granting out-door relief to the able-bodied poor 
under the provisions of the Poor Relief (Zreland) 
Bill may not be sanctioned, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Diocese of Kilmore ;—Electoral 
Division of Balbriggan ;—Donegal;—and, Galway ; 
praying that the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands,—were presented 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Henry Pearson, of the Middle 
Temple, Esquire, Barrister-at-Law, praying that the 
House will ferthwith carry into effect the principles 

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297 


recommended in the Report in 1839 of the Select i 
Committee on Church Leaseholds, and take early 
measures for enfranchising that property, with a due 
consideration of the interests of the lessees as well as ; 
of the church, or adopt other measures with the same 
view, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. ) 


Petitions from Falkirk (Provost) ;—and, Presby- Registering | 
tery of Tain (Clerk); praying that the Registering po ee “% 
Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not pass into law,— — -_ 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of Clerk to the Presbytery of Elgin, Registering 
praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) rae 
Bill; and, Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not pass gin; ana, 
into law, was presented, and read; and ordered to Marriage 
lie upon the Table. — | 

Petitions from Presbytery of Kirkcaldy ;—Pres-" * 
bytery of Haddington;—and, Presbytery of Turiff; ! 
praying the House to take into favourable considera- i 
tion the interests of the Petitioners and of Education F 
in Scotland, so as either to preserve to them the k 
rights and emoluments they at present possess, or to 
provide compensation for the loss of their vested 
rights, should the said Bills pass into law,—were : 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon i 
the ‘Table. 


Petitions from Balrothery Union ;—and, Union of Railways 
Cootehill; praying the House to adopt measures for es 
promoting the prompt construction of Railways in 
Ireland, and thereby provide increased employment 
at the present crisis,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Norwich ;—and, Chorley Union ; Poor Removal 
praying for the repeal or alteration of the Poor Re- 4**- 
moval Act,—were presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Settlement and Poor 
Removal. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens Settlement. | 
of the city of Norwich, praying that the House will 
be pleased to repeal all the existing laws relating to 
the Settlement and Removal ofthe Poor in England 
and Wales, or to amend and alter the same, was 
presented and read; and referred to the Se’ect 
Committee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


Petitions from Old Sampford ;— Brill ;— Goodick Education. 
(two Petitions);— Fishguard (six Petitions); — ' 
Rhos-y-caerau ; — Southwell ; — Enfield; — Bury 
Saint Edmund's ;—Astwood Bank (two Petitions) ; 
— Worcester ; — Kettering ; —Newcastle-upon-Tyne 
(two Petitions) ; — Haverfordwest ; —Hereford ;— 
and, Hartlepool (two Petitions) ; praying the House 
to reject the plan of Education proposed by Her 
Majesty’s Government,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s public Works 
Command,—A Return, showing the average daily (Ireland.) ' 
Number of Persons employed on Relief Works in No. 241. ! 
Ireland, during the week ending the 20th March 
1847, also the Cost; distinguishing the Amount paid 
in Wages, and the Cost of the Establishment; so 
far as can be made out from the Estimates and Pay 
Lists already received. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 1 
Table; and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Poor Relict 
into a Committee upon the Poor Relief (Jreland) (Heland) Bill 
Bill. 

(in the Committee.) 


Cxiavse, (And whereas it is expedient to extend 
the power given to the Poor Law Commissioners 
in the said recited Act of the second year of Her 
present Majesty, for the purchase or hire of land 
to be occupied with any Workhouse ; Be it Enacted, 
That the said Commissioners may purchase or hire 

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any land to such extent as they may think desirable 
for the purpose of employing the able-bodied desti- 
tute Poor of any Union thereon, to be occupied with 
any Workhouse, and may from time to time sell or 
otherwise dispose of the same, and for this purpose 
shall have the same powers and authorities as are 
given to them in the said recited Act, with respect 
to any lands “eon by or vested in them by or 
under the authority of the said Act}——brought up. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a first time put, and Negatived. 


CravseE (To facilitate the emigration of occupiers 
of land rated at a net arinual value, not exceeding 
£.5) added. 


Crause (And be it Enacted, That no person who 
shall be in the occupation, whether under lease or 
agreement, or as tenant at will, or from vear to 
year, or in any other manner whatsoever, of any land 
of greater extent than the of a statute acre, shall 
be deemed and taken to be a destitute poor person 
under the provisions of this Act, or of any former 
Act of Parliament ; nor shall it be lawful for any 
Board of Guardians to grant any relief whatever in 
or out of the workhouse to any such occupier, his 
wife or children; and if anv person having been 
such occupier as aforesaid, shall apply to any Board 
of Guardians for relief as a destitute poor person, 
it shall not be lawful to such Guardians to grant 
such relief, until they shall be satisfied that such 
person has bond fide and without collusion absolutely 
parted with and surrendered any right or title 
which he may have had to the occupation of any 
land over and above such extent as aforesaid, of 
one of a statute acre) brought up, 
and read 1°. 

Several Amendments made. 

Clause read 2°. 


Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
as amended, be added to the Bill; 
The Committee divided : 


Tellers forthef Mr. Gregory, 








Yeas, \ Mr. Bellew : laaz. 
Tellers forthe ¢ Mr. William Smith O’ Brien, 
Noes, Mr. Curteis : } 7 


Cause (And whereas it appears that in the form- 
ation of electoral divisions pauperism has been so 
allocated, in respect of the property liable for its 
relief, as to cause the pressure of Poor-rate Taxa- 
tion to be very unequal: Be it therefore Enacted, 
That the Poor Law Commissioners shall revise and 
reconstitute the electoral divisions of the several 
Unions in such a manner as that the pauperism of 
each district shall bear to the property liable for 
its relief as pearly an uniform proportion throughout 
each Union as circumstances will allow) brought 
up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause 
be read a second time——put, and Negatived. 


Cause (And whereas much inconvenience has 
been found to result from the great size of several 
of the Unions of Ireland: Be it Enacted, That the 
Poor Law Commissioners shall revise and recon- 
stitute the Unions, so that no Union shall contain 
more than one hundred and fifty thousand acres) 
——brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time put, and Negatived. 

Criavuse (And be it Enacted. That for each 
electoral division there shall be formed a Relief 
Committee, consisting of the Justices of the Peace 
residing or possessing rateable property in such 
electoral division; of the Roman Catholic, Epis- 
copalian Protestant, and Presbyterian Clergymen 
usually officiating in the churches existing ‘in such 
electoral division; of the Guardians of the Poor 
elected for such electoral division ; and of Wardens 
elected in the proportion of one for eve 

inhabitants of such electoral division, ac- 











cording to Census One thousand eight hundred 
and + Sadia which Wardens shall be elected 
at the same time, and in the same manner as the 
Guardians of the Poor are elected)——brought up, 
and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause 
be read asecond time put, and Negatived. 


Cuause (And whereas it has been found that the 
rate required to repay the original cost of building 
the workhouses presses very unequally upon pro- 
perty in the several Unions of Ireland; Be it En- 
acted, That the repayment of the loans borrowed 
under direction of the Poor Law Commissioners, for 
the construction of the workhouses, shall be de- 
frayed by means of a rate leviable according to the 
net valuation, as an uniform poundage upon all 
rateable property throughout Jreland)——brought 
up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time put, and Negatived. 


Crass (And whereas it has been found that the 
standard of valuation differs very much in the se- 
veral Unions of Jreland; Be it therefore Enacted, 
That the Poor Law Commissioners shall take im- 
mediate steps for obtaining an uniform valuation of 
rateable property throughout Jreland, in so far as 
the same may be attained by the Acts now in force 
relative to Ireland) brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time put, and Negatived. 


Cxiause (And be it Enacted, That persons receiv- 
ing fixed incomes from rateable property by way of 
jointure, rent-charge or any other annuity, not being 
created in satisfaction for debt, shall be liable to all 
rates levied for the relief of the poor in the same 
manner as if the incomes so received were receivable 
as rent) brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time——put, and Negatived. 


Ciavuse (And be it Enacted, That it shall be 
lawful for the Guardians of any Union, if they shall 
so think fit, to put out to nurse and to contract from 
half-year to half-year for the maintenance of any 
orphans or deserted children whom they may con- 
sider fit objects for relief, and to order payment out 
of the rates, and charge against the Union at large 
such sums as may be agreed upon between the 
Guardians and the persons so contracting for the 
maintenance of such orphans or deserted children : 
Provided always, That no such contract or payment 
shall continue after any orphan or deserted child, 
for whose maintenance such contract shall have 
been made, shall have attained the age of thirteen 
years ; and provided also, that such children shall 
be brought before the Guardians at least twice in 
each year during the subsistence of such contract ; 
and that in entering into such contract, due provision 
shall be made for their education and training in 
habits of industry, during the period of such their 
maintenance out of the workhouse)——brought up, 
and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time put, and Negatived. 


Crause (Extending the Provisions of the Act 
7 Vict. c. 92, for the Emigration of Poor Persons, 
to such Poor Persons as may not have been the in- 
mates of any workhouse for the period of three 
months) added. 


Cuause (Whereas it is necessary to make further 
provision for the reception, care and maintenance of 
destitute poor persons, who from accidents or other 
causes require surgical assistance in an hospital ; 
Be it Enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Guar- 
dians of any Union to pay out of the rates the cost 
incurred in conveying such destitute poor persons 
to an hospital, and in maintaining such destitute 
poor persons therein: Provided always, that the 





























names of such destitute persons so sent to such 
hospital 


Army Service 
Bill. 


Customs 
Duties Bill, 


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hospital shall be duly entered on the registry of 
paupers by the Chairman of the Board of Guardians 
of the Union to which they may belong, as in the 
case of paupers admitted to the poorhouse) 
brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time——-put, and Negatived. 

Cause (Religious service in workhouses) 
added. 

Cuiause (And be it Enacted, That, save as herein- 
after provided, it shall not be lawful for any occu- 
pier of rateable property holding under any lease 
or agreement to be made or entered into after the 
passing of this Act, nor for any tenant at will, or 
from year to year, after the first day of January 
One thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, to de- 
duct from the rent to which he may be liable in 
respect of such property, any amount whatever in 
respect of any rate which may be imposed at any 
period subsequent to the date of such lease or agree- 
ment, or subsequent to such 1st day of January, as 
the case may be) brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be read a second time; 

The Committee divided : 











Tellers forthe ¢ Mr. Shaw, 96 
Yeas, | Sir William Jolliffe : } . 
Tellers forthe { Mr. Tufnell, 79 
Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: } : 


Crause (And whereas, under an Act passed in the 
Session held in the third and fourth years of His late 
Majesty King William, intituled, “ An Act to alter 
and amend the Laws respecting the Temporalities of 
the Church in Jreland,” it was among other matters 
enacted, that a yearly tax, rate, or assessment shall be 
levied off all Archbishopricks, Bishopricks, and Ec- 
clesiastical Benetices when the same shall severally 
become void next after the passing of that Act, and 
that half-yearly payments should, under the like cir- 
cumstances, be paid by the Archbishops of Armagh 
and by the Bishops of Derry; and whereas it is but 
just that the parties above named, so paying, should 
have the power of deducting a proportion of the Poor 
Rate paid by them ; Be it Enacted, That every Arch- 
bishop, Bishop, or person holding any Ecclesiastical 
Benefice, may deduct from any payment to be 
made to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, a sum 
bearing the same proportion to the whole sum so 
payable by him as the Poor Rate paid by such 
individual bears to the entire of the income which he 
derives from such Archbishoprick, Bishoprick, or 
other Ecclesiastical Benefice), brought up, and 
read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time put, and Negatived. 

Ciavses (Additional Land may be occupied by 
the Guardians ; Unions may be altered without the 
consent of the Guardians; Rating of Tithes)—— 
added. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 











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


Martis, 30° die Martii, 1847: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Army Service Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Greene reported the Customs Duties Bill; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 
Vou, 102. 


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299 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Sup- Supply ; 
ply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five hun- 
dred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Expenses incurred for the Relief of 
Distress in Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1847. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six hun- 
dred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
towards defraymg the Expense which will probably 
be incurred for the Relief of Distress in Jreland, 
during the year ending the 31st day of March 1848. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty Civil Contin- 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 8° 
wards defraying the Charge of Civil Contingencies, 
to the 31st day of March 1848. 

4, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty New Houses of 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- Parliament. 
wards defraying the Expense of the Works at the 

New Housesof Parliament, to the 31st day of March 

1848, 

5. Resolved, That a Sum not exceeding Twenty British 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on Muscum. 
account, towards defraying the Charges of the 
British Museum, for the year ending on the 25th 
day of March 1848. 

he said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Relief of 
Distress in 
Ireland. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Ways Ways and 
and Means, a Kesolution; which was read, as fol- Means; 
loweth : 

Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply Exchequer 
granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Eighteen Mii- Bills. 
lion three hundred and ten thousand and seven 
hundred pounds, be raised by Exchequer Bills, for 
the service of the year 1847. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Greene, the Chancellor of 
the Exchequer and Mr. Parker do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

The Order of the day being read, for the Second Railways Bill. 
Reading of the Railways Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 16th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third omer 
Reading of the Landed Property (Zreland) Bill; op ; 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill be read the third time ae. 
upon Friday the 16th day of April next. 


The Poo? Relief Laws Execution (Jreland) Bill Poor Relief 
: . Laws Exccu- 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and tion (Treland) 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for Bill. 


Monday the 12th day of April next. 


The Fever (Ireland) Bill was, according to Order, Fever ; 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee (ireland) Bill, 
of the whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 

mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 

solve itself into the said Committee. 


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

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Naval Service 
mittee on the Naval Service of Boys Bill; ot Boys Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 14th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Mutiny Bill, 
Reading of the Mutiny Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 





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Marine 
Mutiny Bill. 


Holyhead 
Harbour Bill. 


River Clyde 
and Port of 
Glasgow. 


No, 242. 


Royal Assent 
to Bills. 


Drainage of 
Land Bill. 


Llynvi Iron 
Company Bill. 


Whiteburn 
and Kelso and 
Lauder and 
Kelso Roads 


Bill. 


Shipping. 


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The ingrossed Bill for the Regulation of Her 
Majesty’s Royal Marine Forces while on Shore, was, 
according to cuter, read the third time; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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


Ordered, That the Copy of the Report of Captains 


Dennison and Bethune to the Board of Admiralty, | 


on the State of the River Clyde and Port of Glasgow, 
which was presented upon the 16th day of July, in 
the last Session of Parliament, be printed. 


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





Martis, 30° die Marti: ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


A. 1847. 


British from Foreign Vessels :— Returns of the 
Number and Tonnage of Sailing Vessels registered 
at each of the Ports of the Colonies of the United 
| Kingdom respectively, distinguishing those under 
and those above Fifty tons register, on the 31st day 
‘of December 1846 :— Similar Returns of Steam 

Vessels and Tonnage :—And, Return of the Num- 
| ber of Vessels, with their Tonnage (distinguishing 
Steam from Sailing Vessels), that were built and 
| registered ; also, a Similar Return of Vessels sold 
| and transferred ; also, a Similar Return of Vessels 
wrecked ; also, a Similar Return of Vessels broken 
up, in the year 1846 (in continuation of Parliamen- 
tary Paper, No. 155, of Session 1846). 


ruary last, for Accounts relating to the Import, 
Export and Consumption of Corn, Grain, Meal and 
Flour, in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1847: Statements of the Weekly Average Price of 
| Wheat, the Duty Average and the Rate of Duty; 
|also, the Quantities charged with Duty, and the 
Amount of Duty received thereon, distinguishing 
Foreign from Colonial, in each week, from the 5th 
day of January 1846 to the 5th day of January 
1847 :—Of the Quantities of each kind of Grain, 
distinguishing Foreign from Colonial, imported, 
paid Duty, and remaining in Warehouse, in each 








/ Message, by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of | month of the year 1846, together with the Average 


4, the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 


| monthly Price of Wheat in England and Wales :— 
Account of the Annual Average Prices of Wheat 
in Guernsey and Jersey, with the Quantities im- 


Return to an Order, dated the 25th day of Feb- Corn, &amp;. 


Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to | ported and exported in the year 1846 :—Statements 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do | of the Total Quantities of Wheat and Wheat Flour 
desire the immediate attendance of this Honourable | imported into and exported from Great Britain, in 
House in the House of Peers, to hear the Commis-| the year 1846 :—Of the several kinds of Grain and 





sion read. | Meal imported from each Country, and likewise of 
Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went | the Quantities re-exported to each Country, in the 
up to the House of Peers:—And being returned; | year 1846 :—Accounts of the Total Amount and 


Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the Average Rate of Duty received on each kind of 


desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 


Grain, distinguishing Foreign and Colonial, during 


Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of | the continuance of the Act 5 Vic., c. 14, together 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal | with similar Returns from the passing of the Act 


was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 


Assent to the several Public Bills therein mentioned ; 
| 


9 and 10 Vic., c. 22 (26th June 1846), to the 5th 


| day of January 1847 :—Of the Quantities of each 


and that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared | kind of Grain which paid the several Rates of Duty 


the Royal Assent to the said Bills: Which Bills are | 
as follow: 


during the continuance of the Act 5 Vic., c. 14, 
together with similar Returns from the passing of 


An Act to explain and amend the Act authorizing | the Act 9 and 10 Vie., c. 22 (26th June 1846), to 
the Advance of Money for the Improvement of Land, | the 5th day of January 1847 :—Of the Total Quan- 
by Drainage, in Great Britain. | tities of each kind of Grain, Foreign and Colonial, 

An Act for regulating Proceedings by or against; with the Total Amount of Duty paid on each kind, 
the Zlynvi Iron Company, and for granting certain | and the Average Rate thereof, during the continu- 
Powers thereto. | ance of the Act 5 Vic., c. 14, together with similar 

An Act for the continued Repair and Mainte- Returns from the passing of the Act 9 and 10 Vic., 
nance of the Road, from or near Whiteburn, in the | ¢. 22 (26th June 1846), to the 5th day of January 
County of Berwick, to the Town of Kelso, in the | 1847:—Of the Quantities of Corn and Meal im- 
County of Roxburgh, and to authorize the Transfer | ported into Great Britain from Ireland in the year 
of a Portion of the said Road to the Trustees of the | ended the 5th day of January 1847 :—Of the Annual 
Road from Lauder, to and through Kelso, to the | Quantities of Wheat, Barley and Oats sold in the 


Marchburn. | different Towns in Great Britain and Wales from 


Mr. Law, from the Treasury, was called in; and at | 


which the Averages were taken in the years 1843, 
1844, 1845, 1846 and 1847, ending the 5th day of 


the bar presented, pursuant to Orders,—Return to an _ January in each year; and the Annual Average 


Order, dated the 22d day of January last, for Returns 
of the Number and Tonnage of Sailing Vessels 
registered at each of the Ports of Great Britain | 
and Ireland, including the Isle of Man and Channel | 
Islands, distinguishing those under and those above 
Fifty tons register, on the 31st day of December | 
1846 :—Similar Returns of Steam Vessels and their | 
Toinage :—Returns of the Number and Tonnage 
of Vessels that entered and cleared Coastwise at 
each of the Ports of Great Britain and Ireland, | 
Isle of Man and Channel Islands (including their 
repeated Voyages), distinguishing Steam from Sail- 
ing, between the 31st day of December 1845 and 
the 31st day of December 1846:—Like Returns 
from and to the Colonies; further distinguishing 
British feom Foreign Vessels: —And, like Returns 
from and to Foreign Ports; also distinguishing 


Prices at each of the different ‘Towns :—Of the 
septennial Prices of each kind of Grain, as prepared 
for the Purposes of the Tithe Commissioners, in 
each year, from 1835 to 1847, together with the 
Annual Average Price of Grain for the same 
period, 


Accounts of Public Revenue and Expenditure Revenue and 
from 1822 to 1846, both inclusive ; showing, (1) the Expenditure. 


Amount received in each year from the Ordinary 
Revenue; (2) the Amount received from other 
sources ; (3) the Total Revenue in each year, de- 
ducting Drawbacks and Repayments ; (4) the 
Charges of Collection and other Payments out of 
the Revenue, in its progress to the Exchequer ; (5) 
the Charge of the Public Debt, funded and un- 
funded ; (6) the Amount of all other Expenditure ; 
(7) the Total Expenditure for each year :—And, of 

the 





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the Expenditure for the Army, Navy and Ordnance, 
from 1822 to 1846, both inclusive, distinguishing 
under each year, and under each head, the Expen- 
diture, (1) for the Effective Service; (2) for the 
Non-effective Service ; (3) the Total Expenditure. 
British Copy of any Treasury Minute, authorizing the 
Guartition, 2#cceptance, on the part of Official Departments, of 
the Bond of the British Guarantee Association, 
for the fidelity of Persons in the Service of Her 
Majesty, in lieu of Private Sureties. 
— Copy of a Memorial to the First Lord of the 
muscu Treasury, presented on the 10th day of March, by 
Members of the British Association for the Ad- 
vancement of Science, and of other scientific Socie- 
ties, respecting the Management of the British 
Museum, with the names affixed. 
Royal Military Mr. Law also presented, pursuant to the directions 
AVoolwizh.) of an Act of Parliament,—Extract of Treasury 
Croo'wie') Minute, dated 16th March 1847, granting a Super- 
annuation Allowance to Professor Barlow, of the 
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich :—And then 
he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 
Edinburgh The Clerk laid upon the Table, pursuant to Order, 
and Perth —Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 


Railway Bill. 3 R atte 
ey a Committee on Standing Orders relative to the Edin- 


burgh and Perth Railway Bill. 


a Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
uvemen® “Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 


Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
additional provision in the Bolton Improvement Bill, 
the Standing Orders have been complied with. 


Northampton, A Petition of Charles Parker, of Lincoln's-Inn 
Banbury and Fje/ds, in the county of Middlesex, Gentleman, pray- 
Cheltenham. a . 
Railway Bill Ig that an officer of the House may be ordered to 
(1846.) attend at the hearing of a certain cause at the pre- 
sent assize for the county of Surrey, and produce the 
estimate of the Northampton, Banbury and Chelten- 
ham Railway Bill of Session 1846, was presented, 
and read. 
Ordered, That leave be given to the proper of- 
ficer to attend accordingly. 


LoanSocieties. Mr. Zidd Pratt, the Barrister appointed to certify 
the Rules of Friendly Societies, was called in; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of an 
Act of Parliament,—An Abstract of Accounts of 
Loan Societies in England and Wales, to the 31st 
December 1846 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Shipley The House proceeded to take into consideration 
aaa the Report on the Shipley Gas Bill ; and the Amend- 
ments were read a second time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That this House doth agree with 
the Committee in the said Amendments ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That’’ to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ the Bill be re-committed to a Select Committee,”’ 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

And the Question being put, That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the said Amend- 
ments :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 
ale Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
(ell on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Report.) — presented upon the 25th and 26th days of 
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30° Marti, 301 


this instant March; and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Ordered, That the Sutton Harbour Improvement Sutton Har- 
Bill be referred to the Commissioners of Railways ; bur Improve~ 
and that the said Bill be not considered in Com-™"* BY 
mittee until the Commissioners shall have reported 
upon the Bills promoted by the London and South 
Western Railway Company, in conformity with the 
Resolutions of this House of the 23d day of Febru- 
ary last. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to enable the Edin- Edinburgh 
burgh and Northern Railway Company to make a 2nd Northern 
Deviation and Extension of their Branch Railway roan | Sui 
to Dunfermline; to make another Railway from Burntisland to 
their Strathearn Deviation Railway to the Scottish Duntermline 
Central Railway ; and to make an Alteration in the fae atu 

? (No. 2.) Bill. 
manner of constructing the said Branch and Strath- 
earn Deviation across certain Roads, and the Hal- 
beath Railway: And the same was read the first 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The British Commercial Insurance Company British Com- 


(No. 2.) Bill was read a second time; and com- mercial Insur- 
ance Company 


mitted. No. 2.) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Chen , 
mittee of Selection. 


The Coventry, Banbury and Oxford Junction Coventry, 


Railway Bill was read a second time; and com- Banbury and 
mitted Oxford June- 


: tion Railwa 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bill. , 


mittee of Selection. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Westminster 
of the Petition for the Westminster and Part of MZid- and Part of 
dlesex Sewers Bill, which, upon Friday last, was moma 
made from the Select Committee on Standing Or-~ , 
ders, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to explain and amend the Laws of Sewers relating 
to the City and Liberty of Westminster, and part of 
Middlesex: And that Lord Robert Grosvenor and 
Mr. Henry Berkeley do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Dublin 
posed, That the Dublin Improvement Bill be now Improvement 
read a second time :—And the said Motion was,” 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 16th day of April next. 


The Chester and Holyhead Railway (Extensions Chester and 
at Chester and Holyhead, &amp;c.) (No. 2.) Bill was, ac- — 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- (Extensions at 
mitted. Chester and 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill be referred to the Com- Holyhead, &amp;c. 


mittee of Selection. (No. 2.) Bill. 


The Falmouth Waterworks Bill was read a second Falmouth 
time ; and committed. Waterworks 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- i 
mittee of Selection. 


The Rathmines Improvement Bill was read a se- Rathmines 
cond time ; and committed. Improvement 
Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be referred to the Com- B#/ 
mittee of Selection. 


The Inverness Municipal and Police, &amp;c., Bill was Inverness 
read a second time ; and committed. Municipal and 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- —” ae. 

mittee of Selection. ; 


The Blackburn Improvement, Market, &amp;c., Bill Blackburn 
was read a second time; and committed. Improvement, 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- — we 

mittee of Selection. i 


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302 30° Martie. 


Tunstall Pave The Tunstall Paving, Lighting, Cleansing, Watch- 
Clee, ing, Improvement and Market Bill was read a se- 
Watching, cond time; and committed. 

Improvement Qrdered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


= mittee of Selection. 


-Harwich and — Petitions of the Mayor and Burgesses of the bo- 


—— rough of Harwich, in the county of Essex ;——and, 


Railway and Merchants, Shipowners and others connected with or 
Pier (from interested in the trade and communication between 
era England and Northern and Central Europe ; stating 
Union Rail- that the magnitude of the trade between England 
way atArd- and Northern and Central Europe renders it of 
ps Sor the utmost importance that the communication be- 
UnionRailway tween this country and the opposite coasts of the 
(Branch from German Ocean should be expeditious, regular, safe 
to artiohy and effectual ; that, from its position, the port of 
Bill Harwich is the natural point of communication 
between England and Northern and Central Europe, 
and, prior to the employment of Steam Vessels 
on the Thames, it was the packet station for the 
Dutch, Hamburg, Gottenburg and Elsineur mails, 
the port used by the Royal Family in their passages 
between England and Germany, and the focus of 
the passenger traffic between all parts of the king- 
dom, and Holland, Germany, al the whole of the 
north of Europe. It has also served from time im- 
memorial as a harbour of refuge for vessels navi- 
gating the German Ocean, of which upwards cf a 
thousand at one time have frequently lain at anchor 
within its spacious and commodious haven; that 
from the report made to the Lords of the Treasury 
by the Commissioners of Harbours of Refuge, it 
appears that the harbour of Harwich is one of very 
great importance to the trade of the country ; it is 
one of the finest, and may be rendered one of the 
most useful, havens in the kingdom ; it has a sufli- 
cient depth of water and good holding ground over 
an extent capable of holding many hundred ships ; 
it is remarkably well situated for the convenience of 
a Worth Sea squadron, and for the protection of the 
mouth of the Thames; it is the only safe harbour 
along the eastern coast of England, and is in the 
direct line of traffic between the Thames and the 
northern ports of the kingdom, as well as of the 
trade from the north of Europe; it has a dockyard, 
with building slips, belonging to the Crown, and 
the property there under the Ordnance Department 
is extensive; and that nothing is more manifest than 
the fact, that Harwich is the proper place for a 
squadron of steamers on the station, as well as a 
harbour of refuge for merchant vessels; and the 
Commissioners expressed their decided opinion as 
to the necessity of taking immediate measures for 
the preservation and improvement of the harbour ; 
that from evidence given before a Committee of the 
House by officers engaged on the survey of the 
North Sea, it is ascertained that the port of Harwich 
is accessible in all weathers and at all times of the 
tide ; and that the mails despatched from the Lon- 
don General Post-office at the usual hour, would, 
by being transmitted by Railway to Hurwich, and 
there embarked, arrive in Holland at about the 
same time as that at which they now leave the River 
Thames ; while for passengers, the delay, inconve- 
nience and danger of the intricate navigation of the 
Swin and the mouth of the Thames would be alto- 
gether avoided ; that from the operation of the new 
tariff, the trade with Holland and Germany has of 
late been very much developed, and there is every 
prospect of its further iucreasing to a vast extent ; 
so that the necessity for affording every facility to 
the communication with those countries has become 
more urgent ; that a direct line of Railway between 
Hamburg and Trieste is now for the most part open, 
and during the course of the present year is expected 
to be completed throughout; and that other Rail- 
ways through Holland and Germany are in a state 
of forwardness, all leading towards J’rieste, whereby 
another road to the Levant, Indiaand China will be 











A. 1847. 


available, which in the event of a war would be of 
the utmost importance to the nation at large, as well 
as Her Majesty’s Government; that any general 
system for strengthening the natural defences of the 
kingdom must necessarily be imperfect so long as 
the only good harbour on the eastern coast, and the 
most impertant one on account of its proximity to 
the mouth of the Thames, remains without being 
connected with the metropolis by means of a Rail- 
way; that the Government works recommended by 
the Commissioners of Harbours of Refuge for the 
preservation and improvement of the harbour of 
Harwich have been commenced and are in active 
progress, and a considerable expenditure of the 
public money has been made in the full expectation 
of the formation of such a Railway; that it is now 
more than ten years since a Railway was first pro- 
jected between the metropolis and Harwich; but, 
owing to various circumstances, such a project has 
not yet been realised ; and the port of Harwich, 
which, from its importance in a national point of 
view, should have been among the first, is the last to 
receive Railway accommodation ; that a Railway is, 
however, now completed, and open from London to 
Colchester and Ipswich ; so that the length of Rail- 
way remaining to be formed for connecting Harwich 
with the metropolis, and also with the western and 
northern portion of the kingdom, is inconsiderable ; 
that in the Session of 1843~1844 two Bills for the 
formation of competing lines of Railway to Harwich 
were submitted to Parliament, both of which were 
thrown out; that in the ensuing year two other Bills 
were introduced, but they were lost on Standing Or- 
ders; and that in the last Session of Parliament the 
two Bills were again brought forward, when the one 
was rejected by this House, and the other by the 
House of Lords; that in the present Session of Par- 
liament two competing schemes for the formation of 
a Railway to Harwich have again been submitted to 
the House, of which the one is by a Bill for making 
a Railway from the station of the Eastern Union 
Railway, at Ardleigh, to Harwich, distance 13} 
miles, intituled, The Harwich and Eastern Counties 
Junction Railway and Pier Bill; and the other is 
by a Bill for making a Railway from the station of 
the Eastern Union Railway, at Manningtree, to Har- 
wich, distance 10} miles, intituled, The Eastern 
Union and Harwich Railway and Pier Bill; that 
for the several reasons hereinbefore stated, it is most 
desirable and important that one of the said two 
Railway Bills should become an Act of Parliament 
during the present Session ; that in the last Session 
of Parliament an Act was passed for constituting a 
Board of Commissioners of Railways, with powers, 
if so directed by the House, to mquire into and 
report on the merits of competing schemes ; and 
praying that the merits of the said two competing 
Railway schemes be referred to the said Board of 
Commissioners of Railways to inquire into and 
report thereon, so that another Session of Parlia- 
ment may not close without the public being bene- 
fited by the passing of an Act for the formation of 
a Railway to Harwich,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petitions be printed, at the 
expense of the parties. 


A Petition of Magistrates of the Atherstone Divi- Trent Valley 
sion of the county of Warwick, acting at Nuneaton, Railway Bill. 
the Committee specially appointed by the Commis- 
sioners of the Coventry and Hinckley Turnpike- 
road, passing through JVuneaton, at a General 
Meeting of the ‘Trustees of the said Road, held at 
Coventry on the 24th day of December 1846, and 
of Inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood 
of Nuneaton aforesaid, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That an Act of Parliament has been 
obtained, authorizing the making of a Railway from 
Stafford to Rugby, called the Trent Valley Railway, 
which is intended to pass over the said Coventry 

and 





Midland Rail- 
way (Syston 
and Peterbo- 
rough Railway 
Deviations 
and Approach 
to Manton 
Station) Bill. 


Caledonian 
Railway 
(Lease of part 
of Glasgow, 
Dumfries and 
Carlisle Rail- 
way) Bill. 


Caledonian 
Railway 
(Branches 
from the 
Clydesdale 
Junction Rail- 
way to the 
Douglas and 
‘smahagow 
Minerai Fields, 
and to Strath- 
avon) Bill. 


10 Victoriz. 


and Hinckley Turnpike-road upon a level, to be se- 
cured by means of gates across the said turnpike ; 
that the said crossing is close to the end of the 
town of Nuneaton, separating part of the buildings 
and the station immediately adjoining the said turn- 
pike-road ; that Nuneaton itself has a population 
of some eight thousand, and the Hinckley-road is 
one of the largest thoroughfares in the parish, being 
scarcely free from passengers to and from Muneaton 
and the neighbourhood five minutes together during 
the day, as well as a large portion of the night; that 
the Trent Valley Railway, when completed, is ex- 
pected to be one of very general traffic, and that a 
great number of trains will necessarily pass in the 
course of every day and night, and that the obstruc- 
tion occasioned by the very frequent delays which 
must of necessity occur when a train is due, or is 
passing or waiting at the station (which is imme- 
diately adjoining), will be of the most serious injury 
to the free passage of the turnpike-road by the 
public; and the Petitioners are also greviously 
alarmed at the danger to which the inhabitants of 
Nuneaton, and particularly females and children, 
will be exposed in passing and repassing over the 
said Railway in their ordinary communications with 
the town, and their residences and properties on the 
opposite side ; that the Petitioners were not aware 
that a crossing on the level was intended to be at 
an elevation of six feet and six inches above the 
present surface of the Turnpike-road, which is one 
foot and six inches higher than the level stated on 
the Parliamentary Plan of the said Railway ; that 
the Petitioners are prepared to show that there is 
no necessity whatever for the said Railway crossing 
the said Turnpike-road upon a level; but that a 
safe and secure passage may be obtained by means 
of a passage under the said Railway, of the usual 
height and width required by the General Railway 
Acts; and praying that the House will, through the 
agency of the Board of Railway Commissioners, or 
otherwise, as may appear most proper in their dis- 
cretion, interfere and prevent the obstructions and 
dangers which must of necessity be the consequence 
of a level crossing of the public highway in such a 
situation as the present. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed, at the expense of the parties. 


A Petition of Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of 
land in the townships of Southorpe and Sutton, in 
the parishes of Barnoak and Castor, in the liberty 
of Peterborough, in the county of Northampton, 
praying that the Midland Railway (Syston and 
Peterborough Railway, Deviations and Approach 
to Manton Station) Bill may not pass into a law, 
as it now stands, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill. 


Petitions from Inhabitants of the burgh of Maz- 
welltown, and vicinity ;——Bankers, Merchants and 
Traders in the royal burgh of Annan;——-Magistrates 
and Town Council of the royal burgh of Annan ; 
and, Chairman of a Meeting of Magistrates, Town 
Council and Inhabitants at large of the royal burgh 
of Annan; praying that the Caledonian Railway 
(Lease of Part of Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle 
Railway) Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 





A Petition of the Right honourable Charles Lord 
Blantyre, praying that he may be heard, by himself, 
his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the 
Caledonian Railway (Branches from the Clydesdale 
Junction Railway to the Douglas and Lesmahagow 
Mineral Fields, and to Strathavon) Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 

VoL, 102. 


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303 


if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of the Company of Proprietors of the London, 
Grand Junction Canal;——and, Dame Rebecca foe ae 
Ricketts, of The Elms, Cheltenham, in the county of hebene now’ 
Gloucester, Widow; praying that they may be heard, Branches Bill. 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the London, Oxford and Cheltenham 
Railway and Branches Bill,—were presented, and 
read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of the Reverend John Gale Dalton —— -_ 
Thring, of Alford House, in the parish of Alford, “XCter San- 
in the sonal ot Somerset, Clerk ; : Inhabitants of bee 4 —— 
the town and parish of Somerton, in the county of Cary Branch) 
Somerset ;——and, Inhabitants of the town and pa- Bill 
rish of Langport, and the adjoining parish of Huish 
Episcopi, in the county of Somerset; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Bristol and 
Exeter Railway (Taunton and Castle Cary Branch) 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Petitions of John Williams Aldridge ;——Owners Yeovil, 
of land within the parishes of Crewkerne, Misterton Bridport and 
and Wayford, or some of them, in the county of So- — oe 
merset ;——John Hussey and Thomas Hussey, both Branches, Bill. 
of Lyme Regis, in the county of Dorset, Esquires, 
and Thomas Wilce, the younger, of Crewkerne, in 
the county of Somerset, Yeoman ;—— Thomas Davy 
and John Dening ;——and, James Welch, and others ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Yeovil, 
Bridport and Exeter Railway, with Branches, Bill, 
—were presented, and read. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of Ratepayers of the borough of Bel- Belfast Port 
fast, praying that they may be heard, by themselves, = Harbour 








their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Belfast Port and Harbour Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Lill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of James Scott Smith and George fastern Coun- 
Smith, of Buch’s-row, Whitechapel, in the county pte 
of Middlesex, Distillers, praying that they may be pe ste, soe a 
heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain stratford 
parts of the Eastern Counties Railway (Enlargement Stations and 
of London and Stratford Stations and Amendment Amdment 

a : of Acts) Bill. 
of Acts) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, Vhat the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property Herne Bay 
on the line or in the neighbourhood of the proposed = — 
j ' *: . ury Junction 
Herne Bay and Canterbury Junction Railway, pray- Railway Bill. 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 


eQq4 counsel 














Rochdale 
Canal (Sale to 
Manchester 
and Leeds 
Railway Com- 
pany) Bill. 


Rutherglen 

and Strath- 
bungo Road 
Bill. 


Ayr Harbour 
Bill. 


Leicester 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


South Eastern 
Railway 
(North Kent 
Line) Bill ; 
and, South 
Eastern Rail- 
way (Strood to 
Maidstone) 
Bill. 


Royston and 
Hitchin Rail- 
way (Exten- 
sion from 
Royston to 
Cambridge, 
axc.) Bill. 


304 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Herne 
Bay and Canterbury Junction Railway Bill, was 
presented, and read. . 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Owners and Occupiers of property 
through which the Rochdale Canal thereinafter 
mentioned passes or lies contiguous, and also Traders 
and Owners of boats navigated on the said canal; 
and, Merchants, Manufacturers, ‘Traders and 
others residing within the Todmorden Union along 
the line of the Rochdale Canal, in the counties of 
York and Lancaster; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Rochdale Canal (Sale 
to Manchester and Leeds Railway Company) Bill,— 
were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





A Petition of Trustees for executing an Act for 
amending and continuing several Acts for repairing 
roads in the county of Renfrew, and also of another 
Act for amending and continuing an Act for repair- 
ing roads in the county of Renfrew, and for alter- 
ing the Line of Road between Glasgow and Kil- 
marnock, in the said county, and Creditors or Obli- 
gants on the Tolls leviable under the said Acts; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Rutherglen and Strathbungo Road Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of James Oswald, of Auchencruive, 
m.P., and James M‘Clelland, Accountant, in Glas- 
gow, his Trustee; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Ayr Harbour Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Henry Vis- 
count Maynard, praying that he may be heard, by 
himself, his counsel or agent, against certain parts 
of the Leicester Waterworks Bill, was presented, 
and read, 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 
heard, by himself, bis counsel or agent, upon his 
Petition, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens 
of the city of Rochester, in the county of Kent, 
preying that the South Eastern Railway (North 
Keat Line) Bill; and, South Eastern Railway 
(Strood to Maidstone) Bill may pass into law, was 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions of the Master, Fellows and Scholars of 
the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, com- 
monly called Trinity College, in the University of 
Cambridge ; and, Francis Charles James Pem- 
berton, ot Trumpington, in the county of Cambridge, 





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A. 1847. 


Esquire; praying that they may be heard, by their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Roys- 
ton and Hitchin Railway (Extension from Royston 
to Cambridge, &amp;c.) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of the Master, Fellows and Scholars of Cambridge, 
the Holy and Undivided Trinity, commonly called i hae 
Trinity College, in the University of Cambridge ; Sanction Rail- 
——and, Francis Charles James Pemberton, of way Bill. 
Trumping: on, in the county of Cambridge, Esquire ; 
praying that they may be heard, by their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Cambridge, 

Saint Neot’s and Bedford Junction Railway bull, 
—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- : 
tioners heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


feet beet heed 


A Petition of the Dean and Canons of the King’s Windsor, 
Free Chapel of Saint George, within his Castle of Staines and 
Windsor, praying that they may be heard, by them- a 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts (Richmond to 
of the Windsor, Staines and South Western Rail- Windsor, &amp;c.) 
way (Richmond to Windsor, &amp;c.) Bill, was pre-”" 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers and Wakefield 
other Inhabitant Ratepayers of the borough of &amp;@s Bill. 
Wakefield, in the county of York, praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Wakefield Gas 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the North British Railway Com- York and 
pany, praying that they may be heard, by them- Newcastle, ; 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts an gly 
of the York and Newcastle, Newcastle and Berwick, North British 
and North British Railways Amalgamation Bill, Railways 

. : " Amalgama- 
was presented, and read. tion Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Trustees of the River Lee Naviga- Regent's Canal. 
tion, praying that they may be heard, by themselves, (Padting aie 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the gna Limehouse 
Regent’s Canal Company (Paddington and Lime- Railway and 
house Railway and Branch) Bill, was presented, and Branch) Bill 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Incorporated Society in Dub/in Midland Great 
for promoting English Protestant Schools in Jre- henge se 
a 21an 
land, praying that they may be heard, by them- (iatenslen 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts from Athlone 
of the Midland Great Western Railway of Treland te Galway) 


(Extension 











10 Vicroriz. 


(Extension from Athlone to Galway) Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
m favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Dundalk and _ A Petition of the Newry and Enniskillen Railway 
fuitway Bill Company, praying that they may be heard, by them- 


selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Dunkalk and Enniskillen Railway Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Tax Assessors A Petition of Assessors and Collectors of Pro- 

and Collectors. perty, Income, Land and Assessed Taxes, for the 
district of Dudley, in the county of Worcester, com- 
plaining ofthe inadequacy of the remuneration given 
to them for assessing and collecting the said taxes, 
and praying the House to take their case into con- 
sideration, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Promiscuous 


Petitions from Mewcastle-upon-Tyne (nine Peti- 
Tatercourse. 


tions) ;— Halifax ;— and, Bradford (York), (two 
Petitions); praying that the House will enact such 
laws with reference to the keepers of brothels and all 
persons trafficking in female virtue, as shall invest 
magistrates and officers of police with more sum- 
mary powers,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

Edu:ation. Petitions from South Petherton ;—and, Sheffield ; 
praying the House to withhold its consent from any 
further grants of public money for Educational pur- 
poses, and to address the Crown to revoke the 
powers vested in the Committee of Council on Edu- 
cation,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Metropolitan Ordered, That the Petition of John Todd Merrick, 
Buildings Act. relative to the Metropolitan Buildings Act, which 
was presented yesterday, be printed. 

Malt. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Amount of Duty charged upon 
Malt, the Number of Quarters of Malt upon which 
such Duty was charged, and the Population of 
England and Wales in the year 1700: —Of the 
Amount of Duty charged upon Malt, the Number 
of Quarters of Malt upon which such Duty was 
charged in each year, during the years 1840, 1841, 
1842, 1843, 1844, 1845 and 1846 respectively :— 
And, of the Amount of Money received from the 
Duty on Malt, and the Net Amount available for 
the Public Revenue, in each year, during the years 
1840, 1841, 1842, 18438, 1844, 1845 and 1846 re- 
spectively :—And, Returns of the Number of Beer 
Shops licensed to sell Beer to be drunk upon the 
Premises, in each of such years respectively. 


Toans to 
Foruign 
Governments. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of or Extracts from any Correspond- 
ence between Her Majesty’s Secretary of State, or 
written at his desire, and the Governments of Spain, 
Portugal, Greece, Mexico and the States of South 
America, respecting Loans made by British Subjects 
to those Governments :—And, of any Communica- 
tions made to British Claimants from the Foreign 
Office on the subject of such Correspondence. 

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

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305 

Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to the Stannaries 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of an Comwall. 
Order made by the Vice Warden of the Stannaries 
of Cornwall, dated 18th March 1847. 

Ordered, That the said Paper dolieupon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sugar, which Sugar. 
was presented upon the 19th day of February last, No.24%7. 
be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Returns relative Houses and 
to Houses and Electors, which was presented upon a 
the 22d day of this instant March, be printed. No. 243. 


Mr. Hawes presented,—Further Return to an China. 
Order, dated the 26th day of January last, for a Re- 
turn of the Orders, Ordinances or other Official 
Documents which have been issued by the British 
Authorities in China for regulating the Trade there- 
of :—And, Accounts of the Receipts and Disburse- 
ments of the Colony of Hong Kong (in continuation 
of the last Parliamentary Returns), made up to the 
latest period at which they can be furnished. 

Mr. Hawes also presented, pursuant to an Address Van Diemen's 
to Her Majesty, —Copies of Correspondence between 1": 
the Secretary of State and Sir Eardley Wilmot, Ba- 
ronet, relative to the Recal of the latter from the 
Government of Van Diemen’s Land. 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all Enfranchisements and Commutations 
which have been confirmed by or are in progress 
under the direction of the Copyhold Commissioners, 
from the commencement of the Commission to the 
31st day of March 1847; specifying, in each case, 
the Name of the Manor, County and Lord; the 
nature of the Copyholds and Incidents of the Manor ; 
stating also, on what Events the Fines become pay- 
able, and whether in any case on the death of the 
Lord ; with the Terms agreed upon for the Enfran- 
chisement or Commutation. 


Copyholds. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Seduction and 
for the more effectual Suppression of trading in Se- ee 
duction and Prostitution, and for the better Protec- pj), 

tion of Females: And that Mr. Spooner, Lord Robert 

Grosvenor and Mr. Mangles do prepare, and bring 

it in. 

Petitions from London (nine Petitions) ;—Sunder- Health of 
land ;—Plymouth ;—and, Yeovil; praying that the Towns. 
House will be pleased to grant the Petitioners 
a sound and comprehensive Health Bill, by which 
they may be shielded from the great physical and 
moral evils to which they are now exposed, and 
which, without legislative interference, they cannot 
hope to escape; and further praying, that in order 
to ensure the due and uniform observance of any 
legislative Act that may be passed, an officer of 
Health and an inspector of nuisances, armed with 
adequate powers for the execution of the duties of 
their respective offices, may be appointed in districts 
throughout the country, in accordance with the ex- 
press recommendation of Her Majesty’s Commis- 
sioners,—-were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for Heaith of 
the Improvement of the Health of ‘Towns: And Towns Bill 
that Viscount Morpeth, Lord John Russell and Sir 
George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Members of the Public Works 
Liscannor Relief Committee, in the barony of Cor- (Ireland. ) 
comrve and county of Clare, which was presented 
upon the 23d day of February last ;—also, the Pe- 
tition of Members of the Killilagh and Kilshanny 
Relief Committee, in the county of Clare, which 
was presented upon the Ist day of this instant 

RR March ; 











Clyde River 
and Harbour 
of Glasgow. 


Army Service 
Bill. 


Mutiny Bill. 





306 


March ;—and, the Petitions of Members of the 
Relief Committee of Kilfenora and Kiltonaghta, in 
the barony of Corcomroe, and county of Clare ;— 
and, Members of the Kilmanaheen and Clonny Re- 
lief Committee, in the barony of Corcomroe, and 
county of Clare, which were presented upon the 9th 
day of this instant March, relative to Public Works 
(Ireland), be referred to the Select Committee on 
Captain Wynne’s Letters. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns from the Parliamentary Trustees of the 
River Clyde and Harbour of Glasgow, of the Amount 
paid or agreed to be paid by the Trustees, on or 
before the 1st day of April 1847, for Land and Com- 
pensation, under the powers of the Act 3 and 4 Vic., 
c. 118, passed the 4th day of August 1840, and 
the Amount paid for the Construction of Works 
authorized by the said Act; also, the Number of 
Square Yards of Ground so paid for, or agreed to be 
paid :—Of the Amount of Tonnage or other Dues 
levied by the Trustees on Steam Vessels plying be- 
tween the Harbour of Glasgow and Ports or Places 
on the River or Forth of Clyde, during the year end- 
ing the sth day of July 1846 :—And, of the Names 
of all Ports and Places from which sailing Vessels 
have arrived during the year ending the sth day of 
July 1846; also, the Number of Vessels and Total 
Tonnage, arriving from each Port and Place :—A 
similar Return of Departures:—A Return of the 
Name of each Vessel arriving at or departing from 
the Harbour of Glasgow, during the year ending 
the sth day of July 1846; also, the Tonnage and 
Draught of Water of each Vessel, with the Number 
of times that each Vessel has arrived during that 
period, and the Average Time she remained in the 
Harbour between Arrival and Departure :—An Ab- 
stract Account of the Revenue, Expenditure, Surplus, 
or Deficiency, stating the Amount of the Debt of the 
Trust, for each of the years ending the 8th day of July 
1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, and 1846 :— 
And, a List of the Number of Vessels (both Sailing 
and Steam), lying in the Harbour of Glasgow, for 
each day of any Seven consecutive days after this 
Date, and previous to the 21st day of April 1847. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Army Service Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day six months, resolve 
“ itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 

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


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


Mercurii, 31° die Martii, 1847: 


And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to moye, That the 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again re- 
solve itself mto the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill for punishing Mutiny and De- 
sertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and 
their Quarters, was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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A, 1847. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Fever 
a Committee upon the Fever (Jreland) Bill; and, (eland) Bill 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Harbours, 
into a Committee upon the Harbours, Docks and Docks and 
Piers Clauses Bill; and, after sometime spenttherein, Rig? Clauses 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene ~ 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Portland 
a Committee upon the Portland Harbour of Refuge Harbour of 
and Breakwater Bill; and, after some time spent oe 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bill. saianie 
Greene reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Holyhead Harbour Bill was, according to Holyhead 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Harbour Bill. 
Select Committee. 


The Order for reading a second time this day the Poor and 
Poor and Highway Rates Exemption Bill, was read, Highway 
P ; normal Rates Exemp- 
and discharged. tion Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time , 
upon Wednesday the 28th day of April next. 


Ordered, That the Dublin Consumers Gas Bil] Dublin Con- 
be read a second time this day. — 
Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill for improving Health of 
the Health of Towns in England: And the same Towns Bill. 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a No. 244. 
seeond time upon Friday the 23d day of April next ; 

and to be printed. 


Mr. Tufnell presented a Bill for raising a Sum Exchequer 
for the Service of the year One thousand eight Bills one 
hundred and Forty-seven: And the same was read cra 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday the 12th day of April next. 


Mr. Spooner presented a Bill for the more Seduction and 
effectual Suppression of Trading in Seduction and een ag 
Prostitution, and for the better Protection of Fe- pi)" 
males: And the same was read the first time; and x. 9,- 

; ? No. 245. 
ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday 


the 14th day of April next ; and to be printed. 


Sir George Clerk reported from the Select Navigation 
Committee on Navigation Laws ; That they had Laws (Second 
further considered the matters to them referred, and ®¢P°™) 
directed him to report the Minutes of the Evidence N° 246- 
taken before them. 

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


Ordered, That the Returns made by the Poor Weymouth 
Law Commissioners on the 17th day of this instant Union. 
March, to an Order of the House on the 4th day of 
this instant March, fora Return of the Names of 
the Unions taken from the Assistant Poor Law 
Commissioner’s District now held by Mr. Gulson, 
on his being appointed to it in November 1846; 
and Copies of all applications from Mr. Gulson or 
any of his predecessors, or from any person con- 
nected with the Weymouth Union, for the removal 
of that Union from Mr. Gulson’s District; and of 
all Correspondence relative to the removal of the 
Weymouth Union from Mr. Gulson’s District, on its 
restoration thereto, be amended, by the omission of 
the Correspondence relating to Mr. Gulsun’s Appoint- 
ment to his present District ; such Correspondence 
not being included in the Order of the House. 

Ordered, 














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Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Correspondence of the Poor Law Com- 
missioners, relative to the Exchange of Districts 
between Mr. Gulson and Mr. Graves, in November 
1846. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after One of the 
clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 








Mercurii, 31° die Martii ; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


MESSAGE from the Lords, by Sir William 
Farrer and Mr. Horne: 

Mr. Speaker, 

Markets and The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
ag Clauses Act for consolidating in one Act certain Provisions 
; usually contained in Acts for constructing or regu- 
lating Markets and Fairs, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 


Gas Works The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

Clauses Bill. Act for consolidating in one Act certain Provisions 
usually contained in Acts authorizing the making 
of Gas Works for supplying Towns with Gas, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


Commissioners The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

Clauses Bill. Act for consolidating in one Act certain Provisions 
usually contained in Acts with respect to the Con- 
stitution and Regulation of Bodies of Commissioners 
appointed for carrying on Undertakings of a Public 
Nature, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 
And also, 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Waterworks The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Clauses Bill. Act for consolidating in one Act certain Provisions 
usually contained in Acts authorizing the making of 
Waterworks for supplying Towns with Water, with 
Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
M‘Leod’s The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
org tate t© enable the Minister of the Parish of Dalkeith, in 
Bill, wae County of Edinburgh, to feu his Glebe Lands 


lying in the said Parish ; to which the Lords desire 
concurrence of this House :—And then the Messen- 
gers withdrew. 


Local Acts. Mr. Ward presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 


No. 129. —Reports of the Admiralty relative to applications 
for Local Acts. 
Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
Committees on the Bills to which the same relate ; 
and be printed. 
| Westminster Mr. Thornely presented a Bill to explain and 
| and Part of 


Middlesex amend the Laws of Sewers relating to the City and 

Sewers Bil. Liberty of Westminster and Part of Middlesex: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


Manchester The Manchester Corporation Waterworks (Power 

a to sell to the Manchester and Salford Waterworks 

oe Company) Bill was read a second time ; and com- 

tothe Man- mitted. 

chester and Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

wore watt: mittee of Selection. 

pany) Bill. 

Manchester} The Manchester Corporation Water (Power to 

St aa purchase the Manchester and Salford Waterworks) 

to Sadaone Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 
nchester Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

and Salford mittee of Selection. 

he raterworks) 


VoL, 102. 


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307 


The Caledonian Railway (Branches to Wilson- Caledonian 


town, to Fauldhouse and to Biggar and Broughton) Railway 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. jaa 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- to Fauldhouse, 


mittee of Selection. and to Biggar 
and Brough- 


ton) Bill. 


The Caledonian Railway (Edinburgh Station, and Caledonian 
Branches to Granton and to the Edinburgh and tidinby ‘ 
Glasgow Railway) Bill was read a second time ; Station, and 
and committed. Branches to 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Gtanton and 

ittee of Selection al 
mittee 0 ° burgh and 
Glasgow Rail- 
way) Bill. 


The Colchester Navigation and Improvement Bill Colchester 
was read a second time ; and committed. ee, 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- meni Bill. 

mittee of Selection. 


The Dublin Consumers Gas Bill was, according Dublin Con- 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed. sumers Gas 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Order made upon the 15th day of February London and 
last, for referring the London and North Western — 
Railway (Bescot and Wolverhampton Branch, &amp;c.) annie and 
Bill to the Committee of Selection, was read, and Wolverhamp- 
discharged. ton Branch, 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. &amp;c.) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Waterford Road Bill be now Waterford 
read a second time :—The Bill was accordingly read Road Bill. 
a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committees. 


this day, till five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 


M‘Leod’s (Daikeith Glebe) Estate Bill was read M‘Teod’s 


the first time. (Dalkeith 
‘ Glebe) Estate 
Ordered, That the Billi be referred to the Exa- vil. 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Edinburgh 
before the Select Committee on Standing Orders, oe ae 
relative to the Edinburgh and Perth Railway Bill, — 
which were laid upon the Table yesterday, be 
printed at the expense of the parties. 


The London Sewage Chemical Manure Bill was London 
read a second time ; and committed. Sewage Che- 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ig ee 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Local Acts. 
the Appendix to the Evidence on the Dublin Im- 
provement Bill, together with the Evidence. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Bolton 
of the Petition for additional provision in the Bolton juProvement 
Improvement Bill, which was yesterday laid upon 
the Table, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have power to make 
provision therein, pursuant to the prayer of the said 
Petition. 


Mr. Sérutt presented, pursuant to Order, —Copy North British 
of Report of Captain Coddington, r.z. and James Xailway. 
Walker, Esquire, to the Railway Commissioners, on No. 248. 
the state of the North British Railway. 

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

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308 31° Martiz. 


Towns The Order made upon the 23d day of this instant 

Improvement March, for committing the Towns Improvement 

Clauses Bill. Clauses Bill to the Select Committee on Private 
Bills, was read; and discharged. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House the House this day, adjourn till Monday 
the 12th day of April next. 


Adjournment. 


Schoolmasters The Order made upon Thursday last, for present- 

(Scotland.) ing to Her Majesty an humble Address, T hat She 
would be graciously pleased to give directions that 
there be laid before this House, a Return of the 
Names of the Parochial Schoolmasters in Scotland, 
distinguishing those who hold any other office than 
that of Schoolmaster, together with the Duties and 
Emoluments thereof, was read, and discharged. 


Schoolmasters 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
(Scotland.) 


to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Parochial 
Schoolmasters in Scotland, stating the Parishes to 
which they belong; any Offices which they may 
hold other than that of Parochial Schoolmaster, and 
the Emoluments thereof ; any other Duties, whether 
of a Public or Private character, which they may 
be called upon to perform, and the Fees or Pay- 
ments which they receive on account of such 
Duties. 

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


Leave of Ordered, That the Earl of Shelburne have leave 
Sinenes, leave of absence till the 25th day of May next, on 
urgent business. 


Pauper Luna- Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

tic Asylums. Returns from every County or Borough not having 
an Asylum for the Pauper Lunatics thereof, of 
Copies of all such Notices, Orders of Court, Reso- 
lutions, or Reports, relative to Pauper Lunatic 
Asylums, as have been given or made since the 
passing of the Statute 8 and 9 Vic., c. 126, before, 
at, or to the Sessions of the Peace of such County 
or Borough. 


Dublin — Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 

Corporation. Return of all Sums of Money handed over by Sir 
John Kingston James, late Treasurer to the Cor- 
poration of the City of Dublin; also, of all Sums 
paid by Lord Charlemont and the Wide Street 
Commissioners to the credit of the Corporation of 
the City of Dublin; and if same has been applied 
to the liquidation of the Debenture Debt, or to 
what other purpose, and, if any part of such Debt 
has been liquidated, the Date and Particulars :— 
And, Copy of the Deed of 1819, by which Trustees 
were appointed for the management of the Deben- 
ture Debt of the Corporation of Dublin, the legal 
proceedings to remove such Trustees, the judgment 
pronounced by the Court, and the Cost of such 
proceedings. 


Dublin Wide Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 

oranets. Return from the Wide Street Commissioners of the 
City of Dublin of all Sums of Money lodged by the 
said Commissioners in Court, as Purchase Money 
of certain Premises belonging to the Dublia Cor- 
poration, the Legal Proceedings thereupon, the 
Judgment pronounced by the Court, and the Cost 
of such Proceedings. 


Spirit Grocers 


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


Returns (in addition to the Sessional Paper, No. 
662, for 1845), showing, in an additional column, 





A, 1847. 


and opposite each Spirit Grocer’s name, the Rate or 
Amount of Excise License Duty which the Judges 
decided, in the case of Dickson v. Pape, to be that 
which ought to have been charged and paid by each 
Spirit Grocer for his License respectively :—And, of 
the Amount received by the Excise from each such 
Grocer, during the period he took out and renewed 
such License, from the 5th day of July 1838 until 
the 5th day of July 1844, similarly arranged:— 
And, Copies of all Memorials addressed to the Trea- 
sury by Spirit Grocers in Ireland, from the 1st day 
of January 1845 tothe 1st day of March 1846, pray- 
ing that such excess of Duty received by the Ex- 
cise should be returned to them ; and of the Answers 
returned to each such Memorial. 


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

Return of Boys entered on board Her Majesty’s 

Ships or Vessels of War from the 1st day of January 

to the 31st day of December 1846, according to the 

following form :— 

First Class Boys, entered the Navy for first time 
= os second time 

Second Class Boys, entered Navy for first time 
” ” second time 


Total ~ - 


From whence obtained : 
Greenwich Royal Naval Asylum 
Marine Society School - - - -— - 


Other sources - - - - ws = es 
Total - - 

Could write and read “ = “ = ‘ a 
write or read only - = és " ms 
neither read nor write - - - - - 

Good scholars - - - = a ‘ ms a 
Doubtful - . én “ - ms si eS 
Total - - 

Petty Officers, Seamen or Boys, invalided - 
re) ” discharged - -« 

” is deserted - = ma 

” ” deaths - - - 

Total - - 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Boys appren- 
an Abstract from the Register-General of Shipping, ticed. 
showing the Number of Boys apprenticed from the 
1st day of January to the 31st day of December 
1846 :—For three years, four years, five years, six 
years, seven years and Total Number. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, Charitable 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 7st Bill. 
communicate to this House a Copy of the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before the Select Com- 
mittee appointed by their Lordships, to consider 
a Bill, intituled, An Act for securing the due Ad- 
ministration of Charitable Trusts in England and 
Wales: And that Mr. Hume do carry the said 
Message. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House Public Works. 
Copies of all Proceedings instituted and Bills filed 
against the Board of Public Works, which may 
have been furnished to the Treasury. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Lough Corn’ 
Copies of the Resolutions of the Grand Juries of Improvement 
Galway Town and Galway County, as registered in “PY 
the County of Books, in favour of the Lough Corrib 
Improvement Company. 


A Petition of the Ulster Canal Company, praying Lough Neagh: 
that the Lough Neagh Drainage Bill may not pass Draiuage Bi 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 





A Petition 








10 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of Trustees under the Acts of Parlia- 
Toncton Rail. ment thereinafter mentioned, for making and main- 
way (Amend- taining certain Roads and Bridges in the counties of 
ment and De- Lanark and Dumbarton, and Creditors or Repre- 
viation) Bill. sentatives of Creditors upon the tolls leviable upon 
the said roads, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Airdrie and Bathgate Junction 
Railway (Amendment and Deviation) Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Airdrie and 
Bathgate 


Metropolitan 
Sewage 
Manure Bill, 


A Petition of the Reverend Henry Wise William, 
Sloane Stanley, Esquire, Thomas Cubitt, and other 
Persons, being owners of or otherwise interested 
in houses and ground in the parish of Saint George, 
Hanover-square, Middlesex, abutting on certain 
streets or roads, through which the tunnel proposed 
to be made by the Company thereinafter mentioned 
is intended to pass, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Metropolitan Sewage Manure Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Glasgow, A Petition of James Oswald, of Auchencruive, 
Paisley, Kil- and James M Clelland, Accountant, in Glasgow, his 
aoe ial or, Trustee, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
and, Glasgow Selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
and Belfast of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Rail- 
a ca way, and Glasyow and Belfast Union Railway 
ne ae (No. 1.) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Glasgow, 

Paisley, Kil- 
marnock and 
Ayr Railway 
(No. 4.) Bill. 


A Petition of James Oswald, Esquire, of Auchen- 
cruive, praying that he may be heard, by himself, 
his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the 
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway, 
(No. 4.) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his 
Petition, if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of James Oswald, Esquire, of Auchen- 
cruive, praying that he may be heard, by himself, 
his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the 
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway, 
(No. 5.) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Glasgow, 

Paisley, Kil- 
marnock and 
Ayr Railway 
(No. 5.) Bill. 


Caledonian A Petition of James Oswald, Esquire, of Auchen- 
a cruive, praying that he may be heard, by himself, 
ranches 1 


his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the 
Caledonian Railway (Branches across Clyde and 
Glasgow Station) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Peti- 
VoL. 102. 


across Clyde 
and Glasgow 
Station) Bill 


31° Martiz. 





309 


tion, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and others re- Colchester, 
sidiag at Sudbury, Naylard, Mistley, Manningtree, Stour Valley, 
and other parts adjacent, praying that they may be ent 4 = 
heard, by themselves, their counsel oragents, against way (Stour 
certain parts of the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sud- Ravigation 
bury and Halstead Railway (Stour Navigation Pur- “""“ — 
chase) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Coun- Leeds and 
cillors of the city of Durham, praying that the Thirsk — 
Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Leeds, Durham and }3Y, 00%, 
Newcastle Extension, &amp;c.) Bill may pass into a law, Newcastle 
was — and read ; and ordered to lie upon Extension, 
the Table. &amp;c.) Bill 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of lands and Harwich a 
premises, and Inhabitants within the hundred of Fasten Coun- 
Tendring, in the county of Essex, praying that the Railway and 
Harwich and Eastern Counties Junction Railway a — . 
and Pier (from Harwich to the Eastern Union Rail- "yn, cee 
way at Ardleigh) Bill may pass into a law, was Railway at 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Ardleigh) Bill. 


Table. 


A Petition of the Provost and College Royal of Windsor, 
the Blessed Mary, of Eton, near unto Windsor, in rl is 
the county of Bucks, praying that they may be Railway 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against (Richmond 
certain parts of the Windsor, Staines and South oe) Bil” 
Western Railway (Zichmond to Windsor, &amp;c.) Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Trustees and Members of the Com- Edinburgh 
mittee of Management for carrying into execution as tame 
the several Acts for regulating and improving the ae 
Ferries across the River Tay, in the counties of oftheFerry be- 
Fife and Forfar, praying that they may be heard, tween Ferry- 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer~ Toy" on vrais 
tain parts of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway Shore of tie 
(Improvement of the Ferry between Ferry-Port-on- River Tay) 
Craig and the North Shore of the River Tay) Bill, ® 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Managers of King James the Dundce and 
Sixth’s Hospital, of Perth, praying that they may Perth Railway 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, (Aiteration 

» DY ’ 4 » and Extension, 
against certain parts of the Dundee and Perth Rail- and Inchture, 
way (Alteration and Extension, and Inchture, Pol- i sateen 
-_ = Inchmichael Branches) Bill, was presented, pranches) Bill. 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 


favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of South Devon 
property upon the line and in the neighbourhood of Railway Ex- 


the Railway from Plymouth to Tavistock and Laun- os 


ceston thereinafter mentioned, praying that they may Bill. 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against 


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against certain parts of the South Devon Railway 
Tesensien and Amendment Bill, was presented, and 
read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
London, A Petition of John Plumbe Tempest, Esquire, 
poe wad of Tong Hall, in the county of York, Attorney of 
Railway and Captain Sir Cornwallis Ricketts, now absent from 
Branches Bill.) England on foreign service, praying that he may be 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against cer- 
tain parts of the London, Oxford and Cheltenham 
Railway and Branches Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Stockport 
Manorial Tolls 
and Bridges 
Bill. 


A Petition of Henry Marsland, of Wood Bank, 
within Stockport, in the county of Chester, Esquire, 
and Peter Edward Marsland, of Stockport afore- 
said, Esquire, the Owners of certain Waterworks 
made and formed in pursuance of an Act passed in 
the sixth year of the reign of his Majesty King 
George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for better 
supplying with Water the Town and Township of 
Stockport and the Township of Brinnington, and 
several other Townships adjoining thereto, in the 
Counties Palatine of Chester and Lancaster, com- 
monly called the Stockport Waterworks,” praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the Stockport 
Manorial Tolls and Bridges Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Charles De Laet Waldo Sibthorp, 
Esquire, praying that he may be heard, by himself, 
his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the 
Cheltenham and Oxford Railway Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Cheltenham 
and Oxford 
Railway Bill. 


Newport, A Petition of Charles Bulmer, of the city of 
Abergavenny Hereford, Wine Merchant, praying that he may be 
Railway De. heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against cer- 
viations Bill, tain parts of the Newport, Abergavenny and Here- 
ford Railway Deviations Bill, was presented, and 
read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Manchester, 
Sheffield and 
Lincolnshire 


A Petition of Henry Marsland, of Wood Bank, 
within Stockport, in the county of Chester, Esquire, 


Railway and Peter Edward Marsland, of Stockport afore- 
(Supplyof — said, Esquire, the Owners of certain Waterworks 
Surplus Water 


toManehester, Wade and formed in pursuance of an Act passed in 
Salford and ‘the sixth year of the reign of his Majesty King 
Stockport) George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for better 
_ supplying with Water the Town and Township of 
Stockport and the Township of Brinnington, and 
several other Townships adjoining thereto, in the 
Counties Palatine of Chester and Lancaster, com- 
monly called the Stockport Waterworks,” and also 


31° Martiz. 





A. 1847. 


the Owners and Occupiers of certain Mills on the 
River Mersey, in the county of Chester, praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Manchester, 
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (Supply of Sur- 
plus Water to Manchester, Salford and Stockport) 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Members of the Committee of Di- Great North- 
rectors of the Undertakers of the Navigation of the ¢™ Railway 
Rivers Aire and Calder, in the county of York, oe-adees” neal 
praying that they may be heard, by their counsel sion) Bill. 
or agents, against certain parts of the Great Northern 
Railway (Isle of Axholme Extension) Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Undertakers of the Navigation of Great North- 

the Rivers Aire and Calder, in the county of York, (Es Railway 
° : : xtension to 

and also Directors for managing the affairs of the {Leeds and 
said Navigation, praying that they may be heard, Wakefield, 
by their counsel or agents, against certain parts of — of 
the Great Northern Railway (Extension to Leeds ‘Sronel ef 
and Wakefield, Deviation of Methley Branch of Wakefield, 
Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole Railway) Bill, Pontefract and 
was presented, and read. wey Bill. | 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Members of the Committee of the York and 
Directors of the Undertakers of the Navigation of — 
the Rivers Aire and Calder, in the county of York, Gina 
praying that they may be heard, by their counsel or Branch) Bill. 
agents, against certain parts of the York and North 
Midland Railway (Knottingley Branch) Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Members of the Committee of the Axholme Rail- 
Directors of the Undertakers of the Navigation of pe Pagneen oe 
the Rivers Aire and Calder, in the West Riding of Selby ‘i 
the county of York, praying that they may be heard, to Gains- 
by their counsel or agents, against certain parts of a — 
the Axholme Railway (from the Leeds and Selby caatiiasiaas 
Railway to Gainsborough, with Branches) Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Poor Law 
Guardians of the Poor of the Goole Union, in the (eland). 
West Riding of the county of York, praying the 
House to pass such a law for the adequate support 
and relief of the Zrish poor as will save the Peti- 
tioners from being unfairly contributory to their 
support, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


_A Petition of the Roman Catholic Bishop re- Poor Relief. 
siding at Carlow, and of the Roman Catholic Clergy (Ireland) Bill. 
of 





Ed 


(h 





Juvenile 
Offenders. 


Promiscuous 
Intercourse. 


Education. 


Bankers 
(Ireland.) 





10 Vicroriz. 31° Martiz. S11 


of the United Dioceses of Kildare and Leighlin, in 
Ireland, praying that the Poor Relief (Zreland) Bill 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of the Grand Jury of the city of Cork, 
praying the House to make the poor-rates a general 
Union Rate, and to introduce clauses into the said 
Bill to prevent the grievous public injury of street 
begging, was also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Justices of the Peace for the county 
of Denbigh, stating that the Petitioners have fre- 
quently brought before them Juvenile Offenders, 
who, when convicted, are sent under the existing 
law to the common gaol, where they become conta- 
minated, and rather confirmed in their evil habits 
than corrected, and have been informed that bene- 
volent Societies in London established for the 
purpose of reforming Juvenile Offenders have been 
urging upon Her Majesty’s Government to assist 
them in their object by extending their accommo- 
dation, and by obtaining an alteration in the law 
to enable Justices of the Peace, upon the conviction 
of Juvenile Offenders, instead of sending them to the 
common gaol, to confine them in such reformatory 
asylums, at the expense of the county where they 
are convicted, and praying the House to make alter- 
ation in the law for that purpose, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Office-bearers connected with the 
Wesleyan Society Abbey and Centenary Chapels, 
Bradford, in the county of York, praying that the 
House will enact such laws with reference to the 
keepers of brothels, and all persons trafficking in 
female virtue, as shall invest magistrates and officers 
of police with more summary powers, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Yelvertoft ;— Bradford ( York) ;— 
Stoke Newington;—John Benjamin M‘Crea ;— 
Devonport (two Petitions); — Great Driffield ;— 
Bridport (two Petitions) ;—Eéstead ;-- Woodchester ; 
—and, Andover ; praying the House not to consent 
to any grant of money for carrying into execution 
the Minutes of the Committee of Council on Edu- 
cation, and further praying the House to present 
an Address to the Crown, to revoke the Order in 
Council by which the said Committee was consti- 
tuted,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Leeds (four Petitions) ;— Bradford 
(York), (Chairman) ;—Gordon-square, Saint Pan- 
cras ;—aund, Rugby; praying the House to give effect 
to the Minutes of the Committee of Council on 
Education,—were also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Jona. Brooks, Rector of Liverpool, 
and others, praying the House to pass a measure for 
improving the character of the instruction received 
by the middle classes of England, was also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Governor, Deputy Governor 
and Directors of the Hibernian Joint Stock Com- 
pany, praying the House to pass a law whereby the 
law of Jreland in relation to Bankers obtaining 
license and compounding for Stamp Duties may be 
assimilated to the law in England regulating Bankers 
in England in this respect, and that the Hibernian 
Joint Stock Company may be authorized by law to 
obtain a license and compound for Stamp Duties on 
Promissory Notes or Bills of Exchange tor any sum 
of money, being five pounds or upwards, payable to 
order at any period not exceeding seven days after 
sight, and Bills of Exchange expressed to be pay- 

VoL. 102. 








able to order at any period not exceeding seven days 
after sight, or twenty-one days after date, and to 
issue same on unstamped paper, as in England, and 
at the same rate of duty for each sum of one hundred 
pounds, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned of the town Union with 
of Wexford, praying for the repeal of the Legislative Ireland. 
Union between Great Britain and Ireland, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Settlement, 

Guardians of the Poor of the Goole Union, in the *¢ 

West Riding of the county of York, praying the 

House to make alterations in the present Poor Laws 

for establishing Union Settlements and Union Rating 

for the maintenance of the necessitous poor, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


Petitions from Lancaster ;—and, Brighton ; pray- Roman Catho- 
ing that the Roman Catholic Relief Bill may pass lic Relief Bill. 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of East Thorpe, in the 
county of Essex, praying that the said Bill may not 
pass into a law, was also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dysart; — and, Lossiemouth ; Ports, Har- 
praying that the Ports, Harbours, &amp;c., Bill, intro- ae) - 
duced in the Jast Session may pass into law,—were ; 
— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors residing in Attornies 
the city of Lincoln, praying that they may be re- ©*Ttificates. 
lieved from the payment of the annual duties on 
their Certificates, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


A Petition of William Edgworth Sanders, of the Rating of 
borough of Andover, praying that the Rating of (No 2) Bil 
Tenements (No. 2.) Bill may not pass into alaw,* ~*~ 
and that the House will give every legitimate en- 
couragement that houses should be built for the 
poor, with sufficient sleeping rooms, to separate the 
sexes of families, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of lands and 
houses, and other property, in the parish of Farn- 
ham, in the county of Surrey, praying that the said 
Bill may pass into a law, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented ee 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased ~°""™ 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number and Names of all Ecclesi- 
astical or other Courts having peculiar jurisdiction, 
or exempt from jurisdiction, locally situate within 
any Parish or Place within the limits of the several 
Dioceses of Canterbury, London, Winchester, Chi- 
chester, Lincoln and Rochester, comprised in a 
Scheme or Order of the Ecclesiastical Commis- 
sioners, dated the 8th day of August 1845 :—Of 
the Number and Name of all Peculiars not holding 
Courts within the said Dioceses comprised in the 
said Scheme or Order :—And, of the Notice (if 
any) that was given to the several Owners, Holders, 
Patrons, Officials, and other Parties interested and 
affected by the said Scheme or Order, and whether 
they had an opportunity of being heard respecting 
the same. 

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

RR4 Mr, 








Estimates . 
Commissariat. 


No. 249, 


Miscellaneous 
Services. 
II. 
No. 229. 
Comparative 
Statement. 


Houses of 
Parliament. 


Treasury. 


Home Office. 


Forcign Office. 


Colonia! Office. 


Privy Council 
Office. 


Lord Privy 
Seal 


Paymaster 
Gencral’s 


Office. 


Comptroller- 
Gencral of the 
Exchcquer,&amp;e. 


State Paper 
Office. 


Ecclesiastica' 
Comnission. 


Yoor Law 
Commission. 


Mint. 


Railway 
Departinent. 


Public 
Kecords 


312 


Mr. Tufnell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, — Comniissariat Estimate for the year 
1847-48. 

Statement of the Estimates for Salaries and Ex- 
penses of Public Departments for 1847-48, com- 
pared with the Estimates for the like Services for 
1845-46 and 1846-47. 


An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted, in 
the year 1847, to defray the Charge of Salaries and 
Expenses of the Two Houses of Parliament, and of 
Allowances to Retired Officers of the Two Houses, 
for the year ending 31st March 1848. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required in 
the year, from 1st April 1847 to 31st March 1848, 
to pay the Salaries, Contingent and other Expenses, 
in the Department of Her Majesty’s Treasury. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required in 
the year from 1st April 1847 to 31st March 1848, 
to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of 
Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Home 
Department. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required to 
pay the Salaries and other Expenses in the Depart- 


ment of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign | 


Affairs ; also, of the Queen’s Messengers and Extra 
Couriers attached to the Department, for the year 
ending 31st March 1848. 


An Estimate of the Sum that may be required to 
pay the Salaries and other Expenses in the Depart- 
ment of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the 
Colonies, for the year ending 31st March 1848. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required, in 
the year from 1st April 1847 to 81st Marcb 1848, 
to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the Depart- 
ments of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council, and the Committee of Privy Council for 
Trade. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be 
required to pay the Salary of the Lord Privy Seal, 
from 1st April 1847 to 31st March 184s. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to defray the 
Charge of the Office of Her Majesty’s Paymaster- 
General, established pursuant to the Act 5 &amp; 6 Will. 
4, c. 35, from the Ist April 1847 to the 31st March 
1848. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required in 
the year from Ist April 1847 to 31st March 1848, to 
pay the Salaries and Contingent Expenses in the 
Departments of the Comptroller-General of the Ex- 
chequer, the Paymasters of Exchequer Bills, and the 
Paymaster of Civil Services. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to 
defray the Charge of the Salaries and other Ex- 
peuses of the State Paper Office, for one year, from 
Ist April 1847 to 31st March 1848. 

An Estimate of the Sum required for defraying a 
Portion of the Expenses of the Ecclesiastical Com- 
missioners for England, for the year commencing 
ist April 1847 and ending 31st March 1848. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted to 
defray Expenses connected with the Administration 
of the Laws relating to the Poor, from 1st April 
1£47 to 31st March 1848. 


An Estimate of the Amount that will be required 
to defray the Expenditure for the several Branches 
of the Mint, for the year ending 31st March 1848. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted to 
defray the Charge of the Office of the Commission- 
ers of Railways, appointed under the Act 9 &amp; 10 
Vict. c. 105, to the 31st March 1848. 


An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be 
required to pay the Salaries of Persons employed 
in the care and arrangement of the Public Records, 
and Expenses connected therewith, for the year 


$1° Martii. 








A. 1847. 


from ist April 1847 to 31st March 1848 ; also, to 
pay Compensations to Keepers of Records, and 
others whose offices have been abulished. 


An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to Factories, 
defray the Salaries and Expenses of the Inspectors Mies, &amp;¢- 
and Sub-Inspectors of Factories, Mines, &amp;c., ap- 
pointed under the Acts 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 103, 5&amp;6 
Vict., c. 99, and 7 &amp; 8 Vict., c. 15, for one year, to 
31st March 1848. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be Officers, &amp;c., 
required to pay the Salaries of certain Officers in (Scotland.) 
Scotland, and other Charges formerly paid from the 
Hereditary Revenue, for the year from 1st April 
1847 to 3ist March 1848. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to defray the Houschold of 4 
Charge of Salaries of the Officers and Attendants 10rd a ‘ i 
of the Household of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, ieee hg 
for one year, to 31st March 1848. 7 

An Estimate of the Sum required to pay the Sa- Chief Sccre- 
laries and Expenses of the Chief Secretary to the pe Py tell 
Lord-Lieutenant of Zreland, in Dublin and London, nant, &amp;c. . 
and the Privy Council Office m Jreland, for one es 
year to 31st March 1848. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to defray the Paymaster of 
Charge for Salaries, &amp;c., of the Paymaster of Civil te —— 
Services Office in Ireland, for the year ending sist 7M) 
March 1848. 

An Estimate of the Sum which will be required 
to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the Board of 
Public Works in Jreland, tor one year, from 1st 
April 1847 to 31st March 1848. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required in Secret 
the year from 1st April 1847 to 31st March 1848, S¢rvices. 
to defray the Charge of Her Majesty’s Foreign and 
other Secret Services. 

An Estimate of the Expense of providing Station- Stationcry, 
ery, Printing and Binding for the several Depart- oe. 
ments of Government in England, Scotland, Ireland 
and the Colonies, and for providing Stationery, 
Binding, Printing and Paper for Printing for the 
two Houses of Parliament, and including also the 
Expense of the Establishment of the Stationery 
Office, from the 1st of April 1847 to the 31st of 
March 1848. 





Comnnission- 
ers of Public 
Works (Ire- 
land.) 


Ill. 
No, 229. 
Statement of the Estimates for Law and Justice, Comparative 
for 1847-48, compared with the Estimates for the 5ttement. 
like Services for 1845-46 and 1846-47. 
An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to Law Charges 
defray Law Charges, and the Salaries, Allowances 
and Incidental Expenses in the Office of the Solici- 
tor for the Affairs of Her Majesty’s Treasury, for 
the year ending 31 March 1848. 
An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be Mint. 
required to pay Expenses connected with the Pro- 
secution of Offenders against the Laws relating to 
the Coin, between the 1st day of April 1847 and the 








“FOr Bata Re 
poe aaah Spee eal 


31st day of March 1848. i 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required in sheriffs’ % 
the year, from 1 April 1847 to 31 March 1848, to Expenses. &amp;c. ys 
defray the Expenses incurred by Sheriffs, formerly 
paid from Civil Contingencies ; also, of the Amount Fy 
required to make good the Deficiency in the Fees : 
in the Office of the Queen’s Remembrancer in the i 


Exchequer ; and to pay the Salaries and Ancient 
Allowances to certain Officers of the Court of Ex- 
chequer; also, certain Expenses of the Queen’s 
Prison. 

An Estimate of the Sum which may be required 
to defray the Charge of the Salaries of the Commis- 
sioners of the Insolvent Debtors’ Court, of their 
Clerks, and the Contingent Expenses of the Court 
and Office, for one year, from 1 April 1847 to 31 
March 1848; also, of the Expense attendant upon 
the Circuits. 


Insolvent 
Debtors Court- 


= es mer 

Page R ee 7 

NS es» ae. ae 
SA ete OS, A ie ee Se ee Sa 


An 








Law Charges 
(Scotland.) 


Law Charges 
(Ireland.) 


County Rates. 


Parkhurst 
Prison. 


Pentonville 
Prison. 


Milbank 
Prison. 





\ Perth Prison. 


Convict Depot, 
&amp;c. (Dublin. ) 


bet Convicts 
(ireland.) 






ar 


Swine eat: 


Criminal 
Lunatics 
(Bethiem 
Hlospital.) 


he. 


Criminal 
Lunatics 
(Dublia.) 


5s oe lh ae hE area Aitehs shea 


Inspectors of 
Prisons, &amp;e. 





Dublin Police. 


Convicts. 


IV. 
No. 229. 
Comparative 
Statement, 


Education, 








10 Vicrori2. 


An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be 
required to defray Law Expenses in Sco¢land, from 
1 April 1847 to 31 March 1848. 


An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to 
defray the Expense of Criminal Prosecutions and 
other Law Charges in Jreland, for one year, ending 
31st March 1848. 


An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in 
the year 1847, to defray certain Charges formerly 
paid out of the County Rates, &amp;c., for one year, 
from 1 April 1847 to 31 March 1848. 


An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to 
defray the Expense of the Prison for Juvenile Of- 
fenders at Parkhurst, in the Isle of Wight, for the 
year, from 1 April 1847 to 31 March 1848. 


Estimate of the Sum that will be required to de- 
fray the Expenses of the Prison at Pentonville, for 
the year, from 1st April 1847 to the 31st March 
1848, 


Estimate of the Sum that will be required to de- 
fray the Expenses of the Milbank Prison, for the 
year 1847-48. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to 


defray the Expense of the General Prison at Perth, 
from 1 April 1847 to 31 March 1848. 


An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be 
required to be voted in the year ending 31st March 
1848, towards the Expense of altering, maintaining 
and repairing Convict Depots in Dublin, and the 
Constabulary Barracks in the Phenix Park. 


An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in 
the Year 1847, towards the Expense of erecting a 
General Prison for Convicts in Lreland. 


Estimate of the probable Expense of confining 
and maintaining Criminal Lunatics in the Buildings 
attached to Bethlem Hospital, for the year ending 
31st March 1848. 


An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be 
required to be voted in the year ending 31st March 
1848, towards the Expense of erecting a Prison 
for Criminal Lunatics at Dublin. 


An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to 
defray the Salaries and Expenses of the Inspectors 
of Prisons, appointed under the Act 5 and 6 Will. 
4, c. 38, and of the Prison Board in Scot/and, under 
the Acts 2 and 3 Vic., c. 42, and 7 and 8 Vic., c. 
42; also, of the Inspectors of Lunatic Asylums, &amp;c., 
in Ireland, under the Act 8 and 9 Vic., c. 107, for 
one year, from 1 April 1847 to 31 March 1848. 


Estimate of the Income and Expenditure of the 
Public Offices and Metropolitan Police of Dublin, 
including the District of Black Rock and Kingstown, 
and of the Sum which will be required from Parlia- 
ment in aid of these Departments, for the year com- 
mencing Ist April 1847, and ending 31st March 
1848. 


Estimate of the probable Expense of providing 
for the Convict Establishment at Home, at Bermuda 
and at Gibraltar, for the year 1847, ending 31st 
March 1848. 


An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be 
required in the year ending 31 March 1848, to 
defray the Charge of the Maintenance, Custody, 
Superintendence and Management of Convicts at 
New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land. 


Statement of the Estimates for Education,Science 
and Art, for 1847-8, compared with the Estimates 
for the like Services for 1845-6 and 1846-7. 


An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in 


the year 1847, for Public Education in Great Bri- 
tain. 


An Estimate of the Sum required to enable the 


Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to issue Money for the 
VoL. 102, 








31° Martie. 313 


Advancement of Education, from 1 April 1847 to 
31 March 1848. 


An Estimate of the Sum which will be required School of 
to defray the Expenses of the School of Design, Pesis™ &amp;c. 
for the year ending 31 March 1848, and for Aid to 
Provincial Schools. 


An Estimate of the Sum that may be required, in Professors 
the year from 1 April 1847 to 31 March 1848, to re Aas 
defray the Charge of the Salaries and Allowances C#™?™4s*) 
granted to certain Professors in the Universities of 
Oxford and Cambridge. 


Estimate of the Expenses of the University of University of 
London, from 1 April 1847 to 31 March 1848, London. 


An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be Scottish 
required to pay Grants to Scottish Universities, Universities. 
formerly defrayed from the Hereditary Revenues of 
the Crown, and not provided for on Her Majesty’s 
Civil List, nor on the Consolidated Fund, from 1 
April 1847 to 31 March 1848. 


Estimate of the probable Expenditure, Income Royal Irish 
and Sum required for the Royal Jrish Academy, Academy. 
from 1 April 1847 to 31 March 1848. 


Estimate of the probable Income and Expenditure Royal _ 
of the Royal Hibernian Academy, for the year com- cee 
mencing on the Ist day of April 1847 and ending” ~ ‘ 
31st March 1848. 


Estimate of the Sum that will be required for Royal Dublin 
defraying the Expenses of the Royal Dublin Society, 5°!¢ty- 
for the year commencing 1st April 1847, and ending 
31st March 1848, 


Estimate of Expenditure of the Royal Belfast Royal Belfast 
Academical Institution, for the year commencing 1st -saercaer ang 
. ; ; nstitution. 
April 1847, and ending 31st March 1848, as fa ars 
the same be chargeable on the Public Funds. 


An Estimate of the Amount that will probably be British 
required for the British Museum, exclusive of the Museum. 
ordinary and necessary Works for the maintenance 
of the Building, provided for in the Estimate for 
Public Buildings, &amp;c., for the year ending 31st 
March 1848, 


An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted to 
enable the Trustees of the British Museum to defray 
Expenses incurred in procuring Antiquities for the 
Museum. 


An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in National 
the year 1847, for the Expenses of the National Gallery. 
Gallery, and for the Purchase of Pictures. 


An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be Geological 
required to defray the Expenses of the Geological Survey and 
Survey of Great Britain and Ireland, and Museum }scum of 
of Practical Geology, for the year ending 31st March Geology. 
1848. 


An Estimate of the Amount that will probably Magnetic _ 
be required in the year ending 31st March 1848, QDsrvatorics, 
to defray the Expense of Magnetic Observatories at ~ 
Toronto, Saint Helena, the Cape of Good Hope and 
Van Diemen’s Land; also, tor Observations and 
Services carrying on under the Direction of the 
Astronomer Royal ; and other Scientific Works and 
Publications. 


An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in Nelson's 
the year 1847-8, towards defraying the Expense of Monumeut. 
completing the Monument erected in ‘’rafalgar- 
square to the Memory of Lord Velson. 


V. 
Statement of the Estimates for Colonial, Consular No. 299. 


and other Foreign Services for 1847-48, compared Comparative 
with the Estimates for the like Services for 1845-46 Statement. 
and 1846-47. 


Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Civil Bahama 


Establishment of the Bahama Islands, from the 1st Islands. 
day of April 1847 to the 31st of March 1848. 


Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Civil Bermudas. 
Establishment of the Bermudas, in America, from 


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314 
the 1st day of April 1847 to the 31st of March 
1848. 
Prince Ed- Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Civil Esta- 
ward’s Island. }jishment of Prince Edward’s Island, in America, 
from the 1st day of April 1847 to the 31st day of 
March 1848. 


Estimate of the Amount required to defray the 
Expense of the Establishment at Sable Island, for 
the Relief of Shipwrecked Persons, from the 1st 
day of April 1847 to the 31st day of March 1848. 

Estimate of the Sum which will be required to 
meet the Charges of the Civil Establishment on the 
Western Coast of Africa, from the 1st day of April 
1847 to the 31st day of March 1848. 

Estimate of the Amount which will be required 
to defray the Charge of the Civil Establishment at 
Saint Helena, from ist of April 1847 to 31st of 
March 1848. 

Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Expense 
of the Settlement of Western Australia, from 1st 
April 1847 to 31st of March 1848. 


An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in 


Sable Island, 


Western Coast 
of Africa. 


Saint Helena. 


Western 
Australia. 


Port Essing- 


ane the year 1847 in aid of the Charge of the Settle- 
ment of Port Essington. 

Falkland An Estimate of the Sum which will be required 

[slands, 


for maintaining the Government of the Falklands 
Islands, during the year ending 31st March 1848. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will require to be 
voted in the year 1847, to defray the Charge of the 
Colony of New Zealand. 


Estimate of the Sum which will be required to 
defray the Expense of the Civil Establishment of 
Heligoland, from the 1st day of April 1847 to the 
3ist of March 1848. 


An Estimate of the Amount that will be required 
to defray the Charge of the Salaries of the Governors 
and Lieutenant-Governors, and others, in the West 
India Colonies, from 1st April 1847 to 31st March 
1848. 

Ecclesiastical © Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Expenses 

po see ay eg of the Ecclesiastical Establishment of the British 

— North American Provinces, from the 1st day of 
April 1847 to the 31st day of March 1848. 


Estimate of the probable Expenditure of the 
Indian Department in Canada, tor its Establish- 
ment and Pensions, from the 1st day of April 1847 
to the 31st day of March 1848. 


An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted to 
detray the Charge of the Colonial Land and Emi- 
gration Board, and the Salaries of the Agents for 
Emigration at the different Ports of this Kingdom ; 
also, to defray Expenses in Canada, connected with 
E:m‘gration from this Country, for the year from 
the Ist of April 1847 to the 31st of March 184s. 

An Estimate of the Sum which will be required 
from the 1st April 1847 to the 31st March 1848, to 
defray the Charge of Salaries and Allowances, and 
Contingencies of the Stipendiary Justices in the 
West India Colonies and the Mauritius. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required 
in the year,from 1st April 1847 to 31st March 1848, 
to defray the Expenses incurred for the Support of 
Captured Negroes and Liberated Africans, and other 
Charges, under Acts for the Abolition of the Slave 
Trade. 

Estimate of the Sum which may be required for 
Payment of the Salaries and Contingent Expenses of 
the Mixed Commissions established under the Trea- 
ties with Foreign Powers for suppressing the Traffic 
in Slaves, and in pursuance of Acts of the Legisla- 
ture for carrying those Treaties into effect, for the 
year ending 31st March 184s. 

An Estimate of the Sum which will be required 
to provide for the Expenses of the Consular Esta- 
blishment Abroad, for the year ending the 31st 
March 1848. 


New Zealand. 


Heligoland. 


Governors, &amp;c. 
(West India 
Colonies.) 


Indian 
Department 
(Canada. ) 


Emigration. 


Stipendiary 
Justices 

( West Indies, 
«“ e.) 


Captured 
Negroes, &amp;c. 


Slave Trade 
Commissions, 


Consuls, &amp;e. 


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A. 1847. 


An Estimate of the Sum that may be required China, 
to defray the Charge of the British Settlement at 
Hong Kong, and of the Consular Establishments 
at the Five Ports open to British Trade in China, 
for the year ending 31st March 1848. 


Estimate of the Sum which may be required for Ministers at 
Payment of the Extraordinary Disbursements of Foreign 


Her Majesty’s Missions Abroad, for the year ending °°" a 

the 31st March 1848. ia 

bs 

Statement of the Estimates for Superannuation VI. 3 
and Retired Allowances, and Gratuities for Chari- 7. 999 


table and other Purposes, for 1847-48, compared Cueeuainn a 
with the Estimates for the like Services for 1845-46 Statement. Z 
and 1846-47. 


An Estimate of the Sum that may be required to Superannua- 
defray the Charge of Allowances or Compensations tions. 
granted as Superannuation or Retired Allowances 
to Persons formerly employed in the Public Offices, 
or in the Public Service, according to the Provisions 
of the Acts 50 Geo. 3, c. 117, 3 Geo. 4, c. 113, 4 
and 5 Will. 4, c. 24, &amp;c., for the year from 1st April 
1847 to 31st March 1848. 





An Estimate of the Amount that may be required Toulonese and 

in the year, from Ist April 1847 to 31st March 1848, Corsican Emi- 
to enable Her Majesty to grant Relief to Toulonese *""* - 
and Corsican Emigrants, Dutch Naval Officers’ 
Widows, Saint Domingo Sufferers, American Loyal- 
ists, and others who have heretofore received Al- 
lowances from Her Majesty ; and who, for Services 
performed or Losses sustained in the British Ser- 
vice, have special Claims on Her Majesty’s Justice 
and Liberality. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to defray the Vaccine 
Expense of the National Vaccine Institution for the Institution, 
year 1847. 


We ee ea ek nage» Pee 
iti ROE sienabieertr aire 


Prk ae i 


An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in Refuge for the 
aid of the Institution called The Refuge for the Destitute. 
Destitute, for the year 1847. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required for Polish Re- 
the Payment of the Subsistence of the Polish Re- usces, &amp;c. 
fugees, and Allowances to Distressed Spaniards, for 
the year from 1 April 1847 to 31 March 1848. 


An Estimate of the Sum that may be required Miscellaneous 
in the year from 1 April 1847 to 31 March 1848, Allowances. 
to pay Miscellaneous Allowances formerly defrayed 
from the Civil List, the Hereditary Revenues, &amp;c., 
for which no permanent Provision has been made 
by Parliament. 


An Estimate of the probable Expense of the Foundling 
Foundling Hospital, Dublin, tor the year com- ‘Pele. 
mencing the 1st of April 1847, and ending 31st ws 
of March 1848. 


Estimate of the Expense of supporting the House House of 
of Industry, Dudlin, including the Island Bridge meng 
Lunatic Asylum and the Yalbot Dispensary, for ees 
one year, from the 1st day of April 1847, to the 31st 
day of March 1848, inclusive. 


Estimate of the Expense of the Female Orphan pete , 
House, for one year, from the 1st of April 1847 to (Dublin. _— 
the 31st of March 1848, for 120 Children. 


Estimate of the Sum required for the Support of }Vestmoriand 
; — Lock Hospital. 

the Westmorland Lock Hospital, for one year, from 
Ist April 1847 to the 31st March 1848, for 130 
Patients. 

Estimate for the Lying-in Hospital, for the year 
ending 31st March 1848. 

Estimate of the probable Income and Expenditure Dr. Steevens’ 
of Dr. Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin, for one year, from nc al 
31st March 1847 to 1st April 1848. ; 


Estimate of the probable Expense of the at P 
Hospital and House of Recovery Cork-street, Dublin, Fever Hospital : 
for one year commencing 1st April 1847 and ending (Dublin.) 3 
3ist March 1848, 





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Hospital for 
Incurables 
(Dublin.) 


Protestant 
Dissenting 
Ministers, &amp;c. 
(Ireland.) 


Charitable 
Allowances, 
&amp;c. (Ireland.) 


VII. 
No. 229. 


Comparative 
Statement 


Criminal Law 
Commission, 


Channel 
Islands 
Commission. 


Navigation 
and Drainage. 


British 
Ambassador’s 
HouseatParis. 


Steam Com- 
munication to 
India. 


Militia and 
Volunteers 
(Canada. ) 


Lighthouses 
£Newfound- 
land, &amp;c.) 


Slave Trade. 


Miscellaneous 
Services 
(General 
Abstract.) 


Grain Spirits 
(Dublin. ) 


Life Insur- 
ances Bill. 


Prisons 





10 VicToriz. 


An Estimate of the probable Expenses of the 
Hospital for Incurables, calculated to support 92 
Patients, for one year, ending 31st March 1848. 


Estimate of the Sum that will be necessary to 
defray the Expense of Non-conforming, Seceding 
and Protestant Dissenting Ministers in Jreland, for 
one year, ending 31 March 1848. 


An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted to 
pay Charitable Allowances charged on the Concor- 
datum Fund in Ireland, and other Allowances and 
Bounties formerly defrayed from the Grants for the 
Lord Lieutenant’s Household, Civil Contingencies, 
&amp;c., for the year ending the 3ist March 184s. 


Statement of the Estimates for Special and Tem- 
porary Objects, for 1847-48, compared with the 
Estimates for the like Services for 1845-46 and 
1846-47. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be 
required to defray, for one year, the Expenses of the 
Commission for digesting the Criminal Law. 

An Estimate of the Sum which will probably be 
required to defray the Expenses of the Commission 
for inquiring into the Criminal Laws in force in the 
Channel Islands, and into the Constitution and 
Powers of the Tribunals and Authorities charged 
with the Execution of such Laws. 


An Estimate of the Sum proposed to be voted in 
the year 1847, to defray one Moiety of the Cost of 
executing certain Works of Navigation in Ireland 
connected with Drainage. 


An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in 
the year 1847-8, to defray the Charges of Works 
and Repairs to the British Ambassador’s House at 
Paris. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted 
towards defraying the Expense of Steam Communi- 
cation to India, by way of the Red Sea, for one year, 
to the 31st March 1848. 


An Estimate of the Expense to be incurred in 
Canada for Militia and Volunteers, for the year 
1847-48. 


An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in 
the year 1847, on account of the Expense of erecting 
Lighthouses at Newfoundland and at the Cape of 
Good Hope, 


An Estimate of the Sum proposed to be voted to 
pay Rewards for Services in the Suppression of the 
Slave Trade on the Coast of Africa. 


General Abstract of the Grants to be proposed for 
Miscellaneous Services for 1847-8, compared with 
the Grants for 1845-6 and 1846-7. 

Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred to 
the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 


Mr. Tufnell pzesented, pursuant to Order,—A 
Return of the Number of Casks of Grain Spirits 
exported from Dublin for the two last years to 
Great Britain, their Number of Gallons in bulk, 
and in Gallons of proof strength when put into 
Warehouse, the same when taken out of Ware- 
house, and those warehoused for the several periods 
of under six months, and from six to twelve months, 
and from one year to two years, and from two years 
and longer; showing the actual deficiencies on each 
class. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Life Insurances Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 14th day of April next. 


The Prisons (Ireland) Bill was, according to 


(ireland) Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 


VoL. 102, 


31° Marti. 


315 


Committee of the whole House, for Monday the 
12th day of April next. 


The Troops during Elections Bill was, according Troops during 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a Elections Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday the 12th 

day of April next. 


Mr. Greene reported the Poor Relief (Ireland) poor relict 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed (Ireland) Bill. 
to; and Amendments were made to the Bill. No. 251. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed; and read the third time upon Friday the 
16th day of April next. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


The ingrossed Bill to alter certain Duties of Customs 
Customs was, according to Order, read the third Duties Bill. 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- ways and 

mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 

12th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 

Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- gupply. 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 12th day of April next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Army Service 
into a Committee upon the Army Service Bill. Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Ciause, N° 1, (Limited Period for Enlistment) ; 
Amendment made: 
P. 1. 1. 7., proposed to fill the blank with 
“ ten.” 
Afterwards proposed to fill the blank with 
“ fourteen.” 
Question put, That the blank be filled with 
“&lt; ten ;” 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Tufnell, } 
Yeas, L Lord Marcus Hill: 
Tellers forthe ¢ Sir Howard Douglas, 
Noes, Colonel Lindsay : J 
Other Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Craussz, N° 2, (Soldiers on completion of limited 
term may re-engage). 

Amendment proposed: In P. 1.1. 17., to leave 
out the words, “ after completing,” in order to insert 
the words, “ during the last year of.” 

Question, That the words, “after completing, 
stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to. 

Several Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 

Curavusus N° 4 and N° 5, agreed to. 

Crausss, N°6 and N°7, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuiausss, N° 8 and N° 9, agreed to. 

Schedules (A.) and (B.) amended, and agreed to. 

Cxrausg, (And be it Enacted, That at the expira- 
tion of three years from the passing of this Act, any 
person now enlisted to serve Her Majesty, who 
shall have completed the term of ten years in the 
Infantry or twelve in the Cavalry, Artillery, or 


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316 31° Martiz. 


other Ordnance Corps, to be reckoned as aforesaid, 
and who shall give three calendar months’ notice to 
his commanding officer that he is desirous of being 
discharged, shall be entitled to the benefit of this 





A. 1847. 


| the 1st day of April 1845 and the 1st day of April 
1846 :—Of Non-commissioned Officers and Men 
who have died within the same Period; specifying 
| the Number under and above Ten years’ Service :— 


Act, and to the provisions thereof, in as full and | Of Men deserted within the same Period ; specity- 
ample a manner as if enlisted after the passing of | Ng the Number under ‘Three months’ Service, be- 


this Act); brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read asecond time :—-Motion and Clause, by leave, 
withdrawn. 


Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day the 12th day of April next. 


Fever : Mr. Greene reported the Fever (Zreland) Bill; 
(Ireland) Bill. and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Mon- 
day the 12th day of April next. 
Harbours, Mr. Greene reported the Harbours, Docks and 
peeks a Piers Clauses Bill; and the Amendments were 
Bill. read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Mon- 
day the 12th day of April next. 


Portland Har- 
hour of Refuge 
and Break- 


water Bill. | Were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, | 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Mon- 
day the 12th day of April next. 

ee Sai Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
arbour, 


Copies of all Correspondence, Minutes and Agree- 
ments, entered into by Her Majesty’s late, or pre- 
sent Government, with the Chester and Holyhead 
Railway Company, respecting the carrying Her 
Majesty’s Mails, and the Construction of an Asy- 
lum and Packet Harbour at [Holyhead, or Proposais 
by the said Company. 


New South 
Wales. 


No, 25% 


Mr. Hawes presented, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of an Order in 
- Council, dated 9th March 1847, for establishing 
Regulations relative to the Occupation of Waste 
Lands in New South Wales, under the powers for 
that purpose contained in an Act passed in the 9th 
and 10th year of Her Majesty’s reign, c. 104. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


~ 


Commissariat. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
No. 253, an Account of the Receipt and Expenditure for 
Commissariat Services, in the year ended the 31st 
day of March 1846 :—And, an Abstract of the 
Accounts of the Commissariat Officers abroad, of 
the Receipt into and Payments from the several 
Commissariat Chests, from the 1st day of April 
1845 to the 31st day of March 1846. 

Mr. Tufnellaccording|y presented the said Papers. 

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


Army, Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
— and Returns of Recruits attested between the 1st day of 


April 1845 and the 31st day of March 1846, and 
between the Ist day of April 1846 and the 31st day 
of March 1847:—Of Non-commissioned Officers 
and Men who have been discharged the Service 
under Ten years’ and above Ten years’ Service ; 
specifying the Number discharged at their own Re- 
quest, and the Number through Disability, between 


Mr. Greene reported the Portland Harbour of | 
Refuge and Breakwater Bill; and the Amendments | 


tween Three and Six months, Six and Twelve months, 
One year and ‘l'wo years, Two years and Three years, 
Three years and Four years, Four and Five years, 
and upwards of Five years’ Service :— And, of the 
| Number of Men above Twenty-one years’ Service ; 
distinguishing Serjeants from other Ranks, to be 
taken from the Returns which will give the latest 
intelligence of the whole Army, not including Ord- 
nance Corps; (Nos. 2,3 and 4, from Annual Re- 
turns of Ist April 1846):—Ordnance Corps; the 
same Returns for the Royal Artillery, the Royal En- 
gineers and Sappers and Miners :—Marines ; the 
same Returns for the Royal Marines. 


A Petition of the Mayor and Burgesses of the Wilts, Somer- 
borough of Wilton, in the county of Wilts, praying s¢ts oe 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel Way (No. 2.) 
or agents, against certain parts of the !W2lts, Somer- Bill. 
set and Weymouth Railway (No. 2.) Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 








| A Petition of Rigby Wason, Esquire, of Corwar, Westminster 
in the county of Ayr, praying that he may be heard, Improvements 
by himself or his counsel, against certain parts of 
'the Westminster Improvements Bill, was presented, 
and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself or his counsel, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Coun- Leith Harbour 

cil of the town of Leith, praying that provision may 2"4 Docks 

be made in the Zeith Harbour and Docks Dues Bill, ne. 

for the abolition of certain petty customs, and for 

the payment in lieu thereof to the magistrates and 

council of the said town, of the sum of five hundred 

pounds annually for the purposes of the said town 

and community of the same, was presented, and 

read ; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions 

for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Banff, Shipowners Macduff 
and others interested in the Harbour of Banff, in Harbour BUL. 
that part of Great Britain called Scotland, pray- 
ing that the Macduff Harbour Bill may not pass 
into a law, as it now stands, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of James Collinge and Edward Abbott Huddersfield 
Wright, of Greenhill, Oldham, in the county of #24 Manches- 
L ter, Cotton Manufacturers, praying that they {1 alway 

ancaster, Cotton Manufacturers, praying Y (Deviations 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, and Altera- 





against certain parts of the Huddersfield and Man- a 
chester Railway (Deviations and Alterations in Old- ec.) Bil. 
ham Branch, &amp;c.) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition ofthe Midland Railway Company, for yidland Rail- 
leave to deposit amended Sections of the proposed way (Worces- 
Railway from Worcester to Hereford, with lines to oa ne 

# Pe Malvern and 
Malvern and Cheltenham, and alsoa Petition for chetrenham 


i leave to bring in a Bill for making the said Railway, Lines) Bill 





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Police 
(Ireland.) 


Registrar- 
General of 
Births, &amp;c., 
Office. 


No. 254. 


Emigration 
(Ireland. ) 
No. 255. 
Convicts, 
No. 256, 
Workhouses 
(Ireland.) 
No. 257, 


Shipping. 
No. 258, 





10 Vicroriz. 


was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to Or- 
ders,—Returns of the Police Reward Fund in Jre- 
land, constituted by the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 13, 
s. 49, for the year ending the 31st day of December 
1846 :—Of the Police Superannuation Fund, con- 
stituted under the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 13, s. 46, 
for the year ending the 31st day of December 1846 : 
—Of the Names of all Persons receiving Pensions 
or Gratuities from either of the above Funds, showing 
the Date in eaeh case of the commencement of Ser- 
vice, the Rank or Employment of each Individual, 
the Cause and Date of Retirement, the Age of each 
Person at the Date of Retirement, and the Amount 
received by each per annum, or otherwise, as received 
from either of the above Funds, specifying on which 
the Charge is made :—And, showing the Number 
of Policemen who are employed as Servants by the 
Inspector-General of Police in Zreland, the Deputy 
{nspector-General, Received Surgeon, Veterinary Sur- 
geon, Provincial Inspectors and Officers of the Re- 
served Force of Police in Dublin; together with the 
Number of Policemen acting as Clerks, Messengers 
or other Employment, not that of an ordinary Con- 
stable, in the Office of the Inspector-General or 
other Officer above named, or to the Officers of the 
Reserved Force of Police in Dublin; also showing 
the Number of Policemen in every County in Jre- 
land who do not perform the Duties of Constables, 
but are employed either as Clerks or Officers’ Ser- 
vants, have charge of Officers’ Horses or otherwise ; 
distinguishing the Number of Men in each Employ- 
ment, together with the Expense, including the Pay 
and Allowances of those in each Employment; to- 
gether with a Recapitulation, showing the Annual 
Expense of Officers’ Servants, Clerks, &amp;c., and the 
Total Annual Expense of Servants, Clerks, Mes- 
sengers, &amp;c. 

Returns of the Number of Persons employed at 
the Office of the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths, 
and Marriages in the year 1846; distinguishing those 
on the Establishment and those Persons employed 
as extra or temporary ; specifying the Name, Rank, 
the Class, the Length of Service, the Salary, and the 
Pension suspended, if any, of each Person in each 
Branch ; together with the Scale fixed for progressive 
Salaries, and the Rules established in the Ottice for 
Promotion :—Of the Number of Officers and Clerks 
who have been reduced or dismissed, or have left the 
Office since the Ist day of July 1837; also the Dates, 
the Names, and Salaries of the Clerks appointed 
under the late and present Registrar-General :—Of 
the Aggregate Amount of Charges for the Office for 
Registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages in Eng- 
land and Wales ; stating the Amount for each of the 
Ten years it has been established, including all Sums 
of Money expended in any extra work connected with 
the Department ; also, an Account of the Amount 
received for Fees in each year, and how applied :— 
And, of the Amount of Salary and Emoluments 
of each District Registrar in the year 1846; distin- 
guishing the Amount paid by the Office, and the 
Amount received in Fees from the community. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Emigration, 
(Ireland), which was presented upon Monday last, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Convicts, 
which was presented upon Monday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Workhouses 
(Ireland), which was presented upon Monday last, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Shipping, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


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Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Corn, &amp;c., Corn, &amp;e. 
which were presented yesterday, be printed. No. 259, 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Revenue Revenue and 
and Expenditure, which was presented yesterday, be Expenditure. 
printed. No. 260. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to China, which China. 
was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 261. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Van Diemen’s Van Dicmen’s 

Land, which was presented yesterday, be printed. eos — 
vo. 262. 

Mr. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law Com- Poor Law 
missioners, was called in; and at the bar presented, gga 
pursuant to Orders,—Copies of Correspondence of Graves.) 
the Poor Law Commissioners, relativetothe exchange wo 963. 
of Districts between Mr. Gulson and Mr. Graves, 
in November 1846. 

Amended Return of the Names of the Unions Weymouth 
taken from the Assistant Poor Law Commissioner’s ©" 
District now held by Mr. Gulson, on his being No.263- 
appointed to it in November 1846 ; and Copies of 
all Applications from Mr. Gulson, or any of his Pre- 
decessors, or from any person connected with the 
Weymouth Union, for the Removal of that Union 
from Mr. Gulson’s District ; and of all Correspond- 
ence of the Poor Law Commissioners, or portions of 
Correspondence, relative to the Removal of the Wey- 
mouth Union, from Mr. Gulson’s District, or its 
restoration thereto :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Wey- Weymouth 
mouth Union, which was presented upon the 26th anes ; 
day of this instant March, be printed. No, 263. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday the 
12th day of April next. 





Lune, 12° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law Newtown 
Commissioners, was called in ; and at the bar spied 

presented, pursuant to Order,—Copies of the Cor- 
respondence between the Reverend Bernard U’ Neill, 
Roman Catholic Chaplain of the Newtown Lima- 
vady Union, and the Poor Law Commissioners, which 
led to the Inquiry held during the month of De- 
cember 1846, in the Poorhouse of the said Union : 
—Of the Charges preferred by the Reverend Ber- 
nard O’ Neill against the Master, the Schoolmaster 
and Schoolmistress of the said Union: — Of the 
Minutes of Evidence taken on the Inquiry by Mr. 
Otway, the Assistant Poor Law Commissioner, and 
his Report to the Poor Law Commissioners :-—Of 
the Minutes of the Guardians, and Letters to and 
from the Poor Law Commissioners handed in on 
the said Inquiry :—Of the Letter announcing the 
Decision of the Poor Law Commissioners on the 
said Inquiry to the Guardians, and of the Corre- 
spondence which, since the receipt of such Decision, 
has taken place between the Commissioners and the 
Board of Guardians, up to the 22d day of February 
1847 :—And, of the Commissioners’ Order for the 
Dismissal of John Piggot, the Schoolmaster ; of 
the Protest against the same by the Protestant 
Chaplains of the Workhouse, and of the Observa-~ 
tions made thereon by the Poor Law Commission- 
ers :—And then he withdrew. 

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


The Belfast Improvement Bill was read a second Belfast Im~ 
time ; and committed. jee 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


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Ipswich The House proceeded to take into consideration 
oom the Report on the Jpswick Gas Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendmentg, be 
ingrossed. 
Mr. Warncr's 
Invention, 
No. 250. 


Colonel Anson presented, pursuant to Order,— 
Copies of the Instruction given by the Board of 
Ordnance to the Officers appointed for the Exami- 
nation of the Invention of Mr. Warner, called the 
Long Range :—And, of the Journal of the Proceed- 
ings of the Officers so appointed by the Board of 
Ordnance, to conduct the Examination. 

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


Cheltenham 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill for authorizing the Cheltenham 
Waterworks Company to raise a further Sum of 
Money, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Taunton Sir Edward Colebrooke presented a Bill for paving, 

oes (te rig lighting, watching, watering, cleansing, regulating 

—— and otherwise improving the Borough of Taunton, 
in the County of Somerset, and for improving and 
regulating a Market and Market-places therein : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Customs Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
iia Account of the Gross and Net Amount of Customs 
Duty received at each Port of the United Kingdom, 
during the years ending the 5th day of January 
1846 and 1847; distinguishing between England, 
Scotland and Ireland, and giving the Totals for each. 


Windsor, Petition from Chiswick ;— Twickenham ;—Staines 
Staines and and other places ;—Wew Windsor ;—and, Windsor 
pong At ea and other places ; praying that the Winxdsor, Staines 
(Richmond to and South Western Railway (Richmond to Windsor, 
Windsor, &amp;c.) Ke.) Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
_ and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Windsor, Petitions from Chobham ;— Chertsey ;—Egham ; 
Staines and —and, Wokingham; praying that the Windsor, 


South West Sraines and South Western Railway (Richmond to 
ern Railway 


(Richmond to Windsor, &amp;c.) and the Windsor, Staines and South 
Windsor, &amp;c.); Western Railway (Staines to Ascot and Woking- 
and, Windsor, : EEE, ENS Bills oe te l 

Seciinen. cual ham, with Branches) Bills may pass into law,—were 
mt $8, Aan¢ a ‘ 

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

(Staines to 

Ascot and Wokingham, with 

Branches ) Bills. 


oo Western A Petition of Householders and Rate-payers of 
ote, to the parish of Twickenham, in the county of Mid- 
Egham, dlesex, praying that the Great Western Railway 
nines, at- (Branches to Egham, Staines, Brentford and Twick- 
Paichonlaen)s erham) Bill may not pass into a law ; and that the 
and, Winlsor, Windsor, Staines and South Western Railway 
Grote ond Richmond to Windsor, &amp;c.) Bill may pass into a law, 
— veel was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
ern Railway Tol 
(Richmond to the Table. 
Windsor, Xc.) 
Bills. 
Great Western Petitions from Pewsey ;—- Westbury; — Great 
pana Bedwyn ;— Trowbridge ;—Vale of Pewsey ;—New- 
NS1C c 7 7 . . 
iden, and bury ;— Hungerford ;— Bristol ; — and, Devizes; 
Hants Railway praying that the Great Western Railway (Extension 
from Hunger- of the Berks and Hants Railway from Hungerford 
ford to West- r : . 
bury, witlta to Westbury, with a Branch to Devizes) Bill may 
Branch to __— pass Into a law,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
Devizes) Bill. dered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of Henry Gaisford Gibbs Ludlow, of 
Heywood House, in the county of Wilts, for leave 
to withdraw his Petition against the said Bill, was 
also presented, and read. 
Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the 
said Petition accordingly. 





A, 1847. 


Petitions from Directors of the Brechin Gas scottish Mid- 
Light Company ;—and, Aberlemno; praying that land Junction 
the Scottish Midland Junction Railway (Amend- one. 
ment and Branch to Laurencekirk) Bill may pass and Branch to 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered —_—, 


to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Alban’s (two Petitions) ; London and 
Dunstable ;—and, Luton; praying that the London ap a 
and North Western Railway (Sainé Alban’s, Luton (gaint ‘Albon’s 
and Dunstable Branch) Bill may pass into a law,— Luton and 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon Dunstable 

Branch) Bill. 
the Table. 


Petitions from Salisbury ;— Hindon and other London and 

places ;—East Tisbury and other places ;— Red- hg 
ruth ;— NewSarum;— Henstridge ;— Sturminster es 
Newton and other places ;—Landowners and others 
on the line of the proposed Railway thereinafter 
mentioned between Salisbury and Yeovil ;—Saint 
Columb Major ;—Temple Coombe and Stowell ;— 
Buckhorn Weston ;—Sherborne ;—Gillingham and 
other places ;—Marnhull and other places ;—East 
Stour and other places ;—Mere ;—and, Wadebridge; 
praying the House to pass into law with convenient 
despatch the several Bills promoted by the London 
and South Western Railway Company, and their 
allies, especially for making a Railwaywith Branches, 
on the narrow guage, between Salisbury and Yeovil, 
to Exeter and the Land’s End,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cumberland ;— Brampton ;—and, Glasgow, 
Port Glasgow ; praying that the Glasgow, Dum- 2amiries and 
muta ee a ae Carlisle Rail- 
fries and Carlisle Railway, and Glasgow, Paisley, way, and 
Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (No. 1.) Bill may pass Glasgow, _ 
into law,—were preserited, and read; and ordered F@isley, Kil- 

: marnock and 
to lie upon the Table. Ayr Railway 
(No. 1.) Bill. 
A Petition of Henry Aglionby Aglionby, Es- Glasgow, 
quire, of Wunnery, in the county of Cumberland, Dumtries and 
Member of Parliament, praying that he may be a 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against cer- Giasgow, 
tain parts of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Paisley, Kil- 
Railway, and Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and ®@™0ck and 

-: : Ayr Railway 
Ayr Railway (No. 2.) Bill, was presented, and read. (Xo, 2.) Bill. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Inhabitants of the town of Burford, London, 

in the county of Ozford, and its neighbourhood ; (Oxford and 

— Inhabitants of the town of Worthleach, in the athena 

county of Gloucester, and its neighbourhood ; — Branches Bill; 

Inhabitants of the town of Witney, in the county and. Chile 
: . ham and Ox- 

of Oxford, and its neighhourhood ;—and, Owners gor, j...ilway 

and Occupiers of property in, and Inhabitants of Bill. 

the town of Cheltenham, in the county of Gloucester, 

and the neighbourhood ; praying that the London, 

Oxford and Cheltenham Railway and Branches 

Bill may pass into a law, and that the Cheltenham 

and Oxford Railway Bill may not pass into a law, 

—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 

upon the Table. 


Petitions from .Vorthleach ;— Witney ;— Tewhes- London, 
bury (two Petitions) ;— Burford ;—Ensham ;—and, — 
Oxford; praying that the London, Oxford and Raitway and 
Cheltenham Railway and Branches Bill may pass Branches Bill 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Donald Bethune, of the city of Donald 
Toronto, inthe province of Canada, principal Pro- —_— 
prietor of the Royal Mail line of Steamers upon 
Lake Ontario, complaining of the assistance af- 
forded by the Government to Mr. James Sutherland, 
to build Iron Steamers to ply upon Lake Ontario; 
and praying for the protection of the House, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





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its ei casein 


Registering 
Births, &amp;e. 
(Scotland) 
Bill; and, 
Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;e. 
(Scotland ) 
Bill. 





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lise 
Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill, 


10 Vicroriz. 


Petitions from Woburn ;— Eggington ; — Hock- 
liffe ;—King’s Lynn ;— Bolton-le-Moors (three Pe- 
titions) ;—Saint David's ;-—Carfachell ;— Newton 
Abbot (Pastor and others) ;— Buckfastleigh (two Pe- 
titions) ;—Ashburton ;—Teachers in Saint James's 
Chapel Sunday Schools ; —Newcastle-on-Tyne ; — 
Rowland Castle; — Fareham ; — Portsmouth ; — 
Cambridge ; — Tavistock (two Petitions) ;—Deal ; 
— Stretton-under-Fosse ;— and, Cranfield; pray- 
ing that the House will refuse its sanction to the 
Minutes of the Committee of Council, as the basis 
of a scheme of National Education, and also re- 
fuse to grant any monies for the introduction and 
support of it,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


A Petition of Protestant Dissenters, assembling | 


for public worship in Paradise-street, Renshaw- 
street,and the Toxteth Park chapels, in the borough 
of Liverpool, praying that the Minutes of the Com- 
mittee of the Privy Council on Education may be so 
amended or enlarged as to give relief to the Peti- 
tioners in the several matters set forth in their Peti- 
tion, was also presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Chairman of the Parochial Board 
of the parish of Muirkirk ;——Kwk Session of Blair, 
Athole and Strowan (Moderator) ;——Kirk Session 
of Ormiston; Presbytery of Saint Andrew’s 
(Moderator) ; General Kirk Session of Dundee 
(Moderator, and another) ;——Presbytery of Dun- 
dee (Moderator) ; Presbytery of Garioch (Mo- 
derator) ; Presbytery of Deer (two Petitions) 
(Moderator and Clerk) ;——Kirk Session of the 
barony parish of Glasgow (Moderator) ;——Pres- 
bytery of Hamilton (Moderator) ;——-Members of 
the Parochial Board of Lanark (Chairman) ;—— 
Kirk Session of Avondale (Moderator) ;——Presby- 
tery of Biggar (Moderator) ;——-Parochial Board of 
Walston (Chairman) ;——Presbytery of Glasgow 
(Moderator) ; Members of the Parochial Board 
of the barony parish of Glasgow :——Members of 
the Kirk Session of East Kilbridge ; and, Pres- 
bytery of Perth(Moderator); praying that the Regis- 
tering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill; and, the Marriage 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from the Presbytery of Elgin ;—and, 
Presbytery of Chirnside; praying that School- 
masters and Session Clerks in Scotland may obtain 
compensation for the loss they will sustain, should 
the said Bills pass into law,—were also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 




















Petitions from Kirk Session of Logie (Minister); 
Parochial Board of the barony parish of Glas- 
gow (Chairman) ;——and, Kirk Session of El/on(Mo- 
derator); praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the President and Secretary of the 
Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society, praying that 
the said Bill may pass into a law, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Clergy of the town of Bedford, 
and of the surrounding districts, complaining that 
the Lord’s Day has been frequently desecrated by 
the labourers pursuing their usual work on that day 
while in the construction of the Railroad from Bed- 
ford to Bletchley; and praying the House to pass 
some legislative measure to protect the Railroad 
labourer from being compelled to work on the 
Sunday, and to shield the people from the demora- 
lizing consequences of witnessing such desecration, 


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


Petitions from Kirk Session of Logie (Minister); 
——Kirk Session of Cupar (Minister and Clerk) ; 
——Kirk Session of Ellon (Moderator) ; and, 

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319 
Presbytery of Turriff (Moderator); praying that 
the Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a 


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


A Petition of Catholics of Exeter, and its vicinity, Roman Catho- 
praying that the Roman Catholic Relief Bill may lic Relief Bill. 


pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Potterne ; Aberdeen ; —— 
Northop ;——Plymouth ; ——Sydenham (Ozford) ; 
——and, Llanhenoch ; praying that the said Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Blackheath ;—Greenwich, Dept- Promiscuous 
ford and Blackheath; —and, Sandwich; praying ™*tercourse. 


that the House will enact such laws with reference 
to the keepers of brothels and all persons trafficking 
in female virtue as shall invest magistrates and 
officers of police with more summary powers,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Shipowners and Inhabi- 
tants of the town of Ramsey, in the Isle of Man, pray- 
ing that the Ports, Harbours, &amp;c. Bill, introduced in 
the last Session, may pass into law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of 
Newport and its vicinity, in the Isle of Wight, 
praying the House to secure the adoption of a 
treaty between the British Government and the 
other Governments of the world respectively, in 
which the parties shall agree to abandon the bar- 
barous and unchristian practice of War, and to refer 
all matters of dispute and difficulty that may arise, 
which cannot be settled by mutual negociation, to 
the arbitration of such persons as shall from time 
to time be mutually agreed upon, with an impartial 
umpire, in case of difference of opinion among the 
arbitrators, and to abide by the decision thus given 
without having resort to arms, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Penk- 
ridge Union, in the county of Stafford, praying the 
House to devise a legislative remedy for the pre- 
vention of habits of Vagrancy, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost of the royal burgh of 
Haddingion, praying the House either wholly to 
abolish the law as to Inventory Stamp Duty and 
Legacy Duty, on the moveable succession of de- 
ceased persons, or fairly subject the property or 
heritable succession of all Her Majesty’s subjects 
to a corresponding tax, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ports, Har- 
bours, &amp;c. Bill 
(1846.) 


War. 


Vagrancy. 


Inventory and 
Legacy Duties. 


Two Petitions from Bradford, in the county of Anatomy Act. 


York, praying the House to appoint a Committee 
to investigate the working of the Anatomy Act, 
with a view to its repeal,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Mercantile Agents, 
Warchousemen, Shopkeepers and other Traders and 
Inhabitants of the city and suburban districts of 
Glasgow, praying that the Railways Bill may pass 
into a law, with the insertion therein of a clause 
providing for the appointment of competent inspec- 
tors, as set forth in their Petition, to examine from 
time to time the engine and plant of each Railway, 
and to report thereon in so far as regards the pub- 
lic safety, to the Commissioners of Railways, who 
should be entitled summarily to require the redress 
of any matter tending to endanger the safe transit 
and conveyance of persons and of property, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Railways Bill. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of the Slave Trade. 


Committee of the Cork Anti-Slavery Society, im- 
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pressing upon the House the necessity of the com- 
ylete abandonment of the use of armed vessels, 
and of all other than moral means for the suppres- 
sion of the African Slave Trade, and that the efforts 
of Government be directed to the abolition of the 
slave markets, and praying the House to legislate 
accordingly, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Navigation A Petition of Shipowners of Aberdeen, praying 

Laws. the House to refuse their assent to a repeal or any 
fundamental alteration in the British Navigation 
Laws, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Navigation Laws. 


an A Petition of Magistrates, Clergy, Yeomen and 
ter Railway Others, Inhabitants of the town of Sturminster 
(Blandford §ewton, in county of Dorset, and its vicinity, pray- 
Branch) Bill. ing that the Southampton and Dorchester Railway 
(Blandford Branch) Bill may pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

Table. 
Salisbury A Petition of Mechanics, Artisans, and others, of 
—. the city of Salisbury, praying that the Salisbury and 
~~~" Yeovil Railway Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


—_ a Petitions of Samuel Luscombe and others ;—and, 

on ‘© Owners and Occupiers of land, and Inhabitants 
upon and near the line of the proposed Blandford 
and Bruton Railway; praying that the Blandford 
and Bruton Railway Bill may pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Southampton A Petition of the Corporation of Poole, praying 
ae that the Southampton and Dorchester Railway 
(Blandford (Blandford Branch); and, Blandford and Bruton 
Branch) ; and, Railway Bills may pass into law, was presented, 
Blandtord and and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Bruton Rail- 

way Bills. 

Caledonian A Petition of Trustees upon the Glasgow and 
we A o¢ S#otts Turnpike-roads, praying that they may be 
Motherwell heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
Branch ot against certain parts of the Caledonian Railway 
Clydesdale (Extension of Motherwell Branch of Clydesdale Junc- 
Junction * “he ° : ws ‘ 
Railway to tion Railway to Auchinheath Mineral Field, with 
Auchinheath Branches to the Wishaw and Coltness Railway, Can- 
Mincral Field, qoyside and Hamilton) Bill, was presented, and read. 
with Branches cae i “yt a 

tothe Wishaw Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
and Coltness Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
poe ae a by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Hamilton) Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 


Bill. favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Caledonian A Petition of the Lord Provost and Magistrates 
ene eg _of Glasgow, the Lord Dean of Guild, and the 
tion Railway Deacon Convener of the Trades of the said city, 
(Deviations andthe Remanent Members of the Police and Sta- 
mr eg — tute Labour Committee of the Town Council of 
Works and Glasgow, praying that they may be heard, by 
Bowling, tc.) themselves their counsel or agents, against certain 
Bill. parts of the Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junc- 
tion Railway (Deviations between Duntocher Lime 
Works and Bowling, &amp;c.) Bill, was presented, and 
read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Caledonian A Petition of the Lord Provost and Magistrates 
Railway, of Glasgow, the Lord Dean of Guild, and the 


pre | and Deacon Convener of the Trades of the said city, 
Coatbridge and the Remanent Members of the Police and Sta- 
Railway, tute Labour Committee of the Town Council of 
(Branch tq Glasgow, praying that they may be heard, by 
Station) Bill. themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 

parts of the Caledonian Railway, Glasgow, Garn- 





A. 1847. 


hirk and Coatbridge Raiiway (Branch to Glasgow 
and Station) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 9 


A Petition of Trustees upon the Glasgow and Caledonian 
Shotts Turnpike-roads, praying that they may be ssc Ml 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, from the 
against certain parts of the Caledonian Railway Clydesdale 
(Branches from the Clydesdale Junction Railway to ay 
the Douglas and Lesmahagow Mineral Fields, and Douglas aa 
to Strathavon) Bill, was presented, and read. Lesmahagow 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to ose ig 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners ayon) Bin. “ 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 


in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


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A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and neigh- Bristol and 
bourhood of Frome Selwood, in the county of So- a ages 
merset, praying that the Bristol and Exeter Railway Wate Se 
Bill; and, the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Rail- set and Wey- 
way Bill may be postponed, in order that the whole mouth Rail- re 
subject may receive further consideration, or that “*Y zi 
they may not pass into law without such modifica- a 
tion of the lines proposed, as shall secure the fuller 4 
and more satisfactory accommodation of the great 
district traversed by them, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Commissioners of Sewers for the city London Sew- 
and liberty of Westminster, and part of the county age Chemica! 
of Middlesex, praying that they may be heard, by Me Bill 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the London Sewage Chemical Manure Bill, 


was presented, and read. 2 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to e 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 4 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon : 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, ; 


in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. ¥ 


Petitions of the Great Northern Railway Com- Eastern Coun- 
pany, and Owners of or persons otherwise interested Cietaod 
in land situate on that part of the proposed Railway fitchin) Bill. 


from Hertford to Hitchin, which lies between Broad- 





water and Hitchin ;——Inhabitants of the town 
and borough of Saint Alban’s, in the county of 
Hertford ;——and, the Right honourable ric 








Lord Reay, and of Abel Smith, of Woodhall Park, 
in the county of Hertford, Esquire, Member of 
Parliament, and Owners and Occupiers of property 
upon the line and in the neighbourhood of the Rail- 
way thereinafter mentioned ; praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Eastern Counties Rail- 
way (Hertford to Hitchin) Bill,—were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 

Petitions from Hertford (two Petitions) ;-— Ware ; 
— Stevenage ;—and, Hitchin; praying that the said 
Bill may pass into a law,—were also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions of Henry Simonds and George Simonds, winasor. 
Owners of property on the line of the there above- Staines and 
mentioned Railway ;—— Robert B. Trickey and — 
Charles Shepherd, Owners, Lessees and Occupiers (Staines to 
of property on the line of the there above-mentioned Ascot and 
Railway ;——Richard Gude, of Chobham, in the Wokmsh 
county of Surrey, an Owner of property on the line Branches) Bil 
of the there above-mentioned intended Railway ; 

Joseph Martin, an Owner of land and other 
property on the line of the there above-mentioned 
intended 




















10 Victoriz. 12° Aprilis. 321 


intended Railway;—— and, the Great Western 
Railway Company; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Windsor, Staines and South West- 
ern Railway (Staines to Ascot and Wokingham, with 
Branches) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


in the parish of Swainswick, in the county of So- 
merset, Widow, the Reverend John Poole, Rector 
of Swainswick, in the said county of Somerset, Clerk, 
Charles Stainsbury and Isaac Gifford, Churchwar- 
dens of the said parish of Swainswick, Thomas 
Wintle, of Swainswick Villa, in the said parish of 
Swainswichk, Esquire, Henry Bush, of Ashton Lodge, 
in the parish of Coldashton, in the said county of 
Gloucester, Esquire, and Josiah Tippetts Paul, 
Clerk to the Trustees of the Bath and Cirencester 
Turnpike-roads, and Young Sturge and Henry 
Sturge, of the parish of Swainswick aforesaid, Fell- 





- 2 windsor, Petitions of Brooke Hamilton Gyll, of Braysbury, | mongers, and others ; Owners, Lessees and Oc- 
Staines and jin the county of Bucks, Esquire ;——Surveyors of | cupiers of certain houses at Lambridge, in_the 
South Western 


Railway Roads in the parish of Isleworth, in the county of 
(Richmond to Middlesex ; John Fowler, of Datchet, an Owner 
Windsor, &amp;c.) of property in the parish of Datchet, and John 
Boykett Jarman, of Datchet, another Owner of 
property in the said parish of Datchet, and Richard 
Sherwin Morison, of Datchet, an Occupier of pro- 
perty in the said parish of Datchet ;——Daniel 
£dward Colston, bemg a Lessee of land and pro- 
perty on the line of the Railway thereinafter men- 
tioned ; John Pocock, of the parish of Burnham, 
in the county of Bucks ;—— William Nash, of the 
parish of Langley Marish, in the county of Bucks ; 
—— Henry Emlyn, of Yeoveney, in the parish of 
Staines, in the county of Middlesex ;——W harfin- 
gers, Barge and Boat-owners, Carriers and Traders 
on the River Thames ; Augustus Gostling, of 
Whitton-place, in the parishes of Isleworth and 
Twickenham, in the county of Middlesex, Doctor of 











parish of Walcot, in the city and borough of Bath 
and county of Somerset ; John Glascott Vaw- 
drey, Lessee of lands on the line of the proposed 
Railway thereinafter referred to ;—— Thomas Met- 
calfe, of New-square, Lincoln’s-Inn Fields, in the 
county of Middlesex ;—— and, Gerrard Blisson 
Wharton, of Lincoln’s-Jnn Fields, in the said county 
of Middlesex, Gentleman ; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel oragents, against 
certain parts of the Midland Railway (Mangotsfield 
to Bath) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Petitions from Bridge of Weir and other places ; 


Laws ;——Sir Edward Marwood Elton, Baronet, | —Johnstone ; — Kilbarchan ; — and, Kilmaleolm 5 oN Aye 
Henry Cornfoot, Robert Smith, John Gilbert Mey- | praying that the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Railway, and 
mott, Joseph Seaton, James Robertson, Frederick | Ayr Railway, and Ayrshire and Bridge of Weir Rail- — nae 
Piggott, and other the there under-signed Owners | way (No. 3.) Bill may pass into a law,—were pre Railway 

and Occupiers of property in, and Inhabitants of | sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. (No. 3.) Bill. 
Richmond, and the vicinity thereof, in the county - 
of Surrey ; Cornelia Cambridge, Henry Jelf\ _ Petitions of the Right honourable Henry Stephen Blandford and 


Sharp, Mary Gascoyne, David Lewis, p.v., Mi-| Earl of Iichester ; The Most honourable Henry Bruton Rail- 














way Bill. 














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2 Gey diay ce 57 Saar RC ReneS 


chael Barry, M.v., Percival Wright, and others, the 
Owners and Occupiers of property in, and Inhabit- 
ants of Zwickenham and its vicinity, in the county 
of Middlesex ; Alfred Joseph Keen and John 
Blake, and others, Wharfingers and Barge-owners 
at Brentford; Vestrymen and Inhabitants of 
Richmond, in the county of Surrey ; Thomas 
Peers Williams, of Temple House, in the county of 
Berks, Esquire ; The Great Western Railway 
Company ;——and, Owners, Lessees and Occupiers 
of property, and Inhabitants of Barnes and Rich- 
mond, in the county of Surrey, and of Twickenham, 
Feltham, Bedfont, Ashford, Stanwell, Chiswick, 
Ealing, New Brentford, Isleworth, Hounslow and 
Staines, in the county of Middlesex ; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Windsor, Staines 
and South Western Railway (Richmond to Windsor, 
&amp;c.) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 














Midland Rail- Petitions of the Great Western Railway Com- 
me A — pany ; Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of lands 
Bil on the line of the proposed Railway thereinafter 

referred to ; Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of 

certain houses in Alexander Buildings, Percy-place 

and Kensington-place, in the parish of Walcot, in the 

city and borough of Bath and county of Somerset ; 
Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of certain houses 
in Grosvenor-place or Grosvenor Buildings, in the 
parish of Walcot, in the city and borough of Bath 
and county of Somerset ;——-His Grace the Duke 
of Beaufort, and of Charles Adam Bilsh, of the 
parish of Doynton, in the county of Gloucester, Es- 
quire, Thomas Whittington, of the city of Bath, 
Gentleman, Elizabeth Gunning, of Ashcombe Lodge, 

VoL. 102. 














William Marquis of Anglesey ; Reverend Ed- 
ward Willis, ot the city of Bath, Clerk ; Samuel 
Worthy, of the parish of Zemple Coombe, in the 
county of Somerset ; Surveyors of the Highways 
and Inhabitants of the parish of Temple Coombe, in 
the county of Somerset ;——Surveyors of the High- 
ways and Inhabitants of the parish of Stalbridge, 
in the county of Dorset ; Reverend Nathaniel 
Bridges, of Henstridge, in the county of Somerset, 
Clerk ; Edward Dyne, of Bruton, in the county 
of Somerset, Gentleman ;——Sir Hugh Richard 
Hoare, of Stourhead, in the county of Wilts, Ba- 
ronet ; Reverend Francis Glossop, ot West 
Deane, in the county of Hants, Clerk ; Reverend 
James White, Clerk, of Bruton, in the county of 
Somerset ; John Bailward, of the parish of 
Horsington, in the county of Somerset, Esquire ; 
Great Western Railway Company, and of the 
Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway Company ; 
Reverend Thomas Fox, Rector ot Abbas and 
Temple Coombe, in the county of Somerset, and of 
Jasper Peck, of the said parish, Esquire ; James 
White, Incumbent of Bruton, and others, being 
respectively Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of lands 
upon the line of Railway thereinafter mentioned ; 
John How, and others, Owners, Lessees and Occu- 
piers of lands upon the line of Railway thereinafter 
mentioned ; John Rossiter, and others, Owners, 
Lessees and Occupiers of lands in the parish of 
Sturminster Newton, in the county of Dorset ;—— 
Reverend Littleton Charles Powys, and others, 
Owners and Occupiers of land in the parish of 
Stalbridge, in the county of Dorset ; Thomas 
Charles Bastard, of the parish of Charlton Mus- 
grove, in the county of Somerset, Esquire, and 
Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of lands upon the 
line of Railway thereinafter mentioned ; Henry 
Hunt, of the parish of Wincanton, in the county of 
Somerset, Baker, and Martha, his Wife, and Owners, 
Lessees and Occupiers of lands upon the line of 

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Windsor, 
Staines and 
South Western 
Railway 
(Richmond to 
Windsor, &amp;c.) 
Bill; and, 
Great Western 
Railway 
(Branches 

to Egham, 
Staines, Brent- 
ford and 
Twickenham) 
Bill. 


Windsor 
Railway Bill. 


Oxford, Wor- 
cester, and 
Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway 
(No. 2.) (Ex- 


322 


Railway thereinafter mentioned ; Samuel New- 
ton Parsons, and others, Owners, Lessees and Oc- 
cupiers of lands upon the line of Railway therein- 
after mentioned, in the parishes of Wincanton, 
Maperton, North Cheriton and Horsington;— Henry 
Albert Ingram and Owners, Lessees or Occupiers 
of lands upon the line of Railway thereinafter men- 
tioned ; —— Philip Abraham Barnes and John 
Barnes, and Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of 
lands upon the line of Railway thereinafter men- 
tioned ; Septimus Smith, and Owners, Lessees 
and Occupiers of land upon the line of Railway 
thereinafter mentioned ; Jonathan Kent, and 
Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of land upon the 
line of Railway thereinafter mentioned ; Right 
honourable Edward Berkeley Lord Portman ; 
Henry Field Fisher, of Blandford Forum, in the 
county of Dorset, Draper ; James John Farqu- 
harson, and Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of lands 
upon the line of Railway thereinafter mentioned ; 
William Naish Allford, of Sherborne, in the 
county of Dorset, Esquire, and Owners, Lessees 
and Occupiers of lands upon the line of Railway 
thereinafter mentioned ; Thomas Lyddon Sur- 
rage, of Clifton, in the county of Gloucester, Es- 
quire, and Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of land 
upon the line of Railway thereinafter mentioned ; 
William Manning Dodington, of Horsington, 
in the county of Somerset, Esquire ; and, the 
Right honourable Henry Hobhouse, of Hadspen 
House, in the parish of Pitcombe, in the county of 
Somerset; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Blandford and Bruton Railway Bill,— 
were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 
































Petitions of Parish Officers and Inhabitants of 
Hounslow, in the county of Middlesex ; Magis- 
trates, Parish Officers and Inhabitants of Brentford, 
in the county of Middlesex, and its vicinity ; 
Inhabitants of Feltham and Ashford, in the county 
of Middlesex ; Inhabitants of the parish of Bed- 
font, in the county of Middlesex ; and, Inhabit- 
ants and Rate-payers of Ealing, in the county of 
Middlesex ; praying that the Windsor, Staines and 
South Western Railway (Richmond to Windsor, 
&amp;c.) Bill may not pass into a law; and that the 
Great Western Railway (Branches to Egham, 
Staines, Brentford and Twickenham) Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 














Petitions of the Lord of the Manor of Eton-cum- 
Stockdale and Colenorton, in the county of Bucks, 
Commoners of the said manor, Inhabitants of the 
town of Eton, and of the parishes of Eton and 
Upten-cum- Chalvey. in the said county of Bucks, 
and Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of land and 
property intended to be taken for the purposes of 
the proposed Railway thereinafter mentioned ; 
and, Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of land, and 
Rate-payers and Inhabitants of the parish of Clewer 
and hamlet of Dedworth, in the county of Berks ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
‘heir counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
iVindsor Railway Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





A Petition of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- 
hampton Railway Company, praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 


12° Aprilis. 











A, 1847. 


against certain parts of the Oxford, Worcester and tensions and 
Wolverhampton Railway (No. 2.) (Extensions and = 
Amendment) ; the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Wolverhamp- 
Dudley Railway (Stourbridge and West Bromwich) ; ton and Dud- 
and, the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Ceourbola 4 
Valley Railway (No. 2.) Branches Bill, was pre-and West ‘ 
sented, and read. Bromwich) ; 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the _ i 
; ee gham, 
Committee on the Bills ; and the Petitioners heard, Wolverhamp- 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their ton and Stour 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in hoy Fogel 
favour of the Bills, against the said Petition. Branches) — 
Bills. 
Petitions of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Oxford, 
Stour Valley Railway Company ;——Trustees of nah 
the Pedmore and Holly Hall District of Turnpike-ton Railway 
roads, in the counties of Worcester and Stafford ; (No. 2-) Gx- 
Ann Eliza Haden, of Haden Hall, in the parish porinenr se 
of Rowley Regis, in the county of Stafford, Spinster ; Bill. 
Company of Proprietors of the Birmingham 
Canal Navigation ;——Owners and Occupiers of 
lands and mines in and near the line of the Railway 
thereinafter mentioned ; Shrewsbury and Bir- 
mingham Railway Company; London and North 
Western Railway Company ; Landowners, Iron- 
masters, Coal-masters and other persons carrying 
on business in, or otherwise interested in the trades 
of the South Staffordshire Mineral District, in the 
counties of Stafford and Worcester ; and, Own- 
ers, Lessees and Occupiers of property in the county 
of Worcester ; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton 
Railway (No. 2.) (Extensions and Amendment) Bill, 
—were presented, and read. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 























Petitions of Robert Stribling Cornish, of the city Yeovil, 
of Exeter, Gentleman ; Thomas Carter and Joel Bridport and 








Carter ; William Hoskins, of North Perrott, in &lt;a 
the county of Somerset ;——John Carslake, and Branches, Bill. 
others ;——-George Sampson, of Sidmouth, in the 





county of Devon ; Richard Thomas Coombe, of 
Earnshill, in the county of Somerset, Esquire ; 
and, Bristol and Exeter Railway Company; pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Yeovil, 
Bridport and Exeter Railway, with Branches, Bill, 
—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Petitions of Resident Householders and Owners Great Western 
ot houses in the parishes of Isleworth and Heston, Railway 
near Her Majesty’s Review Ground at Hounslow, and (Branches f 
within three hundred yards of property over which staines, Brent- 
powers are intended to be taken for the purposes of ford and 
the proposed Railway thereinafter mentioned ; he rickenham) 
Mary Anne Pollendine, and others, Owners, Lessees 
and Occupiers of land and property intended to be 
taken for the purposes of the proposed Railways 
thereinafter mentioned ; Persons resident at or 
near Hounslow, and being Owners, Lessees and Oc- 
cupiers of property intended to be taken for the pur- 
poses of the proposed Railways thereinafter men- 
tioned ;——-W. H. Biedermann, and others, Owners, 

Lessees and Occupiers of land and property intended 
to be taken for the purposes of the proposed Rail- 
ways thereinafter mentioned ; Owners, Lessees 











and Occupiers of property resident in, and Inhabit- 
ants of Ealing, Brentford, Isleworth, Twickenham, 
Hounslow, Heston, Bedfont, Feltham, Stanwell and 
Staines, in the county of Middlesex ;—— Thomas 

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Clark, and others, Owners, Lessees and Occupiers 
of land and property intended to be taken for the 
purposes of the proposed Railways thereinafter men- 
tioned ; Eliza Davenport, an Owner of land on 
the line of Railway thereinafter referred to ;—— 
Thomas Farmer, of Gunnersbury House, in the 
parish of Ealing, in the county of Middlesex, Esquire; 
and, Hannah Baroness De Rothschild; praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Great Western 
Railway (Branches to Egham, Staines, Brentford 
and Twickenham) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








London and Petitions of Charles Thomas Ward, of Luton 


— Park, in the county of Bedford, Esquire ;——and, 
allway ) 


(Saint Alban’s, William Leverton Donaldson, of No. 18, Southamp- 

Luton and —ton-street, Bloomsbury, in the county of Middlesex, 

Dunstable Gentleman; praying that they may be heard, by 

Branch) Bill. themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the London and North Western Railway 
(Saint Alban’s, Luton and Dunstable Branch) Bill, 
—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 

Cheltenham Petitions of Ministers and Members of the Con- 
Railway Bil gregation assembling for divine worship at the Wes- 


ley Chapel, in the parish of Cheltenham, in the 
county of Gloucester, and Residents in the said 
town of Cheltenham;——Edward Charles Whin- 
gates, and others, Owners and Occupiers of houses, 
lands and hereditaments in the parish of Chelten- 
ham, in the county of Gloucester, on and near the 
line of the proposed Cheltenham and Oxford Rail- 
way ;——James Clinch, of Witney, in the county of 
Oxford, Wool-merchant ;——Trustees for repairing 
the Roads from Barrington to Campsfield and En- 
slow Bridge, in the county of Ozford ; Charles 
Porcher, of Cliffe, in the county of Dorset, Esquire, 
and George Iteid, of Clarence-terrace, Regent's 
Park, in the county of Middlesex, Esquire ; 
Trustees, Ministers and Members of the Congrega- 
tion assembling for divine worship at the Countess 
of Huntingdon’s Chapel, in the parish of Chelten- 
ham, in the county of Gloucester, and Residents in 
the said town of Cheltenham; Francis Close, 
and others, Owners and Occupiers of lands, houses 
and hereditaments in the parish of Cheltenham, in 
the county of Gloucester, on and near the line of 
Railway thereinafter mentioned ; Inhabitants of 
the town of Witney, in the county of Oxford; 
Cheltenham Gas Light and Coke Company ; 
and, the Cheltenham Sewers Company ; praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Cheltenham and 
Oxford Railway Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 




















Great North- Petitions of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 





ern Railws : = ° 
(Hertford. of the borough of Hertford; Eastern Counties 
Hatfield and Railway Company ; and, Thomas Robert Baron 





Saint Alban’s Dime 


Branch) Bilt dale ; praying that they may be heard, by them- 


selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Great Northern Railway (Hertford, Hatfield 
and Saint Alban’s Branch) Bill,—were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 


to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
VoL, 102. 


12° Aprils. 








323 


heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of Shareholders in a certain Company ghrewsbury 
incorporated as thereinafter mentioned, for making and Birming- 
a Railway from Shrewsbury, in the county of Salop, pang omni ad 
to Wolverhampton, in the county of Stafford, (with ment and 
a Branch), called the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Branches Bill. 
Railway ;——and, Company of Proprietors of the 
Shropshire Canal Navigation; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Shrewsbury and Bir- 
mingham Railway Act Amendment and Branches 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the 
Petitioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 
Petitions. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Newport, 
Monmouthshire Canal Navigation, praying that they Abergavenny 
‘ : and Hereford 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or jaitway 
agents, against certain parts of the Newport, Aber- (Extension to 
gavenny and Hereford Railway (Extension to Taff or i 
Vale Railway) Bill, was presented, and read. a 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Lawrence Hill, Esquire, of Burley- Kimarnock 

green, Ringwood, Hants, only surviving Trustee and Ayr 
acting under the settlement of the late John Barns, —— 
Esquire, and as such standing infeft in the lands of ““Y 
Hobsland and Fuirlies thereafter mentioned, in trust 
for the purposes of the said settlement, and of 
Lieutenant-General Sir James Stevenson Barns, 
K.C.B., residing at 33, Clarges-street, Piccadilly, 
London, the Beneficiary, and under the said trust, 
and in receipt of the rents of the said lands, praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the Ailmar- 
nock and Ayr Direct Railway Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Stephen Pitt, of Cricket-Malherbie, cyara Canal 
in the county of Somerset, Esquire, praying that and Railway 
he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, | ae oseanagaa 
against certain parts of the Chard Canal and Rail- tion) Bill. 
way (Extension and Amalgamation) Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Trustees of the Gloucester, Painswick Midland Rail- 
and Stroud District of Turnpike-roads ; Great way (Glouces- 
Western Railway Company ; Dean and Chapter ene Sarl 
of the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Indivisible tion) Bill. 
Trinity in Gloucester ;——The Reverend Henry 
Wintle, of the city of, Gloucester, Clerk, and the 
Reverend Henry Raikes, of the city of Chester, 

Clerk, and the other Owners and Occupiers of land 
on the line of the proposcd Railway thereinafter 
mentioned ;——and, Daniel John Niblett, of Hares- 
field Court, in the county of Gloucester, Esquire, 
one of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the 
said county, and the Reverend Edward Henry Nib- 
lett, Clerk, Vicar of the parish church of Haresfield 

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aforesaid; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Midland Railway (Gloucester and 
Stonehouse) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the 
Petitioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit ; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 
Petitions. 


Bristol and Petitions of Eliza Clarke and others, Owners, 

Exeter Rail- Lessees and Occupiers of lands upon the proposed 

way (Tamnton ine of Railway thereinaft ntioned ; Pro- 

and Castle ay thereimaiter me ; 

Carey Branch) moters of a Bill for making certain Railways and 

Bill. Branch Railways intended to be called The Exeter 
Great Western Railway; Wilts, Somerset and 
Weymouth Railway Company ;——Mary Creed and 
others, Owners and Occupiers of land and other 
property upon and near the line of the there above- 
mentioned Railway (Zaunton and Castle Carey 
Branch) ; and, Richard Brydges and others ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Bristol and Exeter Railway (Taunton and Castle 
Carey Branch) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the 
Petitioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 
Petitions. 
Petitions from Glastonbury ;— Bridgwater ;— 

Taunton ;—and, Wells ; praying that the said Bill 
may pass into a law,—were also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 











Weleted ond Petitions from Winchester ;— Wells ; —Glaston- 
Exeter Rail- bury ;— Bridgwater ;—Axbridge and other places ; 
way (Branch and, Weston-super-Mare and other places ; praying 
from Bleadon 7° ’ : coke = 
to Wells, Glas- that the Bristol and Exeter Railway (Branch from 
tonbury and =Bleadon to Wells, Glastonbury and Street) Bill may 
Street) Bill. pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Exeter, Yeovil Petitions of Mary Anne Williams, Spinster, and 

and Dorches- others, being respectively Owners, Lessees and Oc- 
ter Railway — cupiers of lands upon the proposed line of Railway 
and Branches ee a a fay ys : 
Bill. thereinafter mentioned ;--—The Reverend Sidney 
Wiltiam Cornish, v.p.,and others, being respectively 

Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of lands upon the 

proposed line of Railway thereinafter mentioned ; 

——Henry Thomas Hewitt, Esquire, and others, 

being respectively Owners, Lessees and Occupiers 

of lands upon the proposed line of Railway therein- 

after mentioned ;—-—Jumes Yelverton, Gentleman, 

and others, being respectively Owners, Lessees and 

Occupiers of lands upon the proposed line of Rail- 

way thereinafter mentioned ;——The Reverend John 

Warren, Clerk, p.p., and others, being respectively 

Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of lands upon the 

proposed line of Railway thereinafter mentioned ; 

——The Reverend William Jenkins, Clerk, and 

others, being respectively Owners, Lessees and Oc- 

cupiers of lands upon the proposed line of Railway 

thereinafter mentioned ;—— Emanuel Lousada, Es- 

quire, and others, being respectively Owners, Les- 

sees and Occupters of lands upon the proposed line 

of Railway thereinafter mentioned ; —— Joseph 

Walker, Esquire, a General Officer in the service of 

Her Majesty ; Theodore Hands Mogridge, of 

Sidmouth, Esquire, Doctor of Medicine, and of 

Edward Studd, Esquire, of Arcott House, near 

Sidmouth, a Colonel in Her Majesty’s Service ; 

Great Western Railway Company, and of the Pro- 

moters of the Exeter Great Western Raiiway ; 

Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway Company ; 

——The Right honourable Edward Berkeley Lord 

Portman ;—— Barnett Coleberd and others, being 











respectively Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of 





lands upon the proposed line of Railway therein- 
after mentioned ;—— Mary Morse and others, being 
respectively Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of lands 
upon the proposed line of Railway thereinafter 
mentioned; Elizabeth Phillips and others, being 
respectively Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of lands 
upon the proposed line of Railway thereinafter 
mentioned ; William Battiscombe, of Walditch, 
in the county of Dorset, Esquire ;——John Pike 
Stephens, of Walditch, in the county of Dorset, Es- 
quire ; Sir John George Reeve de la Pole, of 
Shute House, in the county of Devon, Baronet ; 
——John Perham, of Bothenhampton, in the county 
of Dorset, Gentleman, and others, being respec- 
tively Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of lands upon 
the proposed line of Railway thereinafter men- 
tioned ;——Surveyors of Highways and Inhabitants 
of the parish of Shute, in the county of Devon ; 
William Sand, of the city of Exeter, Esquire, Sur- 
geon, and others, being respectively Owners, Lessees 
and Occupiers of lands upon the proposed line of 
Railway thereinafter mentioned ;——The Reverend 
Henry Caddell, of Wayford, in the county of Somer- 
set, and others, being respectively Owners, Lessees 
and Occupiers of lands upon the proposed line of 
Railway thereinafter mentioned ;——The Reverend 
William Harris Arundell, of Cheriton Fitzpaine,in 
the county of Devon, Clerk, and others, being re- 
spectively Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of lands 
upon the proposed line of Railway thereinafter men- 
tioned ;--—Charles Davy, of Southbrooke, in the 
county of Devon, Esquire, and others, being respec- 
tively Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of lands 
upon the proposed line of Railway thereinafter men- 
tioned ;—— Montague Edmund Newcombe Parker, 
of Whiteway, in the county of Devon, Esquire, and 
others, being respectively Owners, Lessees and Oc- 
cupiers of land upon the proposed line of Railway 
thereinafter mentioned ; Montagu Baker Bere, 
of Bailey House, in the county of Devon, Esquire, 
and others, being respectively Owners, Lessees and 
Occupiers of lands upon the proposed line of Rail- 
way thereinafter mentioned ;—— William Tucker, of 
Coryton Park, in the county of Devon, Esquire, and 
others, being respectively Owners, Lessees and Oc- 
cupiers of lands upon the proposed line of Railwa 
thereinafter mentioned ; Surveyors of the High- 
ways and Inhabitants of the parish of Broadelyst, 
in the county of Devon ; Abraham Smith, of 
Frambear, in the county of Devon, Esyuire, and 
others, being respectively Owners, Lessees and 
Occupiers of lands upon the proposed line of Rail- 
way thereinafter mentioned ; Lieutenant-Colonel 
Edward John Honeywood, of Whimple, in the county 
of Devon, and others, being respectively Owners, 
Lessees and Occupiers of lands upon the proposed 
line of Railway thereinafter mentioned ;——Inha- 
bitants of the town of Southampton ; Inhabit- 
ants of the town of Wimborne, in the county of 
Dorset ;——Vincent Frederick Langworthy, and 
others, being respectively Owners, Lessees and Oc- 
cupiers of lands upon the proposed line of Railway 
thereinafter mentioned ;——The Reverend George 
May Coleridge, Clerk, and others, being respec- 
tively Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of lands upon 
the proposed line of Railway thereinafter men- 
tioned ;——J ames Hooke and others, being respec- 
tively Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of lands upon 
the proposed line of Railway thereinafter men- 
tioned ;——Jane Will/iams and others, being respec- 
tively Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of lands upon 
the proposed line of Railway thereafter men- 
tioned ;——Reverend Henry Thursdon Thomson, 
Clerk, and others, being respectively Owners, Les- 
sees and Occupiers of lands upon the proposed line 
of Railway thereinafter mentioned ; The Right 
Reverend William Hart Coleridge, p.p., and 
others, being respectively Owners, Lessees and 
Occupiers of lands upon the proposed line of 
Railway thereinafter mentioned ;——The Reverend 
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William Jenkins, Clerk, and others, being respec- 
tively Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of lands 
upon the proposed line of Railway thereinafter 
mentioned ;—— Robert Grant, and others, being 
respectively Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of 
lands upon the proposed line of Railway there- 
inafter mentioned ; Noah Bishop, and others, 
being respectively Owners, Lessees and Occupiers 
of ijands upon the proposed line of Railway there- 
inafter mentioned ; Sir William Domville, of 
Eastbourne, in the county of Sussex, Baronet, and 
Sir John Graham, of Eastbourne, aforesaid, and of 
Clapham, in the county of Surrey, Esquire; 
Sir John Kennaway, Baronet, of Escot House, in 
the county of Devon, and other the Trustees of the 
Honiton and Sidmouth Turnpike Trust, and also of 
the Surveyors of the Highways of the parish of Std- 
mouth, in the county of Devon;——John Cutler, 
Esquire, and others, being respectively Owners, 
Lessees and Occupiers of lands upon the proposed 
line of Railway thereinafter mentioned ; John 
Pike Stephens, Esquire, Mayor of the borough of 
Bridport, and others, being respectively Owners, 
Lessees and QOccupiers of lands upon the pro- 
posed line of Railway thereinafter mentioned ; 
The Reverend John Warren, of Heavitree, 
in the county of Devon, Doctor in Divinity, and 
others, being respectively Owners, Lessees and 
Occupiers of lands upon the proposed line of Rail- 
way thereinafter mentioned ; Robert Henry 
Aberdein, of Honiton, in the county of Devon, Es- 
quire, and others, being respectively Owners, 
Lessees and Occupiers of lands upon the proposed 
line of Railway thereinafter mentioned ;—— Robert 
Willy Cooper, of the parish of Winsham, in the 
county of Somerset, Gentleman, and others, being 
respectively Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of 
lands upon the proposed line of Railway therein- 
after mentioned ; The Reverend Henry William 
Marker, of Combe, in the county of Devon, Clerk, 
and others, being respectively Owners, Lessees and 
Occupiers of lands upon the proposed line of Rail- 
way thereinafter mentioned ;——Surveyors of the 
Highways, and Inhabitants of the parish of Bothen- 
hampton, in the county of Dorset ;——-Christopher 
Samuel Hood, of Honiton, in the county of Devon, 
Esquire, and others, being respectiveiy Owners, 
Lessees and Occupiers of lands upon the proposed 
line of Railway thereinafter mentioned ; -— Thomas 























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325 


and Bridport, in the county of Dorset ;——Anna 
Maria Susanna Donne Donisthorpe, of the parish 
of Crewkerne, in the county of Somerset, Widow, 
and others, being respectively Owners, Lessees and 
Occupiers of lands upon the proposed line of Rail- 
way thereinafter mentioned ; Trustees of the 
First District of the Bridport Turnpike Trust, and 
Inhabitants of the parishes of Wadditch and Brid- 
port, in the county of Dorset ;——-Sir Molyneux 
Hyde Nepean, Baronet ;——-Richard Seymour, of 
the parish of Bradpole, in the county of Dorset, 
Gentleman, and others, being respectively Owners, 
Lessees and Occupiers of lands upon the proposed 
line of Railway thereinafter mentioned ; Robert 
Lowman, of the parish of Crewkerne, in the county 
of Somerset, Gentleman, and others, being re- 
spectively Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of lands 
upon the proposed line of Railway thereinafter men- 
tioned ; John Marsh Templeman, of Crewkerne, 
in the county of Somerset, Gentleman, and others, 
being respectively Owners, Lessees and Occupiers 
of lands upon the proposed line of Railway there- 
inafter mentioned ;—— Charles Warre Loveridge, 
of Crewkerne, and others, being respectively 
Owners, Lessees and Ovcupiers of lands upon the 
proposed line of Railway thereinafter mentioned ; 
John Churchill Langdon, of Chard, in the 
county of Somerset, Gentleman, and others, being 
respectively Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of 
lands upon the proposed line of Railway therein- 
after mentioned ; John Carew, of the city of 
Exeter ;——Sir William Oglander, of Parnham, in 
the county of Dorset, Baronet, and others, being 
respectively Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of lands 
upon the proposed line of Railway thereinafter men- 
tioned ; Bristol and Exeter Railway Company ; 
and, the Reverend Richard Battiscombe, of 
Hacktons, in the couuty of Essex, Clerk ; praying 
that they may he heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Exeter, 
Yeovil and Dorchester Railway and Branches Bill, 
—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the 
Petitioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit ; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 
Petitions. 























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Matthews, junior, of Misterton, in the county of} A Petition of Inhabitants of Wareham, in the gatisbury and 
Somerset, and others, being respectively Owners, | county of Dorset, praying that they may be heard, Yeovil Kail- 
Lessees and Occupiers of lands upon the proposed | by themselves, their counsel or agents, against W#y; and, 
. f A ss ss : : . . 5 Exeter, Yeovil 
line of Railway thereinafter mentioned ;——The | certain parts of the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway, 


. . : ‘ and Dorches- 
Reverend Andrew Tucker, of Bellair, inthe parish | and the Exeter, Yeovil and Dorchester Railway Bills, ae ai 








of Charmouth, in the county of Dorset, Clerk, and 
others, being respectively Owners, Lessees and 
Occupiers of lands upon the preposed line of Rail- 
way thereinafter mentioned ;—— Robert Thomas 
Day, of Hewish, in the county of Somerset, Gen- 
tleman, and others, being respectively Owners, 
Lessees and Occupiers of lands upon the proposed 
line of Railway thereinafter mentioned ; The 
Reverend Richard Arthur Saint Leger, of Star- 
cross, in the county of Devon, and others, being 
respectively Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of 
Jands upon the proposed line of Railway therein- 
after mentioned ;——Harriett Parker, of White- 
way, inthe county of Devon, and others, being 
respectively Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of 
Jands upon the proposed line of Railway thereinafter 
mentioned ; The Right honourabie Henry 
Stephen, Earl of Ilchester ;——Samuel Gundry, of 
Bridport, in the county of Dorset, Gentleman, and 
others, being respectively Owners, Lessees and 
Occupiers of lands upon the proposed line of Rail- 
way thereinafter mentioned ;——Surveyors of the 
Highways, and Inhabitants of the parish of Ottery 
Saint Mary, in the county of Devon ; " 








Trustees 
of the First District of the Bridport Turnpike-roads, 





and Inhabitants of the parish of Bothenhampton 


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was presented, and read. = 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred 
to the Committee on the Bills; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petition, if they think fit; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bills, against the 
said Petition. 


Petitions of James Phelps, and others, Owners, 
Lessees and Occupiers of lands upon the proposed 
line of Railway thereinafter mentioned ;——John 
Vickery, and others, Owners, Lessees and Occupiers 
of lands upon the proposed line of Railway there~ 
inafter mentioned ;——The honourable and Right 
reverend Richard Bagot p.v., Lord Bishop of 
Bath and Wells ;——Wilts, Somerset and Wey- 
mouth Railway Company :—— William Wood, of 
Abersychan, in the county of Monmouth, and John 
Beauchamp, of Wookey Mills, in the out-parish of 
Saint Cuthbert, in Wells, in the county of Somerset, 
Paper-makers, carrying on their trade at the said 
mills, in co-partnership, under the name or firm of 
Wood and Beauchamp ; Peter Fry, and others, 
Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of lands upon the 
proposed line of Railway thereinafter mentioned ; 
——and, Richard Plantagenet Brydges Chandos 

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Temple Duke of Buckingham and Chandos; praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Bristol and 
Exeter Railway (Branch from Bleadon to Wells, 
Glastonbury and Street) Bill, were presented, and 
read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the 
Petitioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 
Petitions. 


Great North- A Petition of Joseph Silvester Godfrey, of High- 
Giviads oo” gate, in the county of Middlesex, Esquire, praying 
$icaford) Bill, that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or 
agent, against certain parts of the Great Northern 
Railway (Branch to Sleaford) Bill, was presented, 
and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 
Manchester Petitions of Joe Sidebottom, of Broadbottom, 
— within the parish of Mottram, in_ Longdendale, in 
(Power to sell the county of Chester, Cotton Manufacturer, the 
to the Man- Qwyner, and the said Joe Sidebottom and John Side- 
oo ~~ bottom, of Broadbottom, aforesaid, Cotton Manu- 
works Com- facturer, the Occupiers of certain cotton-mills, 
pany) Bill. situate at Broadbottom, in the parish of Mottram-in- 
Longdendale, aforesaid ;——and, Lieutenant Colonel 
John Wildman, of Lower Brook-street, Grovenor- 
square, Middlesex, the Guardian legally appointed 
of the Right honourable George Harry, Earl of 
Stamford and Warrington, a minor under the age 
of twenty-one years; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Manchester Corporation Water- 
works (Power to Sell to the AZanchester and Sal- 
ford Waterworks Company) Bill,—were presented, 
and read. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the 
Petitioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit ; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 
Petitions. 


Stockport A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
Manorial Tolls more effectually repairing and otherwise improving 
—- Bridges the Roads from Hurdlow House, in the County of 
Derby, to Manchester, in the County Palatine of 
Lancaster, and other Roads therein mentioned, in 
the said Counties, and in the County Palatine of 
Chester, commonly called the Manchester and 
Buxton Turnpike-road, praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Stockport Manorial 

Tolls and Bridges Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petition, if they think fit, and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 

Petition. 


Gloucester and A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 

Hereford Rail- Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Navigation, 

way and Canal »; ying that they may be heard, by themseives, 

Panes Ie their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Gioucester and Hereford Railway and Canal Pur- 
chase Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petition, if they think tit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 
Petition. 


12° Aprilis. 





A. 1847. 


Petitions of Anne Everett, Wife of William Enfield and 

Everett, of Chaseside House, in the parish of En- — ... 
field, in the county of Middlesex, Esquire, and of tension Bill. 
the said William Everett and of Henry Everett, 
of the Middle Temple, London, Esquire, and James 
Hodgson, of Lincoln’ s-Inn- Fields, in the said county 
of Middlesex, Esquire, Trustees of the Marriage 
Settlement thereinafter referred to: and, Wil- 
liam Carr, of Enfield, in the county of Middlesex, 
Esquire; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Enfield and Edmonton Railway Extension 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





A Petition of Alexander Powell, of Hurdcott wits, Somcr- 
House, in the county of Wilts, Esquire, praying set and Wey- 
that he may be heard, by his counsel or agent, eaony tg 
against certain parts of the Wéilts, Somerset and (Bruton, Pit- 
Weymouth Railway (No. 1.) (Bruton, Pitcombe and combe and 
Rodden and Bradford Deviations) Bill, was pre- fo \en and 
sented, and read. viations) Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 
heard, by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of J. S. W. Sawbridge Erle Drax, and Southampton 

others, being Owners, Lessees or Occupiers of pro- sy ea 
perty upon the line or in the neighbourhood of the (istandford 
Railway thereinafter mentioned ; James John Branch) Bill. 
Farquharson and others, being Owners, Lessees or 
Occupiers of property upon the line or in the neigh- 
bourhood of the Railway thereinafter mentioned ; 
——Sir John Wyldbore Smith, Baronet, and otliers, 
Owners, Lessees or Occupiers of property upon the, 
line or in the neighbourhood of the Railway therein- 
after mentioned ; and, Samuel White White aud 
Martin Small, Owners, Lessees or Occupiers of 
property upon the line or in the neighbourhood of 
the Railway thereinafter mentioned; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Southampton 
and Dorchester Railway (Blandford Branch) Bili, 
—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








Petitions of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Birmingham, 
Railway Company ; Shareholders in the Bir- he winernemne- 
: ° , on and Stour 
mingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway Vajjev Rail- 
Company ; and, the Birmingham, Wolverhamp- way (No. 1.) 
ton and Dudley Railway Company; praying that — 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel py 
oragents, against certain parts of the Birmingham, 
Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway (No. 1.) 
(Smethwick Deviation) Bill,—were presented, and 
read. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








Petitions of the Company of Proprietors of the Birmingham, 


Stourbridge Navigation; —— R. Hickman and pesnagetan ona 
others, Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of property, Valley Rai'- 
in the county of Worcester ; Trustees for exe- way (Xo. =.) 
Branches Lil. 





cuting the Act for repairing certain Turnpike-roads 
lying between Birmingham and Wednesbury and 
Dudley, called the Birmingham and Wednesbury 





Turnpike-roads ; —— Company of Proprietors of 
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the Birmingham Canal Navigations ; Thomas 
Badger and others, Owners and Occupiers of lands 
and mines on and near the line of the‘ Railway 
thereinafter mentioned ; Shrewsbury and Bir- 
mingham Railway Company ; Shareholders in 
the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley 
Railway Company ; ——Trustees of the Dudley, 
Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Streetway district 
of Turnpike-roads, in the counties of Worcester, 
Warwick and Stafford ;——Trustees of the Ped- 
more and Holly Hail district of ‘Turnpike-roads, in 
the counties of Worcester and Stafford ;——Bir- 
mingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley Railway Com- 
pany ; Henry Bickerton Whitehouse, of Sedgeley, 
in the county of Stafford, lron-master ;—— George 
Hesketh Biggs, of Bromsgrove, in the county of 
Worcester, Esquire, (two Petitions) ;—— Ozford, 
Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Company ; 
——Francis Tongue Rufford, of Prescot House, in 
the parish of Oldswinsford, in the county of Wor- 
cester, Clay Merchant ;——and, Francis Tongue 
Rufford, of Stourbridge, in the county of Worcester, 
Esquire ; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour 
Valley Railway (No. 2.) Branches Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 











Petitions of Owners, Lessees or Occupiers of pro- 
‘Trustees of 
the Dudley, Birmingham, Wolverhampton and 

Streetway District of Turnpike-roads, in the coun- 
and West ties of Worcester, Warwick and Stafford ;——Com- 
Bromwich) peeaiet Tice aE } 
Bill, pany of Proprietors of the Birmingham Canal Na- 
vigations ;——and, Ann Eliza Haden, of Haden 
Hill, in the parish of Rowley Regis, in the county 
of Stafford, Spimster; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton 
and Dudley Railway (Stourbridge and West Brom- 
wich) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Birmingham, 
Wolverhamp- perty in the coanty of Worcester ; 





ton and Dud- 
ley Railway 
(Stourbridge 


Airdrie and 


Petitions of the Ballochney Railway Company, 
Bathgate 


the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway Company, 


Junction . . 

Railway and the Slamannan Railway Company, known as 
(Amendment the Monkland Railway Company ;——Owners of 
and Devia- —_ Jand and heritages on the line of Railway therein- 
tion) Bill. ¢ 


after mentioned ; aud, Airdrie and Bathgate 
Junction Railway Company (two Petitions) ; pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 





counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Air- | 


drie and Bathgate Junction Railway (Amendment 
and Deviations) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Midland Rail. Petitions of Sophia Catherine Marriott, of New- 
sink ell ton House, in the parish of Clifton-on-Dummore, in 
Leicester, yia_ the county of Warwick ;——Reverend John Mar- 
serra to riolt, of Bradfield, in the county of Berks, Clerk ; 
Northen ——and, John Ward Boughton Leigh, of Brown- 
and Hunting. sover Hall, in the county of Warwick, Esquire ; 
don, and En- praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
aot their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Station) Big, Midland Railway (Extension from near Leicester 
vid Bedford to Hitchin and to Northampton and 


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327 


Huntingdon, and Enlargement of the Leicester Sta- 
tion) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, ifthey think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Swansea 
of the borough of Swansea, in the county of Glamor- P°¢ks Bill. 
gan;—— and, Starling Benson, of the town of 
Swansea, in the county of Glamorgan, Esquire ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Swansea Docks Bill,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham London and 
Railway Company ;——Owners, Lessees and Oc- North: West- 
cupiers of lands in the parish of Wolverhampton, in (Portobello. 
the county of Stafford, upon and adjoining the line and Wolver- 
of a proposed Branch Railway from Portobello to =. ‘“ 
Wolverhampton; ——- and, Oxford, Worcester and pi, &gt;” 
Wolverhampton Railway Company; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agenis, against certam parts of the London and 
North Western Railway (Portobello and Wolver- 

— Branch, &amp;c.) Bill,—were presented, and 
read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





A Petition of Richard Douglas Gough, of Ynis- Swansea _ 
cedwin House, in the county of Brecon, Esquire, cons &gt; aa 
praying that he may be heard, by himself, his coun- a 
sel or agent, against certain parts of the Swansea 
Valley Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
' Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
| by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 





A Petition of Householders and Inhabitants of Weymouth 
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, praying that the 24 Melcombe 
‘ “ s © a Regis Harbour 
| Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Harbour and Bridge and Bridge 
| Trusts Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, Trusts Bill. 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Landowners and Inhabitants of the Wilts, Somer- 
| parish of Bleadon, in the county of Somerset, and raion shag ‘ 
its neighbourhood, praying that the !Valts, Somerset way (No. 2.) 
‘and Weymouth Railway (No. 2.) Bill may not pass Bill. 
| into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
| to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of William Moggy Bewsey ; Owners, 
Lessees or Occupiers of property upon the line and 
in the neighbourhood of the Railways thereinafter 








mentioned ;——James Talbot and others ;—— Wil- 
liam Manning Dodington, of Horsington, in the 
county of Somerset, Esquire ;——Owners and Oc- 


cupiers of land upon and near the line of the pro- 
posed Extension of the Wi/ts, Somerset and Wey- 
mouth Railway ;——Henry Benedict Lord Arundell 
Baren Arundell, of Wardour Castle, in the county 
of Wilts ; Dean and Chapter of Winchester ; 
——Bristol and Exeter Railway Company ;—— 
Richard Plantagenet Brydges Chandos Temple, 
Duke of Buckingham and Chandos ;-——and, Rear- 
Admiral Sir Edward Chetham Strode, of Southill 
House, near Shepton Mallet, in the county of So- 
merset, Knight; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the said Bill,—were also presented, 

and read. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
TT4 heard, 














328 


heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and parish 
of Ware, in the county of Hertford, praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against a of the Eastern Counties 
Railway (Cambridge, Royston and Ware Line, &amp;c.) 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Fastern Coun- 
ties Railway 
(Cambridge, 
Royston and 
Ware Line, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Salisbury and 
Yeovil Rail-_ 
way Bill. 


Petitions of Alfred Charles Bridge, of the Inner 
Temple, in the city of London, Esquire ;——The 
Most honourable Henry William Marquis of An- 
glesey ;——John Lambert, of Milford, in the county 
of Wilts, Gentleman ;——Beverley Robinson, of | 
Fisherton Anger, in the county of Wilts, Esquire ; 
William Cottle and others, being respectively 
Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of lands on the 





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line of the proposed Railway thereinafter mentioned ; 
—— William Crouch, of Fairford, in the county of 
Gloucester, Gentleman, and John Daniel Crouch, | 
of Cirencester, in the said county, Land Surveyor ; | 
——Surveyors of the Highways and Inhabitants 
of the parish of Fugglestone Saint Peter, in the 
county of Wilts ;——Surveyors of the Highways 
and Inhabitants of the parish of Wincanton, in the 
county of Somerset ; Trustees of Fisherton, 
Wilton, Heytesbury, Willoughby, Hedge and Red- | 
bone Turnpike-roads, and Inhabitants of the parish 
of Fisherton Anger, in the county of Wilts ;—— 
Great Western Railway Company, and of the Wilts, 
Somerset and Weymouth Railway Company ; 
Reverend Thomas Fox, Rector of Abbas and Tem- 
ple Coombe, in the county of Somerset, Clerk ;—— 
Right honourable Edward Earl of Digby ;—— 
John Symes, of Sherborne, in the county of Dorset, 
Yeoman, and others, being respectively Owners, 
Lessees, and Oecupiers of land upon the line of} 
Railway thereinafter mentioned ;—— Thomas Mil- | 
fer, of Sherborne, in the county of Dorset, Yeoman, 

and others, being respectively Owners, Lessees and 

Occupiers of lands upon the line of Railway there- 

inafter mentioned ;—— William Vincent, of Sher- 
borne, in the county of Dorset, Yeoman, and others, 

being respectively Owners, Lessees and Occupiers 

of land upon the line of Railway thereinafter men- 

tioned ;——-James Hoddinott, of Sherborne, in the | 
county of Dorset, Yeoman, and others, being re- | 
spectively Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of land | 
upon the line of Railway thereinafter mentioned ; 
——Henry Ensor, of Sherborne, in the county of | 
Dorset, Yeoman, and others, being respectively | 
Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of land upon the | 
line of Railway thereinafter mentioned ;—— Samuel | 
Blake and John Bird Best, of Sherborne, in the 

county of Dorset, Yeomen, and others, being re- 

spectively Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of land | 
upon the line of Railway thereinafter mentioned ; | 
—— Nathaniel Raymond, of Temple Coombe, in the 
county of Somerset, Yeoman, and others, being re- 
spectively Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of land 
upon the line of Railway thereinafter mentioned ; 
——Surveyors of the Highways and Inhabitants of | 
the parish of Sherborne, in the county of Dorset; | 
———Surveyor of the Highways and Inhabitants of | 
the parish of Gillingham, in the county of Dorset ; | 
——Surveyor of the Highways and Inhabitants of 
the parish of Wardour, in the county of Wilts ;—— 
James Bracker, of Sedghill, in the county of Wilts, 
Gentleman, and of the several other Persons whose 
names are thereto subscribed ; Mary Bracker, 
of Sedghill, in the county of Wilts, Widow, and of 
the several other Persons whose names are thereto 


subscribed ; Richard Buckland, of Shaftesbury, 














| 














A. 1847. 


in the county of Dorset, Gentleman, and of the 
several other Persons whose names are thereto sub- 
scribed ; Robert Swyer, of Shaftesbury, in the 
county of Dorset, Gentleman, and of the several 
other Persons whose names are thereto subscribed ; 
——Charles Edward Buckland, of Shaftesbury, in 
the county of Dorset, Gentleman, and of the several 
other Persons whose names are thereto subscribed ; 
Stephen Bracher, of Sedghill, in the county of 
Wilts, Yeoman, and of the several other Persons 
whose names are thereto subscribed; William 
Bracker, of Sedghill, in the county of Wilts, Yeo- 
man, and of the several other Persons whose names 
are thereto subscribed ;——Philip Mathews Chitty, 
of Shaftesbury, in the county of Dorset, and of the 
several other Persons whose names are thereto 
subscribed ; Samuel Worthy, of the parish of 
Temple Coombe, in the county of Somerset ; 
Juliana Letitia Penruddocke, of Baverstock House, 
in the parish of Baverstock, in the county of Wilts, 
Widow, the legally appointed Guardian of her Son 
Charles Penruddocke, an Infant ; William Cor- 
bin Finch, of Fisherton Anger, in the county of 
Wilts, M.D. ; Reverend Ralph Lyon, of Bishop’s 
Caundle, in the county of Dorset, p.p., and others, 























being respectively Owners, Lessees or Occupiers of 


lands upon the line of the proposed Railway there- 
inafter mentioned ; Surveyors of the Highways 





| and Inhabitants of the parish of Bradford Abbas, 





in the county of Dorset ; Edwin Newman, of 
Yeovil, in the county of Somerset, Gentleman, and 
others, being respectively Owners, Lessees and 
Occupiers of lands upon the line of the proposed 
Railway thereinafter mentioned ; Edward Gran- 
ger, of Yeovil, in the county of Somerset, Chemist, 
and others, being respectively Owners, Lessees and 
Occupiers of lands upon the line of the proposed 
Railway thereinafter mentioned ;——Charles Blake, 
of Yeovil, in the county of Somerset, Inn-keeper, 
and others, being respectively Owners, Lessees and 
Occupiers of lands upon the line of the proposed 
Railway thereinafter mentioned ; Warden and 
Scholars, Clerks of Saint Mary College, Winches- 
ter, and others, being respectively Owners, Lessees 
or Occupiers of lands upon the line of the proposed 
Railway thereinafter mentioned ; Inhabitants of 
the town of Southampton ;——lInhabitants of the 
town of Wimborne, in the county of Dorset ;—— 
Inhabitants of the town of Wareham, in the county 
of Dorset ; John Lambert, of Milford, near 
Salisbury, in the county of Wilts, Esquire, and of 
the several other Persons whose names are there- 
unto subscribed ; Bristol and Exeter Railway 
Company ; and, Henry Benedict Lord Arundell 
Baron Arundell, of Wardour Casile, in the county 
of Wilts; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Bill,— 
were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Commitee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 




















A Petition of Lieutenant Colonel John Wildman, o\anam 
of Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, Middle- Alliance 
sea, the Guardian legally appointed of the Right Railway Bill 
honourable George Henry Earl of Stamford and 
Warrington, a minor, under the age of twenty-one 
years, praying that he may be heard, by himself, 
his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the 
Oldham Alliance Railway Bill, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Margaret Chamberlain, of Skipton, Leeds and 
in the county of York, Widow, Committee of the Thirsk Rail- 


; : way (for sup- 
person and estate of John Dyneley, Esquire, a lu- bn a Water 


natic, praying that she may be heard, by her counsel to Leeds, &amp;c.) 
Bill 
or 











10 Victortiz. 


or agent, against certain parts of the Zeeds and 
Thirsk Railway (for supplying Water to Leeds, &amp;c.), 
Bill, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Leeds Water- A Petition of Margaret Chamberlain, of Skipton, 
works Bil. im the county of York, Widow, Committee of the 
person and estate of John Dyneley, Esquire, a lu- 
natic, praying that she may be heard, by her counsel 
or agent, against certain parts of the Leeds Water- 
works Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by her counsel or agent, upon her Petition, if she 


think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, | 


against the said Petition. 


Belfast Im- 


pest Joy, Frederick Joy and John Holmes Joy; 
President and Assistants of the Belfast Charitable 
Society; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Belfast Improvement Bill,—were presented, 

and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Rewcastle and A Petition of Dorothy Purvis, of Newcastle-upon- 
ng gy ” Tyne, Widow, and the Reverend Ralph Errington, 
Coast Line, of Mitford,in the county of Northumberland, Clerk, 
Blyth, Sea-- and Margaret Diana, his Wife, praying that they 
ton Sluice ae : : : 
and other may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
Branches) Bill. against certain parts of the Newcastle and Berwick 
Railway (East Coast Line, Blyth, Seaton Sluice 
and other Branches) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 


favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 





ee Petitions of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham 
peop ~ Railway Company; James Fitzgerald and others, 


Canal (Lease Shareholders in the Shropshire Union Railways and 
to ——— Canal Company ;—— Morley Theobald and others, 
Se ae, Shareholders in the Shropshire Union Railways and 
way Company) Canal Company ; and, Joseph Sugden and others. 
Lill Shareholders in the Shropshire Union Railways and 
Canal Company; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Shropshire Union Railways and 
Canal (Lease to the London and North Western 
Railway Company) Bill,—were presented, and read. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 

in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





York and A Petition of the West Durham Railway Com- 
— pany, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
ailway / i. . ? 
(Main Line selves, their counsel or agent, against certain parts 
Improvement, of the York and Newcastle Railway (Main Line 
&amp;c.) Bill. Improvement, &amp;c.) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Glasgow, Air- A Petition of Burgesses and Inhabitants of the 
ee as City of Glasgow, praymg that they may be heard, 
Junction Rail. by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
pd (Cowlairs, tain parts of the Glasyow, Airdrie and Monklands 
tral Cade ang Junction Railway (Cowlairs, Carmyle, Central Junc- 
and Coplaw. tion and Coplaw-hill Branches and Montrose-street 
hill Branches, Terminus) Bill, was presented, and read. 
set annua Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
nus) Bill, | the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
Vou. 102. 





Petitions of William Bruce Joy, Henry Holmes! 


and, | 














12° Aprils. 329 


A Petition of Trustees upon the Glasgow and Wishaw and 
Shotts Turnpike-roads, praying that they may be ©*ltness Rail- 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against — 
certain parts of the Wishaw and Coltness Railway heath Mineral 
(Branches to Auchinheath Mineral Field and Can- a Can- 
derside) Bill, was presented, and read. a 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Owners of lands and minerals there- Wilsontown, 
in, viz. James Waddell, of Leadloch, and Alexander Morningside 
Waddell, of Brahead;— and, John Mann, At- 324,Coltness 

e770 ° ° iy 
torney of William Dizon, of Govan Colliery, near (Branches to 
Glasgow, now absent from the United Kingdom ; Benhar Coal- 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, Eainbureh 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the and Glasgow 
Wilsonéown, Morningside and Coltness Railway Turnpike- 
(Branches to Benhar Coal-works and Edinburgh a 
and Glasgow Turnpike-road) Bill,—were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, aguinst the said Petitions. 


Petitions of Bankers, Merchants, Shipowners and Eastern Coun- 
other Inhabitants of the borough of Boston, in the ties Railway 
county of Lincoln ; Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Corea Bill 
gesses of the borough of Boston, in the county of 
Lincoln ;——and, Commissioners for improving and 
completing the Navigation of that Branch of the 
River Trent, which runs by the town of Newark, 
from a place called the Upper Weir, in the parish of 
Averham, in the count y of Nottingham, to a place 
called the Crankleys, in the parish of South Musk- 
ham, in the said county ; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the EasternCounties Railway (Spald- 
ing to Newark) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Petitions of William Cunnington, of Devizes, Great Western 
Wilts, an Owner of property on the line of the in- Railway 


tended Railway thereinafter mentioned ;——Mrs. wc aga 
Cecilia Bligh, of 6, Leam-terrace, Leamington ;—— HantsRailway 


aud, William Ballard Seagram and others, Owners from Hunger- 
of lands on the intended line of Railway therein- ecg ag 
after mentioned ; praying that they may be heard, Branch to 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- Devizes) Bill 
tain parts of the Great Western Railway (Extension 
of the Berks and Hants Railway, from Hungerford 
to Westbury, with a Branch to Devizes) Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of Dame Eliza Wombwell, Widow, and Great West- 
Relict of Sir George Wombvell, late of Wombwell, (Br mri 
; 6 ranch to 
in the county of York, Baronet, deceased ; —~— join the West 
London and South Western Railway Company ; London Rail- 
George Phillips, Esquire, of Streatham, in the county AY et come 
of Surrey, and Elizabeth Phillips, of the same te outer of 
place, Spinster ;——-West London Railway Com- West London 
pany ; Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of pro- nae ig 
perty resident in, and Inhabitants of Hammersmith Yammer- 


and Acton, in the county of Middlesex ; and, smith, and to 











Catherine Pilkington, of Battersea, in the county Jn the Lone 
of Surrey, Widow, and Andrew Duncan M‘ Kellar, western Rail- 


of Battersea aforesaid, Esquire, being the Owners way, near 
UU and Lambeth) Bill, 


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London, 
Oxford and 
Cheltenham 
Railway and 
Branches Bill. 


330 


and Occupiers of certain property thereinafter de- 
scribed, upon the line of the proposed Railway there- 
inafter mentioned ; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Great Western Railway (Branch to 
join the West London Railway, Widening and En- 
largement of West London Railway, and Branches 
to Hammersmith, and to join the London and South 
Western Railway, near Lambeth) Bill,—-were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of the Right honourable John Lord 
Sherborne, Baron Sherborne ; Jane Eliza Prince 
and others, Owners and Occupiers of property on 
the line of the intended London, Oxford and Chel- 
tenham Railway ; James Westell and others, 
Owners and Occupiers of property on the line of 
the intended London, Oxford and Cheltenham Rail- 
way ; Thomas Tyndale and others, Owners and 
Occupiers of property upon or near the line of the 
intended London, Oxford and Cheltenham Railway ; 
The Reverend Henry Pole and his Son, Henry 
Pole, Esquire, Owners of property on the line of 
the ? tended London, Oxford and Cheltenham Rail- 
way ; ——The Most noble George Spencer Churchill 
Duke of Marlborough ; Cheltenham Waterworks 
Company ; Inhabitants of the town of Witney, 
and its vicinity ; The Honourable Richard Kep- 
pell Craven ;——James Agg Gardner and others, 
Owners and Occupiers of property in Cheltenham ; 
Humphrey Tuchwell and others, Owners and 
Occupiers of property on the line of the intended 
London, Oxford and Cheltenham Railway ; 





























Mary Rogers, of the parish of Denton, in the county | 


of Buckingham, Widow ;——J. Cleobury and others, 
Owners and Occupiers of property on the line of 
the intended London, Oxford and Cheltenham Rail- 
way;—-—The Reverend Edmund Deane, of Sap- 
perton, in the county of Gloucester, Clerk, Thomas 
Combe, of the city of Oxford, Esquire, Conway | 
Whithorne Lovesay, of Brick-court, Temple, in the | 
city of London, Esquire, and Georgiana Lovesay, 
of Charlton Kings, in the county of Gloucester, 
Spinster, Owners of property on the line of the in- 
tended London, Oxford and Cheltenham Railway ; 
Inhabitants of the town of Burford and its; 
vicinity, in the county of Oxford ;——The Most 
Reverend Edward Harcourt, Archbishop of York ; 
The Reverend William Pearson, ..L. D., of | 
South Kilworth, Leicestershire ; James Tagq, of 
Forest Hill, in the county of Ozford, Miller ;—— 
The Grand Jury for the county of Carmarthen, as- 
sembled at the spring assizes holden in and for the 
said county ; Joseph Cessins and others, Owners 
and Occupiers of property on the line of the in- 
tended London, Oxford and Cheltenham Railway ; 
——Louisa Hadon Chicheley Chapeau ;——Grand 
Jury for the county of Cardigan, assembled at the 
spring assizes holden in and for the said county ; 
—— Inhabitants of the parish of Aylesbury and its 
neighbourhood, in the county of Buckingham ; 
Elizabeth Dorothy Biscoe and Frances Letitia 
Biscoe, of Holton Park, in the county of Ozford, 
Spinsters ;——Inhabitants of the town of Ensham, 
in the county of Oxford; James Trevor, senior, 
of Broughton House, in the parish of Bierton, in 
the county of Buckingham, Esquire ; The Prin- 
cipal and Scholars of Brazenose College, in the 
University of Oxford ; Charles De Laet Waldo 
Sibthorp, Esquire; —— William Kay, Bursar of 
Lincoln College ; and, James Norris, p. D., Pre- | 
sident of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Owner 
of property in the town and parish of Cheltenham, 
in the county of Gloucester ; praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 





























12° Aprilis. 

















A. 1847. 


against certain parts of the London, Oxford and 
Cheltenham Railway and Branches Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Criminal 
Command,—Tables of Criminal Offenders for the Offenders 
year 1846, reported by Her Majesty’s Advocate ee 
for Scotland, in terms of the Statute,1 Will. 4, c. 37, 
with Alterations and Additions; ordered and _ re- 
quired by one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries 
of State, in virtue of the powers therein contained. 

° — That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply ; 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fortv- Wages of 
two thousand two hundred and seventy pounds, be — &amp;e., 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Wages of *"°™ 
Artificers, Labourers and others, employed in Her 
Majesty’s Naval Establishments Abroad, which 
will come in course of payment during the year end- 
ing on the 31st day of March 1848, 


2. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Naval Stores, 
Sum, not exceeding One million five hundred and &amp;¢ 
fifty-six thousand four hundred and ninety-eight 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
expense of Naval Stores for the Building, Repair 
and Outfit of the Fleet, the purchase of Steam Ma- 
chinery, and for other purposes connected there- 
with, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1848. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 

That a Sum, not exceeding One million five hun- 
dred and fifty thousand pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty to defray the expense of Naval Stores for 
the Building, Repair, and Outfit of the Fleet, the 
purchase of Steam Machinery, and for other pur- 
poses connected therewith, which will come in course 
of payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1848 :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five New Works, 
hundred and fifty-nine thousand six hundred pounds, &amp;c- 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
of New Works, Improvements and Repairs in the 
Naval Establishments, which will come in conrse 
of payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1848. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Medicines and 
two thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine pounds, Medical Stores. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
of Medicines and Medical Stores, which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of March 1848. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- Naval Miscel- 
nine thousand eight hundred and _ forty-seven — il 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the ~~ 
Charge of divers Naval Miscellaneous Services, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1848. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Half Pay 
hundred and twenty-five thousand seven hundred ed _ 

“ : arines. ) 
and eighty-eight pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Charge of Half Pay to Officers 
of the Navy, and of the Royal Marines, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1848. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Military 
hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred and — 
. . owances. 
forty-seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Military Pensions and Allow- 

ances, 








Ge tS 


a 





10 Vicroriz. 


Civil - a. 


hundred and fifty-three thousand four hundred and 
fifty-eight pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Civil Pensions and Allow- 
ances, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1848. 


Transports, 


&amp;e. hundred and forty-three thousand two hundred and 
two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of Transports on Monthly Pay for the 
victualling and conveyance of Troops, and for the 
freight of Stores, on account of the Army and 


Convicts. 


Packet 
Service. 


jesty, to defray the Charge of the Packet Service 


Army Service 
Bill. 


Troops during 
Elections Bill, 


Harbours, 
Docks and 
Piers Clauses 
Bill. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 

Biil. 


ances, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1848. 
8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 


9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 


Ordnance Departments, which will come in course 
of payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1848. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
one thousand six hundred and seventy-four pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charges 
relating to Convicts on account of the Home De- 
partment, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1848, 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five 
hundred and sixty-four thousand three hundred and 
and thirty-seven pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 


on account of the Post-office Department, which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1848. 


12°—13° Aprilis. 331 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Marriage 
mittee on the Marriage (Scotland) Bill ; — 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the &gt;" 

23d day of this instant April, resolve itself into the 

said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Lunatic 
mittee on the Lunatic Asylums Bill; Asylums Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 

solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Service of 
Reading of the Service of Heirs (Scotland) Bill; —_ffeits — 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon *" — 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Crown 
Reading of the Crown Charters (Scotland) Bill; Charters 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (cotland) 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Relief 
mittee on the Poor Relief Laws Execution (Zreland) Laws Execu- 
Bill; a (Ireland) 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- ~ 

solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Exchequer Bills Bill was, according to Exchequer 
Order, read a second time; and committed toa Peis $10,700) 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. Bi. 





Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Martis, 13° die Aprilis, 1847: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Greene also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Greene reported the Army Service Bill ; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Thurs- 
day next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Troops during Elections 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, with- 
out Amendment. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Prisons 
into a Committee upon the Prisons (Jreland) (ireland) Bill 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 

Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 

ported, That the Committee had gone through the 

Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 

solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Fever 
Reading of the Fever (Treland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

this day. 


The ingrossed Bill to empower the Commissioners Portland Har- 

of Her Majesty's Woods to purchase Land for the bourot Retuge 
” . and Break- 

purposes of a Harbour of Refuge and Breakwater, water Bill. 

in the Zsle of Portland, in the County of Dorset, 

was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Parliamentary 
regulate the Times of payment of Rates and Taxes Mtr Bil. 
by Parliamentary Electors: And that Sir De Lacy 
Evans and Sir Benjamin Hall do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Markets and 


The ingrossed Bill for consolidating in one Act} the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Faits Clauses 


certain Provisions usually contained in Acts autho- 


intituled, An Act for consolidating in one Act cer- 


rizing the making and improving of Harbours, | tain Provisions usually contained in Acts for con- 


Docks and Piers, was, according to Order, read 


structing or regulating Markets and Fairs; and the 


the third time ; and Amendments were made to the | same were read, as follow: 


Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Pr. 3. 1. 35. Leave out “ corporeal.” 
Pr. 10. 1. 36. After the first “ houses” insert “ if 


Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to} “ the undertakers shall be authorized by the Spe- 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


“ cial Act to provide slaughter-houses.” 
Pr. 16. 1. 6. Leave out from “ carts” to “be” 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-] in 1. 7. 
mittee on the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland)| Pr. 27. 1. 35. Leave out from “ by ” to “the” in 


Bill; 


1. 36. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the Pr. 27. 1. ult. After “ Scotland” insert “ and in 


23d day of this instant April, resolve itself into the | “ either case approved under the hand of one of 
said Committee. 


“ Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State.” 





VoL. 102. 


UU 2 Pr. 30. 




















parecer meron aeonnnn eS 





Gas-Works 
Clauses Bill. 


Commissioners 
Clauses Bill. 


332 
Pr. 30.1. 11. Leave out from “ confirmation ” to 
of” in 1. 14., and insert “ by the Court of Quar- 
ter Session or the Sheriff, authenticated by the 
signature of the Judge or of the Chairman of the 
Court, or the Sheriff who shall have approved of 
‘ the same, and requiring approval under the hand 
“ of one of Her Majesty’s principal Secretaries of 
“ State, and a written or printed copy.” 
Pr. 30. 1.15. After “confirmation” insert “ or 
“ approval.” 

r. 30.1. 25. Leave out “ Secretary of State ” 
and insert “ Judge, Chairman or Sheriff, or such 
“ Secretary of State, or the common seal or signa- 
“ ture of the undertakers.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. - 


~~ eo RH BRB A 
Cr. a 2 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for consolidating in one Act cer- 
tain Provisions usually contained in Acts authorizing 
the making of Gas Works for supplying Towns with 
Gas; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 3.1. 26. Leave out “ corporeal.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 20. After “ the” insert “ Court of.” 

Pr. 9.1. 7. Leave out “ substituted ” and insert 
“ temporary.” 

Pr. 9. |]. 8. Leave out “may be” and insert 
“ they may think.” 

Pr. 10. ]. penult. Leave out “‘ there” and in the 
same line, after “ against ” insert “ or near such road 
“ or pavement, where the same shall be open or 
“ broken up.” 

Pr. 10. |. ult. Leave out from “while” to 
“ shall” in Pr. 11. |. 1., and insert “ the same.” 

Pr. 11.1. penult. Leave out “ substituted ” and 
insert ‘ temporary or other.” 


Pr. 12. 1. 19. Leave out “ six” and_ insert 
“ three.” 
Pr. 18. 1. 15. Leave out from “ water’ to “ or” 


in ]. 17. 

Pr. 26. 1. 19. Leave out “ Company ” and insert 
“ Undertakers.” 

Pr. 27. 1.18. Leave out from “suit” to “in” 
in I. 19. 

Pr. 27. 1. penult. After “thereof” insert “ if 
any.” 

Pr. 34, 1. 27. After “therein” insert “ or from 
the laws of sewers for the time being in force 
within Ten miles from the Royal Exchange, in 
the city of London.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


“ 


a“ 
a 


« 


‘ 


“ 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for consolidating in one Act 
certain Provisions usually contained in Acts with 
respect to the Constitution and Regulation of Bodies 
of Commissioners appointed for carrying on Under- 
takings of a Public Nature; and the same were 
reaJ, as follow: 

Pr, 4.1. 2. Leave out “ corporeal.” 

Pr. 9.1, 22. After “ any ” insert “ material.” 

Pr. 9. 1, 24. After ‘‘ misdemeanor” insert “ or 
“in Scotland shall be deemed guilty of perjury.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 8. Leave out from “ suit” to “ in” in 
1. 9. 

Pr. 33. 1. 11. After “ business” insert “if any 
“ within the limits of the Special Act.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


12°—13° Aprilis. 








A. 1847. 


Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Waterworks 
Lords to the Waterworks Clauses Bill, be printed. Clauses Bill. 


No. 265. 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- public Works 
mand,—A Return, showing the Average daily Num- (Ireland.) 


ber of Persons employed on Relief Works in Jre- 
land, during the week ending the 27th March 1847; 
also the Cost, distinguishing the Amount paid in 
Wages, and the Cost of the Establishment, so far 
as can be made out from the Estimates and Pay 
Lists already received. 


No. 264. 


Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to an Ad- Friendly 
dress to Her Majesty,—A Return of the Number 5°c!tes. 


of the Certificates granted by the Registrars or 
Persons acting as Registrars of Friendly Societies 
in England, Ireland and Scotland respectively, be- 
tween the Date of the passing of the Act 9 and 10 
Vic., c. 27, and the Date of the Appointment of the 
said Registrars by the Commissioners for the Re- 
duction of the National Debt. 


Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to the di- Duchy of 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—An Account of Co™wall. 


the Gross and Net Revenue of the Duchy of Corn- 
wall, from the 1st January 1846 to the 31st De- 
cember 1846; showing the Amount of Revenue 
which became due, the Monies received and paid 
within the time, and the Arrears and Balance at 
the end of the preceding and current year, with 
Appendixes. 


Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to Orders, Public Works 
—Further Return to an Order, dated the 11th day ireland.) 


of February last, for Copies of a Letter, dated the 
4th day of December 1846, from the Board of 
Works, addressed to Captain Wynne, directing an 
investigation of Charges contained in the annexed 
Letter from George Westropp to the said Board, 
respecting Partiality and Misconduct to the Lis- 
cannor Relief Committee ; also, of the said George 
Westropp’s Letter, and of the Correspondence which 
took place between Captain Wynne and Mr. West- 
ropp on that subject :—Of Captain Wynne’s Report 
to the Board of Works, as the result of the Inves- 
tigation held by him, pursuant to the Board’s Letter, 
at Liscannor, on the 17th day of December 1846 ; 
and also a Copy of Mr. O’ Brien’s Letter to the 
Secretary of the Board, requesting a Copy of the 
said Report :—Of the Letter written by the Right 
honourable Henry Labouchere to the Board of 
Works, dated the 5th day of October 1846, on the 
subject of Reproductive Works :—Of the Present- 
ment made thereunder at the Extraordinary Sessions 
held at Corofin, for the Barony of Inchiguin, in 
the County of Clare, on the 30th day of November 
1846 :—Of the Presentment made under the same 
Letter at the Extraordinary Sessions held at Ennis- 
tymon on the 4th day of December 1846, for the 
Barony of Corconcrae, in the county of Clare :— 
Of the Treasury Minute under which Inspectors of 
Public Works, or of Lists of Labourers, were ap- 
pointed to carry out the objects of the Act 9 and 10 
Vic., c. 107 :—And, of all such Instructions for the 
guidance of the said Inspectors, and in explanation 
of their Duties and Responsibilities, as may have 
been issued by the Treasury, the Zrish Government 
or the Board of Works in Jreland :—Lists of all 
the said Inspectors now or lately employed in Jre- 
land; specifying the Salaries and Allowances paid 
to each Inspector, and stating by whom he had 
been appointed :—Of the Men employed upon the 
said Public Works in the Baronies in the said 
County of Clare, in charge of Captain Wynne, who 
were struck off the Lists of Labourers by the said 
Inspector; specifying the Name and Place of Abode 
of each Person so struck off, and the cause alleged 
by the said Inspector for so striking him off, — 

the 


No. 266. 


Foreign 
Vessels. 


Navigation 
Laws. 


10 Vicroriz. 


the Names of the Persons so struck off the Lists 
as aforesaid who had been subsequently reinstated : 
—And, of the several Relief Committees in the 
County of Clare of which Captain Wynne took 
charge; specifying how often he visited each for 
the Revision of Lists, and the Date of each Visit. 

Amended Return to an Order, dated the 25th day 
of January last, for an Account of Sums paid out 
of the Consolidated Duties of Customs, under the 
Act 59 Geo. 3, c. 54, and subsequent Orders of the 
Right honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury, in the years 1845 and 1846, for 
the difference of Rates and Charges due to Corpo- 
rations, Companies or Individuals, for Foreign Ves- 
sels, which under Treaties of Reciprocity or other- 
wise, are admitted into the Ports of the United 
Kingdom at the same Rates of Charge as British 
Vessels: specifying each of the several Rates, on 
what Account the same was paid, whether for Light 
Dues, Dock Dues on Ships or Merchandize, Pilotage, 
or otherwise :—Also, the Total Amount (under the 
Reciprocity Treaties) paid up to the 31st day of 
December 1846 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 558, of Session 1845). 

Return to an Order, dated the 16th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for a Return of the various Articles 
seized, Ships detained, and Penalties imposed in the 
United Kingdom for contravention of the Naviga- 
tion Laws, stating the circumstances under which 
each Seizure was made, Ship detained, or Penalty 


12°—13° Aprilis. 


333 


Colonies, from 1840 to 1846, both inclusive; specify- 
ing the Amount to each Colony in each year :—And, 
of the Declared Value of British and Irish Produce 
and Manufactures exported from the United King- 
dom to the British Colonies, from 1840 to 1846, 
both inclusive, specifying the different Colonies to 
which the same were exported in each year (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 329, of Ses- 
sion 1840). 

An Account of the Quantities of Wheat, Barley 
and Oats exported from the United Kingdom to 
Foreign Countries ; also, of the Quantities imported 
into the United Kingdom from Foreign Countries, 
in the month ended 5th February 1847. 

An Account of the Quantities of Wheat, Barley 
and QOats exported from the United Kingdom to 
Foreign Countries ; also, of the Quantities imported 
into the United Kingdom from Foreign Countries in 
the month ended 5th March 1847. 

An Account showing the highest and the lowest 
and the mean Price of Three per Cent. Consols 
during each year, in the Twenty-five years ending 
the 5th day of April 1847. 

Copy of a Circular recently sent by order of the 
Postmaster-General, to the Surveyors of the Post- 
office. : 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Returns relative to Public 
Works (Ireland), be printed. 


Wheat, &amp;c. 


Three per 


Cent. Consols. 


Post: office. 


imposed; upon what Conditions such Articles or 
Ships were released, or how otherwise disposed of, 
from the year 1841 to 1846 inclusive. 


Sir De Lacy Evans presented a Bill to regulate Parliamentary 
the Times of Payment of Rates and Taxes by Parlia- Electors Bill. 
mentary Electors: And the same was read the first No.267- 


Shipping. 


Shipping, 
Tonnage, 
Imports and 
Exports. 


Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for an Accouut of the Number, Ton- 
nage and Crews of Vessels, distinguishing the 
Countries to which they belonged, which entered 
inwards and cleared outwards in the year ended 
the 5th day of January 1847, compared with the 
Entries and Clearances of the preceding year, 
stated exclusively of Vessels in Ballast, and of 
those employed in the Coasting Trade between 
Great Britain and Ireland. 

Return to an Order, dated the 12th day of March 
last, for Returns of the Amount of Tonnage, out- 
wards and inwards, and of the Number of Ships 
and Seamen, distinguishing British from Foreign, 
employed between the United Kingdom and the 
following Countries, from 1840 to 1846, both inclu- 
sive, specifying the Amount to each Country in each 
year :—Denmark, Sweden and Norway, Hamburg, 
Bremen, Oldenburgh, Mecklenburgh, Hanover, Lu- 
beck, Prussia, Austria, France, Portugal, States of 
Rio de la Plata, Brazil, Columbia, Mexico, United 
States :—Ofthe Declared Value of British and Irish 
Produce and Manufactures exported from the United 
Kingdom to the above-mentioned Countries, from 
1840 to 1846, both inclusive, specifying the separate 
Countries to which the same were exported each 
year :—Of the Amount of Tonnage outwards and 
inwards, and of the Number of Ships and Seamen, 
distinguishing British from Foreign, employed be- 
tween the United Kingdom and the following 
Countries (other than the Countries in former Table,) 
from 1840 to 1846, both inclusive, specifying the 
Amount to each country in each year :—Russia, 
Germany, Holland, Belgium, Spain, Italy and Is- 
lands, Turkey, Greece and islands, Syrian Palestine, 
Egypt, Tripoli, Barbary and Morocco, and North 
Coast of Africa, Arabia, Sumatra and Java, China, 
Cuba, and Foreign West Indies, Guatemala, Chili, 
and Peru:—Of the Declared Value of British and 
Trish Produce and Manufactures exported from the 
United Kingdom to the above-mentioned Countries, 
from 1840 to 1846, both inclusive; specifying the 
separate Countries to which the same were exported 
in each year :—Of the Amount of Tonnage outwards 
and inwards, and the Number of Ships and Seamen ; 
distinguishing British, Colonial, and Foreign, em- 
ployed between the United Kingdom and the British 

Vou. 102, 





time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next ; and to be printed. 


The Order made upon the 31st day of March 
last, that there be laid before this House, Re- 
turns from every County or Borough not having an 
Asylum for the Pauper Lunatics thereof, of Copies 
of all such Notices, Orders of Court, Resolutions, or 
Reports, relative to Pauper Lunatic Asylums, as 
have been given or made since the passing of the 
Statute 8 and 9 Vic. c. 126, before, at, or to the 
Sessions of the Peace of such County or Borough, 
was read, aad discharged. 


Pauper 


Lunatic 


Asylums. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Pauper 


to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Returns from every County cr Borough not 
having an Asylum for the Pauper Lunatics thereof, 
of Copies of all such Notices, Orders of Court, 
Resolutions, or Reports, relative to Pauper Lunatic 
Asylums, as have been given or made since the 
passing of the Statute 8 and 9 Vic., c. 126, before, 
at or to the Sessions of the Peace of such County 
or Borough. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of all Agreements for the Commutation of 
Tithes which have been confirmed by the Tithe 
Commissioners in the several counties in England 
and Wales, from the 1st day of January 1846 to the 
1st day of July 1846 ; specifying also, in each case, 
the Amount of Rent-charge agreed to be paid in lieu 
of Tithes, and showing whether the same be payable 
to Appropriators, Impropriators, or Clerical Incum- 
bents :—Of all Awards for the Commutation of 
Tithes which have been confirmed by the Tithe Com- 
missioners in the several counties in England and 
Wales, from the 1st day of January 1846 to the Ist 
day of July 1846; specifying also, in each case, the 
Amount of Rent-charge awarded to be paid in lieu 
of Tithes, and showing whether the same be payable 
to Appropriators, Impropriators, or Clerical Incum- 

uuU3 bents :— 


Lunatic 
Asylums. 


Tithes Com- 


mutation. 








Raja of 
Sattara. 


M‘Leod’s 
(Dalkeith 
Glebe) Estate 
Bill. 


Railways. 


Railways. 


Railways. 


Railway Bills. 
Nv. 164. 


334 


bents :—And, ofall Apportionments of Rent-charges 
which have been confirmed by the Tithe Commis- 
sioners, from the 1st day of January to the 1st day 
of July 1846 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No, 404, of Session 1846). 


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








Martis, 13° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


Ms Campbell, from the Court of Directors of 
the East India Company, was called in; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to Order,—Copies of 
any Letters, not already laid before this House, 
addressed by the present Governor-General of India 
to the Court of Directors of the East India Com- 
pany, relating to the case of the Ex-Raja of Sat- 
tara :—And, of any Minutes recorded by the Court 
of Directors, or by any Member of the said Court, 
relating to the same case, and not already laid be- 
fore this House :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of M‘Leod’s (Dal- 
keith Glebe) Estate Bill, the Standing Orders have 
been complied with. 


Mr. Strutt presented, pursuant to Orders,—Ac- 
counts of the Amount of Capital or Stock authorized 
to be raised by Railway Bills passed in the last 
Session :—-Of the Amount of Instalments actually 
paid on account of Capital in each case, and of the 
Amount remaining to be paid :—Of the Amount 
authorized to be borrowed on Mortgage, Debenture, 
Bond or otherwise, in each case, under the said 
Acts:— And, of the Amount of all Mortgages, 
Bonds, Debentures, or Engagements for borrowing 
Money, contracted by Railway Companies, now 
outstanding, whether raised under the authority of 
Acts passed in the last or in previous Sessions of 
Parliament, or otherwise ; stating the Rate of In- 
terest, and the time of the Principal falling due, in 
each case, (with separate Tables). 

Further Return to an Order, dated the 3d day 
of February last, for Copy of all Regulations of 
every Railway Company on the subject of Travelling 
on Sunday ; showing the Number of Trains each 
way on that day, and distinguishing those Trains 
which carry the Mails. 

Returns, showing the Amount of Money expended 
in the actual Cost of Construction, and of Working 
Stock (including Locomotive Engines, Carriages, 
Tools, Xe.) of all Railways in Great Britain and 
Ireland, in each triennial period, previous to the 1st 
day of January respectively, in the years 1841, 1844 
and 1847 :—And, showing the Sums of Money ac- 
tually expended by the following Railway Compa- 
nies previous to 1841 :—London and Birmingham, 
Grand Junction, Great Western, Brighton, South 
Western, South Eastern and Midland; likewise the 
Aggregate Sum expended by the above-mentioned 
Iailway Companies, in each year previous to 1841. 


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


Mr. Strutt presented,—Report of the Commis- 
sioners of Railways on certain Railway Bills com- 
prised in Groups Nos. 1 and 3, (in pursuance of the 
Resolution of the House of the 23d February 1847.) 

Ordered, That the said Paper be referred to the 
Committees on the Groups to which the same relates; 
and be printed, 


12°—13° Aprilis. 





A, 1847. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the ‘lien a 
Petitions presented upon the 29th, 30th and 3ist ion) , 
days of March last; and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

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


An ingrossed Bill for lighting with Gas the Town- Shipley 
ship of Shipley, the Village of Windhill, and the &amp;s Bill 
Neighbourhood thereof, in the West Riding of the 
County of York, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Busfeild do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bristol and 
the Report on the Bristol and Clifton Oil Gas Bill; i 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. — 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Edinburgh 
Reading of the Edinburgh and Perth Railway Bill; Railway Bill 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being : 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words, “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Secretary at War, { 4. 
J . 


Yeas, Mr. Gibson Craig: 
Tellers for the f Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 14 
Noes, Mr. Dilion Browne : } , 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group (No. 1.) Railway Bills 
of Railway Bills, have leave to sit To-morrow, dur- (Group No. t.) 
ing the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That the Edinburgh and Northern Rail- pa;npurghand 
way (Branch from Burntisland to Dunfermline Northern Rail- 
Branch, &amp;c.) (No. 2.) Bill be now read a second bn —_ 
time: —The Bill was accordingly read a second jyndtoDun-_ 
time ; and committed. fermline 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- — — 
mittee of Selection. asia 


The Order made upon the 5th day of March Cambridge, 
last, for referring the Cambridge, Saint Neot’s and Saint Neot's 


Bedford Junction Railway Bill to the Committee — 
of Selection, was read, and discharged. Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Lieutenant Colonel ojaham 
John Wildman, of Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor- Alliance 1. 
square, Middlesex, the Guardian legally appointed Bailway ® 
of the Right honourable George Henry Earl of 
Stamford and Warrington, a minor, under the age 
of twenty-one years, which was presented yesterday, 
praying that he may be heard, by himself, his coun- 
sel or agent, against certain parts of the Oldham Al- 
liance Railway Bill, be referred to the Committee on 
the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, by himself, his 
counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he think fit ; 
and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the 
said Petition. 


Ordered, That no Private Bill relating to Towa Private Bills. 
Improvements, or Police, or to Public Cemeteries, 
or to Sewage, be further proceeded with by this 
House before the 1st day of May nest. 








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10 Victoriz. 


Huddersfield A Petition of the Huddersfield and Manchester 
po ena Railway and Canal Company, praying that provision 
(Deviations may be made in the Huddersfield and Manchester 
and —" Railway (Deviations and Alterations in Oldham 
rng oa Branch, &amp;c.) Bill, for authorizing the Company in 
&amp;c.) Bill. the construction of the line of the Huddersfield and 
Manchester Railway, to make an open cutting be- 
tween certain points instead of a tunnel, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Examiners of 


Petitions for Private Bills. 


Swansea Ordered, That the Petitions of the Mayor, Alder- 

Docks Bill. men and Burgesses of the borough of Swansea, in 
the county of Glamorgan ;—and, Stirling Benson, of 
the town of Swansea, in the county of Glamorgan, 
Esquire, which were presented yesterday ; praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Swansea 
Docks Bill, be referred to the Committee on the Bill; 
and the Petitioners heard, by themselves, their coun- 
sel or agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit ; 
and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the 
said Petitions. 


Great Western A Petition of Bernard John Graham, of Long 
Railway . . Hedge Farm, Battersea, in the county of Surrey, 
(Branch to join Y ‘ : f 
the West Lon- Yeoman, taking notice of the Great Western Rail- 
don Railway, way (Branch to join the West London Railway, 
Widening and Widening and Enlargement of West London Rail- 
Enlargement S ° i i 
of West Lon- Way, and Branches to Hammersmith, and to join the 
don Railway, London and South Western Railway near Lambeth) 
pg sag Bill, and stating that, according to the plans and 
smith, and to Sections of the proposed Railway deposited in the 
join the Lon- Private Bill Office, the said proposed Railway will 
a — pass through divers valuable parts of the said farm, 
way near more particularly shown in the Petition hereinafter 
Lambeth) Bill. referred to; that the Petitioner was, through his 
agent, negociating for an arrangement with the said 
Company up to the middle of Saturday, the 10th 
day of this instant April, with every hope of being 
able to conclude the same, and it was only on the 
afternoon of that day that all prospect of such an 
arrangement ceased ; and that thereupon the Peti- 
tioner, through his said surveyor, instructed the 
Petitioner’s solicitors to prepare his Petition against 
the said Bill; that the Petitioner’s solicitors late on 
the said tenth day of April received from the Peti- 
tioner’s agent such instructions to prepare the Pe- 
tition, and accordingly prepared the same ready 
for the signature of the Petitioner, on Monday 
the twelfth day of April instant, and sent a mes- 
senger to the dwelling-house of the Petitioner, to 
request his attendance to sign the same, in order 
that it might be presented before the House on that 
day, being the last day for presenting Petitions 
against the said Bill, according to the Standing Or- 
ders of the House’; but the Petitioner being unaware 
that his signature was necessary to the same Peti- 
tion, had left London early on Monday the twelfth 
day of April instant, and only returned to town 
when it was too late to sign the Petition in time to 
present the same on that day; that the Petitioner 
has considerable interests which are liable to be se- 
riously affected by the said Bill, if he be not allowed 
to appear before the Committee of the House in 
support of his said Petition against the said Bill, 
as will appear on reference thereto; that until the 
said tenth day of April the Petitioner fully believed 
that an arrangement then pending would have been 
carried out, by which his rights and interests would 
have received due consideration ; and that it is in 
consequence oniy of the short time which clapsed 
prior to the time limited by the said Standing Orders, 
that the Petitioner was unable to present his Peti- 
tion in accordance therewith; and praying, that 
under the circumstances set forth, his said Petition 
may be referred to the Committee upon the said Bill, 
and that he may be permitted to attend, by himself, 
his agent and counsel, in support thereof, in like 
manner as he might have done if the said Petition 
had been presented within the time limited by the 
VoL. 102. 








13° Aprilts. 335 


said Standing Orders for that purpose, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed, at the ex- 
pense of the Party. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Pile Pier 
the Report on the Pile Pier Extensions Bill ; and — 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

A Clause (Works below high water-mark not to 
be executed without the consent of the Lords of the 
———~ was twice read; and made part of the 

ill. 

Another Clause (Exemption from Tolls for Officers 
of Customs, &amp;c.) was twice read; and made part 
of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The Wexford Free Bridge Bill was read a second Wexford Free 
time ; and committed. Bridge Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Petitions from Monkton ;— Exeter ;—Crewkerne ; London and 

— Burton Bradstock ;— Knowle ;—Cricket Malher- og 
bie ; — Dalwood ; —Hardington Mandeville ;—Off- stedencees 
well; — Shute; — Cotleigh; — Misterton; —- Stock- 
land; —North Perrott ; —Haselbury Plucknett ;— 
South Perrott ; — Bothenhampton ; — Charmouth ; 
—Ottery Saint Mary ;—and, Chard; praying 
the House to pass into law, with all despatch, the 
several Bills for making Railways on the narrow 
guage, from Salisbury to Yeovil, from Yeovil to Ex- 
eter, and from Exeter to Plymouth and Truro,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions of the Herne Bay Pier Company ;— Herne Bayand 
and, Commissioners of the town of Herne Bay, in Canterbury | 
the county of Kent; praying that the Herne Bay aay Bill al 
and Canterbury Junction Railway Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Muckhart ; — Arngask ;—Port- rainburghand 
moak ;— Cleish ; — Beath ; — Ballingry ; —Loch- Perth Railway 
gelly ;—and, Fossoway and Tulliebole ; praying that _ 
the Edinburgh and Perth Railway Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of William Murray, Esquire, of Hen- Caledonian 
derland ; and, James Horne Rigg, Esquire, of (idinbee h 
Downfield ; praying that they may be heard, by Station —- 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain Branches to 
parts of the Caledonian Railway (Edinburgh Station og aa sg 
and Branches to Granton, and to the Edinburgh purgh ana 
and Glasgow Railway) Bill,—were presented, and Glasgow __ 
read. Railway) Bill. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bijl, against the said Petitions. 





A Petition of Trustees of the Turnpike-roads North British 
leading from Glasgow to Carlisle, praying that they Railway 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, ssitaiea canes 
against certain parts of the North British Railway 
(No. 2.) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Trustees of the ‘Turnpike-roads glasgow, 
leading from Glasgow to Carlisle, praying that they Dumfries and 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, Ctlisle Rail- 

: hie ° way, and 
against certain parts of the Glasgow, Dumfries and glasgow, 
Carlisle Railway and Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock Paisley, Kil 
and Ayr Railway (No. 1.) Bill, was presented, and Ar hail _ 
read. pera (No. 1.) Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 


uu4 Committee 





336 13° Aprilis. 


Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counse) or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think tit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. . 


Parkgateand Petitions of Thomas Green, of Poulton Hall, in 
Chester and 


Birkenhead the county of Chester, Esquire ; William Jack- 

Junction son, of Birkenhead, in the county of Chester, Es- 

Railway Bill. quire; and, Trustees for executing the Act for 
improving certain Roads within the County Palatine 
of Chester, called the Chester, Neston and Woodside 
Ferry District of Roads, and Creditors of the Tolls 
receivable on the said roads; praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Parkgate and Chester 
and Birkenhead Junction Railway Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read, 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








Stockport A Petition of Samuel Howard Cheetham, of Stock- 
Manorial Tolls yo77, praying that the Stockport Manorial Tolls and 
and Bridges ee, re : : 

Bill. Bridges Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Committee on the Bill. 

Swansca A Petition of Timothy Brimble Essery, Richard 

Docks Bill. 


Aubrey, George Gwynne Bird, Silvanus Padley and 
Catherine Jones, all of the town and borough of 
Swansea, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Swansea Docks Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Manchester, A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
Sheflield and gesses of the borough of Salford, in the county of 
Lincolnshire T ter aviow ti tl an te tel te 

Railway (Sup- L@ncaster, praying that they may be heard, by 
ply of Surplus themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 


be to parts of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire 
a aero Railway (Supply of Surplus Water to Manchester, 
Stockport) Salford and Stockport) Bill, was presented, and 
Bill. read. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Manchester, 


A Petition of John Lees, James Lees and Joseph 
Sheffield and 


, Lees, all of Clarksfield, James Lees, of Manchester, 
Lincolnshire 5 : 2 
Railway and John Booth, Esquires, praying that they may 
(Branch from be heard, by themselves, their, counsel or agents, 
Ashton-under- avainst certain parts of the Manchester, Sheffield 
Lyne to Oll- | 1 Lincolachive Rail B h fr ihe e 
ham) Bill, ®d Lincolnshire Railway (Branch from Ashton 
under-Lyne to Oldham) Bill, was presented, and 
read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
Huddersfield A Petition of Ralph Radcliffe Whitehead, James 
pmagl ag Heywood Whitehead, Francis Frederick Whitehead 
(Deviations Wd John Dicken Whitehead, Esquires, praying 
and Altera- that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
tions in Old- or agents, against certain parts of the Huddersfield 
ham Branch, &lt; S : gee / 
&amp;c.) Bill. and Manchester Railway (Deviations and Alterations 
in Oldham Branch, &amp;c.) Bill, was presented, and 
read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 








A. 1847 


Petitions of John Lees, James Lees and Joseph Oldham 
Lees, all of Clarksfield, James Lees, of Manchester, een Bin 
and John Booth, Esquires ;——Edward Brown, y 
of The Firs, Esquire ; and, Lieutenant-Colonel 
John Wildman, of Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor- 
square, Middlesex, the Guardian legally appointed 
of the Right honourable George Harry Earl of 
Stamford and Warrington, a minor under the age of 
twenty-one years; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Oldham Alliance Railway Bill,— 
were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Petitions from Little Bolton; — Portsea ; — Education. 
Bristol; — Little Kingshill ; — Todmorden ;—Ha- 
worth (two Petitions) ;—Rushworth (two Petitions) ; 
—Halifax ;— Steep Lane ;— Knaresborough ; — 
Shipley ;— Carlton Rode;— Brearley ; — Sutton 
( York) ;—Keighley ; — Mirfield ; — Chapel Fold ;— 
Stanningley ;—N orth Walsham ;—Bradford (York) 
(three Petitions) ;—Hebden Bridge ;—Long Pres- 
ton ;— Halifax ;—Shipley ;—Horkin Stone ;—Chel- 
tenham ;— Keighley; — Wainsgate;— Sad House 
Green, in Ovenden ; — Weymouth ;— Warwick ;— 
Colne;—-Birmingham;--Bridgnorth (three Petitions) ; 
— Gerrans; — Southsea ;— Farrham ;— Titchfield, 
Warsash and Swanwick ;— Derby;—and, Littleover ; 
praying the House to refuse its sanction to the 
Minutes of the Committee of Council as the basis 
of a scheme of National Education, and also refuse 
to grant any munies for its introduction and support, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions from Birmingham (two Petitions) ;— 
and, David H. Wilson; praying the House to take 
the subject of Education mto consideration, with a 
view of carrying out the recommendations contained 
in the Minutes of the Committee of Council on 
Education, or adopting such other measures for 
the better education of the people, on the princi- 
ples of civil and religious liberty as to the House 
may seem: meet,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Protestant Dissenters assembling 
for public worship in Paradise-street, Renshaw- 
street, and the Toxteth Park Chapels, in the borough 
of Liverpool, praying that the Minutes of the Com- 
mittee of the Privy Council on Education may be 
so amended or enlarged as to give relief to the Pe- 
tioners in the several matters set forth in their 
Petition, was also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Rochester and the Breweries and 
vicinity, praying the House to prohibit the use of Distilleries. 
Grain in Breweries and Distilleries, was presented, . 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Shrews- Railways Bil 
bury, praying that the Railways Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Visitor and Guardians of the Poor Law 
East Preston (Gilbert’s) Union, in the county of (Ireland. } 
Sussex, praying the House to enact a Poor Law for 
Ireland which will afford ready relief to the poor 
man who offers his industry for the amount given, 
and thus mitigate, if not wholly remove, the dread- 
ful affliction now existing, and which has hitherto 
at times widely spread itself over the sister land, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from East Preston (Gilbert’s) Union ;— Poor Removal 
and, Romsey Union (Chairman) ; praying for the re- Act. 
peal or alteration of the Poor Removal Act,—were 
presented, 




















"Tax Assessors 
and Collectors. 


Promiscuous 
Intercourse. 


Roman Catho- 
lic Relief Bill. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill; and, 
Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 
Bil 


Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Maynooth 
College Act, 


Custody of 
Offenders Bill, 





10 Victortiz. 


presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


A Petition of Assessors and Collectors of Pro- 
perty, Income, Land and Assessed Taxes for the 
district of Hertford, complaining of the inadequacy 
of the remuneration given to them for assessing and 
collecting the said Taxes, and praying the House 
to take their case into consideration, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Congregation 
worshipping at the Wesleyan Chapel, Hunslet, near 
Leeds, praying that the House will enact such laws 
with reference to the keepers of brothels, and all 
persons trafficking in female virtue, as shall invest 
magistrates and officers of police with more sum- 
mary powers, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Clifton ;—Shortwood, Hinton 
Blewett, East Harptree and vicinity ;—Lydiate ;— 
Cannington ;—Lichfield ;—Bridport ;— Congleton ;. 
—Fast Hendred ;— Bangor ;—Mawley ;—Abergele ; 
—Rugeley ;— Sedgley Park;—and, Ashbourne ; 
praying that the Roman Catholic Relief Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Bridgewater ;——Billinge ;—— 
Hindley ;-— Holland ; -— Pemberton ;——A bram ; 
Ayot Saint Lawrence ; and, Watton; praying 
that the said Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from the Kirk Session of Keith ;—and, 
Kirk Session of Hamilton (Moderator), praying 
that the Marriage (Scotland) Bill; and, the Regis- 
tering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not pass into 
law, or that the same may be so modified as to 
remove therefrom the provisions of which the Peti- 
tioners complain,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from the Presbytery of Aberlour ;—and, 
Presbytery of Irvine; praying the House to take 
into favourable consideration the interests of the 
Schoolmasters and Session Clerks in Scotland, and 
to modify the said Bills so as either to preserve to 
the Petitioners the rights and emoluments they at 
present possess, or to provide compensation tothem 
for the loss they will sustain by the proposed in- 
fringement of their vested rights,—were also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from the Presbytery of Aberlour (Mo- 
derator) ; Shire of Nairn ; and, Presbytery 
of Dunse (Moderator) ; praying that the Registering 
Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 








Petitions from the Presbytery of Aberlour (Mode- 
rator) ;——and, Preshytery of Dunse (Moderator) ; 
praying that the Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Parishioners of the parish of Wat- 
ton, in the county of Hertford, praying the House 
to repeal the Act for the permanent endowment of 
Maynooth College, and to withdraw every kind of 
national support and encouragement which has 
been heretofore given to the Church of Rome, was 


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


A Petition of the Chairman of Her Majesty’s 
Justices of the Peace for the county of Salop, pray- 
ing that the Custody of Offenders Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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337 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to the British British 


Museum, which was presented upon the 30th day Museum. 
of March last, be printed. No. 268. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Duchy Duchy of 


of Cornwall, which was presented yesterday, be — 
printed. No. 269. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Foreign Foreign 
Vessels, which was presented yesterday, be printed. Vessels. 
No. 270. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Shipping, shipping. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed, No. 271. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Wheat, &amp;c., Wheat, &amp;c. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No.272. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Coal Ships to 
Return of the Number of Ships that have left the France, &amp;c. 
Ports of Newcastle, Sunderland and Hartlepool, 

laden with Coals, to France, Belgium and Holland, 

in each of the last ten years; stating the Number 

of Ships and their Tonnage in each year, and dis- 
tinguishing the Number of British from Foreign 

Ships, and also the Number under each Flag; 

noting also, the Dates of the Alteration of Duty, 

and the Amount of such Rate of Duty. 


rican Land 


pany, for leave to deposit a Petition for leave to Caneuer. 


bring ina Bill for the purpose of relieving them from 
the duty of paying the arrears of interest or future 
interest, and for enacting that the payments to the 
proprietors shall be confined in future to dividends 
only, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Registration 
amend the Law for the Registration of Persons of Voters Bill. 
entitled to vote in the Election of Members to serve 
in Parliament for England and Wales: And that 
Mr. Walpole, Viscount Sandon and Mr. Newdegate 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of Retail Brewers who are resident in Retail 
Birmingham and its vicinity, praying the House to Brewers. 
pass such a law as will give to the Petitioners the 
power to sell Beer until the hour of twelve o’clock, in 
the place of being restricted to eleven o’clock, as 
they now are by the provisions of the existing Acts 
of Parliament, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table, 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Retail 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to enable Brewers. 
Retail Brewers in the Midland Counties to keep 
open their houses till twelve o’clock at night, the 
same as the Metropolitan Retail Brewers ; 

The House divided: 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


‘Tellers for the f Mr. Muntz, 4 


Yeas, Mr. Collett : 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Tufnell, a 
Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: } ai 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a New Houses 
Return of the Aggregate Amount already paid, or of Parliament. 
agreed to be paid, to Contractors and other Persons 
for the purchase of Land and Houses for the erec- 
tion of the Palace of Westminster (or, Houses of 
Parliament) ; distinguishing, under separate heads, 

1. the Cost of the Purchases of the Lands and He- 
reditaments ; 2. the Cost of the Wharfing, Terrace 
and Foundations for the Buildings ; 3. the Cost of 
the Carcase or Shell already executed; 4. the Cost 
of the principal Alterations made from time to time, 
stating the authority under which they were severally 
sanctioned ; 5. the Cost of the Interior Finishings ; 
6. the Cost of the internal Decorations of the House 





Vou, 102, 


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A Petition of the British American Land Com- British Ame- * 


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Quakers’ and 
Jews’ Mar- 
riages Bill. 


Customs 
(East India. ) 


338 


of Lords and its adjuncts, as far as they have been| 
completed ; 7. the Amount of the Commission and | 
other Charges paid, or to be paid to the Architect ; 
8. the Amount paid, or to be paid, to Surveyors, 
Valuers, Clerks of the Works, and all other Persons 
who have been employed, and not included in the 
Architect’s or Builder’s charge,—so as to exhibit 
the whole Amount of the Expenditure of every 
description, under these principal heads, for Work 
done at the Palace of Westminster and its appen- 
dages, up to the 31st day of December 1846 :— 
Also, a Copy of the original Estimate, and an Esti- 
mate, under the separate heads above stated, of the 
Sums which will be required to pay for such other 
Lands and Hereditaments intended to be purchased 
for the completion of the Palace and the Approaches 
thereto ; of the Sum required to finish the Houses 
of Lords and Commons and their appendages; of 
the sum necessary for the Victoria Tower, and all 
other works proposed to be executed to finish the 
Palace :—Also, a Copy of the several Contracts 
made with Builders or other Persons for the Con- 
struction of the said Works, stating the Conditions 
and Amount of each original Contract ; and also a 
Statement of every Alteration or Deviation there- 
from, and the Amount paid, or to be paid, for each 
such Contract and Alteration, and under what 
authority such Alterations or Deviations were seve- 
rally made :—Accounts of the Sums paid each year 
since the destruction of the Houses of Parliament 
by Fire, for Temporary Buildings, and Repairs for 
the accommodation of Parliament :—Of all Sums 
paid each year for the Rent of Houses as Offices for 
transacting the business of Parliament :—Of the 
Amount paid each year as Allowance for Rent in lieu 
of Official}Residences or Apartments, for the Offi- 
cers of the two Houses; also, Statement of the time 
when the Accommodation intended for those Offi- 
cers and Offices will be ready for Occupation :— 
And, of the Aggregate Amount of all Sums paid by 
the Treasury or Woods and Forests, on account of 
the new Houses, including all Allowances for House- 
rent for the use of the Officers, or for Offices of the 
two Houses, from 1834 to the present period. 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to remove Doubts as to Quakers’ and Jews’ Mar- 
riages solemnized before a certain period : And | 
that Mr. Christie and Mr. Walpole do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Gross and Net Amount of the, 
Customs at the Presidency of Bengal (for the last! 
year the Accounts have been received); also, of 
the several Articles imported free, and of the Net 
Amount received on each separate Article paying 
Duty in the last year for which the Accounts have | 
been received ; and of the Aggregate Amount of 
Duty received on each Class,—classing them under 
the following heads ; viz. —1. A List of all Articles 
producing a less Net Revenue of Customs Duty 





13° Aprils. 





than 1,000 rupees each Article:—2. A List of all 
Articles producing more than 1,000 rupees, and 
less than 5,000:—3. Ditto, ditto, more than 5,000 | 
rupees, and less than 10,000:—4. Ditto, ditto, 
more than 10,000 rupees, and less than 100,000: 
—5. Ditto, ditto, more than 100,000 rupees, and 
less than 500,000 :—6. Ditto, ditto, producing more 
tlan 500,000: so as to exhibit the Aggregate | 
Amount for each Class, and the Revenue of these | 
Six Classes:—Also, a Statement of any modifica- | 
tions in the Duties on Imports since the Return! 
laid before the House, in Parliamentary Paper No. | 
116, of Session 1846:—A Similar Account for the | 
Presidency of Madras:—A Similar Account for 
the Presidency of Bombay :—A similar Account for 
the North Western Provinces :—Also, a similar 
Return of the several Articles exported from each 
of the three Presidencies and North Western 











A. 1847. 


Provinces, under similar Classes as to Amounts : 
Also, a Statement of any modifications in the 
Duties on Goods exported, classed in the same 
manner as for the imports. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Taxation of 
to amend an Act to establish a Taxation of Costs on gntng 
on Private Bills in the House of Commons: And gin, 
that Mr. Hume and Mr. Greene do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Supply; 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- Wages of 
two thousand two hundred and seventy pounds, be 4ftificers, &amp;c., 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Wages of ; 
Artificers, Labourers, and others, employed in Her 
Majesty’s Naval Establishments Abroad, which will 
come in course of Payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1848. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Naval Stores, 
million five hundred and fifty-six thousand four &amp;* 
hundred and ninety-eight pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of Naval 
Stores for the Building, Repair and Outfit of the 
Fleet, the purchase of Steam Machinery, and for 
other purposes connected therewith, which will 
come in course of Payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1848. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five New Works, 
hundred and fifty-nine thousand six hundred pounds, ** 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
New Works, Improvements and Repairs, in the 
Naval Establishments, which will come in course 
of Payment during the year ending on the 31st 
day of March 1848. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Medicines 
two thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine pounds, 2d Medical 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge °° 
of Medicines and Medical Stores, which will come 
in course of Payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of March 1848, 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- Naval Miscel- 
nine thousand eight hundred and forty-seven pounds, !#neous Ser- 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge ““~ 
of divers Naval Miscellaneous Services, which will 
come in course of Payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1848. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Half Pay 
hundred and twenty-five thousand seven hundred (Navy and 
and eighty-eight pounds, be granted to Her Ma- ene 
jesty, to defray the Charge of Half Pay to Officers 
of the Navy, and of the Royal Marines, which will 
come in course of Payment during the year ending 
on the 31stday of March 1848. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Military 
hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred and Pensions and 
forty-seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to meutauuns 
defray the Charge of Military Pensions and Allow- 
ances, which will come in course of Payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1848. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Civil - a’. 
hundred and fifty-three thousand four hundred and 
fifty-eight pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Civil Pensions and Allow- 
ances, which will come in course of Payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1848. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Transports, 
hundred and forty-three thousand two hundred and &amp;¢: 
two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Sinan of Transports on Monthly Pay for the 
Victualling and Conveyance of Troops, and for the 
Freight of Stores, on Account of the Army and 
Ordnance Departments, which will come in course 
of Payment during the year ending on the 31st 
day of March 1848. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Convicts. 
one thousand six hundred and seventy-four pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charges 
relating to Convicts, on account of the HomeDepart- 

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ment, which will come in course of Payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1848. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five 
hundred and sixty-four thousand three hundred and 
thirty-seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Charge of the Packet Service on 
account of the Post-office Department, which will 
come in course of Payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1848. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Packet 
Service. 


Exchequer The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 


a Committee upon the Exchequer Bills Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Bills 
(£. 18,310,700) 
Bill. 


Prisons 


: Mr. Greene reported the Prisons ({reland) Bill; 
(Ireland) Bill. 


and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed, and read the third time upon Thursday 
next. 


Fever 


(ireland) Bill. axe ingrossed Bill to amend and continue an 


ct of the last Session of Parliament, intituled, 
An Act to make Provision until the First day of 
September One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
seven, for the Treatment of Poor Persons afflicted 
with Fever in Jreland, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Expenses under the Act 
to be paid out of Funds in the hands of the Relief 
Commissioners, under 10 Vic., c. 7) was thrice 
read ; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Fever Patients, on 
application to Relief Committee, to be immediately 
removed to the hospital, and medical attendance 
not to be given at their own houses) was thrice 
read ; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (But on medical cer- 
tificate that their removal would be dangerous, 
medical relief to be given at their own homes) was 
thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend and continue until the 
First day of November One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty-seven, and to the end of the then next 
Session of Parliament, an Act for making Provision 
for the Treatment of Poor Persons afflicted with 
Fever in Zreland. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Registration Mr. Walpole presented a Bill to amend the Law 
of Voters Bill. £5» the Registration of Persons entitled to vote in 
No. 273. the Election of Members to serve in Parliament for 
England and Wales: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 28th day of this instant April ; 

and to be printed. 


Quakers’ and 
Jews’ Mar. 
Yriages Bill. 


No, 274. 


Mr. Christie presented a Bill to remove Doubts 
as to Quakers’ and Jews’ Marriages solemnized 
before a certain period: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Newmarket 
and Chester- 
tord Railwa 
(Repeal of 
Provision 
authorizing 
the Company 
to use the Line 
of the Eastern 
Counties Rail- 


way ) Bill, 


Ordered, That the Report on the Newmarket and 
Chesterford Railway (Repeal of Provision authoriz- 
ing the Company to use the Line of the Eastern 


Counties Railway) Bill, be taken into consideration 
To-morrow. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


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339 


Mercurii, 14° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 
PRAYERS. 


HE Order made upon the 3d day of March Kingston- 

. last, for referring to the Committee on the ee 

© ; mall Tene- 
Kingston-upon-Thames Small Tenements Bill the ments Bill. 
Petition of Owners of cottages and small houses 
within the parish of Kingston-upon- Thames, in the 
county of Surrey, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the said Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Petition be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Charles Robert Eastern Coun- 
Colman, of Irongate Wharf, London, Wharfinger, pat betntti . 

° Sage. 9th d fM | (Enlargemen 
which was presented upon the 9th day o arch of London and 
last, praying that he may be heard, by himself, his Stratford Sta- 
counsel or agent, against certain parts of the East- pone me 

: : . mendment of 

ern Counties Railway (Enlargement of London and ‘acts) Bill, 
Stratford Stations, and Amendment of Acts) Bill, 
be referred to the Committee on the Bill; and the 
Petitioner heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 
upon his Petition, if he think fit ; and counsel heard, 


in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. Greene reported the Newhaven Harbour, Newhaven 
Ouse Lower Navigation and Lewes and Laughton Harbour, Ouse 
Drainage Bill, with Amendments. pore — 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. pees 
Laughton 
Drainage Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Newmarket 
into consideration the Report on the Newmarket and Chester- 
and Chesterford Railway (Repeal of Provision au- (hey — 

Mit : . peal o 
thorizing the Company to use the Line of the East- provision 
ern Counties Railway) Bill; and the Amendments satnislong 
were read, and agreed to. te Company 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, oc 
be ingrossed. Counties 
Railway) Bill. 

Mr. Strutt presented,—Report of the Commis- Raitway Bills. 
sioners of Railways on certain Railway Bills com- yo 164. 
prised in Groups Nos. 2, 5,6, 7 and 8, (in pursuance yy. ¢o XII, 
of Resolution of the House of 23d February 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on 
certain Railway Bills comprised in Groups, Nos. 
16, 17, 27, 28, and 31, 28, 29, 30, 33 and 15, (in 
pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23d Fe- 
bruary 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on a 
Railway Bill, in Group No. 17, (in pursuance of 
Resolution of the House of 23d February 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on a 
Railway Bill comprised in Group No. 21, (in pur- 
suance of Resolution of the House of 23d Febru- 
ary 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on a 
Railway Bill comprised in Group No. 10, (in pursu- 
ance of Resolution of the House of 23d February 
1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on 
certain Railway Bills comprised in Groups Nos. 2, 
4, 8, 10, 15, 23, 26, 31, 36, 43, 46 and 51, (in pur- 
suance of Resolution of the House of 23d Febru- 
ary 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on 
a certain Railway Bill comprised in Group No, 6, 
(in pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23d 
February 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on 
certain Railway Bills comprised in Group No. 11, 
(in pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23d 
February 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on a 
Railway Bill comprised in Group No. 47, (in pur- 
suance of Resolution of the House of 23d Febru- 
ary 1847). 

Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
Committees on the Bills to which the same relate ; 
and be printed. 


xx3 Petitions 














340 

Petitions from Carmarthen (two Petitions) ;— 
Thetford ;— Pembroke ; — Monmouth ;—Cardigan ; 
— Hereford ;—Ross ;—Saint David's ;— Neath ;— 
Llandaff ;— Swansea ;— Newport ;— Winchcomb ;— 
Northleach ;— Bridgend ; — Chepstow ; — Chelten- 
ham ; — Newnham ; — Tewkesbury ; — Ensham ;— 
Cardiff ; — Gloucester (two Petitions) ; — Oxford 
(two Petitions) ;— Burford ;-- Fishguard ;-- Witney ; 
— Merthyr Tydvil ;-- Haverfordwest ;—and, Owners 
and Occupiers of lands, &amp;c., near the there above- 
mentioned Railway ; praying that the Chellenham 
and Oxford Railway Bill may pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Cheltenham 
and Oxford 
Railway Bill. 


Caledonian Petitions of the Provost, Magistrates and Town 
Railway Council of the royal burgh of Sanguhar ;——Inha- 


Lease of Part |. . : ae 
cae, bitants of the town and parish of Sanguhar ;—— 


Dumfries and Heritors, Professional Gentlemen, Merchants and 


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voy) BL other Inhabitants of the Middle District of Withs- 
— dale, Dumfriesshire ;—and, Inhabitants of the royal | 
burgh of Dumfries; praying that the Caledonian | 

Railway (Lease of Part of Glasgow, Dumfries and 

Carlisie Railway) Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the | 
Table. | 
A Petition of the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle | 
Railway Company, and of the Glasgow, Paisley, | 
Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Company, praying | 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel | 
or agents, against certain parts of the said Bill, was | 
also presented, and read. | 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to | 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners | 

heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 

their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. | 


A Petition of the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle | 
Railway Company, and the Glasgow, Paisley, Kil- 
(Branches to marnock and Ayr Railway Company, praying that 
Canonbie, &amp;c.) ‘ / c 
Bill. they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Caledonian 
Railway (Branches to Canonbie, &amp;c.) Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Caledonian 
Railway 


South York- A Petition of Henry Walker, of Clifton House, 
shire, Doneas- jn the parish of Rotherham, in the county of York, 
saibeay (he. Esquire, and Joshua Walker, of 27, Abchurch-lane, 
nistone, &amp;c., in the city of London, Merchant, praying that they 
and Purchase may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
ng against certain parts of the South Yorkshire, Don- 
Barnsley, caster and Goole Railway (Penistone, &amp;c., and Pur- 
Wakefield, = chase of Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, 
Huddersfield Huddersfield and Goole Railway, Dun Navigati 
and Goole ° ay, un Navigation 
Railway, Dun and Dearne and Dove Canal) Bill, was presented, 
Navigation, and read. 
and Dearne Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Canal) Bil Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bull, against the said Petition. 
Manchester, A Petition of James Lillie, of Manchester, in the 
Sheffield and @ounty of Zancaster, Millwright, Engineer and Ma- 
Lincolnshire ae a se) mr , 
Railway (Sta- Caine-maker, praying that he may be heard, by him- 
tion Approach self, his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the 
in Manchester) Wanchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (Sta- 
— tion Approach in Manchester) Bill, was presented, 
and te 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 








Bili, against the said Petition. 





A. 1847. 


A Petition of Proprietors and Occupiers of col- Manchester, 
lieries and coal mines and lands on and connected Sheffield and 

; april Lincolnshire 
with and adjoining to the canal thereunder men- Railway 
tioned, praying that they may be heard, by them- (Ashton Canal 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts Purchase) Bill. 
of the Manchester, Shefficld and Lincolnshire Rail- 
way (Ashton Canal Purchase) Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Governors of the Grey Coat Westminster 
Hospital, in Tothill Fields, of the Royal Foundation oe 
of Queen Anne, praying that they may be heard, by ~~ 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Westminster Improvements Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Governors of the Grey Coat Ipswich and 
Hospital, in Tothill Fields, of the Royal Foundation Bury St. Ed- 
of Queen Anne, praying that they may be heard, by ge a rr 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain (Extension to 
parts of the Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund’s Yarmouth) 
Railway (No. 1.) (Extension to Yarmouth) Bill, was - 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
avour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of George Maxwell, of Broomholm, in North British 
the parish of Langholm and county of Dumfries, Railway 
praying that he may be heard, by himself, his coun- (He. 2.) a. 
sel or agent, against certain parts of the North Brit- 
ish Railway (No. 2.) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Sir John Delves Broughton, of North Staf- 
Doddington Park, in the county palatine of Chester, onary Rail- 
Baronet, a General in the Army, praying that he &lt;a 
may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, Branches) Bill. 
against certain parts of the North Staffordshire 
Railway (Alterations and Branches) Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Magistrates, Clergy, Bankers, Mer- gastern Coun- 
chants, Tradesmen, Landowners and other Inha- ties Railway 
bitants of Grantham, in the county of Lincoln ; Spank) Bil 
and, Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the borough 
of Grantham; praying that the Eastern Counties 
Railway (Spalding to Newark) Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of the Reverend Edward Fane, of Ful- 
beck, in the county of Lincoln, Clerk ; and, Wil- 
liam Ostler, of Grantham, in the county of Lincoln, 

Esquire ; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the said Bill,—were also presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; ana the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 

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! Petitions of Magistrates, Clergy, Bankers, Mer- 
ern —e chants, Tradesmen, Landowners and other Inha- 
veaford) Bill. bitants of the borough of Grantham, in the county 

of Lincoln, and of the adjoining hamlets of Spittle- 
gate and Manthorpe-cum-Little Gonerby, in the 
parish of Grantham ;——and, Mayor, Aldermen and 
Burgesses of the borough of Grantham; praying 
that the Great Northern Railway (Branches to 
Sleaford) Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Great North- 


Great North- Petitions from Saint Alban’s (two Petitions) ;— 


phoned Luton ;— Watford ;—and, Rickmansworth; praying 
vfield and that the Great Northern Railway (Hertford, Hat- 


Saint Alban’s field and Saint Alban’s Branch) Bill may pass into 
Branch) Bill. "a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Birmingham A Petition of John Satchell, of the borough of 
—" Warwick, in the county of Warwick, praying that 
Railway he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 


(Deviation of against certain parts of the Birmingham and Oz- 
Line, &amp;e.) Bill. for Junction Railway (Deviation of Line, &amp;c.) 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his 
Petition, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 

Salisbury Petitions from Yeovil (three Petitions) ;—East 
otinay Ball and West Coker ;— Stoke-under-Hamdon ;—and, 
Milborne Port; praying that the Salisbury and 
Yeovil Railway Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Roman Catho- Petitions from Weybridge ;— Worksop ;— Carl- 
lic Relief Bill. 45»; Preston (Lancaster) ;— Macclesfield ;— Nor- 
wich ;— Kidderminster ; — Uttoxeter ;—Plowden ;— 
Great Eccleston ;— Doncaster ;— Tottenham and 
Edmonton ;— Hassop ;— Market Rasen ;— Ashton 
and Stone ;— Midhurst ;— Hathersage; — Hamp- 
stead;— North Shields ;— Taunton ;— Northamp- 
ton;—Grace-Dieu and Thringstone ;—Houghton ; 
— Poulton-le- Fylde ; — Leyland ;— Southampton ;— 
Sheerness ;— Winchester ;—- Whitwick ;— Belton and 
Osgathorpe ;— Walsall ;— Bonham Stourton and its 
vicinity ;—Monks of the Order of Saint Benedict, 
living at their Monastery of Mount Saint Bernard, 
in the county of Leicester ;— Durham ;— Ipswich ; 
— Bolton ;—Carlisle ;— Darlington ;— Penrith ;— 
Warwick Bridge ;—Melton Mowbray ;—Stockport ; 
—Catholics of Ratcliffe College ;—Sheepshead ;— 
Garstang ;—Ampleforth ;—Stockeld, Spofforth and 
Wetherby ;—Penzance ;—Alton and Farley ;—Clif- 
ford-cum- Boston ;— Longborough ;— Hanley ;— Bir- 
mingham ; — Kirkham ; — Lincoln; — Enfield ; — 
Barnsley ; — Tiverton ; — Wellington (Salop) ;— 
Bromsgrove ;— Allerton Mauleverer ; — Knaresbo- 
rough; — Saffron Hill; — Leyburn ; — Clayton-le- 
Woods ;— Warrington ;—Stockton-on- Tees ;— New- 
port (Salop);— Nailsworth ;—Leamington Priors ;— 
Brewood ;—Hinckley ig ose ;— Hazlewood ;— 
Wooton Wawen;—Bishop Thornton ;—Ince Blun- 
dell ;— Chudleigh ;—Catholic Officiating Chaplain, 
the Catholic Soldiers, and others, of Weedon Bar- 
racks ;— Weston Underwood ;—South Hill, Whittle- 
le- Woods ;— Banbury ;—and Alnwick ; praying that 
the Roman Catholic Relief Bill may pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions from Hadlow ; East Farleigh ; 
Sydenham (Kent); —— Checkley ; Deanery of 
Malling ; Ottery Saint Mary ;—Clifton, Dart- 
mouth and Hardness ;——Mary-le-bone (four Peti- 
tions); —— South Bersted; —— Bloomsbury and 
Finsbury ; Northop ; ——Broughton and Els- 
lack ; Blandford ;——Lydiard Millicent ;—— 
Hertingfordbury ;—— Chelsea and Brompton ;—— 
Saint Andreu’s, Holborn ;—Llanrian ;——Raw- 

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reth ; Owsden ; Saint Stephen's, Walbrook ; 
Deanery of Sutton (Kent) ;—— Burley-on-the- 
Hill ; Ryde ;——Melton Mowbray ;——Lyme 
Regis ; Hailey ;——Little Hallingbury ; 
Ashby-de-la-Zouch ; Boyford ; Brighthelm- 
stone ;—— Bradford (York) ; Ravenstone ; 
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis ; Shotover ; 
Mattby ; Wombourn and Trysall ; Derby ; 
Chilvers Coton; Holloway ; Amberley; 
—— Horsley ; Islington (three Petitions) ; 
Hunstanworth ; ——~ Teignmouth ; Crosby Ra- 
vensworth ;—— Ramsgate and Saint Lawrence ;— 
Ludgershall ; Chigwell ; Great Yeldam and 
Little Yeldam ; Cheshunt ; Saint Helier ; 
Wrerham Regis;—-— Hampstead Norreys ; 
Wrazall ; Llanfairtalhaiarn ; Ripon; 
Monkhyildin ; —— High Wycombe ; Sy- 
mondsbury ;—— Winkfield ;——A ylestone ;——Len- 
ton; Swainswick ; Preston (Dorset) ;—— 
Lancaster ;——Brixton Deverill;—— Chelsea ; 
East Hampstead ; Monkton Combe ; Win- 
canton ;—-—Tunbridge Wells; Stainton ;—— 
Croxden ; Leak (Lincoln) ; T. G. Conyers 
and others ;—— Tompson ;—— Braintree; Saint 
Pancras ; Great Tey ;——Wingweston ;—— 
Headington ;——Allington, Barton and Marford; 
Paddingtonand Kensington ;——Uheley (alias 
Ugly) ; Saint Mary-in-Malden ; East Carl- 
ton ;———Members of a Voluntary Association called 
the Norwich Protestant Association ; Wood- 
rising ;——Sherburn ;—— Rodmersham ; Whit- 
field ;——Little Brumley ;——London and West- 
minster ; Carbrooke; Cricklade; Samles- 
bury ;—— George Duke ;—— Hockham ;—— Ewell; 
—— Kxossington ; Clare (Suffolk) ;—— Great 










































































































































































Saling ;——Pertenhall ; Haslemere ;——Stan- 
ord ; Bethnal Green ; —— Tottington ; 
Broad Chalke ; Kensal Green;——Cretingham; 





——and, Fringford ; praying that the said Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Huttoft ;—Etwall;—Llanferres ; Education. 
—Smalley ;—Shirley ;—and, Poulton; praying the 
Houge to sanction, by the appropriation of funds, the 
carrying into effect the Minutes of the Committee of 
Council on Education,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Bristol ;— Morley ;—Asprington ; 
—Martock ;— Lancaster ;— Coate ;— Bromley and 
Bromhaugh ;— Belper ;— Coseley (two Petitions) ;— 
Beeralston ;—Southport (two Petitions) ;— Patri- 
croft ;—Liverpool ;— and, Folkstone; praying the 
House not to consent to any grant of money for 
carrying into execution the Minutes of the Com- 
mittee of Council on Education, and to present an 
humble Address to the Crown, praying Her Most 
gracious Majesty to revoke the Order in Council 
by which the said Committee was constituted,— 
were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Shipowners and Inha- Ports, Har-_ 
bitants of the port of Gainsborough, praying that aa &amp;e. Bill 
the Ports, Harbours, &amp;c. Bill, introduced in the 4 
last Session, may pass into law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Burley-on-the-Hill;—and, Knos- Maynooth 
sington; praying for the repeal of the Maynooth College Act. 
College Act,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bristol ;—Hotwells, in the city of Promiscuous 
Bristol ;—and, Reading; praying that the House Itercourse. 
will enact such laws with reference to the keepers 
of brothels, and all persons trafficking in female 
virtue, as shall invest Magistrates and Officers of 
Police with more summary powers,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


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Poor Removal 
Act &amp;c. 


Rating of 
‘Tenements 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 

Bill. 


Dudley Union. 
No. 276. 


Railways. 
No, 277. 


Railways. 
No. 278. 


Scamen. 
No. 279. 


Local Acts. 
No, 275. 


Post -office. 


342 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the 
Sleaford Union, within the parts of Kesteven and 
county of Lincoln, praying that the Statute 9 and 
10 Vic., c. 66, for the removal of the poor, may be 
repealed, that parochial settlements may be conti- 
nued, and that national Poor-rates may not be 
enacted ; that Boards of Guardians may be entrusted 
with the power of giving out-relief in such cases 
where two-thirds of the Guardians present at any 
meetings of such Boards may think proper; that a 
code of well-defined laws and rules for the instruc- 
tion and use of Boards of Guardigns may be pre- 
pared, and that all Union houses and premises may 
be exempted from the payment of taxes and paro- 
chial rates, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Settlement and Poor 
Removal. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Blackburn, in the 
county of Lancaster, praying that the Rating of 
Tenements (No. 2.) Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Kirk Session 


of the parish of Ratho, in the county of Edinburgh, | 


praying that the Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not 


pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- | 


dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Kirk Session 
of the parish of Ratho, in the county of Edinburgh, 
praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Dudley 
Union, which was presented upon the 24th day of 
February last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Ca- 


pital authorized to be raised by Railway Bills, which | 


were presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Cost 
of Construction of Railways, which were presented 
yesterday, be printed. 


Mr. Ward presented, pursuant to Order,—A 
Return of the re of Seamen afloat above the 
estimate, and the Number of Seamen that the 
Channel Squadron are short of Complement. 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the'| 


Table; and be printed. 


Viscount Morpeth presented,—Return to an Or- 
der, dated the 31st day of March last, for Appendix 
to the Evidence on the Dublin Improvement Bill, 
together with the Evidence. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing the Number of Letters now lying 
in the General Post-office containing Coin, Bank 
Notes, Bills of Exchange, or other ‘Property, the 
Amount in each case, with the total of the whole, 
and what steps have been taken during the last 
seven years to return such Letters to the Parties 
writing them :—A similar Return of all Letters 
containing Money Orders, stating the Amount as 
aforesaid, the Practice with reference to the Return 
of Property paid into the General Post-oftice, but 
not given up in consequence of any informality in 
the address or otherwise, and where, and with 
whom, or in whose name such Property is deposited: 
—Also, a Return, showing the manner in which the 
Clerks, Sub-sorters, Letter-carriers, and all other 
Officers, both in the General and London District 
Post-office, are pensioned, the authority for grant- 


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A, 1847. 


|ing the Retiring Allowance so given, the Fund from 
which a ; and further, stating the reason, if any, 
why the Letter-carriers and Sub-sorters are not 
pensioned in conformity with the provisions of the 
Acts for the Regulation of Pensions and Superan- 


nuation Allowances to Officers and Persons in the 
Public Service. 


Ordered, That the Petitions of William Bruce Belfast 
Joy, Henry Holmes Joy, Frederick Joy and John Improvement 
Holmes Joy ;—and, President and Assistant of Bill 
the Belfast Charitable Society; which were pre- 
sented upon Monday last, praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Belfast Improvement 
Bill, be referred to the Committee on the Bill; and 
the Petitioners heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit; 
and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the 
said Petitions. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Roman Catho- 
mittee on the Roman Catholic Relief Bill ; lic Relief Bill. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
| Question, by leaving out from the word “ That,” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
| this House will, upon this dav six months, resolve 


,“ itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 


_ And the Question being put, That the words 
| proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
| The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
| The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Watson, }u 9 
Yeas, Lord John Manners : , 
| Tellers for the{ Sir Robert Harry Inglis, }iss 
Noes, L Mr. Law : _ 


| 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
|“ this House will, upon this day six months, resolve 
“ itself into the said Committee” be added instead 
thereof:—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question so amended being put ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
six months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Drainage of 
mittee on the Drainage of Lands Bill ; a 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 5th day of May next, resolve itself into the said 


' Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Naval Prisons 

| mittee on the Naval Prisons Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 

solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Naval Service 
mittee on the Naval Service of Boys Bill ; of Boys Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second geduction and 
Reading of the Seduction and Prostitution Preven- Prostitution 
tion Bill ; _ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Life —_— 
Reading of the Life Insurances Biil ; ances BU 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
/upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 
| Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
| next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
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Lumtic The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Asylums Bill. mittee on the Lunatic Asylums Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Poor Relief The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Laws Execu- mittee on the Poor Relief Laws Execution (Zreland) 
tion (Ireland) Bij : 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ways and 
Means. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Exchequer Mr. Greene reported the Exchequer Bills Bill; 
Bills and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
——™ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Private Bills. © The Order made yesterday, That no Private Bill 
relating to Town Improvements, or Police, or to 
Public Cemeteries, or to Sewage, be further pro- 
ceeded with by this House before the 1st day of 


May next, was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That no Private Bill relating to Town 
Improvements, or Police, or to Public Cemeteries, 
be further proceeded with by this House before the 
Ist day of May next. 


Private Bills. 


Light Gold. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Number of Pots of Gold melted 
from Light Gold Coins in the Mint; the Number 
of such Pots as were found to be Standard, as well 
as the Number of them which were found under 
standard ; and the Cost of the Gold which was re- 
quired to bring those under Standard up to Standard 
Quality. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 

Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
Light Gold. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account from the Bank of England, of the 
Number of Ingots of Gold which the Bank had 
formed from Light Gold out of the Mint, the 
Quality by assay of those Ingots, and the Cost and 
Loss attendant upon their production ; also, the 
Loss to be incurred to bring them up to Standard 
fineness. 
Ceylon. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Amount of Duty on Imports and 
Exports, separately, received at each Custom House 
or its dependencies in Ceylon, in the year 1845; 
and the name of each Article on which more than 
£.100 of Duty was received in that year :—And, 
of the Amount of the Aggregate Expense of the 
Customs Establishment in the Island of Ceylon, 
stating the Place of each Custom House, and the 
Number of Dependencies on, or Creeks to, each 
Custom House; the Name of, and Amount of 
Salary of each Person employed in the Collection 
and Management of the Customs receiving more 
than £.50 per annum; stating, also, the Expense 
for Buildings, Servants and all Contingent Charges 
of any kind at each Custom House, and the Total 
Charge for each Custom House, and for all the 
Custom Houses in Ceylon. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


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343 


Jovis, 15° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Scott, from the Gffice of the Commissioners National 

! for the Reduction of the National Debt, was Det 
called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—An Ac- 
count of the Gross Amount of all Sums received and 

paid by the Commissioners for the Reduction of the 
National Debt, on account of Banks for Savings and 
Friendly Societies, in Great Britain and Ireland, 
from their commencement at 6th August 1817 to the 

20th November 1846, inclusive :—Also, an Account 

of all Expenses incurred by the said Commissioners, 

for Salaries of Clerks or other Incidental Charges, 
during the preceding year. 

An Account of the Gross Amount of all Bank 
Annuities and Long Annuities, and any other An- 
nuities for Terms of Years transferred, and of all 
Sums of Money paid to the Commissioners for the 
Reduction of the National Debt; and the Gross 
Amount of Annuities for Lives and forTerms of Years 
which have been granted for the same, under the Pro- 
visions of the Acts 10 Geo. 4., ec. 24, and 3 Will. 4, 
c. 14, within the year ending 5th January 1847. 

An Account of the Gross Amount of all Monies 
received and paid by the Commissioners for the Re- 
duction of the National Debt on account of the Fund 
for the Military Savings Banks, from 19th September 
1845 to 5th January 1847 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Com- Committee of 
mittee of Selection; That George Walker Heneage Selection. 
Esquire, Member for the Borough of Devizes, was 
on Tuesday the 13th April nominated on the Select 
Committee, on the Group (No. 16.) ; and a notice to 
that effect, together with the prescribed forin of 
Declaration, was duly forwarded to him, but that 
the Committee of Selection have not up to the present 
time*received from Mr. Heneage the aforesaid form 
of Deciaration with his signature attached, nor any 
sufficient excuse; and that the Select Committee on 
the Group, on their meeting this day at twelve 
o'clock, pursuant to the Order of the Committee of 
Selection, were unable to proceed to business. 

Ordered, That the Committee on Group (No. 16.) 
of Railway Bills have leave to sit,and proceed, upon 
Monday next, at twelve o’clock. 








Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Leeds Water- 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for works Bill. 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
additional provision in the Leeds Waterworks Bill, 
no Standing Orders have been complied with; but 
written consents were produced from all the Owners, 

Lessees and Occupiers of lands through which a 
certain deviation from the line of the works, as 
delineated on the Plans, is proposed to be made. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Plymouth and 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Road (Ne 2) 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Plymouth and Bill, ~~ 

‘'avistock Road (No. 2.) Bill, the Standing Orders 
have been complied with. 


The Order made upon the 8th day of February Huddersfield 
last, for referring the Huddersfield and Manchester and Manches~ 
Railway and Canal (Branch trom Oldham to Ash- pret ea” 
ton and Guide Bridge) Bill to the Committee of (Branch from 
Selection, was read, and discharged. Oldham to 


ae e : d 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be withdrawn. Guide Bridge) 


Bill. 
An ingrossed Bill to alter, amend, and enlarge Ipswich 
the Powers and Provisions of an Act passed in the &amp;as Bill. 
second year of the reign of his late Majesty King 


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A. 1847. 


George the Fourth, intituled, An Act for lighting | years and above Ten years Service; specifying the 


with Gas the Town and Borough of Ipswich, in the 
county of Suffolk, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Great Western 


Deliver A Petition of the Right honourable Henry Richard 

(Amendment Earl Brooke and Earl of Warwick, praying that 

and Exten- provision may be made in the Great Western Rail- 

sions) Bill. way (Amendment and Extensions) Bill, for autho- 
rizing the Company to make a certain diverging line 
of Railway, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- 

- nd colnshire Railway (Supply of Surplus Water to 
Railway (Sup- Manchester, Salford and Stockport) Bill be referred 
ply of Surplus to the Commissioners of Railways; and that the 
Water to said Bili be not considered in Committee until the 
alancheste*» Commissioners shall have reported upon the Bills 
Salford and é i . 
Stockport) promoted by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln- 
Dill. shire Railway Company, in conformity with the Re- 
solutions of this House of the 23d day of February 
last. 


Manchester, 
Sheffield and 


Railway Bills Mr. Owen Stanley reported from the Committee 

Group (No.1.) on Group (No. 1.) of Railway Bills; That on the 
Committee meeting to-day, pursuant to adjourn- 
ment, a letter was received from Lord Granville 
Somerset, the Chairman of the Committee, stating 
that he was prevented by severe indisposition from 
attending the meeting of the Committee this day. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Glasgow, 
Dumfries and 
Carlisle Rail- 
way, and 
Glasgow, 


A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company, 
taking notice of the Petition for leave to deposit a 
Petition for leave to bring in the Glasgow, Dumfries 

__ and Carlisle Railway, and Glasgow, Paisley, Kil- 
oe ye marnoch and Ayr Railway (No. 3*.) Bill, and pray- 
Ayr Railway Ing that leave may not be given to deposit such 
(No. 3*) Bill. Petition, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, 


Wilts, Somer- A Petition of Alexander Powell, of Hurdecott 
set and Wey- TIouse, in the county of Wilts, Esquire, praying 
mouth Rail- ns : Nhe Le 
way (No,1.) that he may be permitted to withdraw his Petition 
(Bruton, against the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway 
Pitcombe and (No, 1.) (Bruton, Pitcombe, and Rodden and Brad- 
Rodden, and bet tees ee d re 
Bradford De- ford Deviations) Bill, was presented, and read. 
viations). Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the 


said Petition accordingly. 


Holyhead Viscount Morpeth, Mr. Ward and Mr. Owen 
Harbour Bill. Stanley were nominated Members of the Select 
Committee on the Holyhead Harbour Bill, 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That Admiral Dundas be one other Member 
of the said Committee :—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn, 


Ambergate, 


The Order for reading a second time To-morrow, 
Nottingham ] 


the Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston and Eastern 
and Boston, . Sal : ; 
and Eastern Junction Railway (Alteration of Line and Branches 
Junction Rail- into or near the Town of Nottingham) Bill, was read, 
pve. — and discharged. 
wet perce Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


and Branches 
into or near Tuesday next. 


the Town of 
Nottingham) 
Bill. 

bea Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Clauses Dill. 7 ords to the Waterworks Clauses Bill be taken into 


consideration To-morrow. 


Army, The Order made upon the 31st day of March 
— and Jost, That there be laid before this House, Returns 


of Recruits attested between the 1st day of April 
1845 and the 31st day of March 1846, and between 
the 1st day of April 1846 and the 31st day of March 
1847: —Of Non-commissioned Officers and Men 
who have been discharged the Service under Ten 


Number discharged at their own request, and the 
Number through Disability, between the 1st day of 
April 1845 and the 1st day of April 1846 :—Of Non- 
commissioned Officers and Men who have died 
within the same Period; specifying the Number 
under and above Ten years’ Service :—Of Men de- 
serted within the same Period ; specifying the Num- 
ber under Three months Service, between Three and 
Six months, Six and Twelve months, One year and 
Two years, Two years and Three years, Three years 
and Four years, Four and Five years, and upwards 
of Five years Service :—And, of the Number of Men 
above ‘Twenty-one years Service; distinguishing 
Serjeants from other Ranks :—To be taken from the 
Returns which will give the latest intelligence of 
the whole Army, not including Ordnance Corps ; 
(Nos. 2, 3 and 4, from Annual Returns of 1st April 
1846) :—Ordnance Corps; the same Returns for the 
Royal Artillery, the Royal Engieers and Sappers 
and Miners:—Marines ; the same Returns for the 
Royal Marines, was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Recruits attested between the 1st 
day of April 1845 and the 31st day of March 1846, 
and the 1st day of April 1846 and the 31st day of 
March 1847 :--Of Non-commissioned Officers and 
Men who have been discharged the Service under 
Ten years in the Infantry and Marines, and under 
Twelve years in the Cavalry and Ordnance Corps, 
and the Number above those Periods in each Ser- 
vice; specifying those discharged at their own re- 
quest, and the Number through Disability, in the 
years ending the 31st day of March 1846 and the 
31st day of March 1847:—Of Non-commissioned 
Otficers and Men who have died in each of the same 
Periods, specifying the Numbers under and above 
Ten years Service in the Infantry and Marines, and 
Twelve years in the Cavalry and Ordnance Corps : 
—Of Men deserted in each of the same Periods, 
specifying the Number under Three months Ser- 
vice, between Three and Six months, Six and Twelve 
months, One year and ‘T'wo years, Two years and 
Three years, Three and Four years, Four and Five 
years, and above Five years Service :—Of Men re- 
joined from Desertion in each of the same Periods : 
—And, of the Number of Men above Twenty-one 
years Service in the Infantry and Marines, and 
above ‘Twenty-four years in the Cavalry and Ord- 
nance Corps; distinguishing Serjeants from other 
Ranks, on the 1st day of April 1847; (the different 
Services to be kept distinct in their Details). 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Names of the Warden, Ver- 
derers, Regarderers, Surveyors, Deputy Surveyors, 
Masters or Keepers of Walks, Lodge Keepers, and 
of such other Officers who have Residences within 





the New Forest, by whom and when appointed, their 
Fees, Emoluments and Perquisites, the Name of 
their Places of Residence, and the Quantity of Land 
attached to their Residences, during the years 1844, 
1845 and 1846 :—Of the Names of the Courts held 
within the Mew Forest, the usual time and place of 
holding them, the Names of the Judges, Stewards, 
and all other Officers of the said Courts, by whom 
and when appointed, the Amount of the Fees, Per- 
quisites and Emoluments of the said Officers, during 
each of the said years, and the Annual other Ex- 
penses of holding the said Courts :—Of the Num- 
ber of Acres of which the New Forest consists, the 
Extent of Land inclosed, and the Extent uninclosed, 
and: the Number of Acres under Tillage :—Of the 
estimated Number of Deer kept in the Mew Forest 
during each of the said years, and the Number killed 
in each of the said years; stating the estimated 


Number of Deer kept and killed in each Walk of 








the 


Army, 
Ordnance ang 
Marines. 


New Forest: 


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10 Vicroriz. 


the Forest: — And, of the Number of Licenses 
eranted, or in force, for Hunting or Shooting in the 
Forest, in the said years, by whom such Licenses 
are granted, and the Total Amount of Fees paid, in 
each of the said years, for the same. 

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


Ses Light and Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

CokeCom- 2 Copy of a Memorial or Letter, addressed by the 

pany. Imperial Gas Light Company to the Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Woods and Forests, on the subject 
of the Report made to them by the Surveying Of- 
ficers appointed under the Act 9 and 10 Vic.,c. 106, 
of the Proceedings which took place in the course 
of their Preliminary Inquiry, on the 9th, 10th and 
11th days of February, in the case of the Com- 
mercial Gas Light and Coke Company’s Application 
to Parliament for an Act of Incorporation. 


Commercial 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of a Despatch from Governor Light 
to Earl Grey, dated Demerara, 5th March 1847, 
inclosing a Draft for £. 1,200, being the first Instal- 
ment of Subscriptions raised in British Guiana, for 
the Relief of the Destitute Poor in Zreland and the 
Highlands of Scotland. 

Convict Copy of further Correspondence on the subject 

Discipline and of Convict Discipline and Transportation (in con- 

— ig of the Papers presented 16th February 
1847). 


Mr. Hawes also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—A Return of all 


British 
Guiana. 


Offices in the 
Colonies. 


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345 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Post- Post-office, 
office, which was presented upon Monday last, be No, 281, 
printed. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Poor Relief 
Command,—Copy of the Report of the Poor Law (St Maryle- 
Commissioners upon the Relief of the Poor in the st. Pancras.) 
Parishes of Saint Mary-le-bone and Saint Pan- 
cras; with Appendix. 

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


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to Presentment 

Orders,—Returns of the Extraordinary Present- ireland.) 
ment Sessions held in each Barony, Half Barony, 
County of a City, or County of a Town in Ireland, 
under the provisions of the Act 9 and 10 Vic., c. 
107; specifying the Date on which each such Pre- 
sentment Sessions were held, the Amount pre- 
sented thereat, and the Amount approved and 
sanctioned, in each case respectively; also, the 
Date on which Public Works, in pursuance of such 
Act, were commenced in each District :—And of 
the Expense incurred under the said Act, in respect 
of the Officers, Surveyors and Assistants employed 
by the Commissioners of Public Works in Zreland, 
in each such Barony, Half Barony, County of a City, 
or County ofa Town respectively :—Also, a List of 
the different Works undertaken in each such 
Barony, Half Barony, County of a City, or County 
of a Town, left unfinished, by reason of the Amount 
presented for such Works having been expended. 

A Return showing the Number and Locality Dublin 





Persons holding Offices in the Colonies who have 
been appointed thereto subsequent to the pass- 
ing of an Act of Parliament of the 54th year of 
his late Majesty King George the Third, c. 61, and 
who are not at present in the execution of the 
Duties of their respective Offices, (so far as regards 
the Department of the Secretary of State for the 
Colonies.) 


Mr. Hawes also presented, pursuant to several 
Addresses to Her Majesty,—Returns of the actual 
Government Expenditure, and actual Government 
Receipts of the Island of Mauritius for the years 
1844 and 1845, and the Balance in the Treasury at 
the conclusion of each year: — Of the Pension 
granted to Nathaniel Kelsey, Esquire, late Auditor- 
General in the Island of Mauritius, and the Cause 
of his withdrawal from the Service :—And, of the 
Appointments lately made of an Auditor-General, 
and Assistant Auditor-General, for the Island of 
Mauritius; their Names, the Date of their Ap- 
pointments, with the Amount of Salary each is re- 
spectively to be paid; also, by whom the said Ap- 
pointments were made. 

A Return of the Names, the Dates and Places of 
Appointment, of all the Agents and Sub-Agents in 
the Service of Her Majesty, for the Purposes of 
Emigration in the several Colonies and Dependen- 
cies, the Nature of their Services ; also the Amount 
and Sources from which their Salaries are derived, 
and whether any of them are entitled to receive any 
Fees or other Emoluments of Office, and from what 
Parties and for what Duties. 

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


Mr. Milner Gibson presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Commercial Tariffs and Regulations, 
Resources and Trade of the several States of Europe 
and America, together with the Commercial Treaties 
between England and Foreign Countries.—Part 
the Twentieth—Hayti and Foreign West Indies. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Navigation 
Laws, which was presented upon Monday last, be 
printed. 

VoL. 102. 


Emigration 
Agents. 


Commercial 
Tariffs, 


Navigation 
Laws. 


No. 280, 


of the Public Fountains in the City of Dublin on Fountains. 
\the 31st day of December 1841, and the Number 
of Hours in each day during which the Poor of 
| those districts were supplied with water thereat :— 
'A similar Return of the Number, &amp;c., of Fountains 
on the 31st day of December 1846, specifying the 
Locality of those erected since 1841 :—And, Return 
of all Applications made and of all Correspondence 
with the Pipe Water Committee or the Corporation 
of the City of Dublin, on the subject of an increased 
| supply of water to the Fountains of the City, and 
the necessity of erecting additional Fountains. 

A Return from the Wide Street Commissioners Dublin Wide 
of the City of Dublin, of all Sums of Money lodged Streets. 
by the said Commissioners in Court,as Purchase- 
money of certain premises belonging to the Dublin 
Corporation, the Legal Proceedings thereupon, the 
Judgment pronounced by the Court, and the Cost 
of such Proceedings. 

Copies of the Resolutions of the Grand Juries of Lough Corrib 
Galway Town and Galway County, as registered Improvement 
in the County Books, in favour of the Lough Corrib ~°™P"™ 
Improvement Company. 

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





Petitions from Glassford ;—Avondale ;—Stone- Caledonian 
house ;— Blantyre ;—Hamilton (two Petitions) ;— a 
Lesmahagow ;—and, Dalserf; praying that the from the 
Caledonian Railway (Branches from the Clydesdale Clydesdale _ 
Junction Railway to the Douglas and Lesmahagow aa 
Mineral Fields and to Strathavon) Bill may pass Douglas and 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and or- Lesmahagow 
dered to lie upon the Table. a ine 
avon) Bill. 


Petitions from Applegarth ;—Hoddam ;— Hutton Caledonian 
and Corrie ;—Kirkpatrick-Juxta ;— Wamphray ;— aes - 
Drufesdale ; — Johnstone ; — Kirkmichael ;—Loch- Canonbie, &amp;c, 
maben (two Petitions) ;—-Moffutt;—Brampton ;— Bill. 
Irthington ;— Scaleby ; — Kirklinton ; — Cummer- 
trees ;—Kirkandrews-on-Esh ;—and, Longtown and 
Arthuret ; praying that the Caledonian Railway 
(Branches to Canonbie, &amp;c.) Bill may pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 


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346 


Caledonian Two Petitions from Greenock, praying that the 
and Glasgow, Caledonian and Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock 


——. Railways Amalgamation Bill may pass into a law, 


— —were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
gama- ' 

tion BL upon th:a Table. 

Caledonian Petitions from Dalserf ;—and, Lesmahagow ; 
Railway tuying thatthe Caledonian Railway (Extension of 


—— Motherwell Branch of Clydesdale Junction Railway 


Branch of | to Auchinheath Mineral Field, with Branches to 
Clydesdale the Wishaw and Coltness Railway, Canderside and 
Junction Rail- 


way to Auchin- Hamulton) Bill,may pass into a law,—were presented, 


heath Mineral and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Field, with 

Branches to the Wishaw and Coltness Rail- 

way, Canderside and Hamilton) Bill. 


Windsor 


} ; A Petition of the Inhabitants of the towns of 
Railway Bill. 


New Windsor and Eton, Clewer, and the neighbour- 
hood, praying that the Windsor Railway Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Colchester, Petitions from Clare and other places ;—Laven- 


Stour Valley, ham ;—AIpswich and Bury Saint Edmund's Railway 
oewaet Rail- Company ;—and, Eastern Union Railway Com- 


way (Exten- pany; praying that the Colchester, Stour Valley, 
sionto Melford, Sydbury and Halstead Railway (Extension to Mel- 


Lavenham and 


Clare) Bill. ford, Lavenham and Clare) Bill may pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Colchester, Petitions from the Jpswich and Bury Saint Ed- 


Stour Valley, ? ae pice nyse 
Selene onl mund’s Railway Company ; — Lavenham ; — and, 


Halstead Rail- Eastern Union Railway Company; praying that 

way (Exten- the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Halstead 

sion from Railway (Extension from Lavenham to Bury Saint 

Lavenham to zy . . . 

Bury st. Ed- Edmund's) Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 

mund’s) Bill. sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Greet Western Petitions from Battersea ;—and, Hammersmith ; 
ailway 


&lt;ionabtojeln praying that the Great Western Railway (Branch 

the West Lon- to join the West Zondon Railway, Widening and 

don Railway, Enlargementof West London Railway,and Branches 

a and t) Hammersmith, and to join the London and South 
nlargement ; ‘ ; 

of West Lon- Western Railway near Lambeth) Bill, may pass 

don Railway, into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 


and Branches . 
to Hammer- to lie upon the Table. 


smith, and to join the London and South 
Western Railway near Lambeth) Bill. 


ig : Petitions from Pollokshaws (two Petitions) ;— 
Greenock, Eaglesham ; — Cathcart; — Greenock (two Peti- 
Railway 


tions) ;—and, Paisley; praying that the Glasgow, 
(Amendment Paisley and Greenock ow toad (Amendment and 
eg ay Branches to the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, 
gow, Paisley, and Ayr, the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston, 
ames and the Glasgow, Strathaven and Lesmahagow 
—— me Railway, and to Haugh Pits) Bill may pass into a 
Barrhead and law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


Neilston, and ypon the Table. 
the Glasgow, 

Strathaven and Lesmahagow Rail- 
way, and to Haugh Pits) Bill. 
Glasgow, A Petition of Commissioners for improving the 
Dumiries and a f the Riv rT: ; 

Carlisle Rail. B@vigation of the River Nith, praying that the 
way, and Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway, and Glas- 
en... gow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (No. 2.) 
Paisley, Ki, Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
Ayr Railway 2nd ordered to lie upon the Table. 

(No. 2.) Bill. 
Wilsontown, 


A Petition of Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of 
Morningside 


- lands and other heritages on or near to the proposed 
and Coltness ° ithe 
Railway Branches from the Wilsontown, Morningside and 
(Branches to Coltness Railway to Benhar Coal Works, praying 
Benhar Coal- that the Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltuness 
works and : 

Edinburgh Railway (Branches to Benhar Coal Works and 

and Glasgow Edinburgh and Glasgow Turnpike-road) Bill may 

aad) Bll pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
"dered to lie upon the Table. 


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ford to Hitchin) Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 








A. 1847. 


Petitions from Yarmouth, and other places ;—and, Southampton 
Eling; praying that the Southampton and Dorches- and Dorches- 
ter Kailway (New Forest Deviation and Branches) (New Fone 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and Deviation and 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Branches) Bill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Peter- Boston, 
borough, praying that the Boston, Stamford and Stamford and 
Birmingham Railway (Peterborough and Thorney er - 
Line) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and (Peterborough 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. = Thorney 

ine) Bill. 

Petitions from Owners and Occupiers of property Great North- 
on the line of Railway thereinafter mentioned ;— em Railway 
Ware ; — re (two Petitions);—and, Hemel ese pall 
Hempstead and other places; praying that the Great Saint Alban’s 
Northern Railway (Hertford, Hatfield and Saint Branch) Bill. 
Alban’s Branch) Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Yarcombe ;—Chaffcombe ;—and, Exeter, Yeovil 
Ilminster ;—praying that the Exeter, Yeovil and Dor- and Dorches- 
chester Railway Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- '¢t Railway 
sented, and read ; and ordered tolie uponthe Table. ~ 


Petitions from Chardstock;—Chard (two Peti- Salisbury and 
tions)';— Hawkchurch ;— Winsham ;— Thornecombe; ¢°vil — 
—Marshwood ;—Buckerell ; — Allington ;— Whim- Exeter, Yeoull 
ple;—Tallaton ;—Honiton (two Petitions) ;—Git- and Dorches- 
tisham ; — Heavitree ; — Topsham ; — Whitchurch sop 
Canonicorum ;—Littleham and Exmouth and Lymp- Cornivall nd 

stone ;—Pillsdon ;—Stoke Abbots ; —Burstock ;— Devon Central 
Axminster ;—Symondsbury ;—Bradpole ; — Broad- —— 
clist ; — Honiton Clist ; — Pinhoe ; — Withycombe we 
Rawleigh ;—Sidmouth ;—John William Aldridge ; 
— Netherbury ;— Exeter ;— Exeter and Exmouth 
Railway Company ;—Lyme Regis ; —Wayford ;— 
Broadwinsor ;— Dowlishwake ;—West Dowlish ;— 
Walditch ;—Battiscombe ; — Donyatt ;— and, Ca- 
therstone Lewiston; praying that the Salisbury and 
Yeovil Railway ; and, the Exeter, Yeovil and Dor- 
chester Railway Bills; and the application for the 
Cornwalland Devon Central and Plymouth Railway 
Bill may pass into law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of John William Miles, of the city of Midland Rail- 

Bristol, Esquire ;—Sir Offley Penbury Wakeman, {2 ASulerians 
Baronet, and others (two Petitions) ;— Wélliam Malvern and 
Davis, Esquire, and others ;—The Reverend John Cheltenham 
Hopton, Clerk, and others, Owners, Lessees and 1¢s) Bill. 
Occupiers on the line of the proposed Railway 
thereafter mentioned ;—The Reverend John Hop- 
ton, Clerk, and others ;—Justices of the Peace for 
the county of Worcester, forming a Committee 
commonly called The Hall and House Committee ; 
—Inhabitants of Worcester ;—George Reece, and 
others, Owners and Lessees on the line of the pro- 
posed Railway thereafter mentioned ;— The Ho- 
nourable Eliza FitzRoy, of No. 58, Grosvenor- 
street, Grosvenor-square, in the county of Middiesez, 
Widow ; — The Venerable John Timbrill, p.p., 
Archdeacon of Gloucester, and others ;—Sir An- 
thony Lechmere, Baronet, and others, Owners and 
Lessees on the line of the proposed Railway there- 
after mentioned ;—and, Inhabitants of Ledbury, in 
the county of Hereford, praying that leave may not 
be given to deposit amended Sections, and a Peti- 
tion for leave to bring in the Midland Railway 
(Worcester, Hereford, Malvern and Cheltenham 
Lines) Bill,—were presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Bedford, fastern Coun- 

praying that the Eastern Counties Railway (Her‘- ties Railway 
——. 
; Sitchi 

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

A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Brad- Seeny 
ford Abbas, in the county of Dorset, praying that 2 *°o"r 
the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Bill may pass into a 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions 


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Manchester, 


—— praying that the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln- 


(Branch from shire Railway (Branch from Ashton-under-Lyne to 
Ashton-under- Q/J},qm) Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 


ss) 1 and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Wishaw and Petitions from Lesmahagow ; — and, Dalserf ; 


Coltness Rail- praying that the Wishaw and Coltness Railway 


a (Branches to Auchinheath Mineral Field and Can- 


heath Mineral derside) Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 


Field and Can- . i he Table. 
xerside) Bill and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


London, Petitions from Aylesbury (two Petitions); — 
Oxford and = Jing; Thame ;—and, Owners, Lessees, and others, 
Cheltenham ? 


Railway and On the line of Railway thereinafter mentioned ; pray- 
Branches Bill. ing thatthe London, Oxfordand Cheltenham Railway 
and Branches Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Promiscuous 


Petitions from Dublin (seven Petitions) ;—and, 
Intercourse. 


Staines; praying that the House will enact such 
laws with reference to the keepers of brothels, and all 
persons trafficking in female virtue, as shall invest 
magistrates and officers with more summary powers, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Samuel Batson Aldred ;— Thomas 
Colley ;—and, Charles James; praying the House 
to inquire into the subject of Sunday Trading in 
the Metropolis, and so to amend the laws as to 
remove the great public scandal which now exists, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Sunday 
Trading 
( Metropolis.) 


Registering 


Petitions from Presbytery of Kirkwall ; Kirk 
Births, &amp;c. 


tec Session of Preston-pans;——Kirk Session of Glas- 
09 lores gow (Moderator) ; Presbytery of Lanark (Mode- 
(Scotland) —_—rator) ; and, Loudoun; praying that the Regis- 
Bills. tering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill; and, the Marriage 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from the Kirk Session of Mains and 
Strathmartine ; — Presbytery of Kirkwall, in Ork- 
ney ;—and, Presbytery of Greenock, praying that 
Schoolmasters and Session Clerks in Scotland may 
obtain compensation for the losses which they will 
sustain should the said Bills pass into law,—were 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator and Kirk Session of 
the parish of Lorn, shire of Ayr, praying that the 
Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, 


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


A Petition of the Vicar, Churchwardens and 
other Inhabitants of the parish of Cockerham, in the 
county of Lancaster, praying the House to repeal 
the Act for the permanent endowment of Maynooth 
College, and to withdraw every kind of national 
support and encouragement which has been here- 
tofore given to the Church of Rome, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 














Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Maynooth 
College Act. 


Marriage. Two Petitions from Congleton; praying that the 


present law which declares invalid all Marriages 
between parties within the prohibited degrees of 
collateral affinity, may be amended, so as to legalize 
Marriage with the sister or other more remote rela- 
tive of a deceased wife,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Rating of 
Tenements 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Petitions from the Wimborne and Cranborne 
Union ;—Colchester Union ;—and, Epping Union; 
praying that the Rating of Tenements (No. 2.) Bill, 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


_A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Coun- 
Corporations cillors of the town and borough of Northampton, 
ct, nee ay 
praying for amendment of the Municipal Corpora- 
Vou, 102. 


Municipal 


15° Aprilis. 


Petitions from Stockport ;— Hyde ;—Stalybridge ; 
Sheffield and oe ;—and, Mottram and other places; 
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347 


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


A Petition of the High Sheriff of the county of Holyhead 
Carnarvon, stating that the nobility, gentry and H@Tbour. 
clergy of that county have been informed that Her 
Majesty’s Ministers have it in contemplation to re- 
commend the construction of a Refuge Harbour at 
Holyhead, at an expense of 600,000/. and upwards, 
and this, although William Ball, Esquire, an emi- 
nent civil engineer, has reported that Holyhead is in- 
capable of being made into a safe Harbour of Refuge 
at any expense, on account of its rocky bottom; 
that a measure of such great national importance as 
that of a Harbour of Refuge for the Channel trade, 
involving so large an expenditure of public money, 
and in which error, if committed, would be irretriev- 
able, ought not to be undertaken or persevered in 
without the most searching inquiry as to the capa- 
bilities of Holyhead tor the purpose, upon evidence 
taken fully, with all the aid requisite for a subject 
of such overwhelming importance to the trading, 
and other interests of Great Britain and Ireland ; 
and praying the House to refer the premises to the 
examination and consideration of a Select Committee 
of the House, for the purpose of instituting such 
inquiry, before so large an amount of public money 
shall be expended, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of Mer- Bankruptcy 
chants and Traders of the city of London, and its —” 
vicinity, assembled at the London Tavern, Bishop- 
gate-street, praying that the House will be pleased 
to take the present state of the law of bankruptcy 
and insolvency into their consideration, with a view 
to their immediate consolidation and amendment, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Copper Ores. 
gesses of the borough of Sheffield, praying the 
House to repeal the duties on Foreign Copper Ores 
imposed by the tariff of One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty-two, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers, Trades- Tea, 
men, and other Inhabitants of the borough of 
Sheffield, praying for a reduction of the Duty on 
Tea, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Rector and Churchwardens of Poor Relief 
the parish of Saint Mary, Shandon, city of Cork, (ireland) Bill. 
praying that a clause may be introduced into the 
Poor Relief (Zreland) Bill, directing Poor Law 
Guardians to provide for the interment of destitute 
persons who may die outside the walls of the work- 
house, and also to provide for the maintenance of 
foundlings, until of sufficient age to be received into 
the workhouse, and that the cost of such provisions 
should be defrayed by a general union charge, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of the Grand Jury of the county of 
Roscommon, praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law, as it now stands, was also presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Pocklington, in the Pocklington 
East Riding of Yorkshire, praying the House to School; and, 
institute an inquiry into the mode of management "4°44. 
of the Pocklington School, and to refuse any grant 
which has for its object the support of Education 
by the state, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Governor and Company of Health of 
Chelsea Waterworks, praying that the Health of Towns Bill. 
Towns Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands, and that they may be heard, by. their coun- 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the said Bill, 

yy2 was 








548 15° Aprilis. 


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


Settlement. A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Stow- 
on-the-Wold Union, in the counties of Gloucester 
and Worcester, praying the House to abolish the 
present law of Settlement, and instead thereof, to 
enact that the maintenance and relief of the desti- 
tute poor shall be made a national charge, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


Poor Removal Petitions from Saltash ;—Melton Mowbray Union 
am. (two Petitions) ;—Shepton Mallet ;—Petworth ;— 
and, Stow-on-the-Wold; praying for the repeal or 
alteration of the Poor ent Act,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


Lighthouses, A Petition of Merchants, Traders and Ship- 

™ owners of the Port of Gloucester, being Members of 
the Chamber of Commerce at that Port, praying the 
House to pass a law in accordance with the recom- 
mendations of the Select Committee on Light- 
houses, &amp;c., was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Breweries and A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 

Distilleries. habitants of the borough of Leeds, praying the 
House to enact a law, rendering it illegal to con- 
sume grain in the processes of malting, brewing 
and distilling, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Roman Catho- Petitions from Warwick ;— Deptford ;— Heythrop; 
lic Relief Bill. _and, Netherton; praying that the Roman Catholic 
Relief Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions from Bridport ; —— Bampton ; —— 
Muchelney ; Bradpole ; Saint Bees ; —— 
Eye ; —— Cockerham ; Wingham ; —— Deal ; 
——TIslington (three Petitions) ;—— Honley ;—— 
Walton-le-Soken ;——and, Charlton Kings ; praying 
that the said Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Ports, Har- —»- Petitions from Gloucester ;--Lerwick ;—South- 
ony Bill wold ;—and, East Looe; praying that the Ports, 
: Harbours Bill, &amp;c., introduced in the last Session, 
may pass into law,—were presented, and read ; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 











War. A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Yazley, 
in the county of Huntingdon, praying that imme- 
diate steps may be taken by the British Legislature, 
to secure the adoption of a treaty between the 
British Government and the other Governments of 
the world respectively, in which the parties shall 
agree to abandon the barbarous and uunchristian 
practice of War, and to refer all matters of dispute 
and difficulty that may arise, which cannot be 
settled by mutual negociation, to the arbitration of 
such persons as shall from time to time be mutually 
agreed upon, with an impartial umpire, in case of 
difference of opinion among the arbitrators, and to 
abide by the decision thus given, without having 
any resort to arms, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Education. Petitions from Leeds (two Petitions) ;— Walsall; 
—Swanage;—Hadleigh (three Petitions) ;—Stow- 
murket (two Petitions) ;— Gloucester (two Petitions); 
— Bedminster ;— Pucklechurch ;— Bristol (twenty- 
six Petitions) ;— Mangotsfield ;—Pensfold and Wol- 
lard Chapels ;— Wick and Absom ;— arshfield ;— 
Hinton ;— Westerleigh ;—Stover ;— Clifton ; ~Win- 
canton ;— Murple Bridye ; — Easington-lane ; — 
Gwyddelwern (two Petitions); — Lianelidan (two 
Petitions) ;—Sainé Ives (Huntingdon) ;—Shebbear 
(Chairman) ;—Broseley ;—Kingsash ;— Whitchurch 
(Southampton) (two Petitions); — Eatington ; — 
Castle Hedingham;— Charlesworth ;—Asselby ;— 





A. 1847. 


Tintwistle(three Petitions) ;—Mepal ;— Newsholme; 
—Little Shelford ;— Winckleigh ; — Romford ; — 
Little Waltham ;—Penygroes;—Saint Blazey ;— 
Chorley (two Petitions) ;—Lapford (three Petitions) ; 
—Chumleigh ;— Chatteris ; — Modbury ;— Saint 
Austell ;— Keighley (two Petitions) ;— Tywardreth ; 
—Parts of Herts and Cambridgeshire ;—East Bud- 
leigh (three Petitions) ;—Members of the Baptist 
Board of Dissenting Ministers ;—Stanhoe ;— Dur- 
ham and Northumberland Association of Indepen- 
dent Ministers and Churches ;—Leicester (Chair- 
man) ;— Diss ;— Eagle-street, Red Lion-square ;— 
Whitstable ;— Chumleigh ;— Burnham Market ;— 
Bockhing ;—Leek ;— Charlesworth ;—Sudbury (two 
Petitions) ;— Keighley ;— Appledore ;— Howden ; — 
Utley;— Taunton ;—Melbourn( Cambridge) ;—Mem- 
bers of the general body of Protestant Dissenting 
Ministers of the Three Denominations residing in 
and about the cities of London and Westminster ;— 
Madeley ; — Hollingworth ; —Harpurhey ; — Chat- 
teris ;— Warboys ;— Wreklewood ;—Blandford Fo- 
rum ;—Marple Bridge ;— Wymondham (three Peti- 
tions) ;— Longparish ;—Great Torrington ;—Chaw- 
leigh (two Petitions) ;—Aberdare (two Petitions) ;— 
Saint Mary Bourne; — Wareham ; —Rochdale; — 
Bury (Lancaster) ;— Worstead ; — Sible Heding- 
ham ;— Bacup (two Petitions) ; — Warminster ;— 
Cratfield ;— King’s Nympton;— Beccles; — Wor- 
stead ;—Bessels Green ;— Over Darwen ;— Royston; 
—Sutton Veney;— Diss ;— Braintree ;— Linton ;— 
Brading, Newchurch and Whitwell;—Great Tor- 
rington ;— Cleckheaton ;— Clitheroe (four Petitions) ; 
— Weymouth ;— Cowbridge ;— Yarcombe ;—Chard ; 
—Members of the Pembrokeshire Educational Com- 
mittee ;—Landewy Velfrey (two Petitions) ;—New- 
chapel ;— Newport (Pembroke) (two Petitions) ;— 
East Grinstead;— Manchester Sunday School Union 
(Chairman); — Richard Morris and others ; — 
Cynwyd (two Petitions); — Lantwitt Major ;— 
Mynyddyslwyn (four Petitions) ; — Blackwood ; — 
Lanelly ;— Talybont ;— Carmel, Beaufort of Langat- 
tock ;— Christchurch( Hants) (two Petitions) ;—Sop- 
ley ;—-Langport;— Norton Fitzwarren ;—Bishop’s 
Lydiard; — Ossit Common; — Crigglestone (four 
Petitions) ; —Stanley Lane End (two Petitions) ; 
—Newton Lane End ;—Grange Moor ;—Lofthouse ; 
— Lofthouse Gate; — Chard; — Hall Green ; — 
East Moor ;—Emley ;—Flockion (two Petitions) ; 
— Wakefield (ten Petitions) ;— Grange Lane ;—Ha- 
vercroft ; — Altofts; — Horbury ; — Briestfield ;— 
Thornhill; — Brierley ; — Potovens ;— Newmiller- 
dam ; — Batley ; — Edinburgh ; -— Barnstaple ; — 
Guildford ;— Bridport ;-—Morcombelake and Mar- 
shalsea ;— Birmingham ; — Newcastle-on-Tyne (five 
Petitions) ; — Wallingford; —Primitive Methodists 
of the Poole Circuit ;— Poole (two Petitions) ;— 
Blaencefn;—Llechryd;—Blaenanerch ;— Aberforth; 
—Chalford ;—Stroud (five Petitions) ;— Kingstan- 
ley ;— Nailsworth ;— Yardley Hastings ;— Colchester 
(five Petitions) ; — Llanfihangel-y-Pennant ; — 
Llanerchymedd ;—Blackley ;—Miln’s Bridge (three 
Petitions) ; — Lindley; — Pool Moor ; —Salendine 
Nook; — Portsea; — Sheffield (five Petitions) ;— 
South Shields (two Petitions) ; — South Shields, 
Temple Town, Galloping-green, Heworth-lane, Hep- 
burn and Jarrow ; — Bedworth ;— Bethania ; — 
Bacup ; —Altrincham (two Petitions} ; —Golen ;— 
Hinton ; — Llanelly (two Petitions); — and, Vew 
Windsor; praying the House to refuse any grant of 
money in furtherance of the plan of Education pro- 
pounded in the Minutes of the Committee of Council 
on Education, and to revoke the powers vested in 
the said Committee,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Keighley ;— Birmingham (two Pe- 
titions) ;— Manchester ;-- Bedford ;—South Shields ; 
—and, Deanery of Stow; praying the House to take 
the subject of Education into consideration, with 
the view of carrying out the recommendations con- 
tained in the Minutes of the Committee of Council 





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on Education,—were also presented, and read ; and | 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Glasgow, Petitions of the Caledonian Railway Company 
Dumfries and (two Petitions); Right honourable Sir James 
Carlisle _ Robert George Graham, of Netherly, in the county 
po ae of Cumberland, Baronet; and, Right honourable 
Paisley, Kil- George Earl of Carlisle; praying that they may be | 
wa heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
(No. 1,) Bill. against certain parts of the Glasgow, Dumfries and 
Carlisle Railway, and Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock 
and Ayr Railway (No. 1.) Bill,—were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








Glasgow, A Petition of Robert Weems, of Kirkennan, 
ee men. praying that he may be heard, by himself, his coun- 
way, and sel or agent, against certain parts of the Glasgow, 
Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway, and Glasgow, 


Paisley, Kil Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (No. 2.) 
‘Ayr Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 





(No. 2.) Bill. Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 

Glasgow, Petitions of Trustees for the management and | 

Paisley, Kil- | 


rnock and d : : x 
ro Siren, thereinafter mentioned, and other roads in the said 


and Ayrshire county, and keeping in repair the turnpike-roads, 
nga i in the county of Ayr, for making and maintaining 
(No. 3.) Bill. certain new roads, for rendering turnpike certain | 

parish roads, and for regulating the statute labour; | 
and, Provost, Baillies and Town Council of 
Greenock ; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain | 
parts of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr, 
Railway, and dyrshire and Bridge of Weir Railway | 
(No. 3.) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred | 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners | 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








Glasgow, _ Petitions of the Trustees for the management 
pie and repair of the turnpike-road, in the county of 
Ayr Railway, 4yr, thereinafter mentioned, and other roads in 
and Glasgow said county, made or maintained under the autho- 
oe rity of an Act for repairing and keeping in repair | 
(No. 1.) Bil. the Turnpike-roads in the County of Ayr, for | 

making and maintaining certain new Roads, for | 

rendering Turnpike certain Parish Roads, and for 

regulating the Statute Labour in the said County ; 
Baillies, Treasurer and Burgess Councillors of 
the burgh of Mewton-upon-Ayr ;—— George Baird, 
Esquire, residing at Ardrossan, in the county of 
Ayr, Trustee of the Company carrying on business 
as Coal and Iron-masters in Ayrshire, under the 
firm of the Eglinton Iron Company ; and, Charles 
Freebairn Sloan and Gavin Gemmell, of the towns 
of Ayr and Newton-upon-Ayr, Merchants and Ship- 
builders ; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr 
Railway, and Glasgow and Belfast Union Rail- 
way (No. 1.) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions, 


Glasgow, Kil- Petitions of the Most noble William John Ben- 
marnock and 


Ardrossan ¢unck Marquis of Titchfield;——Glasgow, Paisley, 
Railway Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Company, and of the 








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several Persons Subscribers thereto; and, his (Amendment, 
Grace the Duke of Portland; praying that they eae 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Glasgow, Kilmarnock 
and Ardrossan Railway (Amendment, Deviations 
and Branches) Bill,—were presented, and read. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Petitions of the Most noble Walter Francis Duke Caledonian 
of Buccleuch and Queensberry, K.G. ; and, the Chemo? - 
Most honourable John Marquess of Queensberry ; o¢ Glasgow, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their Dumfries and 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Cale- a” 
donian Railway (Lease of Part of Glasgow, Dum- —— 
fries and Carlisle Railway) Bill,—were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Petitions of Thomas Irwin, Esquire, of Justus Caledonian 
Town, in the county of Cumberland, Landowner; — ‘ 
The Most honourable John Marquess of Queens- ae gh 
berry ; Captain Alexander Renton Sharpe, of Bill. 


the Royal Navy, c.s., and William Sharpe, Es- 








repair of the several roads in the county of Ayr, powers and John Ord Mackenzie, Esquire, Writers 


to the Signet, Trustees of the late General Matthew 
Sharpe, of Hoddom ;——and, the Most noble 
Walter Francis Duke of Buccleuch and Queens- 
berry, K.G.; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Caledonian Railway (Branches to 
Canonbie, &amp;c.) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of the Most noble William John Ben- Kilmarnock 
tinck Marquess of Titchfield; His Grace the a. 
Duke of Portland ;——and, the Glasgow, Paisley, way Bill. 
Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Company, and of the 
Kilmarnock and Troon Railway Company ; praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Kilmarnock 
and Ayr Direct Railway Bill,—were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





A Petition of Commissioners of the ene Outfall, tance — 
incoi porated by an Act for improving the Outfall ser 
of tle River Nene, and the Drainage of the Lands Railway 
discharging their Waters by the Wisbech ie; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, arbour, and 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Wisbech Her- 
Boston, Stamfordand Birmingham Railway( Branch — 
to Wisbech Harbour and Wisbech Harbour Improve- . 
ment) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition, 


A Petition of the North Level Commissioners Boston, 
being Commissioners for executing an Act usually Stamford and 
- ~ Birmingham 

called the North Level Improvement Act, therein- Rajtway 
after mentioned, praying that they may be heard, ( Wisbech to 


by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- Sutton Bridge, 





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tain parts of the Boston, Stamford and Birmingham 
Railway (Wisbech to Sutton Bridge, &amp;c.) Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Boston, Petitions of William Pank, of Newborough, in 
mr om rong inthe county of Northampton ;——and, the Eastern 
eer Counties Railway Company; praying that they 
(Peterborough may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
Tine) Bill agents, against certain parts of the Boston, Stam- 
ford and Birmingham Railway (Peterborough and 

Thorney Line) Bill,—were presented, and read. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counselheard, 

in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Colchester, Petitions of Charles Westropp, of Melford-place, 
Stour Valley, in the county of Suffolk, Gentleman ;——and, John 
are Aa King, of Sudbury, in the county of Suffolk, Gen- 
way (Exten. tleman; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
sion to Mel- _ selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
— Laven- of the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Hal- 
am and : . 
Clare) Bin,  Séead Railway (Extension to Melford, Lavenham 
and Clare) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Colchester, A Petition of Robert Buck, of Nowton, in the 
nee lag county of Suffolk, Farmer, Robert Martin, of Carfs, 
Talstend Rail- Of Little Whelnetham, in the said county, Farmer, 
way (Exten- Henry John Hastead, of the same place, Clerk, 
pate al a William _ James Marshall, of Nowton aforesaid, 
Bury St. Ed- Farmer, Thomas Robinson, of Bury Saint Edmunds, 
mund’s) Bill, in the said county, Esquire, George Mumford, of 
Lavenham, in the said county, Farmer, Robert Ho- 
ward, of the same place, Farmer, Samuel Meehing, 
of the same place, wind Samuel Buck, of Haw- 
stead, in the said county, Farmer, Mary Young, of 
Bradfield Hall, in the said county, Spinster, Wil- 
liam Steward, of Bradfield Combust, in the said 
county, Farmer, William Cooke, of Bury Saint Ed- 
mund’s aforesaid, Gentleman, James Steward, of 
Bradfield Combust aforesaid, Farmer, and John 
Steward, of Bury Saint Edmund's aforesaid, Far- 
mer; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Hal- 
stead Railway (Extension from Lavenham to Bury 
Saint Edmund's) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
Colchester, Petitions of Philip Mason, of Dedham, in the 
Sudbury ack county of Essex, Millowner, John Wright Carr, of 
Halstead Rail- Colchester, Merchant, and George Corner,of Whitby, 
way (Stour Grocer, being Shareholders in the Colchester, Stour 
Purchase) Bill, Valley, Sudbury and Halstead Railway Company ; 
-—— Thomas Jones, of Sudbury, in the county of 
Suffolk, Esquire ; and, Robert Alfred Allen, of 
Ballingdon, in the county of Esser, Merchant ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Halstead 
Railway (Stour Navigation Purchase) Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
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their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of Churchwardens, Overseers of the Manchester 
Poor, Surveyors of the Highways and other Inha- Corporation 
bitants of the township of Pendleton, in the county p racertnag 
of Lancaster ; Owners, Lessees and Occupiers to the Man- 
of mills, print-works, bleaching establishments and chester and 
other manufactories on the River Etherow; ator ag raga 
and, Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the bo- pany) Bill, 
rough of Salford, in the county of Lancaster ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Manchester Corporation Waterworks (Power to 
sell to the Manchester and Salford Waterworks 
Company) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








Petitions of Overseers of the Poor of the town- Rochdale 

ship of Fatlsworth, in the county of Lancaster ;—— a to 
Churchwardens, Overseers and Guardians of the om a 
Poor, and Ratepayers of the several townships of Railway Com: 
Newton, Failsworth, Chadderton, Heprood, Castle- p@»y) Bill. 
ton, Butterworth, Blatchinworth and Calderbrook, 
Stansfield, Langfield, Sowerbyand Erringden, Wads- 
worth, Midgeley and Warley, and other townships 
in the counties of Lancaster and York, through 
which the Rochdale Canal passes ;——James Hoyle 
and Sons and others, Owners, Lessees and Occu- 
piers of lands, mills, factories and other works 
situate on or contiguous to the Rochdale Canal; 
——Merchants, Manufacturers and Tradesmen, 
Common Carriers and others interested in the con- 
veyance of goods between South Lancashire and 
the West Riding of Yorkshire; Undertakers of 
the Navigation of the Rivers of dire and Calder, 
in the West Riding of the county of York, and also 
Directors for managing the affairs of the said Navi- 
gation ;——and, James Hoyle and Sons and others, 
Owners and Occupiers of property through which 
the Rochdale Canal thereinafter mentioned passes, 
or lies contiguous, and also Traders and Owners of 
boats navigated on the said Canal; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Rochdale Canal 
(Sale to Manchester and Leeds Railway Company) 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





A Petition of the Right honourable Edward Earl Manchester 
of Derby, and the Right honourable Thomas Ear] and Leeds 
of Wilton, and also of the several other Persons (ranches, 
whose names or partnership firms are thereunto Extensions, 
subscribed, praying that the Manchester and Leeds a 
Railway (Branches, Extensions, Deviations and ater «poll 
Alteration of Level and other Works) Bill may not and other 
pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, Works) Bill 
and read; and referred to the Committee on the 
Bill. 


Petitions of Trustees for more effectually repair- yfanchester, 
ing and otherwise improving the Roads from Hurd- Shettield one 
low House, in the county of Derby, to Manchester, a 
in the county palatine of Lancaster, and other Roads (supply of 
therein mentioned, in the said counties, and in the Surplus W a 
county palatine of Chester, commonly called the ero “ 
Manchester and Buxton Turnpike-road ; and, Stockport) 
Wilbraham Egerton, of Tatton Park, in the county Bill. 
of Chester, Esquire; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Manchester, Sheffield 
and Lincolnshire Railway (Supply of Surplus Water 

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to Manchester, Salford and Stockport) Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


staffordshire A Petition of John Jenkyns, of Red Lion-square, 


——.. in the county of Middleser, Gentleman, praying 
_— that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or 


agent, against certain parts of the Staffordshire 
Potteries Waterworks Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Manchester, A Petition of the Manchester and Leeds Railway 
Sheffield and Company, praying that they may be heard, by their 
Lincolnshire . : 
Railway counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Man- 
(Branch from Chester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (Branch 
——" from Ashton-under-Lyne to Oldham) Bill, was pre- 
a 1 sented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if they 
think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


London and A Petition of Undertakers of the Navigation of 
North Western the Rivers of Aire and Calder, in the West Riding 
lense and of the county of York, and also Directors for 
Purchase of Managing the affairs of the said Navigation, pray- 
the Hudders- jno that they may be heard, by their counsel or 
Held and Vs agents, against certain parts of the London and 
way and North Western Railway (Lease and Purchase of 
Canal, and the the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and 
leeds, Dews-' Canal, and the Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester 
bury and Man- cae é ? y 
chester Rail- Railway) Bill, was presented, and read. 
way) Bill. Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Manchester, A Petition of Undertakers of the Navigation of 


nee ag the Rivers dire and Calder, in the West Riding of 
Railway the county of York, and also Directors for manag- 


(Ashton Canal ing the affairs of the said Navigation, praying that 
Purchase) Bill. they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Manchester, Sheffield 
and Lincolnshire Railway (Ashton Canal Purchase) 
Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


_ Eastern Coun- Petitions of Sir Robert Heron, of Stubton, in the 
bd county of Lincoln, Baronet ; and, Magistrates, 
Newark) Bill. Clergy, Bankers, Merchants, Tradesmen, Land- 

owners and other Inhabitants of the town of Boston, 
in the county of Lincoln ; praying that the Eastern 
Counties Railway (Spalding to Newark) Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of the Reverend Edward Fane, Rector 
of the parish of Fulbeck, in the county of Lincoln ; 

J. Reeve, and others, Owners and Occupiers 

of property upon the line and in the neighbourhood 

of the Railway thereafter mentioned ; Company 
of Proprietors of the Sleaford Navigation, in the 
county of Lincoln ;—The Most noble Henry Pel- 
ham Fiennes Pelham Clinton Duke of Newcastle, 
an Owner of estates on the line of the proposed 

Railway thereinafter mentioned ; Owners of 

land in the parishes of Barnby-in-the- Willows and 

Balderton, in the county of Nottingham ;-— Tho- 

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mas Marsland, Esquire, and the Reverend George 
Marsland, Clerk, of Beckingham, in the county of 
Lincoln ; Joseph Gileed, of Donington, in the 
county of Lincoln, Esquire ; John Reeve, of 
Leadenham, in the county of Lincoln, Major-General 
in the Army; Ambergate, Nottingham and 
Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway Company ; 
and, Landowners residing in Donington and 
Pinchbeck, in the county of Lincoln; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the said Bill,— 
were also presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 














- Petitions of Earl Fitzwilliam and Owners and Eastern Coun- 
ecupiers of property upon the line and in the Hes Hallway 
neigh Setinuiked ec ton thereinafter mentioned ; Folking eh 
——tThe Right honourable Earl Fitzwilliam ; ham) Bill. 
Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern 
Junction Railwa Teanminns George Bettinson, 
of Bourne, in the county of Lincoln, Tanner, an 
Owner of lands in the parish of Bourne aforesaid, 
and of Thomas Lawrance, of Dunsby, in the same 
county, Gentleman, an Owner of lands in the parish 
of Hacconby, in the same county ;——Great North- 
ern Railway Company ;——and, Boston, Stamford 
and Birmingham Railway Company ; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Eastern Counties 
Railway (Peterborough to Felkingham) Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions, 








A Petition of Magistrates, Clergy, Bankers, Mer- Great North- 
chants, Tradesmen, Landowners and other Inhabit- one oe 
ants of the town of Boston, in the county of Lincoln, Greaford) Bill 
praying that the Great Northern Railway (Branches 
to Sleaford) Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Sleaford Navigation, in the county of Lincoln ;—— 

Bankers, Merchants, Shipowners and other Inhabit- 

ants of the borough of Boston, in the county of 

Lincoln ;——The Most honourable Frederick Wil- 

liam Marquis of Bristol ;——Ambergate, Notting- 

ham and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railwa 

Company ; Edward Ducket, of Quadring Eau- 

dike, in the parish of Quadring, in the county of 

Lincoln, Grazier ; John Charles Lucas Calcraft, 

of Ancaster, in the county of Lincoln, Esquire ; 
The Reverend Henry Cheales, of Northend House, 
Fordingbridge, in the county of Southampton, Clerk ; 
and, Richard Buctenell, and others, Owners of 
land over which the said Railway is proposed to be 
constructed, situate in the several parishes of G'os- 
berton, Quadring, Donington and ike, some or 
one of them, in the county of Lincoln; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the said Bill,—were 
also presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 














A Petition of the Ambergate, Nottingham and Great North- 
Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway Company, ¢™ Railway 


praying that they may be heard, by themselves, (Deviations 


their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the terborough. 


Great Northern Railway (Deviations between Pe- Boston and 


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terborough, Boston and Doncaster) Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Great North- Petitions of Owners and Occupiers of land and 
&lt;Devietions other Inhabitants of Ousterfield, in the county of 
between ork ;——and, Owners and Occupiers of land, and 


Grantham and Inhabitants of Bawtry, in the West Riding of the 


York) Bil, county of York; praying that the Great Northern 
Railway (Deviations between Grantham and York) 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Newport, Petitions of Francis M‘Donnell, and others, Land- 

ef ite owners on the line of the projected Railway there- 

Railway inafter mentioned ;——Trustees of the Abercarne 


(Extension to District of Turnpike-roads, in the county of Mon- 
Railway) Bit mouth ; and, Richard Morrison, a Landowner 
“v2 on the line of the projected Railway thereinafter 
mentioned ; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford 
Railway (Extension to Taff Vale Railway) Bill,— 

were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Norwich 
Small Tene- 
ments Bill. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens 
of the city of Norwich, praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Vorwich Small Tenements Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Ipswich and A Petition of the President and Scholars of Saint 


Bury Saint ~=Mary Magdalen College, in the University of Ox- 
Edmund's ford, praying that tl be heard, by themselves 
Railway Jord, praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 


(No. 1.) (Ex- their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
tension to Yar- Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway (No. 1.) 
mouth) Bill. (Extension to Yarmouth) Bill, was presented, and 
read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of the Caledonian Railway Company ; 
Members of the Provisional Committee of a 
Company associated for forming a Railway between 


North British 
Railway 
(No, 2.) Bill. 





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ton-under-Lyne and Oldham; and, the Manches- 
ter, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Oldham Alliance Railway Bill,—were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





A Petition of Caleb Palmer, a Collector of the Dublin Im- 
Tax for paving, cleansing and lighting the city of provement 
Dublin, praying that in the event of the Dublin _ 
Improvement Bill becoming law, provision be made 
for compensation to the Petitioner for the loss of 
his office, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 





Petitions of the Earl Fitzwilliam and others, Wisbech Port 
Owners and Occupiers of land in the district called and Harbour 
Moretons Leam Wash and Whittlesea Wash, con- 
tiguous to the River Nene, between the city of 
Peterborough, in the county of Northampton, and 
the town of Wisbech, in the Isle of Ely, and county 
of Cambridge; —— and, the Duke of Bedford; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Wisbech Port and Harbour Bill,—were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of Heritors, Farmers, Tenants and ae 
other Inhabitants of the parish of Lesmahagow, peta &gt; 
| praying that the Caledonian Railway (Branches to Wilsontown, 
| Wilsontown, to Fauldhouse and to Biggar and to Fauldhouse 
Broughton) Bill may pass into a law, was presented 


and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





? and Brough- 
ton) Bill. 


A Petition of Thomas Cuthbertson, James Blackh- Glasgow, Kil- 
wood, John Walker, Thomas Kennedy, Thomas a — 
| Gregory, James Fulton, John Watt, John Crooks, Railway 
John Campbell, William Brown, John Dichie and Bills. 
Robert Cumming, the Trustees and Managers of 
the Free High Church of Kilmarnock, parish of 
| Kilmarnock, and county of Ayr, praying that they 
| may be heard, by counsel, against certain paris of 
‘the Bills relating to the Gilasgow, Kilmarnock and 
| Ardrossan Railways, was presented, and read. 
| Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
| Committees on the Bills ; and the Petitioners heard, 
by counsel, upon their Petition, if they think fit ; 
and counsel heard, in favour of the Bills, against the 


wee ze 
| said Petition. 





ne flor . ? 2 Paisley, Barr- 
A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers and ) M6): 


and to Biggar’ 


the cities of Edinburgh and Perth, to be called The | 


Edinburgh and Perth Railway, recently dissolved other Inhabitants of the town of Paisley, praying jet Railway; 


under the authority of an Act passed in the ninth | that the Bill promoted by the Glasgow, Paisley, et and 


year of the reign of Her present Majesty, and of | Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Company may be re- vei ton Di- 
other Persons, Shareholders in the said Company ; jected by the House, and that such one of the two yect Railway ; 


——and, Mary Anderson, of Wilton Lodge, in the | Schemes promoted by the Glasgow, Barrhead and Sa 


parish of Hawick and county of Roxburgh; pray- | Neilston Direct Railway Company and the Glas- ¥ 


| . ’ kh R il Cc Greenock 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their | 0: Paisley and Greenock Railway Company, may Railway 
“ounsel or agents, against certain parts of the North | 


receive the sanction of the House, as may appear to (Anenie 
British Railway (No. 2.) Bill, —were presented, and | be best entitled on public and local grounds to be Ma the Glas- 
read. sanctioned by Parliament, was presented, and read ; gow, Paisley, 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred | #24 ordered to lie upon the Table. d Avr, the Gl Page note 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners bo Neliston, an ae Glasgow, 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon | Strathaven and Lesmahagow Sail 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, ways, and to Haugh Fits) Di" 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. ’ P 
A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Ship 
Petitions of the Company of Proprietors of the | That a Select Committee be appointed, to inquire “Thetis 


Canal Navigation from Manchester to or near Ash- | into the circumstances relative to the recovery of 
treasure 


Oldham 
Alliance 
Railway Bill, 


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Punishment 
of Vagrants, 
&amp;c. (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Sunday Trad- 
ing (Metro- 
polis.) 


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Naval 
Architecture. 


Naval 
Architecture. 


‘Towns Im- 
provement 


Clauses Bill. 


Paymasters 
and Pursers 
@Navy.) 





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treasure and public stores sunk in Her Majesty’s 
late Frigate “ Thetis,” off Cape Frio, in 1830; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the { Viscount Ingestre, 
Yeas. | Captain Pechell: J 
Tellers for the { Mr. Tufnell, 7 
Noes, Mr. Secretary at War: J 
So it passed in the Negative. 


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Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to make provision for the Punishment cf Vagrants 
and Persons offending against the laws in force for 
the Relief of the Destitute Poor in Jreland: And 
that Lord John Russell, Mr. Labouchere and Sir 
George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That a Select Committee be appointed, to inquire 
into the prevalence of Sunday Trading in the Me- 
tropolis; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Hindley, - 
Yeas, | Mr. Cowper: } it 

Tellers for the § Mr. Hume, } 19 
Noes. L Mr. William Williams: 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Copy 
of the Instructions from the Board of Admiralty to 
the Committee of Naval Construction, appointed to 
inquire into the state of Naval Architecture; and 
Copies of the several Reports which that Committee 
have made to the Board of Admiralty on the state 
of the Ships of Her Majesty’s Fleet :—Also, Copies 
of all Orders issued by the Committee of Construc- 
tion, or by the Board of Admiralty, in consequence 
of the Reports of that Committee respecting the 
alterations of those ships laid down, or in progress 
of building or built, according to the lines or plans 
of Sir William Symonds, the Surveyor of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Navy, or any other Constructor :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Instructions from the Board of Ad- 
miralty to the Board of Naval Construction, ap- 
pointed to inquire into the State of Nava] Archi- 
tecture. 


The Towns Improvement Clauses Bill was com- 
mitted to Viscount Morpeth, Mr. Greene, Mr. 
Attorney General, Viscount Sandon, The Lord Ad- 
vocate, Sir William Heathcote, Sir William Somer- 
ville, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Escott, Mr. Loch, Mr. 
Beckett, Dr. Bowring, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. 
Morgan John O’ Connell and Viscount Ebrington. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Order in Council of the year 1834, re- 
lative to the Reduction of the Sea Emoluments of 
the Paymasters and Pursers of the Royal Navy, 
which they surrendered for the purpose of creating 
a Fund for the benefit of those Officers of their 
Class who were on Half-pay ; with a Return of the 
Amount annually accruing since the passing of the 
said Order :—Also, the Annual Amount caused by 
any subsequent Reductions in the Sea Emoluments 
of the Paymasters and Pursers, with the date when 
the same took effect :—And, a Return of all Sums 
that have been applied to the Increase of the Half- 
pays and to the formation of a Retired List of the 

aymasters and Pursers since the Order in Council 
of the year 1834, with the date when the same took 
effect. 
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Lord John Russell presented a Bill to make Pro- Punishment 
vision for the Punishment of Vagrants and Persons of Vagrants, 
offending against the Laws in force for the Relief $57") 
of the Destitute Poor in Ireland: And the same yy 999 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a a 
second time upon Tuesday next ; and to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Army Service 
Reading of the ingrossed Bill for limiting the Time 
of Service in the Army, and for amending the Acts 
for rendering effective the Services of the Chelsea 
Out-Pensioners ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“now,” and, at the end ofthe Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 


And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Tufnell, 1 91 
Yeas. Mr. Parker : " Daas 

Tellers for the { Sir Howard Douglas, } 40 
Noes. L Captain Boldero : oat 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time: 
—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Soldiers may be tried for 
offences committed during their time of limited Ser- 
vice, after such term has expired) was thrice read ; 
and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (The time during which 
Soldiers are absent from their duty, on account of 
any offence, to be deducted from their term of 
limited service) was thrice read: and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in Pr. 2. 1. 10., by leaving out from the word 
“ Soldier” to the word “ may,” in ]. 19. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for limiting the Time of Service in 
the Army. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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


Veneris, 16° die Aprilis, 1847 : 


The ingrossed Bill to regulate the Stations of Troops during 
Soldiers during Parliamentary Elections, was, ac- Elections Bill 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill for enabling the Commission- Prisons 
ers of Public Works in Ireland to purchase Land (ireland) Bill. 
for Prisons in Ireland, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Naval Prisons 

mittee on the Naval Prisons Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Naval Service 
mittee on the Naval Service of Boys Bill; of Boys Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
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Seduction and 


Prostitution Reading of the Seduction and Prostitution Preven- 


Prevention . on 
Bill. tion Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
-upon Monday the 26th day of this instant April. 
Exchequer The ingrossed Bill for raising a sum for the Ser- 
yl 310,700) vice of the year One thousand eight hundred and 
Bil, © ~ Forty-seven, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for raising the Sum of Eighteen 
millions three hundred and ten thousand seven hun- 
dred pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service 
of the year One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
seven. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Transference The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to facilitate 
‘Sectian’) the Transference of Lands and other Heritages in 
Bill. Scotland: And the same was read the first time ; 
No. 283. and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 


the 23d day of this instant April; and to be printed. 


Heritable Se- 
curities for 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to facilitate 
the Constitution and Transmission of Heritable Secu- 


fend) _ rities for Debt in Scotland, and to render the same 
No, 284, more effectual for the Recovery of Debt: And the 

same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time upon Friday the 23d day of this in- 
stant April; and to be printed. 

Burgage Te- |= The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to facilitate 

pare ocr’ ~— the Transference of Lands and other Heritages in 

and) Bill. ‘a 5 

a one Scotland, held in Burgage Tenure: And the same 
0-=09+ was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 

second time upon Friday the 23d day of this instant 
April; and to be printed. 

Answer to Sir George Grey reported to the House, That their | 

Addresses. —_ several Addresses of the 26th, 29th, 30th, and 31st 
days of March last, and the 12th and 14th days 
of this instant April, (That Her Majesty would 
be graciously pleased to give directions that the 
Papers therein mentioned might be laid before this 
House), had been presented to Her Majesty ; andthat 
Her Majesty had commanded him to acquaint this 
House, that She will give directions accordingly. 

Relief of Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 

Distress 


mand,—First Report of the Relief Commissioners 
appointed under the Act 10th Vie., c. 7., for the 
Relief of Distress in Ireland, with Treasury Minute, | 
dated 10th March 1847. 
Slave Vessels Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to an Ad- 
ss of Good dress to Her Majesty,—A Return of Copies of the 
ope.) Bills, Disbursements and Fees of the Marshal of 
the Vice Admiralty Court of the Cape of Good 
Hope, relative to the Slave Vessels “ Jehovah” and 
“* Diana,” sold by auction by virtue of Decree of 
Condemnation and Sale, bearing date the 22d day 
of February 1840, and the 22d day of January 1846; 
together with the proceeds of Sale of the said Ves- 
sels, Cargoes, and Appurtenances, and the Daie 
whea the same was paid into the Registry of the 
High Court of Admiralty. 

Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—Copy of the Treasury Minute of 1844, relating to 
a compromise cf Dues payable to the Kingston- 
uponr-Hull Dock Company. 

Copies of all Proceedings instituted and Bills 
filed against the Board of Public Works, which may 
have been furnished to the Treasury. 

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

The Order made upon Tuesday last, That there 
be laid before this House, A Return of the Number 
of Ships that have left the Ports of Newcastle, Sun- 
derland and Hartlepool, laden with Coals, to France, 


(Ireland. ) 


Hull Dock 
Company. 


Public Works. 


Coal Ships to 
France, «c. 


15°—16° Aprilis. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second | 





A. 1847. 


Belgium, and Holland, in each of the last ten years ; 
stating the Number of Ships and their Tonnage in 
each year, and distinguishing the Number of British 
from Foreign Ships, and also the Number under 
each flag; noting also the Dates of the alteration of 
Duty, and the Amount of such Rate of Duty, was 
read and discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Coals, Cinders 

Return of the Number of Ships laden with Coals, and Culm. 
Cinders, and Culm entered outwards in each year 
(beginning in 1840) up to the 31st day of December 
1846; specifying the Kinds and Quantities of Coal, 
Cinders, and Culm, the Amounts of Duties received, 
the Port of Clearance, and the Countries cleared 
for, and whether in Ships of the United Kingdom 
or any other Nation, and to what Nation they 
belonged. 


A Petition of the Treasurer and Masters of the Lincoin’s-Inn 
Bench of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s-Inn, Rating Bill. 
for leave to deposit a Petition for leave to bring in 
a Bill to sever so much of the garden and ground 
belonging to the Society of Lincoln’s-Inn, as lies 
within the Parish of Saint-Giles-in-the-Fields, from 
that Parish, and to annex the same to the Town- 


-ship of Lincoln’s-Inn, and to confirm and effectuate 


certain arrangements relative thereto, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


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

















Veneris, 16° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine,1847. 


PRAYERS. 


HE Commercial Gas Light and Coke Com- Commercial 
pany Bill was read a second time; and com- a Aight end 
: oke Com- 
mitted. : pany Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Tyne Docks Bill was read a second time ; Tyne Docks 

and committed. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


An ingrossed Bill for granting further Powers to Bristol and 
the Bristol and Clifton Oil Gas Company, was read Clifton Oil 
the third time. aon 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Henry Berkeley do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order made upon the 19th day of February Liverpool, 
last, for referring the Liverpool, Manchester and Manchester 
Newcastle-upon- Tyne Junction and Northern Coun- Seana 
ties Union Railways Amalgamation Bill to the Com- Junction, and 
mittee of Selection, was read; and discharged. Northern 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. a sg 


ways Amalga- 
mation Bill. 
The Znverness Harbour and Navigation Bill was tmverness 
read a second time; and committed. Harbour and 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- — 


mittee of Selection. 


An ingrossed Bill for extending and enlarging a Pile Pier Ex- 
certain Pier in Pile Harbour, in the Parish of Dal- tensions Bill 
ton-in-Furness, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, 
and to alter the Act relating thereto, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass, 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 


| Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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Waterworks 
Clauses Bill. 


‘Acts authorizing the making of 


10 Vicrortz. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act for consolidating 
in one Act certain Provisions usually contained in 

Weteiweske for 
supplying Towns with Water; and the same were 
read, as follow: 

Pr. 4. 1. 5. Leave out “corporeal.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 36. After “‘ Majesty’s” insert “ supe- 
“ me.” 

Pr. 6.1. 27. After “ the ” insert “ Court of.” 

Pr. 9.1, 20. After “construction” insert “ or 
“* maintenance.” 

Pr. 9. Is. 21. and 22. After “ authorized ” insert 
“ or otherwise by the execution of the powers 
‘ thereby conferred.” 

Pr. 15,1. 18. After “ Act” insert “or the said 

“ Plans or Books of Reference.” 
Pr. 15. 1. 83. Leave out “ for irrigation.” 
Pr. 16. 1. 27. After “any ” insert “ unlawful.” 
Pr. 17. 1. 30. Leave out from “thereof” to 
“ in” in 1. 32. 

Pr. 19.1. 11. After 
(A.) 
Ciause (A.) “ And with respect to mines be it 
‘ Enacted, as follows : The undertakers shall not be | 
“* entitled to any mines of coal, ironstone, slate or | 
other minerals under any land purchased by them, 
except only such parts thereof as shall be neces- 
sary to be dug or carried away, or used in the | 
construction of the Waterworks, unless the same 
shall have been expressly purchased, and all such 
mines, excepting as aforesaid, shall be deemed | 


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to be excepted out of the conveyance of such | 
“ lands, unless they shall have been expressly 
named therein and conveyed thereby ; the Under- 
takers shall from time to time, within six months 
from the time at which any pipes, conduits or 
underground works shall have been laid down or 
“« formed, cause a survey and map of the district, 
“ within which any pipes or underground works 
“ belonging to the Undertakers shall be laid, ona 
“ scale not less than one foot to a mile, and shall 
“¢ cause to be marked thereon the course and situa- 
“ tion of all existing pipes or conduits for the col- 
“ lection, passage or distribution of water and un- 
“‘ derground works belonging to them, in order to 
show all such underground works within the said 
district, and shall, within six months from the 
making of any alterations or additions, cause the 
said map to be from time to time corrected, and 
such additions made thereto as may show the 
line and situation of all such pipes, conduits and 
underground works as may be laid down or 
formed by them from time to time after the passing 
of the Special Act; and such map and plan, or a 
copy thereof, with the date expressed thereon of 
the last time when the same shall have been so 
corrected as aforesaid, shall be kept in the office 
of the Undertakers, and shall be open to the 
inspection of all persons interested in the same 
within the said district; the Undertakers shall 
from time to time, within three months from the 
time at which any pipes, conduits or underground 
works shall have been laid down or formed, de- 
posit with the Clerks of the Peace in England or | 
Ireland, and with the Sheriff Clerks in Scotland 
“ of every county, and the Town Clerk of every 
“ burgh in Scotland, in which such district or any 
part thereof may be situate, and also with the 
Parish Clerks of the several parishes in England, 
and Clerks of the Union of the several parishes in 
“¢ Ireland, and the Schoolmaster of the several 
“ parishes in Scotland, in which such underground 
works shall be situate, copies of the said map or 
plan, with all such particulars, and all such cor- 
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the Union and Schoolmaster, shall receive the said 
copies of the said map and plan respectively, and 
shall keep the same, and shall allow all persons 
interested to inspect the same, and take copies or 
extracts of and from the same; except where 
otherwise provided for by agreement between the 
Undertakers and other parties, if the Owner, 
Lessee or Occupier of any mines or minerals lying 
under the reservoirs or buildings belonging to the 
Undertakers, or under any of their pipes or 
works which shall be underground, and shall be 
described in the map or plan which shall be so 
kept and deposited as hereinbefore mentioned, or 
within the prescribed distance, if any, and if no 
distance be prescribed within forty yards there- 
from, be desirous of working the same, such 
Owner, Lessee or Occupier shall give the Under- 
takers notice in writing of his intention so to do 
thirty days before the commencement of working, 
and upon the receipt of such notice it shall be law- 
ful for the Undertakers to cause such mines to be 
inspected by any person appointed by them for the 
purpose, and if it appear to the Undertakers that 
the working of such mines or minerals is likely 
to damage the said works, and if they be willing 
to make compensation for such mines to such 
Owner, Lessee or Occupier thereof, then he shall 
not work the same, and if the Undertakers and 
such Owner do not agree as to the amount of 
such compensation, the same shall be settled as 
in other cases of disputed compensation ; if before 
the expiration of such thirty days the Undertakers 
do not state their willingness to treat with such 
Owner, Lessee or Occupier for the payment of 
such compensation, it shall be lawful for him to 
work the said mines, and to drain the same by 
means of engines, or otherwise, as if this Act and 
the Special Act had not been passed, so that no 
wilful damage be done to the said works, and so 
that the said mines be not worked in an unusual 
manner, and if any damage or obstruction be 
occasioned to the works of the Undertakers by 
the working of such mines in an unusual manner, 
the same shall be forthwith repaired or removed 
(as the case may require), and such damage made 
good by the Owner, Lessee or Occupier of such 
mines or minerals, and at his own expense ; and 
ifsuch repair or removal be not forthwith done, or 
if the Undertakers shall so think fit, without wait- 
ing for the same to be done by such Owner, Les- 
see or Occupier, it shall be lawful for the Under- 
takers to execute the same, and recover from such 
Owner, Lessee or Occupier, the expense occa- 
sioned thereby, by action in any of the Superior 
Courts; if the working of any such mines under 
the said works of the Undertakers, or within the 
above-mentioned distance therefrom, be prevented 
as aforesaid, by reason of apprehended injury to 
such works, it shall be lawful for the respective 
Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of such mines to 
cut and make such and so many airways, head- 
ways, gateways or water levels through the mines, 
measures or strata, the working whereof shall be 
so prevented, as may be requisite to enable them 
to ventilate, drain and work any mines or minerals 
on each or either side thereof, but no such air- 
way, headway, gateway or water level shall be of 
greater dimensions or sections than the prescribed 
dimensions or sections, and where no dimensions 
are prescribed, Eight feet wide and Eight feet high, 
nor shall the same be cut or made upon any part 
of the said works, so as to injure the same ; except 
where otherwise provided for by agreement, the 
Undertakers shall from time to time pay to the 
Owner, Lessee or Occupier of any mines of coal, ' 
ironstone and other minerals extending so as to 
lie on both sides of any reservoirs, buildings, 
pipes, conduits or other works, all such additional 
expenses and losses as shall be incurred by such 
Owner, Lessee or Occupier by reason of the sever- 
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ance of the lands over such mines or minerals by 
“* such reservoirs or other works, or of the conti- 
“ nuous working of such mines or minerals being 
interrupted as aforesaid, or by reason of the same 
being worked under the restrictions contained in 
this or the Special Act, and for any mines or 
“‘ minerals not purchased by the Undertakers which 
* cannot be obtained by reason of making and 
‘“&lt; maintaining the said works, or by reason of such 
“« apprehended injury from the working thereof as 
aforesaid, and if any dispute or question shall 
arise between the Undertakers and such Owner, 
Lessee or Occupier, as aforesaid, touching the 
price of such minerals, the same shall be settled 
by arbitration in such manner as is provided by 
the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act if the un-| 
dertaking shall be situate in England or Ireland, 
and by the Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scot- 
land) Act if the undertaking shall be situate in 
Scotland; for better ascertaining whether any 
such mines are being worked, or have been 
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Fo. 3. 1. 27. Leave out from “as” to “ relates” 
in Fo. 4. 1. 1. 

Fo. 4.1.13. After “same” insert “in the like 
“ manner and upon the like terms, and under the 
“ like penalty for default as is provided in the case 
“ of maps and plans deposited under an Act passed 
“ in the first year of the reign of Her Majesty, in- 
“« tituled, An Act to compel Clerks of the Peace for 
“ Counties, and other Persons, to take the Custody 
“ of such Documents as shall be directed to be de- 
“ posited with them under the Standing Orders of 
“ either House of Parliament.” 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was 
agreed to. 

Tken the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Séruté do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships, with Amendments; to which Amendments this 


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Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public Peti- 





be lawful for the Undertakers, after giving Twenty- 

four hours’ notice in writing, to enter upon any | 
lands through or near which the said works 
are situate, and wherein any such mines are being 
worked or are supposed so to be, and to enter 
into and return from any such mines or the works | 
connected therewith, and for that purpose it shall | 
be lawful for them to make use of any apparatus | 
or machinery belonging to the Owner, Lessee or | 
Occupier of such mines, and to use all necessary 

means for discovering the distance from the said | 


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


Ordered, That the Committee on Group (No. 5.) Railway Bills 
of Railway Bills, have leave to sit, and proceed, upon (Group No. 5.) 


Monday next. 


works to the parts of such mines which are being | 


on Public Petitions; That they had examined the tions (Twen- 
Petitions presented upon the 12th, 13th and 14th “th Report.) 
days of this instant April, and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 








worked, or about to be worked; nothing in this) Mr. Owen Stanley reported from the Committee Railway Bills 
or the Special Act shall prevent the Undertakers ' on Group (No. 1.) of Railway Bills ; That the Com- (Group No. 1.) 
from being liable to any action or other legal | mittee on meeting this day, received from Lord 
“« proceeding to which they would have been liable Granville Somerset, the Chairman of the Committee, 
“ for any damage or injury done or occasioned to a letter, stating that his Lordship was still so in- 
any mines by means or in consequence of the disposed as to be unable to attend the Committee on 
waterworks, in case the same had not been con-' — ent “a 
structed or maintained, by virtue of this Act or | rdered, That Lord G'ranville Somerset be dis- 
the Special Act.” — | charged from further attendance on the said Com- 
Pr, 214. 1,6. Leave out “substituted”’ and insert | mittee. 
temporary.” 
ag nig ls. 7. and 8. Leave out “may be” and| The House, was moved, That the Petition of Great Western 
insert “ they may think.” Bernard John Graham, which was presented upon ae ‘ 
Pr, 23.1. 10. Leave out “substituted” and in- | Tuesday last, praying for leave to present a Petition Can the West 
sert “ temporary or other.” | against the Great Western Railway (Branch to join London Rail- 
Pr. 26. 1. 4. After “aforesaid” insert “or as | the West London Railway, Widening and Enlarge- WY: —— 
“ provided by the Special Act.” | ment of West London Railway, and Branches to jargement of 
Pr. 37. 1. 3. Leave out “inhabitant ” and insert’ Hammersmith, and to join the London and South West London 
“* Owner or Occupier.” Western Railway, near Lambeth) Bill, after the time Railwey, and 
Pr. 37.1. 17. Leave out “inhabitant ” and in-| allowed by the Standing Orders, might be read ; seer 
sert “ Owner or Occupier.” | and the same being read ; smith, and to 
Pr, 42. 1. 13. Leave out “or permit.” | A Motion was made, and the Question was pro-J?in — _.. 
Pr, 42.1. 14, After “drain” insert “steam-en-| posed, That Bernard John Graham have leave to st Rail 
** gine boiler.” | present a Petition against the said Bill, after the way, near 
Pr. 53.1, 24. Leave out from “suit” to “in,”| time allowed by the Standing Orders :— And the Lambeth) Bill 
in I}. 25. ‘said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
Sq 54. : 20. After “ thereof” insert “ if any.” | drawn. 
r, 60.1. 15. After “ therein” insert “ or from 
“ the laws of sewers for the time being in force | The House was moved, That the Report which, Fees, House 
a ee 
The said Amendments, as far as Clause (A.), | inquiry into the Private Business of the House, the 
being read a second time, were agreed to. Expenses attending the obtaining of all Private Bills, 
Cuause (A.) The next Amendment, being read | including all the Expenses of the Opponents, as 
a second time; the Amendments following were well as the Promoters of Bills, and the taxing of 
= eee i bse : ” “oi sana, might be read, and the same 
o. 1.1. 24. After “ formed” insert “ by them :” | being read ; 
and after “ map” insert “ to be made.” , , Resolved, That it is expedient to establish a new 
Fo. 1. 1. 25. After “ any” insert “ such.” Table of Fees, as recommended by the Committee 


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Fo. 2. 1.1. Leave out “ belonging to the Un- 


on Private Business in their Second Report, with a 





“ dertakers,” 

Fo. 3.1. 8. Leave out from “any” to “ shall” 
in |. 9., and insert “ such map or plan, or any such 
* correction thereof, or addition thereto.” 

Fo. 3. Is. 9. and 10. Leave out “laid down or 
“ formed,” and insert ‘* made as aforesaid,” 


view to abolish the present complex system of 
charging a great many small Fees on the various 
Proceedings of a Bill, and to substitute a single fee 
on the principal stages. 

Resolved, That Mr. Speaker be requested to cause a 


new Table of Fees tobe prepared in lieu of theseveral 
Tables 





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Tables and Resolutions relating to Fees, of the 22d 

day of February 1731, the 19th day of June 1746, 

the 13th day of June 1751, the 2d day of July | 
1801, the 4th day of April 1803, the 18th day of 
May 1813, the 4th day of July 1822, the 16th day 

of February 1829, and the 22d day of July 1830. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 


Adjournment. ; 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 





Pocklington Ordered, That the Petition of Inhabitants of 

— Pocklington, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, re- 

“lative to Pocklington School, which was presented 
yesterday, be printed. 


Leave of 


Ordered, That General Arbuthnott, have leave of 
Absence. 


absence for six weeks, on account of ill health. 


Agricultural 
Statistics. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Summary of the results of the experiment 
which was tried under the direction of the Lords 
of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, in 
the years 1845 and 1846, to obtain Agricultural 
Statistics in the Unions of Basingstoke and Hartley 
Wintney, in England; the County of Midlothian, | 
in Scotland ; and the Bailieboro’ Union, in Ireland: | 
—With the details (from which the Summary is com- | 
piled) of some one Parish in England and Scotland re- | 
spectively, and of a Townland in Jreland, omitting | 
the Names of the Occupiers. | 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 





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of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. | 


Holyhead 
Harbour. of the county of Carnarvon relative to Holy- 
head Harbour, which was presented yesterday, be | 


printed. | 
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Mr. Milner Gibson presented, pursuant to the | 


directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Report 

by the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies to the 

Committee of Privy Council for Trade, pursuant to 

the 7 and 8 Vic., c. 110, s. 79, for the year 1846. 

. — That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Joint Stock 
Companies. 


Shrewsbury A Petition of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham 
and Birming- 


Same Sader Railway Company, praying that provision may be 
Act Amend- made in the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway 
mentand Act Amendment and Branches Bill, for enabling 
Branches Bill. the Petitioners to acquire and hold a portion of 





certain land and property for the purpose of a sta- | 
eee ee 'ing-ground, Kilmarnock, and the Owners of Places 


tion, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Keole snd . Petitions from Gateshead ;—Lamesley ;— Chester- 
a than le-Street ; — and, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; praying 


Durham ang that the Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Leeds, Durham 


Newcastle and Newcastle Extension, &amp;c.) Bill may pass into a 
amen, law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
c.) Bill. r 
upon the Table. 
Colchester, Petitions of John Sikes, of Sudbury, in the county 


enn of Suffolk, Merchant ;—— Robert Howard, of La- 
Halstead Rail- verkam Hall, in the parish of Lavenham, in the 
way (Exten- county of Suffolk, Farmer ;——Thomas Jones, of 


sion to Mel- Sudbury, in the county of Suffolk, Farmer ;—— 


fi “ 
ion a John Crisp Gooday, of No. 16, Claremont-place, 
Clare) Bill. Pentonville, in the county of Middleser, and of 


Sudbury, in the county of Suffolk, Gentleman, as 
next friend of Mary Ann Prentice, of Long Melford, 
in the said county of Suffolk, an Infant under the 
age of twenty-one years ; and, John Crisp 
Gooday, of No. 16, Claremont-place, Pentonville. 
in the county of Middlesex, and of Sudbury, in the 
&lt;— of Suffolk, Gentleman ; praying that they 
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Ordered, That the Petition of the High Sheriff | 


357 


may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 


agents, against certain parts of the Colchester, Stour 


Valley, Sudbury and Halstead Railway (Extension 


to Melford, Lavenham and Clare) Bill,—were pre- 


sented, and read. ; 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 

to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 

heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 


upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel 


heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 
Petitions. 

Petitions from Colchester (two Petitions) ,—Zong 
Melford ;—and, Bury Saint Edmund's; praying 
that the said Bill may pass into a law,—were also 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Long Melford ;—Colchester (two Colchester, 
Petitions) ;—and, Bury Saint Edmund's; praying — —— 
that the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Hal- Fesvury me 
stead Railway (Extension from Lavenhamto Bury way (Exten- 
Saint Edmund’s) Bill may pass into a law,—were = from La- 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Bury St. Ba- 


Table. mund’s) Bill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and Midland Rail- 
neighbourhood of Cheltenham, in the county apg eed 
Gloucester, praying that the Midland Railway cr 
(Worcester, Hereford, Malvern and Cheltenham Cheltenham 
Lines) Bill may pass into a law, was presented and Lines) Bill. 


read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and neigh- Midland Rail- 
bourhood of Cheltenham, praying that the Midland way (Chelten- 
Railway (Cheltenham, Warwick and Leamington ey at 
Line) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and ton Linc) Bill. 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Oldham (six Petitions) ;— Royton Oldham 

(two Petitions);— Crompton (two Petitions) ;— Alliance 
Failsworth ;—Ashton ;—Hollinwood ;— Newton ;— Bilway Bill. 
Ashton-under-Lyne(three Petitions) ;--Park Bridge; 
— Milnrow ;—and, Rochdale; praying that the Old- 
ham Alliance Railway Bill may pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Owners of lands and houses and Kilmarnock 
other Inhabitants of the town of Kilmarnock, in and Ayr | 
the immediate neighbourhood of the line of Rail- = 
way thereinafter mentioned, praying that the Kil- 
marnock and Ayr Direct Railway Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of Trustees of the High Church Bury- 
of Sepulchre in said Burying-ground ;——Commis- 

| sioners of Police for the burgh of Kilmarnock ;—— 
James Oswald, Esquire, of Auchincruive, and 
M‘Clelland, Accountant, in Glasgow, his Trustee ; 
——John Taylor Gordon, of Newton Lodge, in the 
county of Ayr, Esquire;——and, J. S. Cunning- 
ham and others; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the said Bill,—were also presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Heritors, Glasgow, Pais- 
Feuars, Householders and Inhabitants of Rothesay vt pare yl 
and its vicinity, praying that the Glasgow, Paisley, Railway, and 
Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway, and Ayrshire and Ayrshire and 
| Bridge of Weir Railway (No. 3.) Bill may pass eg we! 
ls eir Railway 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered (No, 3.) Bill, 
to lie upon the Table. 


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Petitions of Trustees on the Turnpike-roads from 
Renfrew to Greenock; Trustees on the Turn- 
ike-roads in the county of Renfrew ;—— Dame 
liza Mary Shaw Stewart, of Newark ;——John 
Wilson ;——James Alexander, of the city of Lon- 
don, Merchant ; Company carrying on business 
in Port Glasgow, as Cordage and Sail-clotl manu- 
facturers under the firm of the Gowrock Ropework 
Company, and William Birkmyre, one of the Part- 
ners of the said Company ;——The Glasgow, Pais- 
ley and Greenock Railway Company ;——David 
Gilkison, Esquire, of Glenhuntly, Merchant, in 
Port Glasgow, and of Alexander M‘Gill, Esquire, 
Merchant, in Greenock ; Mrs. Margaret Sinclair, 
of Garvel Park, near Greenock, in the county of 
Renfrew, Widow of the late Robert Sinclair, Es- 
uire, of Kirkland, Merchant, in Greenock ;—— 
William Stewart, of Saint Fillans, in the county of 
Ayr, Merchant, in Greenock ;——Charles Cuning- 
ham Scott, of Hawkhill, in the parish of Largs, in 
the county of Ayr;——Owners of public works 
on the line of falls belonging to the Shaws Water 
Joint Stock Company ; John Lang, of Ronting- 
burn, in the parish of Largs, and county of Ayr; 
Mrs. Lillias May Somerville, Spouse of Samuel 
Henderson May Somerville, of Parklee and Broad- 
field, in the county of Renfrew, Esquire, and of the 
said Samuel Henderson May Somerville, for his 
interest ; Sir Michael Robert Shaw Stewart, of 
Greenock and Blackhall, Baronet, and his Cura- 
tors ;—— The Right honourable the Earl of Eglin- 
ton and Winton ;——and, Shaws Water Joint Stock 
Company ; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the said Bill,—were also presented, and 
read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 























Paisley, Barre Petitions of James Kibble, of Greenlaw, in the 
head and ; 

a Meikleriggs, in the county of Renfrew; Glas- 
gow, Paisley and Greenock Railway Company ;—— 
Sir Michael Robert Shaw Stewart, of Greenock and 


Blackhall, Baronet, and his Curators ;—— Glasgow, 





Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway Company ; | 





Peter Sawyers, Esquire, Bleacher, at Nether- 
hirkton, in the parish of Vet/ston, and county of 
Renfrew ; Managers or Directors of the Sta- 
tute Labour Money for the new town of Paisley ; 
and, James Cunningham and Sons, and Bogle 
Cunningham, Alexander Cunningham and James 
Cunningham, the individual Partners of said firm ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Paisley, Barrhead and Hurlet Railway Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








Petitions of the Right honourable the Earl of 
Eglinton and Winton ;——Robert Gibson and 
others, Owners and Lessees of property on the line 
of Railway thereinafter mentioned ;—— William 
M‘ Gregor and others, Owners, Lessees and Occu- 
piers on the line of the thereafter mentioned Rail- 
way ;—— Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ardrossan 
Railway Company ;——John Ramsey, Esquire, of 
Byrehill, in the parish of Kilwinning, in the count 
of Ayr ;——and, Lady Montgomery and Sir Charles 
Lamb, of Beauport, in the county of Sussex, 
Baronet ; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 


Glasgow, Pais- 
ley, Kilmar- 
nock and Ayr 
Railway 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


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A. 1847. 


‘of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr 
| Railway (No. 2.) Biil,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners 
| heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
| their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
|in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 
| Petitions of Archibald Hamilton, Esquire, of Glasgow, Pais. 
| Carcluie ; and, John Taylor Gili, Gnasion, i iimar- 
| ; ede nock and Ayr 
of Blackhouse, in the county of Ayr; praying that Railway, ana 
| they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or Glasgow and 
_ agents, against certain parts of the Glasgow, Pais- — 
ley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway, and Glasgow (No. 1.) Bill. 
and Belfast Union Railway (No. 1.) Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








A Petition of John Ramsey, Esquire, of Byrchill, Glasgow, Pais- 
in the parish of Kilwinning, and county of Ayr, }ey,Kilmar- 
| praying that he may be heard, by himself, his coun- Rajyee 
\sel or agent, against certain parts of the Glasgow, (No. 2.) Bill; 
| Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (No. 2.) Bill ; an4, Glasgow, 
| : ilmarnock 
and that the Glasgow, Kilmarncck and Ardrossan nq Ardrossan 

Railway (Amendment, Deviations and Branches) Railway 

| Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read. (Amendment, 
| Ordered,That the said Petition be referred to the Branches) Bil 
, Committee on the first-mentioned Bill; and the 
| Petitioner heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 
_upon his Petition, if he think fit ; and counsel heard, 
| in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


| A Petition of James Reed, 5. c., and others, Glasgow, Kil- 
_ Owners of lands and houses, and other Inhabitants ™@™mock and 
|. ae Dae: ° Ardrossan 

in and adjoining Portland-street, Kilmarnock, pray- Railway 
|ing that the Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ardrossan (Amendment, 
| Railway (Amendment, Deviations and Branches) mone a 
| Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and — 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

| Petitions of George Colville, p. p., Minister of 
| Beith, and of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock 
‘and Ayr Railway Company ; Trustees for the 
| management and repair of the several roads in the 
‘county of Ayr; Commissioners ef Police for 
the burgh of Kilmarnock ;——and, Owners of lands 








jand houses on the estate of Langlands, and along 

the line of road leading from Kilmarnock, towards 
Kilmaur, in the town of Kilmarnock ; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the said Bill,—were 
also presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill, and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of the Right honourable the Earl of Glasgow, Pais- 
Glasgow, a Proprietor of land in the county eS 
Renfrew, through which the Railway thereafter chmeenen’ 


mentioned is intended to pass, and Trustees on the and Branches 





Turnpike-roads, in the county of Renfrew ; peegy = 
Chairman of the Board of Gas Light Commission- in F 





ers for Paisley ; The Earl of Glasgow, and of and Ayr, the 
John Wilson and Sons, Coal and Iron-masters and Glasgow, 

. Barrhead and 
Alum and Copperas Manufacturers at Hurlet, in Neilston, and 
the county of Renfrew ; William Coates, one of the Glasgow, 
the Magistrates of Paisley, Statutory Chairman of es reine 
the Board of Commissioners of Police for the burgh eo Railway, 
and suburbs of Paisley ;——-Glasgow, Paisley, Kil- and to Haugh 
marnock and Ayr Railway Company, and of James Fits) _ 
M‘ Cail, Esquire, Chairman of the said Company ; 
and, Andrew Macalister, Manufacturer in 
Paisley, John Merrylees, Manufacturer there, and 
Archibald Hutchison, Manufacturer there; praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 


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or agents, against certain parts of the Glasgow, 
Paisley and Greenock Railway (Amendment and 
Branches to the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and 
Ayr, the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston, and 
the Glasgow, Strathaven and Lesmahagow Rail- 
way, and to Haugh Pits) Bill,—were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 

Glasgow,Pais- A Petition of Sir Michael Robert Shaw Stewart, 
ae of Greenock and Blackhall, Baronet, praying that 
(Amendment the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway 
and Branches (Amendment and Branches to the Glasgow, Paisley, 
a ae Kilmarnock and Ayr, the Glasgow, Barrhead and 
Kilmarnock Veilston, and the Glasgow, Strathaven and Lesma- 
and Ayr, the hagow Railways, and to Haugh Pits) Bill, may pass 
Glasgow,Barr- : ; : oe ee 4 BG 

head and Neil. Ato a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
ston, and the lie upon the Table. 

Glasgow, Strathaven and Lesmahagow Rail- 

ways, and to Haugh Pits) Bill. 


Glasgow, A Petition of Sir Michael Robert Shaw Stewart, of 

— and Greenock and Blackhall, Baronet; praying that the 

Direct Ral- Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway 

way Bill. Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of the Right honourable the Earl of 
Glasgow, a Proprietor of land in the county of 
Renfrew, Ptah which the Railway thereinafter 
mentioned is intended to pass, and Trustees on the 
turnpike-roads in the county of Renfrew ; Glas- 
gow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Com- 
pany, and of James M‘Call, Esquire, Chairman of 
the said Company ;——and, the Right honourable 
the Earl of Glasyow, and John Wilson and Sons, 
Coal and Iron-masters and Alum and Copperas Ma- 
nufacturers at Hurlet, in the county of Renfrew; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Pe- 
titioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the 
said Petitions. 





Rochdale Petitions of Proprietors and Occupiers of Col- 
Canal (Sale to 


the Manches. Jeries and coal-mines, on or connected with the 

ter and Leeds lines of the Canal and Railway thereinafter men- 

Railway Com- tioned ; and, Gisborne Babington, of Manchester, 

pany) Bill. in the county of Lancaster, Lime-burner and Dealer 
in lime and limestone, and Carrier; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Rochdale Canal 
(Sale to the Manchester and Leeds Railway Com- 
pany) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Norfolk Rail- A Petition of Commissioners for executing the 
way (Yar- 


mouth Exten- Act for better paving, lighting, cleansing and watch- 
sion, &amp;c,) Bill. ing the Town of Great Yarmouth, in the county of 
Norfolk, and for removing Nuisances and Annoy- 
ances therein, and for making other Improvements 
in the said ‘Town, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Norfolk Railway (Yarmouth Ex- 
tension, &amp;c.) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
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359 


Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 

Petitions of Commissioners for executing the Ipswich and 

Act for improving the Haven of Great Yarmouth, a 
in the County of Norfolk, and the several Rivers a ri Seema 
connected therewith, and for the repairing or taking sion to Yar- 
down and rebuilding a certain Bridge over the said ™outh) Bill. 
Haven at Great Yarmouth aforesaid, and a certain 
Bridge called Saint Olave’s Bridge, over the River 
Waveney, in the Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, 
and for suspending, for a limited period, certain 
Duties payable to the Corporation of Great Yar- 
mouth, and imposing other Duties in lieu thereof ; 
——and, Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the 
borough of Great Yarmouth, in the county of Nor- 
folk; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway 
(Extension to Yarmouth) Bill,—were presented, and 
read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, wpon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of the Honourable Charles Hope, Edinburghand 
Advocate, Commissioner for the Right honourable a 
John Alexander Earl of Hopetoun, and his Curators, a and 
praying that he may be heard, by himself, his Amendment) 
counsel or agent, against certain parts of the Edin- Bill 
burgh aud Bathgate Railway (Deviation and Amend- 
ment) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury Braintree and 
; : “, % nano Halstead Rail- 
and Halstead Railway Company ;——and, Owners, yay Bilt 
Lessees and Occupiers of land or other property 
upon or within the limits of deviation of the there- 
inafter mentioned intended line of Railway from 
Braintree to Halstead; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Braintree and Halstead Rail- 
wav Bill,—were presented, and read. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of the Reverend John James Waite, Newport, 
of Ilminster, in the county of Somerset, and Eliza, Abermavenny 
his Wife, Edward Abley, of the city of Hereford, Railway (De- 
Chemist, and Caroline his Wife, and Joseph Wil- viations) Bill. 
liams, of Warwick-street, Pimiico, in the county of 
Middlesex, Professor of Music, aud Susan his Wife, 
and Valentine Bullar, of the said city of Hereford, 
Accountant, and Emma his Wife, praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Newport, Abergavenny 
and [fereford Railway (Deviations) Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Robert Thomson, praying that he Belfast Port 
may be heard, by his counsel or agent, against cer- 20d Harbour 
tain parts of the Belfast Port and Harbour Bill, was” 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 





against the said Petition. 


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360 


Liverpool A Petition of the Liverpool Gas Light Company, 
— Gas praying that they may be heard, by their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Liverpool 
Guardian Gas Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Oxford, Wor- A Petition of Susannah Capel, of Prestbury, in 
.. the county of Gloucester, Widow, praying that she 


ton Railway may be heard, by herself, her counsel or agent, 
(No. 1.) (Ex- against certain parts of the Oxford, Worcester and 
prone boon Wolverhampton Railway (No. 1.) (Extension and 
Bill. Amendment) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by herself, her counsel or agent, upon her Petition, 
if she think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 
WakeficldGas A Petition of Commissioners for executing the 
om. Act for repairing and cleansing the Streets, Lanes, 
Alleys wal other Public Passages within that part 
of the Town of Wakefield, in the county of York, 
which lies within the East End of Westgate Bridge, 
the South Side of the Northgate Bar, the North 
End of Kirkgate Bridge, (except so much thereof 
as is repaired by the West Riding of the said 
county of York), and the extreme part of the 
Township of Wakefield aforesaid, leading from 
Wrengate, towards East Moor, for preventing Nui- 
sances and Annoyances therein, and for widening 
and rendering the same more commodious, and also 
an Act for lighting and watching the Streets and 
other Public Passages and Places within the Town 
of Wakefield, in the County of York, and for more 
effectually cleansing the same, and removing and 
preventing Obstructions, Nuisances and Annoyances 
therein, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Wakefield Gas Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
Huddersticld A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
ia Canal Navigation from Manchester to or near Ash- 
(Deviations ton-under-Lyne and Oldham ;——and, Surveyors of 
and Altera” _ the Highways for the township of Oldham, in the 
ham Branch, County of Lancaster; praying that they may be 
&amp;c.) Bill. heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Huddersfield and Manchester 
Railway (Deviations and Alterations in Oldham 
Branch, &amp;c.) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
Manchester, Petitions of Owners and Occupiers of mills, 
ane te warehouses, lands, mines and quarries adjoining or 
Railway(Ash- near to the Ashton Canal, and Owners of vessels 





tonCanal — navigating the same ;——-North Staffordshire Rail- 
—) way Company ; and, Gisborne Babington, of 


Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, Lime-burmer 
and Dealer in lime and limestone, and Carrier; pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Man- 
chester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (Ashton 
Canal Purchase) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


16° Aprils. 





A, 1847. 


Bal | e,°@ . 

_A Petition of Henry Lees, Proprietor of Col- Manchester, 
lieries and coal-mines and lands, on and connected — Sena 

. : + ¥ ‘ ncoimshire 
— = wey, | thereinafter mentioned, praying Railway (Sta- 
that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or tion Approach 
agent, against certain parts of the Manchester, in Manches- 
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (Station Approach *€*) Bill. 
in Manchester) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 

Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of William Pank, of Old Borough Boston, Stam- 
Fen, near Peterborough, Gentleman, praying that rd ome Bir- 
he may be permitted to withdraw his Petition ae (Pe- 
against the Boston, Stamford and Birmingham terborough 
Railway (Peterborough and Thorney Line) Bill, and "4 — 
that the said Bill may pass into a law, was pre- esashans 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the 
said Petition accordingly. 


Petitions of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln- London and 
shire Railway Company; Henry Lees and Jonah peg a 
Harrop, Proprietors and Occupiers of collieries (Lease ame 
and coal-mines and lands, on and connected with Purchase of 
the Canal and Railway thereinafter mentioned ;—— pos ip sl 
Shareholders in the London and North Western chester Rail- 
Railway Company, and Shareholders in the Hud- way and Ca- 
dersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal Com- tg aca 
pany, and Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester Rail- pury and:Man- 
way Company ; Owners and Occupiers of mills, chester Rail- 
warehouses, lands, mines and quarries, adjoining or “*Y ) Bill. 
near to the Huddersfield Canal Navigation, and 
the Canal called Sir John Ramsden’s Canal, and 
Owners of vessels navigating the same Canal re- 
spectively ; and, Gisborne Babington, of Man- 
chester, in the county of Lancaster, Lime-burner 
and Dealer in lime and limestone, and Carrier ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
London and North-Western Railway (Lease and 
Purchase of the Huddersfield and Manchester Rail- 
way and Canal, and the Leeds, Dewsbury and Man- 
chester Railway) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 











A Petition of Iron-masters, Coal-masters, Manu- shropshire 
facturers and Traders, in the South Staffordshire Union &lt;4 
District, praying that the Shropshire Union Rail- woithaeete 
ways and Canal (Lease to the London and North the London 
Western Railway Company) Bill may not pass into and oe i 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie a 


way Com- 
upon the Table. pany) Bill. 


Petitions from Broughton and other places ;— Caledonian 
and Biggar ; praying that the Caledonian Railway eae to 
(Branches to Wilsontown to Fauldhouse, and to Wilsontown, 
Biggar and Broughton) Bill may pass into a law, to Fauldhouse 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie — tee 
upon the Table. ton) Bill. 

A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts swansea 
for the Improvement of the Harbour of Swansea, in Docks Bill. 
the County of Glamorgan, praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Swansea Docks Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


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Wesfordand A Petition of Members of the Grand Jury of the. 


Valencia Rail- county of Kerry, praying that the Wesxford and) 


a bal Valencia Railway (Killarney to Valencia) Bill may 

cia) Bill. pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

Liverpool A Petition of Officers and Servants of the Liver- 


ate pool Waterworks Company, of the borough of 
Bill. Liverpool, praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Liverpool Corporation Waterworks 
Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 





favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Norfolk Rail- A Petition of Inhabitants of the Town of Eye, and | 
pn _—" its neighbourhood, praying that the Norfolk Railway | 


mondham to (Branch from Wymondham to the Norwich Extension | 
the vn ge of the Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund's Railway, | 
ang and the —— Thetford and Reedham Railway, | 
and Bury St. near Diss) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 


Edmund's and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Railway, and 


the proposed Thetford and Reed- 
ham Railway, near Diss) Bill. 
nee Rail- Petitions from Eye; and, Hoxne; praying that | 
way Grom | the Norfolk Railway (from Thetford to the Lowes- | 
Thetford to J ; 
the Lowestoft toft Railway, near Reedham, with a Branch to_ 
Railway, near Halesworth) Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 
Recdham, with sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Halesworth) Table. 

Bill. 


Paisley and A Petition of the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neil- 
Renfrew Rail- ston Direct Railway Company, praying that they 
way (Sale and : &gt; ; 
Improvement) may be heard, by their counsel or agents, against 
Bill. certain parts of the Paisley and Renfrew Railway 
(Sale and Improvement) Bill, was presented, and 
read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 





Kilmarnock A Petition of Rate-payers, and others, connected | 
Police and | 


I + With the burgh of Kilmarnock, praying that the | 

Bil, Kilmarnock Police and Improvement Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


North British A Petition of Inhabitants of the royal burgh of 
gd Bill Selkirk, and vicinity, praying that the North British | 
(No. 2.) Bill. Railway (No. 2.) Bill may pass into a law, was 


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





Roman Petitions from West Bromwich ;— Workington ;— | 

ete and, Great Yarmouth; praying that the Roman | 

oe" Catholic Relief Bill may pass into a law,—were 

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

Petitionsfrom Sheffield; —- Witney;-— Nuneaton; 
and, Thornton; praying that the said Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








Ports, Har-* 


Petitions from Woodbridge ;—and, Aldeborough ; | 


hours, &amp;c. Bill praying that the Ports, Harbours, &amp;c. Bill intro- | 


ene duced in the last Session may pass into law,— | 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon | 
the Table. 
Promiscuous Petitions from Bath (three Petitions) ;— and, | 


Intercourse. Godalming ; praying that the House will enact such | 


laws with reference to the keepers of brothels, and | 
all persons trafficking in female virtue, as shall invest | 
Magistrates and Officers of Police with moresummary | 
powers,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

VoL, 102. 





16° Aprils. 361 


Petitions from Kirk Session of New Deer; — Registering 
Presbytery of Alford (Moderator) ;—Kirk Session Births, &amp;. 
of Montrose (Moderator);— and, Presbytery of —— 
Peebles (Moderator); praying that the Registering Marriage’ 
Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill; and, the Marriage (Scot- (Scotland) 
land) Bill, may not pass into law,—were presented, _ 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Presbytery of Auchterarder ; — 
and, Presbytery of Dunblane; praying the House 
to take into favourable consideration the interests 
of the Parish Schoolmasters and Session Clerks, 
and of Education in Scotland, and to modify the 
said Bills so as either to preserve to them the rights 
and emoluments they at present possess, or to pro- 
vide compensation to them for the loss they will 
sustain by the proposed infringement of their vested 
rights,—were also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kirk Session of Stirling (Modera- Marriage 
tor);——-and, Presbytery of Kincardine O’ Neill — 
(Moderator); praying that the Marriage (Scotland) ~ 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kirk Session of Stirling (Mode- Registering 
rator) ;—-— and, Presbytery of Kincardine O’ Neill ‘Seotieas) 
(Moderator); praying that the Registering Births, pin. 

&amp;«. (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Reeth Union ;—Sheffield ;—and, Settlement. 
Barnet Union ; praying that the Law of Settlement 
may be abrogated, and that the Poor-rate may be 
made a national charge, were presented, and read ; 


, and referred to the Select Committee on Settlement 


and Poor Removal. 


Petitions from All Saints, Poplar ;—Aberdeen ; Navigation 
—and, Whitehaven; praying the House to make no “"™ 
alteration in the Navigation Laws,—were presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Navigation Laws. 


Petitions from Camelford Union; — Wickham Poor Removal 
Market ;—and, Potton; praying for the repeal or 4*+ 
alteration of the Poor Removal Act,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


A Petition of Members of the Committee of the Breweries and 
Runcorn Temperance Society, and others, praying Distilleries. 
the House to prohibit the use of Grain in Breweries 
and Distilleries, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Mercantile Agents, Canals. 
Warehousemen, Shopkeepers, and other Traders 
and Inhabitants of the city and suburban districts 
of Glasgow, praying the House to intrust some 
Branch of the Executive Government with the su- 
pervision and control of Canals, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Churchwardens, Overseers of the poor Law 
Poor, Trustees and Inhabitants of the parish of (Ireland). 
All Saints, Poplar, in the county of Jdiddlesex, 

raying the House forthwith to pass such a Poor 
a for Ireland as will equalize the maintenance of 
the Poor in that part of the United Kingdom with 
other parts of the Kingdom, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Committee of the Lord’s Day. 
Bath Association for promoting the due observance 
of the Lord’s Day, praying that no clause in any 
Railway Bill be construed to render it compulsory 
on the Company to run trains on the Lord’s Day, 
and to guard against the insertion of such a clause 
in any Bill hereafter to be passed, was presented, and 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


SA A Petition 





























Health of 
‘Towns Bill. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Education. 


362 16° Aprils. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Worcester 
and its vicinity, praying that the Health of Towns 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Kilrush; and, Monanimney, 
Clenor and Wallstown ; praying that the Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands,—-were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petititons from Leeds ;—Bramley ;— Oundle ;— 
Witney ;—Thornton ;—Attercliffe Proper ;—Hales- 
worth ; — Birmingham ;— Derby; — Aylsham ;— 
and, King’s Somborn; praying the House to sanc- 
tion the plan of Education propounded in the Mi- 
nutes of the Committee of Council on Education,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Members of the Church, and Con- 
gregation of Protestant Dissenters, assembling in 
Boston-road Chapel, Brentford, in the county of 
Middlesex, praying that the said plan may be mo- 
dified so as to be less objectionable to some of the 
Petitioners, if not so as to be approved of by all, was 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the ‘lable. 

Petitions from Ilminster ; — Bolton-le-Moors ;— 
Frampton ;— Bristol (two Petitions) ;— Whitchurch 
(Somerset) ; — Newport (Monmouth) ; — Barnsley ; 
— Woodchurch ; — Wheatley-lane ; — Newton-le- 
Willows ; —- Pudsey; — Hepstonstall Slack; — 
Marsden (two Petitions) ;—Calderbrook ; —Harles- 
ton; — Saint Austell; — Emsworth (three Peti- 
tions);—Middleton;— Saint Pinnock (two Peti- 
tions);— Barrowford, near Colne; — Boxmoor ;— 
Burford; — Milton (Oxford); — Saint Columb 
Major ; — Glynn ;—Barnton ; — Cambridge ; — 
Hemel Hempsted ;—Luton ; — Talland ; — Pudsey 
(three Petitions) ; — Rendham; — Pant Glas; — 
Cerrig Druidion;— Marsden ;—Chorley ;—Preston 
and Wingham ;—Mapplewell ;— Windsor ;— Moor- 
winstow ; — Huddersfield; — Whalley ; — Diss ;— 
Broadworthy ; — Durham (two Petitions) ; — Saint 
Just ;— Thetford ;—Saint Ewe (two Petitions) ;— 
Clive and Stadnal ; — Wellhouse ; — Marleston ;— 
Ely ;— Holsworthy ; — Beaford ;— Port Madoc ;— 
Ingham ;—Prickwillom ;—Llwyneinion —Celyn ;— 
Manchester (two Petitions) ; — Sandbach; — Sed- 
bergh ; — Bethesda (Merioneth); — Deighton; — 
Fulbourn; — Burton Latimer ; — Saint Austell ;— 
South Stoneham ;—Cynllwyn ;—Sutterton ;—Sarne; 
—Llansilin ;—Sutton (Isle of Ely);— Berry Brow ; 
—Newchurch ; — Saint Austell ; — Staningly (two 
Petitions) ;—- Hartland;—Portmadoc ;— Wenkleigh; 
— Manea ;— Windsor ;—Mevagissey ;— Whitehaven ; 
— Brynnoel ; — Paddock ; — Dolhendre ; — Stour- 
mouth; — Bala (two Petitions); — Boston (Old 
Brentford) ;— Wymondham ;— Bacup ;— Briercliffe; 
—Llandudu; — Talybont ; — Mapplewell ; — Aber- 
dare ;—C. Mynech ; — Bradwell ; — Marsden (two 
Petitions) ;—Cefn Brith ;—Clonelly ;— Chichester ; 
—Lansallos ; — Ramsgate; — Hag Gate ;— Pare 
(Merioneth) ;—Lower Ridsey ;— Bala ;— Newton-le- 
Willows ;—Ministers and Delegates of the Lan- 
caster County Union ;—Pilton ;—Llanuwchllyn ;— 
Vergan, Ruan, Saint Just, Gerran, and vicini- 
ties ; — Morehard Bishop;— Low Town, Pudsey ; 
—WDarlington ; — Saint Austell ;— Teddington ;— 
Upham ;— Pudsey (two Petitions) ;—South Pether- 
i: gton;— Broadwell;— Gerran;— Honiton ;— Birch- 
cliffe;—Tips End, Upwell;—Carr-ville ;—Rhiw- 
bryfdir, Festiniog-in- Dinas ;— Ely ;—Cefndugraig; 
— Oswaldtwistle ;— Delph ;—Lindley ;— Axminster ; 
—Ludiarde ; — Bethel ;— Woolwich ;—Somerton ;— 
Saddleworth ;— Bacup ;—Aylsham ;—Pontuchel ;— 
Pendleton ; — Bretherton ; — Longford ;—Old Ac- 
crington ; — Stone (two Petitions) ; — Uttoxeter ;— 
Bradford ;— Lady-Royd ;— Birksland ;— Heaton ; 
— Lofthouse ;—Staiths ;—Yarm (two Petitions) ;— 





A. 1847. 


Horncastle ;—Stepney ;— Old Gravel-lane;—Hack- 
ney-road ;—Mile End (two Petitions) ;— Stepney 
(two Petitions) ;-—--Bethnal Green ;—Leytonstone;— 
Wycliffe ;—Shadwell ;—Old Ford ;— Whitechapel ; 
—East London Auxiliary Sunday School Union ; 
— Taunton (two Petitions) ;— Derby (two Petitions) ; 
— Manchester ;— Coleorton;—Snibstone ;—Warsop ; 
— Oakthorpe ; — Bakewell;—Broughton Sulney ;— 
Nottingham (two Petitions) ;— New Basford;—New- 
port (Isle of Wight) (two Petitions) ;— Newton (Lei- 
cester) ;— Wellow (Isle of Wight) ;—Kidderminster ; 
— Hoxton ; — Hayes ; — Harlington ; — Kingston- 
upon-Hull (sixteen Petitions) ;—Hull ;—Hull and 
East Riding Association ;— Kingston ;— Cutsdean;— 
Laverton ;—Childswickham ;— Broadway ;— Eves- 
ham;—Scarborough (two Petitions);— Worcester (two 
Petitions) ;—~Folkstone ;—Ringmore ;—Shaldon ;— 
Morley ;— Tuckenhay ;—Charford (two Petitions) ; 
—Alloa;— Birmingham (five Petitions) ; — Alve- 
church ; — King’s Norton;-—— Haydon Bridge ;— 
Wallingford ; — Sheffield (six Petitions) ;—Dron- 


field ;—Shawforth ;-—Water (Lancaster) ;— Raw- 


tenstall (two Petitions) ;— Haverfordwest (three Pe- 
titions) ;—Freystrop ;— Hereford;—Eye;—Aldring- 
ham ;—Halesworth ;—Stoke Ash ;— Earl Soham ;— 
Falkenham ;— Wilnesham ;— Stradbrooke ; — Chel- 
mondiston ;—Alderton ;—Sutton ;— Otley ; — Rat- 
tlesden ; — Friston ; — Somersham ; — Bardwell ;— 
Wattisham ;—-Charsfield ;— Cransford ;—Needham 
Market ;—Wickhambrook ;—Alderton ;— Lazxfield ; 
— Horham; — Painswick ;— Totness (three Peti- 
tions) ;—Dittisham ;—King’s Teighton ;— Derby ;— 
Tipton ;—Ash ;—Sandwich ;—Glandwr (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Coity (three Petitions) ;—Horeb (two Pe- 
titions) ;—Carmel (two Petitions) ;—Bethania (two 
Petitions) ;—Penuel, Bryncethin ;—Shetty (two Pe- 
titions) ;— Swansea (three Petitions) ;— Bridgend 
(four Petitions) ;—Bethbaran Brynymenin ;—New- 
ton ;—Coychurch (two Petitions) ;— Ynysnawdre 
(two Petitions) ;—Clydach ;—Saron;—Great Yar- 
mouth ;— Trowse (three Petitions) ;— Norwich (three 
Petitions) ; — Oakington ; — Wishech ; — York ;— 
Framsden ; — Tunstal ;— Stowmarket ; — Cwmpen- 
anner ;— Norley; — Northwick; — Preston and 
Wingham ;— Wingham; — Helsby ; — Wilton ; ~ 
Holmes ; — Occold ; — Todmorden; — Morristown 
(two Petitions) ;—Langholme;— Shawforth;— Water 
(Lancaster) ; — Sutterton ;—Dalreoch ;— Norwich ; 
— Shore; — Crawshawbooth ; — Bradford (York) ; 
— Newchurch-in- Rossendale ;—Sutton ;— Heald ;— 
Otterton ;—Clawdd Newydd;—-Rawtenstall ;—and, 
Lineholme; praying the House to refuse any grant 
of money in furtherance of the said plan of Educa- 
tion, and to revoke the powers vested in the Com- 
mittee,—were also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


tional Debt, which were presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


ritius, which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


the Board of Naval Construction appointed to in- 
quire into the state of Naval Architecture. 

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


to Applications for Local Acts. 
Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
Committees on the Bills to which the same relate ; 





and be printed. 
Mr. 





Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Na- National Debt. 


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


Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Mau- yrauritius. 


Mr. Ward presented, pursuant to Order,—Copy naval 
of the Instructions from the Board of Admiralty to Architecture. 


Mr. Ward presented, by Her Majesty's Com- Local Acts. 
mand,—Reports of the Board of Admuralty relative No. 129. 





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10 Vicroriz. 


Public Works Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
(Ireland) § mand,—A Return showing the Average daily Num- 
No.290. ber of Persons employed on Relief Works in Ireland, 
during the week ending the 3d of April 1847, also 
the Cost, distinguishing the Amount paid in Wages, 
and the Cost of the Establishment, so far as can be 
made out from the Estimates and Pay Lists already 
received. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

Table ; and be printed. 


Charitable Sir George Grey 
Donations and Command,—Second 
Bequests 
(Ireland.) 


resented, by Her Majesty’s 
eport of the Commissioners 
of Charitable Donations and Bequests for [reland. 

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


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty,—A Return of the Total 
Number of Persons employed in Cotton, Woollen, 
Worsted, Flax and Silk Factories, respectively, in 
England, Scotland and Ireland, and the Total Num- 
ber in the United Kingdom ; showing the respective 
Numbers of Males and Females; the Number em- 
ployed under Thirteen years of age, the Number 
between Thirteen and ‘Eighteen years, and the 
Number above Eighteen years of age; also, speci- 
fying the Numbers in each County. 

Sir William Somerville also presented, pursuant 
to Orders,—A Return of all Arrears and Annual 
Rent of Pipe Water remitted by the Corporation of 
Dublin, or the Pipe Water Committee, from the 1st 
day of November 1841 to the 31st day of January 
1847, inclusive ; with the Names and Residences of 
the Memorialists, and the Houses or other Property 
owing the said Rent; and also, the Name of the 
Officer of the Corporation upon whose Report the 
Arrears and Annual Rent was remitted. 

A Return of the Number of Persons who have 
Died in each Parish in Ireland, during each month, 
since the 1st day of November 1846, in so far as 

. the same can be ascertained by information derived 
from the inquiries of the Constabulary; specifying 
the Number who have Died from Starvation or 
Disease consequent upon Insufficiency of Food, 
with a Summary for the whole of Lreland. 

A Return of all Processes entered for Trial at the 
Quarter Sessions held at Ballina, in the Barony of 
Tyrawly and County of Mayo (Ireland), on the 11th 
day of January last, and succeeding days, for Rent 
ending and due on the 1st day of November last, 
for use and occupation of Lands and Tenements 
ending the same date, and for Conacre for harvest of 
1846 ; distinguishing the Numbers of each of these 
three descriptions of Processes, and giving the 
Names of the Plaintiffs and Defendants, the Names 
of the Attcrnies for the Plaintiff,and for the Defend- 
ant, if defence were taken; and also the Amount 
for which each Decree had on such Process was 
respectively granted. 

A Return showing the Number of Loads of Hay 
and Straw forfeited in Smithfield Market, Dublin, 
for the Five years ending the 31st day of December 
1836, 1841 and 1846, and how the same, or the 
proceeds thereof, were disposed of. 

Returns of all Processes entered for Trial at the 
last Hilary Quarter Sessions held at Ballinrobe, 
Westport, Castlebar and Belmullet Erris, for Rent 
ending and due on the 1st day of November last, 
for use and occupation of Lands and Tenements 
ending the same date, and for Conacre for harvest of 
1846 ; distinguishing the Numbers of each of these 
three descriptions of Processes, and giving the 
Names of the Plaintiffsand Defendants, the Names 
of the Attornies for the Plaintiff, and for the De- 
fendant, if defence were taken; and also the 
Amount for which each Decree had on such Process 
was respectively granted. 

Returns of the Amount, in detail, paid to each 
Person, by Name, for Salary, Pension or Allowance, 
as a Municipal Officer of the Borough of Water- 

VoL, 102, 


Factories. 


Dublin 
Pipe Water. 


Deaths 
(Ireland. ) 


Processes 
(ireland. ) 


Hay and 
Straw 


(Dublin.) 


Processes 
(Ireland.) 


Waterford 
Corporation. 


annem 


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363 


ford, in each of the years ending respectively Sep- 
tember 1844, 1845 and 1846 :—Of the Amount 
paid to each retired Officer of the late Corporation, 
as Compensation for the loss of office:—Of the 
Amount claimed by any retired Officer not yet 
settled with :—Of the Names of the Securities for 
the present Treasurer on the Ist day of January 
1847, and the Amount of such Security, and whether 
such Persons are Members of the Corporation :— 
Of the Names of the Persons in whom the Balance 
in favour of the Borough Fund of 15,462/. 18s. 4d. 
on the 1st day of September 1845, was vested, and 
the Sum to the credit of the Borough Fund on the 
1st day of January 1847, and the Persons to whose 
credit or in whose Name it was vested:—Of the 
Rate of Interest, if any, payable on said Balance : 
—aAnd, of the Balance now in hand in favour of the 
Borough Fund, and in whose Name vested :—A 
detailed Statement of the Amount of Money bor- 
rowed by the Corporation from 1842 to 1847, and 
how disposed of, with the interest payable on the 
same, and the manner the said Money was paid ; 
and, if in the Funds, at what price were the Funds 
taken by the Corporation, and at what loss or profit 
the said Funds were sold; and if any of the said 
Money is now vested in the public Funds, and how 
much :—And, a detailed Account of the Debts due 
by the Corporation on the ist day of September 
1842, 1843, 1844, 1845 and 1846. 

Returns showing the Number of Streets, Squares, Dublin Pipe 
Courts, Passages and Lanes in the City of Dublin Water. 
furnished with Pipes for the supply of Water to the 
Inhabitants thereof, and the Number of those which 
are deficient in this accommodation ; also, the Num- 
ber of Miles of Mains in the City of Dublin, and 
whether same are of Metal orany other material :— 
And, showing the Date and Locality of the Fires 
which have occurred in the City of Dublin for the 
last ten years, and the Amount of Property partially 
or wholly destroyed, and the Number of Lives lost 
by each such Fire, as far as can be ascertained. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Poor Relief 
Reading of the ingrossed Bill to make further Pro- eent) ae. 
vision for the Relief of the Destitute Poor in Jre- 
land; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 


time ; 





A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham Message from 

and Mr. Duckworth: the Lords ; 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to 
Act to authorize the application of certain Sums r 
ceived on account of the Fees payable to the Office 
of Director in Chancery in Scotland towards the 
Payment of Debts incurred in completing the 
General Register House at Edinburgh, without 
any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Cleveland- 
to empower the Devisees of the Most noble Francis 1uare Saint 
Duke of Bridgewater, deceased, to appropriate to minster Im- 
Building Purposes a Portion of Cleveland-square, in provement 
the Parish of Saint James, Westminster, and to im- ne neal 
prove the Approaches thereto; to which the Lords fstate) Bill. 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, a 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act ee 
to dissolve the Marriage of Robert Montgomery 
Martin, Esquire, with Jane Avis Frances Martin, 
his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, 
and for other Purposes therein mentioned ; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 

And then the Messengers withdrew. 


the Bill, intituled, An General Re- 
e~ gister House 


(Edinburgh) 
Bill. 


And the Question being put, That the Bill be Poor Relief 
now read the third time:—It was resolved in the “aed Bill 
Affirmative. ies 

The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 





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Lanaed 
Property 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Lunatic 
Asylums Bill. 


364 


‘An ingrossed Clause (Emigration Expenses to be 
charged to the Electoral Division) was thrice read ; 
and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (School for the North 
and South Dublin Unions) was thrice read; and 
added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Board of Management 
for conducting the School) was thrice read; and 
added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to facilitate the Improvement 
of Landed Property in Jreland by the Owners 
thereof, and thereby to afford Employment to the 
Labouring Classes, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Saving Rights of the 
Crown) was thrice read; and added to the Bill, by 
way of Rider. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill in Pr. 6. 1: 13., by inserting after the word 
“ stones,” at the end of the Clause, the words 
“ erecting and making corn-mills with the neces- 
‘ sary buildings and water-courses for the use of 
“ the same, or otherwise, in the opinion of the said 
‘ Commissioners, permanently improving lands in 
“ Ireland.” 

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

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Colonel Rawdon, | 31 

Yeas, \ Mr. Sharman Crawford: 7." 

Tellers for the § Mr. Tufnell, ueo 

Noes, L Lord Marcus Hill: ace 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, by inserting in the same place the 
words “or erecting substantial farm-houses or 
“ buildings.” 

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

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


o 


~ 


: f Major Beresford, } 
Tellers for the Yeas,) Mr. Newdegate: 30. 
; Mr. Tufnell, 

Tellers forthe Noes, at Mis Met } 86. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


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


Sabbati, 17° die Aprilis, 1847: 


Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, by leaving out Clause 35 of the printed Bill. 

And ‘the Question being put, That the said 
Clause stand part of the Bill:—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Billdo pass: And that the 
‘Title be, An Act to facilitate the Improvement of 
Landed Property in Ireland. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Lunatic Asylums Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


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A. 1847. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Agricultural 
Reading of the Agricultural Statistics Bill; Statistics Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Tne Order of the day being read, for the Com- Prisons Bill. 
mittee on the Prisons Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Custody of 
mittee on the Custody of Offenders Bill ; Offenders Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Railways Bill. 
Reading of the Railways Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 5th day of May next. 


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Relief 
mittee on the Poor Relief Laws Execution (Zreland) Laws Execu-~ 
Bill ; — (Ireland } 

? , ; : Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, ; 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Out-Pen- 
to amend the Acts for rendering effective the Ser- Son's — 
vice of the Chelsea and Greenwich Out-Pensioners : wich) Bill. 
And that Mr. Secretary at War and the Judge Ad- 


vocate do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Highways 
to amend the Laws relating to Highways: And Bil. 
that Sir George Grey and Sir William Somerville 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Petition of the Chairman of Bankruptcy 
a Meeting of Merchants and Traders of the city of 2nd Insol- 
London, and its vicinity, assembled at the London‘ 
Tavern, Bishopgate-street, relative to Bankruptcy 
and Insolvency, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


The Cleveland-square, Saint James, Westminster Cleveland- 
Improvement (Archbishop of York’s Estate) Bill Siare, Sain’ 
was read the first time; and referred to the Exa- jrinster Im- 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. provement 
(Archbishop 
of York’s 
Estate) Bill. 


Martin’s Divorce Bill was read the first time ; Martin’s rm 
and ordered to be read a second time. Divorce B 


Ordered, That the Petition of George William Blandford and 
Baker, of Wincanton, inthe county of Somerset, Gen- ee on. 
tleman, which was, presented upon the 5th day of WY 
March last, praying that he, may be heard, by him- 
self, his counsel or agent, against certain parts of 
the Blandford and Bruton Railway Bill, be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his 
Petition, if he think fit; and counsel heard, ia 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Sir George Grey presented a Bill to amend the Highways 
Laws relating to Highways: And the same was am. 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second No. 
time upon Tuesday next; and to be printed. - 

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Pious and The Order for reading a second time upon Wed- 
ee ml nesday next the Pious and Charitable Purposes 
“? ’ Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 12th day of May next. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
half an hour after Twelve of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next. 





Lune, 19° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 
Ramsgate R. Shadwell, from the Trustees of the Royal 
Harbour. iL Harbour of Ramsgate, was called in; and at 
the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of an 
Act of Parliament,—An Account of the Revenue 
and Expenditure of the Royal Harbour of Rams- 
gate Trust, from the 24th June 1845 to 24th June 
1846 :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. 





Boys Appren- Mr. Ward presented, pursuant to Order,—An 
ticed. Abstract, showing the Number of Boys apprenticed 
from the 1st day of January to the 31st day of 
December 1846; for Three years, Four years, Five 
years, Six years, Seven years, and Total Number ; 
General Register and Record Office of Seamen, 
Custom House, London. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon theTable. 


Standing Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
Orders ; Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; 
which were read, as follow : 
Van Diemen’s 1. Resolved,'That in the case of the Van Diemen’s 
LandCom- Land Company, Petition for leave to deposit a Pe- 
pany Bill. tition for a Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with ; That the Parties be permitted to 
deposit their Petition accordingly. 
British Ame- 2. Resolved, That in the case of the British 
rican Land. American Land Company, Petition for leave to 
ompany™ deposit a Petition for a Bill, the Standing Orders 
ought to be dispensed with; That the Parties be 
permitted to deposit their Petition accordingly. 
Portsmouth 3. Resolved, That in the case of the Portsmouth 
Paving, Light- Paving, Lighting and Improvement, Petition for 
ll additional provision, the Standing Orders ought to 
Bill. be dispensed with; That the Parties be permitted 
to introduce such additional provision, if the Com- 
mittee on the Bill shall so think fit, on inserting 
the notices for three successive weeks in the County 
Newspaper and London Gazette. 
Waterford 4. Resolved, That in the case of the Waterford 
oe and Limerick Railway, Petition for additional pro- 
' vision, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with ; That the Parties be permitted to introduce 
such additional provision, if the Committee on the 
Bill shall so think fit, on inserting the notices for 
three successive weeks in the County Newspaper, 
and in the Dublin Gazette. 
That the Committees on this and the preceding 
Bill do examine, in the first place, how far such 
Orders have been complied with, and do report the 
same to the House, on the report of the Bill. 
Glasgow, 5. Resolved, That in the case of Glasgow, Dum- 
—e fries and Carlisle Railway, and Glasgow, Paisley, 
way, and Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway, (No. 3a.) Petition, 
Glasgow, for leave to deposit a Petition for a Bill, the Stand- 


a ing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 
Ayr Railway § The 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th Resolutions, being read 


(No. 32.) Bill. 9 second time, were agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Railway Bills. Resolved, That this House will not receive a Pe- 
tition against a Railway Bill after Monday the 3d 
day of May next, unless the Petitioners shall com- 

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16°—17°—19° Aprilis. 365 


plain of any matter which may have arisen during 
the progress of the Bill before the Committee on 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That, from and after the said 3d day of 
May next, the Committee of Classification be em- 
powered to refer to the Chairman of the Committee 
of Ways and Means, together with the Members 
ordered to prepare and bring in the Bill, such unop- 
posed Bills as they shall deem it desirable so to refer. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Newhaven 
the Report on the Vewhaven Harbour, Ouse Lower Harbour, Ouse 
Navigation, and Lewes and Laughton Drainage Bill ; per — 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. Lewes and 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Laughton __ 
be ingrossed. ee 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Darwen 
the Report on the Darwen Waterworks and Re- Waterworks 
servoirs Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 274 Reservoirs 
agreed to; and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The Order made upon Thursday last, That Vis- Holyhead 
count Morpeth, Mr. Ward and Mr. Owen Stanley, Harbour Bill. 
be Members of the Select Committee on the Holy- 
head Harbour Bill, was read, and discharged. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Fees, House of 
caused a Table of Fees to be prepared, pursuant to Commons. 
the Resolutions of the House of the 16th day of No. 292. 
April last, which was now upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the said Table of Fees be printed. 


Sir Robert Harry Inglis reported the Rochdale Rochdale 
(Waterworks) (re-committed) Bill, with Amend- Waterworks 
ments. — 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Robert Harry Inglis reported the Bolton potton 
Improvement Bill, with Amendments. Improvement 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill for repealing certain Pro- Newmarket 
visions of the Newmarket and Chesterford Railway 2”4 Chester- 
: : ford Railway 
Act, 1846, was read the third time. (Repeal of 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Provision 
Ordered, That Mr. Hastie do carry the Bill to uthorizing 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence pein (or 
? ence. to use the Line 
of the Eastern 
Counties’ Rail- 
way) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Newmarket 
the Report on the Newmarket and Chesterford Rail- 24 Chester- 
way (Extension to Thetford) Bill ; and the Amend- pon ohn 
ments were read, and agreed to. Thetford) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration ae 
the ae on the Newmarket and Chesterford Rail- jo04 Railway 
way (Extension to Bury Saint Edmund’s, with a (Extension t 
Branch to Ely) Bill; and the Amendments were pir. ay “" 

, with 
read, and agreed to. a Branch to 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Ely) Bill. 
be ingrossed. 


M‘Leod’s (Dalkeith Glebe) Estate Bill was read M‘Cleod’s 
a second time ; and committed. (Dalkeith 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- $i’ "tt 
mittee of Selection. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Com- Railway Bills 
mittee on Group (No. 51.) of Railway Bills; That nde 
the Parties promoting the Glasgow, Dumfries and “° ” 
Carlisle, and Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr 
Railway Bill (No. 2.) had stated to the Committee 
that the Evidence of Captain Charles Robinson, of 
Largs, was essential, to enable them to establish their 
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case before the Committee; andit having been proved 
that application had been made to the above-named 
Captain Charles Robinson, but that his attendance 
could not be procured without the intervention of 
the House, he had been instructed by the Com- 
mittee to move the House, That the said Captain 
Charles Robinson be ordered to attend the said Com- 
mittee on Thursday next, at twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That Captain Charles Robinson do 
attend the Committee on the said Bill upon Thurs- 
day next, at twelve of the clock. 


Grand Jury Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Ye et eee a Return of all Road Traverses for Presentments 
(ireland.) in Ireland for consequential Damages arising under 
the Act 9 and 10 Vic., c. 107, showing the Gross 
Amounts claimed, the Traverses tried, and the 
Amounts awarded thereunder, and the Number of 
such Traverses which shall have been respited ; 
also, showing the Sums presented by the several 
Grand Juries in pursuance of 17th Section of the 
said Act on the certificates therein mentioned, when 
the Amount of such Certificate did not exceed the 
Sum of Ten pounds. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of all Contracts and Agreements made by 
the present Corporation for Fire Plugs, Main 
Pipes, Filtering Apparatus, Sluices, or other Works 
executed at the City Basins, or in the City of Dub- 
lin, together with Copies of the Contracts, and of 
the Accounts, as furnished in detail, paid for the 
said Works; and showing whether the Contracts 
for the said Works were let by Public competition ; 
if so, how; and the Names of the several Con- 
tractors for such Works respectively :—And, show- 
ing the Number and Situations of the Fire Plugs 
laid down in the City of Dublin, the Cost thereof, 
and the Dates at which the same were laid down ; 
the Date of the adoption of the present Place of 
Fire Plug by the Corporation of the City. 


Dublin Water. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing the time when the Standard Weights 
and Measures in the possession of the Corpora- 
tion of Dublin, were last compared with the 
Standards in the Exchequer, London, or with any 
other known Standards; how long the same have 
been in use, and when the Beams and Balances 
used in adjusting Weights, &amp;c. in the City of Dublin 
were themselves last adjusted ; if the same are now 
in perfect order and condition, and by whom they 
were made. 


Weights and 
Measures 


(Ireland.) 


Glasgow,Pais- Petitions from Barrhead ;—Mearns ;—and, East- 
iey andGreen- wood; praying that the Glasgow, Paisley and 
ock Railway Greenock Railway (Amendment and Branches to the 
(Amendment 7, ‘ “ 

and Branches Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr, the Glas- 
to the Glas- gow, Barrhead and Neilston, and the Glasgow 
 hdoerf Strathaven and Lesmahagow Railways, and to Haugh 
and Ayr, the Pits) Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 


Glasgow, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Barrhead and 
Neilston, and the Glasgow, Strathaven and Les- 
mahagow Railways, and to Haugh Pits) Bill. 


Glaogow, mr Petitions from Kirkcudbright ;— Castle Douglas; 
Corie Bail, — Gatehouse of Fleet ; — and, Ayr; praying that 
the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway, and 
mae ku Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway 
mmc on (No. 2) Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
Ayr Railway and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

(No. 2.) Bill. 

Great North- A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and neigh- 
ern Railway bourhood of Hitchin, in the county of Hertford, 
ner erey we praying that the Great Northern Railway (Hert- 
Saint Alban's ford, Hatfield and Saint Alban’s Branch) Bill may 
Branch) Bill. pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


way, and 
Glasgow, 


Great North- A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land and 
nee property upon the line and in the neighbourhood of 


Sleaford) Bill. the Railway thereinafter mentioned, praying that 











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A. 1847. 


the Great Northern Railway (Branches to Sleaford) 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Paisley (three Petitions) ;—and, Paisley, 
Renfrew; praying that the Paisley, Barrhead and eg and 
: oe . urlet Rail. 
Hurlet Railway Bill may pass into a law,—were way Bill. 
a. and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able, 


A Petition of the Provost, Baillies and Town Paisley and 
Council of the royal burgh of Renfrew, praying that Renfrew Rail- 
the Paisley and’ Renfrew Railway (Sale and Im- TmyGremen) 
provement) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, Bill. 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dukenfield ; — Oldham ; — and, Manchester, 
Ashton-under-Lyne (two Petitions); praying that Sheffield and 
the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway }inpolnshire 
(Branch from Ashton-under-Lyne to Oldham) Bill (Branch from 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; —— 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. Ae Bill. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Shepton Mallet, in Wilts, Somer- 
the county of Somerset, and its neighbourhood, ** coer 
praying that the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth nace Sage 
Railway (No. 2.) Bill may pass into a law, was Bill. 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parishes of Coly- Salisbury and 
ton and Seaton, and their respective neighbourhoods, Yevil Rail- 
in the county of Devon, praying that the Salisbury ¥°7i¢%¢" 
and Yeovil Railway; the Exeter, Yeovil and Dor- Dorchester 
chester Railway ; and, the Cornwall Railway Bills Railway ; and, 
may pass into law, was presented, and read; and orn Bills, 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land, and Southampton 
Inhabitants of the town of Lymington, and the ad- 24 Dorches- 
mere ‘ ; ter Railway 
joining parishes, in the county of Southampton, (New Forest 
praying that the Southampton and Dorchester Rail- Deviation and 
way (New Forest Deviation and Branches) Bill may Branches) Bill. 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property Southampton 
in or Inhabitants of the town and county of the Consumers 
town of Southampton, praying that the Southampton Gis ongi* ™* 
Consumers Gas Light and Coke Bill may pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


Petitions from Blandford and Wimborne (four Southampton 
Petitions) ;— and, Wimborne and other places ; pos, nel 
praying that the Southampton and Dorchester Rail- ( landifecd 
way (Blandford Branch) Bill may pass into a law, Branch) Bill. 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Manchester, 
of the borough of Stockport, in the several counties ese an 
y - incolnshire 
of Chester and Lancaster, praying that the Man- Railway 


chester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (Supply (Supply of 


of Surplus Water to Manchester, Salford and Stock- i, ene 


port) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and galford and 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. —— 
L 
A Petition of Iron-masters, Coal-masters, Glass Birmingham, 


and other Manufacturers, Traders and Inhabitants betpery ya 


of the township of Oldbury, in the parish of Hales- Valley Rail- 
owen, in the county of Worcester, and its immediate way (No 
vicinity, praying that the Birmingham, Wolverhamp- B70) 
ton and Stour Valley Railway (No. 2.) Branches 

Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Iron-masters, Coal-masters, Fire- Se. 
clay Manufacturers, Glass Manufacturers, Nail jo ana Stour 
Factors, Cable and Chain Manufacturers, Lime Valley Rail- 


Masters, way (No. 2.) 








Glasgow 
Paisley : 
Greenoc 
Railway 
(Branch 
Port Gls 
Bill. 


Glasgow 
Paisley ¢ 
Greenoc] 
Railway 
(Amend 
and Brar 





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prnches; Masters, and other Traders residing on the proposed 
Birmingham line of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour 
ote Dui. Valley Railway, between Oldbury and Stourbridge, 
jy Railway both in the county of Worcester, and the _pro- 
(Stourbridge posed Branches therefrom to Dudley and Hales- 
es owen ;—Clergy, Bankers, Merchants, Iron, Glass, 
and, Oxford, Fire-brick, and other Manufacturers, Traders and 
me and other Inhabitants of the township of Stourbridge, 
io, a in the parish of Oldswinford, in the county of Wor- 
(No. 1.) Bills. cester, and its immediate vicinity ;— Landowners, 
Iron-masters, Coal-masters, Nail-masters, Manufac- 
turers, Traders and other Inhabitants of the parish of 
Rowley Regis, in the county of Stafford ;—Clergy, 
Bankers, Iron-masters, Coal-masters, Traders and 
other Inhabitants of the borough and parish of 
Dudley, in the county of Worcester ;—and, Iron 
and Coal-masters, Manufacturers and other Inha- 
bitants of the township of Cradley, in the parish of 
Halesowen, in the county of Worcester ; praying 

that the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour 
Valley Railway (No. 2.) Branches Bill may pass 
into a law; and, that the Birmingham, Wolver- 
hampton and Dudley Railway (Stourbridge and 
West Bromwich) ; and, the Oxford, Worcester and 
Wolverhampton Railway (No. 1.) Bills, may not pass 
into law,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Glasgow, A Petition of Magistrates and Town Council of 
Paisley and =the burgh of Port Glasgow, and the there under- 
— P signed, being Statute Labour Trustees of the parish 
(Branches at of Port Glasgow, praying that they may be heard, 
Port Glasgow) hy themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
- tain parts of the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock 
Railway (Branches at Port Glasgow) Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themseives, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 








Glasgow, Petitions of the Provost, Baillies, Treasurer and 
oe ae Councillors of the burgh of Paisley, and as such 
Railway Road Trustees within the bounds of the said burgh ; 
(Amendment Board of Gas Light Commissioners of Paisley ; 
a and, Mrs. Janet Maria Campbell, Wife of 
joow, Paisley, Andrew Donaldson Campbell, Esquire, of Arch- 


Kilmamock  eraig, and of the said Andrew Donaldson Campbell, 
an the Proprietors of the estate of Househill, in the county 
Barrhead and Of Renfrew, through which the Railways there- 
Neilston, and after mentioned are intended to pass, and of the 
a Nitshill Coal Company, and of — Coats, 
andLesmaha- Managing Partner of that Company, Lessees of 
pry Railways, the minerals in the said estate; praying that they 
is) i may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
: agents, against certain parts of the Glasgow, Paisley 
and Greenock Railway (Amendment and Branches 
to the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr, the 
Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston, and the Glasgow, 
Strathavenand Lesmahagow Railways,and to Huugh 
Pits) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








&lt; ag . A Petition of the Right honourable the Earl of 
harnock ang Cvasgow and Sir John Maxwell, Baronet, of Polloc, 
Ayr Railway and of Trustees on the Turnpike-roads in the county 
No.4.) Bill of Renfrew, praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr 
Railway (No. 4.) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 

VoL. 102, 





19° Aprils. 367 


A Petition of the Right honourable the Ear! of Glasgow, _ 
Glasgow and Sir John Maxwell, Baronet, of Polloc, ire.) teed 
and of Trustees on the Turnpike-roads in the Ayr Railway 
county of Renfrew, praying that they may be heard, (No. 5.) Bill. 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and 
Ayr Railway (No. 5.) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Members of the Provincial Committee Glasgow, 
or Directors of the Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct tc yee 
Railway Company ; and, Robert James Thom- ayr Railway 
son, Esquire, of Tower-hill, in the parish of Kil- (No. 2.) Bill. 
maurs and county of Ayr ; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock 
and Ayr Railway (No. 2.) Bill,—were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. ° 





Petitions of Members of the Provincial Com- Glasgow, 
mittee, or Directors of the Kilmarnock and Ayr Paisley, Kil- 
Direct Railway Company ;——and, Feuars, Owners por han 
and Occupiers of lands and houses in Vewton Green, and Glasgow 
and the north side of the Harbour of Ayr, in the and Belfast 
burgh of Mewton-upon-Ayr, and county of Ayr; Ne Bi 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their © ~~ 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Glas- 
gow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway, and 
Glasgow and Belfast Union Railway (No. 1.) Bill, 

—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of Walter Lamont Houstoun, John Glasgow, 
Henderson, David Murray, John Kirkland, George a and 
Todd, James Clark, Robert Kirkland, John Hart, Direct Rail- 
Andrew Nairn, William Coats, Alexander Lang, way Bill. 
junior, William Reid and John Connell, Members 
of the temporary Board of Trustees for carrying 
into effect the purposes and provisions of the se- 
veral Acts of Parliament passed for the purposes 
of improving the Navigation of the River Cart, 
in the county of Jenfrew ; Provost, Bailleirs, 
Treasurer and Councillors of the burgh of Pais- 
ley, and, as such, Road Trustees within the bounds 
of the said burgh ;——Mrs. Janet Maria Campbell, 

Wife of Andrew Donaldson Campbell, Esquire, 
of Ashcraig, and of the said Andrew Donaldson 
Campbell, Proprietors of the estate of Househill, 
in the county of Renfrew, through which the Rail- 
ways thereafter mentioned are intended to pass, 
and of the Nitshi/] Coal Company, and of George © 
Coats, Managing Partner of that Company, Lessees 
of the minerals in the said estate ; and, the 
Most noble James Marquis and Earl of Abercorn, 
Lord Paisley, Kitpatrick, &amp;c.; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against. certain parts of the Glasgow, Barr- 
head and Neilston Direct Railway Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








A Petition of the Reverend John Hamilton Gray, Giasgow, 
of Carntyne, Clerk, Vicar of Bolsover and Scar- Airdrie and 











ead 


geet esi Dia 





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368 19° Aprilis. 


Junction Rail- cliffe, in the county of Derby, praying that he may 
pa rg be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against 
tral ante certain parts of the Glasgow, Airdrie and Monk- 
and Coplaw- Jands Junction Railway ( Cowlairs, Carmyle, Central 
hill Branches, Junction, and Coplaw-hill Branches, and Montrose- 
and Montrose- aha . 
strect Ter. street Terminus) Bill, was presented, and read. 
minus) Bill. Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 


Bill, against the said Petition. 


Paisley and | A Petition of Walter Lamont Houstoun, Johu 
Renfrew Rail- 


way (Saleand Henderson, David Murray, John Kirkland, George 

Improvement) Todd, James Clark, Robert Kirkland, John Hart, 

Bill Andrew Nairn, William Coats, Alexander Lang, 
junior, William Reid and John Connell, Members of 
the temporary Board of Trustees for carrying into 
effect the purposes and provisions of the several Acts 
of Parliament passed for the purpose of improving 
the Navigation of the River Cart, in the county of 
Renfrew, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Paisley and Renfrew Railway (Sale and Im- 
provement) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 

Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 

Paisley, 


Barrheadangd _A Petition of Walter Lamont Houstoun, John 
Hurlet Rail- Henderson, David Murray, John Kirkland, George 
way Bill. Todd, James Clark, Robert Kirkland, John Hart, 
Andrew Nairn, William Coats, Alexander Lang, 
junior, William Reid and John Connell, Members of 
the temporary Board of Trustees for carrying into 
effect the purposes and provisions of the several Acts 
of Parliament passed for the purpose of improving 
the Navigation of the River Cart, in the county of 
Renfrew, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Paisley, Barrhead and Hurlet Railway Bill, 
was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


— Petitions of the Royal Incorporation of Hutche- 
erminus and ’ . . : . 
Glasgow Har. 80”’s Hospital, in the city of Glasgow ; and, Sir 
bour Railway John Maxwell, Baronet, of Polloc, and of Trustees 
Branches Bill. oy the Turnpike-roads in the county of Renfrew ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Ge- 
neral Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway 
Branches Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Miilland Rail- A Petition of the Right honourable Henry Lord 


poe oe Brougham and Vaux, and of Thomas Metcalfe, of 
Bath) Bil, | New-square, Lincoln’s-Inn, in the county of Mid- 


dlesex, and Gerard Blisson Wharton, of Lincoln’s- 
Inn Fields, in the said county of Middlesex, Gentle- 
man, praying that they may bejheard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Midland Railway (Mangotsfield to Bath) Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


fouth York- A Petition of William Wordsworth, of Monkbret- 


shire, Doncas- rwi i ; 
aor a Soe ton, otherwise Burton, in the parish of Roystone, 








A. 1847. 


in the county of York, Clerk, and William Words- Railway Q. 
worth, the younger, of the same place, Esquire, ond Pee 
his son, praying that they may be heard, by them- of Sheff 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts Rotherham, 
of the South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Rail- wane 
way (Penistone, &amp;c., and Purchase of Sheffield, Ro- Huddersfit 
therham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and and Goole 
Goole Railway, Dun Navigation and Dearne and Railway, Din 
Dove Canal) Bill, was presented, and read. and pd 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the and Dove 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, ©) Bill 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Richard Bassett Wilson, of Cliff Retiontlt 
Hall, near Darlington, Esquire, praying that it may {¢, Railve” 
be an instruction to the Examiners of Petitions for (Deviations 
Private Bills to entertain the Petitioner’s memorial — Altera. 
against the Petition for additional provision in the jar bas 
Huddersfield and Manchester Railway (Deviations &amp;c.) Bill. 
and Alterations in Oldham Branch, &amp;c.) Bill, not- 
withstanding the same was not deposited in the 
Private Bill Office within the time limited by the 
Standing Orders, was presented, and read ; and or- 


dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of James Currie, Attorney of the Right Northampton 

honourable George William Richard Earl of Pom- tame 
- ; y 

fret, praying that he may be heard, by himself, bis 
counsel or agent, against certain parts of the North- 
ampton and Banbury Railway Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Commissioners for executing the Act Great North- 
for improving the Drainage of the Middle and noaekie 
South Levels, part of the Great Level of the Fens King’s Lym) 
called Bedford Level, and of other lands ; and also Bill. 
acting in execution of sundry other Acts passed 
for altering and enlarging the powers and provisions 
of the said Act, and being also owners of land in the 
Middle and South Levels of the Fens; Own- 
ers of lands over which the Railway thereinafter- 
mentioned is proposed to be constructed, situate in 
the several parishes of Gosberton, Surfleet, Spalding, 
Moneton, Whaplode, Holbeach and Fleet, some or 
one of them in the county of Lincoln; and, 
Bankers, Merchants, Shipowners, and other Inha- 
bitants of the borough of Boston, in the county of 
Lincoln; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Great Northern Railway (Branch to King’s 
Lynn) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








A Petition of the Right honourable William neem 
David, Earl of Mansfield, x.1., praying that he (Lease of Pat 
may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, of Glasgow, 
against certain parts of the Caledonian Railway rare 
(Lease of part of Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle way) Bil. 
Railway) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Righthonourable William David, Caledonian 


Earl of Mansfield, x.v., praying that he may be erences 





heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against Canonbie, &amp; 
certain parts of the Caledoniun Railway (Branches Bill 
to Canonbie, &amp;c.) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, 











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Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Waterford, 
Wexford, 
Wicklow and 
Dublin Rail- 
way Bill. 


A Petition of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway 
Company, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin 
Railway Bill, was presented and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Bristol and A Petition of Inhabitants of Shepton Malleé, in 
Exeter Rail- 


the county of Somerset, and its neighbourhood, 
way (Branch : : Ss : 
from Bleadon Praying that the Bristol and Exeter Railway 
to Wells, (Branch from Bleadon to Wells, Glastonbury and 
poe yrs Street); and the Blandford and Bruton Railway 
and, Blandford Bills may not pass into law, was presented, and 
and Bruton read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Railway Bills. 


West Cornwall 


Petitions of Henry Lewis Stephens, of Tregenna 
Railway 


on Castle, in the county of Cornwall, Esquire ;—— 
St. Ives and 22d, Sophia Praed, the mother and guardian of 
Norwayman’s William Backwell Praed, a minor; praying that 
Wharf, and ~~ they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
Construction ae . : . 7 

and Enlarge- 2gents, against certain parts of the West Cornwall 
ment of Quays Railway (Branches to Saint Ives and Norwayman’s 
at Hayle) Bill. Wharf, and Construction and Enlargement of Quays 

at Hayle) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Peti- 
tions. 


Swansea A Petition of the Zlanelly Railway and Dock 
and Amman Company, praying that they may be heard, by 


Railway Bill, themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Swansea and Amman Junction Rail- 
way Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Oxford, A Petition of the Reverend William Spencer Phil- 
be se hong lips, of Ryde,in the Isle of Wight, and the Reverend 
ton Railway Alexander Watson, of Cheltenham, in the county 
(No. 1.) (Ex- of Gloucester, Clerks, praying that they may be 
pve ed ) heard, by themselves, their counsel oragents, against 
Bill. certain parts of the Oxford, Worcester and Wol- 
verhampton Railway (No. 1.) (Extension and Amend- 

ment) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 


by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
think fit; and counsel heard, in 


Petition, if they 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Manchester 
Corporation 


Warerworks colnshire Railway Company, praying that the 


19° Aprilis. 


A Petition of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- 


369 


be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Manchester and Salford 
Waterworks Bill, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- Manchester, 
colnshire Railway Company, praying that they may wr _ 
be heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain Midlands 
ue of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Junction Rail- 

idlands Junction Railway Deviations Bill, was *°¥ ae 

ions Bill. 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tion, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- London and 
colnshire Railway Company, praying that they may — 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, ( Purchase of 
against certain parts of the London and North the Earl of 
Western Railway (Purchase of the Earl of Elles- Pllesmere’s 

’ ; ._ Interest in the 
mere’s Interest in the Manchester South Junction Manchester 


and Altrincham Railway) Bill, was presented, and South Junc- 
read. tion and 


— Altrinchs 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Railway) Bill. 


Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Turnpike-road Leeds and_ 

leading from Stockton to Barnard Castle, in the Thirsk Rail- 
: way (Eagles- 

county of _Durham, praying that the Leeds and oiiffe and Stil- 
Thirsk Railway (Eaglescliffe and Stillington Ex- lington Exten- 
tension) Bill may not pass into a law as it now “") Bill. 
stands, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Committee on the Bill. 





A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for Commercial 
more effectually repairing and improving the several Gas Light and 
Roads called the Cannon-street Roads, the Commer- mt = 
cial Road, the Horseferry Branch of Road, the 
East India Dock Road, the Barking Road and 
the Shadwell and Mile-end Brauch of Road, in the 
Counties of Middlesex and Essex, and for laying 
down a Stoneway on the said Commercial, East 
India Dock and Barking Roads, praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Commercial Gas 
Light and Coke Company Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 








A Petition of Inhabitants of the city and suburbs Newport, 
of Hereford, praying that the Newport, Aberga- Abergavenny 
: a and Hereford 
venny and Hereford Railway Deviations Bill may jaiway De- 
| not pass into a law as it now stands, was presented, viations Bill. 
and read; and referred to the Committee on the 
Bill. 
A Petition of Robert Lane, of Ryelands, in the 
county of Hereford, Esquire, praying that he may 
‘be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against 


(Power to sell may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or ‘certain parts of the said Bill, was also presented, 


to the Man- 


agents, against certain parts of the Manchester Cor- 
chester and i 


Salford Water- poration Waterworks (Power to sell to the Man- | 


works Com- 


chester and Salford Waterworks Company) Bill, 


pany) Bill. was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
Masabestee A Petition of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- 
ands ° : ie 
Waterworks c2/nshire Railway Company, praying that they may 
Bill. VoL. 102. 


and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
ithe Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his 
| Petition, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition, 


A Petition of Sir Charles Morgan Robinson Newport, 
Morgan, of Tredegar Park, in the county of Mon- Aberwaveny 
mouth, Baronet, praying that he may be heard, by Railway 
himself, his counsel or agent, against certain parts (Extension to 


' j- ‘Laff Val 
of the Newport ee and Hereford ye Redbone Bill, 














—. Sree 








‘Liverpool 
Corporation 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway Bill. 


tegistering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 
Bill; and, 
Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) Bill, 


Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Acttlement. 


3790 
way (Extension to Taff Vale Railway) Bill, was 
resented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of tie 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of John Chippendall, of Manchester, 
in the county of Lancaster, Calico Printer ; 
and, Company of Proprietors of the Liverpool and 
Harrington Waterworks; praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Liverpool Corporation 
Waterworks Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 
Petitions, 





A Petition of the Reverend John Hamilton Gray, 
of Carntyre, Clerk, Vicar of Bolsover and Scarcliff, 
in the county of Derby, praying that he may be 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against 
certain parts of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Raii- 
way Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions from Members of the Parochial Board 
of the united parishes of Inverness and Bond (Chair- 
man) ;——Kirk Session Middle Parish in Greenock; 
——Presbytery of Greenock (Moderator and Pres- 
bytery Clerk) ;——Presbytery of Dunbar (Mode- 
rator);——Kirk Session of Inveresk (two Petitions); 
——Largs (Session Clerk) ; Presbytery of Dun- 
held (Moderator) ;——Presbytery of Ayr (Modera- 
tor); praying that the Registering Births, &amp;e. 
(Scotland) Bill; and, the Marriage (Scotland) Bill, 
may not pass into law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Presbytery of Dumfries ;—Pres- 
bytery of Penpont ;—Presbytery of Lochmaben ;— 
Kirk Officers of the Established Church of Scotland, 
in Glasgow, and vicinity ;—and, Presbytery of 
Paisley; praying the House to provide compensation 
to the Parochial Schoolmasters and Session Clerks 
of Scotland, for the loss they will sustain should the 
said Bills pass into law,—were also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from the Presbytery of Abertarff (Mode- 
rator) ; Kirk Session of F’lisk (Moderator) ; 
Kirk Session of Dumfries (Moderator); Presby- 
tery of Dumfries (Moderator) ; Kirk Session of 
Cults (Moderator) ; Presbytery of Kirkaldy 
(Moderator and Presbytery Clerk) ; Presbytery 
of Dalkeith (Moderator) ; and, Kirk Session of 
Cupar (Minister and Session Clerk); praying that 
the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 























Petitions from Presbytery of Abertarff (Mode- 
rator) ; Presbytery of Lochmaben ;——Presby- 
tery of Dumfries (Moderator) ; and, Kirk Ses- 
sion cf Dumfries (Moderator); praying that the 
Marriage (Scot/and) Bill may not pass into a law, 


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








Petitions from Sunderland Union ;—Axminster 
Union ;—Sneinton (Chairman) ;— Carlton ;—Bee- 
ston ;—and, Arnold; praying the House to abolish 
the law of Settlement, and to substitute a national 





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A. 1847. 


assessment for the relief of the poor in lieu thereof, 
—were presented, and read; and referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


Petitions from Swabey ;— Tiverton ;—and, Visitor Poor Removal 
and Guardians of the Sutton Incorporation under A¢t- 
Gilbert’s Act, in the county of Sussex ; praying for 
the repeal or alteration of the Poor Removal Act, 

—were presented, and read ; and referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


A Petition of Sawyers of Sunderland, praying Navigation 
the House to refuse its consent to any measure that Laws. 
may be introduced for the consideration of the 
House, having for its object the permanent repeal 
or unsettling of the Navigation Laws, excepting for 
the judicious and temporary purpose of the importa- 
tion of food, in seasons of scarcity, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee 
on Navigation Laws. 


A Petition of James Bolger, Civil Engineer, of Public Works 
Talbot-strect, Dublin, and Austin Friars, London, G4.) 
stating that great abuse exists in Ireland in the 
management of Public Works, and is likely to con- 

tinue to exist until the subject be thoroughly in- 

vestigated by Parliamentary inquiry ; and praying 

for inquiry, was presented, and read ; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Manufacturers of Hosiery, in the Hosiery 
town of Nottingham, praying that the Hosiery Ma- }i@nutacture 
nufacture Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- =~ 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Parishoners and Congregation of Church __ 
Saint Mary, Shandon, in the city of Cork, praying Circinnd) Act 
the House to repeal so much of the Act of the third ; 
and fourth year of the reign of his late Majesty 
King William the Fourth as provided for the an- 
nexation of the spiritualities of the Sees of Kildare 
to the Archbishopric of Dub/in, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Reverend Robert Bell, a.M., Ministers’ 
Archdeacon of Waterford, praying the House to Moncy 
provide such a substitute for Ministers’ Money in nen) 
Ireland as shall appear calculated to provide a 
decent maintenance for incumbents of parishes in 
cities and corporate towns in Lreland, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Liskeard ;—and, Brigstock ; pray- Breweries and 
ing the House to prohibit the use of grain in Brew- Distilleries. 
eries and Distilleries,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Blazland, of Birmingham, Tea, Sugar 
praying for the repeal of the duties on Sugar, Tea and Cotfec. 
and Coffee, was presented, and read; and ordered * 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Poor Law. 
Cheadle Union, in the county of Stafford, praying 
the [louse to make such alterations in the provisions 
of the Poor Law Amendment Act, that for the 
future the expense incurred for the relief of the 
casual poor may be a general charge on the union, 
and not confined to the particular parishes where 
the workhouses happen to be situated, and moreover 
that workhouses be exempt from parochial rates, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of the Guardians of the Poor of the 
Walsall Union, in the county of Stafford, praying 
the House to take into consideration the laws now 
in force relating to the allowance and disallowance 
of certain items in the annual accounts of overseers 
of the poor, and to make such provisions as will 





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enable the officers of one year to pay the debts of 
a furmer year, where the inhabitants, as rate-payers, 
and such officers, find the claims to be justly due 
and owing, was also presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Roman Catho- 


itions idge ;— Lan ; 
lie Relief Bill, Petitions from Stourbridge ;—Bury (Lancaster) ; 


—and, Woodlane; praying that the Roman Catholic 
Relief Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Stanton St. Gabriel’s ;—Whit- 
church Canonicorum ;— Fulham ;—Frome Selwood ; 
Glastonbury ;—and, Bristol; praying that the said 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Law 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, - belonging 
(Ireland. ) 


to a Congregation of Protestant Dissenters, of the 
Baptist Denomination, assembling at Stanwick, 
Northamptonshire, praying that the Poor Laws of 
Ireland may be assimilated to those of England, as 
far as peculiar circumstances will possibly allow, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

China. A Petition of British Subjects residing in China, 
engaged in commercial pursuits, praying the House 
to adopt measures for the better protection of the 
lives, property and trade of British subjects in 
China, and for securing to them all the privileges 
to which they are entitled by Treaty, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Commercial Relations with China. 


Ports, Har- Petitions from Dunbar ;—Kingston-upon- Hull ; 

bours, &amp;c. Bill —and, Saint Ives (Cornwall); praying that the 

cree8.) Ports, Harbours, &amp;c. Bill introduced in the last 
Session, may pass into law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


Rating of 
Tenements 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Pen- 
zance Union, in the county of Cornwall, praying 
that the Rating of Tenements (No. 2.) Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Promiscuous 
Intercourse. 


Three Petitions from Halifar;—and, Waltham 
Abbey; praying that the House will enact such 
laws with reference to the keepers of brothels and 
all persons trafficking in female virtue, as shall 
invest magistrates and officers of police with more 
summary powers,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

War. A Petition of the Chairman ofa Public Meeting 
held at the Hall of Commerce, London, praying 
that immediate steps may be taken by the British 
Legislature to secure the adoption of a treaty be- 
tween the British Government and the other Govern- 
ments of the world respectively in which the parties 
shall agree to abandon the barbarousand unchristian 
practice of War, and to refer all matters of dispute 
and difficulty that may arise, which cannot be settled 
by mutual negotiation, to the arbitration of such 
persons as shall be mutually agreed upon, with an 
impartial umpire in case of difference of opinion 
among the arbitrators, and to abide by the decision 
thus given without having any resort to arms, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 
Registering A Petition of the Presidents and Secretary of the 
(iendeng} Clackmannanand Kinross-shire Medical Association, 
Bill. praying that the Registeriny Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Poor Relief 


A Petition of Clergy, Gentry, Landowners, Poor 
aw Guardians, Tenant Farmers and Tenant House- 
holders of the county and city of Cork, praying 
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371 


the House not to consent to the introduction of 
any clause into the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill, for 
charging the rates upon the tenant alone, without 
a power to charge any part to the landlord, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Ilminster (two Petitions) ;— Jsle Education. 
Abbotts ; — Workington (two Petitions) ;— Cocker- 
mouth ;—Leeds (sixteen Petitions) ;—Arundel (two 
Petitions) ; — Greenock (three Petitions) ; — Wim- 
borne Minster ; — Aberdeen (ten Petitions) ;— Sun- 
derland (five Petitions) ;— Monkwearmouth (three 
Petitions) ;—Durham ;—Portsea (two Petitions) ;— 
Huntingdon ;— Dorking (two Petitions) ;— Deptford 
(three Petitions};—Upper Clapton ;—West Cram- 
lington ;—Newbiggin ;— Blyth ;—Seaton Delaval; 
— Bedlington Colliery ; — Seghill; — Camlington 
Colliery ;— Mansfield (four Petitions) ;—Bradford ; 
—Cheltenham (two Petitions) ;— Gloucester (four 
Petitions) ; — Uley (two Petitions) ; — Nibley ; — 
Dursley ; — Cam ;— Frumdode ; —Slimbridge ; — 
Ruardean ; — Mynddyshoyn ; — Glasgow (six Peti- 
tions) ;— Newport, Monmouthshire (four Petitions) ; 
Bethesda, Bassaleg ;— Magor ;— Saint Bride's ;— 
Castletown ;— Chippenham (three Petitions) ;— Castle 
Combe ; — Bridgewater (four Petitions) ;—Maccles- 
field (five Petitions) ; — Chinies ;— North Crawley ; 
—Newport Pagnell (two Petitions) ;— Greenwich 
(two Petitions); — Woodham Ferris ; — Chudleigh 
(four Petitions) ;— Brandeston ;— Brightside (two 
Petitions) ;— Birkenhead (three Petitions) ;— Tring 
(two Petitions) ;— Spa Fields (two Petitions); — 
London (two Petitions); — Kingsland ; — Margate 
(five Petitions); — Framlingham; — Haddenham 
(four Petitions); — William Denman Ingham ;— 
Sa/ford (four Petitions) ;—Bideford ;— Wallingford; 
—Salford (Lancaster) (four Petitions) ; — Sheffield 
(nine Petitions);—New Wolverton ;—Ventnor (two 
Petitions) ;— Berthen ;—Halesworth ;— Thetford;— 
Penybont ;—Auston (two Petitions); — Trevethin 
(two Petitions) ;—Southwark (seven Petitions) ;— 
Great Eversden (two Petitions) ;— Lambeth (three 
Petitions) ; — Moreton-in-the-Marsh ; — Crediton 
(three Petitions) ;—Reading (eleven Petitions) ;— 
Liverpool (twenty-four Petitions) ; — Bootle-cum- 
Lineacre;—Church Town Meols ;—Hindringham ; 
—Ramsbottom (four Petitions) ;—Birmingham (six 
Petitions) ;— Wavertree; —Heywood (four Petitions) ; 
— Edenfield ;—Liscard ; —Walmersley ;— Bootle ;— 
Warrington (two Petitions) ;-- Flaxton-on-the-Moor ; 
— Tranmere ;— Kirkdale ;— Devizes (six Petitions) ; 
—Southwick ;—Saint Cleer ;—Stoke Gabriel (two 
Petitions) ;—Liskeard ;— Bramley (three Petitions) ; 
—Bradford (York) (twelve Petitions) ; — Earley 
(three Petitions) ;— Hounslow ; — Slack Lane ; — 
Barnoldswick ;— Rawdon ; — Chatham (three Peti- 
tions) ;—Rochester ;—Riddings (five Petitions) ;— 
Swanwich ;— Whitby (three Petitions);—Saint Pan- 








cras (two Petitions);—Hachney (eight Petitions) ;— 
Haggerstone ; — Llancynfelin ; — King’s Cliffe ; — 
Lutterworth (two Petitions);—Mile End ;— Ab- 
erystwith (five Petitions) ;—Cadney-cum-Housham ; 
— Wuerdle and Wardle (two Petitions) ; — Small- 
bridge (three Petitions) ;— Witham (four Petitions) ; 
--Stambourn ; — Nossington ; — Commercial Road 
(three Petitions) ;— Pont Robert (two Petitions) ;— 
Penllys ;—Talybont ; —Shoreditch (five Petitious) ; 
—Union Row ; — Sutton-on- Trent ;—Gellygaer ;— 
Ramsey ;— Buckland Saint Mary ; — Llangamarch 
(two Petitions) ;—Dolanay ;—Penryncoch ;—Llan- 
Syllin (two Petitions) ;— Meifod ;—Stockport (eleven 
Petitions) ;— Cayo ;— Troedyraur (three Petitions) ; 
—Princes Risborough (two Petitions); — Knuts- 
ford ;—Totham (two Petitions) ;— Clawson ;—Staf- 
ford (three Petitions) ;— Goginan ;—Penrhiwgaled ; 
— Over (four Petitions) ;—Sardis (Llanowddyn) ;— 
Tregaron and Llanddewi ;— Penycae ;—Bridestow ; 





—WNorwich (ten Petitions) ;—Llanwddyn ;—Glan- 


| ford Brigg ; — Saint Bride’s Major;— Pyle ;— 


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Hackney Road ;—Maenygroes ;—Midhurst ;— Pop- 
lar;—Welsh Calvinistic Methodists and Wesleyan 
Methodists ; — Newport, Isle of Wight (two Peti- 
tions) ; — Sileby ; — Coychurch (two Petitions) ;— 
Uxbridge ;—Kilby ;—Leicester (twenty-three Peti- 
tions) ;—Finchingfield ;—Maesbrovk ;— Chishill ;— 
Quorndon (two Petitions); — Abingdon (three Peti- 


tions);— Wigston Magna;—Mersea (three Petitions); | fi 


—Hose;—West Looe ;—Roshley ;—Hinchley (four 
Petitions) ;—Abernant ;—North Bradley (two Peti- 
tions) ;—.Penybontfaen ; — Llanygranog ;— Lutter- 
worth; — Fetter Lane (two Petitions) ;— Lough- 
borough ;— Canterbury (five Petitions) ;—Presbytery 
of Edinburgh; — Rochdale (seven Petitions) ; — 
Sham ;— Hamer Bottoms;—Lower Place, Rochdale ; 
—Castleton ;— Tabernacle Chapel (Montgomery) ;— 
Littleborough (two Petitions) ;—Milkstone ;—Llan- 
degla (three Petitions) ;—L/angollen (two Petitions) ; 
— Bower’s Row, Rochdale; — Bellfield (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Glyndyfiday ;—Lower Place (Castletown) ; 
—Lower Fold, Rochdale ;—Hammersmith ;—Bam- 
ford ;—Lower Fold (Spotland) ; -— Pentrevelin and 
Cymdy (Denbigh), and Brithdia (Montgomery) ;— 
Long Buckley (two Petitions) ;—Market Harborough 
(two Petitions) ;—Broxwood and Wanton ;—Swan- 
land (three Petitions) ;—Broxwood (two Petitions) ; 
—Great Ryburgh ;—Wighton ;— Whissonsett (three 
Petitions) ;— Horningtoft ;—Bridgend ; —Writtle ; 
—Lantwit juxta Neath (two Petitions) ;—North- 
ampton (four Petitions) ;— Oxwich ; — Sonning ;— 
Old Kent Road ;—Ware ;— Buckingham (two Peti- 
tions) ; —Maldon ; —Woodley ;— Lavendon ; —Bin- 
field Heath ;—Houndsditch ;—Penbryn (two Peti- 
tions); — Lewisham (three Petitions) ; — Cadoxton 
(two Petitions) ; — Pound Green ; — Penlline ; — 
Saint Mary Newington (four Petitions) ;—Whisson- 
sett and Horningtoft ; — Billericay ; —Lockerby ;— 
Northampton and Northamptonshire Auxiliary 
Sunday School Union ; — Berth ; — Broxwood and 
Pembridge; — Little Prescot-street (London) ; — 
Neath (five Petitions) ;—Fakenham (four Petitions) ; 
— Wareham ;— Bere Regis;—Radstoch ;— Bath: (six 
Petitions) ;— Simpley Stoke ;—Twerton ; — Norton 
Saint Philip ;— Bathford ;— Colerne ;— Dundee ;— 
Charlton (two Petitions) ;— Erith ;—Hailsham ;— 
Lindfield ; —Barcombe ; — Wadhurst ; —Hurstper- 
point ;—Newich ; — Rotherfield ; — Woolwich (tour 
Petitions) ;— Horley ;— Hurstmonceaux ;— Clapham 
(two Petitions) ;—Crowborough ;—Horsham (two 
Petitions); — Broad Oak ;—Camberwell (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Islington Green ;—Fernewydd Guiltfield ; 
—Wells (Norfolk) (three Petitions) ;—Cadnam ;— 
Northwold ;— Elloughton (three Petitions) ;—Duns- 
well ;— Leven ;—Gainsborough (two Petitions) ;— 
Home Missionary Society ; — Dowlais (four Peti- 
tions) ; — Sindlesham ; — Willerby ; —West Haddon 
(three Petitions) ;— Foulsham (two Petitions) ; — 
Runcorn (eight Petitions) ;—Charlesworth ;—Clare 
(two Petitions) ;—South Molton (five Petitions) ;— 
Goswell Road ; —Skipsea (two Petitions) ; —Llan- 
fihangelgeneu’rglyn (two Petitions) ;—There-under- 
signed (two Petitions) ;—Llanilar ;—Chatteris (two 
Petitions) ;—Manchester (eight Petitions) ;—East 
Rudham and Syderstone ;— Preston (two Petitions) ; 
—Thorngumbold (two Petitions); — Stoke Gold- 
ington; — Frodingham (two Petitions); — Raw- 
den; — Weston - on- Trent ;— Sawley (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Llangwynfon (two Petitions) ;—Grafton- 
street (Westminster) ;— Bethnal Green ;— Cambridge 
(two Petitions) ;—Sherfield ;—Leamington Priors ; 
— Tottenham ;— Welford ;—Hampstead ;—Shidby ; 
—Eling (three Petitions) ;—Swine and Bilton ;— 
Exeter ; — Anlaby ;— Welshpool ;—Castle Doning- 
ton (four Petitions) ;— Hornsea (two Petitions) ;— 








Middlewich (two Petitions); — Henrietta-street 
(Middlesex) ; — Guiseley ; — Bishopsgate-street ; — 
Woodstock ; — Bermondsey; — New Broad-street 





(London) ;— Ramsgate (five Petitions) ;— York (five 
Petitions) ;—Lakenheath ;—Olney (three Petitions); 
— North Cave ;—North London Auxiliary Sunday 


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A. 1847. 


School Union ;— Cherry Burton; — South Cave 
(three Petitions) ; — Coedyrynys, Llangunyder ;— 
Bircham, Sedgeford and Dorsingham ;—Walking- 
ton ;—Driffield (two Petitions) ;— Welton ;—Kings- 
ton-upon-Thames (two Petitions) ;— Staithes and 
Lofthouse ;— Horsforth ;— Packington ;—Llanddei- 
not ;—Sidmouth (two Petitions);— Clive ;— Wethers- 
eld ;—Cross Lloyd ; — Kepple-street (Middlesex) ; 
— Blaenplwyf ; — Stiffhey ; — Settle ;— Weston ;— 
Churwell (two Petitions) ;— Ratcliffe ;— Stanstead 
(two Petitions) ;— Hoxton (two Petitions) ;-- Richard 
Sleman ;— Bishopsgate-street and neighbourhood ;— 
Wisbeach ;— Barrow-upon-Humber (two Petitions) ; 
— Bedford (three Petitions) ;—Hazelgrove ;—Ell- 
thorpe ;—Feltwell ;— South Minster ;—Aldersgate- 
street (London) ; — Aston-in-Clunsland ;— Tytheg- 
stone ;—Lledrod ;— Penuel ;—Members of the Cen- 
tral Committee of the National Association of United 
Trades for the Protection of Industry, and Board 
of Directors of the National Association of United 
Trades for the Employment of Labour ; —Hark- 
wold-cum- Wilton ; — Darnall; — Llansaintffraid 
(four Petitions); — Burnley (two Petitions) ; — 
Knaresborough (two Petitions) ;—Broseley ;— Little 
Hadham ; — Ashby-de-la-Zouch (two Petitions) ;— 
Islington (four Petitions) ;—Philipps-street, Kings- 
land-roud ;— Bushey ;— Pentonville (two Petitions); 
— Long Itchington;— Chipping Campden ; — Up 
Ottery ;— Barnet ; — Somerstown ; — Stansfield ;— 
Llanrhistid ;—Culverley ;—Pembroke Dock (three 
Petitions) ; — Attercliffe ; — Saltash ;— Gleadless ; 
— Shadwell (four Petitions) ;— Walthamstow ; — 
Maidstone ; — London Tavern ; — Keppel Mews 
North ; — Docking ; — Methwold ; — Unicorn-yard 
(Surrey) ;—Saint Alphage, Greenwich ; — Spittal 
(two Petitions) ; — Little Alie-street (Middlesex) ; 
— Winsford (Chester) ; — Holborn ; — Bow (Mid- 
dlesex) (two Petitions) ;—Saint Alban’s (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Boroughbridge (two Petitions) ; —Brid- 
lington (two Petitions) ;—LZlanwrtyd (two Petitions); 
— Clerkenwell ;— Leamington ;—Leighton Buzzard; 
—Deputies of Protestant Dissenters of the Three 
Denominations, Presbyterian, Independent and 
Baptist, in and within twelve miles of London ;— 
Young Men of London ;—Saint Ann’s, Soho ;— 
Moorfields ; —Honiton ;—Harlow ;—Plymouth ;— 
Bavie; — Beulah ; —Cilgerran ; —Dinas ;— Salen: 
(two Petitions) ;— Woodboro’, Nottingham ; —Wil- 
liam Lewis and others ;—Brawdy ;—Saint David's ; 
— Maycastle ;— Newport (Pembroke);—Bethlehem ; 
— Nevern ; — Canrose ; — Wiston ; — Minehead ; — 
Winchester (three Petitions) ;— Williton ; — Wal- 
chett; — Warrall;— Harden ; — Westminster (four 
Petitions) ;—Maze Pond; — Kingston-upon-Hull ; 
— Ewenny (two Petitions) ;—Pauls (Yorkshire) ;— 
Clavering ;—Whissonsett and Gateley ;— Haxton ; 
—Colkirk ;— Ross (three Petitions) ;— Walgrave ;— 
Eglwysilan ; — Morton; — Clipstone ; — Talleg ;— 
Long Sutton; — Kilmarnock ; — Walsingham; — 
Moulton ; —Sherrington ; — Titchfield ;— Wrawley ; 
—Chesterfield (two Petitions) ;—Dronfield ;—Pad- 


field ;— Calow ; —Bakewell ; —Tidswell (two Peti- 


tions) ;— Mellor ;— Hayfield ;—New Mills ;—Glos- 
sop (two Petitions) ;—Marple ;— Waterside ;— Rip- 
ley ;—Furness ; — Rowarth ;—Whalley (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Chivelstone ;— Halifax (forty-seven Peti- 
tions) ;— Todmorden ;—Greenacre (two Petitions) ; 
—Oldham (four Petitions); —Cliviger ;— Todmor- 
den and Walsden ;—Blackburn;—Bradfield Saint 
George ;— Bury Saint Edmund’s (two Petitions) ;— 
Lloyd-street ; — Longsight ; — Alton; — Beeston 
(three Petitions) ;—East Bridgford and neighbour- 
hood ;—Huchnall ;— Basford;— Hucknall Torkard; 
—Selston (two Petitions) ;— Nottingham (thirteen 
Petitions) ;—New Radford ;—-Hyson Green (three 
Petitions) ;— Keyworth (three Petitions) ; —Rud- 
dington (two Petitions); — Mynyddyslwyn (six 
Petitions) ; — Radford (three Petitions) ;— New 
Lenton ;—Culverton ; — Hockley ; — Carrington ;— 
Chilwell ;—Parliament (Nottingham) ;— Newark ; 


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—Hilli Top ;—Methodist New Connexion (Wott- 
ingham) ; — Gotham ; — Bulwell ; — Stapleford ; — 
Arnold; — Kimberley ;—Ipswich (seven Petitions) ; 
—Fressingfield (two Petitions) ;—Nacton, Claydon, 
Tuddenham and Westerfield ;—Claydon ;—Kidder- 
minster ; — Dorchester ; —Lancaster ; — Devonport 
and East Stonehouse (three Petitions);— Stonehouse; 
— Devonport (five Petitions) ;— Torpoint ;—Enfield 
and Ponder’s End ; — Staines ;—Zion Chapel ; — 
Merthyr (two Petitions) ;—Merthyr Tydfil (six Pe- 
titions) ; — Bedwelty (twelve Petitions) ; — Thomas 
J. Davies and others ;—Trefforest ; — Vaynor ; — 
Coed - Cymmer ;— Cowbridge (two Petitions) ; — 
Brilley and Eardesley (two Petitions) ;—Machan 
(two Petitions) ; — Llanthewy ; —Mountsorrell ; — 
Shirenewton ;— Barton-in-the-Beans (two Petitions) ; 
—Pontypool (five Petitions) ;—Bilesdon ;—Syston 
(two Petitions) ;—Ullesthorpe ;—Sardis, Varteg ;— 
Blaenavon (two Petitions) ;— Queenborough (two 
Petitions) ;—Kibworth Harcourt (two Petitions) ;— 
Llanelly (thirteen Petitions) ;—Congerstone ;—En- 
derby (three Petitions) ;—Market Bosworth ;—Long 
Whatton ; — Belgrave; — Chorlton-upon- Medlock 
(four Petitions) ;— Sutton-in-the- Elms ;—Fleckhney ; 
— Narborough; — Oadly;— Llanover (three Peti- 
tions) ;— Thrussington;—Sheepshead ;—Bonvilston ; 
—Llangynidr ;— Tonbridge (two Petitions) ;—Saint 
Mellons ;—Llandilo Crossenny ;—Llangattock, near 
Usk ;— Goitre;—Llangors (three Petitions) ;— Tros- 
nant ;—Abersychan (three Petitions) ;—Woodhouse ; 
—Llyswen ;— Tier Langton ;—Hallaton (two Peti- 
tions) ; — Llangattock (two Petitions) ;— Whetstone 
(three Petitions) ;—Bethlehem, Blaenafon ;—Llan- 
trissant (two Petitions) ; — Rothley ;— Rhymney ; 
— Saint Mary-le-bone (two Petitions) ;—New Inn 
(Monmouth) ; — Jerusalem (Monmouth) (three Pe- 
Petitions) ; — Abergavenny ; — Pisgah ;— Tredegar 
(three Petitions) ;— Armsley;— Deiseb oddiwrth 
Gyfarfod cyhoeddus 0 Gymry, yn Murdeisdref 

ancemon, Swydd Gaerhirfryn ;— Cadoxton-juxta- 
Barry ;—Talgarth (five Petitions) ; — Marshfield ; 
—Cwmbrane ;—Risca ;—Glascoed ;—Llanvihangel- 
tal-y-Llyn (two Petitions) ;—Capel-yr-ynys, Tre- 
vethin ;—Cerrigcadarn and Gwenddwr ;—A ber ;— 
Tottenham-court Chapel (Middlesex) ;—Saint An- 
drew’s ;— Woodhouse Eaves;— Camden Town (two 
Petitions) ;—Husband's Bosworth and Walton ;— 
Foxton ;—Blaby (two Petitions) ;— Thurlaston ;— 
Thurmaston ;— Whitwick (two Petitions) ;—Melton 
Mowbray ;—Smeeton ;—Sutton Bonington ;— Bar- 
don ;—Hugglescote ;— Earl Shelton (two Petitions) ; 
— Merthyr Cynog (three Petitions) ;—Bagworth ;— 
Lanmartin ; — Barlestone ; — Libanus ; — Noddva, 
Abersychan ;— Paisley (three Petitions) ;— Overton ; 
— Rushall —Great Cheverell ;— Urchfont (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Blackthorn ;—Evesham ;—Ledbury (three 
Petitions) ;—Swavesey (three Petitions) ;— Romsey 
(two Petitions) ;— Bourton-on-the- Water ;—Narbeth 
Sunday School Union ;—Ryecroft ;—Llanwenarth ; 
—Cumnock ;—Tenterden and Biddenden ;—Upton- 
upon-Severn ;— Wigan (twenty-three Petitions) ;— 
Llanfrynach (two Petitions) ;— Harwood ;—Ashton- 
in-Macherfield;—.Downham ;—Middlesbro’-on- Tees ; 
— Statton ;—Wolston ;—Holbeck (two Petitions) ;— 
Irthlingborough ;— Kelvedon; — Llanwinio (three 
Petitions) ;— Whaddon ;— Rossevdale ;— Bugbrook ; 
— Middleton Cheney ; — Ryde; — Coningsby ; — 
Chulmleigh (two Petitions) ;— Arlington ;—Grass- 
ington ;—l'rome Selwood (six Petitions);—Southend ; 
—Dalston ;—Hallbottom ; — Hertford ; — Hyde ;— 
Ravensthorpe ;— Blisworth ;—Stalybridge (six Peti- 
tions) ;— Lynn ;— Long field ;— Newcastle, Bridgend 
(Glamorgan) (two Petitions) ;—Creech Saint Mi- 
chael ;— Stourbridge (three Petitions) ;— Wattisfield ; 
— Burghfield, near Reading ;— Wolverhampton (two 
Petitions) ; — Kingsbridge (two Petitions) ;—JVor- 
wood ;— North Elmham ;— Llaniestyn ;—Stapleford, 
Quarry Bank, Huxley, Clotton and Childer Thorn- 
ton ;-—Uckfield ;— Denton (three Petitions) ;— Wat- 
ton ;—Castle Hill;— Belper ;—Littledean ;—Lang- 

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373 


thorpe (two Petitions) ;— Jlfracombe (three Peti- 
tions) ;—Ashton-unde-Lyne (thirteen Petitions) ;—~ 
Hedge End ;—Pocklington ;—Hales Owen ;—Mar- 
gam (two Petitions) ;— Henley-on-Thames (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Hachleton ;— Hadleigh (two Petitions) ;— 
Edinburgh ;—Tottlebank ;--Gwernypant ;—Datchet; 
—Amble ;— Maryport (two Petitions) ;— Braunton; 
—Rotherham (four Petitions) ;—Monk’s Kirby ;— 
Springthorpe;—- Wrexham (four Petitions) ;—Sidbury 
(two Petitions) ;—Westhoughton (four Petitions) ;— 
Slade and Lyncombe;— Wem;— Pinchbeckh (two Peti- 
tions); — Orpington ; — Horwich ; — Builth (three 
Petitions) ;—Kenninghall;—Long Acre (London) ;— 
Turvey (two Petitions) ;—Aston Clinton and Weston 
Turville ;—General Baptist Ministers and Delegates 
assembled in conference at March (Cambridgeshire) ; 
—Lochwood ; — Horwich (three Petitions) ; —Zlan- 
brynmair ;—Earl’s Colne ;— Bettws (two Petitions) ; 
—Vhurleigh;— Ashdon (two Petitions) ;—Orrell (two 
Petitions);— Stretham ;— Ampthill ;— Newmarket;-- 
Pontycrin ;—Moston ;—Dinton ;—Upper Clapton ; 
— Tavistock ;— Cowes ; — Frome ;— Blennerhassett ; 
— Cottenham ;— Glemsford ; — Banbury ;—Asterby 
and Donington ;—Shrewton (two Petitions) ;—Hay 
(three Petitions) ;—Southminster (two Petitions) ;— 
Soham ;-— Thaxted ; — Landbeach ; — Lechlade ;— 
Nanton and Gurtang ;— Dukinfield (three Petitions) ; 
—Lanvabon( three Petitions) ;—Shefford ;—Ichford; 
— Wharton and Polesworth ;— Louth ;—Llanllwch- 
aiarn ;—Southampton (six Petitions) ;— Sanghall; 
— Masham ;— Chesham (seven Petitions) ;— March ; 
—Broadwinsor (two Petitions) ;— Waterditch ;— 
Dunstable ;— Jersey ; — Mossley-lane ; — Finsbury 
(three Petitions) ;—Carnarvon ;— Felsted ;—Great 
Yarmouth (four Petitions) ;— Wincanton (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Brassington ; — Hindley (two Petitions) ; 
— Prees;— Madeley Wood ; — Maulden ; — Tar- 
porley and Tiverton ; — Halshaw Moor ;— Ap- 
pledore ; — Great Missenden ;—Smalley ; — Leek ; 
— Audenshaw ; — Openshaw ; — Sevenoaks (three 
Petitions) ;—Melbourn (three Petitions) ;— Ridge- 
mount ; — Great Torrington (two Petitions) ; — 
Chelmsford ; — Blunham ; — West Down; — Pet- 
worth; — Bracknell; — Little Staughton ; —Ottery 
Saint Mary (two Petitions);—Aylesbeare and Harp- 
ford ; — Staplehurst (two Petitions) ;— Lowestoft 
(two Petitions) ; — Sutton ;— Droylsden; —Carno; 
— Dawley Green; — Samah ; — Domgay;— Guils- 
borough ;— Bangor (two Petitions) ;—Thornbury ;— 
Caddington ;—Llansilan ;—Creaton ;— Llanfigach ; 
— Woodend ;—South Creak ;— Horningsham ; — 
Newarkh-upon- Trent ; — Stogumber ; — Frankton ;— 
Meivod ;—Bottisham and Bottisham Lode (two Pe- 
titions) ;— Battle ;— Edmonton and Tottenham ;— 
Hadlow ;—Atch Lench (Worcester),and Dunnington 
(Warwick) ;—Tooting ;— Sutton Valence ;—Eyns- 
ford ;— Whittlesea (two Petitions) ;— Nantwich (two 
Petitions) ;—Hollinswood ; — Bradninch ;— Fresh- 
water ;—Steventon ;—Llanganten ;—Forest Row ;— 
Wallop ;—Bowrton ;—Seer Green ; —Eglwysilan ; 
—Chester (three Petitions) ;—Caersalem ;—G'ras- 
sington ;— Waltham-le- Willows ;— Alcester ;—Sardis 
and Salem ;—Studley ;— Maesmynis ;— Burnham ;— 
Bovey Tracey; —Bromley ;—Sinton ;— Minsterley 
and Pontesbury ;—Neeton; —Maltby ;—Orwell ;— 
Colchester (two Petitions) ;—Cranbrooke ;—Horn- 
castle;—- Tiptree Heath(two Petitions) ;—Litile Grans- 
den; —Newport (Essex) ;— Topsham ;—Leyburn ;— 
Bury (Lancaster) (two Petitions) ; — Wingrove ;— 
Tisbury ;—Langford ;—King’s Norton ;— Twyford ; 
— Kington ;— Gladestry ;— Yeovil (three Petitions) ; 
— Barrington ;—Llanerfil ;—Holdenhurst (three Pe- 
titions) ;— Maiden Bradley ;—Golborne ; —Imber ; 
—Saddleworth (two Petitions) ;— Kimbolton ;—Mat- 
tishall ;—Congregational Union of Ireland ;— Wood- 
bridge (two Petitions) ;— Saint Neots (five Peti- 
tions) ;— Brompton;—Cemmes ;—Ashamstead (three 
Petitions) ;—Sawbridgeworth and vicinity ;—Hor- 
sell;—Scotter ;— Oswestry (three Petitions) ;—Cwm- 
bach ;—Maryansleigh (two Petitions); —Shipham ; 





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— Rugby ;— Atherstone ;—Silchester ;— Teignmouth; 
—Aldreth (Isle of Ely) ;—Blaenforth ;—Caxton ; 
—Kelham;—Holbeach (two Petitions);— Weston- 
by- Weldon ;— Budleigh ;—Great Horwood ;— Wil- 
liam-street (London); — Polesworth ; — Barney ;— 
Hollingworth ; — Egremont ; — Wigton ; — Winch- 
leigh (three Petitions) ;—Berkhampstead (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Westerham ;—Southwold ;—Saint Mawe’s; 
—Capelyffin ;—Tenterden (two Petitions) ;— Wrent- 
ham (two Petitions) ;— Dychurch ;—Brizton Hill ; 
— Bolton-le-Moors ; — Hemyock ; — Wendover ; — 
Clitheroe ;— Wrangford ;—Brich-lane ;— Redditch ; 
— Hemslope ;— Baddesley Ensor ;—Fovant ;—Beck- 
ingham ;—Grringley-on-the-Hill ;— Wotton Bassett; 
— Mossley ; —Ormesby ; —Whitwell ; —Cheetwood ; 
—Harpole ; —Bethel Chapel (Denbigh) ; —Wen- 
dover ;—Blochley ;—Chapmanslade ;— Wingates ;— 
Mursley ;—Broadstairs ; — Winscombe ;—Llanboidy 
(two Petitions) ;— Worth Tawton ;— Hever ;— White- 
haven ;— Blackley ;—Street (Somerset) ;— Havant ; 
— Rushden ;—Paulton (two Petitions) ;— Gedding- 
ton ;—Litile Walsingham;—Chestertoa (two Peti- 
tions); — Cadoxton-jurta- Neath ; — Bampton; — 
Bradford West ;—Puckeridge;— Spalding ;—Burn- 
ham (two Petitions) ;—Jwerne Minster ;— Broadway, 
near I/minster ;—Wickham Market ;—Sway ;—Bos- 
ton;—Carlisle (three Petitions) ;—Biggleswade ;— 
Great Gransden;— Milborne Port ;—Swaffham ;— 
Mile End New Town;—Austrey and Appleby ;— 
Lawley Bank ;—Shrewsbury ;—Shkipton ;—Nash ; 
— Montacute ;—Ashford (two Petitions) ;—Saint 
Briavel’s;—Members of a Congregation of Protes- 
tant Dissenters ;—Cookham Dean; — Petersfield 
(two Vetitions) ;—Mildenhall and neighbourhood ; 
— Houghton Regis ;—Maidenhead ;— Pershore (two 
Petitions) ;—Crabtree Green; —Tipton Heath ;— 
Waterbeach ; — Ripon ; — Bryneglwys ; — Budleigh 
Salterton; — Kegworth ; — Grimps ; — Willingham 
{two Petitions) ; — Yelling ;— Bootle-street ;—Aspa- 
tria ;—Snailbeach; —Last Dereham ;—Aberdann ; 
—Dition; — Lavenham ;— Preeshenlle and Whit- 
tington ;—I|Vellington (Shropshire) ;—Over Darwen 
(two Petitions) ;— Rayleigh (two Petitions) ;—Per- 
ran;—Measham and Rothersoul (two Petitions) ; 
Willow Walk (London) ;—Little Neston ;—Fitkins ; 
—Martham ;—Hooley Hill ;— Burstow ; — Culm- 
stoch ;— Neatishead ;— Bridge Croft (Hindley) ;— 
Stow-on-the-Wold ; — Wheasonham ; — Castleacre 
(two Petitions);—Tunbridge Wells ;—Therfield ;— 
Burton-upon- Trent ; — Llanggnwyd ; — Horncastle ; 
—Shelfanger ;— Wymeswold ; — Isleham ; — Great 
Shelford ;— Milford Haven ;—Great Dunmow ;— 
Highworth ;—Gillingham (two Petit*ons) ;—Lla- 
narth ;—Camelford, Wadebridge and Bodmin ;— 
New Romney ;— Gee-street, Goswell-street (London) ; 
— Tilehurst ;— Worksop ;— Beaulieu Rails ;—Con- 
dall ;—East Lake ;— Hindley Common ;— Todding- 
ton ; —Llandevodock ; — Hatfield Broad Oak ;— 
Crumpsall ;— Heyford ; —Stratton ;—Launceston ; 
Colne (three Petitions) ;— Dover-in-Abram ;—A ber- 
avon (two Petitions) ;—Chiswick ;—Eust Parley ; 
— Sidmouth ;— Basford ;— Roade ;— Tynemouth ;— 
Painshill ;—Morcott and Barrowden ;—Arlington ; 
—Uphaven; — Dunmow ; — Loddington ; —- Caw- 
bridge ; — Kingston (Hereford) ; — Inglewhite ; — 
Wells and vicinity ;— Morton Pinking ;— Castle- 
street, Orford-street (London) ; — Ackrington ;— 
Buxton and vicinity; — Stockton ; — Wheatley ; — 
Hastings ;—Church Gresley ;—Great Dover-road ; 
— Scarborough ; — Putney ;— Winlaton ;—Jarrow ; 
—Oxford (three Petitions) ;—Wigtown (two Peti- 
tions) ; — Droitwich ; — Worcester ;— Ashburton ;— 
Buckfastleigh ;—Perth (four Petitions) ;—Auchte- 
rarder ;— Balbeggie ;— Arbroath (two Petitions) ; 
—Auchtergaven ;—United Associate Congregation ; 
—Dunkeld and Dowally ;—Westbury (Wilts) ;— 
Clifton Dartmouth Hardness (three Petitions) ;— 
Stohefleming ;—Galmpton, near Dittisham ;— Tor- 
cross ;— Brecon ;—£arsley (four Petitions) ;--Shild- 
wich ;— Morley, near Leeds (four Petitions) ;—Bar- 











noldswick ;— Rawmarsh (Rotherham) ;— Barnsley 
(three Petitions) ;— Millwood (Todmorden) ; — Don- 
caster (three Petitions) ;—J/kley, near Otley ;— Stub- 
bin Hoyland (two Petitions) ;-- Otley (four Petitions); 
— Menston; — Heckmondwihke (two Petitions) ; — 
Dewsbury (five Petitions); — Birstall (three Peti- 
tions) ;—Allerton ;— Bawtry;—Ardsley ;—~Idle (two 
Petitions) ;—Upper Hallam and Firlwood Chapel ;-- 
Liversedge ;— Dawlish ; —Gomersal (two Petitions) ; 
— Wetherby ; — Calverley-with-larsley ;— Bingley ; 
—Shelley ;— Bardsey-cum- Rigton ;-- Holmfirth ; — 
Thornton ; —Knottingley ; —Haworth ; —Hornley ; 

— Dogley-lane;— Earby (two Petitions) ;—Mars- 
den;—Kirkburton (two Petitions) ;— Batley (two 
Petitions) ; — Kildwich; —Long Preston ;—Hare- 
wood ;—Stanningley ;—Elland Edge and Upper 
Edge ;—Kirhheaton ; —Ranshill ;—Wyke ;—Llan- 
gadock; — Llansadwrn (three Petitions) ;—Pem- 
brey (five Petitions) ;—Ystradgunluis (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Llanderog ;— Llanbadarnfawr (three Peti- 
tions) ;—Michaelstone Lower-super- Avon ;—Llane- 
die ;— Trelech-ar-Bettws ; — Llangendeirn ;— Blae- 
nywenen ;— Kidwelly ; — Llayncriys ; —Abergwily 
(three Petitions) ;—Llanfihangel Yeroth ;— Ysge- 
throg ; — Llandovery ; — Brechfa;—Brych, Gold 
and Cwm Camlas; — Saint Ishmael; — Llangyn- 
deyrn ;— Llanon (two Petitions) ;—Llwynhendy ;— 
Tredustan and VYalgarth;—Cardigan (two Peti- 

tions) ;—WVorthbay ;— Llanylydwen and Culmaen- 
llwyd ; —Llandyssil ; —Canwil ;—Cenaith ;—Llan- 
dylie (two Petitions) ; —Smyrua ;—Llanvairary- 
bryn ;—Llangyfelach (three Petitions) ;—Mydrim 
(Zreleach) ;—-Henllan (three Petitions) ;—Langan 
(two Petitions) ; — Llanthoisaint ; — Llandefeilog 
(two Petitions) ;— Pentwyn ;— Llanfair-ar-Bryn ;— 
Llunpumsaint (two Petitions); — Philadelphia ;— 
Carmarthen (two Petitions) ;—Mydrim ;—Lampeter 
Velfrey (two Petitions) ;—Brongwyn ;—Cilycwm ;— 
Llanfairbryn; —Trewiddel; — Penypark ; — Peny- 
graig ;—-Kenarth ;--Lanbyther ;--Llandilo(three Pe- 
titions) ; —Aduts ;— Buwlehnewydd ;— Llanwnie ; — 
Kilmaentlwyd ;—Llanstephan ;-- Llanwrda ;--Moth- 
vey ;—Conwil Caid ;—Kilrehdyn ; —Pencarreg ; — 
Conwil-in-Elvet ;~-Saint Mary (Carmarthen) ;-Kil- 
gerran;—~ Bethpeor and Ebenezer ;-- Treleach ;--Llan- 
gatwg ;—Llanybyther ;—Bontynyswon ; — Flint ;— 
Whitford ;-— Babel;--Llanarmon-in- Yale ;--Bagillt ; 
— Rhuddlan (two Petitions) ;— Holywell (three Peti- 
tions) ;—Pentre-isaf ; —Saint Asaph ;—County of 
Flint :—Ebenezer Rhesycae ;—Newmarket (Flint) 
(two Petitions) ;—Pont-yr-Halkin ;— Wollaston ;— 
Woodford ;—Wellingborough ; — Brigstock (three 

Petitions) ;—Thrapstone (two Petitions) ; —Stan- 
wick (two Petitions) ;—Newcastle-upon-Tyne (five 
Petitions); —Corley ; —Weldon;—Ringstead (two 
Petitions) ; —Grendon;— Weldon and Corby ;— 
Bozeat ;— Bythorn (two Petitions) ;— Kettering (two 
Petitions) ;— Hexham ;— Wrexham (five Petitions); 
— Beaumaris (two Petitions) ;—Am/wch (two Peti- 
tious); — Llangefw; — Beech Hill; — Mortimer 
(Berks) ;—Little Baddow ;—Theale ;— Blackthorn 
(Oxfordshire), and Marsh Gibbon, Edgcott, Charn- 
don and Twyford (Bucks) ;—Farnham (four Peti- 
tions) ;—Wellington (Somerset) ; —Jnskip ;—Spald- 
wick;—Llangonvid ; —Llandeilotalybont ;—Tadley ; 
— Croydon; — Bassingbourn ; — White Colne ; — 
Betchworth ; — Llandissiliogogo ; — Bellthorn; — 
Tanworth ;— Huntingdon ;—Lewes (four Petitions) ; 

—Molleston ; — Swanage ; —Poole ; — Narberth ;— 
Staniland (Halifax) ; —Ohehampton ;—Tabernacle 

Independent Chapel ;—Shelton ;—Upper Hanley ; 

— Burslem (two Petitions) ;—Lane End ;—Hanley ; 
—Stoke-upon- Trent ; — Llandrillo ; — Harlech ;— 
Tarlysarnan ;—Monkton Combe ;—Dunkerton ;— 

Road (Somerset) ;— Beaminster ;— Weathersford ;— 

Coggleshall (two Petitions) ; — Boxford ;—Layer 

Breton (two Petitions) ;—Manningtree (two Peti- 

tions) ;— Brightlingsea ;— Notley ;—Tollesbury (two 
Petitions) ; — Cressing ; — Great Tey ; Harwich 

(two Petitions) ;—Mark’s Tey ;—Coggeshall (three 

Petitions) ; 


10 Vicrortaz. 


Petitions) ;—Braintree ;—Feering ;—High Easter ; 
—Dedham (two Petitions) ;— Wivenhoe (two Peti- 
tions) ; — Sudbury ; — Halton-on-the-Naze ;—Steb- 
bing ;—Stisted ;— Great Totham ;— Risely ;—Sharn- 
brook ; —Jewin-street ; — Nether Wallop ;—Chad- 
lington ;—Cotton End (two Petitions) ;—Biggles- 
wade (two Petitions) ;—Sandy ;—Roxton ;—Pon- 
trhydyrun;— Walsall (three Petitions) ;—Cannock ; 
— Lichfield ; — Norton ;—Mere ;—Motcombe (two 
Peiitions) ;—Kingston (Dorset);—Shaftesbury ;— 
Stratford-upon- Avon ;—Spilsby ;— Horeb (two Pe- 
titions) ;—Bethania;— Paradise( Anglesey) ;—Llani 
Jairmathafarneithaf; — Llanwenllwyfo; — Mena- 
Bridge;— Gosen;— Berea ;—Baracaia ;—Dwyran ; 
— Llangristiolus ;— Trewalchmai;— Brynsiencyn ;— 
Newborough;—Llanddeusant (two Petitions) ;— 
Pen-y-Garnedd ; — Nazareth and Glasinfrin ;— 
Llanfechell ;—Cana (Anglesey) ;—Llanfihangel ;— 
Llanfachreth, Llanfigail and Llanfurig ;—Sardis ; 
— Bethel (Anglesey) ;—Bethesda (Cemas) ;—-Dead- 
manstone ;— Huddersfield (four Petitions) ;—Henley 
(York); — Netherton; — Carsland Moor ; — Long- 
wood ;— Outlaw ;—Stroud ; —Derby (seven Peti- 
tions) ;—Breaston ;—Hook Norton ;—Banbury ;— 
Wern ;—Llanfechen;— Broughton ;— Mevagissey ;— 
Truro (three Petitions) ;—Saint Agnes ;—Stockton- 
upon-Tees ;— Darlington ;— Shildon ;—Hamsterley ; 
—Swansea (four Petitions) ;—LZlansamlet (six Peti- 
tions) ;—Llanrhydian ;—Foxhole, near Swansea ;— 
Bury ; — Nuneaton; — Llanvihangelnantbran ; — 
Llundilo’r-faen ;— Devynock (two Petitions) ;— Lly- 
wel ;—Borough of Brecon ;—Llanfihangelfechan ;— 
Trallum ;—Buzton-road ;—Foleshill -—Penyfelin ; 
— Ashett (two Petitions) ;--Dd6l (Flint) ;— Linton- 
on-Ouse ;—Lilling ;—Sheriff Hutton ;— Easingwold; 
—Henfield;— Cowens, near Huddersfield ;—An- 
dover (two Petitions) ;—Stoney Stratford (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Whitechurch (Hants) ;—Leeswood ;—Sea- 
combe ;—Sheepridge, near Huddersfield ;—Upping- 
ham ; — Pisgah ; — Milford; — Horton Heath ;— 
Market Lavington ;—Spin Gate; — Bethesda (Me- 
rioneth) ; — Saffron Walden ; — Torquay ; — East 
Church ;—Crawshawbooth ;— Mold (two Petitions) ; 
—Almondbury ;—New Church, in Rossendale ;— 
Whitechapel ;— Heathfield ;—Seaton and Bar ;— 
Michaelstone Higher-super- Avon; — Nerquis; — 
Flint Mountain ; —Northop ;—Crompton ;—Mold 
Green ;—Langfield ;—South and North Creake ;— 
Verulam Chapel ( Hants) ;— Berkeley ;— Llangeitho; 
—Hand Cross ;—Kentish Town ;—Stockbridge ;— 
Walworth ;—Albion Chapel (London) ;—Saint Mar- 
garet (Westminster) ;—Brixton (Surrey) ;—Stock- 
well Green ;— Bishop's Stortford ;—Scarborough ;— 
Michaelstone; — Folkstone ;—Marden;— Trewddyn; 
—Loughton;—and, Rhosemore ; praying the House 
to refuse to grant money in furtherance of the plan 
propounded in the Minutes of the Committee of 
Council on Education, and to revoke the powers 
vested in that Committee,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions from North Petherton ;—Holy Trinity 
( Lancaster) ;—Christ Church, Bolton-le-Moors ; — 
Deane (Lancaster); — Seacroft ; — Bolsover and 
Scarcliff;—Sutton-cum-Duckmanton ;—Seven Oaks; 
— Portsmouth ;—Porisea (three Petitions) ;—Leeds 
(three Petitions) ;— Bramley ;—Sutton-in-Ashfield ; 
—New Bassford ;—Bristol (eleven Petitions) ;— 
Warrington ;— Saint Margaret-next-Rochester ;— 
Wootton Bassett ; —Maidstone; —Bridgewater ;— 
Clitheroe ;— Barlow ;— Chester field ;—Edensor and 
Pilsley ;— Bakewell;— Whitby ;— Tean;—Epworth; 
— Eling ; — Dibden; — Titchfield ;— Shelton ; — 
Llandefeilog (two Petitions) ; — Llangendeirne ; — 
Landingad ;— Hythe;— Woolwich ;—Vhurstonland; 
— Elland-cum-Grutland ; — Conisbrough ; — Brad- 
ford (Ripon) (three Petitions) ;— Doncaster ;— Old 
and New Malton ;— Dorking ; — Norwich (three 
Petitions) ; — Chester (nine Petitions) ; — Birken- 
head ; — Malpas ; —Birkenhead and Tranmere ;— 
Macclesfield (four Petitions); — Rosthane ; —East 
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375 
Frodsham; — Monyash; — South Normanton ; — 
Tideswell ; — Pleasley ; —Brimington ;—Beighton ; 
— Reading ;—Plymouth ;— Dudley (two Petitions) ; 
—Ely ;—Saint John’s, Lancaster ;—Persons resi- 
dent in the several Parishes mentioned in the 
county of Somerset ;—Morpeth ;—Devonport (two 
Petitions) ; — Walsingham ; — Norham ; — Saint 
John’s Wood ;—Leicester (two Petitions) ;—Christ- 
church ;— Birmingham (nine Petitions) ;— Wells ;— 
Alton (two Petitions) ;—Is/e of Wight ;— Penrith ; 
— Brampton ;—Sunderland ;—Smethwick (two Pe- 
titions) ; — Penn; — Handsworth ; — Brewood ;— 
Lichfield (two Petitions) ;—Harrow ;—Fulham ;— 
Kingston-upon-Hull (three Petitions); — Scarbo- 
rough ;—Coulsdon ;— Bermondsey (three Petitions) ; 
— Oxted ;—Clapham ; — Southwark ; — Ham (two 
Petitions) ; — Taunton ; — Wakefield ; —Pemberton, 
Wigan ;—Bellingae ; —Wigan ;—Walkden Moor ; 
— Warton ;—Halton ;—Landowners of the deanery 
of Frome ;— Beckhington ;—Nunney ;—Pontefract ; 
—Baitley ;—Ripon (two Petitions) ;— Rotherham 
(two Petitions); — Settle; — Barnsley (two Peti- 
tions) ; — Otley ; —Clechheaton ;—Netherthorpe ;— 
Saint David's, Holme Bridge;—Rawden ;—Thorne; 
— Tatenhill ; — Carmarthen ;— Morley ;— Derby ;— 
Ashbourn ; —Aston-on- Trent ; —Cardiff (two Peti- 
tions); — Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; — William Price 
and others ; — Reigate; — Thatcham ; — Speen ;— 
Sheffield (five Petitions) ;—Shinehead ;—Chorley ; 
— Garstang ; — Dolphinholme ; — Preston (three 
Petitions) ;— Worsthorn-cum-Hurstwood ;—Lleyn ; 
— Bangor; — Saint Peter-the-Apostle (Isle of 
Thanet) ;— Dover ;— Basford ;— Balderton ;—Saf- 
fron Walden ;— Nottingham ;—Mold (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Swine ;—New Radford; — Ilfracombe ;— 
Rayleigh ;—Kirkheaton;—Saint Dogmells ;—Daw- 
lish ;— Eyam ;—Ramsbury ; — Battle ; — Holywell 
(Flint);—All Saints, Sudbury ;—Rochford ;— Nether 
Knutsford ;—Saint John’s Smallbridge ;— Hawks- 
head ;— Earls Heaton, Dewsbury ;— Pudsey ;—Fails- 
worth ;—-Ilminster ; — Liverpool (ten Petitions) ;— 
Southilland Wayden;— Downton ;—Bruton;—Shkip- 
ton-in-Craven ;— Over Kellet ;—Prestbury ;—Sand- 
bach ;--Adlington ;--Saint Thomas Radcliffe ;--Mel- 
ling-with-Wrayton and Winnington ; — Bolton-le- 
Moors (three Petitions) ;— Wellington (Chester) ;— 
Cliviger Saint John’s, Hulme ;— Huntingdon ; — 
Rodborough ;—Hanley Castle ;— Steynton ;— Ep- 
som :— Edenfield ; — Whitworth ; — Ringwood ; — 
Saint Mary (York) ;—Acrise, Swingfield and Pad- 
dlesworth ;— Kirkburton;— Goole ;— Bath ;— Kirkby 
Lonsdale ;— Huddersfield (three Petitions) ;— Christ 
Church, Colne;— Havant ;—Swaineshead ;—Birken- 
shaw ; — Lewisham ;— Blaenavon ;— Pilkington ;— 
Saint Luke, Middlesex ;—Kinyscote ;— Perlethorpe; 
—Andover ;— Bury (Lancaster) ; — Spofforth ;— 
Stockport (three Petitions) ;— Finchley ;—Lorran ; 
— Machynlleth ;— High Wycombe ;— Bridekirk ; 
— Hesham ; — Stratford-upon-Avon and parish of 
Old Stratford ;— Heigham ;—Joseph Bentley ;— 
Rochdale (three Petitions) ;—Saint George, Hulme ; 
—Penshett, Kingswinford ;— Mansfield ;—Crewe ; 
—Alborough ;— Edwinstowe ;—Great Dunmow ;— 
Wells-next-the-Sea ;—Saint Clement ;—Ackworth ;— 
Great Canford ;— Barton-upon- Humber ; — Dear- 
ham ; — Osseti-cum-Gawthorpe ; — Sedgeley and 
Upper Gornal ;— Hayfield ;— Sandgate ;—Horn- 
church;—Brighton (four Petitions) ;—Great Wal- 
tham ;--Horsley ;--Whithirk ;--Eakring ;—Almond- 
bury (five Petitions) ;— Oldham (six Petitions) ;— 
Maryport ;—Ashwick and Oakhill ;—Marsden ;— 
Walthamstow ;— Ramsgate ;— Hereford (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Unsworth ;—Stanton Saint Gabriel’s;— 
Knaresborough ;— Holbeach ; — Ashton-in-Maker- 
field (two Petitions) ;— Openshaw ;— Kensal Green ; 
—Bakewell and vicinity (two Petitions) ;— Hamps- 
thwaite ;—North and South Eltrington and Welton- 
le- Wold ;—Archdeacon of Rochester and Clergy of 
Gravesend Church Union ;—Bury Saint Edmund's ; 
— Worsley ; —Quick ; — Anbreley ; — Melbecks ; — 
3B4 Bolton ;— 











376 


Bolton ;— Burton-upon-Trent (three Petitions) ;— 
Ryde ;—Sowerby ; —Longford ;—Croston ;—Prest- 
wick ;— Wednesbury ;—Members of the Bath Church 
of England Lay Association ;—Kingsclere-with- Ec- 
chinswell and Symonton ; — Hornington ; — Mex- 
brough ; — Blackburn (two Petitions); — Tatham 
Chapelry ; — Wath-upon- Dearne ; — Cobham ; — 
Latchford ;—Kinmaston, Great Alne and Wethely ; 
—Henllaen ;— Brecon and vicinity ;— Manchester 
(seven Petitions) ;—Howinscoe ;—Shepton Mallet ;— 
West Ham ;— Ecclesfield ;-- Northop (two Petitions) ; 
— Gisburne ;—Standish ; — Welney ; — Alverstoke, 
Gosport ;—Langhorne and Llansadwn ;— Eastring- 
ton ; — Golcar ;— Aldenham ;— Wrexham ; — Mel- 
tham ;— Horley ;—Frome ;— Cam ;—Bilsthorpe ;— 
Allington ;—Saint Leonard and Saint Mary Mag- 
dalen; —West Bromwich (two Petitions) ;—Ash- 
ton-under-Lyne (two Petitions) ;— Wortley ;—Mar- 
het Wrighton ;—Great Marsden ;—Coventry (four 
Petitions) ; — Chard ; — Luton ; — Axminster ; — 
Radeliffe;—Rowley Regis ;— Flint ; — Eccles ; — 
Llanarth ;—Calverley (two Petitions) ;—Sedgeley ; 
— Huddersfield (two Petitions) ; — Burnley (two 
Petitions) ;— Burslem ; — Loughborough ; — Saint 
George’s-in-the- East ; — Newington Bagpath ;— 
Archdeacon and Clergy of the archdeaconry of Suf- 
folk, diocese of Norwich ;—Bradfield ( York) ;—Nan- 
tyglo ;—Great and Little Hadham, Albury, &amp;c. ;— 
Gloucester ;—Cadoxton-juxta-Barry ;— Winchester ; 
—Abergavenny ;— Bowers Gifford ;—Hudswell ;— 
Donington ;—Cardington ;— Briercliffe ;—A bbott’s 
Ann; — Horbury ; — Willow ; — Brymbo ; —Saint 
Matthew’s, Little Levie;—All Saints, Poplar ;— 
Norton ; — Messingham ; — Sutton Coldfield ; — 
Droylsden ; — Hawkwell; — Saint Mary-in-the- 
Castle (Hastings) ;— Newland ;—Wednesbury (five 
Petitions) ;—Bishops Stortford ; — Combe (&amp;. — 
Over ;—Chalford ;— Wareham;—Little Marsden ;— 
Turvey ;— Hounslow ;— Llanbeblig and Carnarvon; 
— Enfield ; — Silkstone ; — Wethernwick ; — Ton- 
bridge and Leigh ;—Lythe ;—Kidsgrove and Golden 
Hill ; — Denton-cum-Haughton, Manchester ; — 
Badstow ;— Whittlesey ;—N orth-west district of the 
Metropolis ; — Scissett ; — Alderbury, with Pitton 
and Farley ;— Goodshaw ;— Prittlewell ;— Twyford; 
—Sadeham ; — Richmond ;— Saint Chad ;—Saint 
Peter the Great, with Whittington (Worcester) ; 
— Mutford and Lothingland ; — Henbury ;—Ful- 
ham Saint Mary-the-Virgin; — Lenton ;—Upwell ; 
—Kegworth;—Crondall;—- Westhourne;—Fareham ; 
— Chatham ; — Glastonbury ;—Tonbridge ;—North 
Shoebury and Little Wakering;— Madeley ;—Dun- 
stable ;—Earsdon ;—Halifax (twelve Petitions) ;— 
Sheepshead ;— Audenshaw ;— Paglesham ;— Clerken- 
well ;—Llangollen and Oswestry ;—Southampton ;— 
Romaldkirk, with Laithhkirk ;—Catteriek ;— Eglwy- 
silan ;— Dewsbury ;— Moxley ;—Selston ;— Whalley 
(two Petitions) ;— Fyfield ;— Okehampton ;—Chip- 
ping Campden ;—Cawthorne ;— Pulham Saint Mary 
Magdalen ;— Wincanton ; — Gwernafield ; — Beau- 
leigh; — Oldham ; — Long Melford ; — Beyton ;— 
Holbeton ;—Puttenham ;— Hockley ;— Highworth ; 
— Westbury ; — Blackford Bridge ; — Guildford ; 
— Chapel-en-le-Frith ; — Saint Just, in Penwith; 
— Kneesall ; — Littleham-with-Exmouth ; — Bar- 
nard Castle ;—Watford ;—Henfynyw ;—Cardigan ; 
— Farnham ;—Christ Church, New Mill;—Snenton; 
— Chudleigh ;— Trevethin, Pontypool;— Brancepeth; 
— Ekrmington ;— Ridding ;— Coleford ;— Hampstead ; 
— Boughton ; — Ware ; — Ollerton ;— Llanelly ; — 
Lowton ;—Paulton (Somerset) ;— Corfe Castle ;— 
Penryn ;— Whitchurch ; — Canonicorum ;—Chelten- 
ham ;— Eccleston ; — South Shoebury ;—Kirton ;— 
Rochdale ; — Thornley ;— Adbaston ; — All Saints 
( Leicester’) ;—Outwell;— Hastings;— Great Torring- 
ton ;—Wamplingham ; — Radford ;— Sidmouth ;— 
Bowdon ;— Newcastle-on-Emlyn ;--Stratton ;--Town 
Barningham ; — Shildon ; — Weston (Somerset) ;— 
Bridbury ;—Leigh;— Fetching ;--Long Sutton, alias 
Sutton Saint Mary ;—High Ercall ;—Upperby, Car- 


19° Aprils. 


A. 1847. 


lisle; — New Windsor ; — Cariisle ;— Battersea ;— 
Croydon ; — Caterick ; — Owlpen ; — Blackrod ; — 
Colne;—Beer Ferris ;— Talleg ;—Saint Thomas and 
Saint Ann’s (Lancaster) ;--Kingston-on-the-Thames ; 
—Rawreth ;— Lambeth ; — Congleton ; — Middles- 
brough ;—Members of the Co-operative League and 
others ;— Beverstone ;—Saint Michael’s-on- Wyre;— 
Wybunbury ;—Emberton ;—Claines ;—Alfreton ;— 
Broseley ; — Farringdon ; —Llangollen ;— Arundel 
(two Petitions) ;— Plympton ;-— Caton ;—South Bem- 
fleet ;—Rawmarsh ;—County of Worcester ;—Long 
Buckley ;— Over Darwen; — Barrow Gurney ; — 
Oldham;-- Peniston ;— Gaston ;— Bedford ;-— Quarn- 
moor ;—Milton-next-Sittingbourne ;—Tollington ;— 
Coppull ;—Maplebeck ;—Up Holland ;— Redruth ;— 
Horwick;— Bramham ;— Ruthin ;— Ruabon ;—Saint 
Michael’s, near Winchester ;—Grendon and Easton 
Mauduit;—-Milnrow;— Burford ;— Kelso ;—Shaftes- 
bury ;— Northampton ;—Bradford { Wilts) ;— Aston- 
juxta-Birmingham (two Petitions) ;— Yardley ;— 
Edgbaston ;—Stroud ;— Saint Paul, Bedford ;— 
Backford ;— Nantwich ;—Iver ;— Tavistock ;—Llan- 
dilofawr ;— Darlington (three Petitions) ;—Stockton- 
on- Tees; — West Titherby ; — Longstock ;—Bridg- 
north (two Petitions); — Queenshead ;— Sowerby 
Bridge ;— Lightcliffe ; — County of Middlesex ;— 
Saint Andrew ;—Sparham ;—Trowse Newton (Nor- 
folk), and hamlets of Trowse, Milgate, Carrow and 
Bracondale ;—Minesteed and Lyndhurst ; — South 
Malling ;—Merstham ;—All Saints (Southampton) ; 
— Andover ;— Trinity (Durham) ;—Llangunllo ;— 
Great Stambridge ; — Kenilworth ;—Cockerion ;— 
Westerham ;—Clergymen of Liverpool, Walton-on- 
the-Hill and Childwall ;—Saint Anne, Limehouse, 





Middlesex ;—Aston-upon- Trent ;—Frome Selwood ; 
— Braintree; — and, Biggleswade; praying the 
House to sanction the plan of Education propounded 
in the Minutes of the Committee of Council on 
Education,—were also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Protestant Dissenters of various 
denominations in the borough of Malton, Yorkshire, 
praying, that if any monies be granted out of the 
National Exchequer towards Education, they may 
be appropriated exclusively to secular Education, 
with the exception of the use of Scripture lessons, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of Members of the Council of the Col- 
lege of Preceptors, praying the House to extend the 
proposed Grants to such Schools only as restrict gra- 
tuitous Education to the labouring poor, was also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Dean of the Guildry Incorpora- gainburgh 
tion of the city of Perth; praying that the Edin- and Perth 
burgh and Perth Railway Bill may pass into a law, ®@!wsy =. 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions of Inhabitants of the village of Witshill ; a6 ‘ 
—Inhabitants of the village of Hurlet ; Inhabitants Barres 
of Paisley ;—Proprietors of house property, and of rect Railway; 
Merchants, Traders and Inhabitants generally of Glasgow, 
the village of JVetlston ;—and, Proprietors of house Paisley Rail 
property, and of Merchants, Traders and Inha- way (Ament- 
bitants generally of the village of Barrhead, in the ment we m 
Parish of Neilston ; praying that the Glasgow, Barr- Bre oy. 
head and Neilston Direct Railway; and the Glas- paisley, Kil- 
gow, Paisleyand Greenock Railway (Amendment and — = 
Branches to the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and om Barrhead 
Ayr, the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston, and the and Neilston, 
Glasgow, Stathaven and Lesmahagow Railways, and 2n4 the Glas- 

. . . . gow, Stratha- 
to Haugh Pits) Bills, may not pass into law; and ooo. Les 
that the Paisley, Barrhead and Hurlet Railway ; mahagow 
and, the Paisley and Renfrew Railway (Sale and Im- — “on 
provement) Bills, may pass into law,—were pre- Pits) . Paisley, 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Barrheai - 

Hurlet Rail- 
way ; and, Paisley and Renfrew Rail- 
way (Sale and Improvement) Bills. 





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Joint Stock 
Companies. 


No. 293. 


Factories. 


No. 294. 


Supply ; 


Education. 


Service of 
Heirs (Scot- 
Jand) Bill. 


Crown 
Charters 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Parliamentary 


Ekectors Bill. 


Quakers’ and 
Jews’ Mar- 
riages Bill. 


Lunatic 
Asylums Bill. 


Ways and 
Meavs. 


Highways 
Bill. 


Railway Bills. 
No, 164. 


10 VicToriz. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Joint Stock 
Companies, which was presented upon Friday last, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Factories, 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Order of the day for the Committee 
of Supply be now read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ previous to any grant of any public money being 
“ assented to by this House, for the purpose of 
“ carrying out the scheme of National Education, 
“‘ as developed in the Minutes of the Committee of 
“ Council on Education in August and December 
last (which Minutes have been presented to both 
Houses of Parliament by command of Her Ma- 
jesty), a Select Committee be appointed, to inquire 
into the justice and expediency of such scheme, 
and its probable annual cost :—Also, to inquire, 
whether the Regulations attached thereto do not 
“ unduly increase the influence of the Crown, invade 
“ the constitutional functions of Parliament, and in- 
“ terfere with the religious convictions and the civil 
&lt;* rights of Her Majesty’s subjects,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


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


Martis, 20° die Aprilis, 1847: 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 


The Service of Heirs (Scotland) Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed toa 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Crown Charters (Scotland) Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time ; ‘and committed toa 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Parliamentary Electors Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Quakers’ and Jews’ Marriages Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted toa Committee of the whole House, for To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
Report on the Lunatic Asylums Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Reportbe received upon Thurs- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, the 
Highways Bill, was read ; and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Mr. Strutt presented,—Report of the Commis- 
sioners of Railways on certain Railway Bills com- 
prised in Groups Nos. 5, 6, 8, 9, 18, 20, 21, and 23; 
and on the Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Harbour 
and Bridge Trusts Bill (in pursuance of Resolution 
of the House of 23d February 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on cer- 
tain Railway Bills comprised in Groups Nos. 47, 
48, 49, 50, and 51 (in pursuance of Resolution of 
the House of 23d February 1847). 

VoL. 102. 


19°—20° Aprilis. 


377 


Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
Committees on the Bills to which the same relate ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, reclesiastical 
Returns of all Payments made by the Ecclesiastical Commis- 
Commissioners for England, from the end of the *"¢Ts- 
year 1844 up to the end of the year 1846 :—Of the 
Salary, Fees and Emoluments paid to any Counsel 
or Solicitor, with the Name of each Counsel and 
Solicitor so paid :—Of the Salary, Fees, Travelling 
Expenses and Emoluments paid to each Architect, 
with the Name of each, and the Amount of Per-cent- 
age, if any, allowed to each :—Of the Salary, Fees 
and Emoluments paid to each Agent or Surveyor 
employed, with the Name of each, and the Amount 
paid to each :—And, of the Payments made in each 
year, particularizing whatSees have been augmented, 
for what Episcopal Residences House-rent has been 
paid, what Episcopal Residences have been provided, 
and the Cost of each; what Reversions have been 
sold, and for what Amount; and what Estates have 
been purchased, and for what Amount, for any Epis- 
copal See (in continuation of Return dated 11th 
February 1845). 


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to Inquests 
Orders,—A Return of the Santon of Persons upon (Ireland.) 
whom Inquests have been held in Jreland, during 

each Week, since the 1st day of November 1846, 

with the Causes of Death, specifying the Number 

which have died in each County. 

Copy of Memorial on the subject of the Admission pypiin 
of Freemen, signed Martin Crean, and presented to Corporation. 
the Lord Mayor and Corporation of the City of Dub- 
lin, on the 9th day of March 1847. 

A Return of all Expenses incurred by the Corpo- pupblin 
ration of the City of Dublin in Deputations, stating Corporation. 
the Expense of each Deputation, its object, and the 
Names of the Persons composing that Deputation, 
from the 1st day of November 1841 to the 31st day 
of December 1846. 

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


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- pyptic works 


mand,—A Return, showing the average daily Number (Ireland.) 
of Persons employed on Relief Works, in Ireland, No, 295. 
during the Week ending the 10th of April 1847; 

also the Cost, distinguishing the Amount paid in 

Wages; and the Cost of the Establishment ; so far 

as can be made out from the Estimates and Pay Lists 

already received. 


Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to Orders,— public Works 


Further Return to an Order, dated the 22d day of (Ireland.) 

February last, for Copies of a certain Notice, dated No. 296. 

the 21st day of November 1846, from Richard 

Millet, Resident Engineer for the Barony of Cor- 

comrae, in the County of Clare, to the Check Clerks 

at Killilagh :—Of Major Macnamara’s Letter, dated 

the 30th day of November 1846, addressed to the 

said Richard Millet, and of his Reply thereto :—Of 

Major Macnamara’s Letter to Mr. Gamble, District 

Engineer for the County of Clare, dated the 30th 

day of November 1846, and Mr. Gamble’s Reply 

thereto :—And, of Major Macnamara’s Letter to 

Mr. Gamble, dated the 2d day of December 1846, 

and of his Reply thereto:—A List of the Stewards 

and Check Clerks employed on the several Public 

Works in the Relief District of Killilagh, the 

Number of Visits paid to the said Works by the 

District and Resident Engineers respectively, during 

the progress of the said Works, up to the 1st da 

of January 1847, and the Date of each Visit dine, 

A Copy of Captain Wynne’s Report of the Investiga- 

tion which took place at Ennistymon, on the 10th day 

of December 1846, upon Charges — by Major 

Macnamara against Mr. Mil/et, Resident Engineer. 
Accounts showing the Total Number of Proof gpirits 

Gallons of Spirits distilled in England, Scotland and 





Ireland respectively, distinguishing the Quantities 
3¢ produced 














3/8 19°—-20° 


Produced from Malt and froma mixture of Malt and 
unmalted Grain, or from any other ingredient ; 
showing also the Total Quantity of each sort in the 
United Kingdom, for the year ending the 5th day of 
January 1847 :—And, of the Number of Gallons of 
Proof Spirits (distinguishing the Sorts) on which 
Duty was paid for Home Consumption in each of 
the three * ca aa with the Rate per Gallon, and | 
the Amount of such Duty; also the Total Number 
of Gallons and Duty in the United Kingdom for 
the year ending the 5th day of January 1847; 
showing, under separate Heads, the Number of 
Gallons of Proof Spirits (distinguishing the Mate- 
rials from which made) imported into each Kingdom 
from each of the others respectively ; stating also 
the Rate per Gallon, and the Total Amount thereof 
in each case, and what portion of such Duty was 
paid on removal of the Spirits from Bond, and what 
after their arrival at the Place of destination, for the 
year ending the 5th day of January 1847 :—And, 
of the Total Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits per- 
mitted out of Distillers’ Stocks in England, and the 
Total Number of Proof Gallons of British Brandy 
and Spirits of Wine permitted out of Rectifiers’ 
Stocks in England; also the Total Quantity of Proof 
Gallons of Rum received into Rectifiers’ Stocks in 
England for the year ending the 5th day of January 
1847 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
361, of Session 1846). 

Return to an Order, dated the 80th day of March 
last, for Accounts of the Amount of Duty charged 
upon Malt, the Number of Quarters of Malt upon 
which such Duty was charged, and the Population 


Malt, 


Aprilis. A. 1847. 


than Fifteen Members, of whom Five shall be a 
Quorum ; and such Committee shall be denominated 
‘ The Select Committee on Divorce Bills.’” 

And a Committee was nominated of Mr. Hayter, 
Mr. Cripps, Mr. Burroughes, Mr. Tancred, Mr. 
Aldam, Sir John Yarde Buller, Mr. Wilson Patten, 
Mr. Evans, Mr. Robert Scott, Mv. Watson, Mr. 
Stuart Wortley, Lord Courtenay, Mr. Pinney, Mr. 
William Lascelles and Sir John Pakington. 


The Order made upon the 11th day of February Croydon Com. 
last, for referring to the Committee on the Croydon mercial Gas 
Commercial Gas and Coke Bill the Petition of the 4 Coke Bill. 
Trustees of the Surrey and Sussex Roads, praying 
that they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the said Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Petition be withdrawn. 


The Dunfermline Waterworks Biil was read a Dunfermline 
second time ; and committed. Waterworks 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bill 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Strutt presented,—Report of the Commis- Railway Bills. 
sioners of Railways on certain Railway Bills com- No. 164. 
prised in Groups Nos. 27 and 28 (in pursuance of 
Resolution of the House of 23d February 1847). 

Ordered, That the said Paper be referred to the 
Committees on the Bills to which the same relate ; 
and be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Huddersfield 





of England and Wales in the year 1700:—Of the! P 


Amount of Duty charged upon Malt, the Number of 


Quarters of Malt upon which such Duty was charged | 


roposed, That it be an Instruction to the Examiner a 
'of Petitions for Private Bills, that he do entertain phere 
‘the Memorial of Richard Bassett Wilson, against and Altera- 


| the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway (Devia- tions in Old- 


i C af inc y 2 he e ‘ 
ineach year, during the years 1840, 1841, 184 | tions and Alterations in Oldham Branch, &amp;c.) Pe- "2m Branch, 


1843, 1844, 1845 and 1846 respectively :—And, of | 
the Amount of Money received from the Duty on! 
Malt, and the Net Amount available for the Public | 
Revenue, in each year, during the years 1840, 1841, 
1842, 1843, 1844, 1845 and 1846 respectively :— 
And, Returns of the Number of Beer Shops licensed 
to sell Beer, to be drunk upon the Premises, in each 
of such years respectively (so far as relates to the 
Excise Department). 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and the two Returns relative to Public 
Works (Jreland) be printed. 


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


Martis, 20° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 
PRAYERS, 


LT eee, reported from the Select Com- 
_mittee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 15th and 
16th days of this instant April; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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








Public 
Petitions 
(Twenty-first 
Report. ) 


Ambergate, 


The Ambergate, Nottingham : 
Nottingham ps So and Boston, and 


sai teen Eastern Junction Railway (Alteration of Line and 
and Eastern Branches to Nottingham) Bill was, according to 
Junction Rail- Order, read a second time ; and committed. 
bm 4 a, Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
and Branches mittee of Selection. 
to Notting- 
ham) Bill. 
Divorce Bills, | The House was moved, That the Standing Order 
of the House, No. 7, relative to the appointment of 
Select Committees, might be read; and the same 
was read, as followeth : 

“ That a Committee be nominated at the com- 


mencement of every Session, consisting of not more 





ia ; Sa Be : ; &amp;c.) Bill. 
tition for additional provision, notwithstanding that , 


the same Memorial was not deposited in the Private 

Bill Office within the time limited by the Standing 

Orders :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 


morrow. 


The Earl of Lincoln reported from the Committee Cheltenham 
on Group (No. 18.) of Railway Bills ; That the Par- and Oxford 
ties promoting the Cheltenham and Oxford Railway B#ilway Bill. 
Bill had stated to the Committee that the evidence 
of the Reverend Dr. Wynter and of the Reverend 
Dr. Harington was essential to enable them to esta- 
blish their case before the Committee ; and it having 


| been proved that their attendance could not be pro- 


cured without the intervention of the House, the 
Chairman had been instructed by the Committee to 
move the House, That the said Dr. Wynter and Dr. 
Harington do attend the said Committee on Thurs- 
day next. 

Ordered, That the Reverend Dr. Wynter and the 
Reverend Dr. Harington do attend the said Com- 
mittee upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That the Southampton Consumers Gas Southampton 
Light and Coke Bill be read a second time upon ea 


as Light and 
Tuesday next. Coke Bill. 


The Plymouth and Tavistock Road (No. 2.) Bill rome gga 
was read a second time ; and committed. Road (No. 2) 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That all Committees on Railway Bills Railway Bills. 
have leave to sit To-morrow, during the sitting of 
the House. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Railway Acts. 

Return of the Railways for which Acts were passed 
in the Session of 1846, the Length of each Line, the 
proposed Capital Stock, and the Amount of Capital 
subscribed for each; the Number of Shares that 
each Line is empowered to create, and the Sum of 
Money each Line is empowered to borrow (in con- 

tinuation 








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tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 637, of Ses- 
sion 1845). 

Sugar. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Memorials and Correspondence between 
Messrs. Fruhling and Goschen, and the Commis- 
sioners of Customs and the Lords Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury, in reference to the Cargo 
of Sugar er “ Cuniies Jugurta,” from Havana; and 
also of Memorials addressed by Messrs. Fruhling 
and Goschen to the Commissioners of Customs, in 
reference to the Cargo of Sugar er “ Prince Albert,” 
Captain Freeman, from Havana. 


Buckingham A Petition of Inhabitants of Aylesbury, and the 
and ong neighbourhood, in the county of Bucks, praying 
ag “that the Buckingham and Brackley Junction Rail- 
Oxfordand way, and Ozford and Bletchley Junction Railway 
Bletchley Companies Amalgamation and Extension of Lines 
a Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 


panies Amal- and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

gamation and 

Extension of 

Lines Bill. 

EasternCoun- _ Petitions from Morton Hacconby;—Langtoft ;— 

ties Railway = Baston ; — Rippingale; — Dowsby ;— Aslackby ;— 

(Peterborough °7,.77. ‘Scaaie 

to Folking- -Billingborough ;— Horbling ;— Bourn ;— Uffington 

ham) Bill. and other places ;—Market Deeping and other 
places ;—Morton Hacconby and Dunsby ;—Billing- 
borough and Horbling ;—Rippingale and_ other 
places ;—Langtoft and other places ;—and, Folking- 
ham (two Petitions); praying that the Eastern 
Counties Railway (Peterborough to Folkingham) 
Bill may pass mto a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sutaee Sue Petitions from Sutton Saint Nicholas;—Holbeach 
(Wisbech to (two Petitions) ;—and, Sutton; praying that the 
Spalding) Bill. Eastern Counties Railway (Wisbech to Spalding) 

Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Eastern Coun- A Petition of Landowners, Occupiers and Resi- 
(Spalding t dents of Sleaford, in the county of Lincoln, praying 
Newark) Bill. that the Eastern Counties Railway (Spalding to 

Newark) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 


and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Glasgow, Kil- A Petition of the Provost of the Town of Kil- 


marnock and mapnock, praying that the Glasgow, Kilmarnock and 
Ardrossan “4 . satis 
Railway Ardrossan Railway (Amendment, Deviation and 


(Amendment, Branches) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 


Branches) Bill and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Glasgow, Kil. A Petition of the Provost of the Town of Kil- 
marnock and marnock, Chairman of a Public Meeting of the 
” Bankers, Merchants, Manufacturers and Inhabitants 
(Amendment, Of that town, in the county of Ayr, praying that the 
Deviations Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ardrossan Railway 
- — (Amendment, Deviations and Branches) Bill may 
Glasgow, pass into a law; and that the Glasgow, Paisley, 
Paisley, Kil- Kélmarnock and Ayr Railway Bill may not pass into 
pongo — a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
Bill. y upon the Table. 
Ayr Harbour A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Coun- 
— cil of the royal burgh of Ayr, praying that the Ayr 
Harbour Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Braintree A Petition of Magistrates, Clergymen, Bankers, 
and Halstead Solicitors, Merchants, Manufacturers, Farmers, and 
Railway Bill. 


others, Inhabitants of the towns of Braintree and 
Halstead, in the county of Essex, and the neigh- 
bourhood, praying that the Braintree and Halstead 
Railway Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Midland Rail- A Petition of Thomas Barneby, of the city ‘of 
pg ee ay Worcester, Gentleman, praying that the Midland 
Malvern and Railway (Worcester, Hereford, Malvern and Chel- 
Cheltenham tenham Lines) Bill may be allowed to pass into a 
nes) Bill. Jaw in the present Session of Parliament, and that 


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the prayer of the Petition for leave to present a Pe- 
tition, and to deposit an amended section, may be 
granted, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Mark Philips, of Snitterfield, in Birmingham 
the county of Warwick, Esquire, and Robert Need- and Oxford _ 
ham Philips, of the Park, in the parish of Prest- Swneyn Ret 
wich, in the county of Lancaster, Esquire, praying and Stratford 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel Line) Bill. 
or agents, against certain parts of the Birmingham 
and Oxford Junction Railway (Warwick and Strat- 
ford Line) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Landowners, Occupiers and Resi- Eastern Coun- 
dents of Heckington, in the county of Lincoln, pray- _ ete 
ing that the Eastern Counties Railway (Spalding to Geran Bill. 
Newark) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 


and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land at Great North- 
Holbeach, in the county of Lincoln, praying that ( a 
the Great Northern Railway (Branch to King’s King’s ioe 
Lynn) Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, Bill. 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of Robert King, and others, Owners of 

property on the line of the Railway thereinafter 
mentioned ; J. and R. Marriott, and others, 
Owners of property on the line of the Railway there- 
inafter mentioned ;--—and, Clergy, Gentry, Mer- 
chants, Tradesmen and other Inhabitants of the 
town of Spalding, in the county of Lincoln; pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the said 
Bill,—-were also presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Petitions of Owners and Occupiers of land and Great North- 

other Inhabitants of Gringley-on-the-Hill, in the (De oe 
county of Mottingham;——Owners and Occupiers }etween 
of land and Inhabitants of Barmby Moor, Bilby Grantham and 
and Hodsack, in the county of Nottingham; York) Ba. 
Owners and Occupiers of land and Inhabitants of 
Everton and Scaftworth, in the county of Notting- 
ham ;——Owners and Occupiers of land and Inha- 
bitants of Mattersey, in the county of Nottingham ; 
Owners and Occupiers of land and Inhabitants 
of Styrrup, in the county of Nottingham ; and, 
Owners and Occupiers of land and Inhabitants of 
Wiseton, in the county of Nottingham; praying that 
the Great Northern Railway (Deviations between 
Grantham and York) Bill may not pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 











A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Tradesmen, Groat North- 
Landowners and other Inhabitants of Spalding and ern Railway 
the immediate neighbourhood, in the county of Zin- (Branches to 
coln, praying that the Great Northern Railway scheint 
(Branches to Sleaford) Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees of Pontefract Park Pas- Great North- 
ture and other Inhabitants of the townships of ern Railway 


Pontefract and Tanshelf, in the West Riding of the (Extension t 
county of York, praying that they may be heard, Wakefield, 


by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- Deviation of 
tain parts of the Great Northern Railway (Exten- - aera of 
sion to Leeds and Wakefield, Deviation of Methley Wakefield, 


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Pontefract and Branch of Wukefield, Pontefract and Goole Rail- 

Goole Rail- way) Bill, was presented, and read. 

way) Bill Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Newport, Petitions of the Sirhowy Tramroad Company and 

Abergavenny the Rumney Railway Company, and of Mary Jones, 

— Hereford of ZLianarth Court, in the county of Monmouth, 

ailway ‘ ° = ms 

(Extension to Widow, and Sir Charles Morgan Robinson Morgan, 

Taff Vale — of Tredegar Park, in the said county, Baronet, as 

Railway) Bill Proprietors of and acting under the name, style or 
firm of the Penl/ywn Tramroad Company ;——and, 
John Arthur Jones, of Llanarth Court, in the county 
of Monmouth, Esquire ; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Newport, Abergavenny and Here- 
ford Railway (Extension to Taff Vale Railway) 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Leeds Central A Petition of Trustees in whom the land in which 
Railway Sta- the building called the General Infirmary of Leeds 
=o is erected, with the premises appurtenant, is legally 
vested, praying that they may be heard, by their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Leeds 
Central Railway Station Bill, was presented, and 
read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


South Wales A Petition of Charles John Kemys Tynte, of 
Railway Bill. Ffalswell House, in the county of Somerset, Es- 
quire, praying that he may be heard, by himself, his 
counsel or agent, against certain parts of the South 
Wales Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his 
Petition, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
Manchester, A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
pase ana gesses of the borough of Manchester, in the county 
Railway (Sup- Of Lancaster, praying that they may be heard, by 
ply of Surplus themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
a parts of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire 
} sonrpaent brat Railway (Supply of Surplus Water to Manchester, 
port) Bill. ag and Stockport) Bill, was presented, and 
read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Manchester, A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers and 
Sheffield and other Inhabitants of the borough of Oldham, and 
— the neighbourhood, praving that the Manchester, 
(Branch from Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (Branch from 
Ashton-under- A shton-under-Lyne to Oldham) Bill may pass into 
Lyne to Old- 4 Jaw, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


ham) Bill. pe 

upon the Table. 
LiverpoolCor- _ Petitions of the Company of Proprietors of the 
mee Liverpool Waterworks ;—— Reverend Richard | 
Bill, Rainshaw Rothwell, Clerk, of Sefton, in the county 


of Lancaster, and Richard Rainshaw Rothwell, of 
the Inner Temple, London, Esquire;—— Thomas 
Birchall; Sir William Feilden, of Feniscowles, 
near Blackburn, in the county of Lancaster, Baronet, 





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and Henry Petre,of Dunkenhalgh, inthe said county, 
Esquire ; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Liverpool Corporation Waterworks Bill,— 
were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of Francis Whitaker, of Mountains London, 
Hall, in the parish of Tunbridge, in the county of Brighton and 
Kent, Esquire, and Jane, his wife, praying that Railway (Kent 
they may be allowed to withdraw their Petition Railway to 
against the London, Brighton and South Coast ee 
Railway (Kent Railway to Maidstone, Canterbury gn Tun. 
and Tunbridge) Bill, was presented, and read. bridge) Bill. 

Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the 
Petition accordingly. 


A Petition of Henry, by Divine permission Lord Falmouth 
Bishop of ‘Exeter, the Owner of the Mills, Mill Waterworks 
Leat and property thereinafter referred to, praying - 
that he may be heard, by his counsel or agent, 
against certain parts of the Falmouth Waterworks 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Sir Thomas Brancher, of Liverpool, Swansea 
in the cownty of Lancaster, Knight, one of the Trus- V#! 
tees of the Ystalyfera Iron Company, and which 
said Company is duly authorized and empowered 
by Her Majesty’s Letters Patent under the Great 
Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland to sue and be sued in the name cf one of 
the Trustees of the said Company, and which said 
Sir I'’homas Brancker is also one of the Directors 
and Shareholders of the said Company, praying 
that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or 
agent, against certain parts of the Swansea Valley 
Railway Bill, was presented and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the Boston, Stam- 
Acts for draining and preserving certain lands and ford and Bir- 
. ke = . &gt;. mingham Rail- 
grounds in the parishes of Wisbech Saint Peter’s yay (Branch 
and Wisbech Saint Mary’s, and the hamlets of Wis- to Wisbech 


bech Murrow and Wisbech Guyhirn, in the Isle of Harbour, and 





4 . . s . sf °c 
Ely, in the county of Cambridge, praying that they scare uae 


may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or ment) Bill. 
agents, against certain parts of the Boston, Stam- 

ford and Birmingham Railway (Branch to Wisbech 
Harbour and Wisbech Harbour Improvement) Bill, 

was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Three Petitions from Hawick, praying that the North British 
North British Railway (No. 2.) Bill may pass into Railway 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to (X® 2) ® - 
‘lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Directors of the Herne Bay Steam Herne Bay and 
Packet Company, praying that the Herne Bay and Canterbury | 
- a 2 : ‘ Juaction Rail- 
Canterbury Junction Railway Bill may pass into a \ay Bill. 
law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition 


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Leeds and A Petition of Trustees of the Turnpike-road 
an leading from Boroughbridge to the city of Durham, 


Durham and praying that the Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Leeds, 

Newcastle Ex- Durham and Newcastle Extension, &amp;c.) Bil may 

ta &amp;c.) not pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, 
: and read ; and referred to the Committee on the Bill. 


Registering Petitions from the Presbytery of Forres;—Pres- 

aaa, bytery of Stranraer ;—Kirk Session of Fortingal ;— 

oa Marriage Presbytery of Weems ;—Presbytery of Dunkeld; 

eatet) —Presbytery of Caithness; — and, Kirk Session 
1118. 


Clerks of the Presbytery of Caithness; praying 
the House to provide compensation for the Parish 
Schoolmasters and Session Clerks of Scotland, 
should the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland), and 
the Marriage (Scotland) Bills pass into law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions from the Presbytery of Alford (Mode- 
rator); Kirk Session of Ferry Port-on-Craig ; 
—-Kirk Session of Newton (Senior Clerk) ;—--Pres- 
bytery of Kirkcudbright (Moderator) ;—-Presbytery 
of Brechin (Moderator) ; Presbytery of Had- 
dington (Moderator) ;—— Kirk Session of Leuchars 
(Moderator) ; Presbytery of Stranraer (Mode- 
rator) ; Presbytery of Weems (Moderator) ; 
Presbytery of Stirling (Moderator) ; Provincial 
Synod of Glenelg (Moderator pro tem.) ; Pres- 
bytery of Dingwall (Moderator) ; Kirk Session 
of Kincardine (Moderator); Presbytery of Loch- 
carron (Presbytery Clerk) RE Se Board of 
Kincardine (Chairman); Parochial Board of 
Tarbat (Chairman) ; James S. Maclvor, Paro- 
chial Schoolmaster, &amp;c., Wick, Presbytery of Caith- 
ness ;—-—and, Presbytery of Caithness (Moderator) ; 
praying that the said Bills may not pass into law, 
—were alse presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 









































Registering Petitions from the Presbytery of Dunblane (Mo- 
‘Beatie aay derator) ; Cults; Kirk Session of Campsie 
Bill, (Moderator) ;——Kirk Session of Strathblane (Mo- 





derator) ; Presbytery of Forfar (Moderator) ;— 
Presbytery of Fordoun (Moderator) ; Church 
Session of Keig (Moderator) ; and, Presbytery 
of Chanonry (Moderator); praying that the Regis- 
tering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 











Marriage Petitions from the Presbytery of Forfar (Mode- 
aaa rator); Presbytery of Dalkeith (Moderator) ; 





Kirk Session of Cults (Moderator) ;——Presby- 
tery of Kirkaldy (Moderator and Presbytery Clerk) ; 
—— Presbytery of Dunblane (Moderator); —— 
Members of the Parochial Board of Cults;—— 
Kirk Session of Strathblane (Moderator) ; Kirk 
Session of Campsie (Moderator) ; and, Presby- 
tery of Fordoun (Moderator) ; praying that the Mar- 
riage (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 








Breweries and 


rewerie A Petition of Members of the Committee and 
Distilleries. 


Friends of the Temperance Society, Kingsbridge, in 
the county of Devon, praying the House to stop 
the use of grain in Breweries and Distilleries, 


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


Petitions from Mid Lothian ; and, Bridport; 
praying that the Factories Bill may not pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Hosiery Petitions from Kirkby-in-Ashfield; County 
panufacture of Derby; Heanor ; Derby; and, Eliza- 
” beth Gee, of Derby, Widow; praying that the 
Hosiery Manufacture Bill may not pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 
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381 


A Petition of Merchants, Shipowners and Inha- ports, Har- 
bitants of the town of Tenby, in the county of bours, &amp;c. Bill 
Pembroke, praying that the Ports, Harbours, &amp;c. (1846.) 

Bill, introduced in the last Session, may pass into 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Assessors and Collectors of Pro- Tax Assessors 
perty, Income, Land and Assessed Taxes, for the *4 Collectors. 
district of Wycombe Borough, in the county of 
Buckingham, complaining of the inadequacy of the 
remuneration given to them for assessing and col- 
lecting the said taxes, and praying the House to 
take their case into consideration, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of Members of yearly Poor Law 
Societies in and about Dundee, praying the House Sotland. 
to appoint a Committee to consider the present 
Scottish Poor Law Amendment Act, with a view to 
its repeal, and that a general and comprehensive 
scheme of national assessment be instituted, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


Petitions from Wainfleet ;—and, Kendal ; pray- Roman Catho- 
ing that the Roman Catholic Relief Bill may not lic Relief Bill, 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Catholics of Morpeth, in the county 
of Northumberland and its vicinity, praying that 
the said Bill may pass into a law, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Gosport ;—and, Hanley and Shel- Rating of 
ton; praying that the Rating of Tenements (No. 2.) (No 2) Bill. 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and lati 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Tutbury ;— Monkwearmouth (three Education. 
Petitions) ;— Sunderland (seven Petitions) ;—- Bishop- 
wearmouth ; — Hulton Ferry ; — Colliery-row and 
New Cambton ;— Deptford ;—Long Hope ;— Winch- 
comb ;— Berkeley ;— Pontypool ;— Egerton ;—Ulver- 
stone ;— Burton Overy ;—Lubbenham ;—Erwood ;— 
Crosby Hall (London) ;—Hachney (two Petitions) ; 
—Providence Chapel ;—Leicester ;—Heddingworth ; 
— Boughton ;— Newton Burgoland ;—Market Har- 
borough ;—Kirkby-in-Ashfield ; — Maesyberllan ;— 
Shadwell ;—A bergwily ;—Bethnal Green ; — Bar- 
row-upon-Soar ;—Sutton-in-Ashfield ;— Greenwich ; 
—Coalville ; — Pembridge ; — Stoke-upon-Trent ;— 
Greenwich ;—Coalville ;— Maidstone ; — Sheffield ; 
— Edinburgh ; — Pentney ; — Wilmot-street ; — 
Woolwich ; — Penygelli Chapel ; — Heol Mostyn ; 
— Bradford (York); — Brill; — Buckingham ; — 
Salisbury ; — Portland ; — Virginia ; — Stratford ; 
— Fulwood ;—Doddiswell ; — Rochdale (three Pe- 
titions) ;— Spotland (two Petitions) ;— Bont Ne- 
wydd ;— Hall Fold (two Petitions) ;— High Cromp- 
ton ;—High Wycombe (two Petitions) ;—Wooburn, 
Bucks, and vicinity ;—Haslemere, and vicinity ;— 
Glasgow (three Petitions) ;—J. B. Brown ;—Dul- 
verton (two Petitions) ;—Holland Fen, (two Peti- 
tions) ; — Frampton ;—Boston (two Petitions) ;— 
Coombe Down, near Bath ;— Bath (two Petitions) ;— 
Retford and Sutton-cum-Lound ;— West Retford ;— 
Castle-Cereimon ;— Hulme, near Manchester ;—Wal- 
worth ;— Ruyton, Wilcot, Dovason ;-—Market Weigh- 
ton ;—Lee-street Chapel ;— Berwick-upon- Tweed ;— 
Ford Forge;—New Dale (two Petitions) ;—Had- 
ley; —Oaken Gates (two Petitions) ; — Wellington, 
(Salop) (two Petitions) ;—Abergavenny (two Peti- 
tions) ; — Leigh ; — Launceston ; — Llandovery ; — 
Birkenhead ;—Saint Gennis ;—Liverpool (five Pe- 
titions) ;—Filtham ;— Boyton ;—Southwark ;—Vir- 
gin Stowe;—Gosport ;— North Petheram ;—Pres- 
cot ;—Chelsea ;— Saint Mary, Islington ;—Warb- 
stow ;— Rothwell ;— Market Weighton ;—Bilston ;— 
Bromley (Kent) ;— Sturminster Marshall ;— Earl- 
street (Surrey) ;—Lezant ;—Glasbury ; — Penrith ; 
— Malmesbury ;—King’s Lynn (two Petitions) ;— 

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West Lynn ;— Taunton ;— Denbigh :—Pennant ;— 
Llanbadarn Trefeglwys;— Great Guildford-street, 
Southwark ;—Jewin Crescent ; — Lianedi ; — Saint 
Mary’s ;—Welsh Protestant Dissenters of London ; 
— Birmingham (seven Petitions) ;— Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne ;—Llysyfran ;—Halstead (two Petitions) ;— 
Teverton ;—Salter’s Hall Chapel, London ;—Hart- 
ing ; —Poynings and Piecombe ;— Edward Dun- 
combe, Rector of Newton Kyme ;— Brighton; — 
Shoreham ;—Shepton Mallet ;—Keynsham ;— Cros- 
combe ;—Stoke (Staffordshire Potteries) (two Peti- 
tions); — Lightwood (Staffordshire Potteries) ; — 
Longton (Staffordshire Potteries) (three Petitions) ; 
— Appersett ; — Hawes (three Petitions) 3 — Keld 
(York) (two Petitions) ;—Burtersett ;—Richmond 
(York) (two Petitions) ;—Shaw ;— Leith ;—Porto- 
bello ; — Ebley ;—Stroud (three Petitions) ;—Rus- 
combe;— Ramsbury ;— Rhydwin and Shilo ;— Gaer- 
wen ;—- Pandy Tredur ;--Bettws-y- Coed ;—-Holyhead ; 
—Tal-y-Bont ;—Llanerchymedd ;— Trefriw ;— Pa- 
radwys( Anglesey) ;--County of Denbigh ;-~Llanrwst; 
—-Lymington ;-- Preston (two Petitions) ;—- Kirkham ; 
— Derby ; — Hartshorne; — Ticknall ; — Beverley 
(two Petitions) ;—Polperro ; —Conwil-in-Elvet ;— 
Stockton; —King’s Swinford ;— Wolverhampton ;— 
Tipton ;—South Shields ;— Northallerton (two Peti- 
tions) ; — Llanfihangel; — Dimel ;—Cefn ;— Groes 
and Gellcoed’s ;— Bethesda ; —Dyserth ;—Llansa- 
nan; —Checter ;— Woburn ;—West Butterwich ;— 
Parish and County of Denbigh ;— Newcastle-under- 
Lyme (two Petitions) ;—Bettws-yn-Rhos ;—Trelo- 
gan ;—East Butterwich ; — Denbigh ;— Whitford ; 
— Cauerwys ;—Laughton ;—Derrethorpe, Althorpe, 
Keadby and Amcotts ;—Haymarket (London) ;— 
Waen (Denbigh) ;—Llansannan ;—Messingham ;— 
King’s Langley ; — Burringham ; — Caergwrle ;— 
Over Darwen ;—Kirton-in-Lindsay ;—Members of 
the Council of the College of Preceptors ;—Bethnal 
Green-road ;—Llanfair Talhaiarn (two Petitions) ; 
—Prior (Denbigh) ; —Yspytty ;—Llandyrnog and 
Llangynfen ; — Fairford (two Petitions) ; — New 
Windsor ; —Bottesford ;— Derwen ; —Tanyfron ;— 
Henllan ;—Horeb ;—Chowbent ;—A bergele ;—Llan- 
samman ; —Coldstream and Berwick ;—Salem ;— 
Willoughton ;—Llanrhaiadr ; — Bowker’s Bridge ; 
— Whitford ; — Saron; — Acrvair;— and, John- 
street, Bedford-row; praying the House to refuse to 
grant money in furtherance of the plan propounded 
in the Minutes of the Committee of Council on 
Education, and to revoke the powers vested in the 
said Committee,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Eccleshall ;— Tonbridge ;—Leeds ; 
— Whallingham ;—Wolverton ;— Ewhurst ; —Mam- 
head ; — Modbury ; — Plymstock ; — Ashcombe ; — 
Cayo and Llansawel;— Shipton Beauchamp ;— Wen- 
dover ;— Boston ;—Stockport ;—Prestbury ;—Sta- 
velly ; — Oswestry ; — Kennington-in- Lambeth ; — 
Stockwell (two Petitions) ;— Kennington (Surrey) 
‘(three Petitions) ;—Godstone ;— Bermondsey (two 
Petitions) ;— Taunton ;— Bangor ;—President, &amp;c., 
of the Bath and Wells Diocesan Board of Educa- 
tion ;—County of Somerset ;—Birmingham (six Pe- 
titions) ;— Richmond ;—Great Yarmouth (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Manchester ;— Wednesbury ;—Saint Mary- 
le-Strand, Westminster ;—Kentish Town ;—Paing- 
ton ;—Poole ;—Bethnal Green (two Petitions) ;— 
Marston Montaine; — Monzxton ; — Drypool ; — 
Gnosall ; — Chester ; —Moulsham ;—Saint Paul's, 
Lane Bridge ;— Wolverhampton ;—Ratcliff Cross 
(Middlesex) ;— Bridgwater ;—Stalybridge ;— Mail- 
don ;—Saint Clement's, Spotland ;—Reverend Wil- 
liam Mason Dudley ;—Almondbury ;—Cheddar ;— 
Whitehaven, Saint Bees ;— Lymington ;—Preston 
Patrick ;—Holme;— Heversham ;—Ashley ;—South 
Shields ; — Halifar (two Petitions); —West Port, 
Saint Mary-with-Charlton and Brokenborough ;— 
Gainsborough ;— Dursley ;—and, Woodhay ; praying 
the House to sanction the plan of Education pro- 
pounded in the Minutes of the Committee of Council 


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on Education,—were also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Lymington, in the War. 
county of Hants, praying that immediate steps may 
be taken by the British Legislature to secure the 
adoption of a treaty between the British Govern- 
ment and the other Governments of the world re- 
spectively,in which the parties shall agree to abandon 
the barbarous and unchristian practice of War, and 
to refer all matters of dispute and difficulty that 
may arise, which cannot be settled by mutual nego- 
ciation, to the arbitration of such persons as shall 
from time to time be mutually agreed upon, with an 
impartial umpire, in case of difference of opinion 
among the arbitrators, and to abide by the decision 
thus given without having any resort to arms, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Castelnau, Barnes, Windows. 
in the county of Surrey, praying that the Window 
Tax may be repealed, or rendered equal in its ope- 
ration, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Boulton, praying Anatomy Act. 
the House to appoint a Committee to investigate 
the working of the Anatomy Act, with a view to its 
repeal, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Dunzet, Famine 
praying the House to solicit the Government to em- ape and 
ploy the Navy belonging to or under the control of °°" "™" 4 
the British Parliament, for the transportation of 
Corn for the use of their famishing fellow subjects 
in Ireland and in the Highlands of Scotland, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Ecclesiastical 
for amending several Acts for the appointment of pee 
Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England : And that . 
Lord John Russell and Sir George Grey do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Medical _ 
to provide for the Registration of qualified Medical Registration 
Practitioners, and for amending the Law relating to lew Amand, 
the practice of Medicine in Great Britain and Jre- ment Bill. 
lund: And that Mr. Wakley and Mr. Warburton 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Public Works 
Copies of the several Resolutions of the ZLiscannor (Ieland.) 
Relief Committee of the County of Clare, forwarded 
to Captain Wynne, Inspecting Officer, or to Samuel 
Gamble, Esquire, District Engineer, during the 
months of October, November and December 1846, 
and January 1847, and of the several Letters ad- 
dressed by the Chairman or Secretary of the said 
Committee to the said Captain Wynne and Samuel 
Gamble, Esquire, respectively, and of their Replies 
respectively to the said Resolutions or Letters :—Of 
the Revised and Supplementary Lists of Labourers 
recommended by the said Committee, or employed 
on the several Works within the said District, as 
furnished by the said Committee to Captain Wynne ; 
distinguishing the Labourers put on from each List, 
at the instance of the said Committee, as also those 
put on by the said Captain Wynne or Samuel Gamble, 
Esquire, independent of such recommendation :—Of 
all Charges preferred by the said Committee against 
Patrick M‘ Mahon, Steward, and — Warren, 
Overseer in the said District, and of the Reports 
made thereon by the Officers of the Board, and 
the Decision of the Board in consequence of such 
Reports; and stating whether the said Patrick 
M*‘ Mahon and Warren, or either of them, 
are now in the employment of the Board ; and, if so, 
in what District and Capacity :—And, of the Docu- 
ment referred to in Captain Wynne’s Special Report 
of the Investigation held at Liscannor on the 17th 

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day of December 1846, and included in the Return 
to the Order of this House of the 11th day of Fe- 
bruary last. 


Ordered, That the Secretary of the Grand Jury 
of the County of Clare do return to the Under Se- 
cretary, at Dublin Castle, the Minutes of the Pro- 
ceedings at the Extraordinary Sessions held at 
Corofin, for the Barony of Inchiquin, on the 30th day 
of November last, sent to him by the said Under 
Secretary for correction, and that the said Minutes 
be thereupon laid on the Table. 


Public Works 
(Ireland.) 


County 


Buildings Bill. Be That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


amending the Acts for the Erection of County 
Buildings: And that Mr. Bouverte and Mr. Tre- 
lawny do prepare, and bring it in. 


Freight Money 
(Greenwich 
Hospital. ) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the several Sums for Freight Money 
received by the Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital 
since the 29th day of November 1837, with the Date 
of such Payments, and whether on Public or Private 
Account ; also, the Name of the Ship or Vessel in 
which the Treasure was conveyed, and of the Captain 
or Officer commanding the same. 


Holyhead 
Harbour. 


Mr. Ward presented,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 26th day of March last, for Copies of a Letter 
from the Secretary of the Admiralty, dated the 27th 
day of March 1846, stating that the Lords of the 
Admiralty approve of Mr. Rendel’s Plans for a Re- 
fuge Harbour and Packet Harbour at Holyhead ; 
and of the Conditions upon which the Contribution 
of £.200,000, by the Chester and Holyhead Rail- 
way Company, had been tendered for the same, as 
referred to in the Treasury Minute of the 3d day of 
April 1846:—And, of any Report from Captain 
Beechey, ®.N. or others, on the nature of the Sea 
Ground proposed by Mr. Rendel to be inclosed 
as a Harbour of Refuge at Holyhead, and made 
subsequently to July 1846, together with a Plan, 
showing the result of such examination ; together 
with a Copy of the Plan of such Harbour of Refuge 
and Packet Harbour at Holyhead, as has been ap- 
proved of and prepared under the direction of Her 
Majesty’s Government, or of the Admiralty, and the 
Cost of such approved Harbours. 

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


Spirits. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Spirits, 
No. 297. 


which were presented upon Monday last, be printed. 
Spirits. A Petition of Distillers in Campbeltown, Argyll- 
shire, manufacturing spirits from malt only, praying 
the House to provide that the same facilities of ware- 
housing British Spirits that presently exist in Scoé- 
land and Ireland, be extended to England, and that 
henceforth the Duties payable on British Spirits 
taken from warehouse in England, Ireland and Scot- 
land, shall be on the quantity actually taken out of 
warehouse, and sent for consumption, and not as at 
present, on the quantity originally warehoused, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Frances Sarah 
Barlee, 


A Petition of Frances Sarah Barlee, of Duhe’s 
Bridge House, Bungay, in the county of Suffolk, 
Wife of Charles William Barlee, complaining of the 
amount of Poor Rates imposed on her property ; 
and praying for relief, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior and 

Mr. Russell : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills, fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the Regulation of Her 
Majesty’s Royal Marine Forces while on Shore: 

VoL. 102. 


Marine Mutin 
Bill, ' 


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383 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to indemnify such Per- Indeumity 
sons in the United Kingdon as have omitted to Bil 
qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, and 
to extend the Time limited for those Purposes re- 
spectively, until the Twenty-fifth day of March 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-eight : 

A Bill, mtituled, An Act for caising the Sum of Exchequer 
Eighteen Millions Three Hundied and 'Ten Thousand rox 310,700) 
Seven Hundred Pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the pin. ’ - 
Service of the year One thousand eight hundred and 
Forty-seven : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for incorporting the Birmingham 
District Fire Insurance Company of Birmingham, District Fire 
by the Name of the District Fire Insurance Company, Company Bill. 
for enabling the said Company to sue and be sued, 
and for other Purposes relating to the said Com- 
pany: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Waterworks 
by this House to the Amendments made by their Cl#uses Bill 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act for con- 
solidating in one Act certain Provisions usually con- 
tained in Acts authorizing the making of Water- 
works for supplying Towns with Water, without any 
Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Mutiny Bill. 
Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for 
the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters, 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And 
then the Messengers withdrew. 


Viscount Morpeth presented, pursuant to Order,— Commercial 

Copy of a Memorial or Letter addressed by the GasTight 
Imperial Gas-Light Company to the Commissioners Susana. 
of Her Majesty’s Woods and Forests, on the subject 
of the Report made to them by the Surveying 
Officers appointed under the Act 9 and 10 Vic. 
c. 106, of the Proceedings which took place in the 
course of their preliminary Inquiry on the 9th, 10th 
and 11th days of February, in the case of the Com- 
mercial Gas-Light and Coke Company's application 
to Parliament for an Act of Incorporation. 

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


General Fox presented, pursuant to Order,—An Mr. Warner’s 
Account of Public Money placed at the disposal of vention. 
the Officers appointed by Her Majesty’s Govern- 
ment to report upon the Trials to be made of Mr. 
Warner’s Invention called Long Range, to enable 
him to exhibit its Powers ; and, a Copy of the En- 
gagements entered into for the repayment of the 
Public Money so expended in the event of the 
alleged Invention proving abortive ; and, an Account 
of what has been done with respect to the same. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Supply; 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which 
was yesterday proposed to be made to the Question, 
That the Order of the day for the Committee of 
Supply be now read, and which Amendment was, 
to leave out from the word “ That” to the end of 
the Question, in order to add the words “ previous Education. 
“ to any grant of any Public Money being assented 
to by this House, for the purpose of carrying out 
“ the scheme of National Education, as developed 
in the Minutes of the Committee of Council on 
Education in August and December last (which 
Minutes have been presented to both Houses of 
Parliament by command of Her Majesty), a 
Select Committee be appointed, to inquire into 
the justice and expediency of such scheme, and 
its probable annual cost:—Also, to inquire, 
whether the Regulations attached thereto do not 
‘unduly increase the influence of the Crown, 
invade the constitutional functions of Parlia- 
ment, and interfere with the religious convictions 

3c4 “ and 























Punishment 
of Vagrants, 
&amp;c. (Ireland) 
Bill. 


County 
Buildings Bill. 


No. 298. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commis- 
sioners Bill. 


No. 299. 


Agricultural 
Tenant Right 
Bill. 


Quakers’ and 
Jews’ Mar- 
Triages Bill. 


Mutiny Bill. 


384 


“ and the civil rights of Her Majesty’s subjects,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 


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


Mercurii, 21° die Aprilis, 1847: 


The Punishment of Vagrants, &amp;c. (Zreland) Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House for 
Friday the 30th day of this instant April. 


Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill to amend the Acts 
relating to County Buildings: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Wednesday the 28th day of this instant 
April; and to be printed. 


Sir George Grey presented a Bill to amend the 
Acts relating to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for 
England: And the same was read theffirst time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Friday the 
30th day of this instant April; and to be printed. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, this day, on the Agricultural Tenant 
Right Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 12th day of May next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, this day, on the Quakers’ and Jews’ Mar- 
riages Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for punishing Mutiny and Deser- 
tion, and for the better Payment of the Army and 
their Quarters ; and the same were read, as follow : 


In the Schedules to the Bill: 


Pr. 137.1. 27. Leave out “on,” and in the same 
line, after “ enlisting,” insert “ for unlimited service.” 

Pr. 138. 1.11. Leave out from “ Regiment” to 
“ 9” in |. 31., and insert “ of until you 
shall be legally discharged.” 

Pr. 139, 1. 24. Leave out from “ imprisonment” 
to “* The” in Pr. 141. 1. 32., and insert “ enlisting 
for unlimited service in Her Majesty’s colonies.” 


“ Question 8 isto be put by the Justice as 
“ follows : 
“gs, Are you willing to be attested to serve in 
Her Majesty’s colony of until you 
shall be duly and legally discharged. 


ac 


“ Enlisting for limited service. 


“ The preceding Questions to be put by the 
“ Justice, except Question 8, which is to 
“ be as follows : 


“ g. Are you willing to be attested to serve in the 


* Regiment of for the period 


af 


of 
[This blank to be filled up by the Justice with 


Seven, Fourteen or Twenty-one years, as the case 
may be, for Infantry; Ten, Sixteen or Twenty-four 


- 
n 


“cc 


‘ 


- 


‘ 


- 


‘ 


- 


one years for Artillery, if the person enlisted 
is of the age of Eighteen years or upwards, but 
if under the age of Eighteen years, then the differ- 
ence between his age and Eighteen to be added to 


“cc 


4 


“ 


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A. 1847. 


such Seven, Ten, Twelve, Fourteen, Sixteen, 
“ Twenty-one or Twenty-four years, as the case 
may be] years, provided Her Majesty should for 
so long require your service, and also for such fur- 
ther term, not exceeding Twelve months, as shall 
be directed by the Commanding Officer on any 
foreign station, and not exceeding Three years, 
as shall be directed by any Proclamation of Her 
Majesty, such additional period in the latter case 
to determine whenever six months of continued 
peace, to be reckoned from the ratification of any 
definitive treaty, shall have elapsed subsequent to 
the expiration of the said [Seven, Ten, Twelve, 
Fourteen, Sixteen, Twenty-one or Twenty-four, 
as the case may be] years. 


“ Enlisting for either Her Majesty’s or the East 
“« India Company’s service. 


“ follows: 


“ 8, Are you willing to be attested to serve in 
Her Majesty’s Army, or in the Forces of the 
East India Company, according as Her Majest 
shall think fit to order, until you shall be duly 
and legally discharged. 


~ nan a 
xn Nn Aw 


“ Enlisting for the East India Company’s ser- 
“ vice. 


“ Question 8 to be put by the Justice as 
“ follows : 


“8. Are you willing to be attested to serve the 
East India Company* until you shall 
be legally discharged ? [or if the recruit enlist for 
limited service, then insert for the period of 

years (if the person enlisting is of the age of 
Eighteen years or upwards, but if under Eighteen 
years, then the difference between his age and 
Eighteen to be added to such years, as 
the case may be, and such period to be inserted 
instead of years), provided the said Com- 
pany should so long require your service ?]” 


Pr. 144. 1]. 22. Leave out from “Justice” to 
“ form” in Pr. 145. 1. 18. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
ag to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


i 
n 


1847 (after abating the expenditure thereout de- 
frayed by the several Revenue Departments); and 
of the actual Issues or Payments within the same 
period, exclusive of the Sums applied to the redemp- 
tion of funded or paying off unfunded Debt, and of 
the Advances and Repayments for Local Works, 
&amp;c.:—And, of the Balances of the Public Money 
remaining in the Exchequer on the 5th day of 
April 1846 ; the Amount of Money raised by the 
additions to the funded or unfunded Debt in the 
year ended the 5th day of April 1847; the Money 
applied towards the redemption of the funded or 
paying off unfunded Debt; the Total Amount of 
Advances and Repayments on account of Local 
Works, &amp;c. with the difference accruing thereon ; 
and the Balances in the Exchequer on the 5th day 
| of April 1847. 


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by each of the Taxing Masters of the Court of 
Chancery for the Taxation of Costs, each day, within 


years for Cavalry ; and Twelve, Sixteen or Twenty- | the fourth year of his Appointment ; distinguishing 


the Warrants to justify Attendances, and the Num- 
ber of Bills of Costs, and the Amount and Rate of 
the Percentage on the Taxation thereof paid thereon 
during that year, and the Sums received by him for 
' Warrants 


“ Question 8 is to be put by the Justice, as 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, public Income 
Accounts of the net Public Income of the United and Expendi- 
Kingdom in the year ended the 5th day of April t™¢ 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Order,—Re- Court of 
turns of the Number of attendable Warrants granted Chancery. 


No. 300. 





10 Vicrortz. 


Warrants granted, and for Copies of Bills of Costs, 
and for Reports or Certificates, or otherwise, during 
that Period :—And, of the Total Amount of the 
Sums received by each of the Taxing Masters of 
the Court of Chancery (paid out of the Suitors’ Fee 
Fund), both for Salary and Compensation, since 
the passing of the Act 5 and 6 Vic., c. 103, dis- 
tinguishing the Sums paid to each Person, and the 
Names of the Persons. 

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


Newfound- 
land. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of a Despatch from Lieutenant- 
Colonel Law to Earl Grey, dated Newfoundland, 
1st March 1847, transmitting a Bill for Five hun- 
dred Pounds, on account of the Subscriptions raised 
in that Island for the Relief of the Destitute Poor 
in Ireland. 

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


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour after Twelve of the clock 
on Wednesday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 








Mercurii, 21° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


Committees. ORPE RED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Huddersfield | The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
and Manches- the adjourned Debate apon the Question proposed 


(Deviations yesterday, That it be an Instruction to the Examiner 
and Altera- of Petitions for Private Bills, that he do entertain 


serine the Memorial of Richard Bassett Wilson against 
&amp;c.) Bi. | the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway (Devia- 
tions and Alterations in Oldham Branch, &amp;c.) Pe- 
tition for additional Provision, notwithstanding that 
the same Memorial was not deposited in the Private 
Bill Office within the time limited by the Standing 
Orders ; 
And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 
And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 
North Staf- A Petition of the North Staffordshire Railway 
oe Company, praying that provision may be made in 
( Alterations the North Staffordshire Railway (Alterations and 
and Branches) Branches Bill, for enabling the said Company to 
Rill. make a certain diversion in the line of their Railway, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Ex- 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Martin's _ Martin’s Divorce Bill was read a second time ; 
Divorce Bill. and committed to the Select Committee on Divorce 
Bills. 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, That they do hear Counsel and examine 
Witnesses for the said Bill, and also that they do 
hear Counsel and examine Witnesses against the 
Bill, if the Parties concerned think fit to be heard 
by Counsel, or produce Witnesses, 
Private Bills. | A Petition of Commissioners for executing the 
Act for improving the town of Bury, and its en- 
virons, in the county of Lancaster, praying the 
House to adopt some means of lessening the ex- 
penses of Private and Local Acts of Parliament, and 
of bringing such expenses more directly under the 
control and supervision of the House, and in the 
meantime to devise and carry into operation some 
efficient and equitable mode of taxing the charges 
made by agents, solicitors, printers and witnesses 
during the passing of Bills through Parliament, and 
VoL. 102. 


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385 


further, that Bills passed in the year 1846 shall come 
under such new regulations as the House may adopt 
for the future, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Thomas Barneby, Midland Rail- 
of the city of Worcester, Gentleman, which was pre- 1 * Nose nee 
sented yesterday, praying that the Midland Railway Malvern and’ 
(Worcester, Hereford, Malvern and Cheltenham Lines) Cheltenham 
Bill may be allowed to pass into a lawin the present Mines) Bill 
Session of Parliament, and that the prayer of the 
Petition for leave to present a Petition, and to 
deposit an amended Section may be granted, be re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


The Order for reading a second time upon Wed- Registration 
nesday next the Registration of Voters Bill, was Voters Bill. 
read and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 5th day of May next. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Sir James Glasgow, 
Robert George Graham, of Netherby, in the county ee a 
of Cumberland, Baronet, praying that he may be at way, and 
liberty to withdraw his Petition against the Glas- Glasgow, _ 
gow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway, and Glasgow, hg 
Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (No. 1.) Bill, Ayr Railway 
and that this Petition may be referred to the Com- (No. 1.) Bill. 
mittee to whom the said Bill stands referred, was 
presented, and read, 

Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the 


Petition accordingly, 


A Petition of the Manchester and Salford Water- Manchester, 
works Company, praying that they may be heard, a 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against Railway (Sup- 
certain parts of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- ply of Surplus 
colnshire Railway (Supply of Surplus Water to Man- cach gl 
chester, Salford and Stockport) Bill, was presented, fordandStock- 
and read. port) Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of the Company of Proprietors of the Manchester 

Manchester and Salford Waterworks ; Trustees a enna 

‘ cig erworks 
for executing the Act for more effectually repairing (power to sell 
and improving several roads leading to and from to the Man- 
the town of Salford, through Pendleton, and other —— and 

Ian : : ; alford Water- 

places therein mentioned, in the county palatine of works Com- 
Lancaster, and several other roads therein mentioned, pany) Bill. 
and for making and maintaining certain diversions 
or new lines of road to comraunicate therewith ; 
and, Owners of property in and inhabitants of the 
respective townships of Hyde, Newton and Godley, 
in the county of Chester, praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Manchester Corporation Water- 
works (Power to sell to the Manchester and Sal- 
ford Waterworks Company) Bill,—were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Manchester 

Manchester and Salford Waterworks, praying that ak emcee 
: P aterworks 

he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, (power to 
against certain parts of the Manchester Corpora- purchase the 
tion Waterworks (Power to purchase the Manches- Manchester 
ter and Salford Waterworks) Bill, was presented, Waterworks) 
and read. Bill. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 


Bill, against the said Petition, 
3D A Petition 




















386 


Leeds Central A Petition of the Zeeds and Bradford Railway 

Railwey Sta- Company, praying that they may be heard, by 

—_— themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Leeds Central Railway Station Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Leeds, Wake- Petitions from Rothwell (two Petitions) ;—Stan- 

ee = ley-cum-Wrenthorpe ;— Owners and Occupiers of 

Railway Bil. Property on the line of Railway thereinafter men- 
tioned ;—and, Wakefield; praying that the Leeds, 
Wakefield and Midland Junction Railway Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 





Leeds, Dews- _— Petitions of the Midland Railway Company ; 
bury and Man- Charles Brook, junior, and others, Owners and Oc- 
chester Rail- ° . . one ee ca 
way (Exten- Cupiers of property in the line, or within the limits 
sion to Wake- of deviation of the Railway thereinafter mentioned ; 
aye al -—— Glaziers, Butchers, Farmers, Salesmen and 
ley with the Others attending the Cattle Market held at Wake- 
Wakefield, _field, in the county of York, and of Owners and 
ae sage 9 Occupiers of property on the line of the extension 
York and of the Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester Railway 
North Midland thereinafter mentioned ; Merchents, Manufac- 
Railways) Bill. turers, Tradesmen, and other inhabitants of the 
borough of Wakefield, in the West Riding of the 
county of York, and its vicinity ; Governors of 
the Free Grammar School of Queen Elizabeth, at 
Wakefield, in the county of York ; Thomas Mark. 
Carter, of Wakefield, in the county of York, Brewer ; 
York and North Midland Railway Company ; 
J. G. Smyth and others, Owners and Occupiers 
of property in the line, or within the limits of devia- 
tion of the Railway thereinafter mentioned ; 
Trustees for executing an Act for making and main- 
taining a Turnpike-road from Wakefield to join the 
Shepley-lane Head Turnpike-road in Denby Dale, 
in the parish of Penistone, with certain Branches, 
all in the West Riding of the county of York; 
and, William Thomas Marriott, of Wakefield, in the 
county of York, Worsted Yarn Manufacturer and 
Merchant; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester Rail- 
way (Extension to Wakefield, and Junction at 
Methley, with the Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole, 
and the York and North Midland Railways) Bill,— 
were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were oredered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 




















Caledonian A Petition of the Provost, Bailies and Councillors 


Railway of the burgh of Hamilton, praying that the Cale- 
(Branches . ‘ 5 

ie tie donian Railway (Branches from the Clydesdale Junc- 
Clydesdale _ tion Railway to the Douglas and Lesmahagow Mi- 


Junction Rail- neral Fields and to Srathavon) Bill may pass into a 


ay to the : 
Douglas and law, was presented, and read; aud ordered to lie 
glas : 


Lesmahagow upon the Table. 
Mineral Fields 

and to Strath- 

avon) Bill. 


Caledonian A Petition of George Walker Muir, Merchant in 
we Glasgow, and Owners and Occupiers of houses and 
—— ground to be taken in virtue and for the purposes of 


Glasgow Sta- the powers sought by the Bill thereinafter com- 
tion) Bill. — plained of, and Owners and Occupiers of houses 
and ground in the near neighbourhood of the pro- 
perties so intended to be taken, and Owners and 
Occupiers of houses and grounds on and near the 
line of, and having their only or chief access by and 
through the public streets and thoroughfares, which 
are to be intersected and interfered with by the 
powers sought by the said Bill, praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 


21° Apriits. 





A, 1847. 


against certain parts of the Caledonian Railway 
(Branch across Clyde and Gilasgow Station) Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of the Right honourable Charles Lord Great North- 

Stourton ;-—John Hatfield, of Hatfield Hall, in the eamaene 
parish of Wakefield, in the county of York, Esquire, feeds + 
and of William Robert Hawkes Johnstone, of Hat- Wakefield, 
field Hall aforesaid, Gentleman ;——Philip Yorke Deviation of 
Savile, and others, Owners and Occupiers of pro- Branch of 
perty upon the line of the proposed Railway there- Wakefield, 
inafter mentioned, or within the limits of deviation ; i 
—- Hugo Charles Meynell Ingram, of Temple way) Bill. 4 
Newsam, in the county of York, Esquire, and of 
Lessees or Occupiers of lands and property be- 
longing to the said Hugo Charles Meynell Ingram ; 
Mary Shackleton and others, Owners and Oc- 
cupiers of property upon the line of the proposed 
Railway thereafter mentioned, or within the limits 
of deviation thereof ; Arthur Heywood, of Ack- 
ton Hall, inthe West Riding of the county of York, 
Esquire, and of Thomas Hague, of Hanley Hall, in 
the parish of Wakefield, in the said county, Esquire ; 
and, York and North Midland Railway Com- 
pany; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Great Northern Railway (Extension to Leeds 
and Wakefield, Deviation of Methley Branch of 
Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole Railway) Bill,— 
were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 











Petitions of the Lynn and Dereham Railway Great North- 
Company ; —— Adventurers or Participants for ow 
draining the Fens called Deeping Fen, in the county'ine's jeune 
of Lincoln, containing several thousand acres of Bill. 
land ;——-Trustees for executing the Acts for im- 
proving the Outfall of the River Welland, in the 
county of Lincoln ; and, Lynn and Ely Railway 
Company; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Great Northern Railway (Branch to 
King’s Lynn) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





A Petition of Joseph Loxdae Warren, of Consall Staffordshire 
Hall, in the parish of Cheddleton, in the county of Fotteries | 
Stafford, Esquire, praying that he may be heard, — ‘ 
by himself, his counsel or agent, against certain 
— of the Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks 

ill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Biil; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Hugh Mackenzie, of Dundonnell Ross, Cro- 
House, in the county of foss, praying that he may —, Pin 
be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against pjstrict Roads 
certain parts of the Ross, Cromarty and Part of Bill. 

Nairn District Roads Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 





A Petition 











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A Petition of Clergy, Landowners, Manufacturers, 
Traders and other Inhabitants of the borough and 
town of Halesowen, and of the several other town- 
ships forming the parish of Halesowen, in the county 
of Worcester, except the townships of Oldbury and 
Cradley, praying that the Birmingham, Wolver- 
hampton and Stour Valley Railway (No. 2.) Branches 
Birminsham, Dill may pass into a law; and that the Ozford, 
Wolverhamp- Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway ; and, the 
tonand Dudley Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley Railway 


Birmingham, 
Wolverhamp- 
ton and Stour 
Valley Rail- 
way (No. 2.) 
Branches; Ox- 
ford, Worces- 
ter and Wol- 
verhampton 
Railway; and, 


sa (Stourbridge and West Bromwich) Bills may not 
and West _—« pass into law, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
Bromwich) _to lie upon the Table. 
Bills. 
waee Ely A Petition of John Dalton, of West Bilney, in 
(Lynn and the county of Norfolk, Esquire, praying that he 
Wormegay may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 
— against certain parts of the Lynn and Ely Railway 
ill. &gt; on ; 
(Lynn and Wormegay Navigation) Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 
sg : A Petition of Thomas Walters and William Wal- 
alley Rail- ’ 
way Bill. ters, both of Swansea, in the county of Glamorgan, 
Coalowners and Co-partners, praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Swansea Valley Rail- 
way Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
—— Petitions of Surveyors of the Highways and other 
Warcrworks nhabitants of Rivington, Anglezarke Heath, Char- 
Bill. nock and Anderton, in the county of Lancaster; 





Robert Andrews, of Rivington, in the county of 
Lancaster, Esquire ; Thomas Bonsor Crompton, 
of Farnworth, in the county of Lancaster, Paper- 
maker ; Governors of the Free Grammar School 
of Queen Elizabeth, in Rivingion, in the county of 
Lancaster ; John Parke and Robert Parke, of 
Withnell, in the county of Lancaster, Cotton Spin- 
ners ; William Pendlebury, of the township of 
Heapey, in the county of Lancaster, Bleacher, car- 
rying on business under the firm of Jonathan Pen- 
dlebury and Co. ;—— William Haigh, of Furzedown 
Yooting, in the county of Surrey ;——and, Hugh 
Unsworth, of Huyton, in the county of Lancaster, 
Cotton Spinner ; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Liverpool Corporation Waterworks 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 














mr tor saa A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce and 
Dues Bi, 4 Manufactures of the city of Edinburgh, praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Leith Harbour 
and Docks Dues Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Birmingham Petitions of Thomas Thompson, Owner and Occu- 





— pier of Albion House, Leamington Priors, in the 
way (Devia- county of Warwick ; William Osborn, of the 
= of Line, borough of Warwick, in the county of Warwick ; 
C, ft 


——and, Trustees of the Warwick and Leamington 
VoL. 102. 


21° Aprilis. 





387 


Banking Company ; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction 
Railway (Deviation of Line, &amp;c.) Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of James Laurie, Esquire, of Zaurie- Glasgow, 
ston, John Mitchell, George Binnie, Robert Buntine Paisley, Kil- 
and Thomas Pearson, all Feuars of portions of Lau- yay 
rieston, David Dreghorn, Accountant in Glasgow, (No. 4.) Bill. 
Collector of Poor’s Rates for the parish of Govan, 
and Owners and Occupiers of houses and ground 
on the line and the immediate vicinity of the pro- 
posed Railway, for the making of which powers are 
sought by the Bill thereinafter complained of, and 
likewise of Owners and Occupiers of houses and 
ground having their principal and chief access by 
and through the streets and thoroughfares whic 
will be intersected and interfered with by the said 
proposed Railway, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and 
Ayr Railway (No. 4.) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of James Laurie, Esquire, of Laurie- Glasgow, 
ston, John Mitchell, George Binnie, Robert Bun- Paisley, Kil- 
tine and Thomas Pearson, all Feuars of portions of a 
Laurieston, David Dreghorn, Accountant in Glas- (No. 5.) Bil 
gow, Collector of Poor’s Rates for the parish of 
Govan, and Owners and Occupiers of houses and 
ground on the line and in the immediate vicinity of 
the proposed Railway, for the making of which 
powers are sought by the Bill thereinafter complained 
of, and likewise of Owners and Occupiers of houses 
and ground having their principal and chief access 
by and through the streets and thoroughfares which 
will be intersected and interefered with by the said 
proposed Railway, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and 
Ayr Railway (No. 5.) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of the Shrewshury and Hereford Rail- Gloucester and 
way Company ;——and, Company of Proprietors Hereford a. 
of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal Navigation ; Paychase Bill 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Giloueester and Hereford Railway and Canal Pur- 
chase Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Petitions from Cottingham and Skidby ;—Brad- Education. 
ford (York) ;—Wirksworth ;—West Hallam ;—and, 
Enderby and Whetstone; praying the House to 
sanction the plan of Education propounded in the 
Minutes of the Committee of Council,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions from Bishop’s Castle ; — Glossop ; — 
Birmingham ;—Shirley-street ;—Saint John’s Com- 
mon ;—ye ;— Wivelsfield ;—Dane Hill and New- 
ick ;— Cuckfield (two Petitions) ; — Alfriston ; — 

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Roman Catho- 


lic Relief Bill. 


Poor Rates and 


Settlement. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 
Bill; and, 
Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Factories Bill 


Holyhead 
Harbour. 


No. 301. 


Mr. Warner’s 
Invention. 


No. 302. 


Newfound- 
land. 


No. 303, 


Hull Dock 
Company. 
No. 304, 


Hosiery Ma- 
nufacture Bill. 


Factories Bill. 


388 


Bognor ;—and, Worth; praying the House to refuse 
any grant of money in furtherance of the plan of 
Education propounded in the Minutes of the Com- 
mittee of Council, and to revoke the powers vested 
in the said Committee,—were also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Catholics of Maryport and its 
vicinity, praying that the Roman Catholic Relief 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Stourbridge Union, 
in the counties of Worcester and Stafford, praying 
the House to pass a Bill whereby an equal rate 
upon all property now assessed to the Poor-rate ma 
be levied throughout the Kingdom, and that the 
Law of Settlement may be totally repealed, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


Petitions from the Kirk Session of Greenock (Mo- 
derator) ;—Kirk Session of Penicuich ;—and, Mem- 
bers of the Parochial Board of the parish of Avon- 
dale, county of Lanark (Chairman); praying that the 
Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill, and the Mar- 
riage (Scotland) Bill may not pass into law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of Parish Schoolmasters and Session 
Clerks resident within the Presbytery of I’orfar, 
praying the House to provide compensation for the 
Parish Schoolmasters and Session Clerks of Scot- 
land should the said Bills pass into law, was also 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Johnstone (Chairman) ;—an@d, Dun- 
dee; praying that the Factories Bill may pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions from Heckmondwike, Stanningley, Raw- 
don, Ossett, Farsley, Morley, Idle, Otley, Adding- 
ham, and Burley ; — Leeds ; — Ilminster ; — and, 
Crewkerne; praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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


Ordered, That the Account relative to Mr. War- 
ner’s Invention, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Newfound- 
land, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Hull 
Dock Company, which was presented upon the 15th 
day of this instant April, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Hosiery Manufacture Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 5th day of May next. 


Mr. Greene reported the Factories Bill; and the 
Amendments were read a second time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That this House doth agree with 
the Committee in the said Amendments ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ the Report be taken into further consideration 
“ upon this day six months,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 





21° Aprils. A. 1847. 


The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


' ¢ Mr. Field 
Tellers for the Yeas, M. — pros. 
Tellers for the Noes, { = &gt; ae ‘ f 46. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Resolved, That this House doth agree with the 
Committee in the said Amendments. 


A Clause (And be it Enacted, That in all cases 
where, by reason of the restrictions by this Act 
respectively imposed, as regards the working of per- 
sons under the age ef Eighteen years, and of females 
above the age of Eighteen years, the lessee or occu- 


y| pier, lessees or occupiers, of any such mill or fac- 


tory as isin this Act referred to, or any part thereof, 
or any rooms therein, shall not be entitled to or be 
by law able to enjoy the full and beneficial use of the 
steam or water power contracted to be supplied by 
the lessor or landlord for the full length of time for 
which the lessee or occupier, lessees or occupiers, 
would but for this Act have been entitled to, a 
proportionate abatement of the rent payable by such 
lessee or occupier, lessees or occupiers, shall be made 
and allowed by the lessor or landlord, such propor- 
tionate abatement to be fixed and settled by any two 
of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, who shall 
have full power to hear the parties and their re 

spective witnesses, and to summon them before 
them, the said Justices, for that purpose, and finally 
to adjudicate and determine in the premises, if the 
parties differ about the same), was brought up, and 
read the first time. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—And the said Motion and Clause were seve- 
rally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Another Clause (Be it Enacted, That none of the 
provisicns of this Act respecting the restriction of 
their hours of labour, shall apply to adult women), 
was brought up; and read the first time. 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time :—It passed in the Negative. 


Another Clause (And be it Enacted, That if any 
accident happen to the steam-engine, water-wheel, 
or mill-gearing in any. factory, whereby any part 
of the manufacturing machinery shall be stopped 
during the usual hours of work allowed by this Act, 
it shall be lawful to recover the time so lost in the 
following manner, that is to say: any child or 
young person, or any woman, may be employed one 
hour in each day more than the time to which the 
ordinary daily labour of children and young persons 
and women respectively is restricted by law, until 
such lost time be recovered), was brought up, and 
read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

— { Mr. Leader, | = 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Bright : s 32. 
Jf Mr. Ferrand, 

\ Mr. Fielden: an 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Friday 
next. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Life Insur- 


Reading of the Life Insurances Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months, 


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The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Naval Prisons Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. . 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Naval Prisons 
Bill. 


Naval Service 


of Boys Bill. mittee on the Naval Service of Boys Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Parliamentary The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Blectors Bill. Reading of the Parliamentary Electors Bill ; 


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


Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Martin’s _ Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords 
Divorce Bill to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
communicate to this House a Copy of the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before their Lordships in the 
case of Martin’s Divorce Bill: And that Mr. Greene 
do carry the said Message. 
Birmingham, Petitions from Smethwick and West Bromwich ; 
Wolverhamp- 


—Merchants, Manufacturers, &amp;c. of Stourbridge 

and Dudl 7 
poem Cradley and Halesworth ;—and, Rowley Regis ; 
(Stourbridge praying that the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and 
and West Dudley Railway (Stourbridge and West Bromwich) 








— Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Oxford, Wor- Petitions from Oldswinford and Halesowen ;— 
rll Merchants, Manufacturers, &amp;c. of Stourbridge ;— 
ton Railway alesowen ;—and, Dudley; praying that the Oz- 
(No. 2.) ford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (No. 2.) 
eg nee (Extensions and Amendment) Bill may pass into a 
ment) Bill. ~ law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered tu lie 
upon the Table. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
Jovis, 22° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 
PRAYERS. 
— of M R.Goodbody, from the Court of Chancery, was 
nae called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant 
to the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of 
an Order issued by the Lord Chancellor, 31st March 
1847, for Payment of proportionate part of Salary 
to Master Lynch, of an Annuity of £.1,500 per 
annum, and of proportionate part of same :—And 
then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table. 
Commercial Ordered, That the Petition of Commissioners for 
Gas Light executing the Act for making further provision for 
Company Bill, P@ving, lighting, cleansing, regulating, repairing and 
improving the Streets, Highways and other Public 
Places in the Parish of Saint Matthew, Bethnal 
Green, in the County of Middlesex, which was pre- 
sented upon the 11th day of March last, praying 
that they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Commercial Gas Light 
and Coke Company Bill, be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, by 
their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if they 
think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 
EasternCoun- Ordered, That the Petition of Commissioners 


tes Railway 
(Enlargement 
of London and 


for paving, lighting and improving the parish of 
Bethnal Green, in the county of Middlesex, which 


ey was presented upon the 5th day of March last, 
por praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 


of Acts) Bill, counsel or agents, against certain parts of the East- 
Vou. 102. 


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389 


ern Counties Railway (Enlargement of Zondon and 
Stratford Stations and Amendment of Acts) Bill, be 
referred to the Committee on the Bill ; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. Greene reported the Hartlepool West Har- Hartlepool 


sce “ Dock (Dock Extension) Bill, with Amend- ia 


: (Dock Exten- 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. sion) Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill for more effectually maintain- Newhaven 
ing the Harbour of Newhaven and the Navigation a. Ouse 
of the River Ouse, between Newhaven and Lewes, pron a 
and for draining the Low Lands lying in Lewes and Lewes and 
Laughton Levels, all in the County of Sussex, was Laughton 
read the third time. oe 

An ingrossed Clause (Act not to extend to charge 
Tolls imposed on any Post-oftice Boat or Packet), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Growers of Norfolk Rail- 
Corn, Traders and others in the neighbourhood of oe 
Halesworth, in the county of Suffolk, and of Share- the Lowestoft 
holders and Directors of the Ipswich, Norwich and Railway near 
Yarmouth Railway Company, praying that they a 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, Halesworth) ; 
against certain parts of the Worfolk Railway (from and, Ipswich 
Thetford, to the Lowestoft Railway near Reedham, ew 
with a Branch to Halesworth); and, the Ipswich and Railway 
Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway (No. 1.) (Extension (No. 1.) (Ex- 
to Yarmouth) Bills, was presented, and read. eevee 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the ‘ 
Committee on the Bills ; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bills, against the said Petition. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Uuddersfield 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for ae” 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for (Deviations 
additional Provision in the Huddersfield and Man- and Altera- 
chester Railway (Deviations and Alterations in —_— ne 
Oldham Branch, &amp;c.) Bill, the Standing Orders had gc Bil 
not been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 


lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


The House was moved, That the Resolution of Railway Bills, 
the House of the 23d day of February last, That all 
Raiiway Bills in the present Session be referred to 
the Railway Commissioners, for their Report to this 
House upon the following points, previously to such 
Bills being considered in Committees of this House : 

That every Report so to be made upon each 
Bill, shall state the amount of the capital proposed 
to be raised, and of the loans proposed to be au- 
thorized by the Bill; and if, under the provisions 
of such Bill, any powers are to be given to any 
Company already incorporated, of raising further 
capital or loans, or of making alterations, branches, 
or extensions of their existing Lines, or of pur- 
chasing or leasing any other Lines made or to be 
made, or of subscribing to the capital, or guarantee- 
ing the capital of, or amalgamating with, other Com- 
panies, such Report shall also state the powers 
granted by any former Act or Acts to such Com- 
panies already incorporated for any of the above 
purposes, and of the manner in which, and extent 
to which, such powers have been exercised ; and the 
Report shail further state the opinion of the Cum- 
missioners thereon, and also their opinion as to any 
special provisions with which it may in any case 
be expedient to accompany the grant of any powers 
for any of the above-mentioned purposes, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be reseinded. 
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390 


Resolved, That ail Railway Bills in the present 
Session be referred to the Railway Commissioners, 
for their Report to this House upon the following 
points, previously to a decision on the Preamble of 
an Bill by the Committee thereon : 

That every Report so to be made upon each 
Bill, shall state the amount of the capital proposed 
to be raised, and of the loans proposed to be 
authorized by the Bill; and if, under the pro- 
visions of such Bill, any powers are to be given 
to any Company already incorporated, of raising 
further capital or loans, or of making alterations, 
branches, or extensions of their existing Lines, or of 
purchasing or leasing any other Lines made or to be 
made, or of subscribing to the capital, or guarantee- 
ing the capital of, or amalgamating with, other Com- 
panies, such Report shall also state the powers 
granted by any former Act or Acts to such Com- 
panies already incorporated for any of the above 
purposes, and of the manner in which, and extent to 
which, such powers have been exercised; and the 
Report shall further state the opinion of the Com- 
missioners thereon, and also their opinion as to any 
special provisions with which it may in any case 
be expedient to accompany the grant of any powers 
for any of the above-mentioned purposes. 


London and Lord Harry Vane reported the London and South 


South Western Western Railway (Widening, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amend- 
Railway ments. 


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

Standing Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 

Orders ; Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; 
which were read, as follow : 

Derbyshire, 1. Resolved, That in the case of the Derbyshire, 

Staffordshire Staffordshire and Worcestershire Junction Railway 

pacer gana _ Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 

tion Railway With; That the Parties be permitted to proceed 

Bill. with their Bill. 

Lincoln’s-Inn 2. Resolved, That in the case of the Lincoln’s-Inn 

Rating Bill. Rating Petition, for leave to deposit a Petition for 


a Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with ; That the Parties be permitted to deposit their 
Petition accordingly. 


3. Resolved, That in the case of the Leeds Water- 
works Petition for additional Provision, the Stand- 
ing Orders ought to be dispensed with; That the 
Parties be permitted to introduce such additional 
provision, if the Committee on the Bill shall so 
think fit. 


4, Resolved, That in the case of the Midland 
Railway ( Worcester, Hereford, Malvern and Chel- 
tenham Lines) Petition to deposit amended Sections 
and a Petition for a Bill, the Parties be permitted 
to deposit Sections, amended so far only as regards 
the error in the datum line reported é the Exa- 
miner of Petitions as commencing at 8 miles 5 fur- 
longs and 490 links, and continuing thence to Here- 
ford, and to make the corrections in the vertical 
heights necessarily consequent thereon ; and that 
they prove before the Examiner, that the Railway 
as proposed to be constructed under the amended 
Sections, can be made in such a manner as not to 
affect, in consequence of such Amendments, any of 
the lands to be taken for the proposed Railway, 
otherwise than as stated in the written applications 
to owners, except for a distance of about 800 yards, 
commencing at or about 8 miles 5 furlongs,as marked 
on the Plan, and there only with consent of the 
Owners affected ; and that they be permitted to de- 
posit a Petition for a Bill, and that the said Petition 
be not deposited until four clear days after the de- 
posit of the said amended Sections. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Manchester, 
London and Birmingham Railway Petition, the 
Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 

The first, second, third and fourth Resolutions, 
being read a second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Leeds Water- 
works Bill. 


Midland Rail- 
way (Worces- 
ter, Hereford, 
Malvern and 
Cheltenham 
Lines) Bill. 


Manchester, 
London and 
Birmingham 
Railway Bill. 


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A. 1847. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Newmarket and Newmarket 
Chesterford Railway Company to extend their Line 274 Chester- 


of Railway to Thetford, in the County of Norfolk, pcan ty 
was read the third time. Thetford) Bill. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Dr. Bowring do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Newmarket and Newmarket 
Chesterford Railway Comuooy to extend their Line 24 Chester- 


of Railway to Bury St. Edmund's, with a Branch ject 

to the City of Ely, was read the third time. Bury St. Ed- 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. oc 
Ordered, That Dr. Bowring do carry the Bill to pyy Bin. 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions from Annan ;—and, Dornock ; praying Caledonian 
that the Caledonian Railway (Branches to Canonbie, ies - 
&amp;c.) Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and Ganonbie, &amp;c.) 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill for better supplying with Water Darwen 
the Town and Neighbourhood of Over Darwen, in pes etic 
the County of Lancaster, and for affording a more Ri 
regular and constant Supply of Water to the Mill- 
owners and others on the River Darwen, was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Dr. Bowring do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Greene reported, That he had carried to the Martin’s 
Lords the Message of this House of yesterday, re- Divorce Bill. 
questing that their Lordships would be pleased to 
communicate to this House a Copy of the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before their Lordships in the 
case of Martin’s Divorce Bill: And that the Lords 
had communicated a Copy of the said Minutes of 
Evidence :—And he delivered the same in at the 
Table. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes of Evidence be 
referred to the Select Committee on Divorce Bills. 


Mr. Wakley presented a Bill for the Registration Medical Regi- 
of Qualified Medical Practitioners, and for amend- stfation and 
ing the Law relating to the Practice of Medicine in ¥edical Law 
Great Britain and Jreland: And the same was read Bill. 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time No.305. 
upon Wednesday the 5th day of May next; and to 
be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Gas Compa- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased nies. 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Statement from every Gas Company esta- 
blished by Act of Parliament in the United King- 
dom ; stating the several Acts of Parliament under 
which established ; the Rates per 1,000 Cubic Feet 
at which each Company or Corporation have supplied 
Gas in each year since 1820, or if later estabiished, 
in each year from the year the Company commenced 
to supply Gas, and the Price of the best Coals in 
each year for the same Period :—Also, stating the 
Amount of fixed Capital of each Gas Company, and 
the Rate per cent. of Dividend to the Shareholders 
or Proprietors on their Shares in each year during 
that time. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this cove as are 
of Her Majesty’s most Honourable Privy Council. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Bishopric of 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- Saint Asaph. 
jesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections that there be laid before this House, Copies 
of all Correspondence with the Bishop of Bangor, 
of any case submitted to the Law Officers of the 
Crown, and of their Opinion on the subject, pre- 
viously to the Appointment of a Bishop of Saint 
Asaph, in July 1846 :—It passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Drainage of 
facilitate the Drainage of Lands in Scotland: Aud Lands ‘Svol- 
that the Lord Advocate, Mr. M‘Weill and the Earl oo 
of Lincoln do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, 





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Opium. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Ordinance No. 21 of 1844, for 
licensing the Sale of Opium within the Colony of 
Hong Kong, dated the 26th day of November 1844 : 
—Of the Regulations for the Sale of Opium by 
Retail, made by His Excellency the Governor of 
Hong Kong, &amp;c., dated the 28th day of February 
1845, or any cther Regulations on the subject :— 
And, of Dissent in Legislative Council of Hong 
Kong, by R. Montgomery Martin, on the Propo- 
sition for licensing the Retail Consumption of Opium 
in Hong Kong. 

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

Enlistment. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

Returns of the Number of Men enlisted for limited 

Service, since the year 1806 :—Of the Number of 


22° Aprilis. 391 


caster ;— Boston ;—Knottingley and Womersley ;— Leeds and 
Sykehouse ;—Pontefract ;— Stockton-upon- Tees ;— oe c 
Owners, &amp;c., of collieries ;— Gainsborough ;—New- Methicy i 
castle-upon- Tyne ;— Goole ; —Grantham ;— Thorne ; Branch of 
— Bradford; — Bramley ; — Durham; — Hazey ; Wakefield, 
Stanningley ;—Snaith and Cowick ;— Gateshead ;— Goole Rail P 
Pudsey ; — Fishlake ; — Holbeck ; — Wortley ; — way) Bill. 
Hunslet ;—Leeds; — Stockton ;— Hartlepool ;—-and, 

Wakefield ;—praying that the Great Northern Rail- 

way (Extension to Leeds and Wakefield, Deviation 

of Methley Branch of Wakefield, Pontefract and 

Goole Railway) Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 

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


Petitions from Churwell;— Farnley ;— Alver- Leeds, Dews- 
thorpe ;— Morley ; — Wortley ; — Ossett-cum-Gaw- ay ser 
thorpe ; — Beeston ; — Owners and Occupiers of Raion 

“f 
land ; — Pudsey ; — East Ardsley ;— Bramley ;— (Extension to 
Leeds ;—and, Wakefield; praying that the Leeds, ee 
Dewsbury and Manchester Railway (Extension to jfethley with 


Wakefield, and Junction at Methley with the Wake- the Wakefield, 


Men discharged after their First Period of Service; | field, Pontefract and Goole, and the York and Fontefract and 


the Number of Men who enlisted for a Second Pe- 
riod of Service; also the Number of Men who, 
during their First Period of Limited Service, en- 
listed for Unlimited Service:—Of the Number of 
Men who enlisted for a Third Period of Service: 
—And, of the Amount of Bounties, if any, paid to 
Men enlisting for a Second and Third Period of 
Service, or from Limited to Unlimited Service. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, To-morrow, upon the Prisons Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

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


Prisons Bill. 


Custody of | The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Offenders Bill. Committee, To-morrow, upon the Custody of Of- 
fenders Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Glasgow, Paisley A Petition of Justices of the Peace, Clergymen, 
way (Amendment Bankers, Merchants, Manufacturers and other In- 
the Glasow, Pais- habitants of Neilston, in the county of Renfrew, 
rey; Kime Gns- Praying that the Glasgow, Paisley aud Greenock 
gow, Barrhead and Railway (Amendment and Branches to the Glasgow, 


Glasgow Strath Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr, the Glasgow, Barr- 
gow Railways, and head and JVeilston, and the Glasgow, Strathaven and 
‘9 Haugh PSB. Lesmahagow Railways, and to Haugh Pits) Bill 

may pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Glasgow, Petitions from Kilmaurs;— Fenwick;—Loudoun ; 
po poe al —and, Galston; praying that the Glasgow, Kil- 
Railway marnock and Ardrossan Railway (Amendment, De- 
(Amendment, viations and Branches) Bill may pass into a law,— 


Deviations and 3 s 
ine. presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Glasgow,Pais- A Petition of Merchants, Traders, and others, 
aieus haw resident in the town of Ayr, praying that the Glas- 
Railway, and gow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway, and 
Glasgow and Glasgow and Belfast Union Railway (No. 1.) Bill 
—* may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
(No. 1.) Bill. ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Eastern Coun- Petitions from Newark-upon- Trent ;—and, Spald- 
(Spalding © ing ; praying that the Eastern Counties Railway 
Newark) Bill. (Spalding to Newark) Bill may pass into a law,— 

were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Pea Coun- Petitions from Wisbech ;— Fleet ;— Gedney ;— 
(Wisbech 20d, Long Sutton (two Petitions); praying that the 
Spalding) Bin, Eastern Counties Railway (Wisbech to Spalding) 

Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Great North- Petitions from Newark ;— Epworth ;— Rawcliffe ; 


ern Railway — Askern ;— Belton ;— Crowle ;— Lincoln ;—Don- 
(Extension to VoL. 102 


North Midland Railways) Bill may pass into a law, hg gl 


—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie North Midland 
upon the Table. Railways) Bill. 


Two Petitions from Leeds; praying that the Leeds Leeds Central 
Central Railway Station Bill may pass into a law, anagn Sta- 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon "7" 

the Table. 


A Petition of Operative Silk Weavers, and others Braintree and 
connected with the Silk Manufacture in the towns Halstead 
of Braintree, Bocking and Halstead, in the county rn 
of Essex, praying that the Braintree and Halstead 

Railway Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 

and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property Boston, 
upon the line and in the bores of the Rail- a 
way thereinafter mentioned, praying that the Boston, + 
Stamford and Birmingham Railway (Peterborough (Peterborough 
and 7'horney Line) Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 224 Thorney 


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


Petitions from Abergavenny; — Hereford (two Newport, 
Petitions) ; — Pontypool ;—and, Merthyr Tydvil; pay tea 
praying that the Mewport, Abergavenny and Here- Railway 
ford Railway (Extension to Taff Vale Railway) Bill (Extension to 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; Taff Vale 


i ? Railw Bill. 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. ailway) Bi 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Common Staffordshire 
Council and other Inhabitants of the borough of Seren . 
Newcastle-under-Lyme, in the county of Stafford, pin 
praying that the Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Trent Navigation Company, ambergate, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their Nottingham 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Am- 2nd Boston 
bergate, Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern Junc- Junction Rail- 
tion Railway (Alteration of Line and Branches to way (Altera- 
Nottingham) Bill, was presented, and read. cm a 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Nottingham) 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, Bill. 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Thomas Ashton, and others, Share- Birmingham 
holders of the Birmingham and Ozford Junction and Oxford 
Railway Company ;——John Wodley Hughes, and po (Devries / 
others, Shareholders in the Birmingham and Ozford tion of Line, 
Junction Railway ; Christopher Hird Jones, &amp;c.) Bill, 
and others, Shareholders in the Birmingham and 
Oxford Junction Railway Company ; George 
Turner, and others, Shareholders in the Bir- 
mingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company ; 

—— William Billington, and others, Shareholders 
in the Birmingham and Oxford Railway Com- 
pany ; Richard Barrow, and others, Share- 
holders in the Birmingham and Oxford Railway 

3D4+ Company; 

































































392 


Company ; —— Henry Tootal, and others, Share- 
holders in the Birmingham and Oxford Junction 
Railway ; R. Mangles, m.P., and others, Share- 
holders in the Birmingham and Ozford Railway 
Company ;——Henry Jennings, and others, Share- 
holders in the Birmingham and Ozford Railway 
Company ; Company of Proprietors of the 
Warwick and Birmingham Canal Navigation ; 
Company of Proprietors of the Warwick and Napton 
Canal Navigation ; John Freeman, of Rugby, in 
the county of Warwick, Gentleman ;——Matthew 
Wise, of Shrublands Hall, near Leamington, in the 
county of Warwick, Esquire ; John Watson, 
Esquire, of 53, Gower-street, Bedford-square, and 
Sarah, his Wife ; John Stanley, of 




















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A. 1847. 


pany ;——John Wodley Hughes and others, Share- 
holders in the Birmingham and Oxford Junction 
Railway Company ; George Turner and others, 
Shareholders in the Birmingham and Ozford Junc- 
tion Railway Company; and, Sir Harry Verney, 
| Baronet, and others, Shareholders in the Birming- 
ham and Oxford Junction Railway Company ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Birmingham and Ozford Junction, and Dintoke, 
Wolverhampton and Dudley Railways Amalgama- 
_tion Bill,—were presented, and read. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 








eamington | tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 


Priors, in the county of Warwick, Hotel-keeper, and | upon their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel 





Joseph Stanley, of the same place, Chemist ; 
Emily Willes, of the Rocks, Marshfield, in the county 


heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Pe- 
titions. 





of Gloucester, Widow ; ——and, Charles Ryder, of 
Leamington, in the county of Warwick, Esquire ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Bir- 
mingham and Ozford Junction Railway (Deviation 
of Line, &amp;c.) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill, and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





| 


Birmingham 





Petitions of Christopher Hird Jones, and others, 
eee: Shareholders in the Birmingham and Oxford Junc- | 
way (Warwick tion Railway ; John Wodley Hughes, and others, 
and Stratford Shareholders in the Birmingham and Oxford Junc- 
Line) Bill. tion Railway Company ;——Edward Shipley Ellis, | 
and others, Shareholders in the Birmingham and 
Oxford Junction Railway ;——Henry Tootal, and | 
others, Shareholders in the Birmingham and Ozford | 
Railway Company ; 





A Petition of Owners of land in the parish of Boston, 
Wisbech Saint Peter, in the Isle of Ely, in the Stamford and 
county of Cambridge, praying that they may be —— 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against (Branch to 
certain parts of the Boston, Stamford and Birming- Wisbech 
ham Railway (Branch to Wisbech Harbour, and a 
Wisbech Harbour Improvement) Bill, was presented, bour isin: 
and read. ment) Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Joseph Harmath and Owner of lands Boston, 
in the parish of Tyd Saint Giles ;——and, Owners Stamford and 
of land in the parishes of Wisbech Saint Peter and — 
Tydd Saint Giles, in the Isle of Ely, and county of (Wisbech to 
Cambridge, and Tydd Saint Mary, in the parts of Sutton Bridge, 


Holland, and county of Lincoln; praying that they ie.) SM. 





H. Clark, and others,|may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 


Shareholders in the Birmingham and Oxford Junc- | agents, against certain parts of the Boston, Stam- 


tion Railway Company ; Thomas 
others, Shareholders in the Birmingham and Ozford | 
Junction Railway Company ;——R. Mangles, m. P., | 
and others, Shareholders in the Birmingham and 
Oxford Junction Railway Company ; George 
Turner, and others, Shareholders in the Birming- 
ham and Oxford Junction Railway Company; 
Richard Barrow, and others, Shareholders in the | 
Birmingham and Ozford Junction Railway Com- 
pany ; Inhabitants of the town of Stratford- 
upon-Avon, and the neighbourhood thereof, or 
Owners and Occupiers of property on the line of 
the Railway thereinafter mentioned ; The Earl 
of Warwick, Owner of land on the line of anintended 
Railway, to be called The Birmingham and Oxford 
Junction Railway;——and, Inhabitants of Barford, | 
in the county of Warwick; praying that they may | 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, | 
against certain parts of the Birmingham and Oxford 
Junction Railway (Warwick and Stratford Line) | 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 











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Birmingham Petitions of Thomas Ashton and others, Share- 
and Oxtord — holders in the Birmingham and Oxford Junction 
Junction, and P re 
Birmingham, Railway Company ; —— Curling and others, 
Wolverhamp- Shareholders in the Birmingham and Oxford Junc- 
ton and Dud- tion Railway Company ;——Edward Shipley Ellis 
ley Railways r “A : tie 
Amalgamation 22d others, Shareholders in the Birmingham and 
Bill. Oxford Junction Railway ; T. Clark and others, 
Shareholders -in the Birmingham and Ozford 
Junction Railway Company; Henry Tootal and 
others, Shareholders in the Birmingham and Oxford 
Junction Railway Company ; Christopher Hird 
Jones and others, Shareholders in the Birmingham 
and Ozford Junction Railway Company ; 
Richard Barrow and others, Shareholders in the 


Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Com- 




















shton, and ford and Birmingham Railway (Wisbech to Sutton 


Bridge, &amp;c.) Bill,—were presented, and read. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 


|to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 


heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of the Provost, Baillies, Treasurer and Caledonian 
Councillors of the town of Paisley, praying that Railway 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or — 
agents, against certain parts of the Caledonian Rail- Dumfries and 
way (Lease of part of Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Carlisle Rail- 
Railway) Bill, was presented, and read. way) Bill 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of the Chairman of a Meeting of Own- Gajedonian 

ers of property in and Inhabitants of the city of Railway 
Glasgow, and William Campbell, Esquire, of Tullie- sr a 
chewan, Thomas Pearson, Alexander Abercrombie, Gamer Sta- 
George Walker Muir and James Craig, all Mer- tion) Bill. 
chants in Glasgow, and George Paterson, House 
Proprietor there, Members of the Committee ap- 
pointed at the said Meeting ;——Trustees for im- 
proving the Navigation of the River Clyde, and en- 
larging the Harbour of Glasgow ; Lord Provost, 
Magistrates and Council of the city of Glasgow ;—— 
and, the Right Reverend Doctor John Murdoch, 
Roman Catholic Bishop in Glasgow; praying that 
| they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
_ agents, against certain parts of the Caledonian Rail- 
way (Branch across Clyde and Glasgow Station) 
| Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
| heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 

‘in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 
A Petition 


























Coventry, 
Banbury and 
Oxford Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


Croydon 
Commercial 
Gas and Coke 
Bill. 


Dublin Con- 
sumers Gas 
Bill. 


Eastern Coun~ 
ties Railway 
(Wisbech to 
Spalding) Bill. 


Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway 
(Enlargement 


of London and 


Stratford 
Stations and 


Amendment of 


Acts) Bill. 


Glasgow, 
Paisley, Kil- 
marnock and 
Ayr Railway 
(No, 4.) Bill, 





10 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the | 
Warwick and Napton Canal Navigation, praying | 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- | 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the Coventry, 
Banbury and Oxford Junction Railway Bill, was 

resented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counse! or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 





A Petition of Members of the Medical Profession 
residing at Croydon, in the county of Surrey, pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Croy- 
don Commercial Gas and Coke Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 





A Petition of Commissioners for paving, cleansing 
and lighting the streets of Dublin, praying that they 
may be heard, by their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Dublin Consumers Gas Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, 
if they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of 
the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders, Owners of 
property and other Inhabitants of Wisbech and the 
neighbourhood, praying that the Eastern Counties 
Railway (Wisbech to Spalding) Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of Inhabitants of the borough of Wis- 
bech ;——Joseph Hannath, an Owner of estates in 
the parish of Zyd Saint Giles, in the county of 
Cambridge ;—-—Joseph Cox, of the borough of 
Wisbech, Gentleman, Magistrate for the borough 
and the Isle of Ely;—— Reverend John Bou- 
verie and others, Owners and Occupiers of property 
upon the line and in the neighbourhood of the Rail- 
way and Docks after mentioned ;—-— Reverend 
Thomas Sweet Escott, M.A., Vicar of Gedney, in 


the county of Lincoln ;——and, Boston, Stamford | 


and Birmingham Railway Company ; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the said Bill,—were 
also presented, and read. 


22° Aprilis, 393 


there, Members of the Committee appointed at the 
said Meeting ;——Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
Council of the city of Glasgow ;——and, Trustees 
for improving the Navigation of the River Clyde, 
and enlarging the Harbour of Glasgow; praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the Glasgow, 
Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (No. 4.) Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of Trustees for improving the Naviga- Glasgow, 

tion of the River Clyde, and enlarging the Harbour Paisley, Kil- 
of Glasgow ; Lord Provost, Magistrates, and prea hone 
Council of the city of Glasgow ; Chairman of a (No. 5.) Bill. 
Meeting of Owners of property in and Inhabitants 
of the city of Glasgow, and William Campbell, Es- 
quire, of Tulliechewan, Thomas Pearson, Alexander 
Abercrombie, George Walker Muir and James Craig, 
all Merchants in Glasgow, and George Paterson, 
House Proprietor there, Members of the Committee 
appointed at the said Meeting ;——and, the Right 
Reverend Doctor John Murdoch, Roman Catholic 
Bishop in Glasgow; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kil- 
marnock and Ayr Railway (No. 5.) Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 

Andthe said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








Petitions of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Glasgow, 
Council of the city of Glasgow ;——The Monkland Airdrie and 
and Kirkintilloch Railway Company, the Balloch- eg 
ney Railway Company, and the Slamannan Railway way (Cowlairs, 
Company, known as the Monklands Railway Com- Carmyle, Cen- 
panies ; Monkland and Kirkintilloch Balloch- = re 
ney and Slamannan Railway Companies ;—-—and, hill Branches, 
Principal and Professors of the College of Glasgow, and Montrose- 
and constituting the Faculty of the said College ; urs Bill. 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Glasgow, Airdrie and Monklands Junction Railway 
(Cowlairs, Carmyle, Central Junction and Coplaw- 
hill Branches and Montrose-street Terminus) Bill, 

—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 

to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 











And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
tothe Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of Shareholders of the Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway Company, praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Eastern Counties Rail- 
way (Enlargement of London and Stratford Stations 
and Amendment of Acts) Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 


their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, | 


in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of the Chairman of a Meeting of Owners 
of property in and Inhabitants of the city of Glasgow, 
and William Campbell, Esquire, of Tulliechewan, 








heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of Trustees for executing the Leeds Great North- 
and Bristol Turnpike-road Act thereinafter men- ¢t™ Railway 
tioned ;—— Thomas Wordsworth and others, Trus- er - 
tees for executing the Leeds and Ealand Turnpike- Wakefield, 
road Act thereinafter mentioned ; John Charles Deviation of 
George Savile, Esquire, commonly called Lord Vis- oe, of 
count Pollington ;—— Manchester and Leeds Rail- Wakefield, 
way Company ;——VJohn Blayds, of Dalton House, Pontefract and 
in the parish of Rothwell, in the West Riding of the oy Bil 
county of York, Esquire ;——and, Leeds, Dewsbury : 
and Manchester Railway Company; praying that 
| they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Great Northern 
Railway (Extension to Leeds and Wakefield, Devia- 
tion of Methley Branch of Wakefield, Pontefract 
and Goole Railway) Bill,—were presented, and read. 
| And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners 











Thomas Pearson, Alexander Abercrombie, George | heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 


Walker Muir and James Craig, all Merchants in 


their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 


Glasgow, and George Paterson, House Proprietor | in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


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i 3E Petitions 


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394 


Great North- Petitions of Redmore Allenby and others, Owners 
yaar geo and Occupiers of land at Sutton Saint Nicholas, 





King’s Lynn) Otherwise Sutton, in the county of Lincoln ; 

Bill, Robert Farran and others, Owners of land at Ged- 
ney, in the county of Lincoln; Redmore Allenby 
and others, Owners and Occupiers of land at Long 
Sutton, in the county of Lincoln ;——and, the 
Reverend Richard Dods and others, Owners and 
Occupiers of land at Fleet, in the county of Lincoln ; 
praying that the Great Northern Railway (Branch 
to King’s Lynn) Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions of Daniel Gurney and others, Trustees 
of the Lynn South Gate Turnpike-roads ;——Com- 
missioners of Navigation for making a new River or 
or Cut called The Eau Brink Cut, to the Harbour of 
King’s Lynn, in the county of Norfolk ; Sir Wil- 
liam J. B. H. Folkes, Baronet, an Owner of land 
on the line of Railway thereinafter mentioned ; 
John Cary Marriott ;—-Ambergate, Nottinghamand 
Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway Company ; 

Creditors by Mortgage-charge upon the funds 
and revenues receivable by the Trustees of the Out- 
fall of the River Welland, in the county of Lincoln ; 
and, Thomas Edward Savage and others, 
Owners of land in the parishes of Sutton Saint 
Mary and Holbeach, both in the Parts of Holland, 
in the county of Lincoln; praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the said Bill,—were also 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 




















A Petition of Corn Factors, of the West Riding 
of the county of York, praying that the Great 
Northern Railway (Deviations between Grantham 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
(Deviations 
between Gran- 


tham and and York) Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
York) Bill. sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Gloucester A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 


and Hereford 
Railway and 
Canal Pur- 
chase Bill. 


amending and maintaining the Roads leading to and 
from the Town of JVewent, and other Roads in the 
Counties of Gloucester and Hereford, praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Gloucester and 
Hereford Railway and Canal Purchase Bill, was 
presented, and read, 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Sir Robert Shafto Adair, of Flixton 
ot Moa hee Hall, in the county of Norfolk, Baronet ;——and, 
way (No.1.) =i John Peter Boileau, of Ketteringham Hall, in 
(Extension to. the county of Norfolk, Baronet ; praying that they 
Yarmouth) may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
_ against certain parts of the Ipswich and Bury Saint 
Edmund's Railway (No. 1.) (Extension to Yarmouth) 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Ipswich and 
Bury St. Ed- 


Petitions of the Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester 
John Blayds, of Oulton, in 
ounty of York, Esquire ; Edward Sidebot- 
tom, and others, Ownersand Occupiers of lands on 
the line of Railway thereinafter mentioned ; —— 
Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Hud- 
dersfield and Goole Railway Company ; Wake- 
field, Pontefract and Goole Railway Company ;—— 


Leeds, Wake- r 
ficld and Mid- Railway Company : 
Jand Junction the c y Pony 
Railway Bill. 











22° Aprilis. 








A, 1847. 


praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Leeds, Wakefield and Midland Junction Railway 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of George Bramham, William Brook, Leeds Central 

Nicholas Dunn, John Sanderson, George Robson, Railway 
Henry Morley, Samuel Smith, George Crosland, **% Bil. 
Thomas Maylor, John Shaw, Charles Waterworth, 
John Jackson, Thomas Braithwaite, William Roberts, 
William Brown and John Barrett, the Surveyors of 
Highways, of the township of Leeds, in the borough 
of Leeds, in the West Riding of the county of York, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Leeds Central Railway Station Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of John Charles George Savile, Esquire, Leeds, Dews- 
commonly called Lord Viscount Pollington ; —— — 
Robert Carr, of Wakefield, in the county of York, nae Sea 
Esquire, as an Owner, and John Nettleton, of the sion to Wake- 
same place, Gentleman, as an Occupier of property field,andJune- 
in the line, or within the limits of deviation of the cca 
Railway thereinafter mentioned ; John Barff Wakefield, 
and others, Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of man- Pontefract and 
sions, houses, warehouses, collieries and lands, on oe at 
the line of the propused Extension of the Railway North Midland 
thereinafter mentioned ; ——Manchester and Leeds Railways) Bil. 
Railway Company ; Trustees of the Wakefield 
and Denby Dale Turnpike-road ; and, John 
Blayds, of Oulton House, in the parish of Rothwell, 
in the West Riding of the county of York, Esquire ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Leeds, 

Dewsbury and Manchester Railway (Extension to 
Wakefield, and Junction at Methley with the Wake- 
field, Pontefract and Goole, and the York and North 
Midland Railways) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 














A Petition of Henry Greenwood, of Ripon, in the Leeds, Dews- 
county of York, Esquire, praying that he may be bury and Man- 
: = : chester Rail- 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against yay (Ossett 
certain parts of the Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester Branch, and 
Railway (Ossett Branch, and Dewsbury and Morley Dewsbury and 
Stations) Bill, was presented, and read. fiona) Bill. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of the Boston, Stamford and Birming- Lymn and Ely 
ham Railway Company ; and, John Bellamy Railway 
and others, Owners and Occupiers of property upon ea @ 

. : : : : palding anc 
the line, and in the neighbourhood of the Railway Holbeach)Bill- 
thereafter mentioned ; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Lynn and Ely Railway (Exten- 
sion to Spalding and Holbeach) Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 








their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 


and, Manchester and Leeds Railway Company ; | in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 
| 


A Petition 


an- 


C= 
1C- 
le 


nd 
he 


nd 





Lynn and Ely 
Railway 
(Lynn and 
Wormegay 
Navigation ) 
Bill. 


Lynn and Ely 
Railway 
(Deviation 
and Lynn 
Docks) Bill. 


Liverpool 
Corporation 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


London and 
NorthWestern 
Railway 


(Kenilworth 


10 Vicrortiz. 


29° Aprilis. 


395 


A Petition of the Reverend Daniel Henry Lee | Wilmot, Baronet, at present residing in Foreign to Berkswell 


Warner, of Walsingham Abbey, in the county of | 
Norfolk, and of Tiderton-court, in the county of 
Hereford, Clerk, praying that he may be heard, by 
himself, his counsel or agent, against certain parts 
of the Lynn and Ely Railway (Lynn and Wormegay 
Navigation) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of 7. A. Carter and others, Commis- 
sioners for executing the Acts for the better Regula- 
tion and Government of the Pilots conducting Ships 
and Vessels to and out of the Port of King’s Lynn, 
and of the Bridgmen conducting Gangs of Lighters 
or Barges to and from the same, and for laying down 
Moorings in the Harbour of the said Port, and for 
preventing Mischief by Fire therein ;——and, Robert 
Cook and others, Commissioners for executing the 
Act for empowering Persons navigating Boats, Barges 
and other Vesselsin the River Ouze, in the county of 
Norfolk, to hale or tow with Horses or other Beasts 
on the Banks or Sea Walls of the said River, and for 
making Satisfaction to the Owners of the said Banks 
or Sea Walls; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Zynn and Ely Railway (Deviation and 
Lynn Docks) Bill,—were presented, and read. 





parts ; Birmingham and Ozford Junction Rail- 


Branches and 
Extensions, 


way Company ;——Samuel Burbury, of the borough ge.) Bill, 


of Warwick, Gentleman; Thomas Morris, of 
the borough of Warwick, and Robert Smith, of the 
same borough, Plaisterer; Thomas William 
Capron, agent of the most noble Richard Sey- 
mour Conway, Marquess of Hertford ; —— James 
Bateman, of the borough of Warwick, Land Agent 
and Surveyor, and William Bradbury, of Rowring- 
ton, in the county of Warwick, Farmer, Assignees 
of the estate and effects of John Burbury, late of 
the parish of Leek Wootton, in the said county of 
Warwick, a Bankrupt, deceased ; and, James 
Bateman, of the borough of Warwick, Land Agent 
and Surveyor, and William Bradbury, of Row- 
rington, in the county of Warwick, Farmer, Assig- 
nees of the estate and effects of John Burbury, 
late of the parish of Leek Wootton, in the said 
county of Warwick, a Bankrupt, deceased ; praying 
that they may ve heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the London and 
North Western Railway (Kenilworth to Berkswell 
Branches and Extensions, &amp;c.) Bill,— were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 














And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred ' 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of William Park, of the borough of 
Wigan, in the county of Lancaster, Iron-master ;--— 
Right honourable Thomas Pemberton Leigh, of 
Spring Gardens-terrace ; Agnes Reddish, of 
Crosse Hall, in the township of Chorley, in the county 
of Lancaster, Widow, and Logwood and Madder 
Root Grinder ;——Trustees for executing the Act 
for more effectually repairing, amending and im- 
proving the Road from Liverpool to Prescot, Ashton 





| Gentleman ; 


Petitions of Joshua Heginbotham Reddish, of 
Mottram-in-Longendale, in the county of Chester, 
Inhabitant Householders of Chorl- 
ton-upon-Medlock, inthe borough of Manchester, in 
the county of Lancaster ; David Miller and 








upon-Medlock, in the borough of Manchester, in the 
county of Lancaster ;——James Taylor, of Chorl- 
ton-upon-Medlock, in the borough of Manchester, in 
the county of Lancaster ;——John Kaye, of Green- 
hays, in the township of Chorlton-upon-Medlock, in 
the borough of Manchester, in the county of Lan- 
caster ;——and, Company of Proprietors of the 
Mersey and Irwell Navigation; praying that they 





and Warrington, in the County Palatine of Lancas- 
ter ;——Henry Fleming, of Lincoln’s-Inn, in the 
county of Middlesex, the Receiver appointed by the 
High Court of Chancery, of the rents, and profits 
of the real estates of Charles Joseph Stoner, an 
infant, under the age of twenty-one years ; Wil- 
liam Standish Standish, of Duxbury Park, in the 
county of Lancaster, Esquire ; George Baker, 
of Gray’s-Inn-square, in the county of Middlesez, 
Gentleman, the Agent of Charles Standish, of 
Standish Hall, in the county of Lancaster, Esquire, 
Member of Parliament, for the borough of Wigan ; 
Manchester and Leeds Railway Company ;—— 
The Right honourable Francis Egerton, Earl of 
Ellesmere ; Officers and Servants of the Liver- 
pool and Harrington Waterworks Company of the 
borough of Liverpool ;---—The Right honourable 














may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Manchester Corporation 
Waterworks (Power to Purchase the Manchester 
and Salford Waterworks) Bill,—were presented, and 
read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of Trustees for executing the Act for 
improving and maintaining the Road from the South 
Side of a Bridge overthe River Colne, called Engine 
Bridge, in the Township of Huddersfield, in the 
West Riding of the County of York, to Woodhead, 


in the County Palatine of Chester, and from thence 





James Earl of Balcarres ;——Mayor, Aldermen and 
Burgesses of the borough of Wigan, in the county 
of Lancaster ; Henry Hawarden Fazakerley, of 
Gillibrand Hall, in the county palatine of Lancaster, 
Esquire ;--—and, John Lord, of Standish Hall, in the 
county palatine of Lancaster, Esquire ; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Liverpool Cor- 
poration Waterworks Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of John Charles Wheeler, of Kenilworth, 
in the county of Warwick, Esquire ; —— George 





to a Bridge over the River Mersey, called Enter- 
clough Bridge, on the Confines of the County of 
| erby ;——Justices of the Peace for the county of 
| Chester, and also Persons assessed to the county 
|rate of the said county ;——Company of Proprietors 
of the Mersey and Jrwell Navigation ; Com- 
pany of Proprietors of the Mersey and Irwell Na- 
vigation; —— and, James Loch, Esquire, Trustee 
under the will of the Most noble Francis late 
| Duke of Bridgewater; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Manchester me egg ater- 
works (Power to sell to the Manchester and Sal- 
ford Waterworks Company) Bill,—were presented, 
}and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 











Annesley, Agent of Sir John Eardley Eardley heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 


VOL. 102. | 


3E2 their 


others, Owners of household property in Chorlton- aa 


Manchester 
Corporation 
Water (Power 
to purchase 
the Manches- 
ter and Salford 
yaterworks) 


Manchester 
Corporation 
Waterworks 
(Power to sell 
to the Man- 
chester and 
Salford Water. 
works Com- 
pany) Bill. 





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396 


their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Manchester A Petition of Sackville Walter Lane Fox, Es- 
fallwe quire, Lord of the Manor of Wakefield, praying that 


(Alteration of he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 
Levels of Brig- against certain parts of the Manchester and Leeds 
house Branch Railway (Alteration of Levels of Brighouse Branch 
Riding Union of the West Riding Union Railways, and new Line 
Railways, and into Zeeds) Bill, was presented, and read. 
new Line into Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Leeds) Bil. Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Peti- 
tion, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour 
of. the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Manchester A Petition of Sackville Walter Lane Fox, Esquire, 
— Lord of the Manor of Wakefield, praying that he 
ailway 


(Branch from May be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 
the Hudders- against certain parts of the Manchester and Leeds 
field and Shef- Railway (Branch from the Huddersfield and Shef- 
field Junction . . ] d Ex . 
Railway to field Junction Railway to Barnsley, and Extension 
Barnsley, and of Holmfirth Branch) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Extension of Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Holmfirth . ae he Petiti . a 
Branch) Bill, Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the London and North Western 
Railway Company, praying that they may be heard, 

hamand North }. themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 

Staffordshire) DY “Hemseives, ) oo 

Junction Rail- tain parts of the Manchester and Birmingham and 

way Bill. North Staffordshire Junction Railway Bill, was 

presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Manchester 
and Birming- 


Midland Rail- 


Petitions of Thomas Morris, of the borough of 
way (Chelten- ? 


nelten= Warwick, Gentleman, and Robert Smith, of the 
ham, Warwick ae a 
and Leaming- Same borough, Plaisterer ; Stratford and More- 
ton Line) Bill. ton Railway Company ; William Gist and 
others, Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of property 
and Inhabitants on and near the line of Railway 
thereinafter mentioned ; Charles M‘New and 
others, Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of property, 
and Inhabitants on and near the line of Railway 
thereinafter mentioned ; Oxford, Worcester and 
Wolverhampton Railway Company ; Right 
honourable William Pitt Earl Amherst and Mary 
Countess Amherst ; Birmingham and Oxford 
Junction Railway Company ;——-/Villiam Staunton; 
——and, Trustees for executing the Act for repairing 
the Roads from Warwick to Puddlebrook, in the 
parish of Stretton-on-the-Fosse, and from Warwich 
to Stratford-upon-Avon, in the counties of War- 
wick and Worcester; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Midland Railway (Cheltenham, 
Warwick and Leamington Line) Buill,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 




















Newcast!¢ 

and Berwick 
Railway (East 
Coast Line, 
Blyth, Seaton 
Sluice, and 
other 
Branches) Bill. 


A Petition of Joseph Lamb, William Wharton 
Burdon, Thomas Barnes, John Ridley, and of Ralph 
Wilson and Thomas Barnes, the acting Executors of 
the will of John Straker, deceased, which said 
several persons are Lessees or Owners of Seaton 
Delaval Colliery, in the county of orthumberland, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Newcastle and Berwick Railway (East Coast Line, 
Blyth, Seaton Sluice and other Branches) Bill, was 
presented, and read. 


29° Aprilis. 








A. 1847. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Joseph Lamb, William Wharton Newcastle 
Burdon, Thomas Barnes, John Ridley, and of Ralph 2nd Berwick 

: * : ailway 
Wilson and Thomas Barnes, the acting Executors of (Cramtington 
the will of John Straker, deceased, which said and Percy 
several persons are Lessees or Owners of Seaton a =e - 
Delaval Colliery, in the county of Northumberland, aoe soe 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, Branches) Bill, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Newcastle and Berwick Railway (Cramlington and 


Percy Main, and Killingworth and other Branches) 


Sw: 

Bill, was presented, and read. Val 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to _ 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 

Petitions of George Thomas, of Llandaff Court, Newport, 
in the county of Glamorgan, Clerk ;—— John or 
Maund, of Ty Mawr, in the county of Brecon, Es- Railway 
quire ;——and, Thomas Powell, of The Gair, near (Extension to 
Newport, in the county of Monmouth, Esquire ; ial &gt; aaa 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, * Ta 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the = 
Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway (Ex- = 
tension to Taff Vale Railway) Bill,—were pre- Bi 
sented, and read. = 


And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of Edward John Rudge, of the Abbey Oxford, Wor- 


Manor-house, in the borough of Evesham, in the cester and 


county of Worcester, Esquire, Samuel Nouaille tre, t 


Rudge,of Braybrooke, inthe county of Northampton, (No. 1.) (Ex: 
Esquire, and the Reverend Julius Nouaille, of tension and 
Ditchling, in the county of Sussex, Clerk, and of #men4men) 
Thomas Savage, Samuel Matthews, William Grove, 
Joseph Russell, Thomas New, William Lloyd Moore, 
Thomas Moore, James Huxley, Edward Spiers, J 
William Hampton, John Hughes, Jonathan Hughes, 
Joseph Robbins, Thomas Clements, Enoch Smith, 
Philip Rock, John Cole, Mary Grove, Widow, John 
Grove, Williams William Knight and Henry Bos- 
well;——and, Edmund Thomas Perrott, of Chel- 
tenham, in the county of Gloucester; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Oxford, Worces- 
ter and Wolverhampton Railway (No. 1.) (Extension 
and Amendment) Bill,—were presented, and read. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
tothe Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Doncaster and south York- 
Salters Brook Turnpike-road, in the West Riding shire, Dencas- 
r . © ter and Goole 
of the county of York, praying that they may be Railway 
heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain (Penistone, &amp;c. 
parts of the South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole and og 
Railway (Penistone, &amp;c., and Purchase of Sheffield, lh 


Rotherham, Barnsley, Wahefield, Huddersfield and Barnsiey. 
Goole Railway, Dun Navigation, and Dearne and Wekeficld, 


Dove Canal) Bill, was presented, and read. Huddersfield 
- wo and Goole 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Railway, Dun 


Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, Navigation, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, = = 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Canal) Bill. 


Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Aaron Gould, of Bilton, in the county South Wales 
of Gloucester, Coal-owner, and Thomas Birt Trotter, 84 4y Bill. 








of 








Swansea 
Valley Rail- 
way Bill. 


Taw Vale 
Railway and 
Dock (Devia- 
tions and 
Bideford and 
South Molton 
Branches) Bill. 


Landlord and 
Tenant (Ire- 
land.) 


Anatomy Act. 


Factories. 


Poor Removal 


Act. 


RailwaysBill. 


Agricultural 
Tenant Right 
Bill. 


Poor Law 
(Ireland) 


10 Victoriz. 


of Coleford, in the same county, Coal-owner ; 
David Rees, carrying on business at Llanelly, in the 
county of Carmarthen, under the name of The Pool 
Colliery Company ;——The Right honourable the 
Earl Cawdor ; and, William Chambers, in the 
county of Carmarthen, Esquire ; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the South Wales 
Railway Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 











A Petition of Traders in the Swansea Valley, re- 
siding at or near Swansea, in the county of Gla- 
morgan, Coal-workers and Merchants respectively, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Swansea Valley Railway Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of William Arundell Yeo, of Freming- 
ton House, in the county of Devon, Esquire, praying 
that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or 
agent, against certain parts of the Jaw Vale Rail- 
way and Dock (Deviations and Bideford and South 
Molton Branches) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Freeholders and Landholders of 
a portion of the parish of Aughaloo, in the county of 
Tyrone, praying the House to pass a Bill tending toa 
better arrangement of the existing relations between 
Landlord aad Tenant in Jreland, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Horton, praying the 
House to appoint a Committee to investigate the 
working of the Anatomy Act, with a view to its 
repeal, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Factory Workers of Messrs. J. and 
R. Cogan, Tobago-street, Calton, praying the House 
to restrict all labour in Factories to Ten hours a day, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Bruton, 
in the county of Somerset, praying for the repeal of 
the Poor Removal Act, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Settlement 
and Poor Removal. 


A Petition of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway 
Company, praying that the Railways Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land at- 
tending Wantage Market, praying that the Agricul- 
tural Tenant Right Bill may pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Congleton Union ;—and, Saint An- 
drew, Holborn-above-Bars, and Saint George-the- 
Martyr (Middlesex) ; praying that a Poor law similar 
to the one now in operation in England and Wales 
may be passed for Jreland,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vou, 102. 


22° Aprilis. 


397 


Petitions from Saint Pancras ;—and, Finsbury Raja of 
(three Petitions), praying the House to secure to Sattara. 
the Raja of Sattara the opportunity of examining 

the charges which have been brought against him, 

the evidence in support of the same, and of bringing 

forth the proofs of his innocence,—were presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Manufacturers of Hosiery, in the posiery Ma- 
county of Leicester, praying that the Hosiery Manu- nufacture Bill. 
facture Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 

and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of James Haughton, of Eccles-street, tntoxicating 
Dublin, praying the House to relinquish all revenue Drinks. 
from intoxicating drinks, was presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Rate-payers of the ham- Lunatics Act; 
lets of Maescar Cray, Senny and Glyn, in the parish and, Lunatic 

. ae Asylums and 
of Devynnock, in the county of Brecon, praying for Pauper Luna- 
the repeal of the Lunatics Act; and, the Lunatic tics Act. 
Asylums and Pauper Lunatics Act, was presented, 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Relief Committee Public Works 
of the parish of Kilmurry, barony of Buckane and Creland.) 
county of Clare, praying the House to institute a 

rigid inquiry into the conduct of Captain Wynne while 

employed as an inspecting officer in Iredand, was pre- 

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


Petitions from Swinnerton ;—Falmouth ;—Isling- Roman Catho- 
ton;—and, Irnham; praying that the Roman Catho- lic Relief Bill. 
tic Relief Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of York, and 

its vicinity, praying that the said Bill may not pass 

into a law, was also presented, and read ; and or- 

dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of George Johnston, late Veterinary George 
Surgeon, 6th Dragoon Guards, complaining of having Joh™ston. 
been deprived of his position in the Army; and 
praying that an inquiry may be instituted by the 

House into the truth of the allegations mentioned in 

his Petition, was presented, and read; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions of Samuel Gordon, praying the Samuel 
House to order a Return to be made of a copy of a Gordon. 
Petition lodged by the Petitioner in the office of the 
Secretary of the Court of Chancery in /reland, on 
the 16th of March 1847, with the Orders made on 
that Petition ; and also, a copy of the Affidavit filed 
in the office of the Clerk of the Affidavits on the 15th 
of March 1847, in support of it,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Beith ;——Kirk Session of Beith ; Registering 

and, Stewarton; praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. 

Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill ; and, the Marriage (Scot- (Scotland) 

land) Bill may not pass into law,—were presented, Marriage 

and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. (Scotland) 
A Petition of Parish Schoolmasters and Session ®!"'* 

Clerks resident within the Presbytery of Lorn, 

Argylishire, praying that they may obtain compen- 

sation for the loss they will sustain should the said 

Bills pass into law, was also presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 





Petitions from the Kirk Session of Kirkliston Registering 
Moderator) ;——Kirk Session of Laurencekirk (Mo- naan 
derator) ; Provincial Synod of Aberdeen (Mode- pin), ” 
rator) ;——and, Alloa; praying that the Registering 
Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, 

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





Petitions from the Kirk Session of Kirkliston (Mo- Marriage 
: ° (Scotland) 
derator) ;—--Kirk Session of Laurencehirk ;——and, ji), 


Provincial Synod of Aberdeen (Moderator) ; praying 
that the Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not pass into 
3E3 a law, — 











Holborn and 
Finsbury 
Sewers. 


Health of 
Towns Bill. 


Education. 


398 


a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Nathaniel Stallwood, of Calthorpe- 
street, in the parish of Saint Pancras, in the county 
of Middlesex, stating that he is proprietor of a 
number of houses, extensive livery stables, and other 
premises within the said parish, and in consequence 
of such ownership, he considers that he is illegally 
and unjustly taxed by the Commissioners of Sewers 
for the Holborn and Finsbury divisions ; also, sub- 
mitting to the House an Abstract of the printed 
Accounts for the Holborn and Finsbury divisions of 
Sewers from 1814 to 1846 inclusive; and praying 
that he may be permitted to prove at the bar or 
before a Committee of the House, the allegations 
contained in his Petition, and that a remedy for the 
abuses mentioned therein be provided in the Health 
of Towns Bill, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Commissioners for better supplying 


the city of Worcester, and the liberties thereof, with 
water, &amp;c. ; and, Chairman of the Committee for 
paving, cleansing and lighting the parishes of Saint 
Giles-in-the-Fields and Saint George, Bloomsbury ; 
praying that the Health of Towns Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Newtown ;—Chelmsford ;— Tower 
Hamlets ;—Llangoodmore;— Ramsey ;—Bradford, 
York (Chairman) ; — Kingston-upon-Hull ; — Wal- 
ton-on-the- Hill ;— Boldre ;—Woolrey ;— Chichester ; 
— Birmingham ;—and, Buckley ; praying the House 
to sanction the plan of Education propounded in the 
Minutes of the Committee of Council on Educa- 
tion,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions from Llanelly ;—Crickhowell (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Kingston (Hereford) ;—Cwmyoy ;—Cwm- 
du ;— Aberyskir ; — Cheltenham ; —Longney ;— Tel- 
bury ;—Liverpool (two Petitions) ;— Oswestry (two 
Petitions) ;— Rossendale ;— Redruth (two Petitions) ; 
Leeds (twenty-four Petitions) ;—Lamerton ;—Rhua- 
bon (two Petitions) ;—Newport (Isle of Wight) ;— 
North Walsham (two Petitions);— Norwich (five 
Petitions) ;— Over Darwen ;—Shaftesbury ;—High- 
town ;—Henfonyw ;— Sabden (two Petitions) ;— 
Chorlton-upon-Medlock (two Petitions) ;—Thirsk 
(two Petitions) ;—Overton ;— Trowbridge (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Lynn Regis; —Whitchurch ;—Cutgate ;— 
Sea View ;-—Shalfleet (Isle of Wight) ;—Machyn- 
lleth (two Petitions) ;— Bicester, Launton and Am- 
brosden ;—Launton and Ambrosden (two Petitions) ; 
—Gyffylliog ;— Newbury (two Petitions) ;—Aber- 
ystwyth (five Petitions);—Paington (three Peti- 
tions) ;—Blakeny ;— Royston ;—Sandbach (two Pe- 
titions) ;— Haslingden (tour Petitions) ;—Zlanfihan- 
gel, Bachellaeth and Llandegwning ;— Belfast ;— 
Ilkeston (two Petitions) ;—Bethlehem ;— Chamber- 
street Ragged School ;—Henllan ;—Hechmondwike 
(two Petitions) ;— Melksham ;—A berdare (four Peti- 
tions); — Llanbedrog Ysyoldy, Cilan and Lia- 
nengan ;—Soham (two Petitions) ;— Farnworth and 
Kersley ;—Bulkworthy ;— Burnley (five Petitions) ; 
—Willenhall (two Petitions);—Stoke Row (Ox- 
fordshire) ; —Preston ; —Southam ; — Tattenhall ;— 
Modbury ; — Llanbadarnfawr (nine Petitions) ;— 
Rhosllanerchrugog and Pen-y-cae;— Rhosllaner- 
chrugog ; — Rhydfendigaed ; — Aylesbury ; — Ring- 
wood ;— Llantrissant (two Petitions) ;— Beauchamp; 
— Bicester ; — Haslenden ; — Llanwin ;—Llanegryn 
(two Petitions) ;— Batley ;—Douglas (Isle of Man); 
—Reading (two Petitions) ;— Bourne ;— Exmouth 
(two Petitions);—Dewsbury (three Petitions) ;— 
Loughton ;—Magdalen; —Westbury (Wilts) (two 
Petitions) ;— Helston ;—Coalbrookdale and vicinity ; 
—Bures Saint Mary ;— Newtown ;— Chatham and 
vicinity ;—- Tenby ;-- Charmouth ;--Manchester (seven 
Petitions) ;— Salthouse ;— Thorpe (three Petitions) ; 


22° Aprils. 








A. 1847. 


—Llanfachreth ;—Marsden (two Petitions) ;—Bur- 
ley, near Otley; — Howden ;— Tymawr ;—Beth- 

saida ;— Fenstanton ;— Montgomery ;— Penegoes ;— 
Cleckheaton ;—Lodge (Salop);—AHollin Bank ;— 

Padiham ; — Middlewich ; — Armley ; —Rowde ;— 
Bluntisham and Earith ;—Aberaeron ;—Cadogan 

Williams ;— Goshen and Nebo;— Adwalton;— 

Breaze ;— Frodsham; — Amersham ; — Newbridge 
(two Petitions) ;—Lyme Regis ;—Leyland (two Peti- 
tions); — Great Yarmouth; — Saint Michael-le- 
Wyre ;— Manchester (three Petitions) ;—Portsea 

(three Petitions) ;— Pennal ;— Pen-y-graig ;— Edin- 
burgh (two Petitions); Matthew Hodge and 
others ;— Hitchin ; —Buntingford ; — Dunstable ;— 
Calne ;— Cadoxton ;—Edeyrn and Ceidw ;—Curry ; 

— Rothwell ; — Elswick ;—Bromham ;— Gildersome 
(two Petitions);— Eccleshill (two Petitions) ;— 
Ramsbury ;— Cambridge (two Petitions) ;— Bishop’s 
Cannings ;— A berayron ; — Maryport ;—Old-street- 

road ;— Bridlington ;— Blakeney and_ vicinity ;— 
Chenale-in-Sithney ;—Maidstone (five Petitions) ;— 

Thame ; — Glastonbury ; — Portmadoc ; —Dunoak- 

shaw ; — Saint Mary’s (Southampton) ; — Hemel 
Hempstead (two Petitions) ;—Kidmore End;—Bir- 
mingham (two Petitions) ;—Liversedge (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Hungerford ;—Trebarver ;—Howden-upon- 
Tyne ;—Mundesley ;—Llanddewi Aberarth ;—Stow 

Bridge ;—Saint Helen’s (Isle of Wight) ;—Smar- 
den ;—Saint Neots and vicinity ;— Hunslet (three Pe- 
titions) ;—Dinas-Mowddwy ;—Clough Fold (Ros- 
sendale) ; — Northwich ; — Putford ; — Langhee ;— 
Kensington (two Petitions) ;— Lincoln ;—Llansant- 
ffraid Glyndyfrdwy ;— Overton (two Petitions) ;— 
Rochdale (two Petitions) ;— Clitheroe ;—Ashford- 
in- Kent ; —Dartford ; — Cardiff ;—Cefn Mawr ;— 
Thomas Brook, and others ;— Warrington (three Pe- 

titions) ;—Sheerness ;—Alnwick (four Petitions) ;— 
Kingsbridge ;—Axminster ;—Newchurch-in- Rossen- 

dale ;— Frome ;—Lifton ;— Wheelock ;—Ludham ;— 
Long Stratton ;— Teath ;— Bryn Craig, near Towyn; 
— Corwen;— Hebron ;— Battle;—Lydford ;— Down- 
ham;—George H. Sutton, and others ;—Wotton- 
under-Edge ;— Pontefract ;— East Keswick ;—Hart- 
land ;—Belton ;-— Stoops, near Burnley ;—Llan- 
nefydd ; — Kendal ; — Glan’rafon ; —Llanfair-Tal- 
haiarn ;— Buckland ;—Sheffield ;— Wimborne Min- 
ster ;—Salterforth ;—Llantilio Pertholey ;—Boar- 
hunt, Anmore, Clanfield, Horndean and Chalton ;— 
Kingsland and Cawsand ;— Devizes ;—Shibbear ;— 
Solva ; —Crockerton ;— Wickhen ;—Colne (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Hirwain;—Plymouth (two Petitions) ;-— 
Finchley ; — Wheathamstead ; — Loscoe ;— Wincham 
(Great Budworth) ;—Llanegryn;—New Alresford ; 
—Dyffryn ;—Dyffryn Ardudwy ;— Bramshott ;— 
Saddleworth (two Petitions) ;— Black Torrington ; 
— Pendlebury ;—Dawley Green ;—Saint Keverne ;— 
Pangbourne ;— Downton ; —Rochester ;— Towyn ;— 
Adlington ; —- New Durham ; — Cefncanol ; — Blis- 
land ;—Lyme Regis ;—Henry Cook, and others ;— 
Students of the Lancashire Independent College ;— 
Broadwoodwidger ; — Bideford ; — Hackford ; — 
Thomas Brovk, and others ;-- West Drayton;-- Great 

Budworth; —Buckland Brewer ; —Gosport ; —Bo- 
doran ; —Mitcham ; —Hunslet-Carr ; — Walkhamp- 
ton; —Barnoldswich ; — Newport (Salop) ; —Ham- 
mersmith ; —Cheddar ; — Wargrave —-Michicheures : 
—Craighwyn Tonman-street ;— North Meols (two 
Petitions) ;—/ilton Abbott ;— Ruthin ; — Westbury 

Leigh ;— Bosham ; — Hesketh-with-Beconshall ; — 

Sutton-under- Whitestone-Cliffe ; — Ministers, Dea- 

cons, &amp;c. &amp;c. ;—Rhydymain; —Thirsk ;— Woodside 
(Forest of Dean) ;—Stoke Climsland ;—Bradstock ; 
—Clough Fold ;—Saint Alban’s— Yarmouth ;— Pri- 
mitive Methodists in the towns and parishes of Yar- 

mouth, Mundham, Winterton, Horsey, Freethorpe, 
Hemsby, Caister, Thurne, Scratby, Hales, Catfield, 
Hickling, Upton, Haddiscoe, Ludham, Reedham, 

Halvergate, Stokesby, Felby, Martham and Rollesby, 

in Norfolk, and Lowestoft, in Suffolk, and others ;— 

Llanegwad ;—Staines ; —Ham ;— Bexley ;—South- 

wark ;— 





10 Vicroriz. 


wark ;—Lowton ;—Clifton (Bristol) ;—Shrewsbury 
(two Petitions); — Welshpool ; — Rockbourne ; — 
Chesterfield (two Petitions) ;—Bulwell (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Sutton-in- Ashfield ; —Bottesford ;—Castle 
Donington; — Old Basford; — Bingham ; —New- 
castle-upon- Tyne (two Petitions) ;— Brockenhurst ;— 
Lymington ;—- Brent ;—Llanddarog (three Petitions) ; 
—High Wycombe ;—Halifax ;— Huddersfield (five 
Petitions) ; —Lindley, near Huddersfield ;—Linth- 
waite ; —Slaithwaite ; —Cranborne ; —Cranbourne ; 
—Fordingbridge;— Ystradgunlais ;—Swansea (three 
Petitions) ;—Llangafelach (three Petitions) ;—Lly- 
wel; — Oaken Gates; — Lanvabon; — Trevin; — 
Brithdir ; — Wellington ;— Ruabon ;—Stockton-on- 
Tees ;—Longwood and Kilmington ;—Watlington- 
upon-Tyne;— Wrockwardine Wood, near Wellington 
(Salop) ;—Cefn Bychan ; — Woolhampton ; —Saint 
Helier (Jersey) ;—Great Barford ; —Rochford ;— 
Penrhyndendraeth ;—Long Melford ;—Horsford ;— 
Heanor ;—and, Newnham; praying that the House 
will refuse any grant of money in furtherance of the 
plan of Education propounded in the Minutes of 
the Committee of Council on Education, and will 
revoke the powers vested in the said Committee,— 
were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of Members of the Society of Protes- 
tant Dissenters of the Presbyterian or Unitarian de- 
nominations assembling for religious worship in the 
High Pavement Chapel in the town of Nottingham, 
praying that the grant of public money relative to 
education may be restricted to the support of secular 
education alone, or at least that in all cases where 
there is one school in a parish or other district, 
which is qualified to receive Government aid, such 
school may be one in which the children of all sects 
are admitted to the advantages of instruction, and 
ultimately to the career of pupil teachers, without 
requiring any religious compliances to which their 
parents or guardians object, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Duckworth 
and Mr. Russell : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act to regulate the Stations 
of Soldiers during Parliamentary Elections : 


Message from 
the Lords ; 


Troops during 
Elections Bill. 


General Regis- A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize the Applica- 

(Edinburgh) tion of certain Sums received on Account of the Fees 

Bil. payable to the Office of Director in Chancery in 
Scotland, towards the Payment of Debts incurred 
in completing the General Register House at Edin- 
burgh :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 

Supply ; The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which, 
upon Monday last, was proposed to be made to the 
Question, That the Order of the day for the Com- 
mittee of Supply be now read ; and which Amend- 
ment was, to leave out from the word “ That ” to 

Education. the end of the Question, in order to add the words 


“ec 


previous to any grant of any Public Money being 
assented to by this House, for the purpose of 
‘ carrying out the Scheme of National Education, 
as developed in the Minutes of the Committee of 
Council on Education in August and December 
last (which Minutes have been presented to both 
Houses of Parliament by command of Her Ma- 
jesty), a Select Committee be appointed, to inquire 
into the justice and expediency of such Scheme, 
and its probable Annual Cost :—Also, to inquire 
whether the Regulations attached thereto do not 
unduly increase the influence of the Crown, invade 
the constitutional functions of Parliament, and 
interfere with the religious convictions and the 
civil mghts of Her Majesty’s subjects,” instead 
thereof, 


And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Vou. 102, 


nw 


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399 


words proposed to be left out stand part of the 


Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 
Veneris, 23° die Aprilis, 1847: 
The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 
And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Order of the day for the Committee of Supply, be 
now read ; 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Question, by leaving out from the word 
“ That” to the end of the Question, in order to add 
the words “ previous to any Grant of any Public Education. 
“« Money being assented to by this House, for the 
“ purpose of carrying out the Scheme of National 
“‘ Education, as developed in the Minutes of the 
“ Committee of Council on Education, in August 
and December last (which Minutes have been 
presented to both Houses of Parliament by com- 
mand of Her Majesty), a Select Committee be 
appointed, to inquire into the justice and expedi- 
ency of such Scheme, and its probable Annual 
Cost,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for a | Mr. Tufnell, 1 39: 
Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: — 
Tellers for thef Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 4 
Noes, Viscount Duncan: f ae 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Order of the day for the Committee of Supply, be 
now read :—And a Debate arising thereupon; 

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


“cc 


to 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Lunatic 
the Report on the Lunatic Asylums Bill ; Asylums Bill, 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Quakers’ and 
a Committee upon the Quakers’ and Jews’ Marriages Jews’ Mar- 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker "“°* _ 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had made Progress in the Bill; and 
that he was directed to move, That the Committee 
may have leave to sit again. 

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


Mr, Parker presented, pursuant to Orders,—Re- Shipping. 
turns of the Number and Tonnage of Ships registered 
in each of the different Ports of the United Kingdom 
on the 1st day of January 1847; separating and 
stating the Number and Tonnage of such as were 
built in Foreign Countries or in the Colonies of the 
British Empire, which were then registered in the 
aforesaid Ports, and entitled to the privileges of 
British Ships :—And, of the Number and Tonnage 
of all Ships, distinguishing the British from the 
Foreign, which entered the United Kingdom, or 
cleared outwards with Cargoes to or from the differ- 
ent Countries of Europe; and stating, if possible, 
the nature of such Cargoes generally ; and the same 
to or from the United States of America between the 
1st day of January 1846 and the Ist day of January 
1847, 

A Return of the Shipping employed in the Trade Shipping and 
of the United Kingdom, exhibiting the Number and To™nage. 
Tonnage of Vessels that entered inwards and cleared 
outwards (including their repeated Voyages), sepa- 
rating British from Foreign Fouuis, and distinguish- 
ing the Trade with each Country in the years 1845 
and 1846, 


8E4 Returns 





400 


Shipping and =s- Returns of the Number of Colonial-built Vessels 
(Colonial.) and their Tonnage registered in each year since 1841, 


at each of the Ports of the United Kingdom; dis- 
tinguishing the Number and Tonnage of each Colony 
respectively :—And, of the Gross Number and Ton- 
nage of Colonial-built Vessels registered at each of 
the Ports of the United Kingdom, on the 31st day 
of December 1846 ; distinguishing the Number and 
Tonnage of each Colony respectively; further dis- 
tinguishing the Number and Tonnage of Colonial 
Ships at each Port, respectively. 


Public Income Accounts of the Net Public Income of the United 


am Expen- Kingdom in the year ended the 5th day of April 
No. 306 1847 (after abating the Expenditure thereout de- 


frayed by the several Revenue Departments); and 
of the actual Issues or Payments within the same 
period, exclusive of the Sums applied to the redemp- 
tion of Funded or paying off Unfunded Debt, and of 
the Advances and Repayments for Local Works, 
&amp;c :—And, of the a. of the Public Money 
remaining in the Exchequer on the 5th day of April 
1846 ; the Amount of Money raised by the Ad- 
ditions to the Funded or Unfunded Debt in the 
year ended the 5th day of April 1847; the Money 
applied towards the Redemption of the Funded or 
paying off Unfunded Debt; the Total Amount of 
Advances and Repayments on Account of Local 
Works, &amp;c., with the difference accruing thereon ; 
and the Balances in the Exchequer on the 5th day 
of April 1847. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the last be printed. 
Post-office. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of chargeable Letters which 
have passed through the London General Post (in- 
wards and outwards) since the first general reduction 
of Postage onthe 5thday of December 1839, dividing 
the time (as far as practicable) into periods of four 
complete weeks each, and distinguishing as regards 
each period, the unpaid, paid, and stamped, and Total 
Number cf Letters; also, of the estimated Average 
Number for four Weeks of the year immediately 
preceding the reduction, distinguished in like man- 
ner :—And, of the Number of Letters which have 
passed through the London District Post (exclusive 
of all General Post Letters) for the same periods ; 
and distinguished in the same manner as last Return : 
—A Comparative Statement of the Number of Let- 
ters delivered in the United Kingdom, in one week 
of each calendar month, beginning with November 
1839, and ending with the present time ; also (during 
the existence of the franking privilege), the esti- 
mated Number of Franks, and of Letters exclusive 
of Franks :—Accounts showing the Gross and Net 
Post-office Revenue, and the Cost of Management 
for the United Kingdom, for the year ending the 5th 
day of January 1839, and for each subsequent year, 
excluding from the Account, whether of Gross Re- 
venue or Cost of Management, any Advances that 
may have been made by the English to the Irish 
Post-office, and Advances to the Money Order 
Office ; also, disregarding, in the Return for each 
year, any old Debts written off, or Postage remitted, 
or any other deductions which relate to previous 
years :—Returns showing, as nearly as can be given, 
the Gross Amount of Postage Revenue for England 
and Wales (exclusive of Returns for refused Letters), 
for the month ending the 5th day of January 1840 
(during which the Fourpenny Rate was established) ; 
aad for the corresponding month of each subsequent 
year :—Of the Payments by the Post-office, made 
during the year ending the 5th day of January 1839, 
and each subsequent year, for the conveyance of the 
Mails by Railway in Great Britain; distinguishing, 
in each instance, the Payments for Work done within 
the year from Payments for Work done in previous 
years :—And, of the Number and Amount of Money 
Orders issued and paid in England and Wales (Lon- 
don iacluded), during the quarter ending the 5th day 





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A. 1847. 


of April 1839, and each subsequent quarter :—And, 
a Similar Return as regards Money Orders issued 
and paid in London. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s International 
Command,—A Paper, intituled “ Accession of the Copyright. 
Duke of Brunswick to the Convention concluded 
May 13,1846, between Great Britain and Prussia, 
for the establishment of International Copyright, 

Signed at Berlin, March 30, 1847.” 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table. 


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





Veneris, 23° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Fleetwood, from the Office of the Lord War- Pilotage. 
den of the Cinque Ports, was called in; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 
several Acts of Parliament,—An Account of the 
Receipts and Appropriations of Surplus Rates of 
Pilotage :—And then he withdrew. 
. — That the said Account do lie upon the 
able. 





Mr. Heurtley, from the Bank of England, was Light Gold. 
called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to 
Order,—An Account from the Bank of England, of 
the Number of Ingots of Gold which the Bank had 
formed from Light Gold out of the Mint, the 
Quality by assay of those Ingots, and the Cost and 
Loss attendant upon their Production; also, the 
Loss to be incurred to bring them up to Standard 
Fineness :—And then he withdrew. 

. — That the said Account do lie upon the 
able. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Rochdale 
the Report on the Rochdale Waterworks Bill; and Waterworks 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. _ 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The Kingsnorton, Northfield, &amp;c. Rates Bill Kingsnorton, 
was read a second time; and committed. Northfield, &amp;c. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- a 

mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined Petitions 
the Petitions presented upon the 19th, and 20th ad meat) 
days of this instant April, and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


The following Returns having been transmitted River Clyde 
to the Clerk, were laid upon the Table ; viz. and Harbour 
Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of March ———- 
last, for Returns from the Parliamentary Trustees of 
the River Clyde and Harbour of Glasgow, of the 
Amount paid or agreed to be paid by the Trustees, on 
or before the Ist day of April 1847, for Land and 
Compensation, under the powers of the Act 3 and 
4 Vic. c. 118, passed the 4th day of August 1840, 
and the Amount paid for the construction of Works 
authorized by the said Act; also, the Number of 
square yards of ground so paid for, or agreed to be 
aid :—Of the Amount of Tonnage or other Dues, 
levied by the Trustees on Steam Vessels plying 
between the Harbour of Glasgow, and Ports or 
Places on the River or Forth of Clyde, during the 
ear ending the sth day of July 1846:—OfF the 
sal of all Ports and Places from which Sailing 
Vessels have arrived during the year ending the 8th 
day of July 1846; also the Number of Vessels, 
and 


Southwark 
Paving, &amp;c. 


Bathwick 
Church Bill. 


Imperial Con- 
tinental Gas 
Association 
Bill. 


Paync’s 
Patents As- 
Bignment Bill. 


Derbyshire, 
Staffordshire 
and Worces- 
tershire 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


10 VicToriz. 


and Total Tonnage arriving from each Port and 
Place :—A Similar Return of Departures :—A Re- 
turn of the Name of each vessel arriving at or 
departing from the Harbour of Glasgow during the 
year ending the sth day of July 1846; also, the 
Tonnage and draught of water of each Vessel, with 
the Number of times that each Vessel has arrived 
during that period, and the Average time she re- 
mained in the Harbour between Arrival and De- 
—_ :—An Abstract Account of the Revenue, 

xpenditure, Surplus or Deficiency, stating the 
Amount of the Debt of the Trust, for each of the 
years ending the 8th day of July 1840, 1841, 1842, 
1843, 1844, 1845 and 1846:—And, a List of the 
Number of Vessels (both Sailing and Steam), lying 
in the Harbour of Glasgow for each day of any 
Seven consecutive days after this Date, and previous 
to the 21st day of April 1847. 

Further Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of 
August, in the last Session of Parliament, for Returns 
from the Commissioners of the West Division of the 
Borough Pavements, under the Act 6 Geo. 3, c. 3: 
—From the Trustees of the South District of Saint 
George, Southwark, under the Act 10 Geo. 4, c. 
128 :— From the Trustees of the Kent-road, for 
Paving, &amp;c., and Lighting, under the Act 52 Geo. 
3:— And, from the Trustees of the Dover-road 
Improvement Act, 11 Geo. 4:—An Account of 
all Receipts of the Trust for the last Three years, 
ending the 24th day of June 1846, distinguishing 
the Amount of Rates from other Receipts, if any, 
and the Amount of Expenditure of the Trust during 
he same Period, with the separate Amounts an- 

ually paid for Salaries of Officers, Poundage on 
Collection of Rates, Law Expenses, and any other 
Expenses whatsoever, for the maintenance and 
management of the Trust, and the separate Amounts 
at which each Contract has been taken during the 
said Period, with the Name of each Contractor, (so 
far as relates to the Trustees of the Dover-road.) 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bathwick Church Bill be now 
read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. ‘To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now’ stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the { Mr. William Miles, 1 1 
Yeas, \ Lord William Powlett : f ™ 

Tellers for the f Mr. Roebuck, 1 " 
Noes, \ Viscount Duncan : y= 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Imperial Continental Gas Association Bill 
was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Payne's Patents Assignment Bill was read a 
second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Forbes Mackenzie presented a Bill to autho- 
rize the Construction of a Railway from Walsall, 
in the County of Stafford, to Uttoxeter, in the same 
County, with a Branch in the Parish of Rushall, in 
the said County, to join the South Staffordshire 
Railway there, and with another Branch in the 
Parish of Uttoxeter aforesaid, there to join the 

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401 


North Staffordshire Railway, Potteries Line, by 
Company, to be called The Derbyshire, Stafford 
shire and Worcestershire Junction Railway Com 
pany: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Forbes Mackenzie reported the Colchester, Colchester, 
Stour Valley, Sudbury and Halstead Railway (Ex- te bias. | 
tension to Melford, Lavenham and Clare) Bill, with Fratstent Rail- 
Amendments. way (Exten- 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


sion to Mel- 
and be printed. ford, Laven- 


ham and 
Clare) Bill, 

Mr. Acland reported from the Committee on the Great North- 
Great Northern Railway (Deviations between Peter- ern Railway 
borough, Boston and Gainsborough) Bill; That the hana 

. . . en 

Parties promoting the Bill had stated to the Com- Peterborough, 
mittee that it was not their intention to proceed Boston and 
further with the same during the present Session of ee 
Parliament. 

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


A Message, by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman Royal Assent 

Usher of the Black Rod: to Bills. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Public Bills therein men- 
tioned ; and that the Lords, thereby authorized, 
had declared the Royal Assent to the said Bills : 

Which Bills are as follow : 

An Act for raising the Sum of Eighteen millions Exchequer 
three hundred and ten thousand seven hundred Bills 
pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the ne 
year One thousand eight hundred and Forty-seven : 

An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and Mutiny Bill. 
for the better Payment of the Army and their Quar- 
ters : 

An Act for the Regulation of Her Majesty’s Marine 
Royal Marine Forces while on Shore : Mutiny Bill 

An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United Indemnity 

Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for Bill, 
Offices and Employments, and to extend the Time 
limited for those — respectively, until the 
Twenty fifth day of March One thousand eight 
hundred and Forty-eight : 

An Act for consolidating in One Act certain Pro- yfarkets and 
visions usually contained in Acts for constructing Fairs Clauses 
or regulating Markets and Fairs: Bill. 

An Act for consolidating in One Act certain Pro- Gas-works 
visions usually contained in Acts authorizing the Clauses Bill. 
making of Gas-works for supplying Towns with 
Gas: 

An Act for consolidating in One Act certain Pro- Commission- 
visions usually contained in Acts with respect to ¢ts Clauses 
the Constitution and Regulation of Bodies of Com- - 
missioners appointed for carrying on Undertakings 
of a Public Nature: 

An Act for consolidating in One Act certain Pro- Waterworks 
visions usually contained in Acts authorizing the Clauses Bill. 
making of Waterworks for supplying Towns with 
Water: 

An Act to regulate the Stations of Soldiers during Troops during 
Parliamentary Elections: __ Elections Bill. 

An Act toauthorize the Application of certain Sums General Regis- 
received on Account of the Fees payable to the - a h 
Office of Director in Chancery in Scotland, towards a =) 
the Payment of Debts incurred in completing the 





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402 


Birmingham An Act for incorporating the District Fire In- 
— Fire surance Company of Birmingham, by the Name of 
nsurance . . ° . 
Bill. the District Fire Insurance Company, for enabling 
the said Company to sue and be sued, and for 
other Purposes relating to the said Company. 
Shrewsbury Sir James Graham reported the Shrewsbury and 
Som Mates Birmingham Railway Act Amendment and Branches 
Act Amend- Bill, with Amendments. 
ment and Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Branches Bill. ond be printed. 
a. a Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
Monklands before the Committee on the Glasgow, Airdrie and 


Junction Rail- Monklands Junction Railway Bill, and the Cale- 
way Bul, and donian (Dundyvan Branch) Railway Bill, in the 
yuatvean last Session of Parliament, be referred to the Com- 


(Dundyvan . : 
Branch) Rail- mittees on Groups (Nos. 48 and 49) of Railway 
way Bill Bills 

(1846.) , 

Glasgow, . Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to 
Aerarie an’ request that their Lordships will be pleased to com- 


Junction Rail- municate to this House a Copy of the Minutes of the 

way Bill Evidence taken before the Committee appointed by 

oe their Lordships on the Glasgow, Airdrie and Monk- 
lands Junction Railway Bill of last Session :—And 
that Mr. Greene do carry the said Message. 


Harwich and — A Petition of Fish Factors and others interested 
Eastern Coun i, the supply of the London Market with live 
ties Junction 4,. : ° : 
Railway and Fish, praying the House to direct that the merits of 
Pier (from the two.competing Railway Schemes, brought for- 
ef saa ward in the Harwich and Eastern Counties Junc- 
Union Rail. tion Railway and Pier (from Harwich to the Eastern 
way at Ard- Union Railway at 4rdleigh) Bill; and, Eastern Union 
—oe Railway (Branch from Manningtree to Harwich) 
Union Railway Bill, be referred to the Board of Commissioners of 
(Branch from Railways, to inquire into and report thereon, so 
Manningtree that one of the said two Bills may obtain the sanction 
to Uarwich) ‘ : a : 

Bill. of the legislature, during the present Session of Par- 
liament, and the Petitioners may thus be enabled to 
prosecute their arduous pursuits on an equal footing 
with other Fisheries enjoying the benefit of Railway 
conveyance, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Petitions of the 
Mayor and Burgesses of the borough of Harwich, 
Railway and in the county of Essex ; and, a) erchants, Ship- 
Pier (from | owners and others connected with or interested in 
Harwich to the the trade and communication between England and 
tia Northern and Central Europe, which were presented 
Ardleigh) | upon the 30th day of March last, taking notice of 
Bill; and, the Harwich and Eastern Counties Junction Rail- 
a way and Pier (from Harwich to the Eastern Union 
(Branch from Railway at Ardleigh) Bill; and, Eastern Union 
Manningtree Railway (Branch trom Manningtree to Harwich) 
to Harwich) Bill, and praying that the merits of the said two 
Bill. eee ai, 

competing Railway schemes be referred to the Board 
of Commissioners of Railways, to inquire into and 
report thereon, so that another Session of Parliament 
may not close without the public being benefited by 
the passing of an Act for the formation of a Railway to 
Harwich, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, ‘That the merits of the two competing 
Railways between Harwich and the Metropolis, and 
the Petitions relating thereto, which have been pre- 
sented to this House, be referred to the Commis- 
sioners of Railways, for their consideration and 
Report, in conformity with the provisions of the Act 
9 and 10 Vic. c. 105. 


Harwich and 
Eastern Coun- 
ties Junction 





Railway Bills. 
No. 164, 


Mr. Strutt presented,--Report of the Commission- 
ers of Railways, on a certain Railway Bill, comprised 
in Group No. 1, (in pursuance of Resolution of the 
House of 23d February 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on certain 
Railway Bills comprised in Groups Nos. 6 and 8, 
(in pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23d Fe- 
bruary 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on a 
certain Railway Bill comprised in Group No. 50, 


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A. 1847. 


(in pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23d 
February 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on 
certain Railway Bills comprised in Group No. 29, 
(in pursuance of Resolution of the House, of 23d 
February 1847). 


Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
Committees on the Bills to which the same relate ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Post-office 
Return of the Number of Money Orders made out (Liverpool) 
for Places in Ireland at the Liverpool Post-office, 
together with the Aggregate Amount of such Or- 
ders, during each of the months of November and 
December 1845, and January and February 1846 ; 
and also during each of the months of November and 
December 1846, and January and February 1847. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Court of 
Return of the Total Number of Attendable War- Chancery. 
rants granted by each of the Masters in Ordinary 
of the High Court of Chancery in England on each 
day of the year, commencing from and including 
the first day of Easter Term 1846, and ending on 
the last day of Hilary Vacation 1847; showing 
how many of such Attendable Warrants were at- 
tended before each of the said Masters, and how 
many thereof were attended before the Clerk of 
each of the said Masters on each of the days within 
the said year. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Ballykilcline 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased — County 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, “°°°°""™ 
Copies of all Communications made by the Com- 
missioners of Woods and Forests to any Agent or 
Agents in charge for the time being of the Crown 
Estate in the Parish of Kilglass, and County of 
Roscommon, in Ireland, during the last Five years ; 
with all the Answers made thereto :—Of all Com- 
munications made to any Solicitor in Jreland, em- 
ployed by the said Commissioners relative to the 
affairs of the said Estate, and concerning any Legal 
Proceedings intended to be had or taken relative to 
the Rents or Administration thereof; with all the 
Replies thereto :—And, of all Communications from 
the same to the same, or from the Land Agent, re- 
lative to the Conduct of the Tenants thereof towards 
him in the Execution of his Duty or Instructions, or 
of Bailiffs employed by him ; with all the Replies 
thereto :—A Statement of the Amount of the Yearly 
Rents reserved on all and every of the said Lands, 
specifying whether Acreable or in Gross ; distin- 
guishing the Townlands by Name, as well as the 
Names of the several Tenants, and the Amount 
paid by each during the last Five years, and the 
Gross Arrears now due on each Tenancy on the 
said Estate, specifying the Acreable Contents in 
each Tenement thereon: —And, a Return of all 
Law Costs which have been furnished as incurred 
or paid by Her Majesty’s Commissioners of Woods 
and Forests in the Management of the Crown Estate, 
situated in the Parish of Kilglass, and County of 
Roscommon, in Ireland, since the expiration of the 
Lease which last entitled the said Commissioners to 
claim possession thereof. 

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


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


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Sites for Sites for 
Churches (Scotland), have leave to sit To-morrow, pve ae 
notwithstanding the adjournment of the House. ‘*¢°t!an¢-) 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to the directions Exchequer. 
ofan Act of Parliament,—An Account of all Monies No, 307. 
received during the year ended 5th April 1847 to 

the 





10 Victoriz. 


Bank of England and Ireland, under the respective 
heads of Public Revenue; ofall Royal Orders and 
Treasury Warrants received, and of the Credits and 
Transfers made by the Comptroller-General of the 
Exchequer, the Payments by the Bank of England, 
and the Balance remaining to the account of the 
Exchequer at each Bank on the 5th April 1847. 

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


Ayr Harbour 


a Petitions from Ayr (two Petitions) ;—and, New- 
) 


ton-upon-Ayr; praying that the Ayr Harbour Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


pane Gas A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Ashton- 


23° Aprilis. 





under-Lyne, in the county of Lancaster, praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain paits of the Ashton Gas Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Ayrshire Petitions of the Provost, Magistrates and Town 

Roads Bill Council of the Royal Burgh of Irvine ;——and, 
Hugh Miller, Provost, and John Paul, Dean of 
Guild, of the royal burgh of Ayr; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Ayrshire Roads 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Bathwick Petitions from Bathwick (two Petitions) ;—and, 
Church Bill. William Th d others; praying that th 
illiam Thompson and others; praying that the 
Bathwick Church Bill may pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Belfast Port = A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 

and Harbour : 

Bill. gesses of the borough of Be/fast, praying that they 
may be heard, by their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Belfast Port and Harbour Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 

Birkenhosd A Petition of John Mawdsley and John Smith, of 

ersDock Acts 1 0ulton-cum-Seacombe, in the county of Chester, 


Amendment Smalt Manufacturers, praying that they may be 


(astoCon- —_ heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
Syetcione certain parts of the Birkenhead Commissioners 
Wallasey | Docks Acts Amendment (as to Construction of Sea- 
Pool) Bul. —_ wall along Wallasey Pool) Bill, was presented, and 
read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
Birkenhead A Petition of John Mawdsley and John Smith, of 


Sean Poulton-cum-Seacombe, in the county of Chester, 
Amendment &gt;Malt Manufacturers, praying that they may be 
(Construction heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
pay howe certain parts of the Birkenkead (Commissioners) 
of Culvert). Dock Acts Amendment (Construction of New 
Bil. Docks and Alteration of Culvert) Bill, was presented, 
and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
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403 


the Account of Her Majesty’s Exchequer at the! by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 


Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 

A Petition of Trustees of the River Weaver Na- Birkenhead, 
vigation, in the county of Chester, praying that . 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or Junction Rail- 
agents, against certain parts of the Birkenhead, way (Devia- 
Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway (Devia- 7° of oe 
tion of Main Line and Chester Branch, &amp;c.) Bill, a 
was presented, and read. &amp;c.) Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of the Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Caledonian 
Junction Railway Company ; John Tracey Wil- pti d ; 
liam French, of Pinkstan, Lieutenant in Her Ma- G82" 
jesty’s Royal Navy; Charles Tennant and Com- Coatbridge 
pany, Merchants, in Glasgow, and of John Tennant, cae 
Charles James Tennant, George Brown and Charles ea 
Tennant Dunlop, all Merchants in Glasgow, the Station) Bill. 
individual Partners of that Company ; Quorum 
of Trustees for executing the Act to improve, repair 
and maintain the Road from Inchbelly Bridge to 
Glasgow, and to make and maintain certain Branch 
Roads therefrom ;—— Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- 
way Company ; and, Company of Proprietors of 
the Forth and Clyde Navigation ; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Caledonian Railway 
(Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway, 

Branch to Glasgow Station) Bill,—were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 














Petitions of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock Caledonian 
and Ayr Railway Company ;——Glasgow, Barr- a ies 
head and Neilston Direct Railway Company ;—— = 
Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ardrossan Railway Com- Glasgow 
pany ; and, Glasgow Southern Terminal Railway Station) Bill. 
Company; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Caledonian Railway (Branch across 
Clyde and Glasgow Station) Bill,-—were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Petitions of the Provost, Bailies, Treasurer and Caledonian 
Councillors of the burgh of Helensburgh, in the 1d Dumbar- 
county of Dumbarton, ‘Trustees for improving and (."° Railway 
maintaining the Port and Harbour of said burgh of (Deviations 
Helensburgh, in virtue of the Statute 9 Vic., c. pe ec 
16 ;——Andrew Symm, Doctor in Divinity, Minister Woy, ant 
of the parish of Last Kilpatrick, late Moderator Bowling, &amp;c.) 
and present Clerk, the Reverend Andrew Gray, Bill. 
Minister of the parish of Dumbarton, late Clerk of 
the Presbytery of Dumbarton, and the There-under- 
signed Inhabitants of the burgh of the barony of 
Helensburgh, in the county of Dumbarton ;—-—Pro- 
vost and Councillors and Feuars of the burgh of 
barony of Helensburgh, in the county of Dumbarton, 
and Sir James Colquhoun, of Luss, in the same 
county, Baronet, Superior of the said burgh of ba- 
rony ; Sir James Colquhoun, of Luss, in the 
county of Dumbarton, Baronet ; Charles Ten- 
nant and Company, Merchants, in Glasgow, and of 
John Tennant, Charles James Tennant, George 
Brown and Charles Tennant Dunlop, all Merchants 
in Glasgow, the individual Partners of that Com- 














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rove, repair and maintain the Road from Inchbelly 

ridge to Glasgow, and to make and maintain 
certain Branch Roads therefrom ;——James White, 
Esquire, Factor and Commissioner of John Tracey 
William French, of Pinkstan, Lieutenant in Her 
Majesty’s Royal Navy; Edinburgh and Glasgow 
Railway Company ; Caledonian Railway Com- 
pany; Company of Proprietors of the Forth and 
Clyde Navigation ;——and, the Right honourable 
Lord Blantyre and the Right honourable Evelyn 
Lady Blantyre, his Wife; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Caledonian and Dum- 
bartonshire Junction Railway (Deviations between 
Duntocher Lime Works and Bowling, &amp;c.) Bill,— 
were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
jn favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 











Eastern Union A Petition of the Ipswich and Bury Saint Ed- 
we trom Mund’s Railway Company, praying that the Eastern 
ae Union Railway (Branch from Manningtree to Har- 
to Harwich) wich) Bill may pass into a law; and, that the Har- 
a 4 wich and Eastern Counties Junction Railway and 
Eastern Coun- Pier (from Harwich to the Eastern Union Railway 
ties Junction at Ardleigh) Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
Railway and sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Pier (from Tabl 
Harwich tothe 4@b/e. 
Eastern Union 
Railway at 
Ardleigh) Bill. 
Edinburgh A Petition of the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton 
a _ Railway Company, praying that they may be per- 
“ustoms Bill. mitted to withdraw their Petition against the Edin- 
burgh Markets and Customs Bill, was presented, 
and read. 
Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the 
Petition accordingly. 


Braintreeand A Petition of Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of 
Railway Bill. Jand or other property upon or within the limits of 
deviation of the thereinafter mentioned intended 
line of Railway from Braintree to Halstead, praying 
that they may be permitted to withdraw their Peti- 
tion against the Braintree and Halstead Railway 
Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the 
said Petition accordingly. 


Edinburgh A Petition of the City of Edinburgh Paving 
esi = Board, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
" selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Edinburgh Markets and Customs Bill, was 

presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition, 


Exeter Great Two Petitions of Inhabitants of the town of Yeovil, 
— ga praying that the Exeter Great Western Railway 
Salisbury and Bill may pass into a law; and, that the Salisbury 
Yeovil Rail- and Yeourl Railway Bill; and, the Exeter, Yeovil and 
Exe — Dorchester Railway and Branches Bill may not pass 
and Dorches. into law,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
ter Railway to lie upon the Table. 
= Branches 
siete A Petition of William Edgcome, of the borough 
Waterworks of Penryn, in the county of Cornwall, Gentleman, 
Dill. the Lessee of Henry, by Divine permission Lord 
Bishop of Exeter, and of Samuel Dunstan, of the 
same borough, Flour Merchant, Sub-Lessee and 
Occupier of the mills, mill-leat and premises there- 
inafter referred to, praying that they may be heard, 
by their counsel or agents, against certain parts of 
the Falmouth Waterworks Bill, was presented, and | 
read. 





Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Gla: 
Bill, against the said Petition. ae 
Ayt 
Petitions of John Graham, of Craigallian, Es- Glasgow, (No 
quire ; Hugh Moncrieff, Writer, in Glasgow, Aitarie and 
Clerk to the Trustees on the Glasgow and Shotts Junction Rail- 
Turnpike-road ;——John Mann, Attorney of Wil- ways (Cow- 
liam Dixon ;—-—Charles Mackenzie, of Acre Hill, ste egg 
in the county of Lanark ; James E. Matheson, tion, and Cop- 
Merchant, in Glasgow ;——John Jardine, Advocate, !aw-hill 
Edinburgh; —— David Stewart, of Haghill Dis- Branmnes, 
tillery ; Walter Stewart, of Kennyhill and Hag- street Ter- 
hill ;——-Caledonian Railway Company ; James minus) Bill. 
Reid, Secretary to the Union Bank of Scot/and, at 
Glasgow,and residing at Clover Bank, near Glasgow, 
and Mrs. Mary Graham, or Reid, his Spouse, also 
residing at Clover Bank aforesaid ;——James Wad- 
del, Esquire, of Stonefield ;——James Dunlop, of 
Clyde Iron-works, and John Wilson, of Dundyvan 
Iron-works ; and, Company of Proprietors of the 
Forth and Clyde Navigation; praying that they Gl: 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, es 
against certain parts of the Glasgow, Airdrie and Ay 
Monklands Junction Railway (Cowlairs, Carmyle, {(N 
Central Junction and Coplaw-hill Branches, and 
Montrose-street Terminus) Bill,—were presented, 
and read. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions, 




















Petitions of Trustees and Creditors on the Garn- Glasgow, 
gad Turnpike-road, in the county of Lanark ; _—— 
Company of Proprietors of the Forth and Clyde Junction Rail- 
Navigation ;——Trustees for executing the Act for way (Cowlairs 
maintaining and repairing the Road from Glasgow Branch) Bill. 
to Redburn Bridge, and a Branch Road leading 
therefrom ;——Trustees for executing the Act to 
improve, repair and maintain the Road from Inch- 
belly Bridge to Glasgow, and to make and main- 
tain certain Branch Roads therefrom ;—— Walter 
Stewart, of Kennyhill and Haghill ;——Hugh 
Moncrieff, Writer, in Glasgow, Clerk to the Trus- 
tees on the Glasgow and Shotts Turnpike-road ; 

——James Reid, Secretary to the Union Bank of 

Scotland at Glasgow, and residing at Cloverbank, 

near Glasgow, and Mrs. Mary Graham or Reid, his 

Spouse, fesiding at Clover Bank aforesaid ;—- David 

Stewart, of Haghill Distillery ;——-Charles Mac- 

henzie, of Acrehill, in the county of Lanark ; 
Reverend John Hamilton Gray, of Carntyne, Clerk, 
Vicar of Bolsover and Scareliff, in the county of 
Derby ;——and, James Dunlop and John Wilson ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Glasgow, Airdrie and Monklands Junction Railway 
(Cowlairs Branch) Bill,— were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





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nuk eit, a ae 


Petitions of John Mann, Attorney of William Glasgow. 
Dixon, of Govan Colliery, near Glasgow, at present Paisley and 
absent from the United Kingdom ;——and, Gilas- — 

i a s 4 ailway 
gow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Com- (Branch to the 
pany; praying that they may be heard, by them- Caledonian a 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts — of 
of the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway Canal) Bill- 
(Branch to the Caledonian Railway and Diversion 
of Canal) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, = 

their 


Glasgow, 

Paisley, Kil- 
marnock and 
Ayr Railway 
(No, 4.) Bill. 


Glasgow, 

Paisley, Kil- 
marnock and 
Ayr Railway 
(No. 5.) Bill. 


Glasgow, Kil- 
marnock and 
Ardrossan 
Railway 
(Amendment, 
Deviations 
and Branches) 
Bill. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
(Deviations 
between 
London and 
Grantham) 
Bill, 


General Ter. 
minus and 
Glasgow Har- 
hour Railway 
Branches Bill. 


Gloucester 
and Hereford 
Railway and 
Canal Pur- 
Chase Bill. 





10 Vicrortz. 


their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of John Mann, Attorney of William 
Dixon, of Govan Colliery, near Glasgow ; Cale- 
donian Railway Company ;——-Archibald Edmiston 
and others, Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of lands 
and heritage in the barony of Gorbals;——Glas- 
gow, Paisley and Greenock Railway Company ; 
Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Rail- 
way Company ; Glasgow Southern Terminal 
Railway Company ; and, Glasgow, Kilmarnock 
and Ardrossan Railway Company; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Glasgow, Pais- 
ley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (No. 4.) Bill,— 
were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 














Petitions of the Caledonian Railway Company ; 
——John Mann, Attorney of William Dixon, of 
Govan Colliery, near Glasgow ;——-Glasgow, Pais- 
ley and Greenock Railway Company ;——Glasgow, 
Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway Company ; 
James Lawrie and others, Owners, Lessees 
and Occupiers of lands and heritages, in the barony 
of Gorbals ; Glasgow Southern ‘Terminal Rail- 
way Company ;——and, Glasgow, Kilmarnock and 
Ardrossan Railway Company ; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Glasgow, Pais- 
ley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (No. 5.) Bill,— 
were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit ; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 
Petitions. 








A Petition of Justices of the Peace, Clergymen, 
Merchants, Farmers and other Inhabitants of the 
village of Kilmaurs and neighbourhood, in the 
parish of Kilmaurs, and county of Ayr, praying 
that the Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ardrossan Rail- 
way (Amendment, Deviations and Branches) Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of George Augustus Frederick Albe- 
marle Earl of Lindsey, praying that he may be 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against 
certain parts of the Great Northern Railway (Devia- 
tions between London and Grantham) Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, bis counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock 
and Ayr Railway Company ; praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agent, 
against certain parts of the General Terminus and 
Glasgow Harbour Railway Branches Bill, was _pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of John William Miles and other Owners 
and Occupiers of lands on the line of the pro- 
posed Railway thereinafter mentioned ; Dean 

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23° Aprilis. 


405 


and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of the Holy 
and Indivisible Trinity in Gloucester ; Bankers, 
Tradesmen and other Inhabitants of the city of 
Hereford ; Commissioners for improving the 
Navigation of the River Severn ; The Reverend 
John Hopton, Clerk ; Gloucester and Dean 
Forest Railway Company ; Thomas Evans and 
others, Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of property 
on and Persons affected by the formation of the 
proposed line of Railway thereinafter mentioned ; 
Traders and Barge-owners and Persons other- 
wise interested in the Herefordshire and Gloucester- 
shire Canal Navigation ; and, Great Western 
Railway Company; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Gloucester and Here- 























ford Railway and Canal Purchase Bill,—were pre- 


sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 
Petitions. 


A Petition of the Eastern Union Railway Com- Harwich and 
pany, being Owners and Occupiers of land upon the — 
line of an intended Railway from the Port or Har- Railway and 
bour of Harwich, in the county of Essex, in the Pier (from 
Parish of Ardleigh, in the said county thereinafter ean? 
; 4 oe ion 

mentioned, praying that they may be heard, by Raitway at 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Ardleigh) Bill. 
Harwich and Eastern Counties Junction Railway 
and Pier (from Harwich to the Eastern Union Rail- 
way at Ardleigh) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of George Grout and others, Owners Ipswich and 
and Occupiers of land situate on the line of the pro- i. tae 
posed Railway thereinafter mentioned ;—and, Owners a (No. 1) 
and Occupiers of land and property on the line of (Extension to 
the Railway thereinafter mentioned ; praying that — 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Ipswich and Bury 
Saint Edmund's Railway (No. 1.) (Extension to Yar- 
mouth) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of Owners, Tenants and Occupiers of Inverness 
lands, houses and other heritable snbjects, in the nec and 
Parliamentary town of Inverness, North Britain, 35/8" 
and Merchants, Traders, Shipowners and other In- 
habitants thereof, praying that the Inverness Har- 
bour and Navigation Bill may not pass into a law, 
as it now stands, was presented, and read ; and re- 


ferred to the Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Owners, Tenants and Oceupiers of Inverness 

lands, houses and other heritages situated within Municipal and 
oe : = Police, &amp;e. Bill. 

the limits of the Parliamentary town of Inverness, 

North Britain, praying that the Znverness Muni- 

cipal and Police, &amp;c. Bill, may not pass into a law, 

as it now stands, was presented, and read; and re- 

ferred to the Committee on the Bill. 


Petitions from Stewarton ;— Prestwick ;—Monk- Kilmarnock 
ton ;— Newton-upon-Ayr (two Petitions) ;—Riccar- = Ayr — 

2 es ° Jirect Rail- 
ton ;—Kilmarnock (two Petitions) ;—Lymington ;— way yi, 
Dundonald ;— Dunlop;—Ayr ;—aud, Wallacetown ; 
praying that the Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct Rail- 
way Bill, may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





3F3 A Petition 








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406 23° Aprilis. 


Leith Harbour A Petition of the Incorporation of Coopers of 


and Docks 
Dues Bill. 


Liverpool 
Corporation 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Liverpool 
Gas Bill. 


Lowestoft 
Railway and 
Harbour 
(Alteration 
near Reed- 
ham) Bill. 


London and 
NorthWester 


Railway(New- 


port Pagnell, 
Olney and 
Wellingbo- 


rough Branch) 


Bill. 


London and 


South Leith, praying that the Zeith Harbour and 
Docks Dues Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Committee on the Bill. 

Petitions of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
Council of the city of Edinburgh ; Company of 
Merchants of the city of Edinburgh ; and, Chair- 
man of the Directors of the London, Leith, Edin- 
burgh and Glasgow Shipping Company, and of 
Eagle Henderson, Merchant, in Edinburgh; praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the said Bill,— 
were also presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








Two Petitions from Liverpool; praying that the 
Liverpool Corporation Waterworks Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Inhabitant Householders, Ratepayers 
and Occupiers of premises in the town and borough 
of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, and Con- 
sumers of Gas therein ; and, Persons who have 
signed the subscription contract for, and have agreed 
to become proprietors of shares in the projected 
Liverpool Guardian Gas Company; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Liverpool Gas 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Petitions of the Steam Shipowners Association ; 
General Steam Navigation Company ; and, 
Charles Wye Williams, of the city of Dublin, Ma- 
naging Director of the City of Dublin Steam Packet 
Company ; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Lowestoft Railway and Harbour (Altera- 
tion near Reedham) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








A Petition of Quintus Vivian, of Knuston Hall, 
nin the parish of Irchester, in the county of North- 
ampton, Esquire, praying that he may be heard, by 
himself, his counsel or agent, against certain parts 
of the London and North Western Railway (Vew- 
port Pagnell, Olney and Wellingborough Branch) 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions from the Right honourable Henry Rich- 


NorthWestern .»»@ Earl Brooke and Earl of Warwick ;—and, War- 


Railway 
(Kenilworth 


wick; praying that the London and North Western 


to Berkswell, Railway (Aentlworth to Berkswell Branches and 


Branches and 


Extensions, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Newport, 
Abergavenny 
and Hereford 
Railway 
(Extension to 
Taff Vale 
Railway) Bill 


Extensions, &amp;c.) Bill may pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions of the South Wales Railway Company ; 
——David Phillips, and others, Owners and Oc- 
cupiers of land on the line of the there above-men- 
tioned proposed Extension Railway; and, the 
Taff Vale Railway Company; praying that they 








A. 1847. 


may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Newport, Abergavenny 
and Hereford Railway (Extension to Taff Vale 
Railway) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of the General Steam Navigation Com- Norfolk Rail- Bi 
pany ; Steam Ship Owners’ Association ; way — 
and, Charles Wye Williams, of the city of Dublin, Hon &amp;e) vil 
Managing Director of tie City of Dublin Steam * 
Packet Company; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Norfolk Railway (Yarmouth Ex- 
tension, &amp;c.) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon St 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. Bi 








Petitions of William Manning, and others, Owners Norfolk Rail- 
and Occupiers of land ; Thomas Sacret, and way (from 
others, Owners and Occupiers of land ; —— and, oo ae 
John Read, of Langley, in the county of Norfolk, Railway near 
Gentleman, and Ambrose Reeve Palmer, of Had- Reedham, with 
discoe Hall, in the same county, Gentleman ; pray- Secure 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their Bill. 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Nor- 
folk Railway (from Thetford to the Lowestoft Rail- 
wa¥, near Keedham, with a Branch to Halesworth) 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Petitions from Kirklinton ;— Longtown ;—Car- North British . % 
lisle ;—Jedburgh ;—and, James Seedmay ; praying Railway 
a © (No. 2.) Bill, 
that the North British Railway (No. 2.) Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of William Rothwain, Proprietor of Northern 
shares in the Northern Counties Union Railway ; Counties 
Sir G. Musgrave, and others, Landowners and way Deviation 
other Inhabitants of Penrith, and its vicinity, in the Bill. 
county of Cumberland; Sir G. Musgrave, and 
others, Landowners and other Inhabitants of Pen- 
rith, and its vicinity, in the county of Cumberland ; 
——John Hill, and others, Landowners and other 
Inhabitants of Appleby ; John Hill, and others, , 
Landowners and other Inhabitants of Appleby, and 
its vicinity, in the county of Westmoreland ;——M. 
Irving, and others, Landowners and other Inhabit- 
ants of Kirby Stephen, and its vicinity, in the county 
of Westmoreland ;——M. Irving, and others, Inha- 
bitants of Kirby Stephen, and its vicinity, in the 
county of Westmoreland ; —— J. Jefferson, and 
others, Landowners and other Inhabitants of Brough, 
and its vicinity, in the county of Westmorland ; 
and, J. Jefferson, and others, Landowners and other 
Inhabitants of Brough, and its vicinity, in the county 
of Westmorland ; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Northern Counties Union Railway 
Deviation Bill,—were presented, and read. ; 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Comm:‘ttee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 














Petitions of the Magistrates and Town Council Ross, Cro- 
of the burgh of Tain ;——and, Magistrates and a ” 
Town Council of the burgh of Dingwall; praying Pi feos 

9 &gt; Praying District Roads 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel Bill. 


or 








Saffron 
Walden Rates 
Bill. 


Staffordshire 
Potteries 
Waterworks 
Bill, 


South Wales 
Railway Bill. 


Swansea 
Docks Bill. 


10 Vicroriz. 


or agents, against certain parts of the Ross, Cro- 
marty and Part of Nairn District Roads Bill,— 
were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Saffron 
Walden, in the county of Essex, praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Saffron Walden Rates 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of the Right honourable John Earl of 
Shrewsbury and Waterford, and of James Mather, 
of Alton, in the county of Stafford, Paper Manu- 
facturer, and Joseph Ingleby, of Oakamoor, in the 
county of Stafford, Mill-owner ; and, William 
Henry Smith, of Whiston Priory, in the county of 
Salop, Esquire, John William Ward, Attorney, of 
Charles John Smith, of Elmhurst Hall, in the county 
of Stafford, Esquire, but now residing in Italy, 
and William Palmer, of Hanley, in the county of 
Stafford aforesaid ; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Petitions of the Severn and Wye Railway and 
Canal Company ;——and, Proprietors and Occu- 
piers of coal and iron mines and stone quarries, and 
other Inhabitants of the western part of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Forest of Dean, and its vicinity ; praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the South 
Wales Railway Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of Timothy Brimble Essery, Mary 
Rees, Arthur Dalton, Sophia Rees, John William 
Clark, Edward Hummett, Elinor Bassett, Margaret 
Spencer Nicholl and Mary Nicholl, all of the town 
and borough of Swansea, in the county of Glamor- 
gan, praying that the Swansea Docks Bill may not 
pass intu a law, as it now stands, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Committee on the Bill. 

Petitions of the Most noble Henry Duke of 
Beaufort, &amp;.G.; George Gwynne Bird, of the 
town of Swansea, in the county of Glamorgan, Doc- 
tor of Medicine ; Margaret Elizabeth Tennant, 
of Cadoxton Lodge, in the county of Glamorgan ; 
Cameron’s Coalbrook Steam Coal and Swansea 
and Loughor Railway Company ; and, William 
Edmond, of the town of Swansea, in the county of 
Glamorgan, Merchant; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the said Bill,—were also presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 

VoL, 102. 

















23° Aprilis. 











407 


Petitions of the Most noble Henry Duke of Swansea 
Beaufort, «.G.;——and, S. Wynne, Agent of Lucy Valley Rail- 
Bowen, of Leamington, in the county of Warwick, “*Y 
Widow, and Arthur Francis Gregory, of Stwichall, 
in the said county, Esquire; praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Swansea Valley Railway 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Petitions of the Taff Vale Railway Company ; Vale of Neath 
and, the Aberdare Railway Company ; praying Railway Bill. 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Vale of Neath 
Railway Bill,—were presented, and read. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Commitiee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Yeovil, Wilts, Somer- 
in the county of Somerset, praying that the Wi/és, set and Wey- 
Somerset and Weymouth Railway (No. 2.) Bill may vente © ag 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- Bil, 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Yeovil, Yeovil, Brid- 
in the county of Somerset, praying that the Yeovil, port and Exe- 
Bridport and Exeter Railway Bill may pass into a pn — 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


upon the ‘Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Andover, Salisbury and 
and its neighbourhood, praying that the Salisbury Yeovil Rail- 
and Yeovil Railway Bill; and, the Exeter, Yeovil W2Y Bils Bxe- 
and Dorchester Railway and Branches Bill may pass and Dorches- 
into law; and, taking notice of the application for ter Railway 
the Cornwall and Devon Central and Plymouth Rail- — — 
way and Branches Bill, and praying that such Bill Cornwall and 
may pass into law, was presented, and read ; and pon Nee 
ordered to lie upon the Table. pe Re ear 
Branches Bill. 

A Petition of Rigby Wason, of Corwar, in the flection 

county of Ayr, Esquire, praying the House to pass Expenses. 
a law protecting a candidate at an Election from all 
liability for legal expenses, provided he show a 
jury, acting under the direction of a judge, that 
he had deposited with a proper person a sum ade- 
quate to cover all legal expenses, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Poor Relief 
Guardians of the Carrick-on-Shannon Union, pray- (reland) Bill. 
ing the House not to consent to any clause being 
wserted in the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill, which 
may tend to compel the occupying tenant to pay 
the entire of the rate, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Mirfield (two Petitions) ; — Ac- Education. 
crington ; — Bingley ; — Belmont ;— Great Har- 
wood ;— Paulerspury;— Sunderland (two Petitions) ; 
— New Accrington (two Petitions) ;— Crayford, 
and vicinity ;— Mew Mill.and Tring ;—Warwick 
(four Petitions) ;—Lowsonford ;—Ashorne ;—Kine- 
ton ;— Mansfield ; — Bermondsey ;— Llandilofawr ; 
— Newhaven ; — Charlwood; — Bath; — Mem- 
bers of the Committee of the Bedfordshire Union 
of Christians, or Home Missionary Society ;— 
Hackney-road ; — Portsmouth ;— Edgeworthin ; — 
Earls Barton (two Petitions) ; — Kislingbury ;— 
Huddersfield ;—and, Wold; praying the Teun to 
refuse any grant of money in furtherance of the plan 
of Education propounded in the Minutes of the 
Committee of Council, and to revoke the powers 

3Fr4 vested 














Scttlement. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 
Bill; and, 
Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill, 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 

(Scotland) 

Bill. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Rating of 
Tenements 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


Health of 
Towns Bill. 


Promiscuous 
Intercourse. 


&amp;bipping. 
No, 398. 


408 25°—24° 


vested in the said Committee,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Poplar ;— Beeley ;— Cubley ;— 
Newcastle-upon- Tyne ;—Isle Brewers ;—Northamp- 
ton ;—Haigh and Aspul ;—Workpeople employed 
at the Coalport China Works ;—North Benfleet ;— 
Stockport ;—Luddenden ;— Farndon ;—-Stepney (two 
Petitions) ;—Fleetwood ;—Camberwell ; — Burton ; 
— Kingston (Hereford) ;— Tinge-cum-Alhkrington ;— 
Holt ; — Southwold ; — Feltwell ; — Cople ; —John 
William Butt, m.a. Clerk, Vicar of King’s Langley ; 
— Gillingham ;— Shirley (Southampton) ;—Addles- 
bury ;—Sawbridgeworth ;—Batheaston ;—Madeley ; 
—Alderton;—Dean and Chapter of Norwich ;— 
Bebington;— Sutton Mansfield;—Saint Paul, Covent 
Garden ; — Aberford ; — Lancaster ; — Lincoln ; — 
Banbury :—and, Wolverhampton; praying the House 
to sanction the Plan of Education propounded in 
the Minutes of the Committee of Council,—were 
also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Governor, Deputy Governor, 
Assistants and Guardians of the Poor of the city 
and county of the city of Exon, praying the House 
to abolish the laws of Settlement, that the main- 
tenance of the Poor be madea national charge, and 
that all property in the kingdom may be equally 
assessed for their support, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Settlement 
and Poor Removal. 


Petitions from Newton (Edinburgh) (two Peti- 
tions) ; Presbytery of Chirnside (Moderator) ; 
Presbytery of Lauder (Moderator) ; Kirk 
Session of Stromness (Moderator) ; and, Anstru- 
ther Easter ; praying that the Registering Births, 
&amp;e. (Scotland) Bill; and, the Marriage (Scotland) 
Bill may not pass into law,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 














Petitions from the Presbytery of Lerwick (Mode- 
rator); Elgin Poor Law Parochial Board (Chair- 
man) ; and, Kirk Session of Banff’ (Moderator) ; 
praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








Petitions from the Presbytery of Lerwick (Mode- 
rator) ;——Kirk Session of Banff (Moderator) ; 
and, Kirk Session of Glenorchy (Moderator and Ses- 
sion Clerk); praying that the Marriage (Scotland) 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Ratepayers of the town and parish 
of Presteign, in the counties of Radnor and Here- 
ford, praymg that the Rating of Tenements (No. 2.) 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Medical Men engaged in the prac- 
tice of their profession, in the town of Halifax, in 
the county of York, praying that the Health of 
‘Towns Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Manchester and Salford Waterworks, praying that 
the said Bill may not pass into a law, was also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Bath; praying the House to 
enact such laws with reference to the keepers of 
brothels, and all persons trafficking in female virtue, 
as shall invest magistrates and officers of police 
with more summary powers,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Shipping, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 








A. 1847. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Shipping Shipping ang 
and Tonnage, which was, presented yesterday, be Tonnage. 
printed. No. 308, 


Aprilis. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Shipping Shipping ana 


we T — = which was presented yes- Colonial.) 
terday, be printed. No. 309. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, upon Railways, 
Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee, to Piers and 
consider of authorizing further issues of Money out Cinclaed. 
of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Exchequer 
Loan Commissioners, to be by them applied by way 
of Loan towards defraying the Expense of making 
certain Railways in Jreland ; and also the issue of a 
further Sum, by way of Grant, out of the said Con- 
solidated Fund, to be applied pursuant to an Act of 
the last Session of Parliament, for promoting the 
construction of Piers and Harbours in Ireland ; 

Lord John Russell, by Her Majesty’s command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

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


A Petition of the Ambergate, Nottingham and Ambergate, 

Boston and Eastern Junction Railway Company, Nottingham 
“s mis : and Boston 

praying that provision may be made in the Amber- ana Fastern’ 
gate, Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern Junction Junction 
Railway Bill, enabling the said Company to make Railway Bill. 
a diversion in the line of Railway already authorized 
in the parish of Colwick, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Supply ; 
adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
yesterday, That the Order of the day for the Com- 
mittee of Supply be now read ; 

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

And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 

And the Order of the day being read accordingly ; 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ it is expedient that in any plan for promoting the 
Education of the people by pecuniary assistance 
‘ from the State, provision should be made, that, 
in schools receiving such assistance, the op- 
portunity of participating in all instruction other 
“ than religious should be afforded to children 
whose parents may object to the religious doctrines 
tauyht in such schools,” instead thereof. 

And the Question, being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Ques- 
tion ; 


Education. 





A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Duckworth Messagefrom 

and Mr. Russell: the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Fever 
Act to amend and continue, until the First day of (Ireland) Bill. 
November One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
seven, and to the end of the then next Session of 
Parliament, an Act for making provision for the 
Treatment of Poor Persons afflicted with Fever in 
Ireland, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :-— 
And then the Messengers withdrew. 


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


Sabbati, 24° die Aprilis, 1847: 


And the Question being put; 


The House divided : Supply; 


The 





10 Vicroriz. 93°—94° 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Tufnell, lero 
Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: | ie 
Tellers for thee Sir William Clay, 74 
Noes, Viscount Duncan: } . 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 





Education. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for Public Education in Great Britain, in the year 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-seven. 

Resolution to be reported. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

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

Mr. Greene also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
wave leave to sit again. 

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

Health of The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

Towns Bill. Reading of the Health of Towns Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 10th day of May next. 

Registering The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Teccuady =e on the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 

bill. il 5 

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

Marriage The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

_ mittee on the Marriage (Scotland) Bill; 

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

Transference The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

tient) Reading of the Transference of Lands (Scotland) Bill ; 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

Monday next. 
Heritable The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
avy hag Reading of the Heritable Securities for Debt (Scot- 
land) Bill. land) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 
Burgage The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
enure (reot- Reading of the Burgage Tenure (Scotland) Bill ; 
— Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 
Agricultural = The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Statistics Bill. Reading of the Agricultural Statistics Bill ; 
‘Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 
—— The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
on (ireland) mittee on the Poor Relief Laws Execution (Jreland) 
Bill. Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
HighwaysBill. The Highways Bill was, according to Order, read 
a second time; and committed to a Select Com- 
Mittee. it 
Factories Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Factories Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday the 3d day of May next. 


409 


Aprilis. 


The Order of the day being read, for receivin 
the Report on the Naval Prisons Bill; 

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


g Naval Prisons 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Naval Service 
mittee on the Naval Service of Boys Bill ; of Boys Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Greene reported the Lunatic Asylums Bill; Lunatic __ 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. — Asylums Bill. 
A Clause (Limitation of Number of Visitors in 
certain cases) was twice read ; and made part of the 
Bill. 

Another Clause (Plans, Estimates, &amp;c., not to be 
hereafter subject to the approbation of the Quarter 
Sessions of Counties or Justices of Boroughs, before 
they are carried into execution: 8 and 9 Vie., c. 126, 
s. 17,) was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 
Another Clause (Mortgages not to be questioned 
for informality) was twice read ; and made part of 
the Bill. 

Another Clause (Repeal of 8 and 9 Vic., c. 126, 
s. 59) was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 
Another Clause (Mode of determining that a pau- 
per lunatic is chargeable to a county or borough) 
was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Mon- 
day next. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Slave Vessels. 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to _ directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return showing the particulars of the several Dis- 
bursements constituting the difference between the 
Sums £.1,152 18s. 10d. and £.168 14s. 11d. paid 
as the net proceeds of the Slave Vessels “ Jehovah” 
and “ Diana,” into the Vice-Admiralty Court at the 
Cape of Good Hope, on the 12th day of December 
1842 and the 8th day of December 1846 respec- 
tively, and the Sums of £.1,202 7s. 63d. and 
£.285 3s. 9d., being the gross proceeds of Sale 
of those Vessels respectively less the Sums of 
£.476 18s. 9d, and £.273 17s. mentioned in the 
Return presented on the 15th day of April 1847. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That the Petition of George Johnston, George 
late Veterinary Surgeon, 6th Dragoon Guards, Johnston. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bil] Poor Removal 
to amend the Laws relating to the Removal of Poor Coofand) _ 
Persons from England and Scotland: And that Sir ; 
George Grey and the Lord Advocate do prepare, 

and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Factories Bill. 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Memorial presented to Lord 
John Russell by certain Mill-owners against the 
Factories Bill. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this * ste as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Fever _ 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, (Ireland) Bill, 
intituled,, An Act to amend and continue until the 





Vou. 102. 


3G First 














Poor Removal 
(England and 
Scotland) Bill. 


No. 310. 


Debtors 
(Ireland.) 


Local Acts. 
No. 129. 


Margate Pier 
and Harbour. 


410 


First day of November One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty-seven, and to the end of the then next 
Session of Parliament, an Act for making Provision 
for the Treatment of Poor Persons afflicted with 
Fever in Ireland; and the same were read, as fol- 
low : 
Pr. 4. 1. 3. After “Officer” insert “or Officers.” 
Pr. 4. 1. 5. After “ Act” insert “or under this 
“ Act.” 
Pr. 4.1.11. After “ Officer” insert “or Offi- 
“‘ cers.” 
Pr. 4,1. penult. After “ District” insert “or by 
any Board of Guardians under the said first-re- 
* cited Act.” 
Pr. 5. 1. 9. After “Officer” insert “or Offi- 
cers.” 
Pr. 5.1. 11. After “Session” insert “or under 
this Act.” 
Pr. 5.1. 14. After “Act” insert Clause (A.) 
Ciavuse(A.) “ Provided also, and be it Enacted, 
“ That it shall and may be lawful for the Lord 
“ Lieutenant, if he shall so think fit, to assign to 
“ any medical officer or officers who shall have 
“‘ been or who may hereafter be appointed under the 
** first hereinbefore-recited Act or this Act, a special 
“ or particular District within which the duties of 
“ the said medical officers shall be discharged.” 
Pr. 6.1. 13. After “ shall”’ insert “ have been or 
“ may hereafter be.” 
Pr. 6. 1. 14. After “ established ” insert “ under 
“ this or the said hereinbefore first-recited Act.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


“ 


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“cc 


Sir George Grey presented a Bill to amend the 
Laws relating to the Removal of Poor Persons from 
England and Scotland: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Personsconfined for Debt 
in the different Gaols of Zreland on the 1st day of 
January in each of the years 1837, 1838, 1839, 
1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846 and 
1847, for Sums not exceeding £.2, £.5, £.10 and 
£.20; and Sums exceeding £.20. 


Mr. Ward presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Reports of the Admiralty, relative to Ap- 
plications for Local Acts. 

Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
Committees on the Bills to which the same relate ; 
and be printed. 


And then the House, oy continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Saturday morning, 
adjourned till Monday next. 








Luna, 26° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 

N R. Hunter, from the Margate Pier and Har- 
bour Company, was called in ; and at the bar 

presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of 
Parliament,—An Account of the Receipt and Ap- 
plication ofall Monies which have been received by 
the Directors of the Margate Pier and Harbour 
Company, from the 6th day of April 1846 to the 
5th day of April 1847, both days inclusive :—And 
then he withdrew. 

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


23°24°96° Aprilis. 





A. 1847. 


Mr. Strutt presented,—Report of the Commis- Railway Bills. 
sioners of Railways on a certain Railway Bill com- No. 164. 
prised in Group No. 26., in pursuance of Resolu- 
tion of the House of 23d February 1847. 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on 
certain Railway Bills comprised in Groups Nos. 46, 

47, 48, 49, 50 and 51, in pursuance of Resolution 
of the House, of 23d February 1847. 

Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
Committees on the Bills to which the same relate ; 
and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Hartlepool 
the Report on the Hartlepool West Harbour and West Harbour 
Dock (Dock Extension) Bill; and the Amendments (Dock Exten~ 
were read, and agreed to. sion) Bill. 

_ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Greene reported the Colchester, Stour Valley, Colchester, 
Sudbury and Halstead Railway (Lease to the Jps- oe big 
wich and Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway Company) Halstent Rail 
Bill, with Amendments. 

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


way (Lease to 
the Ipswich 
and Bury St. 
Edmund’s 
Railway Com- 
pany) Bill. 
Mr. Greene reported the Ayrshire and Galloway Ayrshire and 
Railway (Smithstown to Dalmellington) Bill, with Galloway 
A d Railway 
mendments. ’ ' (Smithstown 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; to Dalmelling- 
and be printed. ton) Bill. 


Notice being taken that the Derbyshire, Stafford- Derbyshire, 
shire and Worcestershire Junction Railway Bill had Staffordshire 
by an inadvertence been presented and read the i, 
first time upon Friday last, without leave having tion Railway 
been previously given by the House to bring in the Bill. 
said Bill; 

Ordered, That the Proceedings of the House of 
a last, in respect of the said Bill, be null and 
void. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Derbyshire, 
of the Petition for the Derbyshire, Staffordshire and a 
Worcestershire Junction Railway Bill, which, upon tershire Junc- 
Thursday last, was made from the Select Committee tion Railway 
on Standing Orders, might be read ; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to authorize the construction of a Railway from 
Waisall, in the county of Stafford, to Uttozeter, in 
the same county, with a Branch in the parish of 
Rushall, 4n the said county, to join the South Staf- 
fordshire Railway there, and with another Branch 
in the parish of Uttoxeter aforesaid, there to join 
the North Staffordshire Railway, Potteries Line, by 
a Company, to be called The Derbyshire, Stafford- 
shire and Worcestershire Junction Railway Com- 
pany: And that Viscount Jngestre and Mr. Bagot 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Lancashire, Cheshire and North Wales Drain- Lancashire, 
age and Inclosure Company’s Incorporation Bill was ee and 
read a second time; and committed. sve longer’ 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Inclosure 
mittee of Selection. Company’s 

een 

Mr. Bouverie reported from the Select Committee Sites for 
on Sites for Churches (Scotland); That they had Churches 
further considered the matters to them referred, and Seema i. 
directed him to report the Minutes of the Evidence port.) 
taken before them. No. 311. 

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


Petitions of John Marshall Smith, John Towell, Exeter, Yeovil 
Sarah Furzey, James Frost, Henry Doudney and 2%4 Dorches- 
John Stone, all of Honiton, in the county of Devon; oe els 
—Aaron Sydenham and Susannah Hiscox, both of Bill. 


Honiton, in the county of Devon ;—Elizabeth Ford, 





of 





10 Vicroriz. 


of Honiton, in the county of Devon; — Thomas 
Potbury and William Wheaton, being respectively 
Owner and Occupier upon the proposed line of 
Railway thereinafter mentioned ;—John Ashford, of 
Gittisham, in the county of Devon, Yeoman ;— 
Philip Stoodley and James Gale ;—Robert Parsons 
and others, Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of lands 
upon the proposed Railway, with Branches, called 
The Exeter, Yeovil and Dorchester Railway ;— 
Henry Salter, of Honiton, in the county of Devon, 
Tailor, and of Abraham Ash, William Towell and 
William Dyer, of the same place ;—and,- Hugh 
» Sydenham and James Warman, both of Honiton, in 
the county of Devon; praying that they may be 
permitted to withdraw their Petitions against the 
Exeter, Yeovil and Dorchester Railway and Branches 
Bill; and that the said Bill may pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read. 
Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the 
Petitions accordingly. 


A Petition of Directors of the Southampton Con- 
sumers Gas Light and Coke Company, was pre- 
sented, and read; setting forth, That the Second 
Reading of the Southampton Consumers Gas Light 
and Coke Bill was postponed to the 27th day of 
April, in order that the evidence taken under 
the Preliminary Inquiries Act might be first laid 
before the House; that the Petitioners have used 
all diligence for the purpose of urging forward the 
printing of said evidence, but find that it will not be 
laid before the House on the day fixed for the Se- 
cond Reading; that the Petitioners are desirous 
that the evidence should be laid before the House 
without delay ; and they are of opinion that it would 
be injurious to their case were they to go into Com- 
mittee before such evidence has been published ; and 
they pledge themselves not to go into Committee 
until the evidence has been printed ; and praying 
that the House will allow the Bill to pass the Second 
Reading on the day fixed. 

Ordered, That the Petition do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed, at the expense of the parties. 


Southampton 
Consumers 
Gas Light and 
Coke Bill. 


Westminster A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
and Lambeth posed, That the Westminster and Lambeth Bridge 
Bridge Bill Bill be now read a second time; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the (Sir De Lacy Evans, ” 
Yeas, Captain Plumridge : } 7 
Tellers for the {Sir Robert Harry Inglis, \ , 
Noes, UMr. Law: } 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” be added at the end of 
the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


Railway Bills Mr. Goulburn reported from the Committee on 

Group No.20. Group No. 20 of Railway Bills; That the Com- 
mittee met this day, at twelve of the clock, pursuant 
to appointment; and that Colonel Rawdon, one of 
the Members of the said Committee, was not present, 
and did not attend during the sitting of the Com- 
mittee this day. 

And Colonel Rawdon, in his place, having informed 
the House, that he discovered this morning that he 
held a Debenture which made him an interested 

arty ; 
. Ordered, That Colonel Rawdon be discharged 
from further attendance on the Committee. 

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411 
Ordered, That the Committee hav. leave to pro- 
ceed with four Members. 


Mr. Greene reported the Wolverhampton Rates Wolverhamp- 
Bill, with Amendments. ton Rates Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to 
sit, and proceed, To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Seduction and 
Reading of the Seduction and Prostitution Preven- 5, og 
tion Bill ; Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 5th day of May next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Malt. 
Return of the Quantity of Malt on which Duty was 
paid, and of the Amount received from the 10th 
day of October 1845 to the Ist day of June 1846 ; 
with the Quantity of Malt on which Duty has been 
charged, from the 10th day of October 1846 to the 
5th day of April 1847. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Silk Goods. 
Return of all Silk Goods imported into Great Bri- 
tain during each year, from the 1st day of January 
1841 to the 1st day of January 1847 inclusive. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Railways. 
Return, showing the Dates of the Receipt of the 
Returns made by Railway Companies to the Cir- 
cular issued by the Commissioners of Railways, in 
consequence of the Resolution of the House of Com- 
mons of the 23d day of February 1847. 


Message from 


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


Sir George Rose: 
Mr. Speaker, ; 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Shipley Gas 
Act for lighting with Gas the Township of Shipley, Bil!. 
the Village of Windhill, and the Neighbourhood 
thereof, in the West Riding of the County of York, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Cheltenham 
Act for authorizing the Cheltenham Waterworks —— 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money, with” ~ 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House ; and also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Vexatious 
for protecting from Vexatious Actions Persons dis- 4*tions Bill. 
charging Public Duties; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House :—And then the Mes- 
sengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Commissioners for Liverpool Cor- 

executing the Act for paving, lighting, cleansing, Py” 
watering, regulating and otherwise improving the gin, 
Town of Saint Helen’s, in the County Palatine of 
Lancaster, and for establishing and regulating a 
Market therein, which was presented upon the 5th 
day of March last, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Liverpool Corporation Waterworks 
Bill, be referred to the Committee on the Bill; and 
the Petitioners heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, upon their Petition, if they think fit ; 
and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the 
said Petition. 

Ordered, That the Papers 


Sattara, which were presented upon the 13th day 
of this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Boys Ap- Boys Ap- 
prenticed, which was presented upon the 19th day prenticed. 


relative to the Raja of Raja of 
Sattara. 


No.312. 


of this instant April, be printed. No. 313. 
iti y Bathwick 
Petitions of Edward Hancock and John Murray meee 


Withers, Ratepayers and Inhabitant Householders 
of the parish of Bathwick, within the city and 
borough of Bath ;——and, Ratepayers of the parish 
of Bathwick, within the city and borough of Bath ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 

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their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Bathwich Church Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petitions, if ig think fit ; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the 
said Petitions. 

Belfast Port A Petition of Ratepayers of the borough of Bel- 
— Harbour fast, praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
: their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Belfast Port and Harbour Bill, was presented, and 

read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, a their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 

Birkenhead Petitions of the Birkenhead Dock Company ; 
—— John Hustler, of Orrell Mount, in the county 
Acts Amend- of Lancaster, Esquire, and George Pollard, of 
ment (asto Kirskill Hall, in the county of York, Esquire ;—— 
= See wat and, Richard Smith, of Urswick, in the county of 
alongWallasey Lancaster, Esquire; praying that they may be 
Pool) Bil. heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Birkenhead Commis- 
sioners Docks Acts Amendment (as to Construction 
of Sea Wall along Wallasey Pool) Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Peti- 
tions. 





Birkenhead Petitions of Joshua Pollard, of Crow Trees, in the 
( Commission- 


ers) Docks, COUnty of York, Esquire, John Hustler, of Orrell 

(Construction Mount, in the county of Lancaster, Esquire, and 

of New Docks George Pollard, of Kirskill Hall, in the county of 

ao York, Esquire; and, Richard Smith, of Urswick, 

Bill. in the county of Lancaster, Esquire ; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Birkenhead 
Commissioners Docks (Construction of New Docks 
and Alteration of Culvert) Bill,—were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Braintree and A Petition of Charles Last and W. W. Warner, 
Halstead 


: . Occupiers of land or other property upon or within 
ey os ae limite of deviation of the jae A seal oece 
intended line of Railway from Braintree to Halstead, 
praying that their Petition against the Braintree 
and Halstead Railway Bill, which has been referred 
to the Committee on the Bill, may be withdrawn, 

was presented, and read. ‘ 
Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the 

Petition accordingly. 





Caledonian Petitions of the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton 
iedinbor gh Railway Company; Members of the General 


Station and Committee of the Heritors of the parish of North 
Branches to Leith; Clerk to the Commissioners of Police 
peg gong for the town of Leith ; Mrs. Jessie Paterson or 








burgh and Pape, Spouse of George Pape, Esquire, residing at 
Glasgow Coltbridge House, in the parish of Saint Cuthbert, 


Railway) Bill. and county of Edinburgh, with consent of the said 
George Pape, and of him for his right and interest 
in the premises ; and, William Laurie, Mill- 
master, Coltbridge Mills, in the parish of Saint 
Cuthberts, and county of Edinburgh ; praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the ‘Cale- 











A. 1847. 


donian Railway (Edinburgh Station and Branches 
to Granton and to the Edinburgh and Glasgow 
Railway) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of the Reverend John Hopkinson, Eastern Coun- 

Rector of Elton, in the county of Northampton, ties Railway 
: A ‘ (Peterborough 

praying that he may be heard, by himself, his coun- to Fotking- 
sel or agent, against certain parts of the Eastern ham) Bill. 
Counties Railway (Peterborough to Folkingham) 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel, or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Right honourable the Earl of East Lanca- 
Ducie, praying that he may be heard, by himself, shite Railway 
his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the reser) Bil, , 
East Lancashire Railway (Bury to Manchester) ‘ 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of John Taylor, of Moreton, in the East Lanca- 
parish of Whalley, in the county of Lancaster, Es- shire Railway 
quire, praying that he may be heard, by himself, (Clitheroe, 
his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the Padiham 
East Lancashire Railway (Clitheroe, Mitton and Branches) Bill. 
Padiham Branches) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his 
Petition, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the royal burgh of Glasgow, 
Dumfries, praving that the Glasgow, Dumfries and Dumfries and 
Carlisle Railway, and Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar- oe _ 
nock and Ayr Railway (No. 2.) Bill may pass into Glasgow, 

a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie Paisley, Kil- 
upon the Table. pote ve Hoa 
(No. 2.) Bill. 
Petitions of the Chairman of a Meeting of Elec- Glasgow, 
tors of the First Municipal Ward of the burgh of Paisley and 
Paisley ;—and, Chairman of a Meeting of Mer- Reilwey Bill 
chants, Proprietors and Electors of the First and 

Second Municipal Wards of the burgh of Paisley, 

praying that the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock 

Railway Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Inhabitants of the parish of Zong Great North- 
Sutton, otherwise Sutton Saint Mary, in the county ¢ Railway 








of Lincoln ;—Magistrates, Merchants, Bankers, Cees ie 
Shipowners, Tradesmen, Ratepayers and Inhabit- Eastern Coun- 
ants of the borough and port of King’s Lynn, in pod eg 
the county of Norfolk ;—and, Owners and Occu- Soalding) " 
piers of land situate on or near the line of the pro- and, Lynn and 
prosed Great Northern Railway, (Branch to King’s Ely Railway 
Lynn), praying that the Great Northern Railway Soalding andl 
(Branch to King’s Lynn) Bill may pass into a law ; Holbeach) 
and that the Eastern Counties Railway (Wisbech to Bills. 
Spalding) ; and, the Lynn and Ely Railway (Exten- 

sion to Spalding and Holbeach) Bills may not pass 

into law,—were presented, and read; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Hartlepool, praying that the Hartlepool 
Hartlepool and Stockton Junction Railway Bill may 44 Stockton 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and Dellway Bill. 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions 


Newt 
Abert 
and I 


viatic 


Bee 


10 Vicrortz. 


Ipswich and Petitions from Diss;—Great Yarmouth ;—Bun- 
Bary Stile gay ;—Harleston ;—Owners, &amp;c., of land ;—Eye ;— 


way (No. 1.) and, Pulham Saint Mary and other places; pray- 


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413 


Petitions from Earlstown ;— Melrose ;—Canon- North Britist 
bie ;— Kelso ;—Langholm ;—and, Galashiels ; pray- gy on 
ing that the North British Railway (No. 2.) Bill Q% 2 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
an 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chancellor, Masters and Scholars Royston and 
of the University of Cambridge, praying that they Hitchin Rail- 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, "57 — 
against certain parts of the Royston and Hitchin Royston to 
Railway (Extension from Royston to Cambridge, Cambridge, 
&amp;e.) Bill, was presented, and read. &amp;c.) Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Burgesses of the borough of Sand- sandwich 
wich, in the county of Kent, praying that they Haven Bill 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 

against certain parts of the Sandwich Haven Bill, 





Extension ing that the Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund's 
to Yarmouth) Railway (No. 1.) (Extension to Yarmouth) Bill may 
pa. pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 
Tee ds and Petitions from Hartlepool ;—and, Stockton ; 
Sek Bell praying that the Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Leeds, 
en and Durham and Newcastle Extension, &amp;c.) Bill may 
Newcastle ass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
he) Bill.” ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Liverpool A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
Gas Bill. gesses of the borough of Liverpool, praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Liverpool Gas 
Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
Newport, A Petition of Leonard Johnson, of the city of 
Abergavenny Ffereford, Builder, praying that he may be heard, 
and Hereford : : 5 ? . 
Railway (De- by himself, his counsel or agent, against certain 


viations) Bill, parts of the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford 
Railway (Deviations) Bill, was presented, and read. 





Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Norfolk Rail- 
way (Branch 
from Wy- 
mondham to 
the Norwich 
Extension of 


Petitions from Diss ;— Wymondham ;—and, East 
Dereham ; praying that the Worfolk Railway (Branch 
from Wymondham to the Norwich Extension of the 
Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund's Railway, and 
the proposed Thetford and Reedham Railway, near 


the Ipswich : : 

and i st. -Diss) Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
Edmund’s = and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Railway, and 


the proposed Thetford and Reed- 
ham Railway, near Diss) Bill. 


Norfolk Rail- § Petitions of Inhabitants of the town of Redenhall 
sh wel with Harleston and its neighbourhood ; Inhabit- 





the Lowestoft ants of the town of Diss and its neighbourhood ; 


Railway, near and, Inhabitants of the town of Beccles, in the count 
Reedham, wit! 


h of Suffolk, and its vicinity; praying that the Vorfolk 

Taeorerts) Railway (from Thetford to the Lowestoft Railay 
and, Ipswich pear Reedham, with a Branch to Halesworth) Bill 
hae St. may pass intoa law; and that the Ipswich and Bury 
Railway Saint Edmund’s Railway (No. 1.) (Extension to 
(No. 1.) (Ex- Yarmouth) Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





tension to Yar- 
mouth) Bills. 


Norfolk Rail- 


Petitions of Merchants, Traders and others, In- 
way (from 


ob wee habitants of Diss, and the immediate neighbour- 
the Lowestoft 200d ;—Merchants, Traders, Inhabitants of Harles- 
Railway, near fon and the neighbourhood ;—Merchants, Traders 
ne opgaa and others, Inhabitants of the several parishes be- 
Halesworth) tween Diss and Thetford through or near which the 
Bill. Railway is intended to be made ;—and, Merchants, 
Traders and others, Inhabitants of the market town 
of Bungay and its vicinity; praying that the Wor- 
folk Railway (from Thetford to the Lowestoft Rail- 
way near Reedham, with a Branch to Halesworth) 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of Thomas G. Brown and others, 
Owners and Occupiers of land, praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the said Bill, was 
also presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 


favour of the Bill, against the said Petition, 
Vow. 102. 


was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of William Elmhirst, of Round-green, gouth York- 
near Barnsley, in the county of York, Esquire ;—— shire, Doncas- 
Churchwardens, Overseers and Guardians of the pane oO 
Poor, for the several townships of Kimberworth, siete 
Rotherham, Brinsworth, Tinsley, Denaby, Eccles- and Purchase 
field, Rawmarsh, Thribergh, Conisbrough, Greas- eo 
brough, Merbrough, Swinton, Bentley with Arksey, er to , 
Hexthorpe with Balby, Wheatly with Sandall, Wakefield, 
Barnby Dun, Kirk Sandall, and other Inhabitants, a 
Ratepayers within the said townships ;——and, Seiioen: Dun 
Willtam Micklethwait, of Keresforth-hill, in the Navigation, 
township of Barnsley, in the county of York, Gentle- | — 
man; praying that they may be heard, by them- Canal) Bill. 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Rail- 
way (Penistone, &amp;c., and Purchase of Sheffield, 
Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and 
Goole Railway, Dun Navigation, and Dearne and 
Dove Canal) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 


in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Ratepayers and House- Stockport 
holders of the borough of Stockport, praying that Manorial Tolls 
they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, against 204 Bridges 
certain parts of the Stockport Manorial Tolls and * 
Bridges Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of his Grace the Archbishop of Can- westminster 
terbury, Primate of all England, praying that the and Lambeth 
Westminster and Lambeth Bridge Bill may not pass 2*4se¢ Bill. 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Leeds and Bradford Railway wharfdale 
Company, praying that they may be heard, by Railway 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain ser ag harps 
parts of the Wharfdale Railway (Skipton and Cayley Devistions) 
Hall Deviations) Bill, was presented, and read. Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon theit 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 





3a3 A Petition 








414 


YorkandNew- A Petition of Merchants, Tradesmen and Inha- 
yt aad bitants of the town of Hartlepool, and its immediate 
tk actRail- Reighbourhood, praying that they may be heard, 
way,andGreat by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
North of Eng- tain parts of the York and Newcastle Railway 
poe ta (Hartlepool Dock and Railway, and Great North 
Junction Rail- of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Rail- 
way,Leaseand way, arn and Purchase) Bill was presented, and 
FE weal. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


York and A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Durham, 
— praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
(Main Line their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 


Improvement, York and Newcastle Railway (Main Line Improve- 
&amp;c.) Bill. ment, &amp;c.) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Anatomy Act. Petitions from Bradford (York);—Manningham ; 
—and, Bowling ; praying the House to institute an 
inquiry into the operation of the Anatomy Act, with 
a view to its repeal,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Navigation 


Petitions from Liverpool ;—and, Shipowners of 
Laws. 


the Tyne; praying that the Navigation Laws may 
not be repealed,—were presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Navigation 
Laws. 


Commons A Petition of Landowners within the manor of 

Inclosure Act. Co¢herston, in the parish of Romaldkirk, in the 
North Riding of the county of York, praying the 
House to alter the Commons Inclosure Act, by 
granting such powers to the Inclosure Commis- 
sioners, as will enable them to overcome the dif- 
ficulty created by the refusal of the Lord of a Manor, 
to consent to the inclosure of a common, after the 
offer of a fair and reasonable compensation for his 
rights by the commoners, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Education. Petitions from Foulmire ;—Smethwick (two Peti- 


tions) ;—District of South Staffordshire(Chairman) ; 
—West Bromwich; — Tockholes; — Barrow-on- 
Trent ;— Wirksworth (four Petitions) ;—Repton ;— 
Middleton-by-Wirksworth ;—A bergele ;—Stohesley ; 
—Hall Chapel (Pembroke) ;—Synod of Glasgow 
and Ayr (Moderator) ;—United Associate Synod of 
the Secession Church on common school Education 
(Convener) ;—Sidney ;— Woolastone ;— Coleford ;— 
Oakham; — Chichester; — Tewkesbury (two Peti- 
tions) ; — Swinefleet ; — Ossett-cum-Gawthorpe ; — 
Dewsbury ;— Wetherby ;— Goole ;—West Riding of 
the county of York ;— Garthorpe ; — Tiverton; — 
North Driffield ;—Welstrop ; —Brandsley ;—Long 
Marston ;-— Harton ; — Huby ;— Riccal ;— South 
Driffield ; — Wolsingham ; — Worksworth ; — Ash- 
bourne;—and, Superintendents, Officers and Teach- 
ers of the Sunday School connected with Grosvenor- 
street Chapel, of the Independent Denomination ; 
praying the House to refuse any grant of money 
in furtherance of the plan of Education propounded 
in the Minutes of the Committee of Council on Edu- 
cation,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Ludlow ;— Repton ;—Maldon ;— 
Stepney ;— Budock ;— Tewkesbury (two Petitions) ; 
—Melling ;— Bradford (York) (Chairman) ;— Wel- 
lington (Derby) ;—Kirk Hallam ;—Hevington ;— 
Coventry ;—Deaneries of Brisby and Toftrees ;— 


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and, Arbroath; praying the House to sanction the 
plan of Education propounded in the Minutes of 
the Committee of Council on Education, — were 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy of the diocese of Dromore, Glebe Lands 
praying that power may be given by Act of Parlia- (Ieland.) 
ment to the incumbents of parishes in Ireland, 
occupying Glebe Lands, to borrow money from the 
Board of Works for thorough draining and sub- 
soiling, to be repaid in half-yearly instalments, in 
twenty years, binding themselves and their suc- 
cessors to the repayment of the same, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Marlborough;—W orking Bakers of Health of 
London ;—Stoke Damerel ;—Members of the Board Towns Bill. 
of Directors appointed by the Members of the Me- 
tropolitan Association for improving the dwellings 
of the industrious classes ;—Policemen, Porters and 
Workmen employed at the Metropolitan Station of 
the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 
Company ;—Policemen, Porters and Workmen em- 
ra at the Metropolitan Station of the South 

estern Railway Company ;—Policemen, Porters 
and Workmen employed at the Metropolitan Station 
of the North Western Railway Company ;—and, 
Policemen, Porters and Workmen employed at the 
Metropolitan Station of the Eastern Counties Rail- 
way Company ; praying that the Health of Towns 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Landowners, Occupiers and In- 
habitants of the parish of Heavitree, in the county 
of Devon, praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law, as it now stands, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Arthur Richardson Slack, Gentle- Leasehold 
man, of Springfort, near Ballicoyconnell, in the Property. 
county of Cavan, praying theHouse to takethe nature 
of property held under leases renewable for ever into 
consideration, and enact such a law as will be a 
protection for holders of property under such leases 
against vexatious and ruinous suits at law, and for 
the more perfect settlement of the same in future, 


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


Petitions from Coleraine;—and, Donagh; pray- Landlord 
ing for amendment of the law between Landlord #94 Tenant 
and Tenant in Jreland,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Mary Younge, of Fincham, in the Mary Younge. 
county of Norfolk, complaining of the proceedings 

of the Reverend Edward John Howman,a Magis- 

trate of the county of Norfolk, in committing her 

son on a charge of having stolen certain silver 

spoons ; and praying for redress, was presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Reverend Edward John How- 
man, of Bexwell, in the county of Norfolk, Clerk, 
praying that he may be heard, \by himself, his 
counsel or agent, at the bar of the House, against 
the allegations contained in the Petition of Mary 
Younge, was also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the There-undersigned Artists, was yfedals- 
presented, and read; setting forth, That the Petition- 
ers have been informed, and believe, that Her Ma- 
jesty’s Government is about to direct that a Medal be 
struck to commemorate the preservation of a large 
portion of the passengers and crew of the West India 
Steam Packet “ Tweed,” on the occasion of her recent 
lamentable shipwreck; that the Petitioners have 
also been informed, and believe, that in the event 
of a Medal being required, an order is sent to the 





officers. 


Pot 
(18 


Poor Law 
(Ireland. ) 


Poor Rates 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ports, Har- 
bours, &amp;c. Bill 
(1846.) 


Poor Law 
Officers. 


Pensioners 
(Army.) 


Railways 
(Ireland. ) 


Registering 
Births, &amp;e. 
(Scotland) ; 
and, Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bills, 





10 Vicroriz. 


officers of Her Majesty’s Mint, and the design pre- 
pared by an artist belonging to that establishment ; 
that by such arrangement no public competition can 
take place; that in most foreign countries the pro- 
duction of Medals is viewed on an equality with the 
other branches of thé fine arts, and receives equal 
patronage and encouragement ; and praying that the 
present opportunity of executing a Medal comme- 
morative of a particular event may be considered a 
fitting opportunity for altering the present system,and 
offering for free competition, as in other branches of 
the fine arts, the honour of producing the best work. 

‘ Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Ash- 
bourne Union, in the counties of Derby and Staf- 
ford, praying that such a Poor Law may be passed 
as may be found adequate to the destitution of the 
Irish people, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of 
Guardians of the Castleblaney Poor Law Union, 
praying that-the Poor Rates (Jreland) Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Hugh Singleton ;—Donagh ;— 
Templemichael and Ballymacormick ;—and, Shrule ; 
praying the House not to consent to the introduction 
of any clause into the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill for 
placing the new relief poor rate upon the occupying 
tenant,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Proprietors of Shipping 
and Inhabitants of the port of Ballincurra and 
Midleton, praying that the Ports, Harbours, &amp;c. 
Bill, introduced in the last Session, may pass into 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Two Petitions of Clerks, Masters and Matrons of 
Workhouses, Relieving Officers, Assistant Overseers 
and other Officers connected with the administration 
of the laws relating to the relief of the poor in Eng- 
land and Wales; praying that in any statute to be 
passed in the present Session, with reference to the 
future administration of the poor laws in England 
and Wales, the House will be pleased to cause it to 
be enacted, that it may be lawful for boards of guar- 
dians and other bodies having the management of 
parochial funds, to grant, subject to such regulation 
and control as may be deemed necessary, suitable 
superannuation allowance, in uo case exceeding 
two-thirds of the salary, to any meritorious officer 
who may become permanently disabled by old age 
and infirmity, sickness or accident, from performing 
properly the duties of his office,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of James Donavan, stating that he was 
an out-pensioner from Her Majesty’s 43d Light 
Infantry, at five pence per diem, and that he com- 
muted his pension, and went to Canada, and after- 
wards entered the service of the Queen of Portugal; 
and praying for consideration of his case ; was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Tipperary Union ;— Fermoy Union; 
— Clogheen ;— Dunmanway ;—Union of Bandon ;— 
Grand Jury of the county of the city of Cork ;—and, 
Grand Jury of Kerry; praying the House to adopt 
measures for promoting the construction of Railways 
in Jreland,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Kirk Session of West Calder 
(Moderator and Session Clerk) ;—Presbytery of 
Abernethy (Moderator) ; Kirk Session of Muzr- 
kirk ; High Church Session of Kilmarnock (Mo- 
derator and Session Clerk) ; Kilmaurs ; 

Vot, 102. 

















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415 


Kirk Session of Gargunnock ; Presbytery of 
Irvine (Moderator and Clerk of the Presbytery) 
Kirk Session of Polmont (Moderator) ;—— 
Kirk Session of Muiravonside (Moderator) (two 
Petitions) ;—and, Presbytery of Skye; praying that 
the Registering Births, &amp;c.) Scotland) Bill ; and, the 
Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not pass into law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered tolie upon 
the Table. , 


A Petition of Catholics of Stella, and its vicinity, Roman Catho- 
praying that the Roman Catholic Relief Bill may lic Relief Bill. 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 








A Petition of Inhabitants of the city and borough Roja of 
of Bath, interested in the welfare and good govern- Sattara. 
ment of the British Indian empire, praying the 
House to grant to his Highness Purtaub Sing, the 
opportunity to prove his innocence of the charges 
which have been preferred against him, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Reform of 
habitants of the borough of Greenwich, praying for Parliament 
the repeal of the rate-paying clauses of the Reform 4% 
of Parliament Act, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Newton ;— and, Winchcombe gottioment. 
Union; praying for the abolition of the law of Set- 
tlement, and the substitution of a national charge 
for the relief of the poor, in lieu thereof,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


A Petition of Ministers and Messengers of the regium 
Congregational Churches in Derbyshire at their an- Donum. 
nual meeting convened, praying that the grant to 
Protestant Dissenting Ministers, usually called the 
Regium Donum, may be forthwith and for ever 
withheld, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into pooistering 
a Committee upon the Registering Births, &amp;c. Births, &amp;. 
(Scotland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, (Scotland) 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the No. 314. 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday the 10th 
day of May next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Marriage 
into a Committee upon the Marriage (Scotland) (Scotland) 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. ®- 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- No. 315. 

orted, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday the 10th 
day of May next. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Sup- supply ; 
ply, a Resolution ; which was read, as followeth : 


Resolved, That a Sum, not a One hun- Education. 
dred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for Public Education in Great Britain, in the year 
1847. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the said Resolution be now read a 
second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the'word “That ” to 

3a4 the 


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Railways, 
Piers and 
Harbours 
(Ireland. ) 


416 


the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
* any Minutes of the Committee of the Privy Coun- 
“ cil on Education, or other regulations, which 
“ exclude Roman Catholics from participating in 
“‘ any grant of public money for purposes of Edu- 
* cation, by requiring in all schools which receive 
“‘ such grants of public money the use of the au- 
“ thorized version of the Scriptures, are inexpedient 
“ and ought to be rescinded,” instead thereof. 


And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided: 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Tufnell, : 
Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: f 
Tellers forthe Sir William Molesworth, |) 
Noes, Mr. Thomas Duncombe: Jf 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the said Resolution be now read 
a second time :—The said Resolution was accord- 
ingly read a second time. 
A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That this House doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the said Resolution ; 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 


wn 


- Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 


the end of the Question, in order to add the words, 
“ in districts where there is only one school receiv- 
ing State support, children, whose parents object 
“ to the kind of religious instruction administered 
** there, may be admitted to the school without 
“ being subject to such religious instruction,” in- 
stead thereof, 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That this House doth agree with the 
Committee in the said Resolution. 


&lt; 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee to consider of authorizing further 
issues of Money out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
to the Exchequer Loan Commissioners, to be by 
them applied by way of Loan towards —— the 
Expense of making certain Railways in Jreland ; 
and also the issue of a further Sum, by way of grant, 
out of the said Consolidated Fund, to be applied 
pursuant to an Act of the last Session of Parliament, 
for promoting the construction of Piers and Harbours 
in Lreland. 

(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury be autho- 
rized to direct Advances to be made, out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, to the Commissioners for the 
issue of Loans for Public Works and Fisheries, &amp;c., 
to an amount not exceeding Six hundred and twenty 
thousand pounds in the whole, to be by them ad- 
vanced towards defraying the expense of making the 
following Railways in Ireland; viz.:—The Great 
Southern and Western Railway; the sg oe and 
Kilkenny Railway ; and, the Dublin and Drogheda 
Railway. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Martis, 27° die Aprilis, 1847: 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the matter to them referred; and that he was 


directed to move, That the Committee may have 
Jeave to sit again, 


26°—27° Aprilis. 








A. 1847. 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Landed Property Improvement (Ireland) Bill Landed 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and se ai ll 
ee nt 
committed to a Committee of ‘the whole House, for (Ireland) Bil, 


Wednesday the 12th day of May next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Service of 
into a Committee upon the Service of Heirs (Scot- land) _ 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. N 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- ‘~® — 
are. That the Committee had gone through the 

ill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Biil, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Crown Char- 
mittee on the Crown Charters (Scotland) Bill ; — (Scotland) 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Prisons Bill. 
mittee on the Prisons Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Custody of 
mittee on the Custody of Offenders Bill ; Offenders Bi. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Transference of Lands (Scotland) Bill was, Transference. 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- a 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for —" 
Monday the 10th day of May next. 


The Heritable Securities for Debt (Scotland) Bill Heritable 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and Securities for: 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for fand) Sail 
Monday the 10th day of May next. ; 


_ The Burgage Tenure (Scotland) Bill was, accord- Burgage 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed Tenure ‘Scot- 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Monday the #24) Bill. 
10th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Naval Prisons 
the Report on the Naval Prisons Bill ; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Naval Service 
mittee on the Naval Service of Boys Bill; of Boys Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, ‘To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill for the further Amendment of Lunatic Asy- 
the Laws relating to the Provision and Regulation lums Bill. 
of Lunatic Asylums for Counties and Boroughs in 
England, was, according to Order, read the third 
time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Police Bil 
for consolidating in one Act certain Provisions #™%* *~ 
usually 





ment 
) Bill. 


of 
cot- 


har- 


land) 


ill. 


f 


Bil. 


ce: 


t- 


Cemeteries 
Clauses Bill. 


Passengers 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Drainage of 
Lands (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


No.317. 


Police 
Clauses Bill. 


No. 318. 


Passengers 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


No. 319. 


Cemeteries 
Clauses Bill. 


No. 320. 


Public Works 


Cireland.) 
No. 321. 


Port Patrick 
Harbour. 


County 
Treasurers 
(Ireland.) 


Calndonian 
Railway 


(Branch across w 


Clyde and 
Glasgow 


Station) Bill. 


Bishopricks, 


10 Vicroriz. 


of Towns: And that Sir William Somerville and 
Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for consolidating in one Act certain Provisions 
usually contained in Acts authorizing the making 
of Cemeteries: And that Sir William Somerville and 
Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring it ‘n. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Passengers Act, and to make further 
Provision for the Carriage of Passengers by Sea: 
And that Mr. Hawes and Mr. Milner Gibson do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to facilitate 
the Drainage of Lands in Scotland: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill for con- 
solidating in one Act certain Provisions usually 
contained in Acts for regulating the Police of Towns : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upen Thursday next; and 
to be printed. 


Mr. Hawes presented a Bill to amend the Pas- 
sengers Act, and to make further Provision for the 
Carriage of Passengers by Sea: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill for con- 
solidating in one Act certain Provisions usually 
contained in Acts authorizing the making of Ceme- 
teries: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 
next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—A Return, showing the Average daily 
Number of Persons employed on Relief Works in 
Ireland, during the week ending the 17th of April 
1847; also, the Cost, distinguishing the Amount 
paid in Wages, and the Cost of the Establishment, 
(so far as can be made out from the Estimates and 
Pay Lists already received). 

Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to Order,— 
A Return of the several Estimates which at various 
times have been made for completing the Harbour 
of Port Patrick, and the Amount of Public Money 
which has been expended on the same. 

Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—An Account, 
in Charge and Discharge, of the Fees received by 
the Registrar of Treasurers’ Accounts, and of the 
Appropriation thereof, for one year ended 25th 
March 1847. 

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


Ordcred, That the Petition of Parliamentary 
Trustees on the Bridges over the Clyde, at Glasgow, 
hich was presented upon the 12th day of February 
last, praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Caledonian Railway (Branch across Clyde and 
Glasgow Station) Bill, be referred to the Committee 
on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, 
if they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of 
the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Sir William Somerville presented, by Her Ma- 


jesty’s Command,—Copy of First Report of the 


Commissioners appointed to consider the state of 
the several Bishopricks in England and Wales. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table. 


Vou. 102. 


26°—27° Aprilis. 417 


usually contained in Acts for regulating the Police 


A Petition of Factory Workers in the employ of Factories. 
Messrs. Banton and Wright, being in the township 
of Tyldesley, praying the House to pass a Ten Hours 
Bill for all minors and females employed in Facto- 
ries, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


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











Martis, 27° die Aprilis ; 


Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 





PRAYERS. 


M®*: Thornely reported from the Select Com- public peti- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had tions(Twenty- 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 21st, 22d third Report.) 
and 23d days of this instant April, and had di- 
rected him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That Answer to 
their several Addresses of the 15th, 16th, 22d and Addresses. 
23d days of this instant April, (That Her Majesty 
would be graciously pleased to give directions that 
the Papers therein mentioned might be laid before 
this House,) had been presented to Her Majesty ; 
and that Her Majesty had commanded him to 
acquaint this House, that She will give directions 
accordingly. 


Mr. Strutt presented,—Return to an Order, dated Railways. 
the 26th day of this instant April, for a Return No,322. 
showing the Dates of the Receipt of the Returns 
made by Railway Companies to the Circular issued 
by the Commissioners of Railways, in consequence 
of the Resolution of the House of Commons of 
the 23d day of February 1847. 

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


Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in, and Portland Har- 
at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders,—Copies a +r liga 
of the Reports and Plans submitted to the Board of Witcr 
Admiralty for a Harbour of Refuge and Break- 
water at the Isle of Portland, in the county of Dor- 
set; and the Minute of the Board of Admiralty and 
Treasury approving of the same :—And, of the Cor- 
respondence with the Treasury, and an estimate of 
the probable Expense to be incurred for the pur- 
chase of Land, and for the formation of the Break- 
water and Harbour, as approved of. 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of March Clare County. 

last, for Returns of the Number of Extraordinary 
Sessions held in each barony in the county of Clare, 
under the Act 9 and 10 Vic., c. 107; the Sum pre- 
sented at each; distinguishing the Sums granted 
for completing unfinished Works from those granted 
for new Works, and the Gross Amount thereof :— 
Specifying the several Works as described in the 
Schedules for each barony, the Amount granted for 
each Work at each Special Sessions, distinguishing 
the Sums expended for Labour, Implements, Over- 
seers, Stewards, Pay Clerks and Check Clerks, in 
respect to each Work ; also, the Amount deducted 
from each of the Sums granted under the head of 
Contingencies, with a statement showing whether 
the Sum still in hand, in respect to each Work, be 
or be not sufficient to complete the same :—And, 
specifying the respective Sums granted for Works 
in each Barony which have not yet commenced, 
and the Gross Amount thereof. 

Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to an Ad- Baliykilcline 
dress to Her Majesty,—Copies of all Communica- Lands, County 
tions made by the Commissioners of Woods and ee 
Forests to any Agent or Agents in charge for the 
time being of the Crown Estate in the Parish of 

3H Kilglass, 








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418 


Kilglass, and County of Roscommon, in Ireland, 
during the last five years; with all the Answers 
made thereto :—Of all Communications made to any 
Solicitor in Ireland, employed by the said Commis- 
sioners relative to the Affairs of the said Estate, and 
concerning any Legal Proceedings intended to be 
had or taken relative to the Rents or Administration 
thereof; with all the Replies thereto :—And, of all 
Communications from the same to the same, orfrom 
the Land Agent, relative to the conduct of the 
Tenants thereof towards him in the execution of his 
duty or instructions, or of Bailiffs employed by 
him ; with all the Replies thereto :—A Statement of 
the Amount of the yearly Rents reserved on all and 
every of the said Lands, specifying whether Acre- 
able or in Gross ; distinguishing the Townlands by 
name, as well as the Names of the several Tenants, 
and the Amount paid by each during the last five 
years; and the Gross Arrears now due on each 
Tenancy on the said Estate, specifying the Acre- 
able contents in each Tenement thereon :—And, a 
Return of all Law Costs which have been furnished 
as incurred or paid by Her Majesty’s Commissioners 
of Woods and Forests in the management of the 
Crowa Estate, situated in the parish of Xilglass, and 
county of Roscommon, in Ireland, since the expira- 
tion of the Lease which last entitled the said Com- 
missioners to claim possession thereof. 

Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account of the 
Gross and Net Revenue of the Duchy of Lancaster, 
for the year ending Michaelmas 1846, showing the 
Amount of Revenue which became due, the Monies 
received and paid within the year, and the Arrears 
and Balance at the end of the preceding and cur- 
rent year, with Appendices :—And then he with- 
drew. 

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


Duchy of 
Lancaster. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Shrewsbury and Birmingham 
Railway Act (Amendment andBranches) Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Shrewsbury 
and Birming- 
ham Railway 
Act (Amend- 
ment and 
Branches) Bill, 


Southampton 
Consumers 
Gas Light and 


The Southampton Consumers Gas Light and Coke 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 


Coke Bill. and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Cleveland- Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


square, Saint 
James’s West- 
minster, Im- 
provement 
(Archbishop 
of York’s 
Estate) Bill. 


Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Cleveland- 
square, Saint James’s, Westminster, Iuprovement 
(Archbishop of York’s Estate) Bill, the Standing 
Orders have been complied with. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Act (Amend- Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
mentand —_ additional Provision in the Shrewsbury and Bir- 
Branches) Bill. mingham Railway Act (Amendment and Branches) 
Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Shrewsbury 
and Birming- 
ham Railway 


Great Western 
Railway 
(Amendment 
and Exten- 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 


sions) Bill. addi‘ional Provision in the Great Western Railway 
(Amendment and Extensions) Bill, no Standing Or- 
ders have been complied with. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 
Commercial Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Commer- 
te alga cial Gas Light and Coke Company, which was pre- 
pany. sented upon the 20th day of April last, be referred 


to the Committee on the Commercial Gas Light and 
Coke Company Bill. 


27° Aprilis. 








A. 1847. 


The Order made upon the 22d day of February Wishaw ana 
last, for referring the Wishaw and Coltness Railway Coltness Rail- 
(Branches to Auchinheath Mineral Field and Can-t'\\-nin 
derside) Bill to the Committee of Selection, was heath Mineral 
read, and discharged. Field and Can- 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. derside) Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill for better supplying with Water Rochdale 
the Inhabitants of the Town and Borough of Roch- oe 
dale, and of several Townships and Places, all in” * 
the Parish of Rochdale, in the County of Lan- 
caster, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Sharman Crawford do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Frederick Harrison, one of the Liverpool 
Directors of the Liverpool Fire and Life Insurance Fite — 
Company, praying for leave to deposit a Petition , 
for inne bie in a Bill to athadion the said Pe 
Company to change its name, and to amend the 
Act relating to the said Company, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee 


on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to authorize the Derbyshire, 
Construction of a Railway from Walsall, in the Staffordshire 
County of Stafford, to Uttoxeter, in the same a, 
County, with a Branch in the Parish of Rushall, in tion Railway 
the said County, to join the South Staffordshire Bill. 
Railway there; and with another Branch in the 
Parish of Uttoxeter aforesaid, there to join the North 
Staffordshire Railway, Potteries Line, by a Com- 
pany, to be called The Derbyshire, Staffordshire and 
Worcestershire Junction Railway Company: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London and 
the Report on the London and South Western Rail- — 
way (Widening, &amp;c.) Bill; and the Amendments (Widening, 
were read, and agreed to. &amp;c.) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Colchester, Colchester, 
Stour Valley, Sudbury and Halstead Railway (Ex- Sotheny ant 
tension to Melford, Lavenham and Clare) Bill, be Halstead Rail- 


taken into consideration To-morrow. way (Exten- 
sion toMelford, 


Lavenham and 
Clare) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Account relative to County County 
Treasurers (Zreland), which was presented yesterday, sear 
be printed. No. 323. 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to Bishopricks, Bishopricks. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 324. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, snip « Thetis.” 

Copy of the Correspondence between the Board of 
Admiralty and the Officers commanding on the 
Coast of Brazil; and between Captain Dickinson, 
commanding Her Majesty’s Ship “ Lightning,” and 
the Officers commanding on the Coast of Brazil, 
in the years 1830, 1831 and 1832, respecting the 
recovery of the Public Stores and Treasure sunk in 
Her Majesty’s Ship “ Thetis,” at Cape Frio. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Canton. 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Extracts of Correspondence relative to the 
Disturbances at Canton on the 8th day of July 1846, 
with any Instructions which may have been sent 
from the Foreign Office on the subject. 

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


A Petition 


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AxholmeRail- A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
ey the Stainforth and Keadby Canal Navigation, in the 
Selby Railway West Riding of Yorkshire, praying that they may 
to Gainsbo- be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
rough, with i, 2gainst certain parts of the Axholme Railway (from 
Branches) Bill. th Leeds and Selby Railway to Gainsborough, with 
Branches) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Belfast A Petition of the Corporation for preserving and 
_ improving the Port and Harbour of Belfast, praying 
that they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Belfast Improvement 
Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 
Birkenhead A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
ope Acte Mersey and Irwell Navigation, praying that they 


‘Amendment May be permitted to withdraw their Petition against 
(Construction the Birkenhead (Commissioners) Dock Acts Amend- 
pokip e Sasmr see ment (Construction of New Docks and Alteration of 
of Culvert) Culvert) Bill, was presented, and read. — 

Bill. Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the 


Petition accordingly. 


Birkenhead A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Dock Com- Mersey and Irwell Navigation, praying that they 
pany and am May be permitted to withdraw their Petition against 
Dock Com- the Birkenhead Dock Company and Herculaneum 


pany Amalga- Dock Company Amalgamation Bill, was presented, 


mation Bill.) and read. 
Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the 
Petition accordingly. : 
Caledonian Two Petitions from Greenock, praying that the 


and Glasgow, Caledonian and Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock 
Paisley and 


Greenock Railways Amalgamation Bill may pass into a law, 

Railways —were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 

Amalgama- the Table. 

tion Bill. 

Commercial A Petition of the Poplar Gas Light Company, 

ee praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 

pany Bill. their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 

Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 

Edinburgh Petitions from Arbroath (three Petitions) ;—Saint 


—— Andrews ;—Stonehaven (two Petitions) ;—Cupar ; 
A —Leuchars ;—Forfar (three Petitions) ;—Carnou- 
ofthe Ferry be- stée ; — Montrose ; — Ferry-Port-on-Craig ;—- Aber- 
eee deen (two Petitions) ;— Bervie ;—and, Ferry; pray- 
andthe Neth ing that the Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Im- 
Shore of the provement of the Ferry between Ferry-Port-on- 
— Tay) Craig and the North Shore of the River Tay) Bill 

may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


pap Petitions of Inhabitants of Cupar, and immediate 
ertnh 


Railway Bul, Vicinity thereof, in the parishes of Cupar and Saint 
Michaels, and county of Fife ; and, the Provost, 
Magistrates and Town Council of the royal burgh of 
Cupar; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Edinburgh and Perth Railway Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 

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27° Aprilis. 419 


their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions from Greenock (two Petitions) ;—and, Glasgow, 


Johnstone ; praying that the Glasgow, Paisley and Paisley and 


Greenock Railway (Amendment and Branches to the a 7 


Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr, the Gilas- (Amendment 
gow, Barrhead and Neilston, and the Glasgow, *»4 Branches 


| Strathaven and Lesmahagow Railways, and to Haugh png 


_ Pits) Bill, may pass into a law,—were presented, Kilmarnock 
_and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. aaa the 
Barrhead and Neilston, and the Glas- 
gow, Strathaven and Lesmahagow 
Railways, and to Haugh Pits) Bill. 





Petitions of Owners of property, Bankers, Mer- Glasgow, ‘ 
chants, Traders and other Inhabitants of the town of ten ase 
Largs, and neighbourhood ; and, the Chamber of Ayr Railway ; 
Commerce of Greenock ; praying that the Glasgow, = a 
Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway, and Ayr- Wii. eed 

: ; : : . : way 
shire and Bridge of Weir Railway (No. 3.) Bill, may (No. 3.) Bill. 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of the Most noble William Henry Ca- Great North- 
vendish Scott, Duke of Portland, and the Right vom tid 
honourable Frederick Earl Spencer, and of Land- a 
owners and others whose interests are affected by Gainsborough 
the Bill thereinafter referred to, praying that they nd Duncas- 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, a 
| against certain parts of the Great Northern Railway 
(Deviations between Gainsborough and Doncaster) 

Bill, was presented, and read. 
| Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
/Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in fa- 
_vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 











Petitions of Trustees and Mortgagees of the tolls Great North- 
of the turnpike-road from Bawiry to Selby, both oe 
in the West Riding of Yorkshire ; and, Company holme Exten- 
| of Proprietors of the Stainforth and Keadby Canal sion) Bill. 
| Navigation, in the West Riding of Yorkshire; pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Great 
Northern Railway (Isle of Axholme Extension) Bill, 
—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 


in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








A Petition of Inhabitants of the port and city of Great North- 
Norwich, praying that the Great Northern Railway Railway 
(Branch to King’s Lynn) Bill may pass into a law; Knee ll 
and that they may be heard, by themselves, their Bill; and, 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the East- a — 
ern Counties Railway (Lynn and Ely Railway, and aaa 
Ely and Huntingdon Railway, and Lynn and Dere- Ely Railway, 
ham Railway Lease) Bill, was presented, and read. 9 Ely and 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the ae ge 
Committee on the last-mentioned Bill; and the Lynn and 
Petitioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or Pereham Rail- 
agents, upon their Petition, if they think fit; and — 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 


Petition. 


A Petition of Hugo Charles Meynell Ingram, of Leeds and 
Hoarcross, in the county of Stafford, and of Tem- Thirsk Rail- 
‘plenewsam, in the county of York, Esquire, pray- W7°¥ (Pevia- 
| ing that he may he heard, by himself, his counsel Line in Crim- 
or agent, againstcertain parts of the Leedsand Thirsk ple Valley, 
Railway (Deviation of Main line in Crimple Valley, =) ae 
&amp;c.) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, by 
himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 








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Leeds and A Petition of the Venerable William Forbes 
a Raymond, Clerk, Archdeacon of Northumberland, 
oo a Patron, and the Reverend William Clark King, 
Newcastle Clerk, Rector of the Rectory of Saint Mary-le-Bow, 
Extension, in the city of Durham, praying that they may be 
&amp;c.) Bill. 7 : y 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Leeds and T'hirsk Railway (Leeds, 
Durham and Newcastle Extension, &amp;c.) Bill, was 
presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
Midland Rail- = Petitions of William Fretwell Hoyle, of The Fer- 
pe de ye ham, near Rotherham, in the county of York ;—— 
Normanton and, Owners and Occupiers of land and houses 


Stations En- situate in the township of Mimberworth, in the 


a parish of Rotherham, in the county of York; pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Mid- 
land Railway (Masborough and Normanton Stations 
Enlargement) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 

Newport, A Petition of Reginald J. Blewitt, m. p., and 
ary atte ee. others, Persons whose names and descriptions are 
Railway thereunder written, praying that the Vewport, Aber- 


(Extension to 
‘Taff Vale 
Railway ) Bill. 


gavenny and Hereford Railway (Extension to Taff 
Vale Railway) Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Norfolk Rail- A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Shipowners, 
way (from 


Fish Merchants, Tradesmen and other Inhabitants 
Thetford to ee “ . 
the Lowestoft Of the borough of Great Yarmouth, praying that 
Railway, near the Norfolk Railway (from Thetford to the Lowestoft 
— Railway, near Reedham, with a Branch to Hales- 
Halesworth) orth) Bill may pass into a law; and that the Jps- 
Bill; and, wich and Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway (No. 1.) 
Ipswich and | (Extension to Yarmouth) Bill may not pass into a 
Bury Saint Ed- : 
mund’s Rail- law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
way (No. 1.) upon the Table. 
(Extension to 
Yarmouth) 
Bill. 


South Eastern 
and Brighton 
Railways. 


A Petition of James Troup, of Hastings, in the 
county of Sussex, Gentleman, praying the House to 
direct the Commissioners for Railways to report 
whether there are any lines or schemes competing 
with the Railways promoted by the South Eastern 
and Brighton Railway Companies, at the same time 
stating the opinions of the ae on the re- 
spective merits of such lines for the public service, 
as Railway highways most required for the South 
Eastern District, and that a map of the district on 
a scale of one inch to the mile be annexed to such 
Report, with all the proposed lines marked thereon ; 
and that a copy of such Report be delivered to the 
Committee for the South Eastern and Brighton 
Railway Bills for consideration, previous to making 
their Report on the preamble, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

South York- — Petitions of Thomas James Parker, of Endcliffe- 
a pluce, near Sheffield, in the county of York, Gentle- 
Railway (Pe- man, and, Anne Catharine, his Wife, the beneficial 
nistone, &amp;c., Owners of one of the one hundred and fifty shares 


and Purchase ; : : : " 
of Sheffield, 1 the Navigation of the River Dun, above and be 


Rotherham, low Holmstile, in the county of York, and of Adam- 
Barnsley, son George Parker, late of Mapperley Mount, near 
Wakefield a_i pper ) 

Huddersfiel a Nottingham, in the county of Nottingham, but now 


and Goole Of Grenoside, in the — of Ecclesfield, in the 
Railway, Dun said county of York, Esquire, their Trustee ; 





Navigation William Hoyle, of Hooton Level, in the parish of 
and Dearne . : &gt; | , ‘ 

and Dove Maltby, in the county of York, Proprietor of three 
Canal) Bill. 


27° Aprilis. 








A. 1847. 


shares in the River Dun Navigation ;——and, John 
Hoyle and William Hoyle, both of Sheffield, in the 
county of York, Proprietors of two shares in the 
River Dun Navigation; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the South Yorkshire, Doncaster and 
Goole Railway (Penistone, &amp;c., and Purchase of 
Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Hud- 
dersfield and Goole Railway, Dun Navigation and 
Dearne and Dove Canal) Bill,—were presented, and 
read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of Margaret Elizabeth Tennant, of Vale of Neath 
Cadoxton Lodge, in ‘the county of Glamorgan, ®lway Bil. 
Widow, praying that she may be heard, by her 
counsel or agent, against certain parts of the Vale 
of Neath Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by her counsel or agent, upon her Petition, if she 
think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Berwick- York and 
upon- Tweed and its vicinity, praying that the York a 
and Newcastle Railway (Main Line Improvement, (Main Line 
&amp;c.) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and Improvement 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. &amp;c.) Bill. 

A Petition ofthe Venerable William Forbes Ray- 
mond, Clerk, Archdeacon of Northumberland, Patron, 
and the Reverend William Clark King, Clerk, Rector 
ot the Rectory of Saint Mary-le-Bow, in the city 
of Durham, praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the said Bill, was also presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions from Newtowncunningham ;—Clountade, Poor Relief 
Kilmanogue and Ballyfeard ;— Cork (two Petitions) ; (Ireland) Bill. 
—and, Midleton ; praying the House not to sanc- 
tion the introduction of any clause into the Poor 
Relief (Ireland) Bill, to the effect that all the poor 
rates be paid by the tenant alone,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Congregation Promiscuous 
worshipping at the Wesleyan Chapel, Meadow-lane, Intercourse. 
Leeds, praying the House to enact such laws with 
reference to the keepers of brothels, and all persons 
trafficking in female virtue, as shall invest magis- 
trates and officers of police with more summary 
powers, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Shipowners, Traders Ports, Har- 


and others residing in the town and county and bo- bours, &amp;c. Bill, 


rough of Poole, praying that the Ports, Harbours, “84°? 


&amp;c. Bill, introduced in the last Session, may pass 
into law, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners of property and Rate- Health of 
payers of the parish of Wallasey, in the county Towns Bill- 
palatine of Chester, praying that the Health of 
Towns Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Colyton; — Hawarden ; — and, Education. 
Totnes ; praying the House to sanction the plan of 
Education propounded in the Minutes of the Com- 

mittee 


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Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) ; 
and, Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bills. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 

(Scotland) 

Bill. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Transference 
of Heritable 
Property 
(Scotland.) 


Service of 
Heirs (Scot- 
land); and, 
Crown Char- 





10 Vicrorrz. 87° Aprilis. 421 


mittee of Council on Education,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Queenborough ;—Sileby and Se- 
grave ;— Loughborough ; — Auchtermuchty (Chair- 
man) ;—Ketton ;— Brentford ;— Hythe ;— Charlton 
Adam ;—Sherborne ;—and, South Shields (two Pe- 
titions); praying the House to refuse its consent to 
any grant of money in furtherance of the plan of 
Education propounded in the Minutes of the Com- 
mittee of Council, and to revoke the powers vested 
in the said Committee,—were also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Kirk Session of Inch (two Peti- 
tions) ;——and, Synod of Glasgow and Ayr (Mo- 
derator) ; praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) Bill; and, the Marriage (Scotland) Bill 
may not pass into law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Linlithgow (Mo- 
derator) ; Kirk Session of AKilmany (Moderator 
and Elders) ; Kirk Session of Creich (Mode- 
rator);——Presbytery of Cupar (Moderator, Clerk) ; 
——Cupar Fife; and, Kirk Session of Falk- 
land; praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 











Petitions from the Presbytery of Linlithgow (Mo- 
derator) ; Kirk Session of Ai/many (Moderator) ; 
Kirk Session of Creich (Moderator) ; —— 
Presbytery of Cupar (Moderator and Clerk) ; 
and, Kirk Session of Falkland: praying that the 
Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 











A Petition of the Provost and Chairman of a 
Meeting of Inhabitants of Dundee, and neighbour- 
hood, interested in the Transfer of Heritable Pro- 
perty, praying the House to adopt the Report of the 
Royal Commissioners, and pass an Act legalizing 
the important alternative recommended by them in 
regard to the completion and Transference of He- 
ritable Property in Scotland, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town 
Council of the royal burgh of Cupar, praying that 
the Service of Heirs( Scotland); and, the Crown Char- 


ters (Scotland) ters (Scotland) Bills may pass into law, was pre- 


Pills. 


Smithfield 
Market. 


Settlement. 


Railways Bill. 


Raja of 
Sattara, 


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


A Petition ofthe thereunder-signed Farmers and 


. Graziers, praying the House not to allow the Cattle 


Market for the Metropolis to be removed from its 
present site in Smithfield, within the city of London, 
and that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against the same, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Smithfield Market. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the 
Headington Union, in the counties of Oxford and 
Buckingham, praying for amendment of the laws 
relating to the Settlement and Removal of the Poor, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


A Petition of the East of Fife Railway Company, 
praying that the Railways Bill may not pass into a 
law, and that they may be heard, by their counsel 
or agents, at the bar of the House, against the same, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Leeds, interested 
in the welfare and good government of the British 
Indian Empire, praying the House to grant to his 

VoL. 102. 





Highness Purtaub Sing, the Ex-raja of Sattara, an 
opportunity of answering the charges which have 
been brought against him, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Holmes, of Arundel, in the Arundel 

county of Sussex, Gentleman, stating that in the Church. 
said town there is a Protestant Church, whereto the 
inhabitants had three distinct roads or ways, com- 
monly used in resorting to the said church ; that 
such ways were used until recently, when one onl 
of them was continued and left open, but now ak 
way is also stopped, there being now only one other, 
a new road, lately made, to the said Church, by the 
Duke of Norfolk, over his entailed property ; and 
praying that the House will so amend the laws re- 
lating to Entailed Estates, and otherwise secure to 
the Petitioner, his tenants and occupiers, and others, 
the said inhabitants, a perpetual right of resorting 
to the said Church, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants and occupiers of land Sherborne 
within the parish of Holwell, in the county of Dor- Union. 
set, stating that in the year 1844, certain charges 
were preferred against George Tuck, who was at 
that time the relieving officer of the Sherborne 
Union, in the county of Dorset, imputing to him 
the misappropriation of monies entrusted to him 
for the payment of paupers residing within the 
parish of Holwell; and that an inquiry was instituted 
into those charges by the Justices of the Sturminster 
division, who, after hearing the case, unanimously 
decided that George Tuck was guilty of the offence 
charged against him; complaining of the proceedings 
relative to the said inquiry, and of his re-appoint- 
ment to office by the Poor Law Commissioners ; 
and praying for redress, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Coffee-house Keepers and Eating- Coffee-house 
house Keepers in London and Westminster, stating Keepers, &amp;c- 
that they are exposed to considerable loss, and very 
great annoyance in the exercise of their business, 
from the fraudulent conduct of persons entering 
their houses, ordering and consuming victuals, and 
then refusing to pay for the same, and that they are 
totally without any available redress for such dis- 
honest acts, for although committed with a deliberate 
intention to defraud, they are considered by the 
police magistrates not to be within their jurisdic- 
tion ; and praying that a law be passed, empowering 
police magistrates to deal summarily with such 
offenders, and to punish them by fine or imprison- 
ment, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Dennison, late of Her Ma- Pensioners: 
jesty’s Thirty-first Regiment of Foot, praying the (4™Y-) 
House to take into consideration the case of the 
Petitioner, and of those Pensioners who commuted 
their Pensions with a view of settling in America, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions of Thomas Barber Wright, and John Currency. 
Harlow ;—Thomas Clutton Salt ;—and, Members 
of the Stock Exchange of Edinburgh ; praying the 
House to take the state of the Bank and the Cur- 
rency into immediate consideration,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Parochial Poor Law 
Board of Paisley, stating that the situation in (Ireland) 
which the parish of Paisley is placed, in so far as 
it relates to the relief of the poor, is such as requires 
an immediate and extensive amendment of the 
existing laws; and praying that the House will 
enact that the rights of a legal settlement, and con- 
sequent title to relief, shall be restricted to persons 
born in Scotland, and that an extensive amendment 

3H 3 of 


PR AC ENED ET oe INET Tih Ri IEE SPP Pa eee 


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Poor Removal 
Act. 


Royal Assent 
to Bills. 


Fever 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Shipley Gas 
Bill. 


Roman Catho- 
lic Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 


Poor Rates 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Clare County. 


429 


of the poor law for Lreland be immediately passed, 
whereby Scotland shall in future be relieved of the 
burden of maintaining so many paupers who belong 
to that part of the United Kingdom, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants and Ratepayers of the 
parish of Hadleigh, in the Union of Cosford, and 
county of Suffolk, praying for the repeal or altera- 
tion of the Poor Removal Act, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Settlement and Poor Removal. 


A Message, by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman 

Usher of the Black Rod : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 
the immediate attendance of this Nonourable House 
in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission 
read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assentto the several Public Bills therein mentioned ; 
and that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared 
the Royal Assent to the said Bills: Which Bills 
are as follow: 

An Act to amend and continue until the First day 
of November One thousand eight hundred and 
Forty-seven, and to the End of the then next Session 
of Parliament, an Act for making Provision for the 
Treatment of Poor Persons afflicted with Fever in 
Ireland: 

An Act for lighting with Gas the Township of 
Shipley, the Village of Windhill, andthe Neigh- 
bourhood thereof, in the West Riding of the County 
of York. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
the Roman Catholic Charitable Trusts Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 12th day of May next. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee ‘To-morrow, upon the Poor Rates (Jre- 
land) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 12th day of May next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The House was moved, That the Order made 
upon the 9th day of March last, That there be laid 
before this House, Returns of the Number of Ex- 
traordinary Sessions held in each Barony in the 
County of Clare, under the Act 9 and 10 Vice. ec. 
107 ; the Sum presented at each; distinguishing the 
Sums granted for completing unfinished Works from 
those granted for New Works, and the Gross 
Amount thereof: — Specifying the several Works 
as described in the Schedules for each Barony, the 
Amount granted for each Work at each Special 
Sessions, distinguishing the Sums expended for 
Labour, Implements, Overseers, Stewards, Pay- 
clerks and Check-clerks, in respect to each Work ; 
also, the Amount deducted for each of the Sums 
granted under the head of Contingencies, with a 
Statement showing whether the Sum still in hand, 
in respect to each Work be or be not sufficient to 
complete the same :—And, specifying the respective 
Sums granted for Works in each Barony which have 
not yet commenced, and the Gross Amount thereof, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That a Return to the said Order be Jaid 
before this House forthwith. 


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A, 1847. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Public Works 


upon the 20th day of April last, That there be laid (Ireland) 


before this House, Copies of the several Resolu- 
tions of the Ziscannor Relief Committee, of the 
County of Glare, forwarded to Captain Wynne, In- 
specting Officer, or to Samuel Gamble, Esquire, 
District Engineer, during the months of October, 
November and December 1846, and January 1847, 
and of the several Letters addressed by the Chair- 
man or Secretary of the said Committee to the said 
Captain Wynne and Samuel Gamble, Esquire, re- 
spectively, and of their Replies respectively to the 
said Resolutions or Letters :—Of the Revised and 
Supplementary Lists of Labourers recommended by 
the said Committee, or employed on the several 
Works within the said District, as furnished by the 
said Committee to Captain Wynne ; distinguishing 
the Labourers put on from each List, at the instance 
of the said Committee, as also those put on by the 
said Captain Wynne or Samuel Gamble, Esquire, 
independent of such recommendation: — Of all 
Charges preferred by the said Committee against 
Patrick M‘Mahon, Steward, and Warren, 
Overseer, in the said District, and of the Reports 
made thereon by the Officers of the Board, and 
the Decision of the Board in consequence of such 
Reports; and stating whether the said Patrick 
M‘Mahon and Warren, or either of them, are 
now in the employment of the Board, and, if so, in 
what District and Capacity :—And, of the Docu- 
ment referred to in Captain Wynne’s Special Re- 
port of the Investigation held at Liscannor on the 
17th day of December 1846, and included in the 
Return to the Order of this House of the 11th day 
of February last, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That a Return to the said Order be 
laid before this House forthwith. 








The House was moved, That the Order made Public Works 


upon the 20th day of April last, That the Secretary of (Ireland. 


the Grand Jury of the County of Clare do return to 
the Under Secretary, at Dublin Castle, the Minutes 
of the Proceedings at the Extraordinary Sessions 
held at Corofin, tor the Barony of Inchiquin, on the 
30th day of November last, sent to him by the Under 
Secretary for Correction, and that the said Minutes 
be thereupon laid on the Table, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That a Return to the said Order be laid 
before this House forthwith. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Members of the Public Works 


Relief Committee of the parish of Kilmurry, in the (reland.) 


barony of Buckane, and county of Clare, for inquiry 
into the conduct of Captain Wynne, which was pre-, 
sented upon the 22d day of April last, be referred to 
the Select Committee on Captain Wynne’s Letters. 


Mr. Hawes presented, pursuant to an Address to Labeur 
Her Majesty,—Copies or Extracts of any Corre- (Colvnics.) 


spondence relative to the supply of Labour to the 
British Colonies in the West Indies and the Mau- 
ritius (in continuation of the Papers presented 26th 
August 1846, No. 691 (2) ). 

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


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Parliamentary 
the Parliamentary Electors Bill, was read, and dis- Electors Bill. 


charged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 19th day of May next. 


No. 328. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Seamen’s — 
to amend the Seamen’s Enlistment Act: And that Enlistment 


Sir Charles Napier, Captain Plumridge and Viscount ~~ 


Ingestre do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Decimal 
posed, That the adoption of a Decimal System of Coinage. 


Coinage, 





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Coinage, Currency and Account would bea great 
Public Convenience :—That an humble Address be 
presented to Her Majesty, requesting that She will 
be graciously pleased to authorize the issue of Coins 
representing the value of Two Shillings, being the 
tenth of a pound Sterling, and Two-pence and ‘I'wo- 
fifths, being the hundredth part ofa pound Sterling, 
such Coins to be called “Queens” and “Victorias,” or 
any other name which to Her Majesty may seem 
best :—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 


Message from 


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


Mr. Duckworth : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 


Customs A Bill, intituled, An Act to alter certain Duties 

Duties Bill. of Customs: 

Portland A Bill, intituled, An Act to empower the Com- 

Harbour of missioners of Her Majesty’s Woods to purchase 

a Land for the Purposes of a Harbour of Refuge and 
Breakwater in the Isle of Portland, in the County 

of Dorset: And also, 

ang The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

aS Dil. 


Act to alter, amend and enlarge the Powers and 
Provisions of an Act passed in the second year of the 
reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, 
intituled, An Act for lighting with Gas the Town 
and Borough of Ipswich, in the County of Suffolk, 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 


Notice being taken, That Forty Members were 
not present, the House was told by Mr. Speaker, 
and Forty Members not being present :— And it 
being then after Four of the clock :—The House was 
adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till ‘To-morrow. 





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423 


ance of any Act of the present Session for amend- 
ing the practice in Scotland, with regard to Crown 
Charters and Precepts from Chancery ; 

Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

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


Service of 

Heirs (Scot- 
land) [Com- 
pensations. } 


A Motion being made, That this House will, upon 
Friday next, resolve itself into a Committee, to con- 
sider of making Provision for payment of Compen- 
sations which may be awarded in pursuance of any 
Act of the present Session, for amending the 
Practice in Scotland as to the Service of Heirs ; 

Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

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


Ordered, That the Petitions of Thomas Barlow Currency. 
Wright and John Harlow ;—and, Thomas Clutton 
Salt, relative to the Currency, which were presented 
yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Bank Notes. 
Returns of the Circulation of the Bank of England, 
and of the Banks of Issue in England and Wales, 
Scotland, and Ireland, from January 1846 to the 
present time (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 27, of Session 1846). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Bank of 
Accounts of the Notes, Securities, Bullion, &amp;c. of ™™s!"4 
the Bank of Exgland, as published in the Gazette, 
from the passing of the Act 7 and 8 Vic., c. 32, to 
the present time (in continuation of Parliamentary 





Mercurii, 28° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 
PRAYERS. 


Committees. OF DERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House, 
Lynn and Ely 


Mr. Cardwell reported from the Committee on 


(Devinon the Lynn and Ely Railway (Deviation and Lynn 
andLynn Docks) Bill; That the Parties promoting the Bill 
Docks) Bill. had stated to the Committee, that it was not their 
intention to proceed further with the same during 
the present Session of Parliament. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
a is Sir John Yarde Buller reported the Glasgow, 
Carlisle Rail. Dumfries and Carlisle Railway, and Glasgow, 
way, and Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (No. 2.) 


Glasgow, Pais- Bill, with Amendments. 


pe gee g Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Railway and be printed. 

(No. 2.) Bill. 

Kingston- Mr. Greene reported the Kingston-upon- Thames 


upon-Thames 
Small Tene- 
ments Bill. 


Small Tenements Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


reed The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Sudbury anj take into consideration the Report on the Colches- 
Halstead 


ter, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Halstead Railway 
(Extension to Melford, Lavenham and Clare) Bill; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 


i tailway 
(Extension to 
Melford, La- 


venham and Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
te) Bill. ingrossed. 

rate ie A Motion being made, That this House will, 

[Compensa- ‘ Upon Friday next, resolve itself into a Committee, 

Sone. to consider of making provision for payment of the 


Compensations which may be awarded in pursu- 
Vou. 102. 


Paper, No. 336 of Session 1846):—And, of the 
Quarterly Averages of the Bank of England since 
the 24th day of January 1846 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 27, of Session 1846). 


Mr. Ward presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 
mand,—Further Reports of the Admiralty, relative No, 129. 
to applications for Local Acts. 

Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
Committees on the Bills to which the same relate ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Poor Removal (England and Poor Removal 


‘ . To. (England and 
Scotland) Bill be read a second time To-morrow. Scotland) Bill. 





Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, Railways, 
resolve itself into a Committee to consider of autho- Piers and 
rizing further Issues of Money out of the Consoli- Cireland.) 
dated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain : 
and Ireland, to the Exchequer Loan Commissioners, 
to be by them applied by way of Loan towards de- 
fraying the Expense of making certain Railways in 
Ireland; and also the Issue of a further Sum, by 
way of Grant, out of the said Consolidated Fund, 
to be applied pursuant to an Act of the last Session 
of Parliament, for promoting the construction of 
Piers and Harbours in Ireland. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing two Birmingham 
Acts for paving, lighting, watching, regulating and pelle ag A 
improving ‘the Town of Leamington Priors, in the way (Devia- 
county of Warwick, praying that they may be at tion of Line, 
liberty to withdraw their Petition against the Bir- &amp;¢.) Bill. 
mingham and Oxford Junction Railway (Deviation 
of Line, &amp;c.) Bill, and that the same may not be 
prosecuted on their behalf, and that the House will 
be pleased to pass the said Bill into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the 
Petition accordingly. 
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Belfast Port A Petition of George Dunbar, of Armagh, in the 

= county of Armagh, Esquire, praying that he may 
be heard, by his counsel or agent, against certain 
parts of the Belfast Port and Harbour Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 
heard, by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 

Boston, Stam- Petitions from Sutton Saint Mary;—and, Owners, 

Siiechans &amp;c., on the line of Railway thereinafter mentioned ; 

Railway praying that the Boston, Stamford and Birmingham 

(Wisbech to ailway (Wisbech to Sutton Bridge, &amp;c.) Bill may 

ee) BIL” pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
"ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Caledonian A Petition of the Glasgow, Airdrie and Monk- 


Railway (Pur- 
chase or Lease 
of Wishaw 
and Coltness 
Railway) Bill. 


lands Junction Railway Company, praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Caledonian 
Railway (Purchase or Lease of Wishaw and Coltness 
Railway) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


East Lanca- 
shire Railway 
(Deviations 
and Rawten- 
stall Coal 
Branch) Bill. 


A Petition of James Whitaker, of Broad Clough, 
in the county of Lancaster, Esquire, Theophilus 
Hastings Ingham, of Marton House, in the county 
of York, Esquire, and Nanny Aspinall, of Reedley 
House, in the said county of Lancaster, Widow, 
(surviving and acting Trustees under the Will of 
John Greenwood, late of Palace House, in the said 
county of Lancaster, Esquire, deceased), praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the East Zan- 
cashire Railway (Deviations and Rawtenstall Coal 
Branch) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Eastern Coun» A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and neigh- 
ties Railway bourhood of Barking, in the county of Essex, pray- 
(ilford to Til- - : u's 
bury Fort ang Ng that they may be heard, by their counsel or 
Southend, with agents, against certain parts of the Eastern Counties 
—. from Railway (Ilford to Tilbury Fort and Southend, 
Battle Bridge) With a Branch from Vange to Battle Bridge) Bill, 
Bill was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Eastern Coun- 
tics Railway 
(Peterborough 
to Folking- 
ham) Bill. 


A Petition of William Waters, Rector, and others, 
Owners and Occupiers of property upon the line 
and in the neighbourhood of the Railway therein- 
after mentioned, praying that leave may be given 
them to withdraw their signatures from a Petition 
against the Eastern Counties Railway (Peterborough 
to Folkingham) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw their 
signatures from the Petition accordingly. 


Great South- 


Petitions from Queen’s County ;—Portarlington ; 
ern and West- 


: —Clare ;— King’s County ;—Tullamore (three Pe- 
ern Railway “4: ° : i 
Extension titions) ;—and, Owners, &amp;c., on the line of Railway 
(Portarlington thereinafter mentioned ; praying that the Great 
&gt; enaeaaes Southern and Western Railway Extension (Port- 
arlington to Tullamore) Bill may pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


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A. 1847. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land and Ipswich ana 


houses in the half-hundred of Mutford and Lothing- poe Pg tang 


land, in the county of Suffolk, praying that the way (No. 1.) 
Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway (No. 1.) (Extension 
(Extension to Yarmouth) Bill may pass into a law, ss 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon” ~ 

the Table. 


Petitions from Durham ;—and, Hexham ; pray- Leeds and 
ing that the Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Leeds, Dur- mg bee ng 
ham and Newcastle Extension, &amp;c.) Bill may pass pon A poe 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered Newcastle 
to lie upon the Table. —— 

A Petition of Adam Washington, of Edge Hill, een 
Duffield, in the county of Derby, Esquire, and 
James Pulleine, of the Middle Temple, Esquire, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the said 
Bill, was also presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Inhabitants of Knaresborough, and Leeds and 
the neighbourhood thereof ;—and, Inhabitants of ee 
Boroughbridge, and the neighbourhood thereof ; ba ond 
praying that the Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Knares- Borough- 
borough and Boroughbridge Branch) Bill may pass a ga 
into a law; and, that the York and North Mid- ana North 
land Railway (Harrogate Branch, Boroughbridge Midland Rai- 
and Knaresborough Extension) Bill may not pass "27, one 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered Borough- ” 
to lie upon the Table. bridge and 

A Petition of the Leeds and Thirsk Railway ac 
Company, being Owners of lands and tenements on sion) Bill. 
the line of Railway thereinafter mentioned, praying 
that the Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Knaresborough 
and Boroughbridge Branch) Bill may pass into a 
law; and that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
York and North Midland Railway (Harrogate 
Branch, Boroughbridge and Knaresborough Exten- 
sion) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the last-mentioned Bill; and the 
Petitioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petition, if they think fit; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 
Petition. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Leeds, and the neigh- Leeds and 
bourhood, praying that the Zeeds and Thirsk Rail- —o 
way Bills may pass into law, was presented, and”? ~~” 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Hartlepool and Stockton-upon- Lynn and Bly 
Tees ;—and, King’s Lynn; praying that the Lynn oe - 
and Ely Railway (Deviation and Lynn Docks) Bill {na Lynn 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; Docks) Bill 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Joseph Thornton, of Kettlethorpe Midland Rai- 
Hall, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Contractor, way (Mas. 
praying that he may be heard, by himself, his ecoun- a 
sel or agent, against certain parts of the Midland Stations Ev- 
Railway (Masbrough and Normanton Stations En- largement) 
largement) Bill, was presented, and read. il, 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
it he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Sir Francis Blake, of Tilmouth Newcastle 


Park, in the county of Northumberland, Baronet, Borveecae 


praying that he may be heard, by himself, his coun- rine, Blyth, 
sel or agent, against certain parts of the Mewcastle Seaton Sluis, 
and Berwcik Railway (East Coast Line, Blych, 92400 


lyth, “we 
Seaton Branchet) 





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Bill; and — Seaton Sluice and other Branches) Bill; and the 
nate ema Newcastle and Berwick Railway (Cramlington and 
py shoe Percy Main, and Killingworth and other Branches) 
lington and = Bill, was presented, and read. 

P yb om Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
worth and 4 Committees on the Bills; and the Petitioner heard, 


other _. by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
Branches) Bill. if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bills, against the said Petition. 


Newcastle A Petition of Sir Francis Blake, of Tilmouth 
and age Park, in the county of Northumberland, Baronet, 
ony Aa praying that he may be heard, by himself, his coun- 
Blyth, Seaton sel or agent, against certain parts of the Newcastle 
a and and Berwick Railway (East Coast Line, Blyth, Sea- 


Branches) Bill. 4on Sluice and other Branches) Bill, was presented, 
and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Sir Francis Blake, of Tilmouth 
— Park, in the county of Northumberland, Baronet, 
(Grambagton praying that he may be heard, by himself, his coun- 
and Percy _ sel or agent, against certain parts of the Mewcastle 
Main, and =~ and Berwick Railway (Cramlington and Percy Main 
Killingworth e770 : ‘ 
anh etheas and Killingworth and other Branches) Bill, was 
Branches) Bill. presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; ard the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


South York- A Petition of Directors of the Sheffield, Rother- 
shire, Doneas- Zam and Doncaster Junction Railway Company, 
ter and Goole : 

Railway praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
(Penistone, &amp;c. their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 


and Purchase South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Railway 


Newcastie 


heron (Penistone, &amp;c., and Purchase of Sheffield, Rother- 
Barnsley, ham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole 
bese Railway, Dun Navigation and Dearne and Dove 
and Goole Canal) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Railway, Dun Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Navigation ~~ Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
and Dove by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 


Canal) Bill. Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 


favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Members of the Jarrow Chemical 
Company, of South Shields, and of James Stevenson 
and William Stevenson, Individual Partners of the 
said Company, praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Zyne Docks Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Adam Washington, of Edge-hill, Duf- 
nee field, in the county of Derby, Esquire, and James 
Sin eee Pulleine, of the Middle Temple, Esquire, praying that 
ment,&amp;c.) Bill, they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the York and New- 
castle Railway (Main Line Improvement, &amp;c.) Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Tyne Docks 
Bill. 


York and 
Newcastle 


Health of Petitions from Devonport (Mayor) ;—and, War- 
Towns Bill. rington (two Petitions); praying that the Health of 
Towns Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Vou, 102, 


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Petitions from Belfast ;—and, Methven ; praying Breweries and 
the House to prohibit the use of Grain in Breweries Distilleries. 
and Distilleries,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Poor Education. 
of the Northampton Union, praying the House to 
give every facility to Her Majesty’s Government to 
carry into effect the measure of Education they 
have announced, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Honi- settlement. 
ton Union, county of Devon, praying for the aboli- 
tion of the law of Parochial Settlement, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


A Petition of the Minister, Guardian, Church- poor Removal 
wardens, Overseers of the Poor and Ratepayers of Act. 
Saint Nicholas, in the county of Devon, praying for 
alteration of the Poor Removal Act, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Settlement and Poor Removal. 


Petitions from the County of Warwick ;—Manches- Juvenile 
ter ;—County of Worcester ;— Dudley ;—Montgo- Offenders Bill. 
meryshire (Chairman) ;—Division of Stourbridge ;— 
and, Salop (Chairman) ; praying that the Juvenile 
Offenders Bill may pass into a law,~—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Biddulph, and its Maynooth 
vicinity, praying for the repeal of the Maynooth College Act. 
College Act, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Biddulph and its Roman Catho- 
vicinity, praying that the Roman Catholic Relief lic Relief Bill. 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Secular Clergymen and Laymen 
of the village of A/ton and its vicinity, professing 
the Roman Catholic religion, praying that the said 
Bill may pass into a law, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Everton and Kirkdale ;—Toxteth Poor and 
Park ;—West Derby (Lancaster) ;—and, Liverpool Highway 
eas : ; Rates Exemp- 
(ten Petitions) ; praying that the Poor and Highway tion Bill. 
Rates Exemption Bill may pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A. Petition of Farmers, Landowners and others, of Poor Relief 
the town and vicinity of Gorey, in the county of (Ireland) Bill. 
Wexford, praying the House to repeal the clause in 
the Poor Relief (Zreland) Bill depriving persons of 
relief who may hold more than a quarter acre of 
land, and not to consent to the introduction of any 
clause in the said Bill for throwing the rate upon 
the occupier instead of upon the landowner, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
‘Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Kirk Session of Registering 
Strathmiglo, praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. theethends 
(Scotland) Bill; and, the Marriage (Scotland) Bill Rin; ana; 
may not pass into law, was presented, and read ; Marriage 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. — 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Worcester, Rating of 
praying that the Rating of Tenements (No. 2.) Bil] Tencments 
may not pass intoa law, and that the Poor and _ a 
Highway Rates Exemption Bill may pass into a law, Highway 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon ae 


the Table. 


Petitions from Great Torrington ;— Farnham Rating of 
Union ;—and, Buntingford Union (Chairman and Tenements 
Clerk); praying that the Rating of Tenements “X® *) Bi 

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426 28° Aprilis. 


(No. 2.) Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from promt iar, eet (two Pe- 
titions) ; Birmingham; and, Bordesley ; 
praying that the said Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 








PortlandHar- Ordered, That the Papers relative to Portland 


bour of Refuge Harbour of Refuge and Breakwater, which were 
and Break- : 
onan. presented yesterday, be printed. 

No. 327. 
Juvenile The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
Offenders Bill. adjourned Debate upon the Tasstien proposed upon 


the 17th day of March last, That the Juvenile Offen- 
ders Bill be now read a second time ; 

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

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz., To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Telllers for the { Sir John Pakington, "5 
Yeas, Mr. Cripps: } : 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Escott, 93 
Noes, Mr. Roebuck: } : 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Friday next. 


Rating of The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
&lt;r o the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
ania iasaie upon the 17th day of March last, That the Rating 
of Tenements (No. 2.) Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz., To leave out the word 
“now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now”’ stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Waddington, 


Yeas, \ Mr. Cripps : sa 
Tellers for thef Mr. Poulett Scrope, 89 
Noes, \ Mr. Henley: } ; 


So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


Tenants The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Cireland) Ba. Reading of the Tenants (Ireland) Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz., To leave out the word 
“ now,’ and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now ” stand part of the Question :—And a De- 
bate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Wednesday next. 








A, 1847. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Poor and 


— of the Poor and Highways Rates Exemption = a a 
ul; 


_ tion Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Wednesday, the 19th day of May next. 


The County Buildings Bill was, according to Or- County __ 
der, read a second time ; and committed to a Com- Buildings Bill 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Quakers’ and 
mittee on the Quakers’ and Jews’ Marriages Bill; Jew® i 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday “8 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Agricultural 
Reading of the Agricultural Statistics Bill; Statistics Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


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

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


Mr. Greene reported the Naval Prisons Bill; and Naval Prisons 

the Amendments were read, and agreed to. _ 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 

ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Naval Service 
mittee on the Naval Service of Boys Bill; of Boys Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Select Committee on the Highways Bill was HighwaysBill. 

nominated of Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr. pate Sut- 

ton, Mr. Henley, Sir John Duckworth, Mr. Sheridan, 

Mr. Christopher, Mr. Talbot, Mr. Owen Stanley, Mr. 

Wykeham Martin, Sir John Pakington, Lord Robert 

Grosvenor, Mr. William Lascelles, Mr. Adderley, Mr. 

Rice and Viscount Ebrinyton. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Glasgow, Glasgow, — 
Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway, and Glasgow —, 
and Belfast Union Railway Bill, have leave to make Ayr Railway, 
their Report To-morrow. and Glasgow. 

and Belfast 
Union Rail- 
way Bill. 

Mr. Ward presented, pursuant to Order,—A Re- Sailing Ships 
turn of the following Sailing Ships and Steam Ves- and Steam 
sels of War,— Raleigh,” “ Constance,” “ Thetis,” — 

“ Eurydice,” “ Spartan,” “ Terrible?’ “ Retribu- No-326- 
tion,” “ Trident,” “ Siden,” “ Odin”; and show- 

ing,—1. Total Cost of Hull and Engines; from 

whose Plans and Drawings built, and displacement 
calculated, and dimensions of Masts, Yards and 

Sails were designed :—2. Difference between Calcu- 

lations made and actual Draught of Water, with 

all Ordnance Stores, Provisions, and Water, &amp;c. 

under hatches, and Coals, in the case of Steamers, 

stating for how many Men and for what Number of 

Days, she has Provisions and Water on board for 

the same ; and in Steamers, for how many days the 
Coals are calculated to last at fail Steam :—3. Great. 
est Speed obtained ; and in Steamers, when under 
Canvas and Steam together, when under Canvas 
only, and when under Steam only :—4. Greatest 
Amount of inclination in rolling, pitching and send- 
ing, with the Number of Vibrations rolling in a mi- 
nute, or any given portion of time :—5. Number of 
feet and inches centre of gravity of Engine is above 
or below load-water line :—6. Expenses of all De- 
scriptions, meluding Alterations, Pay,and Provisions 


of 








Settlement and on: 
Poor Removal. ment and Poor Removal have leave to sit this day, 
till five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 





10 Vicroriz. 


of Officers and Men, from date of Commission to 
the ist day of January 1847, and Number of Days 
at sea in the same period :—7. Constructors’ Report 
of Her Majesty’s Ship “ Thetis,” dated Portsmouth, 
the 7th day of January 1847. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 29° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Watson, from the Corporation for the Re- 
lief of Seamen in the Merchant Service, was 
called in ; and at the bar presented, pursuant to 
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,—An 
Account of the Income and Expenditure of the 
President and Governors of the Corporation for Re- 
lief of Seamen in the Merchant Service, their Wi- 
dows and Children, at the Port of London, and the 
various Outports under their management, from 1st 
January 1846 to 31st December 1846, inclusive. 
An Account of the Income and Expenditure of 
the Trustees for the Relief of Seamen in the Mer- 
chant Service, their Widows and Children, appointed 
at the therein-mentioned Out-ports of the United 
Kingdom, from ist January to 31st December 
1846 :—And then he withdrew, 
Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, to make out 
anew Writ for the electing of a Knight of the 
Shire to serve in this present Parliament for the 
County of Galway, in the room of Thomas Barne- 
wall Martin, Esquire, deceased. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Settle- 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to alter, amend and enlarge the 
Powers and Provisions of an Act passed in the 
second year of the reign of his late Majesty King 
George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for lighting 
with Gas the Town and Borough of Ipswich, in the 
county of Suffolk;” and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 2. 1. 15. Leave out from “ One thousand 
“ eight hundred and forty-five” to “ May,” in 1. 22. 
Pr. 5. 1. 6. Leave out “ gas” and insert “ gas- 
works.” 
Pr. 5.1.18. After “Company” insert Clause (A.) 
Cuiause(A.) “ And be it Enacted, That the ex- 
pression “ Quarter Sessions,” in the said incorpo- 
rated Acts, shall be construed to mean the Quarter 
Sessions for the borough of Jpswich, holden at 
“ Ipswich.” 
Pr. 16.1. 12. Leave out “ seventh” and insert 
“ first.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Captain Gladstone do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


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bad 


‘ 
“ 
“ce 


Mr. George Philips reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury 
aij. 224 Halstead Railway (Extension from Lavenham 


way (Exten. to Bury Saint Edmund's) Bill; That they had exa- 


mined the allegations contained in the preamble of 
VoL. 102. 





28°—29° Aprilis. 


497 


the Bill, but the same had not been proved to their Suwon 
satisfaction. mund’s) Bill. 


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


Mr. George Philips reported the Colchester, Stour eee. 

Valley, Sudbury and Halstead Railway (Stour Navi- gn V°Ue%; 

gation Purchase) Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; way (Stour 

and be printed. Parcense) Bill 
Ordered, That the Committee on Group No. 16, Railway Bills 

of Railway Bills, have leave to sit this day, till five ag 

of the clock, during the sitting of the House. rT 


Mr. Greene reported Claridge’s Patent Asphalte Claridge’s 
Company Bill, with verbal Amendments ; and the po 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. Gunny Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Mr. Greene reported the Manchester Markets Manchester 
Bill, with Amendments. Markets Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Mr. Greene reported the Scottish Equitable Life Scottish = 
Assurance Society Bill, with Amendments. — 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Society Bill. 


Mr. Greene reported the Wolverhampton Gas Bill, 
with Amendments. 


Ordered, Tinat the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Wolverhamp- 
ton Gas Bill. 


Mr. Greene reported the Wolverhampton Rates Wolverhamp- 
(re-committed) Bill, with other Amendments. ton Rates Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order made upon the 23d day of February Leeds Water- 
last, for referring the Leeds Waterworks Bill to the Works Bill. 
Committee of Seiection, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Leeds Water- 
works (No. 2.) 
Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for better supplying with Water the Inhabitants of 
the Town and Neighbourhood of Leeds, in the county 
of York: And that Mr. Beckett and Mr. Aldam do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of John Trenchard Trenchard, of Southampton 

Pozxwell House, in the county of Dorset, Esquire, pen nance 
. “ : ailway 

praying that he may have leave to withdraw his Acts Amend- 

etition against the Southampton and Dorchester ment (Wey- 
Railway Acts Amendment (Weymouth Branch) Bill, —— 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the 
Petition accordingly. 


Petitions of James Munford, of Crewkerne, in Exeter, Yeovil 
the county of Somerset, and the several Persons 2%4 Dorches- 
hose names are thereunt d, being r Meer css 
whose ereunto annexed, &amp; respec- and Branches 

tively Lessees and Occupiers of lands upon the pro- Bill. 
posed line of Railway thereinafter mentioned ; — 
Joan Wheadon, of Crewkerne, in the county of So- 
merset, and Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of lands 
upon the proposed line of Railway thereinafter men- 
tioned ;—Matthew Gear and John Larcombe, of 
Hewish, in the parish of Crewkerne, being Lessees 
and Occupiers of lands upon the proposed line of 
Railway thereinafter mentioned ;—and, John Carew, 
of the city of Exeter, Esquire; praying that they 
may be permitted to withdraw their Petitions against 
the Exeter, Yeovil and Dorchester Railway and 
Branches Bill,—were presented, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given. to withdraw the 
Petitions accordingly. 


The Order made upon the 22d day of this instant Ambergate. 


: ° . Nottingham 
April, for referring to the Committee on the Amber- So"peisn 


gate, Nottingham and Boston and Eastern Junction and Eastern 
Railway (Alteration of Line and Branches to Wot- 








312 


tingham) 









































































ee ee ee 


Junction Rail- gingham) Bill, the Petition of the Trent Navigation 
pre = me Company, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
and Branches selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 


to Notting- thereof, was read, and discharged. 


hem) Bae Ordered, That the Petition be withdrawn. 
Edinburgh Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
and Glasgow, 


before the Committee on the Edinburgh and Gilas- 
Monkland and mn the 
Kirkintilloch, gow, Monkland and Kirkintilloch, Ballochney and 
pr ye Slamannan Railways Junction Bill, in the last Ses- 
0s Railways sion of Parliament, be referred to the Committees 


Junction Bill on Groups Nos. 48 and 49 of Railway Bills. 
(1846.) 


Lynn and Ely The House being informed, That the Lynn and 

TDoviaion Ely Railway (Deviation and Lynn Docks) Bill had, 

and Lynn y an inadvertence, been reported yesterday, without 
Docks) Bill. the Committee having gone through the Bill; 

Ordered, That the Proceedings of the House of 

yesterday, in respect of the Report of the said Bill, 


be null and void. 


Hartlepool An ingrossed Bill to enable the Hartlepool West 
West Harbour }{arbour and Dock Company to consiruct additional 
and Dock : = 
(Dock Exten- Docks, and for amending an Act passed in the 
sion) Bill. | seventh year of the reign of Her present Majesty, 
relating to the said Hartlepool West Harbour and 
Dock Company, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Hartlepool West 
Harbour and Dock Company to construct additional 


428 29° Aprilis. 





Docks, and for repealing An Act passed in the se- 
venth year of the reign of Her present Majesty, re- 
lating to the said Hartlepool West Harbour and 
Dock Company, and for granting new Powers and 
Provisions in lieu thereof. 

Ordered, That Lord Harry Vane do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Leith Harbour Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Dues Bil, § Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills, That in the case of the Petition for 
additional provision in the Leith Harbour and Docks 
Dues Bill, the Standing Orders had not been com- 
plied with, inasmuch as the notices which have been 
given in the newspapers and on the church doors, 
of the intention to apply for the powers contem- 
plated by the said Petition, are not included in the 
same advertisement as the notices which have been 
given for the Bill, it having been originally intended 
to obtain the powers aforesaid by a separate Bill. 
Ordered, Vhat the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 
Manchester Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
Weer ts Mittee on the Manchester Corporation Waterworks 
(Power to sell (Power to sell to the Manchester and Salford Water- 
to the Man- works Company), and the Manchester Corporation 
chester and — Waterworks (Power to purchase the Manchest d 
Salford Water- purchase the Manchester an 
works Com- Salford Waterworks) Bills, That they have power to 


pany); and, consolidate the said Bills into one Bill. 
Manchester 


Corporation Waterworks (Power 
to purchase the Manchester and 
Salford Waterworks) Bills. 


og Mr. Bankes reported the Glasgow, Paisley, Kil- 
marnoek and ™arnock and Ayr Railway and Glasgow and Belfast 
Ayr Railway; Union Railway (No. 1.) Bill, with Amendments. 
and, Glasgow = Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and Belfast | b ated 

Union Railway aad be printed. 


(No. 1.) Bill. 


North Staf- = A Petition of the North Staffordshire Railway 

ta Company, praying that provision may be made in 

sions and the North Staffordshire Railway (Alterations and 

Branches)Bill. Branches) Bill, for enabling the said Company to 
make a diversion in the line of their Railway as al- 
ready authorized, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills. 





A. 1847. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the River River Wear 
Wear and Port of Sunderland, which was presented nd Port «{ 
upon the 26th day of March last, be printed. No. me . 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to the British British 
Guarantee Association, which was presented upon ee 
the 30th day of March last, be printed. No nag 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Strat- pms ey 
ford-upon-Avon, in the county of Warwick, praying 9° \’xtord | 
that the Birmingham and Ozford Junction Railway ee 
(Warwick and Stratford Line) Bill, and the Ozford, and Stratford 
Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Bill may ooh Onbas 
pass into law, was presented, and read ; and ordered Worcester ” 
to lie upon the Table. and Wolver- 

hampton 
Railway Bill. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the royal burgh of Caledonian 
Dumfries, praying that the Caledonian Railway we 
(Branches to Canonbie, &amp;c.) Bill may pass into a law, me Re) 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon Bil.’ 
the Table. 


A Petition of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Baronet, of Rastern Coun- 
the Durdans, near Epsom, in the county of Surrey, ties Railway 
praying that the Eastern Counties Railway (Peter- ce — 
borough to Folkingham) Bill may pass into a law, ham) Bill. 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Bankers, Manufacturers, Glasgow, 

Shopkeepers and others, Inhabitants of the town of Barrhead and 

° : : eilston Di- 
Paisley, in the county of Renfrew, praying that the rect Railway 
Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway Bill; and, 
Bill may pass into a law; and that the Glasgow, ig Taga 

° ° , . ey, Kilmar- 
Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Bill may nock and Ayr 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and Railway Bill. 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers, Feuars Glasgow, 
and other Inhabitants of the parish of Neilston, La and 
praying that the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston ok telioay 
Direct Railway Bill may pass into a law; and that Bill; and, 
the Paisley, Barrhead and Hurlet Railway Bill may tee pide 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and je") ard Hur 
: y 
ordered to lie upon the Table. Bill. 


Petitions from Busby ;—Elderslie ;— Cathcart ;— Glasgow, 
Thornliebunk ; — Pollokshaws (two Petitions); — a 
Dunlop ;—Mearns ;—Stewarton;—and, Eaglesham; oun habiee 
praying that the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Bil. 
Direct Railway Bill may pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Misterton ;— Gainsborough ; — Great North- 
Cantley ; — Doncaster ; — Arsey ; —Rossington ;— er Railway 
Misson ;—Finningley ;—Beckingham ;—Austerfield ; — 
—and, Hazey; praying that the Great Northern Gainsborough 
Railway (Deviations between Gainsborough and and Doncas- 
Doncaster) Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- *") Bil 


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


A Petition of Magistrates, Town Council and In- Macduff 
habitants of Macduff, in the county of Banff, pray- Harbour Bill 
ing that the Macduff Harbour Bill may pass intoa 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Stratford-on- Avon, Midland Rail- 
in the county of Warwick, and the neighbourhood, , eae 
praying that the Midland Railway (Cheltenham, and Leaming- 
Warwick and Leamington Line) Bill may pass into ton Line) Bill 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 





Petitions of Gentry, Clergy and others, resident South York- 
in the parish of Wentworth, in the West Riding of shire bof 
the county of York, and the neighbourhood ; Railway (Pe- 
Gentry, Clergy and others, resident in the township nistone, &amp;c- 
of Thurlestone, in the West Riding of the county of #4 Parchase 


York, 








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~) 


le 


of Sheffield, 
Rotherham, 
Barnsley, 
Wakefield, 
Huddersfield 
and Goole 
Railway, Dun 
Navigation, 
and Dearne 
and Dove 
Canal) Bill ; 


10 Vicroriz. 


York, and the neighbourhood ; Gentry, Clergy 
and others, resident at Ardsley, in the West Riding 
of the county of York, and the neighbourhood ; 
Gentry, Clergy and others, resident at Worsborough, 
in the West Riding of the county of York, and the 
neighbourhood ; Clergy, Gentry, Millers, Corn- 
factors, Builders and others, resident in Penistone, 
in Holmfirth, and the neighbourhood ; Gentry, 














and, Manches- Clergy and others, resident at Penistone, in the 


ter, Sheffield 
and Lincoln - 
shire Railway 


West Riding of the county of York, and the neigh- 
bourhood ;——Gentry, Clergy and others, resident 


(Junction with in the township of Dodworth, in the West Riding 


the Midland 
Railway via 
Barnsley, and 
Branches 
therefrom) 
Bill. 


South York- 
shire, Doncas- 
ter and Goole 
Railway 
(Penistone,&amp;c. 
and Purchase 
of Sheffield, 
Rotherham, 
Barnsley, 
Wakefield, 
Huddersfield 
and Goole 
Railway, Dun 
Navigation, 
and Dearne 
and Dove 
Canal) ; Man- 
chester, Shef- 
field and Lin- 





of the county of York, and the neighbourhood ; 
Gentry, Clergy and others, resident at Silkstone, in 
the West Riding of the county of York, and the 
neighbourhood ;——-Gentry, Clergy and others, resi- 
dent at Stanbrough, in the West Riding of the 
county of York, and the neighbourhood ; and, 
Gentry, Clergy and others, resident in the township 
of Wombwell, in the West Riding of the county of 
York, and the neighbourhood ; praying that the 
South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Railway 
(Penistone, &amp;c., and Purchase of Sheffield, Rother- 
ham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole 
Railway, Dun Navigation and Dearne and Dove 
Canal) Bill may pass into a law, and that the Man- 
chester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (Junc- 
tion with the Midland Railway vid Barnsley, and 
Branches therefrom) Bill, may not pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 





A Petition of Gentry, Clergy and others, resident 
in the parish of Wath-upon-Dearne, in the West 
Riding of the county of York, praying that the 
South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Railway 
( Penistone, &amp;c. and Purchase of Sheffield, Rother- 
ham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole 
Railway, Dun Navigation, and Dearne and Dove 
Canal) Bill may pass into a law ; and that the AZan- 
chester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (Junc- 
tion with the Midland Railway vid Barnsley, and 
Branches therefrom); and, the Sheffield, Rotherham 
and Doncaster Junction Railway Bills may not pass 
into law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


colnshire Railway (Junction with the Mid- 
land Railway via Barnsley, and Branches 
therefrom) ; and, Sheffield, Rotherham and 
Doncaster Junction Railway Bills. 


South York- 
shire, Doncas- 
ter and Goole 
Railway 
{ Penistone,&amp;c. 
and Purchase 
of Sheffield, 
Rotherham, 
Barnsley, 
Wakefield, 
Huddersfield 
and Goole 
Railway, Dun 
Navigation, 
and Dearne 
and Dove 
Canal) Bill ; 
and, Sheffield, 
Rotherham 
and Doncaster 
Junction Rail- 
way (Mas- 


brough to Don- 


scaster) Bill, 


Petitions of Gentry, Clergy and other Inhabit- 
ants, resident in the parish of Arksey, in the West 
Riding of the county of York, and the neighbour- 
hood ;—Gentry, Clergy and other Inhabitants, 
resident in the parish of Rawmarsh, in the West 
Riding of the county of York, and the neighbour- 
hood ;—Gentry, Clergy and other Inhabitants, resi- 
dent in the parish of Conisbrough, in the West 
Riding of the county of York, and the neighbour- 
hood ;—Gentry, Clergy and other Inhabitants, 
resident in the Fg district of Balby with Hex- 
thorpe. in the West Riding of the county of York; 
—Gentry, Clergy and other Inhabitants in the 
parish of Warmsworth, in the West Riding of the 
county of York, and the neighbourhood ;—Inhabit- 
ants of the town and neighbourhood of Doncaster ; 
—Gentry, Clergy and other Inhabitants, resident 
in Swinton and Kilnhurst, in the West Riding of 
of the county of York, and the neighbourhood ;— 
and, Gentry, Clergy and other Inhabitants, resident 
in the parish of Mexbrough, in the West Riding of 
the county of York, and the neighbourhood ; pray- 
ing that the South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole 
Railway (Penistone, &amp;c., and Purchase of Sheffield, 
Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and 
Goole Railway, Dun Navigation, and Dearne and 
Dove Canal) Bill may pass into a law; and, that 
the Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster Junction 
~— (Masbrough to Doncaster) Bill may not 

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429 


pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Don- South York- 
caster, in the West Riding of the county of York, shite, Doncas- 


: : ; ter and Goole 
praying that the South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Railway 


Goole Railway (Penistone, &amp;c., and Purchase of (Penistone,&amp;c. 


Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Hud- —— } 


dersfield and Goole Railway, Dun Navigation, and Rotherham, 
Dearne and Dove Canal) Bill may pass into a law ; Barnsley, 


and, that the Midland Railway (Sheffield, Barnsley, WVischelt, | 
Doncaster and Goole Line) Bill may not pass into and Goole 


a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie ae Dun 

avigation, 
upon the Table. oni eee 
and Dove Canal) Bill; and Midland 
Railway (Sheffield, Barnsley, Don- 
caster and Goole Line) Bill. 


Petitions from Barnsley ;—Silkstone;—and, Dod- Sheffield, 
worth; praying that the Sheffield, Rotherham, Rotherham, 
Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Rail- Wakeficla, 
way (Partial Alteration of Levels, &amp;c.) Bill may Huddersfield 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and falbwer (Pan- 
ordered to lie upon the Table. tial Allocation 
J ee &amp;e.} 


Petitions from Gateshead ;— Wolsingham ;—Dar- York and 
lington ;—Stanhope;—Brancepeth ;—Bishop Auck- — 
land ;—and, Sunderland; praying that the York (Main Line 
and Newcastle Railway (Main Line Improvement, Improvement, 
&amp;c.) Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and &amp;c-) Bill. 


read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Farmers and others attending Can- Agricultural 
terbury Market ;—and, Farmers and others attend- a Right 
ing Ashford Market ; praying that the Agricultural ~~ 
Tenant Right Bill may pass ito a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Wisbey, praying the Anatomy Act. 
House to appoint a Committee to investigate the 
working of the Anatomy Act, with a view to its 
repeal, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ratepayers of the district of Saint Baths and 

Peter, Saffron-hill, and Saint Andrew, Holborn, in — 
the county of Middlesex, stating that the Act 9 and“ ~~" 
10 Vic., c. 74, to encourage the establishment of 
Public Baths and Washhouses is not applicable 
to the district of that parish, because that district 
does not separately maintain its own poor; that the 
Petitioners are very desirous of obtaining the bene- 
fit of that Act; and praying the House to extend 
to the said district of Saint Peter, Saffron-hill, and 
all other parishes and districts similarly circum- 
stanced, the benefit of the -Baths and Washhouses 
Act, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Padstow ;—and, Uxbridge ; Fae. Breweries and 
ing the House to prohibit the use of Grain in Brew- Distilleries. 
eries and Distilleries,—were presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Chemists and Druggists residing in Chemists and 
the city and county of Exeter, praying the House Druggists. 
to pass a Bill for regulating the Qualification of 
Chemists and Druggists throughout England and 
Wales, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Peter Brown ;—and, Verwickh ; Education. 
praying the House to refuse any grant of public 
money in furtherance of the plan of Education pro- 
pounded in the Minutes of the Committee of Coun- 
cil on Education, and to revoke the powers vested 
in the said Committee,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions from Saint David's, Carmarthen ;—and, 
Amlwch ; praying the House to sanction the plan of 
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eR ST ETS 


a 





John Flint. 


Samuel 
Gordon. 


Health of 
‘Towns Bill. 


Highways, 
Bridges and 
Ferries (Scot- 
land.) 


Hosiery 
Manufacture 
Bill. 


Juvenile 
Offenders Bill 


Lighthouses, 
&amp;e. 


Medical 
Registration 
and Medical 
Law Amend- 
ment Bill. 


4.30 


Education propounded in the Minutes of the Com- 
mittee of Council on Education,—were also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 



























































A Petition of John Flint, of Cork-street, in the 
city of Dublin, stating that he had during the last 
twenty years or thereabouts held the situations of 
Serjeant in the Constabulary and Peace Officer in 
the late Dublin Police, and did duty as Inspector 
in the Dublin Metropolitan force from the time of 
its formation in 1838, down to the month of Sep- 
tember 1844, complaining of his dismissal from 
office, and praying that an investigation into his 
conduct and the circumstances mentioned in his 
Petition, may be instituted, and that he may be re- 
stored to his official position, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Samuel Gordon, Esquire, of Aun- 
gier-street, Dublin, praying the House to order a 
return to be made to it of a copy of the Petition 
lodged by the Petitioner in the office of the Secre- 
tary of the Court of Chancery in Ireland on the 
16th March 1847. with the orders made on that 
Petition, and also a copy of the affidavit filed in the 
office of the clerk of the affidavits on the 15th of 
March 1847 in support of it, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Southmolton ;—Working Men of 
London, Journeymen Tailors (two Petitions) ;—and, 
Policemen, Porters, and Workmen employed at the 
Metropolitan Station ofthe Great Western Railway 
Company; praying that the Health of Towns Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman of the Trustees for 
repairing the Highways, and lighting, paving and 
cleansing the parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, 
in the county of Miéddlesex, praying that the said 
Bill may not pass into a law, was also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chief Magistrate of the burgh 
of Macduff, parish of Gawrie, and county of Banff, 
praying that in any Bill which may be introduced 
into the House for amending the laws concerning 
Highways, Bridges and Ferries in Scotland, and 
the making and maintaining thereof by service, and 
by the conversion of statute service into money, the 
House will make the sum of two pounds of yearly 
rent as proprietor or occupier, or as both, the sum 
of exemption from statute service or conversion 
thereof, in small towns whose population does not 
exceed three thousand inhabitants, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Workmen employed in the Hosiery 
manufacture, in the counties of Leicester, Derhy 
and Nottingham, praying that the Hosiery Manu- 
facture Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman acting for the 

* western division of the county of Sussex assembled 

at the Quarter Sessions holden at Petworth, pray- 

ing that the Juvenile Offenders Bill may pass into 

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


A Petition of Shipowners of Peterhead, praying 
the House to pass a law in accordance with the re- 
commendations contained in the Reports of the Se- 
lect Committee on Lighthouses, &amp;c., was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Henry Brown, Doctor in 
Medicine, Member of the Royal College of Physi- 
cians of London, Fellow of the Linnean Society, 
Physician to the Corporation cf Licensed Victual- 


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A. 1847. 


lers and to the Stranger’s Friend Society, Professor 
of Botany and Comparative Anatomy, &amp;c., of Bel- 
grave House, in the Park-road, Old Kent-road, in 
the county of Surrey, praying that the Medical 
Registration and Medical Law Amendment Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ferguson, Esquire, of Pitfour, Aberdeenshire, by 
which he and his family have been reduced to 


the greatest privations; that he has made fruitless 


endeavours to obtain redress; and praying the 
House to cause his case to be investigated, and to 
appoint a more simple and efficient and responsible 
agency for the legal protection of Her Majesty’s 
poor subjects, was presented, and read ; and ordered 


to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Glasgow ; 


? 


ill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 

Petitions from the Presbytery of Fordyce (Mode- 
rator and Presbytery Clerk) ; Burntisland ; 
and, Glasgow ; praying that the said Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








derator) ; 





dered to lie upon the Table. 


they consented to a commutation of their military 
pensions, with a view of emigrating to America ; 
that they have since returned to England, and are 
now reduced to the greatest possible distress, and 
praying the House to take their case into consider- 
ation,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


parish of Liverpool, praying that a clause may be § 


inserted in the Punishment of Vagrants, &amp;c. (Zre- 
land) Bill restricting Pauper Vagrants from leaving 
the Irish Ports in order to pass into England, and 
only permitting those to leave Jreland for England 
who leave it for the bond fide lawful purpose of 
emigrating to foreign parts or seeking work in Eng- 
land ; for facilitating the passing of Irish casual 
poor from England to Ireland by a less expensive 
and tedious process, and giving the magistrates 
more summary power; and that the expense of 
relieving sick Jrish casual poor, and burying such 
as die of fever, may be removed from the parochial 
rate in England, and paid out of the Jrish Relief 
Fund, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Session may pass into law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions 











A Petition of Merchants, Traders and other In- Ports, Har- | 
habitants of the port of Burghead, praying that the bours, &amp;¢. Bil 
Ports, Harbours, &amp;c. Bill introduced in the last“ » 


Ror 
lic ] 


R 
P 
A 


A Petition of Archibald M‘Donald, Citizen of Archibala 
Aberdeen, complaining of the conduct of George M‘Donald. 


and, Presbytery of Marriage 
Fordyce (Moderator and Presbytery Clerk); pray- —" 
ing that the Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not - 
pass into a law,—were. presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Committee of Registering 
the Parochial Board of the parish of Auchterderran 
praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) aaa 


Births, &amp;c. 


Petitions from the Provincial Synod of Fife (Mo- Registering 

and, Kirk Session of Stonyhirk ; pone de P 
praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) cae ty A 
Bill; and, the Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not Marriage 

pass into law,—were presented, and read ; and or- amma 


Petitions of William Clark ;—Richard Hunt ;— Pensioners § 
and, George Goddard ; stating that some years ago (A™y:) 


A Petition of the Rector, Churchwardens, Over- Punishment 
seers and Members of the Select Vestry of the of Vagrants, 


c. (Ireland) 
ill. 





10 Victroriz. 


Roman Catho- Petitions from Keighley ;—and, Cardiff; praying 

lic Relief Bill. that the Roman Catholic Relief Bill may pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions of Clerks, Masters and Matrons 
of Workhouses, Relieving Officers, Assistant Over- 
seers, and other Officers connected with the laws re- 
lating to the relief of the poor in England and Wales, 
praying that in any statute to be passed during the 
present Session with reference to the future admi- 
nistration of the Poor Law in England and Wales, 
it may be enacted that it may be lawful for Boards 
of Guardians and other bodies having the manage- 
ment of parochial funds to grant, subject to such 
regulation and control as may be deemed necessary, 
suitable superannuation allowance, in no case ex- 
ceeding two-thirds of their salary and emoluments, 
to any meritorious officer who may become perma- 
nently disabled by old age, infirmity, sickness or 
accident, from performing properly the duties of his 
office,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 
Small Debt 


Del A Petition of John Reddie, Journeyman Shoe- 
ee tee maker, 79, Great Hamilton-street, in the city of 
¢.(Scotland.) GI laini f : : . 

asgow, complaining of certain proceedings against 
him in the Small Debts Court of Glasgow, and 
praying the House to abolish the Small Debt Juris- 
diction of Justices of the Peace, and to abolish the 
arrestment of wages and the distraining the house- 
hold effects of the workmen, was presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Law 
Officers. 


Reform of A Petition of the Chairman ofa Meeting of Mem- 
— bers of the National Land Company and other In- 


habitants of the city of Norwich, praying for the 
repeal of the Rate-paying Clauses of the Reform of 
Parliament Act, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Removal 


Petitions from Sneinton;—and, Norwich (two 
Act. 


Petitions); praying for the repeal or alteration of 
the Poor Removal Act,—were presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Settlement 
and Poor Removal. 

Spirits. A Petition of Distillers of Glasgow and neighbour- 
hood, praying the House to enact that in future a 
drawback, equivalent to the duty on the Malt used 
in making their Spirits, be allowed on all British 
Spirits exported to Foreign Countries or the Colo- 
nies, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of Distillers of Glasgow and neighbour- 
hood, praying the House to enact that the sen 
system be extended to England, as it at present exists 
in Scotland and Ireland, and that duty be charged 
only on the quantity of Spirits that go into consump- 
tion when taken out of warehouse, as is the case 
with foreign and colonial Spirits, was also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Tax Assessors A Petition of Assessors and Collectors of Pro- 
and Collectors. nerty, Income, Land and Assessed Taxes, for the 
district of Blackburn, in the county of Lancaster, 
and also for the borough of Clitheroe, in the said 
county, complaining of the insufficient remuneration 
given for assessing and collecting the said Taxes, 
and praying the House to take their case into con- 
sideration, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 
Birkenhead Petitions of Robert Vyner, of Gautby, in the 
on Det Ane county of Lincoln, Esquire ; Reverend James 
Amendment Mainwaring, Clerk ; and, John Bibby, of Liver- 
_ —— pool, in the county of Lancaster, Merchant ; praying 
Sea Wall alone “2@t they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- 
Wallasey ~ Sel or agents, against certain parts of the Birken- 
Pool) Bil. head Commissioners Dock Acts Amendment, (as to 
Construction of Sea Wall along Wallasey Pool) Bill, 
—were presented, and read. 
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And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of John Bibby, of Liverpool, in the Birkenhead’ 
county of Lancaster, Merchant, praying that he may page ol 
be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against pt a 
certain parts of the Birkenhead (Commissioners) (Construction 
Dock Acts Amendment (Construction of new Docks °f oe 
and Alteration of Culvert) Bill, was presented, and of Culvert) vi 
read. Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Trustees for executing the Act for Caledonian 
making and maintaining the Turnpike-roads in the Railway . 
United Districts of Calder and Slateford, in the (odnburss 
county of Edinburgh, and of Adam Hay, Writer, to Branches to 
the Signet, Clerk to the Trustees of the said united Granton and 
district ;——John Balfour, of Balbirnie ;——and, sd — 
James Thomson, Farmer, Roseburn, in the parish of Glasgow 
Saint Cuthberts, and county of Edinburgh ; praying Railway) Bill. 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the Caledonian 
Railway (Edinburgh Station, and Branches to 
Granton and to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- 
way) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Petitions of Thomas Houldsworth, of Coltness, in Caledonian 
the county of Lanark, and of Manchester, in the oe . 
county of Lancaster, Esquire ; and, the Right _ i 
honourable Robert Montgomerie Hamilton Lord Wishaw and 
Belhaven and Stenton ; ‘praying that they may be Coltness. 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against pawn 
certain parts of the Caledonian Railway (Purchase 
or Lease of Wishaw and Coltness Railway) Bill,— 
were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Petitions of Thomas Williams, of the town and Clarence Rail- 
county of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Manager of the way —— 
Northern Coal Mining Company, and of several Poca 


Railway 
other Persons whose namesare thereunto subscribed ; Amalgama- 








and, the Great North of England, Clarence and tion Bill. 
Hartlepool Junction Railway Company ; praying 

that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- 

sel or agents, against certain parts of the Clarence 
Railway, and Leeds and Thirsk Railway Amalga- 
mation Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Harcourt-street, and Dublin, Dun- 
Stephen’s Green South, Dublin, and of the adjoin- drum and 
ing Street, praying that the Dublin, Dundrum and Rriway (Ex. 
Rathfarnham Railway (Extension to Stephen’s tension to 
Green) Bill may not pass intoa law, was presented, —s. 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. — 

A Petition of Ministers and Trustees of the Wes- 
leyan Centenary Chapel, Stephen’s Green South, 

Dublin, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the said Bill, was also presented, and read. 





314 Ordered, 








Dublin and! 
Drogheda 
Railway 
«Branch from 
Wavan to 
Kells) Biil. 


Edinburgh 
and Perth 
Railway Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway Bill. 


East Laneca- 
shire Railway 
(Clitheroe, 
Mittom and 
Padiham 
Branches) Bill. 


East Lanca- 
shire Railway 
«Bury to Man- 
ehester) Bill. 


432 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of William Ford, Esquire, Town Clerk 
of the borough of Dublin ; John Joseph Preston, 
of Bellinter, in the county of Meath, Esquire ; 
Midland Great Western Railway Company of Ire- 
land; and, Thomas Gerrard, of Liscarton, in the 
county of Meath, Esquire; praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Dublin and Drogheda 
Railway (Branch from Navan to Kells) Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 











A Petition of the Provost, Bailies and Town Coun- 
cil of the royal burgh of Burntisland, praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Edinburgh and 
Perth Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Rail- 
way Company, the Ballochney Railway Company 
and the Slamannan Railway Company (known as 
the Monkiands Railways Company) ; Principal 
and Professors of the College of Glasgow, and con- 
stituting the Faculty of the said College ; Edin- 
burgh and Bathgate Railway Company; Provost, 
Magistrates and Council of the burgh of barony of 
Bathgate, in the county of Linlithgow ; Share- 
holders or Proprietors duly registered, of the Edin- 
burgh and Bathgate Railway Company incorporated 
by the Act thereunder-mentioned ;——Shareholders 
in the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway Company ; 
——Stirling and Dunfermline Railway Company ; 
and, Owners of lands, houses and other pro- 
perty on or near to the line of the Edinburgh and 
Bathgate Railway, and Farmers, Merchants, Ma- 
nufacturers and others resident in the locality ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill, —were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 

















A Petition of John Aspinall and others, Owners, 
Lessees and Occupiers of property on the lines of the 
proposed Clitheroe, Mitton and Padiham Branches 
of the East Lancashire Railway, praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the East Lancashire Railway 
(Clitheroe, Mitton and Padiham Branches) Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of the Right honourable Thomas Earl 
of Wilton, as Patron, and the Reverend Thomas 
Blackburne, as Rector of the parish of Prestwich- 
cum- Oldham, in. the county of Lancaster ;——Wil- 
liam Legh Clowes, of Broughton Old Hall, in the 
county of Lancaster, Esquire, of Samuel William 


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Clowes, of Broughton Old Hall aforesaid, Esquire 
and of James Collier Harter, of Broughton New 
Hail, in the said county, Esquire ; and, Edward 
Shawcross, of Manchester, in the county of Lan- 
caster, Cotton Merchant; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the East Lancashire Railway ( Bury 
to Manchester) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





A Petition of Trustees under the Act of Parlia- Edinburgh, 
ment thereinafter mentioned, for making and main- Leith and _ 
taining the Turnpike-roads in the United District of ge — 
Calder and Slateford, in the County of Edinburgh, Canal and 
and of Adam Hay, Writer to the Signet, Clerk to — 
the Trustees of the said United District, praying Junction) Bill, 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their cou 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the Edinburgh, 
Leith and Granton Railway (Union Canal and Ca- 
ledonian Railway Junction) Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Edward John Alston, of Great Eastern Union 
Bromley, in the county of Essex, Gentleman, Daniel Railway 
Constable Alston, of Manningtree, in the said county, @r2nc? fom 

’ res Y&gt;» Manningtree 
Maltster and Brewer, and Robert Harrison, of Fri-to Harwich) 
day-street, Cheapside, in the city of London, Devisees Bill. 
in trust under the will of Daniel Constable Alston, 
late of Manningtree, aforesaid, Maltster and Brewer, 
deceased, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Eastern Union Railway (Branch from Jan- 
ningtree to Harwich) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Mayor and Commonalty. and Eastern Coun- 
Citizens of the city of London, Governors of the pei 
possessions, revenues and goods of the Hospitals of ‘Tithury Fort 
Edward, late King of England the Sixth, of Christ, and Southend, 
Bridewell and Saint Thomas-the-Apostle, (as Go- ith — 

. ° ’ : 4 4 rom Vange tov 
vernors of Saint Thomas’s Hospital aforesaid), pray- Battle Bridge) 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their Bill. 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the East- 
ern Counties Railway (Jlford to Tilbury Fort and 
Southend, with a Branch from Vange to Battle 
Bridge Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Thomas Greenwood, of Great Bad- Eastern Coun- 
dow, in the county of Essex, Esquire, Frederick Ceainngomeat 
Greenwood, of Springfield, in the same county, Es- ¢¢ London 
quire, John Copland, of Chelmsford, in the said and Stratford 
county, Gentleman, and Isaac King, the younger, St#tions &amp; 
of Castle Hedingham, in the said county, Gentle- 
man, praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Eastern Counties Railway (Enlargement of London 
and Stratford Stations, and Amendment of Acts) 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 

Petitions 


Amendment 0 
Acts) Bill. 





10 Victroriz. 


Eastern Coun- 


(Cambridge, 
Royston and 
Ware Line, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


William Hollick Nash, of Royston, in the county 
of Cambridge ; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Eastern Counties Railway (Cambridge, 
Royston and Ware Line, &amp;c.) Bill,—were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Great South- A Petition of Stock or Sharebrokers and Mem- 

ee cae” bers of the Company of Undertakers of the Grand 

Extension’ Canal (Jre/and), praymg that they may be heard, 

{Portarlington by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 

— tain parts of the Great Southern and Western Rail- 

; way Extension (Portarlington to Tullamore) Bull, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Hartlepool Petitions of the Hartlepool Dock and Railway 
and Stockton Company ;——and, the York and Newcastle Rail- 
Failray Bill way Company ; praying that they may be heard, by 
* themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Hartlepool and Stockton Junction Rail- 

way Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, ifthey think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Leeds and Petitions of the Honourable John George Bra- 
Thirsk Rail- Jazon Ponsonby, commonly called Viscount Dun- 
way (Leeds, 


Durham and Cannon, and the Honourable Charles Grey, Trustees 





Newcastle under the last will and testament of the late Louisa 
ee) Bill” Elizabeth Countess of Durham, deceased ; The 


York and Newcastle Railway Company and the 
Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company ; 
The Right honourable Thomas Henry Lord Ravens- 
worth ; Gerard Salvin, of Croxdale Hall, in the 
county of Durham, Esquire ;—— William Russell, 
of Brancepeth Castle, in the county of Durham, 
Esquire ; Chairman of Trustees for executing 
the Act for repairing the Road from the City of 
Durham to Tyne Bridge, and for making and 
maintaining a Collateral Branch and certain other 
Branches to communicate respectively with certain 
parts of the said Road, in the Parishes of Chester- 
le-Street and Gateshead, all in the County of 
Durham ; The Right honourable Anne Isa- 
bella Baroness Noel Byron, and of Anthony Wil- 
hinson, of Coxhoe Hall, in the county of Durham, 
Esquire, Thomas Wilkinson, of the city of Dur- 
ham, Esquire, Robert Hodgson, of the township 
of Thamwellgate, in the said county of Durham, 
Gentleman, Abraham Story, of Chester-le-Street, in 
the said county, Esquire, John Milnes Favell, of 
Eighton Cottage, also in the same county, Gentle- 
man, and Margaret Wilson, of Chester-le-Street 
aforesaid, Spinster, John Clifton, of the said city of 
Durham, Esquire, Thomas Robson, of Gateshead, in 
the same county, Gentleman, and William Rippon, 
of the city of Durham, aforesaid, Merchant ; 
and, Thomas Fenwick, of South Hill, in the county 
of Durham, Esquire; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Leeds and Thirsk Railway 
(Leeds, Durham and Newcastle Extension, &amp;c.) Bill, 
—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 

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Petitions of Wedd William Nash, of Denmark- 
ties Railway fill, in the county of Surrey, Esquire ;——and, 








433 


their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of Merchants, Manufacturers, Traders Leeds and 
and other Inhabitants of the borough of Gateshead, vere 
in the county of Durham ;—Merchants, Manufac- a A ong 
turers, Traders and other Inhabitants of the town Newcastle Ex- 
and neighbourhood of Newcastle-upon- Tyne ;—and, pene Pgs ; 
Gentry, Clergy, Merchants, Traders, Citizens and Newcastle 
other Inhabitants of the city of Durham; praying Railway (Main 
that the Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Leeds, Durham Line a 
and Newcastle Extension, &amp;c.) Bill may pass into a Bille wi 
law ; and that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
York and Newcastle Railway (Main Line Improve- 
ment, &amp;c.) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the last-mentioned Bill; and 
the Petitioners heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit ; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 
Petitions. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bishopton and Red a 
Marshall, praying that the Leeds and Thirsk Rail- Thirsk Rail- 

3 a : way (Leeds, 
way (Leeds, Durham and Newcastle Extension, &amp;c.); Durham and 
and, the Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Eaglescliff and Newcastle Ex- 
Stillington Extension) Bill may pass into law ; and oe 
that the York and Newcastle Railway (Main Line Thirsk Rail- 
Improvement, &amp;c.) Bill may not pass into a law, way (Eagles- 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon Stilinet aa 
the Table. Extension) ; 
and, York and Newcastle Railway (Main 
Line Improvement, &amp;c.) Bills. 


A Petition of the Warden and Governors of the London, 
Free Grammar School of Queen Elizabeth, of the Brighton and 
Parishioners of the parish of Saint Olave, in the pout? Cot 

pai o ave, Railway 
county of Surrey, praying that they may be heard, (Extension to 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against — 

2 ‘ 2 ridge); Lon- 
certain parts of the London, Brighton and South gon, Brighton 
Coast Railway (Extension to London Bridge) ; the and South 
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (Lon- — 
don Bridge Station, Enlargement and Arrange- Bridge aia» 
ment) ; and, the London Bridge Railway Termini tion, Enlarge- 
General Enlargement Bills, was presented, and read, ent and Ar- 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Tayeqmen)) 5 
Committee on the Bills; and the Petitioners heard, Bridge Rail- 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their way Termini 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in —— 


f : 4 nee largement 
favour of the Bills, against the said Petition. Bills. 


Petitions of James Walkinshaw and others, Pro- London and 
moters of the proposed Manchester and Southamp- South Western 
ton Railway ;——Company of Proprietors of the eaernne * 
Andover Canal Navigation ;——and, W. Iremonger the Bishop- 
and others, Landowners, Wharfingers and others stoke and 
on the line and in the neighbourhood of the veer ai 
Railway thereinafter mentioned ; praying that they Bil, 7 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the London and 
South Wesiern Railway (Andover to the Bishop- 
stoke and Salisbury Branch, &amp;c.) Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Leith Harbour 

Railway Company, praying that they may be heard, — Docks 
i : ues Bill. 

by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Leith Harbour and Docks Dues 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


38K A Petition 


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434 


London and A Petition of Owners of or otherwise interested 
poy a na in certain property in the parish of Prescot, in the 


(Ormskirk county of Lancaster, praying that they may be 
and Rainford heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
Branch, &amp;.) certain parts of the London and North Western 
; Railway (Ormskirk and Rainford Branch, &amp;c.) Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 

favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Liverpool 
Guardian 
Gas Bill. 


A Petition of Proprietors of shares in the Liver- 
pool Gas Light Company, praying that they may be 
heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Liverpool Guardian Gas Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Macduff A Petition of Inhabitants of Banff, Shipowners 

Harbour Bill. and others interested in the Harbour of Banff, in 
that part of Great Britain called Scotiand, praying 
that they may be permitted to withdraw their Peti- 
tion against the Macduff Harbour Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the 
Petition accordingly. 

Manchester, Petitions of John Henry Duke of Rutland ; 

Buxton, Mat Gentry, Clergy, Bankers and other Inhabitants of 

lands Junction the town of Bakewell, in the county of Derby, and 

Railway De- the neighbourhood thereof ; and, Robert Ark- 

viations Bill. ayjght, of Sutton Scarsdale, in the county of Derby ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of 
the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands 
Junction Railway Deviations Bill,—were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








Manchester, 
Sheffield and 
Lincolnshire 


A Petition of the Right honourable John Savile 
Earl of Scarbrough, praying that he may be heard, 


Railways by himself, his counsel or agent, against certain 
(Louth and parts of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolushire 
a Railways (Louth and Horncastle and East Lincoln- 
Lincolnshire $/ére Junction Branches) Bill, was presented, and 
Junction read. 


Branches) Bill. (dered, That the said Petition be referred to the 


Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of 
the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Manchester, A Petition of the Manchester and Leeds Railway 
Lincelnshire ©°™pany, praying that they may be heard, by their 
Railway counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Man- 


(Junction with chester, 
the Midland 
Railway via 
Barnsley, and 
Branches 
therefrom) 


Bill. 


Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (Junc- 
tion with the Midland Railway vid Barnsley, and 
Branches therefrom) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Comn ittee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by the'r counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 

Bill, against the said Petition. 
Manchester Petitions of the Right honourable John Savile 
— leeds Earl of Scarbrough ; and, Michael Wortley and 

Railway : 
(Branch from Others, Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of land and 
the Hudders-' other property upon and near to the line of the pro- 
ren and Shef- hosed Branch from the Huddersfield and Sheffield 
ele Junction . ‘ 

Junction Railway to Barnsley, of the Manchester 





Railway to 


29° Aprils. 





A. 1847. 


and Leeds Railway Company; praying that they e 
may be heard, by = iti 04 hair al or agents, aaa of 
against certain parts of the Manchester and Leeds Branch) Bill. 
Railway (Branch from the Huddersfield and Sheffield 
Junction Railway to Barnsley, and Extension of 
Holmfirth Branch) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Barnsley, and 


A Petition of the Most noble Henry Pelham Manchester 
Duke of Newcastle, praying that he may be heard, oe Lincoln 
by hi nsel or agent, against certain parts of (igi wey 
y His counsel or agent, ag ; a Pp (Deviation) 
the Manchester, and Lincoln Union Railway (De- Bill, 
viation) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if 
he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of the Company of Proprietors of the North Staf- 
Coventry Canal Navigation :——and, Lord Water- fordshire Rail- 
park and others, Owners and Occupiers of land Vall Line 
which would or might be taken under the Bill first and Trent 
thereinafter mentioned ; praying that they may be Valley Rai- 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against Rit). wep 
certain parts of the North Staffordshire Railway 
(Churnet Valley Line and Trent Valley Railway 
Junction) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Petitions of James Savage, of Newry, in the Newry and 
county of Down, Merchant and Shareholder in the Enniskille 
Company incorporated for making the Newry and“ ”*Y 
Enniskillen Railway ; Marquis of Downshire 
and other Peers and Inhabitants of Mewry and 
Armagh, being some of them Owners and Occupiers 
of land and houses along the line of the Railway 
thereinafter mentioned, and some of them Share- 
holders in the Company incorporated for making 
the same ; The Dundalk and Enniskillen Rail- 
way Company ;——and, the Most noble Arthur 
Wills Blundell Sandys Trumbull Windsor Hill 
Marquis of Downshire; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Newry and Enniskillen Railway 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








Petitions of Robert Thompson and others, Land- Northern 
owners, Merchants and other Inhabitants of Stock- Counties _ 
ton-upon-Tees and its vicinity, in the county of ae a elie 
Durham ;——Owners and Occupiers of land on gjq, 
that part of the Northern Counties Union Railway 
which is authorized to be made from the parish of 
Saint Andrew Auckland, in the county of Durham, 
to Tebay, in the county of Westmoreland, and of 
Owners and Lessees of collieries and coal-mines, in 
the county of Durham, and of the Stockton and 
Darlington and Bishop Auckland and Weardale 
Railway Companies ; and, Shareholders in the 
Northern Counties Union Railway Company ; pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Northern Counties Union Railway Deviation Bill,— 
were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 


upon 











10 Vicroriz. 


upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Peti- 
tions. 


Newcastle __A Petition of Joseph Lamb, Archibald Gilchrist 
— Potter, Edward Potter, Henry Glasford Potter, 


(Cramlington and William Scott, Esquires, which said several 


oo. persons are Lessees or Owners of Cramlington Col- 
Killingworth liery and Railway, in the county of Northumber- 
andother land, praying that they may be heard, by them- 


Branches) Bill. selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway (Cramling- 
ton and Percy Main and Killingworth and other 
Branches) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 

se a -— Petitions of Trusiees for executing the Act for 

Cites ao’) making and maintaining a Turnpike-road com- 

Junction Rail- mencing at or near a certain house called The 

way Bill. Shrewsbury Arms, situate at Hinderton, in the 
Township of Little Neston,by way of Upton, and ter- 
minating in the Township of Hoose, and from Upton 
aforesaid, to the Township of Birkenhead, and also 
certain Branches of Road to communicate there- 
with, all in the County Palatine of Chester, and 
Creditors of the tolls receivable on the said roads ; 

and, John Winder Lyon Winder, of Vaenor 

Park, in the county of Montgomery, Esquire; 

praying that they may be heard, by their counsel 

or agents, against certain parts of the Parkgate and 

Chester and Birkenhead Junction Railway Bill, — 

were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Saint Helen’s A Petition of Proprietors of the Saint Heien’s 


Hallway CWar- Canal and Railway, praying that they may be heard, 
rington and by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
Blackbrook 


tain parts of the Saint Helen’s Canal and Railway 
— Sc.) (Warrington and Blackbrook Branches, &amp;c.) Bill, 
' was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Southampton 
Consumers 
Gas Light an 
Coke Bill. 


Petitions of George Strugnell, of West-street, in 
athe town and county of the town of Southampton, 
Grocer and Baker ; Members of the Southamp- 
ton Gas Company ; and, Inhabitants, House- 
holders of the town and county of the town of 
Southampton ; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Southampton Consumers Gas Light and 
Coke Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








—_ Eastern A Petition of the Warden and Governors of the 
ailway 


(Widening of Free Grammar School of Queen Elizabeth, of the 
the Greenwich Parishioners of the parish of Saint Olave, in the 
Railway, and county of Surrey, praying that they may be heard, 
and Enlarge- by themselves or their counsel, against certain parts 
ment ofthe of the South Eastern Railway (Widening of the 
i — Greenwich Railway, and Arrangement and Enlarge- 
South deem ment of the London Bridge Station ; and, the South 
Railway (Lon- Eastern Railway (London Bridge Station Arrange- 


ne Bridge ment and Enlargement) Bills, was presented, and 
Station Ar- ad 


Te 
rangement and 
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435 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to Enlargement) 
the Committee on the Bills; and the Petitioners Bills. 
heard, by themselves or their counsel, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bills, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of W. S. Payne, and others ;——Un- oo 
dertakers of the Navigation of the Rivers Aire and {cy and Goole 
Calder, in the county of York, and also Directors Railway 
for managing the affairs of the said Navigation ; (Penistone. &amp;e. 
Company of Proprietors of the Barnsley Canal ; ¢+ Sheffield, 
-——and, Trustees for executing the Act for repairing Rotherham, 
the Turnpike-road from Tinsley to Doncaster, and owe 9 
for making certain new lines of Road to communi- syrddersficld 
cate with the same, all in the West Riding of the and Goole 
county of York, and of the several other Persons Railway, Dun 
whose names are thereunto subscribed, being Cre- oii fearng 
ditors or Mortgagees for money advanced on the and Dove 
credit of the tolls authorized to be taken on the Canal) Bill. 
said road and new lines of communication; praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the South 
Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Railway (Penistone, 
&amp;e.,and Purchase of Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, 
Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Railway, Dun 
Navigation and Dearne and Dove Canal) Bill,— 
were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 


in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Southampton 
of the town of Southampton, praying that they may and Dorches- 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, ihe Waa 
against certain parts of the Southampton and Dor- Deviation and 
chester Railway (New Forest Deviation and Branches) Branches) Bill. 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of the Company of Proprietors of the Sheffield, 
Navigation of the River Dun ; and, Earl Fite- pear og ner 
william ; praying that they may be heard, by them- Function Rail. 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts way (Mas- 
of the Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster Junction »rough — 
Railway (Masbrough to Doncaster) Bill,—were pre- seeataesl 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property, Sheffield, 
Merchants, Manufacturers, Traders and Inhabitants Rotherham 


of Rotherham, in the county of York, praying that ronan say en 


the Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster Junction way (Mas- 
Railway (Masbrough to Doncaster) Bill may pass broughtoDon- 


: : ‘ he caster) ; South 
into a law; and, that the South Yorkshire, Don- Yorkshire, 


caster and Goole Railway (Penistone, &amp;c., and Pur- Doncaster and 
chase of Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, pn Railway 
Huddersfield aud Goole Railway, Dun Navigation (op tone: 


and Purchase 
and Dearne and Dove Canal); and, the Sheffield, of Sheffield, 


Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Rotherham, 

Y . . at; Barnsley, 
Goole Railway (Partial Alteration of Levels, &amp;c.) Wakely, 
Bills, may not pass into law, was presented, and Huddersfield 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. and Goole 

Railway, Dun 
Navigation, and Dearne and Dove Canal) ; 
and, Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wake- 
field, Huddersfield and Goole Railway (Par- 
tial Alteration of Levels, &amp;c.) Bills. 


Petitions of Gentry, Farmers, Owners and Occu- —s 
piers of land, or Inhabitants resident within the 2°) Honeaster 


parish of Wickersby, in the West Riding of the Junction Rail- 
county of York ;—Gentry, Farmers, Owners or Oc- way (Mas- 





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Doncaster); cupiers of land, or Inhabitants resident within the 
a county of York;—Gentry, Merchants, Farmers, 
Goole Railway Owners or Occupiers of land, or Inhabitants resident 
(Penistone,&amp;c. within the borough of Doncaster, in the West Riding 
and Purchase = : pro : 
of Sheffield, Of the county of York ;—Farmers, Traders, Owners 
Rotherham, or Occupiers of land, or Inhabitants resident within 
Bamsley,, the parish of Braithwell, in the West Riding of the 
akefield, : i) 
Huddersficla county of York ;—Gentry, Farmers, Traders, Owners 
and Goole or Occupiers of land, or Inhabitants resident within 
Railway, Dan the parish of Maltby, in the West Riding of the 
pe pea county of York ;—and, Gentry, Farmers, Owners or 
and Dove Occupiers of land, or Inhabitants resident within the 
Canal) Bills. parishes of Warmsworth and Balby, in the West 
Riding of the county of York; praying that the 
Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster Junction Rail- 
way (Masbrough to Doncaster) Bill may pass into 
a law; and, that the South Yorkshire, Doncaster 
and Goole Railway (Penistone, &amp;c., and Purchase 
of Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Hud- 
dersfield and Goole Railway, Dun Navigation and 
Dearne and Dove Canal) Bill may not pass into a 


| the said ‘l'own, and another Act to amend an Act 
and, South parish of Conisbrough, in the West —. of the | 





law,—-were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Sheffield, Petitions of the Most noble Henry Charles Duke 
eae gy of Norfolk, Earl Marshal and Hereditary Earl Mar- 
Huddersfield shal of England ; and, Undertakers of the Na- 
and Goole vigation of the Rivers Aire and Calder, in the county 
oe of York, and also Directors for managing the affairs 
of Levels, &amp;e.) Of the said Navigation ; praying that they may be 
Bill. heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Sheffield, Rotherham, Barusley, 
Huddersfield and Goole Railway (Partial Alteration 
of Levels, &amp;c.) Bill,—were presented, and read. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the 
Petitioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
ugents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 
Petitions. 





Staffordshire 


A Petition of Joseph Loxdale Warren, of Consall 


— Hall, in the parish of Cheddleton, in the county of 
Bill. Stafford, Gentleman, praying that he may be heard, 


by himself, his counsel or agent, against certain parts 
of the Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Thorne and A Petition of the Honourable Henry Amelius 
Crowle Moors Coventry, of New Hailes, Musselburgh, near Edin- 
Drainage and bereh. in t] t f Midlothian ‘ rena erg 
{mprovement 247gh, in the county of Midlothian, praying that he 
Bill. may be heard, by himself, his counselor agent, against 
certain parts of the Thorne and Crowle Moors 
Drainage and Improvement Bill, was presented, and 
read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Waterford, Petitions of the Zrish South Eastern Railway 
hg ang Company ;—— Michael Barry, and others, Sub- 
Dublin Rail. scribers of the subscription contract of the Railway 
way Bill. thereinafter mentioned, and Holders, by purchase, 


of shares in the said Undertaking ;——/os. Boyce, 
and others, Subscribers of the subscription contract 
of the Railway thereinafter mentioned, and Holders, 
by purchase, of shares in the said Undertaking ; 
——and, Commissioners for building a Bridge over 
the River Slaney, at or near the Ferry of Carrig, 
incorporated by an Act for the Improvement of the 
Town and Harbour of Wexford, and for building a 
Bridge or Bridges over the River Slaney, at or near 





A. 1847. 


for building a Bridge over the River Slaney, at 
Ferry Carrig, in the County of Wexford, and who 
are also now the Debenture Holders and sole Pro- 
prietors of said bridge and right of ferryage ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themseives, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the 
Petitioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 
Petitions. 


Petitions of the Sunderland Dock Company ;—— Wear Valley, 
Merchants, Shipowners and Traders interested in Bishop Auck- 
the town and port of Hartlepool, in the county of be 
Durham ; and, Shareholders in the Wear Valley Weardale Ex- 
Railway ; praying that they may be heard, by them tension and 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts jowent Rail 
of the Wear Valley, Bishop Auckland and Weardale, ways, and 
Weardale Extension, and Wear and Derwent Rail- ShildonTunnek 
ways, and Shildon Tunnel Amalgamation ma 
were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the 
Petitioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 
Petitions. 





A Petition of Undertakers of the Navigation of York and 
the Rivers Aire and Calder, in the county of York, North Midland 
: : f Railway (East 
and also Directors for managing the affairs of the yiding Canals 
said Navigation, praying that they may be heard, Purchase) Bill. 
by their counsel or agents, against certain parts of 
the York and North Midland Railway (East Riding 
Canals Purchase) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the North British Railway Com- York and 
pany, praying that they may be heard, by themselves, ee 2 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Berwick, and 
York and Newcastle, Newcastle and Berwick, and North British 
North British Railways Amalgamation Bill,—were Railways 

Amalgama- 
presented, and read. tion Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of tke Bill, against the said 


Petition. 


A Petition of the Hartlepool West Harbour and York and 
Dock Company, praying that they may be heard, — 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- (Hartlepool 
tain parts of the York and Newcastle Railway Dock and 
(Hartlepool Dock and Railway, and Great North _—— an 

_Tp ’ ° . reat North 
of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Railway, Lease o¢ England, 
and Purchase) Bill, was presented, and read. Clarence and 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to —— 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners Railway Lense 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, and Purchase) 
upon their Petition, if they think tit; and counsel Bill 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 


Petition. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Public 
posed, That it appears by official Returns which Accounts. 
have been laid on the Table of this House, that a 
Sum exceeding Seven millions sterling is annually 
expended in the different Departments of Govern- 
ment, without being paid into Her Majesty’s Ex- 
chequer, or subject to any preliminary Parliamentary 





sanction 


M 


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pet et eed et 


Reed bee 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Pile Pier 
Extensions 
Bill. 


Harbours, 
Docks and 
Piers Clauses 
Bill. 


Insolvent 


Debtors Bill. 


Navy. 


Ship “ Thetis,” 
&amp;e. 


East India. 


Police Cl, 
Bill, auses 


Cemeteries 
Clauses Bill, 


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sanction or control:—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


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


Sir George Rose: 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for extending and enlarging a certain Pier in 
Pile Harbour, in the Parish of Dalton-in-Furness, 
in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and to alter 
the Act relating thereto, without any Amendment : 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for consolidating in one Act certain Provisions 
usually contained in Acts authorizing the making 
and improving of Harbours, Docks and Piers, with 
an Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to amend the Law relating to Insolvent Debtors ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That an inquiry be made into the state of 
the Navy since 1832, as regards the Building, Al- 


terations and Repairs of [ler Majesty’s Ships; 


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


Veneris, 30° die Aprilis, 1847: 
And the Question being put ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


- . ee fMr. Hume, 
fellers for the Yeas, LViscount Ingestre: 


JMr. Tufnell, 
(Lord Marcus Hill: 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


j* 
yoo 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Particulars constituting the Claim of 
£.13,833. 8s. 7d., which was made in the High 
Court of Admiralty, on behalf of the Commissioners 
of the Admiralty, in the Suit instituted in that Court 
for the Services of certain Parties in saving the ‘Trea- 
sure wrecked on board Her Majesty’s Ship “* Thetis,” 
off Cape Frio, stating if any of the Charges con- 
tained in such Claim for Wear and Tear were cal- 
culated on Sea or Harbour Service of the Vessels 
employed ; likewise an Account and Valuation of 
the Public Naval and Ordnance Stores recovered 
from the Wreck of the “ Thetis,” by Her Majesty’s 
Ships “ Lightning,” “ Algerine” and “ Adelaide’’ 
(Tender) :—Also, Copies of any Bills, Accounts or 
Charges, made since the year 1830, for Assistance 
given by any of Her Majesty’s Ships or Vessels, in 
protecting or recovering Public or Private Property. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a List of Secret Papers laid before the Court of 
Directors of the East India Company by the Board 
of Control, since the passing of the Act 3 and 4 
Will. 4, stating the Title of each such Paper, the 
Date the Paper was received by the Secret Court, 
and the Date on which it was sent to the Court of 
Directors ; distinguishing those Papers that were 
kept in Secret Court of Directors. 


The Police Clauses Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ;, and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Cemeteries Clauses Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 

VoL. 102. 


29°—30° Aprilis. 


4BF 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Poor Removal 
Reading of the Poor Removal (England and Scot- Sootiand) —f 
land) Bul ; 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Paddle-box 
Copy of the Reports of Captains Austin and Caffin, Safety Boats. 
concerning the Paddle-box Safety Boats. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Paddle-box 
Copy of the Report and Recommendation to the Sty Boats. 
Board of Trade from Captain Denham, respecting 
the Paddle-box Safety Boats. 


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








Veneris, 30° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 
: 5 ere (Twenty- 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 26th and fourth Report.) 
27th days of this instant April; and had directed 
ihim to make a Report thereof to the House. 


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


The House proceeded to take into consideration Colchester, 
the Report on the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sud- Stour Valley, 
bury and Halstead Railway (Lease to the Ipswich ta —. 
and Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway Company) Bill; way (Lease to 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. the Ipswich 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be bie 4 Be. 
ingrossed. Railway Com- 
pany) Bill. 

Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; Orders ; 
which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Great Great Western 
Western Railway (Amendment and Extensions), Railway 
Petition for additional Provision, the Standing (Amendment 
Orders ought to be dispensed with; That the Parties sions) Bill. 
be permitted to introduce such additional Provision, 
if the Committee on the Bill shall think fit. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Liverpool Fire Liverpool 
and Life Insurance Company, Petition for leave to — = _ 
deposit a Petition fora Bill, the Standing Orders Gonpany Bill. 
ought to be dispensed with; That the Parties be 
permitted to deposit their Petition accordingly. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Hudders- Huddersfield 
field and Manchester Railway (Deviations and 2nd Manches- 
Alterations in Oldham Branch, &amp;c.), Petition for (Deviations 
additional Provision, the Standing Orders ought not and Altera- 


to ispensed with. tions in Old- 
a pe ‘ ham Branch, 


The first and second Resolutions, being read a &amp;c.) Bill. 
second time, were agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Dumferm- Dunfermline 
line and Cupar Court Houses Bill be revived. _ — 

Ordered, That Mr. Loch be added to the Com- py 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit, 
and proceed, upon Monday next. 


Caledonian 
Railway 
(Branches 
from the 
Clydesdale 
Junction Rail- 
way, to the 
Douglas and 
Lesmahagow Mineral Fields, 
and to Strathavon) Bill. 


Mr. 


Mr. Greene reported the Caledonian Railway 
(Branches from the Clydesdale Junction Railway to 
the Douglas and Lesmahagow Mineral Fields, and 
to Strathavon) Bill, with Amendments. 

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





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438 


Caledonian Mr. Greene reported the Caledonian Railway, 
stn — (Branches to Wilsontown, to Fauldhouse, and to 
Wilsontown, 


Biggar and Broughton) Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


to Fauldhouse 
and to Biggar 
and Brough- 
ton) Bill. 


Caledonian Mr. Greene reported the Caledonian Railway 
Railway 


(Extension of (Extension of Motherwell Branch of Clydesdale 


Motherwell Junction Railway to Auchinheath Mineral Field, 
ae with Branches to the Wishaw and Coltness Railway, 
oe © Canderside and Hamilton) Bill, with Amendments. 


Railway to Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 


Auchinheath and be printed. 

Mincral Field, 

with Branches to the Wishaw and Coltness 
Railway, Canderside and Hamilton) Bill. 


HerneBayand Mr, Owen Stanley reported the Herne Bay and 
Canterbury 


Canterbury Junction Railway Bill, with Amend- 
Junction 
Railway Bill ments. , 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


South Eastern Mr, Owen Stanley reported from the Committee 


nae and OD the South Eastern Railway (Croydon and Brom- 
eae "ley Branches) Bill; That they had examined the 


Branches) Bill. allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
but the same had not been proved to their satisfac- 
tion. 

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

South Eastern Mr, Owen Stanley reported from the Committee 

Railway on the South Eastern Railway (Maidstone to Chart) 

(Maidstone to Bill: TI pean ; od 

Chart) Bill. ill; That they had examined the allegations con 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, but the same 
had not been proved to their satisfaction. 

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


South Eastern Mr. Owen Stanley reported the South Eastern 
Olid Kent ana Railway (Mid Kent and Direct Tunbridge) Bill, 
Direct Tun- With Amendments. 

bridge) Bill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


South Eastern Mr. Owen Stanley reported the South Eastern 


ar os Railway (North Kent Line) Bill, with Amendments. 
Sine) Bill, Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


South Eastern 


Mr. Owen Stanley reported the South Eastern 


ponte 4 = Railway (Strood to Maidstone) Bill, with Amend- 
Maidstone) ments. 
Bill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


London and 
South Western 
Railway 

( Widening, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the London and South 
Western Railway Company to widen and improve 
the London and South Western Railway from the 
Junction thereof with the Richmond Railway to the 
Terminus at Nine Elms, and to enable them to 
enlarge their intended Station at York-road, Lam- 
beth, was read the third time; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. G'reene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Railway Bills. 


Mr. Strutt presented,—Report of the Commis- 
No. 164. 


sioners of Railways on certain Railway Bills com- 
prised in Groups Nos.10 and 11 (in pursuance of 
Resolution of the House of 23d February 1847.) 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on a 
certain Railway Bill comprised in Group No. 43 (in 
= of Resolution of the House of 23d Fe- 

ruary 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on a 
certain Railway Bill comprised in Group No. 9 (in 
pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23d Feb- 
ruary 1847.) 


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A. 1847. 


Report of the Commissioners of Railways on a 
certain Railway Bill comprised in Group No. 48. 
(in pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23d 
February 1847). 

Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
Committees on the Bills to which the same relate ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Magistrates and Town Council of Inverness 
the royal burgh of Inverness, praying that provision Naviouti _ 
may be made in the Inverness Harbour and Naviga- pin. 
tion Bill for enabling them to deposit other plans 
and sections than those originally deposited, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Examiners 
of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill for better suppiving Leeds Water- 
with Water the Inhabitants of the Town and Neigh- =— con. 3) 
bourhood of Leeds, in the County of York: And” ~ 
the same was read the first time ; and referred to the 
Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That the Examiner do report whether 
any other Standing Orders apply to this Bill than 
those which were proved to have been complied 
with before the Examiner upon the Petition for leave 
to bring in the Leeds Waterworks Bill; and that 
the Examiner have leave to sit, and proceed, upon 
Tuesday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cheltenham 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, a 
intituled, An Act for authorizing the Cheltenham” ~ 
Waterworks Company to raise a Sum of Money; 
and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 16.1. 11. Leave out from “1847” to “ with” 
in |. 13. 

Pr. 16. 1. 25. After “ Waterworks” insert 
“ Clauses.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them tiat this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Van Diemen's 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 42nd Com- 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Van Die-?"Y = 
men’s Land Company Bill, the Standing Orders 
relating to Bills of the third class, to which class the 
said Bill belongs, have not been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from North Stat- 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for fordshire Rail- 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for \°¥ Alt" 
additional provision in the North Staffordshire Branches)Bil.. 
Railway (Alterations and Branches) Bill, the Stand- 
ing Orders relating to Bills of the second class, to 
which class the said Petition belongs, have not been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from British Ame- 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for sm —. 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for ~°"?* a 
the British American Land Company Bill, the 
Standing Orders relating to Bills of the third class, 
to which class the said Bill belongs, have not been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Shrewsbury and Shrewsbury 
Birmingham Railway Company to make Branch eer 
Railways to Madeley and Ironbridge, and for other (Act Amend- 
Purposes, was read the third time. ment and | 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. mene 

Ordered, That Mr, Tatton Egerton do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, 


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oe TT NR en mR HT 


Shi 


(i 


be et oo 


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Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Ships, and the Amount of 
their Tonnage, which have been wholly or partly 
mortgaged, in each of the years from 1840 to 1846 
inclusive. 


Ships mort- 
gaged. 


Holborn and Ordered, That the Petition of Nathaniel Stalwood, 


Finsbury of Calthorpe-street, in the parish of Sainé Pancras, 
— in the county of Middlesex, relative to Holborn and 
Finsbury Sewers, which was presented upon the 22d 
day of this instant April, be printed. 
Railway Bills Sir Robert Ferguson reported from the Classi- 
Classification fication Committee of Railway Bills; ‘That they had 
_— — further considered the matters referred to them, 
No. 330. and directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Troops Mr. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of the 
(India.) East India Company, was called in ; and at the bar 


presented, pursuant to Order,—A Statement of the 
Number of Troops conveyed to and from the British 
East Indian Possessions, and from one Presidency 
or Possession to another, during the years 1845 and 
1846, with the Expense thereof:—And then he 
withdrew. 

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


Lough Corrib 
Improvement 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Lough 
Corrib Improvement Company, which was presented 


"a oe. upon the 15th day of this instant April, be printed. 
Public Works. Ordered, That the Paper relative to Public Works, 
No. 332. which was presented upon the 15th day of this in- 


stant April, be printed. 


Port Patrick Ordered, That the Return relative to Port Patrick 


a Harbour, which was presented upon Monday last, 
No. 333. be printed. 

Merchant Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Mer- 

Seamen. chant Seamen, which were presented yesterday, be 
No. 334. 


printed. 


Charing Cross 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Charing 
Bridge Bill. 


Cross Bridge Bill be revived :—And that they have 
leave to sit, and proceed, upon Tuesday next. 


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


the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Arbroath and 
Forfar and 
Scottish Mid- 
land Junction 
Railways 
Connecting 
Railway Bill. 


Petitions of Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of 
lands, houses, gardens and other heritages in the 
parishes of Forfar and Glammis, in the county of 
Forfar ; and, Charles Spence, of Manchester, a 
Lessee affected by the Bill thereinafter mentioned ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Ar- 
broath and Forfar and Scottish Midland Junction 
Railways Connecting Railway Bill,—were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the 
Petitioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit ; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 
Petitions. 





Ayr Harbour Petitions of John Taylor Gordon, of Blackhouse, 


in the county of Ayr ;——and, Bailies, Treasurer 
and Councillors of the burgh of Mewton-upon-Ayr, 
in Scotland; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
— of the Ayr Harbour Bill,—were presented, and 
read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 

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439 


heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock Ayrshire 
and Ayr Railway Company, praying that they may Roads Bill. 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Ayrshire Roads Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions from Warwick (two Petitions) ;—and, Birmingham 
Leamington Priors; praying that the Birmingham = Oxtord . 
and Oxford Junction Railway (Warwick and Strat- se ah 
ford Line) Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, end Stratford 


and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Line) Bill. 


A Petition of Nicholas Wood, of Killingworth, Clarence Rail- 
near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Esquire, an Owner of iY = 
Westerton Colliery, in the county of Durham, and Railway 
of Andrew Spottiswoode, of Little New-street, in the Amalgama- 
city of London, Esquire, Owner of the Leasing- 4 Bill 
thorne Colliery, in the same county, and also of 
George Townsend Andrews, of the city of York, Es- 
quire, one of the persons trading under the name of 
the Durham County Coal Company, praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Clarence Rail- 
way and Leeds and Thirsk Railway Amalgamation 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions ofthe Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Caledonian 
Company ;——and, Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock ttn 
and Ayr Railway Company (two Petitions) ; pray- Greenock Rail- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their ways Amalga- 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Ca/e- mation Bill. 
donian and Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railways 
Amalgamation Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of the Company of Proprietors of the Caledonian | 
Forth and Clyde Navigation ; and, Monkland (Panchese wi 
and Kirkintilloch Railway Company ; praying that Yease of 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or Wishaw and 
agents, against certain parts of the Caledonian Rail- Coltuess Rail- 
way (Purchase or Lease of Wishuw and Coltness “*” poe 
Railway) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Petitions of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Caledonian 
Company : and, the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar- a — 
nock and Ayr Railway Company, and the Glasgow, — p+ ingate 
Dumfries and Carlisle Railway Company ; praying Glasgow, 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- es 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the Caledonian cae a Glas- 
Railway (Lease or Purchase of the Glasgow, Barr- gow Southern 
head and Neilston Direct, and Glasgow Southern Terminal | 
Terminal Railways) Bill,—were presented, and read. a 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


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440 





Caledonian Petitions of William Ramsay Ramsay, of Barnton, 
Railwa i : | 
E dinburgh in the county of Edinburgh, Esquire ; and, John 


Laing, Proprietor of the buildings known as the 
Royal Horse Bazaar, Lothian-road, Edinburgh, with 
the grounds connected therewith ; praying that they 
burgh and ‘ay be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
Glasgow against certain parts of the Caledonian Railway 
Railway) Bill. (Edinburgh Station and Branches to Granton, and 
to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway) Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Station and 
Branches to 
Granton, and 
to the Edin- 


Chester and 


A Petition of Charles Wye Williams, Managing 


— Director of the City of Dublin Steam Packet Com- 
y,—wotm A pany, praying that he may be heard, by himself, 


at Chester and his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the 
a oo Chester and Holyhead Railway (Extensions at 
een Chester and Holyhead, &amp;c.) (No. 2.) Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Lill, against the said Petition. 


Commercial A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
Gas Light and regulating the Nightly Watch and Beadles, and 
pany Bill, better enlightening, paving and cleansing the Streets 
and other Passages, and repairing the Highways 
within the Parishes of Saint John, Wapping, Saint 
Paul, Shadwell, the Hamlet of Ratcliffe, the Parish 
of Saint Anne, in the County of Middlesex, and the 
Precinct of Wellclose, in the Liberty of the Tower 
of London, and also the Act for rebuilding the 
Workhouse ofthe Parish of Saint Anne, Limehouse, 
in the County of Middlesex, and for amending an 
Act of King George the Second, for regulating the 
Nightly Watch and Paving, and other Purposes re- 
lating to the said Parish, so far as regards the said 
parish of Saint Anne, praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Commercial Gas Light and Coke 
Company Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Coventry, Petitions of the Right honourable William Earl 

Banbury and of Craven ;——and, the Most noble Richard Sey- 

pang oh tl mour Conway Marquis of Hertford; praying that 

Bill. they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Coventry, Ban- 
bury and Ozford Junction Railway Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Dublin and A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Drogheda 


a ua and its vicinity, praying that the Dublin and Drog- 
(Branch fron “eda Railway (Branch from Wavan to Kells) Bill 
Navan to may pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 


Kells) Bill. —_ ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Dundee and A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
Perth Railway Town Council of the city and royal burgh of Perth, 
(Alteration behalf of tl : 2 

and Extension, 0? behalf of the community thereof, and as Con- 
and Inchture, servators of the Navigation ofthe River Tay, pray- 
ae athe ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
Fane wes Bill, Counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Dun- 


dee and Perth Railway (Alteration and Extension, 


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and Inchture, Polgavie and Inchmichael Branches) 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

' Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Samuel Westwood and others, Owners Eastern Coun. 
and Occupiers of lands or tenements in the county 4s Railway 


ands : (Ilford to Ti. 
of Essex, in the vicinity of the proposed line of aa Ae 
Railway thereinafter mentioned ;—— Owners of Southend, with 


property in and Inhabitants of the town of Barking, ¢ Branch fron 
in the county of Essex; James Blunfield and Battle Bridge} 
others, Owners, Lessees or Occupiers of lands or Bill. ’ 
tenements in or near to the parish of Orsett, in the 

county of Essex ;—-— Thomas Mashiter and others, 

being Persons resident in the town of Romford, in 

the county of Essex, and the vicinity thereof; 
William Cotton, of Walwood House, Leytonstone, 
in the county of Essex, Esquire ;——and, John 
Fulford Owen and Edward Harman, Richard 
Brailsford, William Naylor, Augustin George John 
Moore Heath, Charles William Bollaerts, Thomas 
Knight, John Dixon, James Meyer, William Everett, 
John Millar, Richard Connop, William Walker 
the younger, Samuel Nott, Thomas Challis, John 
Whaley, Daniel Harrison, John Harman and Henry 
Carrington Bowles, Trustees, for charitable purposes, 
of a certain estate called Poynetts, in the parishes 
of South Beafleet and Hadleigh respectively, in the 
county of Essex; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Eastern Counties Railway (Ziford 
to Tilbury Fort and Southend, with a Branch from 
Vange to Battle Bridge) Bill,—were presented, and 
read, 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








A Petition of Commissioners for improving the East Lanca- 
town of Burnley, in the county palatine of Lan- shire Railway 
caster, praying that they may be heard, by them- (Bu™ey 

y "&gt; Ne ? . Connecting 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts Line) Bill. 
of the East Lancashire Railway (Burnley Connect- 
ing Line) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Thomas Barker and John Darling- fast Lanca- 
ton, Proprietors and Occupiers of collieries and shire Railway 
coal-mines on the lines of Railway thereunder men- Paes ot 
tioned, or some of them, praying that they may be Preston Ex- 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against tension) Bill 
certain parts of the East Lancashire Railway (South- 
port Branch and Preston Extension) Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Robert Knowles and others, Pro- East Lanca- 
prietors and Occupiers of collieries and coal-mines shire Railway 
on or near to the line of the East Lancashire Rail- PS Riwten 
way, praying that they may be heard, by themselves, stall Coal_ 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Branch) Bill 
East Lancashire Railway (Deviations and Rawten- 
stali Coal Branch) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 

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East Lanca- A Petition of John Darlington and others, Pro- 
shire Railway prietors and occupiers of collieries and coal-mines 
owe) a on or near the line of the East Lancashire Rail- 
way, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the East Lancashire Railway (Bury to Man- 
chester) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


East Lanca- Petitions of the Blackburn, Clitheroe and North 

shire Railway Western Junction Railway Company; and, 

= Trustees for executing the Act for —— the 

gn Road from Blackburn, in the County Palatine of 

Branches) Bill. Lancaster, to Addingham and Cocking End, in the 
West Riding of the i of York, and for making 
and maintaining a new Road from Old Accrington 
to the Burnley and Rochdale Turnpike-road to Ha- 
bergham Eaves, in the said County of Lancaster, 
and Branch therefrom; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the East Lancashire Railway 
(Clitheroe, Mitton and Padiham Branches) Bill,— 
were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Eastern Coun- Petitions of Surveyors of the Highways, of the 
ties Railway parish of Somersham, in the county of Huntingdon, 
(Somersham nd other Persons, Inhabitants of the said parish; 
to Ramsay) nan ? 
Bill. ——and, George Thomson and others, Owners, 
Lessees and Occupiers of property on the line and 
in the neighbourhood of the proposed Railway there- 
after mentioned; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Eastern Counties Railway (Somers- 
ham to Ramsay) Bill,—were presented, and read. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Eastern Coun- A Petition of Catherine Martha Mellish, of 
ties Railway famels Park, in the county of Hertford, Spinster, 
aoe praying that she may be heard, by herself, her coun- 
Ware Line, sel or agent, against certain parts of the Eastern 
&amp;c.) Bill. Counties Railway (Cambridge, Royston and Ware 
Line, &amp;c.) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by herself, her counsel or agent, upon her Petition, 
if she think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Eastern Coun- &lt;A Petition of Members of the Committee of the 
oe Steam Shipowners Association, praying that they 
bpm mec may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
Stratford agents, against certain parts of the Eastern Coun- 
— and ties Railway (Enlargement of London and Strat- 
of Acts) Bill. ford Stations, and Amendment of Acts) Bill, was 
presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Edinburgh Petitions of Inhabitants of the city of Edinburgh 
Bil "** and town of Leith respectively, and Ratepayers to 


the Edinburgh Water Company, and several Per- 
sons whose names are thereunto subscribed, Direc- 
tors of the Edinburgh and Leith Water Company ; 


Owners of lands, mills and works upon the 
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Luganburn and River Northesk, in the county of 
Edinburgh ;——and, William Murray, Esquire, of 
Henderland; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Edinburgh Waterworks Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for Edinburgh 
making and maintaining the Great North Road and Northern 
from Queensferry and Burntisland, to the city of Cornek ~—e 
Perth, praying that they may be heard, by them- Burntisland to 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts ae 
of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Branch (yo'95 a 
from Burntisland to Dunfermline Branch, &amp;c.) 

(No. 2.) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bull, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Commissioners for the Harbour and Edinburgh, 








Docks of Leith, praying that they may be heard, by Teith and 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain way (Leith 
parts of the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway Extension) 
(Leith Extension) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Edinburgh 
Company ;——and, the Caledonian Railway Com- oad na 
pany; praying that they may be heard, by them- Kirkintilloch, 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts Ballochney 
of the Edinburgh and Glasgow, Monkland and - — J 
Kirkintilloch, Ballochney and Slamannan Railways pat en 
Amalgamation, Sale or Lease, Bill,—were presented, tion, Sale of 
and read. Lease Bill. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 


in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Petitions of James Dunlop, of Clyde Iron-works, Edinburgh 
and John Wilson, of Dundyvan lron-works ;—— 204 Glasgow 
John Mann, Attorney of William Dixon, of Govan ®* wy _ 
and Calder lron-works ;——Scottish Central Rail- 
way Company and the Caledonian Railway Com- 
pany ; and the Glasgow, Airdrie and Monk- 
lands Junction Railway Company; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Edinburgh and 
Glasgow Railway Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And. the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Petitions of the Trustees of the Harbour of Dun- Edinburgh 
dee; Magistrates and Town Council of the ——— 
royal burgh of Dundee;——Corporation of the a 
Fraternity of Masters and Seamen in Dundee, com- of the Ferry 
monly styled The Trinity Board of Dundee; betweenFerry- 
and, Guildry Incorporation of Dundee; praying £0r'pn-Qralg 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel Shore of the 
or agents, against certain parts of the Edinburgh River Tay) 
and Northern Railway (Improvement of the Ferry 
between Ferry-Port-on-Craig, and the North Shore 
of the River Zay) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 


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heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








Edinburgh, Petitions of the North British Railway Company ; 
_ — ll John Learmouth, of the Dean, in the county of 
wer fia ” Edinburgh ; and, Lord Provost, Magistrates 


and Granton and Council of the city of Edinburgh; praying that 

Junction) Bill. they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Edinburgh, 
Leith and Granton Railway (Leith and Granton 
Junction) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Edinburgh Petitions of Trustees for executing the Act for 
d North ae eter oto ‘ee 
ee, eM repairing and keeping in Repair the Turnpike-roads, 


St. Andrew's in the District of Cupar, in the County of F7fe, for 
and Newburgh rendering Turnpike certain Statute Labour and 
Harbour, , Parish Roads, and for making and maintaining 
nn shnay certain new Roads in the said County, as Trustees 
ings (Newport aforesaid, and as individuals ;——and, Peter Hay 
Railway Ex- Paterson, of Carpon, Esquire, Curator-at-Law to 
———m«, Balfour Hay, of Leys Mugdrum and Ran- 
derston, Esquire; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway, 
Saint Andrew’s and Newburgh Harbour, Branches 
and Road Crossings (Newport Railway Extension) 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Fleetwood, Petitions of John Taylor, of Moreton Hall, in the 

Preston and parish of Whalley, in the county of Lancaster, Esquire ; 

pe Riding ___Owners of estates, lands and tenements, in the 

unction Rail- . oo ae 

way (Burnley parish of Whalley, in the county of Lancaster ; 

and Colliery East Lancashire Railway Company ; Black- 

Branches) Bill. ty.» Clitheroe and North Western Junction Rail- 
way Company ; and, Trustees for executing the 
Act for repairing and maintaining the Roads from 
Bury, through Haslingden, to Blackburn and Whal- 
ley, and other Roads communicating therewith, in 
the County Palatine of Lancaster; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Fleetwood, 
Preston and West Riding Junction Railway (Burn- 
ley and Colliery Branches) Bill;j—were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 











Glasgow, A Petition of the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock 
Dumfries and Railway Company, praying that they may be 
Carlisle Rail- heard, by themselves, their counsel ‘or agents 
way,and Glas- ? ? &gt; ? 
gow, Paisley, against certain parts of the Glasgow, Dumfries and 
Kilmarnock Carlisle Railway, and Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar- 
— thea) nock and Ayr Railway (No. 4.) Bill, was presented, 
Bill. and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Glasgow, 


: A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town 
Paisley, Kil- = 


pti poe Council of the royal burgh of Ayr, praying that 
Ayr Railway, the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Rail- 
and Glasgow way, and Glasgow and Belfast Union Railway 
and Belfast (No. 1.) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 


Union Railwa : “ 
(No. 1.) Bill. Y and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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A. 1847. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land and 
Inhabitants of Hayton, in the county of Wotting- 
ham, praying that the Great Northern ere 
(Deviations between Grantham and York) Bill 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
(Deviations 
between 
Grantham and 
York) Bill. 


Petitions of Mariners frequenting the Port of Great North. 
Wisbech ;—and, Shipowners and others interested em Railway 
in the navigation of the Nene Outfall; praying that King’s Lyon) 
the Great Northern Railway (Branch to King’s Bill. 
Lynn) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Balby-with-Hexthorpe ;—Wad- Great North- 
worth ;— Ticknill ; — Walkeringham ; — Arksey ;— ¢™ Railway 
Harworth ; — Blyth ; — Sutton-cum-Lound ;—and, — 
Doncaster ; praying that the Great Northern Rail- Grantham ang 
way (Deviations between Grantham and York) Bill York) Bill. 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Most honourable Brownlow Great North. 
Marquis of Exeter, Knight of the Most noble Order _ Railway 
of the Garter, praying that he may be heard, by sell 
himself, his counsel or agent, against certain parts don and 

of the Great Northern Railway (Deviations between Grantham) 
London and Grantham) Bill, was also presented, mn. 

aud read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Coal-owners interested in the trade Hartlepool 

of the Port of Hartlepool, praying that the Hartle- and Stockton 
pool and Stockton Junction Railway Bill may pass Railway Bill 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered 


to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Most honourable Frederic Ipswich and 
William Marquis of Bristol, praying that he may Bury St. Ed- 
be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against ar ce 
certain parts of the Ipswich and Bury Saint Ed- from Ipswich 
mund’s Railway (Branch from Ipswich to Wood- to Wood-. 
bridge} Bill, was presented, and read. eid 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his 
Petition, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Convener of the Incorporation Kiimarnock 
Trades of Ayr, praying that the Kilmarnock and Ayr and Ayr | 
Direct Railway Bill may pass into a law, was pre- — 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. — 


Petitions of the Right honourable John Savill Leeds and 

Lumley Savill Earl of Scarbrough, and Charles ——— 
Jolliffe, of 64, Pall Mail, London, Thomas Parvis, pein A, gon 
of 2, Stone-buildings, Lincoln’s-Inn, London, Wil- Newcastle 
liam Lloyd Wharton, of Dryburn, near Durham, Exes 
Francis Dixon Johnson, ot &lt;Askley Heads, near inn 
Durham, Cuthbert Ellison, of Hebburn Hall, in the 
county of Durham, and Samuel Maston Caley, of 
Upper Hall, near Louth, in the county of Lincoln, 
Esquires ; and, the Reverend Robert Hopper 
Williamson, Rector of Hurworth,in the county of 
Durham ; ‘praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Leeds, Durham 
and Newcastle Extension, &amp;c.) Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





A Petition of Sir Charles Slingsby, 
Park, near Knaresborough, in the county of York, way Cua 
Baronet, praying that he may be heard, by him- porough and 
self, his counsel or agent, against certain parts of Boroush- b) 
the Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Knaresborough and — 
Boroughbridge Branch) Bill, was presented,and read. * 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 


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Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Peti- 
tion, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
Leeds, Wake- A Petition of James Lawton, of Wakefield, inthe 
= —— county of York, Druggist, praying that he may be 
Railway Bill, permitted to withdraw his Petition against the Leeds 
Wakefield and Midland Junction Railway Bill, was 
resented, and read. 
Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the 
Petition accordingly. 


Leith Harbour Petitions of the Leith Chamber of Commerce ;— 
= — Provost, Magistrates and Town Council of Leith ;— 


Incorporation of Traffickers or Merchant Company 
of Leith ;—and, Nine incorporated Trades of Leith ; 
taking notice of the Petition for additional provision 
in the Leith Harbour and Docks Dues Bill, and pray- 
ing that the said Bill may pass, in so far as it gives 
effect to the abolition of the petty customs of Leith, 
and provides compensation therefor, in the manner 
and to the extent proposed,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Incorporation of the Guildry 
of the city of Edinburgh, praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the said Bill, was also presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Liverpool, A Petition of the East Lancashire Railway Com- 
sec tn pany, praying that they may be heard, by them- 


Railway and Selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
Branch Bill. of the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway and 
Branch Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 


Liverpool 

Ye Liverpool and Harrington Waterworks, praying that 
they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Liverpool Guardian Gas 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 

Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 

Liverpool A Petition of the President, Vice President, 

2 . Treasurer and Members of the Committee of the 


Bill. Liverpool Guardian Society for the Protection of 
Trade, and being Inhabitant Householders and 
Traders in the said town, praying that the Liver- 
pool Corporation Waterworks Bill may pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 





Liverpool, Petitions of the East Lancashire Railway Com- 
Manchester any ; and, Commissicners for improving the 
fewcwses~ town of Burnley, in th latine of Lar 

tle-upon-Tyne town of Surntey, in the county palatine of Lancas- 


Railway Acts ¢er; praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 

anit their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 
Railway Acts Amendment Bill,— were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 

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Petitions of Proprietors and Occupiers of col- London and 

lieries, coal-mines and lands on and connected with — 
. . . . y 

the lines of Railway thereinafter mentioned, or some (Ormskirk 
of them ;——Thomas Greenall, of Wilderspool, in and Rainford 
the county of Chester ;——James Bourne, Thomas — &amp;.) 
Bourne, Peter Bourne, Cornelius Bourne, Thomas” * 
Rymer Bonrne, James Thomas Bourue, John Bury 
Bourne and Robert Robinson, carrying on business 
in partnership as coal proprietors under the style 
or firm of Bournes and Robinson, in Parr, in the 
county of Lancaster, and of William Smart, of the 
Temple, in the city of London, Gentleman ; and, 
Saint Helen’s Canal and Railway Company ; pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Lon- 
don and North Western Railway (Ormskirk and 
Rainford Branch, &amp;c.) Bill,—were presented, and 
read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on tlie Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





A Petition of John Darlington and John Lan- London and 
caster, Proprietors and Occupiers of coal-mines and North Western 
collieries on the lines of the Railways thereunder eames of 
mentioned, or some of them, praying that they may the Earl of 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, Ellesmere's , 
against certain parts of the London and North ane : 
Western Railway (Purchase of the Earl of Elles- South Junc- 
mere’s interest in the Manchester South Junction ti” _ -. 
seen Railway) Bill, was presented, and a a 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 


in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Right honourable James Earl London end 
of Balcarres, and Proprietors of collieries, coal- NorthWestern 
mines and lands, on the lines of the London and “sin 
North Western Railway, or some of them, praying Liverpool, Sta- 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel tion Exten- | 
or agents, against certain parts of the London and %™ &amp;) Bill 
North Western Railway (Lime-street, Liverpool 
Station Extension, &amp;c.) Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bull, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of John Rawlins, of Birmingham, in the London and 
county of Warwick, Gentleman ; and, Samuel tn ha est- 
Rawlins, the younger, of Moseley, in the county of (Bi Ys d 





: Birmingham 
Worcester, Merchant ; praying that they may be and Lichfield 


heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against Line, &amp;c.) Bill. 
certain parts of the London and North Western Rail- 
way (Birmingham and Lichfield Line, &amp;c.) Bill,— 
were presented, and read. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of Trustees of the parish of Ald Saints, London and 
Poplar, in the county of Middlesex, praying that Blackwall 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or B!way Im- 

: F provement and 
agents, against certain parts of the ZLondon and Branches to 
Blackwall Railway, Improvement and Branches to the St. Kathe- 
the Saint Katharine’s and London Docks Bill, was $°°3 oo 

ndon Docks 
presented, and read. Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 

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Add 50° Aprilis. 


London Bridge Petitions of Bartholomew Calway, of Tooley- 

pe seep Mn street, Southwark, Draper, Benjamin Wells, of Rus- 

Enlargement sell-street, Bermondsey, Builder, Barnabas French, 

Bill. of 18 Saint George’s-road, New Kent-road, Surrey, 
Gentleman, John Adey Pratt, of Grey-terrace, 
Dover-road, Newington, Surrey, Tailor, William 
West, of 227, Albany-road, Camberwell, Vinegar- 
maker, William Wainwright, of George-row, Ber- 
mondsey, Gold-beater, Henry Foulds, of Grainsford- 
street, Horsleydown, Southwark, Builder, Thomas 
Hodgson, of Glloucester-row, Park-road, Camber- 
well, Gentleman, and George Scrymgour, of No. 2 
Maltby-street, Bermondsey New Town, Engraver ; 
——and, Commissioners appointed for carrying into 
execution the several Acts for paving, lighting and 
watching, opening, widening and better regulating 
the Streets, Lanes and Places, within the East Di- 
vision of the Town and Borough of Southwark, and 
for preventing Nuisances and Annoyances therein ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
London Bridge Railway Termini General Enlarge- 
ment Biil,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


London, A Petition of Commissioners for executing the 
a Acts for paving, cleansing, lighting and = 
Railway (Lon- Opening, widening and better regulating the Streets, 
don Bridge Lanes and Places within the East Division of the 
Station, En- | ‘Town and Borough of Southwark, and for preventing 
po commenter Nuisances and Annoyances therein, praying that 
Bill. they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the London, Brighton 
and South Coast Railway (London Bridge Station 
Enlargement and Arrangement) Bill, was presented, 
and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


London, A Petition of Commissioners for executing the 
Brighton and Act for paving, cleansing, lighting and watching, 
Railway opening, widening and better regulating the Streets, 


(Extension to Lanes and Places within the East Division of the 
Bridge) pn. Lown and Borough of Southwark, and for preventing 
ey Nuisances and Annoyances therein, praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the London, Brighton 
and South Coast Railway (Extension to London 

Bridge) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Manchester, A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Sheffield an : . 
Tiecdieshiee River Dun, praying that they may be heard, by 


Railway themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
(Sheffield parts of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire 
Canal Pur- Railway (Sheffield Canal Purchase) Bill, was pre- 
chase) Bill. 
sented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Manchester, A Petition of the North Staffordshire Railway 
Sheffield and Company, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
Lincolnshire . - ; Au 

Railway (Sup- selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
ply of Surplus of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail- 
Water toMan- way (Supply of — Water to Manchester, Sal- 


7, Sal: } - 
ae ford and Steckport) Bill, was presented, and read. 





A. 1847. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to ford and 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners ma 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition 


Petitions of the Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, 
Wakefield, Hudderspt and Goole Railway Sea Sheficld ae 
pany ; Company of Proprietors of the Barnsley Lincolnshire 
Canal Navigation;——and, William Rhodes, and ne 
others, Owners, Lessees or Occupiers of lands, the Midland 
buildings and other property upon the line of the Railway, via 
proposed Railway and Branches thereafter men- cm - 
tioned ; praying that they may be heard, by them- therefrom) 
selves, their couasel or agents, against certain parts Bill. 
of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail- 
way (Junction with the Midland Railway, vid 
Barnsley, and Branches therefrom) Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 

Petitions from Glossop ;— Denton ;— Houghton ; 

— Droylsden ;— Gorton ;—Staleybridge ;—Manches- 
ter (two Petitions) ;—Tintwistle ;— Hollingworth ;— 
Mottram ;— Hyde ;—Newton ;— Godley ;— Dukin- 
field ;—Ashton-under- Lyne (two Petitions) ;—Stock- 
port (two Petitions) ;— Thurgoland ;—Oxspring ;— 
Sylkstone ;—Barnsley ;—and, Owners of lands, &amp;c. 
near the line of Railway thereinafter mentioned ; 
praying that the said Bill may pass into a law,—were 
_ presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 





A Petition of William Greaves, and others, Owners Manchester, 
and Occupiers of lands on the line of the proposed Sheffield and 
Railways thereinafter mentioned, praying that they —— 

A ailway 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agenis, (Branch to 
against certain parts of the Manchester, Sheffield and Chapeltown 
Lincolnshire Railway (Branch to Chapeltown and — 5 ra 

: and Coal 
Thurgoland Coal Branch) Bill, was presented, and Branch) Bill. 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Manchester, 

Navigation of the River ie, praying that they may Sheffield and 

be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, oo. 

against certain parts of the Manchester, Sheffield (Station at 

and Lincolnshire Railway (Station at Sheffield, and Shettield and 

Branch to the Sheffield Canal) Bill, was presented, Branch to the 

and read. Canal) Bill. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 

Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 

by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 

Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 

favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of John Moore, Jacob Fletcher Fletcher, Manchester 
Thomas Mulliner and Joseph Ramsden, Trustees — 
acting under the Will of Ellis Fletcher, late of Clif- fanned, 
ton, in the county of Lancaster, Esquire ;——-East Extensions, 
Lancashire Railway Company ;——Jacob Fletcher Deviahon 
Fletcher, and others, Proprietors and Occupiers of Levee a 
collieries, coal-mines and lands on the lines of the other Works) 
Canal and Railway thereunder mentioned ; and, Bill. 
Robert Knowles, and others, Proprietors and Oc- 
cupiers of collieries, coal-mines and lands on the 
lines of the Canal and Railway thereunder men- 
tioned; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Manchester and Leeds Railway (Branches, 
Extensions, Deviations, Alterations of Levels and 
other Works) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 











to 


10 VicrorizZ. 


to the Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners | 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, | 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 
| 
Manchester A Petition of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin-| 
tong colnshire Railway Company, praying that they may | 
(Branch from be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
the Hudders- against certain parts of the Manchester and Leeds 
= — Railway (Branch from the Huddersfield and Shef- | 
Railway to eld Junction Railway to Barnsley, and Extension 
Barnsley, and of Holmfirth Branch) Bill, was presented, and read. 
boar ag of Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Branch) Bill. Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Manchester Petitions of John Moore, Jacob Fletcher Fletcher, 
and Southport 


Railway and omas Mulliner and Joseph Ramsden, the Devisees 

Branches Bill, in trust, acting under the Will of Ellis Fletcher, 
Esquire, deceased ; —— East Lancashire Railway 
Company ; and, Proprietors and Occupiers of 
collieries and coal-mines on the line of the Railway, 
and Branches thereunder mentioned; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Manchester and 
Southport Railway and Branches Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








Manchester A Petition of Commissioners for executing the 
and South. Act for improving the Port of the Town of South-, 
nt ampton, and also the Act for erecting a Pier for the | 
— more convenient landing and embarking of Passen- 
gers in the said Port and Town of Southampton, | 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, | 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the | 
Manchester and Southampton Railway (No. 2.) Bill, | 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Manchester, A Petition of Landowners, Agriculturists and 
a Occupiers of land in the neighbourhood of Sheffield, 
lands Junction L0therham and Worksop, praying that the Man- 
Railway De- chester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction 
viations Bill. Railway Deviations Bill may pass into a law, was 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 





Midland Rail- | A Petition of the Ely and Huntingdon Railway 
way (Exten- Company, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
sion from near : : ° : 
Leicester, via S¢lves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
Bedford to of the Midland Railway (Extension from near Lei- 
pays cester, vid Bedford, to Hitchin, and to Northampton 
ton aad the; and Huntingdon, and Enlargement of the Leicester 
ingdon, and Station) Bill, was presented, and read. 
pean Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
ter Station) Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
Bill. by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 


favour of the Biil, against the said Petition. 


Midland Rail- _ Petitions of Surveyors of the Highways in the 
—v ape township of Kimberworth ; and, Company of 
Normanton Proprietors of the Navigation of the River Dun; 
Stations En- praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
Bi ~~ counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Mid- 
. land Railway (Masbrough and Normanton Stations 
Enlargement) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 

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30° Aprilis. 445 


A Petition of William Bryden, Agent of the In- Midland Great 
corporated Society for promoting English Protestant bs ager 
Schools in Jreland, praying that he may be per- (Eatonton 
mitted to withdraw his Petition against the Midland from Athlone 
Great Western Railway of Treland (Extension from to Galway) 
Athlone to Galway) Bill, was presented, and read. ~* 

Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the 
Petition accordingly. 


A Petition of Marlow John Francis Sidney, of Newcastle 
Cowpen Hall, in the county of Northumberland, iam Gan 
Esquire, praying that he may be heard, by himself, Coast Line, 
his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the Seaton Sluice 
Newcastle and Berwick Railway (East Coast Line, = — Bil. 
Seaton Sluice and other Branches) Bill, was pre-~ es) 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Norwich Gas Light Company, Norfolk Rail- 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, be — 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the ap gg 
Norfolk Railway (Branch from Norwich to Ayls- with a Branch 
ham, with a Branch to North Walsham) Bill, was to North 
presented, and read. hema seen 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of the Lerd Provost, Magistrates and North British 

Council of the city of Edinburgh ;——Trustees of Railway 
the Bridge across ‘the River Tweed, at Kelso ;—— ‘® 1) Bill 
Commissioners for the Harbour and Docks of Leith ; 
Chairman and Directors of the Edinburgh and 
Leith Glass Company ; and, William Henry 
Miller, Esquire, of Craigentinny, in the county of 
Edinburgh ; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the North British Railway (No. 1.) Bill,— 
were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the 
said Petitions. 








A Petition of Inhabitants of the royal burgh of North British 
Selkirk, and vicinity, praying that the North British Railway 
Railway (No. 2.) Bill may pass into a law, was pre- ‘" iene 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Steckport (two Petitions) ;—Ash- Oldham 
ton-under- Lyne (two Petitions) ;—New Hey ;—and, — Bill. 
Sowerby ; praying that the Oldham Alliance Rail- “” "*” 
way Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Bailies and Town Paisley, 
Council of the royal burgh of Renfrew, praying that ——e _ 
the Paisley, Barrhead and Hurlet Railway Bill eater ie . 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ratepayers of Rathmines, Mount Rathmines 
Pleasant, Ranelagh, Cullenswood, Rathgar, Ha- Improvement 
rold’s Cross and other portions of the parish of 
Saint Peter, in the barony of Upper Cross, count 
of Dublin, praying that they may be heard, by their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Rath- 
mines Improvement Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tion, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 

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Regent’sCanal_ Petitions of Charles Burrows, of 14, Phenix | 

Speaainnt on Wharf, City-road, Coal Merchant ; —— Daniel 

and Limehouse Sturge, of the City-road, Coal Merchant, a Member | 

Railway and of the Society of Friends; William Ford, and 

Branch) Bill. others, Trustees for executing the Acts for regulating 

the nightly Watch and Beadles, and better enlight- 

ening, paving and cleansing the Streets and other 

Passages, and repairing the Highways within the 

Parishes of Saint John, Wapping, Saint Paul, 

Shadwell, the Hamlet of Ratcliffe, the Parish of 

Saint Anne, in the County of Middlesex, and the 

Precinct of Wellclose, in the Liberty of the Tower of 

London, and also the Act for rebuilding the Work- 

house of the Parish of Saint Anne, Limehouse, in 

the county of Middlesex, and for amending an Act 

of King George the Second, for regulating the 

nightly Watch and Paving, and other Purposes re- 

lating to the said Parish, so far as regards the said 

parish of Saint Anne ; London and Blackwall 

Railway Company ; Samuel Barker, of Gray’s- 

Inn-square, in the county of Middlesex, Gentleman ; 

and, Commissioners for executing the Act for 

watching, lighting, cleansing, gravelling and other- 

wise improving the Foot, Carriage and other Public 

Ways on certain Lands and Grounds in the Parish 

of Saint Pancras, in the County of Middlesex, called 

Camden Town; praying that they may be heard, by 

themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 

parts of the Regent’s Canal Company (Paddington 

and Limehouse Railway and Branch) Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 

to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 

heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 














446 30° Aprilis. 





A. 1847. 


A Petition of the Most noble Francis Russell South Devon 
Duke of Bedford, praying that he may be heard, by eee 
his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the amendment) 
South Devon Railway (Extension and Amendment) Bill. 

Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Bartholomew Caley, of Tooley-street, South Eastern 
Southwark, Draper, Benjamin Wells, of Russell- yong Nagas 
street, Bermondsey, Builder, Barnabas French, of station, ” 
18, Saint George’s-road, New Kent-road, Surrey, Arrangement 
Gentleman, John Adey Pratt, of Grey-terrace, ent) Bae 
Dover-road, Newington, Surrey, Tailor, William 
West, of 227, Albany-road, Camberwell, Vinegar- 

maker, William Wainwright, of George-row, Ber- 

mondsey, Gold-beater, Henry Foulds, of Gainsford- 

street, Horsleydown, Southwark, Builder, Thomas 

Hodgson, of Gloucester-row, Park-road, Camber- 

well, Gentleman, and George Scrymgour, of No. 2, 
Maltby-street, Bermondsey New Town, Engraver ; 

and, Commissioners for executing the Acts for 

cleansing, lighting and watching, widening and 

better regulating the Streets, Lanes and Places 

within the East Division of the Town and Borough 

of Southwark, and for preventing Nuisances and 
Annoyances therein ; praying that they may be 

heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 

certain parts of the South Eastern Railway (London 

Bridge Station, Arrangement and Enlargement) Bill, 

—were presented, and read. 








their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


one rll Two Petitions from Worsbrough; praying that 
eden ’ the Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Hud- 
Wakefield,  dersfield and Goole Railway (Partial Alteration of 
Huddersficld Levels, &amp;c.) Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 
py “sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Alteration of Table. 
— Petitions of the Midland Railway Company ;—— 
es Company of Proprietors of the Sheffield Canal ; 
William Chadwich, and others, Owners, Lessees or 
Occupiers of lands or other property through, in or 
near which the Railway and Works sought to be 
authorized by the Bill thereinafter mentioned are 
proposed to be made ; Trustees and Creditors 
of the Tinsley and Doncaster ‘Turupike-road ; 
and, Robert Marsh, of Ickles, in the parish of Rother- 
ham, in the county of York, Gentleman, and Robert 
Marsh, of Woodfield House, in the parish of Camp- 
sali, in the said county, Gentleman, and others, 
Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of lands and other 
property through, in or near to which the Railway 
Extensions and other Works thereinafter mentioned 
are proposed to be made; praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the said Bill,—were also 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 











Sheffield, A Petition of W. B. Wrightson, and others, Land- 
Rotherham, owners and Occupiers of land on the line of Railway 
Junction Rail- thereinafter mentioned, praying that they may be 
as me heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
c.ster) Bl, certain parts of the Sheffield, Rotherham and Don- 
‘ caster Junction Railway (Masbrough to Doncaster) 

Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 


Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 


And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of Commissioners for executing the Gousk Eastern 
Acts for cleansing, lighting and watching, opening, Railway 
widening and better regulating the he oa Se oman el 
Places within the East Division of the Town and Railway, and 
Borough of Southwark, and for preventing Nuisances Arrangement 
and Annoyances therein ; and, Bartholomew . ofthe. 
Calway, of Tooley-street, Southwark, Draper, Ben- London Bridge 
jamin Wells, of Russell-street, Bermondsey, Builder, Station) Bill. 
Barnabas French, of 18, Saint George’s-road, New 
Kent-road, Surrey, Gentleman, John Adey Pratt, 
of Grey-terrace, Dover-road, Newington, Surrey, 
Tailor, William West, of 227, Albany-road, Cam- 
berwell, Vinegar-maker, William Wainwright, of 
George-row, Rernentiongsibibihentee, Henry Foulds, 
of Gainsford-street, Horsleydown, Southwark, 
Builder, Thomas Hodgson, of Gloucester-row, 
Park-road, Camberwell, Gentleman, and George 
Scrymgour, of No. 2, Maltby-street, Bermondsey 
New Town, Engraver; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the South Eastern Railway (Widen- 
ing of the Greenwich Railway, and Arrangement 
and Enlargement of the London Bridge Station) 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








Petitions of Shipowners, Merchants, Manufac- gouth York- 
turers and others trading upon and using the River shire, Doncas- 
Dun Navigation and the Dearne and Dove Canal, nee a 
in the West Riding of the county of York ;—— nistone, &amp;c., 
John Watson, and others ; Shipowners, Mer- and Purchase 
chants, Manufacturers and others trading upon and of Sheffield, 


F ; P ; Rotherham, 
using the River Dun Navigation and the Dearne Rarnsley, 





by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their | and Dove Canal, in the West Riding of the county Wakefield, 


Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in| of York; 


favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Huddersfield 
and Goole 





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and Occupiers of lands through which the line of 





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Railway, Dun Railway thereinafter mentioned is proposed to pass ; 


Navigation, _——Merchants, Manufacturers and others trading 


perme upon and using the River Dun Navigation, and the 
Canal) Bill. Dearne and Dove Canal, in the West Riding of the 


county of York ;——Richard Pearson and others ; 
—— Heber Wiliingale and others, Shipowners, Mer- 
chants, Manufacturers and others trading upon and 
using the River Dun Navigation, and the Dearne 
and Dove Canal, in the West Riding of the county 
of York ; -—Burgesses of the borough of Doncaster 
interested as such in the shares in the River Dun 
Navigation, forming a part of their borough funds; 
——Midland Railway Company ;—— Manchester, 
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company ;—— 
Proprietors of the Sheffield Canal; and, William 
Morley, \ate of Doncaster, in the county of Yerk, 
Esquire, but now of the town and county of the 
town of Kingston-upon-Hull; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel oragents, 
against certain parts of the South Yorkshire, Don- 
caster and Goole Railway (Penistone, &amp;c., and Pur- 
chase of Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, 
Huddersfield and Goole Railway, Dun Navigation 
and Dearne and Dove Canal) Bill,—were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





South York- A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers and 


shire, Doncas- . . - ‘ 
a ee aie Traders in the borough of Sheffield, in the county 


Railway (Pe- Of York, praying that the South Yorkshire, Don- 
nistone, &amp;c. caster and Goole Railway (Penistone, &amp;c., and 


and Purchase . ‘ 
of Sheffield, Purchase of Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wake 


Rotherham, Ji¢/d, Huddersfield and Goole Railway, Dun Navi- 

Bresetey, gation, and Dearne and Dove Canal) Bill may 
Jakefield, 2 3 ‘ 

Hudderefizla P2SS into a law; and that they may be heard, by 


and Goole themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
Railway, Dun parts of the Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster 
Navigation Junction Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

ant Saws Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
Canal); and, the Committee on the last-mentioned Bill; and the 
er eal Petitioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
and Doncaster 2gents, upon their Petition, if they think fit; and 


Junction Rail- counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 


way Bills. — Petition. 

Staffordshire A Petition of Alfred Hales, of Norton Green, 

a in the parish of Norton-in-the-Moor, in the county 

ee of Stafford, Gentleman, praying that he may be 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against 
certain parts of the Staffordshire Potteries Water- 
works Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 

Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 

Swenses Petitions from Swansea ;—and, Thomas Grove ; 


Docks Bill. praying that the Swansea Docks Bill may pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Wear Valley,  Petitionsof William Aislabie Eade, the sole Trus- 
sp gaa tee of the Parties beneficially entitled to the estate 
Weardale, Called The Witton Castle Estate, and the collieries 
Weardale Ex- called The Witton Park Collieries, in the township 
Won and of Witton-le-Wear, in the county of Durham ;—— 
ear and . : 
Derwent Rail. Leary Burgess, Partner, Proprietor and Lessee and 


gaye and Sub-Lessee of minerals and mineral properties and 
aa — works, in the county of Durham ;——Company of 
mation Bill Proprietors of the Clarence Railway ;——and, Mer- 


chants, Shipowners, Tradesmen and. other Inhabit- 

ants of the borough and port of Sunderland, in the 

county of Durham; praying that they may be heard, 

by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 

as parts of the Wear Valley, Bishop Auckland and 
Jou. 102, 


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447 


Weardale, Weardale Extension, and Wear and Der- 
went Railways and Shildon Tunnel Amalgamation 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Alnwick, york ana 
praying that the York and Newcastle and MNew- Newcastle and 
castle and Berwick Railways Amalgamation Bill }eweastie and 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; ways Amalga- 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. mation Bill. 

A Petition of the Chamberlains and Common 
Council of the borough of Alnwick, in the county of 
Northumberland, praying that the said Bill may 
not pass into a law, as it now stands, was also 
presented, and read; and referred to the Committee 
on the Bill. 


Petitions from Durham ;—Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; York and 
— Alnwick ;—Sunderland Dock Company ;—Mor- a 
: , ailway 
peth ;—and, York ; praying that the York and New- (Main Line 
castle Railway (Main Line Improvement, &amp;c.) Bill Improvement, 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; &amp;¢-) Bill. 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the River Ure. Navigation Com- York and 
pany, Owners of land and tenements on the line of team Midland 
Railway thereby petitioned against, praying that cinneeeete 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or Branch, Bo- 
agents, against certain parts of the York and North Toughbridge 
Midland Railway (Harrogate Branch, Borough- Speen i&gt; 
bridge and Knaresborough Extension) Bill; and tension) ; 
that the Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Knaresborough ~ a 
and Boroughbridge Branch) Bill may pass into a wap Geet 
law, was presented, and read. borough and 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the ween gg 
Committee on the first-mentioned Bill; and the — 
Petitioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petition, if they think fit ; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the 
said Petition. 


A Petition of Ecclesiastical Commissioners for York and 
England, praying that they may be heard, by them- ses Midland 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts st 
of the York and North Midland Railway (Harro- Branch Exten- 
gate Branch Extension and Terminus) Bill, was sion and “er- 
presented, and read. en 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Clerks, Masters and Matrons of Poor Law 
Workhouses, Relieving Officers, Assistant Over- Officers. 
seers and other Officers connected with the adminis- 
tration of the laws relating to the Relief of the Poor 
in England and Wales, praying that in some Statute 
to be passed in the present Session of Parliament 
with reference to the future administration of the 
Poor Laws in England and Wales, the House will 
be pleased to cause it to be enacted that it may be 
lawful for Boards of Guardians and other bodies 
having the management of parochial funds to grant, 
subject to such regulation and control as may be 
deemed necessary, suitable superannuation allow- 
ance, in no case exceeding two-thirds of his salary, 
to any meritorious officer who may become per- 
manently disabled, by old age and infirmity, sick- 
ness or accident, from performing properly the 
duties of his office, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor and Magistrates of the Juvenile 
city of Worcester, praying that the Juvenile Offenders Offenders Dill. 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

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A Petition 


























4.48 


A Petition of Chemists and Druggists residing at 
Llandilo, in the county of Carmarthen, praying the 
House to pass a Bill for regulating the qualification 
of Chemists and Druggists throughout England and 
Wales, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Chemists and 
Druggists. 


Marriage. A Petition of Magistrates, Bankers, Manufac- 


turers, Merchants and Inhabitants of Yarmouth, 
praying that the present law which declares invalid 
all Marriages between parties within the prohibited 
degrees of collateral affinity may be amended, so as 
to legalize Marriage with the sister or other more 
remote relative of a deceased wife, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Education. Petitions from the Deanery of Beccles ;—Hurst 
Pierpoint ;—Phillack ;—Downham Market ;—Per- 
shore;—and, Biddenham ; praying the House to 
sanction the plan of Education propounded in the 
Minutes of the Committee of Council on Education, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 
Malt. A Petition of Landowners and Occupiers in the 
Hundred of North Greenhoe, in the county of Nor- 
folk, praying for the abolition of the Malt Tax, was 
gaa and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Roman Catho- A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Bas- 
lic Relief Bil salleg, in the county of Monmouth, praying that the 
Roman Catholic Relief Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 
Education. Petitions ‘from Brecon;—and, Llanfihangel Nant 
Brane; praying the House to refuse any grant of 
money in furtherance of the plan of Education pro- 
pounded in the Minutes of the Committee of Council 
on Education, and to revoke the powers vested in 
the said Committee,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of 
Catholics of Liverpool and its vicinity, praying that 
the House will adopt such measures as will secure 
to the Catholics of this country a fair proportion of 
any sum that may be granted out of the public funds 
for Educational purposes, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Synod of Ross, 
praying that the Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Registering Petitions of the Kirk Session of Monifieth (Mi- 





Births, &amp;c.  nister and Session Clerk) ; Parochial Board of 
_” Dundee (Chairman) ;——and, Synod of Ross (Mo- 


derator) ; praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) ; 
and, Marriage 
4 Scotland) 
Bills. 


Petitions of the Kirk Session of Kirkaldy (Mode- 
rator) ;——and, Parochial Board and Kirk Session 
of Saint Vigeans (Chairman); praying that the Re- 
gistering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland); and, the Marriage 
(Scotland) Bills may not pass into law,--were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Health of A Petition of Clergy and other Inhabitants of the 


Towns Bil. borough of Marlborough, praying that the Health 
of Towns Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Famine A Petition of Citizens of Dublin, praying the 

(Ireland.) House instantly to employ the vessels and the 


powers of the State to bring food to the Irish peo- 
ple, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


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A. 1847. 


A Petition of Members of the Committee, Officers Ecclesiastical 
and Members of the Society for the abolition of Courts. 
Ecclesiastical Courts, praying that all interference 
of Ecclesiastical Courts with secular matters may be 
abolished, that the civil jurisdiction they now exer- 
cise may be transferred to and exercised by courts 
under the direct authority of the Crown, and _ that 
their powers which in any way interfere with the 
free exercise of the rights of conscience may be 
wholly abrogated, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table: 


A Petition of the Chairman and Members of the Lunatics. 

alleged Lunatics Friend Society, praying the House 
to appoint a Committee to inquire into the whole 
system of the seizure, confinement and treatment of 
patients in the lunatic asylums in these Kingdoms 
and of the Channel Islands, with a view to placing 
the law upon sound foundations of religion, justice 
and humanity, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. ) 


A Petition of Richard Beadon Bradley, Clerk, Grand’ 
Incumbent of Ash Priors and Cotherstone, Somerset, —o 
‘ : enefit 
and Curate of East Teignmouth, Devon, praying gociety. 
the House to take the condition of the poor into 
favourable consideration, witha view to the establish- 
ment of a Grand National Benefit Society for their 
especial relief, was presented, and read; and ordered 


to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Ward presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 
mand,—Further Reports of the Admiralty relative Nov. 129. 
to Applications for wn? Acts. 

Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
Committees on the Bills to which the same relate ; 
and be printed. 


Viscount Palmerston presented,—Return to an Maritime 
Regulations 


Address to Her Majesty, dated the 22d day of Ja- cp rorcion 
nuary last, for an Abstract of the Maritime Regula- Countries. 
tions of the following Countries: France, Sweden, 
Norway, Denmark, Holland, Prussia, Russia, Bel- 


gium, Portugal, the Brazils, the United States, and 


the South American States ; showing where Special 
Treaties with Great Britain are in existence. 

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


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to Dublin Record 
Orders,—Returns showing the Aggregate Amount Com. 
of the Sums marked on all Attachments issued from 
the Record Court of the Borough of Dublin, in the 
years ending the 31st day of December 1839, 1840, 
1841 and 1846 respectively :—Also, of the Number 
of Attornies registered in the said Court, for the 
years 1839 and 1846 respectively. ; — 
Copy of the Minutes of the Proceedings at the Public b orks 
Extraordinary Sessions held at Corofin, for the “ls 
Barony of Inchiquin, County of Clare, on the 30th 
day of November 1846. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Railways. 
posed, That the Order of the day for the House to ——. 
resolve itself into a Committee, to consider of autho- (Ireland. 
rizing further Issues of Money out of the Consoli- 
dated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, to the Exchequer Loan Commis- 
sioners, to be by them applied by way of Loan 
towards defraying the Expense of making certain 
Railways in Ireland; and also the Issue of a fur- 
ther Sum, by way of Grant, out of the said Conso- 
lidated Fund, to be applied pursuant to an Act of 
the last Session of Parliament, for promoting the 
construction of Piers and Harbours in Jreland, be 
now read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ Order of the 
“‘ day for the House to resolve itself into a Com- 

“ mittee, to consider of authorizing further = 
o 








10 Vicroriz. 


of Money out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
to the Exchequer Loan Commissioners, to be 
by them applied by way of Loan towards defray- 
ing the Expense of making certain Railways in 
Ireland , and also the Issue of a further Sum, by 
way of grant, out of the said Consolidated Fund, 
to be applied pursuant to an Act of the last Session 
of Parliament, for promoting the construction of 
Piers and Harbours in Jreland,” in order to insert 
the words “other Orders of the day,” instead 
thereof. 


And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Lord Marcus Hill, 


n 
n 


}oos. 


Yeas, Mr. Rich: 
Tellers for the { Mr. Roebuck, | 14 
Noes, Mr. T'homas Duncombe: J ~~ 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the 


House to resolve itself into a Committee, to consider 
of authorizing further Issues of Money out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, to the Exchequer Loan Com- 
missiouers, to be by them applied by way of Loan 
towards defraying the Expense of making certain 
Railways in Jreland ; and also the Issue of a further 
Sum, by way of grant, out of the said Consolidated 
Fund, to be applied pursuant to an Act of the last 
Session of Parliament, for promoting the construc- 
tion of Piers and Harbours in Ireland, be now 
read; and the same being read :—The House re- 


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solved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Question again proposed, That the Commissioners | 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct | 
Advances to be made out of the Consolidated Fund 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-| 
land, to the Commissioners for the Issue of Loans 
fur Public Works and Fisheries, &amp;c., to an Amount 
not exceeding Six hundred and twenty thousand 
pounds in the whole, to be by them advanced 
towards defraying the Expense of making the fol- 
lowing Railways in Jreland: viz., the Great South- 
ern and Western Railway, the Waterford and Kil- 
kenny Railway, and the Dublin and Drogheda 
Railway : 

Question put; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Tufnell, 


}oos. 


Yeas, \ Lord Marcus Hill: 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Roebuck, 1 95 
Noes, \ Mr. Hume: 5™ 





2. Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct Advances 
to be made, out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to 
an Amount not exceeding Forty thousand pounds, 
to be applied to the purposes of an Act of the last 
Session of Parliament, for encouraging the Sea 
Fisheries of Ireland, by promoting the construction 
of Piers, Harbours and other Works. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





And the House, having continued to sit till after 





twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 1° die Maii, 1847: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

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





VoL. 102. 





—1° Maz. 449 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Punishment 
mittee on the Punishment of Vagrants, &amp;c. (Jre- fee, (ecient 
land) Bill ; Bill. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Ecclesiastical 
Reading of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners Bill ; psec 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time *** 
upon Friday, the 14th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- poor Relief 
mittee on the Poor Relief Laws Execution (Ireland) Laws Execu- ; 
Bill; (Ireland) 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- gervice of 
mittee on the Service of Heirs (Scotland) Bill ; Heirs (Scot- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the land) Bill. 
10th day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 

said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Crown 
mittee on the Crown Charters (Scotland) Bill; CBeutleed) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday pin, 
the 10th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- prisons Bill. 
mittee on the Prisons Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
10th day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Custody of 

mittee on the Custody of Offenders Bill ; Offenders Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 

10th day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 

said Committee. 


The Drainage of Lands (Scotland) Bill was, ac- Drainage 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- of Lands 


: A : Scotland 
mitted toa Committee of the whole House, for Friday ag _— 
next. 


The Passengers Act Amendment Bill was, ac- Passengers 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Act Amend- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for ™°™* Bill 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House Crown 
to resolve itself into a Committee to consider of Charters 
aki ision for t of the Compensatiuns (Scotland) 
making provision for payment o pensa [Compensa- 
which may be awarded in pursuance of any Act of tions. | 
the present Session for amending the practice in 
Scotland, with regard to Crown Charters and Pre- 
cepts from Chancery ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Service of 
into a Committee, to consider of making provision land) (Son. 
for payment of Compensations which may be pensations. ] 
awarded in pursuance of any Act of the present 
Session, for amending the practice in Scotland as to 
the Service of Heirs; and after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Greene reported, That the Committee had made 
Progress in the matter to them referred; and that 
he was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

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


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Juvenile 
Committee, this day, upon the Juvenile Offenders Offenders Bill. 
Bill was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to Sir John 
Pakington, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Zaw, Mr. 

Adderley, Mr. Beckett Denison, Mr. Cripps, Mr. 
Estcourt, Mr. Henley, Sir John Duckworth, Mr. 
Miles, Mr. Maitland, Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Tancred 
and Mr. Secretary at War. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

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The 



























Agricultural The Order of the day being read, for the Second | 
Statistics Bill Reading of the Agricultural Statistics Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





Naval Prisons The ingrossed Bill for the Establishment of Naval 


Bill. | 


Prisons, and for the Prevention of Desertion from | 
Her Majesty’s Navy, was, according to Order, read 
the third time; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Naval Service The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
of Boys Bil, mittee on the Naval Service of Boys Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 








450 30° Aprilis.—1°—3° Mazz. 


A. 1847. 


Mr. Poulett Scrope presented a Bill to make Savings Banks 
Provision to enable the Industrious Classes to pur- “22¥tes Bill. 
chase Government deferred Annuities, or to insure No. 335, 
the Payment of a Sum at Death, or for Endowments, 
through the medium of Savings Banks and Parochial 
Societies: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 
nesday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to several Ad- Tarifis, &amp;. 
dresses to Her Majesty,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 24th day of February last, 
for Returns specifying any Alterations which have 
been made since the Ist day of January 1844 in 
the Tariffs of Foreign States, and of any Alterations 
of the Terms and Conditions upon which Raw 
Produce, Goods or Merchandize are imported into 
or exported from such Foreign States. specifying 
the Date at which such Alterations have been made, 
and the time at which they have or are tv come into 
operation :—Specifying any Alteration of Custom 
Duties or other Alterations affecting the Commerce 


of the British Possessions, which have been au- 





|thorized or effected under the Powers of the Act 
| 9 and 10 Vic., c. 93:—Of the Declared Values of 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| the following manufactured Articles, viz. Manu- 
mittee of Ways and Means; factures of Cotton, Woollen, Silk, Leather, Hard- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | ware, Pottery and Glass, which have been exported 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. from this Kingdom, specifying the Countries or 
States to which such manufactured Articles have 

Poor Removal The Order of the day being read, for the Second | been exported, in the years 1844, 1845 and 1846 
(England and Reading of the Poor Removal (England and Scot- | respectively :—Of the Corn, Grain, Flour and Meal 


Ways and 
Means. 


Scotland) Bill, 7nd) Bill; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 

New Forest. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Quantity of Timber cut in 
the New Forest in each year since 1840, and deli- | 
vered at any of the Public Dock Yards for Public 
Purposes ; stating the Quantity delivered at each 
Dock Yard respectively, in each year: —Of the 
Quantity of Hay provided in each Walk of the 
Forest for the Consumption of the Deer, in each of 
the years 1843, 1844, 1845 and 1846 :—And, of the | 
Income derived from the Forest in each year since 
1820; and the Expenditure during each of the said 


measured in Quarters of Corn, and of the Quan- 
tities of the following kinds of Provisions, viz. 
Butter, Cheese, Biscuit, and Cured or Fresh Meat, 
which have been imported into this Kingdom in the 
years 1843, 1844, 1845 and 1846 respectively :— 
And, of the Foreign States, the Governments of 
which have prohibited the Exportation of or have 
imposed additional Export Duties, specifying the 
Amount and Increase of such Duties, upon Corn, 
Grain, Flour, Meal, Potatoes or other Provisions, 
together with the Date of such Prohibition or Im- 
position of additional Export Duty, in the years 
1844, 1845, 1846 and 1847 respectively. 

An Account of the Number of Pots of Gold Light Gold. 
melted from Light Gold Coins in the Mint; the 
Number of such Pots as were found to be standard, 
as well as the Number of them which were found 
under Standard ; and the Cost of the Gold which 





years. 

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


SavingsBanks Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to 

Annuities Bill. make provision to enable the Industrious Classes to 
purchase Government deferred Annuities, or to in- 
sure the Payment of a Sum at Death, or for En- 
dowments, through the medium of Savings Banks 
and Parochial Societies: And that Mr. Poulett 
Scrope, Mr. Henley and Mr. Sotheron do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Committce of 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Com- 
Selection. 


received from Herbert B. Curteis, Esquire, Member 
for the borough of Rye, or William Marshall, Es- 
quire, Member for the city of Carlisle, being Mem- 
bers nominated to serve on the Select Committee on 
the Groups No. 25. and No. 41 of Railway Bills 
respectively appointed to meet on Monday next, the 
prescribed form of declaration, or any excuse in lieu 
thereof. 

Ordered, That Herbert Barrett Curteis, Esquire, 
do attend the Committee on Group No. 25 of Rail- 
way Bills, upon Monday next. 

Ordered, That William Marshall, Esquire, do at- 
tend the Committee on Group No. 41 of Railway 
Bills, upon Monday next. 


mittee of Selection; That the Committee had not | 


was required to bring those under Standard up to 
Standard Quality. 

Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to Order,— Holyhead 
Copies of all Correspondence, Minutes and Agree- Harbour. 
ments entered into by Her Majesty’s late or present 
Government, with the Chester and Holyhead Rail- 
way Company, respecting the carrying Her Majesty’s 
Mails, and the Construction of an Asylum and 
Packet Harbour at Holyhead, or Proposals by the 
said Company. 

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


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
| Two vf the clock on Saturday morning, ad- 
journed till Monday next. 








| Lune, 3° die Maii ; 


Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 





PRAYERS. 
| O RDERED, That the Committee on Group No. Railway Bills, 
28 of Railway Bills have leave to sit this day, GTUP No.?8 
till five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Sites o ~ 
for Churches (Scot/and) have leave to sit this day, ee 
° ips (Scotland.) 
till five of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. 





Ordered, 





10 Vicroriz. 
Ordered, That the Classification Committee of 


Railway Bills 
Classification. Railway Bills have leave to sit this day, till five of 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


London, Mr. Owen Stanley reported from the Committee 
Brighton and ‘ 


South Coast on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 
Railway (Kent (Kent Railway to Maidstone, Canterbury and Tun- 


Railway to ; ill: ' i : 
sed + ag bridge) Bill; That they had examined the allegations 


Canterbury contained in the preamble of the Bill, but the same 
and Tun- had not been proved to their satisfaction. 
bridge) Bill. 


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


British Ame- 
rican Land 
Company Bill. 


A Petition of the British American Land Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for amending an 
Act passed in the fourth year of the reign of his late 
Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled, “An 
Act for granting certain Powers to the British 
American Land Company,” and for granting further 
Powers to the said Company, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 

Van Diemen’s 


A Petition of the Van Diemen’s Land Company, 


Land Com- for Jeave to bring in a Bill to amend an Act passed 

pany Bill. = : S : fs : 
in the sixth year of the reign of his Majesty King 
George the Fourth, for granting certain Powers and 
Authorities to the said Company, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 

London The Order made upon the 12th day of April 

ae last, for referring to the Committee on the London 


Sewage Chemical Manure Bill, the Petition of Com- 
missioners of Sewers for the City and Liberty of 
Westminster and Part of the County of Middlesex, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts thereof, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Petition be withdrawn. 


Manure Bill. 


Sunderland 
Markets, 
Bridge, Ferries 
and General 
Improvement 


The Order made upon the 1st day of February last, 
for referring the Sunderland Markets, Bridge, Fer- 
ries and General Improvement Bill to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, was read, and discharged. 


=. Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 

Thames A Petition of Edward Tyrrell, Esquire, Remem- 

oe brancer of the city of London, was presented, and 
; read ; setting forth, That the Petitioner is employed 


in soliciting an application now making to the 
House by the Corporation of London, for a Bill 
to provide for the Conservation of the River Thames, 
and for the Regulation, Management and Improve- 
ment thereof; that the Petition for the said Bill, 
with the proposed Bill annexed, was deposited 
in the Private Bill Office, according to the Standing 
Orders of the House; that the examiners have 
reported, That the Standing Orders of the House 
in respect of the said proposed Bill have been 
complied with, and leave has been given to present 
the said Bill to the House ; that, since the Order of 
leave was obtained to present the said Bill, commu- 
nications have taken place between some of the 
Members of Her Majesty’s Government, the Cor- 
poration of London, and the Corporation of the 
Trinity House, of Deptford Strond, on the subject 
of the provisions of the said Bill, and various altera- 
tions have been agreed to be made therein, and the 
presentation of a copy of the proposed Bill, as 
required by the Standing Orders, would not there- 
fore convey to the House the necessary information 
of the powers now desired to be obtained from Par- 
liament; that the alterations proposed to be made 
in the said Bill will not be affected by the Standing 
Orders of the House, as applicable to the said Bill; 
and praying that, under the circumstances aforesaid, 
leave may be given to present the Bill to provide for 
the Conservation of the River ‘J'kumes, and for the 
Regulation, Management and Improvement thereof, 
OL. 102, 


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451 


instead of the proposed Bill annexed to the Petition 
for leave to bring in the said Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed, at the expense of the 
Parties. 


Mr. Greene reported the Cornwall Railway Bill, Cornwall 
with Amendments. oe 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Greene reported the Shipowners Towing Shipowners 
Company Bill, with Amendments. —— Bill 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. —_ 


Terrington 
farsh Di- 


Mr. Greene reported the Terrington Marsh Di- 
vision, Allotment and Inclosure Bill, with Amend- Vision Anot- 
ments. ment and 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table, Inclosure Bill. 


The Cleveland-square, Saint James, Westminster, Cleveland- 
Improvement (Archbishop of York’s Estate) Bill was 51° — 
read a second time; and committed. minster, Im- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- provement 


‘ : (Archbishop 
mittee of Selection. of York's 


Estate) Bill. 
Mr. Mackinnon reported the Vale of Neath Rail- Vale of Neath 
way Bill, with Amendments. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Mackinnon reported the South Wales Rail- South Wales 
way Bill, with Amendments. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Ayrshire, 
before the Committee on Group No. 12 of Rail- pry stood tne 
way Bills in the last Session of Parliament, with gow Junction 
reference tothe Ayrshire, Bridge of Weir and Port Railway; and, 
Glasgow Junction Railway; and, the —— ac 


a E ; OW, Paisley and 
Paisley and Greenock Railway (Bridge of Weir cs cer 


Branch) Bills be referred to the Committee on Group way (Bridge of 
No. 50. of Railway Bills. Bil (lee) 


Mr. Cardwell reported from the Committee on the Lynn and Ely 
— and Ely Railway (Extension to Spalding and Railway 
: i . 2 ; -), (Extension to 
olbeach) Bill; That the Parties promoting the Bill Spaiding ana 
had stated to the Committee that it was not their Holbeach) Bill. 
intention to proceed further with the same during 
the present Session of Parliament. 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Lord Claud Hamilton reported from the Com- Railway Bills, 
mittee on Group No. 7 of Railway Bills; That Grup No.7. 
the Committee met this day, pursuant to appoint- 
ment, but that Sir Thomas Troubridge, one of the 
Members of the said Committee, was not present 
within one hour after the time named for the meeting 
of the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Ewell Rates Ewell Kates 
Bill have leave to make their Report To-morrow. 


Sir Charles Napier presented a Bill to amend the Seamen’s En- 
Seamen’s Enlistment Act: And the same was read /istment Bill. 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a secondtime No.%36. 
upon Wednesday the 12th day of this instant May ; 
and to be printed. 


A Petition of James Tomlinson, of Stanley, in the Leeds, Wake- 
West Riding of the county of York, Farmer, praying field and Mid~ 
that he may be permitted to withdraw his Petition Raiiway Bill 
against the Leeds, Wakefield and Midland Junction 
Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the 


Petition accordingly. 


A Petition 


3M 2 


















q 
j 
j 


Ipswich and 
Bury St. Ed- 
mund’s Rail- 
way (No. 1.) 
(Extension to 
Yarmouth) 
Bill. 


Exeter, Yeovil 
and Dorches- 
ter Railway 
and Branches 
Bill. 


Waterford, 
Wexford, 
Wicklow and 
Dublin Rail- 
way Bill. 


Yeovil, Brid- 
port and 
Exeter Rail- 
way, with 
Branches, Bill. 


Leith Harbour 
and Docks 
Dues Bill. 


Waterford, 
Wexford, 
Wicklow and 
Dublin Rail- 
way (Repeal 
of Act) Bill. 


Dublin In- 
provement 
sill. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
(Deviations 
between 
London and 
Grantham) 
Bill. 





452 3° Mari. A. 1847. 


A Petition of Sir Robert Shafto Adair, of Flixton counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he think fit ; 
Hall, in the county of Norfolk, Baronet, praying and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the 
that he may be permitted to withdraw his Petition said Petition. 
against the Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund's Rail-| 
way (No. 1.) (Extension to Yarmouth) Bill, and| Ordered, That the Return relative to Military Military 
that the said Bill may pass into a law, was presented, ; Savings Banks, which was presented upon the 4th — 


and read. | day of March last, be printed. — 
Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the No. 337. 
Petition accordingly. Ordered, That the Return relative to Light Gold, Light Gold. 


which was presented upon the 23d day of Aprillast, No. 338. 
Petitions of John Russell, of Heavitree, in the} be printed. 


county of Devon, Esquire ;— James Newton, of Ordered, That the Account relative to Light Gold, Light Gold. 


— Marten and Thomas Cka ee which was presented: upon Friday last, be printed. No. 338. 


of the highways, and other Inhabitants of the parish 





Ordered, That the Paper relative to Holyhead Holyheaa 


of Broadclyst, in the couaty of Devon ; praying that H ; : 
” . ° » arbour, which was presented upon Friday last, Harbour. 
they may be permitted to withdraw their Gutiines | be printed. P P _—? Se me 


against the Exeter, Yeovil and Dorchester Railway | 
and Branches Bill, and that the said Bill may pass; Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Army. 
into a law,—were presented, and read. , a Copy of the Warrant dated the 1st day of May 
Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the | 1846,by which an improved Retirement was granted 
Petitions accordingly. to Quartermasters and Veterinary Surgeons :—Re- 
| turns of the Number of Quartermasters and Veteri- 
A Petition of the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow nary Surgeons who had been placed on that Retired 
and Dublin Railway Company, and the South Wales' Improvement, specifying the Number of Years’ 
Railway Company, praying that provision may be, Service, the Amount of their Full Pay at the time 
made in the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin | of Retirement, and the Amount of their retired Pay : 
Railway Bill, enabling the South Wales Railway '|—And, of Medical Officers and of Surgeons and 
Company to become subscribers to the undertaking , Paymasters of Regiments whose Services exceed 
of the —- Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin | Thirty years ; specifying the Amount of their Full 
Railway, and to give certain powers to the said | Pay and Allowances; the Amount of retired Pay 
Company of appointing directors, and of voting at | awarded to these by the Warrant of May, 1846; 
general meetings of the Waterford, Wexford, Wick-|and a Statement explanatory of the grounds on 
low and Dublin Railway Company in right of such | which Medical Officers and Surgeons and Pay- 
subscription, was presented, and read ; and referred | masters of Regiments are excluded from the advan- 
to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. tages of an improved Retirement, in like manner, 
and in the proportion, granted to limited Numbers of 
A Petition of Richard Thomas Combe, of Earns- | all other Officers. 
hill, in the county of Somerset, Esquire, praying that 
he may be permitted to withdraw his Petition against Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Birkenhead 
the Yeovil, Bridport and Exeter Railway, with; Copy of the Report of James Abernethy, Esquire, to Dock Bills. 
Branches, Bill, was presented, and read. the Lords of the Admiralty, upon the Birkenhead 
Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the| Dock Commissioners Bill (Construction of Docks 
said Petition accordingly. and Alteration of Culvert), and Birkenhead Dock 
Commissioners Bill (Construction of Wallasey Pool 
A Petition of George Logan, a Brother of the | Sea Walls). 
Incorporation of the Guildry of the city of Edinburgh, } 
and one of the Council or Committee of Directors; The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Quakers’ and 
of the said Incorporation, taking notice of the Peti-; mittee on the Quakers’ and Jews’ Marriages Bill; Jews’ Mar- 
tion for additional provision in the Leith Harbour and! Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday "ses Bill. 
Docks Dues Bill, and praying the House to refuse , next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
the application for leave to bring in the said addi- | 
tional provision, and not to relax or dispense with; | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a poor Law 
the Standing Orders of the House, was presented, ; Copy of the Correspondence between the Poor Law (Chester.) 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on| Commissioners and the Corporation of the Guar- 
Standing Orders. dians of the Poor of the City of Chester, on the 
j Subject of the Audit of their Accounts, by an Au- 
The House was moved, That the Report in respect | ditor appointed. 
of the Petition for the Waterford, Wexford, Wick- | 
low and Dublin Railway (Repeal of Act) Bill, | Ordered, That the Petition of the Chairman and rynatics. 
which upon the 15th day of March last was made| Members of the alleged Lunatics Friend Society, 
from the Select Committee on Standing Orders,| relative to Lunatics, which was presented upon 
might be read ; and the same being read ; | Friday last, be printed. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
forthe Dissolution of the Waterford, Wexford, Wick- | A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell Message from 
low and Dublin Railway Company: And that Mr. and Mr. Wingfield: the Lords. 
Osborne and Mr. Grogan do prepare, and bring it in. | Mr. Speaker, 
| The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
Ordered, That the Dublin Improvement Bill be , lowing, without Amendment ; viz., 
reac a second time To-morrow. A Bill, intituled, An Act for enabling the Com- prisons 
missioners of Public Works in Jreland to purchase (Irelane) Bill 
Ordered, That the Petition of the Most honour- Land for Prisons in Jreland : 
able Brownlow Marquis of Exeter, Knight of the A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize the Inclo- Commons 
Most noble Order of the Garter, which was pre- sure of certain Lands in pursuance of the Second Inclosure 
sented upon the 30th day of April last, praying Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England 8° —— 
that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or and Wales: And also, 
agent, against certain parts of the Great Northern The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Incumbered 
Railway (Deviations between London and Gran- to facilitate the Sale of Incumbered Estates in Ire- ‘ieclend) Bill 
tham) Bill, be referred to the Committee on the /and; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of — ; 
Bill; and the Petitioner heard, by himself, his this House: And also, 
| The 








ae ~« harm ar 





Glasgow, 
Airdrie and 
Monklands 
Junction Rail- 
way Bill 
(1846.) 


Navigation 
Laws. 


Settlement and 
Poor Removal. 


Glasgow, 
Airdrie and 
Monklands 
Junction 
Railway Bill 
(1846.) 


Ships 
“ Powerful,” 
&amp;e. 


Opium. 


Public Works 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 340. 


Factories Bill. 


Tobacco, &amp;e. 





10 Vicroriz. 


The Lords communicate a Copy of the Mi- 
nutes of Evidence taken before the Select Com- 
mittee of the House of Lords, in Session 1846, on 
the Glasgow, Airdrie and Monklands Junction Rail- 
way Bill, pursuant to Message of Thursday last: 
And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be 
pleased to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy 
of the Report from the Select Committee appointed 
by this House in the present Session of Parliament 
to inquire into the Operation and Policy of the Na- 
vigation Laws, together with the Minutes of Evi- 
dence taken before the said Committee: And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be 
pleased to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy 
of Reports from the Select Committee appointed by 
this House in the present Session of Parliament to 
inquire into the Operation of the Law of Settlement, 
and of the Poor Removal Act of the last Session of 
Parliament; together with the Minutes of Evidence 
taken before the said Committee :—And then the 
Messengers withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an Answer 
to the last parts of the said Message by Messengers 
of their own. ; 

And the Messengers were again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith :—And 
then they again withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Minutes of Evi- 
dence ‘taken before the Select Committee of the 
House of Lords on the Glasgow, Airdrie and 
Monklands Junction Railway Bill of last Session, 
which was communicated from the Lords this day, 
be referred to the Committees on Groups No. 48. 
and No. 49. of Raiiway Bills. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Logs of the “ Powerful,” ‘ Rodney,” 
“ Ganges,” “ Vanguard,” “ Cambridge,” and “ Re- 
venge,” on the Ist, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th and 6th days of 
December 1840. 


Mr. Hawes presented, pursuant to an Address to 
Her Majesty,— Copies of Ordinance No. 21 of 1844, 
for licensing the Sale of Opium within the Colony 
of Hong Kong, dated the 26th day of November 
1844 :—Of the Regulations for the Sale of Opium 
by retail, made by His Excellency the Governor of 
Hong Kong, &amp;c., dated the 28th day of February 
1845, or any other Regulations on the subject :— 
And, of Dissent in Legislative Council of Hong 
Kong, by R. Montgomery Martin, on the Proposi- 
tion for licensing the Retail Consumption of Opium 
in Hong Kong. 

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


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—A Return showing the Average daily Num- 
ber of Persons employed on Relief Works in Jre- 
land, during the week ending the 24th of April 
1847; also the Cost, distinguishing the Amount 
paid in Wages ; and the Cost of the Establishment ; 
so far as can be made out from the Estimates and 
Pay Lists already received. 


Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty,—Copy of the Memorial pre- 
sented to Lord John Russell by certain Millowners, 
against the Factories Bill. 


Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—Return to an Order, dated the 29th day of Ja- 
nuary last, for Returns of the Number of Pounds 
Weight of Leaf Tobacco, Manufactured Tobacco, 
Cigars and Snuff paid Duty upon quarterly, in the 
years 1844, 1845 and 1846, and up to the 5th day 
of January 1847; also, the Gross Amount of Duty 
received thereon, distinguishing England, Scotland 
and Jreland, and the respective Ports of Importa- 

VoL. 102. 


3° Maiz. 





453 


tion therein, and the Totals of each quarter and 
year :—Of the several Seizures made, and of the 
Prosecutions for Breach of the Laws relating to 
Tobacco, in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1847, distinguishing Great Britain from those in 
Ireland, specifying the Places where and Names of 
the Persons prosecuted, or from whom the Seizures 
were made; the Quantities and Kinds of Goods 
seized ; whether Fine or Imprisonment imposed ; 
whether Fine paid, or Party suffered Imprison- 
ment; for what Time imprisoned :—And, of the 
Number of Persons convicted for smuggling To- 
bacco, Spirits, Tea, Silk, and for any other Articles, 
and the Total Number convicted, in the year ending 
the 5th day of January 1847:—Also, the Number 
of Persons who paid the Penalties imposed ; the 
Number of Compromises made; the Number of 
Persons committed to Prison; the Number of Per- 
sons in Prison for Offences against the Revenue 
Laws, on the 5th day of January 1847 :—Accounts 
of the Quantity of Foreign manufactured Tobacco 
and Snuff imported into the United Kingdom in 
each of the three years 1844, 1845 and 1846; 
stating the Quantity exported from the Bonded 
Warehouses as merchandize to the British Colo- 
nies, and to what Colonies; also the Quantity ex- 
ported as Ship Stores in each of these three years: 
—Of the Quantity of British manufactured Tobacco 
exported as Merchandize under Drawback to the 
British Colonies, in each of the three years 1844, 
1845 and 1846; and also, an Account of the Quan- 
tity exported as Ship Stores in each of these three 
years :—And, of the Quantity of British manufac- 
tured Snuffexported in each of the three years 1844, 
1845 and 1846 :—And, a Return of the several Sei- 
zures made, and of the Prosecutions for Breach of 
the Laws relating to Tobacco, between the 5th day 
of January 1844 and the 5th day of January 1847 ; 
Stisaiailines those in Great Britain from those in 
Ireland ; specifying the Places where and Names of 
the Persons prosecuted, or from whom the Seizures 
were made; the Quantities and Kinds of Goods 
seized ; the precise Nature of the Offences charged 
or for which the Seizures were made ; the results of 
the Examinations of the Goods by analysis, or 
otherwise, where seized for Adulteration ; whether 
any and what Judicial Proceedings were taken in 
each case; the result of such Proceedings, whether 
convicted or otherwise; Amount of Fine paid or 
Imprisonment suffered; whether the Goods seized 
were condemned or restored. 


Returns of the Number of Bushels of Malt made Malt. 


from Barley, and the Number made from Bere or 
Bigg, in England, Scotland and Ireland respectively, 
in each of the years 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845 and 
1846 :—Of the Number of Bushels of Malt of each 
Description used in Distillation from mixed Grain; 
the Number of Bushels of each Description used in 
Distillation from Malt only ; the Number of Bushels 
of Malt used by Licensed Brewers, and the Number 
of Bushels used by Vinegar Makers, in each of the 
three Kingdoms, during each of the above years :— 
And, of the Number of Gallons of Spirits upon 
which the Mait Drawback has been allowed in 
Scotland, and the Amount paid in each year, from 
1832 to 1846, both inclusive. 


Return to an Order dated the 8th day of March Distillers. 


last, for Returns of the Number of Licensed Distil- 
lersin England and Wales :—Of the Number of 
Informations which have been laid against Persons 
licensed to distil or rectify Spirits, in England, 
Ireland and Scotland respectively, in each year, 
from the 1st day of January 1827 :—And, of the 
Names and places of Residence of all Persons 
licensed to distil or rectify Spirits, who have been 
ews and convicted in the several Courts of 
xchequer in England, Ireland and Scotland, or 
who have submitted to the imposition of Fines by 
way of Compromise, with the Amount paid in each 
case ; distinguishing also, with regard to the two 
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454 
last Returns, those who have been Distillers from 
mixed Grains, or from Malt only. 

Return to an Order dated the 12th day of March 
last, for a Return, on the first day of each month, 
from the 1st day of February to the 1st day of August, 
giving an account of the Quantity of Wheat, Barley 
and Oats exported from the United Kingdom to 
Foreign Countries during the preceding month :— 
Also, of the Quantities imported into the United 
Kingdom from Foreign Countries during the same 
period. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Names of all the Private Bills of the 
present Session upon which Reports have been made 
either to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests 
or to the Admiralty under the Private Bills Act:— 
Of the Names and Professions of the Persons ap- 
pointed as Surveyors under the said Act, to inquire 
into the objects proposed by such Bills:—Of the 
Remuneration paid to such Surveyors respectively : 
—Of the Number of days occupied by the Inquiry 
before the said Surveyors in respect of each Bill :— 
Of the Sums required to be paid by the Commis- 
sioners of the Woods and Forests, and by the 
Admiralty, by the Promoters of each Bill, in 
respect of the Inquiry relating to the same :— 
And, of the Costs and Expenses incurred, when it 
can be obtained, by the Promoters of each of the 
said Bills, in conducting the Inquiry relating to the 
same repectivelv before the said Surveyors, in addi- 
tion to the Charges which they have been called on 
to pay by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, 
or by the Admiralty, as the case may be. 

Viscount Morpeth accordingly presented a Return 


Wheat, &amp;c. 





Private Bills. 





3° Mazz. 





A. 1847. 


Sherborne ; —Congleton ;— Ruthin ; — Trowbridge 


‘and Bradford ;— Spalding ; — and, Mary-le-bone 


(two Petitions); praying the House to pass a Bill 
for regulating the qualification of Chemists and Drug- 
gists throughout England and Wales,—were pre- 


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


Petitions from Cool Banagher ;—Geashill ;— Church Tem. 
Feighcullen ;— University of Dublin ; — Passage poralitics | 
West ;—United diocese of Dublin and Glendalough ; "°°" A*- 
— Aghnannellen ; — Odagh ; —Killucan ;—Diocese 
of Kildare;— Raymoghy ;—-and, Clonaslee ; praying 
the House to repeal so much of the Act 3 and 4 
Will. 4, as provides for the annexation of the spiri- 
tualities of the See of Kildare to the Archbishopric 
of Dublin,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


L 


J 
] 
] 
1 


A Petition of Solicitors in Her Majesty’s High Court of 
Court of Chancery, praying the House to inquire Chancery. 
into the claims made before the Lord Chancellor in 
pursuance of an Act for abolishing certain Offices of 
the High Court of Chancery in England, and to take 
into consideration the several orders made thereon, 
and to inquire into the fees imposed upon the suitors 
of the said Court in pursuance of the powers of the 
said Act, and into the state and several charges 
affecting the several funds of the suitors of the said 
Court, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bothal with Hebburn;—Preston ; Education. 
—and, Maidstone; praying the House to sanction 
the plan of Education propounded in the Minutes of 
the Committee of Council on Education,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions from Blyton ;—Maidstone ;—Preston ; 





to the said Order (so far as relates to the Commis- 
sioners of Woods and Forests). 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the) of money in furtherance of the plan of Education 


Table. 


Mr. Acland reported from the Committee on the | 
Great Northern Railway (Branches to Sleaford) | 
Bill ; That they had examined the allegations con- | 
tained in the preamble of the Bill, but the same had | 
not been proved to their satisfaction. 

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


Great North- 
ern Railway 

(Branches to 
Sleaford) Bill. 


} 
| 


Towns Im- 
provement 
Clauses Bill. 


No. 341. 


Viscount Morpeth reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Towns Improvement Clauses Bill ; 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


Agricultural 
Tenant Right 
Bill. 


A Petition of Occupiers of land, in the Isle of 

Sheppy, Kent, praying that the Agricultural Tenant 
Right Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Anatomy Act. __ A Petition of Inhabitants of Leeds, praying the 
House to appoint a Committee to investigate the 
working of the Anatomy Act, with a view to its 
repeal, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Breweries and 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Inha- 


Distillerics. _hitants of Preston in the county of Lancaster, 
praying the House to adopt measures to stop the 
use of Grain in Breweries and Distilleries, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Chemistsand __ Petitions from Reading ;—Ludlow ;—Eton and 

Druggists. 


Windsor ; — Masham ; — Croydon ; — Newbury ;— 


Exmouth ; — Penzance; — Horsham ;— Strood :— 


Preston (Lancashire);—Melton Mowbray ;—Aber- 
gavenny ;—Sandgate and Folkstone ;—Southport ;— 


| House 
lin Scotland being made, to allow heirs of Entails in 


—FPentre Estyll (two Petitions) ; —Ashby ;—and, 
Northope; praying the House to refuse any grant 


propounded in the Minutes of the Committee of 
Council on Education, and to revoke the powers 
vested in the said Committee,—were also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates and Town Council of Entails 
the royal burgh of North Berwick, praying the Scotland.) 
to pass an Act to prevent any further Entails 


possession to sell whatever parts of their estates may 
be requisite to pay off the burdens imposed upon 
them by decreets of improvements, or otherwise to 
enlarge the powers of Heirs of Entail in possession, 
in regard to the disposing of small pieces of ground 
to be held in feu, and not merely with power to 
grant leases as at present, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





| 


Petitions from Huddersfield (three Petitions) ;— Factories. 

Almondbury (two Petitions);— Heywood ;— Weaving 
Overlookers in the employ of Messrs. Christopher 
Ward and Co., in the county of York ;— Cawood ; 
—Bradford (York);—Keighley (three Petitions) ; 
—and, Kirkburton (five Petitions); praying the 
House to pass a Ten Hours Bill for all minors and 
females employed in Factories,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Millowners and Occupiers of the Factories Bill 
parish of Halifux, praying that the Factories Bill 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from wor ye (two Petitions) ;— North- Health of 
owram ;—and, Ipswich; praying that the Health of Towns Bill 
Towns Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 

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

A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 

| Preston Waterworks, praying that they may be 

| heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, — 

certain 












u- 


Lord’s Day. 


Marriage. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Poor and 
Highway 
Rates Exemp- 
tion Bill. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Poor Removal 
Act. 


Public 
Prosecutor. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 

Bill. 


10 Vicrortiz. 


certain parts of the said Bill, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered tolie upon the Table. 

Two Petitions from Preston; praying that a clause 
may be introduced into the said Bill, enabling an 
elective body in each town or district to carry the 
said Bill into effect, without the interference of go- 
vernment officers,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Grocers’ Assistants in Dublin, praying the House to 
pass a law prohibiting trading on the Sabbath Day, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Lynn ;— and, Swansea; praying 
that the present law which declares invalid all Mar- 
riages between parties within the prohibited degrees 
of collateral affinity, may be amended, so as to le- 
galize Marriage with the sister or other more remote 
relative of a deceased wife,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Committee 
of the parochial board of the parish of Port Glas- 
gow, praying that the Marriage (Scotland) Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Liverpool; praying that the 
Poor and Highway Rates Exemption Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


“ S 
Law Guardians, Tenant Farmers and Tenant House- 


holders residing in the east division of the parish of 
All Saints, in the county of Donegal, praying the 
House not to suffer any clause to be introduced 
into the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill, to the effect that 
all the poor rates should be paid by the tenant 
alone, without a power to charge any part thereof 
to the landlord, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Clergy of the diocese of El/phin, 
praying that a clause may be introduced into the 
said Bill, that incumbents of benefices in Ireland 
shall hereafter allow but a half poor rate upon 
tithe-rent charges, instead of the whole, and that 
the poor rate, like all other charges, shall be de- 
ducted from the gross amount of tithe-rent charge, 
in estimating the value of each benefice, communibus 
annis, in order to its taxation under the Act 8 and 4 
Will. 4, c. 37, was also presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy, Gentry, Landowners, Poor 


A Petition of Ratepayers of the parish of Llan- 
llechid, in the county of Carnarvon, praying for 
amendment of the Poor Removal Act, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


A Petition of Rate-payers within the Langport 
Union, in the county of Somerset, and others, 
drawing the attention of the House to the want of 
a Public Prosecutor, and praying that in cases where 
such is required, the parish officers, the natural 
guardians of the poor, may be constituted the Pro- 
secutors, and be rendered liable to an indictment 
for neglect of such duty, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Royal College of Surgeons of 


3° Mazz. 


455 


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


Petitionsfrom the Presbytery of Dunfermline(Mo- Register ing 

derator) ; Presbytery of Edinburgh (Moderator) ; pe “4 
Parochial Board of Paisley (Chairman) ;—— a. 

and, Rayne; praying that the Registering Births, (Scotland) 
&amp;e. (Scotland); and, the Marriage (Scotland) Bills Bills. 
may not pass into law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Magistrates and Town Council of 
the royal burgh of North Berwick, in Scotland, 
praying that the said Bills may pass into law, was 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Catholics of Claughton, near Gar- Roman Catho- 
stang, Lancashire, praying that the Roman Catholic i Relief Bill. 
Relief Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








A Petition of Members of the Committee of the Promiscuous 
Female Penitentiary for Vorthumberland, Durham, ™tercourse. 
Newcastle-uyon-Tyne, &amp;c., situated at Newcastle 
aforesaid, praying that the House will enact such 
laws with reference to the keepers of brothels and 
all persons trafficking in female virtue as shal] invest 
magistrates and officers of police with more sum- 
mary powers, &amp;c., was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Magistrates and Town Council Sites for 
|of the royal burgh of North Berwick, in Scotland, + nae 
| praying the House to pass a Bill to enable Christian iemaeiaes 
Congregations in Scotland to obtain Sites for Places 
of Worship, Manses and School-houses, was _pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Tenantry residing in the east divi- Tenants _ 
sion of the parish of All Saints, county of Donegal, (Heland)Bill. 
praying that the Tenants (Jreland) Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cork Steam Ship Company (Ma- Railway 
naging Director) ;—Steam-ship Owners in the city Companies. 
of Glasgow ;—Dublin, Glasgow and Cork Steam 
Packet Company of the city of Dublin (Chairman 
and Secretary) ;— Directors of the Carlisle, Annan 
and Liverpool Steam Navigation Company) ;—Vew- 
castle Steam Navigation Company (Chairman) ;— 
and, Hull and Leith Steam Packet Company (Ma- 
nager); praying the House to introduce a clause 
into the General Railway Bill, by which Railway 
Companies shall be prohibited from becoming ship- 
owners, merchants or general traders, or from sup- 
plying their funds or capital directly or indirectly to 
any other purpose than locomotion on land or the 
other legitimate objects of Railway Companies, un- 
less accompanied by the same personal liabilities to 
which other shipowners are liable,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Trustees of the late John, sometime Arbroath and 
Earl of Strathmore ; Scottish Midland Junction a ‘ 
Railway Company ; and, Charles Gray, of jana Junction 

Carse, and William David Proctor, residing at Railways 
Glammis, Judicial Factor on the estate of Carse ; (Connecting 
“praying that they may be heard, by themselves, ®*!v4y) Bill. 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Arbroath and Forfar and Scottish Midland Junction 

Railways (Connecting Railway) Bill,—were pre- 
| sented, and read. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 














'to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 


Edinburgh, praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. | heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
(Scotland) Bill may pass into alaw, was presented, | their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 'in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 

A Petition of the Chairman of the Committee of | 


the Parochial Board of the parish of Port Glasgow,| Petitions of W. A. Cardwright and others, Owners, Axholme Rail- 


praying that the said Bill may not pass into a law, ! Lessees and Occupiers of land upon the line of the Way (fom the 
| proposed 


VoL. 102. 3M 4 








eases 























ee — 








Selby Railway proposed Railway thereafter mentioned ; 


to Gainsbo- 
rough, with 


Branches) Bill. 


Blackburn, 
Darwen and 
Bolton Rail- 
way Acts 
Amendment 
(Diversions 
of Line in the 
parishes of 
Blackburn and 
Bolton-in-the- 
Moors) Bill. 


Colchester 
Navigation 
and Improve- 
ment Bill. 


Crowland and 
Cowbit 
Washes and 
Drainage Bill 





456 3° Mau. A. 1847. 


Man- 
chester and Leeds Railway Company ; John 
Whitaker and others, Owners of lands situate with- 
in the level of Hatfield Chase, and parts adjacent, 
in the counties of York, Lincoln and Nottingham, 
commonly known bythe name of“ The Participants” ; 
Company of Proprietors of the Navigation of the 
River Dun ; Shipowners, Boatmen and others 
engaged in navigating the River Don, in the West 
Riding of the county of York; Thomas Henry 
Sutton Sotheron (a Member of the House), Ralphe 
Creyke, of Rawcliffe Hall, in the county of York, 
Esquire, and the thereunder-signed Owners, Lessees 
and Occupiers of lands in the township of Rawcliffe 
and weilah of Snaith, in the West Riding of the 
county of York, on the line of the proposed Rail- 
way thereinafter mentioned ; John Whitaker 
and others, Owners of moor-lands- within the 
parish of J'horne,in the West Riding of the county 
of York; Gentry, Clergy and others, Inhabitants 
of the township of Rawcliffe, in the West Riding 
of the county of York ;——The Right honourable 
Lord Viscount Downe, of Cowick Hall, in the 
county of York, and of George Hamilton Thompson, 
of Bolton Lodge, in the parish of Bolton Percy, 
in the county of York, Esquire, and the several 
other Persons whosenames are thereunto subscribed, 
being Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of land upon 
the line of the proposed Railway thereinafter men- 
tioned, and of the Great Northern Railway Com- 
pany ; —— The Most noble Henry Pelham Duke 
of Newcastle; and, George Hamilton Thompson, 
of Bolton Lodge, in the parish of Bolton Percy, in 
the county of York ; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Axholme Railway (from the 
Leeds and Selby Railway to Gainsborough, with 
Branches) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred | 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners ' 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





























A Petition of the Right honourable George Au- 
gustus Frederick Henry Earl of Bradford, and the 
Right honourable James Earl of Balcarres, and 
other Proprietors and Occupiers of collieries, coal- | 
mines and lands on or connected with the line of 
Railway thereinafter mentioned, praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Blackburn, Darwen and 
Bolton Railway Acts Amendment (Diversions of 
Line in the parishes of Blackburn and Bolton-in-the- 
Moors) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bull, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Merchants, Tradesmen and Inha- 
bitants residing or carrying on business in the town 
of Colchester, and in the several parishes or places 
near to or along the banks of the River Colne, from 
the town of Colchester to the town of Wivenhoe, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Col- 
chester Navigation and Improvement Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Right honourable the Earl of 
Lindsey and the Right honourable Lord Carington, 
and Adventurers for the drainage of Deeping Fen, 


in the county of Lincoln, Trustees for the Improve- 
ment of the Outfall of the River Welland, in the 
county of Lincoln, Merchants, Traders and others 
interested in the navigation of the said River Wel- 
land, and Owners and Occupiers of lands affected 
by the thereinafter-mentioned proposed Bill, pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Crow- 
land and Cowbit Washes and Drainage Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred tothe 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the City of London and Tower Commercial 
Hamlets Cemetery Company, praying that they may a 
be heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain pany Bill, 
parts of the Commercial Gas Light and Coke Com- 
pany Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tion, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Caledonian 
Company ;——Reverend John Paul and the Re- oe ; 
verend James Veitch, present Ministers, and the aia 
other Parties thereto subscribing, Elders of the pa- Branches to 
rish of Saint Cuthbert’s or West Kirk, lying partly Granton and 

ey sce = t 0 the Edin- 
within the county and partly within the city of burgh and 
Edinburgh, and all being Members of the Kirk Glasgow _ 
Session thereof ;—-—Chairman of the Parochial Rilway) Bill 
Board of the parish of Saint Cuthbert’s, ov West 
Kirk, lying partly within the county and partly 
within the city of Edinburgh ; and, Trustees for 
the United Associate Congregation of Lothian-road, 
Edinburgh, at present under the pastoral charge 
of the Reverend William Reid, residing in Edin- 
burgh, and of Members of the said United Associate 
Congregation; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Caledonian Railway (Edinburgh Station 





| and Branches to Granton and to the Edinburgh and 


Glasgow Railway) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of John Alexander Parlby, Esquire, and Cornwall and 
Letitia, his Wife, and the Reverend John Hall pore — 
Parlby, Clerk, all of Manadon, in the county of oa at Bill. 
Devon, and James Buller Kitson, Esquire, their 

Trustee ; Warwick A. Hunt and George Dewd- 

ney, Surveyors of Highways and the Public Roads 

in the tything of Pennycross, otherwise Weston Pe- 

verell, in the parish of Saint Andrew, in the borough 

of Plymouth, in the county of Devon, upon the lines 

of Railway, or some or one of them, proposed to be 

authorized under the name or title of The Cornwall 

and Devon Central and Plymouth Railway ; 
James N. Tanner, and others, Owners, Lessees and 
Occupiers of land and property upon the lines of 
Railway, or some or one of them, proposed to be 
authorized under the name or title of The Cornwall 
and Devon Central and Plymouth Railway ; 
John Langdon, and others, Owners, Lessees and 
Occupiers of land and property upon the lines of 
Railway, or some or one of them, proposed to be 
authorized under the name or title of The Cornwall 
and Devon Central and Plymouth Railway ;----South 
Devon Railway Company; Earl of Devon, and 
others, Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of land and 
property upon the lines of Railway, or some or one 
of them, proposed to be authorized under the name 
or title of The Cornwall and Devon Central and 

















Plymouth 





aE 


* Cee 


ill. 


. Poa 


Chester and 
Holyhead 
Railway (Ex- 
tensions at 
Chester and 
Holyhead, &amp;c.) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Coventry, 
Banbury and 
Oxford Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


Derbyshire, 
Staffordshire 
and Worces- 
tershire Junc- 
tion Railway 
and Branches 
Bill, 


10 Vicroriz. 


Plymouth Railway ; Earl of Falmouth, and 
others, Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of land and 
property upon the lines of Railway, or some or one 
of them, proposed to be authorized under the name 
or title of The Cornwall and Devon Central and 
Plymouth Railway ; Richard Lanyan and Ben- 
jamin Robins, Surveyors of highways and of the 
public roads in the several parishes of Kenwyn and 
Saint Allen, in the county of Cornwall, upon the 
lines of Railway, or some or one of them, proposed 
to be authorized under the name or title of The 
Cornwall and Devon Central and Plymouth Rail- 
way ;——and, Cornwall Railway Company ; taking 
notice of the application for leave to bring in the 
Cornwall and Devon Central and Plymouth Rail- 
way Bill, and praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of such Bill,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 











A Petition of the Chairman of the Bristol General 
Steam Navigation Company, praying that the Ches- 
ter and Holyhead Railway (Extensions at Chester 
and Holyhead, &amp;c.) (No. 2.) Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. : 

Petitions of William John Hall; John Astle, 
Secretary of the British and Irish Steam Packet 
Company; General Steam Navigation Company ; 
——Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company ; 
——Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the borough 
of Flint;——Members of the Committee of the 
Steam Shipowners Association ; Michael Parry, 
of Flint, in the town and borough of Flint, Surveyor 
of highways for the town and parish of Fling, in the 
said borough ; and, John Offley Crewe Read, of 
Wern, in the county of Flint, Esquire; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the said Bill,—were 
also presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 














Petitions of Mary Norris, Mary Needham and 
Emily M‘ Carthy, Landowners on the line of a pro- 
jected Railway from the Oxford and Rugby Rail- 
way, in the parish of Southam, to the line of the 
London and North Western Railway, in or near the 
city of Coventry ; London and North Western 
Railway Company ;-—-—— W. Davenport Bromley, 
and others, Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of pro- 
perty on the line of the proposed Coventry, Ban- 
bury and Oxford Junction Railway; —— Lama 
Vyner, of Eathorpe, in the county of Warwick, 
Widow, but at present residing at Berlin, in the 
kingdom-of Prussia;—-—The Right honourable 
Jane Viscountess Hood, of Whitley Abbey, in the 
county of Warwick, and of the Right honourable 
Francis Wheler Viscount Hood, a Minor ;——and, 
Robert Thomas Vyner, of Brompton, in the county 
of Middlesex, Esquire; praying that they may be 
heard, by themseives, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Coventry, Banbury and Ozford 
Junction Railway Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Petitions of the London and North Western Rail- 
way Company ;——Owners, Lessees and Occupiers 
of lands in the parish of Cannock, in the county of 
Stafford, upon the line or within the limits of de- 
viation of the proposed Derbyshire, Staffordshire 
and Worcestershire Junction Railway ;— —Owners, 

Vou. 102. 


3° Mazi. 





457 


Lessees and Occupiers of lands in the parishes of 
Rugeley and Colton, in the county of Stafford, upon 
the line or within the limits of deviation of the pro- 
posed Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire 
Junction Railway ;——Svuth Staffordshire Railway 
Company ; and, Trustees of the Municipal 
Charities of the borough of Walsall, in the county 
of Stafford; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Worces- 
tershire Junction Railway and Branches Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Petitions of John Deverell, of Purbrook Park, in 
the county of Hants, Esquire ;——and, the Reading, 
Guildford and Reigate Railway Company ; praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Direct London 
and Portsmouth Railway Bill,—were presented, and 
read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of the London and South Western Rail- 
way Company ; The Reading, Guildford and 
Reigate Railway Company ;——-John Worsfold West- 
cott and H. de Thiballier Westcott, Owners, Lessees 
and Occupiers of lands upon the line of the Direct 
London and Portsmouth Railway, as at present au- 
thorized to be made; and, Inhabitants of the 
borough of Portsmouth ; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Direct London and Portsmouth, 
and London, Brighton and South Coast Railways 
Amalgamation Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








A Petition of the Scottish Midland Junction Rail- 
way Company, praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Dundee and Newtyle Railway Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Commissioners for carrying into exe- 
cution certain Acts of Parliament made in relation 
to the Harbour of Perth, and the Navigation of the 
Tay ;——Commissioners for executing the Act for 
supplying the City of Perth, and the Suburbs and 
Vicinity thereof, with Water ; Edinburgh and 
Northern Railway Company ; Trustees on the 
Invergowrie Turnpike-road and of the Dundee Bank- 
ing Company, Mortgagees of the Tolls on the 
said Road ;——and, the Scottish Central Railway 
Company; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Dundee and Perth Railway (Alteration 
and Extension, and Inchture, Polgavie and Inch- 
michael Branches) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 

3.N their 











Direct London 
and Ports- 
mouth Rail- 
way Bill. 


Direct London 
and Ports- 
mouth and 
London, 
Brighton and 
South Coast 

ailways 
Amalgama- 
tion Bill. 


Dundee and 
Newtyle 
Railway Bill. 


Dundee and 
Perth Railway 
(Alteration 
and Extension, 
and Inchture, 
Polgavie and 
Inchmichael 

Branches) Bill. 











458 


their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Dublin and Petitions from Navan ;—and, Kells; praying that 
Drogheda — the» Dublin and Drogheda Railway (Branch from 
— Navan to Kells) Bill may pass into a law,—were 
(Branch from : 

Navan to presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Kells) Bill. Table. 

East Lanca- 


sede ser Petitions of Joseph Lockett, of Higher Broughton, 
fiesy tote in the parish of Manchester, in the county of Lan- 
chester) Bill. caster; —— Thomas Houldsworth M&lt;Connel, of 

Higher Broughton, n the parish of Manchester, in 

the county palatine of Lancaster, Commission Agent; 
Charles Few, of Henrietta-street, Covent Gar- 
den, in the county of Middleser, Gentleman, the 
surviving Devisee in trust of the real estate of 
James Meddowcroft, deceased ; James Hatton, 
of Broughton, in the county of Lancaster, Iron- 
merchant ;——Edward Shawcross, of Manchester, 
in the county of Lancaster, Cotton Merchant ;—— 
Edward Loyd, of Manchester, in the county of Lan- 
caster, Esquire ;——Manchester and Leeds Railwa 
Company ;——John Andrews and Joseph Bradshaw, 
Surveyors of the Highways of the township of Cheet- 
ham, in the parish of Manchester and county of 
Lancaster ; David Ainsworth, Merchant, John 
Fisher Moore, \ron Merchant, Charles Rathbone 
Bradley, Sharebroker, John Burd, Calico Printer, 
Robert Johnston, Sharebroker, Thomas Price, Ca- 
lico Printer, Daniel Percival, Woollen Merchant, 
Thomas Armstrong, Gentleman, and William Hay- 
ley, Architect, all of the township of Broughton, in 
the parish of Manchester and county of Lancaster, 
Lessees, Owners and Occupiers of lands, tenements 
and hereditaments proposed to be taken for the 
formation of, and injuriously affected by the therein 
above-mentioned Railway ;——-London and North 
Western Railway Company ;——and, John Hawk- 
shaw, of Broughton, in the county of Lancaster, Civil 
Engineer ; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the East Lancashire Railway (Bury to Man- 
chester) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 











East Lanca- 


Petitions of the Manchester and Leeds Railway 
shire Railway ( 


(Burnley Cox- Company ; and, the Liverpool, Manchester and 

necting Line) Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Company ; 

Bill. praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the East 
Lancashire Railway (Burnley Connecting Line) Bill, 
—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Kast Lanca- Petitions of Henry Petre, of Dunkenhalgh, in the 

p -~ hanno county of Lancaster, Esquire ; and, the Reverend 

Mitton and John Master Whalley, of Clerk Hill, in the county 

Padiham _—s of Lancaster, Clerk ; praying that they may be 

Branches) Bill. heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the East Lancashire Railway (Cii- 
theroe, Mitton and Padiham Branches) Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





East Lanca- 
shire Railway 
( Deviations 
and Rawten- 


A Petition of Milton Smith, of Baxenden, in the 
parish of Whalley, and of Manchester, both in the 
county of Lancaster, Calico Printer, Partner with 


3° Maiz. 





A. 1847. 


Richard Smith, of Baxenden aforesaid, Calico stall Coal 
Printer, praying that he may be heard, by his counsel B*"¢?) Bill. 
or agent, against certain parts of the East Lancashire 
Railway (Deviations and Rawtenstall Coal Branch) 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Charles Scarisbrick, of Scarisbrick East Lanca- 
Hall, in the county of Lancaster, Esquire ;——Tho- resect wea 
mas Howard, and others, Owners, Lessees or Oc- cnt 
cupiers of lands within the township of Preston, in Preston Ex- 
the county of Lancaster, upon the line or within the *™s!°) Bill. 
limits of deviation of the Preston Extensions of the 
East Lancashire Railway ;—— London and North 
Western, and Manchester and Leeds Railway Com- 
ersoie Thomas German, and others, Owners, 

essees and Occupiers of property in the township 
and borough of Preston, in the county of Lancaster ; 
Mary Norreys, of Davyhulme Hall, in the 
county of Lancaster, Widow, and Robert Henry 
Norreys, of the same place, Esquire ; and, 
Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the borough of 
Preston, in the county of Lancaster ; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the East Zanca- 
shire Railway (Southport Branch and Preston Ex- 
tension) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 











Petitions of John Bendyshe, of Kneesworth House, Eastern Coun- 
in the county of Cambridge, Esquire, and of Eliza- ties ow 
beth Hurrell, of Melbourn, in the same county, Sora 
Spinster, and Edmund Metcalfe, of Melbourn afore- Ware Line, 
said, Surgeon, and Mary, his Wife ;—— William *«-) Bill. 
Nash Woodham, of Shepreth, in the county of Cam- 
bridge, and of Joseph Ellis, of Thriplow, in the 
same county, and Sarai, his Wife ; The Right 
honourable Thomas Baron Dacre, and Owners, Les- 
sees and Occupiers of land and property intended 
to be taken for the purposes of the proposed Rail- 
way thereinafter mentioned ; and, Edward Hum- 
phrys Greene, of Hinxton, in the county of Cam- 
bridge, Esquire; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Eastern Counties Railway (Cam- 
bridge, Royston and Ware Line, &amp;c.) Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








Petitions of Alfred Markwick, of No. 19, Lang- Eastern Coun- 
ham-place, in the county of Middlesex, Surgeon ; re 
George Langtry and others, Shipowners of 3 Lonion andl 
Liverpool ; George Lunell &amp; Co., and others, Stratford 
Owners of Steam Shipping at the Port of Bristol ; seen a 
-—— William John Hall; Joseph Adams, Ma- ¢f Acts) Bill 
nager of the London, Leith, Edinburgh and Glasgow 
Shipping Company ;——General Steam Navigation 
Company ; and, Charles Wye Williams, Manag- 
ing Director of the City of Dublin Steam Packet 
Company; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Eastern Counties Railway (Enlargement of 
London and Stratford Stations and Amendment of 
Acts) Bills,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 

their 




















Fast 
ties | 
Exte 
(Can 
Bedf 
Bill. 


~~ ta dee of oe Gotan ede OO hel 


Eastern Coun- 


ties Railway 
Extension 


(Cambridge to Lessees and Occupiers of land and property intended 


Bedford, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 





ern Railway Company ; 


Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway 
(iiford to Til- 
bury Fort and 
Southend, with 
a Branch from 
Vange to 
Battle Bridge) 
Bill. 


Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway 
(Lynn and Ely 
Railway, and 
Ely and Hun. 
tingdon Rail- 


way, and Lynn 


and Dereham 
Railway 
Lease) Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Northern 
Railway 


10 Vicroriz. 


their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of the Right honourable Philip Earl of 
Hardwicke, and of the thereundersigned Owners, | 





to be taken for the purposes of the Railway there- 
inafter mentioned ; John Bendyshe of Keesworth 
House, in the county of Cambridge, Esquire, and 
of Elizabeth Hurrell, of Melbourn, in the same 
county, Spinster, and Edmund Metcalfe, of Mel- 
bourn, aforesaid, Surgeon, and Mary his Wife ; 
William Nash Woodham, of Shepreth, in the county 
of Cambridge, and Joseph Ellis, of Thriplow, in the 
same county, and Sarai his Wife ; Great North- 
Edward Humphrys 
Greene, of Hinxton, in the county of Cambridge, 
Esquire ; The Bedford Railway Company ; 
and, the London and North Western Railway Com- 
pany ; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Eastern Counties Railway Extension (Cam- 
bridge to Bedford, &amp;c.) Bill,—were presented, and 
read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





























Petitions of William Wingfield and others, Owners, 
Lessees or Occupiers of lands intersected by the pro- 
posed line of Railway thereinafter referred to ; 
John Clark Knott 3.a. and others, Owners, Lessees 
or Occupiers of lands intersected by the proposed 
line of Railway thereinafter referred to ; —— Thames 
Haven Dock and Railway Company ;—— John 
Button, Freeman of Stafford Lodge, near Grays, 
in the county of Esser, Esquire ; Reverend J. 
W. Hope and others, Owners, Lesses or Occupiers 
of lands or tenements in the county of Essex, in the 
vicinity of the Railway thereinafter mentioned ; 
John Moore Heath, William Naylor, Richard Con- 
nop, John Millar, Charles William Bollaerts, Richard 
Brailsford and John Fulford Owen, Trustees for 
charitable purposes of a certain Estate, called Poy- 
netts, in the parishes of South Benfleet and Hadleigh, 
respectively in the county of Essex ; Daniel 
Robert Scratton, of Prittlewell Priory, in the county 
of Essex, Esquire ; Reverend William Wilder, of 
Carlton Rectory, near Newmarket, in the county of 
Cambridge, Clerk ; and, Elizabeth Anne Hey- 
gate, of Southend, in the county of Essex, Spinster ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Eastern Counties Railway (Ilford to Tilbury Fort 
and Southend, witha Branch trom Vange to Battle 
Bridge) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 




















Petitions of the Great Northern Railway Com- 
pany ;——and, the Boston, Stamford and Birming- 
ham Railway Company ; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Eastern Counties Railway (Lynn 
and Ely Railway, and Ely and Huntingdon Rail- 
way, and Lynn and Dereham Railway Lease) Bill, 
—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of C. Z. Cumming Bruce and others, 
Trustees of the late Thomas Earl of Elginand Kin- 
VoL. 102. 





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| and of the said Kispet Lindsay, 
| James Farquhar Hadden, both Manufacturers in Branch, &amp;.) 
Charles Adam and others, being the (No. 2.) Bill. 





459 
cardine ;-——Elspet Lindsay, 





Aberdeen ; 
Committee of management or Directors of the Com- 


| pany for forming a line of Railway from North 


Queen’s Ferry to Perth, to be called The Edinburgh 
and Perth Railway ; ——Charles Adam and others, 
being the Committee of management or Directors of 
the Company for forming a line of Railway from 
North Queen’s Ferry to Perth, to be called The 
Edinburgh and Perth Railway ; D. S. Teddie, 
‘Trustee of Mr. and Mrs. Clarkson and others, 
Proprietors of the Railway called The Halbeath 
Railway ; Brown, Gordon and Company, and 
Alexander Brown, James Gordon and Alexander 
Gordon ; and, Scottish Central Railway Com- 
pany; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts of 
the Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Branch from 
Burntisland to Dunfermline Branch, &amp;c.) (No. 2.) 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Peti- 
tions. 











counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Edin- 
burgh and Northern Railway (Burntisland Pier, &amp;c.) 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on Bill; and the Petitioners heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their Pe- 
tition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Kilmaney and others adjoining in the county of Fife, 
praying that the Edinburgh and Northern Railway 
(Improvement of the Ferry between Ferry-Port- 
on-Craig and the North Shore of the River Tay) 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Company (two Petitions) ; Dundee Banking 
Company, Mortagees affected by the Bill therein- 
after mentioned, and of Directors of the said Bank- 
ing Company ; Christopher Kerr, Town Clerk 
of Dundee and John Kerr, Writer in Dundee, Land- 
owners affected by the Bill thereinafter mentioned ; 
Merchants, Bankers, Burgesses, Proprietors 
and Inhabitants of the royal burgh of Dundee ; 
and, Deputy Chairman and Secretary of the Cham- 
ber of Commerce of Dundee, being an association 
of Merchants, Shipowners, Manufacturers and others 
interested in the trade and commerce of Dundee and 
the River Jay; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
arts of the said Bill,—were also presented, and read. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Peti- 
tions. 

















A Petition of George Thomson, of Newburgh, in 
the county of Fife, Esquire, praying that he may be 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against 
certain parts of the Edinburgh and Northern Rail- 
way, Saint Andrew’s and Newburgh Harbour 
Branches and Road Crossings (Newport Railway 
Extension) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 

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of Aberdeen, Widow, (Branch from 


Burntisland to 
James Hadden and ae soe 


A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company, gainburgh 


praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their — 
(Burntisland 
Pier, &amp;c.) Bill. 


A Petition of Landowners, Lessees, Occupiers and Edinburgh 
Inhabitants in the parishes of Forgan, Balmerino, 204 Northern 


ailway 


(Improvement 
of the Ferry 
between Ferry- 
Port-on-Craig 
: : and the North 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and Shore of the 
River Tay) 


Petitions of the Dundee and Arbroath Railway - 


Edinburgh 
and Northern 
Railway, St. 
Andrew’s and 
Newburgh 
Harbour 
Branches and 
Road Cross- 
ings (Newport 
Railway Ex- , 
tension) Bill. 


460 


by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill; against the said Petition. 


Edinburghand Petitions of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway 

Northern, and Company ;——and, the Caledonian Railway Com- 

Leith and’ pany; praying that they may be heard, by them- 

Granton Rail- selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 

ways Amalga- of the Edinburgh and Northern, and Edinburgh, 

mation Bill. Feith and Granton Railways Amalgamation Bill,— 
were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 
Petitions. 


Edinburgh 
and Perth 
Railway Bill. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town 
Council of Kirkcaldy, praying that the Edinburgh 
and Perth Railway Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions of the Edinburgh and Northern Rail- 
way Company ; Managers of the burgh of King- 
horn, in the county of Fife ;——Thomas Grainger, 
Esquire ;——James Hope, Writer to the Signet in 
Edinburgh, Agent and Commissioner of John 
Grant, of Kilgraston, in the county of Perth, at 
present residing at Manheim ;—— Inhabitants of 
Kirkaldy ;——Merchants and Inhabitants of the 
town of Forfar ; Proprietors and Burgesses, and 
Inhabitants of Dysart ; Stirling and Dunferm- 
line Railway Company ; Inhabitants of the city 
of Saint Andrew’s and its vicinity ; Trustees for 
executing the Act for making, amending, widening, 
repairing and maintaining the Great North Roads, 
leading from the North Queen’s Ferry, and from the 
Harbour of Burntisland, both in the County of Fife, 
by Kinross, to the City of Perth, and also from the 
said North Queen’s Ferry, to the Town of Dunferm- 
line ;——Trustees of the late Thomas Earl of Elgin ; 
——Thomas Sennie, Tenant on the farm of Pit- 
haithly, in the county of Perth ; Inhabitants of 
the town and royal burgh of Dunfermline ; and, 
Scottish Central Railway Company; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the said Bill,—were 
also presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


























Edinburgh, 
Leith and 
Granton Rail- 
way (Leith 
and Granton 
Extension) 
Bill. 


A Petition of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- 
way Company, praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Rail- 
way (Leith and Granton Extension) Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Edinburgh, 
Leith and 
Granton Rail- 
way (Union 
Canal and 


Pet.tions of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- 
way Company ; and, the Caledonian Railway 
Company; praying that they may be heard, by 

a themseives, their counsel or agents, against certain 
—" parts of the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Rail- 
Junction) Bil way (Union Canal and Caledonian Railway Junc- 
tion) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions, 





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A. 1847. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parishes of Lyme Exeter, Yeovil 
Regis, Charmouth, Wootton Fitzpayne, Whitchurch py aa 
Canonicorum, Marshwood and Catherston Lewiston, Bill wow 
in the county of Dorset, and of Uplyme, in the 
county of Devon, praying that the Lzeter, Yeovil 
and Dorchester Railway Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions of Gentry, Manufacturers and other In- East Lanca- 
habitants of Enfield and Church, in the county shire Railway 
palatine of Lancaster; —— Clergy, Gentlemen, tg 
Manufacturers and other Inhabitants of Settle, in Padiham 
the West Riding of the county of York ; Clergy, Branches) ; 
Gentry, Manufacturers and other Inhabitants of the ae 
county palatine of Lancaster ;——Clergy, Gentry, West Riding 
nye gros and other Inhabitants of Padiham, i a 
in the county palatine of Lancaster; Cler y Colliery. 
Gentry, at seca and other labidiitunia’ ef aes” 
Clitheroe, in the county palatine of Lancaster ;—— Bills. 
and, Clergy, Gentry, Manufacturers and other In- 
habitants of Burnley, and neighbourhood, in the 
county palatine of Lancaster ; praying that the East 
Lancashire Railway (Clitheroe, Mitton and Padi- 
ham Branches) Bill may pass into a law, and that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Fleetwood, Pres- 
ton and West Riding Junction Railway (Burnley 
— Colliery Branches) Bill,—were presented, and 
read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the last-mentioned Bill; and 
the Petitioners heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit ; 
and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the 
said Petitions. 








Petitions of Gentry, Clergy, Tradesmen and other East Lanca- 
Inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood of — aw 
Ormskirk, in the county of Lancaster ; Gentry, ee, 
Clergy, Tradesmen and other Inhabitants of the Preston Ex- 
town and neighbourhood of Southport, in the county —_— 
of Lancaster ; Gentry, Clergy, Tradesmen and Seae 
other Inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood in Southport 
Saint Helen’s, in the county of Lancaster ;——and, as _ 
Gentry, Clergy, Tradesmen, Manufacturers and Manchester” 
other | Sd of the town of Warrington, in the and Southport 
county of Lancaster; praying that the East Zan- a ll 
caster Railway (Southport Branch and Preston 
Extension) Bill may pass into a law, and that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Liverpool, Crosby and 
Southport Railway and Branch Bill; and, the Man- 
chester and Southport Railway and Branches Bill, 

—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the two last-mentioned Bills; and 
the Petitioners heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit; 
and counsel heard, in favour of the Bills, against the 
said Petitions, 








Petitions from Owners, Lessees and Occupiers on Eastern Union 

the line of Railway thereinafter mentioned, and Railway 
. “ fe (Branch from 

others ;—and, Manningtree and Mistley; praying Manningtree 
that the Eastern Union Railway (Branch from Man- to Harwich) 
ningtree to Harwich) Bill may pass into a law,— Bil 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of ~ Eastern Counties Railway Com- &gt; Union 
any, praying that the Eastern Union Railway R@way 
{Branch fon Manningtree to Harwich) Bill nt * caeecnatesng 
pass into a law; and thatthe Harwich and Eastern to Harwich); 
Counties Junction Railway and Pier (from Harwich 4 — 
to the Eastern Union Railway at Ardleigh) Bill Counties June- 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 


0 tion sage 

4 and Pier (from 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. Harwich to 
the Eastern Union Railway 


at Ardleigh) Bills. 
A Petition 





10 VicrortiZ. 


Edinburgh A Petition of the Magistrates and Town Council 
and Northern of the royal burgh of Newburgh, praying that the 
pencate. Ayal Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Saint Andrew’s 
Newburgh and Newburgh Harbour, Branches and Road Cross- 
Harbour ings, ewport Railway Extension) Bill may pass 
Branches and - i s f 

Road Cross- ‘to a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
ings, Newport to lie upon the Table. 

Railway Ex- 
ee Bill A Petition of Merchants, Tradesmen and others, 
noe al Inhabitants of the borough and township of Pres- 
(Southport - fon, praying that the East Lancashire Railway 


Branch and = (Southport Branch and Preston Extension) Bill 
Preston Ex- 





tension) Bill. May pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


East Lanca- Petitions from Haslingden ;— Edenfield and 
shire Railway Ramsbottom ;—Blackburn ;—and, Whitefield and 
pra ig a" other places; praying that the East Lancashire 
Railway (Bury to Manchester) Bill may pass into 
a law—were presented, and read; and ordered to 


lie upon the Table. 


East Lanca- Petitions from Haslingden ;—and, Edenfield and 
shire Railway Ramsbottom; praying that the East Lancashire 
mpeg Railway (Clitheroe, Mitton and Padiham Branches) 
Padiham Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
Branches)Bill. read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Satan Petitions of the Manchester and Leeds Railway 
reston an jf ‘ : 
West Riding Company ; Reverend John Master Whalley, of 





Junction Rail- Clerk-hill, in the county of Lancaster, Clerk ; 
way (Burniey and, John Moore and others, Owners, Lessees and 
Sranches Bil Occupiers of property on the line of the Branch 
’ Railways thereinafter mentioned ; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Fleetwood, Preston and 
West Riding Junction Railway (Burnley and Col- 
liery Branches) Bill,—were presented and read. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Great North- Petitions of W. Rudyard and others, Owners and 
yo steed Occupiers of wharfs and warehouses upon the Bray- 
Horncastle ford Mere Branch of the Great Northern Railway 
and at Braye at Lincoln; Owners of vessels navigating the | 
— Mere, Horncastle Navigation, in the county of Lincoln ; | 
incoln) Bill. 2 : 
——Company of Proprietors of the Horncastle 
Navigation, in the county of Lincoln;——and, 
David Cussons and others, Owners and Occupiers 
of lands upon the line of the therein-mentioned 
proposed Railway ; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Great Northern Railway (Branch 
to Horncastle and at Brayford Mere, Lincoln) Bill, 
—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Gloucester A Petition of George Croose, of Burcott House, 
oe oe in the parish of Holmer, in the county of Hereford, 
Canal Pur... Esquire, a Landowner on the line of a projected 
chase Bill. Railway from the city of Worcester to the city of 
Hereford, praying that he may be heard, by him- 
self, his counsel or agent, against certain parts of 
the Gloucester and Hereford Railway and Canal 
Purchase Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Great North- 











Petitions of Inhabitants of the parish of Belton, 





ern Railway jn the Isle of Axholme, in the county of Lincoln ; 
{Axholme VoL. 102 ? 


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——lInhabitants of the township of Garthorpe, in Extension) ; 
the county of Lincoln ; Inhabitants of the town- Solaris 
ships of Althorpe and Keadby, in the county of Lin- the Leeds and 
coln ;——Inhabitants of the parish of West Butter- Selby Railway 
wick, in the county of Lincoln ; Inhabitants of So ugh) Bille 
the parish of Hazey, in the Isle of Axholme, in the 

county of Lincoln; Inhabitants of the parish of 

Owston, in the Isle of Axholme, in the county of 

Lincoln ; Inhabitauts of the parish of Burring- 

ham, in the county of Lincoln ; Inhabitants of 

the township of Luddington, in the county of Lin- 

coln ;——Inhabitants of the township of East But- 

terwich, in the county of Lincoln ; Inhabitants 

of the township of Amcotts, in the county of Lincoln ; 

and, Inhabitantsof the parish of Epworth, in the 

Isle of Axholme, in the county of Lincoln; praying 

that the Great Northern Railway (Azholme Exten- 

sion) Bill may pass into a law; and, that the Ax- 

holme Railway (from the Leeds and Selby Railway 

to Gainsborough) Bill may not pass into a law,— 

were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 

the Table. 

Petitions of Gentry, Clergy and others, resident 
in the parish of Owston, in the West Riding of the 
county of York and neighbourhood ; — Gentry, 
Clergy and others, resident in the borough of Don- 
caster, in the county of York ;—Gentry, Clergy 
and others, resident in the parish of Snaith and the 
neighbourhood, in the West Riding of the county of 
York ;—Gentry, Clergy and others, resident in the 
parish of Kirk Bramwith, in the West Riding of 
the county of York and neighbourhood ;—Gentry, 
Clergy and others, resident in the parish of Barnby- 
upon-Don, in the West Riding of the county of 
York and neighbourhood ;—Gentry, Clergy and 
others, resident in the parish of Beckingham and 
the neighbourhood ;—Gentry, Clergy and others, 
resident in the parish of Campsall, in the West 
Riding of the county of York and neighbourhood ; 
—Gentry, Clergy and others, resident in the parish 
of Walkeringham and the neighbourhood ;—Gen- 
try, Clergy and others, resident in the parish of 
Misterton and the neighbourhood ;—Gentry, Clergy 
and other Inhabitants of the parish of Fishlake, in 
the county of York ;—and, Gentry, Clergy and 
others, resident in the parish of Arksey, in the West 
Riding of the county of York and neighbourhood ; 
praying that the Great Northern Railway (Axholme 
Extension) Bill may pass into a law ; and that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Axholme Railway (from 
the Leeds and Selby Railway to Gainsborough) Bill, 
—were also presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the last-mentioned Bill; and 
the Petitioners heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit ; 
and counsel heard, in favour of the bill, against 
the said Petitions. ; 























Petitions of the Company of Proprietors of the Great North- 
Regent’s Canal ; Midland Railway Company ; ¢™ Railway 
W. FN. Norton, Chairman of the Ambergate, a 
Nottingham and Boston and Eastern Junction Rail- London and 
way Company ;——Trustees of the Turnpike-road Grantham) 
from Foston Bridge to the Division Stone on Witham B¥- 
Common, in the county of Lincoln;——and, Wil- 
liam Ostler, of Grantham, in the county of Lin- 
coln; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Great Northern Railway (Deviations between 
London and Grantham) Bill,—were presented, and 
read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the 
Petitioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 
Petitions. 








3N3 + A Petition 


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462 


Great North- A Petition of John Mars and others, Landowners 
ern Railway and Occupiers on the line of the proposed Railway 
o_&lt; —, thereinafter mentioned, praying that they may be 
sion) Bill. heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Great Northern Rail- 
way (Isle of Axholme Extension) Bill, was presented, 
and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Great North- A Petition of the Eastern Counties Railway 


il : 
Spovcheee of Company, praying that they may be heard, by 
Ambergate, themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
ae nag parts of the Great Northern Railway (Purchase of 


and Eastern Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston and Eastern 
Junction Rail- Junction Railway, &amp;c.) Bill, was presented, and 
way, &amp;c.) Bill. read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 


Petitions from East Retford;—and, Tuxford; 
(Deviations praying that the Great Northern Railway (Devia- 


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Setueen tions between Grantham and York) Bill may pass 
Grantham and into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 


York) Bill. to lie upon the Table. 
Glasgow, A Petition of Robert Stewart, acting Chief Ma- 
Airdrie and - 


Monklands gistrate, Chairman of a Meeting of the Citizens of 
Junction Rail- Glasgow, praying that he may be heard, by himself, 
way(Cowlairs, his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the 


Carmyle; inc. Glasgow, Airdrie and Monklands Junction Rail- 





tion and way (Cowlairs, Carmyle, Central Junction and Cop- 

Coplaw-hill 4 law-hill Branches and Montrose-street Terminus) 

— #2 Bill, was presented, and read. 

street Ter- Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 

minus) Bill. Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, | 
if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the | 
Bill, against the said Petition. 

Great North- A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Thorne, 

Cole of Ase in the county of York, praying that the Great 


Northern Railway (Isle of Axholme Extension) Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


holme Exten- 
sion) Bill. 


Great Western A Petition of the Cookham Bridge Company, 

nce, praying that they may be heard, by their counsel 

and Exten- or agents, against certain parts of the Great Western 

sions) Bill. Railway (Amendment and Extensions) Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 

A Petition of Landowners and Occupiers in the 
several parishes on the proposed line of Railway 
from WVewton Saint Loe to Radstock, and other 
Inhabitants in the immediate vicinity of the pro- 
posed line of Railway, praying that the said Bill 
may piss into a law, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Harwich and _— Petitions of Inhabitants of the parishes of Law- 
peg sel ford, Manningtree, Mistley and Bradfield and its 
Railway and Vicinity, in the county of Essex; Merchants, 
Pier (from Bankers, Traders and Inhabitants of the towns of 
iy serd Manningtree and Mistley, in the county of Essex ; 
m Richard Mosse ;——Edward Sheldrake, of 








Union Rail- 
way at Ard- Bradfield Hall, in the county of Essex, Farmer ; 
Jeigh) Bill. William Warwick Hawkins, of Arlesford Hall, 

in the parish of Arlesford, in the county of Essez, 





Esquire ;——and, John Long and others, Owners 


A. 1847. 


or Occupiers of lands or houses intersected by or 
within the limits of deviation of the line of Railway 
thereinafter mentioned, or Owners or Occupiers of 
lands or houses in the immediate vicinity of the said 
line of Railway which will be affected by the con- 
struction and maintenance of the said line of Rail- 
way; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Harwich and Eastern Counties Junction 
Railway and Pier (from Harwich to the Eastern 
Union Sel at Ardleigh) Bill,—were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of William Rhodes, late of Kirkshill Leeds and 
Hall, in the county of York, but now temporarily Thirsk Rail- 


; - ; f ’ 
resident at Brighton, in the county of Sussex, Es- ae Wane 





uire ; 

ie Aire and Calder, in the county of York, and Bil 
also Directors for managing the affairs of the said 
Navigation ; John Wright and others, Owners 
and Occupiers of mills, lands and tenements situated 
on or near to the beck or streams of water called 
Cookridge Beck and Horsforth Beck, in the several 
parishes of Addle, Guiseley and Leeds, in the West 
Riding of the county of York ; and, the Right 
honourable James Thomas Earl of Cardigan, and 
Owners and Occupiers of mills, lands and tene- 
ments situated on or near the becks or streams of 
water called Cookridge Beck and Horsforth Beck, 
in the several parishes of Addle, Guiseley and Leeds, 
in the West Riding of the county of York ; praying 
that the Leeds and Thirsk Railway (for supplying 
Water to Leeds, &amp;c.) Bill may not pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 








Petitions of the Bristol and Exeter Railway London and 
Company ; A. Cleveland and others, Owners South Western 
and Occupiers of land and property on the line and B*!way Bill 
in the neighbourhood of the Railway thereinatter 
mentioned ; John Quiche and others; 
Owners and Occupiers on the line of Railway 
thereinafter mentioned ;——and, Shareholders in the 
Taw Vale Railway and Dock Company ; praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the Loudon 
and South Western Railway Bill,—were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 











A Petition of the Northern Counties Union Rail- Leeds and_ 
way Company, praying that they may be heard, Thirsk Rail, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- pdr sed 
tain parts of the Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Branch by to Nortb- 
from Melmerby to Northallerton, &amp;c.) "Bill, was allerton, &amp;.) 
presented, and read. =. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of the Right honourable, James Thomas Leeds and. 
Earl of Cardigan, and other Persons, being respec- = 
tively Owners and Occupiers of mills, lands and ps C Main 
tenements situate on or near to the becks, rivulets Line in Crim- 
or streams of water called Addle Beck, Weetwood ple hig , 
Beck, Bentley Beck, Sheepscar Beck and Lady _— 
Beck, in thetownships of Addle Headingley, Chaple 
Allerton, Potter Newton and Leeds, in the West 





Riding of the county of York; Right eee 
able 








Undertakers of the Navigation of the to Leeds, &amp;c.) 








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Leeds and 
Thirsk Rail- 
way (Harro- 
gate and Pate- 
ley Branch, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Leeds and 
Thirsk Rail- 
way (Knares- 
borough and 


Branch) Bill. 


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able Earl of Cardigan, and of the thereunder- 
signed Owners and Occupiers of mills, lands and 
tenements situated in or near to the becks or streams 
of water called Cookridge Beck and Horsforth 
Beck, in the several parishes of Addle, Guiseley 
and Leeds, in the West Riding of the county 
of York;——John Wright and others, Owners 
and Occupiers of mills, lands and tenements situ- 
ated in or near to the becks or streams of water 
called Cookridge Beck or Horsforth Beck, in the 
several parishes of Addle, Guiseley and Leeds, in 
the West Riding of the county of York ;——and, 
Trustees for executing the Wortley, Armley and 
Bramley Turnpike-road Act ; praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Leeds and Thirsk Rail- 
way (Deviation of Main Line in Crimple Valley, 
&amp;c.) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of Briton Josephus Wilson, of Hamps- 
thwaile, in the county of York, Esquire, Harry Ed- 
mund Waller, of Farmington Lodge, in the county 
of Gloucester, and of Kirkby Hall, in the county of 
York, Esquire, Mary Robinson, of the city of York, 
Widow, Richard Henry Roundell, of Gledstone, in 
the said county, Esquire, Christopher Earnshaw, of 
Knaresborough, in the said county, Gentleman, and 
Edward Norton, a Captain in Her Majesty’s ssth 
Regiment of Foot ;——and, the Wharfdale Railway 
Company; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Harrogate 
and Pateley Branch, &amp;c.) Bill,—were presented, and 
read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of the Reverend William Vaughan, of 
Hinton Hall, near Shrewsbury, in the county of 
Salop, Joseph Milner Atkinson, of Boston, near 


county, Clerk, and William Hirst, of Borough- 
bridge, in the same county, Gentleman, praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Leeds and Thirsk 
Railway ( Knaresboroughand Boroughbridge Branch) 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 


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Petitions of the Manchester and Leeds Railway Liverpool, 


Company ; 





e . Crosby and 
John Bibby and James Jenkinson Southport 


Bibby, both of Manchester, in the county of Zan- Railway and 





caster, Merchants ; 
risbrick Hall, in the county of Lancaster, Esquire ; 
——and, James Tyrer, of Liverpool, in the county 
of Lancaster, Ship Broker; praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Liverpool, Crosby and 
Southport Railway and Branch Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of the Manchester and Leeds Railway 


Charles Scarisbrick, of Sca- Branch Bill 


Liverpool, 
Manchester 
Company ;——and, Lord Massey and others, Own- and Newcastle- 


ers, Lessees and Occupiers of land and houses upon-Tyne 


intended to be taken for the purposes of the Rail- 
way thereinafter mentioned ; praying that they may 


Junction Rail- 
way Acts 
Amendment 


be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, Bill. 
against certain parts of the Liverpool, Manchester - 


and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Acts 
Amendment Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill, and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of Magistrates, Gentlemen and Trades- Liverpool, 


men, Landowners and Occupiers of land, residing at 
Bedale, in the North Riding of the county of York 
or in the neighbouring townships ; 





on the line of that part of the Northern Counties 


Manchester 
and Newecastle- 
» upon-Tyne 
George J a Rail- 
} y j way (Altera- 
Witham and others, Owners and Occupiers of land tat of Stein 
Line and 


Union Railway which is authorized to be made from Hawes 


the parish of Saint Andrew Auckland, in the county Branch) Bill. 


of Durham, to Tebay, in the county of Westmore- 
land, and of Owners and Lessees of collieries and 
coal-mines in the said county of Durham, and 
of the Stockton and Darlington, and Bishop Auck- 
land and Weardale Railway Companies ;——North- 
ern Counties Union Railway Company ;——and, 
Proprietors of shares in the Northern Counties 
Union Railway; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Liverpool, Manchester and New- 


Borough- Tadcaster, in the county of York, Esquire, the Re- f ; 
bridge wana Georg e Creight a of pes a dob. in ths waitin castle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway (Alteration of 


Main Line and Hawes Branch) Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





A Petition of Commissioners of Sewers for the London Bridge 
limits extending from East Moulsey, in the county Railway Ter 
f S in te: Mien a t ¢ mal (Genera 
of Surrey, to the Ravensborne, in the county of ynlargement) 
Kent, praying that they may be heard, by them- Bill. 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 


Petitions of Francis Rodd and others, Land- of the London Bridge Railway Termini (General 


by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


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Liskeard and 


—— owners, Lessees and Occupiers of land in the county Enlargement) Bill, was presented, and read, 
way Bil, Of Cornwall; ——London and South Western Rail-| _ Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 


way Company ; Francis Rodd, of Trebartha| Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
Hall, in the county of Cornwall, Esquire, Land-| by themselves, their counsel or agents, — their 
owner ; and, Richard Spry, of Treguddick, in Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
the county of Cornwall, Esquire, Landowner ; pray- favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 

ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 








. : : Petitions of the Commissioners for improving the London,. 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Lis- . : P a &lt;iiees 
heard and Launceston Branch Railway Bill,—were parish _—- Mary 7 dalen, Bermonds ale a ptr 
presented, and read. —— of Surrey a a of Sewers for Railway 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred | '"° gn a he R 4 z nem im the — ad 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners py de al , r a “a + —s Bridge) Bill. 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon | ° eg ‘sh . Bor nde ton, fh ae av re me 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, | 9 !e paris Ot ermandsey, Wn the county ey 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions, rey, John Caz, 0 ve. wee oS ve 

parish, Brewer, George Davis, of Church-street, in 
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464, 


the parish of Saint John, Southwark, in the said 
county, Woolstapler, Beriah Drew, of Streatham, 
in the county of Surrey, Esquire, John Cox, of Rus- 
sell-street, Bermondsey aforesail, Esquire, Barnard 
Spindler, of White’s Grounds aforesaid, Leather- 
dresser, Sarah Elizabeth Spindler, of the same 
place, Widow, and others, Owners and Occupiers of 
property in the parishes of Saint Mary Magdalen, 
Bermondsey, and Saint John, Southwark, in_the 
county of Surrey ;——and, John Bacon and Fran- 
cis Bacon, of the parish of Bermondsey, in the 
borough of Southwark ; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the London, Brighton and South 
Coast Railway (Extension to London Bridge) Bill, 
—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


London, A Petition of Commissioners of Sewers for the 
Brighton and jimits extending from East Moulsey, in the county 
South Coast . &gt; : 

Railway (Lon- Of Surrey, to the Ravensborne, in the county of 
don Bridge Kent, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
Station En- — selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
largement and ? a = 7 a Y 
Arrangement) Of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 
Bill. (London Bridge Station Enlargement and Arrange- 

ment) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Regent’s Canal ; ——and, Trustees for executing the 
provement and Act for regulating the nightly Watch and Beadles, 
Branches to and better enlightening, paving and cleansing the 
the St. Kathe- Streets, and other Passages, and repairing the High- 
+ wt tag ways within the Parishes of Saint John, Wapping, 
Bill. Saint Paul, Shadwell, the Hamlet of Ratcliffe, the 
Parish of Saint Anne, in the County of Middlesex, 
and the Precinct of Wellclose, in the Liberty of the 
Tower of London, and for rebuilding the Workhouse 
of the:Rarish of Saint Anne, Limehouse, in the County 
of Middlesex, and for regulating the nightly Watch 
and paving and other purposes relating to the said 
Parish, so far as regards the said parish of Saint 
Anne; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the London and Blackwail Railway Improve- 
ment and Branches to the Saint Katherine’s and 
London Docks Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counselheard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


London and 
Blackwall 
Railway Im- 


London end A Petition of Sir George Chetwynd, of Grendon 
NorthWestern Hall, in the county of Warwick, Baronet, praying 
an A that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or 
and Whitacre agent, against certain parts of the London and 
Branch) Bill. North Western Railway (Atherstone and Whitacre 
Branch) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


London and Petitions of Commissioners for executing the Act 
NorthWestern for draining, cleansing and improving the hamlets of 


(Birwiagher Duddeston and Nechells, in the parish of Aston- 


and Lichfield near-Birmingham ;——Sir Edmund Cradock Har- 
Line, &amp;c.) Bill. tony, of Four Oaks Hall, in the parish of Sutton 
Coldfield, in the county of Warwick, Baronet, and 


of John Smith, of 11, King’s Bench Walk, Temple, 


3° Marz. 








A. 1847. 


Barrister-at-Law ; Robert Betts, Surveyor of the 
Highways of the parish of Sutton Coldfield, in the 
county of Warwick ;——The Reverend Trevor Owen 
Burns Floyer, of Aldershaw, near Lichfield, and of 
John White, of the Knowle Farm, near Lichfield, 
Farmer ;——and, Mrs. Grace C. Bedford; praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the London 
and North Western Railway (Birmingham and 
Lichfield Line, &amp;c.) Bill,—were presented, and 
read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








Petitions of the Governors of the Hospital of London ana 
Mr. Nicholas Chamberlain, and the possessions and North Western 
revenues thereof ; and, the Right honourable atte . 
William Earl of Craven; praying that they may be Nuneatou 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against Branches) Bill 
certain parts of the London and North Western 
Railway (Coventry and Nuneaton Branches) Bill, 

—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





A Petition of the North Staffordshire Railway London and 
Company, praying that they may be heard, by NorthWestern 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain R*y 

: (Lime-street, 
parts of the London and North Western Railway Liverpool,Sta- 
(Lime-street, Liverpool, Station, &amp;c.) Bill, was pre- tion, &amp;c.) Bill. 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Most honourable the Marquis London and 
of Westminster, and the Most reverend Father in NorthWestern 
God, Edward Harcourt, Lord Archbishop of York, pert j 
Owners of land in the parish of Willen, in the county Olney and 
of Bucks, praying that they may be heard, by their Wellingbo- . 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of tne Lon- —_ ae 
don and North Western Railway (Newport Pagnell, 

Olney and Wellingborough Branch) Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Commitiee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tion, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of William Bromilow, Thomas Brown London and 
and Thomas Oldham, of Saint Helen’s, in the county NorthWestern 
of Lancaster, Coal-proprietors and Co-partners in pce? 

: : (Ormskirk 
trade ; Jchn Clare, of Great Sankey, in the and Rainford 
couaty of Lancaster, Flatowner ;——John Clare, of Branch, &amp;c.) 
Warrington, in the county of Lancaster, Carrier ; - 

John Johnson, of Parr, in the county of Lan- 
caster, Coal-proprietor, and of the firm of Johnson 
Worthington and Company, of Parr aforesaid, Coal- 
proprietors ;—— Gilbert Greenall, of Walton Hall, 
in the county of Chester, Esquire, William Miles 
Moss, of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, 
Merchant, acting Devisee in trust of the last will 
and testament of Robert Graham, late of Liverpool 
aforesaid, ‘Tailor, deceased, and James Leigh, of 
Ardwich, near Manchester, in the said county of 
Lancaster, Esquire ; and, Commissioners for 
paving, lighting, cleansing, watering, regulating and 
otherwise improving the Town of Saint Helen’s, in 
the county of Lancaster; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the London and North Western 

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Railway (Ormskirk and Rainford Branch, &amp;c.) Bill, 
—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Leeds and A Petition ofthe East and West Yorkshire Junc- 
ee Be tion Railway Company, praying that the Leeds and 
sie thar and. Zhirsk Railway (Knaresborough and Boroughbridge 
Borough- Branch) Bill may pass into a law, and that they 
all - ang, ™2y be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
erie | — against certain parts of the York and North Mid- 


North Midland land Railway (Harrogate Branch, Boroughbridge 


a... and Knaresborough Extension) Bill, was presented, 
¢ % and read. 


Branch, Bo- , = 
roughbridge Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
oun ae Committee on the last-mentioned Bill; and the 


Petitioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petition, if they think fit; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 
Petition. 


tension) Bills. 


Midland Rail- A Petition of the North Staffordshire Railway 
way (Leicester Company, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
and Swanning- ; : 

ton Railway, selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
Widening, De- of the Midland Railway (Leicester and Swanning- 


viations and gon Railway, Widening, Deviations and Branches, 


&gt; cel Enlargement of Leicester Station, and extending 
of Leicester Powers as to Ibstock Branch) Bill, was presented, 
Station, and and read. 

pee 7 Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Tbstock Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 


Branch) Bill. by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Midland Rail- 
way (Worces- 
ter, Hereford, 


A Petition of Trustees and Mortgagees of the 
Worcester Turnpike-roads, praying that they may 
Malvern and Pe heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
Cheltenham against certain parts of the Midland Railway, ( Wor- 
Lines, with . cester, Hereford, Malvern and Cheltenham Lines, 
bury) Bil “ with a Branch to Ledbury) Bill, was presented, and 

read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Manchester Petitions of the Company of Proprietors of the 
and South- | Thames and Severn Canal Navigation ;——and, Wil- 
ampton Rail- 


liam Anthony Fitzhugh, of Street, in the county of 
Sussex, Clerk; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Manchester and Southampton Railway 
(No. 2.) Bill,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


way (No. 2.) 
Bill. 


Manchester A Petition of Joshua Higinbotham Reddish, of 

—— Mottram-in-Longdendale, in the county of Chester, 

( with Power to Praying that he may be heard, by himself, his coun- 

selltothe Sel or agent, against certain parts of the Manchester 

Manchester Corporation Waterworks (with Power to sell to the 

— Manchester and Salford Waterworks Company) 

Company) _ Bill, was presented, and read. 

Bill, Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if ne think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 

Manchester, Petitions of Anthony Bannister, and Co., and 

Line a others, Shipowners, Boatowners and Boatinen whose 


Railway (Shef- Vessels pass along the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal ; 
Sela Canal James Harris and others, Shipowners, Boat- 
urchase) Bill. owners and Boatmen whose vessels pass along the 
Tinsley Canal ; and, Merchants, Manufacturers, 

Traders, Shipowners, Boatowners, and Boatmen 

whose goods or vessels pass along the Sheffield and 

Tinsley Canal ; praying that they may be heard, by 

themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 

parts of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire 

Vo, 102, 








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465 
Railway (Sheffield Canal Purchase) Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of Lessees and Occupiers of lands, Manchester, 
houses and premises on or near to the site of the a 
proposed Station, or on or near to the proposed Sulieepe - 
Branch Line of Railway thereinafter mentioned, (Station at 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, Shefficld, and 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the gpemoid 
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railways Canal) Bill. 
(Station at Sheffield, and Branch to the Sheffield 

Canal) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 

by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 

Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 

favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Trustees or Commissioners for exe- Manchester 
cuting the Act for more effectually repairing and and Southport 
improving several Roads leading to and from the in ag 
Town of Salford, through Pendleton, and other 
Places therein mentioned, in the County Palatine of 
Lancaster, and several other Roads therein men- 
tioned, and for making and maintaining certain Di- 
versions or new lines of Road to communicate there- 
with ;——James Seddon, of Shakerley, in the county 
of Lancaster, Farmer ;—— Thomas Sharples, Tho- 
mas Yates, Henry Barnes and Peter Marsh; 
Henry Smith and James Smith, of Shakerley, in the 
county of Lancaster, Farmers ;——James Robert 
Hope, of the Inner Temple, London, Esquire, the 
Receiver appointed by the Court of Chancery, of 
the estates late of John Watson Barton, of Stapleton 
Park, in the county of York, Esquire ; Daniel 
Hindley, of Shakerley, in the county of Lancaster, 
Farmer ; and, the London and North Western 
Railway Company ; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Manchester and Southport Railway 
and Branches Bili,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 











Petitions of Samuel Tayler, of Little Bowden, in Midland Rail- 
the county of Northampton, Esquire ;—-—James Ley way (Exten- 
Douglass, of Market Harborough, in the county of 7on from neat 
Leicester, Gentleman ; Henry Billington Whit- Bedford, to 
worth, of Northampton, Esquire; Robert Haymes, Hitchin and to 
of Great Glenn, in the county of Leicester, Esquire, Northampton 

° ° . ¢ g- 
being the Owner of lands on the line of Railway don, and En- 
proposed to be made by the Bill thereinafter men- largement of 
tioned ;——-Great Northern Railway Company ;—— Station) Bil 
London and North Western Railway Company ;—— 
Earl of Sandwich ;——and, Bedford Railway Com- 
pany; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Midland Railway (Extension from near Lei- 
cester, vid Bedford, to Hitchin, and to Northampton 
and Huntingdon, and Enlargement of the Leicester 
Station) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 











A Petition of the Great Northern Railway Com- Midland Rail- 
pany, praying that they may be heard, by them- pens 4 ogg 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts Nottingham 
of the Midland Railway (Extension of the Notting- and Lincoln 
ham and Lincoln Branch at Lincoln, &amp;c.) Bill, was Branch at 


Lincoln, &amp;c.* 
presented, and read. ill 





Bill. 
Ordered, 


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466 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Midland Rail- 


A Petition of the Manchester and Leeds Railway 
way (Mas- 


brough and Company, praying that they may be heard, by their 
Normanton counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Stations En- Midland Railway (Masbrough and Normanton Sta- 
—— tions Enlargement) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 








Mold Railway _ Petitions of Inhabitants of the town of Wrexham ; 
—_ Trustees of the Mold and Broughton Turnpike- 
roads ; Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Com- 
pany ; Inhabitants of the city of Chester, and 





the immediate neighbourhood ; Thomas Peers 
Williams, of Berheley-square, London, Esquire ;— 
John Bonnor, of Brynygwalie, in the county of 
Denbigh, and Keith Barnes, of Spring Gardens, 
within the liberty of the city of Westminster, Es- 
quires, and of Margaret Mather, of Pentrehobin, in 
the county of Flint, Widow, and John Browning 
Edwards, of Glynafon, in the county of Carnarvon, 
Esquire ; Trustees of the Lower King’s Ferry- 
road ; and, Gentry, Bankers, Merchants, Tra- 
ders and other Inhabitants of the town of Mold, in 
the county of Flint, and its vicinity ; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Mold Railway 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 














Manchester, Petitions from Stoney Middleton and other places ; 

Buxton, Mat- _and, Hathersage Eyam; praying that the Man- 

lock and Mid- ? , 5 : 

lands Junction Chester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction 

Railway De- Railway Deviations Bill may pass into a law,—were 

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


Newcastle and Petitions of William Armsirong, of the borough 
Berwick Rail- and county of Newcastle-upon- Tyne, Merchant ; 
pon rd John Besly , Doctor in Civil Law, Vicar of the vi- 
Blyth, Seaton carage and parish of Zonghenton, in the county of 
Sluice and = Northumberland ; -— The Most noble Algernon 
Branches) Bil Duke and Earl of Northumberland, &amp;c., &amp;c., ke. ; 
and, Charles William Brigge, and others; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Vew- 
castle and Berwick Railway (East Coast Line, 
Blyth, Seaton Sluice and other Branches) Bill,— 
were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








Newcastle and 
Berwick Rail- 
way (Cram- 
lington and 
Percy Main 
and Killing- 


Petitions of William Armstrong, of the borough 
and county of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Merchant ; 
‘The Most noble Algernon Duke and Earl of Wor- 
thumberland, &amp;c., &amp;c., &amp;c. ;——Joseph Chatto Lamb 
beet and Charles John Lamb, Owners of Percy Main 
and other and Backworth Collieries, and of Railways con- 
Branches) Bill. nected therewith, in the county of Northumberland ; 
——Joseph Chatto Lamb and Charles John Lamb, 
both of Ryton, in the county of Durham, Esquires ; 
—— Henry Shurn Storey, of Ramsgate, in the county 
of Kent, and of Arcot, in the county of Northum- 
berland, Esquire ; —— and, Ralph Robinson, of 
Prospect Hill, in the parish of Tynemouth, in the 





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A. 1847. 


county of Northumberland, Gentleman; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Newcastle and 
Berwick Railway (Cramlington and Percy Main, 
and Killingworth and other Branches) Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of William Pattison, Esquire, Merchant, North British 
in Leith, Doctor Charles Anderson, Physician, in ogy 
Leith, and Macduff Rhind, Esquire, Advocate, “% 1) Bill 
Edinburgh, Trustees nominated and appointed by 
the Heirs and Representatives of the deceased John 
Rhind, Esquire, Cashier of the Edinburgh Friendly 
Insurance Society ;——Scrip or Shareholders of a 
Company associated for forming a Railway between 
the cities of Edinburgh and Perth, to be called The 
Edinburgh and Perth Railway, recently dissolved 
under an Act passed in the ninth year of the reign 
of Her present Majesty ; and, John Ballandene, 
Esquire, of Wester Pitgober, Writer, in Perth ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
North British Railway (No. 1.) Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens Norfolk Rail- 
of the city of Norwich, praying that they may be — yore’ 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against to Aghia, 
certain parts of the Norfolk Railway (Branch from with a Branch 
Norwich to Aylsham, with a Branch to North Wal- a 
sham) Bill, was presented, and read. Bill. sees 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Turnpike-road lead- North Staf- 
ing from Span Smithy, in the county of Chester, to frdshire Rail- 
Talk, in the county of Stafford, praying that they —— r 
may be heard, by their counsel or agents, against Branches)Bill. 
certain parts of the North Staffordshire Railway 
(Alterations and Branches) Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of the South Staffordshire Railway North Staf- 

Company ; Inhabitants of the city of Lichfield, fordshire Rail- 
and the neighbourhood thereof ;—— William Shaw, bs A 
and others, Owners and Occupiers of land which and Trent 
would or might be taken under the Bill first there- Valley Rail- 
inafter mentioned, if the same should pass into a ji) aint 
law; H.C. Meynell Ingram, and others, Owners 
of land upon the line of a proposed Railway called 
The North Staffordshire Railway (Churnet Valley 
Line and Trent Valley Railway Junction) ; and, 
John Mee Mathew, eapien, and others; praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the North Staf- 
fordshire Railway (Churnet Valley Line and Trent 
Valley Railway Junction) Bill,— were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 














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NorthWestern A Petition of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway 


Tierietiens Company, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
at Skipton, _ selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 


Casterton and of the North Western Railway (Deviations at Skip- 
rene ton, Casterton and Sedbergh) Bill, was presented, 
and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Northampton Petitions of the Company of Proprietors of the 

and Banbury Grand Junction Canal;——James Currie, Attorney, 

oo duly authorized, of the Right honourable George 
William Richard Ear| of _— and, William 
Blake, of Danesbury, near Welwyn, in the county 
of Hertford, Esquire; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Northampton and Banbury 
Railway Bill,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 





Northern Petitions of Landowners and other Inhabitants of 
Counties 


Union Rail- Kendal, and its vicinity, in the county of Westmor- 
way (Devia- ‘and; and, Landowners upon that portion of 
tion) Bil. © the line of the Northern Counties Union Railway 
which extends between Bishop Auckland, in the 
county of Durham, and Tebay, in the county of 
Westmorland ; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Northern Counties Union Railway 
(Deviation) Bill,—were presented, and read; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Four Petitions of Shareholders in the Northern 
Counties Union Railway Company ; praying that 
the said Bill may pass into a law,—were also pre- 
sented,and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Preston and Petitions of Thomas Clifton, of Lytham Hall, in 

Wyre Railway the county of Lancaster, Esquire ;——and, Sir 

Bill. Peter Hesketh Fleetwood, of Hill-house, in the 
county of Berks, Baronet, m.p.; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Preston and Wyre Rail- 
way Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Parkgate and Petitions from Neston and Parkgate ;—Chester ; 
Chester and 


Been «~7and, Flint ; praying that the Parkgate and Ches- 

Function Rail- er and Birkenhead Junction Railway Bill may pass 

way Bill. into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Reading, 
Guildford and 
Reigate Rail- 
way Bill. 


Petitions of William Joseph Denison, of Dorking, 
in the county of Surrey, Esquire, M. P.; Direct 
Londonand Portsmouth Railway Company (two Peti- 
tions);——and, Hathfield Young, and others, Owners 
and Occupiers of property on the portion of the line 
of the Reading, Guildfordand Reigate Railway there- 
inafter particularly referred to; praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Reading, Guildford and 
Reigate Railway Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Regent’sCanal Petitions of the East and West India Docks and 

yee a Birmingham Junction Railway Company ; 

andLimchouse Charles Few, the elder, Robert Few, Charles Few, 

Railway and the younger,and Thomas William Dukes, of Covent 

Branch) Bill. Garden, in the county of Middlesex, Gentlemen, 
VoL. 102. 








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467 


carrying on business under the style or firm of 
Messrs. Few and Co., Solicitors of Sir George 
Duckett, of the city of Rome, Baronet ; The 
Marquess Camden, and John Cumberland; 
The Great Northern Railway Company ;——John 
Mallet, of Versailles, in France, Esquire, and 
of Charles Mallet, of Devonshire-street, Queen’s- 
square, Bloomsbury, in the county of Middlesex, 
Esquire ;——Eastern Counties Railway Company ; 
Benjamin Wheeler, of No.1, Cornwall Cres- 
cent, Camden Town, in the parish of Saint Pan- 
cras, in the county of Middlesex, Builder ; Lon- 
don and North Wan Railway Company ;—— 
Richard Smith, of Poplar, in the county of Middle- 
sex, Esquire ; Guardians of the Poor of the pa- 
rish of Bethnal Green, in the county of Middlesex ; 
and, William Cotton, of Walwood House, Ley- 
tonstone, in the county of Essex, Esquire; pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Re- 
gent’s Canal Company (Paddington and Limehouse 
Railway and Branch) Bill,—were presented, and 
read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 




















Petitions of Edward Humphrys Greene, of Hinx- Royston and 


ton, in the county of Cambridge, Esquire ;——and, ae Rail- 
John Mans, the younger, and John Spencer, Survey- Ye — 


ors of the highways of the parish of Trumpington, Royston to 
in the county of Cambridge ; praying that they may Cambridge, 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, &amp;o.) Bill 
against certain parts of the Royston and Hitchin 
Railway (Extension from Royston to Cambridge, 
&amp;c.) Bill,—were presented, and read. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Two Petitions of the Eastern Counties Railway Royston and 
Company, praying that they may be heard, by them- mes eed 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts Lease) Bill. 
of the Royston and Hitchin Railway (Sale or Lease) 
Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of the Commissioners for paving, light- Southampton 
ing and improving the town of Southampton, pray- + magn a 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their Coke Bill, 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Southampton Consumers Gas Light and Coke Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Shaftesbury, in the mceney 4 = 
county of Dorset, praying that they may be heard, ~~ " 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Bill, 


was presented, and read. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
Petitions of Inhabitants of Blandford Forum, in Southampton 
the county of Dorset ;——and, Inhabitants of the aa 
3024+ parishes 





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468 


(Blandford 


parishes of Wimborne Minster, Corfe Mullen, Stur- 
Branch) Bill 


* minster Marshall, Shapwick, Tarrant Crawford,and 
Spettisbury, in the county of Dorset; praying that 
the Southampton and Dorchester Railway ( Blandford 
Branch) Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 


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


St. Helen's A Petition of the London and North Western 
se Railway Company, praying that they may be heard, 


(Warrington by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
and Black- tain parts of the Saint Helen’s Canal and Railway 
ee ke ) (Warrington and Blackbrook Branches, &amp;c.) Bill, 
Bil. | | was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Scottish Mid- 
land Junction 
Railway 


Petitions of Inhabitants of the manufacturing vil- 
lage of Friockheim, and of the parish of Kirkden, in 
(Amendment the county of Forfar ; Inhabitants of the parish 
and Branch of Guthrie, in the county of Forfar ; Mer- 
he —- chants, Manufacturers and other Inhabitants of the 
om royal burgh of Forfar ;——Magistrates and Town 

Council of the royal burgh of Arbroath ;——and, 
Merchants, Manufacturers, Shipowners and other 
Inhabitants of the royal burgh of Arbroath; pray- 
ing that the Scottish Midland Junction Railway 
(Amendment and Branch to Laurencekirk) Bill may 
not pass into alaw,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions of William Smart, Esquire, of Cavin- 
bank ;——Patrick Chalmers, Esquire, of Auldbar ; 
Aberdeen Railway Company ;——Arbroath and 
Forfar Railway Company ; Inhabitants of the 
royal burgh of Forfar ;——and, Magistrates and 
Town Council of the royal burgh of Forfar; pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain - of the said 
Bill,—were also presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 














Petitions of John Fullerton, and others, Owners, 
Lessees and Occupiers of lands and other property 
sae through or near which the Railway Extensions 
Huddersfica thereinafter mentioned, and other works are pro- 
and Goole osed to be made; Edward Smith, of Sheffield, 
orgs: A — in the county of York, Manufacturer ;——and, Man- 
pr Se "ke. chester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Com- 
Bill. pany; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, 
Huddersfield and Goole Railway (Partial Alteration 
of Levels, &amp;c.) Bill,—were presented, and read. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Sheffield, 
Rotherham, 





Shrew ay Petitions of the Shropshire Union Railways and 
and (chester j 


Railway Canal Company, under their common seal ; 

(Branches and and, Thomas Ward, of The Lodge, near Chirk, in the 

Station) Bill. county of Denbigh; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway 
(Branches and Station) Bill,—were presented, and 
read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Pe- 
titioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the 
said Petitions. 





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A. 1847. 


Petitions of George H. B. Drake, and others, — Devon 

Landowners, Lessees and Occupiers of land, in the poser 
county of Devon; London and South Western Amendment) 
Railway Company ;——Right honourable Edmund Bill. 
Earl of Morley ; C. O. Pike, and others, Land- 
owners, Lessees and Occupiers of land in the county 
of Devon; Edwin Scobell, Esquire ; Ed- 
win Scobell and others, Landowners, Lessees and 
Occupiers of land in the county of Devon ; Hen- 
ry Goodridge, and others, Landowners, Lessees and 
Occupiers of land in the county of Devon ;—— 
John Bayey Thomas Windeatt, and Thomas Win- 
deatt the younger, Owners, Lessees and Occupiers 
of lands and property on the line of Railway there- 
inafter mentioned ; and, Portreeve, Magistrates, 
Merchants, Traders, Owners and Occupiers of pro- 
perty, and others, Inhabitants of Tavistock, in the 
county of Devon, and its immediate vicinity; pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the South 
Devon Railway (Extension and Amendment) Bill, 
—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of William Nottige, and others, Com- South Eastern 
Railway (Lon- 


missioners of Sewers for the limits extending from gon Bridge 
East Moulsey, in the county of Surrey, to the Ra- Station Ar- 
vensborne, in the county of Kent ;——and, London, ——— 
Brighton and South Coast Railway Company; pray- a 
ing that they may beheard, by themselves, their coun- 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the South East- 
ern Railway (London Bridge Station Arrangement 
and Enlargement) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 




















Petitions of Trustees of the Bermondsey, Rother- South Eastern 
hithe and Deptford Roads ;——Commissioners of (North Kent 
Sewers for the limits extending from East Moulsey, and Brick- 
in the county of Surrey, to the Ravensborne, in the layers’ Arms 
county of Kent;——and, London, Brighton and 4) Bill 
South Coast Railway Company ; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the South Eastern Railway 
(North Kent and Bricklayers’ Arms Junction) Bill, 

—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Petitions of Commissioners of Sewers for the South Eastern 
limits extending from East Moulsey, in the county WWidewing of 
of Surrey, to the Ravensborne, in the county of the Greenwich 
Kent ;——and, London, Brighton and South Coast Railway and 
Railway Company; praying that they may be heard, pe 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- ment of the 
tain parts of the South Eastern Railway (Widening io 
of the Greenwich Railway and Arrangement and 5“™ sai 
Enlargement of the London Bridge Station) Bill,— 
were presented, and read, 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of John Burton, Doctor of Medicine, South Staf- 
Thomas James, Gas Tube Manufacturer, William frdshire Rail- 


- “er eC : - 
Cotterill, Solicitor, William James, Merchant, Wonsy and . 


William Smith, Grocer, all of Walsall, in the county Norton 
of Stafford, Edward Elijah Stanley, Gentleman, BF™che* 
William Somerfield, Aw) Blade Manufacturer, John 


Russel, 


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Russel, Gentleman, John Freeth, Farmer, and 
Henry Stanley, Farmer, all of Bloawich, in the 
arish of Walsall aforesaid, and James Smallman, 
of the Birchills, in the parish of Walsall, in the 
county of Stafford, Iron and Coal Master ; 
William Smith, of the parish of Cannock, Farmer, 
and others ; John Mee Mathew and others ;—— 
Samuel Sylvester and others ; and, North Staf- 
fordshire Railway Company; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the South Stafford- 
shire Railway (Cannock, Wyrley and Norton 
Branches, &amp;c.) Bill,—were presented, and read. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 











Strathtay and = A Petition of his Grace Algernon Duke of North- 
Breadalbane ~— wmberland and Sir Adam Hay, of Haystone, Baronet, 
fixtension . ° 
Railway Bil, 2nd Henry Home Drummond, Esquire, of Blair 
Drummond, m. P., a Quorum of the Trustees of the 
late John Duke of Atholl, praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Strathtay and Breadal- 
bane Extension Railway Bill, was presented, and 
read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Sutton Har- 
bour Improve- 
ment Bill. 


Petitions of William Moore and William Foster 
Moore, both of Plymouth, in the county of Devon, 
Ship-builders ; Landowners, Merchants, Ship- 
owners, Ship-builders, Fishermen and other Inha- 
bitants of Plymouth, in the county of Devon, 
interested in houses, yards, wharfs, warehouses, 
lands, ships and other vessels, trade, merchandize, 
and fisheries at the Port of Plymouth, in the county 
of Devon, and also as Proprietors of shares in the 
Sutton Pool Company ; and, John Bayly, of 
Plymouth, in the county of Devon; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Sutton Har- 
bour Improvement Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








Scottish Mid- 
land Junction 
Railway 
(Amendment 
and Branch 
to Laurence- 


Petitions from Garvock ;—Glammis and Kirrie- 
muir ;—Kirriemuir ;—Arbroath ;— Forfar and Kin- 
cardine ;—Oathlaw and other places ;—and, For- 
far; praying that the Scottish Midland Junction 
Railway (Amendment and Branch to Laurencehirk) 


——— ie may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

St. Helen’s A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers, Trades- 

hee men and Inhabitants of the borough of Warring- 

net eal ton, praying that the Saint Helen’s Canal and Rail- 

Blackbrook . way (Warrington and Blackbrook Branches, &amp;c.) 


ancien, &amp;c.) Bill may pass into a law, ‘was presented, and read ; 
ill, ? : r 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sheffield, Petitions from Barnsley ;— Dodsworth ;—and, 
Soakem, Silkstone; praying that the Sheffield, Rotherham, 
Wakefield, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Rail- 
Huddersfield way (Partial Alteration of Levels, &amp;c.) Bill may 
ey pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
tial pat ordered to lie upon the Table. 

of Levels, &amp;c.) 

Bill, 

ad Vale Petitions of Edward Davy and others, Proprie- 
Dock : ee tors of shares in the Taw Vale Railway and Dock 


Company ;-—~-—Bristol and Exeter Railway Com- 
VoL. 102, 


3° Maz. 





469 


pany ;——and, Owners and Occupiers of land and 
property on the line and in the neighbourhood of 
the Railway thereinafter mentioned; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Zaw Vale 
aw and Dock Bill, — were presented, and 
read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of the Reverend Thomas Fox, of Hat- Thorne and 

field, in the county of York, Clerk ;——and, Wil- frowte Moors 
liam Makins, of Thorne, in the county of York, Improvement 
Esquire, Thomas Brown, of Thorne, aforesaid, Es- Bill. 
quire, Richard Middlebrook, of Thorne aforesaid, 
Yeoman, and the several other Persons whose 
names are thereunto subscribed ; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Zhorne and Crowle 
Moors Drainage and Improvement Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the hg 
Canal Navigation from Leeds to Liverpool, pray- (Skipton = 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their Cayley Hall 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Deviations) 
Wharfdale Railway (Skipton and Cayley Hall ®- 
Deviations) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in- 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Shareholders in the Waterford, Waterford, 

Weaford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway Company, Wexford, 
| cklow and 

praying that they may be heard, by themselves, pubjin Rail- 
their counsel or agents, against certain paris of the way Bill. 
Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Rail- 
way bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Joseph Cor and others, Merchants, Wisbech Port 
Traders and others, Inhabitants of the town of 22d Harbour 
Wisbech, in the county of Cambridge ;——and,~”* 
Richard Young and others, Merchants, Traders and 
other Inhabitants of the town of Wisbech, in the 
county of Cambridge; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Wisbech Port and Har- 
bour Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions from Rathdrum and Newtownmount Waterford, 
Kennedy ; — Gorey ; — Bray ; — Wicklow ; —and, Wexford, 
Wexford; praying that the Waterford, Wexford, Dublin Rail- 
Wicklow and Dublin Railway Bill may puss into a way Bill. 
law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of David Burn and others, Owners, York and 
Managers and Agents of collieries, in the county of Newcastle 
Nis Railway 
Durham, praying that they may be heard, by (fain Line 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain Improvement, 
3038 parts &amp;¢.) Bill. 





470 


arts of the York and Newcastle Railway (Main Line 
mprovement, &amp;c.) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, 5 oe their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 





a a =. aol 
York Im- A Petition of John Norrison and Sarah Scavin, 


provement, 


8° Maiz. 


A. 1847. 


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

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words, 
“ there be laid before this House, a Return of alj Greek Loan, 





Pol 
Bill 


praying that they may be heard, by themselves, ‘“ Monies paid by Great Britain on account of the 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the |“ Interest of the Greek Loan, up to the Ist day of 
York Improvement, Lendal Bridge and Approaches, | “ January 1847,” instead thereof. 


Lendal 
Bridge and 
Approaches, 











Bill. Bill, was presented, and read. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
York and A Petition of the Great Northern Railway Com- 
ace pany, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
Berwick, and selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
North British of the York and Newcastle, Newcastle and Berwick 
poe ll and North British Railways Amalgamation Bill, 
tion Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their | 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 





York and A Petition of the Manchester and Leeds Railway 
North Vi@and 


Railway Company, praying that they may be heard, by 
(Knottingley themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
Branch) Bil. parts of the York and North Midland Railway 
(Knottingley Branch) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
Factories Bill. ©The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the ingrossed Bill to limit the Hours 
of Labour of Young Persons and Females in Fac- 
tories ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“now,” and, at the end ofthe Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word | 
- “ now” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


’ as , Mr, Fielden, a 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Brotherton: 
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J 





151. 


Mr. Trelawny, | 


Tellers for the Noes.{ Se. Leader : 83. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third | 
time. 

An ingrossed Clause, (And be it Enacted, That, 
this Act shall cease and determine at the expiration | 
of a period of three years from and after the day on 
which it shall have become law), was offered to be | 
added to the Bill, by way of Rider. | 

And the said Clause was brought up, and read | 
the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—It passed in the Negative. | 





| thousand four hundred and twenty-nine pounds, 
granted to Her Majesty, for the Services of Holy- gna Holyhead. 


And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- Public 
dred and seventeen thousand nine hundred and Buildings. 
eighty-nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray, to the 31st day of March 1848, the Expense 
of Works and Repairs of Public Buildings, for Fur- 
niture for various Public Departments, and for cer- 
tain Charges for Lighting and Watching, and for 
Rates and Taxes; also for the Maintenance and 
Repairs of Royal Palaces and Works in the Royal 
Gardens, formerly charged on the Civil List. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty Buckingham 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Palace. 
defray, in the year 1847, the Expense of Works for 
enlarging and improving Buckingham Palace. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Botanic 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her Gardens at 
Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 1848, 
the Expense of erecting a Palm-house in the Royal 
Botanic Gardens at Kew. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventeen Houses of 
thousand seven hundred and nine pounds, be granted Parliament. 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of providing 
temporary Accommodation for the Houses of Par- 
liament, Committee-rooms, Offices and Temporary 
Official Residences for the Speaker of the House of 
Commons and other Officers of that House, to the 
31st day of March 1848. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One New Houses 


hundred and fifty thousand pounds, be granted to of Parliament. 


Her Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to de- 
fray, to the 31st day of March 1848, the Expense 
of the Works at the New Houses of Parliament. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven Home Office, 
thousand four hundred and thirty-five pounds, be a . d 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day mon” 
of March 1848, the Expense of taking down and Offices. 
rebuilding the Home Office, and for altering and 
enlarging the Board of Trade and Council Offices. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Holyhead 
be Harbour and 

Shrewsbury 
head Harbour and Shrewsbury and Holyhead Roads, Roads. 
to the 31st day of March 1848. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Harbours of 
hundred and forty thousand pounds, be granted to Refuse: 
Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 1847, the Ex- 
pense of constructing Harbours of Refuge. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Greene also acquainted the House, that he 


Then Amendments were made to the Bill. |was directed to move, That the Committee may 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | have leave to sit again. 


Ordered, That Mr. Fielden do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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


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Police Clauses 
Bill. 


Cemeteries 
Clauses Bill. 


Railways, 
Piers and 
Harbours 
(Ireland. ) 


Passengers 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill, 


Service of 

Heirs (Scot- 
land) [Com- 
pensations. ] 


Agricultural 
Statistics Bill. 


Naval Service 
of Boys Bill. 


Ways and 
Means, 


10 Victroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Police Clauses Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Cemeteries Clauses Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred to consider of authorizing further 
Issues of Money out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
to the Exchequer Loan Commissioners, to be by 
them applied by way of Loan towards defraying the 
Expense of making certain Railways in Jreland; 
and also the Issue of a further Sum, by way of grant, 
out of the said Consolidated Fund, to be applied 
pursuant toan Act of the last Session of Parliament, 
for promoting the Construction of Piers and Har- 
bours in Ireland, several Resolutions; which were 
read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct Advances to 
be made, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the 
Commissioners for the Issue of Loans for Public 
Works and Fisheries, &amp;c., to an Amount not ex- 
ceeding Six hundred and twenty thousand pounds 
in the whole, to be by them advanced towards de- 
fraying the Expense of making the following Rail- 
ways in Ireland; viz., the Great Southern and 
Western Railway, the Waterford and Kilkenny 
Railway, and the Dublin and Drogheda Railway. 

2. Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct Advances to 
be made, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to an 
Amount not exceeding Forty thousand pounds, to 
be applied to the purposes of an Act of the last 
Session of Parliament, for encouraging the Sea 
Fisheries of Ireland, by promoting the Construction 
of Piers, Harbours and other Works. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill or Bills be brought in upon 
the said Resolutions: And that Mr. Greene, The 
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Parker do 
prepare, and bring them in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Passengers Act Amendment Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of making 
provision for payment of Compensations which may 
be awarded in pursuance of any Act of the present 
Session, for amending the Practice in Scotland as to 
the Service of Heirs ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Agricultural Statistics Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Naval Service of Boys Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

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

VoL. 102. 


3°—-4° Maze. 





471 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Poor Removal 
aah, the Poor Removal (England and Scot- Seotand) Bi 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Poor Laws 
for the Administration of the Laws for Relief of the a 
Poor in England: And that Sir George Grey and "°°" 
Lord John Russell do prepare, and bring it in. 


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


Martis, 4° die Mati, 1847: 


Ordered, That Mr. Baring be discharged from China. 
any further attendance on the Select Committee on 
Commercial Relations with China. 

Ordered, That Mr. Parker be added to the Com- 
mittee. 


Ordered, That Mr. Watson be added to the Select Juvenile _ 
Committee on the Juvenile Offenders Bill. Offenders Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Service of 

a Committee to consider of making provision for Heirs (Scot- 

: : ded land) [Com- 
payment of Compensations which may be awarded jonsations. | 
in pursuance of any Act of the present Session, for 
amending the Practice in Scotland as to the Service 
of Heirs. 

(In the Committee). 


Resolved, That the Compensations which may be 
awarded in pursuance of any Act of the present Ses- 
sion for altering and amending the Law and Practice 
in Scotland, as to the Service of Heirs, shall be paid 
out of the monies which, by certain Acts of Her 
late Majesty Queen Anne, were made chargeable 
with the expenses of the Courts of Session, Justiciary 
or Exchequer in Scotland. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Sir William Somerville, by Order, presented a Bill Poor Laws 
for the Administration of the Laws for Relief of the Admmmstra- 
Poor in England: And the same was read the first “°" 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon No. 842. 
Monday the 17th day of this instant May; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Parker presented a Bill to authorize the Ad- Railways 
vance of Money out of the Consolidated Fund, for (Noe?) Bill 
Loans towards defraying the Expense of making N : " ‘ 
certain Railways in Jreland: And the same was einen 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Parker presented a Bill for the further Im- Fishery Piers 
provement of the Fishery Piers and Harbours in (ireland) Bill. 
Ireland: And the same was read the first time ; : 
and ordered to be read a second time To-morrow ; No. 344. 
and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Greek Loan. 
Return of all Monies paid by Great Britain on 
account of the Interest of the Greek Loan up to the 
Ist day of January 1847. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Harbours, 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- age . 
tituled, An Act for consolidating in one Act certain pi 
Provisions usually contained in Acts authorizing the 
making and improving of Harbours, Docks and 
Piers; and the same was read, as followeth : 

P, 14.1.14. After “where” insert “and so far 
up the same as.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 

304 the 


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Navigation 
Laws. 


Settlement 
and Poor 
Removal. 


Edinburgh 
and Perth 
Railway Bill. 


Buckingham 
Palace. 


Cotton Wool 
(iadia. ) 


Poor Law, 


472 


the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords of this day, 
wherein their Lordships request that this House will 
be pleased to communicate to their Lordships a 
Copy of the Report from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed by this House, in the present Session of 
Parliament, to inquire into the operation and policy 
of the Navigation Laws; together with the Minutes 
of Evidence taken before the said Committee. 

Resolved, That a printed Copy of the said Report 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships: And that Mr. Greene do deliver the 
same. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords of this 
day, wherein their Lordships request that this 
House will be pleased to communicate to their Lord- 
ships a Copy of Reports from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed by this House, in the present Ses- 
sion of Parliament, to inquire into the operation of 
the Law of Settlement and of the Poor Removal 
Act of the last Session of Parliament ; together with 
the Minutes of Evidence taken before the said Com- 
mittee. 

Resolved, That a printed Copy of the said Reports 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships: And that Mr. Greene do deliver the 
same, 


A Petition of the Magistrates and Town Council of 
the royal burgh of Dunfermline, taking notice of the 
Edinburgh and Perth Railway Bill, and stating that 
they presented a memorial against the said Bill to 
the Railway Board, who intormed the Petitioners 
that they could not take the subject of their memo- 
rial into consideration, unless it should be remitted 
to them by the House ; and praying the House to 
remit the present Petition, together with the memo- 
rial quoted therein, to the Railway Board, with In- 
structions to report thereon to the House, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Plans and Elevations of the proposed New 
Buildings at Buckingham Palace. 

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


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





Martis, 4° die Maii ; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 
PRAYERS. 


M* Campbell, from the Court of Directors of 
the East India Company, was called in; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to Order,—A Return 
of the Quantity of Cotton Wool exported from the 
British Possessions in India, in each year during 
which the Accounts have been kept; stating the 
Forts from which the Shipments were made, the 
Quantity shipped at each Port, and the Countries to 
which the Cotton was exported, and the Shipments 
to each Country ; the Quantities given in Bales or 
in Pounds Avoirdupois :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law 
Commissioners, was called in ; and at the bar pre- 


3°—4° Mair. 





A. 1847. 


sented,—Return to an Order, dated the 22d day 
of July, in the last Session of Parliament, for an 
Extract from the Application and Report Books 
of the Relieving Officers of the several Poor Law 
Unions in the Counties of Wilts, Dorset and 
Somerset, showing the Amount of Relief granted to 
individual Applicants by Boards of Guardians in 
1845, under the following heads :—1. Names of Ap- 
plicants, their Wives and Children under sixteen, 
dependent on them :—2. Age :—3. Calling :—4. If 
Able-bodied :—5. If partially or wholly Disabled, 
and the Description of Disability:—6. Cause of seek- 
ing Relief, and Nature of Application :—7. Weekly 
Earnings at the time or previous to making an 
Application to the Board :—s. Relief ordered by 
Guardians in Money and Kind, with Quantity and 
Description :—9. For what time allowed, or Nature 
of the Order made:—10. Observations—Deaths, 
Removals, and such other Information as may 
be deemed useful. Amount fixed for the Weekly 
Maintenance of each Pauper in the Union House. 
Copy of the Dietary Table in use in each Union 
Workhouse :—And then he withdrew. 

‘ — That the said Return do lie upon the 

able. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- south Eastern 
posed, That the Report on the South Eastern Rail- Railway (Mid 
way (Mid Kent and Direct Tunbridge) Bill be now ong ll 
taken into consideration ; bridge) Bill 

The Amendments following, were proposed to be 

made to the Question viz., to leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question,to add the 
words ‘ upon Thursday next.” 
And the Question being proposed, That the word 
now” stand part of the Question: — The said 
proposed Amendments and Motion were severally, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into considera- 
tion upon Thursday next. 


“ 


Ordered, That the Report on the South Eastern South Eastern 


Railway (North Kent Line) Bill be taken into con- mae 
sideration upon Thursday next. Cine) —" 


Ordered, That the Report on the South Eastern South Eastern 
Railway (Strood to Maidstone) Bill be taken into Railway 


consideration upon Thursday next. Gaevdstone) 
Bill. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions ons 
Petitions presented upon the 28th, 29th and 30th hevert 
days of this instant April, and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


The House was moved, That the Petition of Thames 
Edward Tyrrell, Esquire, Remembrancer of the — siti 
City of London, which was presented yesterday, 
praying that leave be given to present a Bill to 
provide for the Conservation of the River Thames, 
and for the Regulation, Management and Improve- 
ment thereof, instead of the proposed Bill annexed 
to the Petition for leave to bring in the said Bill, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to present a Bill, 
pursuant to the prayer of the said Petition. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Caledonian 


the Report on the Caledonian Railway (Branches see 
from tie Clydesdale Junction Railway to the tm 0 


Douglas and Lesmahagow Mineral Fields and to Clydesdale _ 
Strathavon) Bill; and the Amendments were read, Junction Rail- 


to the 
and agreed to. Dongias and 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Lesmahagow. 

: Mineral Fields, 
be ingrossed. and to Strath- 
avon) Bill. 





The 





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Caledonian The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway the Report on the Caledonian Railway (Branches 
(Branches to 


Wilsontown, t0 Wilsontown, to Fauldhouse, and to Biggar and 

to Fauldhouse, Broughton) Bill; andthe Amendments were read, 

and to Biggar and agreed to. 

ond Bill ~ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Caledonian The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway 


(Extension of the Report on the Caledonian Railway (Extension 


Motherwell Of Motherwell Branch of Clydesdale Junction Rail- 
Branch of = way to Auchinheath Mineral Field, with Branches 
a to the Wishaw and Coltness Railway, Canderside 
Railway to and Hamilton) Bill; and the Amendments were 


Auchinheath read, and agreed to. 


pe ha Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
to the Wishaw be ingrossed. 

and Coltness 

Railway, Canderside 

and Hamilton) Bill. 

_ Rates Mr. Greene reported the Ewell Rates Bill, with 


Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 


former Committee :—And that they have leave to 
sit, and proceed, To-morrow. 


Kingston- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Seull Tene. the Report on the Kingston-upon-Thames Small 
ments Bill. | Tenements Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to 
sit, and proceed, and to make their Report To- 
morrow. 

Leeds Water- 


Ordered, That the Leeds Waterworks (No. 2.) Bill 
e read a second time To-morrow, notwithstanding 
that the Breviate has not been laid upon the Table 
three clear days, provided the Breviate shall be laid 
upon the Table previous to such Second Reading. 


works (No. 2.) b 
Bill. 


Great Western The House was moved, That the Report in respect 


«ne, of the Petition for additional provision in the Great 

and Exten. | Western Railway (Amendmentand Extension) Bill, 

sion) Bill © which, upon the 30th day of April last, was made 
from the Select Committee on Standing Orders, 
might be read, and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, That they have power to make 
provision therein, pursuant to the prayer of the said 
Petition. 

oe. Mr. Grogan presented a Bill for the Dissolution 
xford, 


; of the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin 
Dulin Ral Railway Company : And the same was read the 


way (Repeal first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 
of Act) Bill. 


—— a ., Lhe House proceeded to take into consideration 
Carlisle Rail. the Report on the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle 
way,andGlas- Railway, and Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and 
gow, Paisley, Ayr Railway (No. 2.) Bill; and the Amendments 
Kilmarnock d 

and Ayr Rail. Were read, and agreed to. 


way (No. 2.) Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
Bill. be ingrossed. 


Glasgow, _ The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Paisley, Kil- 


marnock and tHe Report on the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock 
Ayr Railway, and Ayr Railway, and Glasgow and Belfast Union 
and Glasgow Railway (No. 1.) Bill; and the Amendments were 
Tae tst read, and agreed to. 

way (No. 1.) Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
Bill. be ingrossed. 


Derbyshire, : . : _ 
Samedi The Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire 


and Worces. JUNCtion Railway Bill was read a second time ; and 

tershire Junc- Committed. 

= Railway Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Colchester, 


Stour Valey, The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Sudbury and the Report on the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury 


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473 


and Halstead Railway (Extension from Lavenham Halstead Rail- 
to Bury Saint Edmund's) Bill; and the Amend- Way (Exten 
ments were read, and agreed to. peal 0 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Bury St. Ed- 
be ingrossed. mund’s) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Scottish 
the Report on the Scottish Equitable Life Assurance Pauitable 


Life A 
Society Bill; and the Amendments were read, and gociety Bill. 


agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Ayrshire and 
the Report on the Ayrshire and Galloway Railway Galloway 
(Smithstown to Dalmellington) Bill; and the Amend- re 
ments were read, and agreed to. to Dalmelling- 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, ) Bill 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Thurs- 
day next. 


Mr. Strutt presented,—Report of the Commis- Railway Bills. 
sioners of Railways on certain Railway Bills com- No. 164. 
prised in Groups Nos. 4, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 27 and 
48 (in pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23d 
February 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on the 
Manchester and Birmingham and North Stafford- 
shire Junction Railway Bill in Group No. 25 (in 
pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23d Fe- 
bruary 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on cer- 
tain Railway Bills comprised in Group No. 42. 
(in pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23d 
February 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on the 
Cork, Blackrock and Passage (Amendment and 
Deviation) Railway Bill, comprised in Group No. 43 
(in pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23d 
February 1847). 

Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
Committees on the Bills to which the same relate ; 
and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester 
the Report on the Manchester Markets Bill; and Markets Bill. 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group Ne. 16 Railway Bills 
of Railway Bills have leave to sit this day, till five age 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. tae 


Mr. Masterman presented a Bill to provide for the Thames 
Conservation of the River Thames, and for the Re- —w 
gulation, Management and Improvement thereof: ~"” 
And the same was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Ex- 
aminers of Petitions for Private Bills, who shall 
report whether any other Standing Orders apply to 
this Bill than those which were proved to have been 
complied with before the Examiner, upon the Peti- 
tion for leave to bring in the T’hames Conservancy 
Bill; and that the Examiner have leave to sit, and 
proceed, upon Wednesday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wolverhamp- 
the Report on the Wolverhampton Gas Bill; and t™ Gas Bill. 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


A Petition of Subscribers to, and Promoters of Manchester 
the Undertaking thereinafter mentioned, for leave 224 Soup 
to bring in a Bill for making a Railway from oar (No. 2.) 
Southampton to Cheltenham, to be called the Man- Bill. 
chester and Southampton Railway, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders, 

3P Mr. 








Manchester 
and South- 


474, 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table-—Report from 


cmpten Rail- Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
way (No. 2.) 
Bill. 


Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
the Manchester and Southampion Railway (No. 2.) 
Bill, the Standing Orders have not been com- 
plied with. 

In conformity with the Resolution of the House 
of the 22d March last, amended Sections of the 
line of the proposed Railway have been duly de- 
posited. 

The datum line of such Sections has been lowered 
6 feet 6 inches from the commencement of the line 
at Southampton, to the point at or about the 73d 
mile 31 chains, as measured from Southampton, 
being that portion of the line concerning which the 
examiner had (together with other matters) reported 
that there was a continuous error on the Section, 
by which the surface of the ground with reference 
to the datum horizontal line of the said Section, is 
shown as being 6 feet 6 inches lower than the 
true surface of the ground. 

The corrections of the verticai heights, necessarily 
conse quent upon the said alteration of the datum line, 
have also been made upon the amended Sections. 

But the Section so amended, which has been de- 
posited in the Private Bill Office, does not correctly 
show the surface of the ground with reference to 
the amended datum line of the said Section, in the 
following instances : 

At. or about the point 81 miles 66 chains, as 
measured from the commencement of the said Rail- 
way at Southampton, a road is shown on the said 
Section, by calculation from the figured heights 
and rates of inclination at the height of 777 feet, 
or thereabouts, above the datum horizontal line, 
whereas the real height of the said road above the 
said datum line is 779? feet, or thereabouts ; but 
the said Section as measured by the scale for 
vertical heights thereof, and by the ivory scale, 
shows the said road to be 784 feet above the said 
datum line. 

At or about the point 73 miles 6 chains, measured 
as aforesaid, a road is shown as crossed on the level, 
at a change of gradient where the height is figured as 
504 feet above the said datum horizontal line, 
whereas the real height of the said road above the 
said datum line is 500} feet, or thereabouts, but, 
measured by the ivory scale, the said height is 501 
or 502 feet, and by the scale for vertical heights upon 
the said Section, 506 feet, or thereabouts. 

At orabout the point 61 miles 7 chains, measured 
as aforesaid, a road is shown on the said Section as 
crossed on the level at a change of gradient, at 
which the height from the datum line to the upper 
surface of the rails is figured as 362 feet, whereas 
the real height of the said road above the said 
datum line is 359 feet, or thereabouts, and the said 
height measured by the ivory scale is from 363 to 
365 feet, and by the scale for vertical heights 368 
feet, or thereabouts. 

At or about the point 36 miles 3 chains, measured 
as aforesaid, a road is shown on the said Section as 
crossed on the level, at a change of gradient where 
the vertical height is figured at 525 feet above the 
said datum horizontal line, whereas the real height 
of the said road above the said datum line is 5172 
feet, or thereabouts. 

At or about the point 35 miles 65 chains, measured 
¢s aforesaid, a road is shown on the said Section 
at the height of 523 feet, or thereabouts, above the 
said datum horizontal line, whereas the real height 
of the said road above the said datum line is 529} 
feet, or thereabouts. 

At or about the point 26 miles 47 chains, measured 
as aforesaid from the commencement of the said 
Railway at Southampton, a road is shown on the 
said Section at the height of 3014 feet, or there- 
abouts, above the said datum horizontal line, whereas 
the real height of the said road above the said 
datum line is 305 feet, or thereabouts. 


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At or about the point 26 miles 25 chains, measured 
as aforesaid, from the commencement of the said 
Railway at Southampton, a road is shown on the 
said Section at the height of 299 feet, or thereabouts, 
above the said datum horizontal line, whereas the real 
height of the said road above the said datum line 
is 303} feet, or thereabouts. 

At or about the point 26 miles 11 chains, measured 
as aforesaid, a road is shown on the said Section at 
the height of 341 feet, or thereabouts, above the 
said datum horizontal line, whereas the real height 
of the said road above the said datum line is 336% 
feet, or thereabouts. 

At or about the point 25 miles 60 chains, measured 
as aforesaid, a road is shown on the said Section at 
the height of 294 feet, or thereabouts, above the 
said datum horizontal line, whereas the real height 
of the said road above the said datum line is 292 
feet, or thereabouts. 

At or about the point 25 miles 24 chains, measured 
as aforesaid, a road is shown on the said Section at 
the height of 323 feet, or thereabouts, above the said 
datum horizontal line, whereas the real height of 
the said road above the said datum line is 3183 feet, 
or thereabouts. 

At or about the point 25 miles 16 chains, a road 
is shown on the said Section at the height of 323 
feet, or thereabouts, above the said datum horizontal 
line, whereas the real height of the said road above 
the said datum line is 321 feet, or thereabouts. 

At or about the point 25 miles 5 chains, measured 
as aforesaid, a road is shown on the said Section at 
the height of 284 feet, or thereabouts, above the 
said datum horizontal line, whereas the real height 
of the said road above the said datum line is 2812 
feet, or thereabouts. 

At or about the point 24 miles 3 chains, measured 
as aforesaid, a road is shown on the said Section 
at the height of 2644 feet, or thereabouts, above the 
said datum horizontal line, whereas the real height 
of the said road above the said datum line is 261} 
feet, or thereabouts. 

Between a point at 23 miles 34 chains, or there- 
abouts, anda point at 23 miles 56 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section, measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is represented on the said 
Section as being from 4 feet to 5 feet higher than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is with reference 
to the datum line of the said last-mentioned Section ; 
particularly at 23 miles 35 chains and 23 miles 55 
chains respectively, or thereabouts, the said surface is 
represented as being 5 feet higher than the surface 
of the ground, in fact, is at the said points with re- 
ference to the said datum line. 

Between a point at 23 miles 56 chains, or there- 
abouts, and a point at 24 miles 4 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section, measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is represented on the said 
Section as being from 2 feet to 7 feet higher than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is with reference 
to the datum line of the said Section; particularly 
at 24 miles 3 chains, or thereabouts, the said surface 
is represented as being 7 feet higher than the 
surface of the ground, in fact, is at the said point 
with reference to the said datum line. 

Between a point at 24 miles 19 chains, or there- 
abouts, and a point at 24 miles 31 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is represented on the said 
Section as being from 3 feet to 5 feet higher than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is with reference 
to the datum line of the said Section ; particularly at 
24 miles 29 chains, or thereabouts, the said surface 
is represented as being 5 feet higher than the sur- 
face of the ground, in fact, is at the said point with 
reference to the said datum line. 

Between a point at 24 miles 40 chains, or there- 
abouts, and a point at 24 miles 35 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section measured as aforesaid, 


the surface of the ground is represented on the said 
Section 








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Section as being from 3 feet to 5 feet higher than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is with reference 
to the datum line of the last-mentioned Section; 
particularly at 24 miles 40 chains, and 24 miles 
45 chains respectively, or thereabouts, the said sur- 
face is represented as being 5 feet higher than the 
surface of the ground, in fact, is at the said point with 
reference to the said datum line. 

Between a point at 24 miles 60 chains, or there- 
abouts, and the point at 25 miles 5 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is represented on the said 
Section as being from 2 feet to 5 feet higher than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is with reference 
to the datum line of the said Section ; particularly 
at 24 miles 65 chains, and at 25 miles 1 chain, the 
said surface is represented as being 5 feet higher 
than the surface of the ground, in fact, is at the 
said points with reference to the said datum line. 

Between a point at 25 miles 11 chains, or there- 
abouts, and a point at 25 miles 23 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is represented on the said 
Section as being from 2 feetto 4 feet higher than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is with reference 
to the said datum line of the said Section ; particu- 
larly at 25 miles 20 chains, or thereabouts, mea- 
sured as aforesaid, the said surface is represented as 
being 4 feet higher than the surface of the ground, 
in fact, is at the said point with reference to the 
said datum line. 

Between a point at 25 miles 37 chains, or there- 
abouts, and a point at 25 miles 45 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is represented as being 
from 2 feet to 7 feet lower than the surface of the 
ground, in fact, is with reference to the datum line 
of the said Section; particularly at 25 miles 45 
chains, or thereabouts, the said surface is repre- 
sented as being 7 feet lower than the surface of the 
ground, in fact, is at the said point with reference 
to the said datum line. 

Between a point at 25 miles 60 chains, or there- 
abouts, and a point at 26 miles 24 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is represented as being 
from 2 feet to 10 feet higher than the surface of the 
ground, ia fact, is with reference to the datum line 
of the said Section; particularly at 26 miles 2 
chains, and 26 miles 20 chains respectively, or there- 
abouts, the said surface is represented as being 10 
feet higher than the surface of the ground, in fact, 
is at the said points with reference to the said 
datum line. 

Between a point at 26 miles 30 chains, or there- 
abouts, and a point at 26 miles 36 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is represented on the said 
Section as being from 2 feet to 8 feet lower than the 
surface of the ground, in fact, is with reference to 
the datum line of the said Section ; particularly at 
26 miles 33 chains, or thereabouts, the said surface 
is represented as being 8 feet lower than the sur- 
face of the ground, in fact, is at the said point with 
reference to the said datum line. 

Between a point at 26 miles 47 chains, or there- 
abouts, and a point at 26 miles 60 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is represented on the 
said Section as being from 2 feet to 8 feet lower 
than the surface of the ground, in fact, is with refer- 
ence to the datum line of the said Section ; particu- 
larly at 26 miles 53 chains, or thereabouts, measured 
as aforesaid, the said surface is represented as being 
8 feet lower than the surface of the ground, in fact, is 
at the said point with referenceto thesaid datum line. 

Between a point at 30 miles 10 chains, or there- 
abouts, and a point at 30 miles 54 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is represented on the said 
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475 
Section as being from nothing to 6 feet higher than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is with reference 
to the datum line of the said last-mentioned Section ; 
particularly at 30 miles 43 chains, or thereabouts, 
the said surface is represented as being 6 feet higher 
than the surface of the ground, in fact, is at the 
said point with reference to the said datum line. 

Between a point at 31 miles 54 chains, or there- 
abouts, and a point at 32 miles 20 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is represented on the 
said Section as being from nothing to 8 feet higher 
than the surface of the ground, in fact, is with 
reference to the datum line of the said last-mentioned 
Section ; particularly at 31 miles 60 chains, and 
at 32 miles respectively, or thereabouts, the said 
surface is represented as being 8 feet higher than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is at the said points 
with reference to the said datum line. 

Between a point at 33 miles 4 chains, or there- 
abouts, and a point at 33 miles 64 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is represented on the said 
Section as being from 2 feet to 7 feet higher than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is with reference 
to the datum line of the said Section ; particularly at 
33 miles 12 chains, and 33 miles 46 chains respec- 
tively, or thereabouts, the said surface is represented 
as being 7 feet higher than the surface of the ground, 
in fact, is at the last-mentioned points with reference 
to the said datum line. 

Between a point at 33 miles 64 chains, or there- 
abouts, and a point at 34 miles 20 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is represented on the 
said Section as being from 2 feet to 5 feet higher 
than the surface of the ground, in fact, is with 
reference to the datum line of the said Section ; 
particularly at 33 miles 75 chains, or thereabouts, 
the said surface is represented as being 5 feet 
higher than the surface of the ground, in fact, is at 
the said point with reference to the said datum line. 

Between a point at 35 miles 13 chains, or there- 
abouts, and a point ac 35 miles 52 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section measured as aforesaid, 
the surface on the ground is represented on the said 
Section as being from 2 feet to 5 feet higher than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is with reference 
to the datum line of the said Section; particularly at 
35 miles 31 chains, or thereabouts, the said surface 
is represented as being 5 feet higher than the sur- 
face of the ground, in fact, is at the said point with 
reference to the said datum line. 

Between a point at 35 miles 61 chains, or there- 
abouts, and a point at 35 miles 69 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is represented on the said 
Section as being from nothing to 9 feet lower than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is with reference 
to the datum line of the said Section ; particularly 
at 35 miles 64 chains, or thereabouts, the said sur- 
face is represented as being 9 feet lower than tie 
surface of the ground, in fact, is at the said point 
with reference to the said datum line. 

Between a point at 35 miles 72 chains, or there- 
abouts, and a point at 36 miles 35 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is represented on the said 
Section as being from 1 foot to 3 feet higher than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is with reference 
to the datum line of the said Section ; particularly at 
35 miles 75 chains, or thereabouts, the said surface 
is represented as being 3 feet higher than the sur- 
face of the ground, in fact, is at the said point with 
reference to the said datum line. 

Between a point at 37 miles 22 chains, or there- 
abouts, and a point at 37 miles 66 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is represented on the said 
Section as being from 2 feet to 5 feet higher than 

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the surface of the ground, in fact, is with reference 
to the datum line of the said Section ; particularly 
at 37 miles 45 chains, or thereabouts, the said sur- 
face is represented as being 5 feet higher than the 
surface of the ground, in fact, is at the said point 
with reference to the said datum line. 

Between a point at 38 miles 77 chains, or there- 
abouts, and a point at 39 miles 40 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is represented on the said 
Section as being from 2 feet to 6 feet higher than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is with reference 
to the datum line of the said Section ; particularly 
at 39 miles 35 chains, or thereabouts, the said sur- 
face is represented as being 6 feet higher than the 
surface of the ground, in fact, is at the said point 
with reference to the said datum line. 

Between a point at 40 miles 44 chains, or there- 
abouts, and a point at 40 miles 51 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is represented on the said 
Section as being from 3 feet to 20 feet higher than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is with reference 
to the datum line of the said Section ; particularly 
at 40 miles 48 chains, or thereabouts, the said sur- 
face is represented as being 20 feet higher than the 
surface of the ground, in fact, is at the said point 
with reference to the said datum line. 

Between a point at 42 miles 8 chains, or there- 
abouts, and a point at 42 miles 26 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is represented on the said 
Section as being from 2 feet to 5 feet higher than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is with reference 
to the datum line of the said last-mentioned Section ; 
particularly at 42 miles 12 chains, or thereabouts, 
the said surface is represented as being 5 feet higher 
than the surface of the ground, in fact, is at the last- 
mentioned point with reference to the said datum line. 

Between a point 43 miles 64 chains or there- 
abouts, and a point at 43 miles 74 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is represented on the said 
Section as being from 2 feet to 6 feet lower than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is with reference 
to the datum line of the said Section, particularly 
at 43 miles 71 chains, or thereabouts, the said sur- 
face is represented as being 6 feet lower than the 
surface of the ground, in fact, is at the said point 
with reference to the said datum line. 

Between a point at 44 miles 27 chains, or there- 
abouts, and a point at 44 miles 37 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is represented on the said 
Section as being from 2 feet to 16 feet lower than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is with reference 
to the datum line of the said Section ; particularly 
at 44 miles 33 chains, or thereabouts, the said sur- 
face is represented as being 16 feet lower than the 
surface of the ground, in fact, is at the said point 
with reference to the said datum line. 

Between a point at 44 miles 56 chains, or there- 
abouts, and a point marked 45 miles, or thereabouts, 
on the said Section, the surface of the ground is re- 
presented on the said Section as being from 2 feet 
to 10 feet higher than the surface of the ground, in 
fact, is with reference to the datum line of the said 
Section ; particularly at 44 miles 59 chains, or there- 
abouts, measured as aforesaid, the said surface is 
represented as being 10 feet higher than the surface 
of the ground, in fact, is at the said point with refer- 
ence to the said datum line. 

Between a point at 45 miles 42 chains, or there- 
abouts, and a point at 46 miles 25 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is represented on the said 
Section as being from nothing to 5 feet higher than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is with reference 
to the datum line of the said Section; particularly 
at 45 miles 46 chains, or thereabouts, the said sur- 











A. 1847. 


face is represented as being 5 feet higher than the 
surface of the ground, in fact, is at the said point 
with reference to the said datum line. 

Between a point at 46 miles 33 chains, or there- 
abouts, and a point at 46 miles 40 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section, measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is represented on the said 
Section as being from 2 feet to 8 feet higher than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is with reference 
to the datum line of the said Section; particularly 
at 46 miles 35 chains, or thereabouts, the said sur-- 
face is represented as being 8 feet higher than the 
surface of the ground, in fact, is at the said point 
with reference to the said datum line. 


Between a point at 46 miles 71 chains, or there-_ 


abouts, and a point at 47 miles 3 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is represented on the said 
Section as being from 2 feet to 6} feet lower than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is with reference 
to the datum line of the said Section ; particularly 
at 46 miles 73 chains, or thereabouts, the said sur- 
face is represented as being 63 feet lower than the 
surface of the ground, in fact, is at the said point 
with reference to the said datum line. 

Between a point at 59 miles 46 chains, or there- 
abouts, and a point at 59 miles 62 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is represented on the said 
Section as being from 2 feet to 8 feet higher than the 
surface of the ground, in fact, is with reference to 
the datum line of the said Section ; particularly at 
59 miles 52 chains, or thereabouts, the said surface 
is represented as being 8 feet higher than the sur- 
face of the ground, in fact, is at the said point with 
reference to the said datum line. 

Between a point at 64 miles 27 chains, or there- 
abouts, and a point at 64 miles 45 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section, measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is represented on the said 
Section as being from 1 foot to 4 feet higher than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is with reference 
to the datum line of the said Section; particularly 
at 64 miles 40 chains, or thereabouts, the said sur- 
face is represented as being 4 feet higher than the 
surface of the ground, in fact, is at the said point 
with reference to the said datum line. 

Between a point at 67 miles 25 chains, or there- 
abouts, and a point at 67 miles 42 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is represented on the said 
Section as being from 2 feet to 5 feet higher than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is with reference 
to the datum line of the said Section ; particularly 
at 67 miles 40 chains, or thereabouts, the said sur- 
face is represented as being 5 feet higher than the 
surface of the ground, in fact, is at the said point 
with reference to the said datum line. 

Between a point at 68 miles 65 chains, or there- 
abouts, and a point at 69 miles 15 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section, measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is represented on the said 
Section, as being from nothing to 4 feet higher than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is with reference 
to the datum line of the said Section ; particularly at 
69 miles 10 chains, or thereabouts, measured as afore- 
said, the said surface is represented as being 4 feet 
higher than the surface of the ground, in fact, is at 
the said point with reference to the said datum line. 

Between a point of 69 miles 60 chains, or there- 
abouts, and a point at 70 miles 22 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is represented on the same 
Section as being from nothing to 6 feet higher than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is with reference 
to the datum line of the said Section ; particularly 
at 69 miles 76 chains, or thereabouts, the said sur- 
face is represented as being 6 feet higher than the 
surface of the ground, in fact, is at the said point 
with reference to the said datum line. 

Between 


res et 


Pt eed 




















































Leeds Water- 
works (No, 2.) 
Bill. 


Bathwick 
Church Bill. 


Belfast 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Derbyshire, 
Staffordshire 
and Worces- 
tershire Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill, 


10 VicrorrizZ. 


Between a point at 70 miles 77 chains, or there- 
abouts, and a point at 72 miles 45 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is represented on the said 
Section as being from 2 feet to 7 feet higher than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is with reference 
to the datum line of the said Section; particularly 
at 71 miles 72 chains, or thereabouts, the said sur- 
face is represented as being 7 feet higher than the 
surface of the ground, in fact, is at the said point 
with reference to the said datum line. 

Between a point at 72 miles 55 chains, or there- 
abouts, and a point at 73 miles 6 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is represented on the said 
Section as being from 2 feet to 8 feet higher than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is with reference 
to the datum line of the said Section; particularly 
at 72 miles 75 chains, or thereabouts, the said sur- 
face is represented as being 8 feet higher than the 
surface of the ground, in fact, is at the same point 
with reference to the said datum line. 

Between a point at 73 miles 21 chains, or there- 
abouts, and a point at 73 miles 274 chains, or there- 
abouts, on the said Section measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is represented on the said 
Section as being from 2 feet to 10 feet lower than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is with reference 
to the datum line of the said Section ; particularly 
at 73 miles 27 chains, or thereabouts, the said sur- 
face is represented as being 10 feet lower than the 
surface of the ground, in fact, is at the said point 
with reference to the said datum line. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 





Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills ; That in the case of the Zeeds Water- 
works (No. 2.) Bill, no other Standing Orders apply 
than those which were proved to have been complied 
with before the Examiner, upon the Petition for 
leave to bring in the Leeds Waterworks Bill. 


A Petition of the Reverend Charles Townsend, 
Rector of Thorpe, in the county of Nottingham, 
James Townsend, of Weston, in the county of So- 
merset, Captain in the Royal Navy, and William 
Leonard Thomas Pyle Taunton, of Ashley, in the 
county of Southampton, Barrister-at-Law, praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the Bathwick 
Church Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Adam John Macrory, of Duncairn, 
in the county of Antrim, Solicitor, praying that he 
may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 
against certain parts of the Belfast Improvement 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Birmingham Canal Navigation, praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Derbyshire, 
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Junction Railway 
Bili, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 


vw Maiz. 


477 


A Petition of Thomas Willis, of Upper Ormond Dublin 
Quay, in the city of Dublin, Medical Practitioner, a 
praying that the Dublin Corporation Waterworks pi 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Seventeen Petitions from Dublin, praying that publin 
the Dublin Improvement Bill may pass into a law, Improvement 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie Bill. 
the Table. 

A Petition of John Bateman Barnes, Barrister- 
at-Law, of the city of Dublin, Seneschal of the honor 
or lordship of Saint Mary’s Abbey, in the city of 
Dublin, praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law, as it now stands, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Hugh Stanley, of Rutland-square, 
in the city of Dublin, Secretary and Law Agent of 
the Term Grand Juries of the county of the city of i 
Dublin, praying that he may be heard, by himself, if 
his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the ‘ 
said Bill, was also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Merchants, Traders and others, 4 
Inhabitants of the city of Dublin, praying that the 
said Bill may not pass into a law, was also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Gentry, Clergy, Manufacturers, p.s¢ tanca- 
Tradesmen and other Inhabitants of the town of shire Railway : 
Prescot, in the county of Lancaster, praying that (Southport 
the East Lancashire Railway (Southport and Pres- pranch and 
ton Extension) Bill may pass into a Jaw; and that tension) Bill; 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or Manchester 
agents, against certain parts of the Manchester and aera 
Southport Railway Branches Bill; and, the Liver- Branches Bill; 
pool, Crosby and Southport Railway and Branches 204, Liverpool, 
Bill, was presented, and read. rats ve 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to Railway and 
the Committee on the two last-mentioned Bills ; and Branches 
the Petitioners heard, by themselves, their counsel ®* 
or agents, upon their Petition, if they think fit; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bills, against the 


Petition. 


A Petition of Edward Sidebottom, of Wakefield, Leeds, Wake- 
in the West Riding of the county of York, Lead field and Mid~ ; 
Merchant, praying that he may be permitted to {4 ngi” | 
: » praying . y P Railway Bill. 
withdraw his Petition against the Leeds, Wakefield 
and Midland Junction Railway Bill, was presented, 
and read. 
Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the 
Petition accordingly. 


Petitions of Merchants and Traders in the city Leith Harbour 
of Edinburgh and liberties thereof, and vicinity ;— and Docks 
and, Merchants, Traders and Inhabitants of the a { 
town of Leith ; taking notice of the Petition for ad- 
ditional provision in the Leith Harbour and Docks 
Dues Bill, and praying the House to sanction the 
said Bill in so far as it gives effect to the abolition of 
the Petty Customs of Leith, and provides compen- 
sation therefor in the manner and to the extent 
proposed, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Owners and Occupiers of property yialand Rail- 
in and Inhabitants of the town of Leamington way (Chelten- 
Priors, in the county of Warwick ; Inhabitants 9 hs ea y 
of Warwick and of Owners and Occupiers of property ae Line) Bil. 
inand nearthetown ; and, Owners and Occupiers 
of property in and Inhabitants of the town of Chel- 
tenham ; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents against certain parts 
of the Midland Railway (Cheltenham, Warwick and 
Leamington Line) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

Andthe said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 











favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
VoL. 102. 


in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 
3P3 A Petition 





478 


A Petition of Lieutenant-Colonel John Wildman 
of Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, Middle- 
sex, the Guardian legally appointed of the Right 
honourable George Harry Earl of Stamford and 
Warrington, a minor under the age of twenty-one 

ears, praying that the Oldham Alliance Railway 

ill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Oldham 
Alliance 
Railway Bill. 


Oxford, Petitions from Stratford-upon-Avon ;—Owners 
Worcester and and Occupiers on the line (three Petitions) ;—Eves- 
Wolverhamp- 


ton Railway am ;—Winchcomb ;—Leamington Priors ; — Chel- 

(No. 1.) (Ex- tenham ;—and, Warwick; praying that the Ozford, 

——— sol Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (No. 1.) 

Bill. (Extension and Amendment) Bill may pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Surrey and A Petition of Commissioners of Sewers for the 
Kent Commis- }imits extending from East Moulsey, in Surrey, to 
rts ae b in Kent, for leave to deposit a Peti- 
(No. 2.) Bill. ; avens ourne, In e &gt;t : Pp st 
tion for leave to bring in a Bill to facilitate the 
effectual drainage of certain districts within the 
Commission of Sewers for the limits extending from 
East Moulsey, in Surrey, to Ravensbourne, in Kent, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Waterford, A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of New 
Wexford, Ross, in the county of Wexford, and the surround- 
Wicklow and 


ing neighbourhood, praying that the Waterford, 
Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Dublin Rail- 
way Bill. 


Health of A Petition of Members of the Liskeard Literary 


Towns Bi. Tnstitution, praying that the Health of Towns Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Medical A Petition of Robert Allen Kidley, residing in 

Registration 


the city of Hereford, Licentiate of the College of 
Surgeons, University of Glasgow, praying that the 
Medical Registration and Medical Law Amendment 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


; A Petition of the Chairman of the Parochial 
(Scotland) Board of Dysart, praying that the Registering 
Bill. Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a 

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


A Petition of Andrew Moseley, of Great Or- 
mond-street, Queen-square, London, Architect, pray- 
ing that his plans for the construction of subter- 
ranean abattoirs or slaughter-houses under the 
whole of the present site of Smithfield Market may 
be examined before the Select Committee on Smith- 
field Market, and that he may be heard in support 
of the same, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Smithfield Market. 


and Medical 
Law Amend: 
ment Bill. 


Registering 


Smithfield 
Market. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Ecclesi- 
astical Commission, which was presented upon the 


No. 345. 15th day of February last, be printed. 
Troops(India.) Ordered, That ther Paper relative to Troops 
No. 346. (Jndia), which was presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 
Opium. Ordered, That the Paper relative to Opium, 
No, 347. 


which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Factories Bill. Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Factories 


No. 348. _ Bill, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
Wheat, &amp;e. Ordered, That the Account relative to Wheat, 

No. 349. &amp;c., which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
Dublin 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
—_— Reading of the Dublin Improvement Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 

proposed, ‘That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

he Amendments following were proposed to be 


4° Maii. 











A. 1847. 


made to the Question; viz., To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words, “ upon this day six months.” 


And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the (Mr. Morgan John O’ Connell, \, 4g 
Yeas, {Me Dillon Browne: eae 
Tellers for the f Mr. Grogan, \ 120 
Noes, Mr. Gregory : _ 
So it passed in the Negative. 


And the Question being put, That the words 
upon this day six months” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


“cc 


General Fox presented,—Return to an Order 
dated the 15th day of April last, for Returns of the 
Recruits attested between the 1st day of April 1845 
and the 31st day of March 1846, and the Ist day 
of April 1846 and the 31st day of March 1847 :— 
Of Non-Commissioned Officers and Men who have 
been discharged the Service under Ten Years in 
the Infantry and Marines, and under Twelve Years 
in the Cavalry and Ordnance Corps, and the Num- 
ber above those Periods in each Service ; specifying 
those discharged at their own Request, and the 
Number through Disability in the years ending the 
the 31st day of March 1846 and the 31st day of 
March 1847 :—Of Non-Commissioned Officers and 
Men who have Died in each of the same Periods, 
specifying the Numbers under and above Ten Years’ 
Service in the Infantry and Marines, and Twelve 
Years in the Cavalry and Ordnance Corps :—Of 
Men deserted in each of the same Periods, specify- 
ing the Number under Three Months’ Service, be- 
tween Three and Six Months, Six and Twelve 
Months, One Year and Two Years, Two Years and 
Three years, Three and Four Years, Four and Five 
Years, and above Five Years’ Service :—Of Men 
rejoined from Desertion in each of the same Periods : 
—And of the Number of Men above Twenty-one 
Years’ Service in the Infantry and Marines, and 
above Twenty-four Years in the Cavalry and Ord- 
nance Corps; distinguishing Serjeants from other 
Ranks, on the 1st day of April 1847: (The different 
Services to be kept distinct in their details), (so far 
as relates to the Ordnance.) 

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


Army, 
Ordnance 
and Marines, 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Prisons 
Command,—Twenty-fifth Report of the Inspector- (Ir«land.) 


General on the general state of the Prisons of Jre- 
land, 1846, with Appendices. 


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


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to Debtors 
Order,—A Return of the Number of Prisoners con- (it2!#" ) 


fined for Debt in the different Gaols of Zreland on 
the 1st day of January in each of the years 1837, 
1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, 
1846 and 1847, for Sums not exceeding £.2, £.5, 
£.10, and £.20; and Sums exceeding £. 20. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, an Account of the Gross Receipts, under 
their several heads, of the Revenues of the Island 
of Matta, for the year 1846; and a similar Return 

of 


Malta. 


bead OT et es 


fn TP teed 







National 
Institute of 
Medicin e, 
surgery and 
Midwifery. 


Lords of 
Session 
(Scotland. ) 


Collisions of 
Shipping. 


Customs. 


Poor Removal 


Act. 


Railway Bills 
Classification 
(Sixth Re- 
port. ) 

No. 350. 








10 Victoriz. 


of the manner in which the said Revenue has been 
expended. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of a Memorial to the Secretary of State for 
the Home Department from the President, Vice- 
Presidents, and Council of the National Institute of 
Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Salaries received by each of 
the Lords of Session in Scotland since the year 1837, 
in each year; stating, also, all Emoluments and 
Fees, if any, each have received in each year in ad- 
dition to their Salary, exclusive of the Moneys 
received by them for Arbitrations undertaken by 
them :—And, from each of the Lords of Session in 
Scotland, of the Number of Arbitrations undertaken 
by them, or of Private Suits or Matters referred to 
them for their decision or award, in each year, since 
1837, with the Names of the Parties and of the 
Places where the same were respectively heard, the 
time occupied about the Arbitration, together with 
the Amount of Fees or money, if any, received or 
charged for or on account of such Arbitration, 
Decree or Award; and also with the Amount of all 
Sums of Money, if any, charged, demanded, or re- 
ceived, for Travelling or other Expenses in or about 
such matters, by each of the Lords of the Session, 
in each year, since 1837. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a List of all Collisions of Vessels at Sea, as far as the 
same can be ascertained ; specifying as far as is 
practicable the Dates of such Collisions, the Names 
and Tonnage of the Vessels; the Time, whether by 
Day or by Night; the Results, whether attended 
by Loss of Life, and to what extent, or only with 
the Loss of or Damage to the Vessels; and the 
Value of the Vessels, and of the Cargces lost, and 
of the Amount of the Damage to Vessel and Cargo 
in the other cases (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 386, of Session 1846), up to the 30th 
day of April 1847. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Abstract of the following Statement: showing 
the Net Annual Produce of the Duties of Customs 
on all articles imported into the United Kingdom 
in the two years 1845 and 1846; stating, under five 
heads, the Nature of the Articles, and, in eight Sche- 
dules, the Amount of Duties in each Schedule, as 
laid before Parliament in 1845, for the years 1843 
and 1844, 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
communicate to this House a Copy of the Report 
of their Lordships’ Committee on the operation 
of the Poor Removal Act of last Session: And 
that Sir William Somerville do carry the said 
Message. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Classification Com- 
mittee of Railway Bills; That they had further con- 
sidered the matters to them referred; and directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Vou. 102, 


4° Maz. 


479 


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


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Seduction and 
the Seduction and Prostitution Prevention Bill, was Prostitution 
Prevention 
Bill. 


read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 12th day of this instant May. 


the Railways Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 14th day of this instant May. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Railways Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Imports, 


principal Articles of Foreign and Colonial Merchand- 
ize imported into the United Kingdom in each month, 
from the 1st day of May 1846 to the 30th day of 
April 1847 :—Of the Declared Value of the Exports 
of British and Irish Produce and Manufactures ex- 
ported in each of the said Months :—And, of the 
Actual Amount of Bullion in the Bank of England 
at the end of each of the said Months. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Metropolitan 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to Buildings Act. 


inquire into the operation of the Metropolitan Build- 
ings Act, and that the Petition of John Todd Mer- 
rick, Paper Stainer and Manufacturer, Vew Oxford- 
street, which was presented upon the 29th day of 
March last, be referred to the said Committee ; to re- 
port their Opinion, with the evidence, to the House : 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That ” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ leave be given to bring in a Bill for further amend- 
“ing the Act for regulating the Construction and 
“ the Use of Buildings in the Metropolis and its 
“ Neighbourhood,” instead thereof. 

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

And the Question being put, That the words 
* leave be given to bring in a Bill for further amend- 
“ ing the Act for regulating the Construction and the 
“ Use of Buildings in the Metropolis and its Neigh- 
“ pbourhood,” be added instead thereof:—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bil] Metropolitan 
. Buildings Bill. 


for further amending the Act for regulating the Con- 
struction and the Use of Buildings in the Metropolis 
and its Neighbourhood: And that Viscount Morpeth 
and Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


to inquire into and report to the House on the Tax- 
ation of Suitors in the Courts of Law and Equity by 
the Collection of Fees, and the Amount thereof, and 
the mode of Collection; and the Appropriation of 
Fees in the Courts of Law and Equity, and in all 
inferior Courts, and in the Courts of Special and 
General Sessions in England and Wales; and as to 
the Salaries and Fees received by Officers of those 
Courts; and whether any and what means could be 
adopted, with a view of superintending and regu- 
lating the Collection and Appropriation thereof. 


Tabular Accounts of the Quantities of each of the —— and 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, Fees in Courts 
of Law and 


Equity. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon smithficia 


be appointed, to inquire into the necessity for the 
removal of Smithfield Market, as a nuisance in the 
centre of the British Metropolis, to some appropri- 
ate site, comprising an area of not less than Twelve 
Acres, and the establishment of Abattoirs in the 
vicinity of London, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 





3Pe4 Mr. 


the 18th day of March last, That a Select Committee Market. 


i 
W 
iH 








Comuittees. 


Colchester, 
Stour Valley, 
Sudbury and 
Halstead 
Railway 
(Lease to the 
Ipswich and 
Bury St. Ed- 
mund’s Rail- 
way Com- 
pany) Bill. 


Colchester, 
Stour Valley, 
Sudbury and 
Halstead 
Railway 
(Extension 
to Melford, 


Lavenham and Fa 


Clare) Bill. 


Derbyshire, 
Staffordshire 
and Worces- 
tershire Rail- 
way Bill. 


Chard Canai 
and Railway 
(Extension 

and Amalga- 
mation) Bill. 


Dunfermline 
and Cupar 
Court Houses 
Bill. 


Inverness 


Bill 


480 4°—5° 


Mr. Ormshy Gore and Viscount Morpeth were 
nominated Members of the Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That Viscount Mahon be one other Member of the 
Committee ; 

The House divided: 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Ormsby Gore, 1 os 
L Mr. William Ormsby Gore:{ ~~ 


Yeas, | 
Tellers for the ( Colonel Thomas Wood, } 6. 
Noes, Mr. Hume: 


And it appearing upon the report of the Division 
Ly the Tellers, that Forty Members were not present; 
and it being then after four of the clock :—The House 
was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Question 
first put, till To-morrow. 





Mercurii, 5° die Maii ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That all Committees have leave to 
sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Colchester, Stour 
Valley, Sudbury and Halstead Railway Company 
to grant a Lease of their Undertaking to the Zpswich 
and Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway Company, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill to 
enable the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and 
Halstead Railway Company to make an Extension 
of their Railway from Sudbury to Melford, Laven- 
ham and Clare, in the county of Suffolk, be now 
d the third time ; 

Sir John Hobhouse, by Her Majesty’s command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bull, gives Her 
consent, as far as Her Mavesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Railways to be subject to 
Provisions of future General Railway Acts), was 
thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Wor- 
cestershire Railway Bill, that they have power to 
entertain the Petition of the Company of Proprie- 
tors of the Birmingham Canal Navigation, notwith- 
standing the same was not presented to the House 
on or before the 3d day of this instant May, pursuant 
to the Resolution of the House of the 19th day of 
Aprii last. 


Mr. Greene reported the Chard Canal and Rail- 
way (Extension and Amalgamation) Bill, with 
-imendments. 

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


Mr. Greene reported the Dunfermline and Cupar 
Court Houses Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported the Inverness Gas and Water 


Gasand Water Bill, with Amendments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mai. A. 1847. 


Mr. Greene reported the Liskeard and Caradon Liskeard 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. ne ea 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; ' 

and be printed. 


Mr. Greene reported the Wilts, Somerset and Wilts, Somer- 
Weymouth Railway (No. 1.) (Bruton, Pitcombe and eater hs MA . 
Rodden and Bradford Deviations) Bill, with Amend- way (No. 1.) 
ments. (Bruton, Pit- 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; gombe and | 
and be printed. Bradford De- 
viations) Bill. 

The Order made upon the 26th day of February sheftield, 
last, for referring the Sheffield, Rotherham, and Don- Rotherham 
caster Junction Railway (Masbrough to Doncaster) ae 
Bill, to the Committee of Selection, was read, and way (Mas- 
discharged ° brough to Don- 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. caster) Bill. 


The Leeds Waterworks (No. 2.) Bill was read a Leeds Water- 
second time; and committed. + (No. 2.) 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-~ 
mittee of Selection. 

Ordered, That the Petition of Margaret Chamber- 
lain, of Skipton, i the county of York, Widow, 
Committee of the person and estate of John Dyneley, 
Esquire, a lunatic, which was presented upon the 
12th day of April last, praying that she may be 
heard, by her counsel or agent, against certain parts 
of the Leeds Waterworks Bill, be referred to the 
Committee on the Leeds Waterworks (No. 2.) Bill; 
and the Petitioner heard, by her counsel or agent, 
upon her Petition, if she think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


The Order made upon the 30th day of March last, Midland Rail- 
for referring to the Committee on the Midland Rail- way (Syston 
way (Syston and Peterborough Railway Deviations ule nee 
and Approach to Manton Station) Bill, the Peti- Deviations and 
tion of Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of land in the Approach to 
townships of Southorpe and Sutton, in the parishes ion) 
of Barnack and Castor, in the liberty of Peter- 
borough, in the county of Northampton, praying 
that the said Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands, was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the Petition be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Waterford 
of the Petition for additional provision in the Water- and Limerick 
ford and Limerick Railway Bill, which, upon the 19th Bey Bil. 
day of April last, was made from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, That they have power tu make 
provision therein, pursuant to the prayer of the said 
Petition. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Portsmouth 
of the Petition for additional provision in the Ports- Paving, 
mouth Paving, Lightingand Improvement Bill, which — = 

S ; provemen 
upon the 19th day of April last, was made from the Bill. 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have power to make 
provision therein, pursuant to the prayer of the said 
Petition. 


An ingrosssed Bill for regulating legal Proceedings Claridge’s Ps- 
by or against Claridge’s Patent Asphalte Company, tent Asphalte 
and for granting certain Powers thereto, was read Company ® 
the third time. 

Resolved, 'That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Thames 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Conservancy 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Thames Con- ~~” 





servancy 


PP 8S bed bed 


beet 68 FPR eed eed 


ly 
id 


we 


Dublin 
Paving, &amp;c. 


Dublin 
Corporation. 


Supply ; 


Public 
Buildings. 


Buckingham 
Palace. 


Botanic 
Gardens at 
Kew. 


Houses of 
Parliament. 


New Houses 
of Parliament. 


Home Office, 


Board of Trade 


and Council 
Offices. 


Holyhead 
Harbour, and 
Shrewsbury 
and Holyhead 
Roads. 


Harbours of 
Refuge. 


10 Vicroriz. 


May, no other Standing Orders are applicable than 
those which were proved to have been complied with, 
before the Examiner, upon the Petition for leave to 
bring in the Thames Conservancy Bill. 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to Dublin 
Paving, &amp;c., which were presented upon the 1st day 
of March last, be referred to the Committee on the 
Dublin Consumers Gas Bill. : 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Expenses incurred by the Corporation 
of Dublin in Deputations, stating Expenses of each 
Deputation, its object, and the Names of the Persons 
comprising that Deputation, from the 1st day of 
November 1830 to the 30th day of August 1841. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of 
Supply be now received. 

Mr. Greene accordingly reported several Resolu- 
tions ; which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and seventeen thousand, nine hundred and 
eighty-nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray, to the 31st day of March 1848, the Expense 
of Works and Repairs of Public Buildings, for Fur- 
niture for various Public Departments and for certain 
charges for Lighting and Watching and for Rates 
and Taxes; also for the Maintenance and Repairs 
of Royal Palaces and Works in the Royal Gardens, 
formerly charged on the Civil List. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray, in the year 1847, the Expense of Works for 
enlarging and improving Buckingham Palace. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five thou- 
sand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 1848, the 
expense of erecting a Palm House in the Royal 
Botanic Gardens at Kew. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding seventeen 
thousand seven hundred and nine pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of providing 
temporary Accommodation for the Houses of Parlia- 
ment, Committee Rooms, Offices and temporary 
Official Residences for the Speaker of the House of 
Commons, and other Officers of that House, to the 
31st day of March 1848, 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and fifty thousand pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to complete the Sum necessary to defray, 
to the 3ist day of March 1848, the Expense of the 
Works at the New Houses of Parliament. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven 
thousand four hundred and thirty-five pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day 
of March 1848, the Expense of taking down and 
rebuilding the Home Office, and for altering and en- 
larging the Board of Trade and Council Offices. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand four hundred and twenty-nine pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for the Services of Holy- 
head Harbour and Shrewsbury and Holyhead Roads, 
to the 31st day of March 1848. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum not exceeding One 
hundred and forty thousand pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 1847, the Ex- 
pense of constructing Harbours of Refuge. 

The first Resolution of the Committee, being read 
a second time, was agreed to. 

The second Resolution of the Committee, being 
read a second time, was postponed. 

The thirdand fourth Resolutions of the Committee, 
being read a second time, were agreed to. 

The fifth Resolution of the Committee, being read 
a second time; 

An Amendment was made thereunto, by leaving 
out the words “ One hundred and fifty thousand 

Var. 102. 


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servancy Bill, presented to the House on the 4th of | 





481 


** pounds ” and inserting the words “ One hundred 
“‘ thousand pounds,” instead thereof. 

Resolved, That this House doth agree with the 
Committee in the said Resolution, so amended, That 
a Sum not exceeding One hundred thousand pounds 
be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray, to the 31st day of March 1848, 
the Expense of the Works at the New Houses of 
Parliament. 

Then the subsequent Resolutions of the Com- 
mittee, being read a second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Resolution which has been 
“a ag , be taken into further consideration upon 

riday next. 


Ordered, That the Police Clauses Bill be com- Police Clauses 
mitted to a Select Committee :—And a Committee Bill. 
was appointed of Viscount Morpeth, Mr. Greene, 
Mr. Attorney General, Viscount Sandon, Viscount 
Ebrington, Sir William Heathcote, The Lord Advo- 
cate, Sir William Somerville, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. 
Escott, Mr. Loch, Mr. Beckett, Dr. Bowring, Mr. 
Wilson Patten, and Mr. Morgan John O’ Connell. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That the Cemeteries Clauses Bill be Cemeteries 
committed to a Select Committee :—And a Com- Clauses Bill. 
mittee was appointed of Viscount Morpeth, Mr. 
Greene, Mr. Attorney General, Viscount Sandon, 
Viscount Ebrington, Sir William Heathcote, The 
Lord Advocate, Sir William Somerville, Mr. Bro- 
therton, Mr. Escott, Mr. Loch, Mr. Beckett, Dr. 
Bowring, Mr. Wilson Patten and Mr. Morgan John 
O’ Connell. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That the Report from the Committee Service of 
to whom it was referred to consider of making pro- Heirs (Seot- 
“ey ‘ ; and) [Com- 
vision for payment of Compensations which may be pensations.] 
awarded in pursuance of any Act of the present 
Session, for amending the Practice in Scotland as to 
the Service of Heirs, be now received. 
Mr. Greene accordingly reported a Resolution ; 
which was read, as followeth : 
Resolved, That the Compensations which may 
be awarded in pursuance of any Act of the present 
Session for altering and amending the Law and Prac- 
tice in Scotland, as to the Service of Heirs, shall be 
paid out of the Monies which, by certain Acts of her 
late Majesty Queen Anne, were made chargeable 
with the Expenses of the Courts of Session, Justi- 
ciary, or Exchequer, in Scotland. 
The said Resolution, being read a second time, was 
agreed to. 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Service of Heirs (Scotland) Bill, that 
they have power to make provision therein, pursuant 
to the said Resolution. 


A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Traders and Glasgow, Pais- 


other Inhabitants of the town of Port Glasgow, oe 
praying that the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock ( yet she A 


ailway (Amendment and Branches to the Glasgow, and Branches 
Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr, the Glasgow, Barr- ae gil 
head and Neilston, and the Glasgow, Strathaven marnock and 
and Lesmahagow Railways, and to Haugh Pits) Bill, Ayr, the Glas- 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 8°W, Barrhead 


; , d Nei , 
ordered to lie upon the Table. oa amy od 


gow, Strathaven and Lesmahagow 
Railways, and to Haugh Pits) Bill. 


A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Traders and Glasgow, Pais- 
other Inhabitants of the town of Port Glasgow, ley and Green- 
d . ock Railway 
raying that the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock (Branches at 
ailway (Branches at Port Glasgow, and to the Port Glasgow 
Caledonian Railway and Diversion of Canal) Bill and t the 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and Railway and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. Diversion of 
Canal) Bill, 
A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and neigh- London, 
bourhood of Bampton, in the county of Ozford, Oxford and 


3@ praying Cheltenham 














482 


Branches Bill. Railway and Branches Bill may pass into a law, 


was — and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Midland Rail- 
way (Glouces- 
ter and Stone- 


A Petition of Samuel Bowly and others, Owners, 
Lessees and Occupiers of lands and property on or 
adjoining the line of the there above-mentioned pro- 
posed Railway, praying that the Midland Railway 
(Gloucester and Stonehouse Junction) Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


house Junc- 
tion) Bill. 


Harwich and _—A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Council of 
Eastern Coun- the borough of Colchester, praying that the Harwich 
iieey end and Eastern Counties Junction Railway and Pier 
Pier (from (from Harwich to the Eastern Union Railway at 
—— to Ardleigh) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
ans al and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


at Ardleigh) 
Bill. 


Rathmines A Petition of the Foreman and Gentlemen of the 
baveme"* Grand Jury of the county of Dublin, praying that 
they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Rathmines Improvement 
Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
, Bill, against the said Petition. 


Breweries and 
Distilleries. 


A Petition of Members and Friends of the Chat- 
teris Temperance Society, praying the House to 
adopt measures to stop the use of grain in Breweries 
and Distilleries, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Court of 


A Petition of Solicitors of Her Majesty’s High 
Chancery. 


Court of Chancery, Members of the Manchester Law 
Society, praying the House to inquire into the claims 
made iches the Lord Chancellor, in pursuance of 
the Act for abolishing certain Offices of the High 
Court of Chancery in England, and to take into con- 
sideration the Orders made thereon, and to inquire 
into the fees imposed upon the suitors of the said 
Court, in pursuance of the powers of the said Act, 
and into the state and several charges affecting the 
several funds of the suitors of the said court, was 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions from Henry Alding and Robert Hay- 
ward ;—and, Great Gidding; praying the House 
to refuse any grant of money in furtherance of the 
Plan propounded in the Minutes of the Committee 
of Council on Education, — were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Education. 


Health of 


A Petition of the Mayor, Magistrates and other 
Towns Ball. 


Inhabitants of the borough of Droitwich, in the 
county of Worcester, praying that the Health of 
Towns Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Sutton-in-Ashfield ; -— Martha 
Straw ;—— Mansfield and Mansfield Woodhouse ; 
Nottingham ; and, Owners of frames em- 
ployed in the manufacture of Hosiery, and not being 
Manufacturers of Hosiery ; praying that the Hosiery 
Manufacture Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions from Mansfield Woodhouse ;—Leicester, 
Derby and Nottingham ;—Leicester (two Petitions) ; 
—Nottingham ;—and, Gotham; praying that the 
said Bill may pass into a law,—were also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Hosiery 
Manufacture 
Bill. 








Marriage, Two Petitions from Wewcastle-under- Lyme ; pray- 


ing for a repeal of the law which prohibits the Mar- 


5° Maiz. 
Railway and praying that the London, Oxford and Cheltenham 





A. 1847. 


riage of a widower with his deceased wife’s sister,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Kirk Session of Marriage 
the parish of Rothesay, praying that the Marriage (Scotland) 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Henry W. Livett;—Richard Wil- Medical _ 

liam Purnell ;—John Nicholls ;—John Frederick paar ger 
Nicholls ;—William Abraham Salmon ;—William Tow a. 
John Preston ;—Richard Rowland Allen and Wil- ment Bill. 
liam Smith ;—Saint Matthew's, Bethnal Green ;— 
William Gibbs ;—Thomas Harrison ;—James Ma- 
chin ;— Hackney ;—Nathaniel Garvis Highmore ;— 
Shoreditch ;— John Lilley ;—John Sykes ;—Saint 
Andrew’s ;~Birmingham ;—Ralph Finch Irving ; 
—Frederick Smith Garlick ;—and, Michael Keat- 
ing O’Shea; praying that the Medical Registration 
and Medical Law Amendment Bill may pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Brackley ;—and, Syresham; pray- Poor Removal 
ing for repeal or alteration of the Poor Removal A‘ 
Act,—were presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


A Petitionof the Moderator of the Kirk session of Registering 
the parish of Rothesay, praying that the Registering oe _— 
Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, — _ 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Petitions from the Kirk Session of Cumbray(Mode- Registering 
rator) ;——and, Presbytery of Meigle (Moderator) ; Births, &amp;c. 
praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) ; re ee 
and the Marriage (Scotland) Bills, may not pass into (Scotland) 
law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie Bills. 
upon the Table. 





Petitions from Finsbury;—and, Westminster ; Raja of 
stating that the Petitioners are deeply interested in Star. 
the case of his Highness Purtaub Sing, the ex-Raja 
of Sattara, who has been accused of hostility to the 
British Government, forcibly deposed and exiled from 
his dominions upon this charge, and denied, for seven 
years, the means of being heard in his own defence ; 
and praying the House to adopt measures to secure 
to this Prince the opportunity of examining the 
charges which have been brought against him, the 
evidence in support of the same, and of bringing 
forth the proofs of his innocence,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the county of Northampton (six Smithfield 
Petitions) ;—and, Lutterworth ; praying the House “et 
not to sanction any proposal for the removal of 
Smithfield Market, — were presented, and read; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Smithfield 
Market. 


Mr. Ward presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 
mand,—Further Reports of the Admiralty relative No.129. 
to Applications for Local Acts. 

Mr. Ward also presented, pursuant to Order,— Birkenhead 
Report of James Abernethy, Esquire, to the Lords of Dock Bills. 
the Admiralty, upon the Birkenhead Dock Com- No.351. 
missioners Bill (Construction of Docks and Altera- 
tion of Culvert), and Birkenhead Dock Commis- 
sioners Bill (Construction of Wallasey Pool Sea 
Walls). 

Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
Committees on the Bills to which the same relate ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Ward presented, — Further Return to anArmy, 
Order, dated the 15th day of April last, for Returns —, " 


of the Recruits attested between the 1st day of April” x), 359. 
1845, 





Dra 





10 Vicroriz. 


1845 and the 31st day of March 1846, and the 1st 
day of April 1846 and the 31st day of March 1847: 
—Of Non-Commissioned Officers and Men who 
have been discharged the Service under Ten years in 
the Infantry and Marines, and under Twelve years in 
the Cavalry and Ordnance Corps, and the Number 
above those periods in each Service ; specifying those 
discharged at their own request, and the Number 
through disability, in the years ending the 31st day 
of March 1846 and the 31st day of March 1847 :— 
Of Non-Commissioned Officers and Men who have 
died in each of the same periods, specifying the 
Numbers under and above Ten years’ Service in the 
Infantry and Marines, and Twelve years in the Ca- 
valry and Ordnance Corps:—Of Men deserted in 
each of the same periods, specifying the Number 
under Three months’ Service, between Three and Six 
months, Six and Twelve months, One year and Two 
years, Two years and Three years, Three and Four 
years, Four and Five years, and above Five years’ 
Service :—Of Men rejoined from Desertion in each 
of the same periods :—And, of the Number of Men 
above Twenty-one years’ Service in the Infantry and 
Marines, and above Twenty-four years in the Cavalry 
and Ordnance Corps; distinguishing Serjeants from 
other Ranks, on the 1st day of April 1847: (The 
different Services to be kept distinct in their details), 
(so far as relates to the Royal Marines). 

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


Drainage of 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
Lands Bill, 


a Committee upon the Drainage of Lands Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

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


Registration The Registration of Voters Bill was, according to 

of Voters Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
next. 


Hosiery The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Manufacture Reading of the Hosiery Manufacture Bill ; 
a. And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. ‘To leave out the word 
““ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 
morrow. 
Medical _ The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
ee Reading of the Medical Registration and Medical 
nd Medical 2 s S 
Law Amend- Law Amendment Bill ; 
ment Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 
Tenants The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
(Ireland) Bill. the adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which, 
upon Wednesday last, were proposed to be made to 
the Question, That the Tenants (Jreland) Bill be now 
read a second time; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till To-morrow. 
Count, The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
Buildings Bill. 


a Committee upon the County Buildings Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 
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483 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Savings Banks 
Reading of the Savings Banks Annuities Bill; Annuities Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Agricultural 
Reading of the Agricultural Statistics Bill ; Statistics Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Naval Service 
into a Committee upon the Naval Service of Boys °f Boys Bill. 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr.Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Railways 
Reading of the Railways (Ireland) (No. 2.) Bill; (¥¢'SS in 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon ~~ 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second pire a ined 
; ; ; ‘f an arbow 
ree: the Fishery Piers and Harbours (Jre- (Ireland) Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Cotton Wool Cotton Wool 
(India), which was presented yesterday, be printed. (India.) 
No. 353. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Debtors (Zre- Debtors 
land), which was presented yesterday, be printed. “Ireland. 
No. 354. 
The Incumbered Estates (Jreland) Bill was read Incumbered 
the first time, and ordered to be read a second time Estates 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. Goved) Se. 
No, 355. 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented worfoik 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Island. 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Official Report of the Outbreak 
at Norfolk Island in July 1846, and of Proceedings 
thereon :—And, Criminal Returns of Norfolk Island 
from February 1844, when the late Superintendent, 
Major Childs, assumed the command. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this ens as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Greene reported the Kingston-upon-Thames Kingston- 
Small Tenements (re-committed) Bill, with other ae sega 
Amendments. ments Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Ewell Rates Ewell Rates 
(re-committed) Bill have leave to make their Report Bill. 
forthwith. 

Mr. Greene accordingly reported the Bill, with 
other Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Robert Ferguson reported from the Select standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; Orders ; 
which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Van Die- Van Diemen’s 
men’s Land Company Petition, the Standing Orders Lan¢ a 
ought to be dispensed with; That the Parties be?” 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. 


3Q2 2. Resolved, 





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484, 


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British Ame- 2. Resolved, That in the case of the British Ame- 

rican Land rican Land Company Petition, the Standing Orders 

Cagny Ss ought to be dispensed with; That the Parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

Leith Harbour 3. Resolved, That in the case of the Leith Har- 


and Docks hour and Docks Dues Petition for additional Pro- 

Dues Bil, vision, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with; That the Parties be permitted to introduce 
such additional provision, if the Committee on the 
Bill shall think fit. 

North Staf- 4. Resolved, That in the case of the North Staf- 

ey (Al- fordshire Railway (Alterations and Branches) Peti- 


terations and tion for additional Provision (Shugborough Devia- 
Branches) Bill. tion), the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with ; That the Parties be permitted to introduce 
such additional provision, if the Committee on the 
Bill shall think fit, on proving before the said Com- 
mittee that notices have been inserted in the London 
Gazetie, and in some Newspaper of the county of 
Stafford, for three successive weeks; that Plans, 
Sections and Books of Reference have been depo- 
sited with the Clerk of the Peace for the said county, 
and the clerks of the parishes affected by the said 
provision, and that they have obtained the consents 
of the owners, lessees and occupiers of all the lands 
to be taken, and have also given notice to the own- 
ers and occupiers of the lands in which the portion 
of the work intended to be relinquished is situate, of 
their intention so to relinquish the same ; and that 
the Committee on the Bill do examine, in the first 
place, how far such Orders have been complied with, 
and do report the same to the House on the Report 
of the Bill. 
The said Resolutions being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 6° die Maii ; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 
M* Speaker acquainted the House, That in 


consequence of representations which had 
been made to him, he had caused certain alterations 
to be made in the proposed Table of Fees, and that 
an amended Copy is now upon the Table of the 
House. 
Ordered, That the said Table of Fees be printed. 


Fees (House 
ef Commons. ) 


No. 357. 


Railway Bills, Ordered, That the Committee on Group No. 31, 
Group No. 31. of Railway Bills have leave to sit this day, till five 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Settlementand Ordered,That theSelect Committee on Settlement 
Poor Removal. and Poor Removal have leave to sit this day, till five 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Railway Bills, 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group No. 5, 
Group No, 5. 


of Railway Bills have leave to sit this day, till five of 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Paddle-box Mr. Ward presented, pursuant to Order,—Copy 
Safety Boats. of the Reports of Captains Austin and Caffin, con- 
cerning the Paddle-box Safety Boats. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Railway Bills. 
No. 164, 


Mr. Struté presented,—Report of the Commis- 
sioners of Railways on certain Railway Bills com- 
prised in Groups Nos. 12, 13 and 14 (in pursuance 
of Resolution of the House of 23d February 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on cer- 
tain Railway Bills comprised in Group No. 23 (in 
pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23d Febru- 
ary 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on 
certain Railway Bills comprised in Group No. 2 (in 











Maiz. A. 1847. 


pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23d Feb- 
ruary 1847). 

Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
Committees on the Bills to which the same relate ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Tyne Docks Bill be referred Tyne Docks 
to the Commissioners of Railways; and that the Bil. 
Committee on the said Bill do not come to any de- 
cision on the Preamble thereof until the Commis- 
sioners shall have reported upon the Bills promoted 
by the Goole and Newcastle Railway Company, in 
conformity with the Resolution of this House of the 
23d day of February last. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group No. 49 Railway Bills 
of Railway Bills have leave to sit this day, till five Group 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. sia 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take South Eastern 
into consideration the Report on the South Eastern Railway 
Railway (Mid Kent and Direct Tunbridge) Bill ; and ye 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. Tunbridge) 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Bill. 


be ingrossed. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take South Eastern 
into consideration the Report on the South Eastern owen 
Railway (North Kent Line) Bill; and the Amend- Line) = 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bull, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take South Eastern 
into consideration the Report on the South Eastern eo A 
Railway (Strood to Maidstone) Bill ; and the Amend- (raidstone) 
ments were read, and agreed to. Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The ingrossed Bill for making a Railway from Ayrshire and 
Smithstown to Dalmellington, in the county of Ayr, Galloway 
. : ; Railway 
was, according to Order, read the third time. (Smithstown 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. to Dalmelling- 
Ordered, That Mr. Richard Hodgson do carry *™) Bill. 


the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Van Diemen’s 
to the Petition for the Van Diemen’s Land Com- Land — 
pany Bill, which was yesterday made from the P*”’ 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; : 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend an Act passed in the sixth year of the reign 
of his Majesty King George the Fourth, for grant- 
ing certain Powersand Authorities to the Van Die- 
men’s Land Company: And That Mr, Ellice and 
Mr. Cripps do prepare, and bring it in, 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect British Ame- 
of the Petition for the British American Land Com- ican nag 
pany Bill, which was yesterday made from the Se- wei 
lect Committee on Standing Orders, might be read ; 
aml the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for amending an Act passed in the fourth year of 
the reign of His late Majesty King William the 
Fourth, intituled “ An Act for granting certain Pow- 
ers to the British American Land Company,” and for 
granting further Powers to the said Company: And 
that Mr. Masterman and Mr. Mangles do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


A Petition of the Dock Company at Kingston- Kingston- 
upon-Hull, for leave to deposit a Petition for leave upon-Hull 
to bring in a Bill for removing Doubts as to the _ 
Purchase of Lands by the Dock Company at Kings- 
ton-upon-Hull, in certain cases, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 





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Martin's _ Mr. Hayter reported Martin’s Divorce Bill, with- 
Divorce Bill. oyt Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Re port do lie upon the Table. 
Bolton The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Improvement the Report on the Bolion Improvement Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Bingley Mr. Greene reported the Bingley Gas Bill, with 
Gas Bull Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Boston Mr. Greene reported the Boston, Stamford and 
Stamford and Birmingham Railway (Peterborough and Thorney 
Railway Line) Bill, with Amendments. 
(Peterborough Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

z 

Line) Bi» and be printed. 
_ - Mr. Greene reported the British Commercial 
Insurance’  Jnsurance Company {(No. 2.) Bill, with Amend- 
Company — ments. 
(No. 2.) Bill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Eastern Union Mr. Greene reported the Eastern Union and Had- 
and Hadleigh 


leigh Junction Railway (Sale to the Eastern Union 


Junction Rail- Railway Company) Bill, with Amendments. 


way (Sale to 


a a. 7 bape the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Company) Bill. . 

Wexfordand Mr. Greene reported the Wexford and Valencia 
Saige Railway (Killarney to Valencia) Bill, with Amend- 
(Killarney to ments. 


Valencia) Bill. © Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Cornwall The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bill. the Report on the Cornwall Railway Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Population, Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to an 
Poor Relief, Address to Her Majesty;—A Return showing the 
&amp;c.(Scotland.) Population, the Annual Value of Property rated to 
the Poor’s Rate, the Expenditure for the Relief and 
Maintenance of the Poor, the Rate in the Pound on 
the value of rated Property of such Expenditure, the 
Total Number of Paupers relieved, including casual 
Poor; the Proportion per cent. to the Population, 
of the Persons relieved, and the Rate per head of 
the Expenditure on the Total Number of Paupers 
relieved, according to the last Returns laid before 
Parliament, in the Highland Counties of Argyll, 
Inverness, Ross, Caithness and Sutherland :—And, 
a similar Return in reference to the whole of Scot- 
land, with the exception of the above-mentioned 
Counties of Argyll, Inverness, Ross, Caithness and 
Sutherland. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Southampton 
and Dorches- 
ter Railway 
(New Forest 
Deviation and 
Branches) Bill, 


Lord Claud Hamilton reported the Southampton 
and Dorchester Railway (New Forest Deviation and 
Branches) Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Tetden ond A Petition of the Right honourable Francis Eger- 
NorthWestern ton Earl of Ellesmere, and the London and North 
ee egg Western Railway Company, and the Manchester, 
thane of the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company, pray- 
Earl of Elles- ing that provision may be made in the London and 
ot agua North Western Railway Company (Purchase of the 
chester, South Earl of Ellesmere’s Interest in the Manchester, South 
Junction and Junction and Altrincham Railway) Bill, enabling 
Pench, the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway 

~— Company to become joint purchasers with the Lon- 


Vou. 102. 


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485 


don and North Western Railway Company of the 

estate and interest of Francis Egerton Earl of 

Ellesmere, in the Manchester, South Junction and 

Altrincham Railway, was presented, and read ; and 

— to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
ills. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Leeds Water- 
of the Petition for additional Provision in the Leeds Wo™*s (No. 2.) 
Waterworks Bill, which, upon the 22d day of April” ~ 
last, was made from the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Leeds Waterworks (No. 2.) Bill, 
that they have power to make Provision therein, 
pursuant to the prayer of the said Petition. 


A Petition of William Dickens, Esquire, Chair- Warwick _ 
man of the Quarter Sessions of the county of War- — Prison 
wick, for leave to deposit a Petition for leave to” ~ 
bring in a Bill to enable the Justices of the Peace 
of the county of Warwick to stop up certain pub- 
lic streets and highways respectively, called Bride- 
well-lane and Joyce Pool, and appropriate the same, 
or part thereof, for the new County Prison, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Frederick Jackson and George S. Rathmines 
Brereton, of Rathmines, in the county of Dublin, Improvement 
Esquires, praying that provision may be made in on 
theRathmines Improvement Bill, giving power to 
the Commissioners appointed thereby to raise a sum 
or sums of money to be secured by mortgage or 
otherwise of the Improvement Rate or Rates for 
the purposes of said Bill, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Great North- 
posed, That leave be given to present a Petition “&gt; ow 
from the Imperial Gas Light ut Coke Company, oc. 
praying to be heard, by counsel, against the Great don and Gran- 
Northern Railway (Deviations between London and tam) Bill. 
Grantham) Bill:—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Holyhead 
a Copy of the Instructions of the Board of Admi- arbour of 
ralty to the Commissioners appointed to inquire © °” 
into the expediency of making a Harbour of Refuge 
at Holyhead. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Naval Archi- 
Copies of the Instruction to the Committee of Mas- tecture. 
ter Shipwrights in 1842-38, and of their Reports of 
the State of Naval Construction :— And, of the In- 
structions to the Committee of Three Members of 
the late School of Naval Architecture in 1843, and 
of the Reports made by them. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Members of the f&amp;eclesiastical 
Committee, Officers and Members of the Society for Courts. 
the abolition of Ecclesiastical Courts, which was pre- 
sented upon the 30th day of April last, be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, golway Firth. 
a Copy of the Report of Captain Charles Robinson 
to the Admiralty, on the buoying and lighting of 
the Solway Firth. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Railway 
a Statement of the Establishment and other par- Department, 
ticulars of the Estimate proposed in the present No. 356. 
Session for the Railway Department, created under 
the Act 9 and 10 Vic., c. 105. 

Mr. Parker accordingly presented the said Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 





Table ; and be printed. 
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Glass. 


Glass. 


Post-office 
(Liverpool). 


Bank of 
England. 


Quakers’ and 
Jews’ Mar- 
riages Bill. 


Poor Law. 


District 
Auditors. 


Ayr Harbour 
Bill. 


Ayrshire 
Roads Bill. 


486 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Orders,—Re- 
turn to Orders, dated the 26th day of January 
last, and the 19th day of March last, for Returns 
of each Description of Glass imported into the 
United Kingdom in the year ending the 5th day of 
January 1847, distinguishing Weight or Quantity, 
and the Countries from which imported :—Of the 
Quantities of Foreign Glass on which Duty has 
been paid during the same period, distinguishing 
the Rate and Amount of Duty:—Of the Quantity 
of each Description of Glass in Bond on the 5th day 
of January 1847:—And, of the Quantities and 
Description of Foreign Glass exported for the year 
ending the 5th day of January 1847, distinguishing 
the Countries to which exported :—And, a similar 
Return of British Glass exported :—~-——And 
for a Return of Foreign Glass imported, retained 
for Home Consumption, exported, and remaining in 
Bond, in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1847, distinguishing Weight and Quantity, and the 
Countries from which imported or exported, and the 
Rate and Amount of Duty :—And, a similar Return 
of British Glass exported (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 214, of Session 1846). 

A Return of the Number of Money Orders made 
out for Places in Jreland at the Liverpuol Post-oflice, 
together with the Aggregate Amount of such Or- 
ders, during each of the months of November and 
December 1845, and January and February 1846 ; 
and also during each of the months of November 
and December 1846, and Januaryand February 1847. 

Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of April 
last, for Accounts of the Notes, Securities, Bullion, 
&amp;e., of the Bank of England, as published in the 
Gazette from the passing of the Act 7 and 8 Vic., 
c. 32, to the present time (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 336, of Session 1846) :— 
And, of the Quarterly Averages of the Bank of 
England since the 24th day of January 1846 (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 27, of 
Session 1846). 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Quakers’ and Jews’ Marriages Bill; 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Men, Women and Children, 
who have been committed to Prison for Offences 
against the provisions of the New Poor Law, and the 
Rules and Orders of the Poor Law Commissioners, 
since the passing of the Act 4 and 5 Will. 4, up to 
the 1st day of April last. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Complaints of Boards of Guardians in 
England and Wales respecting the conduct of Dis- 
trict Auditors, which have been addressed to the 
Poor Law Commissioners ; together with Copies of 
all Correspondence of the Poor Law Commissioners 
with the Boards of Guardians and District Auditors, 
in reference to such Complaints. 


A Petition of Masters, Assistants and Members 
of the Merchants Company of the royal burgh of 
Ayr, praying that the Ayr Harbour Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Master, Assistants and Members 
of the Merchants Company of the royal burgh of 
Ayr, Proprietors and Occupiers of houses, lands and 
other heritages within the said royal burgh, in the 
county of Ayr (Scotland) ; and, Proprietors and 
Occupiers of houses, lands and other heritages with- 
in the royal burgh of Ayr, in the county of Ayr 





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A. 1847. 


(Scotland); praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts of 
the Ayrshire Roads Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the’ Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of Lionel Oliver Bigg, of the city of Bristol 
Bristol, Gentleman, praying that he may be heard, Building and 
by hi 1 or agent, against certain parts of the gi 

y his counsel or agent, ag Pp Bill. 
Bristol Building and Improvement Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property Buckingham 
in, and Inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood 4nd Brackley 
of Banbury, in the county of Oxford, praying that aioe: - 
the Buckingham and Brackley Junction’ Railway, Oxford and 
and Ozford and Bletchley Junction Railway Com- Bletchley | 

: : : : é +7, Junction Rail- 
panies Amalgamation and Extension of Lines Bill, yay Compa- 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and nies Amalga- 


ordered to lie upon the Table. motion ane 
Extension of 

mae : , Lines Bill. 

Three Petitions from Dunfermline; praying that pynfermiine 


the Dunfermline Waterworks Bill may pass into a Waterworks 
law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie Bill. 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- East Lanca- 
gesses of the borough of Clitheroe, in the county oka” 
palatine of Lancaster, praying that the East Zan- Mitton and 
cashire Railway (Clitheroe, Mitton and Padiham Padiham 
Branches) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, Branches) Bill, 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of William Thomas Carruthers, of Arth- Leeds Water- 
ington Hall, in the West Riding of the county oc ane 
York, Esquire ;——Right Honourable James Tho- 
mas Earl of Cardigan, Right Honourable John Earl 
of Mexborough, and Owners and Occupiers of mills, 
lands, and tenements, situate on or near to the becks, 
rivulets or streams of water called Addle Beck, 
Bentley Beck, Sheepscar Beck, and Lady Beck, in 
the townships of Addle Headingley, Chapel Allerton, 
Potter Newton and Leeds, in the West Riding of 
the county of York; and, Owners and Occu- 
piers of mills and lands situate in the parishes of 
Addle and Leeds, in the West Riding of the county 
of York; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Leeds Waterworks (No. 2.) Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Burnley, Liverpool, 
in the county of Lancaster and the neighbourhood, pr enc 
praying that the Liverpool, Manchester and New- tle-upon-Tyne 
castle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Acts Amend- Junction Rail- 
ment Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and ye ol 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Bill. 
Petitions from Fulham and Hammersmith ;—Saint Metropolitan 
George’s, Hanover-square;—and, Saint John the Sewage Ma- 
Evangelist, Westminster ; praying that the Metro-™”* 
politan Sewage Manure Bill may pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions froin Market Harborough ;—Northamp- Midland Rail- 
ton and Leicester (two Petitions) ;—Huntingdon ;— VAY pea 
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Leicester, vii Wellingborough ;—Northampton (two Petitions) ;— 
iene ond to Saint Ives ;—Kettering ;—Saint Neot’s and other 
Northampton Places;—Bedford Hitchin ;—and, Duke of Bed- 
and to Hunt- ford; praying that the Midland Railway (Extension 
— andl from near Leicester, vid Bedford, to Hitchin and to 
ofthe Leicester Northampton and to Huntingdon, and Enlargement 
Station) Bill. of the Leicester Station) Bill may pass into a Jaw, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


North Staf- 


Petitions from Cheadle ;—Uttoxeter ;—Hanbury 
fordshire Rail- 


(two Petitions) ;—Lichfield (two Petitions) ;— You- 


vay (Ch t ‘ 

Valley Line all ;—Leek ;—and, Owners and Occupiers of lands 
and Trent adjoining the line (two Petitions); praying that 
Valley Rail- 


... the North Staffordshire Railway (Churnet Valley 
Bill. Junction) Tine and Trent Valley Railway Junction) Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Northampton 
and Banbury 
Railway Bill. 


Petitions from Northampton ;—Owners, &amp;c. of 
property on the line from Blisworth to Banbury ; 
—Abthorpe and Wappenham ;— Banbury :—Silver- 
stone :— Towcester ;— Blisworth ;— Paulerspury ;— 
and, Loys Weedon and other places; praying that 
the Northampton and Banbury Railway Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sunderland 
Improvement, 
Markets and 
Bridge Bill. 


A Petition of Commissioners for the Improvement 
of the town and parish of Sunderland-near-the-Sea, 
and of the Commissioners for lighting cleansing, 
paving and regulating the town of Bishop Wear- 
mouth and Bishop Wearmouth Panns, both in the 
county of Durham, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Sunderland Improvement, Markets 
and Bridge Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Breweries and 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of 
Distilleries. 


Bridgewater, praying the House to adopt measures 
for prohibiting the use of grain in Breweries and 
Distilleries, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Chemists and 


Petitions from Cheltenham ; — Horncastle ; — 
Druggists. 


Stamford ; — Maidstone ; — Exeter ; — Richmond 
(York) ;—Richmond, Bedale, Leyburn and Middle- 
ham ;— and, Richmond, Catterick and Scorton ; 
praying the House to pass a Bill for regulating the 

ualification of Chemists and Druggists throughout 
Begheed and Wales,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Education. Petitions from Garway;— East Stockwith ;— 


Scotton ;—and, Mappleton; praying the House to 
refuse any grant of money in furtherance of the 
plan of Education propounded in the Minutes of the 
Committee of Council on Education, and to revoke 
the powers vested in the said Committee,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of the President of the Exeter Reform 
Association, praying the House to give effect to any 
well-considered measure of secular instruction, by 
voting the necessary means for its adoption, was also 
presented, and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Health of 


I Petitions from the Corporation of the Exeter Water 
Towns Bill. 


Company ;—and, Saint Leonard, Shoreditch (two 
Petitions); praying that the Health of Towns Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Hereford (two Petitions) ;— Bath ; 
—Saint Ann’s;—and, Exeter; praying that the 
said Bill may pass into a law,+were also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vou. 102. 


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487 


Petitions from Perth ;—and, Commissioners of se =a : 
Supply of the county of Stirling (Preses); praying Poy yacs oF 
that the Heritable Securities for Debt (Scotland) ; fend). Decge 
the Burgage Tenure (Scotland) ; the Transference age Tenure 
of Land (Scotland); the Service of Heirs (Scotland) ; ese 
and, the Crown Charters (Scotland) Bills may pass of Land (Scot- 
into law,—were presented, and read; and ordered pA Savion 
to lie upon the Table. rae gh 4 
Crown Char- 
ters (Scot- 
land) Bills. 

Petitions from Ipswich, Norwich, Lynn and Yar- Marriage. 
mouth ; —Ipswich ;— Norwich, Ipswich and Yar- 
mouth ;— Norwich ;— Whitby ;—- Bury Saint Ed- 
mund's ; — Sheffield (two Petitions) ; — Wakefield, 

Dewsbury and Horbury ;—Hull (two Petitions) ;— 
and, Bath (four Petitions); praying the House to 
repeal the law which prohibits the Marriage of a 
widower with his deceased wife’s sister, — were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie ‘upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Parochial Board of Marriage 
the united parishes of Daviot and Dunlichity, Inver- — 
ness-shire, praying that the Marriage (Scotland) Bill” ° 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery of 
Cairston, praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law, as it now stands, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Robert Gray Mayne ;— William Medical 
Eagles Johnson ;— Stourbridge ;—Hugh Clark ; — Registration 
William Scott ;—Glamford Brigg ;—Henry William ot, 
Thomas Ellis and Phineas Samuel Ellis ;—Henry ment Bill. 
James Wordsworth Welch ;—John Dalston Jones ; 

—James Andrew Welch ;—John Lyell and James 
Drummond ; — William Williams ;— Frederick B. 

White ;—John Brookes Williams ;—John Hole ;— 

John Nicholson ;—Kidderminster ;—Joshua Barlow 

William Briggs ;— Hugh Beaver Davies ;— and, 

John Chadwick; praying that the Medical Registra- 

tion and Medical Law Amendment Bill may pass 

into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Shipbuilders of the port of Sunder- Navigation 
land, in the county of Durham, praying the House Laws. 
not to entertain the question of repealing the Navi- 
gation Laws, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Navigation Laws. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Poor Law 
of the borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, praying the (reland.) 
House to pass a permanent and effective Poor Law 
for Ireland, rendering the landed property of that 
country liable, as in the case of England, to the 
maintenance of the poor and destitute, and to en- 
trust its administration to such hands only as shall 
ensure its effectual enforcement, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


&amp; 
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Petitions from Brizworth Union ;—and, Reigate Poor Removal 
Union; praying for repeal or alteration of the Poor Act- 
Removal Act,—were presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Settlement and 
Poor Removal. 


A Petition of Clergy of the diocese of Ardagh, Poor Relief 
praying that in the provisions of the Poor Relief (ela"4) =. 
(Ireland) Bill generally, care may be taken that 
the clergy of the Established Church in Jreland 
may not, without any fault imputed to them, be 
wholly deprived of the means of subsistence ; and 
that the poor be not thus deprived of their spiritual 
instructors, and the Government of the instrumen- 
tality by which, in times like the present, even the 





physical necessities of the people can be provided for, 
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488 


or civilization maintained in Ireland, was resented, | 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Raja of 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Peckham, and others 
Satara. 


interested in the welfare and good government of 
the British Indian Empire, stating that they are 
deeply interested in the case of his Highness Pur- 
taub Sing, the ex-Raja of Sattara, who has been 
accused of hostility to the British Government, has 
been forcibly deposed and exiled from his domi- 
nions upon this charge, and for seven years has 
been denied the means of being heard in his own 
defence ; and praying the House to adopt measures 
to secure to this Prince that which is the right of 
every British subject, namely the opportunity of 
examining the charges which have been brought 
against him, the evidence in support of the same, 
and of bringing forth the proofs of his innocence, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Commissioners of Supply of the 
county of Stirling (Chairman) ;——Daviotand Dun- 
lichity (Chairman) ; and, Bursay and Hanay ; 
praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table, 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 





Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) ; 
and, Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bills. 


Petitions from the Kirk Session of Peterhead ; 
Presbytery of North Isle (Orkney) (Modera- 
tor) ; Sandwich ; Synod of Perth and Stir- 
ling (Moderator) ; Kirk Session of Riccarton ; 
——Parochial Board of Muiravonside (Chairman) ; 
and, Parochial Board of Wick (Chairman) ; 
praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) ; 
and, the Marriage (Scot/and) Bills may not pass 
into law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
Town Council of the city and royal burgh of Perth, 
praying the House to defer the further progress of 
the said Bills until the next Session of Parliament, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. ; 

















Settlement. A Petition of Guardians of the Poor forthe Ayls- 
ham Union, in the county of Norfolk, praying for the 
entire abolition of the laws relating to the Settlement 
and Removal of the Poor, and the substitution in 
their stead of such a law as will give to the poor a 
title to relief in any part of England and Wales, 
wherever their destitution may arise, without sub- 
jecting them to the consequences of a compulsory 
removal, and parishes which have not benefited by 
their labour to the expense of their removal, and to 
their support in sickness and old age, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Settlement and Poor Removal. y~ 


‘Towns 
Improvement 
Clauses Lill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Truro, 
in the county of Cornwall, praying that the Towns 
Improvement Clauses Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Applications made to the Government 
by Grand Juries, Magistrates, and others, in Jreland, 
with reference to the unlimited sale of Arms and 
Ammunition, 


Arms 
CTreland.) 


Cotton Culti- A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
vation (India.) hosed, That a Select Committee be appointed to in- 
quire into the progress of tle Cultivation of Cotton 
in India; 





And notice being taken, that Forty Members were 
not present, the House was told by Mr. Speaker; 
and Forty Members not being present ; and it being 
then after Four of the clock :—The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Qitestion first 
put, till To-morrow. 


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A, 1847. 


Veneris, 7° die Maii ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS, 
RDERED, That the Committee on the Dub- Dublin 
lin Consumers Gas Bill have leave to sit this Consumers. 
day, till five of the clock, during the sitting of the —_ 
House. 


Mr. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of the Cotton 
East India Company, was called in; and at the (India.) 
bar presented,—Return to an Order, dated the 15th 
day of February last, fora Return of Papers in the 
possession of the East India Company, showing 
what Measures have been taken since 1836 to pro- 
mote the Cultivation of Cotton in India, with the 
particulars and result of any Experiments which have 
been made by the said Company, with a view to in- 
troduce the Growth of American Cotton, or to en- 
courage the Production of Native Cotton in India: 
—And, a Return of the Quantity of Cotton Wool 
exported from the British Possessions in India in 
each year during which the Accounts have been 
kept, stating the Ports from which the Shipments 
were made, the Quantity shipped at each Port, and 
the Countries to which the Cotton was exported, and 
the Shipments to each Country :—And then he with- 
drew. 

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


Mr. Parker presented,—Return to an Order, dated Bank Notes. 
the 28th day of April last, for Returns of the Circu- 
lation of the Bank of England, and of the Banks of 
Issue in England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, 
from January 1846 to the present time (in continu- 
ation of Parliamentary Paper, No, 27, of Session 
1846). 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 3d and 4th days of Goport} nae 
this instant May, and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

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


An ingrossed Bill to enlarge the Powers of the Wolverhamp- 
Wolverhampton Gas Light Company, and to autho- ton Gas Bill. 
rize the Union of such Company with the Wolver- 
hampton New Gas Company, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass, 

Ordered, That Mr. Thornely do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; Orders; 
which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, Vhat in the case of the Manchester Manchester 
and Southampton Railway (No. 2.) Petition, the = i. 
Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. way (No, 2.) 
2. Resolved, That in the case of the Surreyand Kent Surrey and | 
Commission of Sewers (No. 2.) Petition for leave to ag roma 
deposit a Petition for a Bill, the Standing Orders (No, 2.) Bill. 
ought to be dispensed with ; that the parties be per- 
mitted to deposit a Petition for a Bill, with Bill 
annexed, provided that such Bill do not affect the 
parish of Lewisham, and do not contain any provisions 
authorizing any guardians or overseers of the poor, 
trustees, commissioners or surveyors of turnpike- 
roads, to contribute from the monies levied for the 
relief of the poor, or in the hands of the said trustees, 
commissioners or surveyors, for the purposes of their 
respective trusts, any sums towards the purposes to 
be effected by such Bill; and that the promoters 
prove before the Examiner, that notices of such 

Petition 








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Petition and Bill have been published in two suc- 
cessive weeks in this present month of May, in the 
London Gazette and County Newspaper, and have 
been affixed to the Church-doors of all parishes af- 
fected, on two successive Sundays in the same month. 

The second Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Com- 


Committee of 


Selection. = mittee of Selection; That the Committee had not 
received from Captain Boldero, one of the Members 
nominated on the Select Committee on the Group 
No. 15 of Railway Bills, appointed to meet on 
Monday next, either the prescribed form of Decla- 
ration, with his signature attached, or any excuse in 
lieu thereof. 

Ordered, That Captain Boldero do attend the 
Commitiee on Group No. 15. of Railway Bills, upon 
Monday next. 

Caledonian An ingrossed Billi to enable the Caledonian Rail- 

(iatealion of Way Company to make an Extension of the Mother- 

Motherwell well Branch of the Clydesdale Junction Railway to 

Branch of | Auchinheath Mineral Field, with Branches therefrom, 

eg was read the third time. 

Railway to Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Auchinheath Ordered, That Mr. Lockhart do carry the Bill to 

Mineral Field, 


with Branches t2¢ Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


to the Wishaw and Coltness Railway, 
Canderside and Hamilton) Bill. 


pe An ingrossed Bill to enable the Caledonian Rail- 
nie d way Company to make Branch Railways to Wilson- 

(Branches to 5 

Wilsontown, town, to Fauldhouse, and to Biggar and Broughton, 

to Peay rma was read the third time. 

ae re ——-Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Caledonian 


and Brough- . 

ton) Bill. Ordered, That Mr. Lockhart do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

gaa An ingrossed Bill to enable the Caledonian Rail- 

(Branches Way Company to make Branches from the Clydes- 

from the dale Junction Railway to the Douglas and Lesmaha- 

Clydesdale gow Mineral Fields, and to Strathavon, was read the 

Junction Rail- ‘third time 

way to the ‘ ° 

pie and Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

——— Ordered, That Mr. Lockhart do carry the Bill to 

and io Strath. the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

avon) Bill. 

Birkenhead Mr. Greene reported the Birkenhead Dock Com- 

Dock Com- 


pany and Herculaneum Dock Company Amalga- 


pany and ” é “= 

| = el mation Bill, with Amendments. 

Dock Com- Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
pany Amalga- 

mation Bill, : 

Scottish An ingrossed Bill for incorporating the Scottish 
= Equitable Life Assurance Society, for confirming the 
Society Bill. Rules and Regulations thereof, for enabling the said 


Society to sue and be sued, to take and to hold 
Property, and for other Purposes relating thereto, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


NorthWestern The Order made upon Monday last, for referring 
tpeviet onsat 19 the Committee on the North Western Railway 
Skipton, Cas- (Deviations at Skipton, Casterton and Sedbergh) Bill, 
terton and _— the Petition of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway 
Sedbergh) Bill. Company, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
thereof, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Petition be withdrawn. 


Railway Bills Ordered, That the Committee on Group No. 42 

No. 2. of Railway Bills have leave to sit this day, till five 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 

Birkenhead Mr. Hayter reported the Birkenhead (Commis- 


(Commission- signers) Dock Acts Amendment (Construction of 


yng New Docks and Alteration of Culvert) Bill, with 


aga Amendments. 

of New i 

jk yeh Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
ofCulvert)Bill. VoL. 102. 


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489 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Colchester, Stour Colchester, 
Valley, Sudbury and Halstead Railway Company — Valley, 
to make an Extension Railway from j Men to Halstead Rail- 
Bury Saint Edmund’s, in the County of Suffolk, way (Exten- 


was read the third time. _— . 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bury St. Ea. 


Ordered, That Mr. Henry Berkeley do carry the mund’s) Bill. 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Shipowners’ 
the Report on the Shipowners’ Towing Company en J Bill 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Terrington 
the Report on the Terrington Marsh Division, Marsh Divi- 
Allotment and Inclosure Bill ; and the Amendments $°™.4,9" 
were read, and agreed to. Inclosure Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed. 


The Taunton Improvement and Market Bill was Taunton 
read a second time ; and committed. Improvement 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 37d Market 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Strutt presented,—Report of the Commis- Railway Bills. 
sioners of Railways on certain Railway Bills com- No, 164. 
prised in Group No. 42. (in pursuance of Resolu- 
tion of the House of 23d February 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on a 
certain Railway Bill comprised in Group No. 42. 

(in pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23d 
February 1847). 

Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
Committees on the Bills to which the same relate ; 
and be printed. 


Lord Courtenay reported the Glasgow, Paisley, Glasgow, — 
Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (No. 4.) Bill, with = io 
Amendments. Ayr Railway 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; (No. 4.) Bill. 


and be printed. 


Lord Courtenay reported trom the Committee on Caledonian 
the Caledonian Railway (Branch across Clyde and Railway 
Glasgow Station) Bill; That the parties promoting —— 
the Bill had stated to the Committee that it was not -~ Aah Sta- 
their intention to proceed further with the same tion) Bill. 
during the present Session of Parliament. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid on the Table,—Report from Ambergate, 

Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Nottingham, 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for = ere 
additional Provision in the Ambergate, Nottingham Junction Rail- 
and Boston and Eastern Counties Railway (Altera- way (Altera- 
tion of Line, &amp;c.) Bill, the Standing Orders had not ee) Bill” 
been complied with, in the following instances ; viz., 
Copies of the Plan and Section of the proposed devia- 
tion have not been deposited in the Private Bill 
Office, and were not deposited in the Office of the 
Clerk of the Peace for the county of Nottingham, 
or with the Parish Clerk of Colwick, until the 1st 
day of this instant May; application was not made to 
the owners and occupiers of the property intended 
to be taken until the 3d day of this instant May. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 


Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Wawn presented a Bill to amend an Act Van Diemen’s 
passed in the sixth year of the reign of His Ma- coe 
jesty King George the Fourth, for granting certain PY “"™ 
Powers and Authorities to the Van Diemen’s Land 
Company: And the same was read the first time ; 


and ordered to be read a second time. 
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490 


Mr. Wawn presented a Bill for amending an Act 
passed in the Fourth year of the reign of his late Ma- 
jesty King William the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act 
for granting certain Powers to the British American 
Land Company,” and for granting further Powers to 
the said Company: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


British Ame- 
rican Land 
Company Bill. 


Great North- | A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
Giedaer That it be an Instruction to the Committee on the 
between Lon- Great Northern Railway (Deviations between Lon- 
don and Gran- don and Grantham) Bill, to entertain the Petition 
tham) Bill, signed by William Fletcher Norton Norton, the 
Chairman of the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston 
and Eastern Junction Railway Company, which was 
presented upon the 3d day of this instant May, as 
the Petition of that Company, although it does not 
bear the corporate seal of the Company ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the Yeas, | a roared \ 19. 


Tellers for the Noes, = es - 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Shropshire A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
Union Rail- posed, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
Canal Bills before the Committees on the Shropshire Union Rail- 


(Chester and ways and Canal Bills (Chester and Wolverhampton 
Wolverhamp- Line, Shrewsbury and Stafford Line, and Newtown 


Line, : ° a“ a 
Decne and Crewe Line), in the last Session of Parliament, 


and Stafford be referred to the Committee on Group No. 21 of 
Line, and New- Railway Bills:—And the said Motion was, with 


town andCrewe . 
Line (1846.) leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Half Pay Mr. Secretary at War presented, pursuant to the 
(Army). directions of an Act of Parliament,—A Return of 
Officers who have been allowed to receive their Half 
Pay since 1st April 1846, under the provisions of the 
Act of the 9th and 10th of Victoria, cap. 116, sec. 25. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 
Sites foe Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
~hurches 


to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
give leave to the Duke of Richmond to come to the 
Select Committee appointed by this House to inquire 
whether and in what part of Scot/and, and under 
what circumstances, large numbers of Her Majesty’s 
subjects have been deprived of the means of religious 
worship by the refusal of certain proprietors to grant 
them Sites for the erection of Churches: And that Mr. 
George William Hope do carry the said Message. 


(Scotland.) 


Manchester An ingrossed Bill to amend some of the Pro- 
Markets Bill. visions of the Manchester Markets Act, 1846, was 
read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


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A. 1847. 


Ordered, That Mr. Ewart do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Glasgow, Paisley, Glasgow, 
Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Company to make a 
certain Branch Railways in the County of Ayr, and daclinen, 
to alter the Line of the Glasgow and Belfast Union and Glasgow 
Railway, and for other Purposes, was read the third and Belfast 
time. (No 1) Bil 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ewart do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of the North Western Railway Com- og alana 
pany, praying that provision may be made in the B@way 
North Wasams Radlany ‘Sivudione at Skipton, Sime 
Casterton and Sedbergh) Bill, for enabling them to terton and 
make a certain diversion in the line of their Rail- Sedbergh) Bill. 
way as already authorized, and also an alteration in 
the line of the proposed diversion between the junc- 
tion with the Leeds and Bradford Extension Rail- 
way at Skipton, and the junction with the North 
Western Railway in the parish of Broughton, and 
also an alteration in crossing a certain turnpike- 
road and highway, was presented, and read ; and 
— to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 

ills. 


Ordered, That in the case of the Chester and Chester and 
Holyhead Railway (Extensions at Chester and Holy- — 
head, &amp;c.) (No. 2.) Bill, in Group No. 24., a Com- jist at 
mission having been appointed to examine the merits Chester and 
of the proposed Harbour at Holyhead, in reference aa Bh 
to which the plans of the above Railway have been ““* * 
prepared, it be an Instruction to the Committee on 
the said Bill, that the consideration of the same be 
postponed until the Report of said Commission be 
received. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell Message from 

and Mr. Wingfield: the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Tunstall 
for enabling the Tunstall Market Company to sell —- 
their Estate and wind up their Concerns, and for Rotate BL 
dissclving the Company ; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords communicate a Copy of the Report Poor Removal 
from the Select Committee on the operation of the Act 
Poor Removal Act of last Session, pursuant to Mes- 
sage of 4th May :—And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 


Mr. Parker presented,—Return toan Order, dated Greek Loan. 
the 3d day of this instant May, for a Return of all 
Monies paid by Great Britain on account of the 
Interest of the Greek Loan up to the Ist day of 
January 1847. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 





Ordered, That Mr. Milner Gibson do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Railway Bills | Mr. Mackinnon reported from the Committee on 
(Group Group No. 23 of Railway Bills; That the Com- 
wa) mittee met this day at twelve of the clock, pursuant 
to adjournment, but that the Chairman had received 
a letter from William J. Hamilton, Esquire, one of 
the Members of the said Committee, stating that he 
ws prevented by domestic affliction from attending 
the said Committee. 
Ordered, That Mr. William J. Hamilton be dis- 
charged from further attendance on the said Com- 
inittee. 


Glasgow, An ingrossed Bill to amend the Act relating to 
Dumfries and 


Carlisle Rail. the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway Com- 


way, and any, and to authorize the Company to make a 
Glasgow, ranch Railway to Kirkcudbright, with diverging 
Paisley, Kil- 


reese: 7 tape Lines therefrom, and for other Purposes, was read , 
Ayr Railway the third time. : 
(No. 2.) Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Petitions from Winslow ; —Buckingham ;—and, Buckingham 
Brackley; praying that the Buckingham and Brack- _ = — 
ley Junction Railway, and Oxford and Bletchley nn we 
Junction Railway Companies Amalgamation and Oxford and 
Extension of Lines Bill may pass into a law,—were pa Reil- 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the war Goma 


Table. nies Amalga- 
mation and 
Extension of 
Lines Bill. 

A Petition of Town Commissioners of the borough publin 

of Kells, county of Meath, praying that the Dublin Improvement 

Improvement Bill may pass into a law, was pre-*”~ 

sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Great North- 
of Stamford, in council assembled, praying that the oe 
Great Northern Railway (Deviations between Lon- eee Lon- 
don and Grantham) Bill may pass into a law, was don and Gran- 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the tham)Bill. 


Table. 





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A Petition of the Ambergate, Nottingham and 
Boston and Eastern Junction Railway Company, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
said Bill, was also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Inverness 
Municipal and 
Police Bill. 


A Petition of Proprietors, Merchants, Burgesses, 
Householders and other Inhabitants of the royal 
burgh and parliamentary town of Inverness, North 
Britain, praying that the Inverness Municipal and 
Police Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Liverpool, 
Crosby and 
Southport 
Railway and 
Branch Bill. 


Petitions from Crosby ;—Formby ;—and, Water- 
loo and Little Brighton ; praying that the Liver- 
pool, Crosby and Southport Railway and Branch 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Liverpool 
Guardian 
Gas Bill. 


Petitions of the Liverpool New Gas and Coke 
Company ; Proprietors of shares in the Liver- 
pool New Gas and Coke Company ;——Company 
of Proprietors of the Liverpool (Bootle) Water- 
works ;——Inhabitants of such parts of the several 
townships of Torteth Park and West Derby, as 
are not within the parliamentary borough of Liver- 
pool, in the county of Lancaster, and of the town- 
ships of Walton-on-the-Hill, Bootle-cum- Linacre, 
Litherland, Great Crosby, Wavertree and Garston, 
in the said county, being Consumers of Gas; 
and, Bankers, Merchants, Traders and others, In- 
habitants of the town and borough of Liverpool, in 
the county of Lancaster; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Liverpool Guardian Gas Bill,— 
were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee {on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








Metropolitan 
Sewage Ma- 
nure Bill. 


Petitions from Saint Mary-le-bone ;— Fulham and 
other places ;—Members of the Westminster Sanatory 
Association ; — and, Westminster (two Petitions) ; 
praying that the Metropolitan Sewage Manure Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Midland Rail- 
way (Exten- 


A Petition of W. Rudyard and others, Owners 
and Occupiers of wharfs upon the line of the pro- 


Peto posed Railway thereinafter mentioned, praying that 

and Linco the Midland Railway (Extension of the Nottingham 

Lineal} Bill. and Lincoln Branch, at Lincoln) Bill may pass into 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. - 

Midland Rail- Petitions from Higham Ferrers; — and, God- 

way (Exten- 


sion from near @anchester; praying that the Midland Railway 
Leicester, vid (Extension from near Leicester, vid Bedford, to 
Bedford, to Hitchin and to Northampton and Huntingdon, and 
Hitchin and to Enl . . . “ 

Northampton Enlargement of the Leicester Station) Bill may pass 
and Hunting- into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 


don, and En- io ii 
largement of 0 lie upon the Table. 


the Leicester 


Station) Bill. 
on a A Petition of Deputies of the Resident Freemen 
andSwanning- 22d Freemen’s Widows, of the borough of Leicester, 


ton Railway praying that they may be permitted to withdraw 
vietione _" their Petition against the Midland Railway (Lei- 
Branches, En- Cester and Swannington Railway, Widening, Devia- 
largement of tionsand Branches, Enlargement of Leicester Station 


Leicester Sta- and extending powers as to Jbstock Branch) Bill, 


tion, 

Extending was presented, and read. 

— as to Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the 
ee ce : 

Branch) Bill, Petition accordingly. 


VoL. 102. 


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491 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and Inhabitants Sandwich 


of the town and port of Sandwich, in the county of 

Kent, and the neighbourhood thereof, interested in 

the navigation of Sandwich Haven, praying that 

the Sandwich Haven Bill may pass into a law, was 

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


Haven Bill, 


Petitions of Robert Smart, of Bishop Wearmouth, Sunderland 


in the borough of Sunderland, in the county 
Durham, Solicitor ; George Cooper Abbes, of 
Cleadon House, in the county of Durham, Clerk ; 
and, James Williams and James Donkin, Rate- 
payers and Inhabitants of the borough of Sunder- 
land, in the county of Durham; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Sunderland 
Improvement, Markets and Bridge Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, ifthey think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








A Petition of the North Staffordshire Railway 
Company, praying that they may be heard, by them- 


of Improvement, 
Markets and 
Bridge Bill. 


Staffordshire 
Potteries 


Waterworks 


selves, their counsel, or agents, against certain parts pi 


of the Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Inhabitants, Householders of the 
Island of Portland, in the county of Dorset ;—— 
and, Masterton Ure, of Lower Brook-street, in the 
county of Middlesex, Esquire; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Weymouth and 
Melcombe Regis Harbour and Bridge Trusts Bill, 
—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of the Dean and Chapter of the Col- 
legiate Church of Saint Peter, Westminster ; 
and, Churchwardens, Overseers of the Poor and 
Vestrymen of the parishes of Saint Margaret and 
Saint John-the-Evangelist, Westminster ; praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the West- 
minster Improvements Bill,—were presented, and 
read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land in the 
Kingsbridge Union, in the county of Devon, praying 
that the House will be pleased to pass some legis- 
lative enactment to secure compensation to tenants 
for unexhausted improvements, and to place them 
ona similar footing with persons engaged in trade 
and manufactures in respect to fixtures and build- 
ings erected by them for the purpose of carrying on 
their business, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Chemists and Druggists residing 
in the borough of Portsmouth and town of Gosport, 
praying the Tae to pass a Bill for regulating the 
Qualification of Chemists and Druggists in eae 

3R2 an 


Weymouth 
and Melcombe 
Regis Harbour 
and Bridge 
Trusts Bill. 


Westminster 
Improvements 
Bill. 


Agricultural 
Tenant Right. 


Chemists and 
Druggists. 





492 


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


Medical _ Petitions from Gloucester ;— William Bird Hera- 
Registration path; — Thomas B. Eames ;— William Boulton 


Law Amend- Pickering ;—James M‘Gittigan ;— Samuel Leah; 
ment Bill © —Zhomas Cooper Leah;— William Wooldridge ; 
—Edwin Lankester ;—Henry Acheson Crosier ;— 
and, Gloucestershire Medical and Surgical Associa- 
tion (President and Honorary Secretary) ; praying 
that the Medical Registration and Medical Law 
Amendment Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Education. A Petition of Catholics, and others of the Inha- 
bitants of the borough of Congleton, praying ths 
House to refuse any grant of money in furtherance 
of the plan of Education propounded in the Minutes 
of yhe Committee of Council on Education, wae 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Norfolk and 
Norwich Auxiliary Anti-Slavery Society, stating 
that the Members of that Society have observed 
with deep concern the course of policy at present 
pursued in reference to immigration and the regula- 
tion of labour in the Mauritius and the West Indian 
Colonies, and praying the House to take the mat- 
ters mentioned in their Petition into consideration, 
and apply such remedies as may be meet, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Emigration to 
the West India 
Colonies. 


Health of 


Petitions from Gloucester ;-—-London (six Peti- 
Towns Bill. 


tions) ; — Whitby ; —Plymouth ; — Westminster ;— 
Working Men of Messrs. Broadwood and Sons; 
~—Stochport ; — Newport ; —Thomas Harwood ; — 
and, Derby Union; praying that the Health of 
Towns Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


IIenry Need- 
ham Scrope 
Shrapnel. 


A Petition of Henry Needham Scrope Shrapnel, 
of Midway Manor House, near Bradford, in the 
county of Wilts, now residing at Elm Lodge, Gos- 
port, in the county of Hants, Esquire, late of Her 
Majesty’s Third Regiment of Dragoon Guards, now 
a Captain in the Second Regiment of Somerset Mi- 
litia, setting forth his father’s services in the late 
wars, and stating that he was the inventor of the 
tangent slide, hollow shot and Shrapnel shell; ex- 
plaining the effect of the shell and its great success ; 
quoting a list of testimonials in its favour and letters 
from various persons of note witnessing to its im- 
portance ; showing the difficulties experienced by 
his father in bringing the invention into general 
use; complaining that in spite of the utility of the 
invention, and the immense advantage it gave to 
this country in all the wars in which it was en- 
gaged, his father never received any public reward 
or acknowledgment, although the preparation and 
application cost him several thousand pounds ; that 
his father’s claims upon the East India Company 
were never satisfied, and that he suffered numerous 
wrongs in connection with those and other claims ; 
that his father’s widow was granted an insufficient 
pension; and that his father died greatly in debt 
in consequence of the expenses he had incurred, 
and praying the House to take the Petitioner’s case 
into consideration, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the ‘lable. 


Heritable 
Securities for 
Debt (Scot- 
land); Burg- 
age Tenure 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Noblemen and Gentlemen, Commissioners of Sup- 
ply and Justices of Peace of the county of Forfar 

in general meeting assembled, praying that the Heri- 
men ol table Securities for Debt (Scotland); the Burgage 
of Land (Scot- Tenure (Scotland) ; the Transference of Land (Scot- 
land); Service land); the Service of Heirs (Scotland); and, the 
of Heirs (Scot- Cygwn Charters (Scotland) Bills, may pass into law, 


land H and, : 
ae Chart. Was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


ers (Scotland) the Table. 
Bills. 





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A. 1847. 


Petitions from Portsmouth ;—Portsea and Ports- Marriage. 
mouth ;— Hull; — Plymouth and Devonport ;— 
Rotherham (two Petitions) ;—Scarborough, Picker- 
ing, Bridlington and Malton ; —Plymouth ;—and, 
Southampton (three Petitions); praying the House 
to repeal the law which prohibits the Marriage of a 
widower with his deceased wife’s sister,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


&gt; 


Petitions from London ;—and, Peckham; stating Raja of 
that the Petitioners are deeply interested in the case 5" 
of his Highness Purtaub Sing, the ex-Raja of Sat- 
tara, who has been accused of hostility to the British 
Government, forcibly deposed, and exiled from his 
dominions upon this charge, and denied for seven 
years the means of being heard in his own defence ; 
and praying the House to adopt measures to secure 
to this Prince the opportunity of examining the 
charges which have been brought against him, the 
evidence in support of the same, and of bringing 
forth the proofs of his innoccnce,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Poor Law Guardians of Sligo Railways 
Union, praying the House to adopt measures for ireland.) 
the prompt construction of Railways in Jredand, 
and thereby provide increased employment at the 
present crisis, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. v 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of ranma 
Noblemen, Gentlemen, Commissioners of Supply pate 
and Justices of the Peace of Forfarshire, praying and, Marriage 
that the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland); and, (Scotland) 
the Marriage (Scotland) Bills may not pass into * 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Stam- Roman Catho- 
bourne, county of Esser, and the neighbourhood of lic Relief Bil, 
the same, praying the House to reject the Roman 
Catholic Relief Bill, and to repeal the Act for the 
endowment of Maynooth College, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of George Drew, of Bermondsey, in Small Debts 
the county of Surrey, Attorney and Solicitor, stating Act- 
that in the year 1845 he accepted the office of As- 
sessor to the Southwark Court of Requests, at the 
request of the Commissioners of the said Court, and 
thereupon resigned his situation as one of the Chief 
Clerks of the said Court, to which he had been ap- 
pointed for life, and also his practice as an Attorney- 
at-Law; that on the passing of the Small Debts 
Bill of 1846, he was refused the appointment of 
Judge in one of the new Courts, to which he con- 
siders he had a just claim, on account of the emolu- 
ments he had relinquished upon becoming Assessor, 
and, according as he believes, to the spirit of the 
Act; and praying the House to take his case into 
consideration, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Assessors and Collectors of Pro- Tax Assessors 
perty, Income, Land and Assessed Taxes for the 2nd Collectors, 
district of Stockport, in the county of Chester, com- 
plaining of the madequacy of the remuneration given 
them for assessing and collecting the said taxes, and 
praying the House to take their case into considera- 
tion, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Towns 
next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Towns improvement 
Improvement Clauses Bill. Clauses 


Ordered, That the adjourned Debate upon the Hosiery 
Amendment which, upon Wednesday last, was pro- Msnufacture 
posed to be made to the Question, That the Hosiery” 
Manufacture Bill be now read a second time, be 
resumed upon Thursday next. 





Ordered, 


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Tenants Ordered, That the adjourned Debate upon the 

(Ireland) Bill. Amendment which, upon the 28th day of April last, 
was proposed to be made to the Question, That the 
Tenants (Ireland) Bill be now read a second time, 
be resumed upon Wednesday the 19th day of this 
instant May. 


County __ Ordered, That the Report on the County Build- 
Buildings Bill. inos Bill be now received. 
Mr. Greene accordingly reported the Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed; and read the third time upon Tues- 
day next. 


Naval Service Ordered, That the Report on the Naval Service 
of Boys Bill. of Boys Bill be now received. 
Mr. Greene accordingly reported the Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Mon- 
day next. 


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


Colonial Land Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
and Emigra- mand,—Seventh General Report of the Colonial 
pve Commis: J and and Emigration Commissioners, 1847. 

: Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table. 
Loan Dis- Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
count. next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of 
authorizing an allowance of Interest, by way of 
Discount, on the prompt payment of future Instal- 
ments of the Loan made in the present year. 
Boavista Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to an 
Fever. Address to Her Majesty,—Copy of Report on the 
Fever at Boavista, by Doctor M‘ William. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 
Criminal Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Offenders. 


Command,—Tables showing the Number of Cri- 

minal Offenders in the year 1846. 

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


Clare County. Ordered, That the Return relative to Clare 
No.358. County, which was presented upon the 27th day 
of April last, be printed. 


Public Works Ordered, That the Paper relative to Public 
(Ireland.) = Works (Jreland), which was presented upon the 
No. 359. 30th day of April last, be printed. 


~ sa Sa Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Bark 

‘ ~ ". Of England, which were presented yesterday, be 
0.360. printed. 

Glass. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Glass, 
No.361. which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Punishment of The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Vagrants, &amp;c. = 


(ireland) Bill, to the Committee upon the Punishment of Va- 
grants, &amp;c. (Lreland) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph, 

Preamble postponed. 

Cravuse N° 1 agreed to. 


to such conviction it shall be proved that such 
person might have been enabled to maintain his 
wife or child as aforesaid, by due exertion, or 
that he shall have refused to accept an offer of 
maintenance for himself or them, either in or out 
of the workhouse of such union, or having ac- 
cepted such offer, shall have absconded, leaving 
his wife or child chargeable.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 3, (Beggars, &amp;c. to be imprisoned). 

An Amendment made. 

Amendment proposed: At the end of the Clause 
to add the words, “ Provided always, that if it 
“ shall have been proved to the satisfaction of such 
“ Justice that such person might have obtained 
“* due relief in the union in which he was resident, 
“ or that he could maintain himself and his family 
“ by due exertion in the place of his residence.” 

Question proposed, That those words. be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravuses, N° 5 to N° 9, agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


into a Committee upon the Poor Relief Laws Exe- } 
cution (Jreland) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph, 
Preamble postponed. 


Ciausess, N°1 to N° 19, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 


Clauses added. 


Clause, (And be it Enacted, That in every case 
in which a Board of Guardians shall, within one 
month after they shall have received any rule, order, 
or regulation issued by the Commissioners under 
this Act, other than a general rule, memorialise the 
Lord Lieutenant of Jreland against such rule, order, 
or regulation, they shall forward at the same time a 
copy of such memorial to the Commissioners ; and 
from and after the receipt by such Commissioners 
of the copy of such memorial, such rule, order, or 
regulation shall continue in force for the period of 
one month and no longer, unless the same shall 
have been in the interval approved by the Lord- 
Lieutenant in Council, as in the case of a general 
rule),—brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be read a second time :—Motion, by leave, 
withdrawn. 

Clause withdrawn. 


Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Poor Relief 


Ciause, N° 2, (Deserting wife or children). The Poor Removal (England and Scotland) Bill Poor Removal 
Several Amendments made. was, according to Order, read a second time; and se. se aed 
Amendment proposed : At the end of the Clause | committed to a Committee of the whole House, for °°” meee 


to = the words, “ Provided always, that previous | Monday next. 
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494. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
hundred and fifty-three thousand seven hundred and 
eighty-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the Commissariat Department, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1848. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty 
thousand six hundred and forty-six pounds, be 
— to Her Majesty, to defray the o—— of 

alf Pay, Pensions, and Allowances in the Com- 
missariat Department, which will come ir course of 
a during the year ending on the 31st day of 

arch 1848, 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on 
account of the Works carrying on at the Caledonian 
Canal, in the year 1847. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty 
thousand four hundred and seventy-six pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
maintaining and repairing the several Public Build- 
ings in the Department of the Commissioners of 
Public Works in Ire/and ; also the Expense of In- 
land Navigation and other Services, under the 
direction of the said Commissioners, to the 31st day 
of March 1848. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight 
thousand two hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of Works and Re- 
pairs at Kingstown Harbour, to the 31st day of March 
1848. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
five thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the two Houses 
of Parliament, and Allowances to Retired Officers 
of the two Houses, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

7. Resolved, That aSum, not exceeding Fifty-six 
thousand nine hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the 
Department of Her Majesty’s Treasury, to the 31st 
day of March 1848, 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen 
thousand four hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the 
Office of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the 
Home Department, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- 
one thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the Department 
of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for Foreign 
Affairs, and also of the Queen’s Messengers and 
extra Couriers attached to that Department, to the 
31st day of March 1848. 

Colonial 10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighteen 
Office. thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
pay the Salaries and Expenses in the Department 
of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies, 
to the 31st day of March 1848. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 


Supply ; 


Commissariat 
Department. 


Caledonian 
Canal. 


Public Works 
CTreland. ) 


Kingstown 
Harbour. 


Houses of 


Parliament, 


Treasury. 


Home Office. 


Foreign Office, 


Privy Council 


Ottiice. seven thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Selaries and Expenses 
in the Departments of Her Majesty’s Most honour- 
able Privy Council, and Committee of Privy Coun- 
cil for Trade, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

Lord Privy 12. Resoived, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 

Beal. thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty to pay 
the Salary of the Lord Privy Seal, to the 31st 
aay of March 1848, 

Paymaster 13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 

— six thousand seven hundred and twenty-two pounds, 

; be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Office of Her Majesty’s Paymaster General, to 
the 31st day of March 1848. 
gg 14, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifteen 
oO © Xe 


thousand eight hundred and twenty-three pounds, 


hequer, &amp;c. . _ . 
ee be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 


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A. 1847. 


Expenses in the Departments of the Comptroller 
General of the Exchequer, the Paymasters of Ex- 
cheqver Bills, and the Paymaster of Civil Services, 
to the 31st day of March 1848. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two State Paper 
thousand six hundred and fifty pounds, be granted Offce. 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of 
the State Paper Office, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

16. Resolved, Vhat a Sum, not exceeding Three Ecclesiastical 
thousand four hundred and forty pounds, be granted Commission. 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expenses of 
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, to 
the 31st day of March 1848. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Poor Laws 
Sum, not exceeding One hundred and eighty-two Administra- 
thousand two hundred pounds, be granted to Her “°™ 
Majesty, to defray Expenses connected with the 
Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor, 
from the Ist day of April 1847 to the 31st day of 
March 1848 :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

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

Mr. Greene also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

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


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati 8° die Maiti, 1847: 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Drainage of 
mittee on the Drainage of Lands (Scotland) Bill; — (Scot- 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday “" 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Crown 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of making Cnonena 
provision for payment of the Compensations which caeeencl 
may be awarded in pursuance of any Act of the tions.] 
present Session for amending the practice in Scot- 
land, with regard to Crown Charters and Precepts 
from Chancery ; 

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

The House, according to Order, resolved itself pep eel 
into a Committee upon the Passengers Act Amend- Act Amend- 
ment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. No. 362 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- ~ *" 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Supply 
further consideration the second of the Resolutions (th May). 
which, upon Wednesday last, were reported from 
the Committee of Supply, and which Resolution was 
then postponed ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 
further consideration upon Monday next. 


Mr. Greene reported the Drainage of Lands Bill ; py, 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. aa 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Savings Banks Annuities Bill was, according Savings Bantt 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a — 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 
19th day of this instant May. 


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Agricultural 
Statistics Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Railways 
(Ireland) : 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Fishery Piers 
and Harbours 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Juvenile 
Offenders Bill. 


American 
Tariff. 


No. 363. 


Dublin 
Corporation. 


Dublin 
Improvement 
Bill. 


John Flint. 


House of 
Commons 
Costs Taxa- 
tion Bill. , 


No. 364. 


Metropolitan 
Buildings Bill. 


No. 365. 


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The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Agricultural Statistics Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Railways (Ire/and) (No. 2.) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Fishery Piers and Harbours (Jre- 
land) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Ordered, That Sir John Duckworth be discharged 
from any further attendance on the Select Committee 
on the Juvenile Offenders Bill. 

Ordered, That Sir William Heathcote be added to 
the Committee. 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of a Despatch from Mr. Pakenham, 
Her Majesty’s Minister at a to Viscount 
Palmerston, on the subject of the Customs Revenue 
of the United States, under the New Tariff. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns from the Audit Office of the Annual Ac- 
counts submitted to the Commissioners for auditing 
the Public Accounts, by the Corporation of Dublin, 
since the Act 3 and 4 Vic., c. 108, came into opera- 
tion ; also, Copies of all Queries or Objections which 
have been made thereon by the said Commissioners 
of Audit, Copies of the Replies of the Corporation 
thereto, and of all Decisions of the Audit Board 
upon such Queries or Objections :— And, showing 
the Date of each of said Accounts which have been 
finally audited by the said Board. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of all Expenses incurred by the Corpora- 
tion of Dublin, for or on account of the measure 
called The Dublin Improvement Bill, with the items 
thereof, and the Names of all Persons who have 
received any Portion of the Sums so expended, the 
Amount paid and the Amount due to each such 
Person respectively :—And of all Sums voted by the 
Corporation of Dublin, for or on account of such 
Expenses, and the Date when each Sum was so 
voted; and also, an Account of all Sums standing 
to the credit of the Corporation in the hands of their 
Treasurer, or in any public Bank. 


Ordered, That the Petition of John Flint, which 
was presented upon the 29th day of April last, be 
printed. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to amend an Act to 
establish a Taxation of Costs on Private Bills in the 
House of Commons: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next; and to be printed. 


Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill for further 
amending the Act for regulating the Construction 
and the Use of Buildings in the Metropolis and its 
Neighbourhood: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday next; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
half an hour after Twelve of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next. 


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495 
Luna, 10° die Maii ; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 
M* Lethbridge, from Greenwich Hospital, was FreightMoney 
called in; and at the bar presented,—Return (Greenwich 
toan Order dated the 20th day of April last, for an aes 
Account of the several Sums for Freight Money 
received by the Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital, 
since the 29th day of November 1837, with the date 
of such Payments, and whether on Public or Private 
Account, also the Name of the Ship or Vessel in 
which the Treasure was conveyed; and of the Cap- 
tain or Officer commanding the same :—And then 
he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return dolie upon the Table. 


Mr. Smith, from the Office of one of the Masters Court of 
of the High Court of Chancery, was called in; and Chancery. 
at the bar presented,—Return to an Order dated 
the 23d day of April last, for a Return of the Total 
Number of attendable Warrants granted by each of 
the Masters in Ordinary of the High Court of 
Chancery in England, on each day of the year, com- 
mencing from and including the first day of Easter 
Term 1846, and ending on the last day of Hilary 
Vacation 1847; showing how many of such attend- 
able Warrants were attended before each of the said 
Masters, and how many thereof were attended be- 
fore the Clerk of each of the said Masters on each 
of the days within the said year:—And then he 
withdrew. 

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


Mr. Strutt presented,—Report of the Commis- Railway Bills. 
sioners of Railways on certain Railway Bills com- No, 164, 
prised in Group No. 22 (in pursuance of Resolution 
of the House of 23d February 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on cer- 
tain Railway Bills comprised in Group No. 41 (in 
pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23d Fe- 
bruary 1847). 

Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
Committees on the Bills to which the same relate ; 
and be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Great North- 
posed, That it be an Instruction to the Committee ¢™ Railway 
of the Great Northern Railway (Deviations between ev 
London and Grantham) Bill, to entertain the Peti- London and 
tion of the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Grantham) 
Eastern Junction Railway Company, which was pre- ' 
sented upon Friday last :—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill to south Eastern 
enable the South Eastern Railway Company to Railway 
make a Railway from the South Eastern, Gravesend Cine) Bil 
and Rochester Railway at Strood, to join the South 
Eastern, Canterbury, Ramsgate and Margate Rail- 
way at Chilham, in the County of Kent, with 
Branches to Sheerness and Faversham Creek, be 
now read the third time. 

Mr. Macaulay, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives her consent, 
as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, that 
the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Saving rights of the Crown), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Owen Stanley do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the South Eastern gouth Eastern 
Railway Company to make a Railway from the Railway 
South Eastern, Gravesend and Rochester Railway et al 
at Strood to Maidstone, was read the third time. Bill. 

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Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Owen Stanley do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


South Eastern A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill to 
Cid ntang e@able the South Eastern Railway Company to 
Direct Tun. make a Railway from the North Kent Line of the 
bridge) Bill. South Eastern Railway at Lewisham, to Tunbridge, 
with Branches to Dartford, Sevenoaks, Maidstone 
and Paddock Wood, be now read the third time ; 
Mr. Macaulay, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her consent, 
as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, that 
the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the further Proceeding upon the Third 
Reading of the said Bill be adjourned till Wednes- 
day next :—It passed in the Negative. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the South Eastern Rail- 
way Company to make a Railway from the North 
Kent Line of the South Eastern Railway at Lewis- 
ham,to Tunbridge, with Branches to Dartford and 
Paddock Wood. 
Ordered, ‘That Mr. Owen Stanley do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Dublin 
Consumers 
Gas Bill. 


Sir Charles Douglas reported the Dublin Con- 
sumers Gas Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported the Cork and Bandon Rail- 
way Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Cork and 
Bandon 
Railway Bill, 


Cork, Black- 
rock and 
Passage Rail- 
way Bill. 


Mr. Greene reported the Cork, Blackrock and 
Passage Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Eastern Union 
and Ipswich 
and Bury St. 


Mr. Greene reported the Eastern Union and Ips- 
wich and Bury Saint Edmund’s Railways Amalga- 
mation Bill, with Amendments. 


Edmund’s ? 

Railways Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Amalgama- inte 

ston FAIL and be printed. 

Glasgow, Mr. Greene reported the Glasgow, Barrhead and 


Barrheadand Wei/ston Direct, and Glasgow Southern Terminal 
Neilston Di- 


rect, and Glas- Railways Amalgamation Bill, with Amendments. 
gow Southern Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
Terminal Rail- ond be printed 

ways Amalga- . 

mation Bill. 


Lynn and Ely Mr. Greene reported the Lynn and Ely Railway 


(Devielen (Deviation and Lynn Docks) Bill, with Amend- 
and Lynn ments. 


Docks) Bill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Runcorn Mr. Greene reported the Runcorn Gas Bill, with 
Gas Bill Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Sheffield 


Mr. Greene reported the Sheffield Markets Bill, 


with Amendments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Markets Bill. 


Southampton 
and Dorches- 
ter Railway 
CWeymouth 
Branch) Bill. 


Mr. Greene reported the Southampton and Dor- 
chester Railway (Weymouth Branch) Bill, with 
Amendments. 

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


Eastern Union The House proceeded to take into consideration 

ae the Report on the Eastern Union and Hadleigh 

raneap 8 to) Junction Railway (Sale to the Eastern Union Rail- 

the Eastern way Company) Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 


Union Rail- 
any ) Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration Ewell Rates 
the Report on the Ewell Rates Bill; and the Bu 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Kingston- 
the Reports on the Kingston-upon-Thames Small gon Thames 
Tenements Bill; and the Amendments were read, ments Bill. 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


The Tunstall Market Company Estate Bill was Tunstall 
read the first time; and referred to the Examiners beg aca 
of Petitions for Private Bills. Bill. 


A Petition of the Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton Blackburn, 
Railway Company, and the Blackburn, Clitheroe et ae 
and North Western Junction Railway Company, way Acts 
praying that provision may be made in the Black- Amendment 
burn, Darwen and Bolton Railway Acts Amend- oe of 
ment (Diversions of Line in the Parishes of Black- Parishes of 
burn and Bolton-in-the-Moors) Bill, for more com- Blackburn and 
pletely carrying the amalgamation between the said Moors) Bilt” 
two Companies into effect, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


Ordered, That in the case of the Petition for ad- NorthWestern 
ditional Provision in the North Western Railway ~~ “s 
(Diversions at Skipton, Casterton and Sedbergh) Sxipton, Cas- 
Bill, the Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills have terton and 


leave to sit, and preceed, To-morrow. Sedbergh )Bill 


Ordered, That in the case of the Petition for London and 
additional Provision in the Zondon and North a 
Western Railway (Purchase of Lord Ellesmere’s woe § ea 
interest in the Manchester, South Junction and Ellesmere’s 


Altrincham Railway) Bill, the Examiner of Petitions 1nterest in the 


: : ‘ ; rp Manchest 

for Private Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, ‘To- atti tematien 

morrow. and Altrin- 
chamRailway) 
Bill. 


Mr. Eliot Yorke reported from the Committee on wWilsontown, 
the Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway Morningside 
(Branches to Benhar Coal Works and Edinburgh —— 
and Glasgow Turnpike-road) Bill; That they had (Branches to 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble Benhar Coal 
of the Bill, but the same had not been proved to rg 

. . . 4 
their satisfaction. and Glasgow 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; Turnpike- 


and be printed.‘ road) Bill. 


The Limerick Docks and Harbour Bill was read Limerick 
a second time; and committed. Docks and_ 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- H@tou Bill 
mittee of Selection. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Royston and 
posed, That it be an Instruction to the Committee Hitchin Rail- 
on the Royston and Hitchin Railway (Extension ¥*Y = 
from Royston to Cambridge, &amp;c.) Bill, to entertain Seeete to 
the Petition of the University of Cambridge against Cambridge, 
the said Bill: —And the said Motion was, with &amp;¢-) Bill 


leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill cornwall 
to authorize an Alteration of the Line of the Corn- Railway Bill 
wall Railway, and to amend the Act relating 
thereto, and for other Purposes, be now read the 
third time; 

And Notice being taken, That the interest of 
the Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, is con- 
cerned therein ; 

Mr. Macaulay, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her consent, 
as far as the Prince of Wales’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Lemon do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. in 

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The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Wolverhamp- 
ton Rates Bill. the Report on the Wolverhampton Rates Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


a Lord Courtenay reported the Caledonian Railway 


gow, Garnkirk (Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway,Branch 
— to Glasgow and Station) Bill, with Amendments. 
a, Rar ‘ Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Glasgow and and be printed. 

Station) Bill. 


Railway Bills 
Classification 
(Seventh 
Report.) 

No. 366. 


Lord Courtenay reported from the Classification 
Committee of Railway Bills ; That they had further 
considered the matters to them referred; and directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Railway Bills, The Earl of Lincoln reported from the Committee 
Group No.18. on Group No. 18 of Railway Bills; That the Par- 
ties promoting the London, Oxford and Cheltenham 
Railway Bill had stated to the Committee that the 
evidence of Mr. Henry Southan, Carrier, Gloucester, 
and Mr. William Henry Evans, Carrier, Gloucester, 
and Mr. James Brown, Newport, Monmouthshire, 
Secretary to the South Wales Iron Trade Associa- 
tion, was essential to enable them to establish their 
case before the Committee; and it having been 
proved that the attendance of the said witnesses 
could not be procured without the intervention of 
the House, he had been instructed by the Committee 
to move the House, That they do attend the said 
Committee forthwith. 
Ordered, That Mr. Henry Southan, Mr. William 
Henry Evans and Mr. James Brown do attend the 
said Committee forthwith. 


Ipswich and 
Bury St. Ed- 
mund’s Rail- 


Mr. Vivian reported from the Committee on the 
Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund's Railway (No.1.) 


way (No. 1.) (Extension to Yarmouth) Bill; That they had ex- 
(Extension to amined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
— the Bill, but the same had not been proved to their 
satisfaction. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Set, Mr. Frederick Tollemache reported the Waterford, 
Wicklow ana Vexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway Bill, with 
Dublin Rail- Amendments. 
way Bill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Leith Harbour Mr. Aldam reported the Zeith Harbour and Docks 


= — Dues Bill, with Amendments. 
— Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Edinburgh Mr. Aldam reported the Edinburgh Markets and 


ee — Customs Bill, with Amendments. 
ustoms Bi" Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Bingley Gas Bill ; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Bingley 
Gas Bill. 


2 adaaae Lord Harry Vane reported the Great Western 
(Branch to3 oin Railway (Branch to join the West London Railway, 
the West Lon- Widening and Enlargement of West London Rail- 
oe, way, and Branches to Hammersmith, and to join 
nlargement the London and South Western Railway, near Lam- 
of West Lon- beth) Bill, with Amendments. 
don Railway, — Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
ranches and be printed 
to Hammer- pomeee. 
smith, and to join the London and South 
Western Railway, near Lambeth) Bill. 
pee ets Mr. Bateson reported the Belfast Port and Har- 
Bil, —sCébour Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Von. 102. 


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Lord Courtenay reported the General Terminus General 

and Glasgow Harbour Railway Branches Bill, with Terminus and 
Amendments. he et 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Branches Bill. 
and be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect North Staf- 
of the Petition for additional provision in the North Suaeer ( AL 
Staffordshire Railway (Alteration and Branches) neem ona 
Bill, which, upon Wednesday last, was made from Branches) Bill 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have power to make 
ee therein, pursuant to the prayer of the said 

etition. 


The Vexatious Actions Bill was read the first Vexatious 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon Actions Bill. 
Wednesday next ; and to be printed. No. 367. 


Ordered, That the Petition of George Drew, of Small Debts 
Bermondsey, in the county of Surrey, Attorney and *“* 
Solicitor, complaining of the loss of his office as 
Clerk to the Southwark Court of Requests, and of 
his non-appointment to the office of a Judge, under 
the Act, and praying for inquiry, which was pre- 
sented upon the 7th day of this instant May, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Bank of 
Return of all Monies received by the Bank of Eng- Ensiand. 
land up to Saturday last, inclusive, upon the Loan 
of £.8,000,000 recently contracted for. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Deficiency 
an Account of the Amount of Deficiency Bills Bis 
issued to the Bank of England, in each Quarter, 
since the 5th day of January 1842, stating the Dates 
of Issue and of Repayment severally, and the Rate 
per cent. of Interest paid to the Bank on the same ; 
also, the Aggregate Amount of Interest paid for 
such Deficiency Bills, in each of the Five Years 
ended the 5th day of January 1843, 1844, 1845, 

1846 and 1847. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Exchequer 
an Account of the Total Amount of Exchequer 31s. 
Bills outstanding and unprovided for on the 5th 
day of January and the 5th day of July in each of 
the years 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846 and 1847; 
stating also the Rate of Interest per diem on Ex- 
chequer Bills at each of these Periods, and the 
Dates when any Alteration was made in the Rate ; 
and a Statement of the Rate of Premium at which 
Exchequer Bills were sold in the Market at each 
of the above Periods, and the Average of Premium 
in each year (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 395, of Session 1842). 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Newtown Newtown Li- 
Limavady Union, which was presented upon the mavadyUnion. 
12th day of April last, be printed. No. 368. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Bank Bank Notes. 
Notes, which was presented upon Friday last, be No, 360, 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Report from the poor Removal 
Select Committee on the operation of the Poor Re- Act. 
moval Act of last Session, which was communicated No. 369. 
from the Lords upon Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Greek Greek Loan. 
Loan, which was presented upon Friday last, be No, 370. 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Halt-Pay Half-Pay 
(Army), which was presented upon Friday last, be (Army.) 
printed. No. 371. 


A Petition of Alexander Torrie, Advovate in Aberdeen _ 
Aberdeen, praying that the Aberdeen Harbour Bill Harbour Bill 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








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498 10° Mazz. A. 1847. 


Belfast A Petition of the Corporation for preserving and| Ordered, Trs, eave be given to withdraw the 
oe improving the Port and Harbour of Belfast, pray- | Petitions accordingly. 
ing that they may be heard, by their counsel or 


agents, against certain parts of the Belfast Improve- Petitions from Bootle ;—Commissioners for the a 
ment Bill, was presented, and read. Improvement of Southport ;—and, Liverpool ; pray- atioaes 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the | ing that the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Rail- Railway ana 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, | way and Branch Bill may pass into a law,—were Branch Bill 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if | presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the | Table. 

Bill, against the said Petition. 





A Petition of Commissioners of the Ratcliff London and 


Bristol A Petition of Lionel Oliver Bigg, of the city and | Pavements, praying that they may be heard, by paryral 

Building and “county of Bristol, Gentleman, praying that he may their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Improvement 

oo be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against London and Blackwall Railway Improvement and and Eesaches 
certain parts of the Bristol Building and Improve-| Branches to the Saint Katherine's and LondonDocks ¢) tit St. Ka- 
ment Bill, was presented, and read. Bill, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


London Docks 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the | upon the Table. Bill. 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, m 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, Petitions from Macclesfield ;— and, Stockport ; Mapianiet 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the | praying that the Manchester and Birmingham and {i "Ts 


Bill, against the said Petition. N orth Staffordshire Junction Railway Bill may pass Staffordshire 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and or- Junction — 
Commercial A Petition of Commissioners of the Ratcliff dered to lie upon the Table. Railway Bill. 
—— Pavements, praying that they may be heard, by o 
pany Bill. their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Traders and Mold Railway 
Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company Bill, | Inhabitants of Mold, praying that they may be per- Bill 
was presented, and read. mitted to withdraw their Petition against the Mold 





Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the | Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if Petition accordingly. 
they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the A Petition of Freeholders, Merchants, Bankers 
Bill, against the said Petition. and other Inhabitants of the town and neighbour- 
: hood of Mold, in the county of Flint, praying that 
Cornwall _ Petitions from Saltash (two Petitions) ;—Devon- | the said Bill may pass into a law, was also pre- 
Railway Bill. ort ;—and, Devonport and East Stonehouse; pray-| sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
ing that the Cornwall Railway Bill may pass into a | Table. 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. Petitions from Montrose ;—and, Forfar and Kin- Scottish Mid- 
: " ; cardine; praying that the Scottish Midland Junc- — Junction 
Sucker! ” Petitions from Southam ;—and, Long Itchington ; | oe 
ar C 


| tion Railway (Amendment and Branch to Laurence- pom t 
Oxford Junc- Praying that the Coventry, Banbury and Oxford | : ae 


tion Railway Junction Railway Bill may pass into a law,—were 
Bill. presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. Petitions from Fenton ;— Burslem ;— Hanley and Staffordshire 


. a ar S © act ce i ! - Potterie 
Eastern Coun- Petitions from Guilden Morden ;—Shepreth ;— Shelton ; — Stoke-upon Trent ; and, Tunstall ; “ 


2 . : Waterworks 
ties Railway p- cn mae te te Fat praying that the Staffordshire Potteries Water- pin 
Extension; Biggleswade ; Dasinghours ; — Sarsten&gt;—Gieeple works Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 


Cambridge to Morden ; — Hauxton; — Great Shelford ;— Liitle . pl 
Bedford, ec.) Shelford ;—Tadlow ;— Chesterton i sah A OG; SE GED He a ape ie Sloe 
Bill. ae hal: a", ate EY at ~ 

dreth Bedford; and, Come; praying that the| A Petition of Henry Marsland, of Woodbani- Sod, 
Eastern Counties Railway AR ae (Cambridge within- Stockport, tm the county of Chester, Bagnite, at aides 


Al , ‘ nd Bridges 
to Bedford, &amp;c.) Bill may pass into a lew,-—~sepe | Peter Edward Marsland, of Stockport afore- Bin, 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the | said, Esquire, praying that they may be heard, by 
Table ’ : | themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
‘ parts of the Stockport Manorial Tolls and Bridges 
Great North- A Petition of Gentry, Clergy and other Residents Bill, was presented, and read. 


kirk) Bill may pass into a law,—-were presented, and Branch to 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. ~ —_cra, 





Deviations in the parish of Walkeringham, and the neighbour-| _ Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
oe hood, praying that the Great Northern Railway Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 


Gainsborough (Deviations between Gainsborough and Doncaster) 


by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
and Doncas- 


Bill may pass into a law, was presented and read; | Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 


nisin and ordered to lie upon the Table. favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
rat A Petition of Rate-payers and Owners of pro- | Petitions of Commissioners for the Improvement Sunderland 
Northfield, &amp;c. i 


Rates Bill Petty, of the several parishes, townships and places | of the town and parish of Sunderland-near-the-Sea, ose magi 
of Kingsnorton, Northfield and Beoley, in the | in the county of Durham ;—and, the Sunderland Bridge Bill. 
county of Worcester, Edgbaston, in the county of | Dock Company ; praying that they may be heard, 
Warwick, and Harborne, in the county of Stafford, | by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
praying that the Kingsnorton, Northfield, &amp;c. Rates | tain parts of the Sunderland Improvement, Markets 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; | and Bridge Bill,—were presented, and read. 
und ordered to lie upon the Table. | And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 

. | to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 

Liverpool, Petitions of Inhabitants of the town of Burnley; | heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 

os = cee —and, W. Bracewell and others, Owners, Lessees | their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 

upon-Tyne and Occupiers of property intended to be taken for in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 

Junction m the purposes of the Railway thereinafter mentioned ; 

poet tem praying that they may be permitted to withdraw! Petitions from Thame;— Ashford (two Peti- Breweries and 

Bill. their Petitions against the Liverpool, Manchester | tions);— Newport (Isle of Wight); — Worcester Distilleries. 
and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Acts (Chairman) ;— Woolwich ;—City of London Young 
Amendment Bill, and that the said Bill may pass! Men’s Temperance Society (Chairman) ;—Mem- 
into a law,—were presented, and read. bers of the Temperance Society, Cole-street, Bo- 


rough ; 





Chemists and 
Druggists. 


d Education. 


Health of 
Towns Bill. 


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rough ;—and, Committee of the Montrose Total 
Abstinence Society (President); praying the House 
to adopt measures to prohibit the use of Grain in 
Breweries and Distilleries,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bradford (York) (two Petitions) ; 
— Bedford (three Petitions) ;—and, Hartlepool (two 
Petitions); praying the House to pass a Bill for 
regulating the qualification of Chemists and Drug- 
gists in England and Wales,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Patishall ;—and, Solihull ; praying 
the House to sanction the plan of Education pro- 
pounded in the Minutes of the Committee of Coun- 
cil on Education,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Edmund Yalden White, Curate of 
the parish of Crondale, in the county of Southamp- 
ton, praying the House to allow the guardians or 
overseers of the poor to provide on certain occa- 
sions, and to a certain extent, clothing for children 
whose parents are willing, but not able, to send 
them either to a National or British School, was 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Bristol ; — There-undersigned 
Clergymen ;—George Wallis, M.p., and others ;— 
Malton ; — Torrington ; — Ipswich Philosophical 
Society (President and Secretary) ;—Barnstaple ;— 
Plymouth ;— Tynemouth (two Petitions) ;--Vew- 
castle-upon-Tyne (two Petitions) ; — Shoemakers 
and Hatters ;—Gateshead (two Petitions) ;—Wew- 
castle-upon- Tyne and Gateshead Sanitary Associa- 
tion (Chairman and Secretary) ;—Adam Hodgson 
and others ;— Liverpool (four Petitions) ;— and, 
Banbury ; praying that the Health of Towns Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Saint Paul, Deptford (Chairman); 
— Rochester ; Commissioners for paving, light- 
ing, watching and improving the city of York, &amp;c.; 
York New Waterworks Company ; and, 
Commissioners for paving, cleansing and lighting, 
&amp;c. the east division of Southwark; praying that 
the said Bill may not pass into a law,—were also 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Com- 
missioners for paving, lighting, cleansing and other- 
wise improving the town of Bury Saint Edmund's, 
in the county of Suffolk, praying that in any enact- 
ment for improving the Health of Towns it may be 
provided that the Commissioners under any local 
Act of Parliament may, by application to the Com- 
missioners of Health and Public Works proposed 
by the said Bill to be appointed, avail themselves of 
its provisions without the necessity for a transfer of 
their powers to the Town Council, was also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Rector and Churchwardens of 
the parish of Saint Mary, Whitechapel, in the 
county of Middlesex; praying that the said Bill, 
with certain alterations and amendments, may pass 
into a law; and that it may be provided in the said 
Bill, that the metropolitan district, of which the pa- 
rish of Saint Mary, Whitechapel, shall form a part, 
should be co-extensive with the Tower Hamlets, ex- 
cepting only the parish of Shoreditch, which is 
situate in the Holborn and Finsbury lower division 
of sewers; and that the forty-third section of the 
said Bill, which provides for adequate compensation 
to all persons holding offices of profit who may be 
deprived of their situations by the operation of the 
said Bill when it shall have passed into a law, may 
stand part of the Act, and on no account be altered 
or omitted or struck out of the Bill, was also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

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499 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Com- Heritable 
missioners of Supply of the county of Dumbarton, a 7 
praying that the Heritable Securities for Debt (Scot jana); Burs- 
land); the Burgage Tenure (Scotland); the Trans- age Tenure 
ference of Land (Scotland); the Service of Heirs — ; 
(Scotland); and, the Crown Charters (Scotland) Bills of per yall 
may pass into law, was presented, and read; and land); Service 


ordered to lie upon the Table. i 


Crown Chart- 
ers (Scotland- 
sit Bills. 
A Petition of Members of the Board for the re- Highways 


pair of the Highways in the town or hamlet of Hud- Bill. 
dersfield, in the West Riding of the county of York, 
praying that the Highways Bill may not pass intoa 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates, Bankers, Manufac- Marriage. 
turers, Merchants and Inhabitants of the city of 
Winchester, in the county of Southampton, praying 
that the present law which declares invalid all Mar- 
riages between parties within the prohibited degrees 
of collateral affinity, may be amended so as to 
legalize Marriage with the sister or other more re- 
mote relative of a deceased wife, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Egerton Baines;—George Bot- Medical 

tomley; — Joseph Neville ;— Julius Berncastle ; — Registration 
Joseph Lovegrove ;— Greenwich ;— Royton ;— Wil- ee, 
liam Ainley ;—Napoleon Fitton Chadwick ;—John ment Bill. 
Augustus Lloyd ;—Alexander Henry ;—Liverpool ; 
— Birkenhead ;—John Anderson Jamieson ;—John 
Morris ;—and, William J. Mackarsie; praying that 
the Medical Registration and Medical Law Amend- 
ment Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Shipowners, Shipbuilders, Merchants Navigation 
and other Inhabitants deeply interested in the wel- Laws. 
fare of British shipping, resident in South Shields, 
praying the House not to sanction any measure for 
the repeal of the Navigation Laws, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Navigation Laws. 


A Petition of Clerks, Masters and Matrons of Poor Law 
Workhouses, Relieving Officers, Assistant Over- Officers. 
seers and other Officers connected with the admini- 
stration of the laws relating to the relief of the poor 
in England and Wales, praying the House to pass 
a law enacting that it may be Tawful for Boards of 
Guardians and other bodies having the management 
of parochial funds to grant, subject to such regula- 
tion and control as may be deemed necessary, 
suitable superannuation allowance, in no case ex- 
ceeding two-thirds of their salary and emoluments, 
to any meritorious officers who may become per- 
manently disabled by old age, infirmity, sickness, 
or accident, from performing properly the duties of 
his office, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Duna- Poor Relief 
maggin, in the barony of Kells, and county of Ki/- (Ireland) Bill. 
kenny, praying the House not to sanction the intro- 
duction of any clause into the Poor Relief (Jreland) 

Bill increasing the number of ex-officio guardians 
in Ireland, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Kil- 
kenny Union, praying the House not to sanction 
the introduction of any clause into the said Bill to 
the effect that all the poor rates should be paid by 
the tenant alone, without a power to charge any 
part thereof to the landlord, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Chippenham ;—and, Westminster ; Raja of 
stating that the Petitioners are deeply interested in Sattara. 





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wae 


500 10° Mai. 


the case of his Highness Purtaub Sing, the ex-Raja 
of Sattara, who has been accused of hostility to the 
British Government, forcibly deposed and exiled 
from his dominions upon this charge, and denied 
for seven years the means of being heard in his own 
defence ; and praying the House to adopt measures 
to secure to this Prince the opportunity of examin- 
ing the charges which have been brought against 
him, the evidence in support of the same, and of 
bringing forth the proofs of his innocence,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 





Registering P stitions from the Kirk Session of Oyne ;——Kirk 
Births, &amp;c. Session of King Edward, in the county of Aberdeen 
a (Moderator) ;——Kirk Session of Monquhitter (Mo- 
(Scotland) derator) ;——Kirk Session of Fyvie (Moderator) ; 
Bills. Bamtie; and, Synod of Lothian and Tweed- 











A. 1847. 


and from what source:—6. The Amount, if any, 
paid out of the Consolidated Fund in aid of the 
Expenses of such Courts respectively, and to what 
Officers:—And, 7. The Sums received by all Judges, 
Officers and Servants, and other Persons acting in 
any official capacity, in any of the said Courts; 
distinguishing how much the Sum so received by 
each of the said Persons consists of Salary, and 
how much of Fees; and by whom and out of what 
Fund such Salary or Fees are payable. 

Sir William Somerville also presented, pursuant Tithes Com- 
to Order,—Returns of all Agreements for the Com- mutation. 
mutation of Tithes which have been confirmed by 
the Tithe Commissioners in the several Counties in 
England and Wales, from the 1st day of January 





1846 to the 1st day of July 1846; specifying also, 


| in each case, the Amount of Rent-charge agreed to 


be paid in lieu of Tithes, and showing whether the 


dale (Moderator); praying that the Registering | same be payable to Appropriators, Impropriators or 
Births, &amp;c. (Scotland); and the Marriage (Scot- | Clerical Incumbents :—Of all Awards for the Com- 
land) Bills may not pass into law,—were presented, | mutation of Tithes which have been confirmed by 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | the Tithe Commissioners in the several Counties in 

A Petition of Parish School-masters and Session | England and Wales, from the 1st day of January 
Clerks, resident within the Presbytery of Kincar- | 1846 to the 1st day of July 1846; specifying also, 
dine O’ Neil, praying the House to take into con-| in each case, the Amount of Rent-charge awarded 
sideration the interests of the Petitioners and of | to be paid in lieu of Tithes, and showing whether 


Education in Scotland, and to modify the said Bills 
so as either to preserve to the Petitioners the rights 
and emoluments they at present possess, or to pro- 
vide compensation to them for the loss they will 
sustain by the proposed infringement of their vested 
rights, was also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Parochial 
Board of the burgh and parish of Kintore, praying 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 


(Scotland) that the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill 
Bill. my an 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
War. A Petition of Inhabitants of Mile End and its 


vicinity, praying the House to secure the adoption 
of a treaty between the British Government and 
the other Governments of the world respectively, 
in which the parties shall agree to abandon the bar- 
barous and unchristian practice of War, and to refer 
all matters of dispute and difficulty that may arise 
which cannot be settled by mutual negociation to 
the arbitration of such persons as shall from time to 


| 


the same be payable to Appropriators, Impropria- 
tors or Clerical Incumbents :—And, of all Appor- 
tionments of Rent-charges which have been con- 
firmed by the Tithe Commissioners, from the 1st 
day of January to the 1st day of July 1846 (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 494, of Ses- 
sion 1846). 

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


A Petition of the Preses of a Meeting of Com- Bank of Eng- 
missioners of Supply of the county of Stirling, — Charter 
praying the House to repeal the Bank of England ~~ 
Charter Act, or at all events instantly to suspend 
the same, and thereby without delay to afford that 
relief which the Petitioner considers the demands 








of the country require for immediate circulation, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Ward presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 
mand,—Report of the Admiralty relative to Appli- No, 129, 
cations for Local Acts: 





time be mutually agreed upon, with an impartial 


Ordered, That the said Paper be referred to the 


umpire, in case of difference of opinion among the | Committee on the Bill to which the same relates ; 
arbitrators, and to abide by the decision thus given, | and be printed. 


without having any resort to arms, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir William Somerville presented, — Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day 
of August, in the last Session of Parliament, for 
a Return, showing, 1. the Description and Amount 


Courts of Law 
and Equity. 





of the several Fees legally demandable during the | 
year ending the 5th day of April 1846, in every | 
Court throughout England and Wales, of Law or 


of Equity, that is to say, Her Majesty’s Courts at 





Westminster ; the Court of Chancery ; every Court 
of Oyer and Terminer, and General Gaol Delivery, 


| 


Mr. Ward presented, pursuant to Orders,—Copy Holyhead 
of the Instructions of the Board of Admiralty to the Harbour of 
Commissioners appointed to inquire into the expe- ate 
diency of making a Harbour of Refuge at Holyhead. 

Copy of the Report of Captain Charles Robin- Solway Firth. 
son to the Admiralty on the Buoying and Lighting 
of the Solway Firth. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Loan Dis- 


‘into a Committee to consider of authorizing an Al- °°" 


the Central Criminal Court, every Stannaries Court, | lowance of Interest, by way of Discount, o2 the 
Duchy Court, and Palace Court; every Court of | prompt Payment of future Instalments of the Loan 
Quarter Sessions, and of Petty Sessions; every | made in the present year. 


Court of Revising Barristers ; every Lord Mayor’s 
Court, Recorder’s Court, County Court, Borough 
Court, Small Debts Court, Court of Requests, and 
Local Court of every description :—2. The Aggre- 
gate Amount received in each of the said Courts in 
respect of the said Fees in the year aforesaid :—3. 
By whom such Fees are received in each of the said 





(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That every 
contributor towards the Loan of Eight millions made 
in this present year, who shall pay into the Bank of 
England any sum of money on account of any 
future instalment of his contribution, on or before 


Courts :—4. To whom the Fees received in each of | the eighteenth day of June next, shall be allowed 
the said Courts are payable; and the manner in | an interest by way of discount, after the rate of five 
which the Fees so received in the year aforesaid | pounds per centum per annum ; and every contri- 
have actually been applied :—5. The Amount of | butor who shall in like manner pay up any sum of 


such Fees, if any, paid into the Consolidated Fund ; | money after the eighteenth day of June, on or — 
I 1e 








Vealth of 
Towns Bill. 


Registering * 

3irths, &amp;e. 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Transference 
of Lands 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

No. 372. 


Heritable 
Securities for 
Debt (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


No. 373. 


Burgage 
Tenure (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


No. 874, 


Service of 
Heirs (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


10 Victrorrz. 


the tenth day of September next, shall be allowed 
an interest by way of discount, after the rate of four 
pounds per centum per annum, on the sum so advanced 
on account of any such instalment, to be computed 
from the day on which such payment shall be made 
to the day on which such instalment would be due, 
in pursuance of the contract entered into for raising 
the said Loan :—Debate arising ; 

Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again, 
put, and Negatived. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 


Resolution to be reported. 








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


Martis, 11° die Maiti, 1847: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
Jution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Health of Towns Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Registering Births, &amp;c.( Scotland) Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Marriage (Sco¢land) Bill ; 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Transference of Lands 
(Scotland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
intoa Committee upon the Heritable Securities for 
Debt (Scotland) Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Greene reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Burgage Tenure (Scot- 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Service of Heirs (Scot- 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

VoL. 102. 


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501 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Crown 


mittee on the Crown Charters (Scotland) Bill; Charters 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday — and) 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Prisons Bill. 
mittee on the Prisons Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Custody of Offenders Bill ; 

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


Custody of 
Offenders Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Medical _ 
Reading of the Medical Registration and Medical ae 
Law Amendment Bill; pied sorte 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- ment Bill. 


‘morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second a 
Reading of the Incumbered Estates (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Towns: 
mittee on the Towns Improvement Clauses Bill; Improvement 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- ©#¥s¢s Bill- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrussed Bill for extending the Period of Naval Service 
Service of Boys in Her Majesty’s Navy, was, ac- % Boys Bill 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Greene reported the Punishment of Vagrants, Punishment of 
&amp;e. (Ireland) Biil; and the Amendments were read, ee 
and agreed to; and Amendments were made to the (7@"?) B™ 
Bill. , 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Thursday 
next. 


Mr. Greene reported the Poor Relief Laws Exe- poor Relief 
cution (Zreland) Bill; and the Amendments were Laws Execu- 
read, and agreed to; and Amendments were made }5) (aenes) 
to the Bill. ; 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Poor Removal 
into a Committee upon the Poor Removal (England sae 8 = 
and Scotland) Billi; and, after some time spent tela 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 

Greene reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Supply ; 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as. 
follow : 

1. Lesolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Commissariat 
hundred and fifty-three thousand seven hundred Department. 
and eighty-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Charge of the Commissariat Depart~ 
ment, which will come in course of Payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1848. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty 
thousand six hundred and forty-six pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Half Pay, Pensions and Allowances in the Com- 
missariat Department, which will come in course of 
Payment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1848. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty Caledonian 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on Canal. 
account of the Works carrying on at the Caledonian 
Canal, in the year 1847, 





383 4, Resolved, 











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502 10°—11° Mazz. 


Public Works 4, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty 

(Ireland) = thousand four hundred and seventy-six pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Siewue of 
maintaining and repairing the several Public Build- 
ings in the Department of the Commissioners of 
Public Works in Jreland ; also the Expense of In- 
land Navigation and other Services, under the direc- 
tion of the said Commissioners, to the 31st day of 
March 1848, 

Kingstown 5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight 

Harbour. thousand two hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of Works and Re- 
pairs at Kingstown Harbour, to the 31st day of 
March 1848. 

Houses of 6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 

Parliament. five thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
pay the Salaries and Expenses of the Two Houses 
of Parliament, and Allowances to Retired Officers of 
the two Houses, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

Treasury. 7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty-six 
thousand nine hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the 
Department of Her Majesty’s Treasury, to the 31st 
day of March 1848. 


8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen 
thousand four hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the 
Office of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the 
Home Department, to the 31st day of March 1848. 
Foreign Office. 9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- 

one thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the Department 
of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for Foreign 
Affairs, and also of the Queen’s Messengers and 
extra Couriers attached to that Department, to the 
31st day of March 1848. 

Colonial Office. 10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighteen 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay 
the Salaries and Expenses in the Department of Her 
Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies, to the 
31st day of March 1848. 

Privy Council 11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 

Office. seven thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses in 
the Departments of Her Majesty’s Most honourable 
Privy Gouncil, and Committee of Privy Council for 
Trade, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

Lord Privy 12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 

Seal. thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay 

the Salary of the Lord Privy Seal, to the 31st day of 

March 1848. 


Home Office. 


Paymaster 13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
— six thousand seven hundred and twenty-two pounds, 
Yifice, 


be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Office of Her Majesty’s Paymaster General, to 
the 31st day of March 1848. 

Comptroller of 14. Resolved, That a Sum not exceeding Fifteen 
the Exchequer, thousand eight hundred and twenty-three pounds, 
_ be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses in the Departments of the Comptroller 
General of the Exchequer, the Paymasters of Ex- 
chequer Bills, and the Paymaster of Civil Services, 
to the 31st day of March 184s. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 

thousand six hundred and fifty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses 
of the State Paper Office, to the 31st day of March 
1848. 
Ecclesiastical 16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
Commission. {housand four hundred and forty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expenses of 
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, to the 
31st day of March 1848. 

The first Fifteen Resolutions of the Committee, 
being read a second time, were agreed to. 

The Sixteenth Resolution of the'Committee, being 
read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 
further consideration upon Friday next. 


State Paper 
Office. 





aetna 











A. 1847. 


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

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Drainage of 
mittee on the Drainage of Lands (Scotland) Bill; Lands (Scot- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday land) Bill 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House according to Order, resolved itself Crown 
into a Committee, to consider of making provision (Boothant) 
for payment of the Compensations which may be fCompensa- 
awarded in pursuance of any Act of the present tions.] 
Session for amending the Practice in Scotland with 
regard to Crown Charters and Precepts from Chan- 
cery. 

(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Compensations which may be 
awarded in pursuance of any Act of the present 
Session, for amending the Practice in Scotland with 
regard to Crown Charters and Precepts from Chan- 
cery, shall be paid out of the Monies which, by cer- 
tain Acts of her late Majesty Queen Anne, were 
made chargeable with the Expenses of the Courts 
of Session, Justiciary, or Exchequer in Scotland. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Passengers 
mittee on the Passengers Act Amendment Bill; Act Amend- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, ies 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Supply 
further consideration the second of the Resolutions © May.) 
which, upon Wednesday last, were reported from the 
Committee of Supply, and which Resolution was 
then postponed ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 
further consideration upon Monday next. 


The ingrossed Bill to facilitate the Drainage of Drainage of 
Lands in Great Britain, was, according to Order Sands Si. 
read the third time ; and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to facilitate the Drainage of Lands 
in England and Wales. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Agricultural 
Reading of the Agricultural Statistics Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House of Commons Costs Taxation Bill was, House of Com- 


according to Order, read a second time ; and com- mons Costs 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 
day. 


The Order made upon the third day of this in- Army. 
stant May, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Warrant dated the 1st of May 1846, by 
which animproved Retirement was granted to Quar- 
termasters and Veterinary Surgeons :—Returns of 
the Number of Quartermasters and Veterinary Sur- 
geons who had been wes on that retired improve- 
ment, specifying the Number of Years’ Service, the 

Amount 





Statistics Bill. 


Taxation Bill. 





a&gt; 


oi 


1 
ill. 


m- 


ill. 





10 VicrorizZ. 


Amount of their Full Pay at the time of Retirement, 
and the Amount of their Retired Pay :—And, of 
Medical Officers and of Surgeons and Paymasters of 
Regiments whose Services exceed Thirty years; spe- 
cifying the Amount of their Full Pay and Allow- 
ances; the Amount of Retired Pay awarded to these 
by the Warrant of May 1846; and a Statement 
explanatory of the grounds on which Medical Officers 
and Surgeons and Paymasters of Regiments are ex- 
cluded from the advantages of an improved Retire- 
ment in like manner and in the proportion granted 
to limited numbers of all other Officers, was read, 
and discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Warrant dated the 1st day May 1846, 
by which an improved Retirement was granted to 
Quartermasters and Veterinary Surgeons :—Returns 
of the Number of Quartermasters and Veterinary 
Surgeons who had been placed on that Retired Im- 
provement, specifying the Number of Years’ Service, 
the Amount of their Full Pay at the time of Re- 
tirement, and the Amount of their Retired Pay :— 
And, of Medical Officers and of Surgeons and Pay- 
masters of Regiments whose Services exceed Thirty 
years ; specifying the Amount of their Full Pay 
and Allowances, and the Amount of Retired Pay 
awarded to these by the Warrant of May 1846. 


Army. 


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

(wand) pin, 1 continue an Act of the fifth and sixth years of 

¢ ’ Her present Majesty, for amending the Law relative 
to Private Lunatic Asylums in Ireland: And that 
Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland and Mr. Labou- 
chere do prepare, and bring it in. 

Turnpike- Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 

rosds(Ircland) +4 continue certain Acts for regulating Turnpike- 
roads in Jreland: And that Mr. Solicitor General 
for Ireland and Mr. Labouchere do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Public Works 
(Ireland.) 


No. 375. 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—A Return showing the Average Daily Num- 
ber of Persons employed on Relief Works in Ire- 
land, during the week ending the 1st of May 1847; 
also the Cost, distinguishing the Amount paid in 
Wages; and the Cost of the Establishment, so far 
as can be made out from the Estimates and Pay 
Lists already received. 

Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—An Account of the Gross and Net Amount of 
Customs Duty received at each Port of the United 
Kingdom, during the years ending the 5th day of 
January 1846 and 1847; distinguishing between 
England, Scotland and Ireland, and giving the 
Totals for each. 

A Return of the Quantity of Malt on which Duty 
was paid, and of the Amount received from the 10th 
day of October 1845 to the 1st day of June 1846 ; 
with the Quantity of Malt on which Duty has been 
charged, from the 10th day of October 1846 to the 
5th day of April 1847. 

Return to an Order dated the 4th day of this 
instant May, for a Tabular Account of the Quanti- 
ties of each of the principal Articles of Foreign and 
Colonial Merchandise imported into the United 
Kingdom in each Month, from the 1st day of May 
1846 to the 30th day of April 1847:—Of the De- 
clared Value of the Exports of British and Irish 
Produce and Manufactures exported in each of the 
said Months :—And, of the Actual Amount of Bul- 
lion in the Bank of England at the end of each of 
the said Months. 

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


Customs 
Duty. 


Malt. 


Imports, 
Exports and 
Bullion. 


Turnpike- 


r adsreland) . Mr. Solicitor General for Zreland presented a Bill 


continue certain Acts for regulating Turnpike- 
roads in Jreland: And the same was read the first 


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time ; and ordered to be read a second time this 
day ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Solicitor General for Zreland presented a Bill Lunatic 
to continue an Act of the fifth and sixth years of —- Bi 
Her present Majesty, for amending the Law relative “""" ond 
to Private Lunatic Asylums in Ireland: And the N77. 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time this day; and to be printed. 


Mr. Greene reported the Ryde Improvement Bill, Ryde 
with Amendments. Improvement 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ® 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Navigation 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Laws. 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Despatch from the Governor 
General of British North America, inclosing a 
Memorial from the Montreal Board of Trade, for a 
modification of the Navigation Laws, and for the 
removal of the restrictions at present applicable to 
the Navigation of the Saint Lawrence by Foreign 
Vessels. 

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


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








Martis, 11° die Maii; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 

M*® Strutt presented,—Report of the Com- Railway Bills. 
missioners of Railways, ou a certain Railway wo, 164, 

Bill comprised in Group No. 47. (in pursuance of 
Resolution of the House of 23d February 1847.) 

Ordered, That the said Paper be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill to which the same relates ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee pyy1; 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 5th, 6th and 7th days a sna 
of this instant May ; and had directed him to make Y°™'? “°P* 9 
a Report thereof to the House. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration South Wales 
the Report on the South Wales Railway Bill; and Railway Bill. 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Vale of Neath 
the Report on the Vale of Neath Railway Bill ; Railway Bill. 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wilts, Somer- 
the Report on the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth set and Wey- 
Railway (No. 1.) (Bruton, Pitcombe and Rodden oie 
and Bradford Deviations) Bill; and the Amend- (gruton, Pit- 
ments were read, and agreed to. combe, and 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Rodden and 
be ingrossed. viations) Bill. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration Glasgow, _ 
the Report on the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock Paisley, Kile 

: . marnock an 
and Ayr Railway (No. 4.) Bill; and the Amend- 4), Railway 
ments were read, and agreed to. (No. 4.) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 





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Caledonian Mr. Cripps reported the Caledonian Railway 
Railway (Pur-(Pyrchase or Lease of Wishaw and Coltness Rail- 
chase or Lease 


of Wishaw and Way) Bill, with Amendments. 


Coltness Rail- | Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
way) Bill. —_ and be printed. 

Glasgow, Mr. Cripps reported the Glasgow, Dumfries and 
— Carlisle Railway, and Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar- 
pomp * nock and Ayr Railway (No. 4.) Bill, with Amend- 
Glasgow, ments. 

Paisky, Kil- Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


*k and . 
i and be printed. 


(No. 4.) Bill. 
i i Mr. Beckett reported from the Committee on 
arte nae Group No. 24 of Ralleny Bills; That the Parties 
opposing the Mold Railway Bill had stated to the 
Ccininliee, that the evidence of Mr. John Catherall, 
Innkeeper, and Mr. Robert Williams, Mining Agent, 
of Mold, was essential, to enable them to establish 
their case before the Committee ; and it having been 
proved that their attendance could not be procured 
without the intervention of the House, he had been 
instructed by the Committee to move the House, 
That they do attend the said Committee on Thurs- 
day, at Twelve of the clock. 
Ordered, That Mr. John Catherall and Mr. Ro- 
bert Williams do attend the said Committee upon 
Thursday next, at Twelve of the clock. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Herne Bay and Canterbury 
Junction Railway Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

A Clause (Provision for future General Railwa 
Act), was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Herne Bay and 
Canterbury 
Junction 


Railway Bill. 


Thames The Thames Conservancy Bill was read a second 

Conservancy time; and committed. 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Railway Bills, | Ordered, That the Committee on Group No. 11 
Group No. 11. of Railway Bills, have leave to sit this day, till five 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Railway Bills, Sir John Yarde Buller reported froma the Com- 
Group No. 51. mittee on Group No. 51 of Railway Bills; That 
the Committee, on their meeting, pursuant to ad- 
journment, this day, had received a letter from Cap- 
tain Plumridge, one of the Members of the said 
Committee, stating that he was unable to attend 
the Committee, in consequence of indisposition. 
Ordered, That Captain Plumridge be discharged 
from any further attendance upon the Committee. 


Liskeard and 
Caradon Rail- 
way Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Liskeard and Caradon Railway 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Railway Bills, Mr. Fitzroy reported from the Committee on 
Group No.35. Group No. 35 of Railway Bills; That the Com- 
mittee met this day at one of the clock, but that 
H. J. Baillie, Esquire, one of the Members of the 
said Committee, was not present within one hour 
after the hour appointed for the meeting of the 
Committee, and did not attend during the sitting of 
the said Committee. 
Ordered, That Henry John Baillie, Esquire, do 
attend the said Committee To-morrow. 


Great North 
of India Rail- 
way Dill. 


The Order made upon the 8th day of March last, 
for referring the Great North of India Railway Bill 











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A. 1847. 


to the Committee of Selection, was read, and dis- 
charged. ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Inverness Gas 
the Report on the Inverness Gas and Water Bill ; and Water 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. _—Bill- 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Southampton 
the Report on the Southampton and Dorchester and Dorches. 
Railway (ew Forest Deviation and Branches) Bill ; % Railway 

(New Forest 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. Deviation and 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Branches) Bill 
be ingrossed. 


Mr. Protheroe reported from the Committee on Railway Bills 
Group No. 43 of Railway Bills; That the Committee Group No. 43. 
met this day, pursuant to their adjournment on 
the 3d instant, and that Sir Robert Pigot, a Mem- 
ber of the Committee, was absent during the sitting 
of the Committee. 

Ordered, That Sir Robert Pigot do attend the 
said Committee upon Thursday next, at Twelve of 
the clock. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wexford and 
the Report on the Wexford and Valencia Railway Valencia Rail 
(Killarney to Valencia) Bill; and the Amendments oa hg 
were read, and agreed to. cia) Bill. = 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dis- Martin’s 
solve the Marriage of Robert Montgomery Martin, Divorce Bill. 
Esquire, with Jane Avis Frances Martin, his now 
Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and for 
other Purposes therein mentioned, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Ordered, That in the case of the Petition for Blackburn, 
additional Provision in the Blackburn, Darwen eens 
and Bolton Railway Acts Amendment (Diversions oar hone " 
of Line in the Parishes of Blackburn and Bolton- Amendment 


in-the-Moors) Bill, the Examiner of Petitions for (Diversions of 


; Line in the 

Private Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, To- eb ate 

morrow. Blackburn and 
Bolton-in-the- 
Moors) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Boston, 

the Report on the Boston, Stamford and Birming- Stamford and 

ham Railway (Peterborough and ‘Thorney Line) — 

Bill ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed (Peterborough 

to. and Thorney 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 4°) Bill 

be ingrossed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Inverness 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Harbour and 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for — 
additional Provision in the Znverness Harbour and 
Navigation Bill, the Standing Orders had not been 
complied with, as the Plans and Sections showing 
an intended deviation from the line of the works 
as originally proposed to be constructed were not 
deposited until the 26th of April last in the office 
of the principal Sheriff Clerk of the county of Inver- 
ness, and with the Session Clerk of the parish of 
Inverness (there being no school-master of the pa- 
rish), and with the Town Clerk of the royal burgh 
of Jnvervess; nor until the 30th of April at the Office 
of the Board of Admiralty; nor until the 10th of 
this instant May in the Private Bill Office; and an 
estimate of the expense of such deviation was not 
deposited in the Private Bill Office until the said 
10th day of May. 

Ordered, ‘Yhat the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders, 





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London and Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
North Western My, Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 


. Railway (Pur 


chase oflord Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
Ellesmere’s additional Provision in the London and North 
ear nama Western Railway (Purchase of Lord Ellesmere’s 
South Junc- imterest in the Manchester, South Junction and 
tion and Altrincham Railway) Bill, the Standing Orders 
Airey) Bill had not been complied with, inasmuch as the notices 
v7" did not state the intention of applying for power to 
the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolushire Railway 
Company to participate in the purchase of the Earl 
of Ellesmere’s interest inthe Manchester South Junc- 
tion and Altrincham Railway. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 

lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


North Western Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
nt, Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Skipton, Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
Casterton and additional Provision in the North Western Rail- 
Sedbergh) Bill. Way (Diversions at Skipton, Casterton and Sed- 
bergh) Bill, the Standing Orders relative to Bills of 
the second class had not been complied with. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


North Staf- Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
penoege hem Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
pote ame Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
Branches)Bill. additional Provision in the North Staffordshire 
Railway (Alterations and Branches) Bill, the Stand- 
ing Orders relative to Bills of the second class had 
not been complied with. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Highways Ordered, That the Petition from Huddersfield, 
which was presented yesterday, praying that the 
Highways Bill may not pass into a law, be referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 

Caledonian Mr, Cripps reported the Caledonian and Glasgow, 


ct Paisley and Greenock Railways Amalgamation 


Greenock Bill, with Amendments. 

Railways Ordered, That Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Amalgama- 1b inted 

tion Bill. and be printed. 

Rathmines A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 


Improvement That it be an Instruction to the Committee of Se- 

Bill. : ; ; ; 
lection, to appoint the Committee on the Rathmines 
Improvement Bill for Tuesday the 18th instant, and 
that the Committee do meet, and proceed with the 
Bill on that day :—It passed in the Negative. 


Rathmines = Ordered, That in the case of the Petition for ad- 
ee ditional Provision in the Rathmines Improvement 


Bill, the Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills 
have leave to sit, and proceed, To-morrow. 


Shipowners An ingrossed Bill to enable the Shipowners Tow- 
Sue Bill. = to sue and be sued, and for vesting 
operty belonging to the said Company in 
the Trustees thereof, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Shipowners Towing 
Company to sue and be sued. 
Ordered, That Mr. Masterman do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
og fe  ‘ Petition of Frederick Harrison, of Bloomsbury- 


Insurance  %guare, London, one of the Directors of the Liver- 

Company Bill. pool Fire and Life Insurance Company, for leave to 
bring ina Bill to authorize the said Company to 
change their name, and to amend the Act relatin 
to the said Company, was presented, and read ; aa 
referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


Great North- | Ordered, That the Petition of the Ambergate, 

(Devistion, Nottingham and Boston and Eastern Junction Rail- 

between Lon- Way Company, which was presented upon Friday 

den and Gran- last, be referred to the Select Committee on Stand- 

tham) Bill. * Orders, for their Report to the House, whether 
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11° Mazz. 505 


the Committee on the Great Northern Railway 
(Deviations between London and Grantham) Bill, 
ought to entertain the said Petition. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Chard Canal 
the Report on the Chard Canal and Railway (Ex- we 
tension and Amalgamation) Bill; and the Amend- — pe ll 
ments were read, and agreed to; and Amendments mation) Bill. 
were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Merchant 
Copies of the Instructions given to the Boards ap- Service. 
pointed in the several Sea Ports of the United King- 
dom, for the examinations of Masters and Mates of 
Merchant Ships and Vessels :—And, of the Certi- 
ficates of Qualifications granted to Candidates who 
pass the regulated Examinations :—And, a List of 
the Total Number of Persons to whom such Certi- 
ficates have been granted in the several Sea Ports 
of the United Kingdom, specifying the Names of 
the Ships or Vessels in which they now serve. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a North British 
Copy of Report by General Pasley to the Earl of Railway. 
Clarendon, President of the Board of Trade, in 
regard to the State of the Works of the North 
British Railway, dated the 2d day of November 
1846. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Education. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Summary, from the Returns presented to 
Parliament, of the Number of Schools which have 
received Aid from the Committee of Council on 
Education, up to the present time, distinguishing 
National and Church from British and Dissenting 
Schools, and showing the Gross Amount granted to 
each Class, with the Amount of Accommodation 
provided in the School-rooms, and the Number of 
Cases in which Masters’ houses were built :—Re- 
turns, from the Copies of Deeds deposited in the 
Council Office, stating, from the Clauses providing 
for School management in those Deeds, the Number 
of Cases in which the majority of the managers are 
Clergymen, and the Number in which the majority 
are Laymen, and distinguishing Church from Bri- 
tish or Dissenting Schools :—And, Showing the 
Number of Schools aided by the Government in 
Parishes or Districts in which Aid has been granted 
to only one School, or only to Schools of the same 
Class, National or British; and showing also the 
Number of Parishes or Districts in which Aid has 
been granted to Schools of bath Descriptions, with 
the Population of the Parish or District. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Harwich 
Copy of the Reports of the Surveyors of the Admi- Railways. 
ralty on the Harwich Railway Lines. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Dividends, &amp;c. 

Accounts of the Amount of the Dividends payable 
to the Public, at each Quarter, since 1842:—Of 
the Amount of the Public Deposits in the Bank of 
England, in each Quarter, since the 5th day of 
January 1842, on the day when the Advances on 
the Deficiency Bills were issued :—And, of the 
Amount of Balance in the Exchequer, at each 
Quarter, since 1842. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Railways. 
Return of the Number and Description of Persons 
employed on all the Railways in England and 
Wales, Scotland and Ireland, respectively, on the 
Ist day of May 1847, which were then open for 
Traffic:—And, a similar Return on all Lines and 

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Branches in course of Construction, on the 1st day 
of May 1847, as nearly as the same can be ascer- 
tained. 


Society of Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Society 

ee of British Artists, which was presented upon the 
No. 378. 12th day of March last, be printed. 

Castlebar Ordered, That the Return relative to the Castlebar 
mon, 


Union, which was presented upon the 22d day of 
No. 379. March last, be printed. 


Grain Spirits Ordered, That the Return relative to Grain 
(Dublin) —_—_ Spirits (Dublin), which was presented upon the 31st 
No. 380. day of March last, be printed. 


Paddle-box Ordered, That the Paper relative to Paddle-box 
afety Boats. Safety Boats, which was presented upon Thursday 
No.381. — Jast, be printed. 

Post-office Ordered, That the Return relative to the Post- 


(Liverpool.) office (Liverpool), which was presented upon Thurs- 
No. 382. day last, be printed. 


Malt. Ordered, That the Returns relative to Malt, 
No. 383. which were presented upon the 3d day of this instant 
May, be printed. 


Distillers. Ordered, That the Returns relative to Distillers, 
No. 384. which were presented upon the 3d day of this instant 


May, be printed. 
Court of Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court 
Chancery. of Chancery, which was presented yesterday, be 
No. 385. printed, 
— Com- Ordered, That the Return relative to Tithes Com- 
"No on mutation, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


HolyheadHar- Ordered, That the Paper relative to Holyhead 
bourof Refuge: Harbour of Refuge, which was presented yesterday, 
No. 387. be printed. 


Customs Ordered, That the Account relative to Customs 


"oe on Duty, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
Malt. Ordered, That the Return relative to Malt, which 


No.389. was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Aberdeen _ A Petition of Alexander Torrie, Advocate, in 
Harbour Bill. 4 berdeen, praying that he may be heard, by his 
counsel or agent, against the Aberdeen Harbour 
Bill, and that the House will reject the same, was 
— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Coventry, Petitions from Stockton ;—and Coventry ; praying 
a that the Coventry, Banbury and Ozford Junction 
tion Railway Railway Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 


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


Edinburgh, Petitions of Robert Viscount Melville and the 

adn A Right honourable Adam Black Lord Provost of 

way (Leith Edinburgh, and of Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, Ba- 

and Granton ronet, the acting Committee for the Subscribers to 

Junction) Bill +e monument erected in East Princes-street Gar- 
dens, Edinburgh, to the memory of Sir Walter Scott, 
Baronet ; and, The Right honourable Adam 
Black, Lord Provost, Francis Burke, Esquire, Trea- 
surer, and David Jugurtha Thomson, Esquire, Dean 
of Guild, all of the city of Edinburgh, Trustees ap- 
pointed by the Act 4 Vic., c. 15, for the care and 
preservation of the Monument erected in East 
Princes Gardens, Edinburgh, to the memory of 
Sir WalterScott, Baronet; praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain part of the Edinburgh, Leith and 
Granton Railway ( Leith and Granton Junction) Bill, | 
—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 











A. 1847, 


Petitions of S. W. Taylor, and others, Owners Great Western 
and Occupiers of property, and other Persons resi- oo we, J 
dent at Devizes, and the neighbourhood, interested jhe nt eger§ 
in the there above-named Railway ;—and, G. Cole- Hants Railway 
man, and others, Owners and Occupiers of property, pee pe 
aod other Persons resident at Devizes, and the a, oa 
neighbourhood, interested in the there above-named Branch to 
Railway ; praying that the Great Western Railway Devizes) Bill. 
(Extension of the Berks and Hants Railway, from 
Hungerford to Westbury, with a Branch to! Devizes) 

Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of William Ballard Seagram, and others, 
Owners of lands on the intended line of Railwa 
thereinafter mentioned ;—Cecilia Bligh and John 
Adlam, Owners of land on the line of the intended 
Railway thereinafter mentioned ;—and, John Adlam, 
and others, Owners of lands on the intended line of 
Railway thereinafter mentioned ; praying that they 
may be permitted to withdraw their Petitions against 
the said Bill,—were also presented, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the 
Petitions accordingly. 


A Petition of James Hartley, of Bishop Wear- sunderlana 
mouth, in the county of Durham, Glass Manufac- Improvement, 
turer, praying that he may be heard, by himself, his Bridge Bil 
counsel or agent, against certain parts of the Sun- ‘ 
derland Improvement, Markets and Bridge Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow waterfora, 
and Dublin Railway Company, praying that they Wexford, 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, bai ag —_ 
against certain parts of the Waterford, Wexford, poi rar 
Wicklow and Dublin Railway (Repeal of Act) Bill, of Act) BilL 


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


Petitions from Members of the Wetherexe Farm- Agricultural 
ers Club ; — Members of the Exminster Farmers Tenant Right 
Club ; — Hertford County ;— and, Burton-upon- ' 

Trent ; praying that the Agricultural Tenant Right 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


- Petitions of William Young and Company ;— gpirits. 
and, Alexander Mackay; praying the House to pass 
a Bill for the assimilation of the bonding of British 
Spirits with the system now in force fur the bonding 
of Foreign and Colonial Spirits,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stafford (two Petitions) ;—and, chemists and 
Southampton ; praying the House to pass a law for Druggists. 
regulating the qualification of Chemists and Drug- 
gists in England and Wales,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery of Raucation. 
Biggar, praying the House to allow the educational 
measure of Her Majesty’s Government now before 
the House, to pass, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Tabie. 

A Petition of Catholic Clergymen and Laymen 
of the town of Knaresborough, and its vicinity, praying 
that they may be placed in the administration of the 
law regarding public money granted for educational 
purposes, on a perfect footing of equality with all 
Her Majesty’s other subjects, of whatever class or 
creed, was also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Bangor ;—Dwygyfilchi ;— Llan- 
lleched ; — Mynydd ; — Carneddi ; — Gatehouse 
Chapel (Carnarvon) ;—Jerusalem Chapel (Carnar- 
von);—Aber Chapel (Carnarvon) ;—Craig Chapel 
(Carnarvon) ;—Horeb Chapel (Carnarvon) ;—7re- 
madoc ; — Pen-y-Groes ;—Pentir ;— Capel 7 ~~ 

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Sion Chapel (Carnarvon) ;— Tynymees ;— Caerhun ; 
—Dinourie ; — Dinonoig ;—Rhostryfaw ; — Bryn- 
rhoden ; — Brrian;—Moriah Chapel (Carnarvon) ; 
—Carathan;— and, Fleetwood (Chairman ; pray- 
ing the House to refuse any grant of money in 
furtherance of the plan of Education propounded 
in the Minutes of the Committee of Council on Edu- 
cation,—were also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Factories. A Petition of Factory Operatives in the ee 
of George Mallinson and Sons, in the parish of 
Almondbury, in the West Riding of the county of 
York, praying the House to pass a Ten Hours Bill 
for all young persons employed in Factories, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Walmer, 
in the county of Kent, praying that the Health of 
Towns Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from Winchester ;--Plymouth ;---Devon- 
port ;—Fleetwood ;— Warrington ;—East Retford ; 
— Worcester; — Kingston-upon-Hull (four Peti- 
tions) ;— Tower Hamlets (two Petitions) ; — White- 
chapel and Bethnal Green ;—Hanley and Shelton 
(two Petitions) ;— Little Horkesley ;— All Saints, 
Poplar ; — Skircoat ; — Fair-street, Horsleydown ; 
— Honiton ; — Bath (two Petitions) ;—Stourbridge 
and other places ;—Saint Mary-le-bone ;— Members 
of the Norwich Board of Health ;—Stockton-on- 
Tees ; — York ;—Durham ;—Patients of the Saint 
George’s and Saint James’s Dispensary London ;— 
Carpenters and Joiners of the district of Saint 
James ;—Members of the City and Liberty of West- 
minster Sanitary Association ; — JVewcastle - upon- 
Tyne (two Petitions) ;— London (two Petitions) ; 
—Elland and Greetland (two Petitions) ;—Roch- 
dale ;—John Charles Hall;—Southwark (two Pe- 
titions) ; —- Carlisle; — Preston (Lancaster) ; — 
Bridgwater ;—and, Great Yarmouth; praying that 
the said Bill may pass into a law,—were also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of Cork, praying the House to extend the provisions 
of the said Bill to Ireland, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Health of 
Towns Bill. 


Heritable 
Securities for 
Debt (Scot- 
land); Trans- 


Petitions from the Chairman of the Commissioners 
of Supply for the county of Renfrew ;—Inverury ;— 
ference of 224, Forfar ; praying that the Heritable Securities 
Land (Scot- for Debt (Scotland); the Transference of Land 
land); Burg- (Scotland); the Burgage Tenure (Scotland); the 


(Se tear, Service of Heirs (Scotland); and, the Crown Char- 
Service of | ters (Scotland) Bills may pass into law,—were pre- 
Heirs (Scot- sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


land); and, : 
poate Char- Table. 
ters (Scotland) 
Bills. 
— A Petition of the Chairman of a Vestry Meeting 
; of Ratepayers of Huddersfield, praying that the 
Highways Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 


and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
the Biil. 


nounbned A Petition of the Conducting, Comparing and 
(ireland) Bill Copying Clerks of the Rolls Office of Her Majesty’s 


High Court of Chancery in Jreland, praying that a 
clause may be introduced into the Incumbered Es- 
tates (Ireland) Bill to secure to them adequate satis- 
faction for such loss or diminution of the value and 
emoluments of their situations as they may respect- 
ively sustain through the operation of the proposed 
law, was egg and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Lewis Phillipps, complaining of the 
operation of the present Lunacy Laws, and praying 
for their amendment, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

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A Petition of John Quail, m.p., complaining of Martha Eliza 
the abduction to a lunatic asylum of Mrs. Martha sc apa 
Eliza Rhoda Shuttleworth, and of an assault, tres- John Quail. 
pass and highway robbery committed on himself by 
a city policeman, was ee and read; and or- 


dered to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Bristol; praying for the Marriage. 
repeal of the law which prohibits the Marriage of a 
widower with his deceased wife’s sister,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Parochial Marriage 
Board of Govan, in the county of Lanark, praying (Scotland) 
that the Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not pass into” ~ 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from John Jervis ;—R. Brookes, Junior; Medical Regi- 
—Charles Brookes ;—Horatio Henry Handy ; — stration and 
Edward Dixon ;—W. H. Cooke ;—George Coates; pence sheet 
—Sackville Evans;—Charles West ;—Edward Hart Riu, 
Viner ;—W. Holland Baylis ;—James Coultsread ; 
— T. B. Bryant; — David Williams ; — John 
Launcelot Lon ;—Daniel Morgan ;—W. Smith ;— 
Thomas Appleton ;—John Ryan ;—Robert Pridie ; 
—Robert Fowler ;—Evan Jones ;— Charles Brady ; 
—W. Newnham ;—Edman Scott ;—John Hutchin- 
son;—F’. Yeldham; — Robert Hooper; —W. H. 
Galsworthy ;—J. Burridge ;—Charles Carruthers ; 
—James Hurly Pring ;—William Jones ;—Practi- 
tioners in Medicine, Surgery and Midwifery (five Pe- 
itions) ;-- Esquire Dukes ;—- Clement Bruat ;-- Edward 
L. Humphries ;-- Hildebrand Phipps ;-- William Lyn- 
don Francis ;—George Gould ;— Edward Bowman ; 
—Frederich Cauet;—LHEdgar Cockeld;—Oldham ; 
—William Tarieton ;—James F. Clarke ;— Thomas 
Trevethan Spicer ;—William Leahy Echlin ;— Wil- 
liam Arpthorp ;—Robert Cross ;—Charles Bayfield 
Miller ;—A. Howse ;—B. Harvey Holl ;—Charles 
R. Maxwell ;—J. W. Peake ;—Herbert Brown ;— 
H. Thomas ;—H. T. Mayne ;—J. Wilson ;—Miles 
Marley ;— Henry Miller ; — Alfred Lloyd; — T. 
Wordsworth ;—J. Faithfull;—J. Burretl;—John 
Evans ;—Paul Chilcotte;—J. 8. Mackintosh ;—H. 
Cooper ;—F. Godrich ;— David Smith ;—Alexander 
Bayne ;—John Snow ;—Peter Marshall ;—Henry 
Guy ;—W. Watkins ;—Abdallah Asmar ;— W. Lay- 
cock ; — Edward Salt ;— James Hunt; — Robert 
Gosset Brown ;—William Carbbe;— William Moon; 
—Charles Bloxam ;— Henry Hammond ;— Richard 
Marley; —J. K. Rose;—Edward Wooldridge ; — 
James Hicks ;—-G. H. Watson ;—Henry Davis and 
others ;— William Mutrie Fairbrother ;—Frederick 
Charles Jones ;—John Brady ;—Joseph Peplow ;— 
Henry Smith ;—Jchn F. Grace ;—Charles Houlton 
Webb ;—John Hurd;—John Juffrau ; —Michael 
Lawrence Mason; —Edward Evans ;—Christopher 
Flanagan ;—Alexander M‘ Nab;—Arthur Cocke ;— 
Archibald Cocke ;—William G. Taylor ;—G. B. 
Wadsworth ;—Charles Housby ;— Robert Tate ;— 
Robert Brookes; —Benjamin Meredith Bradford ; 
—W. Thomas Borthwick ;— Colchester ;— William 
Hoggins ;—Henry Hodges ;—and, Shirley Palmer ; 
praying that the Medical Registration and Medical 
Law Amendment Bill may pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions of the President and Censors of the 
Royal College of Physicians of London ;—and, 
Chairman of the Committee of the Apothecaries of 
Ireland ; praying that the said Bill may not pass into 
a law,—were also presented, and read ; and ordered 


to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Henry Duff, residing at 
No. 4, Mecklenburgh-terrace, London, Member of 
the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and 
Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries, London, 
and of others, also Members of the same College 
and Licentiates of the same Society, praying “ 

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the said Bill, with certain modifications, may pass 
into a law, was also presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Pensioners 


A Petition of Joseph Coz, stating that, having 
(Army.) 


commuted his military pension, he went to Canada, 
but has since returned to England, and is reduced 
to the greatest possible distress; and praying the 
House to take his case into consideration, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates, Clergy and other prin- 
cipal Inhabitants of the town of Northampton, pray- 
ing that the House will enact such laws with refer- 
ence to the Keepers of Brothels, and all persons 
trafficking in female virtue, as shall invest magis- 
trates and officers of police with more summary 
powers, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Promiscuous 
Intercourse, 


Poor Removal Petitions from Bath Union ;— Bedminster Union ; 

Act. —and, Waddeston; praying for the repeal or altera- 
tion of the Poor Removal Act,—were presented, and 
read; and referred to the Seiect Committee on Set- 
tlement and Poor Removal. 


A Petition of Inhabitants and Rated House- 
holders of Coggeshall, in the county of Essex, pray- 
ing that the new Poor Law may be so amended as 
to become suitable to the circumstances of the coun- 
try, and to the true condition and fair claims of the 
labouring classes, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Law. 


Raja of 
Sattara. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of London, 
and others interested in the welfare and good govern- 
ment of the British Indian empire, stating that they 
are deeply interested in the case of his Highness 
Purtaub Sing, the ex-Raja of Sattara, who has 
been accused of hostility to the British Government, 
forcibly deposed, and exiled from his dominions, and 
denied for seven years the means of being heard in 
his own defence ; and praying the House to adopt 
measures to secure to this Prince that which is the 
right of every man subject to British law, namely, 
the opportunity of examining the charges which 
have been brought against him, the evidence in sup- 
port of the same, and bringing forth the proofs of his 
innocence, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Reform of 


Parliament 
Act. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of Manchester, praying for the repeal of 
the Ratepaying Clauses of the Reform of Parliament 
Act, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Roman Cathoe . A Petition of Inhabitants of Baldock and its vici- 

lic Relief Bill nity, in the county of Hertford, praying that the 
Roman Catholic Relief Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Catholics of Preston and its vici- 
nity, praying that the said Bill may pass into a law, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Registering Petitions from Kirk Session of Kinethmont ; 

eaeoted); and, Kirk Session of Bothwell (Moderator and Ses- 

aa. Marriage sion Clerk); praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. 

(Scotland) (Scotland); and, the Marriage (Scotland) Bills may 

_ not pass into law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Moderator of the Kirk Session 
of the united parishes of Evie and Rendall, in the 
county of Sin, praying that the said Bills may 
not pass into law, as they now stand, was also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





eaieering Petitions of the Chairman of the Parochial 
irths, &amp;e. ier a 
(Scotland) Bill. Board of Govan ; and, Chairman of the Paro- 


chial Board of Liff and Benvie; praving that the 


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A. 1847. 


Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Biil may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister and Members of the Roman 
Episcopal Chapel, Charlotte-street, Pimlico, assem- Catholics. 
bled together for public worship and humiliation 
before God on Wednesday the 24th of March, in 
the year of our Lord 1847, in conformity with Her 
Majesty’s proclamation to that effect, praying the 
House to exclude at once from all honour and trust 
in the State the Members of the Church of Rome, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Guardians of the Poor of the Settlement. 

Shepton Mallet Union, in the county of Somerset, 
praying the House to pass a Bill for totally abro- 
gating the Law of Settlement, and for establishing a 
national rate or assessment for the purpose of main- 
taining the necessitous poor during sickness, desti- 
tution or old age, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Settlement and 
Poor Removal. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor for the Ax- settlementand 
bridge Union, in the county of Somerset, praying Poor Removal. 


that the House will take into consideration the laws 


now in force relating to the Settlement and Removal 





of the Poor, with a view to their entire abolition, 
, and substitute in their stead such a law as will give 
‘the poor a title to relief in any part of England and 
| Wales, where their destitution may arise, without 
the consequence of a compulsory removal, was pre- 
| sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
; mittee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 

A Message, by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman Royal Assent 
| Usher of the Black Rod : — 
| Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do 
desire the immediate attendance of this Honourable 
House in the House of Peers, to hear the Commis- 
sion read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Public Bills therein mentioned , 
and that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared 
the Royal Assent to the said Bills: Which Bills are 
as follow: 


An Act to alter certain Duties of Customs: Customs 


Duties Bill 

An Act to empower the Commissioners of Her Portland 
Majesty’s Woods to purchase Land for the Pur- a 
poses of a Harbour of Refuge and Breakwater, in nanan toned 
the Isle of Portland, in the County of Dorset : Bill. 

An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands, Commons 
in pursuance of the Second Report of the Inclosure /yclosure 
Commissioners for England and Wales : iia 

An Act for enabling the Commissioners of Public Prisons 
Works in Ireland to purchase Land for Prisons in (Ireland) Bill. 
Ireland: 

An Act for consolidating in one Act certain Pro- Harbours, 
visions usually contained in Acts authorizing the many 0 

: : . iers Clauses 
making and improving of Harbours, Docks and jj, 
Piers : 

An Act for extending and enlarging a certain Pile Pier Ex- 
Pier in Pile Harbour, in the Parish of Dalton-in- tensions Bill. 
Furness, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and 
to alter the Act relating thereto : 

An Act to alter, amend and enlarge the Powers Ipswich Gas 
and Provisions of an Act passed in the second year 
of the reign of his late Majesty King George the 
Fourth, intituled, An Act for lighting with “= the 

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Cheltenham 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Poor Law 
Unions 
(ireland.) 


Debtors 
(Ireland.) 


Poor Removal 
Bill. 


County Elec- 
tion Polls Bill. 


Belfast 
Corporation. 


10 Vicroriz. 


Town and Borough of Ipswich, in the county of 
Suffolk : 

An Act for authorizing the Cheltenham Water- 
works Company to raise a further Sum of Money. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the several Unions in Jreland, showing 
their Acreable Contents and Population by the last 
Census :—And, of the Number of Workhouses, the 
Number of Inmates which each Workhouse was 
originally constructed to contain, the additional Ac- 
commodation since provided in each, including Fever 
Wards, where opened, and the Total Number of 
Inmates for whom Accommodation has been pro- 
vided, and the Total Number of Paupers in each 
Workhouse Buildings on Saturday the 27th day of 
March 1847. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Persons confined for Debt in each 
Gaol in Ireland, in each of the years ending the 
Ist day of May 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846 and 1847, 
under Orders from the Quarter Sessions, and from 
the Superior Courts of Law; classifying them so 
as to show, Ist., the Number of Persons detained 
for Debts not amounting to 10s.; 2d., amounting 
to 10s. and not exceeding 20s.; 3d., amounting to 
20s. and not exceeding 40s.; 4th., amounting to 
40s. and not exceeding £.5.; 5th., amounting to 
£.5. and not exceeding £.10.; 6th., amounting to 
£.10.and not exceeding £.20.; 7th, exceeding £.20. ; 
with the whole Number of Persons in Custody on 
the 1st day of May in each of the same years :-— 
And, showing also the Number of Persons confined 
for such Debts,—1st., for less than Eight Days ; 
2d., for Seven Days and less than One Month; 3d., 
for One Month and less than Two Months; 4th., 
for Two Months and less than Three Months; 5th., 
for Three Months and upwards :—And, similar Re- 
turns of Persons confined by order of Courts of 


Conscience in each of the same years; with Totals 
of all. 


The House was moved, That the Act 9and 10 Vic. 
c. 66, to amend the Laws relating to the Removal of 
the Poor, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to repeal the first Clause of the said Act: And that 
Mr. Bankes and Mr. Disraeli do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
limit the Time of taking the Poll in Counties at 
contested Elections of Members to serve in Par- 
lament to One day: And that Mr. Frewen, Mr. 
Vernon Smith and Sir Montague Cholmeley do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Properties purchased under the 
several Acts of the Belfast Municipal Corporation, 
or some of them, with the Names of the Parties, 
the Tenures, the Particulars of the Properties taken, 
whether by Jury Inquest, Arbitration, or private 
Purchase, the Dates thereof respectively, and the 
Amounts of the Purchase Monies to be paid :—Of 
the Number of Titles which have been deduced, and 
Amount of Purchase Monies paid, and the Cases in 
which possession has been obtained :—Of the Dates 
and full particulars of the several Inquests which 
have been held, with the Amounts claimed, tendered, 
and awarded in each case:—Of the Amount of 
Money which has been borrowed or taken up at 
Interest, Rent-charge, Annuity, or otherwise ; dis- 
tinguishing each, with the Rate of Interest, and 
Amount of Rent-charge or Annuity :—Showing how 
the Money so borrowed or taken up has been dis- 
posed of, lodged, or re-invested, and at what rate of 
interest :—Of the Amount of Monies disbursed, and 
the Parties to whom paid, and on what account :— 


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And, of the Amount of Sinking Fund which has 
accumulated under the 46th section of their first 
Act:—A Statement of the Improvements which 
have been actually prosecuted or entered upon under 
their Act, and the progress and present state of each 
respectively :—Returns of the Amount of Law Costs 
incurred, specifying each head, and the Parties to © 
whom such Costs have been paid, or are still due: 
—Of the Income and Expenditure of the Town 
Council under their several Acts; distinguishing 
each head :—Of the Officers and Clerks in the em- 
ployment of the Town Council, with the Salary or 
Perquisites of each, from the time of his Appoint- 
ment under the Act :—Of the Number of Orders 
given for Repairs by Proclamation or Notice, the 
time for which has elapsed, and how many have 
been carried out, and how many not carried out, 
with the Names of the Parties respectively :—Of the 
Names of their Solicitor and Town Clerk; stating 
the Salary and Allowances of the latter, and the 
Law Costs paid, or remaining due to the former, up 
to the latest Date inclusive, with the Dates of Ap- 
pointment of the Solicitor and Town Clerk respec- 
tively; and also whether Appointments made by 
public competition, or in what manner, with the 
Name of the former Town Clerk, and the Names of 
all Competitors for either situation, if any :—And, of 
the Names of all the Members of the Town Council 
since the Municipal Act came into operation, and 
the Number of the Monthly and extra Meetings of 
the Town Council, and the Names of such as have 
attended the said Meetings, with the Number of 
such Attendances of each individual respectively. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Opium. 

a Copy of Memorandum by Robert Montgomery 
Martin, Member of the Legislative Council of Hong 
Kong, on the Records of the Council, referring to 
the mistake in Date of Dissent on Opium, of the 
26th day of November 1844; and of the Observa- 
tions of Governor Davis thereon, dated the 12th day 
of February 1845. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom Loan Discount 
it was referred to consider of authorizing an allow- Bill. 
ance of Interest, by way of Discount, on the prompt 
payment of future Instalments of the Loan made in 
the present year, a Resolution; which was read, as 
followeth : 

Resolved, That every Contributor towards the Loan 
of Eight millions made in this present year, who 
shall pay into the Bank of England any sum of 
Money on Account of any future Instalment of his 
Contribution, on or before the eighteenth day of 
June next, shall be allowed an Interest by way of 
Discount, after the rate of Five pounds per centum 
per annum; and every Contributor who shall in 
like manner pay up any Sum of Money after the 
eighteenth day of June, on or before the tenth day 
of September next, shall be allowed an Interest by 
way of Discount, after the Rate of four pounds per 
centum per annum, on the Sum so advanced on ac- 
count of any such Instalment, to be computed from 
the day on which such Payment shall be made to 
the day on which such Instalment would be due, in 
pursuance of the Contract entered into for raising 
the said Loan. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, ‘that a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Greene, The Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Parker do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


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


The ingrossed Bill to provide for the Execution of Poor Relief 
the Laws for Relief of the Poor in Zreland, was, ac- tee a 
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Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Poor Removal Mr. Greene reported the Poor Removal (England 
(England and 


Scotland) Bill, and Scotland) Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Thursday 
next, 


Service of Mr. Greene reported the Service of Heirs (Scot- 
Heirs (Scot- Jand) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
land) Bill. ? 

agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Thursday 
next. 

Crown Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom 
(Bootinnd) it was referred to consider of making provision for 


[Compensa- paymentof the Compensations which may be awarded 

tions. | in pursuance of any Act of the present Session, for 
amending the Practice in Scotland with regard to 
Crown Charters and Precepts from Chancery, a 
Resolution; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That the Compensations which may be 
awarded in pursuance of any Act of the present 
Session, for amending the Practice in Scotland with 
regard to Crown Charters and Precepts from Chan- 
cery, shall be paid out of the Monies which, by 
certain Acts of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, were 
made chargeable with the expenses of the Courts of 
Session, Justiciary or Exchequer in Scotland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Crown Charters (Scotland) Bill, that 
they have power to make provision therein, pursuant 
to the said Resolution. 


Incumbered The Incumbered Estates (Jreland) Bill was, ac- 
Estates cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
&gt;» i a nd 4 . 2 7 
(ireland) Bill. itted to a Committee of the whole House, for 

Friday next. 


County The ingrossed Bill to amend the Acts relating to 
Buildings Bill. County Buildings, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


House of The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


ee into a Committee upon the House of Commons 
tion Bill. Costs Taxation Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Greene reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 
Turnpike- The Turnpike-roads (Ireland) Bill was, accord- 
ind) ng ing to Order, read a second time; and committed 
° to a Committee of the whole House, for Thursday 
next, 
Lunatic The Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) Biil was, accord- 


Asylums io _ ~ time: an ) : 
Gireland) Bi, “8 to Order, read asecond time ; and committed to 


a Committee of the whole House, for Thursday 
next. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





A. 1847. 


Mercurii, 12° die Maii; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Butler, from the Trustees of the British British 
Museum, was called in; and, at the bar pre- Museum. 

sented,—Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of 
March last, for Returns of the Names of all Persons 
of every Denomination who were in the Service or 
Pay of the Trustees of the British Museum on the 
15th day of March 1847, with the Amount of their 
Salaries respectively, and the Date of the Warrant, 
Order or Authority respectively, by or under which 
they received their respective Appointments, and 
the Names or Name of the Trustees or Trustee, by 
whom the said Warrant, Order or Authority respec- 
tively was made :—And, of the Names of all Per- 
sons who at any time, since the Ist day of January 
1841, have been promoted to higher office in, or 
have been discharged from, or have left the Service 
of the British Museum, and stating the Date of the 
Warrant, Order or Authority by or under which 
they were so promoted or discharged, and the Names 
or Name of the Trustees or Trustee by whom such 
Warrant, Order or Authority respectively was made : 
—And then he withdrew. 

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


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committees. 
this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Blackburn, 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for ae 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for —a y 
additional provision in the Blackburn, Darwen and 
Bolton Railway Bill, the Standing Orders have not 
been complied with, as it is proposed by the Clauses 
annexed thereto to amend the Blackburn, Clitheroe 
and North Western Junction Railway Act 1846, so 
far as the said Act authorizes the amalgamation of 
the Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton Railway Com- 
pany and the Blackburn, Clitheroe and North 
Western Junction Railway Company, but the 
notices of the intended application to Parliament 
do not specify any intention to amend the said Act. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Rathmines 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for prove ment 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
additional provision in the Rathmines Improvement 
Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied with. 


Mr. Goulburn reported the Birmingham and Ox- Birmingham 
ford Junction, and Birminghum, Wolverhampton _ Oxford P 
| b : : unction, an 
and Dudley Railways Amalgamation Bill, with ientingies, 
Amendments. ' Wolverhamp- 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; ton and Dud- 


: ley Railways 
and be printed. p Been 


tion Bill. 

The House was moved, That the following Para- Great Western 
graph contained in the Seventh Report from the Railway 
Classification Committee of Railway Bills, might — 
be read ; and the same was read ; viz. sion) Bill. 

“ Your Committee further recommend, that 
No. 341, Great Western Railway (Amendment 
and Extension), be removed from Group 6 to 
Group 20.” 


Ordered, That the said Bill, and any Petition 
against the same, be transferred from Group No. 6 
to Group No. 20. 


The Order made yesterday, for referring the Thames 
Thames Conservancy Bill to the Committee of Se- Conservancy 
lection, was read, and discharged. = 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Select 
Committee. 





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af 


Bill. 


10 Vicroriz. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— . the Report on the Birkenhead (Commissioners) 
oy ane Dock Acts Amendment (Construction of New Docks 


Birkenhead 


ment(Con- and Alteration of Culvert) Bill; and the Amend- 
— me ments were read, and agreed to; and Amendments 
New Voc 


Alteration Were made to the Bill. 
ot Culvert) “Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
Bill. be ingrossed. 


Birkenhead The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Dock Com- the Report on the Birkenhead Dock Company and 
bel Herculaneum Dock Company Amalgamation Bill ; 
Dock Com- and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
pany Amalga- Qrdered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
mation Bill. be ingrossed. 


Great North- | Mr. Greene reported the Great Northern Railway 
een (Hertford, Hatfield and Saint Alban’s Branch) Bill, 


Hatfield and With Amendments. ; 
Saint Alban’s § Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Branch) Bill. and be printed. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
ties Railway Eastern Counties Railway (Hertford to Hitchin) 
(Hertford to Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- 
Hitchin) Bil. tained in the Preamble of the Bill, but the same 
had not been proved to their satisfaction. 

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


Eastern Coun- 


Duffryn Mr. Greene reported the Duffryn Llynvi and 

a Porth Cawl and Llynvi Valley Railways Amalga- 

and Liynvi mation Bill, with Amendments. 

Valley Rail- Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

ways Amalga- and be printed. 

mation Bill. 

Llynvi Valley Mr. Greene reported the Llynvi Valley Railway 

Railway yin, eXtension Bill, with Amendments, 

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

London Mr. Greene reported the London Sewage Chemical 

po mal Manure Bill, with Amendments. 

Bill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Bolton An ingrossed Bill to enable the Mayor, Aldermen 


Improvement and Burgesses of the Borough of Bolton, in the 
County of Lancaster, to improve such Borough, and 
to take a Lease of and to purchase the Works of 
the Bolion Waterworks Company, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Liverpool The Order made yesterday, for referring the Pe-| 
Fire Insurance tition for the Liverpool Fire Insurance Company Bill | 
Company Bill - 


‘to the Select Committee on Standing Orders, was 
read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the Petition be withdrawn. 


a Devon A Petition of the South Devon Railway Company, 
ailway 


(Extension Praying that provision may be made in the South 


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and Amend- Devon Railway (Extension and Amendment) Bill, 
ment) Bill. to authorize the said Company to subscribe towards 
the Undertaking of the Plymouth Great Western 
Dock Company, and to enter into certain Arrange- 
ments with reference to the same, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Examiners of Peti- 

tions for Private Bills. 
— ane and ct be Order made upon the 30th day of April last, 
Newcastle ang 0° Yeferring to the Committee on the York and 
Berwick Rail. Newcastle and Newcastle and Berwick Railways 
bs ae Amalgamation Bill, the Petition of the Chamberlains 
“and Common Council of the borough of Alnwick, in 
the county of Northumberland, praying that the said 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was 
read, and discharged. | 
Ordered, That the Petition do lie upon the Table. | 


Lincoln’s-Inn 


seg Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Private 
ting Bill. 


Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, on the Petition 








for the Lincoln’s-Inn Rating Bill upon Friday next. 
VoL. 102, 


511 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Dunfermline 
the Report on the Dunfermline and Cupar Court - my a 
Houses Bill; and the Amendments were read, and “a _— 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Mr. Strutt presented,—Report of the Commis- Railway Bills. 
sioners of Railways on certain Railway Bills com- No.164, 
prised in Group No. 26, (in pursuance of Resolution 
of the House of 23d February 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on a 
certain Railway Bill comprised in Group No. 43, 

(in pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23d 
February 1847). 

Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
Committees on the Bills to which the same relate ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Frewen presented a Bill to limit the Time of County Elec- 
taking the Poll in Counties at contested Elections ti Polls Bill. 
of Members to serve in Parliament to One Day: And No. 390, 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 2d day of 
June next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Gibson! Craig presented a Bill for allowing Loan Discount 
the Subscriptions to the Loan of Eight millions Bill. 
raised in the year 1847, te be paid up under Dis- No.391. 
count: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time To-morrow ; and 
to be printed. 


Mr. Ward presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 
mand,—Further Reports of the Admiralty relative No,129. 
to Applications for Local Acts. 

Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
Committees on the Bills to which the same relate ; 
and be printed. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Poor Law. 
Command,—Copy of the Thirteenth Annual Report 
of the Poor Law Commissioners, with Appendices. 

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


Lord Marcus Hill presented, by Her Majesty’s China. 
Command,—Papers relating to the Riot at Canton 
in July 1846, and to the Proceedings taken against 
Mr. Compton, a British subject, for his participa- 
tion in that Riot. 

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


Mr. Milner’ Gibson reported from the Select Navigation 
Committee on Navigation Laws; That they had —” 
further considered the matters to them referred, and N 302 
directed him to report the Minutes of the Evidence “~° “"™ 
taken before them. 

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


_A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Inha- Coventry, 
bitants of the city of Coventry, praying that the Banbury and 
Coventry, Banbury and Ozford Junction Railway {on Railway 

oventry, Banbury xford Juncti WY tion Railway 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; Bill. 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the President and Members of the Metropolitan 
Council of an Association, called and known by the ok Bill, 
name of the Botanical Society of London ;—and, °°" 


_Members of an Association called and known by 
ithe name of Health of London Association ; praying 


that the Metropolitan Sewage Manure Bill may 
pass into a law,-——were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Saffron Saffron 
Walden, in the county of Essex, praying that the Walden Rates 


| Saffron Walden Rates Bill may not pass into a law, 


3T4 was 





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were = 


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SS oe 


eerste a 


ee 











Sunderland 
Improvement, 
Markets and 
Bridge Bill, 


Taunton 
Improvement 
and Market 
Bill, 


West of Eng- 
land Railways. 


Wilts, Somer- 
set and Wey- 
mouth Rail- 
way (No. 2.) 
Bill. 


Yeovil, 
Bridport and 
Exeter Rail- 
way, with 


Branches, Bill. 


Agricultural 
Tenant Right 
Bill. 





512 


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


Petitions of Thomas Moore, of Bishop Wearmouth, 
in the borough of Sunderland, in the county of 
Durham, Architect and Surveyor ;——and, Inha- 
bitants and Ratepayers residing in the borough of 
Sunderland, in the county of Durham; praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the Sunder- 
land Improvement, Markets and Bridge Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the 
Petitioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 
Petitions. 


A Petition of the Bridgewater and Taunton Canal 
and Stolford Railway and Harbour Company, and 
of Thomas Reynolds, of Durdham Lodge, in the 
parish of Westbury-upon-Trym, in the county of 
Gloucester, Esquire, Mortgagees of the Under- 
taking of the said Company, praying that they 
may be heard, by their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Taunton Improvement and Mar- 
ket Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of 
the Bill, against the said Petition, 


Petitions from Exeter ;—Ashburton ;—Honiton; 
— Totnes ;—Axminster ;— Chudleigh ;— Dawlish ;— 
Torquay ;— Tiverton ;— Paignton ;—Exminster ;— 
Broadclist ; — Kenton ; — Kingsbridge ; — Teign- 
mouth ; — Collumpton ; — Brixham ;—Newton Ab- 
bot and Newton Bushell ;—Sidmouth ;—and, Ottery 
Saint Mary; praying the House not to sanction 
any line of Railway in the West of England, which 
it is not proposed to construct on the broad gauge, 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Wells ;—Biddisham, Weare, and 
Badgworth ;—Evershot and Maiden Newton ;-- 
Stalbridge ;— Axbridge, Cheddar, and Compton 
Bishop ;-— Wimborne Minster ; — Wincanton ; — 
Shaftesbury ; — Sturminster Newton ;—Bruton ;— 
Blandford Forum (two Petitions) ;—and, Yeovil; 
praying that the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth 
Railway (No. 2.) Bill may pass into a law,—were 


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


Petitions from Devonport ;—Plymouth ;—Imin- 
ster ;—Chardstoch;—Evershot and Maiden Newton; 
— Bridport, Bradpole, Allington, Walditch, Bothen- 
hampton, Burton Bradstock and Symondsbury ;— 
Crewkerne; — Chard; — Lyme Regis; — Char- 
mouth, Wotton Litzpane, Whitchurch Canonico- 
rum, Marshwood and Catherston, Lewiston and 
Uplyme ;— Weymouth ;—and, Yeovil; praying that 
the Yeovil, Bridport and Exeter Railway, with 
Branches, Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


_ Petitions from the County of Leicester (two Peti- 
tions) ;—County of Hertford;—County of North- 
ampton;—Members of the Zondon Farmers’ Club ; 
—County of Glamorgan ;—and, County of Mon- 
mouth; praying that the Agricultural Tenant Right 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Proprietors of farms, lands and 
agricultural buildings, in the county of Lincoln, 
praying that the said Bill may not pass into a law, 


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A. 1847. 


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


Petitions from Carnarvon ;—and, Hyde; praying Breweries ant 
the House to prohibit the use of Grain in Breweries Distilleries, 


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


A Petition of the Minister and Churchwardens Education. 


and other Inhabitants of the parish of Abererch, in 
the county of Carnarvon, praying the House to 
sanction the plan of Education propounded in the 
Minutes of the Committee of Council on Education, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Catholics of Ipswich and its vicinity, 
complaining of the exclusion of the Catholics from 
any share in the grant relative to Education ; 
and praying the House to interfere in their behalf, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions from Waenfaur ;—Dolbenmaen ;— Tal- 
sarn ;— Cwm-y- Glo ;— Rhydfaur; —Ysgoldy Llan- 
ddumdeu ;—Clynnog ; —Cerenant ; — Tan-y- Maes ; 
— Rehoboth Chapel (Carnarvon) ; — Cefn-y-Waen ; 
—Llanrug ;—Beddgelert ;—Llanberis ;— Engendi ; 
— Brynneran; — Carmel Chapel (Carnarvon ; — 
Llanllyni ;—and, Salem Chapel (Carnarvon); pray- 
ing the House to refuse any grant of public money 
in furtherance of the plan of Education propounded 
in the Minutes of the Committee of Council on 
Education, and to revoke the powers vested in the 
said Committee,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Durham ;—Nottingham ;—Led- Health of 
bury;—and, Manchester; praying that the Health Towns Bil. 


of Towns Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Landowners, Occupiers and Inha- 
bitants of the parish of Saint Leonard, in the county 
of Devon, praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law, as it now stands, was also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from A. B. de Lisle Allen ;—Alfred Wil- 
liam Warder ;—William Simpson ;—John M‘ Laren; 
—James Rhodes ;—Royal College of Surgeons of 
Edinburgh ;—Frederick Tinker ;—Charles Bewley ; 
—John Greenwood ;—Michael Dillon FitzGerald ; 
—Liverpool ;—John Hunter ;—William Hughes ;— 
William Martyn ;—James Clarke ;—Henry Pavey ; 
—J. Burford Carlill ;—Godwin William Timms ; 
—Charles Frederick Pollard ;—R. W. Pollard ;— 
Thomas Hood ;— Francis Godrich ;—Edwin Scan- 
lan ;—Liverpool (four Petitions) ;— William Hitch- 
man ;—Louis Leslie;—Stratton Joseph Curtis ;— 
Albert Iles;— Thomas Bromley ;—John Sewell ;— 
Benjamin Mickhelthwait ;—Moses Franks ;— Edward 
Rowland Bower ;—Francis Potter Beamish ;—Da- 
vid Ruck ;—Hugh Wood ;—Peter Berrel ;— Robert 
Jones ;—Robert Brinks ;—Jvhn Moore Heligan ;— 
John W. Perrie;—George May ;—James Saint John 
Gage Parson; — Francis A. Burdett ; — Loughbo- 
rough ;— George Parker May ;—Burdleigh William 
Thanet Woodcock ;— W.Wood ;—James Hutchinson ; 
—John Nolan; —Bury (two Petitions) ;— James 
Williams ; —William Honner Fitzpatrick ; —John 
Dixon Kelner ;—Members of the East London Me- 
dical Association ;—Robert Stone; — Martin Sin- 
clair ;—Mungo Park ;—Joseph Cheekham ;—Robert 
Talbot ;—James Nuttall ;—John Denny ; — Edwin 
Harris ;—Mariano Martin de Bartolome ;—Samuei 
Lawrence Gill ;—Charles Elam ;— Thomas Bishop ; 
— Birkenhead ;—James Lafarelle ;—Henry Hodg- 
son Rugg;—Thomas Dobson; —.James Espie i— 
George Carrick Steel ;—James Eckly Patteson ;— 
Henry Obré;— William Kirby Lerew;— Edwin 
Kitt ;—Matthew Norton ;—Henry Pratt ;—John 
Edward Smyth ;—T.J. Coham ;— Robert Salisbury 
Nightingall ;— John Maxwell; — William Balme 

Hepworth ;— 








d 
Poor Removal 
Act. 
Promiscuous 
Intercourse. 

gi- 

d 

ww 

$ 
Raja of 
Sattara. 


Seduction and 
Prostitution 
Prevention 
Bill. 


Settlement. 


10 VicrorizZ. 


Hepworth ;—James Saner ;—Edward Norton ;— | 
James Wild ;—Alfred Peck Hambleton ;— Thomas | 
Willan ;— Henry Sutheren;— Patrick Burke — 
Donald Macheith ;—Birmingham (two Petitions) ; 

— Mansfield ; —Handsworth ; —Lichfield ; —Isaac 

Massey ; — Coleshill ;— Henry Thomas; — James 

Whicker and another;—John Hutchins Baylis ;— 

Arthur Gaved ;—George Redsdale ;—Samuel Dee- 

croft ;—James Walker ;—Frederick Giles Brox- 

holme; —John Deakin ;—William Bayes ;—Ber- 

nard Arthur Macann ;—William Spink ;—Robert 

Roper ;—Edward Dannage Larkin Gillott ,— Wil- 

liam Edward Hayman ;—Francis Colston Malla- 

lieu ; George Pratt;—Richard Phillips ;— Wil- 

liam Henry Beacon Wilkinson;—Edward Bishop ; 

—Benjamin Robinson and Edward Robinson ;— 

William Favell ;—Robert Dendy ;—J. O. Hatfield 
Turner and Henry Wilkinson ;—Henry Gery ;— 

H. H. Cort ;—J. C. Gardner ;—Thomas Wood 
Foster ;— William Clutton Byass ;—Henry Powell ; 

—Henry Charles Robinson;—John Kirkwood ;— 
Horsham ;—and, Henry Keller; praying that the 

Medical Registration and Medical Law Amend- 
ment Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of the President and Vice Presidents of 
the Royal College of Surgeons of England; and, 
the Master and Wardens of the Society of the Art 
and Mystery of Apothecaries of the city of London; 
praying that the said Bill may not pass into a law, 
—were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 





Petitions from York; — Nevyn ;—Criccieth ;— 
and, Frome Poor Law Union ; praying for the repeal 
or alteration of the Poor Removal Act,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


Petitions from Abingdon ;—Dublin (three Peti- 
tions); — Halifax (two Petitions) ;—and, Saint Mark; 
praying that the House will enact such laws with 
reference to the keepers of brothels and all persons 
trafficking in female virtue, as shall invest magis- 
trates and officers of police with more summary 
powers,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of London, 
and others interested in the welfare and good go- 
vernment of the British Indian Empire, stating that 
they are deeply interested in the case of his Highness 
Purtaub Sing, the ex-Raja of Sattara, who has 
been accused of hostility to the British Government, 
has been forcibly deposed and exiled from his do- 
minions upon this charge, and for seven years has 
been denied the means of being heard in his own 
defence, and praying the House to adopt measures 
to secure to this Prince, that which is the right of 
every man subject to British law, namely, the op- 
portunity of examining the charges which have 
been brought against him, the evidence in support 
of the same, and of bringing forth the proofs of 
his innocence, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Sutton-at-Hone;—and, Dublin 
(three Petitions); praying that the Seduction and 
Prostitution Prevention Bill may pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the 
Hertford Union, praying the House to pass a law 
for the abolition of all Parochial Settlements, and 
adopt such other measures as may be necessary in 
consequence of such abolition, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on Settle- 
ment and Poor Remoyal. 


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513 


A Petition of John Eldridge and others, Zondon, Windows, 
praying for the repeal of the Window Tax, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Pious and 
Reading of the Pious and Charitable Purposes Charitable | 
Bill ; Purposes Bill 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. ‘To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Setions being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the { Lord John Manners, V a9 
Yeas, \ Viscount Clive: + cep 

Tellers for the f Mr. Tufnell, 7 
Noes, Mr. Rich: | a, 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirm- 
ative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Agricultural 
mittee on the Agricultural Tenant Right Bill; Tenant Right 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Landed 
mittee on the Landed Property Improvement (Zre- Property 
land) Bill ; Improvemen 

4 ‘ ‘ (Ireland) Bil. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Roman Catho- 
Reading of the Roman Catholic Charitable Trusts oo —— 
Bill; rusts B: 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself poor Rates 
into a Committee upon the Poor Rates (Jreland) (Ireland) Bib 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Report be now received ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Sharman Crawford, \ .. 
Yeas, L Dr. Bowring : 2 
Tellers tor the f Mr. Stafford O’Brien, \ ‘ 


Noes, L Mr. Young: ai 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” be added at the end 
of the Question:—It was resolved in the Aflirm- 
ative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon this 
day six months. 


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Seamen’s The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Enlistment Reading of the Seamen’s Enlistment Bill ; 
— And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—It passed in 
the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” be added at the end of 
the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


Seduction and The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Prostitution Reading of the Seduction and Prostitution Preven- 
Prevention . 7 
Bill. tion Bill; @ 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Bill be now read a second time :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Registrationof The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Votcrs Bill. mittee on the Registration of Voters Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 

the 2d day of June next, resolve itself into the said 


Committee. 
Quakers’ and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
eter — mittee on the Quakers’ and Jews’ Marriages Bill; 
eo Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 2d day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 
Vexatious The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Actions Bill. Reading of the Vexatious Actions Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


Medical Regie The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
stration and =Reading of the Medical Registration and Medical 


Medical Law “1 
Amendment “Ww Amendment Bill ; 


Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 31st day of this instant May. 


Towns The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Improvement into a Committee upon the Towns Improvement 
Clauses Bill. 


Clauses Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone throvgh the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Were ent The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means, mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Health of 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Towns Bill. 


mittee on the Health of Towns Bill; 

Aad a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 


And notice being taken, That Forty Members 
were not present :—The House was told by Mr. 
Speaker; and Forty Members not being present; 
and it being then after Four of the clock :—The 
House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a 
Question first put, till To-morrow. 


514 12°—13° Mazz. 








A. 1847. 
Jovis, 13° die Maiti ; 


Anno 10° Victorie Regine, i847. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law Poor Law 
Commissioners, was called in ; and at the bar oa anal 
presented, pursuant to Order,—Returns of the seve- inated 
ral Unions in Jreland, showing their acreable Con- 
tents and Population by the last Census :—And, of 
the Number of Workhouses, the Number of Inmates 
which each Workhouse was originally constructed 
to contain, the additional Accommodation since pro- 
vided in each, including Fever Wards, where opened, 
and the Total Number of Inmates for whom Accom- 
modation has been proyided, and the Total Number 
of Paupers in each Workhouse Buildings on Satur- 
day the 27th day of March 1847:—And then he 
withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group No. 31 of Railway Bills, 
Railway Bills, have leave to sit this day, till five of Group No.31. 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Welby reported the Dublin, Dundrum and Dublin, 
Rathfarnham Railway (Extension to Stephen's Pundrum and 
Green) Bill, with Amendments. ave — 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; (Extension 


; to Stephen’s 
and be printed. Green) Bill. 


The Select Committee on the Thames Conser- Thames 
vancy Bill was nominated of Viscount Morpeth, Mr. Conservancy 
Cowper, Mr. Ward, Mr. Masterman, Mr. Pattison, 7_ 
Mr. Aaron Chapman, Mr. Hume, Mr. Alderman 
Copeland, Sir James Duke, Mr. Bramston, Sir Ed- 
mund Filmer, Mr. Antrobus, Colonel Thomas Wood, 
Mr. Adel Smith and Mr. Thomas Baring. 

Ordered, That Five be the quorum. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Eastern Union 
the Report on the Eastern Union and Jpswich and 2nd ipswich 
Bury Saint Edmund’s Railways Amalgamation Bill ; 37°33" 7, 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. Railways 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be Amalgama- 


ingrossed. tion Bill. 


The ingrossed Bill for avthorizing the Sale of the Eastern Union 

Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction Railway to = sen 2 
2 e unction Rail- 

the Eastern Union Railway Company, was, accords way (Sale to 
ing to Order, read the third time. the Eastern 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ene 

: ompany) 
Ordered, That Captain Gladstone do carry the gin, 


Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration British 
the Report on the British Commercial Insurance — 
Company (No. 2.) Bill; and the Amendments were Ceamane 
read, and agreed to. (No. 2.) Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Edward Buller reported the Norfolk Rail- Norfolk Rail- 
way (from Thetford to the Lowestoft eg near pa ol 
Reedham, with a Branch to Halesworth) Bill, with gyno Lowestoft 
Amendments. ‘ Railway, near 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Reedham, with 


; a Branch to 
and be printed. Halesworth) 


Bill. 

Mr. Fitzroy reported from the Committee on Preston and 
the Preston and Wyre Railway Bill; That the Wyre Railway 
parties promoting the Bill had stated to the Com- _ 
mittee, that it was not their intention to proceed 
further with the same during the present Session of 
Parliament. 

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


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Terrington, An ingrossed Bill for dividing, allotting and in- 
—— closing certain Open Marshes and Waste Lands in 
eentand. the Township of Terrington, in the County of Nor- 


Inclosure Bill. folk, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Kingston- 
upon-Thames 
Small Tene- 


An ingrossed Bill for better assessing and collect- 
ing the Poor, Church and Highway Rates within 


ments Bill. the Parish of Kingston-upon-Thames, in the County 
of Surrey, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Gloucesterand Mr. Greene reported the Gloucester and Dean 
Dean Forest Forest Railway (Construction of Docks) Bill, with 
ie Amendments. 
of Docks) Bill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Imperial Mr. Greene reported the Imperial Continental 
Continental Gas Association Bill, with Amendments. 
bows Bl ~=—s Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Kingsnorton, | Mr. Greene reported the Kingsnorton, Northfield, 
Northfield, &amp;e. &amp;e. Rates Bill, with Amendments. 
a Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
M‘Cleod’s Mr. Greene reported M‘Leod’s (Dalkeith Glebe) 
(Dalkeith , Estate Bill, with Amendments. 
Bill. ©) Estate “Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Standing Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
camer Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; 
which were read, as follow: 
Kingston- 1. Resolved, That in the case of the Kingston- 
upon-Hull upon-Hull Docks Petition for leave to deposit a 
Docks Bill. Petition for a Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with; That the Parties be permitted to 
deposit their Petition accordingly. 
Weevisk 2. Resolved, That in the case of the Warwick 
County Prison County Prison Petition for leave to deposit a Peti- 
Bill. tion for a Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- 
pensed with; That the Parties be permitted to de- 
posit their Petition accordingly. 
Ambergate, 3. Resolved, That in the case of the Ambergate, 
a Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern Junction Rail- 


way (Alteration of Line, &amp;c.) Petition for additional 
provision, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with ; That the Parties be permitted to introduce 
such additional provision, if the Committee on the 
Bill shall so think fit. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


and Eastern 
Junction Rail- 
way (Altera- 
tion of Line, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Railway Bills, 


Mr. Bankes reported from the Committee on 
Group No. 50. 


Group No. 50 of Railway Bills; That the Com- 
mittee met this day, pursuant to adjournment, and 
that Mr. Henley, a Member of the Committee, was 
prevented, through illness, from attending this day. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Railway Bills, 


R : Mr. Blackstone reported from the Committee on 
Group No. 26. 


Group No. 26 of Railway Bills ; That they had exa- 
mined all the witnesses respecting the North Staf- 
fordshire Railway (Branches and Alterations) Bill ; 
and, the Zondon and the London and North Western 
Railway (Birmingham to Lichfield) Bill, which had 
been referred to the said Group, but that the Com- 
mittee were prevented from coming to any decision 
upon the said Bills, in consequence of there being 
no Reports from the Railway Commissioners. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Kingston- 
upon-Hull 
Docks Bill. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, on the Pe- 
tition for the Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Bill, upon 
Tuesday next. 

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515 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- Liverpool _ 
vate Bills have leave to sit, and pos on the a 
Petition for the Liverpool Fire and Life Insurance Company Bill. 
Company Bill, To-morrow. 


Mr. Hayter reported the Birkenhead (Commis- Birkenhead 


sioners) Dock Acts Amendment (as to Construction poo soe 
of Sea Wall along Wallasey Pool) Bill, with Amend- 4 ;endment 
ments. (as to Con- 
i struction 0 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Sea Wall slong 
Wallasey 
Pool) Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill for lighting with Gas the Town Bingley Gas 
and Neighbourhood of Bingley, in the West Riding Bill. 
of the County of York, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ferrand do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Classifica- Railway Bills 
tion Committee of Railway Bills; That they had Classification 
further considered the matters referred to them, and a Be- 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the. 
House. 

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


Mr. Aclund reported from the Committee on the Eastern Coun- 
Eastern Counties Railway (Peterborough to Folk- ties Railway 
ingham) Bill; That they had examined the allega- G — 
tions contained in the preamble of the Bill, but the ham) Bill. 
same had not been proved to their satisfaction. 

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


Mr. Acland reported from the Committee on the gastern Coun- 
Eastern Counties Railway (Spalding to Newark) ties Railway 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- era Bil 
tained in the preamble of the Bill, but the same ; 
had not been proved to their satisfaction. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cork and 
the Report on the Cork and Bandon Railway Bill; Bandon 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. mney Ee. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cork, Black- 
the Report on the Cork, Blackrock and Passage rock and Pas- 
Railway Bill; and the Amendments were read, and #4; Raliway y 
agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Lord Seymour reported the Newry and Enniskil- Newry ana 
len Railway Bill, with Amendments. Enniskillen 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, pirmingham 
the Minutes of the Proceedings of the Committee and Oxford 
on the Birmingham and Oxford Junction, and Bir- —— and 

: . 3 gham, 
mingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley Railways Wolverhamp- 
Amalgamation Bill, and the Minutes of the Evi- ton and Dud. 


—" taken in support of the Preamble of the yee 
1 . 


tion Bill. 


Lord Harry Vane reported the Windsor, Staines Windsor, 
and South Western Railway (Staines to Ascot and eal 
Wokingham, with Branches) Bill, with Amend- Riiiway 


Railway 
ments. (Staines to 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; ese snag 
and be printed. Branches) Bill. 


Lord Harry Vane reported the Windsor, Staines Windsor, 
and South Western Railway (Richmond to Wind- Staines and 


gol South Wester 
sor) Bill, with Amendments. ——€€ 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; (Richmond to 
Windsor) Bill. 


Lord 


and be printed. 


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Windsor Lord Harry Vane reported from the Committee 
Railway Bill on the Windsor Railway Bill; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the preamble of 
the Bill, but the same had not been proved to their 
satisfaction. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Great Western 


Lord Harry Vane reported from the Committee 
Railway 


on the Great Western Railway (Branches to Egham, 


CBranches © Staines, Brentford and Twickenham) Bill; ‘That 
Staines, they had examined the allegations contained in the 


"wentford and preamble of the Bill, but the same had not been 
Cwickenham) 


Bill, proved to their satisfaction. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Windsor A Motion being made, That leave be given to 
— a bring in a Bill to empower the Commissioners of 
amines Her Majesty’s Woods to make certain Altera- 


{mprovement, tions and Improvements in the Approaches to the 
a Town and Castle of Windsor, and to remove Datchet 
Bridge Bill. Bridge; 

Viscount Morpeth, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
gives Her consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Viscount Morpeth, Mr. Neville and Colonel 
Reid do prepare, and bring it in. 
Caledonian Lord Courtenay reported the Caledonian and 
and Dumbar- Dyumbartonshire Junction Railway (Deviations be- 
vonshire Junc: ye . 
tion Railway tween Duntocher Limeworks and Bowling, &amp;c.) 
(Deviations Bill, with Amendments. 
setween Dun- Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


tocher Lime ° 
Works and and be printed. 


Bowling, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Ewell Rates An ingrossed Bill for the better and more effectual 
_ ascertaining, collecting and levying the Poor Rate, 
and all other Rates and Assessments in the Parish 
of Ewell, in the County of Surrey, and for the better 
Management of the Business and Affairs of the said 
Parish, and for other Purposes relating thereto, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Henry Berkeley do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ayr Harbour 


~ 
Rill, 


Mr. Forbes reported from the Committee on the 
Ayr Harbour Bill; That the Parties opposing the 
Bill had stated to the Committee that the evidence 
of Hugh Cowan, of Ayr, Banker, was essential to 
enable them to establish their case before the Com- 
mittee ; and it having been proved that his attend- 
ance could not be procured without the intervention 
of the House, he had been instructed by the Com- 
mittee to move the House, That the said Hugh 
Cowan do attend the said Committee forthwith. 

Ordered, That Hugh Cowan, Esquire, do attend 
the said Committee forthwith. 


Southampton 


The House proceeded to take into cousideration 
and Dorches- 


a amen the Report on the Southampton and Dorchester 
(Weymouth Railway (Weymouth Branch) Bill; and the Amend- 
Branch) Bill. ments were read, and agreed te. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed, 


Caledonian The House proceeded to take into consideration 
se the Report on the Caledonian Railway (Glasgow, 


Garnkirk and Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway, Branch to Glas- 


Coatbridge gow Station) Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
Railway, and agreed to 

Branch to 5 “ ; ‘ 

Glasgow Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


Station) Bill. be ingrossed. 


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Ordered, That the Committee on the Swansea swansea 


Valley Railway Bill have leave to make their Re- Valley Rail- 
‘ way Bill. 





A. 1847. 


port To-morrow. 








Towns Bill :—The House, accordingly resolved itself 
into the Committee; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Greene reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be now received. 
Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed toa Com- 
mittee of the whole House for Friday the 28th day 
of this instant May. 


day next. 


by Lighting, since the Report of the Naval Com- 
mission on Lightning Conductors, 24th January 
1840 :—Of Report and Log of Her Majesty’s Sloop 
“ Bittern,” fitted with Wire-rope Lightning Conduc- 
tors, at Portsmouth, in July 1841; struck by Light- 
ning 23d January 1844, on the Coast of Africa; 
Commander Edmund Peel; Royal Mast shivered ; 
Eight Men struck down on the Deck, &amp;c. as per 
Surgeon’s Report of the Sick List:—Of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Sloop “ Hazard,” fitted with Wire-rope Con- 
ductors, at Portsmouth, in 1844; struck by Light- 
ning in China, on two occasions, May 1, 1846, and 
June 12, 1846; Commander F. P. Egerton; Re- 
port and Copy of Log, with any Correspondence on 
the subject ; Lightning divided upon the Mast, 
shivered Mast, ‘Top Mast, &amp;c. :—Of Her Majesty’s 
surveying Ship “ Beagle,” fitted with permanent 
Conductors in her Masts, at Devonport,in 1831; Com- 
mander Stokes; struck by Lightning on more than 
one occasion whilst under his Command on the Coast 
of South Australia, in 1844:—Of Her Majesty’s 
Sloop “ Serpent,” fitted with similar Conductors in 
Masts, &amp;c.; said by Commander Neville, in his 
Report on sailing qualities, to have had her Spars 
saved from damage on at least three occasions; 
Report from Captain JVeville in May 1846, and 
Copy of Log :—Of Her Majesty’s Sloop “ Scylla,” 
fitted with Conductors in the Masts, &amp;c.; Com- 
mander Sharpe; struck by a very heavy shock of 
Lightning in the West Indies, August 1843 ; stated 
by Captain Sharpe to have been saved by the Con- 
ductors; Report from Captain Sharpe, with Copies 
of all Correspondence between Admiral Sir Charles 
Adam, the Board of Admiralty, Commander Sharpe 
and Mr. Snow Harris (date November 3 and No- 
vember 5, 184 , and August 7, 184 ), relative to 
this case; as also, Copy of the Orders issued by 
the Surveyors Department of the Navy to the 
various Dock-yards, relative to Mr. Harris’s Con- 
ductors, in September 1844, with reference to this 
case :—Of Her Majesty’s Sloop “ Racer,” having 
Conductors fixed in the Masts, &amp;c.; Commander 
Reed; struck by Lightning at the Bucco, in the Rio 
de La Plata, Sato 27, 1844; a portion of 
Metal at the Mast-head fused ; Spars said to have 
been saved by the Conductors; Report from Com- 
mander Reed, and Copy of Log :—Of Her Majesty’s 
Steamer “ Sydenham,’ Lieutenant R. B. Mapleton 
commanding; having Conductors fixed in the 
Masts, &amp;e.; struck by Lightning in the Mediter- 
ranean, January 4, 1845; Vessel said to have re- 
ceived complete Protection from the Couductors :— 
Of Her Majesty’s Sloop “ Daphne,” Captain Ou- 
slow, having fixed Conductors in the Masts ; struck 
by a discharge of Lightning February 9, 1843, off 
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Resolved, That this House will immediately re- Health of 
solve itself into a Committee upon the Health of Towns Bill. 


No. 394. 


Ordered, That the Report on the House of Com- House of 


mons Costs ‘Taxation Bill be received upon Mon- Commons 
Costs Taxa- 
tion Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Lightning 


Returns relative to certain Ships of the Navy struck Yon 








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Monte Video; reported to have escaped perfectly 


by the Conductors; Captain’s Report, &amp;c. :—Of 


Her Majesty’s Ship ‘“ Minden,” Captain Quin; 
struck by Lightning at Hong Kong, July 30, 1843, 
in a very long and violent Thunder Storm, which 
damaged several Merchant Vessels near the “ Min- 
den”; the Conductors fixed inthe Masts; said to 
have effectually protected the Ship; Report from 
Captain Quin, and Ship’s Log :—And, of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Ship “ Fisgard,” fitted with fixed Conduc- 
tors, Captain Duntze; struck by Lightning in Sep- 
tember 1846, in the Oregon ; Spars reported to have 
been saved by the Conductors ; Report from Captain 
Duntze and Officers of the Ship, together with 
Copies of Correspondence with the Board of Admi- 
ralty and Mr. Snow Harris, and all other Corre- 
spondence relative to this case. 


Prisons Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Prisons Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Custody of 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Offenders Bill. - 


mittee on the Custody of Offenders Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Punishment of 
Vagrants, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Punishment of Vagrants, &amp;c. (Zre- 
land) Bill; 

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


Public 


Mr. Parker presented,—Return to an Address to 
Records. 


Her Majesty, dated the 9th day of March last, for a 
Return of the Cost of preparing and otherwise fitting 
up the following Repositories ; the Building erected 
in Westminster Hall in or about 1822, to receive the 
Common Law Records; also of the King’s Mews 
at Charing Cross in 1831, and Carlton House 
Stables ; of the Vaults in Somerset House which 
held the Pipe and Lord Treasurer of the Exchequer 
Records (estimated by Sir Robert Harry Inglis and 
Mr. Hallam, in the Agenda of the Record Com- 
missioners, to have been £.16,000) ; of other Vaults 
in Somerset House, containing certain Exchequer 
Records ; of the Office of the Pells in Whitehall 
Yard; of the Rolls House for the Reception of the 
Queen’s Bench Records from Westminster; of the 
Repository at No. 3, Whitehall Yard, which held 
the Common Pleas and Exchequer of Pleas Records, 
until removed to Carlton Ride ; of the White Tower 
of London to receive the Admiralty Records; of 
the Stone Tower at Westminster; together with the 
Cost of preparing Repositories for any of the Com- 
mon Law or Chancery Records in Lincoln’s Inn, 
Serjeant’s Inn, or any other parts of the Metropolis, 
since the Appointment of the Record Commission 
im 1800, so far as the same can be prepared :— 
A Return or Estimate of the Total Expenses in- 
curred in removing the Records from one Reposi- 
tory to another, since 1800 :—And, a Return of the 
Cost incurred for watching by Policemen and the 
Fire Brigade the Carlton Ride, the Rolls House, 
and any other Record Repository, and for any other 
Securities adopted for insuring the Buildings from 
Fire, since the passing of the Record Act 1 and 2 
Vic., c. 94, (so far as the Expenses referred to there- 
in have been incurred under the directions of the 


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517 


which ought to have been charged and paid by 
each Spirit Grocer for his License respectively :— 
And, of the Amount received by the Excise from 
each such Grocer, during the Period he took out 
and renewed such License, from the 5th day of July 
1838 until the 5th day of July 1844, similarly ar- 
ranged :—And, Copies of all Memorials addressed 
to the Treasury by Spirit Grocers in Zreland, from 
the 1st day of January 1845 to the 1st day of March 
1846, praying that such Excess of Duty received 
by the Excise should be returned to. them ; and of 
the Answers returned to each such Memorial. 


Returns of the Names of all Persons (except Public 
Common Workmen) who are or have been employed Records. 


under the authority of the Master of the Rolls, on 
the Public Records, stating their Names, Office, 
Duties, Salaries, Hours of Attendance, the Time 
they have been so employed ; or under the late Re- 
cord Commission, directly or indirectly, as Clerks, 
or in any other capacity; and as regards those 
who have ceased to be employed, the Date and 
Cause of their having ceased to be so engaged :— 
Showing the manner in which, under each year, the 
Sums voted by Parliament for the Arrangement, 
&amp;c. ofthe Public Records, have been expended and 
appropriated, under the various Heads of Salaries, 
Payments for Job Work, Material for Repairs, 
Workmen’s Wages, and fitting up Record Offices : 
—And, of the Amount of Fees received for Searches 
in the Public Records, in each year, since the passing 
of the Act 1 and 2 Vic., c. 94. 


A Return of all Monies received by the Bank of Bank of 
England up to Saturday last, inclusive, upon the England. 


Loan of £.8,000,000 recently contracted for. 
Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to the di- 


Court of 


rections of an Act of Parliament,—Certificate by Queen’s 
the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen’s Bench, of the Bench- 


necessity of filling up the Office of Assistant Master, 
vacant by the death of G. B. Barlow. 

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


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That 
their several Addresses of the 27th and 30th days 
of April last, and the 4th, 5th, 10th and 11th days 
of this instant May (That Her Majesty would be 
graciously pleased to give directions, that the Papers 
therein mentioned might be laid before this House), 
had been presented to Her Majesty ; and that Her 
Majesty had commanded him to acquaint this 
House, that She will give directions accordingly. 


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to 
several Addresses to Her Majesty,— Copies of Cor- 
respondence between Mr. R. W. Mara and the 
Treasury and the Home Office respecting the Office 
of Registrar of Friendly Societies in Lreland; also, 
Copies of the Appointment of Mr. Connel, Mr. 
Cleghorn and Mr. Tidd Pratt, as Registrars for 
Ireland, Scotland and England, respectively ; the 
Dates of such Appointments and the Minutes of 
the Commissioners of National Debt ordering such 
Appointments, specifying the Days on which such 
Minutes were passed. 

Copy of a Memorial to the Secretary of State for 
the Home Department from the President, Vice- 
Presidents and Council of the National Institute of 
Medicine, Surgery and Midwifery. 

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


Answer to 
Addresses. 


Mr. Mara. 


National 


Institute of 


Medicine, 


Surgery and 


Midwifery. 


late Office of Works, and of the Office of Woods 
and Works). 
Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to Orders, 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for Commercial 


more effectually repairing and improving the several @#8 Light 
ie 3 &gt; 5 and Coke 
Spirit Grocers Roads called the Cannon-street Roads, the Com- Company Bill. 


(Ireland. ) 


—Return to an Order, dated the 31st day of March 
last, for Returns (in addition to the Sessional Paper, 
No. 662, for 1845), showing, in an additional column, 
and opposite each Spirit Grocer’s Name, the Rate 
or Amount of Excise License Duty which the Judges 


decided, in the case of Dickson v. Pape, to be that 
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mercial Road, the Horseferry Branch of Road, the 
East India Dock Road, the Barking Koad and the 
Shadwell and Mile End Branch of Road, in the 
Counties of Middlesex and Essex, and for laying 
down a Stoneway on the said Commercial Road, 
East India Dock and Barking Roads, praying that 

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518 


they may be permittea to withdraw their Petition 
against the Commercial Gas Light and Coke Com- 
pary Bill, was presented, and read. 

rdered, That leave be given to withdraw the 
Petition accordingly. 

Petitions from Limehouse ;— Mile End Old Town ; 
—and, Bow; praying that the said Bill may pass 
into a law,—were also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Coventry, Petitions from Stretton-upon-Dunsmore and Mar- 
a _ ton ;—and, London; praying that the Coventry, 
tion Railway Banbury and Oxford Junction Railway Bill may 
Bill. pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of. Mary Norris, Mary Hutton, Mary 
Needham and Emily M‘Carthy, praying that they 
may be permitted to withdraw their Petition against 
the said Bill, and that the said Bill may pass into 
a law, was also presented, and read. 
Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the 
Petition accordingly. 


EasternCoun- _ Petitions from Great Shelford ;—Melbourne ;— 
oon we Standon ; — Royston ;—Aspedon ;—Braughing ;— 
ne soma Buckland and Sandon ;—Throcking ;—Little Shel- 
Ware Line, ford; — Harston; — Bassingbourne ; —Fozxton ;— 


&amp;c.) Bill. Cambridge ;—Layston and Wyddial;—Owners and 


Occupiers of lands, &amp;c.; — Barkway ;— Reed and 
Ther field; — Hauxton ;—Shepreth ;—Westmill ;— 
Barley ; — Chesterton ;—and, Ware; praying that 
the Eastern Counties Railway (Cambridge, Royston 
and Ware Line, &amp;c.) Bill may pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 
Eastern Coun- 


see eiborare A Petition of Trustees for executing an Act for 
(ford to Til. More effectually repairing and improving the several 
bury Fort and Roads called the Cannon-street Roads, the Commer- 
Southend, cial Road, the Horseferry Branch of Road, the East 
— vane - India Dock Road, the Barking Road and the Shad- 
Battle Bridge) well and Mile End Branch of Road, in the Counties 
Bill. of Middlesex and Essex, and for laying down a 
Stoneway on the said Commercial, East India Dock 
and Barking Roads, praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Eastern Counties Railway (J/- 
ford to Tilbury Fort and Southend, with a Branch 
from Vange to Battle Bridge) Bill, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
East Lanca- — Petitions from Accrington; — Church and En- 
(Busy te May. field ;— Bacup and Rawitenstall ;-— Bury ;—Burn- 
chester) Bil. ley;— and, Manchester; praying that the East 
Lancashire Railway (Bury to Manchester) Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


West Lenca- Petitions from Rochdale ;— Heywood ;—Bury ; 
shire Railway —and, Forest of Rossendale; praying that the East 
tna Lancashire Railway (Clitheroe, Mitton and Padiham 
Sadie Branches) Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
Branches) Bill. and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Leeds and A Petition of Inhabitants of the villages of Wath 

Thirsk Rail- Jelmerby, Middleton, Quernhow, Kirklington, Sin- 

a . derby, Pickhill, Marmby, Newby-wiske, North O¢- 

by to North- terington, South Otterington and Romanby, respec- 

allerton) Bill. tively, in the North Riding of the county of York, 
praying that the Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Branch 
from Melmerby to Northallerton) Bill may pass into 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Leeds and A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Worth- 
Thirsk ; and, @Jlerton, in the North Riding of the county of York, 
York and ater : r 
Newcastle aud the vicinity thereof, praying that the Bills pro- 
Railway Bills. moted by the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company 
may be passed into law; and that the Bill promoted 
by the York and Newcastle Company for their Team 


Valley Railway, may be rejected, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table, 


13° Mazz. 








A. 1847. 


Petitions from Birkdale; — Churchtown and Tavenpocl, 
Crossens ; — Ainsdale ; —and, Southport; praying juaieon 
that the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway Railway ana 
and Branch Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- Branch Bill 


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


A Petition of Inhabitant Householders, Rate- Liyerpoo) 
payers and Occupiers of premises in the town and Guardian 
borough of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, and &amp;*8 Bill 
Consumers of Gas therein, praying that the Liverpool 
Guardian Gas Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Landowners, Farmers, Market Gar- Metropolitan 
deners and Inhabitants in the district proposed to Sewage _ 
be supplied by the Metropolitan Sewage Manure Manure Bill. 
Company, praying that the Metropolitan Sewage 
Manure Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Lessees of collieries in St Helen’s Ca- 
the Saint Helen’s Coal Fields, in the county of Lan- ™4! — 
caster, praying that the Saint Helen’s Canal and pn dn aa 
Railway (Warrington and Blackbrook Branches, &amp;c.) Blackbrook 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; Brinches, &amp;.) 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Ralph Park Philipson,of the borough Sunderland 
and county of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Nicholas maga 
Wood, of Killingworth, in the county of Durham, Bridge Bill. 
Coalowner ;——and, Charles Taylor, of Bishop 
Wearmouth, in the borough of Sunderland, in the 
county of Durham, Solicitor ; praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Sunderland Improvement 
(Markets and Bridge) Bill,—were presented, and 
read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of Elizabeth La Coste and Thomas Thames 
B. La Coste, praying that they may be heard, by — 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain ~~" 
parts of the Thames Conservancy Bull, was pre- 
sented, and read. : 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions from Somerton ;—County of Warwick ; Agricultural 
—Saint Peter’s, Thanet ;—Monmouth ;—and, Mar- — Right 
tock; praying that the Agricultural Tenant Right” 

Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Lancaster; — Salisbury ; —Nor- Chemists and 

wich (three Petitions) ;—Ramsgate ;—Basingstoke ; Drugsists. 
— Wolverhampton ; —Bolton-le-Moors (three Peti- 
tions ;— Leeds (three Petitions) ;—Chelseaand other 
places ;— Stourbridge ;—London (two Petitions) ;— 
Staines ;—Bayswater and Notting- hill ; —Sitting- 
bourne and Milton ;— Stowmarket ;— Teignmouth 
and Dawlish;—Uxbridge;— Tiverton ;—Long Strat- 
ton ; — Rochester ;— Warminster ;— Worcester ; — 
Wotton-under-Edge ; — Wellington (Somerset) ; — 
and, Rickmansworth; praying the House to pass a 
Bill for regulating the Qualification of Chemists and 
Druggists in England and Wales,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Catholic Clergymen of the county Education. 
of Northumberland, praying the House to accord to 
Roman Catholics the same privileges as are accorded 
to others in the matter of Education, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions 


He 
‘Tc 


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Health of 
“Towns Bill. 


Immigration 
to Guiana, &amp;c. 


Marriage. 


Marriages 
Act. 


Medical Regi- 
stration and 
Medical Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Wilson 
Overend, 
Esquire, 


Settlement. 


10 VicTorizZ. 


Petitions from Saint Leonard (Devon) ; and, 
Deputy of the Ville of Walmer; praying that the 
Health of Towns Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. . 

Petitions from Barnsley ;— Michael Thomas Sad- 
ler and others ; — Leeds ;— Cheltenham ; — West- 
minster ;—London (two Petitions) ; —Southampton 
(two Petitions);—and, Southwark; praying that 
the said Bill may pass into a law,—werealso pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of the Chairman of the Committee of 
the Ipswich Auxiliary Anti-Slavery Society, stating 
that the Committee view with alarm the proposed 
introduction of Kroomen as immigrants from the 
coast of Africa to Guiana and Trinidad, and pray- 
ing the House to take the circumstances into consi- 
deration with a view to remedy the evils detailed in 
their Petition, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from The Potteries ;— Huddersfield (two 
Petitions) ;—Coventry (two Petitions) ;—Veath ;— 
York ;—Birmingham (four Petitions) ; — Liverpool 
(two Petitions) ;— Wolverhampton (three Petitions); 
—Leeds (two Petitions) ; — Wigan ;—Sheffield ; — 
Stockport (two Petitions) ;—Lincoln;— Doncaster 
(three Petitions);—Bath;— Portsea;—York and 
Manchester ;— Wakefield and other places ;—Ches- 
ter ;— Norwich ;— Macclesfield (two Petitions) ;— 
Halifax ;— Wakefield ;— Ramsey ;—and, York and 
other places; praying the House to repeal the law 
which prohibits the Marriage of a widower with his 
deceased wife’s sister,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the 
Stockton Union, in the county of Durham, praying 
for amendment of the Marriages Act, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of John George Sebire ;—Adam Bell; 
—Alfred Smith ;—William Braithwaite ;—W. H. 
Gardner ;—John Greeves ;— Richard Dalby Paw- 
son;—Obadiah Brooke, Junior ;—Fitzwilliam Hor- 
ton ;—Daniel T. Roy;—Thomas Lewen Marsden ; 
—John Allanson; — George Pyemont Smith ;— 
Samuel Heald ;—James Ward;—James Close ;— 
William Petty Ruddock ;—Ralph Parsons Beard- 
shaw ;—Henry Chorley; —William Hay;—John 
Septimus Alderson ;—William Edwards ;—Thomas 
Land ;—George Edmundson Bearpark ;— Thomas 
Bridgin Teale;—Charles Chadwick ;— Edwin Fors- 
ter; —Evan Evans;—John Broadbent ; —Joseph 
Prince Garlick;—George Reynolds Scolfield ;— 
William Stead Taylor ;—Samuel Staniland ;— Ro- 
bert Craven ;—Charles Wilson Scholefield ;— Robert 
Ashwith ; — Samuel Smith; — William Reader 
Cass ; —Joseph Teale; —William Clayton ;—and, 
Samuel Radcliffe; praying that the Medical Regis- 
tration and Medical Law Amendment Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of the borough of Sheffield, praying the 
House to order a Return of the number of convic- 
tions under the combination Act that have taken 
place at the Sheffield Petty Sessions since Mr. 
Overend qualified as a magistrate, specifying those 
quashed on appeal, and also praying the House to 
institute a strict inquiry into Mr, Overend’s magis- 
terial conduct relating to his decisions between the 
employer and the employed, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ratepayers and Inhabitants of the 
town and parish of Topsham, in the county of 
Devon, praying the House to revise and amend the 

VoL, 102. 


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519 


laws relating to the Settlement, Removal and Relief 
of the Poor, and to substitute in their stead, eitheran 
Act creating a Union Settlement for five years resi- 
dence within the limits of a Poor Law Union, or 
such a law as will give the poor of England and 
Wales a title to relief wherever destitution may 
arise, without the necessity of any removal what- 
ever, but with such provisions as to a just and 
equitable distribution of the burthens as to Parlia- 
ment may seem right, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Settlement and 
Poor Removal. 


A Petition of the Mayor of Liverpool, praying Poor Relicf 
that the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill may pass into a (Ireland) Bill. 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the ‘Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Bankers, Shipowners Ports, Har- 
and others, interested in the Harbour of Port Gilas- bours, &amp;c. Bill 
gow, praying that the Ports, Harbours, &amp;c. Bill (®**) 
introduced in the last Session may pass into law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railways Bill. 
Railway Company ; Shrewsbury and Chester 
Railway Company ;——E eter and Exmouth Rail- 
way Company ; and, South Eastern Railway 
Company ; praying that the Railways Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 








A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Shrop- Roman Catho- 
ham, in the county of Norfolk, praying that the lic Relief Bill 
Roman Catholic Relief Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Assessors and Collectors of the Pro- Tax Assessors 
perty, Income and Assessed Taxes, for the hundred 214 Collectors. 
of Seisdon, in the county of Stafford, complaining 
of the inadequate remuneration given for assessing 
and collecting the said Taxes, and praying for relief, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Directors of the Whittle Towns 
Dean Water Company, praying that they may be Improvement 
heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain “@¥s°s Bill 
parts of the Towns Improvement Clauses Bill, was 


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


Petitions from Zéchen and Netley ;—Gravesend ; War. 
—Chatham aud Strood ;— Rotherhithe ;— South- 
ampton ;—and, Diss; praying the House to insure 

the insertion of a clause in all international treaties, 
binding the parties to refer all disputes that may 
avise to arbitration, and to abide by the decision of 

the arbitrators, without having any resort to arms, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Mr. Hawes presented, pursuant to an Address to Navigation 
Her Majesty,— Copy of a Despatch from the 1s. 
Governor-General of British North America, in- 

closing a Memorial from the Montreal Board of 

Trade, for a modification of the Navigation Laws, 

and for the removal of the restrictions at present 
applicable to the Navigation of the Saint Lawrence 

by Foreign Vessels. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts Wine Duties. 
imposing Duties of Customs might be read; and 

the same being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 

posed, That this House will immediately resolve 

itself into a Committee, to consider of a reduction 





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Marriage. 


Fisheries 


(ireland.) 


British 
West India 
Possessions. 


Leith Harbour 


and Docks 
Bill. 


Seduction and 
Prostitution 
Suppression 
Bill. 


Medical 
Registration, 
&amp;e. 


520 


of the Duties on Wines :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, praying that She will be graciously 
pleased to appoint a Commission to inquire into 
the State and’Operation of the Law of Marriage, 
as relating to the prohibited degrees of affinity, and 
to Marriages solemnized abroad, or in the British 
Colonies. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire into the means of improving the Fisheries 
in Ireland, and thereby affording profitable em- 
ployment ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by inserting after the word “ Lreland” 
the words “ and Cornwall.” 

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

Then the Main Question being put, That a 
Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the 
means of improving the Fisheries in Jreland, and 
thereby affording profitable employment ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Blackstone, &gt; ae 
Yeas, Sir Henry Winston Barron: ( ~~ 
Tellers for thej Mr. Tufnell, 1 ag 
Noes, \ Lord Marcus Hill: | ae 


So it passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That it is the Opinion of this House, that all restric- 
tions in the use and transit of the produce of the 
British West India Possessions should be removed, 
and all impediments to the free introduction of 
Labourers into those Possessions should also be 
discontinued :—It pas$ed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for improving the Harbour and Docks of Leith: 
And that Mr. Parker, The Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer and Mr. Milner Gibson do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the more 
effectual Suppression of Trading in Seduction and 
Prostitution, and for the better Protection of Fe- 
males ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Spooner, a os 
Yeas, \U Mr. Borthwick: fone 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hume, 1 
Noes, Mr. Craven Berkeley: J ™ 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That Mr. Spooner, Lord Robert Gros- 
venor and Mr. Mangles do prepare, and bring in the 


Bill. 


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


Veneris, 14° die Maii, 1847: 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the Registration of legally-qualified 
Practitioners in Medicine and Surgery, and into the 
Laws and Charters relating to the Practice of Me- 
dicine and Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland; 
and to report the Evidence, with their Opinion 
thereon, to the House. 


13°—14° Maiz. 








A. 1847. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Hosiery Ma- 
adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which, nufacture Bill, 
upon the 5th day of this instant May, was proposed 
to be made to the Question, That the Hosiery Ma- 
nufacture Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday the 9th day of June next. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend the Laws relating to Poor Removal 
the Removal of Poor Persons from England and sent 
Scotland, was, according to Order, read the third Bill _— 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurreace. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend the Law and Prac- Service of 
tice in Scotland as to the Service of Heirs, was, ac- Heirs (Scot- 
cording to Order, read the third time. — 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Turnpike- 
into a Committee upon the Turnpike-roads (Jre- ieee 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr.“ —_ 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Lunatic 
into a Committee upon the Lunatic Asylums (Jre- Giscland) Bill 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. ‘ 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
sage That the Committee had gone through the 

ill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Loan Discount Bill was, according to Order, Loan Discount 
read a second time; and committed toa Committee Bil 
of the whole House for tiis day. 


Mr. Greene reported the Towns Improvement Towns 
Clauses Bill; and the Amendments were read, and Improvement 
agreed to ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. oe 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


Mr. Spooner presented a Bill for the more effec- Seduction ani 
tual Suppression of Trading in Seduction and Prosti- Prostitution 
tution, and for the better Protection of Females, — 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the first 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz., To leave out the word 
“now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Spooner, \ 17. 


Yeas, Mr. Forbes Mackenzie : 
Tellers for the { Mr. Craven Berkeley, 4 
Noes, Mr. Thomas ieatte:} ; 


And it appearing, upon the report of the division 
by the Tellers, that Forty Members were not pre- 
sent; and it being then a quarter of an hour 
before One of the clock on Friday morning :—The 
House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a 
Question first put, till this day. 





ll, 
Customs 
(East India.) 
val 
nd 
ill 
int 
. Dublin Cor- 
: poration. 
nd 
Railway Bills, 
No. 164. 


10 Vicroriz. 


Veneris, 14° die Mai; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of 
the East India Company was called in; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to Order,—Accounts 
of the Gross and Net Amount of the Customs at 
the Presidency of Bengal (for the last year the Ac- 
counts have been received); also, of the several 
Articles imported Free, and of the Net Amount 
received on each separate Article paying Duty in 
the last year for which the Accounts have been re- 
ceived; and of the Aggregate Amount of Duty 
received on each Class,—classing them under the 
following heads, viz.:—1. A List of all Articles 
producing a less Net Revenue of Customs Duty 
than 1,000 Rupees each Article :—2. A List of all 
Articles producing more than 1,000 Rupees, and 
less than 5,000 :—3. Ditto, ditto, more than 5,000 
Rupees, and less than 10,000:—4. Ditto, ditto, 
more than 10,000 Rupees, and less than 100,000 : 
—5. Ditto, ditto, more than 100,000 Rupees, and 
less than 500,000:—6. Ditto, ditto, producing 
more than 500,000; so as to exhibit the Aggregate 
Amount for each Class, and the Revenue of these 
Six Classes :—Also, a Statement of any modifica- 
tions in the Duties on Imports since the Return 
laid before the House, in Parliamentary Paper, No. 
116, of Session 1846:—A similar Accouut for the 
Presidency of Madras :—A similar Account for the 
Presidency of Bombay :-—A similar Account for the 
North Western Provinces :—Also, a similar Return 
of the several Articles exported from each of the 
three Presidencies and North Western Provinces, 
under similar Classes as to Amounts :—And, also a 
Statement of any modifications in the Duties on 
Goods exported, classed in the same manner as for 
the Imports :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Soady, from the Audit Office, was called in ; 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Order,—Re- 
turns from the Audit Office, of the Annual Accounts 
submitted to the Commissioners for auditing the 
Public Accounts, by the Corporation of Dublin, 
since the Act 3 and 4 Vic., c.108, came into opera- 
tion ; also, Copies of all Queries or Objections 
which have been made thereon by the said Commis- 
sioners of Audit, Copies of the Replies of the Cor- 
poration thereto, and of all Decisions of the Audit 
Board upon such Queries or Objections :—And, 
showing the Date of each of the said Accounts which 
have been finally audited by the said Board :—And 
then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Strutt presented,—Report of the Commis- 
sioners of Railways on a certain Railway Bill com- 
prised in Group 9 (in pursuance of Resolution of 
the House of 23d February 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on a 
certain Railway Bill comprised in Group 19 (in 
pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23d Feb- 
ruary 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on a 
certain Railway Bill comprised in Group 23 (in 
pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23d Feb- 
ruary 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on a 
certain Railway Bill comprised in Group 41 (in 
pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23d Fe- 
bruary 1847). 

Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
Committees on the Bills to which the same relate ; 
and be printed. 

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521 


Mr. Blackstone reported the South Staffordshire a Staf- 
Railway (Cannock, Wyrley and Norton Branches, *4shite Rail- 
&amp;e.) Bill, with Amendments. ; Wale on” 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Norton 
and be printed. fe) Bi 

The British American Land Company Bill was British Ame: 
read a seeond time ; and committed. ao neon 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 7 P""Y 


mittee of Selection. 


The Van Diemen’s Land Company Bill was read Van Diemen's 
a second time ; and committed. Land Com- 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ?°”Y — 
mittee of Selection. 


An ingrossed Bill for making a Railway from the Wexford and 
Town of Killarney, in the County of Kerry, to the Valencia 
Harbour of Valencia, in the same County, to be (rillersey * 
called, The Wexford and Valencia Railway, was Valencia) Bill 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public Peti- 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the tions(Twenty- 
Petitions presented upon the 10th and 11th days of cane &gt; 
this instant May, and had directed him to make a?” 

Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend the Acts relating to Glasgow, 
the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Rail- Paisley, Kil- 
way, and to authorize the Formation of a Branch to pvey bee 
Dunlop-street in Glasgow, and for other Purposes, (No. 4.) Bill. 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend the Acts relating to the 
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway, 
and to provide additional Station Accommodation, 
and for other Purposes. 

Ordered, That Mr. Oswald do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


South Wales 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill Sou ( 
Railway Bill. 


for making certain New Lines of Railway in con- 
nexion with the South Wales Railway, and certain 
Alterations in the Line of the said Railway, and 
for other Purposes, be now read the third time ; 

Mr. Macaulay, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her con- 
sent, as faras Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Viscount Villiers do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to authorize certain Alterations Wilts, Somer. 
ofthe Line of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth set and Wey- 
Railway, was read the third time. ut (No. 1.) 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. (Bruton, 
Ordered, That Viscount Villiers do carry the Bill 


Pitcombe and 
: . Rodd d 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. aon th 


Bradford De- 
viations) Bill. 
An ingrossed Bill for enabling the Vale of Neath Vale of Neath 
Railway Company to construct certain New Lines Railway Bill. 
of Railway in connexion with the Vale of Neath 
Railway, and for other Purposes, was read the 
third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Viscount Villiers do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for making a Railway from Herne Bay 
Herne Bay to a Junction with the Canterbury and 2nd Canter- 


Whitstable Railway, to be called, The Herne pin. Railway Bill. 
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522 14° Mazz. 


and Canterbury Junction Railway, was read the 
third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ambergate, 


Nottingham o#s “1. san ; 
pe arm spect of the Petition for additional Provision in the 


and Eastern Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston and Eastern 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 


Junction Junction Railway (Alteration of Line, &amp;c.) Bill, 
Railway 


(Alteration of which was st made from the Select Com- 
Line, &amp;c.) Bil. Mittee on Standing Orders, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have power to make 
Provision therein, pursuant to the prayer of the said 
Petition. 


Southampton A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill 
and Dorches- 


on tatonr for making an Alteration in the Line of the South- 
(New Forest @mpton and Dorchester Railway, and Branches 
Deviation and therefrom to Lymington and Eling, and for other 
Branches) Bill. Purposes, be now read the third time ; 





A. 1847. 


the intervention of the House, he had been instructed 
by the Committee to move the House, That the said 
Oswald Milne do attend the said Committee on 
Tuesday the 18th day of this instant May, at Twelve 
of the clock. 

Ordered, That Oswald Milne, Esquire, do attend 
the said Committee upon Tuesday next at Twelve of 
the clock. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Fainburgh 
the Report on the Edinburgh Markets and Customs Markets and 
Bill ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to, Customs Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Leith Harbour 
the Report on the Zeith Harbour and Docks Dues 24 Docks 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. a 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


Mr. Forbes Mackenzie reported from the Com- Braintree and 


mittee on the Braintree and Halstead Railway Bill ; Halstead 


Mr. Macaulay, by Her Majesty's Command, That they had examined the allegations contained way Bill. 


acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 


in the Preamble of the Bill, but the same had not 


been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her been proved to their satisfaction. 


consent, asfar as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (No Deviation from the Line, 
as deposited, to be made without the consent of the 
Admiralty), was thrice read ; and added to the Bill, 
by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (If Works abandoned, 
Admiralty may abate and remove same), was thrice 
read ; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


MidlandGreat Mr. Greene reported the Midland Great Western 

Western Rail. Railway of Ireland (Extension from Athlone to 

a Galway) Bill, with Amendments. 

from Athlone Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

to Galway) and be printed. 

Bill. 

MidlandGreat | Mr. Greene reported the Midland Great Western 

Western = Railway of Zreland (Newcastle, Anniskinnan and 

oman Baltrasna Deviations) Bill, with Amendments. 

Anniskinnan Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and Baltrasna and be printed. 

Deviations) 

Bill. 

Swansea Mr. Greene reported the Swansea Valley Railway 

—— Bill, with Amendments. 

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

Derbyshire, Ordered, That leave he given to the Committee 

Staffordshire on Group No. 26 of Railway Bills, to proceed with 

and Worces- : s - a 

tershire June- the Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire 

tion Railway Junction Railway Bill upon Monday next, notwith- 


Bill. standing the seven clear days’ notice, required by 
the Standing Order of the House, No. 148, will not 
have expired until Thursday next. 

Westininster = Mr. Clive reported the Westminster Improvements 

a. Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Staffordshire Viscount Jocelyn reported the Staffordshire Pot- 

aaa teries Waterworks Bill, with Amendments. 

Bill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

East Lanca- Mr. Fitzroy reported from the Committee on 


shire Railway 


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


Mr. Round reported from the Committee on Railway Bills 
Group No. 6 of Railway Bills; That the Committee Group No. 6. 
met this day, pursuant to adjournment, and that Mr. 

Deedes, the Chairman of the Committee was pre- 

vented, through illness, from attending. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Lord Seymour reported the Dublin and Drogheda Dublin and 


Railway (Branch from Wavan to Kells) Bill, with — 
y 
Amendments. (Branch from 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; Navan to 
and be printed. Kells) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings Windsor Rail- 
of the Committee on the Windsor Railway Bill; way Bill; and, 
and, the London and South Western Railway (Rich- et all 
mond to Staines and Windsor, &amp;c.) Bill, and of the Railway 

Evidence taken in support of the Preamble of the weg 


. ° ’ f t d 
Bills, be laid before this House. Windsor, &amp;.) 
Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill to empower the Boston, Stam- Boston, Stam- 
ford and Birmingham Railway Company to make ford and 

a Railway from the Syston and Peterborough Rail- —” 
way, at or near Peterborough, to the Stamford and (Peterborough 
Wisbech Line of the Boston, Stamford and Bir- and Thorney 
mingham Railway, in the Parish of Thorney and i) Bill 
Isle of Ely, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Liskeard and Ca- Liskeard and 
radon Railway Company to raise a further Sum of oe mat 
Money, and to sell or lease their Railway to the ““Y 
Cornwall Railway Company, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Liskeard and Cara- 
don Railway Company to raise a further Sum of 
Money. 

Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





An ingrossed Bill for better assessing the Poor Wolverhamp- 
Rates, Highway Rates, County and Police Rates, tow Rates Bill 


(parr totem Group No. 35 of Railway Bills; That the Parties | and other Parochial and Local Rates on Small Te- 

chester) Bill, promoting the East Lancashire Railway (Bury to |nements, in the several Townships of Wolverhamp- 
Manchester) Bill, had stated to the Committee that | ton, Bilston, Willenhall and Wednesfield, in the 
the evidence of Oswald Milne, Esquire, of Manches- County of Stafford, was read the third time. 


ter, was essential to enable them to establish their 


case before the Committee; and it having been proved 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 


that his attendance could not be procured without | the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





An 





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An ingrossed Bill to enable the Chard Canal and 
Railway Company to extend their Railway from 


Chard Canal 
and Railway 
(Extension 


and Amalga- Llminster to Chard, all in the County of Somerset, 
mation) Bill. was read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (General Meetings may con- 
sist of proprietors of One hundred fifty pounds 
shares), was thrice read; and added to the Bill, by 
way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Dickinson do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Liverpool A Petition of Frederick Harrison, of Bloomsbury- 

—— square, London, one of the Directors of the Liverpool 

Company Bill. Fire and Life Insurance Company, for leave to bring 
in a Bill to change the name of the said Company, 
and for other purposes relating thereto, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 

Liverpool Fire Mr, Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 

ancl Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 


Company Bill. Private Bills ; That in the case of the Petition for 
the Liverpool Fire and Life Insurance Company Bill, 
the Standing Orders relative to Bills of the Third 
Class, had not been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Runcorn Gas 


ny Ordered, That the Report on the Runcorn Gas 


Bill be taken into consideration upon Monday next. 


Warwick Ordered, That leave be given to the Examiner of 

ad Prison Petitions for Private Bills to sit, and proceed, on the 
Petition for the Warwick County Prison Bill, upon 
Tuesday next. 


South Devon 
Railway 
Extension and 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to the Examiner of 
Petitions for Private Bills, to sit, and proceed, on 
the Petition for additional Provision in the South 
Devon Railway Extension and Amendment Bill, 
upon Tuesday next. 


Lincoln’s-Inn 


A Petition of the Treasurer and Masters of the 
Rating Bill. 


Bench of the Honourable Suciety of Lincoln’s-Inn, 
in the county of Middlesex, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to confirm an agreement between the Treasurer 
and Masters of the Bench of the Honourable Society 
of Lincoln’s-Inn, in the county of Middlesex, and 
the Joint Vestry of the joint parishes of Saint Giles- 
in-the-Fields and Saint George Bloomsbury, in the 
same county, and the Rector and Vestry of the 
separate parish of Saint Giles-in-the-Fields, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Lincoln’s Inn 


Rating Bil. Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
Lincoln’s-Inn Rating Bill, the Standing Orders re- 
lative to Bills of the First Class have not been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


oe Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Wicklow ana Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Deblia Bail- Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
way Bill. 


additional provision in the Waterford, Wexford, 
Wicklow and Dublin Railway Bill, the Standing 
Orders had not been complied with, inasmuch as 
the notices do not state the intention of applying 
for power for the South Wales Railway Company 
to subscribe towards the said Undertaking. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 
Seduction and 
Prostitution 
Suppression 
Bill. 


No.401, 


Ordered, That the Seduction and Prostitution 
Suppression Bill be read the first time upon Mon- 
day next; and be printed. 


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523 


Ps Petition of John Jones Bateman, of Pentre Coaster ani 
awr, in the county of Denbigh, and of Lincoln’s- °Y 
Inn, in the oun il Middleser, Esquire, stating — - ” 
that an Act was passed in the Session 1844, intituled, Chester and 
“ An Act for making a Railway from Chester to Ke 3) Bil” 
Holyhead’ ; that the Petitioner is the owner of as °°” 
marine residence, with an estate attached thereto, 
situate in the parish of Abergele, in the said county 
of Denbigh, upon which he has, within the last few 
years, laid out a very considerable sum of money in 
new buildings, roads and plantations; that the said 
Railway passes very near to his said residence, and 
interrupts the communication between it and the 
sea, and otherwise greatly interferes with the pri- 
vacy of it; that the privacy of the said residence 
of the Petitioner would have been altogether de- 
stroyed, and all communication for his family with 
the sea shore cut off, had not a section been inserted 
in the said Act whereby the Railway Company by 
the said Act constituted was prohibited from form- 
ing, erecting or establishing any fixed or permanent 
machinery, warehouse, depot or station in or upon 
any field next to or adjoining, or at the end of the 
road leading from the town of Abergele to the sea- 
shore ; that a Bill is now pending in the House to 
enable the said Railway Company to make certain 
extensions of and alterations in the line of the said 
Railway, and for other purposes ; that by the 24th 
clause of the said Bill, provision is made for re- 
pealing the said clause in the said Act, whereby 
the said Company is prohibited from forming a 
station in or upon any field next to or adjoitting, or 
at the end of the road leading from the town of 
Abergele to the sea-shore; complaining of a breach 
of faith on the part of the said Company, in the 
repudiation by them of an agreement entered into 
by the Petitioner and the engineers of the Com- 
pany, and approved by their own Solicitor, and sub- 
mitting that the said agreement is a valid and sub- 
sisting agreement, and such as ought to be carried 
into effect between the said Company and the Pe- 
titioner ; that the Committee to which the said Bill 
has been referred, met on the 11th of May instant, 
and the Petitioner is prevented by the Standing 
Orders of the House from appearing in Committee 
and opposing the said Bill without the special per- 
mission of the House; and praying that the said 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, and 
that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel, agents . 
and witnesses, before the said Committee, in support 
of the said agreement, and against such parts of 
the said Bill as seek to repeal or alter the said section 
in the said Act, and against all other clauses as the 
Petitioner may consider injurious to his property, 
rights and interests, and for the insertion of such 
other provisions in the said Bill as may be con- 
sidered expedient for the Petitioner’s protection, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed, at the ex- 
pense of the parties. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Inhabitants of Wilson 
Sheffield, relative to the conductof William Overend, ae 
Esquire, one of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace" 
for that borough, and praying for inquiry, which was 
presented yesterday, be printed. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented, by Her Majesty’s Commercial 
Command,—Copy of Commercial Tariffs and Re- Tarifis. 
gulations, Resources and Trade of the several States 
of Europe and America, together with the Com- 
mercial Treaties between .England and Foreign 
Countries, — Part the Twenty-first, —Empire of 
Brazil. 

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


Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill to empower 
the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods to 
make certain Alterations and Improvements in the 

3x2 Approaches 


WindsorCastle 
and Town 
Approaches 
Improvement 











and Removal 
of Datchet 
Bridge Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Perth 
Railway Bill. 


Fees (House 
of Commons). 


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Approaches to the Town and Castle of Windsor, and 
to remove Datchet Bridge: And the same was read 
the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit, 
and proceed, upon Friday next. 


Ordered, That the Petition of the Dean and Fra- 
ternity of Guildry, of Dunfermline, which was pre- 
sented upon the 15th day of March last ;——also 
the Petition of Commissioners of Police of the burgh 
of Dunfermline, which was presented upon the 18th 
day of March last ;——also the Petitions of the 
Provost, Magistrates and Town Council of the royal 
burgh of Dunfermline ; and, Chairman of a 
Meeting of Inhabitants of the town and royal burgh 
of Dunfermline, which were presented upon the 19th 
day of March last ; also the Petitions of the 
Chairman of a Meeting of Inhabitants of the town 
and royal burgh of Dunfermline ; Miners, and 
other Inhabitants of Elgin Colliery, in the western 
district of Fife;——lInhabitants of the shipping 
port of Charlestown, in the western district of Fife; 
——lInhabitants of the village of Crossford, in the 
western district of Fife;—— Inhabitants of the 
village of Cairneyhill, in the western district of 
Fife ; Inhabitants of the town and royal burgh 
of Dunfermline ;——Coal-masters, Miners and other 
Inhabitants of Wellwood Colliery ;——and, Deacon 
Convener of the eight incorporated fraternities of 
crafts of the burgh of Dunfermline, and the Rema- 
nent Deacons of said fraternities of crafts, and re- 
presenting the individual members thereof in a Con- 
vencr court assembled, which were presented upon 
the 22d day of March last ;—-—and, also the Peti- 
tion of the Dean and Incorporation of the fraternity 
of Guildry, of Dunfermline, which was presented 
upon the 29th day of March last; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Edinburgh and Perth 
Railway Bill, be referred to the Committee on the 
Bill; and the Petitioners heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, upon their Petitions, if they think 
fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against 
the said Petitions. 














The House was moved, That the Table of Fees 
of this House, which was laid upon the Table upon 
the 6th day of this instant May, might be read ; 
and the same was read, as followeth : 


Fers to be paid by the Promorers of a Private Brit. 


On the deposit of the Petition, Bill, Plan or any other m « &amp; 
Document in the Private Bill Office - - - 5 - - 
For every day on which the Examiners shall inquir 
into the compliance with the Standing Orders - 5 - - 


For Proceepres in the House. 


On the presentation of the Petition for the Bill - 5 - - 


On the First Reading of the Bill - - - - 1 - - 
On the Second Reading of the Bill - - - - 1b - - 
On the Report from the Committee on the Bill - - 15 - - 
On the Third Reading of the Bill - - - a 





Bills from the Lords, commonly called Estate Bills, Di- 
voree Bills, Naturalization Bills and Name Bills, to be 
charged only one-half of the preceding Fees. 

The preceding Fees on the Petition, First, Second and 
Third Readings, and Report, to be increased according to the 
money to be raised or expended under the authority of the 
Bill for the execution of any work, in conformity with the 
following Scale :— 

If the sum be— 
50,0007., and under 100,0002., twice the amount of such Fees. 


100,000 L., - 200,000 l. three times Po 
200,000 2., - 300,000 l., four ,, ‘i 
300,000 L., 400,000 2, five 4, os 


400,0001., — ,, 
500,0001., 
750,0002, 4, 


500,000 Z., six » 
750,000 1, seven ,, 
1,000,0007., eight ,, 
1,000,000 7., ‘ 1,500,000 7., nine 
1,500,0002., _ 2,000,0002, ten ,, - 


And at the same rate of increase for every additional 500,000/. 
up to five millions, and further at the like rate of increase for 
every additional million beyond five millions. 


” ” 








A. 1847. 


For Proceepines before any ComMITTEE. 


For every day on which the Committee shall sit,— — &amp; © 
If the Promoters of the Bill appear by Counsel - | 10 - — 
If they appear without Counsel - - - &amp; = » 


Fees to be paid by the Opponents of a Private Bi. 


On the deposit of every Memorial complaining thatthe | £. s. d. 
Standing Orders have not been complied with - l1-- 


For Procrepines in the Hovse. 


On the presentation of every Petition against a Private 
Bill - * * « e és re ~ ae 


For Procrrpines before the Examiners, or before any CoMMITTEE. 


For every day on which the Examiners shall inquire into | £. s. d. 
any Memorial complaining of a non-compliance with 


the Standing Orders - - - ° - ° Ss. 
For every day on which the Petitioners appear by Coun- 

sel before any Committee - - - - - 5 - = 
If they appear without Counsel ° = - - 2s = 


GENERAL FEEs. 


On every Motion, Order or Proceeding in the House 
upon a Private Bill, Petition or matter not otherwise 


charged - - - - - - - - l1-- 
For Copies of all Papers and Documents, at the rate of 
72 words in every folio— 
If five folios or under - - - - - -~ 5 - 
If above five folios, per folio - - - - - l- 
But if for Members - - - - - - - - 6 
For the Copy of a Plan made by the parties - - 1- - 
For the inspection of a Plan, or of any document - - 5- 
For every Plan or Document certified by the Speaker 
pursuant to any Act of Parliament 0 - - 


For every day on which any parties shall be heard by 
Counsel at the Bar, from each side - - - 10 - - 
For every day on which a Committee of the whole House 
shall sit on a Private Bill or matter - - - 
For serving any Summons or Order on a Private Bill or 
matter = - - - - - - - l1-- 
For Riding Charges, if on any Private Bill or matter, 
per mile - - - - - - - - 
For every Order for the commitment or discharge of any 
person - - - - - - - 
For taking any person into custody for a Breach of Pri- 
vilege or Contempt = - - - - - - 
For taking any person into custody for any other cause 
For every day on which any person shall be in custody - 
For Riding Charges per mile - - ~ - - 


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Aire 


Fees to be taken by the Suort-Hanp Writer. 


For every day he shall attend - - - - ° *¢ = 
For the transcript of his notes, per folio of 72 words - - 1l- 


The preceding Fees shall be charged, paid and received 
at such times, in such manner, and under such regula- 
tions, as the Speaker shall from time to time direct. 


That every Bill for the particular interest or benefit of any 
person or persons, whether the same be brought in upon Peti- 
tion, or Motion, or Report from a Committee, or brought 
from the Lords, hath been and ought to be deemed a Private 
Bill within the meaning of the Table of Fees. 

The said Table of Fees, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That the said Table of Fees do come 
into operation from the end of the present Session of 
Parliament, and be a Standing Order of this House. 

Resolved, That the several Tables of Fees and 
Resolutions relating to Fees of the 22d day of Fe- 
bruary 1731, the 19th day of June 1746, the 13th 
day of Juue 1751, the 2d day of July 1801, the 4th 
day of April 1803, the 18th day of May 1813, the 
4th day of July 1822, the 16th day of February 
1829, and the 22d day of July 1830, be repealed 
from the time the new Table of Fees shall come 
into operation. 


Petitions from Mile End Old Town ;— All Saints, Commerciat 


Poplar ;—and, Bromley; praying that the Com- 
mercial Gas Light and Coke Company Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; an 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Liverpool ,—Litherland and Sea- yjverpool, 
forth ;— William Blundell, Esquire ;— Thomas Weld Crosby and 


Blundell, Esquire ;—and, Altcar Ince and other 
places ; praying that the Liverpool, Crosby and 
Southport Railway and Branch Bill may pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

A Petition 





10 Vicrortiz. 


A Petition of John Bibby, of Liverpool, Merchant, 
praying that he may be permitted to withdraw his 
Petition against the said Bill, was also presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the 
Petition accordingly. 


A Petition of the Most noble Francis Godolphin 
D’Arcy Duke of Leeds, praying that he may be 


Liverpool, 

Manchester 
a aa permitted to withdraw his Petition against the Zi- 
fmt Rail- verpool, Manchester and Newcastle-upon- Tyne Junc- 


way (Altera- tion Railway (Alteration of Main Line and Hawes 


tion of Main : 
ceeaanl Branch) Bill, was presented, and read. 


Hawes Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the 
Branch) Bill. Petition accordingly. 


London and A Petition of Gentry, Bankers, Merchants, 
ee Tradesmen, and others, Inhabitants of the town of 
(Ormskirk Warrington, in the county of Lancaster, praying 


and Rainford that the Zondon and North Western Railway 

Branches) Bill. (Ormskirk and Rainford Branches) Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


London (City) A Petition of the Master, Wardens and Common- 
Improvements alty of the art or mystery of Wax Chandlers, of the 
Bill. &gt; ; 
city of London, praying that they may be heard, 
by their counsel or agents, against certain parts of 
the London (City) Improvements Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Manchester Petitions from Manchester ;—Astley ;—Ashton- 
or under-Lyne (three Petitions) ;— Stalybridge ;—Sal- 
oe nd ford;—Stockport ;— Oldham (two Petitions) ;—and, 


Branches Bill. Rochdale; praying that the Manchester and South- 
port Railway and Branches Bill may pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and neigh- 
bourhood of Southport, in the county of Lancaster, 
praying that they may be permitted to withdraw 
their Petition against the said Bill, and that the said 
Bill may pass into alaw, was also presented, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the 
Petition accordingly. 


Manchester Petitions of Inhabitants of Parbold, in the county 
and Southport of Lancaster ;— Farmers, and other Inhabitants 
ana and within the township of Zathorn, in the county of 
ranches Bill; 
and, East Lan. Lancaster ;—Coal-masters, Farmers and others, In- 
cashire Rail- habitants of Shevington, in the county of Lancaster ; 
pe ——- — Manufacturers, Coal-masters, ‘Tradesmen and 
ae Preston Other Inhabitants of the parish of Wigan, in the 
Extension) county of Lancaster ;—Inhabitants of Wrightington, 
aaa in the county of Lancaster ;—Farmers and other In- 
habitants within the township of Burscough, in the 
county of Lancaster ;—Manufacturers, Coal-mas- 
ters, Tradesmen and other Inhabitants of Chowbent, 
in the township of Atherton and county of Lancas- 
ter ;— Manufacturers, Coal-masters, ‘Tradesmen and 
other Inhabitants of the township of Hindley, in the 
county of Lancaster ;— Manufacturers, Coal-masters, 
Tradesmen and other Inhabitants of the township 
of Tyldesley-cum-Shakerley, in the county of Lan- 
caster ;— Farmers, and other Inhabitants, Rate- 
payers within the township of Scarisbrick, in the 
county of Lancaster ;—Inhabitants of the market 
town of Southport, in the township of North Meols ; 
—and, the Southport Improvement Commissioners ; 
praying that the Manchester and Southport Railway 
and Branches Bill may pass into a law; and, that 
the East Lancashire Railway (Southport Branch 
and Preston Extension) Bill may not pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 
VoL. 102. 


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525 


Petitions of John Thompson, of Bishop Wear- sunderland 
mouth, in the borough of Sunderland, in the county Improvement, 
of Durham, Surveyor and Assessor to the Commis- Bridges Bill 
sioners appointed by, and acting under the Bishop 
Wearmouth Paving and Lighting Act; John 
Martin Cooper, of Bishop Wearmouth, in the bo- 
rough of Sunderland, in the county of Durham, So- 
licitor ;——and, William Allison, of the borough of 
Sunderland, in the county of Durham, Solicitor ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Sun- 
derland Improvement, Markets and Bridges Bill, 
—were presented, and read. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on tle Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





Petitions from Minskip and other places ;— York and 


Wetherby ; — Helperby; — Harrogate ; — and, — 
Boroughbridge; praying that the York and North rs 


Midland Railway (Harrogate Branch, Knares- Branch, 


b ; ax j i Knaresbo- 
orough and Boroughbridge Extension) Bill, may oie 


pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and youghbridge 
ordered to lie upon the Table. Extension) 
Bill. 


Petitions from Doddington ;— Abergavenny ;— Agricultural 
Wakefield ; -— Salop; — Kingston Bagpuize;—and, Tenant Right 
county of Northampton ; praying that the Agricul- Bill. 
tural Tenant Right Bill may pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Members and Friends of the Tiver- Breweries and 
ton Temperance Society, praying the House to Distilleries. 
prohibit the use of grain in Breweries and Dis- 
tilleries, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Quail, m.p., a Member of British 
the Royal College of Surgeons, in London, praying Auxiliaries 
for the appointment of a Select Committee to inqure one 
into the claims of the British Auxiliaries employed 
in the service of the Queen of Portugal from 1831 
to 1835, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


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A Petition of Proprietors, Planters, Merchants Drainage 
and others, interested in the agriculture and com- (British 
merce of the Colony of British Guiana, praying the ne 
House to pass for the Colony of British Guiana 
an Act of similar import and tendency to the 
Drainage Act 9 and 10 Vic., c. 101, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Se eee 


Petitions from Saint James’s (Westminster) ;— Chemists and 
London (two Petitions); — Bayswater; — Bond- Druggists. 
street ; — Oxford-street ; — Albemarle-sireet, and, 
Dover-street ; — Tottenham-court-road (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Wotting-hill, and, Kensington Gravel Pits ; 
—Great Dover-street, Newington ;— Newport (Isle 
of Wight); — Newcastle-under-Lyme ; — Lichfield ; 
—Ledbury ;— Kingston-on- Thames ;—Mold;--Dart- 

ford ;— Macclesfield ;— Oundle ;— Holywell ;— Oak- 
ham ;— Holt ; — Peterborough; — Swansea (three 
Petitions) ;— Camberwell New Road ;—Barnstaple; 
— Dover (two Petitions) ;— Saint George’s, Hanover- 
square; — Gloucester (three Petitions); — Saint 
Luke’s, Chelsea ;—Sheffield ;—and, Caledonian-road, 
near Kiny’s Cross; praying the House to pass a Bill 
for regulating the qualification of Chemists and 
Druggists in England and Wales,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Manufacturers Currency. 
and other Inhabitants of the borough of Birming- 
ham, praying that in order that every facility may 
be given to all the operations necessary for pro- 
curing food for the sustenance of Her Majesty’s 
subjects, the House will immediately authorize the 
Bank of England to issue such a quantity of 10. 
notes as may be found necessary to supply the 


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Henry Need- 


ham — of Midway Manor House, near Bradford, in the 
Shrapnel. 


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place, as nearly as possible, of the gold coin and 
bullion required for exports in payment for the food 
now so urgently required, and that the issue of 
such notes may be continued until the whole 
subject of the Currency has been reconsidered by 
the Legislature of the United Kingdom, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


DundeeSheriff A Petition of Alexander Heron Adams, of Dun- 


Court. dee, and David Moncrieff, of Dundee, Baker, 


Trustees acting under a deed of settlement of the 
deceased William Lowden, of Dundee, and also of 
Mrs. Elizabeth Lowden or Tasker, Widow of the 
deceased, Robert Tasker, of Dundee, Mason, Robert 
B. Lowden and David Lowden, of Dundee, Benefi- 
ciaries under the said deed, praying the House to 
appoint a Cmmittee to inquire into the proceedings 
before the Sheriff-substitute in the Sheriff Small 
Debt Court held in Dundee, in the case of a disputed 
demand, was presented, and read ; and ordered to,lie 
upon the Table. 


Education. A Petition of Catholics of Little Crosby, in the 
county of Lancaster, praying the House to admit 
them to a just share of any public money voted 
for general Education, as they participate in equal 
ratio with all their fellow-subjects in supporting the 
burdens and taxation of the country, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Clerk of the presbytery of Loch- 
carron, in the synod of Glenelg, praying the House 
to secure for the parochial and other endowed 
schools of Scotland the benefits of the Government 
Education scheme, was also presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Colwyn (two Petitions) ;— and, 
Llanelian; praying the House to refuse any grant 
of money in furtherance of the plan propounded in 
the Minutes of the Committee of Council on Educa- 
tion,—were also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Health of Petitions from Sunderland ;—London ;—Sheffield 

Towns Bill. (three Petitions) ;--Carlisle;— William Desmond and 
others ;—and, Gloucester ; praying that the Health 
of Towns Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Henry Needham Scrope Shrapnel, 


county oft Wilts, now residing at Lodge, Gos- 
port, in the county of Hants, Esquire, late of Her 
Majesty's Third Regiment of Dragoon Guards, now 
Captain in the Second Regiment of Somerset Militia, 
praying for inquiry into the services of his late 
father, Lieutenant General Shrapnel, the inventor 
of the Shrapnel Shell, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Heritable Petitions from Kilrenny ;— and, Saint Andrew's 
ae (Provost); praying that the Heritable Securities for 
land); Trane- Debt (Scot/and); the Transference of Land (Scot- 
ference of land); the Burgage Tenure (Scotland); the Service 
an a of Heirs (Scotland); and, the Crown Charters (Scot- 
age Tenure and) Bills may pass into law,—were presented, and 
(Scotland); read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Service of 

Heirs (Scotland); and, Crown 

Charters (Scotland) Bills. 


Medical Regi- —_ Petitions from Charles Mott and Richard Wilding; 

ae pe — Birmingham ;— Tamworth ;— George Henderson ; 

Amendment ~-—President of the Royal College of Physicians, 

Bill. Edinburgh ;-- William Chalmers;--Frederich George 
Rose;—James Gregory ;— Edward James Sharman ; 
— Robert Boyd; — Edward Berney ; — William 
Sutherland ;—John Nicholson ;—Charles Lashmar ; 
— William Henry Booth ;— William Axe ;—Charles 
W. Jenner ;—Henry Willan; and, William Minton 
Beddoes and Charles Holcombe; praying that the 
Medical Registration and Medical Law Amendment 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








A, 1847. 


~ Petitions from Southwick (four Petitions) ;—Sun- navigation 
derland (nineteen Petitions) ;— Ralph Hutchinson ; Laws. 
—William Byers ;—and, Kingston-upon- Hull (five 
Petitions) ; praying the House not to sanction any 

measure for the repeal of the Navigation Laws,— 

were presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Navigation Laws. 


A Petition of Owners of pauper houses, in the Poor Relief 
borough of Cork, praying the House to sanction the (Ireland) Bill 
introduction of a clause into the Poor Relief (Jreland) 

Bill, exempting houses in cities, valued at and under 

eight pounds, from the payment of Poor Rates, was 

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


A Petition of Clerks, Masters and Matrons of Poor Law 
Workhouses, Relieving Officers, Assistant Over- Officers. 
seers and other Officers connected with the admin- 
istration of the laws relating to the relief of the Poor 
in England and Wales, praying that in some statute 
to be passed in the present Session of Parliament, 
with reference to the future administration of the 
Poor Laws in England and Wales, the House will 
cause it to be enacted, that it may be lawful for 
boards of guardians, and other bodies having the 
management of parochial funds, to grant, subject to 
such regulation and control as may be deemed 
necessary, suitable superannuation allowance, inno 
case exceeding two-thirds of his salary, to any 
meritorious officer, who may become permanently 
disabled by old age and infirmity, sickness or 
accident, from performing properly the duties of his 
office, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Rector, Churchwardens, Over- Rating of 
seers and others, of the parish of Kirton, in the Tenements 
county of Suffolk, praying that the Rating of Tene- cate 
ments (No. 2.) Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 

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


A Petition of the Preses of a Meeting of Noble- Railways Bill 
men, Justices of the Peace, and Commissioners of 
Supply, of the county of Perth, praying that the 
Railways Bill may not pass into a law, or at least 
that Scotland may be exempted from the operation 
of such Bill, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition William M. Christy and others, pray- Receipt 
ing either for the repeal of the present Receipt Stamps. 
Stamp Tax, or the modification of it to an uniform 
rate of one penny on all receipts of and above five 
pounds, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator and remanent Mem- Registering 
bers of the Kirk Session of Austruther Wester, Births, &amp;c. 
praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) ; Lg 
and, the Marriage (Scotland) Bills may not pass into (Scotland) 
law, was preseated, and read; and ordered to lie Bills. 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Rector, Churchwardens and Settlement. 

others, of the parish of Kirton, in the county of 
Suffolk, praying the House to pass a law doing 
away with Parochial Settlement, and erecting an 
Union Settlement in lieu thereof, and which law 
shall at the same time provide for the maintenance 
of the poor by a national rate, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on Set- 
tlement and Poor Removal. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Population, Population. 
Poor Relief, &amp;c. (Scotland), which were presented Poor Relict. 
upon the 6th day of this instant May last, be printed. No. 396. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the British British 
Museum, which was presented upon Wednesday Museum. 
last, be printed. No. 396. 





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Poor Law Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law 
Unions Unions (Ireland), which was presented yesterday, 
(Ireland.) be printed 
No. 397. P ‘ 
Public Ordered, That the Return relative to Public Re- 
Records. _ cords, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
No. 398. 
Navigation Ordered, That the Paper relative to Navigation 
Laws. Laws, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
No. 399. 
Public Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 


Records. Command,—Copy of Eighth Report of the Deputy 
Keeper of the Public Records. 


Pentonville Copy of Fifth Report of the Commissioners for the 

Prison. Government of the Pentonville Prison, made in pur- 
suance of the Act 5 and 6 Vic., Sess. 2, c. 29, s. 13. 

Collieries. Copy of Reports on the Gases and Explosions in 


Collieries, by Sir Henry T. De La Beche, Dr. 
Lyon Playfair and Mr. Warington Smyth. 
Ordered, Thatthe said Papers do lieupon the Table. 


Poor Law Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to the 
(reland.) — directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of a Ge- 
neral Order issued by the Poor Law Commissioners 
to the Guardians of the Poor of certain Unions in 
Ireland, providing for the Supplemental Election of 
Guardians to supply Vacancies existing in the seve- 
ral Boards of Guardians of those Unions. 
Ordered, That the said Paperdo lie upon the Table. 


Convict Dis- Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
_— = mand,—Copy of further Correspondence on the 
ion Subject of Convict Discipline and Transportation 
(in continuation of Papers presented 16th February 
and 15th April, 1847). 

Van Diemen’s Mr. Hawes also presented,—Further Return to 
Land. an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of 
No. 400. March last, for Copies of Correspondence between 
the Secretary of State and Sir Eardley Wilmot, 
Baronet, relative to the recal of the latter from the 

Government of Van Diemen’s Land. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table ; and that the last be printed. 


Messagefrom § A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson 
the Lords. = and Sir William Horne : 
Mr. Speaker, 
Newhaven The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
mn Aer Act for more effectually maintaining the Harbour of 
gation and Vewhaven, and the Navigation of the River Ouse 
Lewesand between Newhaven and Lewes aud Laughton Levels, 
a all in the County of Susser, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 
Rochdale The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Waterworks Act for better supplying with Water the Inhabitants 
ss of the Town and Borough of Rochdale, and of seve- 
ral Townships and Places, all in the Parish of Roch- 
dale, in the County of Lancaster, with Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House:—And then the Mes- 
sengers withdrew. 


Railroad Bills. A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That in every Bill to enable a Railroad 
Company which, by any Act or Acts of Parliament, 
is now authorized to construct, purchase, or take on 
lease any Line or Lines of Railroad, to raise an addi- 
tional capital by shares, loan or mortgage, for the 
completion or extension of such Line or Lines of 
Railroads, or for the purchase or taking on lease, or 
amalgamation with any other Railroad or Canal, a 
Clause shall be introduced, providing that the Com- 
pany shall not raise such capital until it has rea- 
lised the whole of the capital which by existing Acts 
it is authorized to raise, or so much thereof as is 
sufficient for the completion of the works, or for 
other objects sanctioned by Parliament:—And a 
Debate arising thereupon ; 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Friday next. 





Mazz, 527 

Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Standing 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions, which Orders; 
were read as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition of the Great North- 
Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston and Eastern 7 —— 
Junction Railway Company (presentel 7th May), — 
against the Great Northern Selina (Deviations London and 
between London and Grantham) Bill, the Committee — 
on the said Bill ought to entertain the same, when” ~ 
it shall have been referred to them, provided that 
there be no other objection to the said Petition than 
that arising from its having been presented after the 
time limited by the House. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Jnverness Inverness 
Harbour and Navigation Petition for additional sate and. 
Provision, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- — 
pensed with; That the Parties be permitted to in- 
troduce such additional Provision, if the Committee 
on the Bill shall so think fit. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Zondon and London and 
North Western Railway (Purchase of the Earl of NorthWestern 
Ellesmere’s Interest in the Manchester South Junc- en of 
tion and Altrincham Railway) Petition for additional the Earl of 
Provision, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- Ellesmere’s 
pensed with ; That the Parties be permitted to in- 1ntcrest in the 


aie sige 7 : Manchester 
troduce such additional Provision, if the Committee South Junc- 
on the Bill shall so think fit. tion and 
Altrincham 
Railway) Bill. 


4. Resolved, That in the case of the North West- NorthWestern 
ern Railway (Diversions at Skipton, Casterton and Railway 
Sedbergh) “Petition for additional Provision, the Sinton. 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; That Casterton and 
the Parties be permitted to introduce such addi- Sedbergh) 
tional Provision, if the Committee on the Bill shall ®! 
so think fit. 


5. Resolved, That in the case of the North Staf- North Staf- 
fordshire Railway (Alterations and Branches) Peti- ta 
tion for additional Provision, the Standing Orders iene aie 
ought to be dispensed with; That the Parties be Branches) 
permitted to introduce such additional Provision, if B#- 

the Committee on the Bill shall so think fit, if the 

same shall contain no power to take lands compul- 

sorily. 

6. Resolved, That in the case of the Blackburn, Blackburn, 
Darwen and Bolton Railway Acts Amendment as 
(Diversions of Line in the Parishes of Blackburn way Acts 
and Bolton-in-the-Moors) Petition for additional Amendment 
Provision, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- emg of 
pensed with ; That the Parties be permitted to in- Parishes of 
troduce such additional Provision, if the Committee Blackburn and 
on the Bill shall so think fit. no 
The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Great North- 
of the Petition of the Ambergate, Nottingham, Bos- pobre 
ton and Eastern Junction Railway Company, against (O¢viations 
the Great Northern Railway (Deviations between London and 
London and Grantham) Bill, which was this day Grantham) 
made from the Select Committee on Standing Or- - 

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

Ordered, That the Petition of the Ambergate, 

Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway 
Company, which was presented upon the 7th day of 
this instant May, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the said Bill, be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their Pe- 
tition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee to entertain the same, notwithstanding it 
was not presented within the time limited by the 
House. 


The House was moved, That the Report in a London and 


of the Petition for additional Provision in the Lon- North Western 
Railway Com 





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don and North Western Railway Company (Pur- pny (Pur- 
3x4 chase 


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528 


chase of the Earl of Ellesmere’s Interest in the Man- 
mere’s Interest Chester South Junction and Altrincham Railway) 
inthe Man- Bill, which was this day made from the Select Com- 
chester South mittee on Standing Orders, might be read ; and the 
Junction and . ' 

‘Altrincham %@me being read ; 

Railway) Bil. | Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have power to make 
Provision therein, pursuant to the prayer of the said 
Petition. 


North Staf- The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
fordshire Rail- of the Petition for additional Provision in the North 
way &lt;Altera- Staffordshire Railway (Alterations and Branches) 
Branches) Bill, Bill, which was this day made from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have power to make 
Provision therein, pursuant to the prayer of the said 
Petition, if the same shall contain no power to take 
lands compulsorily. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a detailed and particular Statement of the Receipts 
and Disbursements of the Commissioners of the 
River Wear and Port of Sunderland, in each year 
since 1842 :—And, a Return of the Number of Ships 
built in the Port, and the Amount of their Tonnage 
in each year since 1842 (in addition to the Parlia- 
mentary Return, No. 328, of this Session). 


«hase of the 
Karl of Elles- 


River Wear 
and Port of 
Sunderland. 


Boa Vista 
Fever. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Letter addressed by Sir Wil- 
liam Pym to the Lords of the Council, dated April 
23d 1847 (headed “ Eclair”’ Fever), relative toa Re- 
port on the Fever at Boa Vista, one of the Cape 
Verd Islands, by Dr. ‘William, presented to the 
House of Commons in pursuance of an Address of 
the 16th day of March 1847. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
Glasgow, Ordered, That there be laid before this House, so 
—- much of the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
way Company. the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway Com- 
mittee in Group 51 as relates to the Subscription 
Capital and Deposits of that Company. 


Glasgow, 
Paisley, Kil- 
marnock and 
Ayr Railway 
Company. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, so 
much of the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway 
Committee in Group 50 as relates to the Purchase 
of the Stock in other Railways by that Company. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Loan Discount Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair : 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


Loan Discount 
Bill. 


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


Sabbati, 15° die Maii, 1847: 


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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 28th day of this instant May. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission- 
ers Bill. 


14°—15° Mai. 





A. 1847. 


The Order of the day being read,"for the 
Reading of the Railways Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Railways 


Second Railways Bill 


(Ireland) 


Reading of the Railways (Ireland) (No. 2.) Bill; (No. 2.) Bill 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second yd Piers 
ne of the Fishery Piers and Harbours (Jreland) (Ireland) Bil, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Metropolitan 
Reading of the Metropolitan Buildings Bill; uildings Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Supply 
further consideration the sixteenth of the Resolu- (0th May.) 
tions which, upon Monday last, were reported from 
the Committee of Supply ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 
further consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Passengers 
mittee on the Passengers Act Amendment Bill; — Act?Amend- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ™™ - 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Incumbered 
mittee on the Incumbered Estates (/reland) Bill; ireland Bat 

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


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

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
+ Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Prisons Bill 
mittee on the Prisons Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Custody of Offenders Bill ; 

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


Custody of 
Offenders Bill 


Mr. Greene reported the Turnpike-roads (Zre- Turnpike- 
land) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 70@ds (Ire- 

land) Bill 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


Mr. Greene reported the Lunatic Asylums (J7e- Lunatic 
land) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and Asylums ‘iL 
(Ireland) B 
agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The ingrossed Bill for consolidating in one Act Towns Im- 
certain Provisions usually contained in Acts for Po rea Bil 
paving, draining, re lighting and improving 
Towns, was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon Smithficl 
the 18th day of March last, That a Select Committee Marke* 
be appointed to inquire into the necessity for the 
removal of Smithfield Market, as a nuisance in the 
centre of the British Metropolis, to some appropriate 
site, comprising an area of not less than twelve 
acres, and the establishment of Abattoirs in the 

vicinity 








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Bill 


of Birkenhead they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 


10 Vicroriz. 


vicinity of London, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 
A Committee was nominated of Viscount Mahon, 
Lord Robert Grosvenor, Mr. William Bingham Bar- 
ing, Mr. Sidney Herbert, Mr. Manners Sutton, Mr. 
Eliot Yorke, Mr. Kemble, Sir Edmund Filmer, Mr. 
Bramston, Mr. Alderman Copeland, Mr. Masterman, 
Mr. William Miles and Mr. Stafford O’ Brien, with 
power to send for persons, papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


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

Fishery (Scot- increase the Number of the Trustees for the Herring 

land) Bill. Fishery, and to direct the application of the Funds 
granted for the promotion of Manufactures and Im- 
provements in Scotland: And that Mr. Gibson 
Craig, Lord John Russell and the Lord Advocate 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


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








Sabbati, 15° die Maiz ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


Committees. QPRDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting, and not- 
withstanding any adjournment of the House. 


Birkenhead Petitions of Inhabitants of Birkenhead, in the 
Improvement county of Chester ;——Householders of the town- 
(Gas Works) 


and Purchase Ships of Higher and Lower Bebington, in the 
of Birkenhead hundred of Wirral, in the county of Chester ; 





—.” Householders of the township of Ozton, in the 
Bill. * hundred of Wirral, in the county of Chester ;—— 


Householders of the township of Tranmere, in the 
hundred of Wirral, in the county of Chester ; 
Householders and Owners of property in the parish 
of Wallasey, in the hundred of Wirral, and county 
of Chester ;——and, the Birkenhead and Claughton 
Gas and Water Company; praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Birkenhead Improve- 
ment (Gas Works) and Purchase of Birkenhead 
and Claughton Gas Works Bill,—were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Peti- 
tions, 





Birkenhead . Petitions of the Birkenhead and Claughton Gas 
provement and Water Company ; —— and, Householders of 
yam tag Birkenhead, in on sae of Chester; praying that 
ee agents, against certain parts of the Birkenhead 
Bill, Improvement (Waterworks) and Purchase of Bir- 
kenhead and Claughton Waterworks Bill,— were 

presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Sorters A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land, in 
a Right the county of Dorset, praying that the Agricultural 
Tenant Right Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 


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


Chemists and 
Dra 


oe Petitions from Burslem (three Petitions) ;—Zam- 
gists, 


beth ; — Leominster ;— Peckham; — and, Brixton; 
praying the House to pass a Bill for regulating the 
qualification of Chemists and Druggists in England 
and Wales,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Vou, 102, 


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A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Health of 
gesses of the borough of Carlisle, praying that the Towns Bill, 
Health of Towns Bill may not pass into a law, 
without provision being made therein for placing 
the officers to be paid out of the public funds under 
the control of the council or other governing bodies 
of such towns, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Piano Forte Makers of Zondon ; 
praying that the said Bill may pass into a Jaw, 
was also = and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table, 


Petitions from Hugh Statham ;— Robert C. Clay ; Medical Regis- 
— Birmingham ; — Charles Merit Rigg ; — John ee 
Jones ; — Henry Edward Beck; — William Mark ‘xyrenament, 
Powell ;—Joseph Johnson ;—Joseph Smith ;— Will- Bi, 
iam Legge ;—Charles M‘ Dermott ;— and, William 
Squire ; praying that the Medical Registration and 
Medical Law Amendment Bill may pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported the Loan Discount Bill ; Loan Discount 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendinents, 


be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


The ingrossed Bill to continue certain Acts for Turnpike- 
regulating Turnpike-roads in Jreland, was, according — ni 
to Order, read the third time. wn 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to continue until the Thirty-first 
day of July One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
eight, and to the end of the then Session of Par- 
liament, certain Acts for regulating Turnpike-roads 
in Ireland. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to continue an Act of the Lunatic 
fifth and sixth years of Her present Majesty, for Asylums nL 
amending the Law relative to Private Lunatic ee 
Asylums in Ireland was, according to Order, read 
the third time ; 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act tocontinue until the Thirty-first 
day of July One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
eight, and to the end of the then next Session of 
Parliament, an Act of the fifth and sixth years of 
Her present Majesty, for amending the Law relative 
to Private Lunatic Asylums in Ireland. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


Mr. Parker presented a Bill to increase the Herring 
Number of the Trustees for the Herring Fishery, ae 
and to direct the application of the Funds granted ” ; 
for the promotion of Manufactures and Improve- No. 402, 
ments in Scotland: And the same was read the first 

time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 

Monday next; and be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect NorthWestern 
of the Petition for additional Provision in the North ome. 
Western Railway (Diversions at Skipton, Caster- Skipton, 
ton and Sedbergh) Bill, which was yesterday made Casterton and 
from the Select Committee on Standing Orders, Sedbergh) Bill 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 

mittee on the Bill, that they have power to make 

Provision therein, pursuant to the prayer of the said 

Petition. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- Blackburn, 


spect of the Petition for additional Provision in weg 
the Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton Railway Acts way Acts 
Amendment (Diversions of Line in the Parishes Amendment 


of Blackburn and Bolton-in-the-Moors) Bill, which pa eg of 
was yesterday made from the Select Committee on parishes of 
Standing Orders, might be read; and the same Blackburnand 
being read ; s cone gl 
oors) Bill. 





3Y Ordered, 


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530 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have power to make 
Provision therein, pursuant to the prayer of the said 
Petition. 








Windsor Ordered, That the Windsor Castle and Town Ap- 

oOo and roaches Improvement and Removal of Datchet 

Seahat ie» Bridge Bill, be printed. 

ee Reayay. And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 

of Datchet 

Bridge Bill. 

No, 403. - os 
7 Lune, 17° die Maii ; 
Anno 10° Victoriz Regine, 18 47. 
PRAYERS. 

Captain . M R. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of 

ee ee the East India Company, was called in; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to Order,—Copies of 
all Correspondence between the East India Com- 
pany and their Residents at Lucknow, from the 
years 1775 to 1801, inclusive, respecting the Appoint- 
ment of Captain Robert Frith to the command of 
the Temporary Brigade in the Service of the King 
of Oude, and including the Letter of the Governor- 
General (Lord Wellesley) to Saadid Ali Khan, Na- 
bob of Lucknow :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Paper dolie upon the Table. 
Metropolis Mr. Wright, from the Metropolis Turnpike-roads 
be — Office, was called in; and at the bar presented, 


pursuant to the directions of an Act of Parliament, 
—The Twenty-first Report of the Commissioners 
of the Metropolis Turnpike-roads North of the 
Thames :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending Com- 

Pi ect ana Mittees of this House, presented, pursuant to Orders, 

Birmingham, —Minutes of the Proceedings of the Committee on 

Wolverhamp- the Birmingham and Oxford Junction, and Bir- 

= and Dud- mingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley Railways 

pen oa * Amalgamation Bill, and the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken in support of the preamble of the Bill. 


tion Bill. 
Windsor Rail- Minutes of the Proceedings of the Committee 


way Bill; and, on the Windsor Railway Bill, and the London and 


Birmingham 
and Oxford 


ca ond en South Western Railway (Richmond to Staines and 
Railway Windsor, &amp;c.) Bill, and of the Evidence ‘taken in 


(Richmond to support of the preamble of the Bills. 


Windows he.) ‘ — That the said Minutes do lie upon the 
able. 


Bill. 

Sunderland Ordered, That the Committee on the Sunderland 

ee yuent? Improvement, Markets and Bridge Bill have leave 

Bridge Bill, to sit this day, till five of the clock, during the sit- 
ting of the House. 


Railway Bills, Ordered, That the Committee on Group No. 7 of 
Group No.7. Railway Bills have leave to sit this day, till five of 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Railway Bills, | Ordered, That the Committee on Group No. 31 of 
Group No. 31. Railway Bills have leave to sit this day, till five of 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Glasgow, Sir John Yarde Buller reported the Glasgow, 

a Dumfries and Carlisle Railway, and Glasgow, Pais- 

way, and ley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway (No. 1.) Bill, with 
Amendments. 


Glasgow, — 
Paisley, Kil- Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


marnock and &gt; 

Ayr Railway and be printed. 

(No. 1.) Bill. 

British An ingrossed Bill to repeal an Act of the Second 
ee year of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, 
Company intituled, An Act to enable the British Commercial 


(No. 2.) Bill. Insurance Company to sue and be sued in the name 
of one of the Directors, or of the Secretary for the 
time being of the Company; and to enable the said 
Company to sue and be sued in the name of one of 
their Directors, or of their Secretary for the time 
being, was read the third time. 


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Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. James do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Manchester, 
before the Committee on the Manchester, Bolton and aoa E and 
Bury Navigation and Railway Extensions Bill, in °U\Y “8vi- 

: : t 
the last Session of Parliament, be referred to the Railway lex. 
Committee on the Manchester and Southport Rail- tensions Bill 


way Bill. (1846.) 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Thames Con- 
Thames Conservancy Bill have leave to sit, and pro- servancy Bill 
ceed, upon Friday next, at Twelve of the clock. 


An ingrossed Bill to amalgamate the Birkenhead Birkenhead 
and Herculaneum Dock Company, and to amend Dock og 
the Provisions of the Acts relating thereto, was ee l 
read the third time. Dock Com- 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. pany a 

Ordered, Tnat Sir Philip Egerton do carry the on 


Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group No. 20 of Railway Bills, 
Railway Bills have leave to sit this day, till Five of @70UP No. 20. 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Caledonian Rail- Caledonian 
way Company to make a Branch Railway from the re 
Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway to Secsaite: end 
Glasgow, and to enlarge the Station in that City, Coatbridge 
was réad the third time. ae 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Ghenee and 
Ordered, That Mr. Lockhart do carry the Bill to Station) Bill. 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to alter and amend an Act, in- Dunfermline 
tituled, An Act for providing in or near the Burgh a 
of Cupar more extensive Accommodation for hold- pin, — 
ing the Courts and Meetings of the Sheriff, Justices 
of the Peace and Commissioners of Supply of the 
County of Fife; and for the Custody of the Records 
of the said County, and to authorize the Commis- 
sioners acting under the authority of that Act to 
provide a Court House at Dunfermline for the Ac- 
commodation of the Courts of the Sheriff and Jus- 
tices of the Peace in the Western District of the 
said County, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lockhart do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London 
the Report on the London Sewage Chemical Manure so al 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. }fanure Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


Ordered, That leave be given to Mr. John Jones Chester and 
Bateman to appear and be heard on his Petition — 
before the Committee on the Chester and Holyhead (Extensions at 
Railway (Extensions at Chester and Holyhead, &amp;c.) Chester and 
(No. 2.) Bill. EY 

Sir Robert Peel reported from the Committee on Great Indian 
the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Bill; That ana 
the Parties promoting the Bill had stated to the “™" 
Committee, that it was not their intention to pro- 
ceed further with the same during the present Session 
of Parliament. 

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


Mr. Greene reported the Bridge House Estates Bridge House 
Debt Bill, with Amendments. —— Debt 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported the Dublin and Belfast Dublin and 


Junction and Navan Branch Railway Bill, with Belfast = 
Amendments. Navan Branch 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Railway Bill. 
and be printed. 
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Dublin and Mr. Greene reported the Dublin and Drogheda 
— Railway (Purchase of Navan Branch, &amp;c.) Bill, 


y a 

Purchase of With Amendments. 

Navan Branch, Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
&amp;c.) Bill, and be printed. 


Dundalk and 
Enniskillen 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Greene reported the Dundalk and Enniskillen 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Dunfermline Mr. Greene reported the Dunfermline Water- 
a works Bill, with Amendments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Eastern Coun- Mr. Greene reported the Eastern Counties Rail- 
tga way (Maldon, Witham and Braintree Railway Pur- 
Witham and Chase) Bill, with Amendments. 


Braintree Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Railway Pur- ond be printed. 
chase) Bill. 


East Lincoln- Mr. Greene reported the East Lincolnshire Rail- 
shire Railway way (Deviation at Boston, and Branch to Great 


staged Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway at Grimsby) 


_—— to . Bill, with Amendments. 

reatGTrims ° 5 
or Sheffield”  O7dered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Junction and be printed. 

Railway at 

Grimsby) Bill. 


Great South- 


Mr. Greene reported the Great Southern and 
ern and West- 


Western Railway Extension (Portarlington to Tul- 


orn a lamore) Bill, with Amendments. 
(Portarlington Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


to Tullamore) : 
Bill and be printed. 


Lowestoft Mr. Greene reported the Lowestoft Railway and 

poses d and Harbour (Alteration near Reedham) Bill, with 

( ‘Alteration Amendments. 

near Reed- Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

ham) Bill, and be printed. 

Norfolk Rail- Mr. Greene reported the Norfolk Railway (Yar- 

ps. ll mouth Extension) Bill, with Amendments. 

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

Norfolk Rail- § Mr, Greene reported the Norfolk Railway (Branch 

je gga from Wymondham to the Norwich Extension of the 


Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway, and the 
proposed Thetford and Reedham Railway near Diss) 
Bill, with Amendments. 

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


mondham to 
the Norwich 
Extension of 
the Ipswich 
and Bury St. 
Edmund’s 
Railway, and 
the proposed Thetford and Reed- 
ham Railway, near Diss) Bill. 


Payne's Mr. Greene reported Payne’s Patents Assignment 
Patents As- Bill, with Amendments. 
sigument Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Swansea and Mr. Greene reported the Swansea and Amman 

Amman Junc- Junction Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Warrington Mr. Greene reported the Warrington Gas Light 
a — and and Coke Bill, with Amendments. 
cision Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Waterford Mr. Greene reported the Waterford Road Bill, 
Road Bil. with a verbal Amendment; and the Amendment 
was read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendment, 
be ingrossed. 
Wexford Free | Mr. Greene reported the Wezford Free Bridge 


Bridge Bil. Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report dolie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported the Falmouth Waterworks 
Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

VoL. 102, 


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An ingrossed Bill for making a Branch Railway southampton 
from the Southampton and Dorchester Railway at and Dorches- 
Moreton to Weymouth, and for other Purposes, was (Wenmouth 
read the third time. been Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Duffryn 

the Report on the Duffryn Liynvi and Porth Cawl Tlynvi and 
and Lint Valley Railways Amalgamation Bill ; ney te 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. Valley Rail- 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, ¥@ys Amalga 
be ingrossed. oe 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Croydon Croydon | 
Commercial Gas and Coke Bill be revived :—And sp 
that they have leave to sit, and proceed, To-morrow, Coke Bill. 


at Twelve of the clock. 


Mr. Gisborne reported the Saffron Walden Rates Saffron 
Bill, with Amendments. Walden Rates 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. _ 


Mr. Bernal reported the Eastern Counties Rail- Eastern Coun- 
way Extension (Cambridge to Bedford, &amp;c.) Bill, ane ad 
with Amendments. (Cambridge 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; to Bedford, 
and be printed. &amp;c.) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Rochdale 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- — 
tituled, An Act for better supplying with Waterthe 
Inhabitants of the Town and Borough of Rochdale, 
and of several Townships and Places, all in the Pa- 
rish of Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster ; and 
the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 12.1. 36. Leave out from “ Act” to “as” 
in |, 38. 

. Pr. 25. 1. 37. After “ aforesaid” insert Clause 
(A.) 

Curause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That not- 
“ withstanding any thing in the Waterworks Clauses 
“ Act, 1847, contained, it shall be lawful for the 
“ Company in the construction of the catchwater 
“ drains upon the said common, moor or waste 
lands within the said townships of Spotland and 
“ Wuerdle and Wardle, to deviate from the line of 
“ such drains as delineated on the said Plans depo- 
sited as aforesaid, to the extent of the limits of 
deviation defined thereon, provided that no such 
deviation shall extend to a greater distance than 
‘ fifty yards.” 

Pr. 27.1. 21. Leave out “ spring” and insert 
‘ springs.” 

Pr, 27. 1. 24. Leave out “ land” and insert 
“ Jands.” 

Pr. 41.1. 23. Leave out “ road or.” 

Pr. 41. 1. 24, After “lands” insert “ situate 
within such manor, or any road over the same.” 

Pr. 41. 1. 28, Leave out from “ them” to “ to,” 
in 1. 34. 

Pr. 42.1.7. Leave out from “ ladies” to “ for,” 
in |. 10. 

Pr. 43.1. penult. Leave out “ by” and insert 
“ under the lands of.” 

Pr. 45. 1. 10, Leave out “ seven” and insert 
“ three.” 

Pr. 45. 1. 12. After “ Act” insert “ except as 
regards the said common, moor or waste lands, 
with respect to which such powers may be exer- 
“ cised, for a period of five years after the passing 
‘ of this Act.” 

Pr. 49. 1. 16. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 51. 1, 33. After “ entitled” insert “ the ex- 
pressions, the recited Act, and the suid recited. 
Act, shall mean the Act passed in the second 
“ year of the reign of Her present Majesty Queen 
“ Victoria, hereinbefore mentioned and hereby re- 
“ pealed.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 


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532 


Ordered, That Mr. Sharman Crawford do carry 
the Bill to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


York Im- Viscount Ingestre reported the York Improve- 
= ment, Lendal Bridge and Approaches Bill, with 
Bridge and Amendments. 

Approaches Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Ross, _ Mr. Forbes Mackenzie reported the Ross, Cro- 
Pent of Nairn marty and Part of Nairn District Roads Bill, with 


District Roads Amendments. 
Bill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ryde Im- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
~~ the Report on the Ryde Improvement Bill; and 


the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


An ingrossed Bill to amalgamate the Eastern 
Union and Jpswich and Bury Saint Edmund's 
Railway Companies, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Captain Gladstone do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


Eastern Union 
and Ipswich 
and Bury Saint 
Edmund's 
Railways 
Amalgama- 
tion Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Resolution of 
the House of the 22d day of April last, That all 
Railway Bills in the present Session be referred to 
the Railway Commissioners, for their Report to 
this House upon the following points previously to 
a decision on the Preamble of any Bill by the Com- 
mittee thereon : 

Thatevery Report so to be made upon each Bill, 
shall state the amount of the capital proposed to be 
raised, and of the loans proposed to be authorized 
by the Bill; and if, under the provisions of such 
Bill, any powers are to be given to any Company 
already incorporated, of raising further capital or 
loans, or of making alterations, branches or exten- 
sions of their existing lines, or of purchasing or 
leasing any other lines made or to be made, or of 
subscribing to the capital, or guaranteeing the capital 
of, or amalgamating with other Companies ; such 
Report shall also state the powers granted by any 
former Act or Acts to such Companies already in- 
corporated for any of the above purposes, and of the 
manner ‘in which, and extent to which, such powers 
have been exercised; and the Report shall further 
state the opinion of the Commissioners thereon, and 
also their opinion as to any special provisions with 
which it may in any case be expedient to accompany 
the grant of any powers for any of the above-men- 
a purposes, might be read; and the same being 
read; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question be- 
ing put, That the said Resolution be suspended for 
the remainder of the Session ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Fitzroy, 

Yeas, { Mr. Cripps: 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Strutt, 

Noes, \ Lord Marcus Hill: 

So it passed in the Negative. 


Railway Bills. 


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Dublin 
Consumers 
Gas Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Dublin Consumers Gas Bill; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Mr. Bankes reported the Glasgow, Paisley, and 
Greenock Railway (Branches at Port Glasgow) 
Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Glasgow, 
Paisley and 
Greenock 
Railway 
(Branches at 
Port Glasgow) 
Bill. 


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A. 1847. 


and Glasgow, 


Mr. Bankes reported the Glasgow, Paisley Poidee Gas 
ey an 


Greenock Railway (Amendment and Branches to ’ 

the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr, the by pte 

Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston, and the Glasgow, ment and 

Strathaven and Lesmahagow Railways, and to Haugh gy = 

Pits) Bill, with Amendments. Paisley Kil.’ 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


marnock and 
and be printed. As, Soe. 


gow, Barrhead 
and Neilston, and the Glasgow, Strathaven and Les- 
mahagow Railways, and to Haugh Pits) Bill. 


Mr. Bankes reported from the Committee on the Kilmarnock 
Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct Railway Bill; That Sallvay Bin” 
the Committee had heard Counsel and Evidence 
in proof of the Preamble, and had declined further 
to proceed with the Bill, no primd facie case of 
— necessity or of public convenience having 

een laid before them, as would have justified them 
in proceeding further therewith. 

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


Mr. Bankes reported the Glasgow, Kilmarnock. Glasgow, 
and Ardrossan Railway (Amendment, Deviations ee 
and Branches) Bill, with Amendments. Railway tia 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; CAmeniment,_ 

: eviations an 
and be printed. Branches) Bill. 

Mr. Bankes reported the Glasgow, Paisley, Kil- Pe tg . 
marnock and Ayr Railway, and Ayrshire and Bridge jiimock and 
of Weir Railway (No. 3.) Bill, with Amendments. Ayr Railway, 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; yr — 
and be printed. Weir Railway 
(No, 3.) Bill. 
Mr. Bankes reported the Glasgow, Paisley, Kil- Glasgow, 


marnock and Ayr Railway (No. 2.) Bill, with Amend- Paisley, Kil- 
ments. pony x Ren 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; (No, 2.) Bill. 


and be printed. 


Mr. Bankes reported the Glasgow, Barrhead and Glasgow, 
Neilston Direct Railway Bill, with Amendments. ae and 

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


Mr. Bankes reported the Paisley and Renfrew Paisley and 
Railway (Sale and Improvement) Bill, with Amend- arta 
ments, all Improvement) 

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


Mr. Bankes reported the Paisley, Barrhead and Paisley, 
Hurlet Railway Bill, with Amendments. over 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration Runcorn Gas 
the Report on the Runcorn Gas Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Belfast Port 
the Report on the Belfast Port and Harbour Bill ; $14 Harbour 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration Glasgow, 
the Report on the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Dumities and 
Railway, and Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and way, and 
Ayr Railway (No. 4.) Bill; and the Amendments Glasgow, _ 
were read, and agreed to. oe eo 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Ayr Railway 
be ingrossed. (No. 4.) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration M‘Leod’s 
the Report on M‘Leod’s (Dalkeith Glebe) Estate =_—, a 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, as follow : wal — 

Pr. 9.1. 39. Leave out from “ shall” to “ And” 
in Pr. 11. 1. 32., and insert “ as soon after the 
“« passing of this Act, and from time to time, as may 


“ be 


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Markets Bill, 


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“ be convenient upon the summary application of 
“ the said Reverend Norman M‘Leod, or his suc- 
cessors in office, or their respective heirs, exe- 
cutors or assignees, enquire into and ascertain the 
sums which shall have been paid, as the costs, 
charges and expenses of applying for, obtaining 
and passing this Act, and of opening and paving 
such streets and passages, making and forming 
such common sewers and drains, and laying such 
service, gas and water pipes, as the said Court of 
Session shall consider necessary for promoting 
the feuing of the said glebe lands, and of per- 
manent advantage to the minister of the said 
parish, and his successors, or in respect of any 
other charges and expenses which may neces- 
sarily be incurred in carrying the purposes of 
this Act into effect, but not exceeding in the whole 
the said sum of eight hundred pounds; and, having 
so done, the said Court of Session shall and may 
from time to time order and direct the amount of 
such costs, charges and expenses, as may be so 
ascertained, to be paid and satisfied by the 
manager of the said Bank of the British Linen 
Company, or the treasurer of the said Bank of 
Scotland, or the cashier of the said Royal Bank 
of Scotland, as the case may be, out of the monies 
which shall have been paid into any of the said 
Banks as aforesaid : Provided always, That if any 
surplus shall remain after the aforesaid purposes 
are fulfilled, the same shall be invested or dis- 
posed for the benefit of the said Reverend Wor- 
man IM‘Leod, and his successors in office, as 
ministers aforesaid, in such way and manner as 
the said Court of Session in either of the divi- 
sions thereof shall think fit to appoint ;” and also 
insert Clause (A.) 
CuausEt (A.) “Provided always, and be it 

* Enacted, That in case at the date when the said 
“ costs, charges and expenses or any part thereof 
“« shall be so ascertained, there shall not be a suf- 
“ ficient sum paid into the said Banks, or either 
of them, in virtue of this Act, to liquidate the 
same, then the amount of such costs, charges and 
expenses so ascertained, or so much thereof as 
shall remain unpaid after applying the whole 
money in the said Banks for that purpose, shall, 
with the legal interest thereof from the date 
when the amount shall have been so ascertained 
by the said Court of Session, form a real burden 
on the said glebe lands, and the rents and feu 
duties thereof; and the ministers of the said parish 
of Dalkeith for the time being shall be bound 
regularly and half yearly to pay the interest on 
the said amount, to the party, in right of the 
decree or finding of the said court, fixing and 
determining the amount so paid and advanced 
as aforesaid: Provided always, That if such 
interest shall not be paid, or if no legal pro- 
ceedings shall be taken and duly prosecuted to 
recover the same within six months after the 
time of payment thereof, the said glebe lands 
and the rents and feu duties thereof shall be 
absolutely freed and released from the payment 
of such interest in all time thereafter, and the 
said interest shall thereafter only exist on a 
personal debt against the minister of the said 
parish of Dalkeith for the time being liable to 
pay the same, and his heirs, executors and repre- 
sentatives: Provided also, That if any succeeding 
minister of the said parish of Dalkeith shall 
become liable to pay or shall pay any such 
interest becoming due during the incumbency of 
any prior minister, he shall be entitled to recover 
the same from the said prior minister, his heirs, 
executors and representatives.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration 
= Report on the Sheffield Markets Bill; and the 
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Mair. 533 


Amendments were read, and agreed to; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


A Moiion being made, That the ingrossed Bill to Cork, Black- 
authorize an Extension of the Cork, Blackrock and tat ” 
Passage Railway to Monkstown, and to amend the yay Gl 
Act relating thereto, be now read the third time ; 

Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to authorize an Alteration in Cork and 
the Line of the Cork and Bandon Railway, and an eng Rail- 
Extension thereof into the City of Cork, and to way Bill. 
amend the Act relating to the said Railway, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Greene reported the Plymouth and Tavistock Plymouth and 
Road (No. 2.) Bill, with Amendments. Read (No. 2.) 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Bin. 

Mr. Greene reported the Wakefield Market Bill, Wakeficla 
with Amendments. Market Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Deedes reported from the Committee on Yeovil, 
Group No. 6 of Railway Bills; That the Parties a ay 
promoting the Yeovil, Bridport and Exeter Railway way (with 
(with Branches) Bill, had stated to the Committee Branches) Bill. 
that the evidence of Richard Kayes and Charles 
Godwin, both of Shaftesbury, was essential, to 
enable them to establish their case before the Com- 
mittee ; and it having been proved that their attend- 
ance could not be procured without the interven- 
tion of the House, he had been instructed by the 
Committee to move the House, That Richard Kayes 
and Charles Godwin do attend the said Committee 
on Thursday next, the 20th May, at Twelve o’clock. 

Ordered, That Richard Kayes and Charles God- 
win do attend the said Committee upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve of the clock, 


General Lygon reported the Commercial Gas Commercial 
Light and Coke Company Bill, with Amendments, Gas Light 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Company Bill. 

Mr. Protheroe reported the Waterford and Lime- Waterford and 
rick Railway Bill, with Amendments. in 

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


Ordered, That the Petition of William M. Christy Receipt 
and others, relative to Receipt Stamps, which was Stamps. 
presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Relfast 
mand,—Amended Estimate, to be substituted for Academical 
that for the _ Academical Institution, No. 10, stitution. 
Class 4, of the Estimates for Miscellaneous Services No. 404. 
for the year ending 31st March 1848, 

A Return showing the Average daily Number of Public Works 
Persons employed on Relief Works in Ireland, “*eland.) 


during the week ending the 8th of May 1847; also, No. 405. 
the Cost, ie. the Amount paid in Wages ; 
and the Cost of the Establishment; so far as can 
be made out from the Estimates and Pay Lists 
already received. 
Copy of Report on the Harbour of Refuge to be Dover Hare 


constructed in Dover Bay. 


Refuge. 
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534 


Mr. Parker also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of March 
last, for a Copy of the Report of the ten of 
Refuge Commission of 1846, on the several Modes 
of Construction referred to the Commission for their 
Opinion, and Copies of all the Papers connected 
therewith. 

Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to Orders,— 
An Account of the Amount of Deficiency Bills is- 
sued to the Bank of England, in each Quarter, since 


Harbours of 
Refuge, 


Deficiency 
Bills. 


the 5th day of January 1842, stating the Dates of | 
Issue and of Repayment severally, and the Rate per 


cent. of Interest paid to the Bank on the same; 
also, the Ageregate Amount of Interest paid for such 
Deficiency Bills, in each of the five years ended the 
5th ‘day of January 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846 and 
1847 ; with an Appendix. 

A Return of the Amount of Public Money ap- 
plied for in Jreland for Drainage under the Act 
9 Vic., c. 4, or Summary Proceedings of that Act, 
and the Acts 5 and 6 Vice., c. 89, and 8 and 9 Vic., 
c. 89; the Date of each Application, and of each 
Advance of Money actually made under the above- 
mentioned Acts, prior to the 1st day of March. 

Further Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of 
March last, for Returns of the Number of Extraor- 
dinary Sessions held in each Barony, in the County 
of Clare, under the Act 9 and 10 Vic., c. 107; the 
Sum presented at each; distinguishing the Sums 
granted for completing unfinished Works from those 
granted for new Works, and the Gross Amount 
thereof :—Specifying the several Works as described 
in the Schedules for each Barony, the Amount 
granted for each Work at each Special Sessions, 
distinguishing the Sums expended for Labour, Im- 
plements, Overseers, Stewards, Pay Clerks and 
Check Clerks, in respect to each Work; also, the 
Amount deducted from each of the Sums granted 
under the head of Contingencies, with a Statement 
showing whether the Sum still in hand, in respect 
to each Work, be or be not sufficient to complete 
the same :—And, specifying the respective Sums 
granted for Works in each Barony which have not 
yet commenced, and the Gross Amount thereof. 

An Account of the Imports of Foreign Linen, 
Cotton and Woollen Manufactures, and of Foreign 
Glass, Cutlery and Hardware of all sorts, in the 
year ending the 5th day of January 1847, compared 
with*the Imports of the same Foreign Manufactures 
of the preceding year. 

Accounts of the Quantities of Cheese imported 
into the several Ports of Great Britain, in each 
month of the year 1846, distinguishing the Euro- 
pean, United States and Colonial Produce :—And, 
of all European Cheese, exclusive of British Cheese, 
exported from England in the year 1846 (in conti- 
nuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 290, of Ses- 
sion, 1846). 

Accounts of the Amount of the Dividends pay- 
able to the public, at each Quarter, since 1842 :— 
Of the Amount of the Public Deposits in the Bank 


Drainage 
(Ireland.) 


Clare County. 


Foreign 
Linen, &amp;c. 


Cheese. 


Dividends, &amp;c. 


of England, in each Quarter, since the 5th day of 


January 1842, on the day when the Advances on 
the Deficiency Bills were issued :—And, of the 


Amount of Balance in the Exchequer, at each 


Quarter, since 1842. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table; and that the two first be printed. 
China Trad: 


Ports of China, for the year 1846. 


Copies of Rules and Regulations concerning the 
Trade in China (for the half year ending December 


31,1846). 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


‘Table. 


Shipping. 


17° Maiz. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Returns of the Trade of the various 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


A, 1847. 


1845 and 1846, for Ports in British North America, 
| stating whether with Cargoes or in Ballast. 
| Two Petitions from Dundee, praying that the Edinburgh 
Edinburgh and Perth Railway Bill may pass into ong 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to y 

lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Sir John Trollope, Baronet, taking Great North- 
notice of the Great Northern Railway (Deviations aoe —? 
between London and Grantham) Bill, complaining —- 
of certain matters which have arisen before the Com- ime 
mittee during the progress of the Bill, and praying 224 Gran- 
that he may be aed, by himself, his a z any 
agent, thereupon, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Right honourable James Tho- Leeds and 

mas Earl of Cardigan, the Right honourable John Thirsk Rail- 
Earl of Mexborough, and Owners and Occupiers of vater Wome 
mills, lands and tenements, situate on or near to to Leeds, &amp;c.) 
the becks, rivulets or streams of water called Bil 
Addle Beck, Bentley Beck, Sheepscar Beck and 
Lady Beck, in the townships of Addle, Headingley, 
Chapel Allerton, Potter Newton and Leeds, in the 
West Riding of the county of York, praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Leeds and Thirsk 
Railway (for supplying Water to Leeds, &amp;c.) Bill, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Gentry, Bankers, Merchants, Trades- London and 
men and other Inhabitants of the Town of Saint —— 
Helen’s, in the county of Lancaster, praying that the ‘enti 
London and North Western Railway (Ormskirk and and Rainford, 
Rainford, and other Branches) Bill, may pass into "4 other 

- Branches) Bill. 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Royston and 
gesses of the borough of Cambridge, praying that Hitchin Rail- 
the Royston and Hitchin Railway (Extension from \\5) — 
Royston to Cambridge, &amp;c.) Bill may pass into a Royston to 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie Ye 
upon the Table. —— 


A Petition of William Longmore, Distiller, Milton, Spirits. 
Keith, Banffshire, praying the House to pass a Bill 
for the assimilation of the bonding of British Spirits 
with the system now in force for the bonding of 
Foreign and Colonial Spirits, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to Copyholds. 
Order,—A Return of all Enfranchisements and 
Commutations which have been confirmed by 
or are in progress under the directions of the 
Copyhold Commissioners, from the commencement 
of the Commission to the 31st day of March 
1847; specifying, in each case, the Name of the 
Manor, County and Lord; the nature of the Copy- 
holds and incidents of the Manor; stating also, 
on what events the Fines become payable, and 
whether in any case on the death of the Lord; with 
the Terms agreed upon for the Enfranchisement or 
Commutation. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy- 
which was presented upon the 26th day of Febru- No. 406. 
ary last, be printed. 











Ordered, That the Paper relative to the National National 


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: i an s | j icl S idwite ich Institute of 
Return of the Number of Ships which cleared out | Institute of Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery, which tosiiiite 


from the several Ports in the United Kingdom in | was presented upon Thursday last, be printed. 


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Surgery and 
Midwifery. 
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Customs . Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Customs 
(East India.) (Jqs¢ India), which were presented upon Friday 
No. 408. ast, be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson 


Message from 


the Lords; and Mr. Dowdeswell : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
‘lowing, without Amendment; viz. 
Newmarket A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Newmarket 


and Chester- and Chester ford Railway ——— to extend their 
sea oven A Line of en | to Bury Saint Edmunds, with a 
Branch to the City of Ely. 


Bury St. Ed- 
mund’s, with ; 
a Branch to Ely) Bill. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act for repealing certain Pro- 


visions of the Newmarket and Chesterford Railway 
Act 1846: And also, 


Newmarket 
and Chester- 
ford Railway 
(Repeal of 

ovision 
eet tne Company to use the Line 
of the Eastern Counties Railway) Bill. 


Newmarket The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
~ Gees Act to enable the Newmarket and Chesterford Rail- 


(Extension to Way Company to extend their Line of Railway to 
Thetford) Bill. Thetford, in the county of Norfolk, with Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
‘concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to rectify an Error in an Act of the last Session, 
intituled, “ An Act to enable the Trustees appointed 
by Mrs. Jane Ferguson, deceased, to sell the Lands 
of Laveroklaw, and also certain Subjects situate in 
the Village of Ormiston, vested in them in trust, 
and to apply the Price to be obtained and certain 
Trust Monies in their hands in the Purchase of other 
Lands, for the Purposes of the said Trust,” to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 
And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of any further Reports made to the Board 
of Excise, on the Experiments for distilling from 
Sugar. 


Horne’s 
(Ferguson’s) 
Estate Bill, 


Distilling 
from Sugar. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Non-commissioned Officers 
and Privates, Guards, Cavalry, Infantry, Artillery 
and Marines, employed upon the Recruiting Ser- 
vice; the extra Daily Pay for them; the Total An- 
nual Expense for Recruiting for Guards, Cavalry, 

-Infantry, Artillery and Marines. 


Recruiting 
Service. 


Midland Rail- 
way (Man- 
gotsfield to 
Bath) Bill. 


A Petition of Magistrates, Bankers and other 
Inhabitants of the city of Bath, im the county of 
Somerset, and the adjacent neighbourhood, praying 
that the Midland Railway (Mangotsfield to Bath) 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Poor Laws 


Administra- 
tion Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Poor Laws Administration Bill ; 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Biil be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,’ and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question ;—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 


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


Martis, 18° die Maii, 1847: 


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


a Discount The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Loan Discount Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 
VoL. 102, 


17°—18° Maii. 


535 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registering 
mittee on the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Births, &amp;c. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That this House will, upon Monday the 
31st day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committee ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ Monday the 
“ 31st day of this instant May,” in order to insert 
the words “ this day six months,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question: 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
31st day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Marriage 
mittee on the Marriage (Scotland) Bill ; — 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
31st day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 


said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Transference 
into a Committee upon the Transference of Lands Siena’) 
(Scotland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Bil. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Heritable . 
intv a Committee upon the Heritable Securities for Dent (Beet 
Debt (Scotland) Bill; and, after some time spent land) Bill. 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 

Greene reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Burgage 

into a Committee upon the Burgage Tenure (Scot- inde 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. — 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Crown 
into a Committee upon the Crown Charters (Sco¢- Charters 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. — 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Drainage of 
mittee on the Drainage of Lands (Scotland) Bill ; pene yaa 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Supply 
into further consideration the second of the Reso- (th May.) 
lutions which, upon the 5th day of this instant May, 
were reported from the Committee of Supply, and 
which Resolution was then postponed; and the | 
same was again read ; and is as followeth : 

Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty thou- Buckingham 
sand pounds, be granted te Her Majesty, to defray, Palace. 
in the year 1847, the Expense of Works for enlarg- 
ing and improving Buckingham Palace. 

The said Resolution being read a second time, 
was agreed to. - 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second rig 
Reading of the Agricultural Statistics Bill; Statistics B 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the House of 
tai on the House of Commons Costs ‘Taxation aoe 
i osts Taxae 
el tion Bill. 
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536 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon Fri- 
day the 4th day of June next. 
Punishment —_‘The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
pa (ireland) Reading of the Punishment of Vagrants, &amp;c. (Jre- 
Bill. land) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday the 31st day of this instant May. 


Seductionand The Order of the day being read, for the First 


osuaaee Reading of the Seduction and Prostitution Sup- 
Bill. pression Bill ; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the first 
time ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House do now adjourn ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Craven Berkeley, 1 


Yeas, Mr. Thomas Duncombe: J ™ 
Tellers for the Mr. Parker, 
e N The Earl of Arundel and ' 60. 
om Surrey : 
Y¥ s 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read the first time:—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for ther Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 

Yeas, Mr. Craven Berkeley: } ™ 

Tellers for the f Mr. Spooner, 38 

Noes. Mr. Borthwick : . 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read the first time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“‘ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now ” stand part of the aeusion; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House do now adjourn ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Craven Berkeley, 1 ¢ 

Yeas, Mr. Thomas Duncombe; { ~* 

Tellers for the Mr. Spooner, } 51 

Noes, Mr. Brotherton : _ 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the word “ now” stand part of the Question :— 
And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Fri- 
day next, 


Railways Bill, The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Railways Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Supply The Order of the day being read for taking into 
(10th May.) further consideration the Sixteenth of the Reso- 
jutions which, upon Monday last, were reported 
from the Committee of Supply ; 
Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 
further consideration this day. 


Passengers The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

on — mittee on the Passengers Act Amendment Bill ; 

—_ Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


17°—18° Mai. 





A. 1847. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply, 
mittee of Supply ; 1 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways ana 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Herring 
Reading of the Herring Fishery (Scotland) Bill; Fishery (Seo. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 4) Bm 

Thursday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Loan Socictics 
to continue an Act to amend the Laws relating to Bill. 
Loan Societies: And that Sir William Somerville 
and Sir George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Stock in Trade 
continue the Exemption of Inhabitants of Parishes, Exemption 
Townships and Villages from liability to be rated 
as such in respect of Stock in Trade, or other Pro- 
perty, to the Relief of the Poor: And that Sir Wil- 
iam Somerville and Sir George Grey do prepare, 
and bring it in, 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Copyhold 
to continue the Copyhold Commission: And that en 
Sir William Somerville and Sir George Grey do ~ 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Turnpike Acts 
to continue certain Turnpike Acts: And that Sir Continuance 
William Somerville and Sir George Grey do prepare, ~~ 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Highway 
to continue an Act for authorizing the Application 24s Bilt 
of Highway Rates to Turnpike-roads: And that 
Sir William Somerville and Sir George Grey do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, this Highways 
day, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider of —— 
authorizing the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Expenses.) 
Treasury to defray, out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
the remuneration to and the travelling and other 
Expenses of the Auditors and Inspectors to be ap- 
pointed under any Act of the present Session to 
amend the Laws relating to Highways ; 

Sir George Grey, by Her gee fe Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee, 


Mr. Blackstone reported from the Committee on North Staf- 
the North Staffordshire Railway (Churnet Valley fordshire Rail- 
Line and Trent Valley Railway Junction) Bill; That tone Aa og 
they had examined the allegations contained in the ana Toons 
Preamble of the Bill, but the same had not been Valley Rail- 
proved to their satisfaction. an Junction) 

Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table; ~ 


and be printed. 


Mr. Cripps reported from the Committee on the Edinburgh 
Edinburgh and Glasgow, Monkland and Kirkin- and Glaseow., 
tilloch, Ballochney and Slamannan Railways Amal- cee ae 
gamation, Sale or Lease, Bill; That the Parties pro- Ballochney 
moting the Bill had stated to the Committee, that ard ec 
it was not their intention to proceed further with pvt srt 
the same during the present Session of Parliament. tion, Sale or 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Lease, Bill 


and be printed, 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Sheffield, 
Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster Junction Rail- poe gna 
way (Masbrough to Doncaster) Bill; That the Par- Junction Bail- 


ties 








Scot 


Acts 


ail- 
eb 


2) 


“2. 
aie 


way (Mas- 
brough to 
Doncaster) 
Bill. 


Enfield and 
Edmonton 
Railway Ex- 
tension Bill. 


Post-office. 


Local Acts. 


No. 129. 


Poor Law 


(Affpuddle.) 


Court of 
Chancery. 


No. 385. 


Sanderland 
Improvement, 
Markets and 
Bridge Bill. 


Kingston- 
upon-Hull 
Docks Bill. 


10 Vicroriz. 


ties promoting the Bill had stated to the Committee, 
that it was not their intention to proceed further 
with the same during the present Session of Parlia- 
ment. 

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


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Enfield and Edmonton Railway Extension Bill ; That 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, but the same had not been 
proved to their satisfaction. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the Revenue of the General Post-office 
for the year ending the 1st day of January 1847, 
showing the Gross Revenue received, the Total Ex- 
penses incurred for Management, or for Packet Ser- 
vice, whether by the Post-office, or by any other 
Department of the Government on account of the 
Post-office, and the Net Revenue, after the deduc- 
tion of such Expenses (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 256, of the present Session.) 


Mr. Ward presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
—Reports of the Admiralty, relative to Applications 
for Local Acts. 

Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
Committees on the Bills to which the same relate ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Henry Frampton, of Affpuddle, in 
the county of Dorset, complaining that great in- 
convenience has arisen in consequence of the delay 
in auditing the accounts of the said parish ; and 
praying the House to take the case into considera- 
tion, and afford redress, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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








Martis, 18° die Mazi; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Logan, from the Court of Chancery, was 
calledin; and at the bar presented,—Further 
Return to an Order, dated the 23d day of April 
last, for a Return of the Total Number of Attendable 
Warrants granted by each of the Masters in Ordi- 
nary of the High Court of Chancery in England, 
on each day of the year, commencing from and in- 
cluding the first day of Easter Term 1846, and end- 
ing on the last day of Hilary Vacation 1847 ; show- 
ing how many of such Attendable Warrants were 
attended before each of the said Masters, and how 
many thereof were attended before the Clerk of each 
of the said Masters, on each of the days within the 
said year :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, ‘That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Sunderland 
Improvement, Markets and Bridge Bill have leave 
to sit this day, till five of the clock, during the sitting 
of the House. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills ; That in the case of the Petition for 
the Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Bill, the Standing 
Orders relative to Bills of the Third Class had not 
been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 

Vou. 102. 


17°—18° Maii. 





537 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills ; That in the case of the Petition for 
the Warwick County Prison Bill, the Standing Or- 
ders relative to Bills of the First Class had not been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
additional provision in the South Devon Railway 
(Extension and Amendment) Bill, the Standing Or- 
ders had not been complied with, inasmuch as the 
Notices do not state the intention of applying for 
power to the South Devon Railway Company to 
subscribe towards the construction of the Plymouth 
Great Western Docks. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That their 
Address of the 14th day of this instant May, (That 
Her Majesty would be graciously pleased to give 
directions that the Papers therein mentioned might 
be laid before this House), had been presented to 
Her Majesty; and that Her Majesty had com- 
manded him to acquaint this House, that She will 
give directions accordingly. 


Mr. Hawes presented, pursuant to an Address to 
Her Majesty,—Copy of the Letter addressed by 
Sir William Pym to the Lords of the Council, dated 
April 23d 1847 (headed Eclair Fever), relative to a 
Report on the Fever at Boa Vista, one of the Cape 
Verd Islands, by Dr. M‘William, presented to the 
House of Commons in pursuance of an Address of 
the 16th day of March 1847. 

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


Mr. Strutt presented,—Report of the Commis- 
sioners of Railways on certain Railway Bills com- 
prised in Groups Nos. 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 
34 and 36, (in pursuance of Resolution of the House 
of 23d February 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on cer- 
tain Retivay Bills comprised in Group No. 44, (in 
pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23d Fe- 
bruary 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on cer- 
tain Railway Bills comprised in Groups Nos. 47, 48 
and 49, (in pursuance of Resolution of the House 
of 23d February 1847). 

Addenda to the Report of the Commissioners of 
Railways on the Schemes of the London and North 
Western Railway Company, having reference to cer- 
tain Railway Bills comprised in Group No. 34 (in 
pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23d Febru- 
ary 1847). 

Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
Committees on the Bills to which the same relate ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Strutt presented, pursuant to Order,—Copy 
of Report by General Pasley to the Earl of Claren- 
don, President of the Board of Trade, in regard 
to the state of the Works of the North British Rail- 
way, dated the 2d day of November 1846. 

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


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Order,—An 
Account of the Total Amount of Exchequer Bills 
outstanding and unprovided for on the 5th day of 
January and the 5th day of July in each of the 
years 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846 and 1847; 
stating also the Rate of Interest per diem on Ex- 
chequer Bills at each of these Periods, and thie 
Dates when any Alteration was made in the Rate ; 
and a Statement of the Rate of Premium at which 
Exchequer Bills were sold in the Market at - 

32z 0) 


Warwick 
County 
Prison Bill. 


South Devon 
Railway Ex- 
tension and 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Answer to 
Address. 


Boa Vista 
Fever. 


Railway Bills. 


No. 164. 


North British 


Railway. 


Exchequer 
Bills. 








SS Ste 










































































538 


of the above Periods, and the Average of Premium 
in each year, (in continuation of Parliamentary Pa- 
per, No. 395, of Session 1842). 

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




















































Gloucesterand The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway (Con- the Report on the Gloucester and Dean Forest Rail- 
struction of» Way (Construction of Docks) Bill; and the Amend- 
Docks) Bill. ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


Glasgow,Pais- The Clerk laid upon the Table, pursuant to Order, 
a. —So much of the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
Railway Bille, before the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr 
Railway Committee (in Group No. 50) as relates to 
the Purchase of Stock in other Railways by that 


Company. 


Public Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
Fetitions _,, 00 Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
(Twenry-ninth Detitions presented from the 12th to the 15th days 


R . ‘ &gt; ° 
— of this instant May, both inclusive; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Birmingham The House proceeded to take into consideration 


and Oxford | the Report on the Birmingham and Ozford Junc- 
Birmingham, tion, and Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley 
Wolverhamp- Railways Amalgamation Bill. 
= = Dud- And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
Shemale proposed, That the Amendments made by the Com- 
Bill. mittee to the Bill be now read a second time ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words. “ That the” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ Bill be recommitted to the former Committee, 
“ with an Instruction to hear the Petition of Sir 
“ Harry Verney and others, and the Petitions of 
“* other Shareholders in the Birmingham and Ozx- 
“ ford Railway against the Bill,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Goulburn, 71 214 
Yeas, Mr. Edward Buller : | ata 
Tellers for the { Sir Frederic Thesiger, } 62 
Noes, Sir Charles Douglas : 7 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Committee to the Bill be now read a second time : 
—The said Amendments were accordingly read a 
second time, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


MidlandGreat The ] &gt; Nroc : ° ‘ 
Western Rail- e House proceeded to take into consideration 


way of Ireland the Report on the Midland Great Western Railway 
(Extension of Ireland (Extension from Athlone to Galway) 
from Athlone Bij] ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to Galway) én 
ill. . ‘ ‘ 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 
a The House proceeded to take into consideration 
way of Ireland the Report on the Midland Great Western Railway 
= of Ireland (Newcastle, Anniskinnan and Baltrasna 
“hd Baltrasna 2eViations) Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
Deviations) and agreed to. 
Bill. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 

be ingrossed. 


Newry and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
 marenacag the Report on the Newry and Enniskillen Railway 
mS" Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


18° Mazz. 








A. 1847. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Llynvi Valley 
the Report on the Llynvi Valley Railway Extension peer = y 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


A Petition of the Dock Company at Kingstun- Kingston- 
upon-Hull, for leave to bring in a Bill for removing tag 
Doubts as to the Purchase of Lands by the Dock ~°* *™ 
Company at Kingston-upon-Hull, in certain cases, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Westminster 
the Report on the Westminster Improvements Bill ; 1™provements 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. _ 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Norfolk Rail- 
the Report on the Norfolk Railway (from Thetford way (from 
to the Lowestoft Railway, near Reedham, with Ee serch 
Branch to Halesworth) Bill; and the Amendments Railway near 
were read, and agreed to. Reothuem, with 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Halesworth) 
be ingrossed. Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration windsor, 
the Report on the Windsor, Staines and South Staines and 
Western Railway (Richmond to Windsor, &amp;c.) Bill; — 
ailway 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. — (Richmond to 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Sie, &amp;ec.) 


be ingrossed. uu. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Windsor, 
the Report on the Windsor, Staines and South oe sll 
Western Railway (Staines to Ascot and Wokingham, Railway 


with Branches) Bill ; and the Amendments were (Staines to 


read, and agreed to. reel 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, withiivmnbesd 
be ingrossed. Bill. 


Sir John Pakington reported from the Select Juvenile 
Committee on the Juvenile Offenders Bill; That Of¢™ders Bill. 
they had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 2d 
day of June next. 


The Westminster and Part of Middlesex Sewers oe 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. Middlesex 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Sewers Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Swansea 
the Report on the Swansea Valley Railway Bill ; Valley Rail- 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to, — ¥*Y Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Great Western 
the Report on the Great Western Railway (Branch Railway 
to join the West London Railway, Widening and a ae 
Enlargementof West London Railway, and Branches London Rail- 
to Hammersmith, and to join the London and South way, Widening 
Western Railway, near Lambeth) Bill; and the acer a 
Aniendments were read, and agreed to. London Rail- 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, way, and 


be ingrossed, Branches to 
Hammer- 
smith, and to join the London and South 
Western Railway near Lambeth) Bill. 


The Hcuse proceeded to take into consideration Waterford, 
the Report on the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow Wextord, a 
and Dublin Railway (No. 1.) Bill; and the Amend- ao Rail. 
ments were read, and agreed to. way (No. I.) 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be Bill. 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Thursday 
next. 


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1 
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I. 


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ith 


10 Vicroriz. 


Caledonian The House proceeded to take into consideration 
and ene il _ the Report on the Caledonian and Dumbartonshire 
ton Railway Junction Railway (Deviations between Duntocher 


(Deviations Lime Works and Bowling, &amp;c.) Bill; and the 


ee Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Duntowcks Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


and Bowling, be ingrossed. 


&amp;c.) Bill. 

Caledonian The House proceeded to take into consideration 
and — the Report on the Caledonian and Glasgow, Paisley 
Peenvck and Greenock Railways Amalgamation Bill; and 
Railways the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
— Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
— be ingrossed. 

Glasgow, The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Barrhead and the Report on the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston 
Neilston Di 5 a . i ° 

rect, and Glas- Direct, and Glasgow Southern Terminal Railways 
gow Southern Amalgamation Bill; and the Amendments were 


Terminal read, ané agreed to. 


Ra vcma- Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
tion Bill, be ingrossed. 
Railway Bills, Mr. Cripps reported from the Committee on 


Group No. 42. Group No. 49 of Railway Bills ; That the Committee 
met this day, at twelve of the clock, pursuant to 
adjournment, but that Viscount Newport, a Member 
of the said Committee, was not present during the 
sitting of the Committee. 

Ordered, That Viscount Vewport do attend the 
said Committee upon Thursday next. 


Great Northe | The House proceeded to take into consideration 
= a the Report on the Great Northern Railway (Hert- 
Hatfield ana J07d, Hatfield and Saint Alban’s Branch) Bill ; and 
Saint Alban’s the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 


Branch) Bill. © Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 
General The House proceeded to take into consideration 


ed and the Report on the General Terminus and Glasgow 
tour Railway Harbour Railway Branches Bill; and the Amend- 
Branches Bill, ments were read, and agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Staffordshire | Ordered, That the Report on the Staffordshire 
ow Potteries Waterworks Bill be now taken into consi- 
mi ~*~ deration: —The House accordingly proceeded to 
take the Report into consideration ; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 
Birkenhead The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Commission- the Report on the Birkenhead Commissioners Dock 


— Acts Amendment (as to Construction of Sea Wall 


(astoCon- along Wallasey Pool) Bill; and the Amendments 
struction of were read, and agreed to. 

—— Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
Pool) Bil. be ingrossed. 


Dublin, Dun- | The House proceeded to take into consideration 
drumand the Report on the Dublin, Dundrum and Rath- 
Railway (iia farnham Railway (Extension to Stephen’s Green) 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


ingrossed. 


tension to 
Stephen’s 
Green) Bill. be 


Dablin and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ing the Report on the Dublin and Drogheda Railway 


(Branch from (Branch from Navan to Kells) Bill; and the Amend- 


‘Navan to ments were read, and agreed to. 

Kells) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 

Edinburgh An ingrossed Bill to enlarge and improve the 


a Meal, Corn and Grain Markets of the City of 
Edinburgh, and for other Purposes in relation 
thereto, was read the third time. 

VoL. 102. 


18° Maize. 


539 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to abolish, reduce, equalise and Leith Harbour 
consolidate the Rates and Duties leviable at the = ——"g 
Harbour and Docks of Leith, was read the third setae 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on Railway Bills, 
Group No. 9 of Railway Bills; That the Com- Group No. 9. 
mittee met this day, pursuant to adjournment, and 
that the Chairman had received a communication 
from Sir Montague Cholmely, 2 Member of the said 
Committee, stating that he was prevented by indis- 
position from attending the Committee during its 
sitting this day. 

Ordered, ‘(hat the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Caledonian 
the Report on the Caledonian Railway (Purchase Railway 
or Lease of Wishaw and Coltness Railway) Bill. — ~ irr 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being Wishaw and 
proposed, That the Amendments made by the Com- Coltness 
mittee to the Bill be now read a second time; _ 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ That 
“ the” to the end of the Question, in order to add 
the words “ Bill be re-committed,”’ instead thereof. 

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

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ Bill be re-committed” be added instead thereof: 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee; and that they have leave to sit, 
and proceed, upon Thursday next. 


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to Constabulary 
several Addresses to Her Majesty,—A Return, Force. 
showing the Number of Police Constables in each 
County, or Division of a County, in England and 
Wales, under the Act 2 and 3 Vic., c. 98, dis- 
tinguishing each class or denomination ; including, 
also, a Return of the Number of Police Constables 
stationed in each Petty Sessions District in said 
Counties, with the Name and Population of said 
District, and the Amount paid to the County Police 
Rate by each District ; together with an Account, 
in detail, of the several items of Expenditure for 
the Year 1846. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Prisons. 
19th day of March last, for an Account of all 
Money expended in the several Counties of England 
and Wales, in erecting or altering Prisons or Gaols 
in the Years 1844, 1845 and 1846, specifying the 
County, Name of every Prison, and the Amount 
expended upon each. 

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


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Navigation Navigation 
Laws, which was presented upon the 13th day of 14W%. 
May last, be referred to the Select Committee on 
Navigation Laws. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to Criminal Law. 

request that their Lordships will be pleased to com- 
municate to this House a Copy of the First Report 
and Appendix from the Committee appointed by 
their Lordships in the present Session to inquire into 
the execution of the Criminal Law, especially 
respecting Juvenile Offenders and Transportation : 
And that Viscount Mahon do carry the said Mes- 
sage. 





822 Ordered, 





















540 18° Mazi. 


RiversThames Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Re- 
— —- turns of all Tolls, Tonnage, Port and Harbour Dues 
London. which have from time to time been given and granted 
to, and been received and taken by the Mayor and 
Commonalty and Citizens of London, for the Main- 
tenance and Improvement of the Rivers Thames 
and Medway and Port of London, and of the Navi- 
gation thereof respectively, distinguishing whether 
granted by Charter or by Act of Parliament :—Of 
the Annual Produce of such Tolls and Dues for the 
last Three Years for which the Accounts are made 
uP» and the Amount of the Accumulation thereof, 
if any, at the present time:—And, of the several 
Piers for embarking and disembarking Steam-bvat 
Passengers erected within the limits of the jurisdic- 
tion of the Lord Mayor and Commonalty and 
Citizens of London, as Conservators of the River 
Thames, and of the aggregate Amount of the Tolls 
received at each of such Piers within the last Three 
Years for which the Accounts are made up. 


Birmingham A Petition of Manufacturers, Merchants, Traders 
and Oxford and Inhabitants of the Town of Birmingham, pray- 
Rirmingham, ing that the Birmingham and Oxford Junction, and 
Wolverhamp- Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley Railways 
— — Amalgamation Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 
ye nin sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
tion Bill. Table. 





Direct London Petitions from Dorking ;—Epsom;—and, Havant ; 
poncg l praying that the Direct London and Portsmouth 
way Bill. Railway Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Eastern Coun- A Petition of Landowners, Inhabitants and others, 

t= at resident in and near the parishes of Bluntisham, 

toRamsey) arith, Colne, Somersham, Pidley, Warloys, Wis- 

Bill. ton, Bury and Ramsay, in the county of Hunting- 
don, praying that the Eastern Counties Railway 
(Somersham to Ramsey) Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Manchester A Petition of Merchants, Tradesmen and Inha- 
ns mage gy bitants of Manchester, praying that the Manchester 
Branches Bill ; 204 Southport Railway and Branches Bill may pass 
and, East Lan- into a law; and that the East Lancashire Railway 
ey k _— (Southport Branch and Preston Extension) Bill 
ew Branch ™ay not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 


and Preston and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
— 


Windsor A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
Castleand —_gesses of the borough of New Windsor, in the county 
eon of Berks, praying that the Windsor Castle and 
provementand Lown Approaches Improvement and Removal of 
Removal of Datchet Bridge Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 
Bridge Bill sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Chemistsand _ Petitions from Halifax (two Petitions) ;—and, 
Druggists. Nottingham (three Petitions); praying the House 
to pass a Bill for regulating the qualification of 
Chemists and Druggists in England and Wales,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Health of Petitions from Southampton ;—and, Saint Olave, 
Towns Bill. Southwark ; praying that the Health of Towns Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Mayor of Leeds, praying the 

House to modify the said Bill, so as to reserve to the 

Surveyors of the Highways of Leeds the parochial 

authority and local control which by law they are 

authorized to do, and which they do to the satis- 

faction of the inhabitants of the township of Leeds, 

and so to modify the rate-paying clauses thereof as 

to relieve the occupiers, who are at present exempted 

from liability to rate, was also presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 




























































A. 1847. 


A Petition of the Mayor of Leeds, praying that the HighwaysBin. 
Highways Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 

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

upon the Table. 


Petitions of Frederick Milne ;— Henry John Bar- Medical Regis- 
rett;—Samuel J. Burch ;—Neville Wood, M.v.;— ea 
Thomas Beale; — W. Wheatley; — James Smith co 2" 
Ayerst;—Robert Archibald ;—and, Frederick Wil- Bi. 

liam Fogerty, M.p. ; praying that the Medical Regis- 

tration and Medical Law Amendment Bill may pass 

into a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered 

lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Persons assembling for Public Promiscuous 
Worship in Haley-hill Chapel, in Northowram, near Intercourse. 
Halifax, praying that the House will enact such 

laws with reference tv the keepers of brothels, and 

all persons trafficking in female virtue, as shall 

invest magistrates and officers of police with more 

summary powers, was presented, and read; and 

ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


A Petition of the Corporation of the Guardians Punishment of 
of the Poor of the town of Plymouth, praying that Ceeland) Bi 
a clause may be inserted in the Punishment of 
Vagrants, &amp;c. (Ireland) Bill, restricting pauper va- 
grants from leaving the Jrish ports in order to pass 
into England, and only permitting those to leave 
Ireland tor England who leave it for the bond fide 
purpose of emigrating to foreign parts or seeking 
work in England ; that a clause may be inserted in 
the contemplated Amendment Act, 8 and 9 Vic., 
c. 117, facilitating the passing of Jrish poor from 
England to Ireland by a less expensive and tedious 
process, and giving the magistrates more summary 
power, and that the expense of removing or re- 
lieving sick Zrish casual poor, and burying such as 
die of fever, may be removed from the parochial 
rate in England and paid out of the Jrish relief 
fund, as the Petitioners perceive is intended to be 
done in Jreland by 10th and 13th sections of a 
proposed Bill to amend and continue an Act of the 
last Session of Parliament for making Provision for 
the Treatment of Poor Persons afflicted with Fever 
in Ireland, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Settlement. 
es and Inhabitants of the borough of Marl- 

orough, praying that in any Bill to be brought 

before the House, for amendment or alteration in 

the law of Parochial Settlement, such provision may 

be made for remedying the evil arising from non- 
removeability, by reason of five years’ residence, as 

to the House may seem meet, was presented, and 

read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Settlement and Poor Removal. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Metropolis yfetropolis 
Turnpike-roads, which was presented yesterday, Turnpike- 
be printed. ena 
No. 416. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to Harbours of Harbours of 
Refuge, which was presented yesterday, be printed. “o ‘ 

o. 4II. 

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

No. 412. 

Ordered, That the Account relative to Foreign Foreign 
Linen, &amp;c., which was presented yesterday, be Linen, &amp;. 
printed. No. 413. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Cheese, Cheese. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 414. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Dividends, Dividends, &amp; 
&amp;c., which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 415. 





Ordered, 





~ By 





10 Vicroriz. 





Copyholds. Ordered, That the Return relative to Copyholds, 
No.416. which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
Adjournment. Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Thursday next. 
Committees. Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit, 


To-morrow, notwithstanding the adjournment of the 
House. 


Parliamentary The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
Biectors Bill. the Parliamentary Electors Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 2d day of June next. 


Poor and The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
Highway _ the Poor and Highway Rates Exemption Bill, was 
Rates Exemp- ; 5 
tion Bill. read, and discharged. _ 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 
Tenants The Order for resuming, To-morrow, the adjourned 


(ireland) Bil. Debate upon the Amendment which, upon the 28th 
day of April last, was proposed to be made to the 
Question, That the Tenants (Jreland) Bill be now 
read a second time, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday the 9th day of June next. 


Savings Banks The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Annuities Bill. Committee, To-morrow, on the Savings Banks An- 
nuities Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Landed The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
roperty : + : = 
leaenent Committee, To-morrow, on the Landed Property Im 


(Ireland) Bill, provement (Zreland) Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Vexatious The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
Actions Bill. the Vexatious Actions Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 
Supply. The Order for the House to resolve itself into the 
Committee of Supply, To-morrow, was read, and dis- 
charged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into the 
Committee of Ways and Means, To-morrow, was 
read, and discharged. 

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


Ways and 
Means. 


Warwick 
County 
Prison Bill. 


A Petition of William Dickhins, Esquire, Chair- 
man of the Quarter Sessions for the county of War- 
wick, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the 
Justices of the Peace of the county of Warwick to 
stop up two public streets in the borough of War- 
wick, called Bridewell-lane and Joyce Pool, and to 
include the ground and soil thereof as part of the 
site of a new County Prison, for the county of 
Warwick, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


‘Vaccine Esta- 
‘blishment. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the last Report from the National 
Vaccine Establishment, dated May 1847, to Her 
Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State forthe Home 
Department. 

Seded, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 


of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


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541 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Duckworth Message from 

and Sir William Horne: the Lords ; 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Landea 

Act to facilitate the Improvement of Landed Pro- Property __ 

perty in Jreland, with Amendments; to which Amend- (ireland) Bill. 

ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 

House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Townshend 

to extend the Relief given by an Act of the sixth and Peerage Bill. 

seventh years of the reign of Her present Majesty, 

intituled, An Act to declare that certain Persons 

therein mentioned are not Children of the Most ho- 

nourable George Ferrars Marquis Townshend ; to 

which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 

House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Education. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be iaid before this 
House, by the Committee of Council on Education, 
within 21 days after the commencement of the next 
Session of Parliament, the following Returns, made 
up to the 1st day of the month in which such Returns 
are so presented :—Of every School, alphabetically 
arranged, to which Government aid has been voted 
in the preceding financial year, distinguishing 
Church of England from British and Dissenting 
Schools, showing the Amount advanced in each 
Case, and specifying whether given for Building, 
Repairs, Furniture, Books, Field Gardens, or Work- 
shops, or for Salaries or Pensions of Schoolmasters, 
Schoolmistresses, Pupil Teachers or Stipendiary 
Monitors:— Of the Name, Profession, Date of 
Appointment, Amount of Salary, Allowance and 
Travelling Expenses of each Inspector :— And, of 
every School making application for aid, distin- 
guishing the Applications granted from the Appli- 
cations refused, and the grounds of such refusal ; 
and, in all School-building Cases in which the appli- 
cation has been successful, showing the sum which, 
according to a certified estimate or other reasonable 
calculation, would have to be provided by voluntary 
subscription. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Sheffield Petty 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Sessions. 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Date and Number of Con- 
victions, under the Combination Act, that have 
taken place at Sheffield Petty Sessions, from the 1st 
day of January 1842 to the present time ; specifying 
those quashed on appeal, showing the Sentence 
passed in each case, with the name of the Magis- 
trate or Magistrates by whom such Sentences were 

assed. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Wilson 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased Overend, 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, ““?""* 
Copies of the Memorials lately forwarded to the 
Right honourable Sir George Grey, Baronet, from 
the Mayor and Corporation of Sheffield, the Cutlers 
Company of Sheffield, the Church Burgesses of 
Sheffield, and the 'Town Trustees of Sheffield, re- 
specting the conduct of Mr. Wilson Overend, as a 
Magistrate of the West Riding of Yorkshire. 

Ordered That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Couricil. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Fees in Courts 
upon the 8th day of this instant May, That a of Law and 
Select Committee be appointed to inquire into and “17&gt; 





VoL. 102, 


323 report 





Railway Bills. 


-Poor Laws 
Administra- 
tion Bill. 


549 


report to the House on the Taxation of Suitors in 
the Courts of Law and Equity by the Collection of 
Fees, and the Amount thereof, and the Mode of 
Collection ; and the Appropriation of Fees in the 
Courts of Law and Equity, and in all inferior 
Courts, and in the Courts of Special and General 
Sessions in England and Wales; and as to the Sa- 
Jaries and Fees received by Officers of those Courts ; 
and whether any and what means could be adopted, 
with a view of superintending and regulating the 
Collection and Appropriation thereof, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Watson, Sir 
James Graham, Mr. Attorney-General, Mr. Soli- 
citor-General, Sir Frederic Thesiger, Mr. Stuart 
Wortley, Mr. Romilly, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Escott, 
Mr. Roebuck, Mr. Parker, Mr. Hume, Sir John 
Hanmer and Mr. Ewart; with power to send for 
Persons, Papers and Records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
consider whether it is expedient that any measures 
should be adopted for suspending further proceed- 
ings in all or any of the Railroad Bills in the pre- 
sent Session, and for enabling the parties, under 
certain conditions, to proceed with the same in a 
future Session of Parliament ; and also, whether it 
is advisable that any further provisions should be 
made in the Standing Orders of this House relative 
to Bills for the construction of Railroads ; and to 
report their Opinion thereupon to the House from 
time to time; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ that 
“any” to the words “and aiso,” in order to insert 
the words “restriction should be imposed upon the 
“ construction of Railways which may be author- 
“ ized in the present Session, so as to prevent the 
“‘ absorption at one time of an inconvenient amount 
“ of capital in these undertakings,” instead thereof. 


And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—The said proposed Amendment was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to consider whether it is expedient that any mea- 
sures should be adopted for suspending further pro- 
ceedings in all or any of the Railroad Bills in the 
present Session, and for enabling the parties, under 
certain conditions, to proceed with the same in a 
future Session of Parliament; and also, whether it 
it is advisable that any further provisions should be 
made in the Standing Orders of this House relative 
to Bills for the construction of Railroads; and to 
report their Opinion thereupon to the House from 
time to time :—And a Committee was appointed of 
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, 
Mr. Hume, Mr. Hudson, Sir George Clerk, Mr. 
Charles Russell, Mr. Strutt, Mr. Chaplin and Mr. 
Ellice ; with Power to send for persons, papers and 
records. 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which 
wee —— proposed to be made to the Ques- 
tior, That the Poor Laws Administration Bill be 
now read a second time ; and which Amendments 
were, To leave out the word “now,” and, at the 
end of the Question, to add the words “upon this 
“« day six months.” 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
word “now” stand part of the Question :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 


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A. 1847. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 19° die Maiti, 1847: 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Supply 
further consideration the Sixteenth of the Resolutions (10th May.) 
which, upon the 10th day of this instant May, were 
reported from the Committee of Supply: —The House 
proceeded to take the said Resolution into further 
consideration; and the same was again read, as 
followeth : 


Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three thou- geclesiastical 
sand four hundred and forty pounds, be granted to Commission. 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expenses of 
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, to 
the 31st day of March 1848. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Resolution be now read a 
second time ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Tufnell, lL 6 


Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill: f 
Tellers forthe { Mr. William Williams, 8 
Noes, Mr. Brotherton: } : 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
The said Resolution was accordingly read a se- 
cond time, and agreed to, 


; The House, according to Order, resolved itself Highways 
into a Committee to consider of authorizing the [Remunera- 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury to defray 5° — 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- alae 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, the remunera- 

tion to and the travelling and other Expenses of 

the Auditors and Inspectors to be appointed under 

any Act of the present Session to amend the Laws 

relating to Highways. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That Provision be made out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for the Remuneration to, and 
Travelling and other Expenses of the Auditors and 
Inspectors who may be appointed in pursuance of 
an Act of the present Session to amend the Laws 
relating to Highways. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Duckworth Message from 

and Sir William Horne: the Lords ; 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz., 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend some of the Manchester 
Provisions of the Manchester Markets Act 1846: Markets Bill 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to enlarge the Powers Wolverhamp- 
of the Wolverhampton Gas Light Company, and to ton Gas Bill 
authorize the Union of such Company with the 
Wolverhampton New Gas Company: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Colchester, Colchester, 
Stour Valley, Sudbury and Halstead Railway Com- Stour Valley, 

° . Sudbury and 

pany to make an Extension of their Railway from Fraisteaa 
Sudbury to Melford, Lavenham and Clare, in the Railway 


. Extension to 
county of Suffolk: em a Lae 


venham and 
Clare) Bill. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for making a Railway Ayrshire and 
from Smithstown to Dalmellington, in the county of Galloway 


Railway 
Ayr: And also, (Smithstow n 


to Dalmelling- 


il. 
The ton) B: 


10 Vicroriz. 


Poor Relief The Lords have agreed to the Bill, mtituled, An 

(Ireland) Bill Act to make further Provision for the Relief of the 
Destitute Poor in Jreland, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

Claridge’s The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

Patent Act for regulating Legal Proceedings by or against 

see pu. Claridge’s Patent Asphalte Company, and for grant- 

ompany Bill. . ; : 

ing certain Powers thereto, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

Scottish Union The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

ence, Act to enable the Scottish Union Insurance Com- 

Company®" pany to purchase Annuities and invest Money on 
Securities in England and Ireland, and for other 
Purposes relating thereto, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

Doddington The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

Rectory pi, Act to divide the Parish and Rectory of Doddington, 

— otherwise Dornington, into three separate and dis- 
tinct Parishes and Rectories, and to endow the same 
out of the Revenues of that Rectory, and to make 
Provision for the further Division of such Rectories 
and Parishes, and for other Purposes connected 
therewith, with an Amendment; to which Amend- 
ment the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Poor Relief Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
(Ireland) Bill. Lords to the Poor Relief (Zreland) Bill be taken 
No.417. into consideration upon Monday the 31st day of 
this instant May. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended by the Lords, 
be printed. 


Landed Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Property __. Lords to the Landed Property (Ireland) Bill be 
(Ireland) Bill. 


taken into consideration upon Monday the 31st day 


No.418. of this instant May. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended by the Lords, 
be printed. 
Transference Mr. Greene reported the Transference of Lands 
oaoctie (Scotland) Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
3, » and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 
Heritable Mr. Greene reported the Heritable Securities for 


=a. Debt (Scotland) Bill; and the Amendments were 
land) Bill, | read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 
ne ii Mr. Greene reported the Burgage Tenure (Scot- 
land) Bal ~ land) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Crown Char- Mr. 


ters (Seotland) 79 Greene reported the Crown Charters (Scot- 
Bill. and) 


Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Passengers The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ee” mittee on the Passengers Act Amendment Bill; 
; Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 


solve itself into the said Committee. 


Pant Removal The Order made upon Tuesday last, That leave 

be given to bring in a Bill to repeal the first Clause 

of the Act 9 and 10 Vic., c. 66, to amend the Laws 

relating to the Removal of the Poor, was read, and 
discharged. : 


hat Manovel The House was moved, That the Act 9 and 10 Vie. 
ment a c. 66, to amend the Laws relating to the Removal of 
the Poor, might be read ; and the same being read; 


VoL. 102. 


18°—19°—20° Mair. 543 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
repeal part of the first Clause of the said Act : And 
that Mr. Bankes, Mr. Henley and Mr. Miles do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


The Townshend Peerage Bill was read the first Townshend 
time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions Peetage Bill. 
for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit, 
and proceed, upon Friday next. 


Mr. Bankes presented a Bill to repeal part of Poor Removal 
the first Clause of an Act of the ninth and tenth Act Amend- 
years of Her present Majesty, for amending the “ : 
Laws relating to the Removal of the Poor: And 0. 438. 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Friday next; and to 
be printed. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to con- Copyhold 
tinue the Copyhold Commission: And the same Commission 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time To-morrow; and to be printed. No. 420. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to con- Turnpike Acts 
tinue certain Turnpike Acts: And the same was Continuance 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second No. 421 
time To-morrow ; and to be printed, — 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to con- Loan Societies 
tinue an Act to amend the Laws relating to Loan Bill 
Societies: And the same was read the first time; No.422. 
and ordered to be read a second time To-morrow ; 
and to be printed. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to con- Stock in Trade 
tinue the Exemption of Inhabitants of Parishes, —- 
Townships and Villages from liability to be rated  \.. 4o3. 
as such in respect of Stock in Trade or other Pro- ; 
perty to the Relief of the Poor: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a se- 
cond time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to con- Highway 
tinue an Act for authorizing the Application of Rates Bill. 
Highway Rates to Turnpike-roads: And the same No.424, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday the 31st day of this in- 
stant May, and to be printed. 


Sir William Somerville reported from the Select Cemeteries 
Committee on the Cemeteries Clauses Bill; That Clauses Bill. 
they had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- No. 425. 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Spirit from 
mand,—Copy of Reports to the Board of Excise on Sugar. 
the Production of Spirit from Sugar and Molasses. No. 426. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


And then the House having continued to sit 
till half an hour after Twelve of the clock 
on Wednesday morning, adjourned till To- 
morrow. 











Jovis, 20° die Maiti ; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Tunstall 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions Market - 
for Private Bills; That in the case of the Tunstall Company Bs 


Market Company Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 


324 





Viscount 


| 
| 





Sunderland 
Improvement, 
Markets and 
Bridge Bill. 


Sandwich 
Haven Bill. 


Waterford, 
Wexford, 
Wicklow and 
Dublin Rail- 
way Bill. 


Coventry, 
Banbury and 
Oxford Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


Aberdeen 
Harbour Bill. 


Ambergate, 
Nottingham 
and Boston 
and Eastern 


way (Altera- 
tion of Line 
and Branches 
to Notting- 
ham) Bill. 


East Lincoln- 
shire Railway 
(Louth Navi- 
gation Pur- 
chase) Bill 


Glasgow and 
Shotts Road 
Bill. 


Macduff 
Harbour Bill. 


National 
Mercantile 
Life Assurance 
Society Bill. 


Portsmouth 
Paving, 
Lighting and 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Warkworth 
Harbour Bill. 


Swansea 
Docks Bill. 





M‘Leod’s 
(Dalkeith 
Glebe) Estate 
Bill. 


Ryde Im- 
provement 


Bill. 





544 20° Mae. A, 1847. 


Viscount Adare reported the Sunderland Im- 
provement, Markets and Bridge Bill, with Amend- 
ments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Thomas Troubridge reported the Sandwich 
Haven Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and 
Dublin Railway Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


Mr. Dennistoun reported the Coventry, Banbury 
and Ozford Junction Railway Bill, with Amend- 
ments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Greene reported the Aberdeen Harbour Bill, 
with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported the Ambergate, Nottingham 
and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway (Alter- 
ation of Line and Branches to WVottingham) Bill, 


Junction Rail- with Amendments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Greene reported the East Lincolnshire Rail- 
way (Louth Navigation Purchase) Bill, with Amend- 
ments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Greene reported the Glasgow and Shotts 
Road Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported the Macduff Harbour Bill, 
with Amendments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported the National Mercantile Life 
Assurance Society Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported the Portsmouth Paving, 
Lighting and Improvement Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported the Warkworth Harbour 
Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Hodgson Hinde reported the Swansea Docks 


Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to enable 
the Minister of the Parish of Dalkeith, in the County 
of Edinburgh, to feu his Glebe Lands lying in the 
said Parish, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


lo =. 

rdered, That Sir John Hope do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


An ingrossed Bill for amending the Ryde Im- 
provement Act, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. William Hamilton do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


Mr. Trotter reported from the Committee on Railway Bills, 
Group No. 20 of Railway Bills; That the Com- @Tup No. 20. 
mittee met this day, at twelve o’clock, pursuant to 
adjournment, when a letter was received from Lord 
Dalmeny, a Member of the Committee, stating that 
he was unable, in consequence of indisposition, to 
attend the meeting of the Committee during the 
day. 

Greed, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Kingsnorton, 
the Report on the Kingsnorton, Northfield, &amp;c., eras &amp;c. 
Rates Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Lord Claud Hamilton reported the London and London and 
South Western Railway (Andover to the Bishopstohe — a 
and Salisbury Branch, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments. dover nd og 

Ordered, Chat the Report do lie upon the Table ; Bishopstoke 

Md an 
and be printed. Bra sah &amp;e.) 

Lord Claud Hamilton reported the Weymouth and Weymouth 
Melcombe Regis Harbour and Bridge Trusts Bill, #4 Melcombe 
with Amendments. onl Bridge ” 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Trusts Bill. 


Mr. Richard Hodgson reported the Metropolitan Metropolitan 
Sewage Manure Bill, with Amendments. ee Bill 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir George Strickland reported from the Com- Regent'sCanal 
mittee on the Regent’s Canal Company ( Paddington (Paddy ton 
and Limehouse Railway and Branch) Bill; That the and Lime- 
Parties promoting the Bill had stated to the Com- house Railway 
mittee, that it was not their intention to proceed 204 Branch) 
further with the same during the present Session of =~ 
Parliament. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Mr. Home Drummond reported the Newport, Newport, 
Abergavenny and Hereford Railway Deviations Bill, pare y sa 
with Amendments. Railway 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Deviations 


and be printed. 


Mr. Home Drummond reported the Newport, Newport, 
Abergavenny and Hereford Railway (Extension to pon om 
Taff Vale Railway) Bill, with Amendments. Railway 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; (Extension to 
and be printed. Hallway) Bill 

An ingrossed Bill for the Consolidation of the Duffryn 
Duffryn Llynvi and Porth Cawl Railway Company Llynvi and 
with the L/ynvi Valley Railway Company, and for jnq Liynvi 
providing for the interim Management of the Rail- Valley Rail- 
way Port and Works of the said first-mentioned W4ys — 
Railway Company, was read the third time. — 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for the Consolidation of the Duf- 

Sryn Llynvi and Porth Cawl Railway Company 
with the Llynvi Valley Railway wr 

Ordered, That Mr. Vivian do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Forbes Mackenzie reported from the Com- Caledonian 
mittee on the Caledonian Railway (Lease of Part —, ¢ Part 
of Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway) Bill ; e Glasgow, 
That they had examined the allegations contained Dumfries end 
in the Preamble of the Bill, but the same had not —a 
been proved to their satisfaction. er 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Newmarket | 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- yg a sl 
tituled, An Act to enable the Mewmarket and Ches- (Extension to 


terford Railway Company to extend their Line of Thetford) Bill. 





Railway 





Liverpool, 
Crosby and 
Southport 
Railway and 
Branch Bill, 


West Corn- 
wall Railwa 
(Branches to 


10 Vicroria. 
Railway to Thetford, in the County of Norfolk; 


and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 8.1.15. After “ Norfolk” insert Clauses (A.), 
(B.), (C.) and (D.) 

Cuiause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
“ Railway hereby authorized to communicate with 
“ the Norfolk Railway shall communicate there- 
“‘ with at the point where, according to the Plan 
“&lt; deposited asin this Act mentioned, such Railway 
“ appears to communicate therewith, and at no 
“ other point, without the consent in writing of the 
“ Norfolk Railway Company under their common 
“ seal, and that all communication between the 
“« said Railway hereby authorized and the said WVor- 
«&lt; folk Railway shall be effected in a substantial and 
«“ workmanlike manner by means of connexion- 
rails and points of the construction and laid in 
“ the manner most approved from time to time, and 
“ to the entire satisfaction of the engineer for the 
“time being of the said Norfolk Railway Com- 
“ pany.” 

Curavse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
“expense of the communications hereby autho- 
“ rized with the Vorfolk Railway and of all neces- 
“ sary openings in the rails thereof, and of all other 
“ works which may from time to time be requisite 
for affecting, altering, amending, repairing and 
maintaining such rails and points, of regulating 
and adjusting the same, shall be borne and paid 
by the Newmarket and Chesterford Railway Com- 
pany, and that all such communications, openings 
and works shall not only be in the first instance 
made and done, but shall also from time to time 
be altered, amended, repaired and maintained to 
the reasonable satisfaction of the engineer for the 
time being of the said Norfolk Railway Com- 
“&lt; pany, on each occasion, and in such manner and 
“ form, and by such ways and means as shall not 
in anywise prejudice or injure the said Worfolk 
Railway, or impede, obstruct or interfere with the 
free, uninterrupted and safe passage along the 
same.” 

Cuavse (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That not- 
“ withstanding any thing in this Act contained, it 
“ shall not be lawful for the Chesterford and New- 
“ market Railway Company, or for any person under 
“ or in execution of this Act, or for any other pur- 
“ pose, either permanently or temporarily, to enter 
upon, take or use any of the land or property of 
the said Norfolk Railway Company, or which 
they have power to take under their Acts of Par- 
“ Jiament, or in any manner to alter, vary or in- 
“ terfere with the said Norfolk Railway or any of 
the works appertaining thereto, save only for the 
“ purpose of effecting the junction hereby autho- 
“ rized in manner aforesaid.” 

Crause (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
in this Act contained shall prejudice, diminish, 
alter or take away any of the rights, privileges, 
““ powers, franchises or authorities of or vested in 
“ or belonging to the said Norfolk Railway Com- 
“ pany; but all their rights, privileges, powers, 
“ franchises and authorities under their several Acts 
of Parliament and otherwise, are hereby expressly 
saved and reserved.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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Mr. Roebuck reported the Liverpool, Crosby and 
Southport Railway and Branch Bill, with Amend- 
ments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Tatton Egerton reported from the Committee 


Y on the West Cornwall Railway (Branches to Saint 


Vou, 192, 


20° Maiti. 545 


Ives and Norwayman’s Wharf, and Construction and Saint Ives and 
Enlargement of Quays at Hayle) Bill; That they ee 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- Sonsaueetinn 
amble ofthe Bill, but the same had not been proved and Enlarge- 
to their satisfaction. i ne! Quays 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; ee 


and be printed. 


Mr. Lockhart reported from the Committee on Ayr Harbour 
the Ayr Harbour Bill; That they had examined the Bill. 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
but the same had not been proved to their satisfac- 
tion. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Lockhart reported the Ayrshire Roads Bill, Ayrshire 
with Amendments. Roads Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Judge Advocate reported from the Select Settlement 
Committee on Settlement and Poor Removal ; That = Poor 
they had further considered the matters to them re- (Sixth es 
ferred, and directed him to report the Minutes of port.) 
the Evidence taken before them. No. 409. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Inverness Gas and Inverness Gas 
Water Company to raise a further Sum of Money, = Water 
and to construct additional Works, and to amend 
the Act relating to the said Company, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for better supplying with Gas and 
Water the Royal Burgh of Jnverness, Suburbs and 
Places adjacent. 

Ordered, That Sir Andrew Leith Hay do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Sir Denis Le Marchant reported from the Com- Edinburgh 
mittee on Group No. 45 of Railway Bills ; That the ~ ae hag 
Parties promoting the Edinburgh and Perth Rail- ““™’Y ™ 
way Bill had stated to the Committee, that the evi- 
dence of George Fraser, Sub-Inspector of Mail 
Coaches in Edinburgh, A, G. Somerville, Vice Pre- 
sident, Inland Post-office, Edinburgh, William An- 
derson, Mail Coach-guard between Aberdeen and 
Edinburgh, Donald Stewart, Mail Coach-gaard be- 
tween Ldinburgh and Inverness, J. M‘ Laggan, 

Mail Coach-guard between Edinburgh and Aber- 
deen, was essential, to enable them to establish their 
case before the Committee ; and it having been 
proved, that their attendance could not be procured 
without the intervention of the House, he had been 
instructed by the Committee to move the House, 
That the said George Frazier, A. G. Somerville, 
William Anderson, Donald Stewart and J. M‘Lag- 
an do attend the said Committee. 

Ordered, That George Fraser, A. G. Somerville, 
William Anderson, Donald Stewart and J. M‘Lag- 
gan do attend the said Committee. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend the Acts and alter Glasgow, 
the terms of Amalgamation of the Glasgow, Dum- Duntries and 
fries and Carlisle Railway Company, and of the — a 
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway bg Pais- 
Company, was read the third time. ley, Kilmar- 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. —— Ayt 
Ordered, That Mr. Ewart do carry the Bill to (xo, 1) Bill. 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for the Amendment of the Port Belfast Port 
and Harbour Acts of Belfast, for making further 224 Harbour 
Improvements and New Works there, and for the 
Amendment of the Belfast and Cavehill Railway 
and Belfust Town Improvement &lt;cts, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 





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546 


Paisley, Barr- 
head and 


— "sideration this day. . 
Paisley and Ordered, That the Report on the Paisley and 
Renfrew Rail- Renfrew Railway (Sale and Improvement) Bill be 
way (Sale and . - . : 
Improvement) taken into consideration this day. 
Bill. 
Paisley, Barr- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
a and ,. the Report on the Paisley, Barrhead and Hurlet 
on Bil, -—«-Railway Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Paisley and 
Renfrew Rail- 
way (Sale and 
Improvement) 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Paisley and Renfrew Railway 
(Sale and Improvement) Bill ; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Leeds and Lord Charles Wellesley reported from the Com-_| 
sey or mittee on Group No. 39 of Railway Bills ; That the 


Durham and parties 

Newcastle Ex- (Leeds 

tension, &amp;c.) 
ill. 


romoting the Leeds and Thirsk Railway 
Durham and Newcastle Extension, &amp;c.) Bill 
had stated to the Committee that the Evidence 
of Mr. David Burn, of Newcastle, -was essential, 
to enable them to establish their case before the 


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Ordered, That the Report on the Paisley, Barr-| 
head and Hurlet Railway Bill be taken into con- 





Committee; and it having been proved that his| 
attendance could not be procured without the in-| 
tervention of the House, he had been instructed by 
the Committee to move the House, That Mr. Burn, | 
do attend to said Committee on Monday the 31st 
instant, at Twelve o’clock. 

Ordered, That Mr. David Burn do attend the 
said Committee upon Monday the 31st day of this 
instant May, at Twelve of the clock. 








North Staf- Mr. Buck reported the North Staffordshire Rail- 


se way (Alterations and Branches) Bill, with Amend- 

(Alterations ments. , 

= Branches) Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
lL 


and be printed. 
East Lincoln- Mr. Dickinson reported from the Committee on 
hen the East Lincolnshire Railway (Branch from Louth 
Louth to Lin- to Lincoln) Bill; That in the case of the said Bill, 
coln) Bill. the Parties had expressed their desire to withdraw 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Roman Catho- 
lic Charitable 
Trusts Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Roman Catholic Charitable Trusts 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Railways Bill, | The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Railways Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Ordered, That the Biil be withdrawn. 








A. 1847. 


during the week ending the 8th of May 1847 ; also 
the Cost, distinguishing the Amount paid in Wages, 
and the Cost of the Establishment; so far as can 
be made out from the Estimates and Pay Lists 
already received. 
Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to Orders,— Shipping. 
A Return of the Number of Shi s which cleared out 
from the several Ports in the United Kingdom in 
1845 and 1846, for Ports in British North America, 
stating whether with Cargoes or in Ballast. 
An Account of the Imports into the United King- sugar, &amp;e. 
dom of Sugar, Molasses, Rum, Coffee and Cocoa, 
from the West Indies and British Guiana, for the 
years 1831 to1846, both inclusive, distinguishing the 
Quantities imported from each Colony in each year, 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper No. 364 of 
Session 1846). 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the second be printed. 


Mr. Greene reported the Caledonian Railway Caledonian 


(Branches to Canonbie, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amend- Railway 
(Branches to 
ments. Canonbie, &amp;c.) 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Bill. 
and be printed. 


Mr. Strutt presented,—Report of the Commis- Railway Bills. 
sioners of Railways on certain Railway Bills com- wo, 164, 
prised in Group No. 24 (in pursuance of Resolution 
of the House of 23d February 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on 
certain Railway Bills comprised in Group No. 24 
(in pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23d 
February 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on a 
certain Railway Bill comprised in Group No. 26 
(in pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23d 
February 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on a 


certain Railway Bill comprised in Group No. 41 
(in pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23d 


| February 1847). 


Report of the Commissioners of Railways on a 
certain Railway Bill comprised in Group No, 44 


| (in pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23d 


February 1847). 

Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
Committees on the Bills to which the same relate ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Exchequer rxchequer 
Bills, which was presented upon Tuesday last, be Bills. 
printed. No. 412. 


Petitions of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway pirkenhead 
Company ; — Birkenhead, Lancashire and Chester Improvement 
Junction Railway Company ;— Birkenhead Dock (Waterworks) 

ES. and Purchase 
Company ;—and, Commissioners of the Birkenhead o¢ Birkenhead 
Docks; praying that the Birkenhead Improvement and Claughton 
(Waterworks) and Purchase of Birkenhead and — 
Claughton Waterworks Bill may pass into a law,— 


were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


Petitions of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway pirkenhead 
Company ;— Birkenhead, Lancashire and Chester Improvement 
(Gas Works) 
and Purchase 
* . of Birkenhead 
Docks ; praying that the Birkenhead Improvement and Claughton 
(Gas Works) and Purchase of Birkenhead and &amp;8 Works 


Claughton Gas Works Bill may pass into a law,— 


Company ;—and, Commissioners of the Birkenhead 


| were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


A Petition of Trustees of the Middlesex and Essex commercial 
Turnpike-roads, praying that they may be heard, Gas Light and 


Coke Com- 


by themselves, their counsel or agents, against pany Bill. 


certain parts of the Commercial Gas Light and Coke 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 


the Table. 
Edinburgh A Petition of John Learmouth, of Dean, Chair- 
— man of the Edinburgh Water Company, praying 
/ that provision may be made in the Edinburgh | . , 
Waterworks Bill to provide for the constitution of Junction Railway Company ;— Birkenhead Dock 
a public trust, in whom the works and property 
for the supply of Edinburgh and its vicinity with 
Water, might on certain terms be vested for the 
benefit of the community, was presented, and read ; 
anc referred to the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills. the Table. 
Public Works Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
(ireland) —_ mand,—Copy of the Second Report of the Relief 
Commissioners, constituted under the Act 10th Vice. 
c. 7. 
Public Works A Return showing the average daily Number of | Company Bill, was presented, and read. 
ao Persons employed on Relief Works in Jredand, 


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Committee 











































Croydon Com- 
mercial Gas 
Light and 
Coke Bill. 


Leeds Water- 
works (No. 2.) 
Bill. 


Norwich Small 
Tenements 


Warwick 
County Prison 
Bill. 


Agricultural 
Tenant Right 
Bill. 


Anatomy Act. 


Vote by Ballot, 
&amp;e. 


Bankruptcy 
Act. 


Charitable 
Trusts. 


Chemists and 
Druggists, 


10 Vicroriz. 


Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the There-undersigned of the Medical 
Profession, residing at Croydon, in the county of 
Surrey, praying for leave to withdraw their Petition 
against the Croydon Commercial Gas Light and 
Coke Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the 
Petition accordingly. 


A Petition of the Leeds and Thirsk Railway 
Company, praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Leeds Waterworks (No. 2.) Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Inhabitants and Ratepayers of the 
city of Norwich, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Vorwich Small Tenements Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the saidPetition. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of Warwick, taking notice of 
the application for leave to bring in the Warwick 
County Prison Bill; and praying that such Bill 
may pass into law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Hertford and Bedford ;—Lough- 
borough ;—County of Leicester';— Devon ;—County 
of York ;—Berks ;— Rutland ;—and, Suffolk ; pray- 
ing that the Agricultural Tenant Right Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Leeds; praying the House to 
appoint a Committee to investigate the working of 
the Anatomy Act, with a view to its repeal,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of William Summers, Pencil Manu- 
facturer, of No. 8,Calthorpe-place, Gray’s-Inn-road, 
in the county of Middlesex, praymg the House, 
previous to the dissolution of the present Parlia- 
ment, to give the people Vote by Ballot, and thus 
give to tradesmen protection to their votes, and that 
three days may be allowed for voting, some electors 
not being always able to attend on one given day, 
to whom a second or third would be convenient, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the townand county of the town of South- 
ampton, praying for amendment of the Bankruptcy 
Act, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants and others of the city 
of Gloucester, and its vicinity, praying the House 
to pass a Bill for the better regulation of Charitable 
Trusts, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Llandilo ;—Atherstone ;—Alford ; 
—John Stantical; — Dorking ; — Barnet ;— Bury 
VoL. 102. 


20° Maize. 547 


Saint Edmund’s ;—Birmingham ;— Alfred Bacon; 
— Biggleswade ;— London (three Petitions); —Great 
Driffield ;— Bishopsgate and other places ;—Alezx- 
ander M’ Cleod;—Aylesbury ;— Cheshunt ;— Edward 
Heath ;—Colchester ;— Cullompton ;—Crewkherne;-— 
Cockermouth ;— Bristol ; — Saint George’s, South- 
wark;— Saint Pancras ;— Highgate ;— Saint 
George’s Circus, Southwark ;— Newington (Surrey) ; 
— Hampstead-road ; — Islington ; — Bridport; — 
Dewsbury ;—Dunstable; — Saint Neot’s ;—Shepton 
Mallett ;— Bristol (two Petitions) ; — Greenwich 
and Lewisham;— York (two Petitions) ; — Wool- 
wich ;— Chatteris ;—Harlestone (two Petitions) ;— 
Watford; — Wickham Market ; — Newcastle-uwpon- 
Tyne and Gateshead (two Petitions) ;— Bridport 
and Beaminster ;— and, Bridport (two Petitions) ; 
praying the House to pass a Bill for regulating the 
qualification of Chemists and Druggists in England 
and Wales, —were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


tices of the Peace for the said county, praying the 
House to take the case of lessees of church property, 
the reversion whereof now is or may be hereafter 
vested in the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Eng- 
land, into consideration, to the end that means may 
be devised for securing to such lessees their ancient 
privilege of renewal, and other their accustomed 
estates and rights, and that they may have such 
further and other relief as to the House may seem 
meet, was presented, and read ; aud ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


praying the House to inquire into the claims made 
before the Lord Chancellor, in pursuance of the 
Act for abolishing certain offices of the High Court 
of Chancery in England, and to take mto con- 
consideration the orders made thereon, and to in- 
quire into the fees imposed upon and into the state 
and charges affecting the funds of the suitors of the 
said Court, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


missioners of Supply of the county of Renfrew, 
submitting to the consideration of the House the 
propriety of altering the mode of defraying the ex- 
penses necessary for apprehending and prosecuting 
Criminals, and maintaining them in prison ; and also 


having these burdens provided for, as at present, by 
local taxation; and praying the House to appoint 
a Committee to inquire into the subject, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the There-undersigned, who reside Distress. 


in or near Tavistock, praying the House to devise 
comprehensive measures for the relief of all classes 
of the community, even should such measures be 
of a temporary character, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wolverhampton ;— Wigan;— York; 
— Huddersfield ;—Erdington near Birmingham ;— 
Cossey ;—Coventry ;—Marnhull ;— Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne ;—and, Norwich ; complaining of the exclu- 
sion of Roman Caiholics from their share of the 
sums of money granted for educational purposes, 
and praying the flouse to interpose in their behalf, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of Members of a Congregation of 
Protestant Dissenters meeting at Dinas Colliery, 





in the county of Glamorgan, praying the House to 
4a2 withhold 


A Petition of Edward Dyke Poore, of Figheldean, church 
in the county of Wilts, one of Her Majesty’s Jus- Leases. 


A Petition of Solicitors of Her Majesty’s High Court of 
Court of Chancery, residing in the city of York, Chancery. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Com- Criminals and 


the expense of maintaining parish roads, instead of 


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Health of 
Towns Bill. 


Heritable 
Securities for 
Debt (Scot- 
Jand) ; Trans- 
ference of 
Lands (Scot- 
land); Bur- 
gage Tenure 
‘Scotland) ; 
Service of 


Heirs (Scotland) ; and, Crown 
Charters (Scotland) Bills. 


Highways Bill. 


Lunatic 
Asylums. 


Mai] Packets. 


John 


M'‘Donald. 


548 


withhold its consent from any further grants of 
public money for educational purposes, and to ad- 
dress the Crown to revoke the powers vested in the 
Committee of Council on Education, was also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Aberdare;— and, Ashby-de-la- 
Zouch; praying the House to sanction the plan of 
Education propounded in the Minutes of the Com- 
mittee of Council on Education,—were also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Warrington (eleven Petitions) ;— 
Barnsley ;—Shadwell ;— Clapton, Tottenham and 
Edmonton Mechanics’ Literary and Scientific In- 
stitution (Chairman and Secretary); — Harrow-on- 
the-Hill ; — Londou ; —Nottingham ;—Morton ;— 
Truro; — Tottenham ; — and, Kingston-upon-Hull 
(two Petitions); praying that the Health of Towns 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Hamilton; — Glasgow ;— aud, 
Dumbarton (Provost); praying that the Heritable 
Securities for Debt (Scotland) ; the Transference of 
Lands( Scotland); the Burgage Tenure (Scotland); the 
Service of Heirs (Scotland); and the Crown Charters 
(Scotland) Bills may pass into law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land in 
the neighbourhood of Cardiff, in the county of 
Glamorgan, praying the House not to exclude 
South Wales from the provisions of the Highways 
Bill, but to place the Petitioners and the other 
Ratepayers upon a footing of equality with the rest 
of the Kingdom, however small the benefits arising 
from the same may be, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Patron, President and Chair- 
man of the Committee of Management to the Cha- 
ritable Institution, called The Warneford Hospital, 
situated in the parish of Headington, in the county 
of Oxford, praying that there may be extended to 
the said Hospital and all charitable institutions of 
that sert, the benefit of the same clause of exemp- 
tion which (by 9th George 4., c. 40., sec. 29), re- 
lieves County Lunatic Asylums from all rates and 
taxes whatever, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Glasgow 
Emancipation Society, stating that from a variety 
of circumstances which have transpired during the 
currency of the present Government contract with 
the Proprietors of the Cunard Line of Atlantic 
Steam Packets, several instances have occurred 
which have convinced the Petitioners that however 
efticiently that contract may have previded for the 
safe, speedy and careful conveyance of the Mail, 
the conveyance of the passengers of various coun- 


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A. 1847. 


stating that while boatswain of the “ Jane” revenue 
cruizer he discovered that frauds were systematically 
committed upon the revenue by the Commander 
thereof; that he attempted to protect the revenue 
from such frauds, for which he suffered the most 
cruel and harsh treatment at the hands of the said 
Commander ; that an inquiry was instituted into the 
case, but it was decided against him, and he was 
removed into another cruizer, and praying the House 
to inquire into the circumstances, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Henry Hamilton ;—Ignatius Wil- ——— 
kins ;—G. H. L. Rickards ;—Henry Allen Cleaver ; yfedical Law 
—Joseph Bird; — Goudhurst ;— Henry Feather- Amendment 
stonehaugh;—A. G. Roper ;— T. F. Sagar;—W. ®ill. 
Almond;—R. G. Horton;—C. Loe ;—B. E. Hol- 
well;—P. L. Burchell; —F’. Sharpe ;—J. Mackfar- 
lane ;—R. Fowler;—J. B. Thomson ;—Rotherham ; 
—J. W. Perrin;—J. M. Taylor ;—M. Hall;—H. 
Bell;—R. P. Bell;—M. Jackson;—J. P. Ram- 
shill; —G. Bulmer ;—H. M. Alkinson ;—W. Scott; 
—W. B. Owen;—A. M‘Gregor ;—J. Teeran ;— 
G. Wood;—W. E. C. Bishop;—T. Harrison ;— 
M. Park;—P. L. Burchell;—J. H. Branfoot ;— 
F.S. Garlich ;—H. J. Paine ;—T. Carey ;—Glas- 
gow (two Petitions) ;—R. Prior ;—R. M. Williams; 

— T. Chalmer;— E. Parker ; —J. W. Field; — 
Daniel de la Cherois Gourley ;—W. S. Gill; — T. 
Chalmer ;— T. Greenwood ;--F’. Cheesman ;--M. K. 
O'Shea ;—S. T. Smyth ;—J. Stevens; —L. W. 
Moore ;-- 11. Shaw ;—James St. John Gage Parsons; 
—T. Buck;—R. A. Ramsay ;—R. S. Penkivil ;— 
F. Fowler ;—F. G. Moore ;—B. G. Haygarth ;— 
M. Jevan;—R. Staning;—J. Russell ;—R. Daly 
Walker ;—J. Shea;—C. Adcock ;—R. Haines ;— 
Pilkington; —J. W. Curtis; — W. Pearse ;—J. 
Harding; — W. Wood;—W. Edwards ;—T. H. 
Shute ;—H. S. Searle;—E. Dale;—W. V. Petti- 
grew;—R. S. Myers;— W. Ashcombe;—D. Thomas; 
—Bath;—R. A. Kidley;— W. Johnson ;— W. 
Loney ;—G. L. Shine ;—J. F. Johnson;—W. Wil- 
liams ;—J. H. Baylis ;—H. Swift and T. Dawson; 
—W. J. Preston ;—R. Barnes;—J. H. Davis ;— 

J. Orwin ;—Cobbe ;—Preston ;—H. Whitworth ;— 

S. Parker ;—P. Burrowes ;—W. Simpson ;—A. H. 
Hassall ;— Colne ;—P. Mogeness ;—and, C. Clark ; 
praying that the Medical Registration and Medical 
Law Amendment Bill may pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of John Thomson, Physician, residing 
at No. 31, York-place, Edinburgh, praying the 
House to reject the said Bill, and to commence 
Medical Reform by securing to disease pure hospi- 
tals and pure infirmaries, by stringently prohibiting 
the combination of a medical school with any medi- 
cal charity whatever, and, by a reform of medical 
education, rejecting every attempt to teach anatomy 
and chemistry by preaching, was also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





tries and colours has been left too much at the 
mercy of the contractors and their agents, and hence 
several instances have occurred wherein coloured 
persons who have been required to pay for their 
passage the same amount of money as whites, have 
not been permitted to associate with the white 
passengers, but have been treated as a proscribed 
anc infected class; and praying the House to cause 
the contracts for the said packets and elsewhere to 
be so amended that whatever diversity of rates, 


prices or classes of conveyance there may be, there 
shall not in any British packet in any part of the 
world be allowed any such diversity of treatment 
founded upon complexional differences, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John M‘Donald, late Boatswain 
of Her Majesty’s revenue cruizer “ Albatross,” 





A Petition of Colliers whose names are there- Mines and 
unto subscribed, stating that the Petitioners are Collieries- 
Colliers working in the coal mines in the coal 
districts of England, Wales and Scotland; that 
they desire to direct the attention of the House to 
the many deaths continually happening from bad 
ventilation in the mines, and also to the distressing 
accidents which still more frequently occur from the 
same cause, and from which the Petitioners are 
put to heavy expenses, and lose their work for long 
periods of time ; but which accidents, unfortunately 
for the Petitioners, do not come before the public, 
unless they occasion death ; in many mines the air- 
courses are not made with sufficient care, nor at- 
tended to with sufficient vigilance and caution; in 
many the air has to travel too long a distance from 
the down-cast shaft to the up-cast shaft; in many 
there 











Navigation 
Laws. 


Notting Hill 
Church, 


Poor Removal 
Act. 


Poor Removal 
(England and 
Scotland) Bill. 





10 Vicrortiz. 


there is great neglect by the underlookers and 
others, whose duty it is to look after the mines and 
the colliers; air-doors are broken where they ought 
to be perfect, open when they ought to be shut; in 
some cases sheets have been hung up instead of 
doors, and many other neglects occur from over 
confidence, caused by previous freedom from acci- 
dent; the Petitioners submit that inspectors should 
be appointed to visit all the mines, and that some 
of these inspectors should be men practically ac- 
quainted with colliery work; that such inspectors 
should see that accurate maps are made of all the 
workings in the mines; that these inspectors should 
grant licenses to mines where they consider that 
due provision and care has been used to prevent 
accidents and insure good ventilation; and that, 
without such license, no mine should be permitted 
to work ; the Petitioners submit that a public re- 
gistry should be kept of the owners and tenants of 
all mines, and that before a mine is licensed, such 
owners and tenants should sign a declaration that 
they would do all in their power to enforce the laws 
for the good management of their mines, and the 
protection of the lives of the colliers; and that they 
would attend at all times, and give evidence and 
information when required by the inspectors or by 
magistrates ; at present, in cases of complaint, it 
frequently happens that no one knows who is the 
proper and responsible person to apply to; the Pe- 
titioners ask the House to inquire into the truck 
system, and the manner in which the law made for 
the purpose of putting down that system is evaded ; 
the Petitioners also ask the House to make a law 
that the colliers shall be paid for their work by 
weight and not by measure, and that coals may be 
weighed by beams and scales, as that mode of 
weighing is, in their opinion, less likely to be wrong, 
and would give more satisfaction ; and praying the 
House to take the matters of their Petition into 
consideration, and to pass laws to carry into eflect 
the wishes of the Petitioners, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Shipowners, Shipmasters and of 
Tradesmen engaged in the building and equipment 
of British shipping, and of others interested in the 
prosperity of British navigation, resident in Work- 
ington, praying the House not to entertain the re- 
commendation for a repeal of the Navigation Laws, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Ccmmittee on Navigation Laws. 


A Petition of Ratepayers of the parish of Ken- 
sington, who are assessed and reside within the dis- 
trict parish of Saint John’s, Notting-hill, praying 
the House to order an inquiry into the whole cir- 
cumstances connected with the building and the 
endowment, and the attempt to raise a rate for the 
purposes of the Notting-dill Church, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Watlington ;—and, Henley-upon- 
Thames; praying for repeal or alteration of the Poor 
Removal Act,—were presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred tu the Select Committee on Settlement and 
Poor Removal. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Clerk to the Guar- 
dians of the poor of the Londonderry Union, pray- 
ing the House not to approve of the Poor Removal 
(England and Scotland) Bill without extending its 
powers to the authorities in Jrelund to remove all 
poor persons to their respective unions in England 
and Scotland as well in the interior of Jreland, 
and that a more definite authority be granted for 
arrest than the belief of a parish officer, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

VoL, 102. 





20° Mazz. 


A Petition of Protestant Dissenters of Enfield Promiscuous 
Highway, Middlesex, praying that the House will M*rcourse. 


enact such laws with reference to the keepers of 
brothels, and all persons trafficking in female virtue, 
as shall invest magistrates and officers of police with 
more summary powers, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


the parishes of Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Hartshorne, 
in the counties of Leicester and Derby, praying that 
the Roman Catholic Relief Bill may not pass intoa 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Union, praying the House to repeal the laws of 
Parochial Settlement, and to substitute such legis- 
lative enactments as will remedy the defects to which 
reference is made in their Petition, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Settlement and Poor Removal. 


pany, praying that the Towns Improvement Clauses 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, and 
that they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, 
at the bar of the House, in support of their Peti- 
tion, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


praying the House to insure the insertion ofa clause 
in all international treaties, binding the parties to 
refer all disputes that may arise to arbitration, and 
to abide by the decision of the arbitrators, without 
having any resort to arms,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return ofall the Judges, Clerks and other 
Officers appointed under the Act 9 and 10 Vic., in- 
tituled, An Act for the more easy Recovery of 
Small Debts and Demands in England, and of the 
Courts to which they have been respectively ap- 

ointed ; distinguishing in such Return the Judges, 
Clerks and other Officers who have been newly ap- 
pointed under the said Act, from the Judges, Clerks 
and other Officers who held any Offices in Local 
Courts existing at the time of the passing of the 
said Act, and in these latter cases specifying whether 
the Judges are Barristers or Attornies, and the 
Names of the Offices so previously held; together 
with a Return of the Remuneration which has been 
awarded, or agreed to be awarded to any of such 
Judges, Clerks or other Officers. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Miscellancous 


a Statement of the Estimates for Miscellaneous Ser- 
vices for the years 1828, 1838 and 1847, ending the 
31st day of March 1848, in the same form as the 
General Abstract of the Miscellaneous Estimates 
printed in the present Session, with an Explanation, 
so far as the same can be prepared, of the Causes 
of Increase or Decrease in each Item. 


Mr. Secretary at War presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—An Account of the finally au- 
dited Receipt and Expenditure for Army and Militia 
Services, compared with the Sums estimated for the 
year ended the 31st day of March 1846, and Ba- 
lance Sheet (showing the Ledger Balances on the 





4a3 31st 


A Petition of Clergymen, Churchwardens and Roman Catho- 
other Inhabitants of the hamlet of Woodville, in lic Relief Bill. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Eton Settlement. 


A Petition of the York United Gas Light Com- Towns Im- 
provement 
Clauses Bill. 


Petitions from Leeds ;—and, London (Chairman) ; War. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented County Courts 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Act- 


Services, 


Army ana 

Militia 

Services. 
No. 428. 














































































a a es 


550 20° Mazi. 


31st March 1847, the Date on which the preceding 
Account was closed). 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Lunatic Asy- Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Jums(Ireland.) Command,—Copy of Report on the District, Local 
and Private Lunatic Asylums in Ireland, 1846, with 
Appendices. 
Srdived, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Local Acts. Mr. Ward presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
No. 129. —Reports of the Admiralty relative to Applications 
for Local Acts. 
Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
Committees on the Bills to which the same relate ; 
and be printed. 


Navy. Mr. Ward presented, pursuant to Orders,—A 
No.429. Return of all Vessels that have been purchased, 
since 1830, into the Royal Navy, including those 
condemned under the Acts relative to the Slave 
Trade, stating the Tonnage and the Price paid for 
each, distinguishing the Amount paid for the Hull 

and for the Stores. 


Boys (Navy.) Return to an Order, dated the 31st day of March | 
No. 430. last, for a Return of Boys entered on board Her 
Majesty’s Ships or Vessels of War from the 1st day | 

of January to the 31st day of December 1846, ac- | 

cording to the following Form :— 





First Class Boys, entered the Navy for first time  - 

ye a second time - 
Second Class Boys, entered Navy for first time - 
m * second time - 














Total - - 
From whence obtained : 
Greenwich Royal Naval Asylum - - 
Marine Society School - - - “ : - 
Other sources - - - - a “ - 
Total - - 
Could write and read - - - = - ‘ 
write or read only - - - - - - 
neither read nor write - - . - - 
Good scholars - - - 7 - a e &lt; 
Doubtful - - - - - &lt; - in 
Total - - 
Petty Officers, Seamen or Boys, invalided - - 
a - discharged - - 
” 5 deserted - ~ - 
&gt;” 33 deaths - - = 
Total - - 
Ship Copy of the Correspondence between the Board 
“ Thetis.’ of Admiralty and the Officers commanding on the 


No. 431. Coast of Brazil; and between Captain Dickinson, 
commanding Her Majesty’s Ship “ Lightning,” and 
the Officers commanding on the Coast of Brazil, 
in the years 1830, 1831 and 1832, respecting the 
Recovery of the Public Stores and Treasure sunk 


A. 1847. 


warehousing privileges on Colonial and British 
Spirits ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Yeas to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Moffatt, ls) 
Yeas, | Mr. Hume: | ee 
Tellers for the f Mr. Parker, 71 56 
Noes. Mr. Craven Berkeley: J ° 


So it passed in the Negative. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts im- Spirits. 
posing Duties of Excise, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House will resolve itself into a Committee 
on the said Acts, for the purpose of permitting 
British Spirits to be rectified m bond for exportation, 
and permitting rectified Spirits and Compounds to 
be warehoused for exportation ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, { a vy } 56. 
Tellers for the Noes, - Tufnell: } 63. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Mr. John 


| posed, That there be laid before this House, Copies Dillon. 


| of the following Papers respecting Mr. John Dillon’s 
Claim for Prize Money out of the proceeds of the 
Smuggler Brig “ Peru’ :—Statements of George 
F. Young, George Pryme and Feargus O'Connor, 
_Esquires, as to the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s 
| Agreement in Mr. John Dillon’s case ; the Decision 
| of Admiral Sir E. Codrington on said Agreement ; 
/and the Opinions of Admirals Sr G. Martin, Sir 
| R. Stopford and the late Sir P. C. Durham there- 
| on :—The legal Opinions of Justice Sir H. Maule, 
and the late Sir William Follett thereon :—The Affi- 
_davit of Mr. William Burt, then Chief Boatman of 
the Coast Guard Station at Milk Cove, County 
| Cork, with reference to the “ Peru” :—The Affidavit 
of Clearance from the Custom House of Mew York 
by Mr. James Hitchcox, Master of the “ Peru,” and 
the Manifests of the Cargo of the said Brig, and the 
Affidavits of Mr. Patrick Monaghan thereon :—The 
Quantity of Tobacco seized in the “ Peru,” and the 
amount paidto Mr. Henry Masters, Custom House 
Officer at Kinsale, as Prize Money on account of 
such Seizure :—And, the Letter addressed to the 
Lords of the Treasury by Mr. John Dillon, dated 
the 20th day of March 1847 :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Newfoundland 
to render permanent certain parts of the Act for Gavermmen 
amending the Constitution of the Government of ~ 
Newfoundland: And that Mr. Hawes and Sir George 


Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 











in Her Majesty’s Ship “ Thetis,” at Cape Frio. 
Ships“Power- | Copies ofthe Logs of the “ Powerful,” “ Rodney,” 
ful,” &amp;e. “ Ganges,” “ Vanguard,” “ Cambridge” and “ Re- 
No.432. venge,” on the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, sth and 6th days 
of December 1840. 


Harwich Copy of the Report of the Surveyors of the Ad- 
Railways. miralty on the Harwich Railway Lines. 
No. 433. Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table ; and be printed. 


Spirits. The House was moved, That the several Acts im- 
posing Duties of Customs, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House will resolve itself into a Committee 
on the said Acts, for the purpose of assimilating the 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented vice Admi- 
to Her Majesty that She will be graciously pleased ralty Courts 
to give directions that there be laid before this (C%s) 
House, Returns of all Fees payable in the several 
Vice-Admiralty Courts at the Cape of Good Hope 
and Saint Helena, and the Australian Colonies ; 
with a Return of all Officers and Persons holding 
Appointments in the said Courts, with the nature 
of the Duty performed, and the Amount of Salary 
received by each, and, if paid by Fees, the Annual 
Amount received by each since the Ist day of Janu- 
ary 1842:—And, of the Registrar’s Copy of the 
Marshal’s Certificate of breaking up of the Hull 
and of the Sale of the Cargo of the Slave Vessel 
“ Diana,” condemned in the Vice-Admiralty Court 
at the Cape of Good Hope, and transmitted by the 





Agents 








—_— 


Pa a ape ae 












10 Vicroriz. 


Agents for the Captors to the Treasury on the 11th 
day of September 1846. . 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Fees in Courts Ordered, That Mr. Henley be added to the Select 

aay and Committee on Fees in Courts of Law and Equity. 

Railway Bills. | Ordered, That Lord Seymour and Mr. Pattison 
be added to the Select Committee on Railway Bills. 


Wool, &amp;c. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Quantities of British Sheep and 
Lambs’ Wool and Woollen Yarn exported from 
the United Kingdom in the year 1846 ; specifying 
the Countries to which they were sent (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 341, of Session 
1846):—Of the Quantity of Mohair (or Goats’ Wool) 
imported into the United Kingdom in the year 
1846 ; and of the Quantity re-exported during the 
same period, and the Countries to which they were 
sent :—And, of the Quantities of Wool imported 
into the United Kingdom from Her Majesty’s Co- 
lonial Possessions and from all Foreign Countries ; 
specifying South Africa, East Indies, New South 
Wales, Van Diemen’s Land, Port Philip, South 
Australia and Western Australia:—Also, specifying 
Alpaca and Vicuna Wool, the Quantities of each, 
and the Countries from whence they are imported. 


—_e The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
Administra- the adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which, 
tion Bill. upon Monday last, were proposed to be made to the 


Question, That the Poor Laws Administration Bill 
be now read a second time; and which Amend- 
ments were, to leave out the word “ now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, to add the words “ upon 
“* this day six months.” 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the word “now” stand part of the Question :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 
Veneris, 21° die Mati, 1847: 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


Loan Discount The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
=. Reading of the Loan Discount Bill ; 
Ordered, That tine Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday the 31st day of this instant May. 


Herring The Herring Fishery (Scotland) Bill was, accord- 
r soe a) ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed 
Bill. to a Committee of the whole House, for Monday 


the 31st day of this instant May. 


Poor and The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
a a —_ Reading of the Poor and Highway Rates Exemp- 
tion Bill. tion Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Wednesday the 2d day of June next. 


Highways Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to 

maou whom it was referred to consider of authorizing the 

and 5 a : 

Expenses] | Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury to defray, 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Remunera- 
tion to and the Travelling and other Expenses of 
the Auditors and Inspectors to be appointed under 
any Act of the present Session to amend the Laws 
relating to Highways, a Resolution ; which was read 
as followeth : 

Resolved, That Provision be made out of the Con 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for the Remuneration to and 
Travelling and other Expenses of the Auditors and 
Inspectors who may be appointed in pursuance of 
OL. 102, 





20° —21° Maiz. 551 


an Act of the present Session to amend the Laws 
relating to Highways. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The ingrossed Bill to facilitate the Transference Transference 
of Lands and other Heritages in Scotland not held of Lands 
in Burgage Tenure, was, according to Order, read = 
the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Forfeiture to take effect 
although the superiority forms part of an estate held 
under prohibition against alienation, &amp;c.), was thrice 
read ; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to facilitate the Constitution Heritable 
and Transmission of Heritable Securities for Debt Sue er 
in Scotland, and to render the same more effectual Jand) Bill. 
for the Recovery of Debt, was, according to Order, 
read the third time; and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to facilitate the Transference Burgage 
of Lands and other Heritages in Scotland held in Tenure (Scots 
Burgage Tenure, was, according to Order, read the *” _ 
third time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read for the Third Crown 
Reading of the ingrossed Bill to amend the Practice Charters 
in Scot/and with regard to Crown Charters and Pre- = 
cepts from Chancery ; ° 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time ; 

Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
consent,as faras Her Majesty’s interest isconcerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

And Notice being taken, that the interest of the 
Prince and Steward of Scotland is concerned therein; 

Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
consent as far as the interest of the Prince and 








Steward of Scotland is concerned, that the House 
may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Biil was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Passengers 
- ‘ee upon the Passengers Act Amendment A¢t Amend- 

ill. 

(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°; paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Crause, N° 1, (Extent to which the Passengers 
Act shall apply.) 
Amendments made. 
Amendment proposed: In P. 2.1.15. After the 
word “tons” to insert the words “ having a space 
“ of fourteen superficial feet to each person.” 
Question proposed, That those words be there 
added. 
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Crauses, N° 2 to N° 12, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 
Clause added, 








4a4 Preamble 











552 


Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 
Copyhold The Copyhold Commission Bill was, according to 
— Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 
Turnpike Acts The Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill was, ac- 
coreuance cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
; mitted to a Committee of the whole House for this 
day. 


Loan Societies ~The Loan Societies Bill was, according to Order, 
—. read a second time ; and committed toa Committee 
of the whole House, for this day. 


Stockin Trade The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
pa e'" ~—s Reading of the Stock in Trade Exemption Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

this day. 
Birkenhead Ordered, That the Birkenhead (Commissioners) 
ps eg or Dock Acts Amendment (Construction of New 
Amendment Docks and Alteration of Culvert) Bill be read the 


(Construction third time this day. 
of New Docks 

and Alteration 

of Culvert) 

Bill. 


Wheat. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


an Account of the Totai Quantities of Wheat re- 
turned by the Inspectors of Corn Returns, as 
brought to Market in each month, from the 1st 
day of September 1844 to the 30th day of April 
1847, (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
96, of Session 1846). 


Standing 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
Orders ; 


Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; 
which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Lincoln’s-Inn 
Rating Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with; That the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill, on proving before the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have published the 
Notices in the Gazette and county newspaper for 
three successive weeks, and have affixed Notices on 
the church doors for three successive Sundays. 

i 2. Resolved, That in the case of the Liverpool 
Fire and Life Fire and Life Insurance Company Petition, the 
Company Bill. Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; That 
the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, 
on proving before the Committee on the Bill that 
they have published the Notices in the Gazette and 
county naranes for three successive weeks. 

That the Committees on this and the preceding 
Bill do examine, in the first place, how far such 
Orders have been complied with, and do report the 
same to the House on the Report of the Bill. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Waterford, 
Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway Petition 


for additional provision, the Standing Orders ought 


Lincoln’s-Inn 
Rating Bill. 


Liverpool 


Waterford, 
Wextord, 
Wicklow and 
Dublin Rail- 


way Bill, not to be dispensed with. 
The first and second Resolutions, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Liverpool The House was moved, That the Report in re- 


Fire and Life spect of the Petition for the Liverpool Fire and 
Insurance Life Insurance Company Bill, which was this da 
Company Bill. : : 
made from the Select Committee on Standing Or- 
ders, might be read ; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
change the Name of the Liverpool Fire and Life 


Insurance Company, and for other purposes relating 


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A. 1847. 


thereto: And that Viscount Sandon and Sir Howard 
Douglas do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Fire In- 
Accounts of all Sums paid into the Stamp Office S¥tnces. 
in Great Britain and Ireland, on Insurances from 
Fire, for the Quarters ending severally the 25th 
day of March, the 24th day of June, the 29th day 
of September and the 25th day of December 1846, 
distinguishing the Amount of Allowance made to 
each Office for collecting the same in the Country, 
London, Edinburgh and Dublin respectively, with 
the Dates of such Payments :—And, of the Sums 
insured by each Office on Farming Stock exempt 
from Duty, for the Quarters ending severally the 
25th day of March, the 24th day of June, the 29th 
day of September and the 25th day of December 
1846, distinguishing the Amount of each Office in 
the Country, London, Edinburgh and Dublin re- 
sagt. (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 

. 222, of Session 1846). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Exchequer 
Return of the Number and Amount of Public Bills Bills. 
that have been issued, under the head of Exchequer 
Bills, under the authority of Her Majesty’s Comp- 
troller General, since the Date of the last Return, 
the 19th day of February 1845; distinguishing the 
Amount of each particular Issue, the Place and 
Period, and by whom each Issue was signed ; stat- 
ing the Number of Days during which the Comp- 
troller General was in attendance in the discharge 
of his Official Duties, and if absent, at what Pe- 
riods; and, during such absence, under what parti- 
cular Authority, Power and Signature each Issue 


'was then made, (the Return to be made up to the 


present period, and in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 166, of Session 1845). 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- Lincoln's Inn 
spect of the Petition for the Zincoln’s-Inn Rating Rating Bil. 
Bill, which was this day made from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
confirm an Agreement between the Treasurer and 
Masters of the Bench of the Honourable Society of 
Lincoln’s-Inn, in the County of Middlesex, and the 
Joint Vestry of the Joint Parishes of Saint Giles- 
in-the-Fields and Saint George, Bloomsbury, in the 
same County, and the Rector and Vestry of the 
separate Parish of Saint Giles-in-the-Fields: And 
that Mr. Tancred and Sir FitzRoy Kelly do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Country 
Returns of any Country Banks which have ceased Bank. 
to issue their own Notes since the passing of the 
Banking Act of the 7th and Sth Vic., c. 32, showing 
the Amount of Issue of Notes so withdrawn from 
Circulation :—And, of any increased Issue of Notes 
upon Securities which may have been granted to 
the Bank of England, by Order in Council, to re- 
place such Country Bank Issue, under the Powers 
of the Act 7 and 8 Vic., c. 32. 


Mr. Greene presented a Bill to render permanent Newfoundlané 
certain Parts of the Act for amending the Consti- Government 
tution of the Government of Newfoundland : And ® ™ 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to ® - 
be read a second time this day ; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Two of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 





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Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 

M® Campbell, from the Court of Directors of 
the East India Company, was called in ; ana 

at the bar presented, pursuant to Order,—Copies 
of the Annual Accounts of the Mints of Calcutta, 
Bombay and Madras, in detail, and as those Docu- 
ments are forwarded annually from Jndia :—And, 
of all Correspondence relative to the Qualities of 
the Trial Plates, between the Governments of Ben- 
gal, and the Treasury; and of Copies of all Cor- 
respondence relative to the removal of Mr. Curnin 
from his office of Assay Master of the Calcutta 
Mint :—And then he withdrew. 
” — That the said Papers do lie upon the 

able. 


Thames Con- Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Thames 
servancy Bill. Conservancy Bill have leave to sit this day, till five 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mints (East 
India.) 


Captain Ordered, That the Select Committee on Captain 
oo Wynne’s Letters have leave to sit this day, till five 
; of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 
Dunfermline | The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Waterworks the Report on the Dunfermline Waterworks Bill; 

_ and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 
Payne’s The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Patents As- the Report on Payne’s Patents Assignment Bill ; 


signment Bill. and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed, 


Caledonian 
and Dumbar- 
tonshire Junc- 
tion Railway 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Caledonian and 
Dumbartonshire Junction Railway Company to 
make certain Deviations and Branches, was read 


(Deviations ~ the third time. 
a Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
aa ol Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 


and Bowling, the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Norfolk Rail- 
way (from 


An ingrossed Bill to empower the Norfolk Rail- 

Thetford to Way Company to make a Railway from the Worfolk 

the Lowestoft Railway at Thetford, to the Lowestoft Railway near 

Railway, near Reedham, with a Branch therefrom to Halesworth, 
ham, with was read the third time. 


ett, Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Bill. Title be, An Act to empower the Norfolk Railway 


Company to make a Railway from the Lowestoft 
Railway, near Reedham, to join the Norwich Ex- 
tension of the Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund's 
Railway, near Diss, with a Branch therefrom to 
Halesworth. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Staffordshire 


Potteries 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill for supplying with Water 
certain parts of the Staffordshire Potteries and the 
Town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, and several Town- 
ships and Places adjoining or near thereto, was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Runcorn Gas 
Bill, 


An ingrossed Bill to alter, amend and enlarge the 
Provisions of an Act for lighting with Gas the Town 
of Runcorn, otherwise called Higher Runcorn and 
Lower Runcorn, and also the Township or Chapelry 
of Halton, both'in the Parish of Runcorn, in the 
County of Chester, and to empower the Company 
thereby incorporated to supply and light with Gas 
other Ciundiige and Hamlets in the vicinity, was 
read the third time ; and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Billdo pass: And that the 


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Title be, An Act for better lighting with Gas the 
Town of Runcorn, otherwise called Higher Run- 
corn and Lower Runcorn, and also certain Town- 
ships and Hamlets in the vicinity. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend and enlarge the Westminster 
Powers and Provisions of the Westminster Improve- J™provements 
ment Act, 1845, and to authorize the Application of * 
certain Rates in Aid of the Improvements, was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Glasgow, 
the Report on the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Dumfries and 


| Railway, and Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and ee ; 


| Ayr Railway (No. 1.) Bill; and the Amendments Glasgow, 
| were read, and agreed to. oy, ee 


|. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be yy oe 
| Ingrossed, (No. 1.) Bill. 





| The House was moved, That the Entry in the Paisley, 
Votes of yesterday, of the Proceedings of the House es and 
in respect of the consideration of the Report of the ese aay - 
Paisley, Barrhead and Hurlet Railway Bill, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

: aii That the said Proceedings be null and 
void. 
| Ordered, That the Report be taken into consider- 
ation upon Friday next. 


The Order for reading a second time the Lough Lough Neagh 
Neagh Drainage Bill, was read, and discharged. Drainage Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order made upon the 29th day of April last, Eastern Union 

for referring to the Committee on the Eastern Union we " 
Railway (Branch from Manningtree to Harwich) \ieasinntees 
Bill, the Petition of Edward John Alston, of Great to Harwich) 
Bromley, in the county of Essex, Gentleman, Daniel Bill 
Constable Alston, of Manningtree, in the said county, 
Maltster and Brewer, and Robert Harrison, of Fri- 
day-street, Cheapside, in the city of London, Devisees 
in trust under the will of Daniel Constable Alston, 
late of Manningtree, aforesaid, Maltster and Brewer, 
deceased, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts . 
of the said Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Petition be withdrawn. 





Ordered, That the Reports on Railway Bills Railway Bills. 
which, but for the adjournment of the House, might 
have been considered upon Thursday next, be con- 
sidered upon Friday next, or upon Monday the 31st 
day of this instant May. 


Lord Marcus Hill reported to the House, That Marriage. 
their Address of the 13th day of this instant May, 
on the subject of Marriage, had been presented to 
Her Majesty, and that Her Majesty was pleased to 
receive the same very graciously, and to give the 
following Answer : 
I have received your Address relating to the Law 
of Marriage. 
My consideration shall be given to the subject to 
which your Address refers. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson 

and Mr. Duckworth: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Colchester, 
Act to enable the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury Stour hepa 
and Halstead Railway Company to grant a lease (ui0Ury ona 
of their Undertaking to the Ipswich and Bury Saint way (Lease to 
Edmund's Railway Company, without any Amend- — Ipswich 


a . Bury St. 
ment: And also, Edmund’s Railway Company) Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Bristol and 
Clifton Oil 
Gas Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for granting further Powers to the Bristol and 








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Clifton Oil Gas Company, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 
Long’s Estate ‘I'he Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
Bill for exchanging Freehold Estates belonging to Robert 
Kellett Long, Esquire, for Freehold Estates settled 
by the Will of Robert Churchman Long, deceased, 
and for authorizing the leasing of the Settled 
Estates, to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 
The Lords communicate a copy of the First Re- 
aa and Appendix from the Committee appointed 
y their Lordships to inquire into the Execution of 
the Criminal Law, especially respecting Juvenile 
Offenders and Transportation :—And then the Mes- 
sengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Ross, Cromarty and Part of 

marty and Nairn District Roads Bill be re-committed to the 

he A former Committee :—And that they have leave to 

Bill sit, and proceed, upon Monday the 31st day of this 
instant May. 


Criminal Law. 


Ross, Cro- 


Newry and An ingrossed Bill to alter and amend the Newry 
Enniskillen and Enniskillen Railway Act 1845, was read the 
Railway Bill. ; “ 
third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Viscount Newry do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Commercial 


Comm The House proceeded to take into consideration 
oe the Report on the Commercial Gas Light and Coke 
pany Bill | Company Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 
A Clause (for protecting the Powers of the 
Trustees of the Middlesex and Essex 'Turnpike- 
roads) was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 
Windsor, 


bee A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill 
Sa Wasern fOr making a Railway from Staines to Wokingham, 


Railway with Branches to the London and South Western 
(Stainesto Railway, be now read the third time ; 
Wokingha m, Mr. Milner Gibson, by Her Majesty’s Command, 


withBranches) acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
Bill. been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for making a Railway from Staines 
to join the London and South Western Railway near 
Farnborough, with a Branch to Chertsey. 
Ordered, That Sir William Clay do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Windsor, A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill 
—— for making a Railway from Richmond to Windsor, 
Railway with a Loop Line through Brentford and Hounslow, 
(Richmond to be now read the third time; 
ane *s) Mr. Milner Gibson, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, ‘That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir William Clay do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 
MidlandGreat An ingrossed Bill to enable the Midland Great 
Western Rail- Ww Rail , Rohe © k 
way of Ireland Western Railway of frelan ompany to make 
(Newcastle, certain Deviations in the authorized Line of the 
Anniskinnan said Railway, and to amend the Acts relating 
and Baltrasna ‘ oa gs &gt; 
Deviations) thereto, was read the third time. 
Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


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A. 1847. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Midland Great Midland Great 
Western Railway of Jreland Company to make ee ie 
Railway from Athlone to Galway, was read the Gian 
third time. from Athlone 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ae ) 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill” ~ 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to authorize certain Altera- Waterford, 
tions of the Line of the Waterford, Wexford and be 
Wicklow Railway, and to amend the Act relating Dublin Rail 
thereto, was, according to Order, read the third way Bil. 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wyse do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Waierford Road Bill be read Waterford 
the third time upon Friday next. Road Bill. 


Ordered, That the Dublin Consumers Gas Bill Dublin Con. 
be read the third time upon Friday next. aL Gas 

An ingrossed Bill for making Branch Railways Great Westero 
from the Great Western Railway, and from Ham- wns J mm 
mersmith, to join the West London Railway, for On Werte 
widening a Portion of the West London Railway, don Railway, 
and for extending the same so as to join the London Widening ant 
and South Western Railway, in the Parish of Saint of Wet Law 
Mary, Lambeth, in the County of Surrey, was read don Railway, 
the third time. . ~~ 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. smith, and to 


Ordered, That Lord Norreys do carry the Bill to join the Lon- 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. don and Souti 
Western Rail- 


way, near 
Lambeth) Bill. 
An ingrossed Bill for making a Railway from Swansea 
Abercrave Farm, in the Parish of Ystradgunlais, in Valley Rail- 
the county of Brecon, to Swansea, in the county of *Y Bill 
Glamorgan, with Branches, to be called The Swan- 
sea Valley Railway, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Lord Norreys do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to authorize the Purchase of Glasgow, 
the Glasgow Southern Terminal Railway by the ee a 
Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway rege " 
Company, and to amend the Acts relating to the Glasgow 
said Company, was read the third time. perry age 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. wae Aaa 


Ordered, That Mr. Hodgson Hinde do carry the mation Bill. 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bridge House 
the Report on the Bridge House Estates Debt Bill; Bs" _ 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. , 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Plymouth and 
the Report on the Plymouth and Tavistock Road Tavistek | 
(No. 2.) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and an — 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed. 


Mr. Goulburn reported from the Committee on Railway Bills, 
Group No. 20 of Railway Bills ; That the Com- Group No.2 
mittee met this day, pursuant to adjournment, but 
that Lord Dalmeny, a member of the Committee, 
was not present, and did not attend during the sit- 
ting of the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order made upon Monday last, That the Croydon _ 
Committee on the Croydon Commercial Gas and Commerc. 
Coke Bill be revived, was read, and discharged. _ gil, 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 
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The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 


Company Bill. intituled, An Act to enable the Scottish Union In- 


surance Company to purchase Annuities, and invest 
Money on Securities in England and Ireland, and 
for other Purposes relating thereto; and the same 
were read as follow: 

Pr. 1.1. 1. Leave out from “ whereas” to “ by” 
in 1. 17. 

Pr. 1.1. 27. Leave out from “ incorporated ” to 
“ into” in Pr, 2.1. 5. 

Pr. 2.1.8. Leave out “for” and insert “the 
‘* persons therein named and such other persons as 
“‘ then were or should afterwards become members 
“ of the said Company for the purpose of.” 

Pr. 2. 1.29. Leave out from “whereas” to the 
second “ the” in 1. 32., and insert “it is expedient 
** that.” 

Pr. 2.1. 33. Leave out “is ” and insert “ should 
“hh 

Pr. 2.1. penult. Leave out from “Company ” to 
“ and” in Pr. 3.1. 3. 

Pr. 3. 1. 4. Leave out ‘‘also if” and insert 
‘“&lt; that,” and in the same line leave out “ were ” and 
insert “should be.” 

Pr. 5.1.21. After “also” insert “to sue for 
“ and use all manner of diligence and execution 
“ upon and.” 

Pr. 11.1.3. After “aforesaid” insert “and for 
“ the purposes of securing the money, stock, or 
“ other property lent or advanced on the same, ac- 
“ cording to such provisions as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 11. 1.11. Leave out “ ground annuals.” 

Pr. 11.1. 12. Leave out “ feu duties ” and insert 
“ rent charges.” 

Pr. 11.1. 15. Leave out from “ Ireland” to 
redeemably ” in |. 17. 

Pr. 11. 1. 38. Leave out “the” and insert 
* oa.” 

Pr. 12.1. 11. After “ security ” insert “ bond or 
“ instrument of caution or of security.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 12. Leave out from “ other” to “ what- 
“ soever” in |. 13., and insert “ instrument or 
“ writing,” and in |. 13. after “ whatsoever ”’ insert 
“ have been or,” and also in |. 13. after “taken” 
insert “ directly or indirectly in any manner.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 19. After “ removal” insert “and 
“ whether such death, resignation, retiring from 
“‘ office or removal have taken place before the pass- 
“ ing hereof, or shall take place thereafter.” 

Pr. 13. 1.17. After “ security ” insert “bond or 
“ instrument of caution or of security.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 18. Leave out “ right or title” and 
insert “ instrument or writing.” 

Pr. 16.1. 24. After “ or” insert “‘ when.” 

Pr. 18.1. 29. After “ liable” insert “ in.” 

Pr. 20.1.13. Leave out “or debentures” and 
insert “ bonds, mortgages.” 

Pr. 21. 1. 25. After “issued ” insert “ on.” 

Pr. 22. 1.20. Leave out “charter” and insert 
“ charters,” and in the same line leave out “ seal” 
and insert “ seals.” 

Pr. 22. 1. 21. After “ England” insert “and 
“‘ Treland,” and also insert Clauses (A.), (B.), (C.) 
and (D.) 

Cuiause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
“ acted, That nothing herein contained shall ex- 
“‘ tend to incorporate the Company, or to relieve or 
“« discharge the Company or any of the share- 
“ holders thereof from va responsibility, duty, 
“ contract or obligation whatsoever, to which by 
“¢ Jaw they now are or at any time hereafter may be 
“ subject or liable, either as between such Company 
“ and other parties, or as between the Compan 
“ and any of the individual shareholders thereof 
“ and others, or as between themselves, or in any 
“ manner whatsoever.” 

Cuiause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
“&lt; said Company, besides being subject to the Courts 
““ in Scotland, shall be amenable to the jurisdiction 
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of the Superior Courts of Common Law and 
Equity at Westminster in the like manner as if 
the domicile of the said Company were in Eng- 
“ land, and that any judgment of any of the 
Superior Courts of Common Law at Westminster, 
or any decree or order of the High Court of 
Chancery recovered, made or pronounced against 
the said Company, may be put into execution in 
Scotland against the said Company, or any per- 
son or persons liable to perform or answer the 
same, in like manner and as fully and effectually 
as if such judgment, decree, or order had been 
recovered, made or pronounced in an action or 
proceeding in the Court of Session in Scotland, 
and that on production of an office copy of any 
such judgment, decree or order to one of the 
principal clerks of the said Court of Session or 
his deputy for registration there, such judgment, 
decree, or order shall thereupon be registrable 
“ and registered there, and execution shall and 
may pass upon a decree to be iuterponed thereto 
in like manner as execution passes upon decrees 
“ of registration in Scotland.” 

Crause (C.) “And be it Enacted, That any 
summons or notice, or any writ or other proceed- 
ing at law or in equity requiring to be served upon 
“ the said Company may be served by the same 
“ being left at or transmitted through the Post 
“ directed to the principal office of the said Com- 
pany at Edinburgh, or being given personally to 
the manager, or in case there be no manager then 
‘* to any one of the ordinary directors of the said 
“ Company for the time being.” 

Crause (D.) “And be it Enacted, That in this 
“ Act the following words and expressions shall 
“ have the several meanings hereby assigned to 
them, unless there be something in the subject or 
context repugnant to such construction (that is 
“ to say): 
“ Words importing the singular number shall 
“ include the plural number, and words im- 
“ porting the plural number only shall include 
“ the singular number.” 
“ Words importing the masculine gender shall 
“ include females.” 
The word ‘lands’ shall extend to houses, 
“ lands, feu duties, ground annuals, ground 
“ rents, superiorities, tenements, heritages, 
messuages and hereditaments of every de- 

“ scription and tenure, and either in Great 

“ Britain or Ireland.” 

“ The word ‘defender’ shall include defendant 

“ and respondent.” 

“ The expression ‘Company’ shall mean the 
“¢ Scottish Union Insurance Company’ named 
“ in this Act.” 
The expression ‘ Directors’ shall mean the 
“‘ ordinary Directors of the ‘ Scottish Union 
“ Insurance Company ’ and their quorum.” 
The word ‘ Manager’ shall mean the Manager 
“ of the said Company.” 
The word ‘ Secretary’ shall mean the Secre- 
“* tary of the Company.” 
The word ‘ Agents’ shall mean the Agents of 
“ the Company.” 
The word ‘Shareholder’ shall mean Share- 
“ holder, Partner or Member of the Company, 
“ and in referring to any such shareholder ex- 
pressions properly applicable to a person 
shall be held to apply to a corporation and 
“ company.” 

Pr. 22. 1. penult. Leave out from “ aforesaid ” 
to “ Royal” in 1, ult. 

The said Amendments, as far as the Amendment 
in Pr. 11. 1, 3., being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

Pr. 11.1. 3., the next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

An Amendment was made thereunto, by inserting 
after the word “ same” the words “ with interest or 


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“ interests as aforesaid upon or in respect of such 
“ money, stock or other property, or an equivalent 
“ for the intermediate dividends or other return 
“ upon or in respect of such money, stock, or other 
“ property.” 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was 
agreed to. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read 
a second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Gibson Craig do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships, with an Amendment; to which 
Amendment this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


Leeds and Lord Charles Wellesley reported from the Com- 
ag bor a mittee on Group No. 39 of Railway Bills ; That the 
pa A a and Parties against the Leeds and Thirsh a 
Newcastle Durham and Newcastle Extension, &amp;c.) Bill had 
ejb. stated to the Committee that the evidence of Wil- 
ee iam Charles Chayton, of Durham, Solicitor, William 
Kell, of Gateshead, Solicitor, and Edward Peele, 

of the city of Durham, was essential, to enable 

them to establish their case before the Committee ; 

and it having been proved that their attendance 

could not be procured without the intervention of the 

House, he had been instructed by the Committee to 

move the House, That the said William Charles 

Chayton, William Kell and Edward Peele do attend 

the said Committee on Monday the 31st day of 


May. 

Ordered, That William Charles Chayton, William 
Kell, and Edward Peele do attend the said Commit- 
tee upon Monday the 31st day of this instant May. 


Manchester Mr. Curteis reported the Manchester and Bir- 
= —! mingham and North Staffordshire Junction Raiiway 
North staf. Dill, with Amendments. 

fordshire Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


Junction Rail- gnd be printed. 
way Bill. . P 


London An ingrossed Bill to incorporate a Company by 
Sewage the name of The London Sewage Chemical Manure 
seg Company, was read the third time. 
pany Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Phillpotts do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Imperial The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Continental 


the Report on the Imperial Continental Gas Asso- 


Gas Associa- ciation Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 


tion Bill. 
agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 
Sheffield An ingrossed Bill for removing the Market be- 


Markets Bill. tween King-street and Castle-street, in the Town 
of Sheffield, and for providing a new Market-place 
in lieu thereof, and for regulating and maintaining 
the Markets and Fairs of the said Town, was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Earl of Arundel and Surrey 
do carry the Bill to the Lords, and desire their con- 
currence. 


Birkenhead The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
(Commission- Reading of the ingrossed Bill to authorize the 
ers) Dock Acts Birkenhead Dock Commissioners to construct an 
(Construction additional Dock and other Works at Birkenhead, 
of New Docks in the County of Chester, and for other Purposes ; 
and Alteration And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
of Culvert) , : 5 

Bill. read the third time ; 

Mr. Milner Gibson, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 


Then the Bill was read the third time. 


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A. 1847. 


An ingrossed Clause, (Accumulation or nuisance 
arising from alteration of culvert to be removed b 
the Commissioners), was thrice read ; and added to 
the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Philip Egerton do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill to change Liverpool 
the Name of the Liverpool Fire and Life Insurance cea 
Company, and for other Purposes relating thereto : Gompany Bil 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered inten 
to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Bingley Improve- Bingley 
ment Bill, praying that provision may be made in the puprovemet 
said Bill, for enabling the Commissioners thereby 
appointed to rent certain springs or streams of water 
arising in or flowing through a certain wood called 
Bell Bank or Bell Bank Wood, on the west side 
of the River Aire, and certain cisterns, pipes and 
other apparatus and pipes connected therewith, by 
means of which the inhabitants of the said town 
have been for some time past supplied, and to enable 
the said Commissioners to have the control of the 
supply of such water to the inhabitants of the said 
town, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Sir Denis Le Marchant reported from the Com- Edinburgh 
mittee on Group No. 45 of Railway Bills; That the nd Perth 
Parties opposing the Edinburgh and Perth Railway “"™*Y 
Bill had stated to the Committee that the evidence 
of James Clark, Mail Coach-guard, Edinburgh, Jo- 
seph Dugdale, Mail Coach-guard, Edinburgh, and 
John Rodford, Inspector of Mail Coach-guards, 
Edinburgh, was essential to enable them to establish 
their case before the Committee; and it having 
been proved that their attendance could not be 
procured without the intervention of the House, the 
Chairman had been instructed by the Committee 
to move the House, That the said James Clark, 

Joseph Dugdale and John Rodford do attend the 
said Committee on Monday the 31st May, at twelve 
o’clock. 

Ordered, That James Clark, Joseph Dugdale and 
John Rodford do attend the said Committee upon 
Monday the 31st day of this instant May, at twelve 
of the clock. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Warrington 
the Report on the Warrington Gas Light and Coke Gas Light and 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. neni 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Dubiin and Dublin and 
Drogheda Railway Company to make a Railway Drogheda 
from the Navan Branch of the Dublin and Belfast Gieend frou 
Junction Railway, in the County of Meath, to the Navan to 
Town of Kells, in the same County, was read the Kells) Bill. 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Horne’s (Ferguson’s Estate) Bill was read the Horne’s _ 
first time ; and referred to the Examiners of Peti- Come 
tions for Private Bills. a 


Mr. Greene reported the Cleveland-square, Saint Cleveland- 
James, Westminster, Improvement (Archbishop of sare, — 
York’s Estate) Bill, without Amendment. es Im- 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. provement 

(Archbishop of 
York’s Estate) 
Bill. 

Mr. Greene presented a Bill to confirm am Lincoln’s-Inn 
Agreement between the Treasurer and Masters Rating Bill 
of the Bench of the Honourable Society of Lin- 
coln’s-Inn, in the County of Middlesex, and the 
Joint Vestry of the Joint Parishes of Saint Giles- 

in-the-Fields 


ee bp et Oo et be CS Ed 


Birmingham 
and Oxford 
Junction and 
Birmingham, 
Wolverhamp- 
ton and Dud- 
ley Railways 
Amalgama- 
tion Bill. 


Wexford Free 
Bridge Bill. 


York Im- 
provement, 
Lendal 
Bridge and 
Approaches 
Bill. 


Dublin, Dun- 
drum and 
Rathfarnham 
Railway (Ex- 
tension to 
Stephen’s 
Green) Bill. 


Doddington 
Rectory 
Division Bill. 


General Ter- 
minus and 
Glasgow Har- 
bour Railway 
Branches Bill, 


10 VictToriz. 


in-the-Fields and Saint George Bloomsbury, in the 
same County, and the Rector and Vestry of the 
separate Parish of Saint Giles-in-the-Fields : And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the ingrossed Bill for uniting the 
Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Com- 
pany, and the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and 
Dudley Railway Company into one Company, and 
for authorizing the Sale of the Birmingham, Wol- 
verhampton and Dudley Railway and other new 
Works to the Great Western Railway Company, 
be now read the third time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. Yo leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon Tuesday the first day of June next.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question: —The said pro- 
posed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :— The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Wexford Free Bridge Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

A Clause, (Saving rights of the Crown), was 
twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the York Improvement, Lendal Bridge 
and Approaches Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


An ingrossed Bill to enlarge the Powers of the 
Dublin, Dundrum and Rathfarnham Railway Act, 
1846, and to enable the Company to make an Ex- 
tension to Stephen’s Green, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to divide the Parish and Rectory 
of Doddington, otherwise Dornington, into three 
separate and distinct Parishes and Rectories, and 
to endow the same out of the Revenues of that Rec- 
tory, and to make Provision for the further Division 
of such Rectories and Parishes, and for other Pur- 
poses connected therewith ; and the same was read, 
as followeth : 

Pr. 15. 1. 21. Leave out from “ mentioned” to 
“ And” in I. ult. 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. ; 

An ingrossed Bill to enable the General Terminus 
and Glasgow Harbour Railway Company to make 
Branch Railways to connect with the Caledonian 
and other adjoining Railways, with certain subsi- 
diary Branches, and to amend the Act relating to 
such Railway, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 

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557 


Title be, An Act to enable the General Terminus and 
Glasgow Harbour Railway Company to make 
Branch Railways to the Caledonian and other ad- 
— Railways, and to amend the Act relating to 
such Railway. 

Ordered, That Lord Courtenay do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Friday next. 


Resolved, That, after Whitsuntide, Orders of the Business of 
day shall have precedence of Notices of Motions the House. 
upon Thursdays. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented John Rayson, 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Correspondence between John 
Rayson and Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for 
Foreign Affairs, respecting the injustice he alleges 
himself to have wor pe from the Austrian Autho- 
rities at Vienna and Constantinople. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Yeomanry. 

Return of the Number of Troops or Corps, or Regi- 
ments of Effective Yeomanry in Great Britain and 
Ireland, according to the Muster Rolls of 1842, 
1843, 1844, 1845 and 1846; stating the Date of 
those Musters, and showing the manner in which 
the Sums voted for Great Britain and Ireland in 
those years were expended. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Colliers, whose Mines and 
names are thereunto subscribed, relative to Mines Oollieries. 
and Collieries, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed, 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Windsor 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for eto = 
Private Bills ; That in the case of the Windsor Castle ae 
and Town Approaches Improvement and Removal Improvement 
of Datchet Bridge Bill, the Standing Orders had #74 Removal 


been complied with. Bridge Bil. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Townshend 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Peerage Bill. 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Townshend 
Peerage Bill, no Standing Orders were applicable. 


A Petition of the Zondon and North Western Cornwall and 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to Devon Central 
enable the said Company to make Railways from Railway Bill 
Exeter to Truro and Plymouth, with various 
Branches therefrom, to be called The Cornwall and 
Devon Central and Plymouth Railway, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of Cornwall and 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for ap — 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for hg Bill. 
the Cornwall and Devon Central and Plymouth 
Railway Bill, the Standing Orders have not been 
complied with, in the following instances : 


SupscripTion ContTRACct. 


1. In the following instances, certain parties are 
named in the fifth column of the list of subscribers, 
which is appended to and forms ~~ of the Subscrip- 
tion Contract, as having signed by their respective 
attorney or attornies, but the christian and sur- 
names and places of abode of the powers on behalf 
of whom such Subscription Contract is executed, 
and who are, in fact, the real subscribers, are not 
contained in the said list, but the christain and sur- 
names, description and places of abode of their re- 
spective attornies are stated therein, and with the 

4B3 exception 








i a 





558 


exception of Thomson Hankey, Esquire, and the 
Reverend Richard Allott, the description of such 
subscribers is not stated : 


21° Marz. 


Copy of portion of Contract : 








Christian and Amount 
Surname of ine of Signature 
Subscribers at full Description. | Place of Abode. Subserip- of Subscriber. 
length. tion. 
£. 

Richard Henry | Gentleman - | No.7, Mincing-| 2,400 Rich* Henry Jones, 

Jones. lane. attorney to Tho- 
mas Hankey, Es- 
quire. 

Thomas Bonner - | Gentleman - | 14, Angel-court 600 J. H. Bonner, for 

George Cartwright. 
John Wormald -.| Banker - | Temple Bar - 1,900 J. Wormald, attor- 
ney to Edward 
Hanley. 
Edmund Chalmer | Gentleman - | 23, Tokenhouse- 1,000 Edm? Chalmer, at- 
yard. torney to Rev. 
Richard Allott. 
Edmund Chalmer | Gentleman - | 23, Tokenhouse- 350 Edm@ Chalmer, at- 
yard. torney to Sarah F. 
Chalmer. 

John NicholasPayne,| Stock broker | 11, Angel-court,| 3,750 J. N. Payne, for 
attorney to Rich- Throgmorton- Rich Philpott. 
ard Price Phil- street. 
pott. 

John NicholasPayne,| Stock-broker | 11, Angel-coust, 1,300 J. N. Payne, for 
attorney to Anne Throgmorton- Barney and H. 
Barney and Hen- street. Barney. 
rietta Barney. 

Charles Corthorn- | Stock-broker | 16, Throgmor-| 2,500 C. Cawthorn, at- 

ton-street. torney to Duncan 

Grant. 
Charles Corthorn- | Stock-broker | 16, Throgmor- 1,250 C. Cawthorn, at- 
ton-street. torney to William 

Peddie. 























And the names of the said Thomson Hankey, 
Esquire, George Cartwright, Edward Stanley, and 
Reverend Richard Allott, Sarah F. Chalmers, are 
not contained in the alphabetical lists of subscribers 
deposited in the Vote Office. 

2. Acopy of the Subscription Contract duly exe- 
cuted to the extent of three-fourths of the amount 
of the estimate was not deposited in the Private 
Bill Office, until the 9th of January, but the copy 
of the Subscription Contract which was deposited 
before or at the time of depositing the Petition for 
the Bill, was, and is, deficient to the extent of 
£.150,000, or upwards, and of the estimated ex- 
pense, which was £.3,500,000; and the printed 
copies of the said Subscription Contract deposited 
in the Vote Office previous to the deposit of the 
Bill contained subscriptions to an amount less than 
three-fourths the estimated expense. 


Pians and Books of Rererence and Appli- 
cations to Owners, Lessees and Occupiers. 


3. The Plans deposited with the Clerk of the 
Peace for the county of Devon, and in the Private 
Bill Office, being drawn on a given scale, do not 
accurately describe the whole of the lands in or 
through which the line of Railway will be made, as 
on the main line of Railway, between a road num- 
bered 68, in the parish of Cardinham, in the county 
of Cornwall, at about 2 chains beyond the point 
marked 62 miles 1 furlong, and a fence separating 
the properties, Nos. 70 and 72, in the same parish, 
about a half a chain beyond the point marked 62 
miles 5 furlongs, a portion of the lands over which 
the said Railway will pass, being about 1 furlong in 
extent, is wholly omitted from the said Plan ; that is 
tc say, that the lands between the said road num- 
bered 68, and the said fence between Nos. 70 and 
72, are, in fact, of greater extent by 1 furlong than 
is shown upon the said Plan, measuring along the 
centre line of Railway shown on the said Plan; and 
the said omission in the said parish of Cardinham 
causes the line of Railway to appear between the 
said fences lastly referred to, as in length 4 furlongs 
7 chains, or thereabouts, whereas it is 5 furlongs 
7 chains in length, or thereabouts. 

4. In consequence of such error and omission of 





A. 1847. 


a furlong on the Plan and Section, the miles and 
furlongs succeeding 62 miles 6 furlongs to the ter- 
mination of the line of Railway are incorrectly 
marked on the said Plans and Sections deposited as 
aforesaid, and do not agree with the actual length 
from the terminus at which the numbering of such 
miles and furlongs commences, and the total length 
of the said line is incorrect, and the surface of that 
portion of the ground so omitted, and the level of 
the work as proposed to be made through the same, 
are not shown thereon. 

5. An occupation-road called Pound-lanes, de-- 
scribed on the Plan deposited in the Private Bill 
Office as contiguous to No. 174 and 175, in the 
parish of Lifton, in the county of Devon, is not 
numbered on the said Plan nor described in the 
Book of Reference. 

6. The road numbered 17* on the deposited Plans 
in the parish of Saint Mary Magdalene, is described 
in the Book of Reference as a parish-road, and the 
surveyors of highways, John Nichols and William 
Deale, are inserted therein as the owners or reputed 
owners of such road, whereas the same is a turnpike- 
road leading from Launceston to Tavistock, and 
under the management of the trustees of the Laun- 
ceston turnpike-roads, and a parish road leading 
into the last-mentioned mined in the said 
parish, and called the Old Turnpike-road, is not 
numbered on the Plan, nor described in the Book 
of Reference, nor are the names of the Surveyors of 
Highways contained therein in respect thereof. 

7. No.10 inthe parish of Mary Tavy is described 
in the Book of Reference, as “ common stream and 
ovcupation-road,” but upon the Plans deposited in 
the Private Bill Office certain portions of the said 
common of waste land are separately numbered 
10, 10¢, 104, 102, 10f, 108, and there are no corre- 
sponding numbers in the Book of Reference. 

8. The Plan deposited with the Clerk of the Peace 
for the county of Devon does not accurately describe 
certain fields numbered respectively 20 and 23 on 
the parish of Saint Enoder, as by reason of a fence 
being laid down out of its proper position, the said 
field No. 20 is shown to be about 7 chains 30 links 
in length instead of 5 chains, and No. 23 is shown 
to be about 2 chains 30 links in length, instead of 4 
miles 20 chains, as the same should be as measured 
along the line describing the centre line of Railway. 

9. A portion of a certain parish road in the parish 
of Launceston, numbered 14 on the said Plan de- 
posited in the Private Bill Office, is described in the 
Book of Reference as an occupation-road, whereas 
the same is a parish road; and the same is twice 
crossed by the said Railway, and its present level or 
rate of inclination is intended to be altered, but 
there are no cross Sections to explain the nature of 
such alterations. 

10. With respect to an orchard numbered 21 on 
the said Plans deposited in the Private Bill Office 
in the parish of South Petherwyn, Thomas Hoskin 
is inserted in the Book of Reference as the occu- 
pier thereof, whereas William Bath is and was on 
and previous to the 30th day of November last, the 
occupier thereof, but his name is not inserted in the 
Book of Reference, nor has. any application in 
writing been made to him in respect thereto. 

11. The name of John Sarjeant, who is and was 
previous to the 30th day of November last, the oc- 
cupier of a small piece of garden-ground 88 feet on 
the Plan deposited in the Private Bill Office in the 
said parish of South Petherwyn, and within the 
limits of deviation, is not inserted in the Book of 
Reference, nor has any application ‘been made to 
him in respect thereof, and the said property is 
wrongly described in the Book of Reference, and the 
names of the real owner and occupier are not con- 
tained therein. 

12. With respect to a house and gardens num- 
bered on the said Plans deposited in the Private 
Bill Office No. 32*, in the said parish of South 

Petherwyn, 








10 Vicroriz. 


Petherwyn, the name of William Harvey, who is 
lessee of the said property for lives, is inserted in 
the Book of Reference as the owner thereof, and 
the name of Thomas Hoskyn, who is and was on 
and previous to the 30th day of November last the 
owner thereof, is not inserted therein, and no appli- 
cation in writing has been made to him in respect 
thereof. 

13. No application was made on or before the 
15th day of December last, to Thomas Lobb, who 
is and was on and previous to the 30th day of No- 
vember last, the owner of a certain piece of pasture 
land in the parish of Saint Mary Magdalen, in the 
borough of Launceston, in the county of Cornwall, 
being part of a certain close of land, No. 27, in the 
said Plan deposited in the Private Bill Office, in 
the parish of Saint Mary Magdalen aforesaid, nor 
is his name inserted in the Book of Reference in 
respect of such part of the said closes of land. 

14. John Friend is described in the said Book of 
Reference deposited in the Private Bill Office as 
the owner and also as the occupier of a pasture 
field described in the said Book of Reference as a 
plantation situate in the parish of Lydford, and 
numbered 22 on the said Plans deposited in the 
Private Bill Office, whereas John Powell is the 
owner, and James Gill is the occupier thereof. 

15. John Paull is described in the said Book of 
Reference deposited in the Private Bill Office as 
owner, and William Cole as the occupier, of a pas- 
ture-field in the said parish of Lydford, numbered 
21 on the said Plans deposited in the Private Bill 
Office, whereas John Powell is the owner, and James 
Gill is the occupier thereof, and the said James Gill 
has not received any application in the form pre- 
scribed by the Standing Orders in respect of the 
said properties numbered respectively 21 and 22. 

16. John Webber Payne is described in the Book 
of Reference deposited in the Private Bill Office as 
the owner of certain pasture and arable fields, and 
other property situate in the parish of Whitchurch, 
numbered respectively 1, 7, 7*, 8, 9, 10, 10* and 17 
on the said Plans, whereas his mother Mary Gar- 
land Payne is the owner thereof, and the said Mary 
Garland Payne has received no application in re- 
spect of such property. 

17. John Creber is the occupier of a certain black- 
smith’s shop or shoeing-shed forming part of certain 
premises situate in the said parish of Whitchurch, 
and numbered 50 on the Plans deposited in the 
Private Bill Office, but he is not so described in the 
Book of Reference thereto. 

18. William Johnson Stanbridge is described in 
the said Books of Reference to the said Plans de- 
posited in the Private Bill Office, of the Sutton or 
Pool Branch, as the owner of a house, outhouses, 
garden and curtilage situate in the parish of Charles, 
Plymouth, numbered 213 on the said Plans of the 
said Branch Railway, whereas James Skardon is, in 
fact, the owner thereof, and no application was made 
to the said James Skardon in respect of which pro- 
perty. 

19. In the written application made to Thomas 
Bury and certain other commoners, in respect of a 
common numbered 45,in the parish of Sourton, it 
is stated that the greatest height of embankment is 
35 feet, and the greatest depth of cutting 64 feet, 
but it appears from the Plan and Section that the 
greatest depth of cutting in that part of the com- 
mon through which the line is drawn is 43 feet 
only, and that the centre line of Railway at the 
point at which the Section shows a cutting of 64 
feet, is 90 links distant from the nearest part of 
such common. 

20. Charles. Woon Parkes was served with a 
written application in the form prescribed by the 
Standing Orders, showing the greatest height of 
embankment in certain fields adjoining each other, 





and numbered respectively 4 and 6, in the parish of 


Newtyn ; in field No. 4, the greatest height of em- 
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559 
bankment is described to be 28 feet, and in No. 6, 
38 feet, but, according to the deposited Section, the 


height should have been described as 38 feet in both 
such fields, 


PusiisHeD Map. 


21. The published Maps which were deposited 
with the Clerks of the Peace of the counties of 
Devon and Cornwall, at the office of the Railway 
Commissioners, do not show the general course and 
direction of the Railway to Plymouth, referred to 
in the short title of the said Bill as that part of the 
line of the said Railway to Plymouth which is 
shown upon the Plans of the said Railway deposited 
in the Private Bill Office, as between 18 miles and 
20 miles and 4 furlongs, as marked upon the said 
Plans, is represented upon the said published maps 
as passing at a distance of half a mile, or there- 
abouts, to the west of the said Railway, as deli- 
neated on the said Plans. 

22. At a certain point in the main line marked 
on the Plan deposited with the Clerk of the Peace 
for the county of Devon, 55 miles, in the parish of 
Altamum, a portion of an inclosure between Nos. 
81 and 82, is shown upon the Plan as being within 
the limits of deviation, but the same is not num- 
bered thereon, nor described in the Book of Refer- 
ence. 

SECTIONS. 


23. At 9 miles 3 furlongs, or thereabouts, as 
marked upon the said Sections, the line of the said 
Railway, if constructed as shown upon the said 
Sections with reference to the said datum line, will 
be in a cutting exceeding 5 feet deep, but the extreme 
depth under the surface of the ground is not marked 
for such cutting upon the said Sections. 

24, At or about 34 miles 34 furlongs, as marked 
upon the said Sections, the line of the said Rail- 
way, if constructed as shown upon the said Sections 
with reference to the said datum line, will be in a 
cutting of 20 feet, or thereabouts, but the extreme 
depth under the surface of the ground is not marked 
for such cutting upon the said Sections. 

25. At or about 40 miles 6 furlongs and 1 chain, 
as marked upon the said Sections, the line of the 
said Railway, if constructed as shown upon the said 
Section, with reference to the said datum line, will 
be upon an embankment of 33 feet, or thereabouts, 
but the extreme height over the surface of the 
ground is not marked for such embankment upon 
the said Sections. 


Errors On THE LEVELs. 


The Section of the proposed Railway and 
Branches deposited in the Private Bill Office does 
not correctly show the surface of the ground with 
reference to the datum horizontal line of the said 
Section, at the places, in the manner and to the 
extent hereinafter described. 


Main LIne. 
Exeter and Truro. 


26. Between 6 miles 3 furlongs and 5 chains, and 
6 miles 4 furlongs and 2 chains, as measured upon 
the said Section from the commencement of the said 
Railway at Exeter, the surface of the ground as 
shown on the said Sections as being from 10 feet to 
31 feet, or thereabouts, lower than the surface of the 
ground, in fact, is, with reference to the datum line 
of the said Section, and particularly at 6 miles 4 
furlongs and 2 chains, the surface is shown as being 
30°90 feet lower than the surface of the ground, in 
fact, is at the said point with reference to the said 
datum line. 

27. Between 0 miles 6 furlongs and 5 chains re- 
served as aforesaid, the surface of the ground be- 
tween the said points is shown upon the said Sec- 
tion as being from 7 feet to 17 feet lower than the 
surface of the ground, in fact, is, with reference to 
the said datum line, particularly at 6 miles 0 fur- 

4B4 longs 





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560 21° Maiz. A. 1847. 


longs and 8 chains, the said surface is shown as 
being 11 feet lower than the surface of the ground, 
in fact, is at the said point with reference to the said 
datum line. 

28. Between 7 miles 4 chains, and 7 miles 1 fur- 
long and 9 chains, the surface of the ground as 
shown upon the said Section, as being from 10 feet 
to 33 feet and upwards lower than the surface of the 
ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said datum 
line, particularly at 7 miles 1 furlong the said sur- 
face is shown as being 33°90 feet lower than the 
surface of the ground, in fact, is at the said point, 
with reference to the said datum line. 

29. Between 10 miles and 3 furlongs, and 10 
miles 5 furlongs and 8 chains, the surface of the 

round is shown upon the said Section as being 
rom 1 foot to 4 feet lower than the surface of the 
ground is, in fact, with reference to the said datum 
line ; and particularly at 10 miles 3 furlongs the said 
surface is shown as being 4 feet lower ; at 10 miles 
3 furlongs and 9 chains, the said surface is shown as 
1°34 feet lower; at 10 miles 4 furlongs and 1 chain, 
the said surface is shown as 35°2 feet lower; and 
at 10 miles 3 furlongs 34 chains, the said surface is 
shown as 271° feet lower than the surface of the 
ground, in fact, is, with reference at the last points 
respectively with reference to the said datum line. 

30. At 11 miles 2 furlongs and 3 chains, mea- 
sured as aforesaid, the surface of the ground is 
shown upon the said Section as being 4°95 feet 
lower than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, with 
reference to the said datum line. 

31. Between 1 mile 7 furlongs and 3 chains, and 
12 miles 1 furlong and 3 chains, the surface of the 
ground is shown upon the said Section as being 
from 5 to 17 feet, and upwards, higher than the 
surface of the ground is, in fact, with reference to 
the said datum line; particularly at 11 miles 7 fur- 
longs and 8 chains, the said surface is shown as 
17°62 feet higher than the surface of the ground, in 
fact, is, at the said point with reference to the said 
datum line. 

32. At 11 miles 1 furlong and 8 chains, or there- 
abouts, the surface of the ground is shown upon the 
said Sections as being 4°64 feet higher than the sur- 
face of the ground, in fact, is at the said points, with 
reference to the said datum line. 

33. At 12 miles 2 furlongs and 9 chains, the sur- 
face of the ground is shown upon the said Section 
as being 8 feet higher than the surface of the ground, 
in fact, is at the said point, with reference to the said 
datum line. 

34, Between 12 miles 7 furlongs and 1 chain, and 
12 miles 7 furlongs and 8 chains, the surface of the 
ground is shown on the said Section as being from 
5 feet to 14 feet, and upwards, lower than the sur- 
face of the ground is shown, in fact, with reference 
to the datum line ; and particularly at 12 miles 7 fur- 
longs and 2 chains, or thereabouts, the said surface 
is represented as 14°43 feet lower than the surface of 
the ground, in fact, is at the said point, with refer- 
ence to the said datum line. 

35. Between 14 miles 3 furlongs and 8} chains, 
and 14 miles 4 furlongs and 6 chains, the surface of 
the ground is shown upon the said Section as being 
from 4 feet to 11 feet, or thereabouts, higher than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is with reference 
to the said datum line, and particularly at 14 miles 
3 furlongs and 6 chains, the said surface is shown as 
1°99 feet higher than the surface of the ground, in 
fact, is at the said point, with reference to the said 
datum line. 

36. At 19 miles 4 furlongs and 6} chains, the 
surface of the ground is shown upon the said Section 
as being 6°27 feet lower than the surface of the 
ie in fact, is, with reference to the said datum 

ine. 

37. Between 20 miles 1 furlong and 8 chains, 
and 20 miles 2 furlongs and 4 chains, the surface of 
the ground is shown upon the said Section as being 








from 23 feet to 19 feet, or thereabouts, lower than 
the ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said 
datum line, and particularly at 20 miles 2 furlongs, 
or thereabouts, the said surface is shown as 10 feet 
lower than the surface of the ground, in fact, is at 
~ said point, with reference to the said datum 
ine. 

38. Between 20 miles 6 furlongs 7 chains, aad 
20 miles 7 furlongs 8 chains, the surface of the 
ground is shown upon the said Section as being 1 
foot to 11 feet lower than the surface of the ground, 
in fact, is, with reference to the said datum line ; and 
particularly at 20 miles 7 furlongs, the said surface 
is shown as being 2°25 feet lower than the surface 
of the ground, in fact, is at the said point, with re- 
ference to the said datum line; and at 20 miles 
7 furlongs and 7 chains, the said surface is shown 
as being 7 feet lower than the surface of the ground, 
in fact, is at the said point, with reference to the said 
datum line. 

39. Between 21 miles 3 furlongs and 3 chains, 
and 21 miles 3 furlougs and 7 chains, the surface 
of the ground is shown upon the said Section as 
being from 34 feet, and upwards, to 9 feet lower 
than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, with refer- 
ence to the said datum line ; and particularly at 21 
miles 3 furlongs and 4 chains, the said surface is 
shown as being 8 feet lower than the surface of the 
ground, in fact, is at the said point, with reference to 
the said datum line. 

40. At 23 miles and 4 chains, or thereabouts, 
measured as aforesaid, the surface of the ground is 
shown upon the said Section as being 2 miles and 
26 feet higher than the surface of the ground, in 
fact, is, with reference to the said datum line. 

41. Between 23 miles 5 furlongs, and 23 miles 
5 furlongs 4 chains, the surface of the ground is 
shown upon the said Section as being 5 feet, or 
thereabouts, higher than the surface of the ground, 
in fact, is, with reference to the said datum line ; and 

articularly at 28 miles 5 furlongs, the said surface 
is represented as being 5 feet higher than the sur- 
face of the ground, in fact, is at the said point, with 
reference to the said datum line. 

42. Between 24 miles 5 furlongs, and 24 miles 
5 furlongs 2 chains, the surface of the ground is 
shown upon the said Section as being 6 feet, or 
thereabouts, lower than the surface of the ground, 
in fact, is, with reference to the said datum lines; 
particularly at 24 miles 5 furlongs, the said surface 
is shown as being 6 feet ower than the surface of 
the ground, in fact, is at the last-mentioned point, 
with reference to the said datum line. 

43. Between 24 miles 6 furlongs, and 24 miles 
7 furlongs, the surface of the ground between the 
said points is shown upon the said Section as being 
from 5 feet to 7 feet lower than the surface of the 
ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said datum 
line; and particularly at 24 miles 6 furlongs 9 chains, 
the said surface is represented as being 6 feet lower 
than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, at the 
said point, with reference to the said datum line. 

44. At 27 miles 3 furlongs 7 chains, or there- 
abouts, the surface of the ground is shown upon the 
said Section as being 1°98 feet lower than the sur- 
face of the ground, in fact, is, with reference to the 
said datum line. 

44, At 25 miles 3 furlongs 1} chains, the surface 
of the ground is shown on the said Section as being 
7°48 feet higher than the true surface of the ground 
at the said point, with reference to the said datum 
line. 

45. At 25 miles 4 furlongs 2 chains, the surface 
of the ground is shown on the said Section as being 
7°63 feet higher than the true surface of the ground 
at the said point with reference to the said datum 
line. 

46. At 25 miles 5 furlongs the surface of the 
ground is shown on the said Section as being 6°20 
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the said point, with reference to the said datum 
line. 

47. At 25 miles 6 furlongs the surface of the 
ground is shown on the said Section as being 9°75 
feet higher than the true surface of the ground at 
the said point, with reference to the said datum 
line. 

48. At 25 miles 7 furlongs 94 chains, the surface 
of the ground is shown on the said Section as being 
11°29 feet higher than the true surface of the ground 
at the said point, with reference to the said datum 
line. 

49. At 26 miles 6 furlongs 73 chains, the surface 
of the ground is shown on the said Section as being 
5°99 feet higher than the surface of the ground at 
the said point, with reference to the said datum 
line. 

50. At 26 miles 7 furlongs 4chains, orthereabouts, 
the surface of the ground is shown on the said 
Section as being 0°78 feet higher than the true sur- 
face of the ground at the said point, with reference 
to the said datum line. 

51. Between 28 miles 2 furlongs 8 chains and 
28 miles 5 furlongs 3 chains, the surface of the 
ground between the said points is shown upon the 
said Section as being from 5 feet to 11 feet lower 
than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, with 
reference to the said datum line ; and particularly at 
28 miles 3 furlongs 2 chains the said surface is 
shown as being 7°53 feet lower; at 28 miles and 4 
furlongs the said surface is shown as being 7 feet 
lower, and at 28 miles 4 furlongs 93 chains the 
said surface is shown as being 11 feet lower than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is, at the said 
points respectively, with reference to the said datum 
line. 

52. Between 28 miles 6 furlongs and 28 ‘miles 
7 furlongs 7 chains, the surface of the ground is 
shown upon the said Sections as being from 2 feet 
and upwards to 14 feet lower than the surface of the 
ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said datum 
line ; and at 28 miles 7 furlongs the said surface is 
shown as being 11°28 feet lower; at 28 miles 7 fur- 
longs 3 chains the said surface is shown as being 
14 feet lower, and at 28 miles 7 furlongs 7 chains 
the said surface is shown as being 2°15 feet lower 
than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, at the 
said points respectively, with reference to the said 
datum line; and at 28 miles 6 furlongs 5 chains, or 
thereabouts, being the point of junction with the 
proposed Railway to Plymouth, as indicated upon 
the said Section by the words “ Plymouth line 
leaves ” being written thereon at the above-named 
mileage, the surface of the ground is shown upon 
the said Section as being 9°18 feet lower than the 
true surface, with reference to the said datum line. 

54. At 29 miles 4 furlongs 9 chains, or there- 
abouts, the surface of the ground is shown on the 
said Section as being 2°20 feet higher than the sur- 
face of the ground, in fact, is, with reference to the 
said datum line. 

53. At 29 miles and 3 chains, the surface of the 
ground is shown on the said Section as being 6°04 
feet higher than the true surface of the ground at 
the said point, with reference to the said datum 
line. 

55. Between 30 miles 1 chain and 30 miles 9 
chains, the surface of the ground is shown on the 
said Section as being from 23 feet and upwards to 
4 feet lower than the surface of the ground, in fact, 
is, with reference to the said datum line; and par- 
ticularly at 30 miles 34 chaitis, the said surface is 
shown as being 2°79 feet lower, and at 30 miles 
6 chains, the said surface is shown as being 4°08 
feet lower than the surface of the ground, in fact, is 
at the said points respectively, with reference to the 
said datum line. 

56. At 30 miles 1 furlong 4 chains, the surface 
of the ground is shown on the said Section as 
being 2°63 feet higher than the true surface of the 

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ground at the said point, with reference to the said 
datum line. 

57. At 30 miles 3 furlongs 4 chains measured as 
aforesaid, the surface of the ground is shown upon 
the said Section as being 2°95 feet lower than the 
surface of the ground, in fact, is at the said point, 
with reference to the said datum line ; at 30 miles 
6 furlongs 573 chains the surface of the ground is 
shown upon the said Section as being 3°76 feet 
lower than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, 
with reference to the said datum line. 

58. Between 30 miles 7 furlongs 5 chains and 
31 miles 7 chains, the surface of the ground is shown 
on the said Sections as being from 5 feet to 7 feet 
and upwards lower than the surface of the ground, 
in fact, is, with reference to the said datum line ; 
particularly at 30 miles 7 furlongs 7 chains, the said 
surface is shown as being 7°36 feet lower than the 
surface of the ground, in fact, is at the said last- 
mentioned point, with reference to the said datum 
line. 

59. Between 31 miles 1 furlong 6 chains and 31 
miles 2 furlongs 8 chains, the surface of the ground 
between the said points is shown on the said Section 
as being from 2 feet to 4 feet and upwards lower 
than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, with 
reference to the said datum line ; particularly at 31 
miles 2 furlongs the said surface is shown as being 
3°80 feet lower, and at 31 miles 2 furlongs 5 chains, 
the said surface is represented as being 4°28 feet 
lower than the surface of the ground, in fact, is at 
the said last-mentioned points respectively, with 
reference to the said datum line. 

60. At 32 miles 5 furlongs 1 chain, the surface 
of the ground is shown on the said Section as being 
5°37 feet higher than the true surface of the ground 
at the said point, with reference to the said datum 
line. 

61. At 32 miles 6 furlongs 13 chains, the surface 
of the ground is shown on the said Section as being 
311 feet higher than the true surface of the ground at 
the said point, with reference to the said datum line. 

62. At 32 miles 7 furlongs 5 chains, the surface 
of the ground is shown on the said Section as being 
3°62 feet higher than the true surface of the ground 
at the said point, with reference to the said datum 
line. 

63. At 33 miles 3 furlongs 2 chains, the surface 
of the ground is shown on the said Section as being 
7°87 feet higher than the true surface of the ground 
at the said point, with reference to the said datum 
line, 

64. At 33 miles 3 furlongs 6} chains, the surface 
of the ground is shown on the said Section as bein 
12°10 feet higher than the true surface of the groun 
at the said point, with reference to the said datum 
line. 

65. At 31 miles 5 furlongs, the surface of the 
ground is shown upon the said Section as being 
3°64 feet lower than the surface of the ground, in 
fact, is, with reference to the said datum line. 

66. Between 33 miles 4 furlongs 7 chains and 33 
miles 6 furlongs 9 chains, measured as aforesaid, the 
surface of the ground is shown on the said Sections 
as being from 5 feet to 9 feet lower than the surface 
of the ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said 
datum line ; particularly at 33 miles 4 furlongs 9 
chains the said surface is shown as being 5°45 feet 
lower, and at 33 miles 6 furlongs 4 chains, the said 
surface is shown as being 5°45 feet lower, and at 33 
miles 6 furlongs 4 chains, the said surface is repre- 
sented as being 5°96 feet lower than the surface of 
the ground, in fact, is at the said last-mentioned 
sey respectively, with reference to the said datum 

ine. 

67. At 35 miles 3 furlongs 3} chains, the surface 
of the ground is shown on the said Section as being 
7°83 feet higher than the true surface of the ground 
— the said point, with reference to the said datum 
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68. At 35 miles3 furlongs 63 chains, the surface 
of the ground is shown on the said Section as being 
5°89 feet higher than the true surface of the ground 
at the said point, with reference to the said datum 
line. 

69. Between 35 miles 1 furlong and 35 miles 1 
furlong 94 chains, the surface of the ground is shown 
upon the said Section as being from 0°72 feet to 
4°35 feet lower than the surface of the ground, in 
fact, is,-with reference to the said datum line; par- 
ticularly at 35 miles 1 furlong 3} chains, the said 
surface is shown as being 4°35 feet lower, and at 35 
miles 1 furlong 93 chains, the said surface is shown 
as being 0°72 feet lower than the surface of the 
ground, in fact, is at the said point respectively, 
with reference to the said datum line. 

70. Between 37 miles 3 furlongs 6 chains and 
37 miles 4 furlongs 2 chains, the surface of the 
ground is shown on the said Section as being from 
nothing to 5 feet, or thereabouts, higher than the 
surface of the ground, in fact, is, with reference to 
the said datum line. 

71. Between 38 miles 4 furlongs 6 chains and 
38 miles 5 furlongs, the surface of the ground is 
shown on the said Section as being from 1] feet to 
3} feet higher than the surface of the ground, in 
fact, is, with reference to the said datum line; and 
particularly at 38 miles 4 furlongs 6 chains, the said 
surface is shown as being 34 feet higher than the 
surface of the ground, in fact, is at the said last- 
mentioned point, with reference to the said datum 
line. 

72. At a certain road (No. 161 in the parish of 
Lifton), being at 39 miles 3 furlongs 9 chains, the 
surface of the said road is shown on the said Sec- 
tion as being 2°04 feet lower than the true surface 
thereof, with reference to the said datum line. 

73. At acertain road in the parish of Lifton, at 
or about a certain point crossed at 39 miles 4 fur- 
longs 34 chains, the surface of the said road is 
shown on the said Section as being 1°58 feet lower 
than the true surface thereof, with reference to the 
said datum line. 

74. Between 38 miles 6 furlongs 2 chains and 
38 miles 6 furlongs 7 chains, the surface of the 
ground is shown upon the said Section as being from 
2 feet to 5 feet, or thereabouts, higher than the sur- 
face of the ground, in fact, is, with reference to the 
said datum line ; and particularly at 38 miles 6 fur- 
longs 5 chains, the said surface is shown as being 
503 feet higher than the surface of the ground, in 
fact, is at the said last-mentioned point, with refer- 
ence to the said datum line. 

75. At 41 miles 3 furlongs 8 chains, the surface 
of the ground is shown upon the Section as being 
9°26 feet lower than the surface of the ground, in 
fact, is, with reference to the said datum line. 

76. Between 43 miles 3 furlongs 6 chains and 
43 miles 4 furlongs 5 chains, the surface of the 
ground is shown upon the said Section as being 
from nothing to 76°9 feet lower than the surface of 
the ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said 
datum line; and particularly at 43 miles 4 furlongs 
4 chains, the said surface is shown as being 7°69 feet 
lower than the surface of the ground, in fact, is at 
the said point, with reference to the said datum line. 

77. Between 43 miles 6 furlongs 1 chain and 43 
miles 7 furlongs, the surface of the ground is shown 
upon the said Section as being from 0°8°2 feet to 
4 feet lower than the surface of the ground, in fact, 
13, with reference to the said datum line; and parti- 
cularly at 43 miles 6 furlongs 7 chains, the said sur- 
face is shown as being 3°53 feet lower than the 
surface of the ground, in fact, is at the said point, 
with reference to the said datum line. 

78. At 46 miles 7 furlongs 2 chains, the surface 
of the ground is shown upon the said Section as 
being 6 feet lower than the surface of the ground, 
in fact, is, with reference to the said datum line. 

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as aforesaid, the surface of the ground is shown 
upon the said Section as being 1°79 feet higher than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is, with reference 
to the said datum line. 

80. At 48 miles 3 furlongs 2 chains, or there- 
abouts, the surface of a certain road, No. 70, in the 
parish of Frewen, is shown on the said Section as 
6°14 feet lower than the true surface of the said 
road, with reference to the said datum line. 

81. At 48 miles 7 furlongs 74 chains, or there- 
abouts, the surface of the ground is shown on the 
said Section as being 7°77 feet higher than the sur- 
face of the ground at that point, with reference to 
the said datum line. 

82. Between 49 miles and 49 miles 1 furlong 
1 chain, the surface of the ground is shown upon 
the said Section as being from nothing to 18 feet 
|higher than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, 
with reference to the said datum line ; and particu- 
larly at 49 miles 5 chains, the said surface is shown 
as being 18°17 feet higher, and at 49 miles 1 fur- 
long, the said surface is shown as being 3°11 feet 
higher than the surface of the said ground, in fact, 
is at the said last-mentioned points, with reference to 
the said datum line. 

83. At 49 miles 2 chains, or thereabouts, the sur- 
face of the ground is shown on the said Section, as 
being 0°64 feet higher than the true surface of the 
ground at that point, with reference to the said datum 
line. 

84, Between 49 miles 2 furlongs 63 chains and 
49 miles 3 furlongs 4 chains, measured as aforesaid, 
the surface of the ground is shown upon the said 
Section as being from 3 feet and upwards, to 16 feet 
higher than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, 
with reference to the said datum line ; and particu- 
larly at 49 miles 2 furlongs 63 chains, the said sur- 
face is shown as being 5 feet higher, and at 49 miles 
2 furlongs 73 chains, the said surface is shown as 
16°59 feet higher, and at 49 miles 3 furlongs, the 
said surface is shown as 14°16 feet higher, and at 
49 miles 3 furlongs 1 chain, the said surface is 
shown as being 15°88 feet higher than the surface 
of the ground, in fact, is at the said points respec- 
tively, with reference to the said datum line. 

85. Between 49 miles 6 furlongs 9 chains and 
50 miles and 50 chains, the surface of the ground 
is shown on the said Section as from 5°51 to 25 feet, 
or thereabouts, higher than the true surface of the 
ground, with reference to the said datum line; at 
49 miles 6 furlongs 94 chains, or thereabouts, the 
surface of the ground is shown on the said Section 
as being 15°50 feet higher than the true surface of 
| the ground at the said point, with reference to the 
said datum line; at 49 miles 7 furlongs 1} chains, 
‘the surface of the ground is shown upon the said 
| Section as being 23°88 feet higher than the true 
surface of the ground, with reference to the said 
datum line; at 49 miles 7 furlongs 5} chains, or 
thereabouts, the surface of the ground 1s shown on 
the said Section as being 25°04 feet higher than 
the true surface of the ground at the said point, 
with reference to the said datum line; and at 50 miles 
2 chains or thereabouts, the surface of the ground 
is shown on the said Section as being 23°97 feet 
higher than the true surface of the ground at the 
said point, with reference to the said datum line. 

86. At a certain road in the parish of Altarmun, 
numbered 256, at 50 miles 3 furlongs 4 chains, or 
thereabouts, the surface of the said road is shown 
on the said Section as being 5°51 feet higher than 
the true surface of the ground at the said point, with 
reference to the said datum line. 

87. At a certain road in the parish of Altarmun, 
numbered 246°1, at 50 miles 5 furlongs 74 chains, 
the surface of the ground is shown on the said Sec- 
tion as being 424 feet higher than the true surface 
of the ground at the said point, with reference to 
the said datum line. 

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surface of the ground is shown on the said Section 
as being 26°63 feet higher than the true surface of 
the ground at the said point, with reference to the 
said datum line. 

89. Ata certain road in the parish of Cardinham, 
numbered 702, being at 62 miles 4 furlongs 1 chain, 
or thereabouts, the surface of the said road is shown 
on the said Section as being 16°44 feet lower than 
the true surface thereof, with reference to the said 
datum line. 

90. At 62 miles 4 furlongs 3 chains, or there- 
abouts, the surface of the ground is shown on the 
said Section as being 26 feet lower than the true 
surface thereof at the said point, with reference to 
the said datum line. 

91. At 62 miles 4 furlongs 6 chains, or there- 
abouts, the surface of the ground is shown on the 
said Section as being 48°64 feet lower than the true 
surface of the ground at the said point, with refer- 
ence to the said datum line. 

92. At 64 miles 7 furlongs 2 chains, the surface of 
the ground is shown on the said Section as being 5°01 
feet lower than the true surface of the ground at the 
said point, with reference to the said datum line. 

93. At 65 miles 2} chains, the surface of the 
ground is shown on the said Section as being 7°79 
feet lower than the true surface of the ground at 
the said point, with reference to the said datum 
line. 

Exeter and Truro,—continued. 

93a. Between 71 miles and 4 chains and 71 miles 
1 furlong 13 chains, measured as aforesaid, the sur- 
face of the ground is shown upon the said Section 
as being from 6 feet to 7 feet higher than the sur- 
face of the ground, in fact, is, with reference to the 
said datum line, and particularly at'71 miles 1 fur- 
long, the said surface is shown as being 6°19 feet 
higher, and at 71 miles 1 furlong 1} chains, the said 
surface is represented as being 6 feet higher than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is at the said last- 
mentioned points respectively, with reference to the 
said datum line. 

93&gt;, Between 79 miles 2 furlongs and 79 miles 
2 furlongs 6 chains, the surface of the ground is 
shown on the said Section as being from 0 feet to 
6 feet higher than the surface of the ground, in fact, 
is, with reference to the said datum line ; particularly 
at 79 miles 2 furlongs and 6 chains, the said surface 
is shown as being 6 feet higher than the surface of 
the ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said 
datum line. 

94. Between 80 miles 1 furlong 1 chain and 
80 miles 2 furlongs and 8 chains, the surface of the 
ground is shown on the said Section as being from 
4°36 feet to 8°82 feet higher than the surface of the 
ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said datum 
line; and particularly at 80 miles 1 furlong 4 chains, 
the said surface is shown as 8°82 feet higher, and at 
80 miles 2 furlongs 2 chains, as 6 feet higher than the 
surface of the ground, in fact, is at the said points 
respectively, with reference to the said datum line. 

95. At 80 miles 3 furlongs and 1 chain, the sur- 
face of a certain road, (numbered 96, in the parish 
of Saint Ensder) is shown upon the said Section as 
being 6 feet higher than the true surface thereof, 
with reference to the said datum line. 

96. At 82 miles 1 furlong and 63 chains, measured 
as aforesaid, at a certam public carriage-road, 
numbered 2 in the parish of ewlyn, the surface of 
the said road is shown upon the said Section as 
being 73 feet higher than the surface of the said road 
is, with reference to the said datum line. 

At 80 miles 3 furlongs 1 chain, the surface of a 
certain road, numbered 96 in the parish of Saint 
Ensder, is shown upon the said Section as being 
6 feet higher than the surface of the said road, in 
fact, is, with reference to the said datum line. 

97. At 81 miles 1 furlong 8 chains, at a certain 
public carriage-road, numbered 16 in the parish of 
Saint Ensder, the surface of the said road is shown 

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upon the said Section as being 7} feet higher than 
the surface of the said road, in fact, is, with reference 
to the said datum line. 

98. Between 80 miles 5 furlongs 4 chains, and 
81 miles 5 furlongs and 1 chain, the surface of the 
ground is shown upon the said Section as being from 
4°53 feet to 11 feet higher than the surface of the 
ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said datum 
line; and particularly at 80 miles 5 furlongs 5 chains, 
the said surface is shown as 7 feet higher ; at 80 miles 
6 furlongs 1 chain, as 6°70 feet higher ; at 80 miles 
7 furlongs 4 chains, as 5°51 feet higher; at 80 miles 
6 furlongs 7 chains, at a certain road, as 4°53 feet 
higher ; and at 81 miles 1 furlong 73 chains, at a 
certain other road, as 7 feet higher; and at 80 miles 
7 furlongs 4 chains, as 5°51 feet higher ; at 81 miles 
3 chains as 8°71 feet higher; at 81 miles 3 furlongs 
4 chains, as 8 feet higher, and at 81 miles 4 fur- 
longs 3 chains, as 11 feet higher than the true 
surface to the said datum line. 

99. At 81 miles 5 furlongs 9 chains, the surface 
of the ground is shown on the said Section as being 
10 feet higher than the surface of the ground, in 
fact, is, with reference to the said datum line, 

100. Between 81 miles 7 furlongs 5 chains and 
82 miles 5 furlongs and 8 chains, the surface of the 
ground is shown upon the said Sectiun as being 
from 0 to 14°20 feet higher than the surface of the 
ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said datum 
line ; particularly at 81 miles 7 furlongs 5 chains, 
the said surface is shown as 7 feet higher; at 82 
miles and 1 chain, as 7 feet higher; at 82 miles 
1 furlong, as 6 feet higher; at 82 miles 1 furlong 
4 chains, as 9 feet higher; at 82 miles 1 furlong 
7 chains, as 8 feet higher; at 82 miles 2 furlongs 
1 chain, as 7°33 feet higher ; at 82 miles 2 furlongs 
4 chains, as 7°72 feet higher ; at 82 miles 2 furlongs 
6 chains, as 13°80 feet higher; at 82 miles 3 fur- 
longs 1 chain, as 13°70 feet higher; at 82 miles 3 
furlongs 3 chains, as 14°20 feet higher; at 82 miles 
3 furlongs 5 chains, as 9°42 feet higher ; at 82 miles 
3 furlongs 9 chains, as 10°70 feet higher; at 82 miles 
4 furlongs 8 chains, as 11°81 feet higher; and at 
82 miles 5 furlongs 63 chains, as 10 feet higher than 
the true surface at the said points respectively, with 
reference to the said datum line. 

101. At 82 miles 3 furlongs 9 chains, at a certain 
road, (numbered 14 in the parish of Newbyn), the 
surface of the said road is shown upon the said 
Section as being 10°70 feet higher than the surface 
of the said road, in fact, is, with reference to the 
said datum line. 

102. At 83 miles 1 furlong and 93 chains, ata cer- 
tain public carriage-road, numbered 2 in the parish 
of Saint Erme, the surface of the said road is shown 
upon the said Sections as being 7 feet higher than 
the surface of the said road, in fact, is, with reference 
to the said datum line. 

103. Between 82 miles 5 furlongs 9 chains and 
82 miles 6 furlongs and 3 chains, the surface of the 
ground is shown upon the said Section as being 
from 10 to 12 feet higher than the surface of the 
ground, in fact, is, with referenee to the said datum 
line ; particularly at 82 miles 6 furlongs 3 chains, 
the said surface is shown as 10 feet higher than the 
surface of the ground, in fact, is, with reference to 
the said datum line. 

104. Between the points 82 miles 6 furlongs 4 
chains and 83 miles 2 chains, the surface of ihe 
ground is shown on the said Section as from 5 to 
15 feet, or thereabouts, higher than the true surface 
of the ground, with reference to the said datum line ; 
and particuiarly at 82 miles 7 furlongs, the said 
surface is shown as being 8°33 feet higher, and at 82 
miles 7 furlongs 3 chains, the said surface is shown 
as being 14°43 feet higher than the true surface of 
the ground at the said point, with reference to the 
said datum line. 

105. Between 82 miles 6 furlongs 8 chains and 
83 miles 3 furlongs and 9 chains, the surface of 

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the ground is shown on the said Section as being 
from 0 to 17°69 feet higher than the surface of the 
ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said datum 
line ; and particularly at 83 miles and 4 chains, the 
said surface is shown as 9 feet higher, and at 83 
miles 1 furlong and 4 chains, as 3°65 feet higher, 
and at 83 miles 1 furlong and 53 chains, at 83 miles 
1 furlong and 7 chains, and at 83 miles 1 furlong 
and 93 chains respectively, as 7 feet higher, and at 
83 miles 2 furlongs 5 chains, as 10°97 feet higher 
than the true surface of the ground, with reference 
to the said datum line. 

106. Between 84 miles and 1 furlong and 84 
miles and 2 furlongs 2} chains, the surface of the 
ground is shown upon the said Section as being 
from 5 feet to 9 feet higher than the surface, in 
fact, is, with reference to the said datum line ; par- 
ticularly at 84 miles 1 furlong 3 chains, the said 
surface is shown as 9 feet higher ; and at 84 miles 
1 furlong 8 chains, as 9 feet higher than the surface 
of the ground, in fact, is at such points respectively, 
with reference to the said datum line. 

107. Between 84 miles 8 furlongs and 8 chains 
and 84 miles 5 furlongs, the surface of the ground 
is shown upon the said Section as being from 5 feet 
to 10 feet higher than the surface of the ground, 
in fact, is, with reference to the said datum line; 
particularly at 84 miles 4 furlongs and 8 chains, the 
said surface is shown as 10 feet higher than the 
surface of the ground, in fact, is, with reference to 
the said datum line. 

108. Between 84 miles 5 furlongs 2 chains and 
86 miles, the surface of the ground is shown upon 
the said Sections as being from 0 to 10°45 feet higher 
than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, with 
reference to the said datum line ; and particularly 
at 84 miles 5 furlongs 9 chains, the said surface is 
shown as 9°5'4 feet higher than at 84 miles 6 fur- 
longs 53 chains, as 8 feet higher, and at 84 miles 
6 furlongs 9 chains, as 8 feet higher, and at 84 miles 
7 furlongs and 4 chains, as 6 feet higher, at 85 
miles 7 furlongs, as 9°87 feet higher, and at 85 miles 
1 furlong and 6 chains, as 5°87 feet higher, and at 
85 miles 2 furlongs and 2 chains, as 6°60 feet higher, 
and at 85 miles 2 furlongs 73 chains, as 6°49 feet 
higher, and at 85 miles 3 furlongs 2 chains, as 
7 feet higher, and at 85 miles 3 furlongs 83 chains, 
as 5 feet higher, and at 85 miles 4 furlongs 3 chains, 
the said surface is represented as being 8°13 feet 
higher, and at 85 miles 5 furlongs 23 chains, as 
63 feet higher, and at 85 miles 6 furlongs 3 chains, 
as 5°74 feet higher, and at 85 miles 7 furlongs 7 
chains, as 4°50 feet higher than the true surface of 
the ground at the said points, with reference to the 
said datum line. 

109. At 84 miles 5 furlongs 9 chains, at a certain 
public carriage-road, numbered 15 in the parish of 
Saint Erme, the surface of the said road is shown 
upon the said Section as being 9 feet higher than 
the surface of the said road, in fact, is, with reference 
to the said datum line. 

130. At 85 miles 3 furlongs 2 chains, measured 
as aforesaid, at acertain road, numbered 44 in the 
parish of Saint Allen, the surface of the said road 
is shown upon the said Section as being 6} feet 
higher that the surface of the said road, in fact, is, 
with reference to the said datum line. 

111. At $6 miles 6 furlongs 24 chains, or there- 
abouts, the surface of the ground is shown on the 
said Sections as being 1°30 feet lower than the 
surface of the ground at the said point, with re- 
ference to the said datum line. 

112. Between 86 miles 7 furlongs and 6 chains 
and 86 miles 7 furlongs and 73 chains, the surface 
of the ground is shown upon the said Section as 
being from 1°13 to 4°13 feet higher than the surface 
of the ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said 
datum line. 

113. At 87 miles 6 chains, or thereabouts, the 
surface of the ground is shown on the said Section 


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as being 3°16 feet lower than the true surface of the 
ground at the said point, with reference to the said 
datum line. 

114. Between the points, 87 miles 1 furlong 4 chains 
and 87 miles 2 furlongs 7 chains, the surface of the 
ground is shown on the said Section as from 0 to 
15 feet, or thereabouts, higher than the true surface 
of the ground, with reference to the said datum 
line ; and particularly at 87 miles 1 furlong 73 
chains, ditto, 15 feet higher; and at 87 miles 1 
furlong 8 chains, or thereabouts, the said surface is 
shown as being 13.45 feet higher; at 87 miles 1 
furlong 9 chains, as 14 feet higher; and at 87 miles 
2 furlongs 7 chains, as 8 feet higher than the true 
surface of the ground at the said points, with refer- 
ence to the said datum line. 

115. At 87 miles 3 furlongs 4 chains, the surface 
of the ground is shown on the said Section as being 
6 feet lower than the true surface of the ground at 
the said point, with reference to the said datum 
line. 

116. Between 87 miles 4 furlongs and 1 chain 
and 87 miles 4 furlongs and 4 chains, the surface 
of the ground is shown upon the said Section as 
being from 0 to 4°45 feet higher than the surface of 
the ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said 
datum line ; and particularly at 87 miles 4 furlongs 
and 4 chains, the said surface is shown as 347 feet 
higher than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, 
with reference to the said datum line. 

117. At a certain public road at 85 miles 5 fur- 
longs 2 chains (numbered 52, in the parish of Saint 
Allen), the surface of the said road is shown upon 
the said Section as being 8 feet higher than the 
surface at the said road, in fact, is, with reference to 
the said datum line. 

118, At a certain road at 88 miles and 4 chains 
(numbered 158, in the parish of Kenwin), the sur- 
face of the said road is shown upon the said Section 
as being 7 feet higher than the surface of the said 
road, in fact, is, with reference to the said datum line. 

119. At a certain public carriage road at 88 miles 
4 furlongs and 5 chains (numbered 231, in the pa- 
rish of Kenwin), the surface of the said road is 
shown upon the said Section as being 624 feet 
higher than the true surface thereof, with reference 
to the said datum line. 

120. At a certain public road at 88 miles 3 fur- 
longs 1 3 chains, the surface of the said road is shown 
upon the said Section as being 6°30 feet higher than 
the true surface thereof, with reference to the said 
datum line. 

121. Between 88 miles and 2 chains and 88 miles 
1 furlong and 4 chains, the surface of the ground 
is shown upon the said Section as being from 4°57 
feet to 16°99 feet higher than the surface of the 
ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said datum 
line ; particularly at 88 miles and 2 chains, the said 
surface is shown as 4°57 feet higher, and at 88 miles 
1 furlong as 16°99 feet higher, and at 88 miles and 
4 chains as 7 feet higher than the surface of the 
ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said datum 
line. 

122. At 88 miles 2 furlongs 2 chains, the surface 
of the ground is shown upon the said Section as 
being 6 feet higher than the surface of the ground, 
in fact, is, with reference to the said datum line. 

123. Between 88 miles 2 furlongs and 8 chains, 
and 88 miles 3 furlongs and 8 chains, the surface of 
the ground is shown on the said Section as being 
from 6 to 8°55 feet higher than the surface of the 
ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said datum 
line; particularly at 88 miles 2 furlongs and 9 chains, 
the said surface is shown as being 7°94 feet higher, 
and at 88 miles 3 furlongs 53 chains, the said sur- 
face is shown as 6 feet higher than the true surface 
at the said points, with reference to the said datum 
line. 

124. At 88 miles 4 furlongs and 4 chains, the 
said surface is shown as 4°74 feet higher, and at -” 

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miles 4 furlongs and 6 chains, as 2°64 feet higher 
than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, with re- 
ference to the said datum line. 

125. Between 88 miles 6 furlongs and 7 chains, 
and 88 miles 7 furlongs and 2 chains, the surface 
of the ground is shown upon the said Section as 
being from 4°40 feet to 8 feet higher than the sur- 
face of the ground, in fact, is, with reference to the 
said datum line; particularly at 88 miles 7 furlongs, 
the said surface is shown as being 7 feet higher than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is at the said point, 
with reference to the said datum line. 

126. Between 88 miles and 89 miles 1 furlong 
and 24 chains, the surface of the ground is shown 
on the said Section as being from 4 feet to 9°22 feet 
higher than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, 
with reference to the said datum line; particularly 
at 89 miles 3 3 chains, the said surface is shown as 
6°59 feet higher, and at 89 miles 6 3 chains, as 7°75 
feet higher, and at 89 miles 1 furlong, as 9°22 feet 
higher than the true surface of the said points, in 
reference to the said datum line. 

127. At 89 miles 3 furlongs 1 chain, the surface 
of the ground is shown on the said Section as being 
4°77 feet lower than the true surface of the ground 
at the said point, with reference to the said datum 
line. 

128. Between 89 miles 6 furlongs and 89 miles 
6 furlongs and 7 4 chains, the surface of the ground 
is shown on the said Section as from 2°35 to 4°75 
feet higher than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, 
with reference to the said datum line ; particularly 
at 88 miles 6 furlongs 1 chain, the said surface is 
shown as being 4°75 feet higher, and at 88 miles 6 
furlongs and 4 chains, the said surface is shown as 
being 2°42 feet higher than the surface of the ground, 
in fact, is, with reference to the said datum line. 


Plymouth Line. 


129. At the point of commencement of the pro- 
posed Railway to Plymouth and Prewley Moor, the 
surface of the ground is shown upon the said Sec- 
tion as being 9°28 feet lower than the surface of the 
ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said datum 
line. 

130. At 1 mile 1 furlong and 93 chains, the sur- 
face of the ground is shown on the said Section as 
being 8 feet lower than the surface of the ground 
is, with reference to the said datum line. 

131. At 1 mile 3 furlongs and 4 chains, the sur- 
face of the ground is shown upon the said Section 
as being 5°91 feet lower than the surface of the 
ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said datum 
Jine. 

132. Between 2 miles 3 furlongs and 6 chains 
and 2 miles and 5 furlongs, the surface of the ground 
is shown upon the said Section as being from 4°64 
to 6°85 feet lower than the surface of the ground, in 
fact, is, with reference to the said datum line ; par- 
ticularly at 2 miles 4 furlongs and 2 chains, the 
surface of the ground is represented as being 6°85 
feet lower than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, 
with reference to the said datum line. 

133. At 2 miles 6 furlongs and 5 chains, the sur- 
face of the ground is shown upon the said Section 
as being 11°25 feet lower than the surface of the 
ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said datum 
line. 

134. At 2 miles 7 furlongs and 7} chains, the 
‘surface of a certain road, numbered 53, in the parish 
of Bridestow, is shown upon the said Section as 
being 4°68 feet lower than the surface of the ground 
in fact is, with reference to the said datum line. 

135. Between 3 miles and 7} chains, and 3 miles 
1 furlong and 23 chains, the surface of the ground 
is shown upon the said Section as being from 3°25 
feet to 5°56 feet lower than the surface of the ground, 
in fact, is, with reference to the said datum line. 

136. Between 3 miles 4 furlongs and 3 chain, and 
3 miles 4 furlongs and 8 } chains, the surface of the 
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ground is shown upon the said Section as being 
trom 3°39 feet to 8°62 feet lower than the surface of 
the ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said 
datum line; particularly at 3 miles 4 furlongs 5 
chains, the said surface is shown as being 7°87 feet 
lower than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, with 
reference to the said datum line. 

137. Between 3 miles 7 furlongs and 7 chains, 
and 4 miles and 7 chains, the surface of the ground 
is shown upon the said Section as being from 4°29 
feet to 8°11 feet lower than the surface of the ground 
in fact is, with reference to the said datum line; par- 
ticularly at 4 miles and 5 chains, the said surface 
is shown as being 8°11 feet lower than the surface 
of the ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said 
datum line. 

138. Between 4 miles 4 furlongs and 2 chains 
and 4 miles 4 furlongs and 8 chains, the surface of 
the ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said da- 
tum line particularly, 4 miles 4 furlongs and 43 
chains, the said surface is shown 9°81 feet lower 
than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, with re- 
ference to the said datum line. 

139. Between 4 miles 6 furlongs and 2 chains 
and 4 miles 6 furlongs and 7 chains, the surface of 
the ground is shown upon the said Section as being 
from 4°13 feet to 4°77 feet lower than the surface of 
the ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said 
datum line; particularly at 4 miles 6 furlongs and 
4 chains, the said surface is shown as 4°77 feet 
lower than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, with 
reference to the said datum line. 

140. Between 5 miles 3 furlongs and 8 chains 
and 5 miles 4 furlongs and 4 chains, the surface of 
the ground is shown upon the said Section as being 
from 3 feet to 5°49 feet lower than the surface of 
the ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said 
datum line; particularly at 5 miles 4 furlongs and 
2 chains, the said surface is shown as being 5°49 feet 
lower than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, 
with reference to the said datum line. 

141. Between 5 miles 5 furlongs and 4 chains 
and 5 miles 5 furlongs and 9 chains, the surface of 
the ground is shown as being from 5 feet to 11 feet 
lower than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, with 
reference to the said datum line; particularly at 
5 miles 5 furlongs and 8 chains, the said surface is 
shown as 7°56 feet lower than the surface of the 
ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said datum 
line. 

142. At 6 miles the surface of the ground is shown 
in the said Section as being 7°04 feet lower than the 
surface of the ground, in fact, is, with reference to 
the said datum line. 

143. Between 7 miles 3 furlongs and 3 chains 
and 7 miles 4 furlongs and 1 chain, the surface of 
the ground is shown upon the said Section as being 
from 10 feet to 23°11 feet lower than the surface of 
the ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said 
datum line; particularly at 7 miles 3 furlongs and 
9 chains, the said surface is shown as 23°11 feet 
lower than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, with 
reference to the said datum line. 

144, At 11 miles 3 furlongs 93 chains, at a cer- 
tain road numbered 123, in the parish of Tavistock, 
the surface of the ground is shown upon the said 
Section as 14 feet lower than the surface of the 
ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said datum 
line. 

145. Also at 11 miles 4 furlongs 3 chains, the 
surface of the ground at the said road is shown as 
being 6°63 feet lower than the surface of the ground, 
in fact, is, with reference to the said datum line. 

146. Between 8 miles and 7 chains and 8 miles 
1 furlong and 3 chains, the surface of the ground 
is shown upon the said Section as being from 9°39 
feet to 19°78 feet lower than the surface of the 
ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said datum 
line ; particularly at 8 miles 1 furlong 1 chain, the 
said surface is shown as 19°78 feet lower than the 





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surface of the ground, in fact, is, with reference to 
the said datum line. 


147. Between 8 miles 4 furlongs and 5 chains| 
and 8 miles 6 furlongs and 2 chains, the surface of 


the ground is shown on the said Section as being 


from 3°17 feet to 7°11 feet lower than the surface of 
the ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said | 
datum line; particularly at 8 miles 5 furlongs and | 


6 chains, the said surface is shown as 7°11 feet lower 
than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, with re- 
ference to the said datum line. 

148. At 9 miles and 34 chains, the surface of the 
ground is shown on the said Section as 14 feet lower 
than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, with re- 
ference to the said datum line. 

149. At 9 miles 4 furlongs and 13 chains, the 
surface of the ground is shown on the said Section 
as 8°14 feet lower than the surface of the ground, in 
fact, is, with reference to the said datum line. 

150. At 12 miles 1 furlong and § chains, the sur- 
face of the ground is shown upon the said Section 
as being 7 feet lower than the surface of the ground, 
in fact, is, with reference to the said datum line. 

151. At 12 miles 3 furlongs and 93 chains, the 
surface of the ground is shown upon the said Section 
as being 17 feet higher than the surface of the 
ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said datum 
line. 

152. At 12 miles and 5 furlongs, the surface of 
the ground is shown upon the said Section as being 
10 feet lower than the surface of the ground, in fact, 
is, with reference to the said datum line. 

153. Between 12 miles 5 furlongs and 7 chains 


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2 chains, the surface of the ground is shown upon 
the said Section as being from 6 feet to 8°86 feet 
lower than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, 
with reference to the said datum line; particularly 
at 14 miles 5 chains, the said surface is shown at 
8°86 feet lower than the surface of the ground, in 
fact, is, with reference to‘the said datum line. 

159. Between 14 miles 4 furlongs and 14 miles 
4 furlongs 8 chains, the surface of the ground is 
| shown upon the said Section as being from 4 feet to 
| 8°81 feet lower than the surface of the ground, in 
fact, is with reference to the said datum line; par- 
ticularly at 14 miles 4 furlongs 4 chains, the said 

surface is shown as being 8°81 feet lower than the 
| surface of the ground, in fact, is, with reference to 
| the said datum line. 

160. At 14 miles 6 furlongs 63 chains, the sur- 
| face of the ground is shown upon the said Section 
as being 6°55 feet lower than the surface of the 
ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said datum 
| line. 

161. At 14 miles 7 furlongs 6 chains, the surface 
of the ground is shown upon the said Section, as 
being 11°76 feet lower than the surface of the ground, 
in fact, is, with reference to the said datum line. 

162. Between 15 miles 4 chains and 15 miles 
4 furlongs 4 chains, the surface of the ground is 
shown upon the said Section as being from 0 to 
| 35°22 feet lower than the surface of the ground, in 
fact, is, with reference to the said datum line; parti- 
| cularly at 15 miles 1 furlong 8 chains, the said sur- 
' face is shown as 14°07 feet lower, and at 15 miles 
3 furlongs as 35°22 feet lower than the surface of the 





and 12 miles 6 furlongs and 2 chains, the surface of | ground, in fact, is with reference to the said datum 


the ground is shown upon the said Section as being 
from 5 feet to 8 feet lower than the surface of the 
ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said datum 
line ; particularly at 12 miles 5 furlongs and 8} 
chains, the surface of the ground is shown 8 feet 
lower than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, with 
reference to the said datum line. 

154, Between 12 miles 6 furlongs and 9 chains 


| line. 

163. Between 15 miles 6 furlongs 8 chains, and 
15 miles 7 furlongs 4 chains, the surface of the 
ground is shown on the said Section as being from 
| 4°72 feet to 11°03 feet lower than the surface of the 
| ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said datum 
line ; particularly at 15 miles 7 furlongs 1 chain, the 
said surface is shown as being 11°03 feet lower than 





and 12 miles 7 furlongs and 5 chains, the surface of | the surface of the ground, in fact, is, with reference 


the ground is shown upon the said Section as being 


from 2°59 feet to 4°34 feet higher than the surface of | 


the ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said datum 
line, particularly at 12 miles 7 furlongs and 3 chains, 
the said surface is shown 2°89 feet higher than the 
true surface, with reference to the said datum line. 
155. Between 13 miles 2 chains and 13 miles 


to the said datum line. 

164, At 16 miles 3 chains, the surface of the 
ground is shown on the said Section as being 7 feet 
lower than the surface of the ground, in fact, is with 
| reference to the said datum line. 
| 165. Between 16 miles 6 chains, and 16 miles 
|1 furlong 2 chains, the surface of the ground is 





1 furlong and 6 chains, the surface of the ground is | Shown on the said Section as being from 4°11 feet to 
shown upon the said Section as being from 5 feet to | 7 feet lower than the surface of the ground, in fact, 
10 feet lower than the surface of the ground, in fact, ; 35, with reference to the said datum line ; particularly 
is, with reference to the said datum line ; particularly | at 16 miles 9 chains, the said surface 1s shown as 
at 13 miles and 5 chains, the said surface is shown , being 7 feet lower than the surface of the ground, 
as 9 feet lower, and at 13 miles 1 furlong and 1 chain, | in fact, is, with reference to the said datum line. 

as 10 feet lower than the surface of the ground, in| 166. Between 16 miles 2 furlongs 1 chain and 
fact, is, with reference to the said datum line. 16 miles 2 furlongs 8 chains, the surface of the 
| ground is shown on the said Section as being from 
| 4 feet to 13 feet lower than the surface of the ground, 
156. Between 13 miles and 2 furlongs and 13 miles | in fact, is, with reference to the said datum line ; par- 
4 furlongs and 9 chains, measured as aforesaid, the | ticularly at 16 miles 2 furlongs 3 chains, the said 
surface of the ground is shown as being from 0 feet | surface is shown as being 5°74 feet lower than the 
to 16°10 feet lower than the surface of the ground, | surface of the ground, in fact, is, with reference to 
in fact, is, with reference to the said datum line; | the said datum line, 

particularly at 13 miles 2 furlongsand 5 chains,the| 167. Between 16 miles 4 furlongs and 17 miles 
said surface is shown as 16°10 feet lower, and at 1 furlong, the surface of the ground is shown on the 
13 miles 4 furlongs and 5 chains, as 5°16 feet, or said Section as being from 0 to 10°67 feet lower than 


Plymouth Line, continued. 


thereabouts, lower than the surface of the ground, in 
fact, is, with reference to the said datum line. 

157. Between 13 miles 6 furlongs and 7 chains 
and 13 miles 7 furlongs and 7 chains, the surface of 
the ground is shown upon the said Section as being 
from 4.55 feet to 11°88 feet lower than the surface 
- of the ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said 


datum line; particularly at 13 miles 6 furlongs and | 


9} chains, the said surface is shown as 11°88 feet 
lower than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, with 
reference to the said datum line. 

158. Between 14 miles and 14 miles 1 furlong 


the surface of the ground, in fact, is, with reference 

to the said datum line; particularly at 16 miles 
4 furlongs, the said surface is shown as being 10 
feet lower, at 16 miles 6 furlongs as 7°37 feet lower, 
at 16 miles 7 furlongs 9 chains 10°05 feet lower, and 
at 17 miles 1 furlong 10°51 feet lower than the sur- 
face of the ground, in fact, is, with reference to the 
said datum line. 

168. At 17 miles 1 furlong 9 chains, the surface 
of the ground is shown on the said Sectionas being 
11 feet lower than the surface of the ground, in 
fact, is, with reference to the said datum line. 

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169. Between 17 miles 2 furlongs 2 chains, and 
17 miles 2 furlongs 7 chains, the surface of the 
ground is shown on the said Section as being from 
I foot to 854 feet lower than the surface of the 
ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said datum 
line ; particularly at 17 miles 2 furlongs 4 chains, 
the said surface is shown as being 8-54 feet lower 
than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, with refer- 
ence to the said datum line. 

170. At 17 miles 3 chains, the surface of the 
ground is shown on the said Section as being 4°71 
feet lower than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, 
with reference to the said datum line. 

171. Between 17 miles 7 furlongs 7 chains and 
18 miles 6 chains, the surface of the ground is shown 
on the said Section as being from 0 feet to 7°45 feet 
lower than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, with 
reference to the said datum line; particularly at 
18 miles 1 chain, the said surface is shown as being 
7°45 feet lower than the surface of the ground, in 
fact, is, with reference to the said datum line. 

172. Between 18 miles 5 furlongs 1 chain and 
18 miles 5 furlongs 7 chains, the surface of the 
— is shown upon the said Section as being 

rom 0°51 feet to 5°38 feet lower than the surface of 

the ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said 
datum line; particularly at 18 miles 5 furlongs 
34 chains, the said surface is shown as being 5°38 
feet lower than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, 
with reference to the said datum line. 

173. At 21 miles 5 furlongs 6 chains, the surface 
of the ground is shown on the said Section as being 
9 feet lower than the surface of the ground, in fact, 
is, with reference to the said datum line. 

174. Between 21 miles 7 furlongs and 22 miles 
1 furlong and 5 chains, the surface of the ground is 
shown on the said Section as being from 5 feet to 
8°68 feet lower than the surface of the ground, in 
fact, is, with reference to the said datum line; par- 
ticularly at 21 miles 7 furlongs, the said surface is 
shown as being 5°71 feet lower, and at 22 miles 
1 furlong 6.30 feet lower than the surface of the 
ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said datum 
line. 

175. Between 22 miles 4 furlongs and 6 chains, 
and 22 miles 6 furlongs and 1 chain, the surface of 
the ground is shown on the said Section as being 
from 1°71 to 2°81 feet lower than the surface of the 
ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said datum 
line. . 


176. At 22 miles 6 furlongs and 5 chains, the sur- | 


face of the ground is shown on the said Section as 
being 5°25 feet lower than the surface of the ground, 
in fact, is, with reference to the said datum line. 

177. At 22 miles 7 furlongs and 8 chains, the sur- 
face of the ground is shown on the said Section as 
being 2°21 feet lower than the surface of the ground, 
in fact, is, with reference to the said datum line. 

178. At 23 miles 1 furlong and 3 chains, the sur- 
face of the ground is shown on the said Section as 
being 1°47 feet lower than the surface of the ground, 
in fact, is, with reference to the said datum line. 

179. At 24 miles and 6 chains, the surface of the 
ground is shown on the said Section as being 8 feet 
lower than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, with 
reference to the said datum line. 

180. Between 24 miles and 2 furlongs and 24 
miles 2 furlongs and 8 chains, the surface of the 
ground is shown upon the said Section as being from 
5 feet to 8 feet lower than the surface of the ground, 
in fact, is, with reference to the said datum line; par- 
ticularly at 24 miles and 2 furlongs, the said surface 
is shown as being 8 feet lower, and at 34 miles 2 fur- 
longs and 6 chains as 6 feet lower than the surface 
of the ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said 
datum line. 

181. At 24 miles 5 furlongs and 5 chains, the 
surface of the ground is shown on the said Section 
as being 8 feet higher than the surface of theground, 
in fact, is, with reference to the said datum line. 

VoL. 102, 


21° Maiz. 567 


182. Between 24 miles 6 furlongs and 6 chains, 
and 24 miles 7 furlongs and 5 chains, the surface of 
the ground is shown on the said Section as being 
from 3°42 feet to 12°61 feet lower than the surface 
of the — in fact, is, with reference to the said 
datum line; particularly at 24 miles 6 furlongs and 
8 chains the said surface is shown as being 12°61 
feet lower than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, 
with reference to the said datum line. 


183. Between 25 miles and 25 miles and 6 chains, 
the surface of the ground is shown on the said Sec- 
tion as being from 6 feet to 8 feet lower than the 
surface of the ground, in fact, is, with reference to. 
the said datum line; particularly at 25 miles and 1 
chain, the surface of the ground is shown as 7 feet 
lower than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, with 
reference to the said datum line. 


184, Between 25 miles and 1 furlong and 25 
miles and 2 furlongs, the surface of the ground is 
shown upon the said Section as being from 5 feet to 
10 feet lower than the surface of the ground, in 
fact, is, with reference to the said datum line ; par- 
ticularly at 25 miles 1 furlong and 6} chains, the 
surface of a certain public road (numbered 69 in the 
tything of Pennycross) is shown upon the said Sec- 
tion as being 7°10 feet lower than the surface of the 
= road, in fact, is, with reference to the said datum 

ine. 

185. Between 25 miles 2 furlongs and 8 chains 
and 25 miles and 5 furlongs, the surface of the 
| ground is shown on the said Section as being from 
_5 feet to 10 feet lower than the surface of the ground, 
| in fact, is, with reference to the said datum line; 
| particularly at 25 miles 3 furlongs and 3 chains, 
| the said surface is shown as being 10 feet lower than 

the true surface of the ground with reference to the 
said datum line. 

186. Between 25 miles 5 furlongs and 4 chains 
| and 26 miles, the surface of the ground is shown on 
_the said Section as being from 0 to 16 feet lower 
| than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, with refer- 

ence to the said datum line ; particularly at 25 miles 
7 furlongs and 7 chains, the said surface is shown 
as being 16 feet lower, and at 25 miles and 7 fur- 
longs as 11 feet lower than the surface of the 
ground, in fact ,is, with reference to the said datum 
line. 

187. At 26 miles 1 furlong and 3 chain, the 
surface of the ground is shown on the said Section 
| as being 10 feet lower than the surface of the ground, 








‘in fact, is, with reference to the said datum line. 


, 188. At 26 miles 2 furlongs and 7 chains, the 
surface of the ground is shown on the said Section 
as being 8 feet lower than the surface of the ground, 
in fact, is, with reference to the said datum line. 


189. Between 26 miles 3 furlongs and 4 chains 
and 26 miles 5 furlongs and 2 chains, the surface of 
the ground is shown on the said Section as being 
from 0 to 13°48 feet lower than the surface of the 
ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said datum 
line ; particularly at 26 miles 3 furlongs and 93 chains 
at the point of Junction of the said Railway to 
Plymouth, with the lines of the proposed Branch 
Railways to Sutton Pool, and to the Union-road, the 
surface of the ground is shown as 11 feet Jower than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is, with reference 
to the said datum line. 

190. Between 26 miles 5 furlongs and 3 chains, 
and 26 miles 6 furlongs and 5 chains, the surface of 
the ground is shown on the said Section as being 
from 0 to 9 feet lower than the surface of the ground, 
in fact, is, with reference to the said datum line; 
particularly at 26 miles 5 furlongs and 3 chains, the 
surface of a certain public road, (numbered 1 in the 
parish of Charles, Plymouth) is shown as being 7 
feet, or thereabouts, lower than the true surface 
thereof, and at 26 miles 6 furlongs and 1 chain, the 
surface of a certain other road, (numbered 12 in the 
same parish) is shown on the said Section as 9 feet 

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lower than the true surface thereof, with reference Crediton Branch, 
to the said datum line. 202. At 1 mile 2 furlongs 7 chains upon the 
Plymouth Line, continued. Section of the Branch to Crediton, at a certain road, 


. the surface of the ground is shown on the said 
2 &gt; ; 
commenement of the Plymeath line from Pevley- | Section 28, being 8 feet lower than the surface of 
moor, the surface of the ground at a certain road, re sg in fact, is, with reference to the said 
numbered 6 in the parish of Bridestone) is shown on | C@U™ "ne. . 
one a teen being 4°72 feet lower than the Pad - —_ pemgicie pe ae ares ad 
: } a 
— surface thereof, with reference to the said datu 5-39 feet lower than the surface of the ground, in 
192, At 20 miles 6 furlongs, measured as afore- fact, is, with reference to the said datum line. 4 
said, the surface of a certain rvad, (numbered 75 a ype 3 ot = $ —. and 2 7 re 
in the parish of Brickleigh) is shown on the said ns ac ol Se, “ pict: f er ha 
Section as being 4°31 feet lower than the surface of | S20WP Upon the said Section as being trom 2°62 to 


the said road, in fact, is, with reference to the said | ® feet lower than the surface of the ground, in fact, 
duten Gun. is, with reference to the said datum line; and parti- 


193. At 20 miles 6 furlongs and 9 chains, the cularly at 2 miles and 9 chains the said surface is 
. ’ ™ . 
surface of a certain road, (numbered 60 in the shown at 3°63 feet lower, and at 2 miles 1 furlong 


parish of Brickleigh) is shown on the said Section rs chains = 7 ep - er than the ee — of 
as being 5°60 feet lower than the surface of the said a ees tm t ‘d dat igo Sea poeeen ys ee US 
road, in fact, is, with reference to the said datum line. eg ry &gt; a : ‘on Sines cli silt 
=] « - . is i 9 

wp ged i ae cles, ~~ ™ ground is shown upon the said Section as being 
surface of a certain public carriage-read, (numbere | 4-28 feet lower than the surface of the ground, in 
sot ie gene e See en ee ae fact, is, with reference to the said datum line. 
Section as being 4°25 feet lower than the surface of = ' 
the said road, in fact, is, with reference to the said Sutton Pool Branch. 


datum line. ' . 
195. At 21 miles and 4 chains, the surface of a 206. That between the point of commencement 


certain public carriage-road, numbered 12 in the of the Branch Railway to Sutéon Pool at the Junc- 
parish of Brichleigh, is shown on the said Section | #0" thereof with the said proposed line from Prew- 
as being 4 feet lower than the surface of the said | “Y Moor to Plymouth, and the termination thereof, 


road, in fact, is, with reference to the said datum the surface of the ground is shown upon the said 
ine. Section as being from 2 feet to 14 feet, or there- 


196. At 23 miles 6 furlongs and 3 chains, the | —— — ne 7 Psat Fella, seme &gt; 

: é um line; parti- 
eet Cee a eee colby bs 6 dae, Soe sien mp ‘inom -# 13 
29 in the parish of Saint Budeux) is shown on the | y , 











said Section as being 5°13 feet lower than the feet lower ; at 133 chains, the surface of a certain 
surface of the said road, in fact, is, with reference to “rece — pha nde a wap beng: 4 a 
the said datum line. , ge . 
e 9,in the parish of 

at sre dea end ee otens choen Penal a eyes feet, o iio 
er en ene See, So oe ee eee abouts, lower ; and at 4 furlongs and 2 chains, the 
Se eae aie er ne surface of a certain public road numbered 90, in the: 
5°18 feet lower than the surface of the said road, said pasish, is noel on Sas tek tees: enhae 6 
: ~ Aa : ; ¢ ; 
7 “ey At ponte capes pti pe pape i furlongs and 2 chains, the surface of a certain street 

. . a : &gt; * . . . . ss e 

surface of a certain public road, (numbered 63 in | OF public road in the = — — pe : 
the said tything of Pennycross) is shown on the — vu —— = poser ae sage, —"s . 
said Section as being 8 feet lower than the surface | U"ONgs § chains, as 6°28 Jeet lower than the sur- 


of the said road, in fact, is, with reference to the said | face of the ground, in fact, is, with reference to the 
datum line. said datum line. 


199, At 25 miles 4 furlongs and 3 chains, the Union Road Branch. 
surface uf a certain public road, (numbered 46 in 
the said tything of Pennycross) is shown on the said 
Section as being 5°46 feet lower than the surface of 
the said road, in fact, is, with reference to the said 
datum line. 


207. Between 1 furlong and 2 chains and 2 fur-. 
longs and 1 chain, of the Union Road Branch, mea-- 
sured from the Junction thereof with the Plymouth 
line, the surface of the ground is shown upon the 
said Section as being from 9 feet to 12°91 feet lower 

Taw Vale Branch. than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, with re- 

200. Between 3 miles 1 furlong and 3 miles 2| ference to the said datum line; particularly at 2 
furlongs 5} chains, measured upon the Section at | furlongs, the said surface is shown as 8°25 feet lower 
the Taw Vale Branch, the surface of the ground is | than the surface of the ground is, with reference to 
shown upon the said Section as being from 1°39 | the said datum line. 
feet to 5°41 feet lower than the surface of the ground, 208. At 2 furlongs and 2 chains, or thereabouts, 
in fact, is, with reference to the datum line of the | measured on the Section of the Branch Railway to 
said Section, and particularly at 3 miles 1 furlong | the Union Road from the commencement thereof, 
6 chains, the said surface is shown as 1°52 feet} the surface of a certain public carriage-road (num-- 
lower, and at 3 miles 2 furlongs 4 chains, as 2°57 feet | bered 18,in the parish of Saint Andrew’s, Plymouth), 
lower than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, at | is shown as being 5°86 feet lower than the surface 
the said points respectively, with reference to the | of the said road, in fact, is, with reference to the said 
sail datum line. datum line. 

201. Between 3 miles 5 furlongs 7 chains, and} Between 3 furlongs and 1 chain and the termina- 
3 miles 6 furlongs 4} chains, the surface of the | tion of the said Union Road Branch, the surface of 
— is shown upon the said Section as being | the ground is shown as being from 6 feet to 12°88 

rom 0°62 to 3°20 feet lower than the surface of| feet lower than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, 
the ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said | with reference to the said datum line; particularly 
datum line; and particularly at 3 miles 6 furlongs, | at 3 furlongs and 33 chains, at a certain public road 
the said surface is shown as 1°95 feet lower than | numbered 25, in the parish of Saint Andrew, Ply- 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is at the said | mouth, the said surface is shown as 8 feet lower, and 
last-mentioned point, with reference to the said | at 5 furlongs as 11°18 feet lower, at 5 furlongs and 
datum line. 7 chains, at a certain street or public road called: 
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10 Vicroriz. 


King-street (numbered 78, in the said parish), the 
surface of the said road is shown as 8 feet lower, 
and at 6 furlongs 6 chains, as 10°72 feet lower than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is at the several 
points aforesaid, with reference to the said datum 
line. 

Padstow Branch. 


209. Between 3 furlongs and 4 chains, and 4 
furlongs and 6 chains, as measured upon the Sec- 
tion of the Branch Railway to Padstow, the surface 
of the ground is shown as being from 5 feet to 8 feet 
higher than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, 
with reference to the said datum line upon the said 
Sections ; and particularly at 4 furlongs the said sur- 
face is shown as being 7°10 feet higher, and at 4 
furlongs and 5 chains the said surface is shown as 
being 7 feet. higher than the surface of the ground, 
in fact, is, at the said points with reference to the said 
datum line. 

210. Between 1 mile and 3 chains, and 1 mile 
and 9 chains, the surface of the ground is shown 
upon the said Section as being from 1°54 feet to 
5°77 feet higher than the surface of the ground, in 
fact, is, with reference to the said datum line ; and 
particularly at 1 mile 6} chains the said surface is 
shown as 5°77 feet higher than at 1 mile and 8 
chains; at a certain public road shown upon the 
said Section the said surface is represented as 2°66 
feet higher than the surface of the ground, in fact, 
is at the said points respectively, with reference to 
the said datum line. 


211. Between 1 mile 1 furlong 63 chains and 1 
mile 2 furlongs 5 chains, the surface of the ground 
is shown on the said Section as being from 4°30 feet 
to 9°42 feet higher than the surface of the ground, 
in fact, is, with reference to the said datum line ; and 
particularly at 1 mile 1 furlong 64 chains the said 
surface is shown as 7 feet higher, and at 1 mile 
2 furlongs 1 chain the said surface is represented as 
6 feet higher, and at 1 mile 2 furlongs 5 chains the 
said surface is represented as 4°30 feet higher than 
the surface of the ground, in fact, is, at the said 
points respectively, with reference to the said datum 
line ; at 1 mile 2 furlongs 7 chains, at a certain public 
road, the surface of the ground is shown upon the 
said Section as being 6 feet higher than the true sur- 
face thereof, with reference to the said datum line. 

212. At 1 mile 3 furlongs 2 chains, at a certain 
public road, the surface of the ground is shown 
upon the said Section as being 6 feet higher than 
the true surface thereof, with reference to the said 
datum line. 


213. At 1 mile 3 furlongs 83 chains, at a certain 
public road, the surface of the ground is shown 
upon the said Section as being 6 feet higher than 
the true surface thereof, with reference to the said 
datum line. 

214. At 1 mile 4 furlongs 2 chains, at a certain 
public road, the surface of the ground is shown upon 
the said Section as being 788 feet higher than the 
- surface thereof, with reference to the said datum 

ine. ; 
West Cornwall Branch. 


215. At 1 furlong and 43 chains measured upon 
the Section of the West Cornwall Branch from the 
point where the said Branch diverges from the line 
of Railway from Exeter by Okehampton, to Truro, 
at a certain public road numbered 88, in the parish 
of Kenwyn, the surface of the ground is shown on 
the said Section as being 5 feet higher than the sur- 
face of the ground, in fact, is, with reference to the 
datum line of the said Section. 

216. At 2 furlongs 5 chains, measured as afore- 
said, the surface of the ground is shown upon the 
said Section as being 7-29 feet higher than the sur- 
face of the ground, in fact, is, with reference to the 
said datum line. 

217. At 3 furlongs 2 chains, measured as afore- 
said, the surface of the ground is shown upon the 

Vor. 102. 





21° Mai. 569 


said Section as being 8 feet higher than the surface 
of the ground, in fact, is, with reference to the said 
datum line. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That the Juvenile Offenders Bill, as Juvenile _ 
amended, be printed. a 
oO. . 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the North North British 
British Railway, which was presented upon Tuesday Railway. 
last, be printed. No. 436. 


A Petition of the Liverpool, Manchester and Liverpool, 

Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Company, Manchester 
. $e : , andNewcastle- 

praying that provision may be made in the Liver- ypon-Tyne 
pool, Manchester and Newcastle-upon- Tyne Junction Junction 
Railway Acts Amendment Bill, to authorize the a 
Petitioners to use a portion of the Fleetwood, Pres- Ri), 
ton and West Riding Junction Railway between 
Clitheroe and Preston, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 

A Petition of the Liverpool, Manchester and 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Company, 
praying that provision may be made in the said Bill, 
to authorize the Petitioners to use a portion of the 
Blackburn, Clitheroe and North Western, and the 
Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton Railways, was also 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Examiners 
of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Strutt presented,—Report of the Commis- Railway Bills. 
sioners of Railways on a certain Railway Bill com- wo, 164. 
prised in Group No. 24, (in pursuance of Resolution 
of the House of 23d February 1847.) 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on 
certain Railway Bills comprised in Groups Nos. 25, 

29,31, 32 and 34, (in pursuance of Resolution of 
the House of 23d February 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on a 
certain Railway Bill comprised in Group 39, (in 
“serves of Resolution of the House of 23d Fe- 

ruary 1847). 

Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
Committees on the Bills to which the same relate ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Ward presented, pursuant to Order,—Copy Paddle-box 
of the Report and Recommendation to the Board Safety Boats. 
of Trade from Captain Denham, respecting the 
Paddle-box Safety Boats. 

. Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Clotworthy Dobbin, of Belfast, in Belfast 
the county of Antrim, Merchant, and of Mary Improvement 
Dobbin, otherwise Warren, his Wife, praying that Bil 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Belfast Improve- 
ment Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Ratepayers and other Inhabitants ,. 
of the township of PB erhenhead, Claughton-cum- ee 
Grange and part of Oxton, in the county of Chester, (Gas be 
raying that the Birhenhead Improvement (Gas po gh atonal 
orks)and Purchase of Birkenhead and Claughton and Claughtor 
Gas Works Bill may pass into a law, was presented, Py Works 


and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. ; 


A Petition of Ratepayers and other Inhabitants Birkenhead 
of the townships of Birkenhead, Claughton-cum- Improvement 


Grange and part of Oxton,in the county of Chester, ay ae te 


praying that the Birkenhead Improvement (Water- of Birkenhead 


works) and Purchase of Birkenhead and Claughton and Claughton 


alias Waterworks a 





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Leeds and 
Thirsk Rail- 
way (Leeds, 
Durham and 
Newcastle 
Extension, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Swansea 
Harbour Bill. 


Wilts, Somer- 
set and Wey- 
mouth Rail- 
way (No. 2.) 
Bill. 


Agricultural 
Tenant Right 
Bill. 


Church 
Leases. 


Mary Dawson. 


Education. 


Health of 
Towns Bill. 








570 


Waterworks Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Gentry, Merchants, Tradesmen and 
Inhabitants of Stockton-upon- Tees, and its immediate 
neighbourhood, in the county of Durham, praying 
that the Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Leeds, Durham 
and Newcastle Extension, &amp;c.) Bill may pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Starling Benson, of Ted- 
dington, in the county of Middlesex, praying that 
he may be heard, by his counsel or agent, against 
certain parts of the Swansea Harbour Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 
heard, by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of 
the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Rear Admiral Sir Edward Chetham 
Strode, of South-hill House, near Shepton Mallet, in 
the county of Somerset, Knight ;—and, James Welch, 
of Berkeley Villa, near Bruton, in the county of 
Somerset, Esquire, praying that they may ——_ 
mitted to withdraw their Petitions against the Wilts, 
Somerset and Weymouth Railway (No. 2.) Bill,— 
were presented, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the 
Petitions accordingly. 


Petitions from Kinver ;—and, Durham and Dar- 
lington ; praying that the Agricultural Tenant Right 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Lessees of messuages, lands and 
other property held under ecclesiastical leases 
within the counties of Cumberland and Westmore- 
land, praying the House to provide for the conver- 
sion of Church Leaseholds into fee-simple estates, 
under such regulations as the House may deem 
consistent with the ancient and accustomed terms 
of renewal of such leases, and a due regard to the 
present and future interests of the Church, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Dawson, of Morton Banks, 
in the parish of Bingley, in the county of York, 
complaining that his daughter was committed to 
Wakefield Gaol, where she is now undergoing one 
month’s imprisonment for refusing to weave a warp 
which the Petitioner alleges was not fit to be woven, 
and thus leaving her work unfinished ; and praying 
the House to re the case into consideration, was 
agi and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Bury;—and, Broadway; com- 
plaining of the exclusion of Roman Catholics from 
their share of the money granted for educational 
purposes ; and praying the House to interpose in their 
behalf,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Zlangynog, and its 
vicinity, county of Montgomery, praying the House 
to refuse any sums of money in furtherance of the 
plan of Education propounded in the Minutes of the 
Committee of Council on Education, and to revoke 
the powers vested in the said Committee, was also 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Walsall ;—and, Ecclesall Bierlow; 
praying that the Health of Towns Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


21° Mazz. 





A. 1847. 


A Petition of James Baikie, praying that the Heritable 


Securities for 


Heritable Securities for Debt (Scotland) ; the Trans- 55+ (Seat 
ference of Lands (Scotland) ; the Burgage Tenure land) ; Trans. 
(Scotland) ; the Service of Heirs (Scotland) ;—and, ference of 
the Crown Charters (Scotland) Bills may pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie gage Tenure 


upon the Table. ae 
rvice 0 

Heirs (Scotland) ; and, Crown 

Charters (Scotland) Bills. 


Petitions from William Ainley ; — Christopher Medical Regis. 
Bowesand Sons ;— Towcester ;—and, Robert M‘ Far- Yeon and 
; : : - cal Law 
lane; praying that the Medical Registration and Amendment 
Medical Law Amendment Bill may pass into a Bill. 
law, —were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


Petitions from Alford ;— Ashby-de-la-Zouch ;— Chemists and 

Chipping Sodbury ;— Cockermouth ;— Colchester ;— Druggists. 
Greenwich ;— Callington ;—Bedford ;— Towcester ; 
— Dudley ;— Cheshunt ;—and, Biggleswade; praying 
the House to pass a Bill for regulating the qualifi- 
cation of Chemists and Druggists in yer and 
Wales,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Rye (three Petitions) ;—and, Lon- Navigation 
don (two Petitions); praying the House not to Laws. 
consent to a repeal or any fundamental alteration 
in the Navigation Laws,—were presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Navigation 
Laws. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of Ches- Poor Law. 
terton Union, in the county of Cambridge, and 
Ratepayers in the parish of Chesterton, in the said 
union and county, complaining of the very heavy 
burthen entailed upon parishes in which union re- 
lieving officers are resident, in the administration of 
relief to tramps, casual paupers, wandering, way- 
faring and vagrant poor, who do not legally be- 
long to any parish, forming part of the particular 
union, suggesting to the House, that as to such 
poor and all relief administered to them, the 
residence of any relieving officer should be con- 
sidered as situate in all and every of the parishes 
forming each separate union, and that all relief to 
such poor, legally given whether in or out of the 
union workhouse, should be calculated and charged 
against, and paid proportionably by, all and every 
the parishes forming each union, upon such and the 
like calculations, and in such and the like manner 
as by law the charges and expenses attending the 
establishment are now calculated, charged and paid ; 
and praying the House to take the case into consi- 
deration, and amend the law relating thereto, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Reform of 
Inhabitants of the city of Bristol, praying for the P —_— 
repeal of the Ratepaying Clauses of the Reform of ~~ 
Parliament Act, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Catrston (Mo- Registering 
derator); and, Orkney (Chairman); praying that de 
the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not — . 
pass into a law, as it now stands,—were presented, 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








A Petition of the Moderator of the Kirk Session Registering 
of the parish of Cross and Burness, in the county of ae de 
Orkney, praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. sna, Marriage 
(Scotland); and, the Marriage (Scotland) Bills, may (Scotland) 
not pass into law, was presented, and read ; and Bills. 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Malvern Link and ag en 
others, in the parish of Leigh, in the county of ™ 
_ Worcester, 


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Worcester, praying that the Roman Catholic Relief 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Seduction and 

Prostitution, Sgint John’s Church, Clapham Rise, in the county 
of Surrey, praying the House to enact such laws for 
the punishment of all persons guilty of trading in 
Seduction and Prostitution as shall invest magis- 
trates with more summary powers, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister and Congregation of 


Shipping. 
No. 437. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Shipping, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Sugar, &amp;e, 
No. 438. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Sugar, &amp;c., 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Cotton (Jn- 
dia), which was presented upon the 7th day of this 
instant May, be printed. 


Cotton 
(India. ) 
No. 439. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon Friday last, That in every Bill to enable a 
Railroad Company which, by any Act or Acts of 
Parliament, is now authorized to construct, purchase 
or take on lease any Line or Lines of Railroad, to 
raise additional capital by shares, loan or mortgage, 
for the completion or extension of such Line or 
Lines of Railroads, or for the purchase or taking on 
lease, or amalgamation with any other Railroad or 
Canal, a Clause shall be introduced, providing that 
the Company shall not raise such capital until it has 
realized the whole of the capital which by existing 
Acts it is authorized to raise, or so much thereof as 
is sufficient for the completion of the works, or for 
other objects sanctioned by Parliament ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Railroad Bills. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 


resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ways and 
Means, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which, 
upon Monday last, were proposed to be made to the 
Question, That the Poor Laws Administration Bill 
be now read a second time ; and which Amendments 
were, To leave out the word “ now,” and, at the 
end of the Question, to add the words “ upon this 
“« day six months.” 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the word “ now” stand part of the Question :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Tufnell, 218 

Yeas, L Lord Marcus Hill: } ° 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Ferrand, 42 

Noes, Mr. Borthwick : } , 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Thursday the 10th day of June next. 


Poor Laws 
Administra- 
tion Bill. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 
Sabbati, 22° die Maii, 1847: 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Prisons Bill ; 
Vou. 102. 


Prisons Bill. 


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571 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 3d day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Custody of 
mittee on the Custody of Offenders Bill ; Offenders Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 3d day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Incumbered 
mittee on the Incumbered Estates (freland) Bill; Estates __ 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the (Ireland) Bill. 
11th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Copyhold 
into a Committee upon the Copyhold Commission Commission 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr.” 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Turnpike Acts 
into a Committee upon the Turnpike Acts Con- Continuance 
tinuance Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Loan Societies 
into a Committee upon the Loan Societies Bill ; Bill 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Stock in Trade 
Reading of the Stock in Trade Exemption Bill; | Exemption 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 31st day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Railways 
Reading of the Railways (Ireland) No. 2. Bill; No.2.) Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon ~ "~* 
Monday the 7th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Fishery Piers 
Reading of the Fishery Piers and Harbours (Jre- prota 
land) Bill ; wines 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 7th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Metropolitan 
Reading of the Metropolitan Buildings Bill; Buildings Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Drainage of 
mittee on the Drainage of Lands (Scotland) Bill; Lands (Scot- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, es 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Agricultural 
Reading of the Agricultural Statistics Bill ; Statistics Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 51st day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming geduction and 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which, Prostitution 
upon Monday last, were proposed to be made to — 
the Question, That the Seduction and Prostitution ~ 
Suppression Bill be now read the first time ; and 
which Amendments .were, To leave out the word 
“now ” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” 

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572 


And the Question being again proposed, That the 
word “now” stand part of the Question :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put :— It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the first 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 9th day of June next. 


Sonnoe The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Annuities Bul. wittee on the Savings Banks Annuities Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


the 2d day of June next, resolve itself into the said 


Committee. 

Landed Pro- § The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
pertyIm- mittee on the Landed Property Improvement (Jre- 
provement land) Bill; 
(Ireland) Bill. “4” ue p , 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Vexatious The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Actions Bill. 


Reading of the Vexatious Actions Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 2d day of June next. 


Poor Removal 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Poor Removal Act Amendment Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 9th day of June next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Cemeteries Clauses Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Fri- 
day next. 


Cemeteries 
Clauses Bill. 


Mr. Greene reported the Passengers Act Amend- 
ment Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill (Sea- 
worthiness of Ships to be ascertained by survey). 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the said Clause be now brought up : 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
said Clause be now brought up :—The said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, by leaving out the 10th Clause. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause stand part of the 
Bill :—It passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Friday next. 


Passengers 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Newfoundland The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
— Reading of the Newfoundland Government Bill; 
: Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Friday next. 


Tenants The Order for resuming, upon Wednesday the 
(Ireland) Bill. 9th day of June next, the adjourned Debate upon 
the Amendments which, upon the 28th day of April 
last, were proposed to be made to the Question, 
That the Tenants (Zreland) Bill be now read a se- 
cond time, was read ; and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday the 16th day of June next. 


Railways _ Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
(No. 2.) Bill. for regulating the Proceedings of the Commissioners 


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A. 1847. 


of Railways, and for amending the Law relating to 
Railways: And that Mr. Sérutt, the Chancellor of 
the Exchequer and Mr. Parker do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Burgh Police. 
amend an Act to enable Burghs in Scotland to (Scotland) 
establish a general system of Police, and another 
Act for providing for the Appointment and Election 
of Magistrates and Councillors for certain Burghs 
and Towns of Scotland: And that the Lord Ad- 
vocate, Mr. Solicitor General for Scotland and Mr, 

Gibson Craig do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Order made MedicalRegis. 
upon the 13th day of this instant May, That a Select tration, &amp;, 
Committee be appointed to inquire into the Regis- 
tration of legally-qualified Practitioners in Medicine 
and Surgery; and into the Laws and Charters re- 
lating to the Practice of Medicine and Surgery in 
Great Britain and Ireland; and to report the Evi- 
dence, with their Opinion thereon, to the House, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Wakley, Mr. 

Macaulay, Sir James Graham, Mr. George Hamil- 
ton, Mr. Bannerman, Mr. Acland, Mr. Hawes, Mr. 
French, Sit Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Dennistoun, 
Viscount Sandon, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Aldam and Mr. 
Lascelles, with Power to send for persons, papers 
and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Trust Money 
to facilitate the temporary Investment of Trust Mo- Pe 8 . 
nies in the Improvement of Landed Propert Senda 
Ireland: And that Viscount Newry and Lord Cour- 
tenay do prepare, and bring it in, 


A Motion being made, That this House will, upon Destitute Per- 
Friday next, resolve itself into a Committee to con- sons (Ireland) 
sider of authorizing the Advance, on the security of (8° 2») 
Rates to be levied in Zreland, of a further Sum of 
Money, by way of loan, out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, to the Relief Commissioners appointed in 
pursuance of an Act of the present Session, for the 
temporary Relief of Destitute Poor Persons in Ire- 
land; 

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject-matter 
of this Motion, recommends it to the consideration 
of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to amend an Burgh Police 
Act to enable Burghs in Scotland to establish a (Scotland) 
general system of Police, and another Act for pro-~" 
viding for the Appointment and Election of Magis- N2-449. 
trates and Councillors for certain Burghs and Towns 
of Scotland: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 
next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Secretary at War presented a Bill to amend Out-Pen- 
the Acts for rendering effective the Service of the sioners (Chel- 
Chelsea and Greenwich Out-Pensioners: And the “a 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be No. 441. 
read a second time upon Friday next; and tobe 


printed. 


Mr. Strutt presented a Bill for regulating the Railways 
Proceedings of the Commissioners of Railways, and (No. 2.) Bill. 
for amending the Law relating to Railways: And No, 442. 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Friday next; and to be 
printed. 

Viscount 




















Trust Money 
Anvestment 
(ireland) Bill. 


No. 443. 


Edinburgh 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Railway Bills. 
N oO, 164. 


"Thames Con- 
servancy Bill. 


Pilotage. 


Lynvi Valle 
Railway nd 
tension Bill, 


10 Vicrortm. 


Viscount Newry presented a Bill to facilitate the 
temporary Investment of Trust Monies in the Im- 
provement of Landed Property in Ireland: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday the 31st day of 
this instant May ; and to be printed. 

And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after One of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till Friday 
next. 








Veneris, 28° die Maii ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Speaker laid upon the Table, — Report 
from Mr. Sith, one of the Examiners of 
Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Petition for additional provision in the Edinburgh 
Waterworks Bill, the Standing Orders have been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have power to make 
sae therein, pursuant to the prayer of the said 

etition. 


Mr. Struté presented,—Report of the Commis- 
missioners of Railways on a certain Railway Bill 
comprised in Group No. 2 (in pursuance of Reso- 
lution of the House of 23d February 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on a 
certain Railway Bill comprised in Group No. 4 (in 
pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23d Fe- 
bruary 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on cer- 
tain Railway Bills comprised in Groups Nos. 7, 17, 
18, 19, 20, 22, 25, 29, 31, 32 and 383 (in pursuance 
of Resolution of the House of 23d February 1847). 
Report of the Commissioners of Railways on cer- 
tain Railway Bills comprised in Groups Nos. 30 
and 38 (in pursuance of Resolution of the House 
of 23d February 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on a 
certain Railway Bill comprised in Group No. 35 
(in pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23d 
February 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on a 
certain Railway Bill comprised in Group No. 38 
(in pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23d 
February 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on a 
certain Railway Bill comprised in Group No. 44 
(in pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23 
February 1847). 

Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
Committees on the Bills to which the same relate ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Thames 
Conservancy Bill have leave to sit this day, till five 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Berthon, from the Trinity House, was called 
in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account of the 
Receipt and Appropriation of the Pilots’ Fund of 
the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford 
Strond, distinguishing the several sources of Income 
and Heads of Expenditure, in the year ending 31st 
December 1846 :-—And then he withdrew. 

‘ Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
able. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the ZLlynvi Valley 
Railway Company to make an Extension of their 
Railway to Wewcastle, in the County of Glamorgan, 
and to amend the Act relating to their said Railway, 
to be called The Liynvi Valley Railway Extension, 
was read the third time. 

VoL. 102. 





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573 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Dr. Bowring do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Eastern Coun- 
the Report on the Eastern Counties Railway Ex- ties Railway 
tension (Cmbridge to Bedford, &amp;c.) Bill; and the Suntielies Pm 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. Bedford, &amp;c.) 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Bill. 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Eastern Coun- 
the Report on the Eastern Counties Railway (Mal- ties Railway 


t : - , don, 
don, Witham and Braintree Railway Purchase) Bill ; Witham and 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. Braintree 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, proriy * al 
be ingrossed. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the CThirtioth 
Petitions presented from the 17th to the 21st day Report.) 
of this instant May, both inclusive ; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


An ingrossed Bill to authorize the Gloucester and Gloucester 
Dean Forest Railway Company to construct a Dock —_ oe 
or Basin at Gloucester, in connection with the said mer Z 
Railway, was read the third time ; and Amendments struction of 
were made tu the Bill. Docks) Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Great Northern Great North- 
Railway Company to make a Railway from Saint pi a 
Alban’s to the Great Northern Railway at Hatfield, oe aaa 
and thence to the Town of Hertford, was read the St. Alban’s 
third time. Branch) Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of the London, Brighton and South LondonBridge 
Coast Railway Company, praying that provision ee 
may be made in the London Bridge Railway Ter- Enlargement 
mini General Enlargement Bill, to enable the Com- Bill. 
pany to subscribe towards Steam-boat Communica- 
tion with France, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


The Earl of Arundel and Surrey —_ the Birmingham, 
Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Rail- poetry se 
way (No. 1.) (Smethwick Deviation) Bill, with yajey Rail. 
Amendments. way (No. 1.) 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; (Smethwick 


: &gt; D mr ti 
and be printed. — ion) 


The Earl of Arundel and Surrey reported the Birmingham, 
Birmingiiam, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Rail- Wolverhamp- 
way (No. 2.) (Branches) Bill, with Amendments. Valley — 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; way (No. 2.) 
and be printed Branches Bill. 


The Earl of Arundel and Surrey reported the Lon- London and 
don and North Western Railway (Portobello and ——— 
Wolverhampton Branch, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amend- (Portobello 
ments. and Wolver- 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Beach &amp;o.) 
and be printed. Bill. 

The Earl of Arundel and Surrey reported the Shropshire 
Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Lease to —— A 
the London and North Western Railway Company) Gunkthante 
Bill, with Amendments. to the London 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; #24 North 


: Western Rail - 
and be printed. way Com- 


pany) Bill. 
Mr. Brotherton reported the Liverpool Gas Bill Liverpool Gas 
with Amendments. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
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574 


Caledonian An ingrossed Bill to amalgamate the Glasgow, 
Pier na Paisley and Greenock Railway with the Caledonian | 
Greenock Railway, and to authorize the raising of additional 
ee Money by the said last-mentioned Company, was 
tion Bl, «Yea the third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Hope Johnstone do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Bristol and 


Mr. Greene reported the Bristol and South Wales 
South Wales 


Junction Railway and Aust Ferry Bill, with Amend- 


Junction Rail- 

way and Aust ments. : 

Ferry Bill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 

Se: Mr. Greene reported the Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir- 
Birmingham ™ingham and Leicester Railway Bill, with Amend- 
and Leicester ments. 

Railway Bil. © Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Mr. Greene reported the East Lothian Central | 


East Lothian 


Central ailway Bill, with Amendments. | 

Railway Bil. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 

Edinburgh Mr. Greene reported the Edinburgh and Bath- 

ne nae gate Railway (Deviation and Amendment) Bill, with 

(Deviation | Atmendments. 





and Amend- Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
ment) Bill. and be printed. 
Lancashire, Mr. Greene reported the Lancashire, Cheshire | 


Cheshire and and North Wales Drainage and Inclosure Com- 
ee eye pany’s Incorporation Bill, with Amendments. | 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Inclosure 
Company’s | 
Incorporation 
Bill. | 
London and Mr. Greene reported the London and North Wes- 
North Western tern Railway (Purchase of the Earl of Ellesmere’s | 
(Purchase of interest in the Manchester South Junction and 
the Earlof Altrincham Railway) Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


Ellesmere’s 
Interest in the and be printed. 


Manchester 
South Junc- 
tion and 
Altrincham 
Railway) Bill. 
London and Mr. Greene reported the London and North Wes- 
on tern Railway (Newport Pagnell, Olney and Wel-| 
(Newport  “ingborough Branch) Bill, with Amendments. 
Pagnell, Olney Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and Welling- and be printed. 
borough 


Branch) Bill. 





London and Mr. Greene reported the London and North West- | 
— ern Railway (Atherstone and Whitacre Branch) Bill, | 
(Atherstone With Amendments. | 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; | 


and Whitacre 
Branch) Bill. and be printed. | 


London and Mr. Greene reported the London and North West- | 
— ern Railway (Coventry and Nuneaton Branches) | 
(Coventry and Bill, with Amendments. | 
Nuneaton Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table 

Branches) Bill. and be printed. 





Northampton Mr. Greene reported the Vorthampton and Ban- 
ea ome bury Railway Bill, with Amendments. 
Railway Bill. Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. | 


Parkgate and 
Chester and 
Birkenhead 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Greene reported the Parkgate and Chester 
and Birkenhead Junction Railway Bill, with Amend- | 
ments. | 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. | 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Caledonian Railway (Branches to 


Caledonian 
Railway 


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A. 1847. 


Canonbie, Kc.) Bill ; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 


(Branches to 
Canonbie, &amp;c.) 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, — 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration pyblin and 
the Report on the Dublin and Belfast Junction and Belfast Junc- 
Navan Branch Railway Bill ; and the Amendments )°" and 

avan Branch 
were read, and agreed to. Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Dublin and 
the Report on the Dublin and Drogheda Railway Drogheda 
(Purchase of Wavan Branch, &amp;c.) Bill; and the ee - 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. NavanBranch, 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be &amp;c.) Bill. 
ingrossed, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration pyndalk and 
the Report on the Dundalk and Enniskillen Rail- Enniskillen 
way Bill; and the Amendments were read, and Railway Bill 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Glasgow and 
the Report on the Glasgow and Shotts Road Bill ; Shotts Road 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. BU 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Great South- 
the Report on the Great Southern and Western ern and West- 
Railway Extension (Portarlington to Tullamore) hia 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed (Portarlington 


to. to Tullamore) 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be Bi 


ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Lowestoft 
the Report on the Lowestoft Railway and Harbour Railway and 
(Alteration near Reedham) Bill; and the Amend- ae 
ments were read, and agreed to. near Reed- 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ham) Bill. 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration National 
the Report on the National Mercantile Life Assur- — 

. hy re aiaieie 
ance Society Bill; and the Amendments were read, gocicty Bill 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Norfolk Rail- 
the Report on the JVorfolk Railway (Branch from way (Branch 
Wymondham to the Norwich Extension of the Ips- ae * 
wich and Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway, and the the Norwich 
proposed Thetford and Reedham Railway, near Diss) Extension of 


“). : the Ipswich 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 71% Bury St. 


to. , : Edmund’s 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be gata a 
F 7 the propose 
ingrossed. Thetford and 
Reedham Rail- 
way, near 
Diss) Bill. 
The House proceeded to tuke into consideration Norfolk Rail- 
the Report on the Norfolk Railway (Yarmouth Ex- ¥®Y ‘ya 
tension, &amp;c.) Bill; and the Amendments were read, "10, &amp;c.) Bill. 
? » sion, &amp;c.) 
and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Saffron 
the Report on the Saffron Walden Rates Bill ; and Walden Rates 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to; and" 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 
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Long’s Estate Bill was read the first time; and | 


referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


Long’s Estate 
Bill. 


East Lincoln- 
shire Railway 
(Deviation at 
Boston, and 
Branch to 
GreatGrimsby 
and Sheffield 
Junction 
Railway at 
Grimsby) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the East Lincolnshire Railway (De- 
viation at Boston, and Branch to Great Grimsby 
and Sheffield Junction Railway at Grimsby) Bill ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


East Lincom. |The House proceeded to take into consideration 
shire Railway the Report on the East Lincolnshire Railway (Louth 
(Louth Navi- Navigation Purchase) Bill; and the Amendments 


gation Pur- 
chase) Bill. | Were read, and agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 

ingrossed, 
we — The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Haslet Rail. ito consideration the Report on the Paisley, Barr- 
way Bill. head and Hurlet Railway Bill; and the Amend- 


ments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 

ingrossed. 
— _ Mr. Rice Trevor reported the Dundee and Perth 
(Alteration » Railway (Alteration and Extension, and Inchture, 
and Extension, Polgavie and Inchmichael Branches) Bill, with 
and Inchture, Amendments. 
in ta Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Branches) Bill. and be printed. 


Dundee and 
Newtyle 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Rice Trevor reported the Dundee and Newtyle 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Scottish Mid- 
land Junction 
Railway 
(Amendment 
and Branch 
to Laurence- 


Mr. Rice Trevor reported the Scottish Midland 
Junction Railway (Amendment and Branch to Lau- 
rencekirk) Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


kirk) Bill. 
York and Ordered, That the Petition of Henry Broadley, 
je aha of Beverley, in the county of York, Esquire, which 


Station and Was presented upon the 9th day of March last, pray- 

Branches) Bill. ing that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel 
or agent, against certain parts of the York and 
North Midland Railway (Hud/ Station and Branches) 
Bill, be withdrawn. 


Royston and Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee on the 


Hitchin Rail- 
way (Exten- 


28° Maiz. 


575 


Mr. Cardwell reported from the Committee on Railway Bills, 
Group No. 27 of Railway Bills; That Thomas Group No. 27, 
Peers Williams, Esquire, one of the Members of 
the said Committee, did not attend during the sit- 
ting of the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Philip Miles reported from the Committee on Great North- 
the Great Northern Railway (Branch to Horncastle (Br ow 
and at Brayford Mere, Lincoln) Bill; That they had a 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble and at Bray- 
of the Bill, so far as relates to the construction of = —_ 
a Branch Railway to Horncastle, but the same had ~~ ) 
not been proved to their satisfaction ; and that with 
respect to the other objects of the Bill, the Pro- 
moters had stated to the Committee, that it was 
= their intention to proceed further with the said 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Glasgow, 
the Report on the Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ar- Kilmarnock 
: ee and Ardrossan 
drossan Railway (Amendment, Deviations and Railway 
Branches) Bill; and the Amendments were read, (Amendment, 
and agreed to. acco 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


: Bill. 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Glasgow, 
the Report on the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Lae arma ag 
Direct Railway Bill; and the Amendments were rect Railway 

irec ay ; mendments were yect Railway 
read, and agreed to. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Glasgow, 
the Report on the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Paisley and 
Railway (Branches at Port Glasgow) Bill; and the Greenock 

of Mf 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 


: , (Branches at 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be Port Glasgow) 
ingrossed. _ 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Glasgow, 
Paisley and 


the Report on the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock 

A Greenock 
Railway (Amendment and Branches to the Glasgow, Railway 
Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr, the Glasgow, Barr- Te 
head and Neilston, and the Glasgow, Strathaven and $70 -rAvCes 

. : &lt; to the Glas- 

Lesmahagow Railways, and to Haugh Pits) Bill; gow, Paisley, 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. roar pc 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be Ginsoow, aad 
ingrossed. Barrhead and 
Neilston, and the Glasgow, Strathaven and Les- 
mahagow Railways, and to Haugh Pits) Bill. 








Royston and Hitchin st (Extension from 
Royston to Cambridge) Bill; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, but the same had not been proved to their 
satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


sion from 
Royston to 
Cambridge) 
Bill. 


Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway 
(Cambridge, 
Royston and 
Ware Line, 
&amp;e.) Bill. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Eastern Counties Railway 
(Cambridge, Royston and Ware Line, &amp;c.) Bill, with 
Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 





| 


Waterford The ingrossed Bill to repeal the Waterford Road | 

Road Bill. Act, was, according to Order, read the third time. | 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wyse do carry the Bill to the | 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

— Con- The ingrossed Bill for rendering more efficient the | 

Bill, Gas Dublin Consumers Gas Company, was, according | 


to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wyse do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Vou. 102. 


Mr. Duncan reported the Derbyshire, Staf- Derbyshire, 
fordshire and Worcestershire Junction Railway Bill, Staffordshire 
with Amendments. and Worces- 

Ordered, That the Report do lie u 
and be printed. 


tershire Junc- 
pon the Table ; tion Railway 
Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill to alter and amend the Acts Birkenhead 
relating to the Birkenhead Commissioners’ Docks, i 
and to make further Provision with respect to the 4 mondment 


Construction of the Sea or Wharf Walls along Wal- (as to Con- 
lasey Pool, and for other Purposes, was read the struction of 


: 5; Sea Wall along 
third time. Wallasey 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Pool) Bill. 


Ordered, That Sir Philip Egerton do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ny . ‘1_ Eastern Coun- 
Mr. Greene reported the Eastern Counties Rail- ;:”° Railway 


way (Enlargement of London and Stratford Stations (Enlargement 
and Amendment of Acts) Bill, with Amendments. of London 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; tite 
and be printed. Amendment of 
Acts) Bill. 
The House proceeded to take into consideration Aberdeen 
the Report on the Aberdeen Harbour Bill; and the Harbour Bill 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed, 


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576 28° Maiz. A. 1847. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Wakefield Market Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Swansea Docks Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The Lord Advocate presented, pursuant to several 
Addresses to Her Majesty,—A Return of the Num- 
ber of Parish Schoolmasters in Scotland, who hold 
the Office of Session Clerk. 

A Return of the Number of Parochial School- 
masters in Scotland, stating the Parishes to which 
they belong ; any Offices which they may hold other 
than that of Parochial Schoolmaster, and the Emo- 
luments thereof; any other Duties, whether of a 
Public or Private Character, which they may be 
called upon to perform, and the Fees or Pasennte 
which they receive on account of such Duties. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Orders,— 
Further Return to an Address to Her Majesty, 
dated the 24th day of February last, for Returns, 
specifying any Alterations which have been made 
since the ist day of January 1844 in the ‘la- 
riffs of Foreign States, and of any Alterations of 
the Terms and Conditions upon which Raw Produce, 
Goods or Merchandize are imported into or exported 
from such Foreign States, specifying the Date at 
which such Alterations have been made, and the 
time at which they have or are to come into opera- 
tion :—Specifying any Alterations of Custom Duties 
or other Alterations affecting the Commerce of the 
British Possessions, which have been authorized or 
effected under the Powers of the Act 9 and 10 Vic., 
c. 93:—Of the Declared Values of the following 
Manufactured Articles, viz. Manufactures of Cotton, 
Woollen, Silk, Leather, Hardware, Pottery and 
Glass, which have been exported from this King- 
dom, specifying the Countries or States to which 
such Manufactured Articles have been exported, in 
the years 1844, 1845 and 1846 respectively :—Of 
the Corn, Grain, Flour and Meal, measured in 
Quarters of Corn, and of the Quantities of the fol- 
‘owing Kinds of Provisions, viz. Butter, Cheese, 
Biscuit, and Cured or Fresh Meat, which have been 
imported into this Kingdom in the years 1843, 1844, 
1845 and 1846 respectively :—And, of the Foreign 
States, the Governments of which have prohibited 
the Exportation of or have imposed Additional Ex- 
port Duties, specifying the Amount and Increase of 
such Duties, upon Corn, Grain, Flour, Meal, Pota- 
toes or other Provisions, together with the Date of 
such Prohibition or Imposition of Additional Export 
Duty, in the years 1844, 1845, 1846 and 1847 re- 
spectively. 

Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to Order,— 
A Return of all Silk Goods imported into Great 
Britain during each year, from the 1st day of Janu- 
ary 1841 to the 1st day of January 1847, inclusive. 

Ordered, That the, said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns showing the Sums expended on the Ord- 
nance Survey of Scotland during the year, from the 
5th day of April 1846 to the 5th day of April 1847: 
—And, of the Number of Officers, and of all other 
Parties employed on the said Survey during the 
same Period ; the Number to be so employed during 
the current year; and the Counties or Localities in 
which their Operations have been and are to be re- 
spectively carried on :—Also, a Statement, showing 
the exact State of, and the Progress made in the 
Survey since the last Return on the subject (being 
in continuation of Parliamentary Papers, No. 246, 





of Session 1843, and Nos. 112 and 423, of Session 
1846). 


Ordered, That Mr. John Abel Smith have leave Leave of 
of absence for a month, on urgent business. Absence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Relief of 


Account of the Sums which have been advanced on Distress, &amp;e. 


Loans since the commencement of the last Session 
of Parliament for the Relief of Distress and other 0-444. 
Purposes in Jreland, and the Sums which may be 
expected to be repaid of those Advances ; and also, 
the Sums which have been granted by Parliament 
for the same Purposes. 

Mr. Parker accordingly presented the said “Ac- 
count. 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Orders,— Public Works 


Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of April “tela™4) 
last, for Copies of the several Resolutions of the 
Liscannor Relief Committee, of the County of 
Clare, forwarded to Captain Wynne, Inspecting 
Officer, or to Samuel Gamble, Esquire, District En- 
gineer, during the months of October, November 
and December 1846, and January 1847, and of 
the several Letters addressed by the Chairman or 
Secretary of the said Committee to the said Captain 
Wynne and Samuel Gamble, Esquire, respectively, 
and of their Replies respectively to the said Resolu- 
tions or Letters :—Of the Revised and Supplement- 
ary Lists of Labourers recommended by the said 
Committee, or employed on the several Works 
within the said District, as furnished by the said 
Committee to Captain Wynne; distinguishing the 
Labourers put on from each List, at the instance of 
the said Committee, as also those put on by the 
said Captain Wynne or Samuel Gamble, Esquire, 
independent of such recommendation :—Of all 
Charges preferred by the said Committee against 
Patrick M‘Mahon, Steward, and —— Warren, 
Overseer, in the said District, and of the Reports 
made thereon by the Officers of the Board, and the 
decision of the Board in consequence of such 
Reports; and stating whether the said Patrick 
M‘ Mahon, and —— Warren, or either of them, 
are now in the Employment of the Board, and, if 
so, in what District and Capacity :—And, of the 
Document referred to in Captain Wynne’s Special 
Report of the Investigation held at Liscannor on 
the 17th day of December 1846, and included in 
the Return to the Order of this House of the 11th 
day of February last. 

Accounts of all Copper imported into the United Copper. 
Kingdom in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1847, distinguishing each sort of Copper, from what 
Country, and into what Ports imported :—Of the 
Quantities of Copper exported from the United 
Kingdom in the year ending the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1847, distinguishing each Sort, from what 
Port sent, and to what Country exported :—Of the 
Quantities of Copper exported from the Port of 
London in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1847, distinguishing each Sort, and to what Country 
exported :—Of the Quantities of Copper exported 
from the Port of Liverpool in the year ending the 
5th day of January 1847, distinguishing each Sort, 
and to what Country exported :—And, of all Copper 
Ore which has been imported into the United King- 
dom in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1847, showing the Quantity upon which Duty has 
been paid, the Countries from which the same has 
been imported, and the per-centage Quantities of 
Metallic Copper contained in each Parcel of Ore 
upon which Duty has been paid, together with the 
Rate and Amount of Duty received thereon. 

An Account of all Tin imported into the United Tin. 
Kingdom in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1847, distinguishing from what Countries imported ; 

also, 





Iead. 


Wheat. 


Townshend 
Peerage Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Perth 
Railway Bill. 


Leeds Water- 


works (No. 2.) 
Bill. 


London (City) 


also, an Account of all Tin exported from the United 
Kingdom in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1847, distinguishing to what Countries exported. 

An Account of the Imports and Exports of Lead 
and Lead Ore for the year ending the 5th day of 
January 1847, 

An Account of all Zinc and Zinc Ore imported 
and exported during the year ending the 5th day of 
January 1847, and the Duty paid thereon. 

An Account of the Total Quantities of Wheat 
returned by the Inspectors of Corn Returns, as 
brought to Market in each month, from the 1st day 
of September 1844 to the 30th day of April 1847 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Pier, No. 96, 
of Session 1846). 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Townshend Peerage Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Ordered, That an attested Copy of the said Bill, 
and a Copy of the Order for committing the said 
Bill, and Notice of the day fixed for the first sitting 
of the Committee, be served upon all the Parties 
concerned in the consequences of the Enactments 
of the said Bill. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they do hear Counsel and 
examine witnesses for the said Bill; and also, that 
they do hear Counsel and examine witnesses against 
the Bill, if the Parties concerned think fit to be 
heard by Counsel or produce witnesses. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
communicate to this House a Copy of the Minutes 
of Evidence taken before their Lordships on the 
Townshend Peerage Bill in the year 1843, and in 
the present Session of Parliament: And that Mr. 
Stuart Wortley do carry the said Message. 


Petitions from Kirriemuir ;—Pitlochough ;— Til- 
licoultry ;—Coupar Angus ;—Alyth ;—and, Dollar ; 
praying thatthe Edinburgh and Perth Railway Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Dean of Guild of Dunfermline, 
praying the House to give no effect to any Petition 
or application made to the House under authority 
of a certain special meeting of the Guildry of Dun- 
fermline, held on the 6th of May, with the purpose 
of obtaining the withdrawal of the Petition of the 
Dean and Fraternity of Guildry against the said 
Bill, but to continue the reference of such Peti- 
tion already made to the Committee on the Bill, to 
whom also the Petitioners pray the present Peti- 
tion may be referred, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of William Rhodes, late of Kirskill Hall, 
in the county of York, but now temporarily resident 
at Brighton, in the county of Sussez, Esquire ; 
George Silvertop, of Minster Acres, in the county 
of Northumberland, Esquire ; and, Undertakers 
of the Navigation of the Rivers Aire and Calder, 
in the county of York, and also Directors for man- 
aging the affairs of the said Navigation ; praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Leeds Water- 
works (No. 2.) Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 








A Petition of the Master, Wardens and Com- 


Ep rovements monalty of the art or mystery of Wax-chandlers of 
the city of London, praying that they may be per- 
Vou. 102. 








10 Vicroriz. 28° Maiz. 577 


mitted to withdraw their Petition against the Lon- 
ey Improvements Bill, was presented, and 
read. 
Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the 
Petition accordingly. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property Manchester, 
in and Inhabitants of the township of Ecclesfield, in Sheffield and 
the county of York, praying that the Manchester, — 
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (Branch to (Branch to 


Chapeltown and Thurgoland Coal Branch) Bill Chapeltown 


may pass into a law, was presented, and read; and ve by al 
ordered to lie upon the Table. Branch) Bill. 


Petitions of John Bull Weale and others, being Reading, 
resident respectively in the district within which Guildford and 
the line of Railway to Reigate, through Guildford, Reigate Rail- 
&gt; y Bill. 
is proposed to be made ;— George Hutton and others, 
being Landowners or Occupiers of land, on or near 
to the line of Railway proposed to be made from 
Reading, through Guildford, to Reigate ;— Thomas 
Jermer Sells and others, being resident respectively 
in the district within which the line of Railway from 
Reading to Reigate, through Guildford, is proposed 
to be made ;—Edward Larmer and others, Gainer 
respectively in the district within which the line of 
Railway from Reading to Reigate, through Guild- 
ford, is proposed to be made ;—John Henry Clay- 
ton and others, being Landowners or Occupiers of 
land, on and near to the line of Railway proposed 
to be made from Reading, through Guildford, to 
Reigate; —- W. C. Burt and others, being Land- 
owners or Occupiers of land on and near to the 
line of Railway proposed to be made from Reading, 
through Guildford to Reigate ;—Inhabitants of the 
town and neighbourhood of Dorking, in the county 
of Surrey ;— Edward Charman and others, being 
the Occupiers of land on the line of the Reading, 
Guildford and Reigate Railway between Gomshall 
and Dorking, both in the county of Surrey ;— 
and William John Evelyn and Charles Denyer, 
being Landowners on the line of the Reading, Guild- 
Jord and Reigate Railway between Gomshail and 
Dorking, in the county of Surrey; praying that 
the Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Licensed Victuallers of the borough Stockport 
of Stockport, in public meeting assembled ; and, Manorial Tolls 
William Henry Ashton, of No. 5 Vernon-street and jit PT48*s 
25 Turncroft-lane, severally within the borough of 
Stockport, and county of Chester ; praying that the 
Stockport Manorial Tolls and Bridges Bill may 
not pass into a law, as it now stands,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Committee 
on the Bill. 





Two Petitions from Stockport ; praying that the saint Helen’s 








Saint Helen’s Canal and Railway (Warrington and Canal and 
Blackbrook Branches, &amp;c.) Bill may pass into a law, Ballway(War- 


ss rington and 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon Bhokbrook 
the Table. anes, &amp;c.) 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land in Agricultural 
the county of Warwick, taking notice of the Agri- Tenant Right 
cultural Tenant Right Bill, and praying the House ~~ 
to pass some legislative enactment to secure compen- 
sation to tenants for unexhausted improvements, and 
to place them on a similar footing with persons 
engaged in trade and manufacture, in respect to fix- 
tures and buildings erected by them for the purposes 
of carrying on their business, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Reverend G. H. Bowers and Chemists and 
others :— Stepney ;— Regent-street, &amp;c. ;—Strood ;— Druggists. 
Warminster ; — Somerton ; — Grosvenor-square ; — 

Holt ; —Cullompton ;— Rickmansworth ; — Peterto- 





46 rough ; 














578 


rough ; —Sittingbourne ;— Ruthin ;— Holywell ; — 
Uxbridge ;—Great Driffield ;—Paignton ;— York- 
street, Westminster ;— Scarborough (two Petitions) ; 
— Odiham ; — Leicester ; — Mold ; — Ledbury ;— 
Brighton ; — Rochester ;—Ilfracombe ;—and, Con- 
gleton; praying the House to pass a Bill for regu- 
lating the qualification of Chemists and Druggists 
in England and Wales,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Worksop ;—Oxborough ;— Weo- 
bley ;—Brough ;— Wotton Wawen ;—Berwich upon- 
Tweed ; — Weybridge ; — Whitby ; — Billinge ; — 
Gloucester;— Worcester ;—Blackbrook ;-— Midhurst ; 
—-Irnham ;— Nottingham ;—Aston Hall and Stone ; 
— Weymouth ;— Abbots Salford ;—Atherstone ;— 
Alston ;—Kidderminster ; — Sedgley Park ; —Bir- 
mingham ;— Ellingham ;—Enfield ;—- Thomas Walsh ; 
Bilston, Wednesbury and other A eer complaining 
of the exclusion of Roman Catholics from their 
share of the monies granted for educational purposes, 
and praying the House to interpose in their behalf 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Education. 


Excisable 
Liquors 
(Scotland.) 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Dumbarton 
(Moderator) ;—Provincial Synod of Moray (Mode- 
rator) ;—and, Edinburgh and Leith; praying the 
House to amend the mode of granting licenses to 
open houses for the sale and consumption of intoxi- 
cating liquors in Scotland,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Cobbett, a Prisoner in the 
Queen’s Prison, praying that decrees and orders of 
the Court of Chancery may be revised by writ of 
error and executions thereunder made bailable, and 
that prisoners of the said court may be exempt from 
fees for their orders and habeases, and that the ap- 
“ig soo of the suitors’ fund in the said court may 

e inquired into and corrected, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Court of 
Chancery. 


Health of 


A Petition of Members of the Board for the repair 
Towns Bill. 


of the Highways of the township of Bradford, in 
the West Riding of the county of York, praying 
that the Health of Towns Bill may not pass into a 


law, as it now stands, was presented, and read; and | 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Commissioners for better paving, 
lighting, cleansing and improving the town of orth- 
ampton, stating that nearly the whole of the provi- 
sions contained in the Health of Towns Bill are 
inserted in the Act under which the Petitioners have 
been elected or appointed, and have been acted upon 
from the passing of that Act to the present time; 
and praying that that town may be excluded from 
the provisions of the several Bills now before Par- 
liament, relative to the Health of Towns, or that 
such of the provisions as are not contained in the 
Northampton Improvement Act may be made public 
clauses in the Health of Towns Bill, and applicable 
to all boroughs, was also presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Coventry ;—Seaton (Nottingham) ; 
— Croydon (two Petitions) ;— Tynemouth ;—North- 
ampton ;— Bury (Lancaster) ; — Kidderminster ;— 
Radford ;—and, Beeston; praying that the said 
Bill may pass into a law,—were also presented, and 
vead ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Heritable _ Petitions from the county of Fife (Chairman) ;— 
Debt (Bact and, Ayr; praying that the Heritable Securities 
land); Trans- for Debt (Scotland); the Transference of Lands 
ference id (Scotland); the Burgage Tenure (Scotland); the 
ec el Service of Heirs (Scotland) ; and, the Crown Char- 
Tenure (Scot- ters (Scotland) Bills may pass into law,—were 


land) ; Service presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
of Heirs (Scot- Table 

land) ; and, 2 

Crown Char- 

ters (Scot- 

land) Bills. 


28° Mazz. 





A. 1847. 


A Petition of Members of the Board of Surveyors HighwaysBill, 
of the Highways of Salford, in the county of Lan- 
caster, praying that Salford may be exempted from 
the provisions of the Highways Bill, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of William Holmes, of Leominster, in 
the county of Sussex, Gentleman, praying that the 
said Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, 
was also won: Re and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Dornoch (Mo- Marriage 
derator) ; and, Presbytery of Inverness (Mode- (Scotland) 
rator); praying that the Marriage (Scotland) Bill” ° 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Charles Merit Rigg ;—John Fen- Medical Regis. 
ton ;— William M‘ Kee ;--John Hepburn Handyside ; tration and 
—John Thomson ;—W. B. Ellis;— Thomas Hodson ; yee’) Lav 
— Houghton-le- Spring ; — and, John M. Bird ; Bil. 
praying that the Medical Registration and Medical 
Law Amendment Bill may pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Medical Registration, &amp;c. 

A Petition of William Derry Pearse, of Laun- 
|ceston, in the county of Cornwall, Member of the 
| Royal College of Surgeons of England, Licentiate 
of the Society of Apothecaries, London, and others, 
|also Members of the same College, and Licentiates 
/ Of the same Society, praying that the said Bill, with 
| certain modifications, may pass into a law, was also 
' presented, and read ; and referred to the said Select 
Committee. 





Petitions from London ;—and, Trinity House of Navigation 
Leith; praying the House to refuse to sanction any Laws. 
departure from the principle of the British Naviga- 
|tion Laws,—were presented, and read ; and referred 
,to the Select Committee on Navigation Laws. 





Petitions of John Wild ;—and, Barnard Devine ; Pensioners 
‘stating that they commuted their military pensions (Ar™y-) 
| for the purpose of emigrating to Canada ; that they 
have since returned to England, and are reduced to 
the greatest distress ; and praying the House to take 
their case into consideration,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clerks, Masters and Matrons of Poor Law 
Workhouses, Relieving Officers, Assistant Over- Officers. 
seers ard other Officers connected with the admi- 
nistration of the laws relating to the relief of the 
Poor in England and Wales, praying that in any 
statute to be passed in the present Session of Parlia- 
ment with reference to the future administration of 
the Poor Laws in England and Wales, the House 
will please to cause it to be enacted, that it may be 
lawful for Boards of Guardians and other bodies 
having the management of parochial funds to grant, 
subject to such regulation and control as may be 
deemed necessary, suitable superannuation allow- 
ance, in no case exceediny two-thirds of his salary, 
to any meritorious officer who may become perma- 
nently disabled by old age and infirmity, sickness 
or accident, from performing properly the duties of 
his office, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Four Petitions from Dublin; praying that the Railways _ 
Railways (Zreland) Bill may pass into alaw,—were (eland) = 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery of Registering 
Inverness ; praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. Births, Xc. 
. =4 : (Scotland) 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- pin), 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 














Petitions 


b&amp; ei et 





Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) ; 
and, Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bills. 


Reform of 
Parliament 
Act. 


Religious 
Opinions, 


Slave Trade. 


Van Diemen’s 
Land. 


Health of 
Towns Bill,' 


10 VicTroriz. 


Petitions from the Synod of Galloway (Modera- 
tor) ; Kirk Session of Colinton (Moderator) ;—— 
Ministers and Elders of the Church of Scotland met 
in general assembly at Edinburgh ;——Presbytery 
of Wigtown (Moderator) ;——and, Presbytery of 
Dornoch (Moderator) ; praying that the Registering 
of Births, &amp;c. (Scotland); and, the Marriage (Scoé- 
land) Bills may not pass into law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of John Henory, praying that the said 
Bills may pass into law, was also presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of Schoolmasters and Session Clerks 
resident within the Presbytery of Fordoun ;—Kirk 
Officers of the Established Church of Scotland, in 
Edinburgh and vicinity ;— and, Kirk Session of 
Saint Vigean’s (Moderator) ; praying the House to 
grant to Schoolmasters and Session Clerks in Scot- 
land, compensation for the loss they will sustain 
should the said Bills pass into law,—were also 
=. and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 





A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of Camberwell, Walworth and its vicinity, 
praying for the repeal of the rate-paying clauses of 
the Reform of Parliament Act, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Members of a Congregation of Pro- 
testants assembling for religious worship in a cer- 
tain chapel duly certified according to law, situate 
at Bridgetown, in the parish of Berry Pomeroy, in 
the county of Devon, under the pastoral care of the 
Reverend James Shore, M.A. ;—and, Persons for- 
merly Clergymen of the Established Church of 
England and Ireland; stating that the Petitioners 
have learned with much surprise, from a judgment 
delivered in Easter term 1846, in Her Majesty's 
Court of Queen’s Bench, in the case of Barnes v. 
Shore, that a clergyman is not protected by the 
Toleration Acts in voluntarily seceding from the 
Established Church, and officiating as a dissenting 
minister; and praying the House to uphold in its 
full integrity that toleration in respect to the em- 
bracing and to the promulgating of religious 
opinions which the subjects of this realm, as well of 
the clergy as the laity, have, from the period of the 
Revolution in One thousand six hundred and eighty- 
eight, practically enjoyed, and which, until the 
delivery of the judgment above referred to, the Pe- 
titioners had supposed to be secured by law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of John Cropper, stating that the Zi- 
verpool Anti-Slavery Committee have been deeply 
impressed with the conviction that the employment 
of armed cruizers for the suppression of the African 
Slave Trade has failed of accomplishing the end for 
which it was intended ; and praying that armed 
cruizers may be withdrawn, and such wise and pa- 
cific measures adopted as will exert a legitimate 
influence upon the people and the chiefs of those 
portions of the coast of Africa which are infested 
with slave-traders, and thereby more effectually 
contribute to the abolition of the iniquitous system, 
in diminution of which the employment of armed 
force has so signally failed, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Henry Buckle, complaining of the 
depreciation of property in the colony of Van Die- 
men’s Land, in consequence of the present system of 
penal discipline, and praying for the interference of 
the House, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Health of Towns Bill; 
VoL. 102. 


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pool West Harbour and Dock Company to construct West 


579 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Ecclesiastical 
Reading of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners Bill ; Commission- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time “* 
upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Great South- 
a Copy of the Report of Mr. Walker, to the Com- er and West- 
missioners for Loans to Public Works, on the Great cee.” 
Southern and Western (Irish) Railway. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to Sheffield Petty 
several Addresses to Her Majesty,— A Return of the Sessions. 
Date and Number of Convictions, under the Com- 
bination Act, that have taken place at Sheffield 
Petty Sessions, from the 1st day of January 1842 
to the present time; specifying those quashed on 
appeal, showing the Sentence passed in each case, 
with the Name of the Magistrate or Magistrates 
by whom such Sentences were passed. 


Copies of the Memorials lately forwarded to the Wilson 
Right honourable Sir George Grey, Baronet, from Overend, 
the Mayor and Corporation of Sheffield, the Cutlers’ "ste. 
Company of Sheffield, the Church Burgesses of 
Sheffield, and the Town Trustees of Sheffield, re- 
specting the conduct of Mr. Wilson Overend, as a 
Magistrate of the West Riding of Yorkshire. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Duckworth Message from 

and Mr. Russell: the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for authorizing the Eastern Union 
Sale of the Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction enemy od 
Railway to the Eastern Union Railway Company: way (Sale to 


the Eastern 
Union Railway Company) Bill. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Hartle- Hartlepool 
Harbour 


additional Docks, and for repealing an Act passed ray ae 


in the Seventh year of the reign of Her present Ma- 
jesty relating to the said Hartlepool West Harbour 
and Dock Company, and for granting new Powers 
and Provisions in lieu thereof : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Mayor, Bolton Im- 
Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Bolton, provement 
in the county of Zancaster,to improve such Borough, ”*~ 
and to take a Lease of and to purchase the Works 
of the Bolton Waterworks Company : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Shipowners Shipowners’ 
Towing Company to sue and be sued: Andalso, Towing Com- 

pany Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Caledonian 
Act to enable the Caledonian Railway Company to omen 4 
make Branches from the Clydesdale j eee Rail- oe a 
way to the Douglas and Lesmahagow Mineral Fields, Clydesdale 
and to Strathavon, with an Amendment; to which J¥»ction Rail- 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of sd ell 
this House: And also, Lesmahagow 

Mineral Fields, 
and to Strathavon) Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to ~ Bill, intituled, An ect 
Act to enable the Caledonian Railway Company to A™)"?Y, 
make an Extension of the Motherwell raat of same 
the Clydesdale Junction Railway to Auchinheath Branch of 
Mineral Field, with Branches therefrom, with an se so 
Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords desire Railway to 


the concurrence of this House : And also, Auchinheath 
Mineral Field, 
with Branches to the Wishaw and Coltness 

Railway, Canderside and Hamilton) Bill. 





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Caledonian 


t The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
- oe to Act to enable the Caledonian Railway Company to 
Wilsontown, ™Make Branch Railways to Wilsontown, to Fauld- 
to Fauldhouse house and to Bigger and Broughton, with an Amend- 


— — ment; to which Amendment the Lords desire the 

ton) Bil. concurrence of this House: And also, 

paced The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
uitable : : ° ; ; 

Live Aseurance 4¢t for incorporating the Scottish Equitable Life 


Society Bill. Assurance Society, for confirming the Rules and 

Regulations thereof, for enabling the said Society 
to sue and be sued, to take and to hold Property, 
and for other Purposes relating thereto, with Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for exchanging certain detached Portions, situate 
in the County of Sutherland, of the entailed Estate 
of Poyntzfield, belonging to Sir George Gun Munro, 
Knight, for the Lands of Udace, situate in the County 
of Cromarty, belonging to James Matheson, Esquire, 
contiguous to the said Estate of Poyntzfield, and 
for securing the Purchase of other Lands, to be en- 
tailed, and to form, along with the said Lands of 
Udale, Parts of the said entailed Estate of Poyntz- 
field; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Poyntzfield 
Estate Bill. 


Supply ; A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Order of the day, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply, be now read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
Taxation. =“ it is expedient that a more direct system of Taxa- 

“ tion on Property should (as far as possible) be 
“ substituted for the indirect system (by Customs 
“ and Excise Duties) now in use: 

“ That such a change would, by removing re- 
strictions caused by the Excise, encourage trade, 
and the free application of science to trade: 

“ That, by removing the restrictions caused by 
Customs Duties, it would extend commerce, and 
be the most natural means of prolonging the peace, 
by promoting the intercourse of the world : 

“ That it would be highly beneficial to the poor 
(who now pay the great mass of indirect Taxation), 
by giving them more abundant means of subsist- 
ence and of employment ; and would tend gene- 
rally and finally to the good of all classes of the 
community,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the Com- 
— of Supply, be now read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That the amended Estimate to be sub- 
stituted for that for the Belfast Academical Insti- 
tution, No. 10, Class IV. of the Estimates for Mis- 
cellaneous Services, for the year ending 31st March 
1848, be referred to the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 
Mint. 1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- 
seven thousand eight hundred and six pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenditure 
of the Mint, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven- 
teen thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 


Estimate 
referred, 


Commission- 
ers of Rail- 


ee to defray the Charge of the Office of the Commis- 

sioners of Railways, to the 31st day of March 1848. 
Public 3. Resolved, Tiat a Sum, not exceeding Twelve 
Records. 


thousand eight hundred and twelve pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay Salaries and Ex- 
penses connected with the Public Records, and 
Compensations to Keepers of Records and others 
whose offices have been abolished, to the 31st day 
of March 1848. 


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A. 1847. 


4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirteen Inspectors of 
thousand and thirty-four pounds, be granted to Her + ser 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the , 
Inspectors of Factories, Mines, &amp;c. to the 31st day 
of March 1848. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Officers 
thousand seven hundred and fifty-five pounds, be (Scotland.) 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of cer- 
tain Officers in Scotland, and other Charges for- 
merly paid from the Hereditary Revenue, to the 
31st day of March 1848. 


6. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Household 
Sum, not exceeding Six thousand four hundred of Lord Lieu- 
and sixty-four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, —— 
to defray the Charge of the Salaries of the Officers 
and Attendants of the Household of the Lord Lieu- 
tenant of Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That a Sum, not exceeding Four thousand 
eight hundred and ninety pounds one shilling and 
three-pence, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of the Salaries of the Officers and At- 
tendants of the Household of the Lord Lieutenant 
of Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1848 :—Mo- 
tion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 


7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Chief Secre- 
two thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight pounds, brad to Lord 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and — 
Expenses of the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieu- 
tenant of Jreland in Dublin and London, and the 
Privy Council Office in Ireland, to the 31st day of 
March 1848. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Paymaster of 
thousand one hundred and thirty-five pounds, be Civil Services 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the (*eln4) 
Office of the Paymaster of Civil Services in Jreland, 
to the 31st day of March 1848. 


9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Board of 
seven thousand and twenty-eight pounds, be granted Public Works 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses aan 
of the Board of Public Works in Jreland, to the 
31st day of March 1848. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Secret 
nine thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Services. 
to defray the Charge of Her Majesty’s Foreign and 
other Secret Services, to the 31st day of ‘March 
1848. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Stationery, 
hundred and ninety-five thousand five hundred and Printing and 
thirteen pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to —— 
defray the Expenses of Stationery, Printing and 
Binding, for the several Public Departments, in- 
cluding the Expense of the Stationery Office, to the 
31st day of March 1848. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine Prosecutions 
thousand six hundred pounds, be granted to Her relating to 
Majesty, to pay Expenses connected with the Pro- **¢ ©™ 
secutions of Offenders against the Laws relating to 
the Coin, to the 31st day of March 1848, 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen Sheriffs’ 
thousand one hundred pounds, be granted to Her Expenses, &amp;- 
Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 1848, 
the Expenses incurred by Sheriffs, the deficiency in 
the Fees in the Office of the Queen’s Remembrancer 
in the Exchequer, the Salaries and ancient Allow- 
ances to certain Officers of the Court of Exchequer, 
and certain Expenses of the Queen’s Prison. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirteen Insolvent 
thousand three hundred and sixty-eight pounds, Debtors Court. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to detray the Salaries 
and Expenses of the Insolvent Debtors Court, to 
the 31st day of March 1848. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- Law Expenses 
one thousand and sixty pounds, be granted to Her (Scotland) 
Majesty, to defray Law Expenses in Scotland, to 
the 31st day of March 1848. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- Law Charges 
one thousand two hundred and fifty-nine pounds, (Ireland) 








be 


os 


het ed 








County Rates, 
&amp;e. 


Parkhurst 
Prison. 


Pentonville 
Prison. 


Milbank 
Prison. 


Perth Prison. 


Convict 
Depots 
(Dublin), &amp;c. 


Prison for 
Convicts 
(Ireland.) 


Criminal 
Lunatics. 


Criminal Lu- 
natics’ Prison 
(Dublin.) 


Inspectors of 
Prisons, &amp;c. 


Dublin 
Metropolitan 
Police. 


Convicts. 


Education 
‘Cireland.) 


Schools of 
Design, 


10 Victoriz. 


be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense , 
of Criminal Prosecutions and other Law Charges in| 
Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1848. | 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three | 
hundred and eighty-eight thousand pounds, be. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 1847, | 
certain Charges formerly paid out of the County | 
Rates, &amp;e. 

18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four- | 
teen thousand three hundred and forty-nine pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses 
of the Prison for Juvenile Offenders at Parkhurst, | 
in the Isle of Wight, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

19. Resolved, Thata Sum not exceeding Eighteen 
thousand three hundred and seven pounds, be | 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses 
of the Prison at Pentonville, to the 31st day of! 
March 1848. 

20. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty-| 
three thousand nine hundred and eighty-five pounds, | 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses | 
of the Milbank Prison, to the 31st day of eens 
1848. 

21. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight | 
thousand eight hundred and twelve pounds, be) 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the General Prison at Perth, to the 31st day of| 
March 1848. 

22. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three | 
thousand two hundred and twenty-three pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Expense of altering, maintaining and repairing 
Convict Depéts in Dublin, and the Constabulary 
Barracks in the Phanizx Park, to the 31st day of 
March 1848. 

23. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, tc- 
wards defraying the Expense of erecting a General 
Prison for Convicts in Lreland, in the year 1847. 

24. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand two hundred and two pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of confining 
and maintaining Criminal Lunatics in the buildings 
attached to Bethlem Hospital, to the 31st day of 
March 1848. 

25. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six 
thousand two hundred and ninety-three pounds, be | 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Ex- | 
pense of erecting a Prison for Criminal Lunatics in 
Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

26. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven 
thousand one hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of In- 
spectors of Prisons, of the Prison Board in Scotland, | 
and of the Inspectors of Lunatic Asylums in Jre- 
land, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

27. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
five thousand nine hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of the 
Metropolitan Police of Dublin, to the 31st day of 
March 1848. 

28. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and eighteen thousand seven hundred and 
eighty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the Expense of the Convict Establishment at 
Home, at Bermuda, and at Gibraltar, to the 31st 
day of March 1848. 

29. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 


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hundred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Expense of Convicts in New 


South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land, to the 31st | 


day of March 1848. 

30. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Ma- | 
jesty, to enable the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to. 
issue Money for the Advancement of Education in | 
Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

31. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the School of 

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581 


Design, and for Aid to Provincial Schools, to the 
31st day of March 1848, 

32. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Professors 
thousand and six pounds, be granted to Her Ma- —— 
jesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries and Al- eens 
owances to certain Professors in the Universities of 
Oxfordand Cambridge, tothe 31st day of March 1848. 

33. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four University of 
thousand five hundred and thirty-six pounds, be London. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of 
the University of London, to the 31st day of March 
1848, 

34. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Scottish 
thousand four hundred and eighty pounds, be Universities. 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of 
March 1848, Grants to Scottish Universities, for- 
merly defrayed from the Hereditary Revenues of 
the Crown. 

35. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Royal Irish 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- Academy. 
wards defraying the Expense of the Royal Jrish 
Academy, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

36. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Royal 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- pm 

pie r: , ye 
wards defraying the Expense of the Royal Hiber- 
nian Academy, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

37. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six Royal Dublin 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 5°c!ty- 
wards defraying the Expense of the Royal Dublin 
Society, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

38. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Royal Belfast 
thousand nine hundred pounds, be granted to Her — 
Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of the ° 
Royal Belfast Academical Institution, to the 31st 
day of March 1848. 

39. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- British 
seven thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine pounds, Museum. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses 
of New Buildings and Fittings at the British Mu- 
seum, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

40. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand one hundred and fifty-two pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to enable the Trustees of 
the British Museum to defray Expenses incurred 
in procuring Antiquities for the Museum. 

41. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five National 
thousand five hundred and thirty-seven pounds, be Gallery. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 1847, 
the Expenses of the National Gallery, and for the 
purchase of Pictures. 

42. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight Geological 
thousand nine hundred and sixty-one pounds, be S¥rvey, &amp;c- 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland, 
and the Museums of Practical Geology in London 
and Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

43. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Magnetic 
thousand and ninety-four pounds, be granted to Observatories, 
Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of Magnetic ““ 
Observateries at Toronto, Saint Helena, the Cape 
of Good Hope and Van Diemen’s Land; also, tor 

bservations and Services carrying on under the 
direction of the Astronomer Royal, and other Scien- 
tific Works and Publications, to the 31st day of 
March 1848. 

44, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Nelson 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- Monument. 
wards defraying, in the year 1847-48, the Expense 
of completing the Monument erected in 7rafalgar- 
square to the Memory of Lord Welson. 

45. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Bahama 
thousand four hundred and ten pounds, be granted Islands. 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil 
Establishment of the Bahama Islands, to the 31st 
day of March 1848. 

46. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Bermudas. 


‘thousand and forty-nine pounds, be granted to Her 


Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil Esta- 
blishment of the Bermudas, to the 31st day of 
March 1848. 


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Prince | 47. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
Baward's thousand and seventy pounds, be granted to Her 


— Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil Esta- 
blishment of Prince Edward’s Island, to the 31st 
day of March 1848. 

Sable Island. 48. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 


hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the Establishment at Sable 
Island, for the Relief of Shipwrecked Persons, to 
the 31st day of March 1848. 

WesternCoast 49. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirteen 

of Africa. thousand six hundred and eighty — be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil 
Establishment on the Western Coast of Africa, to 
the 31st day of March 1848. 

Saint Helena. 50. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil Establishment 
of Saint Helena, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

Western 51.’ Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven 

Australia. thousand two hundred and nineteen pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Settlement of Western Australia, to the 31st day of 
March 1848, 

Port 52. Resolved, That a Sum not exceeding One 

Essington. thousand two hundred and forty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Settle- 
ment at Port Essington, to the 31st day of March 


1848, 
Falkland 53. Resolved, That aSum, not exceeding Fivethou- 
Islands. sand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 


jesty, to defray the Charge of the Government of the 

Falkland Islands, to the 31st day of March 1848, 
New Zealand. 54. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
six thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray, in the year 1847, the Charge of the Colony 
of New Zealand. 

55. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
thousand and twenty-three pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil 
Establishment of Heligoland, to the 31st day of 
March 1848. 

Governors,&amp;c. 56. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighteen 

(West India thousand three hundred and ninety-four pounds, be 

Colonies.) —_ granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Salaries of the Governors and Lieutenant Governors, 
and others, in the West India Colonies, to the 31st 
day of March 1848. 

Ecclesiastical 57. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven 

Establishment thousand five hundred and seventy-eight pounds, 

so Ame- be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of the Ecclesiastical Establishment of the British 
North American Provinces, to the 31st day of March 
1848. 

Indian 58. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifteen 

Department thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 

(Canada.) defray the Charge of the Indian Department in 
Canada, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

Colonial Land 59. Resolved, That aSum, not exceeding Twenty- 

and Emigra- three thousand eight hundred and fifteen pounds, 

tion Board, &amp;c. he oranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
of the Colonial Land and Emigration Board, and 
other Expenses connected with Emigration, to the 
31st day of March 1848. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


Heligoland. 





And the House, having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 29° die Maii, 1847: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 

Mr. Greene also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 











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The Order of the day being read, for the Come Ways and 
ans, 


mittee of Ways and Means ; Me 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itsef into the said Committee. M 
ir 
Mr. Greene reported the Copyhold Commission Copyhold 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed eeeeeaion Pe 
to. ‘ B 
_ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 
Mr. Greene reported the Turnpike Acts Conti- Turnpike Acs 
nuance Bill; and the Amendments were read, and a 
agreed to. - 
_ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be I 
ingrossed; and read the third time upon Monday ¢ 


next. 


Mr. Greene reported the Loan Societies Bill ; and Loan Societies 

the Amendments were read, and agreed to, Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 

ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 

next. 


ey tb ee, el 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Metropolitan 
Reading of the Metropolitan Buildings Bill ; Buildings Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Drainage of | 
mittee on the Drainage of Lands (Scotland) Bill; oe 5 ga 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday” _— 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Greene reported the Cemeteries Clauses Bill ; Cemeteries 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to ; Clauses Bill 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Passengers’ 
Reading of the Passengers Act Amendment Bill; Act Amend- 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time ™™* 3! 
upon Thursday next. 


The Newfoundland Government Bill was, accord- Newfoundland 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed to Government 
a Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Destitute Per- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of autho- sons (Ireland) 
rizing the Advance, on the Security of Rates to be (N® ?») 
levied in Ireland, of a further Sum of Money, b 
way of Loan, out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to 
the Relief Commissioners appointed in pursuance 
of an Act of the present Session for the temporary 
Relief of Destitute Poor Persons in Ireland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Burgh Police (Scotland) Bill was, according Burgh Police 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a (Scotland) 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. ~~ 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Out-Pension- 
Reading of the Out-Pensioners (Chelsea and Green- —— 
wich) Bull ; wich) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Railways _ 
Reading of the Railways (No. 2.) Bill; (No. 2.) Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Select ee in i 
Committee on Fees in Courts of Law and Equity, 7 ay * 

: aha hie : Equity. 
to include within their inquiry, and extend the terms 


of 





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of the Order of Reference to the Ecclesiastical Courts 
and the Court of Admiralty. 


Ordered, That Colonel Thomas Wood be added to 
the Select Committee on Medical Registration, &amp;c. 


Medical Re gis- 
tration, &amp;c. 


Police Clauses Sir William Somerville reported from the Select 
Bill. Committee on the Police Clauses Bill; That they 
No.445. had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true, and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Registration The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
of Voters Bill. Committee, upon Wednesday next, upon the Regis- 
tration of Voters Bill, was read; and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 9th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


South Staf- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ae a the Report on the South Staffordsihre Railway 
wacky eat ’(Cannock, Wyrley and Norton Branches, &amp;c.) Bill; 
Norton and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Branches, &amp;c.) Ordered, That the Bill, with Amendments, be in- 
- grossed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return, from the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Woods, &amp;c. of all Monies voted by Parliament, or 
appropriated out of Land Revenue, for the Improve- 
ment of Windsor Castle and Grounds since the year 
1800, showing the general Heads of Service, and 
the Amount expended in each year. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Windsor 
Castle. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Weight of Light Gold Coin purchased 
by the Bank, from the 2d day of January 1844, and 
the Price per Ounce paid for the same :—Of the 
Number of Ingots made from it:—Of the Rate per 
Pound paid for melting, and the Total Cost of melt- 
ing, and by whom melted :—Of the loss in Weight 
by melting :—Of the Quantity of the Bar Gold by 
Assay :—Of the Loss on the Bars reported worse than 
the Standard :—Of the loss per Ounce in bringing 
the Bar Gold into Standard:—And, of the Cost per 
Ounce of the Standard Gold produced. 


Mr. Ward presented, pursuant to Orders,—Copy 
of the Order in Council of the year 1834, relative to 
the reduction of the Sea Emoluments of the Pay- 
masters and Pursers of the Royal Navy, which they 
surrendered for the purpose of creating a Fund for 
the benefit of those Officers of their Class who were 
on Half-pay; with a Return of the Amount annually 
accruing since the passing of the said Order :—Also, 
the Annual Amount caused by any subsequent re- 
ductions in the Sea Emoluments of the Paymasters 
and Pursers, with the Date when the same took 
effect :—And, a Return of all Sums that have been 
applied to the increase of the Half-pay, and to the 
formation of a Retired List of the Paymasters and 
Pursers since the Order in Council of the year 1834, 
with the Date when the same took effect. 

Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of this 
instant May, for a Return of the Number of Non- 
commissioned Officers and Privates, Guards, Ca- 
valry, Infantry, Artillery and Marines, employed 
upon the Recruiting Service ; the extra Daily Pay 
for them ; the Total Annual Expense for recruiting 
for Guards, Cavalry, Infantry, Artillery and Ma- 
rines, (so far as regards the Royal Marines). 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 

VoL. 102, 


Light Gold. 


Paymasters 
and Pursers 


(Navy.) 


Recruiting 
Service, 


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583 


A Petition of Ministers of the newly-constituted Stoke Damerel 
districts in the parish of Stoke Damerel and bo- Fetish. 
rough of Devonport, in the diocese of Exeter and 
county of Devon, praying the House to institute 
inquiries into the spiritual necessities of their dis- 
tricts, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Saturday morning, 
adjourned till Monday next. 





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Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 





PRAYERS. 
R. Butler, from the Trustees of the British British 
Museum, was called in; and at the bar pre- Muscum. 

sented,— Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of 
March last, for Abstract Accounts of the Amount 
expended for the Buildings of the British Museum, 
including Alterations, Fixtures and Furniture, in each 
year from its establishment under the Act 26 Geo. 2 
(distinguishing Alterations from Buildings, and for 
Purchase of Houses and Ground), so as to exhibit 
the Total Expenditure for the same up to the 31st 
day of December 1846 :—Of the Amount expended 
on the Establishment of the British Museum in 
Salaries, Wages, Appointments, Household Ex- 
penses, Officers’ Residences, Rates and Taxes, and 
all other Items of Expense, in each year, from the 
Establishment of the Museum under the Act 26 
Geo. 2, so as to exhibit the Total Expense of its 
maintenance to the 31st day of December 1846 ; 
specifying the Totals for each year, and the Division 
under the several heads, every Ten years, to the 25th 
day of December 1836, and thenceforward sepa- 
rately every year up to the 25th day of December 
1846 :—Of the Amount expended in each Depart- 
ment of the Museum, for the Purchase of Manu- 
scripts, Prints, Printed Books, Maps, Music, Anti- 
quities, Coins and Medals, Objects of Natural His- 
tory (Zoological, Botanical, Fossil and Mineral), in 
each year, from the Establishment of the Museum 
under the Act 26 Geo. 2, under each Department 
respectively, so as to exhibit the Total Amount of 
Expense of the various Collections, up to the 31st 
day of December 1846, specifying in the same Forms 
as the last; distinguishing the Amount paid from 
Parliamentary and other Funds :—And, of all the 
Amounts paid under Acts and Votes of Parliament 
for all Buildings, Collections and other Expenditure 
for the British Museum, in each year from its esta- 
blishment under the Act 26 Geo. 2, so as to show 
the Aggregate Amount paid for that Institution 
from Public Monies, up to the 31st day of December 
1846, (so far as relates to the Monies issued to the 
Trustees, and expended by them) :—And then he 
withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Lord James Stuart reported from the Committee Railway Bills, 
on Group No. 36 of Railway Bills ; That the Com- Group No. 36. 
mittee met at eleven o’clock this day, pursuant to 
appointment ; and that John A. Roebuck, Esquire, 
and John Allix, Esquire, Members of the said Com- 
mittee, were not present within one hour after the 
said time; and that they had directed him to report 
the same to the House. 

Ordered, That John Arthur Roebuck, Esquire, 
and John Allix, Esquire, do attend the said Com- 
mittee To-morrow, at eleven of the clock. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Glasgow, Dum- Glasgow, 
fries and Carlisle Railway Company to make several Dumfries and 
Branch Railways in the Counties of Dumfries and canner” wd 
Cumberland, aad for other Purposes, was read the Glasgow, 
third time. Paisley, Kil- 


454 Resolved, 





584 ° 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend some of the Provisions 
of the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway Act, 
1846. 

Ordered, That Sir John Yarde Buller do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


marnock and 
Ayr Railway 
(No. 1.) Bill. 


North British 
Railway 


(No, 2.) Bill. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Com- 
mittee on the North British Railway (No. 2.) Bill; 
That they had examined the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the Bill, but the same had not 
been proved to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Great North- Viscount Pollington reported the Great Northern 
ern Railway Railway (Deviations between London and Grantham) 
(Deviations : ? 

between Bill, with Amendments. 

London and Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
— and be printed. 

Sandwich The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Haven Bill. the Report on the Sandwich Haven Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 
Ambergate, The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Nottingham Tene @ 
unk Sams, the Report on the Ambergate, Nottingham and Bos 


and Eastern ton, and Eastern Junction Railway (Alteration of 
Junction Rail- Line and Branches to Nottingham) Bill; and the 
way (Altera- Amendments were read, and agreed to. 


ton Oreste, Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


to Notting- be ingrossed. 
ham) Bill. 
Newport, The House proceeded to take into consideration the 


Abergavenny Report on the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford 


— Railway (Extension to Zaff Vale Railway) Bill; 


(Extension to and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 


ts Aide Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
ry a ingrossed. 

Newport, The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Abergavenny 


the Report on the Newport, Abergavenny and Here- 
Srattwar — ford edi Dovitioas Bill; and the Amendments 
viations Bill. were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Railway Bills, Lord Rendlesham reported from the Committee 
Group No. 24. on Group No. 24 of Railway Bills; That the Com- 
mittee met this day, at twelve of the clock, pursuant 
to adjournment, but that Mr. Pinney, one of the 
Members of the said Committee, was not present, 
and did not attend during the sitting of the Com- 
mittee this day. 
Ordered, That William Pinney, Esquire, do attend 
the said Committee upon Thursday next. 


Railway Bills, Lord Rendlesham reported from the Committee 
Group No.24. on Group No. 24 of Railway Bills; That the Com- 
mittee met this day, at twelve of the clock, pursuant 
to adjournment, and that a letter was read from 
W. Beckett, Esquire, the Chairman, stating his 
inability to attend, in consequence of domestic 
affliction. 
Ordered, That William Beckett, Esquire, be dis- 
charged from further attendance on the said Com- 
mittee. 


Surrey and Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for 

Kent Commis- Py vate Bills have leave to sit on the examination of 

sion of Sewers bags waging 

(No. 2.) Bill, the Petition for the Surrey and Kent Commission of 
Sewers (No. 2.) Bill, without giving seven clear days’ 


notice of the day appointed for such examination. 


Mr. Cardwell re orted the Great Northern Rail- 
‘pranch te W8Y (Branch to Aing’s Lynn) Biil, with Amend- 
King’s Lynn) ments. 7 : 

Bill, Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 


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A. 1847. 


Mr. Cardwell reported the Lynn and Ely Railway Lynn and Ely 
(Lynn and Wormegay Navigation) Bill, with Amend- sey 
ments. Wormegay 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Navigation) 
and be printed. -. 


An ingrossed Bill for incorporating the Commer- Commercial 
cial Gas Light and Coke Company, was read the §38 Might and 
4 a om- 
third time. pany Bill, 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir William Clay do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill Bridge House 
to enable the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens — Debs 
of the City of London to raise a Sum of Money for 
paying off the Monies now charged on the Bridge 
House Estates, by Authority of Parliament, and to 
raise further Monies upon the Credit of the said 
Estates, and of their own Estates and Revenues, for 
effecting Public Works and Improvements in and 
near the said City, be now read the third time ; 

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the purport of 
the Bill, gives Her consent, as far as Her Majesty’s 
interest is concerned, that the House may do therein 
as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Masterman do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for extending the Powers of Imperial , 
the Imperial Continental Gas Association, was read (on yn 
the third time. tion Bill 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Masterman do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Macduff 
the Report on the Macduff Harbour Bill; and the Harbour Bill 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Mr. Ward presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Holyhead 
mand,—Report of the Commissioners appointed to oe, 
. . . . . omission, 
inquire into the expediency of making a Harbour of No, 446 
Refuge at Holyhead. ois 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Mr. Ward reported from the Select Committee Thames Con- 
on the Thames Conservancy Bill; That they had servancy Bill. 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Thursday next. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings of 
the Committee be laid before this House. 


An ingrossed Bill for building a Bridge across York Im- 
the River Ouse, in the City of York, with Ap- = 
proaches thereto, and for widening, altering and Bridge and 
improving certain Streets or Thoroughfares within Approaches, 
the said City, and for other Purposes, was read the Bul. 
third time; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hudson do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Liverpool, 
the Report on the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport pa — 
Railway and Branch Bill; and the Amendments Railway and 
were read, and agreed to. Branch Biil. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Wed- 


nesday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Glasgow, 


Y . ; ; Paisley, Kil- 
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Ayr Railway and Ayr Railway (No. 2.) Bill; and the Amend- 
(No. 2.) Bil. ments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Glasgow, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Paisley, Kil- the Report on the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock 


marnock and and Ayr Railway, and Ayrshireand Bridge of Weir 
Ar pee Railway (No. 3.) Bill; and the Amendments were 


and Bridge of read, and agreed to. 
bay gd _ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
assed ingrossed. 


Paisley and An ingrossed Bill to authorize the Sule of the 
Renfrew Rail- Paisley and Renfrew Railway to the Glasgow, 
way (Sale — Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Company, 
— ) and the Improvement of the said Railway by the 
latter Company, was read the third time. 
An ingrossed Clause (Vessels in Service of Her 
Majesty, &amp;c., exempted from Rates) was thrice 
read ; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 
Another ingrossed Clause (Works abandoned by 
Company may be removed by Lord High Admiral) 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


Cleveland- A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to em- 
square, Saint power the Devisees of the Most noble Francis 
James, West- Duke of Bridgewater, deceased, to appropriate to 
minster, a ae ° 

Improvement Building Purposes a Portion of Cleveland-square, 
(Archbishop in the Parish of Saint James, Westminster, and to 
Save) Bin geen the Approaches thereto, was read the third 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 

Payne's An ingrossed Bill for forming and regulating the 

Patents As- Timber Preserving Company, and to enable the said 

sigament Bill. Company to purchase and work certain Letters 
Patent, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

London (City) _ Mr. Greene reported the London (City) Small 
Small Debts Debts Bill, with Amendments. 

ail. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Newbury Mr. Greene reported the Newbury Cemetery Bill, 


Cemetery Bill. with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


London Bridge Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- 

iat ened vate Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, To-morrow, 

Enlargement) On the Petition for additional Provision in the Lon- 

Bill, &gt; Bridge Railway Termini (General Enlargement) 
ill. 


Poyntzfield © The Poyntzfield Estate Bill was read the first 

Estate Bl. time ; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills. 

searwoed, | A Petition of the Fleetwood, Preston and West 

West Ridin A Riding Junction Railway Company, praying that 


Junction Rail- provision may be made in the Fleetwood, Preston 

pe ew and West Riding Junction Railway (Burnley and 

Branches) Bill. Colliery Branches) Bill, for giving power to the 
Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle-upon- Tyne 
Junction Railway Company to use the Fleetwood, 
Preston and West Riding Railway, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Examiners of Peti- 
tions for Private Bills. 


Great North. | Mr. Hodgson reported the Great Northern Rail- 
ey way (Purchase of Ambergate, Nottingham and Bos- 


Ambergare ton, and Eastern Junction Railway, &amp;c.) Bill, with 
Nottingham Amendments. 
and Boston 


and Eastern Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Junction Rai]. 2nd be printed. 
way, &amp;¢.) Bill, Vou. 102. 


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585 


The House proceeded to take into consideration ppisto) ana 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Clifton Oi 
intituled, An Act for sean further Powers to the Gas Bill, 

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Bristol and Clifton Oil Gas 
were read, as follow: 

Pr. 2. 1. 9. Leave out “second” and insert 
“ fourth.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 32. Leave out from “thereof” to 
ae ” in Pr. 5.1. 8., and insert Clauses (A.) and 
(B.) 

CuiauseE(A.) “ Provided also, and be it Enacted, 
“ That notwithstanding the provisions contained in 
“ the said Gas Works Clauses Act, One thousand 
“ eicht hundred and forty-seven, requiring the Com- 
“ pany, before they proceed to open or break up any 
“ street, bridge, sewer, drain or tunnel, to give to the 
“ persons under whose control or management the 
“ same may be, or to their clerk, surveyor, or other 
“ officer, a notice in writing of their intention to 
“ open or break up the same, not less than Three 
“ clear days before beginning such work, it shall be 
lawful for the Company to proceed to open and 
break up any such street, bridge, sewer, drain or 
tunnel, after having given to the persons under 
whose control or management the same may be, 
or to their clerk, surveyor or other officer, a notice 
in writing of their intention to open or break up 
“ the same, not less than Twenty-four hours before 
“ beginning such work, except in cases of emer- 
“ gency arising from defects in — of the pipes or 
“ other works, in which cases such notice shall be 
given so soon as is possible after the beginning 
“ of the work, or the necessity for the same shall 
have arisen; and the penalty that might have been 
incurred for opening or breaking up any street, 
bridge, sewer, drain or tunnel, under the said Gas 
” Works Clauses Act, One thousand eight hundred 
and forty-seven, contrary to the provisions of that 
Act, shall extend and apply to the notice required 
to be given under this Act.” 


Curause (B.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That it shall be lawful for any person 
“ or body having any right or interest in or control 
over any stream, reservoir or aqueduct, pond or 
place, or the water therein, within the said cit 
and county, or parishes aforesaid, to recover, wit 
“ full costs of suit, in any of the superior Courts, by 
“ action of debt, or on the case, any penalty to 
which the Company may be liable under the said 
«« Gas Works Clauses Act, One thousand eight hun- 
“ dred and forty-seven, although such person or 
“ body may not be owner of the water in such 
stream, reservoir or aqueduct, pond or place, as 
aforesaid.” 

Pr. 12. 1.35. After “courts” insert Clauses (C.), 
(D.), (E.), (F.), (G.), (H.) and (I.) 


Crause (C.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
“ acted, That it shall not be lawful for the Com- 
“« pany to open or break up the soil or pavement of 
two several bridges across the new cut within the 
“ said city and county, called or known by the name 
“ of He = Bridge and Hills Bridge, or either 
“ of the. or any of the walls, piers, wharfs, locks 
or basins*belonging to the Bristol Dock Com- 
pany, or lay down, place, or make, upon, along or 
“ within the said walls, piers, bridges, wharfs, locks 
and basins, or any or either of them, or within the 
floating harbour within the said city and county, 
any pipe, conduit, service-pipe or other work, ex- 
cept with the consent in writing of the said Bris- 
tol Dock Company, and on such conditions as 
they may prescribe.” 

CuauseE (D.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
“ acted, That before the said Bristol and Clifton 
Gas Light Company proceed to open or break u 
any street, bridge, sewer, drain or tunnel in whic 
any pipe or work belonging to the Bristol Gas 
“ Light Company shall be placed or laid, the Bris- 
tol and Clifton Gas Light Company shall give vad 

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the Bristol Gas Light Company, or to their clerk 
or other officer, such and the like notice in writing 
of their intention to open or break up the same, 
as is required to be given to the persons under 
whose control or management the same may be, 
and under and subject to the like penalty and 
forfeiture as is imposed upon the said Company, 
in default of notice to the persons having such 
control or management.” 

Cuavuse (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That all and 
every the pipes or mains of the said Bristol and 
Clifton Gas Light Company to be laid or used 
for the conveyance of gas in, under, through, 
along, across or round any street, dock or quay 
within the said city and county of Bristol, or the 
parishes or places aforesaid, shall be marked with 
a reed or groove on the upper surface thereof, to 
distinguish them from the pipes of the Bristol 
Gas Light Company, and shall be so laid at the 
greatest practicable distance, and whenever the 
width of the carriage-way in any such street, 
dock or quay will allow thereof, at the distance 
of three feet and six inches at the least from the 
nearest part of any gas-pipe of the Bristol Gas 
Light Company, or of any pipe for the convey- 
ance of water in the said city and county of Bris- 
tol, and the parishes aforesaid, and under the 
service-pipes of the said Bristol Gas Light Com- 
pany where such service-pipes are not more than 
eighteen inches deep, unless in cases where it 
shall be unavoidably necessary to lay the gas- 
pipes across any of the pipes of the said Bristol 
Gas Light Company, or any pipe for the convey- 
ance of water as aforesaid, in which case the same 
shall be laid over and above the said pipes of the 
said Bristol Gas Light Company, and any pipe 
for the conveyance of water as aforesaid, at the 
greatest practicable distance therefrom, and shall 
form therewith a right angle, and that in such 
cases the gas-pipes of the said Bristol and Clifton 
Gas Light Company so crossing any gas-pipes of 
the Bristol Gas Light Company, or any pipe for 
the conveyance of water as aforesaid, shall be at 
least six feet in length, so that no joint of any of 
the said gas-pipes to be laid by the said Bristol 
and Clifton Gas Light Company, shall be nearer 
to any part of the gas-pipes of the said Bristol 
Gas Light Company, or of any pipe for the con- 
veyance of water as aforesaid, than three feet at 
least, wherever the same is practicable, and that 
in laying down the said gas-pipes the said Bristol 
and Clifton Gas Light Company shall in no case 
join two or more gas-pipes together previous to 
their being laid in the trench, but shall lay each 
pipe as near as may be in its place in the trench, 
and shall in such trench properly form the joint- 
ing with the other pipes to be added thereto, with 
proper and sufficient materials, and shall also 
make and keep all and every such pipes, and all 
pipes connected or communicating therewith, and 
all the screws, joints, inlets, apertures or openings 
therein respectively air-tight, and in alland every 
respect prevent any gas from escaping therefrom, 
and from any part thereof, upon pain of forfeiting 
for every offence the sum of Five pounds.” 

CrauseE (F.) “ And be it Enacted, That if any 
injury or damage shall be done by the said Bris- 
tol and Clifton Gas Light Company, or auy per- 
son acting by or under their authority, to any of 
the pipes, branches, apparatus, materials or things, 
of or belonging to any person for the supply of 
gas or water in and for the said city, and the pa- 
rishes aforesaid or any part thereof, either by re- 
moving or disturbing the ground or soil wherein 
or whereon the same is or are laid or placed, or 
by the compression and subsequent settling or 
lowering of the same, at any time or times after- 
wards or by any other means whatsoever, the 
said Bristol and Clifton Gas Light Company 


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within three hours next after notice in writing to 
them given by such person as aforesaid, or an 
person having the care and management of suc 
pipes, branches, apparatus, materials and things, 
or by the clerk of any such person for the time 
being, proceed to cause such pipes, branches, ap- 
paratus, materials and things to be well and ef- 
fectually repaired and amended; and in default 
or neglect thereof, it shall be lawful for the per- 
sons aforesaid, and they are hereby authorized 
and empowered to cause such pipes, branches, 
apparatus, materials and things so injured or da- 
maged as aforesaid, to be effectually repaired, 
amended and made good, and the reasonable 
costs, charges, damages and expenses attending 
the same, together with the reasonable value of 
the gas or water lost or other incidental damage 
which may arise in consequence of any injury so 
done, shall be paid and defrayed by the said Bris- 
tol and Clifton Gas Light Company or their trea- 
surer; and if they cannot agree touching the 
amount or value thereof, the same shall be ascer- 
tained and settled by some Justice or Justices of 
the peace for the city, county or place where the 
offence shall be committed, and be recovered in 
like manner as any penalty incurred by the said 
Bristol and Clifton Gas Light Company may be 
recovered.” 

Crause (G.) “ And be it Enacted, That if in 
pursuance of their respective duties and trusts, it 
shall at any time or times be deemed necessary or 
expedient by the Commissioners for paving the 
city of Bristol, or the Trustees for making or re- 
pairing the roads, highways, lanes, passages and 
places, or Surveyors of the highways in the se- 
veral parishes aforesaid, to require the said Com- 
pany to raise or sink any of the pipes, stop-cocks, 
plugs, syphons, valves or branches which shall be 
laid down by the said Company, the said Com- 
pany shall, at their own expense, within One ca- 
lendar month next after being required so to do, 
by notice in writing to them given by the said 
Commissioners, Trustees or Surveyors respectively, 
signed by their clerk or agent authorized, unless 
the said Commissioners, Trustees or Surveyors 
shall grant further time for so doing, raise or sink 
such pipes, stop-cocks, plugs, syphons, valves or 
branches according to such notice, in such manner 
as the said Commissioners or Trustees respectively 
shall think right and proper for the purposes of 
their respective trusts; and in default thereof, it 
shall be lawful for the said Commissioners or 
Trustees or their respective Surveyor, or any other 
person or persons acting by their order, or under 
their authority, to cause such pipes, stop-cocks, 
plugs, syphons, valves or branches to be raised or 
4 and the reasonable costs and charges for 
doing the same shall immediately thereafter be 
paid bv the said Company; and in case such 
reasonable costs and charges be not paid within 
One month next after demand shall be made by 
such clerk or surveyor or other person, the same 
may be recovered in like manner as any penalty 
incurred by the said Bristol and Clifton Gas Light 
Company may be recovered.” 

Cuause (H.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That upon any such raising or sinking of 
the said pipes, stop-cocks, plugs, syphons, valves 
or branches as aforesaid, the same shall be relaid 
as nearly as circumstances will permit, in con- 
formity with the provisions hereinbefore contained, 
regulating the laying of the pipes of the Bristol 
and Clifton Gas Light Company, with reference 
to the position of other gas or of water-pipes here- 
inbefore mentioned or referred to.” 

Crause (I.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That if by the raising or sinking of any of 
the said pipes, stop-cocks, plugs, syphons, valves 
and branches, any damage or injury shail be wil- 


shall at their own expense, costs and charges, \“ fully or negligently done to the same by the said 


Commissioners 


10 Vicroriz. 
“ Commissioners or Trustees, or their respective 
servants or workmen, then and in every such case 
such damage or injury shall be made good by the 
Company themselves, as soon as circumstances 
will permit, and the costs, charges and expenses 
thereof shall be paid by the said Commissioners 
or Trustees respectively, as the case may be, to the 
said Company ; and the same shall be ascertained, 
settled and recovered, as any penalty incurred by 
or against the said Bristol and Clifton Gas Light 
Company may be ascertained, settled and re- 
covered.” 

Pr. 13.1. 2. After “ Bristol’ insert “ the Bris- 
tol Dock Company.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Miles do carry the Bill to the 

Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Sir James Graham reported from the Committee 
on the Birmingham, Wolverhampton ‘and Dudley 
Railway (Stourbridgeand West Bromwich) Bill; That 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, but the same had not been 
proved to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee, for the purpose of considering 
such parts of the Bill as authorize the purchase of 
additional land for the enlargement of a Station at 
Birmingham, and the Lease or Sale of the Birming- 
ham, Wolverhampton and Dudley Railway to the 
Great Western Railway Company; and that they 
have leave to sit, and proceed, upon Thursday next. 


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Birmingham, 
Wolverhamp- 
ton and Dud- 
ley Railway 
(Stourbridge 
and West 
Bromwich) 
Bill 


Dunfermline An ingrossed Bill for the better supplying the 
ccs Town of Dunfermline and Places adjacent thereto 
with Water, was read the third time ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Colonel Mure do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Swansea The House proceeded to take into consideration 
and Amman the Report on the Swansea and Amman Junction 
Railway Bil, Railway Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 


agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Plymouth and An ingrossed Bill for repealing the Acts relating 
Tavistock to the Roads leading from the Lower Market House 
—. (No. 2.) in Tavistock to Old Town Gate, in the Borough of 
Plymouth, and from Manadon Gate to the Old 
Pound near Devonport, in the County of Devon, and 
making other Provisions in lieu thereof, was read 
the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Gill do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


North Staf- 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
fordshire Rail- 


the Report on the North Staffordshire Railway 
oo (Alterations and Branches) Bill; and the Amend- 
Branches) Bill. Ments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Glasgow, Lord Courtenay reported the Glasgow, Paisley 
ansed 1. and Greenock Railway (Branch to the Caledonian 
Railway Railway and Diversion of Canal) Bill, with Amend- 
(Branch to ments. 

a mar Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Diverson of 22d be printed. 

Canal) Bill. 

Warrington An ingrossed Bill to amend and extend the Pro- 


on tight and yisions of an Act passed in the third year of the 
en ‘anes reign of King George the Fourth, intituled, An Act 
for incorporating the Warrington Gas Light Com- 
pany, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Vou. 102. 


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587 


Mr. Packe reported the Airdrie and Bathgate Airdrie and 
Junction Railway (Amendment and Deviation) Bill, Bathgate 


with Amendments. =e 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; ment and De- 


and be printed. viation) Bill. 


Mr. Chute reported the Glasgow, Airdrie and Glasgow, 
Monklands Junction Railway (Cowlairs Branch) Airdrie and 


Bill, with Amendments. een . 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; way ieee 


and be printed. Branch) Bill. 


Mr. Chute reported from the Committee on the Glasgow, 
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Paisley, Kil- 
(No. 5.) Bill; That the Parties promoting the Bill Age Baiteny 
had stated to the Committee that it was not their (No. 5.) Bill. 
intention to proceed further with the same during 
the present Session of Parliament, 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Royston and Hitchin Royston and 
Railway (Sale or Lease) Bill, with Amendments, _Hitchin Rail- 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 727,357" 
and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London and 
the Report on the London and South Western Rail- South Western 
way (Andover to the Bishopstoke and Salisbur hnaoter - 
Branch, &amp;c.) Bill; and the Amendments were read, the Bishop- 

? P 
and agreed to. stoke and 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be scone 
- auch, &amp;c.) 
ingrossed. Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Metropolitan 
the Report on the Metropolitan Sewage Manure Sewage 
Bill ; and the Amendments were read, ma agreed to, Manure Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Waterford 
the Report on the Waterford and Limerick Railway and Limerick 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. Railway Bil. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Barnard Devine, Pensioners 
relative to Pensioners (Army), which was presented (Army.) 
upon Friday last, be printed. 


Mr. Strutt presented,—Report of the Commis- Railway Bills. 

sioners of Railways on certain Railway Bills, com- No, 164. 
rised in Groups Nos. 46 and 51, (in pursuance of 
ucdhdion of the House of 23d February 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on cer- 
tain Railway Bills comprised in Groups Nos. 45 
and 46 (in pursuance of Resolution of the House of 
23d February 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on a 
certain Railway Bill comprised in Group No. 45 
(in pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23d 
February 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on cer- 
tain Railway Bills comprised in Group No. 44, (in 
pursuance of Resolution of the House of 23d Fe- 
bruary 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on cer- 
tain Railway Bills comprised in Groups Nos. 39 
and 40 (in pursuance of Resolution of the House 
of 23d February 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on cer- 
tain Railway Bills comprised in Groups Nos. 35 
and 38 (in pursuance of Resolution of the House 
of 23d February 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on cer- 
tain Railway Bills comprised in Groups Nos. 35 
and 36 (in pursuance of Resolution of the House 
of 23d February 1847). 

Report of the Commissioners of Railways on cer- 
tain Railway Bills comprised in Groups Nos. 33, 
37, 38 and 39 (in pursuance of Resolution of the 
House of 23d February 1847). 


4F2 Ordered, 





Townshend 
Peerage Bill. 


588 
Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 


31° Mai. 





A. 1847, 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Criminal Criminal Lay, 


Committees on the Bills to which the same relate ;, Law, which was communicated from the Lords upon No. 447, 


and be printed. 


A Petition of William Henderson, of No. 10, 
Lancaster-place, Strand, Gentleman, the Agent of 
Lord Charles Vere Ferrars Townshend, the Peti- 
tioner for the Bill thereinafter mentioned, was pre- 
sented, and read, setting forth, That a Bill is now | 
pending in the House, intituled, An Act to extend | 
the Kelief given by an Act of the 6th and 7th years 
of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, An Act 
to declare that certain Persons therein mentioned 
are not Children of the Most honourable George 
Ferrars Marquis Townshend ; that the said Bill has 
passed the House of Lords, and was read a second 
time in this House on Friday last, the twenty-eighth 
instant, and was committed and referred to the 
Committee of Selection; that the following Orders 
were made by the House on the Second Reading 
of the said Bill: viz, Ordered, That an attested copy 
of the said Bill, and a copy of the Orders for com- 
mitting the said Bill, and notice of the day fixed for 
the first sitting of the Committee, be served upon 
all the parties concerned in the consequences of the 





_the 21st day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Paddle-box Paddle-box 


'Safety Boats, which was presented upon the 21st Safty Boats, 


day of this instant May, be printed. No. 448, 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Copper, Copper. 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. No. 449, 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Tin, which Tin. 
was presented upon Friday last, be printed. No. 449. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Lead, Lead. 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. No. 449. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Zine, Zinc. 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. No. 449, 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Wheat, Wheat. 
which was presented upon Friday last, be priuted. No. 450. 


A Petition of Trustees appointed by statute for Ayrshire 
managing the Turnpike-roads in the county of Ayr, 204s Bill 
praying that the Ayrshire Roads Bill may not pass 
into a law, as it now stands, and that they may be 
heard, by counsel, at the bar of the House, in sup- 


enactments of the said Bill; Ordered, That it be an| port of the allegations contained in their Petition, 
instruction to the Committee on the Bill that they | was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
do hear counsel and examine witnesses for the said | the Table. 


Bill ; and also that they do hear counsel and examine | 
witnesses against the said Bill, if the parties con-| 
cerned think fit to be heard by counsel or produce | 
witnesses; Ordered, That a Message be sent to the | 
Lords to request that their Lordships will be pleased 


| Lessees and Occupiers of land upon the line of cer- 


_mouth Railway ; 


Petitions of the Earl of Devon and others, Owners, Cornwall and 
tain Railways, or some or one of them, intended to Reilwey Bill. 
be called the Cornwall and Devon Central and Ply- 

Peter Blatchford and others, 





to communicate to this House cag of the Minutes ' Qwners, Lessees and Occupiers of lands upon the 


of Evidence taken before their 
Townshend Peerage Bill, in the year 1843, and in| 
the present Session of Parliament; that the said 
George Ferrars Marquis Townshend, one of the 
parties named and concerned in the consequences 
of the enactments of the said Bill, is residing in| 
Italy ; and it will not be practicable to serve copies | 
of the said orders on the said George Ferrars 
Marquis Townshend, by the day appointed for the 
first sitting of the Committee, or (as the Petitioner 
believes) in time to secure the passing of the said 
Bill in the present Session of Parliament; that a 





| mouth Railway ; 


copy of the said Bill has been forwarded to the said | 
Marquis by Mr. Thomas Clarke, of Craven-street, | Cornwall and Devon Central and Plymouth Rail- 


ordships on the | lines of certain Railways intended to be called the 


Cornwall and Devon Central and Plymouth Rail- 
way ; John Langdonand others, Owners, Lessees 
and Occupiers of land upon the line of certain 
Raiiways, or some or one of them, intended to be 
called the Cornwall and Devon Central and Ply- 
mouth Railway ; Richard Palmer and others, 
Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of land upon the 
line of certain Railways, or some or one of them, to 
be called the Cornwall and Devon Centraland Ply- 
James N. Tanner and others, 
Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of lands upon the 
lines of certain Railways intended to be called the 














Devon Central 


wMWQPTASA 


Pe eh ee 


Strand, the solicitor of the said Marquis, and the | way ; Earl of Falmouth and others, Owners, 
said Marquis has returned the same, and given his | Lessees and Occupiers of land upon the line of cer- 
written consent to the passing of the said Bill, and ‘tain Railways, or some or one of them, intended to 
the said Thomas Clarke is fully authorized by the | he called the Cornwall and Devon Central and Ply- 
said Marquis to act for him in the matter of the | mou¢j, Railway ; Sampson Nicholls and others 
said Bill; and praying that service of the Orders | Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of land upon the 
of &gt; House made on Friday a the ten | line of certain Railways, or some or one of them, 
eighth instant, upon Mr. Thomas Clarke, the s0-| intended to be called the Cornwall and Devon Cen- 
licitor of the said George Ferrars Marquis Towns- tral and Plymouth Railway ;——Richard Lanyon 
— and mg ge copy of the said Bill, | and others, Surveyors of certain roads on the line of 
and a copy of the Order for committing the said | certain Railways, or some or one of them, intended 
Bili, and notice of the day fixed for the first sitting | t4 he called the Cornwall and Devon Central and 
of the Committee, with the said Mr. Thomas Clarke, Plymouth Railway ;——and, Surveyors of certain 
° ° ? e 4 

deemed ~~ service of the same upon the said | roads or highways, and interested in the conserva- 
? Onder ‘&lt;— ee it idee met he | tion of the public roads in the tything of Pennycross, 

rdered, that the said Petition do he 4 ves €\ otherwise Weston Peverell, in the parish of Saint 
Table ; and be printed, at the expense of the Parties. | 4 ndrew, in the borough of Plymouth, in the county 


; , of Devon, upon the lines of Railway, or some or 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Re-| one of them, proposed to be authored under the 


turns, in columns, of the Gross Amount of Duty levied | name of the Cornwall and Devon Central and Ply- 


by the Excise, year by year, from the year ending the | proyth Railway ; praying that the Standing Orders 


5th day of January 1800 to that ending the Sth day | of the House, in the case of the Cornwall and Devon 
of January last, showing the Rate of Duty on each | Central and Plymouth Railway Bill, may not be dis- 
Article, and the Amounts received on each :—Of pensed with, and that leave may not be given to intro- 
the Net Amounts paid into the Exchequer, exhibit- | duce the said Bill,—were presented, and read; and 
ing the Cost of Collection, year by year, as above: | referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


—And, of the Number of Excise Seizures in each 
Petitions from Edinburgh (two Petitions); — Edinburgh 


year, as above, showing the Number of Condemna- 
Aberfeldy ; —Laurencekirk ; —Forfar ;—Blairgow- aw = * 


tions, the Number that were Tried, and the Number 
Compromised, the Value of the Seizures and Penal- | rie;—and, Stanley; praying that the Edinburgh and 
Perth Railway Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 


ties, the Amount paid into the Exchequer, and the 
Annual Cost of the Excise Prosecutions. sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions 











Excise. 








10 Victortz. 


Great North- _ Petitions of Owners and Occupiers of land, and 
an Inhabitants of Ranskill and Torworth, in the county 


between of Nottingham ; Owners and Occupiers of land, 
Granthamand and Inhabitants of Blyth, in the county of Not- 








York) Bill. gingham ;——and, Owners and Occupiers of land, 
and Inhabitants of Scrooby, in the county of Wot- 
tingham; praying that the Great Northern Railway 
(Deviations between Grantham and York) Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

py mer . Petitions of Sir John Wright Guise, Baronet ;— 

eae ant William P. Price and others, Owners, Lessees and 

Canal F'ar- Occupiers of lands and premises affected by the 

chase Bill. 


proposed line of Railway ;—and, Inhabitants of the 
town of Newent, in Gloucestershire, and its imme- 
diate vicinity ; praying that the Gloucester and Here- 
ford Railway and Canal Purchase Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Cobbold and H. G. Bristo, 
Sub-commissioners of Pilotage of the Port of Jps- 
wich, duly appointed under the provisions of an Act 
passed in the first year of the reign of Her present 
Majesty, intituled, “‘ An Act to amend an Act of the 
forty-fifth year of the reign of King George the Third, 
for improving and rendering more commodious the 
Port of Ipswich, and for constructing a Wet Dock 
there ;” praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Ipswich Dock Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 

A Petition of Merchants, Shipowners and Ship- 
masters of the town and port of Jpswich, in the 
county of Suffolk, praying that the said Bill may 
pass into a law, was also presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Harry Edmund Waller, of Far- 
pon, el rington Lodge, in the county of Gloucester, and of 
tle-upon-Tyne Atrby Hall, in the county of York, Esquire, and 
Junction Rail- Thomas Robson, of Holtby House, near Bedale, in 


patna Soca : : 
pe ¢ — the said county of York, Esquire, praying that they 


Ipswich Dock 
Bill. 


Liverpool, 
Manchester 


Sine oad may be permitted to withdraw their Petition against 
HawesBranch) the Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle-upon- Tyne 
Bill. Junction Railway (Alteration of Main Line and 
Hawes Branch) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the 
Petition accordingly. 
Liverpool, A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Barnard 
oe naa Castle, in the county of Durham, praying that the 
aenitea * Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle-upon- Tyne 


Junction, and Junction, and Northern Counties Union Railways 
— Amalgamation Bill may not pass into a law, as it 
Union Rail- 20w stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
ways Amalga- to lie upon the Table. 

mation Bill. 


Manchester, A Petition of John Roper and others, Lessees and 
pa and Occupiers of lands, houses and premises un or near 
incolnshire F : 
Railway to the site of the proposed Station, or on or near to 
(Station at the proposed Branch line thereafter mentioned, pray- 
Prateld and ing that they may be permitted to withdraw their 
Sheffield Petition against the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- 
Canal) Bill.  colushire Railway (Station at Sheffield and Branch to 
the Sheffield Canal) Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the 
Petition accordingly. 
Newcastle A Petition of Robert William Brandling, of Low 
gigas Gosforth, Esquire, was presented, and read ; setting 


Leeds &gt;} "4 forth, That the Petitioner, in the year 1834, in anti- 
Thirsk Rail- cipation of Railways being adopted as the general 
ie, ag public highways of the country, prepared plans and 

ill. sections of several lines in that district of the coun- 
ties of Durham and Northumberland contiguous to 
the city of Durham and the towns of Newcastle and 
Gateshead ; that one of these lines, the Brandling 

Vou, 102. 


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589 


Junction, uniting Gateshead, Shields and Sunder- 
land, was completed and opened in the year 1837, 
and has been found very useful and convenient to 
the public; that the execution of another of these 
lines, the Brandling North Junction would also be 
advantageous to the public and the inhabitants of the 
district, and would form a part of the most direct 
and convenient line from London to Edinburgh, 
through Durham, Gateshead and Newcastle, the city 
of Durham not enjoying at present the advantage of 
any Railway through it; that the execution of the 
Brandling North Junction would not stop the com- 
pletion of the line for which the Newcastle and 
York and the Newcastle and Berwick Railway 
Companies obtained an Act of Parliament, or re- 
quire from them any other accommodation than 
that which the public have a right to demand over 
every description of public yay in the United 
Kingdom ; that the Newcastle and Berwick Railway 
Company, and the Leedsand Thirsk Railway Com- 
pany have each a Bill before Parliament for the 
extension of those Railways ; that the extension of 
these lines may interfere with the plan of the Peti- 
tioner, which has received the sanction of the Town 
Council of Newcastle, for an increase of the supply 
of water, and for enabling the inhabitants of the 
town to remove from the suburbs the manure and 
filth at present accumulated there; and prayin 

that the House will not pass the said Bills into law 
without providing sufficient protection for the public. 
" Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Hand Loom Weavers in the burgh Paisley 
of Pollokshaws, being Five hundred and ten in num- Barrhead and 
ber, was presented, and read ; setting forth, that a —a 
Bill is in dependence before the House, intituled, 
A Bill for making a Railway from Paisley to Barr- 
head, with certain Railway and Branch Railways 
therewith connected, to be called The Paisley, Barr- 
head and Hurlet Railway; that the Petitioners 
have learned with much regret that a Committee of 
the House have, by a majority of one, found the 
preamble of the said Bill to be proved ; that by the 
said Bill it is provided, that the Railways to be exe- 
cuted in virtue of the powers thereby conferred, shall 
vest in the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr 
Railway Company; that the said Company, which 
is thus to exercise the powers of the said Bill, is a 
party to an agreement made with the Glasgow, 
Paisley and Johnstone Canal Company, in the year 
eighteen hundred and forty-three, whereby the said 
Railway Company undertook to carry no goods or 
minerals,and the Canal Company undertook to carry 
no passengers between Glasgow and Paisley, or in- 
termediate places, for the space of twenty-one years 
from the date of said agreement ; that the said agree- 
ment has hitherto been strictly acted up to by the 
said Railway and Canal Companies, to the great 
prejudice and inconvenience of the inhabitants of 
Glasgow and Paisley, and intermediate places; that 
in particular the inhabitants of Pollokshaws, of 
whom a large number are Hand Loom Weavers, 
have been deprived of communication with Paisley, 
from which town, prior to said agreement with the 
canal, the weavers obtained their work, and were 
conveyed to and from Paisley, about five miles, by 
swift canal boats, at the very low rate of four-pence, 
going and returning; whereas, now they have to 
travel to Glasgow, and from thence by Railway to 
Paisley, a distance of eleven miles, at an expense of 
two shillings for coach and railway fares ; that the 
proposed Paisley, Barrhead and Hurlet Railway 
being merely a mineral line, the inhabitants of Pol- 
lokshaws could be afforded no facilities for travelling 
thereby to Paisley, even although the pee could 
in the face of the canal agreement be used for con- 
veyance of passengers; and the great loss, amount- 
ing to not less than four shillings per week to each 
weaver, arising from the difference between the 





price of working the webs formerly obtained by them 
4¥3 in 








590 


in Paisley and those now procured in Glasgow will 
be perpetuated ; and this deduction from the price 
of their labour will be still more felt at the present 
time, when provisions are so high in price, while the 
weavers’ wages do not exceed eight shillings weekly 
on an average ; that the extent to which this loss 
will be felt may be understood when it is known 
that not less than five hundred weavers were con- 
veyed by the canal swift boats every week to Pais- 
ley; that the Petitioners have had the prospect of 
direct Railway communication with Paisley by the 
Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway, 
and a Branch of that Railway from Barrhead to 
Paisley, and it is with extreme regret that they learn 
that a Bill for the formation of that Branch by the 
Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Dircct Railway, 
has been found not proved by a Committee of the 
House; that if the said Paisley, Barrhead and 
Hurlet Company Bill were to pass into a law, and 
the said Railways were constructed, they would be 
utterly useless to the public and the promoters, be- 
cause the Railways to be made under the powers of 
the said Bill, vested in the said Glasgow, Paisley, 
Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Company, would 
plainly fall within the operation of the said agree- 
ment, which applies not only to the traffic of Gilas- 
gow and Paisley, but of all intermediate places, such 
as Barrhead and Hurlet; there would thus be pre- 


sented the absurd spectacle ofa Railway, constructed‘ 


ostensibly for the purpose of conveying minerals, 
on which no minerals can be permitted to travel for 
the long period of seventeen years, during which 
the said agreement subsists ; that independently of 
this consideration, the Petitioners are of opinion 
that no further powers ought to be entrusted by 
Parliament to a Company which has been guilty of 
such gross infraction of those powers which were 
originally confided to it, and has subjected the whole 
traffic and intercourse of a large, extensive and po- 
pulous district to enormous expense and inconve- 
nience ; that the only parties promoting the said 
Bill, other than the said Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar- 
nock and Ayr Railway Company, are the owners 
and lessees of certain collieries situated'at Househill 
and Hurlet, on the line of the said Railway between 
Barrhead and Paisley ; that the interest of these 
coal proprietors and lessees harmonises with that 
of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Rail- 
way Company, who find it to be their advantage to 
bring Ayrshire coal to Paisley by their circuitous 
route by Dalry, and by the cost of conveyance effec- 
tually to prevent competition with the Hurlet infe- 
rior coal ; that the Petitioners feel that the passing 
of this Bill would be seriously injurious to the Peti- 
tioners and the other Hand Loom Weavers of this 
district, as well as the public generally, and they 
humbly conceive that public interests ought not in 
this manner to be sacrificed to private considera- 
tions, and they indulge a hope that on the circum- 
stances being made known to the House, the report 
of the majority of the said Committee will not be 
confirmed; and praying that when the said Bill 
comes to be considered on the Third Reading, the 
same may be rejected, and may not pass into a law. 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed, at the expense of the Parties. 


Sheffield, Petitions from Sheffield;—Chapel Town ;— Ec- 
—— _— ;—Hoyland and Elsecar ;—Tankersley anal 
Wakeficla,  Pilley;— Thomas Chambers and others ;— Atter- 


Huddersfield cliffe ;—and, Sheffield United Gas Light Company ; 

—— raying that the Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, 

of Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Railway (Partial 

Levels, &amp;c.) Alteration of Levels, &amp;c.) Bill may pass into a law, 

Bill —were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Sutton Har- A Petition of Landowners, Merchants, Ship- 
bour Improve- owners, Ship-builders, Fishermen and other Inha- 
ment Bill! ‘pitants of Plymouth, in the county of Devon, in- 
terested in houses, yards, wharfs, warehouses, lands, 
ships and other vessels, trade, merchandize and 


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fisheries at the Port of Plymouth, in the county of 
Devon, and also as proprietors of shares in the 
Sutton Pool Company, taking notice of the Sutton 
Harbour Improvement Bill, and praying the House 
to order that a copy of the report of the surveying 
officer appointed by the Admiralty, together with 
the evidence produced before him, and delivered by 
him to the Lords Commissioners for executing the 
office of Lord High Admiral, and accompanied by 
the report of the said Lords Commissioners on the 
application of the local Act there above-mentioned, 
be forthwith laid before the House, and that the 
House will thereupon be pleased to order that the 
same evidence and reports be referred to the Select 
Committee to which the said Bill has been referred, 
and that the Petitioners may have such other relief 
as to the House shall seem meet, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Wakefield Waterworks Company; wakefield 
Owners and Occupiers of houses, Consumers New Gas Bill 
of gas, Inhabitants and Ratepayers of the town and 
neighbourhood of Wakefield ; —— Inhabitants, 

Owners, Occupiers and Ratepayers of the town and 
neighbourhood of Wakefield ;— Wakefield Gas Light 

Company (two Petitions) ;--— and, Owners and 

Occupiers of mills, manufactories, workshops, iron- 

foundries, malt-kilns and other buildings used for 





rtrade or manufacturing purposes within the borough 


of Wakefield, in the West Riding of the county of 
York; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Wakefield New Gas Bill,—were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of Ratepayers of the district of the Baths and 
Holy Trinity, Gray’s Inn-road, Saint Andrew, Hol- Washhouses 
born, in the county of Middlesex, stating that the oe. 

Act 9 and 10 Vic., c. 74, to encourage the establish- 
ment of Public Baths and Wash-houses, is not 
applicable to that district, because that district does 
not separately maintain its own poor; and that the 
are desirous of obtaining the benefit of that Act; 
and praying that the House will take measures for 
extending to that district, and all other parishes 
and districts similarly circumstanced, the benefit of 
that Act, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Brighton;— and, Wakefield ; chemists and 
praying the House to pass a Bill for regulating the Druggists. 
qualification of Chemists and Druggists in England 
and Wales,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stape Hill ;—Clitheroe ; — Dur- Education. 
ham ;— Alnwick ;— Nottingham ;—Saint George's 
East, London ;— Ribchester ; — Stockheld Park, 
Wetherby, Spofforth, Ticklington, Lincolu and its 
vicinity ;—Chilvers Coton and Nuneaton ;— New- 
castle-upon- Tyne ; — Brighton;— and, Tamworth, 
complaining of the exclusion of Roman Catholics 
from their share of the monies granted for educational 
purposes ; and praying the ene to interpose in 
their behalf,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Preses of a Meeting of Com- Public Houses 
missioners of Supply, and Justices of the Peace for (Scotland) 
the county of Edinburgh, praying for revision and 
amendment of the law relating to the system of 
licensing Public Houses in Scotland, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Samuel Gordon, Esquire, of Aun- Fees in Courts 
gier-street, Dublin, stating that he has observed pee -_ 
that the House has appointed a Committee to inquire’ 
into the collection, &amp;c., of Fees in Courts of Law 
and Equity ; and praying that the House will extend 

such 


—_—a- | 


Game Laws. 


Health of 
Towns Bill. 





10 VicrorizZ. 


such inquiry to Jreland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of Vottingham, praying that 
the Laws for the protection of Game may forthwith 
be repealed, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Corporation of the Exeter Water 
Company, praying the House to cause a provision 
to be inserted in the Health of Towns Bill, giving 
to the Petitioners the right to be paid for their 
shares and property in money, or by mortgage of 
the water and improvement rates, at the option of 
the Petitioners, and that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the said Bill, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Stepney ;—Rosemary-lane;—Hack- 
ney-road ;— Spitalfields ;—Plymouth ;—Metropolis 
(two Petitions) ;— Worcester ;— Atherstone and other 
places (two Petitions) ;— Walsall ;— Tavistock ;— 
and Bideford; praying that the said Bill may pass 
into a law,—were also presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Joseph Henry. A Petition of Joseph Henry, complaining of 


Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Medical Regis- 


tration and 


Medical Law 
Amendment 


Bill, 


having been forcibly expelled from Canton, upon a 
charge of being engaged in the opium trade ; and 
praying for inquiry, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Commercial Re- 
lations with China. 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Aberlour( Modera- 
tor) ; Presbytery of Nairn (Moderator and Clerk) 
(two Petitions) ;——Presbytery of Fordoun (Mode- 
rator); Presbytery of Penpont (Moderator) ;—— 
Kirk Session of Canongate (Moderator and Clerk) ; 

Commissioners of Supply of the — of Ayr 
(Chairman) ;—— Presbytery of Lorn (Moderator) ; 
Kirk Session of Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen (Mo- 
derator) ;——Presbytery of Dumbarton (Modera- 
tor) ; Noblemen, Justices of the Peace and Com- 
missioners of Supply of the county of Selkirk (Pre- 
ses) ; Kirk Session of Edinburgh (Preses) ;—— 
Bonhill ;—-—Commissioners of Supply of the county 
of Dumbarton (Chairman) ;——Commissioners of 
Supply of the county of Edinburgh (Preses) ; 
East Kilpatrick ;——Kirk Session of Old Machar 
(Moderator and Clerk) ; Provincial Synod of 
Dumfries (Moderator and Clerk) ; and, Provin- 
cial Synod of Moray (Moderator) ; praying that the 
Marriage (Scotland) Bili may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Liverpool (nine Petitions) ;—John 
Maxwell and others ;—James Edward Matthew ;— 
George West ;—John Chambers ;—F. Seeton Gavin, 
M.D. ;—President and Council of the Shropshire 
and North Wales Branch ofthe Provincial Medical 
Association, and of the Resident Medical and Sur- 
gical Practitioners of Shropshire, in Public Meeting 
assembled ;— Whitchurch ; — Ellesmere ;— Welling- 
ton ; — Oswestry ; —Alnwick ;—John Davison ; — 
Mungo .Park and others; — William Tayler ;— 
Caleb Crowther ;—Samuel Secher ;—Richard Oke 
Millett ;—Charles Alexander Parson ;— Benjamin 
Thomas ;—Joseph Thomas Mitchell;— James Baker ; 
—W. Morris, m. p. ;— William Hentch ;— Frederick 
Richard Gowar ;—Edward Morse ;—William Bar- 
nard Baddy ;—B. F. Frankis ;—James Wicker ;— 
T. W. Jones ;—Henry Meredith Townsend ;— Wil- 
liam J. Collins ;—John Maxwell ;—Samuel Boyden ; 
—William Brook Mazrwell ;—David Dickman ;— 
Patrick A. Boyle ;—Stephen Couchman ;—Henry 
Hayman;— Henry Crowhurt Roods ;—Alfred King ; 
— David Williams ;— Henry Jervis ;—Alfred Brook 
Barnes ;—Charles Price Symonds ;— Charles Pack- 
er ;—Charles Taylor;—John Owen ;— George Bird ; 
—Frederick Heald; — John Tewan; — Sinclair 
~~ ;—John George Mushet ;—Frederich Bastone ; 

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591 


—Samuel Edwards ;— James Kinnear ;— Thomas 
A. O. Flaherty ;— Erasmus Wilson; — Francis 
Leopold Hooper; — Edward Fletcher ; — Edwin 
Such ;— William Richardson ;—C. M. Aldridge ;— 
Charles A. Cunningham ;— Edward Martin; — 
S. Leah ;—Patrick Ballantine Fergusson ;—James 
Edward Hebblethwaite ;— John Glover Loy ;— 
Richard Tuthill Massey ;—Charles Long Allwork ; 
—D. Sinclair ;— Charles John Pinching ;— William 
Thompson ;—C. D. Fitzpatrick ;—Frederick Haw- 
kins, M.D. ;—John Lilley and Frederick John Lil- 
ley ;—Richard Steele Perkins ;— John Augustus 
Lloyd ;— Edward Vincent Mainwaring ;— William 
Smith ;—Matthew Carter, m. pv. ;—Robert Salisbu 
Nightingall ;— William Anderson ;—Francis R. S. 
Upjohn;— William Philson, m. v.;—Horatio Nelson 
Tilsley ;—John William Kimpton ;—Jeremiah Gled- 
hill ;—Richard Shillitoe; —Joseph Henry Short- 
hose ;—Erasmus Stone;— Alfred Crabb ;— Rice 
Wasbrough ;— Henry Thomas Lomax ; — Edward 
M. Tearne;— Michael J. M‘Cormack ;— George 
Wilkin, m.v. ;—W. B. Clarke and George Booker ; 
—George Lency ;— Robert Brockman Newhouse ;— 
Thomas B. Gildersleeves ;—Thomas Pope ;—Scar- 
borough ;—Brighton ; — Honiton ;— Bristol (two 
Petitions) ; —Aingston-upon-Hull ;— Tunbridge ;— 
Stourport; — Samuel Marshall; — Henry Smith 
Palmer ;—John Cray ;— William Mark Powell ;— 
Cirencester ;-—Birmingham;-- William Thomas,M. D.; 
—Benjamin Kemp ;—William Statter ;— William 
Rowlandson ;—Benjamin Walker ;—Henry Dunn ; 
—Robert Smith Rogers ; — Edward Watson ;— 
Francis Horsfall ;— William Starkey ;—John Hors- 
fall;—John Dawson;—John Burrell ;—Ebenezer 
Walker, senior ;—Ebenezer Walker, junior ;—and, 
J. Bennett; praying that the Medical Registration 
and Medical Law Amendment Bill may pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Retail potice Clauses 
Beersellers of the borough of Bolton, in the county Bill. 


of Lancaster, praying the House to amend the forty~ 
fifth clause of the Police Clauses Bill, by inserting 
after the words “ licensed victualler” the words 
“‘ beer-house keeper,” was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Public Works 
of the borough of Nottingham, praying that imme- (Ireland.) 


diate measures may be adopted, whereby persons 
arriving from Ireland at the ports of Great Britain, 
labouring under disease, or otherwise incapable of 
supporting themselves, may be returned as speedily 
as is consistent with their unhappy condition to their 
own homes, in order to their necessities being ad- 
ministered to under the guardianship of those to 
whom this duty properly belongs, according to the 
intention of the Legislature ; also expressing their 
dissent from the principle of Government grants for 
carrying on useless and unproductive works in any 
part of the empire; and praying the House to au- 
thorize no such appropriations out of the public 
purse, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Vestry of the Reform of 
parish of Saint George, in the county of Middlesex, Parliament 
praying for the repeal of the ratepaying clauses of Ast. 


the Reform of Parliament Act, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Richard Manley and J. Benson, Registration 
Vestry Clerk ofthe parish of Saint Matthew, Beth- of Voters. 


nal Green, praying the House to secure to persons 
eligible to be placed on the register of Voters, the 
right to have their their names inserted, and to be 
continued upon every rate-book in like manner as 
direct or immediate ratepayers are now inserted after 
their claim to be so inserted has been once made and 
allowed, so long as they continue to occupy the same 
residence, and the premises remain unaltered, was 

4Fr4 presented, 





Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) ; 


and, Marriage 


(Scotland) 
Bills, 


Smithfield 
Market. 


Tax Assessors 
and Collectors. 


Dublin Cor- 
poration. 





592 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Penpont (Mo- 
derator) ;——Presbytery of Lorn (Moderator) ; 
Commissioners of Supply of the county of Ayr 
(Chairman) ; General Session of Saint Nicholas, 
Aberdeen ; Noblemen, Justices of the Peace and 
Commissioners of Supply of the county of Selkirk 
(Preses) ; Edinburgh (two Petitions) ; Kirk 
Session of Canongate (Moderator and Session Clerk); 
Denny (Chairman) ; —— Bonhill (two Peti- 
tions) ; Strathblane (Chairman) ; Old Kil- 
patrick (Chairman) ; Parochial Board of Lorn 
(Chairman) ; Kirk Session of Old Machar (Mo- 
derator and Clerk) ; Dumbarton (two Petitions) ; 
New Kilpatrick (Chairman) ; —— Commis- 
sioners of the county of Dumbarton (Chairman) ; 
East Kilpatrick ;——-Commissioners of Supply 
of the county of Peebles (Chairman) ; Rothes 
(Chairman) ; Provincial Synod of Dumfries 
(Moderator and Clerk) ; Provincial Synod of 
Moray (Moderator) ; and, Bonhill; praying 
that the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 



























































Petitions from Kirk Session of Kilbirnie ; 
West Kilbride (two Petitions) ; Presbytery of 
Strathbogie (Moderator) ; Kirk Session of Ste- 























venston ; Kirk Session of Coylton; Commis- 
sioners of Supply of the county of Argyll; Mus- 
selburgh ; Presbytery of Stirling ; Lochwin- 
noch ; Presbytery of Dumbarton ;——Commis- 








sioners of Supply of the county of Fife; Kirk 
Session of Crezff ;——Noblemen, Justices of Peace 
and Commissioners of Supply of the county of Perth 
(Preses) ; Kirk Session of Monimail (Modera- 
tor) ; Presbytery of Dunfermline (Moderator) ; 
Carnwath (Chairman); and, Comrie; pray- 
ing that the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill ; 
and, the Marriage (Scotland) Bili may not pass into 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Master, Wardens and Assistants 
of the Company of Butchers of the city of London, 
praying that Smithfield Market won, be allowed to 
exist in the place where it has been holden for cen- 
turies with convenience to all parties ; and that the 
House will not consent to the establishment of com- 
pulsory abattoirs, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Smithfield 
Market. 

Petitions of Thomas Rogers and others ;—J. J. 
Quilley and others ;—William Perry and others ; 
—H. Townes and others ;—J. Homan and others ; 
—John Burn and others ;—R. Darke and others ; 
— Thomas Watts and others ;—W. H. Petifer and 
others ;—M. Banyard and others ; —and, H. C. 
Sims and others; praying that any measure for the 
abolition of Smithfield Market may be passed into 
a law; and that the said Market now held at Smith- 
field be henceforth removed, and that they may be 
heard at the bar of the House, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, in support of the allegations con- 
tained in their Petitions,—were also presented, and 
read; and referred to the said Select Committee. 














A Petition of Assessors and Collectors of the In- 
come and Property Tax in and for the division of 
Finsbury, in the county of Middlesex, complaining 
of the inadequacy of the remuneration granted them 
for the arduous duties they have to perform; and 
praying for the consideration of the House, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to Or- 
ders,—A Return of the Number of Suits in which 
the Corporation of Dublin have been engaged from 
the 1st day of November 1841, stating the Names 
of the Parties, the,Cause of Action, the ultimate 
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A, 1847. 


curred for Law or Equity Costs, in each year, to the 
3ist day of December 1846, and what Sum has 
been paid or is still due of said Costs. 


A Return, showing the time when the Standard Weights and 


Weights and Measures, in the possession of the 
Corporation of Dublin, were last compared with the 
Standards in the Exchequer, London, or with any 
other known Standards; how long the same have 
been in use, and when the Beams and Balances 
used in adjusting Weights, &amp;c., in the City of Dub- 
lin, were themselves last adjusted ; if the same are 
now in perfect Order and Condition, and by whom 
they were made. 

Returns of all Contracts and Agreements made 
by the present Corporation for Fire Plugs, Main 
Pipes, Filtering Apparatus, Sluices or other Works 
executed at the City Basins, or in the City of Dub- 
lin, together with Copies of the Contracts, and of 
the Accounts, as furnished in detail, paid for the 
said Works; and showing whether the Contracts 
for the said Works were let by Public Competition ; 
if so, how; and the Names of the several Contrac- 
tors for such Works respectively :—And, showing 
the Number and Situations of the Fire Plugs laid 
down in' the City of Dublin, the Cost thereof, and 
the Dates at which the same were laid down; the 
Date of the Adoption of the present Place of Fire 
Plug by the Corporation of the City. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Joseph Read;—Samuel Wirford, 
and others ;—Cardinham ;—John Parnell ;—John 


easures 


(Ireland.) 


Dublin Water, 


Cornwall and 


Devon Central 
and Plymouth 


Bayly ;— John Wilcocks ;— Bodmin; — Owners, Railway Bill. 


Lessees and Occupiers ;—John Luxmore and others; 
Edward Turner and others ;—C. 7. Collins Tre- 
lawny, and others ;— Robert Luzxton, and others ;— 
Daniel Cundy, and others ;—James Pitman ;—John 
Willcock, and others ;—John Finch ;—John Cud- 
lip ;—Corporation of Bodmin ; —Lamerton ;—Ri- 
— Corber ;—John Wills and John wig i— 

ohn Henry Hippisley, Esquire ;—Roger Phillips 
and Volendies y are ie «&gt; Tiere: — Sdeanel 
Norrish; — Thomas Pascoe; — Grace Chubb; — 
John Powell ;—Duke of Bedford ;—George Bennett 
Rosewall and John Rounswill ;—S. C. Hamlyn, and 
others ;— Mary Oxenham ;—John Friend ;—Francis 
Lee;— Richard Davie;—John Webber Payne ;— 
William Preston ;—James Lee (three Petitions) ;— 
Daniel Cundy ;—Joseph Pitts ;—Joseph Helson ;— 
Richard Couch and Sampson Couch; — Thomas 
Nickels ;—Joseph Pitts and James Thomas ;—Tho- 
mas Windeatt and Thomas Windeatt, junior; — 
Edward Ede; — William Northam and Thomas 
Westlake;—John W. Flamank, and others ;—Ri- 
chard Lee;—Trustees of the Bodmin Turnpike- 
roads ;—M. B. Luddington and William Leaman ;— 
Elizabeth Burrington, and others ;—Lucy Carpen- 
ter and Thomas Squire ;—John Bray, and others ;— 
William Arundel Harris Arundell and John Foz ; 
—and, Mary Garland Payne and W. H. Payne; 
praying that the Standing Orders of the House in 
the case of the Cornwall and Devon Central and 
Plymouth Railway Bill may be dispensed with, and 
that the Bill may be proceeded with,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee onthe Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


‘The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Marriage (Scotland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners Bill ; 


The 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 

(Scotland) 

Bill. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission- 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time“ _ 


upon this day three months. 


Poor Relief 


10 VicrorizZ. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


(Ireland) Bill. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 


intituled, An Act to make further Provision for 
the Relief of the Destitute Poor in Ireland; and 
the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 5. 1. 23. After “‘ accordingly” insert “ sub- 
“ ject to the approval of the said Commissioners.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 2. After “ accordingly” insert “ sub- 
“ ject to the approval of the said Commissioners ;” 
and also insert Clause (A.) 

CuiauseE (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That when- 
ever the whole of any electoral division or divi- 
sions is situated at a greater distance than Six 
miles from the place of meeting of the Board of 
Guardians of the union of which such electoral 
division or divisions may form part, it shall be 
lawful for the Commissioners, on the application 
of the Board of Guardians, to form such electoral 
division or divisions into a district, and to direct 
the said guardians from time to time to appoint a 
committee of their members, to receive applications 
of poor persons requiring relief in such district, 
to examine into the cases of such poor persons, 
and to report to the said guardians thereon.” 

Pr. 6.1.18. After “lodging”’ insert “ medicine.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 14. After “child” imsert “and the 
child of any poor person relieved under this Act 
shall be subject to the same liability in respect of 
such relief as in respect of any relief granted 
under the above recited Act passed in the second 
year of the reign of Her present Majesty.” 

Pr. 7. Ils. 25. and 26. Leave out from “ occu- 
“ pation” to “ And,” in Pr. 8. 1. 14., and insert 
“ of any land of greater extent than the quarter of 
“ a statute acre, shall be deemed and taken to be 
“‘ a destitute poor person under the provisions of 
“ the first-recited Act, or of the Acts amending the 
“‘ same, or of this Act; and if any person so occu- 
“‘ pying more than the quarter of a statute acre 
shall apply for relief, or if any person on his be- 
half shall apply for relief, it shall not be lawful for 
any Board of Guardians to grant such relief within 
or out of the workhouse to any such person.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 9. Leave out from “ register” to 
“ And,” in 1. 26., and insert Clause (B.) 

Cravuse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That no per- 
“ son shall, after the passing of this Act, be deemed 
“ to have been resident in such electoral division, 
“ unless during the Three years before his applica- 
“ tion for relief he had occupied some tenement 
“ within such division for Thirty calendar months, 
“ or, if he have not so occupied some tenement, 
“ have usually slept within such division for the 
‘ period of Thirty calendar months.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 35. After “ up” insert “ to his land- 
“ lord his right and title, and the actual.” 

Pr. 13. 1, 10. After “‘ months” insert “ provided 
“ that all persons so assisted to emigrate shall have 
““ been approved as fit and proper emigrants by 
“ Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for 
“« the Colonies, or such person as he may appoint 
“« for that purpose”; and in the same line leave out 
from Clause (A.), added by way of Rider to the 
Bill, to “ And,” in Pr. 15. 1. ult. 

Pr, 16. 1. penult. Leave out from “ rate-payers ” 
to “ Provided” in Pr. 18. 1. 17. and insert “ so 
“ many only of the highest rate-payers amongst 
“ the qualified Justices as shall be equal to the 
number of elective guardians shall be entitled to 
act as ex-officio guardians; Provided always, 
That each of such highest rate-payers amongst 
such Justices shall have previously declared in 
writing to the clerk of the union his willingness 
“¢ to act as such ex-officio Guardian.” 

Pr.18.1.32. After“ Guardians” insert Clause(F.) 

Causes (F.) “ And be it Enacted, That any of 
the highest rate-payers as aforesaid amongst such 
‘ qualified Justices may, if he think fit, nominate 
“ his agent, being a qualitied Justice as aforesaid, 
‘ to act in his stead as an ex-officio Guardian, in 

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which case such agent shall be entitled to act as 
such ex-officio Guardian accordingly, even al- 
though he be not one of such highest rate-payers 
“ amongst such Justices.” 

Pr. 23. 1.13. Leave out from “ Ireland” to “be” 
in 1, 22. 

Pr. 23. 1. 25. Leave out from “ hire” to “ in” 
in 1. 30. 

Pr, 23. 1. 31. Leave out “ twenty-five” and in- 
sert “ twelve.” 

Pr. 24. 1. ult. After “ Act” insert Clause (C.) 

Cravsz (C.) “ AND for the purpose of extend- 
“ ing to other parts of [reland the benefit of the 
“ provisions of this Act, as hereinbefore made ap- 
“ plicable for the establishment of schools in the 
“ North and South Dublin Union; BE it Enacted, 
That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, 
as and when they may see fit, by order under their 
hands and seals, to combine unions into school 
districts for the management of any class or 
classes of infant poor not above the age of Six- 
teen Years, being chargeable to any such union, or 
any part thereof, who are orphans, or are deserted 
by their parents, or whose parents or surviving 
parent or guardian are consenting to the placing 
of such children in the school of such district.” 

Pr. 27. 1.18. After “ balances” insert Clauses 
(D.) and (E.) 

Crause (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That in 
every case of disallowance or reduction by the 
auditor in the accounts of any union, the auditor 
shall make and sign a certificate of such disal- 
lowance or reduction on the face of the book or 
account wherein the charges so disallowed or re- 
duced shall appear, and shall debit the amount 
disallowed to the guardian or guardians by whose 
signature or initials the expenditure of the sum 
so disallowed shall have been authorized, or if 
“* not authorized by the Guardians, then to the 
officer or officers by whom such expenditure shall 
have been made; and the sum so disallowed 
shall be payable by the person or persons debited 
therewith to the treasurer of the union, and it 
shall be lawful for the said auditor to proceed for 
the recovery thereof by all the ways and means 
provided by the suid first-recited Act for the re- 
covery of balances found by the auditor to be due 
from any guardian, treasurer or other person hav- 
ing the control of the poor-rate, or accountable 
for such balances; or, in lieu thereof, the said 
auditor may summon the person or persons so 
debited to appear before any Two Justices of the 
county in which the workhouse of the union 
‘““ shall be situate, and the said Justices shall, on 
the production of the said certificate of disal- 
lowance or reduction, inquire whether the sum 
disallowed has been paid to the treasurer of the 
union, and on failure of due proof thereof, by 
or on the part of the person or persons so debited 
as aforesaid, shall adjudge the said person or per- 
sons to pay the said sum, together with the costs 
of the application, to the said auditor, and on 
failure of such payment, forthwith shall cause the 
said sum and costs to be levied by warrant of 
distress upon the goods and chattels of the said 
person or persons, wheresoever the same may be 
found, and to be paid to the said auditor, who 
shall thereupon pay over the sum so disallowed 
and recovered to the treasurer of the union.” 

Crausz (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That so much 
of the said first-recited Act as provides that 
there shall be laid annually before both Houses of 
Parliament, on or before the First day of May 
“ in every year, an account of the expenditure upon 
the relief of the poor in each union in Ireland, 
‘ and of the total number relieved in each union 
‘ during the year ended on the First day of Ja- 
“* nuary preceding, shall be repealed, and that in 
“ Jieu thereof, an account shall annually be laid 
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May, of the expenditure on the relief of the poor 
in each union in Ireland, and of the total number 
relieved in each during the year ended on the 
Twenty-ninth day of September preceding.” 

The said Amendments, as far as the Amendment 
in Pr. 10. 1. 9., being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

Pr. 10. 1. 9., the next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

The Amendments following were made to Clause 
(B.), viz., by inserting after the word “ that ” inl. 2., 
the words “ for the purpose of charging the expense 
“ of relief to any electoral division ;” by leaving out 
the word “ have” in 1. 10. and by inserting the word 
“had,” and by leaving out the word “ have” in 1. 11. 
and by inserting the word “ had.” ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That this House doth agree with the Lords in 
the said Amendment, so amended ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Tufnell, 80 

Yeas, { Lord Marcus Hill: } ’ 

Tellers for the f Sir Denham Norreys, } 16 

Noes, Mr. Callaghan : . 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the said Amendments, as far as the Amend 
ment in Pr. 16. 1. penult, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Pr. 16. 1. penult, the next Amendment, being 
read a second time; 

The Amendments following were made thereuntc, 
viz., by leaving out from the word “ of” in Fo. 3. 
1, 18. tu the word “ qualified” in 1. 20.; by inserting 
after the word “ Justices” in 1. 20. the words “ who 
“« shall be rated on the highest amount of rateable 
‘« property in the rate-books of any electoral division 
“‘ in such union,” and by leaving out from the word 
“ highest” in Fo. 4. 1.1. to the word “ Justices” 
in ]. 2. and by inserting the word “ rated.” 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was 
agreed to. 

Pr, 18.1. 32., the next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That this House doth agree with the Lords in 
the said Amendment :—It passed in the Negative. 

Then the said Amendments, as far as the Amend- 
ment in Pr. 27. 1. 18., being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Pr. 27. 1. 18., the next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto in Clause (D.) in Fo. 2. 1. 11., by leaving out 
from the word “ balances” to the end of the Clause. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the said Amend- 
ment ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Tufnell, 

Yeas, { Lord Marcus Hill: } = 

Tellers for the f Sir Robert Ferguson, a9 

Noes, Mr. French : } , 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the said Amendment was agreed to. 

Then the subsequent Amendment, being read a 
second time, was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 
up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a Confer- 
ence, for disagreeing to the Amendment to which 
this House hath disagreed:—And a Committee 
was appointed of Lord John Russell, the Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, Sir George Grey, Mr. Labouchere, 
Mr. Solicitor-General for Ireland, Mr. Parker, 
Viscount Ebrington, Mr. Tufnell, and Mr. Greene: 
—And they are to withdraw immediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


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A. 1847. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Landed 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to facilitate the Improvement of 
Landed Property in Jreland; and the same were 
read, as follow: 

Pr. 5.1. 13. After “stones ” insert “ or for erect- 
ing substantial buildings where the same shall 
be considered by the said Commissioners neces- 
sary or essential to give full effect to the other 
permanent works of improvement to be executed 
under the provisions of this Act, on the same 
lands, and in districts where, in the judgment of 
the said Commissioners, further — is re- 
quired for the grinding of corn, for the erecting 
of corn mills, together with the necessary build- 
ings, works and machinery appurtenant thereto : 
Provided always, That no greater sum than One 
thousand Pounds shall be lent or advanced under 
this Act in any one case for erecting any such 
mill, with its works and appurtenances ; all which 
mills and buildings the said owners and their 
respective successors shall be required to insure 
annually, during the payment of any rent-charge 
under this Act, to an amount equal to the value 
thereof, in some of the offices established in Jre- 
land for the insurance of such property.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 33. Leave out “ his.”’ 

Pr. 7.1. 2. After “ purposes” insert “ or of any 
estate created for any term of years exceeding 
‘ forty years unexpired, determinable upon the 
execution or fulfilment of any trusts mentioned in 
any such grant, lease, deed or assurance.” 

Pr.27.1.11. After “loan” insert “ or advance.” 

Pr. 32. 1. 19. After ‘‘ loan” insert “ Provided 
always, That if it shall appear to the Commis- 
sioners that the completion of the said works 
within the periods so fixed as aforesaid is or was 
impracticable, it shall be lawful for the Commis- 
sioners, by any writing under their seal, wiih the 
sanction of the Commissioners of the Treasury, 
to allow such further time for the completion of 
the said works, and for making the advances of 
money in respect thereof, as they shall think 
reasonable, not exceeding Two years from the 
periods so fixed as aforesaid ;” and also insert 
Clause (A.) 

Crause (A.) ‘And be it Enacted, That all 
labourers hired or employed to execute any works 
or improvements effected under the authority of 
this Act, shall receive the full value or considera- 
tion which shall be agreed to be given for their 
labour respectively in the current coin of the 
realm, and not otherwise.” 

Pr. 40. |. 4. After “charged ” insert “Provided 
always, That in cases of the reclamation of waste 
land and other works under the provisions of this 
Act, which in the opinion of the said Commis- 
sioners will not immediately produce an adequate 

rofit upon the outlay, ifany owner shall so desire 
it, the said Commissioners may, with the sanction 
of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, 
postpone the payment of any such rent-charge 
for any period not exceeding Two years from the 
date of the first issue or instalment of any such 
advance in respect of which such rent-charge shall 
be charged, and in every such case the said Com- 
missioners shall and may add to the total amount 
of the instalments advanced the amount of the 
accruing interest thereon, at the rate of Three- 
and-a-half per centum per annum, to be computed 
from the date of each respective advance, to the 
period to which the payment shall be postponed ; 
and the total sum so advanced, with the interest 
so calculated, shall be repaid within a period of 
Twenty-two years from the first of said days 
- nenialiiliien appointed for such half-yearly pay- 

ments which shall happen next after the expira- 
tion of the period of such postponement.” 

Pr. 58.1. 15. Leave out “ advances” and insert 
proceedings and investigations preliminary to the 

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“‘ execution of works or granting of loans have 
“« been taken and made, and advances of money.” 
Pr. 58. 1. 19. After “and” insert “ other.” 

Pr. 58. 1. 35. Leave out “ person to whom” and 
insert “ preliminary proceedings and investigations 
“« had been duly taken and made under this Act, 
“« and the person on whose application or assent.” 

Pr. 64.1.5. After “as” insert “ herein.” 

Pr. 64. 1. 6. After “ owners” insert “ under a 
“‘ lease reserving rent.” 

Pr. 64.1. 7. Leave out from “ years” to “ in,” 
in 1. 11, 

Pr. 64. 1.14. After “or” insert “in any lands.” 

Pr. 68. 1. 4. In Clause (A.) added by way of 
Rider to the Bill: 

L. 8. Leave out “ lands.” 

Pr. 68. 1.9. After “rivers” insert “in any shore, 
“ mud-bank or slobs belonging to Her Majesty in 
“ right of the Crown.” 

Pr. 68. ]. ult. At the end of the Clause, add 
“ except in those cases wherein the soil and bed of 
“ the tidal waters and rivers and rights of Vice- 
“ Admiralty and Conservancy have been granted 
“« by the Crown to and are now vested in any other 
“ body.” 

Pr. 68.1. 10. After “ extend” insert “ to corn 
“ mills and buildings authorized by this Act to be 
“ erected.” 

Pr. 72. 1. 28. In the Schedule to Schedule (A.) 
to the Bill: 

In the seventh column, after “ rents” insert 
“and rent-charge in lieu of tithes.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 13. The first Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House doth agree with the 
Lords in the said Amendment :—It passed in the 
Negative. 

Then the said Amendments, as far as the Amend- 
ment in Pr. 32.1. 19., being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Pr. 32. 1.19. The next Amendment, being read 
a second time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House doth agree with the 
Lords in the said Amendment :—It passed in the 
Negative. 

Clause (A.) The next Amendment, being read a 
second time, was agreed to. 

Py, 40. 1. 4. The next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House doth agree with the 
Lords in the said Amendment :—It passed in the 
Negative. 

hen the said Amendments, as far as the Amend- 
ment in Pr. 68. 1. 9., being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Pr. 68. 1. 9. The next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

An Amendment was made thereunto, by leaving 
out the word “ in.” 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was agreed 
to. 
Pr. 68.1.ult. The next Amendment, being read 
a second time, was agreed to. 

Pr. 68.1. 10. The next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House doth agree with the 
Lords in the said Amendment :—It passed in the 
Negative. 

Pr. 72.1. 28. The next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House doth agree with the 
Lords in the said Amendment :—It passed in the 
Negative. 

Ordered, That a Committce be appointed to draw 
up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a Confer- 

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31° Matiz. —1° Juni. 595 


ence, for disagreeing to the Amendments to which 
this House hath disagreed :—And a Committee was 
appointed of Lord John Russell, the Chancellor of 
the Exchequer, Sir George Grey, Mr. Labouchere, 
Mr. Solicitor-Generai for Jreland, Mr. Parker, 
Viscount Ebrington, Mr. Tufnell, Sir William Somer- 
ville and Mr. Greene :— And they are to withdraw 
immediately. 
Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Destitute 
a Committee, to consider of authorizing the Advance, Persons 
on the Security of Rates to be levied in Ireland, of (fea)? 
a further Sum of Money, by way of Loan, out of ani 
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, to the Relief Commis- 
sioners appointed in pursuance of an Act of the 
present Session for the Temporary Relief of Des- 
titute Poor Persons in Jreland. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That provision be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund ofthe United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for the payment of any sum 
not exceeding Six hundred thousand pounds, to be 
advanced by way of Loan, on the Security of Rates 
to be levied in Ireland, to the Relief Commissioners 
appointed in pursuance of an Act of the present 
Session for the Temporary Relief of Destitute Per- 
sons in Ireland. 

Resolution to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 1° die Junii, 1847: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The ingrossed Bill to make Provision for the Pu- Punishment 
nishment of Vagrants and Persons offending against rd “aoa 
the Laws in Force for the Relief of the Destitute Ba nd) 
Poor in Ireland, was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Supply; 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- Mint. 
seven thousand eight hundred and six pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenditure 
of the Minf, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven- Commission- 
teen thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, ers of Rail- 
to defray the Charge of the Office of the Commis- *”* 
sioners of Railways, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twelve Public 
thousand eight hundred and twelve pounds, be Records. 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay Salaries and Ex- 
penses connected with the Public Records, and 
Compensations to Keepers of Records and others 
whose offices have been abolished, to the 31st day 
of March 1848. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirteen Inspectors of 
thousand and thirty-four pounds, be granted to Her Factories, 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the —— 
Inspectors of Factories, Mines, &amp;c. to the 31st day 
of March 1848. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Officers | 
thousand seven hundred and fifty-five pounds, be (Scotland.) 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of cer- 
tain Officers in Scotland, and other Charges, for- 
merly paid from the Hereditary Revenue, to the 
31st day of March 1848. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six thou- Household of 
sand four hundred and sixty-four pounds, be granted Lord Lieu- 


to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries —_ 
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of the Officers and Attendants of the Household of 
the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to the 31stday of 
March 1848. 


Chief Secre- 7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
va toLord two thousand seven hundredand eighty-eight pounds, 
lieutenant, 


&amp;e. be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieu- 
tenant of Zreland in Dublin and London, and the 
Privy Council Office in Ireland, to the 31st day of 
March 1848. 

Paymaster of 8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five 

Civil Services thousand one hundred and thirty-five pounds, be 


(ireland) granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Office of the Paymaster of Civil Services in Ireland, 
to the 31st day of March 1848. 

Board of 9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 


Public Works seyen thousand and twenty-eight pounds, be granted 

(reland.) to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses 
of the Board of Public Works in Jreland, to the 
31st day of March 1848. 


Secret 10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 

Services. nine thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Charge of Her Majesty’s Foreign and 
other Secret Services, to the 31st day of March 
1848. 

Stationery, 11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 


Printing and }yndred and ninety-five thousand five hundred and 


ante thirteen pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expenses of Stationery, Printing and 
Binding, for the several Public Departments, in- 
cluding the Expense of the Stationery Office, to the 
31st day of March 1848. 

Prosecutions 12. Resolved, That a Sum, not excceding Nine 

— to the thousand six hundred pounds, be granted to Her 


Majesty, to pay Expenses connected with the Pro- 
secutions of Offenders against the Laws relating to 
the Coin, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen 
thousand one hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 1848, 
the Expenses incurred by Sheriffs, the deficiency in 
the Fees in the Office of the Queen’s Remembrancer 
in the Exchequer, the Salaries and ancient Allow- 
ances to certain Officers of the Court of Exchequer, 
and certain Expenses of the Queen’s Prison. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirteen 
thousand three hundred and sixty-eight pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
and Expenses of the Insolvent Debtors Court, to 
the 31st day of March 1848. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- 
one thousand and sixty pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray Law Expenses in Scotland, to 
the 31st day of March 1848, 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- 
one thousand two hundred and fifty-nine pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of Criminal Prosecutions and other Law Charges in 
Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
hundred and eighty-eight thousand pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 1847, 
certain Charges formerly paid out of the County 
Rates, &amp;c. 

18, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four- 
teen thousand three hundred and forty nine pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses 
of the Prison for Juvenile Offenders at Parkhurst, 
in the Isle of Wight, to the 31st day of March 
1848. 

19. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighteen 
thousand three hundred and seven saeniie, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses 
of the Prison at Pentonville, to the 31st day of 
March 1848, 

20. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
three thousand nine hundred and eighty-five ponnds, 
be ae to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses 
of the Milbank Prison, to the 31st day of March 
1848. 


Sheriffs’ Ex- 
penses, &amp;c. 


Insolvent 
Debtors 
Court. 


Law Expenses 
(Scotland.) 


Law Charges 
(Treland.) 


County Rates, 
&amp;e. 


Parkhurst 
Prison. 


Pentonville 
Prison. 


Milbank 
Prison. 


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A. 1847, 


21. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight Perth Prison, 
thousand eight hundred and twelve pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the General Prison at Perth, to the 31st day of 
March 1848. 

22. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Convict 
thousand two hundred and twenty-three pounds, read 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the (Dublin), &amp;e, 
Expense of altering, maintaining and repairing 
Convict Depéts in Dublin, and the Constabulary 
Barracks in the Phenix Park, to the 31st day of 
March 1848. 

23. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten Prison for 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- Convicts 
wards defraying the Expense of erecting a General ieee 
Prison for Ceanaue in Lreland, in the year 1847. 

24. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Criminal 
thousand two hundred and two pounds, be granted Lunatics. 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of confining 
and maintaining Criminal Lunatics in the buildings 
attached do Bethlem Hospital, to the 31st day of 
March 1848. 

25. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six Criminal Lu. 
thousand two hundred and ninety-three pounds, be atin 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Ex- ; 
pense of erecting a Prison for Criminal Lunatics in 
Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

26. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven Inspectors of 
thousand one hundred pounds, be granted to Her Pros, &amp;. 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of In- 
spectors of Prisons, of the Prison Board in Scotland, 
and of the Inspectors of Lunatic Asylums in Jre- 
land, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

27. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty Dublin Metro- 
five thousand nine hundred pounds, be granted to Politan Police. 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of the 
Metropolitan Police of Dublin, to the 31st day of 
March 1848. 

28. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Convicts, 
hundred and eighteen thousand seven hundred and 
eighty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the Expense of the Convict Establishment at 
Home, at Bermuda, and at Gibraltar, tothe 31st 
day of March 1848. 

29. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
hundred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Expense of Convicts in New 
South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land, to the 31st 
day of March 1848. 

30. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Education 
hundred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Ma- (Ireland.) 
jesty, to enable the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland to 
issue Money for the Advancement of Education in 
Ireland, to the 3ist day of March 1848. 

31. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six Schools of 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her Design. 
Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the School of 
Design, and for Aid to Provincial Schools, to the 
31st day of March 1848. 

32. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Professors 
thousand and six pounds, be granted to Her Ma- een 
jesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries and Al-~“9?°""*" 
lowances to certain Professors in the Universities of 
Oxford and Cambridge, to the 31st day of March 
1848. 

33. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four University of 
thousand five hundred and thirty-six pounds, be 1°"4™ 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of 
the University of London, to the 31st day of March 
1848. 

34. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Scottish | 
thousand four hundred and eighty pounds, be Umer 

ranted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of 
March 1848, Grants to Scottish Universities, for- 
merly defrayed from the Hereditary Revenues of 
the Crown. ; 

35. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Royal Irish 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- yy 
wards defraying the Expense of the Royal Irish 
Academy, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

36. Resolved, 








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Royal Dublin 
Society. 


Royal Belfast 
Academical 
Institution. 


British 
Museum. 


National 
Gallery. 


Geological 
Survey, &amp;c. 


Magnetic 
Observatories, 
&amp;e, 


Nelson’ 
Monument. 


Bahama 
Islands. 


Bermudas. 


Prince 
Edward’s 
Island. 


Sable Island. 


Western Coast 


of Africa, 


Saint Helena. 


Western 
Australia, 





10 Vicroriz. 


36. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards detraying the Expense of the Royal Hiber- 
nian Academy, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

37. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying the Expense of the Royal Dublin 
Society, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

38. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand nine hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of the 
Royal Belfast Academical Institution, to the 31st 
day of March 1848. 

39. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
seven thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses 
of New Buildings and Fittings at the British Mu- 
seum, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

40. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand one hundred and fifty-two pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to enable the Trustees of 
the British Museum to defray Expenses incurred 
in procuring Antiquities for the Museum. 

41. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five 
thousand five hundred and thirty-seven pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 1847, 
the Expenses of the National Gallery, and for the 

urchase of Pictures. 

42. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight 
thousand nine hundred and sixty-one pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland, 
and the Museums of Practical Geology in London 
and Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

43. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand and ninety-four pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of Magnetic 
Observatories at Toronto, Saint Helena, the Cape 
of Good Hope and Van Diemen’s Land ; also, tor 
Observations and Services carrying on under the 
direction of the Astronomer Royal, and other Scien- 
tific Works and Publications, to the 31st day of 
March 1848. 

44, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying, in the year 1847-48, the Expense 
of completing the Monument erected in Trafalgar- 
square to the Memory of Lord Nelson. 

45. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand four hundred and ten pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil 
Establishment of the Bahama Islands, to the 31st 
day of March 1848. 

46. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand and forty-nine pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil Esta- 
blishment of the Bermudas, to the 31st day of March 
1848. 

47. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand and seventy pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil Esta- 
blishment of Prince Edward’s Island, to the 31st 
day of March 1848, 

48. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding Four 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the Establishment at Sable 
Island, for the Relief of Shipwrecked Persons, to 
the 31st day of March 1848. 

49. Resoived, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirteen 
thousand six hundred and eighty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil 
Establishment on the Western Coast of Africa, to 
the 31st day of March 1848. 

50. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil Esta- 
blishment of Saint Helena, to the 31st day of March 
1848. 

51. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven 
thousand two hundred and nineteen pounds, be 

Vow. 102. 


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597 


granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Settlement of Western Australia, to the 31st day of 
March 1848. 

52. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Port’ 
thousand two hundred and forty-pounds, be granted Essington. 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Settle- 
ment at Port Essington, tothe 31st day of March 
1848, 

53. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Falkland 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her Islands. 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Government 
of the Falkland Islands, to the 31st day of March 
1848. 

54. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- New Zealand. 
six thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray, in the year 1847, the Charge of the Colony 
of New Zealand. 

55. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Heligoland. 
thousand and twenty-three pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil 
Establishment of Heligoland, to the 31st day of 
March 1848. 

56. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighteen Governors, &amp;c. 
thousand three hundred and ninety-four pounds, be (West India 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the ne 
Salaries of the Governors and Lieutenant Governors, 
and others, in the West India Colonies, to the 31st 
day of March 1848. 

57. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven Ecclesiastical 
thousand five hundred and seventy-eight pounds, rea ag 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense — —_ 
of the Ecclesiastical Establishment of the British 
North American Provinces, to the 31st day of March 
1848, 

58. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifteen Indian De- 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to ee ag 
defray the Charge of the Indian Department in ©") 
Canada, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

59. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Colonial Land 
three thousand eight hundred and fifteen pounds, oh a. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge “°° 
of the Colonial Land and Emigration Board, and 
other Expenses connected with Emigration, to the 
31st day of March 1848. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Highway Rates Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Highway 
Rates Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Medical Regis- 
Reading of the Medical Registration and Medical st sell 
Law Amendment Bill ; Aaneninen 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Bill. 


To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third races 
Reading of the Loan Discount Bill ; , 
Ordered, 'That the .Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Herring 
mittee on the Herring Fishery (Scotland) Bill ; pone . 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday = - 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second stock in Trade 
Reading of the Stock in Trade Exemption Bill; | Exemption 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time _ 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Agricultural 
Reading of the Agricultural Statistics Bill ; Statistics Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Trust Money Investment (Zreland) Bill was, Trust Money 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- Gircland) Bill. 
mitted toa Committee of the whole House, for this 
day. 


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598 


Health of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Towns Bill mittee on the Health of Towns Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
14th day of this instant June, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 

Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, ‘To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 

ae and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
cans. . 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 

Copyhold The ingrossed Bill to continue the Copyhold 
oa ™ssion Commission was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to continue the Copyhold Com- 
mission until the Thirty-first day of July One 
thousand eight hundred and Forty-eight, and to 
the end of the then next Session of Parliament. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Turnpike Acts The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
oon’ Reading of the Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 
— Societies The ingrossed Bill to continue an Act to amend 


the Laws relating to Loan Societies was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to continue, until the First day of 
October One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
eight, and to the end of the then next Session of 
Parliament, an Act to amend the Laws relating to 
Loan Societies. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Drainage of 
Lands (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Drainage of Lands (Scotland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Cemeteries 


The ingrossed Bill for consolidating in one Act 
Clauses Bill. 


certain Provisions usually contained in Acts autho- 
rizing the making of Cemeteries, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Newfoundland The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Governmen* mittee on the Newfoundland Government Bill ; 
; Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Out-Pension-~ 
ers (Chelsea 
and Green- 


The Out-Pensioners (Chelsea and Greenwich) 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time; 


wich) Bil. | and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Thursday next. 
Railways The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
(No. 2.) Bill Reading of the Railways (No. 2.) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 
Police Clauses The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Bill. mittee on the Police Clauses Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Parliamentary Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

Hectors to regulate the Payment of Rates and Taxes by 

(No, 2.) Bill Parliamentary Electors: And that Lord John Rus- 
sell, Sir George Grey and Mr. Tufnell do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


31° Maiz.—1° Juniz. 








A. 1847. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Royal Marine 
for limiting the Time of Service in the Royal Marine Service Bill. 
Forces: And that Mr. Ward, Admiral Dundas and 
Captain Berkeley do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Hampton 

Return of the Number of Visitors admitted free of Court Palace, 
Charge to see the State Apartments at Hamptou~« 
Court Palace and Windsor Castle and the Royal 
Botanic Gardens at Kew, during the years 1845 and 
a distinguishing the Number in each year and 
month. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Stage Car- 
to transfer the Collection and Management of the Tages, 
Duties in respect of Stage Carriages, Hackney — 
Carriages, and Railway Passengers from the Com- 
missioners of Stamps and Taxes to the Commis- 
sioners of Excise: And that Mr. Parker and the 
Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, and bring 
it in, 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Soap Duty 
continue certain of the Allowances of the Duty of Allowances 
Excise on Soap used in Manufactures: And that 
Mr. Parker and the Chancellor of the Exchequer 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Petitions from Bridgetown ;— Retigious 
and, Persons formerly Clergymen of the Established Opinions. 
Church of England and Ireland, relative to Religious 
Opinions, which were presented upon Friday last, 
be printed. 


Mr. Ward presented a Bill for limiting the Time Royal Marine 
of Service in the Royal Marine Forces: And the Service Bill. 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be No, 451. 
read a second time To-morrow; and to be printed. 


Mr. Parker presented a Bill to transfer the Col- Stage Car- 
lection and Management of the Duties in respect of Ti#8°, a 
Stage Carriages, Hackney Carriages, and Railway ee 
Passengers from the Commissioners of Stamps and No, 452. 
Taxes to the Commissioners of Excise: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Thursday next ; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Parker presented a Bill to continue certain goap Duty 
of the Allowances of the Duty of Excise on Soap Allowances 
used in Manufactures: And the same was read the Bil. 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time No. 493. 
upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Public Works 
mand,—A Return, showing the Average Daily (Iteland.) 
Number of Persons employed on Relief Works in No. 464. 
Ireland, during the wak ending 22d May; also 
= Expenditure for the five weeks ending 29th 

ay. | 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


A Petition of George Ellis and others, Owners Manchester, 
and Occupiers of lands on the lines of the proposed —— 
Railways thereinafter mentioned, praying that they Soiiear 
may be permitted to withdraw their Petition against (Branch to 
the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Chapeltown 
(Branch to Chapeltown and Thurgoland Coal Branch) oe 9 ya 
Bill, and that the said Bill may pass into a law, was Branch) Bill. 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the Pe- 
tition accordingly. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour before Two of the clock on 
Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 


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ie 


London Bridge 
Railway Ter- 
mini General 
Enlargement 
Bill. 


Bingley 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Horne’s 
(Ferguson’s) 
Estate Bill. 


Midland Rail- 
way (Worces- 
ter, Hereford, 
Malvern and 
Cheltenham 
Lines) Bill. 


Midland Rail- 
way (Worces- 
ter, Hereford, 
Malvern and 
Cheltenham 
Lines) Bill. 


10 Victoriz. 


Martis, 1° die Junii ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


M* Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Peti- 
tions for Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Petition for additional provision in the London 
Bridge Railway Termini General Enlargement Bill, 
the Standing Orders had not been complied with, 
inasmuch as the newspaper notices do not specify 
the intention to obtain powers to subscribe towards 
a Steam-boat Communication with France. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills ; That in the case ofthe Petition for ad- 
ditional provision in the Bingley Improvement Bill, 
the Standing Orders had not been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That inthe case of Horne’s (Fergu- 
son’s) Estate Bill, no Standing Orders were ap- 
plicable. 


A Petition of the Midland Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said Com- 
pany to construct a Railway from Worcester, to 
Hereford, with Branches therefrom, and for making 
arrangements with the Herefordshire and Glou- 
cestershire Canal Company, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report of 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills ; That in the case of the Petition for 
the Midland Railway (Worcester, Hereford, Malvern 
and Cheltenham Lines) Bill, the Standing Orders 
have not been complied with. 


ContTENTs OF REPORT. 


1.—Compliance with the Resolution of the House of the 22d 
April. 

Snail of the main Line. 

3.—Section of the Malvern and Ashchurch Line. 

4.——The Ledbury Branches. 

5.— Malvern and Ashchurch Branch (No. 1.) 

6.—Applications to Owners, Lessees and Occupiers. 





1.—Compliance with the Resolution of the House 
of 22d April. 


On the 22d April last the House agreed to the 
following Resolution of the Select Committee of 
Standing Orders, viz.; That in the case of the 
Midland Railway (Worcester, Hereford, Malvern 
and Cheltenham Lines) Petition to deposit amended 
Sections, and a Petition for a Bill, the parties be 
permitted to deposit Sections, amended so far only 
as regards the error in the datum line, reported by 
the Examiner of Petitions as commencing at 8 miles 
5 furlongs and 490 links, and continuing thence to 
Hereford, and to make the corrections in the vertical 
heights necessarily consequent thereon, and that 
they prove before the Examiner that the Railway, 
as proposed to be constructed under the amended 
Sections, can be made in such a manner as not. to 
affect in consequence of such amendments any of the 
lands to be taken for the proposed Railway, other- 
wise than as stated in the written applications to 
owners, except for a distance of about 800 yards, 
commencing at or about 8 miles 5 furlongs, as 
marked on the Plan, and there only with the consent 
of the owners affected; and that they be permitted 
to deposit a Petition for a Bill, and that the said 
Petition be not deposited until 4 clear days after 
the deposit of the said amended Sections. 

VoL. 102. 





1° Junie. 


599 


Amended Sections and a Petition for a Bill, with 
a copy of the Bill annexed, have been accordingly 
deposited, and the Examiner proceeded in the first 
place to inquire how far the Promoters had com- 
plied with the conditions which had been imposed 
upon them by the House. 

According to the construction which the Examiner 
has put upon the terms of the above Resolution, it 
does not appear to have been the intention of the 
Select Committee of Standing Orders that any 
alteration of the Section should be made at the 
mag nearer to the commencement of the main 
ine than 8 miles 5 furlongs, or thereabouts, (being 
the point near which the continuous error of 5 feet 
had been'reported by the Examiner as commencing) ; 
but the Promoters of the Bill in amending their 
Section have commenced the alteration at 8 miles 
3 furlongs and 70 links, and between that point and 
8 miles 5 furlongs and 490 links, the surface of the 
ground has been raised from 0 feet to 5 feet, and a 
gradient of 1 in 61 has been marked thereon, instead 
of a gradient of 1 in 76, which was marked on the 
original Section deposited in November last, as 
commencing at the said point of 8 miles 3 furlongs 
and 70 links, and terminating at or near the point 
10 miles and 80 links. 

In regard to the consent of owners whose pro- 
perty may be affected by the said alteration of the 
Section, and which was required to be proved before 
the Examiner, it appears that ThomasHolloway and 
Jemima Holloway, are owners of a certain property 
numbered 61 in the parish of Leigh, and that in the 
written application which they received in the month 
of December last, in respect thereof, it was stated 
that the greatest height of embankment according 
to the deposited Section would be 23 feet, but in 
consequence of the amendment which has been 
made in the said Section, the greatest height of 
embankment is shown upon the amended Section 
as 25 feet 6 inches, and the said Thomas Holloway 
and Jemima Holloway have signed a memorial 
which has been heard by the Examiner, in which 
they allege that they dissent and object to any 
alteration or amendment whatever being made on 
the line or levels, or in the Section of the Railway, 
as affecting their property. 


2.—Section of the Main Line. 


And further, the Section so amended does not 
correctly show the surface of the ground marked 
upon the Plan, with reference to the datum hori- 
zontal line of the said Section, and isotherwise defec- 
tive in the following instances : 

At the point 8 milesand 90 links, as measured upon 
the said Section of the main line from the commence- 
ment of the said Railway at its point of junction 
with the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton 
Railway, near Worcester, a road is shown on the 
said Section at the height of 287 feet, or thereabouts, 
above the said datum line, whereas the true height 
thereof above the said datum line is 285 feet 2 
inches, or thereabouts. 

At the point 14 miles 2 furlongs and 980 links, 
a road is heed on the said Section, at the height of 
370 feet, or thereabouts, above the said datum line, 
whereas the true height of the said road above the 
same datum line is 372 feet 9 inches, or thereabouts. 

Between a point on the main line at 10 miles and 
46 chains, or thereabouts, on the said Section of the 
main line, measured as aforesaid, and a point on 
the same Section at 10 miles 59 chains, or there- 
abouts, the surface of the ground is shown on the 
said Sections as being from 2 feet to 20 feet, or 
thereabouts, lower than the surface of the ground, 
in fact, is, with reference to the datum line of the 
said road ; particularly at 10 miles 473 chains and 10 
miles 524 chains, the said surface is shown as being 
20 feet, or thereabouts, lower than the surface of 
the ground, in fact, is at the said points, with re- 
ference to the said datum line. 





A certain 


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600 1° June. 


A certain road numbered 40 in the parish of 
Cradley, and shown upon the Plan as crossed by | 
the said Railway at or about 10 miles 44 chains, 
20 links, is marked in writing upon the Section as 
being at a point at about 13 chains from its true 
position thereon. 

The cross Section referred to by the number 15 
on the said Section of the main line is defective and 
incorrect, and not prepared in accordance with the 
Standing Orders, as on the said cross Section the 
present surface of the road, to which the same refers, 
is drawn as descending on either side from the point 
of crossing of the Railway at an inclination of 1 in 
50, or thereabouts, whereas the true present surface 
of the said road rises at an inclination of 1 in 37, or 
thereabouts, on the side towards Great Malvern, 
and the same should have been so shown. 


3.—Section of the Malvern and Ashchurch Line. 


At or about the point on the Malvern and Ash- 
church Line, 1 mile and 7 furlongs, as measured 
upon the Section of the said-line from the divergence 
of the said Malvern and Ashchurch Line from the 
said main line, a road is shown on the said Section, 
by calculation from the figured heights and rate of 
inclination, at the height of 354 feet 6 inches, or 
thereabouts, above the said datum line, whereas the 
true height of the said road above the said datum 





line is 345 feet 9 inches, or thereabouts. 

At or about the point on the Malvern and Ash- 
church Line, 7 miles 1 furlong and 380 links, as 
measured as aforesaid, a road is shown on the said 
Section at 205 feet above the said datum line, 
whereas the true height of the said road above the 
said datum line is 201 feet 9 inches, or thereabouts. 


4.—The Ledbury Branches. 


In the case of the Petition for the Bill (No. 1.), 
the Examiner reported, in regard to the two Ledbury 
Branches, a continuous error of 8 feet in the Sec- 
tions, and other breaches of the Standing Orders, 
and no permission was granted by the House to 
amend the said Section, copies of the original Sec- 
tions of the said Branches have been again depo- 
sited, with the amended Section of the main line ; 
and in the copy of the Bill annexed to the Petition 
for the Bill (No. 2.), there are provisions for making 
the said Branches; it has been stated however by | 
the Promoters, that it is not intended to seek for 
any powers to construct the same, and that these 
portions of the undertaking are, in fact, abandoned ; 
under these circumstances, although several allega- 
tions of error in the Sections of the said Branches, 
and of other breaches of the Standing Orders in| 
relation thereto, were contained in certain memorials 
complaining of non-compliance, the Examiner has 
not deemed it necessary to inquire into and report 
upon them, but he has thought it sufficient to direct 
attention to the fact, that the Bill, if passed in its 
present form, would authorize the construction of 
Branch Railways of which the Sections are erro- 





neous, and which are practically withdrawn from 
the consideration of Parliament. 


5.—Malvern and Ashchurch Branch (No. 1.) 


No amendment of the Section of the Malvern and 
Ashchurch Branch (No. 1.), was authorized by the | 
Resolution of the House of the 22d April, and on 
the Section of the same Branch there are the fol- 
lowing errors; viz. At the point of junction of the 
said Branch, the height above the datum line is | 
figured according to the corrected figuring on the 
Section of the main line as 368 feet 6 inches, whereas 
at the same point on the Section of the Malvern and 
Ashchurch Branch, the said vertical height remains 
the same as upon the original Section, viz., 363 
feet 6 inches ; ketene a point in the Malvern and 
Ashchurch Branch (No. 1.), at 3 furlongs 3 chains, 
and a point at 5 furlongs 4 chains and 20 links, or 
thereabouts, the surface of the ground is shown on 














A. 1847. 


the said Section as being from 2 feet to 5 feet lower 
than the surface of the ground, in fact, is, with re- 
ference to the datum line of the said Section ; par- 
ticularly at 4 furlongs and 5 chains, or thereabouts, 
the said surface is shown as being 4 feet lower, and 
at 5 furlongs 4 chains and 20 links, or thereabouts, 
as 5 feet lower than the surface of the ground, in 
fact, is at the said points, with reference to the said 
datum line, and at 10 miles 5 furlongs and 3 chains, 
or thereabouts, on the said Section, the greatest 
depth of cutting is marked and shown as being 35 
feet, whereas, according to the true surface of the 
ground at that point, the greatest depth of cutting 
should have been marked and shown as 55 feet, or 
thereabouts. 

And as the Section of the main line has been 
amended, by raising the surface of the ground 5 
feet, with reference to the datum line, and as no 
such amendment has been authorized or made in 
the Section of the Malvern and Ashchurch Branch 
(No. 1.), there is a difference in the levels at the 
point of junction of the said lines to the extent of 5 
feet, as shown by each Section respectively, 


6.—Applications to Owners, Lessees 
and Occupiers, 


The several applications, in writing, made as re- 
quired by the Standing Orders, to the persons named 
in the following Table, do not correctly describe the 
deposited Section of the line, and the greatest height 
of embankment and depth of cutting as affecting 
the properties referred to in the said applications by 
the numbers set forth in such Table, and are further 
defective on account of the several inaccuracies also 
therein particularly mentioned. 









































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Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented,— Return to an Agricultural 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 16th day of Statistics. 


April last, fora Summary of the Results of the Expe- 
riment which was tried under the direction : the 
ords 





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Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade 
in the years 1845 and 1846, to obtain Agricultural 
Statistics in the Unions of Basingstoke and Hartley 
Wintney, in England ; the County of Midlothian, 
in Scotland; and the Bailiebore’ Union, in Ireland ; 
with the Details (from which the Summary is com- 
piled) of some one Parish in England and Scotland 
respectively, and of a Townland in Jreland, omitting 
the Names of the Occupiers. 

- —— That the said Return do lie upon the 

able. 








Public Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
rrhirty-arst OF Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 
Sport: ) Petitions presented upon the 28th day of May last; 
and had directed him to make a Report thereof to 
the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 
Aberdeen An ingrossed Bill to authorize the Purchase by 
Harbour the Aberdeen Railway Company of a Piece of 
Improvement Ground at the upper Part of The Inches, end upper 
P Part of the Harbour of Aberdeen, now vested in the 
Aberdeen Harbour Commissioners, and to enable 
such Commissioners to make certain Alterations 
and New Works connected with such Harbour, was 
read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bannerman do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Dundee and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
—- pin, the Report on the Dundee and Newtyle Railway 
7 Bill ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 
Dundee and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Perth Railway the Report on the Dundee and Perth Railway (Al- 
ae ll teration and Extension, and Jnchture, Polgavie and 


and Inchture, Inchmichael Branches) Bill; and the Amendments 

soe sa were read, and agreed to. 

Branches) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the National Mer- 
cantile Life Assurance Society to sue and be sued 
in the name of a nominal Party, and for other Pur- 
poses relating to the said Company, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Duncan do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Paisley, Barrhead and Hurlet 


National Mer- 
cantile Life 
Assurance 
Society Bill. 


Paisley, Barr- 


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601 


Navan Branch of the Dublin and Belfast Junction (Purchase of 
Railway, and to authorize the Dublin and Drogheda, eon 
the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway, with a ~~ 
Branch from Drogheda to Navan, the Ulster, and 
the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Companies, 
or any of them, to amalgamate with one another, 
was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Biil do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Hamilton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Gibson Craig reported from the Committee Edinburgh 
on the Edinburgh Waterworks Bill; That at the Waterworks 
expiration of one hour from the time fixed for the ~* 
meeting of the Committee this day, a Quorum of 
selected Members not being present, the Chairman 
had adjourned the Committee till to-morrow, at half- 
past Twelve o’clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Coventry, 
- Report on the Coventry, Banbury and Oxford poate, Non 
unction Railway Bill. tion Railway 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being Bill. 
proposed, That the Amendments made by the Com- 
mittee to the Bill be now read a second time ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ That the” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ Bill be re-committed to the former Com- 
“« mittee, for the purpose of enabling the Committee 
“ to report their reasons for recommending, in their 
“ Twelfth Resolution, that such Line should be 
“ formed on any other than the four feet eight-and- 
“ a-half inch gauge,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—It passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words“ Bill 
“ be re-committed to the former Committee, for the 
“ purpose of enabling the Committee to report their 
“ reasons for recommending, in their Twelfth Reso- 

“ Jution, that such Line should be formed on any 
“ other than the four feet eight-and-a-half inch 
“ gauge,” be added, instead thereof :—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee, for the purpose of enabling the 
Committee to report their reasons for recommending, 
in their Twelfth Resolution, that such Line should 
be formed on any other than the four feet eight-and- 
a-half inch gauge. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit, 
and proceed, To-morrow. 





a ag Railway Bill be read the third time upon Friday 
way Bill. next. 
Saffron An ingrossed Bill for the better and more effec- 


Walden Rates tually ascertaining, assessing and collecting the 
Bill. Poor Rates, Highway Rates, Church Rates and | 
Lighting Rates in the Parish and Borough of Saf- | 
fron Walden, in the County of Essex, was read the | 
third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Charles Round do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Dublin and An ingrossed Bill to authorize the Sale to the 


An ingrossed Bill to amend the East Lincolnshire East Lincoln- 
Railway Act, 1846, and to authorize a Deviation in ear 
the Line of such Railway at and near Boston; and Boston and 
the Construction of a Branch Railway to join the Branch to 
Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway near poegre — 
Grimsby, was read the third time. oa” 

And an Amendment being proposed to be made Railway at_ 
to the Bill in Pr. 4. 1. 40., by inserting after the @timsby) Bill. 
word “ Railways” the words “ and if the said Com- 

“ pany shall fail to erect or at all times maintain 


“ any such station or lodge, or appoint a proper 





a Dublin and Drogheda Railway Company of the 


Navan Branch 2Vavan Branch ot the Dublin and Belfast Junction 
Railway Bill, Railway, and to enable the Dublin and Drogheda, 
the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Company 
with a Branch from Drogheda to Navan, the Ulster 
and the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Compa- 
nies, or any of them, to amalgamate with one ano- 
ther, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Hamilton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Dublin ana 
Drogheda 
Railway 


An ingrossed Bill to authorize the Purchase, by 


VoL. 102, 








‘“« person to watch or superintend the crossing at 
| “ any such point or station, or to observe or abide 
“ by any such rule or regulation as aforesaid, they 
shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty 
of , and also to a daily penalty of 
| for every day such offence shall 
| “ continue after such penalty of 
| “ shall have been incurred.” 
And it appearing that it was intended to impose 
penalties, and that there were three blanks to be 
| filled up, the said Amendment was committed to a 
| Committee of the whole House:—The House ac- 
cordingly resolved itself into the said Committee ; 


| ¢ 
| « 


| «¢ 


the Dublin and Drogheda Railway Company, of ad and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
4H 


sumed 








602 


sumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Amendment, 
and made Amendments thereto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene accordingly reported the said Amend- 
ment ; and the Amendments made thereto were read, 
and agreed to; and the Amendment, as amended, 
was made part of the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend the East Lincolnshire 
Railway Act, 1846, and to authorize the Construction 
of a Branch Railway to join the Great Grimsby and 
Sheffield Junction Railway near Grimsby. 

Ordered, That Mr. Deedes do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


East Lincoln- | An ingrossed Bill to authorize the East Lincoln- 
shire Railway shire Railway Company to purchase an existing Lease 
a ‘of the Louth Navigation, was read the third time. 
chase) Bill. An ingrossed Clause (Railway to be subject to 
Provisions of general Acts) was thrice read; and 
added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Deedes do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Eastern Coun- 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ties Railway 


the Report on the Eastern Counties Railway (Cam- 


(Cambridge, ‘ . 
Royston ro bridge, Royston and Ware Line, &amp;c.) Bill; and the 
ey a Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Cc. Mu. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Eastern Coun- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
auheeeee, , the Report on the Eastern Counties Railway (En- 
of London and largement of London and Stratford Stations, and 
Stratford Amendment of Acts) Bill; and the Amendments 
Stations, and were read, and agreed to. 


of Acts) Bill _ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


LynnandEly The House proceeded to take into consideration 


‘Deviation the Report on the Lynn and Ely Railway (De- 
and Lynn _- Viation and Lynn Docks) Bill ; and the Amendments 


Docks) Bill. were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


Northampton The House proceeded to take into consideration 
oe Banbury the Report on the Northampton and Banbury Rail- 
Railway Bill. : 
way Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Eastern Coun- An ingrossed Bill to enable the Eastern Counties 
+ sac Railway Company to make a Railway from the 
(Cambridge to Eastern Counties Railway, near Cambridge, to the 
Bedford, &amp;.) Bedford and Bletchley Railway, at or near Bedford, 
Bill. with Branches, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hudson do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Eastern Coun- An ingrossed Bill to authorize the Purchase by 
a the Eastern Counties Railway Company of the 
Witham and Maldon, Witham and Braintree Railway, was read 
Braintree the third time. 

Railway Pur- — Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

—— Ordered, That Mr. Hudson do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Edinburgh The House proceeded to take into consideration 
and Bathgate the Report on the Edinburgh and Bathgate Rail- 


(peviazion way (Deviation and Amendment) Bill; and the 
and Amend- Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
ment) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed. 


East Lothian The House proceeded to take into consideration 
—e the Report on the East Lothian Central Railway 
aaimnia Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 

ingrossed. 


1° Juni. 








A. 1847. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Chester ana 
mittee on the Chester and Holyhead Railway (Ex- — 
tensions at Chester and Holyhead) (No. 2.) Bill, &gt; oe - 
that they have power to divide the said Bill into two Chester and 
Bills, and to proceed with the consideration of such om ror 
portion of the said Bill, when divided, as relates to iti 
the proposed Extensions and Works at Chester and 
other parts of the Line, excepting Holyhead, respec- 
tively, in the absence of any Report of the Commis- 
sion appointed to examine into the merits of the 
proposed Harbour at Holyhead, notwithstanding the 
Order of the House of the 7th day of May last. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolu- 0F4ers ; 
tions ; which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Warwick Warwick 
County Prison Petition, the Standing Orders ought Coty Prison 
to be dispensed with; That the Parties be permitted om. 
to proceed with their Bill. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Kingston- Kingston- 
upon-Hull Docks Petition, the Standing Orders tag dl 
ought to be dispensed with; That the Parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the South Devon South Devon 
Railway Extension and Amendment Petition for Railway 
additional Provision, the Standing Orders ought not ws ‘ 
to be dispensed with. Bill. 

The first and second Resolutions, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending Com- Thames Con- 
mittees of this House, presented, pursuant to Order, srvancy Bill 
—Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select Com- 
mittee on the Thames Conservancy Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Standing 

for the Revision of the Standing Orders:—And a a. 
Committee was appointed, of Sir William Heath- . 
cole, Mr. Ord, Lord Dalmeny, Sir Robert Ferguson, 
Mr. Wilson Patten, Sir John Yarde Buller, Mr. 
Aglionby, Captain Jones, Mr. Home Drummond, 
Mr. Wrightson, Mr. Sotheron, Mr. Estcourt, Mr. 
Strutt, Mr. Greene and Mr. Loch, with Power to 
send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London and 
the Report on the London and North Western Rail- — 
way (Portobello and Wolverhampton Branch, &amp;c.) (Portobello 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to, and Wolver- 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be Dee ae) 
ingrossed. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- tas en 
vate Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, To-morrow, pone et 
in the case of the two Petitions for additional Pro- upon-Tyne_ 
vision in the Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle- a 
upon-Tyne Junction Railway Acts Amendment Bill. Yi) oc ament 

Bill. 

Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- jae Estate 
vate Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, on Long’s ”” 
Estate Bill, upon Thursday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration ae ard 
the Report on the Derbyshire, Staffordshire and pon 
Worcestershire Junction Railway Bill; and_ the tershire June- 
Amendments were read, and agreed to; and aa tion Railway 
Amendment was made to the Bill. _ 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


An ingrossed Bill to authorize an Alteration in the Lowestoft 
Line of the Lowestoft Railway, and to amend the Railway a 
Act relating to the Lowestoft Railway and Harbour (jteration 
Company, was read the third time. near Reed 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. —o 

Ordered, 





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10 VICTORIzZ. 


. Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
IS at 
‘ Norfolk Rail- | An ingrossed Bill to enable the WVorfolk Railway 
I. way (Yar- Company to extend their Railway to the Town of 
mou Bill Great Yarmouth, and for other Purposes, was read 
, the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Claridge’s The House proceeded to take into consideration 
yon A the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
Suueene Bill, intituled, An Act for regulating Legal Proceedings 
by or against Claridge’s Patent Asphalte Company, 
and for granting certain Powers thereto; and the 
™ same were read, as follow: 
Pr, 4. 1. 23. Leave out “since deceased.” 
Pr. 4. 1. 29. Leave out “since deceased.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
. agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 
nd Scottish The House proceeded to take into consideration 


L Equitable Life the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
ee tituled, An Act for incorporating the Scottish Equit- 
ociety Bill. . ; ° ‘ ; 
able Life Assurance Society, for confirming the 
Rules and Regulations thereof, for enabling the 
said Society to sue and be sued, to take and to hold 
Property, and for other Purposes relating thereto ; 
and the same were read, as follow: 
Pr, 21. 1. 4, Leave out from “ every” to “shall” 
in 1. 8., and insert “ intimation of assignations of 
“€ policies shall be in writing and.” 
Pr. 21.1, 14, Leave out from “ being” to “ And” 
inl. 17., and in 1.17. leave out “ further be it En- 
“ acted.” 
Pr. 21. 1. 18. Leave out “ services and.” 
Pr. 21. ls. 18. and 19. After “ intimations” in- 
sert “ and none other.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Townshend The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Pecrage Bill. the Petition of William Henderson, Agent for Lord 

n Charles Vere Ferrars Townshend, which was pre- 
sented yesterday, praying that the delivery of an 
attested copy of the Townshend Peerage Bill, and 
of a copy of the Order for committing the said Bill, 
and of notice of the day fixed for the first sitting ot 
the Committee, to Thomas Clarke, may be deemed 
good and sufficient service thereofon George Ferrars 
Marquis Townshend; and the same was again read. 
And the House being informed, That Mr. Thomas 
. Clarke attended at the door, he was called in ; and 
at the bar stated, that he sent a copy of the Bill to 
the Marquis Townshend, who is residing abroad, who 
returned the same to him, with a Letter, giving him 
authority to act as his agent in this matter; and the 
said Letter was delivered in, and read :—And then he 

withdrew. 


Ordered, That in the case of the Townshend 
PeeragegBill, service of the Orders of the House of 
Friday last, upon Mr. Thomas Clarke, the Solicitor 
of George Ferrars Marquis Townshend, and leaving 
an attested Copy of the said Bill, and a Copy of the 
Order for committing the said Bill, and notice of the 
day fixed for the first sitting of the Committee, with 
the said Mr. Thomas Clarke, be deemed good service 
of the same upon the said Marquis Townshend. 


Glasgow and 
lotis Roads 
Bill , 


4a, 


An ingrossed Bill for the better Maintenance, Im- 
provement and Repair of the Glasgow and Shotts 
Turnpike-roads, was read the third time. 

Vou, 102, 


1° Juniz. 





603 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Hope Johnstone do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Glasgow, Barr- Glasgow, 
head and Neilston Direct Railway Company to Barrhead and 
make certain Branch Railways, and to alter a Por- Sous, 
tion of their Line, and for other Purposes relating way Bill. 
thereto, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Glasgow, Barrhead 
and JVeilston Direct Railway Company to alter a 
Portion of their Line, and for other Purposes re- 
lating thereto. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hope Johnstone do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Caledonian 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- aes am 
tituled, An Act to enable the Caledonian Railway Wilsontown, 
Company to make Branch Railways to Wilsontown, to Fauldhouse, 
to Fauldhouse and to Biggar and Broughton; and *™4 ten a 
the same was read, as followeth : ton) Bill. 

Pr. 7. 1. 28. After “ 26” insert Clause (A.) 
Cuavussz (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That for the 
“‘ greater convenience and security of the public, 
the Company shall erect and permanently main- 
tain either a station or lodge at the points where 
the said Railway shall cross on the level the be- 
fore-mentioned roads, and the Company shall be 
subject to and abide by all such rules and regu- 
lations with regard to the crossing of such roads 
on the level, or with regard to the speed at which 
trains shall pass such roads, as may from time to 
time be made by the Commissioners of Railways.” 
The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hope Johnstone do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Caledonian 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Railway 
tituled, An Act to enable the Caledonian Railway (oranch 
Company to make Branches from the Clydesdale Clydesdale _ 
Junction Railway to the Douglas and Lesmahagow Junction Rail- 
Mineral Fields, and to Strathavon; and the same ged 
was read, as followeth : Lesmahagow 

Pr. 7.1.24. After “36” insert Clause (A.) Mineral Fields 
Cravse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That for the yo ton 
greater convenience and security of the public, the 
Company shall erect and permanently maintain 
“ either a station or lodge at the points where the 
said Railway shall cross on the level the before- 
“ mentioned roads, and the Company shall be sub- 
“ ject to and abide by all such fais and regulations 
with regard to the crossing of such roads on the 
“ level, or with regard to the speed at which trains 
“* shall pass such roads, as may from time to time 
be made by the Commissioners of Railways.” 
The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hope Johnstone do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Caledonian 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- ti t 
tituled, An Act to enable the Caledonian Railway Soshernak 
Company to make an Extension of the Motherwell Branch of 
Branch of the Clydesdale Junction Railway to — a i 
Auchinheath Mineral Field, with Branches there- rere: 9 
from ; and the same was read, as followeth : 


heath Mineral 
Pr. 7.1. 25. After “154” insert Clause (A.) Field, with 


Branches to 


Criauss (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That for the the Wishaw 
“ greater convenience and security of the public, the and Coltness 
“Ce l *n¢oin Railway, Can- 
Company shall erect and permanently maintain, Jo jie sna 
either a station or lodge at the points where the Yamilton)Bill, 
“ said 


é 


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604. 


said Railway shall cross on the level the before- 
mentioned roads, and the Company shall be sub- 
ject to and abide by all such rules and regulations 
with regard to the crossing of such roads on the 
level, or with regard to the speed at which trains 
shall pass such roads, as may from time to time 
be made by the Commissioners of Railways.” 
The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hope Johnstone do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendment made by 
their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Birmingham, Wolverhampton 
and Stour Valley Railway (No. 1.) (Smethwick 


Birmingham, 
Wolverhamp- 
ton and Siour 
Valley Rail- 


way (No.1.) Deviation) Bill; and the Amendments were read, 

(Smethwick and agreed to. 

Bill, oe Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 

Birmingham, |The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Wolverhamp- the Report on the Birmingham, Wolverhampton 


Valley Rail. and Stour Valley Railway (No. 2.) Branches Bill ; 


way (No. 2.) and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Branches Bill. Qrdered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed. 


London and 
NorthWestern 
Railway 
(Purchase of 
the Earl of 
Ellesmere’s 
Interest in the 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the London and North Western 
Railway (Purchase of the Earl of Ellesmere’s 
Interest in the Manchester South Junction and 
Altrincham Railway) Bill; and the Amendments 


Manchester Were read, and agreed to. 

South June- Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
10n an ° : 

Altrincham be ingrossed. 

Railway ) Bill. 


London and The House proceeded to take into consideration 

NorthWestern the Report on the London and North Western Rail- 

sca way (Vewport Pagnell, Olney and Wellingborough 

Olney and Branch) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 

Wellingbo- agreed to. 

es Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Warwick The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
County Prison, 


Bill. of the Petition for the Warwick County Prison Bill, 
which was this day made from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | 
to authorize the Justices of the Peace of the County | 


of Warwick, to stop up two Public Streets, in the 
Borough of Warwick, called Bridewell-lane, and 
Joyce Pool, and to include the Ground and Soil 
thereof as part of the site of a new County Prison 
for the County of Warwick: And that Lord Brooke 
Sir Charles Douglas and Mr. Adderley do prepare 


and bring it in. 


b 
? 


Liverpool 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Gas Bill. 


the Report on the Liverpool Gas Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Warwick Sir Charles Douglas presented a Bill to authorize 
County Prison the Justices of the Peace of the County of Warwick 
ll, 
Warwick, called Bridewell-lane and Joyce Pool, 
and to include the Ground and Soil thereof as Part 
of the Site of a new County Prison for the County 
of Warwick : And the same was read the first time ; 

and ordered to be read a second time. 


Coventry, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Nuneaton, the Report on the Coventry, Nuneaton, Birming- 
Birmingham 


and Lewester 22m and Leicester Railway Bill; and the Amend- 
Railway Bill, ments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


1° Juniz. 


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A. 1847. 


The House proceeded to take into consideraton London and 
the Report on the London and North Western NorthWestem 
Railway (Atherstone and Whitacre Branch) Bill ; (Atherstone 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. and Whitacre 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill, with the Amendments, Br@nch) Bill. 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London and 
the Report on the London and North Western Rail- nn 
way (Coventry and Nuneaton Branches) Bill; and (Coventry and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. Nuneaton 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Branches)Bill, 


be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Parkgate ana 
the Report on the Purkgate and Chester and Bir- Chester and 
henhead Junction Railway Bill; and the Amend- jc 
ments were read, and agreed te. way Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. . 


A Petition of Commissioners of Sewers for the Surrey and 
limits extending from East Moulsey, in the county preg ern 
of Surrey, to the Ravensborne, in the county of Kent, (xo, 2.) Bil. 
for leave to bring in a Bill to facilitate the effectual 
Drainage of certain districts within the Commission 
of Sewers for the limits extending from East Moulsey, 
in Surrey, to Ravensborne, in Kent, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Kemble and Mr. Antrobus. 


An ingrossed Bill to empower the South Séaf- south stat- 
fordshire Railway Company to make divers Branch fordshire Rail- 
Railways, and for other Purposes, was read the third }&gt;¥ (Cannock, 
2 I A yriey and 
time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. Norton. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Branches, &amp;c.) 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill Bill. 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to alter and amend several of Dundalk and 
the Powers and Provisions of the Act relating to Hallway Bill 
the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Thornely do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Great Southern Great South- 
and Western Railway Company to make a Railway erm — 
_ Portarlington to Tullamore, was read the third ¢r0, Ralway 

ime. 


(Portarlington 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. to Tullamore) 


Ordered, That Mr. Thornely do carry the Bill 2! 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 











An ingrossed Bill for establishing a Market and Wakefield 
Market Place in the Town and Borough of Wake- Market Bill 
field, was read the third time; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 
| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Thornely do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Petitions of Salesmen of Smithfidd 
Smithfield Market ;—Inhabitant Householders of Market 
West Smithfield, and immediate neighbourhood, 
within the city of London ;—and, Hay and Straw 
Salesmen in Smithfield Market, which were pre- 
sented upon the 18th day of March last, praying 
the House not to sanction any measurg for the 
removal of Smithfield Market, be referred to the 
Select Committee on Smithfield Market. 

Ordered, That the Petitions from the County of 
Lincoln (three Petitions) ;— William Addison, and 
others ;— London, and Places adjacent (eight Peti- 
tions) ;— Whitechapel, and Places adjacent ;—and, 
Committee of the Royal Society for the Prevention 
of Cruelty to Animals (Chairman), which were pre- 
sented npon the 18th day of March last, praying 
for the removal of the said Market, he referred to 
the said Select Committee. " 

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Norfolk Rail- An ingrossed Bill to empower the Norfolk Rail- 
way (Branch way Company to make a Railway from Wymond- 
a ham to Diss, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Wodehouse do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Norwich Ex- 
tension of the 
Ipswich and 
Bury St. Ed- 
mund’s Rail- 
way, and the proposed Thetford and 
Reedham Railway near Diss) Bill. 
Bristol and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
South bad the Report on the Bristol and South Wales Junc- 
aon one tion Railway and Aust Ferry Bill; and the Amend- 
Ferry Bill, | ments were read, and agreed to. 

A Clause (Impartiality Clause) was twice read ; 

and made patt of the Bill. 
Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 

Post-office. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Letters, Newspapers, 
Magazines or Pamphlets respectively, which were 
transmitted from the United States in the year 1846, 
and which were not taken out of the General Post- 
office in this Country by the Parties to whom they 
were addressed, on Account of the Postage charged ; 
specifying the Total Amount of Postage thereon. 
Mary Dawson. Ordered, That the Petition of John Dawson, of 
Morton Banks, in the parish of Bingley, in the 
county of York, relative to the case of Mary Daw- 
son, which was presented upon the 21st day of May 
last, be printed. 


Printing and 
Stationery. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Sums paid for the Printing, by Order 
of the House of Commons, in each of the Five 
years in 1842 to 1846, both inclusive, distinguishing 
the Amount in each year, and specifying the De- 
scription and Amount under separate heads, whether 
for Journals, Votes, Bills, Reports of Committees 
and Accounts and Papers :—Similar Returns, for 
Printing, by Order of the House of Lords, for the 
same period :—Similar Returns, for printing Reports 
of Commissioners, Accounts and Papers, under 
authority of the Secretaries of State, or other Public 
Departments, whether delivered to the Two Houses 
of Parliament by Her Majesty’s Command, or of 
which printed Copies have been presented to either 
or both Houses of Parliament; distinguishing the 
Amount in each year, under separate heads; and 
specifying the Printers’ Names, and where printed : 
—And, a Return of the Amount, in Value, of 
Stationery and Stores delivered to each Public De- 
partment, at Home and Abroad, in each of the Five 
years, 1842 to 1846, both inclusive, and the aggre- 
gate in each year (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 378, of Session 1842). 

Printing. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Parliamentary Papers 
printed by Order of the House of Commons, in the 
Session of 1846 ; stating the Title of each Paper, by 
whom called for, the Number of Copies of each 
printed ; the Charge for Paper and for Printing of 
each article, stated separately; also, the Aggregate 
Charge for the same :—A similar Return of the Par- 
liamentary Papers printed by Order of the House of 
Lords :—Returns of the Papers and Reports laid 
oa the Tables of both Houses, by desire of Her 
Majesty; the Name of the Department by which 
ordered; the Number of Copies printed; and the 
Charge for Paper and Printing, stated separately ; 
also, stating by whom printed, and the Aggregate 
Charge for the whole of these Papers :—Of the 
Papers and Reports printed by the several Depart- 
ments, but not laid before Parliament ; distinguish- 
ing the Title of each; stating the Number of Copies 
of each Paper, and the Charge for Paper and 
Printing, stated separately ; also, by whom printed, 
VoL. 102. 


1° Junie. 


605 


and the Aggregate Charge for these Papers :—And, 
of the Number of Acts of Parliament in the Session 
of 1846, of each kind, folio, quarto and octavo, sup- 
plied by the Queen’s Printer; and stating the Num- 
ber of each kind sent to each Public Department ; 
also, the Number of Copies of Acts distributed under 
the Resolution for Promulgation of the Statutes, 
giving a complete List of the Officers and Persons 
to whom these Promulgation Acts were sent, and 
the Number of Copies sent to each; also, the Rate 
of Charge by the Printer, for the several kinds of 
Acts, and the Aggregate Charge of the whole of the 
Acts to the Country, in that year. 


Ordered, Tinat there be laid before this House, Sweets or 
Returns of all Sweets or Made Wines imported from Made Wines. 
Scotland and Ireland into England, under the Pro- 
visions of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 72, stating the 
Port or Place imported from, and the Port or Place 
imported into, from the 6th day of January 1846 to 
the 5th day of January 1847, both days inclusive ; 
stating the Denomination, Sort or Kind, of all such 
Sweets or Made Wines, and Sweetened Compounded 
Spirits so imported, and the Amount per gallon of 
Duty charged and paid upon all the above-men- 
tioned Articles so imported :—Of all Seizures that 
have been made by the Excise and Customs of any 
such Sweets or Made Wines and Sweetened Com- 
pounded Spirits so imported, and the reason of such 
Seizures :—Of all Sweets or Made Wines and 
Sweetened Compounded Spirits seized inland, being 
brought from Scotland into England, contrary to the 
provisions of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 72, since 
the passing of the said Act to the present period ; 
stating how all Seizures of the above-mentioned 
Sweets or Made Wines and Sweetened Compounded 
Spirits, within the period of the Dates specified, 
have been dealt with, if any, and what Amount of 
Penalty has been enforced against the Parties from 
whom any such Seizures have been made :—And, 
of the Quantity, stating the Denomination, Sort or 
Kind, of all such Sweets or Made Wines and Sweet- 
ened Compounded Spirits remaining in Bond on the 
5th day of January 1847, and where bonded. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Emigration 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased (Canada.) 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Assessed Value of those 
Towaships in the Newcastle District in Western 
Canada, which were settled by Pauper Emigrants 
from Ireland, between the years 1825 and 1828, at 
the Public Expense :—And, of the Number of the 
various Emigration Societies formed in Canada in 
1840, by Canadian Proprietors desirous of settling 
Emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland upon 
their Estates. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this eis as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee ap- Poor Relief 
pointed to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the (Ireland) Bilk 
Lords at a Conference, for disagreeing to one of the 
Amendments made by their Lordships to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to make further Provision for the 
Relief of the Destitute Poor in Jreland; That they 
had drawn up a Reason accordingly, which they had 
directed him to report to the House ; and the same 
was read, as followeth: 

The Commons agree to the Amendments made by 
the Lords as far as Clause (B.) 

The Commons propose to amend Clause (B.), by 
inserting after “ That,” in 1. 2., the words “for the 
“ purpose of charging the expense of Relief to any 
“ electoral division,’ by leaving out “have” in 
l. 10., and inserting “had,” and by leaving out 
“ have” in 1. 11., and inserting “ had.” 

The Commons agree to the Amendmenis, as far 
as Pr. 16. 1. penult. 





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Landed 
Property 
(Ireland) Bill. 


606 


The Commons propose to amend the Amendment 
in Pr. 16. 1. penult., by leaving out from “ of” in 
Fo. 3.1, 18. to “ qualified” in 1. 20., by inserting 
after “ Justices,” in |. 20., the words “ who shall be 
“ rated on the highest amount of rateable property 
“ in the rate books of any electoral division in 
“¢ such Union,” and by leaving out from “ highest ” 
in Fo. 4. 1. 1., to “ Justices” in 1. 2., and inserting 
“ rated.” 

The Commons disagree to Clause (F.) for the 
following Reason : 

Because the Commons consider it inexpedient 
to depart from the rule laid down in the 
Amendment to the previous Clause, that the 
highest rated qualified Justice shculd be 
entitled to act as an ex-officio Guardian in 
preference to one rated at a less amount. 

The Commons agree to the rest of the Amend- 
ments to the Bill. 

The said Reason, being read a second time, was 
agreed to. ; 

Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords upon the subject-matter of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the said Bill: And that 
Mr. Greene do go to the Lords, and desire the said 
Conference. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee ap- 
pointed to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the 
Lords at a Conference, for disagreeing to certain of 
the Amendments made by their Lordships to the 
Bill, intituled, An Act to facilitate the Improvement 
of Landed Property in Jreland; That they had 
drawn up Reasons accordingly, which they had 
directed him to report to the House ; and the same 
were read, as follow: 

The Commons disagree to the Amendment made 
by the Lords in Pr. 5. 1. 13., for the following Rea- 
son: 

Because the Commons consider it inexpedient 
by the present Bill to authorize the Advance, 
for the purpose of erecting Mills or Buildings, 
of any portion of the Sum which has been 
appropriated to the object of increasing the 
productive powers of the Land in Jreland. 


The Commons agree to the Amendments as far as 
Pr. 32. 1. 19. 

The Commons disagree to the Amendment in 
Pr. 32. 1. 19., for the following Reason : 

Because the period of Three years fixed by the 
Commons for the completion of the Works 
and the Advance of the Money meets the 
urgency ofthe present case more adequately 
than the longer period proposed to be al- 
lowed in the Amendment made by the 
Lords. 

The Commons agree to Clause (A.) 
The Commons disagree to the Amendment in 
Pr, 40. 1. 4., for the following Reason : 

Because the Commons consider the period fixed 
by them for the repayment of the Money 
advanced amply sufficient for that purpose. 


The Commons agree to the Amendments as far 
as 1. 9. of Clause (A.), added, by way of Rider, to 
the Bill. 

The Commons propose to amend the Amendment 
in |. 9. of the said Clause (A.), by leaving out the 
word “ in.” 

The Commons agree to the other Amendment to 
the said Clause (A.) 


The Commons disagree to the Amendment in 
Pr, 68.1. 10., for the following Reason : 

Because the same is consequent on the Amend- 
ment in Pr. 5, 1.13., to which they have 
disagreed. 

The Commons disagree to the Amendment to the 
Schedule (A.), for the following Reason : 

Because the same is provided for in the next 

column of the Schedule. 


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A. 1847. 


The Commons trust that the Reasons that they 
have now assigned for disagreeing tu several of the 
Amendments made by the Lords will induce the 
Lords not to insist upon their Amendments, and 
they therefore refrain from offering any further Rea- 
sons at present, hoping these will be deemed suffi- 
cient. 

The said Reasons, being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

~ Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords upon the subject-matter of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the said Bill: And that 
Mr. Greene do go to the Lords, and desire the said 
Conference. 





A Message from the Lords, by Sir William Horne Message from 


and Sir George Rose: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz., 


the Lords. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to limit the Hours of Factories Bill. 


Labour of Young Persons and Females in Factories : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Acts re- County 


lating to County Buildings: And also, 


Buildings Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made M‘Leod’s 


by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to enable 
the Minister of the Parish of Dalkeith, in the County 
of Edinburgh, to feu his Glebe Lands lying in the 
said Parish, without any Amendment: And also, 


(Dalkeith 
Glebe) Estate 
Bill 


lil. 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Army Service 


Act for limiting the Time of Service in the Army, 
with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Threatening 


for extending the 
Threatening Letters, and accusing Parties with a 
view to extort Money; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House :—And then the Mes- 
sengers withdrew. 


rovisions of the Law respecting — -” 


Mr. Greene reported, That having been with the Poor Relief 
Lords to desire a Conference on the subject-matter (Ireland) Bill 


of the Amendments made by their Lordships to the 
Bill, intituled, An Act to make further Provision for 
the Relief of the Destitute Poor in Zreland, the Lords 
do agree to a Conference, and appoint the same im- 
mediately, in the Royal Gallery. 

Ordered, That the Committee who were appointed 
to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a 
Conference, for disagreeing to one of the said Amend- 
ments, do manage the Conference ; and the names 
of Viscount Morpeth, Mr. Sheil, Lord Marcus Hill, 
Captain Berkeley, Mr. Solicitor General, the Earl 
of Arundel and Surrey, Mr. Rich, Mr. Hawes and 
Mr. Secretary at War were added to them. 

Then the names of the Managers were called over, 
and they went to the Conference :—And being re- 
turned ; 

Lord John Russell reported, That the Managers 
had been at the Conference, which was managed on 
the part of the Lords by the Earl of Clarendon ; and 
that they had delivered the Reason for disagreeing 
to the said Amendments, and had left the Bill, and 
Amendments, with their Lordships. 


Mr. Greene reported, That having been with the Landed 


Lords, to desire a Conference on the subject-matter 
of the Amendments made by their Lordships to the 
Bill, intituled, An Act to facilitate the Improvement 
of Landed Property in Jre/and, the Lords do agree 
to a Conference, and appoint the same immediately, 
in the Royal Gallery. 
Ordered, That the Committee who were appointed 
to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a 
Conference, for disagreeing to certain of the said 
Amendments, do manage the Conference; and the 
names of Viscount Morpeth, Mr. Shei/, Lord Marcus 
Hili, Captain Berkeley, Mr. Solicitor General, the 
Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Mr. Rich, Mr. Hawes 
and Mr. Secretary at War were added to them. 
Then 


Property __ 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Coventry, 
Banbury and 
Oxford Junc- 


tion Railway 
Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Perth 
Railway Bill. 


Paisley, Barr- 
head and 
Hurlet Rail- 
way Bill. 


Wakefield 
New Gas Bill. 


Chemists and 
Druggists. 


Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Navigation 
Laws. 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) ; 
and, Marriage 
(Scotland) 
Bills, 


Registering 
(ene &amp;e. 
scotland 
Bill. ) 





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Then the names of the Managers were called over, 
and they went to the Conference :—And being re- 
turned ; 

Lord John Russell reported, That the Managers 
had been at the Conference, which was managed on 
the part of the Lords by the Earl of Clarendon, and 
that they had delivered the Reasons for disagreeing 
to the said Amendments, and had left the Bill, and 
Amendments, with their Lordships. 


A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers and 
Tradesmen of the city of Coventry, praying that the 
Coventry, Banbury and Oxford Junction Railway 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of R. Douglas, Clerk to the Dean and 
Incorporation of the Fraternity of Guildry of Dun- 
fermline, praying that the Petition presented by the 
said Fraternity against the Edinburgh and Perth 
Railway Bill may be withdrawn, and the Order of re- 
ference to the Committee thereon discharged, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Corstorphin ;—Brechin (two Peti- 
tions); —David Guthrie;— Newburgh (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Leith Chamber of Commerce ;—Members 
of the Committee of Management of the Queen’s 
Ferry Passage ;— Laurencehirk ; — Abernethy ;— 
Dunkeld ;—and, Kirkliston ; praying that the said 
Bill may pass into a law,—were also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Merchants, Manufacturers, Feuars 
and Inhabitants of the town of Barrhead, in the 
county of Renfrew ;——Merchants, Manufacturers 
and Inhabitants of the town of Paisley, in the county 
of Renfrew ;——-and, the Provost, Baillie, Treasurer 
and Town Council of the burgh of Pollokshaws ; 
praying that the Paisley, Barrhead and Hurlet Rail- 
way Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wakefield (three Petitions) ;—and, 
Kirkgate and Westgate ; praying that the Wakefield 
New Gas Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Physicians, Surgeons and General 
Practitioners residing in Salisbury, and its vicinity, 
praying the House to pass a Bill for regulating the 
qualification of Chemists and Druggists in England 
and Wales, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Synod of Merse and Teviotdale 
(Moderator) ; —— Presbytery of Lauder (Modera- 
tor) ; Kirk Session of Hawick ; Presbytery 
of Jedburgh (Moderator) ;——Ptesbytery of Kelso 
(Moderator); ——and, Kirk Session of Saint Cuthbert 
(Moderator and Clerk); praying that the Marriage 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








A Petition of the Deputy Chairman of the Cham- 
ber of Commerce of the port of Plymouth, praymg 
the House not to sanction any invasion of the prin- 
ciples of the Navigation Laws, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Na- 
vigation Laws. 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Langholm (Mo- 
derator) ;—— Kirk Session of Castleton (Modera- 
tor) ; and, Schoolmasters of the Presbytery of 
Selkirk ; praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland); and, the Marriage (Scotland) Bills may 
not pass into law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from the Minister and Kirk Session of 
Hawick ; Presbytery of Kelso (Moderator) ; 
Presbytery of Jedburgh (Preses) ; Kirk Session 
of Saint Cuthbert (Moderator and Clerk) ; 

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Juniz. 607 


Synod of Merse and Teviotdale (Moderator) ;—— 
Presbytery of Jedburgh (Moderator) ;——and, Pa- 
rochial Schoolmasters within the Presbytery of 
Kelso; praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The following Return, having been transmitted Collisions 
to the Clerk, was laid upon the Table; viz.,—-Re- f Shipping 
turn to an Order, dated the 4th day of May last, 
for a List of all Collisions of Vessels at Sea, as far 
as the same can be ascertained ; specifying, as far 
as is practicable, the Dates of such Collisions, the 
Names and Tonnage of the Vessels ; the Time, whe- 
ther by Day or by Night; the Results, whether at 
tended by Loss of Life, and to what Extent, or only 
with the Loss of or Damage to the Vessels ; and the 
Value of the Vessels, and of the Cargoes lost, and 
of the Amount of the Damage to Vessel and Cargo 
in the other cases (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 386, of Session 1846, up to the 30th day 
of April 1847). 


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That their Answer to 
several Addresses of the 18th, 20th, 21st and 28th 444resses- 
days of May last, (That Her Majesty would be gra- 
ciously pleased to give directions that the Papers 
therein mentioned might be laid before this House), 
had been presented to Her Majesty ; and that Her 
Majesty had commanded him to acquaint this 
House, that She will give directions accordingly. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Criminal 
Command,—Tables showing the Number of Crimi- Offenders 
nal Offenders committed for Trial or bailed for Ap- ere 
pearance at the Assizes and Sessions in each County 
in Lreland, in the year 1846, and the Result of the 
Proceedings. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table. 


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to an Vaccine 
Address to Her Majesty,—Copy of the last Report Establish- 
from the National Vaccine Establishment, dated — 
May 1847, to Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of 
State for the Home Department. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Ward presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, Local Acts. 
—Reports of the Admiralty, relative to Applications No. 129. 
for Local Acts. 

Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to the 
Committees on the Bills to which the same relate ; 
and be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Colonization, 

posed, That an hu..iiole Address be presented to Her 
Majesty, praying that She will take into Her most 
gracious consideration the means by which Coloni- 
zation may be made subsidiary to other measures 
for the improvement of the social condition of Jre- 
land; and by which, consistently with full regard 
to the interests of the Colonies themselves, the com- 
fort and prosperity of those who emigrate may be 
effectually promoted ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 2° die Junii, 1847: 


And the Question being put :—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Notice being taken, that Forty Members were not 
eg :—The House was told by Mr. Speaker, and 
orty Members not being present, and it being then 
after One of the clock on Wednesday morning :—The 
House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a 
Question first put, till this day. 


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Mercurii, 2° die Junii ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


Committees. OFRP ERED, That all Committees have leave to 
sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 

Edinburgh Ordered, That the Committee on the Edinburgh 

+ aaaaaas Waterworks Bill be revived :—And that they have 


leave to proceed with two selected Members. 


The ingrossed Bill for making a Railway from 
the Liverpool and Bury Railway, near Liverpool, 
through Crosby, to the Town of Southport, with a 
Branch, to be called, The Liverpool, Crosby, and 
Southport Railway, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for making a Railway from the 
Liverpool and Bury Railway, near Liverpool, 
through Crosby, to the Town of Southport, to be 
called, The Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Rail- 
Ww 


Liverpool, 
Crosby and 
Southport 
Railway and 
Branch Bill. 


ay. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brown do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
EasternCoun- Mr. Cardwell reported the Eastern Counties 
ties Railway Railway (Wisbech to Spalding) Bill, with Amend- 
vient ment 
valding ° 
aie Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Cardwell reported the Boston, Stamford and 
rn a Birmingham Railway (Branch to Wisbech Harbour, 
way(Branchto 2d Wisbech Harbour Improvement) Bill, with 
Wisbech Har- Amendments. 

bour and Wis- Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


bech Harbour __ ib Seated 
Improvement) @"4 be printed. 


Bill. 


Boston, Stam- 
ford and Bir- 


Boston, Stam- 
ford and 
Birmingham 
Railway 
(Wisbech to 
Sutton Bridge, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Mold Railway 
Bill. 


Mr. Cardwell reported the Boston, Stamford and 
Birmingham Railway (Wisbech to Sutton Bridge, 
&amp;e.) Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Lord Rendlesham reported the Mold Railway 
Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Midland Rail- 
way (Exten- 
sion of the 
Nottingham 
and Lincoln 
Branch at 
Lincoln) Bill. 


Mr. Duncan reported the Midland Railwa 
(Extension of the Vottingham and Lincoln Branc 
at Lincoln) Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Bichenhood, Mr. Greene reported the Birkenhead, Lancashire 
zancashire 


‘haclhire 20d Cheshire Junction Railway, and Chester and 
aud Cheshire . : ? : 
Junction Rail- Birkenhead Railway Purchase or Amalgamation 
way,and Ches- Bill, with Amendments. 
terandBirken- — Qydered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


head Railwa ° 
Purchase or” and be printed. 


Amalgamation 
Bill. 


Birkenhead, 
Lancashire 
and Cheshire 
Junction Kail- 
way (Devia- 
tion of Main 
Line and Ches- 
ter Branch, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Blackburn, 
Darwen and 
Bolton Rail- 
way Acts 
Amendment 
(Diversions of 
Line in the 
Parishes of 
Blackburn and 
Bolton-in-the-Moors) Bill. 


Mr. Greene reported the Birkenhead, Lancashire 
and Cheshire Junction Railway (Deviation of Main 
Line and Chester Branch, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amend- 
ments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Greene reported the Blackburn, Darwen and 
Bolton Railway Acts Amendment (Diversions of 
Line in the Parishes of Blackburn and Bolton-in- 
the-Moors) Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


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A. 1847. 


and Lin- Manchester 
d- and Lincoln 
Union Rail- 
way (Devia- 
tion) Bill. 


Mr. Greene reported the Manchester 
coln Union Railway Deviation Bill, with Amen 
ments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Greene reported the Manchester, Sheffield ap 
and Lincolnshire Railway, and Manchester and Lin- Fivcotnshine 


coln Union Railway, and Chesterfield and Gains- Railway,and 


borough Canal Amalgamation Bill, with Amend- Manchester 
and Lincoln 
ments. . Union Rail- 
Ordered, That the Report dolie upon the Table ; way and Ches. 
and be printed. terfield and 
Gainsborough 
Canal Amalga.- 
mation Bill. 


Mr. Greene reported the Manchester, Sheffield Manchester, 
and Lincolnshire Railway (Station Approach in pec meg 
Manchester) Bill, with Amendments. Railway (Sta- 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; tion Approach 
and be printed. tery Ba 

Mr. Greene reported the Midland Railway (Ere- wate ~~. 
wash Valley, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments. Valley, &amp;c.) 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Bill. 


and be printed. 


Mr. Greene reported the Midland Railway a 
(Leicester and Swannington Railway, Widening, a caden 
Deviations and Branches, Enlargement of Leicester ton Railway 
Station and extending Powers as to Jbstock Branch) hte 
Bill, with Amendments. pa ee 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Enlargement’ 


and be printed. of Leicester 
Station, and 

extending Powers as to 

Tbstock Branch) Bill, 


Midland Rail- 


Mr. Greene reported the Shrewsbury and Chester Shrewsbury 


Railway (Branches and Station) Bill, with Amend- —” 
menis. (Branches and 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Station) Bill. 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- Fleetwood, 
vate Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, To-morrow, Preston and 


ae Se ae . West Ridin 
on the Petition for additional Provision in the beet . 
Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction Rail- mata 
way (Burnley and Colliery Branches) Bill. Colliery? as 
Branches) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- —— 
vate Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, To-morrow, ae 
on the Poyntzfield Estate Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Kingston. 
of the Petition for the Kingston-upon-Hull Docks a 
Bill, which was yesterday made from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, might be read; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for removing Doubts as to the Purchase of Lands 
by the Dock Company at Kingston-upon-Hull, in 
certain cases: And that Sir Walter James and Sir 
John Hanmer do prepare, and bring it in. 


An ingrossed Bill for constructing and maintain- Swansea. 
ing Docks and other Works, at or near the south Docks Bill. 
side of the Town of Swansea, between Fabian’s 
Bay and the Swansea Infirmary, in the Town and 
Franchise of Swansea, and Parish of Swansea, in the 
County of Glamorgan, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for constructing and ‘maintaining 
Docks and other Works, at or near the south side 
of the Town of Swansea, in the Town and Franchise 
of Swansea, in the County of Glamorgan. 

Ordered, That Mr. John Henry Vivian do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Mackenzie reported the Ross, Cromarty and Ross, Cro- 
Part of Nairn District Roads (re-committed) Bill, marty and. 

‘ art of Nairn 
with other Amendments. District Boads 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Bill 





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Mr. Duncan reported the London and North 


London and 
NosthWestern Western Railway (Birmingham and Lichfield Line, 
je &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments, 


and Lichfield © Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Line, &amp;c.) Bill. and be printed. 


Leith Harbour Mr. Gibson Craig presented a Bill for improving 
o— the Harbour and Docks of Leith: And the same 
.. was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 

No. 455. second time upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


Liverpool, Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
——— Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
upon-Tyne Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 


Junction Rail- additional provision in the Liverpool, Manchester 


pA nll and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Acts 
Bill Amendment Bill, for power tothe Liverpool, Man- 


chester and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railwa 
Company to use the Blackburn, Clitheroe and North 
Western, and Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton Rail- 
way, the Standing Orders had not been complied 
with, inasmuch as the notices do not specify the 
intention of obtaining such power. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Liverpool, Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
esl Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 


upon-Tyne Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for 
Junction Rail- additional provision in the Liverpool, Manchester 
pe ol and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Acts 
Bill. Amendment Bill, for power to the Liverpool, Man- 
chester and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway 
Company to use the Fleetwood, Preston and West 
Riding Railway, the Standing Orders had not been 
complied with, inasmuch as the notices do not 
specify the intention of obtaining such power. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Pensions Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
(amy) to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Warrant which has recently 
received Her Majesty’s Signature, granting New 
Rates of Pension to Non-Commissioned Officers 
and Privates of Her Majesty’s Army. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Wreck and Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 

Salvage Act. Return of the Names of the Receivers appointed 
under the Wreck and Salvage Act 9 and 10 Vic., c. 
99 ; together with a Copy of the Instructions issued 
at various times to those Receivers. 


Steam Navi- Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 

gation Act. Return of the Names of the Inspectors or Surveyors 
and Engineers, appointed under the Steam Naviga- 
tion Act 9 and 10 Vic., c. 100, at each of the Ports 
of the United Kingdom ; together with a Copy of 
the Instructions issued at various times to those 
Inspectors. 


Parliamentary Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to re- 
an pip, ulate the Payment of Rates and Taxes by Parlia- 
a mentary Electors: And the same was read the first 


No, 456. time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next; and to be printed. 

Leave of Ordered, That Mr. Sheridan have leave of 

Absence. 


absence, till the 14th day of this instant June, on 
urgent business. 


Farliamentary The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
eading of the Parliamentary Electors Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 

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2° Juniz. 609 


A Petition of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Caledonian 
Canal Company, praying that the Caledonian Rail- Railway 
” ce (Edinburgh 
way (Edinburgh Station and Branches to Granton, Station and 
and to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway) Bill Branches to 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read and a 
ordered to lie upon the Table. burgh and 


Glasgow 


Railway) Bill. 


A Petition of the Reverend Wyndham Jeane Wilts, Somer- 
Goodden, Clerk, of Nether Compton, in the county ** wage P 
of Dorset, praying that he may be permitted to ar ae 
withdraw his Petition against the Wilts, Somerset ment (No. 2.) 
and Weymouth Railway Amendment (No. 2.) Bill, Bill 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the 
Petition accordingly. 


A Petition of Seat-holders in, or Subscribers to Cocker-hilk 
Saint George’sChapel, at Cocker-hill, in Stalybridge, Chapel. 
inthe county of Lancaster, praying forinquiry into the 
circumstances attending the closing of the Chapel, 
and forthe adoption of measures for re-opening the 
same, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Islington (two Petitions) ;—Pen- Chemists and’ 
tonville ; — Newark-upon-Trent ; — Stockton-upon- Druggists. 
Tees ;— Bernard Castle ;—Richmond (Surrey) ;— 
and, Chelmsford ; praying the House to pass a Bill 
for regulating the qualification of Chemists and 
Druggists in England and Wales,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie the Table. 


Petitions from Broughton ;— Madeley ;— Ham- Education. 

mersmith ;— Cheltenham ;— Whillington ;— Croydon; 
—Ashton-in-Macker field ;—Stafford ;—Shipton ;— 
Tavistock and Barnstaple ;— Great Yarmouth ;— 
Sutton Coldfield ;—and, Claughton ; complaining of 
the exclusion of the Roman Catholics from their 
share of the sums of money granted for educational 
purposes ; and praying the House to interpose in 
their behalf,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Physicians and Surgeons and Resi- Health of — 
dent Medical Officers of the Metropolitan Hospitals; T°7s Bill 
—Householders and Ratepayers resident in the 
Metropolis ;— Stourbridge (two Petitions) ;—and, 
Colchester; praying that the Health of Towns Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Birmingham Waterworks, praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the said Bill, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants, Owners and Occupiers 
of estates, in the parish of Northfleet, in the county 
of Kent, praying that the said Bill may not pass into 
a law, as it now stands, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Holders and Occupiers of land Landlord 

in the parish of Burt, and county of Donegal, #04 Tenant 
: . %  ” (Ireland.) 

praying the House to enact a law fully establishing 
Tenant-right in Jreland, with ample compensation 
to occupiers of land for their capital, labour, and 
the increased value by them given to farms, and 
that if at the expiry of a Tenure, the Landlord and 
Tenant cannot agree as to the yearly rent, it may 
be fixed by a respectable valuator, his into ac- 
count the outlay and improvements made by the 
Tenant, or that on the Tenant leaving the farm, he 
be allowed to dispose of his interest in it, or an 
adequate compensation awarded to him by arbitra- 
tors mutually appointed, or by an impartial jury, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the ‘lable. 


Two Petitions of Clergy and Laity of the diocese Lord’s Day. 
of Gloucester and Bristol, praying that no clause 
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hitherto passed in any Railway Act be construed 
to render it imperative to run trains on the Lord’s 
Day, and that due care be taken that no such 
clause be contained in any Bill hereafter to be passed, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from John Penkivil and James M‘ Clay ; 
—Physicians and Surgeons residing in the counties 
of Northumberland and Durham ; — Caernarvon ; 
—James Leach;—John P. Smyth;— Edwin Chabot; 
— Thomas Oliver Duke;— Thomas Massey ;—Robert 
NV. B. Mathews ;— George Michael Perry ;—James 
Townley ;—Francis Boyle Gartry ;—Thomas Watts 
Chaldecott ;—Samuel Osborne ;— George Fowler ;— 
William Morris ;—Thomas Mitchell Hammond ;— 
James C. Ferrier ;— Hugh Vallance; — William 
Kelson Wright ;—Robert Christie ;— Henry Church- 
ill; — Thomas Rennington ;—- Benjamin Sweke ;— 
Hugh Donaldson ;—John Raggett Unwin;—Benja- 
min Evans;—and, Samuel Finch Scarnell; praying 
that the Medical Registration and Medical Law 
Amendment Biil may pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Medical Regis- 
tration and 
Medical Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Dundee Cham- 
ber of Commerce, praying that the Navigation Laws 
may be repealed, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Navigation Laws. 


Navigation 
Laws. 


Poor Removal 


Petitions from Debenham ;—and, Bungay ; pray- 
Act. 


ing for the repeal or alteration of the Poor Removal 
Act,—were presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Settlement and Poor Removal. 


A Petition of Members of the Bath Church of 
England Lay Association, established for the pur- 


Roman Catho- 
lic Charitable 


Trusts Bill. hose of supporting the rights, privileges and pro- 
perty of the United Church of England and Ireland, 
as well as her union with the state, praying that the 
Roman Catholic Charitable Trusts Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Ballykilcline | Ordered, That the Paper relative to Ballyhkilcline 

Lands, County Lands, County Roscommon, which was presented 

Roscommon. yon the 27th day of April last, be printed 

No. 457. “J — diel inanaaes 
British Ordered, That the Return relative to the British 
Museum. Museum, which was presented upon Monday last, 
No. 458. be printed. 

Prisoners Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 

Removal authorize, for a limited time, the Removal of Prison- 

(Ireland) Bill. ors from the several Gaols in Ireland, in cases of 
Epidemic Diseases : And that Mr. Solicitor-General 
for Ireland, Mr. Labouchere and Sir William Somer- 
ville do prepare, and bring it in. 

Destitute Ordered, That the Report from the Committee to 

Persons whom it was referred to consider of authorizing the 

Oyen 2.) Bill Advance, on the security of Rates to be levied in 


Ireland, of a further Sum of Money, by way of 
Loan, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Re- 
lief Commissioners appointed in pursuance of an Act 
of the present Session, for the temporary Relief of 
Destitute Poor Persons in Ireland, be now received. 

Mr. Greene accordingly reported a Resolution ; 
which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That provision be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and TJreland, for the payment of any sum 
not exceeding Six hundred thousand pounds, to be 
advanced by way of Loan, on the security of Rates 
to be levied in Ireland, to the Relief Commission- 
ers appointed in pursuance of an Act of the present 
Session for the temporary Relief of Destitute Per- 
sons in Lreland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


2 Junie. 


A. 1847. 


Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Greene, the Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Parker do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Trust Money 
solve itself into a Committee upon the Trust Money (ireland) Bil 
Investment (Jreland) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Turnpike Acts Continuance Turnpike Acts 
Bill be read the third time To-morrow. — 


Newfoundland 
Government 
Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itselfinto a Committee upon the Vew- 
foundland Government Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second County 
Reading of the County Election Polls Bill ; — 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Quakers’ and 
a Committee upon the Quakers’ and Jews’ Marriages wages Bill 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. ° 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Juvenile 
a Committee upon the Juvenile Offenders Bill. Offenders Bill. 


(In the Committee). 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Crause, N° 1, (Persons not exceeding Fourteen 
years of age, committing certain offences, may be 
summarily convicted by Two Magistrates, who may 


order that such person, if a male, be once or twice 
privately whipped). 
An Amendment made. 
Amendment proposed : In P, 2.1.3. To leave out 
the words “ privately whipped.” 
Question put, That the words “ privately whipped,” 
stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for thef Sir John Pakington, } 55 
Yeas, Mr. Dugdale : sn 
Tellers for thef Mr. Escott, 7 
Noes, | Mr. Wakley : ? 
Another Amendment proposed: In P. 2. Is. 3., 4. 
and 5., To leave out the words “ or in the discre- 
“ tion of such Justices shall, instead of such im- 
“ prisonment, forfeit and pay such sum, not exceed- 
“ ing Three pounds, as such Justices shall adjudge.” 
Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided : 
Telllers for the { Sir John Pakington, } 90 
Yeas, Sir William Heathcote : r 
Tellers for the { Mr. Bodkin, } o7 
Noes, \ Mr. Tatton Egerton: , 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Cravusess, N° 2 to N° 20, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 
Schedule agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Poor and 


ig c Highway 
a of the Poor and Highway Rates Exemp- — es, 
&gt; 





‘ ‘ . tion Bill. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being 








10 Victortiz. 


being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now,” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 

osed Amendmentand Motion were severally, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


SavingsBanks The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Annuities Bill. mittee on the Savings Banks Annuities Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Vexatious The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Actions Bill. Reading of the Vexatious Actions Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


MedicalRegis- The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
eso ol Reading of the Medical Registration and Medical 
Amendment Law Amendment Bill; 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Monday the 14th day of this instant June. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Royal Marine The Royal Marine Service Bill was, according to 
Service Bil. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


Railway Bills, Sir William Verner reported from the Committee 
Group No. 44. on Group No. 44 of Railway Bills; That a Letter 
had been received from Edmund Beckett Denison 
Esquire, Chairman of the said Committee, stating 
that he was prevented by domestic affliction from 
attending the said Committee ; and that Earl Gros- 
venor, another Member of the said Committee, was 
not present during the sitting of the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Wheat, &amp;c. Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in, 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders,—An 
Account of the Quantities of Wheat, Barley and 
Oats exported from the United Kingdom to Foreign 
Countries :—Alsv, of the Quantities imported into 
the United Kingdom from Foreign Countries, in the 
month ending the 5th day of May 1847. 
Seeving Return of the Quantity of Herrings in barrels, 
seamed cured, shipped and exported during the years 1842, 
&gt; se. 1844 1845 shar peo oni the Ports of Aber- 
deen, Fraserburgh, Peterhead, Banff, Portsoy, 
Cullen, Speymouth, Burghead, Inverness, Helmsdale 
and Wick, and all other Ports or Creeks interjacent, 
specifying the Number of Barrels cured, shipped 
and exported at each of the said Ports and Creeks 
respectively; also, the Names of the Vessels in 
which and the Ports to which they were sent, with 
the Official and Declared Values of their Cargoes, 
distinguishing the Number and Tonnage of all 
Boats or other Craft employed in the Herring Fishery 
during each of the above years at the said Ports or 
Creeks respectively, with the Number of the Crew 
in each Boat so employed. 
Great South- | Copy of the Report of Mr. Walker, to the Com- 
a cis —— missioners for Loans to Public Works on the Great 
Railway. &gt; Southern and Western (Irish) Railway :—And then 
he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the last be printed. 
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993° Junie. 611 


Mr. Greene reported the Manchester, Sheffield ahaa, 
and Lincolnshire Railway (Louth and Horncastle +e 
and East Lincolnshire Junction Branches) Bill, with Railway 
Amendments. (Louth and 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; ne rag 


and be printed. Lincolnshire 
Junction 
Branches) Bill. 
Mr. Greene reported the South Eastern Rail- South Eastere 


way (North Kent and Bricklayers’ Arms Junction) Re Kent 


Bill, with Amendments. and Brick- 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; layers’ Arms 
and be printed. Junction) Bill, 


Ordered, That the Report on the Lancashire, ee, P 
Cheshire and North Wales Drainage and Inclosure yorth Wales 
Companies Incorporation Bill be taken into con- Drainage and 


sideration To-morrow. Inclosure 
Companies 
Incorporation 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Caledonian Railway (Branches ene 

to Canonbie, &amp;c.) Bill be read the third time To- Cininian a 

morrow. Canonbie, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Mr. Labouchere presented a Bill to authorize, for Prisoners 
a limited Time, the Removal of Prisoners from the Cireland) Bill. 
several Gaols in Ireland in Cases of Epidemic  y,. 4g 
Diseases: And the same was read the first time; oo: 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 
next; and to be printed. 

Mr. Scott, from the Office of the Chamberlain of ry Harte 
the City of London, was called in, and at the bar and Port of 
presented,—Return to an Order dated the 18th day London. 
of May last, for Returns of all Tolls, Tonnage, Port 
and Harbour Dues which have from time to time 
been given and granted to, and been received and 
taken by the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens 
of London, for the maintenance and improvement of 
the Rivers Thames and Medway and Port of London, 
and of the Navigation thereof respectively, distin- 
guishing whether granted by Charter or by Act of 
Parliament :—Of the Annual Produce of such Tolls 
and Dues for the last three years for which the Ac- 
counts are made up, and the Amount of the accumu- 
lation thereof, if any, at the present time :—And, of 
the several Piers for embarking and disembarking 
Steam-boat Passengers erected within the limits of 
the jurisdiction of the Lord Mayorand Commonalty 
and Citizens of London, as Conservators of the 
River Thames, and of the Aggregate Amount of the 
Tolls received at each of such Piers within the last 
three years for which the Accounts are made up (so 
far as the Corporation of Zondon are able to make 
the same) :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That all Petitions which have been pre- Medical 
sented in the present Session relative to the Medical Registration 
Registration aud Medical Law Amendment Bill, be iy ors 
referred to the Select Committee on Medical Regis- ment Bill. 
tration, &amp;e. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. | 








Jovis, 3° die Junii ; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


Me: Heurtley, from the Bank of England, was Light Gold. 
I called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant 
to Order,—Returns of the Weight of Light Gold 
Coin purchased by the Bank from the 2d day of 
January 1844, and the Price per Ounce paid for the 
same :—Of the Number of Ingots made from it :— 
Of the Rate per Pound paid for Melting, and the 
Total Cost of Melting, and by whom melted :—Of 
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of the Bar Guld by assay :—Of the Loss on the Bars 
reported worse than the Standard :—Of the Loss 
per Ounce in bringing the Bar Gold into Standard : 
—And, of the Cost per Ounce of the Standard Gold 
produced :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Poor Law Mr. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law 
(Chester.) Commissioners, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented, pursuant to Order,—Copy of the Corre- 
spondence between the Poor Law Commissioners and 
the Corporation of the Guardians of the Poor of the 
City of Chester, on the subject of the Auditory of 
their Accounts, by an Auditor appointed :—And 
then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 
Glasgow, An ingrossed Bill to authorize the Construction 
Paisley, Kil- of certain Branch Railways in the County of Ayr, 
he in connection with the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar- 


(No. 2.) Bill. nock and Ayr Railway, and for other Purposes, was 
read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Ewart do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Glasgow, An ingrossed Bill to enable the Glasgow, Paisley, 
Paisley, Kil. Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Company to make 
marnock an , : : : 
Ayr Railway, certain Branch Railways in the Counties of Hen- 
and Ayrshire frew and Ayr, and for other Purposes, was read the 
and Bridge of “third time. 
dint} a Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Glasgow, Paisley, 
Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Company to make 
certain Branch Railways in the County of Renfrew, 
and for other Purposes. 
Ordered, That Mr. Ewart do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Oxford, Sir James Graham reported from the Committee 
Woyestcr and on the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Rail- 
Pn aber way (No. 2.) (Extensions and Amendment) Bill ; 
(No. 2.) (Ex- That they had examined the allegations contained 
prooeehaed in the Preamble of the Bill, but the same had not 
Bill. been proved to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 


Great Western 
Railway 
(Amendment 
and Exten- 
sions) Bill. 


Mr. Goulburn reported the Great Western Rail- 
way (Amendment and Extensions) Bill, with Amend- 
ments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Manchester, 
Buxton and 
Matlock and 
Midlands 
Junction Rail- 
way Devia- 
tions Bill 


Sir Charles Lemon reported the Manchester, Bux- 
ton and Matlock, and Midlands Junction Railway 
Deviations Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Railway Bills, Mr. Deedes reported from the Committee on 
Group No.6. Group No. 6 of Railway Bills; That the Com- 
mittee met at Twelve o’clock this day, pursuant to 
appointment, and that Colonel Ferguson, one of the 
Members of the said Committee, was not present 
curing the sitting of the Committee, and that they 
had received a kote from his medical attendant, 
stating that he was unable to attend, in consequence 

of illness. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Falmouth 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


the Report on the Falmouth Waterworks Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


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A. 1847. 


An ingrossed Bill for amending the Newport, Newport, 
Abergavenny and Hereford Railway Act, 1846, and poy m4 
to authorize Deviations from the Line of the said Raiiway De- 
Railway, and for making Branches and Extensions v:stions Bill. 
therefrom, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Deedes do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Ambergate, Not- Ambergate, 
tingham and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway a 
company to alter the Line of their Railway, and to 5n4 Faster 
construct certain Branch Railways connected there- Junction Rail- 
with, into or near the Town of Nottingham, was read Way a 
the third time. poss fhe 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the to Notting- 
Title be, An Act to enable the Ambergate, Notting- »#™) Bill. 
ham and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway 
Company to alter the Line of their Railway, and to 
construct a Branch Railway therefrom into the 
Town of Nottingham. 

Ordered, That Mr. Deedes do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Newport, Aber- Newport, 
gavenny and Hereford Railway Company to extend Abergavenny 
their Railway from the Neighbourhood of Pontypool Ralieegr ” 
to the Taff Vale Railway, was read the third time. (Extension to 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Ea A 

Ordered, That Mr. Deedes do carry the Bill to” ay) 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Lord James Stuart reported the London and North London and 
Western Railway (Lime-street, Liverpool, Station ia 
Extension, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments. 7 oe A 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Liverpool Sta 

i tion Exten- 
and be printed. sion, &amp;c.) Bill, 

Lord James Stuart reported the Direct London Direct London 
and Portsmouth Railway Bill, with Amendments. 4 ig 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; wae Bil. 
and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Ayrshire 
tne Report on the Ayrshire Roads Bill; and the Bods Bill 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Com- Committee 
mittee of Selection; That they had not received of Selection. 
from Mr. Grogan, one of the Members nominated 
on the Select Committee on the Group No. 8 of Rail- 
ways, from Mr. Horsman and Mr. Gregory, two of 
the Members nominated on the Select Committee on 
the Group No. 14 of Railways, or from Mr. Walker, 
one of the Members nominated on the Select Com- 
mittee on the Group No. 10, either the prescribed 
Form of Declaration, with their signature attached, 
or any excuse in lieu thereof. 

Ordered, That Edward Grogan, Esquire, do at- 
tend the Committee on Group No. 8 of Railway 
Bills, To-morrow, at half an hour after Twelve of 
the clock. 

Ordered, That Edward Horsman, Esquire, and 
William Henry Gregory, Esquire, do attend the 
Committee on Group No. 14 of Railway Bills, To- 
morrow, at half an hour after Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, ‘That Richard Walker, Esquire, do at- 
tend the Committee on Group No. 10 of Railway 
Bills, To-morrow, at One of the clock. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Fleetwood, 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for P oe 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Petition for paid Ral- 
additional Provision in the Fleetwood, Preston and way (Burnley 
West Riding Junction Railway (Burnley and Col- nd noe 
liery Branches) Bill, the Standing Orders have not ae 
beencomplied with,as the Liverpool, Manchester and 
Newcustle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Company 
are thereby empowered to run with their engines 


and 


nel 


ia, eee see ol oe ee 





Long’s Estate 
Bill. 


Poyntzfield 
Estate Bill. 


Shropshire 
Union Rail- 
ways an 

Canal (Lease 
to the London 
and North 
Western Rail- 


way Company) 


Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway Bill. 


Coventry, 
Banbury and 
Oxford Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


Coventry, 
Banbury and 
Oxford Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


Thames 
Conservancy 
Bill. 


10 VicTroriz. 


and carriages over the Fleetwood, Preston and West 
Riding Railway between Clitheroe and Preston ; but 
in the notices of the intended application to Par- 
liament no reference is made to any such provision. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of Long’s Estate 
Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills ; That in the case of the Poyntzfield 
Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Shropshire Union Railways and 
Canal (Lease to the London and North Western 
Railway Company) Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Cripps reported from the Committee on the 
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill; That they 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, but the same had not been proved 
to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Coventry, 
Banbury and Oxford Junction Railway (re-com- 
mitted) Bill have leave to make their Report forth- 
with. 


Mr. William Williams reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group No. 19 of Railway Bills, to whom 
the Coventry, Banbury and Oxford Junction Rail- 
way Bill was re-committed by the Resolution of the 
House of the 1st day of June instant, for the pur- 
pose of enabling the Committee to report their 
reasons for recommending in their Twelfth Resolu- 
tion thatsuch Line should be formed on any other 
than the four feet eight-and-a-half inches gauge ; 
That their reasons for having recommended, in the 
Twelfth Resolution or Article of their Report (made 
the 20th day of May last), that the Railway is pro- 
posed to be constructed on the broad (seven feet) and 
narrow (four feet eight-and-a-half inches) gauge, 
were ; That it had been proved to the satisfaction of 
the Committee, that as the proposed Railway, by a 
short line of only about 12 miles, is intended to con- 
nect the city of Coventry with the country traversed 
by the Great Western Railway and its several 
Branches, the adoption of the seven feet gauge will 
best effect the desired communication, and will avoid 
any inconvenience to the public from a break of 
gauge to the city of Coventry, which would otherwise 
take place at Southam, at the junction with the Oz- 
ford and Rugby Railway ; That the Committee were 
satisfied also of the great importance that there 
should be asecond line of Railway between Coven- 
try and London, without interruption by a break of 
gauge. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Report on the Thames Con- 
servancy Bill. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Amendments made by the 
Committee to the Bill be now read a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ That the” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ Bill be re-committed,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

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3° Junie. 613 


The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for thef Mr. Ward, 1 65 
Yeas, Mr. Cowper : — 
Tellers for the Mr. Hume, } 71 
Noes. Mr. William Williams : ; 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question bemg put, That the words 
“ Bill be re-committed” be added instead thereof: 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to 
sit, and proceed, upon Monday next. 


Mr. Richard Hodgson presented a Bill to facili- Surrey and | 
tate the effectual Drainage of certain Districts Kent Commis— 


within the Commission of Sewers for the Limits (No. 2.) phi 


extending from East Moulsey, in Surrey, to Ravens- 
bourne, in Kent: And the same was read the first 
time, and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Home Drummond reported from the Com- Gloucester 
mittee on the Gloucester and ta Railway and 2nd Hereford 
Canal Purchase Bill; That they had examined the Canal tea 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, but chase Bill. 
the same had not been proved to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Thomas Duncombe presented a Bill for re- Kingston- 
moving Doubts as to the Purchase of Lands by the ppon-Hull 
Dock Company at Kingston-upon-Hull, in certain °°” 
cases: And the same was read the first time, and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester 
the Report on the Manchester and Birmingham and = roe 
North Staffordshire Junction Railway Bill; and the gtiyordshire 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. Junction 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Railway Bill. 
be ingrossed. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill to North Staf- 
consolidate and amend the Acts relating to the ee Rail - 
North Staffordshire Railway Company, and to W2Y (Altera- 
authorize certain Alterations of, and the Formation of Branches) Bill. 
certain Branches and additional Works in connec- 
tion with their Undertaking, be now read the third 
time ; 

Viscount Morpeth, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, that Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
consent, as far as HerMajesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Alderman Copeland do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Strutt presented, pursuant to Order,—Report Harwich 
of the Commissioners of Railways on Harwich and Railways. 
Eastern Counties Junction Railway and Pier, and No. 461. 
Eastern Union Railway (Branch to Harwich). 

Ordered, That the said Paper be referred to the 
Committee on the Bills to which the same relate ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Greene reported the British American Land British Ame- 
Company Bill, with Amendments. dc 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ~°"P*"Y 


Mr. Greene reported the Direct London and Direct Lon- 
Portsmouth, Brighton and Chichester, London, che 
Brighton and South Coast and London and South grighton and 
Western Railways Bill, with Amendments. Chichester, 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; London, 

5s Brighton and 
and be printed. 


South Coast 
and London and South Western Railways Bill, 


413 Mr. 


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614 


Manchester Mr. Greene reported the Manchester and Leeds 
— Railway (Branch from the Huddersfield and Shef- 


(Branch from field Junction ~—— to Barnsley, and Extension 
the Hudders- ‘of Holmfirth Branch) Bill, with Amendments. 


field and Shef- : : 
fill Junctinn. O7dered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Railway to and be printed. 


Barnsley, and ; 
Extension of Holmfirth Branch) Bill. 


Manchester Mr. Greene reported the Manchester and Leeds 
a” Railway (Alteration of Levels of Brighouse Branch 


(Alteration of of the West Riding Union Railway and new Line 
Levels of Brig- into Leeds) Bill, with Amendments. 


— — Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


Riding Union and be printed. 
Railways, and 
new Line into Leeds) Bill. 


Manchester, Mr. Greene reported the Manchester, Sheffield 
Preffield and and Lincolnshire Railway (Branch at Bugsworth to 
Railway join the Peak Forest Canal Tramway and Amend- 


(Branch at ment of Acts) Bill, with Amendments, 
Bugsworth to 


join the Peak | Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
Forest Canal and be printed. 


Tramway and 
Amendment of Acts) Biil. 


Midland Rail- Mr, Greene reported the Midland Railway (Sys- 


way (Syston ton and Peterborough Railway, Deviations and 


roughRailway Approach to Manton Station) Bill, with Amend- 
Deviations and ments. 


&gt; Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
tion) Bill. and be printed. 
Strathtay and 
Breadalbane 


Extension 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Greene reported the Strathtay and Breadal- 
bane Extension Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Van Diemen’s Mr. Greene reported the Van Diemen’s Land 


—i Company Bill, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed. 
York and Mr. Greene reported the York and North Midland 
— Railway (Harrogate Branch, Extension and Ter- 
(Harrogate minus) Bill, with Amendments. 


Branch, Ex- Ordered, Tinrat the Report do lie upon the Table; 
tension and 


Terminus)Bill. 224 be printed. 


Glasgow,Pais- The House proceeded to take into consideration 


ley and Green- the Report on the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock 
ock Railway 5 


(Branch to the Railway (Branch to the Caledonian Railway and 

Caledonian Diversion of Canal) Bill; and the Amendments 

Railway ant were read, andagreed to, 

Canal) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Scottish Mid- 
land Junction 
Railway 
(Amendment 
and Branch 
to Laurence- 
kirk) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Scottish Midland Junction Rail- 
way (Amendment and Branch to Laurencehirh) Bill; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Caledonian The ingrossed Bill to enable the Caledonian Rail- 


Railway way Company to make certain Branch Railways in 
(Branches to ‘ ‘ . ° 

Canonbie, the Counties of Dumfries and Cumberland was, 
&amp;c.) Bill. according to Order, read the third time. 


An ingrossed Clause (Company to erect stations 
or lodges, where roads crossed on a level), was 
thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
xider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


London and An ingrossed Bill to enable the Zondon and South | 


South Western Weste 


Railway rm Railway ag to make Railways from | 
(Andover to Andover, to join their Salisbury Branch Railway at 
the Bishop- Michaelmarsh, and from the same Branch at Rom- 
+r ea sey, to join the Southampton and Dorchester Rail- 


Branch, &amp;c.) Way at Redbridge, all in the County of Southamp- 
Bill. 


5° Junii. 


A. 1847. 


ton, to be called The Andover and Southampton 
Junction Railway, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for improving and maintaining Macduff 
the Harbour of Macduff, in the County of Banff, Harbour Bill 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for enabling the Metropolitan Metropolitan 
Sewage Manure Company to alter the Line of their Sewage 
Works, and for other Purposes, was read the third “*" = 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to authorize certain Alterations Waterford 
in the Line of the Waterford and Limerick Railway, &lt;n 
and to amend the Act relating thereto, and for Sang om 
other Purposes, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Sunderland 
the Report on the Sunderland Improvement, Markets Improvement, 

d Bridge Bill; and the Amendments were read, Briqee Bill 
and Bridge Bill; and the Amendments were read, Bridge Bill. 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


An ingrossed Bill for making a Railway from the Swansea and 
Swansea Vale Railway at Ynisymond, in the Parish Pt 
of Cadoxton, to Nantmelyn, in the Parish of Zlan- py" 
gefelach, both in the County of Glamorgan, with 
Branches, was read the third time; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Morris do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Greene reported the Leeds Central Railway reeds Central 
Station Bill, with Amendments. Railway 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Sttion Bill 
and be printed. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on Great North- 
Group No. 33 of Railway Bills; That in the case ern Railway 
of the Great Northern Railway (Extension to Leeds aoe py . 
and Wakefield, and Deviation of Methley Branch of Wakefield, 
Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole Railway) Bill, the and Deviation 
Preamble had not been proved, inasmuch as it ap- of Methley 

‘ . P ? P~ Branch of 
peared in evidence that, in consequence of an error Wakefield, 
resulting from an accidental oversight in adjusting Pontefract 
the levels of the line deposited to those of the Leeds, hay 

: 5 ailway) Bill. 
Dewsbury and Manchester Railway, at a point at ° 
which it was proposed that the said Great Northern 
Railway Extension should cross the said Leeds, 
Dewsbury and Manchester Railway, the line con- 
templated under the provisions of the Bill referred 
by the House to the Committee cannot, under those 
provisions and the provisions of the Act 8 Vic. c. 20, 
be carried into effect according to the Plans and 
Sections deposited ; it further appeared to the Com- 





mittee, on the evidence before them, that Parliament 


ought not to come to any decision the effect of which 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to | 


would be to preclude a fair trial of the grounds on 
which the Great Northern Railway Company claims 


| an independent access to the town of Leeds; they 


had therefore negatived the Preambles of the Leeds, 
Dewsbury and Manchester Railway (Extension to 
Wakefield) Bill, and of the Leeds, Wakefield and 
Midland Junction Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. 


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Ieeds, Wake- Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on 
feld and Mid- the Zeeds, Wakefield and Midland Junction Rail- 
jand Junction = ; 
Railway Bil. way Bill; That they had examined the allegations 

contained in the Preamble of the Bill, but the same 

had not been proved to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 
Leeds, Dews- Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on 
otha the Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester Railway (Ex- 
yay (Exten- tension to Wakefield and Junction at Methley, with 
sion to Wake- the Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole, and York and 
aco at North Midland Railways) Bill; That they had ex- 
Methley, with amined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Wakefield, the Bill, but the same had not been proved to their 


— pw satisfaction. 


York and Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
North Midland and be printed. 

Railways) Bill. 

Manchester, 4 ; ; 

: weep’ Mr. Baring reported from the Committee on the 


‘-o Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railwa 
—" (Branch from yp cone AE to Oldham) Bill ; 
(Branch — That they had examined the allegations contained 
mp in the Preamble of the Bill, but the same had not 
ham) Bill, ~ been proved to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, Thatthe Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 

Belfast Petitions of the Marquis of Donegall, and others, 
ee Rate-payers of Belfast, in the county of Antrim; 
George Dunbar, of Belfast, in the county of 
Antrim, Esquire ;--— Charles Duffin and Adam 
Duffin, both of Belfast, in the county of Antrim, 
Merchants ; Robert James Tennent, Esquire, of 
Belfast, in the county of Antrim ; and, C. B. 

Grimshaw and others, Rate-payers of Belfast, in the 
county of Antrim; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Belfast Improvement Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 











Ipswich and Petitions from Saxmundham ;— Wickham Market; 
Bury St. Ed- __ Woodbridge; — Southwold (two Petitions) ; — 
mund’s Rail- : oh: ": aoe i 

way (Branch S*ramlingham;—and, Ipswich; praying that the 
— meant Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway (Branch 
to ood- 


bri ill. : 
— law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 
Rathmines A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land, 


crc houses and property, and Rate-payers within the 


it. district of Rathmines, Mount Pleasant, Ranelagh, 
Cullenswood, Miltown, Rathgar and Haroldscross, 
and other portions of the parish of Saint Peter, 
within the barony of Upper Cross, in the county of 
Dublin, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Rathmines Improvement bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


South Devon A Petition of Inhabitants of Zaunceston, in the 
ey county of Cornwall, praying that the South Devon 
and Amend. Railway (Extension and Amendment) Bill may pass 
ment) Bill. into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Sunderland A Petition of Owners of property and Rate- 

fatkee ny” payers of the borough of Sunderiand, in the county 
Bridge Bil, Of Durham, praying that they may be heard, by 


themselves, their counsel or agents, in support of 
VoL, 102. 


3° Junia. 





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615 


their objection to a certain clause of the Sunderland 
Improvement, Markets and Bridge Bill, and that 
for that purpose the said Bill may be re-committed, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Lewis Llewellyn Dillwyn, of Park- Swansea _ 
wern, near Swansea, in the county of Glamorgan, Harbour Bill. 
Esquire, one of the Proprietary Trustees of Swansea 
Harbour, praying that he may be heard, by his 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Swansea Harbour Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


A Petition of George Lock, of Shepton Mallet, in wits, Somer- 
the county of Somerset, Builder, praying that he set and Wey- 


y | may be permitted to withdraw his Petition against uth Rail: 


the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway (No. 2.) Bill. asta 


Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the 
Petition accordingly. 


A Petition of the Governor, Bailiffs and Com- Wisbech Port 
monalty of the Company of Conservators of the and Harbour 
Great Level of the Fens, called Bedford Level, ma. 
praying that they may be heard, by their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Wisbech Port 
and Harbour Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions from Zondon (three Petitions) ;—Blooms- Chemists and 
bury ;—Southwark ;—Saint Luke, Chelsea ;—Char- Drugsists. 
lotte-street, Fitzroy-square;—and, Mary-le-bone(two 
Petitions) ; praying the House to pass a Bill for re- 
gulating the qualification of Chemists and Druggists 
in England and Wales,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table, 


Petitions from Wigton ;—and, Everingham; com- Education. 
plaining of the exclusion of Roman Catholics from 
their share of the monies granted for Educational 
urposes, and praying the House to interpose in 
their behalf,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Health of 
gesses of the borough of Liskeard, and Inhabitants Towns Bill. 
thereof, praying that the Health of Towns Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and ore 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from William Eddowes ;—Church Stret- Medical Regis- 
ton;—and, London ; praying that the Medical Re- tration and 
gistration and Medical Law Amendment Bill may Medical Law 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and Bil). 
referred to the Select Committee on Medical Re- 


gistration, &amp;c. 


Petitions from the District of Maitland, and of New South 
other parts of the Humber River District, in the Wales. 
colony of Mew South Wales;— and, Newcastle, - 
Stockton and other parts of the Humber River 
District, in the colony of Mew South Wales; pray- 
ing the House to adopt measures for preventing 
the renewal of Transportation to any extent, or on 
any terms, to that colony, and for protecting the 
colonists in future from the evils to which they are 
now subject, by the influx from the neighbouring 
penal colonies of men holding conditional pardons, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


414 Viscount 




















Portugal. 


Maritime 
Regulations 
of Foreign 
Countries. 


Emigration. 


British 
Museum. 


Merchandize 
(Amsterdam, 
&amp;c.) 


Fisheries 
‘Treland and 
Scotland.) 


Holyhead 
Harbour 
Commission. 


Provisions 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 462. 


Wheat, &amp;c. 
No. 463. 


Electors 
(Ireland.) 


616 3°—4° 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of a Protocol of a Conference 
relating to the Affairs of Portugal, held at the Fo- 
reign Office, on the 21st May 1847. 

Viscount Palmerston also presented, —Further 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
22d day of January last, for Abstract of the Mari- 
time Regulations of the following Countries; France, 
Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Holland, Prussia, Rus- 
sia, Belgium, Portugal, the Brazils, the United 
States and the South American States; showing 
where Special Treaties with Great Britain are in 
existence. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Further Papers relative to Emigration to 
the British Provinces in North America, in conti- 
nuation of the Papers presented February 1847. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Conditions prescribed (by recommen- 
dation, certificate, or otherwise) for the Admission 
of Applicants to read in the Library or Reading 
Rooms of the British Museum. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return, detailing the Charges for landing, weigh- 
ing, warehousing, sampling, and delivering, various 
kinds of Merchandize in Amsterdam, Hamburgh, 
Rotterdam and Antwerp. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Raju; 's most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Sums granted by Parliament for | 
Irish Fisheries in the years 1845 and 1846 :—And, | 
a Similar Return for Scotland. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | 
Copy of the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
the Commissioners on the proposed Harbour of Re- 
fuge at Holyhead. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account, showing the Quantities of Grain, of Meal 
(stated in quarters), and of other kinds of Provisions 
landed in Jreland, in each of the Ten Weeks pre- 
ceding the 22d ‘day of May 1847; distinguishing 
the Importations from Foreign Countries and British 





Possessions from those received from Ports in Great 
Britain. 

Mr. Milner Gibson accordingly presented the said 
Account. 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Wheat, &amp;c. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to 
Order,—Returns of the Number of Electors appear- 
ing by the lists or books of the Clerks of the Peace 
registered for each County, City, Town, or Borough 
in Ireland, on the 1st day of February in each of 
the years 1837 and 1847, including in the Return 
for 1847 those only who had been registered sub- 
sequently to the 1st day of February 1839; distin- 
guishing, in separate columns, the Number registered 
under different qualifications, and showing the In- 
crease or Decrease exhibited by the numbers, as 
appearing registered on the Ist day of Februa 





Junit. A, 1847. 
Electors for Counties entitled to vote on the 2d 
day of February, in each of the years 1846 and 
1847, with the Name of the Barony from which 
each Elector was registered :—And, of the Number 
of Electors registered for the Counties, Cities and 
Boroughs of Ireland, from the 1st day of February 
1845 to the 1st day of February 1846, and from 
the 1st day of February 1846 to the 1st day of Fe- 
bruary 1847; also, of the Total Number of registered 
Electors for each County, City and Borough of 
Ireland, on the 1st day of February 1846 and on 
the 1st day of February 1847 respectively :—And, 
Summaries of the foregoing Returns for the whole 
of reland (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 469, of Session 1846). 

Sir William Somerville also presented, pursuant Lunacy. 
to the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of 
the Report of the Commissioners in Lunacy to the 
Lord Chancellor, dated 30th June 1846. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Prisons Bill. 
mittee on the Prisons Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 4° die Junii, 1847: 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Custody of 
mittee on the Custody of Offenders Bill ; Otenders Bal. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Passengers 
Reading of the Passengers Act Amendment Bill; —a” 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Burgh Police 

into a Committee upon the Burgh Police (Scotland) — 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Highway Rates Bill was, according to Order, Highway 
read a second time; and committed toa Committee Rates Bill 
of the whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Stock in Trade 
Reading of the Stock in Trade Exemption Bill; | Exempt 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Out-Pension- 
mittee on the Out-Pensioners (Chelsea and Green- — 
wich) Bill ; wich) Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Stage Carriages, &amp;c. Duties Bill was, accord- Stage Car- 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed Dif™ a 
toa Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Soap Duty Allowances Bill was, according Soap Duty Al- 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a lowances Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Trust Money 














a Committee upon the Trust Money Investment Investmen, 


; “ : : : ‘ d) Bill. 
1847, compared with those appearing registered on | (Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, natal 


the 1st day of February 1837 :—Of the Number of 


| Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 


reported, 











ce 


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on- 


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Bill. 











10 Vicroriz. 


reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Turnpike Acts The Order of the day being read, for the Third 

Continuance Reading of the Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill ; 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Quakers’and Mr. Greene reported the Quakers’ and Jews’ Mar- 


Jews’ Mar- yiaoes Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
riages Bill. = d 
agreed to. : ; 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 
Juvenile Mr. Greene reported the Juvenile Offenders Bill ; 
Offenders Bill. and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
No. 464. 


A Clause (Recovery of Penalties) was twice read ; 
and made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Lancashire, The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
a consideration the Report on the Lancashire, Cheshire 
Drainage and and North Wales Drainage and Inclosure Com- 
Inclosure panies Incorporation Bill ; 


a0 so Ordered, That the Report be taken into consi- 
Bill. deration this day: 


Lighthouse Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
(Barbadoes.) to Her Majesty, That She wil) be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Official Correspondence relative to 
the erecting a Lighthouse at Barbadoes, alluded to 
in the Governor’s speech in 1845 :—Of the Despatch 
of the Colonial Secretary to the Governor of Bar- 


badoes, stating the readiness of Her Majesty’s Go- | 


vernment to contribute half the Expense of such 
erection :—And, of any Documents in the Colonial 
Office which explain the refusal of the Council of 
Barbadoes to appropriate the money deposited in 
the Colonial Bank for their express purpose. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Baths and Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
ee amend the Act for the Establishment of Public 
Baths and Washhouses: And that Sir George 
Grey and Sir William Somerville do prepare, and 

bring it in. 


Joint Stock The House was moved, That the Act 7 and 8 
i Vic., c. 110, for the Registration, Incorporation and 
lil. 


Regulation of Joint Stock Companies, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into a Committee, to consider the said 
Act:—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend an Act ofthe eighth year of Her present Ma- 
jesty, for the Registration, Incorporation and 
Regulation of Joint Stock Companies. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene accordingly reported a Resolution; 
which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 


amend an Act of the eighth year of Her present 
VoL. 102. 


3°— 4° Juni. 617 


Majesty, for the Registration, Incorporation and 
Regulation of Joint Stock Companies :—And he 
moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Greene, Mr. Milner Gibson and Mr. 
Parker do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir George Grey presented a Bill to amend the Baths and 
Act for the Establishment of Public Baths and Washhouses 
Washhouses: And the same was read the first po 65 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon ~* — 
Monday next; and to be printed. 


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That Answer to 
their several Addresses of the 1st and 2d days of Addresses. 
this instant June, (That Her Majesty would be 
graciously pleased to give directions that the Papers 
therein mentioned might be laid before this House,) 
had been presented to Her Majesty ; and that Her 
Majesty had commanded him to acquaint this 
House, that She will give directions accordingly. 


Mr. Secretary at War presented, pursuant to an Pensions 
Address to Her Majesty,—Copy of the Warrant (A™y-) 
which has recently received Her Majesty’s signa- 
ture, granting new rates of Pension to Non-Com- 
missioned Officers and Privates of Her Majesty’s 
Army. 

Girdweed, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before One of the 
clock on Friday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 








Veneris, 4° die Junii ; 
Anno 10° Victorize Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Campioell, from the Court of Directors of East India. 

the East India Company, was called in; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to Order,—A List of 
Secret Papers laid before the Court of Directors of 
the East India Company by the Board of Control, 
since the passing of the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, stating 
the Title of each such Paper, the Date the Paper 
was received by the Secret Court, and the Date on 
which it was sent to the Court of Directors; dis- 
tinguishing those Papers that were kept in Secret 
Court of Directors :—And then he withdrew. 


Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Colchester Colchester 
Navigation and Improvement Bill have leave to sit Navigation 


this day, till five of the clock, during the sitting of a 
the House. 


An ingrossed Bill for widening, altering and im- Dundee and 
proving the Dundee and Newtyle Railway, was read Newtyle 
the third time. Baling BE 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Duncan do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for rating to the Relief of the Kingsnorton, 
Poor, and other Parochial and Local Rates, the Northfield, &amp;c. 
Owners of certain Property within the Parishes of ®#tes Bill. 
Kingsnorton, Northfield and Beoley, in the County 
of Worcester, Edgbaston, in the County of Warwick, 
and Harborne, in the County of Stafford, in lieu of 
the Occupiers thereof, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 





the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Thorneley reported from the Select Committee Public Peti- 





on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the tions (Thirty- 
4K Petitions Report.) 


A I 


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618 


Petitions presented upon the 31st day of May last, 
and the 1st and 2d days of this instant June; and 
had directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Aberdeen Sir William Verner reported the Aberdeen Rail- 
more way (Brechin Branch Deviation) Bill, with Amend- 
Branch De- ments. 


viation) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Sandwich 


Haven Bill. A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill for 


improving, regulating and maintaining the Haven 
of Sandwich, in the County of Kent, be now read 
the third time ; 

Lord Marcus Hill, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
_ the House may do therein as they shall think 

t. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Thomas Troubridge do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Dundee and 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill to 
Perth Railway 


tAlteration enable the Dundee and Perth Railway Company to 

and Extension, #/ter and extend their Line near to Perth, and to 

and Inchture, make Branches therefrom to Inchture, Polgavie and 
ee Inchmichael, be now read the third time ; 

Branches) Bill. Mr. Macaulay, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, ‘That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
iy the House may do therein as they shall think 

a 
Then the Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Duncan do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Birmingham, 
Wolverhamp- 
ton and Stour 
Valley Rail- 
way (No. 2.) 
Branches Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Birmingham, 
Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway Company 
to construct Branch Railways to Stourbridge, to 
Dudley and other Places, and for other Purposes, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Douglas do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Birmingham, 
Wolverhamp- 
ton and Stour 


An ingrossed Bill to authorize a certain Altera- 
tion in the Line of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton 
Valley Rail. and Stour Valley Railway, and to amend the Act 
way (No. 1.) relating thereto, and for other Purposes, was read 
Sovusien) the third time ; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir Charles Douglas do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
London and An ingrossed Bill to autherize the Right honour- 
a able Francis Egerton Earl of Ellesmere to sell, and 
(Purchase of the Zondon and North Western Railway Company 
the Earlof —_ to purchase, the Estate and Interest of the said Earl 


Ellesmere’s ne it the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham 


Manchester Railway, was read the third time. 
— _ Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
pote Ordered, Vhat Sir Charles Douglas do carry the 


Railway) Bill. Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


London and 
North West- 
ern Railway 


An ingrossed Bill to empower the London and 
North Western Railway Company to make a Rail- 
(Newport Way from the London and North Western Railway, 
Pagnell, Olney near Bletchley, to Newport Pagnell, Olney and 
and Welling- |Vellingborough, was read the third time. 

Bean) Bill Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
’ Ordered, That Sir Charles Douglas do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


4° Juniz. 








A. 1847. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Stockport stockport 
Manorial Tolls and Bridges Bill have leave to sit Manorial Tolls 
this day, till five of the clock, during the sitting of —- 
the House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London (City) 
the Report on the London (City) Small Debts Bill; — Debts 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. : 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 

York and 


Ordered, That the Committee on the York and xo, Mi 
North Midland Railway (Harrogate Branch, Bo- Retour see 


roughbridge and Knaresborough Extension) Bill, have ea gn 
leave to make a Special Report. pa Pa 


and Knaresborough Extension) Bill. 


Sir William Clay reported from the Committee York and 
on Group No. 37 of Railway Bills; That in the SS 
case of the York and North Midland Railway testy Kaw 
(Harrogate Branch, Boroughbridge and Knaresbo- Boroughbridge 
rough Extension) Bill, the Committee had agreed and Knares- 
to the Preamble, and to several Clauses of the said pe Ll 
Bill; that they have deemed it necessary for the 
public convenience to impose certain restrictions on 
the York and North Midland Railway Company, 
in respect of so much of the line as passes through 
the town of Knaresborough, and as to the Station 
proposed to be erected there; and with the view of 
preventing two lines of Railway and two Stations 
in the said town, they deem it expedient that clauses 
should be introduced enabling the said Company to 
use, on certain conditions, the line of Railway and 
Station already authorized to be made in and through 
the said town of Knaresborough by the East and 
West Yorkshire Railway Company, and by the 
Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company ; in these pro- 
visions the counsel appearing before the Committee 
on behalf of the said East and West Yorkshire Rail- 
way Company, and of the Leedsand Thirsk Railway 
Company, have acquiesced; but the provisions 
above mentioned being beyond the scope of the Bill 
as introduced into the House, and of the Notices 
given in respect of the same, the Committee have 
thought it right to apply to the House for an In- 
struction that they have power to introduce the said 
Clauses, which Clauses are appended to this Report. 

(Restraining the construction of the line through 
the town of Knaresborough.) And whereas by the 
Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Knaresborough Exten- 
sion) Act, 1846, the Leeds and Thirsk Railway 
Company are authorized to extend their Knaresbo- 
rough Branch across the River Midd, into and 
through the town of Kuaresborough, as delineated 
on the Plans in the said Act referred to: And 
whereas by the East and West Yorkshire Junction 
Railway Act, 1846, the Company thereby incorpo- 
rated are authorized to construct their Railway into 
or through the said town of Knaresborough, and by 
the said Act the said Company and the Leeds and 
Thirsk Railway Company are empowered to enter 
into such contracts and agreements with reference 
to the construction, maintenance and repair of the 
bridge over the said River Widd, and also with re- 
ference to the construction, maintenance, use and 
occupation of a joint or separate station or stations 
in or near the said town as the said Companies may 
respectively deem advisable, and subject to such 
terms and conditions, to be agreed upon between 
them, as in the said Act mentioned ; and the said 
East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway Com- 
pany are thereby further empowered to raise money, 
and to contribute towards the construction and re- 
pair of the said bridge and station, or either of them : 
And whereas the Railway hereby authorized is also 
intended to pass into or through the said town of 
Knaresborough: And whereas it is expedient, and 
would be for the convenience and advantage of the 
public, if there were only one line of Railway, and 
one station, common to the use of the several Rail- 
way Companies whose lines of Railway are autho- 
rized or are proposed to pass through and within 
the said town; BE it therefore Enacted, That (ex- 

cept 











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Thirsk Railway Company, or the said East and 








10 Victoriz. 


cept as hereinafter mentioned) it shall not be lawful | 
for the said York and North Midland Railway | 
Company to make so much of the line of Railway 
defined upon the Plans hereinbefore mentioned, as 
lies between the northern boundary of the wood or 
field numbered 78, on the said Plans, in the parish 
of Knaresborough, and the north-east boundary of 
the field or land numbered on the Plans 179, in the 
same parish, anything in this Act to the contrary 
notwithstanding. 

(York and North Midland Railway Coompens to 
use portion of Leeds and Thirsk and East and West 
Yorkshire Junction Railways.) And be it Enacted, 
That it shall be lawful for the York and North Mid- 
land Railway Company, with their engines, car- 
riages, waggons and trucks, to use the Railway which 
may be made by the said Leeds and Thirsk Railway 
Company and the East and West Yorkshire Junc- 
tion Railway Company, either jointly or severally, 
under the provisions of the said Leeds and Thirsk 
Railway (Knaresborough Extension) Act, 1846, and 
the East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway Act, 
1846, or either of them, through the parish of 
Knaresborough, between the aforesaid boundaries of 
the said fields numbered 78 and 179, and also the 
station to be erected at Knaresborough by the two 
last-mentioned Companies, or one of them, upon 
such terms and conditions and subject to the pay- 
ment of such tolls, rates and charges, sum or sums 
of money, either annual or in gross, and to such 
rules and regulations as may be eventually agreed 
upon between the said Companies respectively : 
Provided nevertheless, That if the said Leeds and 


West Yorkshire Junction Railway Company or the 
said two Companies conjointly, shall not within 
Eighteen months from the passing of this Act have 
completed a Railway communication through the 
parish of Knaresborough, within the limits aforesaid 
as provided by the said last-mentioned Acts or either 
of them, together with a suitable station and all 
other necessary works and conveniences, to the sa- 
tisfaction of the said York and North Midland Rail- 
way Company, then it shall be Jawful for the York 
and North Midland Railway Company to construct 
the portion of Railway defined upon the Plans here- 
inbefore referred to, which lies between the aforesaid 
boundaries of the said fields, numbered 78 and 179, | 
and also a station and other necessary works and 





conveniences. 

Separate Clause (York and North Midland Rail- | 
way empowered to form Junctions). Provided also, | 
and be it Enacted, That the said York and North | 
Midland Railway Company shall, subject to the 
provisions in this Act contained, have full power to 
form all necessary junctions with the said Railway 
so to be constructed within the limits aforesaid by 
the said Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company and 
East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway Com- 
pany, or one of them. 

(As to junction with the Leeds and Thirsk and 
East and West Yorkshire Junction Railways.) And 
be it Enacted, That no junctions or communications 
(except such as may be necessary for the purpose of 
enabling the said York and North Midland Railway 
Company to use and enjoy in manner aforesaid the 
said Railway and works so to be made and con- 
structed by the said Leeds and Thirsk Railway 
Company and East and West Yorkskire Junction 
Railway Company or one of them, between the said 
boundaries of the said fields numbered 78 and 179) | 
shall be made between the Railway hereby autho- 
rized and the Leeds and Thirsk Railway or East and 
West Yorkshire Junction Railway, without the con- 
sent of the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company 
and East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway 
Company respectively first obtained; and all such 
junctions or communications as shall be so made as 
aforesaid, as also all such openings on the ledges or 
flanches of the said Leeds and Thirsk Railway and 





Vou. 102. 


4° Junie. 619 


East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway respec- 
tively as may be required for the said junciions or 
communications, shall be made under the direction 
and superintendence of the engineers for the time 
being of the said Leeds and Thirsk Railway Com- 
pany and East and West Yorkshire Junction Rail- 
way Company respectively. 

(As to watching the junctions with the Leeds and 
Thirsk and East and West Yorkshire Junction Rail- 
ways.) Provided always, and be it Enacted, That 
wherever the Railway by this Act authorized shall, 
(except within the boundaries or limits aforesaid), 
form a junction or communication with the said 
Leeds and Thirsk Railway or the East and West 
Yorkshire Junction Railway respectively, it shall be 
lawful for the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company 
and the East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway 
Company, or the one of them whose Railway shall 
be so interfered with, to employ proper persons at 
the points of such junctions or communications, and 
to give to such persons such instructions as they 
may deem necessary for the purpose of preventing 
collisions between trains passing upon the Leeds and 
Thirsk Railway and East and West Yorkshire Junc- 
tion Railway respectively, and trains passing upon 
the Railway by this Act authorized ; and such per- 
sons shall be under the control of the Leeds and 
Thirsk Railway Company and East and West York- 
shire Junction Railway Company, or one of them, as 
the case may be; and the York and North Midland 
Railway Company shall from time to time, half- 
yearly, repay to the Leeds and Thirsk Railway 
Company the wages of the persons so to be em- 
ployed, and the costs and expenses to be incurred in 
relation to the matters aforesaid, such wages, costs 
and expenses, in case of dispute about the same, to 
be settled by Two Justices. 

(Damages to Leeds and Thirsk Railway, or East 
and West Yorkshire Junction Railway, to be made 
good.) And be it Enacted, That in case during the 
construction of the works for carrying the Railway 
by this Act authorized across the said Leeds and 
Thirsk Railway, and East and West Yorkshire 
Junction Railway respectively, or at any time after 
such works shall have been completed, any damage 
or injury shall be thereby occasioned to the said 
Leeds and Thirsk Railway, and East and West 
Yorkshire Junction Railway, or either of them, or in 
case the traftic thereupon respectively shall thereby 
be in any way interrupted, the Company hereby 
incorporated shall and they are hereby required to 
make good such damage or injury, and to reimburse 
the said Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company, and 
East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway Com-. 
pany, or one of them, as the case may be, all costs 
and expenses which they shall have incurred in con- 
sequence thereof. 

(Saving the rights of the Leeds and Thirsk, and 
East and West Yorkshire Railway Companies.) 
Provided always, and be it Enacted, That nothing 
in this Act contained shall extend to prejudice, 
diminish, alter or take away any of the rights, pri- 
vileges, powers or authorities vested in the Leeds and 
Thirsk Railway Company, or East and West York- 
shire Railway Company respectively, except such of 
the same rights, privileges, powers and authorities as 
are by this Act altered or varied, but all such rights, 
privileges and franchises, and also all powers, au- 
thorities and provisions in the several Acts relating 
to the same Companies respectively, (except as 
aforesaid) shall be and are hereby saved and re- 
served to them, respectively, as if this Act had not 
been passed. 

(Disputes between the Companies to be settled by 
reference.) Provided also, and be it Enacted, That 
in case any dispute shall arise between the said three 
‘several Companies, or any of them, as to the said 
portion of Railway between the limits aforesaid, or 
the said station, works and conveniences, or as to 
the mode or terms of constructing or enjoying the 

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A. 1847. 


same, or as to any other matter in relation thereto, | think fit, with the aa age of that part which gives 


or as to any of the powers or provisions herein- | them any powers for t 


before contained, such re shall be referred to | 
the Commissioners of Railways, or to some person | 
to be appointed by them for that purpose, on the | 
application of any one of the said Companies, whose | 
decision thereon shall be final and binding on all | 
parties concerned. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Parkgateand An ingrossed Bill for making a Railway from 
pw rey Parkgate, in the Parish of Great Neston, in the 
Junction County of Chester, to join the Chester and Birken- 
Railway Bill. head Railway, in the Parish of Bebbington, in the 
same County, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir Charles Douglas do carry the 


Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


London and An ingrossed Bill for enabling the London and 
— North Western Railway Company to make certain 
crate and Branch Railways from the Coventry and Nuneaton 
Nuneaton Line to the Mount Pleasant and Victoria Collieries, 
Branches) Bill. in the County of Warwick, with Power to the Lon- 
don and North Western Railway Company to admit 
certain Parties as Shareholders in their Under- 
taking, and for other Purposes, was read the third 
time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to empower the London and North 
Western Railway Company to admit certain Parties 
as Shareholders in their Undertaking for making a 
Railway from Coventry to Nuneaton, in the County 
of Warwick, and for other Purposes. 
Ordered, That Sir Charles Douglas do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Leeds and Sir William Clay reported the Leeds and Thirsk 
ae. Railway (Deviation of Main Line in Crimple Val- 
tion of Main ley, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments. 
Line inCrim- Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Re) Bill &gt; and be printed. 
Glasgow, Kil- | An ingrossed Bill to enable the Glasgow, Kil- 
marnock and marnock and Ardrossan Railway Company to make 
— certain Branch Railways, and to make certain De- | 
(Amendment, viations from the Line and Levels of the said Rail- 
Deviationsand way, and to amend the Act relating to the said Rail- 
— *) way, was read the third time. 

pene That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hope 5 do carry the 


Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





Glasgow,Pais- Ordered, That the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock 
oy Railway (Amendment and Branches to the Glas- 
(Amendment gow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr, the Glasgow, 
and Branches Barrhead and Neilston, and the Glasgow, Strath- 


totheGlasgow, Gren and Lesmahagow Railways, and to Haugh 


e recovery of Water Rates 

other than those conferred by the Waterworks 

Clauses Act, 1847; and that the Committee on the 

Bill do examine, in the first place, how far such 

Order has been complied with, and do report the 

same to the House, on the report of the Bill. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the London LondonBridge 
Bridge Railway Termini Petition for additional Railway Ter- 
Provision, the Standing Orders ought not to be ™™ Bil, 
dispensed with. 

‘The second Resolution, being read a second time, 

was agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Kemble reported the London and North London and 
Western Railway (Saint Alban’s, Luton and Dun- NorthWestern 
stable Branch) Bill, with Amendments. yee onl 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; and Dunstable 
and be printed. Branch) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Manchester Manchester 
and Southport Railway Bill have leave to make their and Southport 
Report forthwith. Railway Bul. 
Mr. Roebuck accordingly reported the Bill, with 
Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 


Mr. Roebuck reported the East Lancashire Rail- East Lanca- 
way (Southport Branch and Preston Extension) shire Railway 
Bill, with Amendments. a pons 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Preston Ex- 


and be printed. tension) Bill. 


Mr. Aldam reported the Edinburgh Waterworks Edinburgh 
Bill, with Amendments. tala 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ~~ 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Leeds Leeds Water- 


_ Waterworks (No.2.) Bill be revived: —And that they works (No. 2.) 


shave leave to sit, and proceed, upon Tuesday next, ~~ 
at Twelve of the clock. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Liverpool Liverpool 
Corporation Waterworks Bill have leave to sit this Corporation 
day, till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the }ya'™"™ 


House. 


An ingrossed Bill for making a Deviation in the Lymn and Ely 
Line of the Zyxn and Ely Railway, and for forming a. 
Docks within the Borough of King’s Lynn, was read aioe 
the third time. Docks) Bill.! 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Richard Hodgson do carry the 


Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Eastern Coun- 


Railway Company to enlarge their London and paced * 
Stratford Stations, and to amend some of the Pro- ° ae Tone 





Paisley, Kil- Ee : ‘ , 
neces 1 and Pits) Bill be read the third time upon Tuesday 
Ayr, the Glas- next. 

gow, Barrhead 

and Neilston, and the Glasgow, Strathaven and 

Lesmahagow Railways, and to Haugh Pits) Bill. 





visions of the Acts relating to the Eastern Counties and Stratford 

Railway Company, was read the third time. Stations and 
An ingrossed Clause (If York Extension shares sacs) Bil 

insufficient, Company only to raise deficiency) was 





Glasgow, Pais- | Ordered, That the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock 


pe al Railway (Branches at Port Glasgow) Bill, be read 
(Branches at the third time upon Tuesday next. 


Port Glasgow) 

Bill. 

Standing Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
Orders ; Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; 


which were read, as follow: 
Cornwalland _1. Resolved, That in the case of the Cornwall and 
Devon Central DJeyon Central and Plymouth Railway Petition, the 


and Ply th @ , : . 
Railway Bill. Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 


Bingley 2. Resolved, That in the case of the Bingley Im- 
— rovement Petition for additional Provision, the 
: Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; That 
the Parties be permitted to introduce their additional 

Provision, if the Committee on the Bill shall so 





thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 
| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Richard Hodgson do carry 
| the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

An ingrossed Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Eastern Coun- 
Railway Company to make a Railway from the ties —— 
Eastern Counties Railway, near Cambridge, to the eel 
| Hertford and Ware Branch of the Northern and Ware Line, 
Eastern Railway, with Branches, was read the third &amp;¢-) Bill 
, time. 
| An ingrossed Clause (As to raising Capital) was 
| thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 
| Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Eastern Counties 
‘Railway Company to make a Railway from the 
| Eastern Counties Railway, near Cambridge, to the 


Hertford 





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Hertford and Ware Branch of the Northern and 
Eastern Railway, with a Branch. 

Ordered, That Mr.* Richard Hodgson do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Lancashire, 
Cheshire and 
North Wales 
Drainage and 
Inclosure 
Companies 
Incorporation 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Report on the Lancashire, 
Cheshire and North Wales Drainage and Inclosure 
Companies Incorporation Bill; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Coventry, 
Nuneaton, 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Coventry, Nun- 
Birmingham €220n, Birmingham and Leicester Railway Com- 
and Leicester pany to sell and transfer their Railway, Works and 
Railway Bill. Interests, to the London and North Western, and 
Midland Railway Companies, or either of them, 

; and for other Purposes, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Douglas do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Aberdeen and 


Mr. Greene reported the Aberdeen and Great 
Great North W 


orth of Scotland Railways Amalgamation or Leas- 


land é ; 
dsm ing Bill, with Amendments. 
Amalgamation Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
or Leasing ~—_ end be printed. 
Bill. 
Buckingham Mr. Greene reported the Buckingham and Brack- 
‘and Brackley Joy Junction Railway, and Oxford and Bletchley 
Junction Rail- , : : , 
way, and Junction Railway Companies Amalgamation and 
Oxfordand Extension of Lines Bill, with Amendments. 
Bietchley Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Junction Rail- - ? 
vayOom- and. be printed. 


panies Amal- y ; , 
gamation and Extension of Lines Bill. 


NorthWestern Mr. Greene reported the North Western Rail- 
oe way (Diversions at Skipton, Casterton and Sedbergh) 
) atSkipton, Bill, with Amendments. 


Casterton and Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Sedbergh) Bill. and be printed. 


Portadown Mr. Greene reported the Portadown and Dun- 
- —- gannon Railway Bill, with Amendments. 
Bill. y Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 
y Bristol and An ingrossed Bill to enable the Bristol and South 


South Wales 
Junction Rail- 
way and Aust 


Wales Junction Railway Company to improve and 
maintain the Aust or Old Passage Ferry across 


Yary Bill. the River Severn, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
”- Derbyshire, An ingrossed Bill to authorize the Construction of 
Staffordshi ai i 
- tnd Worees, @ Railway from Walsall, in the County of Stafford, 


tershire Jung. to Uttoxeter, in the same County, with a Branch in 
tion Railway the Parish of Rushall, in the said County, to join 
= the South Staffordshire Railway there; and with 
another Branch in the Parish of Uttoxeter, afore- 
said, there to join the North Staffordshire Railway 
Potteries Line, by a Company, to be called The 
Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire Junc- 
tion Railway Company, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to authorize the Construction of a 
, Railway from Cannock, in the County of Stafford, 
to Uttoxeter, in the same County, with a Branch in 
the Parish of Uttoxeter aforesaid, there to join the 
North Staffordshire Railway Potteries Line, by a 
Company to be called The Derbyshire, Staffordshire 
and Worcestershire Junction Railway Company. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


— 


Railway Bills, 


Sir James East reported from the Committee on 
Group No. 36, G 


roup No. 36 of Railway Bills; That the Com- 
mittee met at Twelve o’clock this day, pursuant to 
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621 


appointment, and that Mr. Leslie, one of the Mem- 
bers of the said Committee, was not present within 
one hour after the said time; and that they had 
directed him to report the same to the House. 

Ordered, That Charles Powell Leslie, Esquire, do 
attend the said Committee upon Tuesday next, at 
Twelve of the clock. 


Mr. Thomas Duncombe reported from the Com- Railway Bills, 
mittee on Group No. 32 of Railway Bills; That Grup No. 32. 
the Committee met at Twelve o’clock this day, 
pursuant to adjournment, and that Mr. Goring, one 
of the Members of the said Committee, did not 
attend during the sitting of the Committee. 

Ordered, That Charles Goring, Esquire, do attend 
the said Committee upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That Mr. Stuart Wortley and Mr. Card- Thames 
well be added to the Select Committee on the Thames ne 
Conservancy Bill. ’ 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Paisley, Barr- 
Reading of the Paisley, Barrhead and Hurlet coy Sha 
Railway Bill ; Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon ‘Tuesday next. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Edinburgh and Edinburgh 
Bathgate Railway Company to extend their Bar- #n¢ ee 
racks Branch, to deviate a Portion of their Main (pey; A 


“ ation 
Line, and for other Purposes, was read the third and Amend- 
time. ment) Bill. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Edinburgh and Bath- 
gate Railway Company to deviatea Portion of their 
Main Line, and for other Purposes. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hastie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for making a Railway from the Northampton 
Northampton and Peterborough Branch of the snd Banbury 
London and North Western Railway to the Town“ ™°Y *™ 
of Banbury, to be called The Northampton and 
Banbury Railway, and for other Purposes, was 
read the third time; and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hastie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Goulburn reported the Zondon and North London and 
Western Railway (Kenilworth to Berkswell Branches —— 
and Extensions, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments. Glesinrents 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; to Berkswell 
and be printed. Branches and 

Extensions, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 

Mr. Goulburn reported from the Committee on Oxford, 
the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Rail- be nerd ova 
way (No. 1.) (Extension and Amendment) Bill; That ton iow 
they had examined the allegations contained in the (No. 1.) (Ex- 
Preamble of the Bill, but the same had not been tension and 

: - ; mendment) 
proved to their satisfaction: Bi 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Goulburn reported from the Committee on Midland Rail- 
the Midland Railway (Cheltenham, Warwick and iy aoe 
Leamington Line) Bill; That they had examined the ana Leaming- 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, but ton Line) Bill, 
the same had not been proved to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Goulburn reported from the Committee on Birmingham 
the Birmingham and Ozford Junction Railway and Oxford 
(Warwick and Stratford Line) Bill; That they had 3° Warwick 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble and Stratford 
of the Bill, but the same had not been proved to Line) Bill. 
their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


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622 


South Eastern . Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
EWideuin of mittee on the South Eastern Railway (Widening of 
the a del the Greenwich Railway and Arrangement and En- 
Railway and largement of the London Bridge Station) Bill; and, 
——s the South Eastern Railway (London Bridge Station 
sank afte Arrangement and Enlargement) Bill, That they 
London Bridge have power to consolidate the said Bills, or any 


ee) oe parts thereof, into one Bill. 


Railway (London Bridge Station Ar- 
rangement and Enlargement) Bills. 
Rochdale Mr. Baring reported from the Committee on the 
a Rochdale Canal (Sale to the Manchester and Leeds 
ter and Leeds Railway Company) Bill; That oy had examined 
Railway Com- the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
pany) Bil. Bill, but the same had not been proved to their 
satisfaction. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 


and be printed. 


East Lanca- Major Layard reported from the Committee on 
shire Railway the East Lancashire Railway (Bury to Manches- 
ee) a ter) Bill; That they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, but the same 
had not been proved to their satisfaction. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


East Lanca- Major Layard reported from the Committee on 
shire Railway the East Lancashire Railway (Burnley Connecting 


Gamectng Line) Bill; That they had examined the allegations 
Line) Bill, | contained in the Preamble of the Bill, but the same 
had not been proved to their satisfaction. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
East Lanca- Major Layard reported from the Committee on 


shire Railway the East Lancashire Railway (Clitheroe, Mitton 


(clitheroe, and Padiham Branches) Bill; That they had exa- 
Padiham mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 


Branches) Bill. the Bill, but the same had not been proved to their 
satisfaction. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Manchester 


Major Layard reported the Manchester and Leeds 


ecets “Railway (Branches, Extensions, Deviations and 
rete Alterations of Levels and other Works) Bill, with 
Extensions, Amendments. 

Deviations Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and Altera- db ated 

tions of Levels 20 € printed, 

and other 

Works) Bill. 

Belfast A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 


re posed, That the Committee on the Belfast Improve- 
. ment Bill do not proceed with the said Bill until the 
Returns relative to the Belfast Corporation shall 
have been laid before this House :—And the said 

Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


London and An ingrossed Bill for enabling the Zondon and 
NorthWestern North Western Railway Company to make a Branch 


cronvets yo Line of Railway from Portobello to Wolverhampton, 
and Wolver- and for other Purposes, was read the third time. 
hampton Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Branch, &amp;c.) Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend the Provisions of 
two several Acts relating to the Liverpool Gas Light 
Company, and to enable the said Company to raise 
a further Sum of Money, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Liverpool 
Gas Bill 


Lincoln’s Inn 


t The Lincoln’s Inn Rating Bill was read a second 
Rating Bill. 


time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


4° Junie. 


A. 1847. 


The Liverpool Fire and Life Insurance Company Liverpool 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. nani Life 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Company Bill 
mittee of Selection, 


Sir Denis Le Marchant reported the Edinburgh rainburgh 
and Northern Railway (Burntisland Pier, &amp;c.) Bill, and Northern 
with Amendments. Coal d 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Pier, &amp;c.) Bill, 
and be printed. 


Mr. Greene reported the Cheltenham and Oxford Cheltenham 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. and Oxford 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; ®#way Bill. 
and be printed. 


Mr. Roebuck reported the Saint Helen’s Canal St. Helen's 
and Railway (Warringtonand Blackbrook Branches, — and 
&amp;e.) Bill, with Amendments. aaa 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Blackbrook 
and be printed. sownies, &amp;e.) 


Petitions from Epworth ;— Crowe ;—Belton ;— Axholme 
Bechingham ;—Misterton and Stockwith;—Hazey ; og eA em 
— Gainsborough ;—and, Walkeringham; praying Selby Railway 
that the Azholme Railway (from the Leeds and to Gainsbo- 
Selby Railway to Gainsborough, with Branches) Dreiches) Bill 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners or Occupiers of property Bathwick 
in the parish of Bathwick, in the city of Bath, pray- Church Bill. 
ing that the Bathwick Church Bill may pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of Edward Hancoch, Robert Cook and 
John Murray Withers, Rate-payers and Inhabitant 
Householders of the parish of Bathwick, within the 
city and borough of Bath, praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the said Bill, was also pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill :and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions from Southchurch;—Herne Bay Pier Eastern Coun- 

Company ;— Mayland ;—-Stowmaries ;— Little Thur- Cliford to il 
rock ;—Stamford-le- Hope ;— North Fambridge ;— bury Fort and 
Wennington ;— Wickford ; —Mucking ;—Bradwell ; Southend, with 
—Corringham;— Barking ;—Aveley ;—North Bem- aaa we 
fleet ;—Canewden ;—South Bemfleet ;—Gretton;— Battie Bridge) 
Pitsea ;—Runwell ;— Woodham Ferris ;—Dengie ; Bill. 
—Asheldham ;—South Minster ;—South Ockendon ; 
— Horndon-on-the-hill;— South Hanningfield ;— 
Hawkwell ; — Great Stambridge ; — Grays Thur- 
rock ;— Hadleigh ;-— Thundon ; —Steeple ;— Rams- 
den ;— Bellhouse; — Rainham; — Barling ; —Al- 
thorne ;—South Tainbridge ;—Eastwood ;— Little 
Stambridge ; — Little Wakering ; — Rayleigh ; — 
Burnham ; — Shopland ; — Tillingham ; — Ashing- 
don ;—Thundersley ;—South Shorbury ;— Hockley ; 
—Priitlewell; — Leigh;—Great Wakering ;— Ret- 
tendon ; — Laciteame. — Southend ;— Rawreth ; 
—Vange (two Petitions) ;— Rochford ;—Purleigh ; 
—Paglesham;—-and, North Shoebury ; praying that 
the Eastern Counties Railway (Lijord to Tilbury 
Fort and Southend, with a Branch from Vange to 
Battle Bridge) Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Electors, Merchants, Traders and Inverness ? 
other Inhabitants of the royal burgh of Inverness, ee = 
. ; Seeger avigation 
praying that the Inverness Harbour and Navigation iI. 
ill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Electors, Inhabitants and Rate- Inverness 


payers of the town and suburbs of Inverness, pray- an ca 
ing that the Inverness Municipal and Police, &amp;e., Bill. : 





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Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Norwich Small A Petition of Inhabitants and Rate-payers of the 
Tenements city of Norwich, praying that the Morwich Small 
_ Tenements Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 

sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


South Eastern A Petition of Henry Smith, of No. 23, Bermond- 
Railway ¢ sey-street, Southwark, in the county of Surrey, 
adem ol Grocer, taking notice of the South Eastern Railway 
Railway, and (Widening of the Greenwich Railway, and Arrange- 
— ment and Enlargement of the London Bridge Sta- 
pon Of the tion) Bill, and South Eastern Railway (London 
LondonBridge Bridge Station Arrangement and Enlargement) 
Station) Bil; Bil), and setting forth, That the Petitioner did not 
and, South ’ Se ; : : te: 

Eastern Rail- present any Petition against the said Bills within 


way (London the time limited by the Standing Orders, not having 


Bridge — any ,objection to the deposited plans; that the 

oi tee Petitioner has heard that the promoters have since 

ment) Bill. made an alteration on their plan by which they 
propose to cross over Bermondsey-street, very near 
to the Petitioner’s premises, and in a manner which 
would be very injurious and ruinous to him, unless 
the promoters are compelled to purchase the Peti- 
tioner’s premises and to compensate him; that the 
Petitioner had no means of knowing of the altera- 
tion in the plan and the intention of the promoters 
until Monday the 31st day of May last, being the 
first day of the meeting of the Committee on the 
Bills, when he first heard thereof; and praying that 
he may be heard, by his counsel or agent, against 
the preamble of the said Bills, and that the House 
will insert therein a clause compelling the promoters 
to purchase his premises and to compensate him, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Thames A Petition of Masters of the Bench of the Hon- 

Conservancy ourable Society of the Inner Temple, praying that 

ill. : : 
they may be heard, by counsel, against certain parts 
of the Thames Conservancy Bill, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Wisbech Port Two Petitions from Wisbech; praying that the 

= Harbour Wisbech Port and Harbour Bill may pass into a 

‘ law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Health of A Petition of the There-undersigned, being a body 

Towns Bill. of the Working Classes, residing in the parishes of 
Botesdale, and Reckinghall Superior and Inferior, in 
the county of Suffolk, praying that the Health of 
Towns Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

—— Petitions from Henry Jacobs ;—and, Wem ; pray- 

Medical Law ing that the Medica! Registration and Medical Law 

Amendment Amendment Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 

Bill. sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Medical Registration, &amp;c. 

Registering Petitions from the Presbytery of Linlithgow (Mo- 

Births, &amp;c.  derator);—and, the Parochial Board of anongate 

(Scotland) : : &gt; : 3 A ; 

Bill. (Chairman) ; praying that the Registering Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Registering A Petition of the Preses of a Meeting of Com- 

(Soothe) missioners of Supply, and Justices of the Peace for 


and, Marriage the county of Linlithgow, praying the House to 

(Scotland) _ postpone the Registering Births, &amp;c.(Scotland) ; and, 

Bills. the Marriage (Scotland) Bills for the present Ses- 
sion, with a view to allow full time for their details 
being fully considered and matured, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Smithfield 


cai Petitions from Paddington;—Saint Mary-le-bone ; 
arket, 


—and, Salesmen, Buyers and others resorting to 


Smithfield Market; praying that Smithfield Market 
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623 


may be allowed to exist in the place where it has 
for centuries been holden, and that the House will 
not consent to the establishment of compulsory 
abattoirs, and that the Petitioners may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, in support of 
their Petitions,—were presented and read; and 


referred to the Select Committee on Smithfield 
Market. 


The following Return, having been transmitted River Wear 
to the Clerk, was laid upon the Table, viz.—Re- eat 
turn to an Order, dated the 14th day of May last, : 
for a detailed and particular Statement of the Re- 
ceipts and Disbursements of the Commissioners of 
the River Wear and Port of Sunderland, in each 
year since 1842 :—And, a Return of the Number of 
Ships built in the Port, and the Amount of their 
Tonnage, in each year since 1842 (in addition to the 
Parliamentary Return, No. 328, of this Session). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Monies in the 
Account of Monies in the Exchequer or remaining Exchequer. 
to be raised, on the 29th day of May 1847, tocom- No. 466. 
plete the Aids granted by Parliament for the Service 
of the years 1845 and 1846. 

Mr. Parker accordingly presented the said Ac- 
count. 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to an Address New Forest. 
to Her Majesty,—Returns of the Names of the 
Warden, Verderers, Regarderers, Surveyors, De- 
puty Surveyors, Masters or Keepers of Walks, 

odge Keepers and of such other Officers who have 
Residences within the ew Forest, by whom and 
when appointed, their Fees, Emoluments and Per- 
quisites, the Name of their Places of Residence, 
and the Quantity of Land attached to their Resi- 
dences, during the years 1844, 1845 and 1846 :— 
Of the Names of the Courts held within the New 
Forest, the usual Time and Place of holding them, 
the Names of the Judges, Stewards and all other 
Officers of the said Courts, by whom and when ap- 

ointed, the Amount of the Fees, Perquisites and 

tmoluments of the said Officers, during each of 
the said years, and the Annual other Expenses of 
holding the said Courts :—Of the Number of Acres 
of which the New Forest consists, the Extent of Land 
inclosed, and the Extent uninclosed, and the Num- 
ber of Acres under Tillage :—Of the estimated Num- 
ber of Deer kept in the New Forest during each of 
the said years, and the Number killed in each of the 
said years; stating the estimated Number of Deer 
kept and killed in each Walk ofthe Forest :—And, 
of the Number of Licenses granted, or in force, for 
hunting or shooting in the Forest, in the said years, 
by whom such Licenses are granted, and the Total 
Amount of Fees paid, in each of the said years, for 
the same. 

Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to Orders,— ships Mort 
A Return of the Number of Ships, and the Amount gaged. 
of their Tonnage, which have been wholly or partly 
mortgaged, in each of the years from 1840 to 1846 
inclusive, 

A List of the Ports, Sub-Ports and Places esta- Shipping 
blished according to the Provisions of the foliowing 
Acts of Parliament; viz. 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 52 and 
57,8 and 9 Vic., c. 86 and 91, at which certain 
Goods and Merchandize may legally be shipped, 
landed and warehoused in Bond. stating, in co- 
lumns, the Description of the Goods imported and 
exported, and the Amount of Duties paid thereon, 
at the said several Ports, Sub-Ports and Places, in . 
the year ending the 5th day of January 1847 :— 
Also, the Number of Registered Vessels belonging 
to-each Port, and the Amount of Tonnage, with the 
Tonnage of Vessels entering and leaving each of 
the said Ports, Sub-Ports and Places, in the year 
ending the 5th day of January 1847; distinguishing 











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624. 


the Foreign from the Coasting Trade, exhibiting the 
Number of Vessels below and above One hundred 
Tons burthen. 
Navigation Further Return to an Order, dated the 16th day 
gg of February last, fora Return of the various Articles 
No. 280. seized, Ships detained, and Penalties imposed in the 
United Kingdom for Contravention of the Naviga- 
tion Laws, stating the Circumstances under which 
each Seizure was made, Ship detained, or Penalty 
imposed ; upon what Conditions such Articles or 
Ships were released, or how otherwise disposed of, 
from the year 1841 to 1846 inclusive. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Return relative to Navigation 
Laws, be printed. 


Message from 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir William Horne 
the Lords, . 


and Sir George Rose: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 

lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 
Naval Service A Bill, intituled, An Act for extending the Period 
of Boys Bill. of Service of Boys in Her Majesty’s Navy : 
Dunfermline A Bill, intituled, An Act to alter and amend an 
a oll Act, intituled, “ An Act for providing in or near the 
Bill. Burgh of Cupar more extensive Accommodation for 
holding the Courts and Meetings of the Sheriff, 
Justices of the Peace and Commissioners of Suppl 
of the County of Fife, and for the Custody of the 
Records of the said County, and to authorize the 
Commissioners acting under the authority of that 
Act to provide a Court House at Dunfermline for 
the Accommodation of the Courts of the Sheriffand 
Justices of the Peace in the Western District of the 
said County” : 
Kingston- A Bill, intituled, An Act for better assessing and 
upon-Thames collecting the Poor, Church and Highway Rates 
sma. Within the Parish of Kingston-upon-Thames, in the 
County of Surrey: And also, 
Scottish Union The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
Insurance this House to the Amendments made by their 
Company Bill. Tordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to enable 
the Scottish Union Insurance Company to purchase 
Annuities and invest Money on Securities in Eng- 
land and Ireland, and for other Purpeses relating 
thereto, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for lighting with Gas the Town and Neighbour- 
hood of Bingley, in the West Riding of the County 
of York, with an Amendment; to which Amend- 
ment the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 
And also, 

Darwen The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Waterworks _ Act for better supplying with Water the Town and 
Bil Neighbourhood of Over Darwen, in the County of 
Lancaster, and for affording a more regular and 
constant Supply of Water to the Millowners and 
others on the River Darwen, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 
Poor Relief The Lords do agree to the Amendments made by 
(Ireland) Bill. the Commons to the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Bill, intituled, An Act to make further Pro- 
vision for the Relief of the Destitute Poor in Jre- 
land ; and do not insist on Clause (F.) to which the 
Commons have disagreed: And also, 


Bingley 
Gas Bill, 


Landed The Lords do not insist on the Amendments made 

a tty __, by their Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to 

(ireland) Bull. fs cilitate the Improvement of Landed Property in 
Jreland, to which the Commons have disagreed ; 
and do agree to the Amendment made by the Com- 
mcns to the Amendment made by the Lords in 
Clause (A.) of the said Bill :—And also, 

Legh’s Estate The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Bill. to enable Edward Legh and Mary Anne his Wife, 


and others, to make and authorize Sales, Exchanges, 
and also Building and other Leases of Estates at 
Newington, otherwise Newington Lucies, and Lewis- 
ham respectively, in the County of Kent, and for 
other Purposes; to which the Lords desire the con- 


4° Juniz. 


A. 1847. 


currence of this House :—And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill to London and 
empower the London and North Western Railway NorthWestera 
Company to make a Branch Railway from the Lon- ( yo 
don and North Western Railway, near Atherstone, and Whitacre 
to the Midland Railway at Whitacre, in the County Branch) Bill 
of Warwick, be now read the third time ; 

Viscount Morpeth, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bull, gives Her 
consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Douglas do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Post-masters. 

a Return, showing, in columns, the Names of the 
Post Towns in England, Ireland and Scotland re- 
spectively, classed in Counties, in which the Post- 
master or Postmistress thereof, as the case may be, 
is also a licensed Keeper of a Public House for the 
Sale of Wines, Spirits, or Ale or Beer; stating for 
which of these respectively, if not all, with the Name 
of the Person holding such Post-office, with the 
Date of the Appointment, and the Name of the Post- 
master General presiding over that Department at 
the time of the Appointment. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Bread, Flour 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 204 Wheat. 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Price in London of the best Wheaten 
Bread, per Imperial Pound English; of the best 
Wheaten Flour of which such Bread is manufactured, 
per Imperial Pound English; and of good White 
Wheat, weighing not less than 60 or 61 Pounds per 
Imperial Bushel, on the 1st days of March, April, 
May and Jure 1847:—And, from our Consul in 
Paris, of the Price (estimated in British Currency) 
of the best Wheaten Bread, not Fancy Bread, per 
Imperial Pound English; of the best Wheaten Flour 
of which such Bread is manufactured, per Imperial 
Pound English; and the best White Wheat, weigh- 
ing not less than from 60 to 61 Pounds per Imperial 
Bushel, on the 1st days of March, April, May, and 
June 1847. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Copper. 
Accounts of the Total Quantities of Copper, exclusive 
of Copper Ore, estimated by Weight, and the Total 
Amount of Brass and Copper Manufactures, esti- 
mated by Value, which have been imported into the 
United Kingdom, for Home Consumption, in each 
year from 1824 to 1846, both inclusive; distin- 
guishing the Quantities imported from Cuba, Chili, 
Peruand Columbia respectively, from those imported 
from all other Parts; and the Amount of Duty re- 
ceived thereon in each year :—Of the Total Quan- 
tities of Copper Ore which have been imported into 
the United _ salon in each year from 1824 to 1846, 
both inclusive ; distinguishing the Quantity imported 
from Cuba, Chili, Peru and Columbia respectively, 
from those imported from all other Parts ; and fur- 
ther distinguishing the Quantities which have been 
smelted in Bond, specifying the Proportions of Me- 
tallic Copper contained therein, and the Quantities 
upon which Duty has been paid, also specifying 
the proportions of Metallic Copper contained there- 
in, with the Amount of Duty received thereon, in 





each 





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Set 





10 Victroriz. 


each year:—Of the Total Quantities of British 
Copper (exclusive of Copper Ore), and of Foreign 
Copper, that may have paid Duty, estimated by 
Weight, and the Total Amount of Brass and Copper 
Manufactures, estimated by Value, which have been 
exported from the United Kingdom, in each year 
from 1824 to 1846, both inclusive; distinguishing 
the Quantities exported to France and the United 
States of America respectively, from those exported 
to all other Parts: —Of the Total Quantities of 
Foreign Copper (exclusive of — Ore), which 
have been exported from bond in the United King- 
dom, in each year from 1824 to 1846, both inclusive ; 
distinguishing the Quantities exported to France 
and the United States of America respectively, from 
those exported to all other Parts ; and further  dis- 
tinguishing, as far as possible, that which has been 
smelted in Bond, the produce of Foreign Ores, from 
that which has been warehoused in Bond, when 
imported, and re-exported in the same state :—Of 
the Total Quantities of Copper Ore which have been 
exported from the United Kingdom, in each year 
from 1824 to 1846, both inclusive; distinguishing 
the Quantities exported to France and the United 
States of America respectively, from that which has 
been exported to all other Parts; and further dis- 
tinguishing British raised Ore from that which has 
been imported from Foreign Countries in Bond, and 
re-exported from the Bonded Warehouses :—And, 
of the Rates of Customs Duties, whether charged by 
Weight or Value, severally payable upon unwrought 
Copper, Copper Ore and Manufactures of Brass 
and Copper imported into the United Kingdom, in 
each year from 1808 to 1846, both inclusive. 


Lough Corrib | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Co- 
oa ies of the Answer furnished by the Board of Public 
m ° 


orks in Jreland to the Proceedings instituted and 
Bills filed against the Board, by the Lough Corrib 
Improvement Company; together with Copies of the 
several Documents referred to in such Answer. 


House ofCom- The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
mons Costs the Report on the House of Commons Costs Taxa- 
Taxation Bill. 


tion Bill; 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Fri- 
day next. 


Salt (East Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
ia Copy of the Separate Revenue Despatch and In- 
No.467. closures, from the Government of Bengal to the 
Court of Directors, dated the 7th day of April 1847, 
relating to the reduction of Duty on Bengal Salt. 
Sir John Hobhouse accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 
Agricultural Ordered, That the Paper relative to Agricultural 
Statistics. Statistics, which. was presented upon Tuesday last, 
No. 468. be printed. 
Light Gold. Ordered, That the Return relative to Light Gold, 
No.469, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
Electors Ordered, That the Summaries of the Returns re- 
(ireland) —_ ative to Electors (Ireland), which were presented 
No.470. yesterday, be printed. 
Lunacy. Ordered, That the Paper relative to Lunacy, 
No.471. which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
Loan Dis- The ingrossed Bill for allowing the Subscriptions 
count Bill. to the Loan of Eight millions raised in the year 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-seven to be 
paid up under Discount was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Prisons Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 


the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
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yesterday, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair (for the Committee on the Prisons Bill). 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 5° die Junii, 1847: 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Metropolitan 
Reading of the Metropolitan Buildings Bill ; Buildings Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Agricultural 
Reading of the Agricultural Statistics Bill ; Statistics Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 16th day of this instant June. 


The Leith Harbour and Docks Bill was, ac- Leith Harbour 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 24 Docks 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Newfoundland 
into a Committee upon the Newfoundland Govern- Government 
ment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 

Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 

day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Royal Marine 
mittee on the Royal Marine Service Bill; Service Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Prisoners Removal (Jreland) Bill was, ac- Prisoners 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- — on: 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for “74 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Custody of 
mittee on the Custody of Offenders Bill ; Offenders Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Passengers, 
Reading of the Passengers Act Amendment Bill; A¢t Amine 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Thursday next. 


Mr. Greene reported the Burgh Police (Scotland) Burgh Police 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed cae 


to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Mon- 
day next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself ne ag 
into a Committee upon the Highway Rates Bill ; as Bil 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 





day next. 
4L The 





Stage Car- 
riages, &amp;c. 
Duties Bill. 


Soap Duty 
Allowances 
Bill. 


Trust Money 
Investment 
(ireland) Bill. 


Quakers’ and 
Jews’ Mar- 
riages Bill. 


Incumbered 
Estates 
(ireland) Bill. 


Destitute 
Persons 
(Treland) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


No. 472. 


Sunday 
Trading 
(Metropolis.) 


Legh’s Estate 
Bill. 


626 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Stage Carriages, &amp;c., 
Duties Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 

orted, That the Committee had gone through the 

ill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Soap Duty Allowances 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


Mr. Geeene reported the Trust Money Investment 
(Ireland) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed; and read the third time upon Mon- 
day next. 


The ingrossed Bill to remove Doubts as to 
Quakers’ and Jews’ Marriages solemnized before a 
certain period was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to remove Doubts as to Quakers’ 
and Jews’ Marriages solemnized before certain 
periods. 

Ordered, That Mr. Christie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, upon Friday next, upon the Incumbered 
Estates (Zre/and) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 16th day of this instant June, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Mr. Parker presented a Bill to authorize a further 
Advance of Money for the Relief of Destitute Per- 
sons in Ireland: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next ; and to be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
the 15th day of April last, That a Select Committee 
be —, to inquire into the prevalence of Sun- 
day Trading in the Metropolis, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Hindley, Sir 
William Somerville, Mr. Escott, Mr. Alderman 
Copeland, Mr. Brotherton, Sir De Lacy Evans, Mr. 
Cowper, Mr. Craven Berkeley, Lord Robert Gros- 
venor, Mr. Wakley, Mr. Baring Wall, Mr. Walpole, 
Mr. Newdegate, Mr. Alderman Humphery and Mr. 
Manners Sutton, with Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 

Ordered, That five be the Quorum. 


Legh’s Estate Bill was read the first time ; and 
referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 


Bills. 


And then the House, having-continued to sit till 
half an hour after Twelve of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next. 





495° 7° Junii. 





A. 1847. 


Lune, 7° die Junii; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 
QRDE RED, That the Committee on the Liver- Liverpoot 
ool Corporation Waterworks Bill have leave to Corporation 
sit this day, till six of the clock, during the sitting }iaterworks 
of the House. 


The Warwick County Prison Bill was read a Warwick 
second time. County Prison 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being Bil 
put, That the Bill be committed ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby.: 
Tellers for the { Sir Charles Douglas, 
Yeas, Lord Brooke : 
Tellers forthef Mr. Dugdale, 
Noes, Mr. William Williams: 
So it passed in the Negative. 


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Mr. Brotherton reported the Ashton Gas Bill, Ashton Gas 
with Amendments. =. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Committee on Liverpool 
the Liverpool Guardian Gas Bill; That the Parties Guin 
promoting the Bill had stated to the Committee, 
that it was not their intention to proceed further with 
the same during the present Session of Parliament. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Hope Johnstone reported from the Committee Direct London 
on the Direct London and Portsmouth, and Lon- - agg 
don, Brighton and South Coast Railways Amalga- ——" 
mation Bill; That they had examined the allega- Brighton and 
tions contained in the Bove of the Bill, but the oo Coast 
same had not been proved to their satisfaction. ine 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; tion Bill. 
and be printed. 


Mr. Hope Johnstone reported the Reading, Guild- Reading, 
ford and Reigate Railway Bill, with Amendments, $tildford and 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; way Bil. 
and be printed. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Glasgow, Paisley Glasgow, 
and Greenock Railway Company to make a certain Paisley - 
Branch Railway to the Caledonian Railway at Glas- Seelieae 
gow and to divert part of the Glasgow, Paisley and (Branch to the 
Ardrossan Canal, was read the third time. a . 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass.  seette age 


Ordered, That Mr. Hope Johnstone do carry the Canal) Bill. 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Scottish Midland Scottish Mid- 
Junction Railway Company to make a Branch Rail- — Junction 
way from near the Royal Burgh of Forfar to or, po, SM 
near to the Town of Laurencehirh, in the County of and Branch to 
Kincardine, and to amend the Acts relating to the ~~ cca, 
said Railway, was read the third time. = 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hope Johnstone do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Swansea Har- Swansea 
bour Bill be revived :—And that they have leave to Harbour Bill. 
sit, and proceed, To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Royston and 
the Report on the Royston and Hitchin Railway Hitchin Rail- 
(Sale or Lease) Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Belfast Im- Belfast 
provement Bill be revived:—And that they have Improvement 
leave to sit, and proceed, upon Wednesday next. 


way (Sale or 
Lease) Bill. 





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Bathwick Ordered, That the Committee on the Bathwick 

Church Bill. Church Bill be revived :—And that they have leave 
to sit, and proceed, To-morrow, at Twelve of the 
clock. 

Ross, Cro- The House proceeded to take into consideration 

marty and the Report on the Ross, Cromarty and Part of Nairn 

Part of Nairn 


District Roads District Roads Bill ; andthe Amendments wereread, 
Bill and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Lynn and Colonel Rolleston reported the Lynn and Ely, Ely 
nla and Huntingdon, and Lynn and Dereham Railways 


and Lynn and Amalgamation Bili, with Amendments. 


Dercham Rail- Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
ways Amit” and be printed. 


Norfolk Rail Colonel Rolleston reported from the Committee 
way (Branch on the Norfolk Railway (Branch from Norwich to 
agg te Aylsham, with a Branch to North Walsham) Bill; 
with a Branch That the Parties promoting the Bill had stated to 
toNorth __ the Committee, that it was not their intention to 
Walsham) Bill. yroceed further with the same during the present 
Session of Parliament. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Eastern Coun- Colonel Rolleston reported from the Committee 
ties Railway on the Eastern Counties Railway (Zynnand Ely Rail- 
erg way, and Ely and Huntingdon Railway, and Lynn 
Ely and Hun- and Dereham Railway Lease) Bill; That they had 
tingdon Rail- examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 


a and tym” of the Bill, but the same had not been proved to 


Railway their satisfaction. 

Lease) Bill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 

Stockport Mr Clive reported the Stockport Manorial Tolls 


Manorial Tolls and Bridges Bill, with Amendments. 
and Bridges 


Bill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Limerick 
Docks and 
Harbour Bill. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Limerick 
Docks and Harbour Bill have leave to make their 
Report forthwith. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, on Legh’s 
Estate Bill, To-morrow. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 


Legh’s Estate 
Bill. 


Committee of 


Selection. mittee of Selection, to fix the first meeting of the 
Committee on the Lincoln’s Inn Rating Bill for 
Wednesday next. 

Hlorne’s Horne’s (Ferguson’s) Estate Bill was read a second 

gen time ; and committed. 

a Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Manchester, The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Sheffield and 


the Report on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln- 


Lincolnshire : ; ° . 
shire Railway and Manchester and Lincoln Union 


Railway, and 


sory vee Railway, and Chesterfield and Gainsborough Canal 
Union Rail. 4malgamation Bill; andthe Amendments wereread, 


way, and Ches- and agreed to. 


terficld and , Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ainsboroug ingrossed. 


Canal Amal- 
gamation Bill. 


Kilmarnock 
Police and 
Improvement 
Bill, 


Mr. Greene reported the Kilmarnock Police and 
Improvement Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


York and Mr. Greene reported the York and Newcastle 
Railway Railway (Wearmouth Dock Enlargement) Bill, with 


Amendments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


(Wearmouth 
ock Enlarge- 
ment) Bill. 


Edinburgh, 


pe Mr. Greene reported the Edinburgh, Leith and 
rote Granton Railway (Leith Extension) Bill, with 
way (Leith Amendments. 
Extension) Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
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627 


Mr. Greene reported the Guildford Extension, Guildford Ex- 
and Portsmouth and Fareham Railway Bill, with tension and 


Port th 
Amendments. aa eden 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Railway Bill. 
and be printed. 


Mr. Greene reported the Wolverhampton General Wolverhamp- 
Cemetery Bill, with Amendments. sana 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ne 


Mr. Greene reported the Leeds and Thirsk Rail- Leeds and 
way (Eaglescliffe and Stillington Extension) Bill, Tsk Rail- 


2 ? way (Eagles- 
with Amendments. alike ane P 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ;Stillington 
and be printed. a 


Mr. Greene reported the York and Newcastle Rail- York and 
way (Pelaw, Tyne Dock, &amp;c. Branches) Bill, with poet 
Amendments. (Pelaw, Tyne 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Dock, &amp;c. 
and be printed. —— 


Mr. Greene reported the Limerick Docks and Limerick 
Harbour Bill, with Amendments. eae 
Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table. ; 


Sir James Graham reported the Birmingham, Birmingham, 
Wolverhampton and Dudley Railway (Stourbridge Wolverham 
and West Bromwich) (re-committed) Bill, with other os jr tae f 
Amendments. (Stourbridge 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 4 West 
Table; and, together with the former Report, be pin » 
printed. 


Mr. Goulburn reported the Birmingham and Ox- Birmingham 
ford Junction Railway (Deviation of Line &amp;c.) Bill, 14 Oxford. 
with Amendments. way (eva 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; tion of Line, 
and be printed. &amp;c.) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Great North- 
the Report on the Great Northern Railway (Pur-¢m™ Railway, 
chase of Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and Scene 
Eastern Junction Railway, &amp;c.) Bill ; and the Amend- Nottingham 
ments were read, and agreed to. — nen 
_ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be Junction Rail- 
ingrossed. way, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Mr. Rice Clayton reported from the Committee Railway Bills, 
on Group No. 38 of Railway Bills ; That the Com- @7°ur No. 38. 
mittee met this day, pursuant to adjournment, when 
they received a letter from Mr. Bouverie, one of the 
Members of the Committee, stating that he was pre- 
vented from attending the Committee through ill- 
ness. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie be discharged from 
any further attendance on the Committee. 


Mr. Pinney reported from the Committee on the Chester and 
Chester and Holyhead Railway (Extensions at Ches- — 
ter and Holyhead, &amp;c.) (No. 2.) Bill, and who were (Extensions at 
instructed to divide the said Bill into two Bills ; That Chester and 
they had divided the said Bill into two Bills, and (Yay hin” 
with reference to the Bill “ to enable the Chester 
and Holyhead Railway Company to make a certain Heiyieed 
extension of and alterations in the Line of the Chester Railway 
and Holyhead Railway, and for other Purposes,” (Extension at 
had amended the Preamble accordingly ; and that — 
the Committee had examined the allegations of the Levels) Bill. 
Bill, as amended, and found the same to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


An ingrossed Bill to authorize a Lease of the Shropshire 
Undertaking of the Shropshire Union Railways and Union Rail- 
Canal Company to the London and North Western (37%) Lease 
Railway Company, was read the third time. to the London 

Resolved, ‘Vhat the Bill do pass. a 

Ordered, That Viscount Clive do carry the Bill ante 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. Bill. 
4L2 Ordered, 











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628 
Ordered, That the Committee on Group No. 8 of 
Group No.8. Railway Bills have leave to make a special Report. 
Taw Vale Mr. Young reported from the said Committee ; 
— ot That in the case of the Taw Vale Railway and Dock 
Bill, the objects sought for, as far as regard their 
value to the Parties concerned, are so entirely de- 
pendent on the decision of the Select Committee on 
Group No. 6, to whom the Bills severally promoted 
by the Great Western and South Western Railway 
Companies, for a new communication to Exeter, 
have been referred, that it appears to this Com- 
mittee that it is highly desirable that the considera- 
tion of the Zaw Vale Railway and Dock Bill should 
be transferred from the Select Committee on the 
Group No. 8 to the Select Committee on Group 
No. 6 of Railway Bills. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 

Classification Committee of Railway Bills. 


Railway Bills, 


Sutton — Ordered, That in the case of the Sutton Harbour 
ur uh Amprovement Bill, a Copy of the Report of the Sur- 
eens veying Officer pon St he the Admiralty, with the 
Evidence produced before him, and the Report of 
the Admiralty relative to the application for the Bill, 
be laid before this House. 
South Eastern Ordered, That the Petition of Henry Smith, of 
Railway 


(Widening of No. 23, Bermondsey-street, Southwark, in the county 
the Greenwich Of Surrey, Grocer, which was presented upon Friday 
Railway, and last, praying that he may be heard, by his counsel 
— or agent, against the preamble of the South Eastern 
sent of the Railway (Widening of the Greenwich meer and 
London Bridge Arrangement and Enlargement of the London Bridge 
Station) 3, Station); and, the South Eastern Railway (London 
re bee Bridge Station Arrangement and Enlargement) 
way (London Bills, and that the House will insert therein a clause 


Bridge Station compelling the promoters to purchase his premises, 


pect and to compensate him, be referred to the Com- 
ment) Bills. mittee on the Bills; and the Petitioner heard, by 


his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he think 
fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bills, against 
the said Petition. 
Birkenhead, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
poy ol the Report on the Birkenhead, Lancashire and 
Junction Rail- Cheshire Junction Railway, and Chester and Bir- 


way, and henhead Railway Purchase or Amalgamation Bill; 
ne oa and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Railway Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
Purchase or jnorossed. 

Amalgama- ” 

tion Bill. 

Edinburgh Sir Denis Le Marchant reported the Edinburgh 
— and Northern Railway ([mprovement of the Ferr 


(Improvement between Ferry-Port-on-Craig and the North Shore 
of the Ferry of the River Tay) Bill, with Amendments. 
Punt on-Crale Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and the North and be printed. 
Shore of the 
tiver Tay) 
Bill. 
Edinburgh 
and Northern 


Sir Denis Le Marchant reported the Edinburgh 

Railway and Northern Railway (Saint Andrew’s and New- 

St. Andrew’s urgh Harbour Branches and Road Crossings ( Vew- 

and Newburgh port Railway Extensions) Bill, with Amendments. 

er Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
ranches and : ? 

Road Cross- and be printed. 

ings (Newport 

Railway Ex- 

tensions) Bill. 


Railway Bills, 


Group No.31. Mr. Shaw reported from the Committee on Group 


0. 31 of Railway Bills; That the Committee met 
this day, pursuant to adjournment, but that Mr. 
Neville, one of the Members of the Committee, was 
not present during the sitting of the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


pene ow The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Peston the Report on the Direct London and Portsmouth, 


Brighton and Brighton and Chichester, London, Brighton and 


— South Coast, and London and South Western Rail- 


7° Juni. 


A. 1847. 


ways Bill; and the Amendments were read, and Brighton and 


agreed to. — Const, 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be pone fo 
ingrossed. Western 
Railways Bill 


An ingrossed Bill for making a Railway from the East Lothian 
North British Railway, at East Linton, to Ormiston, ae 
to be called The East Lothian Central Railway, was . 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hutt do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Spirits 
Accounts of the Produce of the Excise Duty re- Ireland.) 
ceived on Spirits in Ireland during each of the years 
ending the 5th day of April 1846 and 1847, and the 
Number of Gallons brought to charge, showing the 
Increase or Decrease in Gallons and in Duty :—Of 
the Number of Gallons of Spirits brought to charge 
in Ireland, and the Duty paid thereon, in the Quar- 
ters ending respectively the 5th day of April 1846 
and 1847, showing the Increase or Decrease :—Of 
the Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits (distin- 
guishing the Quantities produced from Malt, and 
from a mixture of Malt and unmalted Grain) on 
which Duty was paid for Home Consumption in 
Ireland in each Quarter of the years ending respec- 
tively the 5th day of April 1846 and 1847, and in 
each of the years :—Of the Number of Detections, 
and of the Number of Persons prosecuted for Of- 
fences in Ireland against the Laws for the Suppres- 
sion of Illicit Distillation, in each Quarter of the 
years ending respectively the 5th day of April 1846 
and 1847, distinguishing those convicted :—And, of 
the Number of Persons confined in each Gaol in J7e- 
land, for Offences against the Laws for the Suppres- 
sion of Illicit Distillation, on the 5th day of January, 
the 5th day of March and the 5th day of Apri!, n 
each of the years 1846 and 1847 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 361, of Session 1846). 


Ordered, That Colonel Dawson Damer have Leave of 
leave of absence for a fortnight, on urgent business. Absence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Customs Bills 
Copy of the Treasury Minutes of 1846, regulating of Entry. 
the Preparation and Sale of the Customs Bill of En- 
try after the expiration of the then existing Patent. 


A Petition of Richard Sargent, of No. 10, Nor- London, 
folk-street, Strand, in the county of Middlesex, a meg 
Gentleman, praying that leave may be given to the Junction 
proper officer of the House to attend the trial of a Railway. 
cause in the Court of Queen’s Bench at Westminster, 
and bring with him the maps or plans relating to 
the London, Staines, Ascot and Reading Junction 
Railway, which have been deposited in the Private 
Bill Office, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to the proper officer 
to attend accordingly. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Great Wester 
Somersetshire Coal Canal Navigation, stating, That oc. 
the Petitioners lately presented a Petition to the ary c- 
House, praying to be heard, by themselves, their sions) Bill. 
counsel or agents, against the Great Western Rail- 
way (Amendment and Extensions) Bill, which Pe- 
tition was referred to the Committee on the Bill; 
that the Bill came on to be considered by the Com- 
mittee on Tuesday the 1st day of June, when the 
Petitioners appeared on their Petition, and the 
counsel for the promoters was heard on behalf of 
the Bill for nearly half an hour, when the Chairman 
of the Committee was pleased tonotice that the short 
Title of the Bill, and the word “against” did not 
appear at the beginning of the Petitioners’ Petition, 
and the Committee declined to hear the Petitioners 
thereon ; that a clerical error was made by the 
Petitioners’ agent in having indorsed the short Title 
on the back of the Petition, instead of at the begin- 





ning 





Rathmines 
Improvement 
Bi 


Warwick 


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ning of it; that as there was no wilful disobedience 
on the part of the Petitioners to the Order of the 
House in the respect aforesaid, and inasmuch as 
the Petitioners have a capital of upwards of 200,000 J. 
at stake, the Petitioners pray that the House will 
be pleased to order the said Bill to be re-committed, 
the Petitioners offering to pay to the promoters the 
whole expenses attendant on such re-committal, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of Ratepayers and Inhabitants of 
Rathmines, Mount Pleasant, Ranelagh, Cullens- 
wood, Milltown, Rathgar, Harold’s Cross and other 
portions of the parish of Saint Peter, in the barony 
of Uppercross, county of Dublin, praying that they 
may be heard, by their counsel, against certain 
parts of the Rathmines Improvement Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel, upon their Petition, if they 
think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


Petitions from Ratepayers of the parishes of Stoke, 


= Prison Willenhall and Purley, in the county of Warwick ; 


Ordnance 
Survey 
&lt;Scotland.) 


Railway Bills. 
No. 473. 





Ratepayers of the parishes of Radford and 
Whitmore Park, in the county of Warwick; 
Ratepayers of the parishes of Wolston and Brandon, 
in the county of Warwick ; Ratepayers of the 
parish of Allesley, in the county of Warwick ;—— 
Ratepayers of the parishes of Ansley, Caldecote and 
Weddington, in the county of Warwick ;——Rate- 
payers of the parishes of Merevale, Baxterley and 
Bentley, in the county of Warwick ; Ratepayers 
of the parish of Brinklow, in the county of Warwick ; 
——Ratepayers of the parishes of Saveand Wyken, 
in the county of Warwick ; Ratepayers of the 
parish of Tamworth, in the county of Warwick; 
Ratepayers of the parishes of Coleshill, Curd- 
worth and Lea Marston, in the county of Warwick; 
——Ratepayers of the parish of Foleshill, in the 
county of Warwick;——and, Ratepayers of the 
parish of Exhali, in the county of Warwick; pray- 
ing that the Warwick County Prison Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

















Colonel Anson presented, pursuant to Order,— 
Returns showing the Sums expended on the Ord- 
nance Survey of Scotland during the year, from the 
5th day of April 1846 to the 5th day of April 1847: 
—And, of the Number of Officers, and of all other 
Parties employed on the said Survey during the 
same period ; the Number to be so employed during 
the current year; and the Counties or Localities in 
which their operations have been, and are to be re- 
spectively carried on :—Also, a Statement, showing 
the exact state of, and the progress made in the 
Survey since the last Return on the subject (being 
in continuation of Parliamentary Papers, No. 246, 
of Session 1843, and Nos. 112 and 423, of Session 
1846). 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
appointed to consider whether it is expedient that 
any Measures should be adopted for suspending 
further Proceedings in all or any of the Railroad 
Bills in the present Session ; and for enabling the 
Parties, under certain conditions, to proceed with 
the same in a future Session of Parliament; and 
also, whether it is advisable that any further Pro- 
visions should be made in the Standing Orders of 
the House relative to Bills for the construction of 
Railroads; and who were emy,owered to report their 
Opinion thereupon, from time to time, to the House ; 
That they had considered the matters referred to 
them, and had come to several Resolutions; which 
~~ had directed him to report to the House :— 

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And the Resolutions of the Committee were read, as 
follow : 

1. That the promoters of all Railway Bills in 
the present Session of Parliament shall be em- 
powered, on the Second Reading, or on the com- 
pletion of any subsequent stage of any such Bill, to 
suspend any further proceeding in the present Session, 
with the option, under the following conditions, of 
proceeding with the same Bill in the next Session 
of Parliament, at the stage where the Bill shall be 
now suspended. 

ConDITIONs. 

The promoters of such Bills are to give notice 
in the Private Bill Office, on or before the 18th 
day of June, or if the Bill shall be in Com- 
mittee, then within six days of the Report of 
the Committee, of their intention to suspend 
any further proceedings thereon, on the com- 
pletion of some subsequent stage of the Bill. 

The promoters of such Bills are to give notice 
by advertisement for three successive weeks, in 
October and November, in the London, Edin- 
burgh, or Dublin Gazette, as the case may be, 
and in the local paper or papers usually in cir- 
culation in the part of the country through 
which the Line of Railway is proposed to pass, 
of their intention to present a Petition for the 
re-introduction of any such Bill. 

Upon a Petition for leave to bring in a Rail- 
way Bill being presented during the Session of 
1848, and referred to the Examiner of Petitions, 
he is to examine whether the Petition be the 
same in substance as any Petition for the same 
purpose, and from the same parties, which was 
presented in the Session of 1847; and in that 
case, whether any Bill brought into the House 
in pursuance of such Petition in the Session of 
1847, was pending in either House of Parlia- 
ment on the termination of such Session; and 
if so, whether a Subscription Contract, as re- 
quired by the Standing Orders, binding in the 
usual way the Subscribers to the Undertaking, 
has been entered into, and is valid at the time 
of such inquiry, and whether the Deposit of 
£.10 per cent. upon such Subscriptions is lodged 
in the manner required by the Standing Orders. 

In such case, and on proof of such Notice 
having been given as aforesaid, and if it appears 
that such Bill had, in the Session of 1847, been 
suspended in the House of Lords, or in the 
House of Commons, on or after the Second 
Reading, the Standing Orders, with respect to 
any such Bill, are to be held to have been com- 
plied with. 

The time between the Second Reading of 
any such Bill and the meeting of the Com- 
mittee thereon, is shortened to three clear days, 
the parties to give the regular notices in the 
Private Bill Office. 

In case such Bill shall have been reported 
in the Session of 1847, the Committee on the 
Bill are to examine whether the Bill be in every 
respect the same as such former Bill at the last 
stage of its preceeding in the House in the Ses- 
sion of 1847, and in such case no evidence is to 
be received by such Committee ; and on the 
reception and adoption by the House of a 
Report from such Committee, that the Bill 
referred to them is in every respect the same 
as such former Bill at the last stage of its pro- 
ceeding in the House in the Session of 1847, 
such Bill may be ordered to be ingrossed, with- 
out any further proceeding in respect thereof. . 

2. That the Deposits made in respect of all Rail- 
way Bills, the proceedings on which shall have been 
suspended, shall be returned to the Depositors ; but 
that before proceeding in a future Session, Deposits 
to the same amount shall be again duly paid in, 
according to the Standing Orders of the House of 


Commons. 
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3. That a Clause shall be inserted in every Rail- 
way Bill, in the present and every future Session of 
Parliament, prohibiting the payment of any In- 
terest or Dividend in respect of Calls (except the 
Interest by way of Discount on Subscriptions pre- 
paid, agreeably to 8 Vict., c. 16, s. 24), out of the 
Capital authorized to be raised in such Bill, either 
by means of Calls, or of any power of borrowing 
contained therein. 

4. That in all cases of application to Parliament 
by existing Railway Companies, either for powers 
to construct Branches or Extensions, or to contri- 
bute towards the Expense of constructing other 
Lines of Railways, a Subscription Contract for 
three-fourths of such additional Capital as may 
be required for these purposes, shall be given in, 
beyond the Capital authorized for the existing Lines, 
and Deposits shall be duly paid thereon. 

5. That a Clause shall be inserted in every Rail- 
way Bill in the present and in every future Session 
of Parliament, prohibiting any Railway Company 
from paying, out of the Capital which they have 
been authorized to raise for tle purposes of any 
existing Act, the Deposits required by the Standing 
Orders to be made for the purposes of any application 
to Parliament for a Bill for the construction of 
another Railway. 

6. That in every Bill of the present Session 
containing powers of Purchase, Sale, Lease, or 
Amalgamation, a Clause shall be inserted pro- 
hibiting any Company from exercising such powers 
until they shall have proved, to the satisfaction of 
the Railway Commissioners, that they have paid up 
and expended, for the purposes authorized by their 
Acts, a sum equal to One-half of the Capital autho- 
rized to be raised thereby. 

7. That in future Sessions of Parliament no 
powers of Purchase, Sale, Lease, or Amalgamation, 
shall be contained in any Act for the construction 
of a Railway. 

8. That in future Sessions of Parliament no 
powers of Purchase, Sale, Lease, or Amalgama- 
tion, shall be given to any Railway Company or 
Companies, unless previous to their application 
to Parliament for such purpose they shall have 
proved, to the satisfaction of the Railway Commis- 
sioners, that they have respectively paid up and ex- 
pended, for the purposes authorized by their Act, a 
sum equal to One-half of the Capital authorized to 
be raised thereby. 

9. That no Railway Company shall in the pre- 
sent, or any future Session of Parliament, be au- 
thorized, except for the execution of its original 
line, to guarantee interest on any shares which it 
may issue for creating additional Capital, or to 
guarantee any rent or dividend to any other Rail- 
way Company, until such first-mentioned Company 
shall have completed and opened for trattic its origi- 
nal line. 

10. That in Bills in the present, or any future Ses- 
sion of Parliament, for the Amalgamation of Railway 
Companies, the Amount of Capital created by such 
Amalgamation shall in no case exceed the Sum of 
the Capitals of the Companies so amalgamated. 

11. That in Bills in the present, or any future 
Session of Parliament, empowering any Raiiway 
Company to purchase any other Railway, no ad- 
dition shall be authorized to be made to the Capi- 
tal of the purchasing Company, beyond the Amount 
of the Capital of the Railway purchased; and in 
case such w-thed shall be purchased at a premium, 
no addition on account of such premium shall be 
made to the Capital of the purchasing Company. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday next ; and be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Mr. Owen Stanley be one of the Mem- 
bers of the Select Committee on the Holyhead 
Harbour Bill:—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


7° Junie. 





A. 1847. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Debate be now adjourned :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

And the Question being put, That Mr. Owen 
Stanley be a Member of the said Select Committee : 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then Viscount Sandon, Colonel Pennant, Earl 
Grosvenor, Mr. Hans Hamilton, Mr. Goulburn, 
Admiral Bowles, Viscount Morpeth, Mr. Parker 
and Mr. Ward were nominated other Members of 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That Five other Members, to be chosen 
by the Committee of Selection, be added. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Mr. Nicholl reported from the Committee on Leeds and 
the Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Knaresborough Thirsk Rail- 
and Boroughbridge Branch) Bill; That they had i ge 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble Borough- 
of the Bill, but the same had not been proved to bridgeBranch) 
their satisfaction. = 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Nicholl reported the Leeds and Thirsk Rail- Leeds and 
way (Branch from Melmerby to Northallerton, &amp;c.) a 
Bill, with Amendments. a 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; merby to 
and be printed. om 

Mr. Nicholl reported the Leeds and Thirsk Rail- Leeds and 
way (Harrogate and Pateley Branch, &amp;c.) Bill, with Thirsk Rail- 
Amendments. gue pany 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; ley Branch, 
and be printed. &amp;c.) Bill. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Sutton Har- 
Copy of the Report of the Surveying Officer to the bour Improve- 
Admiralty on the Sutton Harbour weed eo 


A Petition of Catholic Clergymen and Laymen Education. 
of Ince Blundell and its vicinity, complaining of 
being excluded from a due proportion of the grant 
for Education, and praying the House to re-consider 
the matter, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


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A Petition of John M‘Manus, of Ballaghdugh, Jon 
near Letterkenny, parish of Conwall, in the county “Menus. 
of Donegal, complaining of his house at Castlesha- 
naghan having been broken into on the 1st May 
1843, and various articles stolen therefrom, and 
praying that the case may be investigated, was 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions from Joseph Hickman ;— Charles Henry Medical 
Cornish ; — Thomas Plowman ;— Taunton ;—~ and, Registration 
2 . : ° : and Medical 
Alloa ; praying that the Medical Registration and fay Amend- 
Medical Law Amendment Bill may pass into a law, ment Bill. 
—were presented, and read; and referred to the 


Select Committee on Medical Registration, &amp;c. 


Petitions from Thomas Hoskins; — and, New Poor Removal 
Sarum; praying for the repeal or alteration of the Act. 
Poor Removal Act,—were presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Settle- 
ment and Poor Removal. 


Petitions of the Moderator of the Reverend the Registering 
Synod of Angus and Mearns ;——and, Chairman of oe &lt; 
the Parochial Board of the City of Aberdeen ; pray- — -_ 
ing that the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
me ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the _teeee and Magistrates of the 
city of Aberdeen, praying that the said Bill may 
pass into a law, was also presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. - 

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eymouth 
Wd Meloombe 
Regis Harbour 
and Bridge 
Trusts Bill. 


Corn, &amp;e. 
Importation. 


Navigation 
(No. 2.) 


Constabulary 
Force (Ire- 
Jand.) 


Ministers’ 
Money 
(Ireland, ) 


Public Works 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 474. 


Public Works 
(Ireland) 


No. 475. 


Coals, Cinders 
and Culm, 





10 Vicroriz. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Weymouth and Melcombe Regis 
Harbour and Bridge Trusts Bill; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


The House was moved, That the Act 9 and 10 
Vic., c. 22, to amend the Laws relating to the Im- 
portation of Corn, might be read; and the same 
was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 9 and 
10 Vic., c. 23., to alter certain Duties of Customs, 
might be read; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act of the 
present Session, c. 1., to suspend until the First day 
of September One thousand eight hundred and 
Forty-seven, the Duties on the Importation of Corn, 
might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act of the 
present Session, c. 3., to suspend, until the First day | 
of September One thousand eight hundred and 
Forty-seven, the Duties on the Importation of Buck 
Wheat, Buck Wheat Meal, Maize or Indian Corn, 
Indian Corn Meal and Rice, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider the said Acts. 


The House was moved, That the Act 8 and 9 Vic., 
c. 88., for the Encouragement of British Shipping 
and Navigation, might be read; and the same was 
read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act of the 
present Session, c. 2., to allow, until the First day 
September One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
seven, the Importation of Corn from any Country in 
Foreign Ships, might be read ; and the same being 
read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee, to consider the said 
Acts. 


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to the 
directions of An Act of Parliament,—Statement of 
the Amount of Constabulary Force in each County, 
County of a City, and County of a Town in Jre- 
land, on the 1st day of January 1847. 

Sir William Somerville also presented, pursuant 
to Order,—A Return of the Amount of Money, com- 
monly called Ministers’ Money, allotted under the 
Act 17 and 18 Charles 2., c. 7, to be paid to the se- 
veral and respective Incumbents within the City and 
Suburbs of Dublin and the Liberties thereunto ad- 
joining, and the other Cities and Towns corporate 
in Ireland, for each year from 1836 to 1846, both 
inclusive, and the Amount of Money actually levied 
thereunder, and also the Dates of the respective Al- 
lotments under which the same has been levied, and 
the Number of Distraints made thereunder in each 
of the above years. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,---An amended Return, showing the Average 
daily Number of Persons employed on Relief Works 
in Lreland, during the week ending the 22d of May 
1847; also the Cost, distinguishing the Amount paid 
in Wages; and the Cost of the Establishment ; so 
far as can be made out from the Estimates and Pay 
Lists already received. 

A Return, showing the Average daily Number of 
Persons employed on Relief Works, in Ireland, 
during the week ending the 29th of May 1847 ; also 
the Cost, distinguishing the Amount paid in Wages ; 
and the Cost of the Establishment; so far as can be 
made out from the Estimates and Pay Lists already 
received. 

Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to Order,— 


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Culm shipped at the several Ports of England, Seot- 
land and Ireland, Cuastways, to other Ports of the 
United Kingdom, in the year 1846 ; distinguishing 
the Quantity shipped at each of the said Ports, as 
compared with the year 1845 :—Of the Quantities 
and declared Value of Coals, Cinders and Culm ex- 
ported from the several Ports of England, Scotland 
and Ireland, to Foreign Countries, and the British 
Settlements abroad, in the year 1846; distinguishin 
the Countries to which the same were sent, ma 
comparing the same with the year 1845; also, dis- 
tinguishing the Ports of the United Kingdom from 
which the same were shipped :—Of the Quantities of 
Coals, Cinders and Culm exported from the United 
Kingdom in the year1846, with the Rate and Amount 
of Duty thereon :—And, of the Quantities of Coals 
brought Coastways and by Inland Navigation into 
the Port of Zondon during the year 1846, comparing 
the same with the Quantities brought during the year 
1845. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Returns relative to Public 
Works (Jreland), be printed. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Reverend the Marriage 
Synod of Angus and Mearns, praying that the a 
Marriage (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, * 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Francis Mathews, of Bride-street, Francis 
in the City of Dublin, Gentleman, stating that the Mathews. 
Petitioner, for upwards of thirty years prior to the 
year 1832, was a revenue officer of Excise in Ire- 
land, and that while discharging the duties of such 
office at Ballinamore Ride in Drogheda Collection, in 
the county of Leitrim, he was on the 5th of November 
1831 put under suspension until further orders, and 
his salary stopped, without his being apprised of the | 
cause thereof; that he made various applications to 
be informed of the nature of the charge against him, 
without effect, until the 4th of February 1833, when 
he received a summons from the nfagistrates of the 
head police office in Dublin, to attend there to answer 
the following complaint preferred by the Commis- 
sioners of Excise; viz. That the Petitioner, in the 
years 1827 and 1828, did conspire and confederate 
with one Francis Murphy, then being a distiller of 
spirits at Vavan, to bribe and corrupt several officers 
of excise who were in those years in charge of the 
said distillery, to make false entries in the excise 
books of the district in which the distillery was situ- 
ated, in order to defraud his then Majesty of his 
duties of excise; and that such officers did, in pur- 
suance of such conspiracy, receive such bribes, and 
make such false entries, whereby His Majesty was 
defrauded of his duties; stating that he is not guilty 
of the charge preferred against him; and praying for 
inquiry into his case, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented, by Her Majesty’s Copyright. 
Command,—Copies of Two Orders in Council of 24 
April 1847, under the Copyright Acts 7 and 8 Vicet., 
c. 12, and 9 and 10 Vict., c. 58. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s Portugal. 
Command,—Copy of Correspondence relating to the 
Affairs of Portugal. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirit Gro- spirit Grocers 
cers (Ireland), which was presented upon the 13th (Ireland.) 
day of May last, be printed. No. 476. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registering 


° eter : Births, &amp;c. 
mg on the Registering Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) (crotland) 
? 


P Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 





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three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
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Marriage The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Scotland) = mittee on the Marriage (Scotland) Bill ; 
- Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Baths and The Baths and Washhouses Bill was, according 
— to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a 
; Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 
Highway Mr. Greene reported the Highway Rates Bill ; and 
Rates Bill — the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Thursday 
next. 
Turnpike Acts The ingrossed Bill to continue certain Turnpike 
— Acts, was, according to Order, read the third time. 
; Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to continue until the First day of 
October One thousand eight hundred and Forty-eight, 
and to the End of the then next Session of Parlia- 
ment, certain Turnpike Acts. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Destitute The Destitute Persons (Ireland) (No. 2.) Bill, was, 
Tiedand) according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
(No. 2.) Bill. mitted toa Committee of the whole House, for Wed- 
nesday next. 
Newfoundland Mr. Greene reported the Newfoundland Govern- 
— ment Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 
Ordered That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 
Prisoners The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
(ireland) pi, to a Committee upon the Prisoners Removal (Jre- 
* land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair ; oe | Mr. Greene re- 
— That the Committee had gone through the 
ill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 
And the House having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 
Martis, 8° die Junii, 1847: 
Stage Car- Mr. Greene reported the Stage Carriages, &amp;ec. 
riages, &amp;c. Duties Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
Duties Bill. 
agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 
Soap Duty Mr. Greene reported the Soap Duty Allowances 
— Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Out-Pensioners (Chelsea 
and Greenwich) Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Greene reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed ; and read 
the third time this day. 


Out-Pension- 
ers (Chelsea 
and Green- 
wich) Bill. 


Burgh Police 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend an Act to enable 
Burghs in Scotland to establish a General System 
of Police, and another Act for providing for the 
Appointment and Election of Magistrates and Coun- 
cillors for certain Burghs and Towns of Scotland, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Police Clauses 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Police Clauses Bill; 








Junii. A. 1847. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Railways 
Reading of the Railways (Ireland) (No. 2.) Bill ; gee , 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (8% 2+) Bill. 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Fishery Piers 
Reading of the Fishery Piers and Harbours ( Jre- 22¢ Marbours 
land) Bill ; , nies 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Herring 
mittee on the Herring Fishery (Scotland) Bill ; (aoe a) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday gi, 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Drainage of 
mittee on the Drainage of Lands (Scotland) Bill ; and) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


‘The Order of the day being read, for the Second Railways 
Reading of the Railways (No. 2.) Bill; (No, 2.) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Parliamentary 
Reading of the Parliamentary Electors (No. 2.) Electors 
Bill ; (No. 2.) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Stock in Trade 
Reading of the Stock in Trade Exemption Bill; Exemption 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


The ingrossed Bill for the more speedy Trial and Juvenile __ 
Punishment of Juvenile Offenders was, according Offenders Bil 
to Order, read the third time ; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Prisons Bill. 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon Thursday last, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair, for the Committee on the Prisons Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Leith Harbour 

into a Committee upon the Zeith Harbour and ~~flaaaa 
Docks Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Royal Marine 
mittee on the Royal Marine Service Bill ; Service Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
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Custody of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Offenders Bill. mittee on the Custody of Offenders Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
nexi, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


‘Trust Money 
Investment 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The ingrossed Bill to facilitate the Temporary 
Investment of Trust Monies in the Improvement of 
Landed Property in Ireland, was, according to Or- 
der, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Viscount Newry do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Edinburgh 
and Perth 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on 
Group No. 45 of Railway Bills; That the Parties 
opposing the Edinburgh and Perth Railway Bill had 
stated to the Committee, that the evidence of Mr. 
Wedderburn, a Clerk in the Post-office, Zondon, was 
essential, to enable them to establish their case be- 
fore the Committee ; and it having been proved that 
Mr. Wedderburn’s attendance could not be procured 
without the intervention of the House, he had been 
instructed by the Committee to’move the House, 
That Mr. Wedderburn do attend the said Committee 
forthwith. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wedderburn do attend the said 
Committee forthwith. 


Edinburgh Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on 
— Group No. 45 of Railway Bills; That the Par- 
(Branch from ties opposing the Edinburgh and Northern Rail- 
Burntisland to way (Branch from Burntisland to Dunfermline 
——- Branch) (No. 2.) Bill, had stated to the Committee, 
(No.2) Bil, that the evidence of James Leslie, Civil Engineer, 
Edinburgh, was essential, to enable them to establish 
their case before the Committee ; and it having been 
proved that Mr. Leslie’s attendance could not be 
procured without the intervention of the House, he 
had been instructed by the Committee to move the 
House, That Mr. Leslie do attend the said Com- 
mittee forthwith. 
Ordered, That James Leslie do attend the said 
Committee forthwith. 


Medical A Petition of the President, Vice Presidents and 

oe Members of the Council of the National Institute 

= pes I of Medicine, Surgery and Midwifery, praying that 

ment Bill. § the Medical Registration and Medical Law Amend- 
ment Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Medical Registration, &amp;c. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
half an hour after Twelve of the clock on 
Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 8° die Junii ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


Merchant Me: Milner Gibson presented, pursuant to Or- 
Service. der,—Copies of the Instructions given to the 
Boards appointed in the several Sea Ports of the 
United Kingdom, for the Examinations of Masters 
and Mates of Merchant Ships and Vessels :—And, 
of the Certificates of Qualifications granted to Can- 
didates who pass the regulated Examinations :— 
And, a List of the Total Number of Persons to 
whom such Certificates have been granted in the 
several Sea Ports of the United Kingdom, specifying 
the Names of the Ships or Vessels in which they 


now serve. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 
Poor x4 Mr. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law Com- 


missioners, was called in; and at the bar presented, 
pursuant to Order,—A Return of the Number of 
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633 


Paupers admitted into each Workhouse in Jreland 
during the year 1846, showing the Number admitted 
in each week: Number discharged during same 
period: Number died during same period: Number 
in House on each Saturday since the 1st day of 
November 1846 ; showing the Number which each 
Workhouse was originally constructed to receive ; 
Number ill of Fever, of Scarlatina, of Dysentery, or 
of contagious Diseases, on each Saturday ; showing 
the Number which the Sick Ward or Hospital at- 
tached to each Workhouse was originally constructed 
to receive; Number who Died during each week 
since the 1st day of November 1846 ; distinguishing 
such as Died of contagious Diseases in each Work- 
house, or in any Hospital or Ward attached to such 
Workhouse ; Number of Paupers affected with Fe- 
ver, or other febrile contagious Diseases, transferred 
to any Hospital under the fifteenth Clause of the 
Poor Law Amendment Act of 1843: Number of 
Lunatics transferred to any Lunatic Asylum from 
each Workhouse during the years 1844, 1845 and 
1846 :—Copies of all Communications made by the 
Poor Law Commissioners to Boards of Guardians 
on the sanatory state of the Workhouses :-—Of any 
Communications made by Boards of Guardians to 
the Poor Law Commissioners, or of Minutes of 
Proceedings of such Boards, respecting the preva- 
lence of Disease in Workhouses :—And, of any 
Instructions given by the Poor Law Commissioners 
to any Physicians or Surgeons, to inquire into the 
nature and extent of Disease in any Workhouse, 
and into the cause of such Disease, together with 
the Reports of such Physicians or Surgeons there- 
upon :—And then he withdrew. a 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Legh’s Estate 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Bil. 
Private Bills; That in the case of Legh’s Estate 
Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Group No. 31 Railway Bills, 
of Railway Bills have leave to sit this day, till Five G7uP No. 31. 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration South Eastern 
the Report on the South Eastern Railway (North i 
Kent and Bricklayers’ Arms Junction) Bill ; and Qt Ment 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. layers’ Arms 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be Junction) Bill. 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Aberdeen and 
the Report on the Aberdeen and Great North of Great North 


Scotland Railways Amalgamation or Leasing Bill ; —— 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. Amalgama- 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ne 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Aberdeen 
the Report on the Aberdeen Railway (Brechin Railway 
Branch Deviation) Bill ; and the Amendments were }ranch De- 
read, and agreed to. viation) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Midland Rail- 
the Report on the Midland Railway (Syston and Way bn 
Peterborough Railway Deviations and Approach to rough Railway 
Manton Station) Bill; and the Amendments were Deviations 
read, and agreed to. a 

o Manton 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be gtation) Bill. 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the Urhirty.thir 3 
Petitions presented upon the 3d and 4th es 9 of Stem ) 
this instant June, and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 

4M A Message, 

















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A Message, by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of 

the Black Rod : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for — Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission 
read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And omg returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and versa | the Royal 
Assentto the several Public and Private Bills therein 
mentioned ; and that the Lords, thereby authorized, 
had declared the Royal Assent to the said Bills: 
Which Bills are as follow: 


Factories Bill. An Act to limit the Hours of Labour of Young 
Persons and Females in Factories: 


Naval Service An Act for extending the Period of Service of 

of Boys Bill. Boys in Her Majesty’s Navy: 

County An Act to amend the Acts relating to County 

Buildings Bill. Buildings: 

Poor Relief An Act to make further Provision for ‘the Relief 

(Ireland) Bill. of the Destitute Poor in Zreland: 

Landed An Act to facilitate the Improvement of Landed 
‘oper be e 

(ireland) piu. Property in Ireland: 

An Act to enable the Newmarket and Chesterford 
and Chester” Railway Company to extend their Line of Railway 
(Extension ¥, to Bury Saint Edmund’s, with a Branch to the City 
Bury St. Ed- of Ely: 


mund’s, with a 
Branch to Ely) 
Bill. 


Royal Assent 
to Bills. 


Newmarket 


Newmarket An Act for repealing certain Provisions of the 
and Chester- 


ford Railway Newmarket and Chesterford Railway Act, 1846: 
(Repeal of Provision authorizing the 


Company to use the Line of the East- 
ern Counties Railway) Bill. 


re An Act to enable the Newmarket and Chesterford 

and Chester- Railway Company to extend their Line of Railway 
d Rail ; Y 

Giamaden te to Thetford, in the County of Norfolk: 

Thetford) Bill. 


Colchester, An Act to enable the Colchester, Stour Valley, 
Stour Valley, 


eeab ~ Sudbury and Halstead Railway Company to make 
Seleweta Rail. a0 Extension of their Railway from Sudbury to 
way (Exten- Melford, Lavenham and Clare, in the County of 
sion toMelford, Suffolk : 

Lavenham and 

Clare) Bill. 


Colchester, An Act to enable the Colchester, Stour Valley, 
Stour Valley, 


: Sudbury and Halstead Railway Company to grant 
Sudbury and : : r 
Halstead Rail- @ Lease of their Undertaking to the Ipswich and 
way (Lease to Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway Company : 

the Ipswic 

and Bury St. Edmund’s Rail 

way Company) Bill. 


Colchester, An Act to enable the Colchester, Stour Valley, 


St Valley, i 
sare ant Sudbury and Halstead Railway Company to make 


Halstead Rail. an Extension Railway from Lavenham to Bury 
way (Exten- Saint Edmund’s, in the County of Suffolk : 

bion Irom 

Lavenham to Bury St. Edmund’s) Bill. 


Newmarket 


Caledonian An Act to enable the Caledonian Railway Com- 
ee! onor Pany to make an Extension of the Motherwell 
Motherwell ranch of the Clydesdale Junction Railway to Auch- 
Branch of  iaheath Mineral Field, with Branches therefrom : 


Clydesdale 

Junction Railway to Auchinheath 
Mineral Field, with Branches to the 
Wishaw and Coltness Railway, Can- 
derside and Hamilton) Bill. 


An Act to enable the Caledonian Railway Com- 
pany to make Branch Railways to Wilsontown, to 
Fauldhouse, and to Biggar and Broughton: 


Caledonian 
Railway 
(Branches to 
‘Wilsontown, 
to Fauldhouse, 
and to Biggar and Broughton) Bill. 


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A. 1847. 


An Act to enable the Caledonian Railway Com- Caledonian 


pany to make Branches from the Clydesdale Junc- oe al 


tion Railway to the Douglas and Lesmahagow from the 
Mineral Fields and to Strathavon : Clydesdale 
Junction Rail- 


way to the Douglas and Lesmahagow 
Mineral Fields, and to Strathavon) Bill, 


An Act for authorizing the Sale of the Eastern Eastern Union 
Union and Hadleigh Junction Railway to the East- ae 
- : ion Rail- 
ern Union Railway Company : way (Sale to 
the Eastern Union Rail- 
way Company) Bill. 


An Act for making a Railway from Smithstown soni and 


to Dalmellington, in the County of Ayr: Railway 


(Smithstown to Dal- 
mellington) Bill. 
An Act for more effectually maintaining the Har- Newhaven 
bour of Newhaven and the Navigation of the River ee Ouse 
Ouse, between Newhaven and Lewes, and for drain- ontiann — 
ing the low Lands lying in Lewes and Laughton Lewes and 


a . Laughton 
Levels, all in the County of Sussez : Drainage Bill. 


An Act to enable the Hartlepool West Harbour Hartlepool 
and Dock Company to construct additional Docks, West Harbour 
and for repealing an Act passed in the Seventh year Sood teat 
of the reign of Her present Majesty, relating to the sion) Bill. 
said | Hartlepool West Harbour and Dock Com- 
pany, and for granting new Powers and Provisions 
in lieu thereof. 

An Act to abolish, reduce, equalize and conso- Leith Harbour 
lidate the Rates and Duties leviable at the Harbour 224 Docks 
and Docks of Leith : eipniuans 

An Act for better supplying with Water the In- Rochdale 
habitants of the Town and Borough of Rochdale, Waterworks 
and of several Townships and Places, all in the 
Parish of Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster : 

An Act to amend some of the Provisions of the Manchester 
Manchester Markets Act, 1846 : Markets Bill. 

An Act for granting further Powers to the Bris- Bristol and 


tol and Clifton Oil Gas Company : —a™ 


An Act to enlarge the Powers of the Wolver- wolverhamp- 
hampton Gas Light Company, and to authorize the ton Gas Bill. 
Union of such Company with the Wolverhampton 
new Gas Company : 

An Act for better supplying with Gas and Water Inverness Gas 
the Royal Burgh of Inverness, Suburbs and Places pid Water 
adjacent : 

An Act to enable the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Bolton 
gesses of the Borough of Bolton, in the County of Improvement 
Lancaster, to improve such Borough, and to take a” 

Lease of and to purchase the Works of the Bolton 
Waterworks Company : 

An Act for amending the Ryde Improvement Ryde Im- 

Act: —— 


An Act for better assessing the Poor Rates, High- Wolverhamp- 
way Rates, County and Police Rates, and other ton Rates Bill 
Parochial and Local Rates, on Small Tenements, in 
the several Townships of Wolverhampton, Bilston, 

Willenhall and Wednesfield, in the County of Staf- 


ford: 


An Act to enable the Shipowners Towing Com- shipowners 
pany to sue and be sued : Towing Com- 
pany Bill. 
An Act to alter and amend an Act, intituled, An Dunfermline 
Act for providing in or near the Burgh of Cupar, and Cupar 
more extensive Accommodation for holding the joy"* /s 
Courts and Meetings of the Sheriff, Justices of the 
Peace and Commissioners of Supply of the County 
of Fife, and for the Custody of the Records of the 
said County, and to authorize the Commissioners 
acting under the authority of that Act to provide a 
Court-house at Dunfermline for the Accommodation 
of the Sheriff and Justices of the Peace, in the 
Western District of the said County: 
An Act for better assessing and collecting the Kingston- 
Poor, Church and Highway Rates, within the Parish . . 


of Kingston-upon- Thames, in the County of Surrey : se -— 


An Act to divide the Parish and Rectory of Doddington 


Doddington, otherwise Dornington, into three sepa- Rectory 
gions gion, ” — ae Division Bill. 


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rate and distinct Parishes and Rectories, and to 
endow the same out of the Revenues of that Rec- 
tory, and to make Provision for the further Division 
of such Rectories and Parishes, and for other Pur- 
poses connected therewith : 


Scottish Union An Act to enable the Scottish Union Insurance 
Insurance we : 
Company Bill. Company to purchase Annuities, and invest Mone 


on Securities in England and Ireland, and for other 
Purposes relating thereto : 


Scottish An Act for incorporating the Scottish Equitable 
Equitable __ Life Assurance Society, for confirming the Rules 
—m—_ and Regulations thereof, for enabling the said So- 
ciety to sue and be sued, to take and to hold Pro- 
perty, and for other Purposes relating thereto : 
Claridge’s Pa- An Act for regulating Legal Proceedings by or 


tent Asphalte against Claridge’s Patent Asphalte Company, and 
Company © for granting certain Powers thereto : 


M‘Leod’s An Act to enable the Minister of the Parish of 
Sn Dalkeith, in the County of Edinburgh, to feu his 
=" Glebe Lands, lying in the said Parish : 

Cleveland- An Act to empower the Devisees of the Most 


square, Saint noble Francis Duke of Bridgewater, deceased, to 
James, VCS appropriate to Building Purposes a Portion of Cleve- 


inster Im- J . } 
peoveunent none, in the Parish of Saint James, West- 
Archbishop of y3 ° : 
York Estate) minster, and to improve the Approaches thereto 
Bill. 
Martin’s An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Robert Mont- 


Divorce Bill. gomery Martin, Esquire, with Jane Avis Frances 
Martin, his now Wife, and to enable him to marry 
again, and for other Purposes therein mentioned. 


Coventry, The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Banbury and the Report on the Coventry, Banbury and Oxford 

tion Railway Junction Railway Bill; and the Amendments, as far 

Bill. as Clause 20 (Gauge of Railway) of the amended 
printed Bill, were read, and agreed to. 

Clause 20, the next Amendment, being read a se- 
cond time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House doth agree with the 
Committee in the said Amendment ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Dennistoun, } 

Yeas, Mr. William Williams: aes. 

Tellers for thef Sir Charles Douglas, 76 

Noes. l Mr. Richard Hodgson: J ‘* 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

A Clause (Mode of Compensation to the freemen 
of Coventry), was twice read ; and made part of the 


Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 
Leeds Central The House proceeded to take into consideration 
gailway y, the Report on the Leeds Central Railway Station 
* Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 
Manchester The House proceeded to take into consideration 
and Leeds 


Railway the Report on the Manchester and Leeds Railway 
(Alteration of (Alteration of Levels of Brighouse Branch of the 
Levels of Brig- West Riding Union Railways and New Line into 
house Branch [eeds) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 


of the West d 
Riding Union @greed to. 


Railwaysand Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
al a be ingrossed. 

Leeds and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
chee, the Report on the Leeds and Thirsk Railway (De- 


tion of Main Viation of Main Line in Crimple Valley, &amp;c.) Bill ; 

Line in Crim- and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

be) Ba” Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Vou. 102. 


8° Junie. 


635 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; O'4¢rs 5 
which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Midland Midland Rail- 
Railway (Worcester, Hereford, Malvern and Chel- ¥#Y (Worces- 
tenham Lines) Petition, the Standing Orders ought Malvern 4 
not to be dispensed with. Cheltenham 

Lines) Bill. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Liverpool, Liverpool, 
Manchester and Newcastle-upon-TyneJ uncthen Ra. Manchester 
way (Burnley Branch) Bill (Blackburn, &amp;c.) Peti- sr onl 
tion for additional Provision, the Standing Orders Tyne Junction 
ought not to be dispensed with. Railway 


(Burnley 
Branch) Bill (Blackburn, &amp;c.) Bill. 


3. Resolved, That in the case of the Liverpool, Liverpool, 
Manchester and Newcastle-upon- Tyne Junction Rail- Manchester 
way (Burnley Branch) Bill (Fleetwood, &amp;c.) Peti- ro ail 
tion for additional Provision, the Standing Orders Tyne Junction 


ought not to be dispensed with. Railway 
Burnley 


( 
Branch) Bill (Fleetwood, &amp;c.) Bill. 


4. Resolved, That in the case of the Fleetwood, Fleetwood, 
Preston and West Riding Junction Railway ( Burz- —— 
ley and Colliery Branches) Bill, Petition for ad- pmo 
ditional Provision, the Standing Orders ought not way (Burnley 


t ; ith. and Colliery 
o be dispensed with Branches) Bill. 


5. Resolved, That in the case of the York and york and 
North Midland Railway (Harrogate Branch, Bo- North Midland 
roughbridge and Knaresborough Extension) Bill, oe Mar 
Special Report from the Committee on the Bill, the Saneatio&gt; 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; and bridge and 
that the Committee on the Bill be permitted to in- pec ag 0 -_ 
_ the additional Provision, if they shall think ia Bill 

t. 

The fifth Resolution, being read a second time, 

was agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester 
the Report on the Manchester and Lincoln Union hee nT 
Railway (Deviation) Bill; and the Amendments way (Devia- 
were read, and agreed to. tion) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester 
the Report on the Manchester and Leeds Railway 24 Leeds 
(Branches, Extensions, Deviations and Alterations ee ae 
of Levels and other Works) Bill; and the Amend- Extensions, 
ments were read, and agreed to. Deviations 

A Clause (With respect to the purchase of the ye al 
Glebe Lands of Burnley) was twice read ; and made and other 
part of the Bill. Works) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester 
the Report on the Manchester and Leeds Railway 9nd Leeds 
(Branch from the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junc- (Branch oon 
tion Railway to Barnsley, and Extension of Holm- the Hudders- 
firth Branch) Bill; and the Amendments were read, field and Shef- 
and agreed to. Railway — 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be Barnsley, and 


. Extension of 
ingrossed. Holmfirth 
Branch) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Leicester Leicester 
Waterworks Bill be discharged. —-, 
lil, 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Committee of 
mittee of Selection to nominate another Committee Selection. 
on the Leicester Waterworks Bill. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Leicester Leicester 
Waterworks Bill have leave to sit, and proceed, ee 
upon Thursday next, at One of the clock. : 


The Surrey and Kent Commission of Sewers Surrey and 
(No. 2.) Bill was read a second time; and com- Kent Com- 


x mission of 
mitted. Sewers (No, 2.) 





4mM2 Ordered, Bill, 





636 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Glasgow, The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
a Reading of the ingrossed Bill to enable the Glasgow, 
Railway Paisley and Greenock Railway Company to make 


i ee certain Branch Railways, and to amend the Acts 
ee aie. relating to the said Railway ; 
ty yor Motion being made, and the Question 
Kilmarnock being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
Glasgow, time; 
Barrheadand The Amendments following were proposed to be 
Neilston, and made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
al ni “ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
and Lesmaha- the words “ upon Tuesday next.” 
gow Railways, And the Question being proposed, That the word 
ea “ now” stand part of the Question: —The said 
proposed Amendments and Motion were severally, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 


Tuesday next. 


Glasgow, The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Paisley and — Reading of the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock 
Greenock Rail- po 5 


Railway (Branches at Port Glasgow) Bill; 

Branch y g Ms 
atPortGlas. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
gow) Bill. —_ upon Tuesday next. 


Paisley, The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Barrhead and Reading of the Paisley, Barrhead and Hurlet Rail- 
Hurlet Rail- way Bill; 


Bill. . . . 
ni Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Tuesday next. 
Birkenhead, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Lancashire 


&gt; the Report on the Birkenhead, Lancashire and 
and Cheslire . Cheshire Junction Railway (Deviation of Main Line 
and Chester Branch, &amp;c.) Biil; and the Amend- 


way (Devia 
ments were read, and agreed to. 


tion of Main 


a Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
&amp;c.) Bil.’ ingrossed. 
Lancashire, The ingrossed Bill for incorporating the Zan- 


Cheshire and cashire, Cheshire and North Wales Drainage and 
Teclaenp ‘and inclosure Company, and for enabling the Owners of 
Inclosure Settled Estates, drained, inclosed and improved by 


Companies the said Company to charge the same for the pur- 


a acaaaaae poses of such Drainage, Inclosure and Improvement, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir Philip Egerton do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Mold Railway The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Bil. the Report on the Mold Railway Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Thames 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
Conservancy 
Bill. 


posed, That the Petition of the Masters of the 
Bench of the Honourable Society of the Inner 
Temple, which was presented upon the 4th day of 
March last, be referred to the Select Committee on 
the Thames Conservancy Bill; and that they have 
leave to appear and be heard before the said Com- 
mittee :—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell 

and Mr. —- : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 
Poor Removal A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Laws re- 
(Qéngland and lating to the Removal of Poor Persons from Eng- 
Scotland) Bill. ¢nd and Scotland : 
Ryde A Bill, intituled, An Act for amending the Ryde 
pyyTevement Improvement Act : 


Message from 
the Lords. 


8° Junie. 





A. 1847. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to abolish, reduce, equal- Leith Harbour 
ize and consolidate the Rates and Duties leviable at = a 
the Harbour and Docks at Leith: 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for better supplying with Inverness Gas 
Gas and Water the Royal Burgh of Jnverness, = 
Suburbs and Places adjacent: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Drainage of 
Act to facilitate the Drainage of Lands in England Lands Bill. 
and Wales, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Naval Prisons 
Act for the Establishment of Naval Prisons, and Bill. 
for the Prevention of Desertion from Her Majesty’s 
Navy, with Amendments; to which Amendments 


the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Lunatic 
Act for the further Amendment of the Laws ielating 4sy™ms Bill 
to the Provision and Regulation of Lunatic Asylums 
for Counties and Boroughs in England, with 
Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Towns Im- 
Act for consolidating in one Act certain Provisions Peaueee Bi 
° 2 ° es uses Bill. 
usually contained in Acts for paving, draining, 
cleansing, lighting and improving Towns, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ewell Rates 
Act for the better and more effectual ascertaining, Bil. 
collecting and levying the Poor Rate, and all other 
Rates and Assessments, in the Parish of Ewell, in 
the County of Surrey, and for the better Manage- 
ment of the Business and Affairs of the said Parish, 
and for other Purposes relating thereto, with Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Sheffield _ 
Act for removing the Market between King-street Markets Bill. 
and Castle-street, in the Town of Sheffield, and for 
providing a new Market-place in lieu thereof, and 
for regulating and maintaining the Markets and 
Fairs of the said Town, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Belfast Port 
Act for the Amendment of the Port and Harbour — Harbour 
Acts of Belfast, for making further Improvements ~~ 
and New Works there, and for the Amendment of 
the Belfast and Cavehill Railway and Belfast Town 
Improvement Acts, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Hodgson 
for exchanging Hereditaments, subject to Uses de- — inte 
clared by the Will of Anthony Compton, Esquire, 
deceased, for Hereditaments belonging to the Right 
honourable Henry Earl Grey; for selling and ex- 
changing other Hereditaments, subject to the same 
Uses; and for investing the Net Proceeds to arise 
from such Sales and Exchanges in the Purchase of 
other Hereditaments, to be settled to the same Uses ; 
and to authorize the granting of Leases of Part of 
the Hereditaments, subject to the Uses of the said 
Will; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 


The Lords communicate to this House, a Copy Townshend 
of the Minutes of Evidence taken on the Second Peerage Bill. 
Reading of the Townshend Peerage Bill, in Session 
1843, and the present Session, as desired by this 
House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of Evidence com- Townshend 
municated from the Lords this day, in the case of Peerage Bill 
the 7ownshend Peerage Bill, be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill. 


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Great North- The House proceeded to take into consideration 

oe the Report on the Great Northern Railway (Devia- 

ser tions between London and Grantham) Bill; and 

London and =the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

_ A Clause (Bridge over the River Nene to be ap- 
proved of by the Admiralty), was twice read ; and 
made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Protecting River during the construction of 
Works) :—And the said Clause was brought up, 
and twice read, with a blank; and committed toa 
Committee of the whole House :—The House ac- 
cordingly resolved itself into the Committee; and 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Clause, and made an 
Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene accordingly reported the Clause ; 
and the Amendment was read, and agreed to; and 
the said Clause was made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (If Works over River abandoned, 
Admiralty may remove same), was twice read ; and 
made part of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Manchester The House proceeded to take into consideration 

org pouthpert the Report on the Manchester and Southport Rail- 

Branches Bill, Way and Branches Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed. 


Hodgson Hodgson Hinde’s Estate Bill was read the first 
a Estate time, and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for 
” Private Bills. 


Kingston- The Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Bill was read a 
baat second time; and committed. 
. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Poyntzfield The Poyntzfield Estate Bill was read a second 
Estate Bill. time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Boston, Stam- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ee oll the Report on the Boston, Stamford and Birming- 
ieioay ‘ ham Railway (Branch to Wisbech Harbour and 
(Branch to Wisbech Harbour Improvement) Bill; and the 
Wisbech Har- Amendments were read, and agreed to. 


pour and Wis- "Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


Improvement) be ingrossed. 
Bill. 


Boston, Stam- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ford and the Report on the Boston, Stamford and Birming- 
—— ham Railway (Wisbech to Sutton Bridge, &amp;c.) Bill; 
(Wisbech to and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Sutton Bridge, Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


&amp;c.) Bill. be ingrossed. 


Buckingham = The House proceeded to take into consideration 


= nag | the Report on the Buckingham and Brackley Junc- 
way,and tion Railway, and Oxford and Bletchley Junction 


Oxfordand Railway Companies Amalgamation and Extension 
Bletchley of Lines Bill; and the Amendments, were read, 
Junction Rail- d d 

way Com- and agreed to. 


es Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
gamati : 

Extension of be ingrossed. 

Lines Bill. 

Cheltenham The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Sete tae the Report on the Cheltenham and Oxford Railway 


Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 
VoL. 102. 


8° Junie. 


637 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Edinburgh 
the Report on the Edinburgh and Northern Rail- ne 
way (Burntisland Pier, &amp;c.) Bill; and the Amend- (Burntveland 
ments were read, and agreed to. Pier, &amp;c.) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London and 
the Report on the London and North Western NorthWestern 
Railway (Kenilworth to Berkswell, Branches and Geenihe - 
Extensions, &amp;c.) Bill; and the Amendments were to Berkswell, 
read, and agreed to. Branches and 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Extensions, 


: &amp;c.) Bill. 
be ingrossed. - 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester, 
the Report on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- Sheffield and 
colnshire Railway (Branch at Bugsworth to join the — 
Peak Forest Canal Tramway and Amendment of Cheeneh at 


Acts) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and Bugsworth to 
——* Vorest Canal’ 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Tramway and 


be ingrossed. Amendment 
of Acts) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester, 
the Report on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln- Sheffield and 
shire Railway (Louth and Horncastle and East — 
Lincolnshire Junction Branches) Bill; and the rope A 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. Horncastle | 

A Clause (Saving Rights of the Crown), was 224 East Lin- 

‘ = colnshire 
twice read ; and made part of the Bill. Junction 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Branches) Bill. 


be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester, 
the Report on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln- Sheffield and 
shire Railway (Station Approach in Manchester) aren 

‘4 y (Sta- 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed tion Approach 
to. in Manchester) 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Bill. 


be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Portadown 
the Report on the Portadown and Dungannon and Dungan 
Railway Bill; and the Amendments were read, 5:1 Railway 
and agreed to. ; 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Shrewsbury 
the Report on the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway 4nd Chester 
(Branches and Station) Bill; and the Amendments (Branches ana 
were read, and agreed to. Station) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Ringiey 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, Gas Bill. 
intituled, An Act for lighting with Gas the Town and 
Neighbourhood of Bingley, in the West Riding of 
the County of York; and the same was read, as 
followeth : 

Pr. 7. 1. 38. Leave out “ Ten shillings.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Blackburn, 
the Report on the Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton Darwen and 











sh ‘ne jn Bolton Rail: 
Railway Acts Amendment (Diversions of Line in ant date 


the Parishes of Blackburn and Bolton-in-the-Moors) amendment 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. (Diversions of 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, bine in the 


= ? Parishes of 
be ingrossed. Blackburn and 
Bolton-in-the- 
Moors) Bi 
ann The oors) Bilh 





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638 


East Lancae = The House proceeded to take into consideration 
(houigers 89 the Report on the East Lancashire Railway (South- 
Branch, and port Branch, and Preston Extension) Bill; and-the 


Preston Ex- 


x- Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
tension) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed. 


North Western 
Railway 
(Diversions at “* “ 
Skipton, Cas- sions at Skipton, 
terton and 
Sedbergh) Bill 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the North Western Railway (Diver- 
Casterton and Sedbergh) Bill: and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


St. Helen’s 
Canal and 
Railway (War- 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Saint Helen’s Canal and Rail- 
rington and Way (Warrington and Blackbrook Branches, &amp;c.) 
Blackbrook Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
Branches, *sc.) to. 
_ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


London and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— the Report on the Zondon and North Western Rail- 


(Lime-strect, way (Lime-street, Liverpool, Station Extension, &amp;c.) 
Liverpool, Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
Station Ex- to 
tension, &amp;c. : , , 

Bill. its Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed, 

Great North- | The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ern Railway the Report on the Great Northern Railway (Branch 
(Branch to he F " 
King’s Lynn) t0 King’s Lynn) Bill; and the Amendments were 
Bill. read, and agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, | 


be ingrossed. 


Lynn andEly The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ow the Report on the Lynn and Ely Railway (Lynn 
Sieaee and Wormegay Navigation) Bill; and the Amend- 
Navigation) ments were read, and ageed to. 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 

be ingrossed. 

Darwen The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Waterworks the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill 
and Reservoirs . . . f ¥ 
Bill. intituled, An Act for better supplying with Water 


the Town and Neighbourhood of Over Darwen, in 
the County of Lancaster, and for affording a more 
regular and constant Supply of Water to the Mill- 
owners, and others, on the River Darwen; and the 
same were read, as follow: 

Pr.1. 1. 17. After “ Witton” insert “ and,” and 
in the same line, leave out from ‘‘ Pleasington” to 
“ all” in |. 19. 

Pr. 3. 1. 28. After “ Witton” insert “ And,” 
and in the same line, leave out from ‘* Pleasington” 
to ‘ aforesaid” in 1. 31. 

Pr. 6. 1.11. Leave out “ several parishes” and 
insert “ parish.” 

Pr. 6. 1, 12. Leave out * and Leyland.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 17. Leave out from “‘ Darwen” to“ And” 
in Pr, 12, 1. 11., and insert “ Provided always, that 
“ nothing herein contained shall extend to authorize 
“« the Company to construct the auxiliary reservoir 
defined upon the said plan near to Frinscowles, in 
the townships of Hoghton and Pleasington, nor 
to exercise any of the powers of this Act between 
the junction of the Rivers Roddlesworth and Dar- 
wen, and the junction of the River Darwen with 
the River Ribble.” 

Pr. 15. Is. penult. and ult. After “‘ mentioned” 
insert ‘except such mills, manufactories, and other 
“ works as are situated below the junction of the 
“ River Roddlesworth with the River Darwen.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 23. Leave out “ waters therefrom” and 
insert “ River Roddlesworth.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 24. Leave out ‘* Ribble” and insert 
“ Darwen.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


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Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 
Bill to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Eastern Coun. 
the Report on the Eastern Counties Railway ( Wis- CWitewray 
bech to Spalding) Bill; and the Amendments were Spalding) Bill 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Midland Rail- 
the Reporton the Midland Railway (Erewash Valley, — (Erewash 
&amp;c.) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and oa » &amp;e.) 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Midland Rail- 
the Report on the Midland Railway (Leicester and oe 
Swannington Railway, Widening, Deviations, and toy Dalle” 
Branches, Enlargement of Leicester Station and ex- Widening, De- 
tending Powers as to Jbstock Branch) Bill; and the Patios and 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. Enlargement 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be of Leicester 
inzrossed Station, and 

5 : extending 

Powers as to Ibstock Branch) Bill. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration York and 
the Report on the York and North Midland Rail- North Midland 
way (Harrogate Branch, Extension and Terminus) (ieee 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed Branch, Ex- 
to. tension and 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 347°" 
ingrossed. 


Ordered, That the Wexford Free Bridge Bill be Wexford Free 
read the third time To-morrow. Bridge Bill. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Rathmines Rathmines 
Improvement Bill be revived :—And that they have Improvement 
leave to sit, and proceed, To-morrow, at half an ~~ 
hour after twelve of the clock. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Clergy and Rate- Rathmines 
payers of Rathmines, and that re of the parish of oe 
Saint Peter in the barony of Upper Cross and” 
county of Dublin, which was presented upon the 
5th day of March last, praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, in 
support of the Preamble of the Rathmines Improve- 
ment Bill, and all and every the Clauses thereof, be 
referred to the Committee on the Bill; and the 
Petitioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petition, if they think fit. 

An ingrossed Bill for repairing and keeping in Ayrshire 
Repair the Turnpike-roads in the County of Ayr; 8s a. 
for making and maintaining New Roads, and alter- 
ing and improving existing Roads; for rendering 
Turnpike certain Parish Roads, and for regulating 
the Statute Labour and Bridge Money in the said 
County, was read the third time ; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Alexander Oswald do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Airdrie and 
the Report on the Airdrie and Bathgate Junction Bathgate ‘ 
Railway (Amendment and Deviation) Bill; and the tm ae 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. ment’and De- 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be viation) Bill. 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Glasgow, 
the Report on the Glasgow, Airdrie and Monklands Airdrie and 
Junction Railway (Cowdlairs Branch) Bill; and the a ag 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. way (Cowlairs 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Branch) Bill. 
be ingrossed. 


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10 VictrorizZ. 


Manchester, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Buxton, _, the Report on the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and 
Matlock an¢ Midlands Junction Railway Deviations Bill; and 
Junction | the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Railway De- Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
viations Bill. ingrosse "| 

euattenen The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway the Report on the Great Western Railway (Amend- 


(Amendment ment and Extensions) Bill; and the Amendments 
and Exten- = were read, and agreed to. 


aapae Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 

London and Mr. Roebuck reported the London and North 

— Western Railway (Ormskirk and Rainford Branch, 

(Ormskirk &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments. 


and Rainford © Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Branch, &amp;¢-) and be printed. 


Warwick 


Petitions of Ratepayers of the parishes of Shuck- 
— Prison 
Bi . 


burgh and Wolfhampcote ; —-— Ratepayers of the 
parishes of Brownsover and Clifton; Rate- 
payers of the parish of Saint Mary Warwick ;-—— 
Ratepayers of the parishes cf Priors Marston and 
Priors Hardwick ; Ratepayers of the parishes 
of Nuneaton and Chilvers Coton ;——Ratepayers 
of the parish of Stockton ; Ratepayers of the 
parish of Ashow ;——Ratepayers of the parishes of 
Newnham, Lawford and Newbold-on-Avon ;—Rate- 
payers of the parish of Willoughby ; Ratepayers 
of the parish of Frankton ;——Ratepayers of the 
parish of Dunchurch ; Ratepayers of the parish 
of Churchover ;—— Ratepayers of the parish of 
Kenilworth ;——Ratepayers of the parish of Rugby ; 
Ratepayers of the parishes of Wappenbury, 
Honingham, Bubenhall and Weston-under-Weathely ; 
Ratepayers of the parishes of Barford and 
Wasperton ;——Ratepayers of the parishes of Ather- 
stone and Mancetter ; Ratepayers of the parish 
of Bedworth ; Ratepayers of the parishes of 
Budbrook, Hatton Haseley and Norton Lindsey ; 
Ratepayers of the parishes of Fenny Compton 
and Farnborough ; Ratepayers of the parishes 
of Coughton Spernall and Sambourne ; Rate- 
payers of the parishes of Ipsley, Studley and More- 
ton Baggot ; Ratepayers of the parishes of Bal- 
sall and Baddesley Clinton ;——Ratepayers of the 
parishes of Wroxhall and Honiley ;——Ratepayers 
of the parishes of Bidford and Exhall ;——Rate- 
payers of the parish of Long Itchington and Mar- 
ton ; Ratepayers of the parish of Alcester and 
Arrow ; Ratepayers of the parishes of Shustoke, 
Nether Whitacre and Over Whitacre ; Rate- 
payers of the parishes of Hampton Lucy, Sherbourne 
and Fulbrook ; Ratepayers of the parishes of 
Great Alne, Kinwarton, Haselor, Aston Cantlow 
and Weethley ;——Ratepayers of the parishes of 
Milverton, Lillington and Cubbington; Rate- 
payers of the parishes of Offchurch and Radford ; 
Ratepayers of the parishes of Harbury, Ufton 
and Whitnash ;——-Ratepayers of the parishes of 
Arley and Astley ; Ratepayers of the parishes 
of Barton-in-the-Heath, Woolford, Burmington, 
Whichford and Long Compton; ——Ratepayers of 
the parishes of Cornbrook and Compton Verney; 
Ratepayers of the parishes of Milcot and Lud- 
dington ;——Ratepayers of the parish of Solihull; 
——Ratepayers of the parishes of Kineton and 
Butlers Marston ; Ratepayers of the parishes of 
Stretton-on-Dunsmore and Ryton; Ratepayers 
of the parishes of Oxhill and Radway ;——Rate- 
payers of the parishes of Rowington and Lapworth; 
and, Ratepayers of the parishes of Eatington, 
Halford, Pillerton Priors and Pillerton Hersey ; 
praying that the Warwick County Prison Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
















































































Seiten Har- Mr. Young reported from the Committee on Group 
mu No. 8 of Railway Bills ; That the Parties promoting 
” Vou, 102. 


8° Junie. 





639 


the Suton Harbour Improvement Bill had stated 
to the Committee, that the evidence of William 
Walker, of Bovisand, in the county of Devon, Her 
Majesty’s Harbour Master for the Port of Ply- 
mouth, and Richard Potbury, Tide Surveyor for 
Her Majesty’s Customs at Plymouth, was essential, 
tc enable them to establish their case before the 
Committee; and it having been proved that their 
attendance could not be procured without the inter- 
vention of the House, he had been instructed by 
the Committee to move the House, That the said 
W. Walker and the said R. Potbury do attend the 
said Committee forthwith. 

Ordered, That William Walker and Richard Pot- 
bury do attend the said Committee forthwith. 


Mr. Greene reported the East of Fife Railway East of Fife 

(Markinch Deviation) Bill, with Amendments. atari ; 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Heviation) 
Bill. 


and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Newhaven 
Copy of Captain Washington’s last Report on the “tbour- 
Harbour at Newhaven. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Francis Matthews, Francis 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. Mathews. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Orders,—Ac- Wool, &amp;c. 
counts of the Quantities of British Sheep and 
Lambs’ Wool and Woollen Yarn exported from the 
United Kingdom in the year 1846; specifying the 
Countries to which they were sent (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 341, of Session 1846) : 
—Of the Quantity of Mohair (or Goats’ Wool) im- 
ported into the United Kingdom in the year 1846 ; 
and of the Quantity re-exported during the same 
period, and the Countries to which they were sent : 
—And, of the Quantities of Wool impcrted into the 
United Kingdom from Her Majesty’s Colonial Pos- 
sessions and from all Foreign Countries ; specifying 
South Africa, East Indies, New South Wales, Van 
Diemen’s Land, Port Philip, South Australia and 
Western Australia :—Also, specifying Alpaca and 
Vicuna Wool, the Quantities of each, and the Coun- 
tries from whence they are imported. 

Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of May Country 
last, for Returns of any Country Banks which have Banks. 
ceased to issue their own Notes since the passing of 
the Banking Act of the 7th and 8th Vic., c. 32, 
showing the Amount of issue of Notes so withdrawn 
from circulation :—And, of any increased issue of 
Notes upon Securities which may have been granted 
to the Bank of England, by Order in Council, to 
replace such Country Bank issue, under the powers 
of the Act 7 and 8 Vic., c. 32. 

Return to an Order, dated the 1st day of this Post-office. 
instant June, for a Return of the Number of Letters, 
Newspapers, Magazines or Pamphlets respectively, 
which were transmitted from the United States in 
the year 1846, and which were not taken out of the 
General Post-oftice in this country by the parties to 
whom they were addressed, on account of the Post- 
age charged ; specifying the Total Amount of Post- 
age thereon. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Coals, Coals, Cinders 
Cinners and Culm, which were presented yester- 274 Culm. 
day, be printed. No. 477. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Constabulary Constabulary 
Force (Ireland), which was presented yesterday, be hae (Ire- 
poe No. 478. 

Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Parkhurst 
Command,—Copy of Reports relating to Parkhurst Prison. 
Prison, 1847. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table. 

4mM4 The 





Strathtay and 
Breadalbane 
Extension 
Railway Bill. 


Anatomy Act, 


Game Laws. 


Smithfield 
Market. 


Small Debts 
Act. 


Mr. George 
Drew. 


640 8°—9° 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
the Report on the Strathtay and Breadalbane Exten- 
sion Railway Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Todmorden, in the 
county of York, praying the House to appoint a 
Committee to investigate the working of the Ana- 
tomy Act, witha view to its repeal, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Charles Puttick, of the parish of 
East Preston, in the county of Sussex, Labourer, 
stating that he resides in a cottage standing in a 
field containing about twenty acres, nearly sur- 
rounded by woods and other lands where the game 
has and had been for years strictly preserved, so that 
the rabbits, rats and hares had increased to a degree 
that but for the setting of traps and snares by the 
Petitioner, the crops of corn in the field would have 
been greatly if not utterly destroyed ; complaining 
that although such traps and snares were set by his 
master’s orders, who is duly licensed to take and 
kill game, he has been surcharged by the surveyor 
of taxes for using the said traps and snares; and 
praying the House that he may be allowed by law, | 
if he is not already so permitted, to continue to set 
the said traps, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Farmers and Graziers attending 
Market Harborough (five Petitions) ;—Farmers and 
Graziers attending Wellingborough Market (two 
Petitions) ;—Farmers and Graziers attending Har- 
borough Market ;—and, Farmers and Graziers at 
Lynn, Norfolk ; praying the House not to consent 
to the removal of the Cattle Market from Smith- 
field, or to the compulsory establishment of abattoirs, 
—were presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Smithfield Market. 


A Petition of Commissioners of the late Court of 
Requests for Southwark and East Brixton, in Sur- 
rey, praying the House to take into consideration 
the case of Mr. Drew, who, in 1845, accepted the 
office of assessor to the Southwark Court of Re- 
quests, at the request of the Commissioners of the 
said Court, and thereupon resigned his situation as 
one of the chief clerks of the said Court, and also 
his practice as an attorney-at-law ; and who, on the 
passing of the Small Debts Bill of 1846, was refused 
the appointment of Judge in one of the new Courts, 
to which he considered he had a just claim, on ac- 
count. of the emoluments he had relinquished on 
becoming assessor, and according, as it is believed, 
to the spirit of the Act; and that the House will be 

leased to grant him relief, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy ofa Letter from the Secretary of State for 
the Home Department, approving of the appoint- 
ment of Mr. y wo to be the Assessor of the South- 
wark and Brixton Court of Requests, under the Act 
&amp; and 9 Vic. c. 127. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | 
Her Majesty by such Members of this et as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 








Notice being taken, that Forty Members were | 
not present, the House was told by Mr. Speaker ;| 
and Forty Members not being present ; and it being | 
then after Four of the clock :—The House was ad-| 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 


| 





A. 1847. 


Mercurii, 9° die Juni ; 
Anno 10° Victoriz Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Juniz. 


Ordered, That the Manchester, Buxton, Mat- Manchester, 
lock and Midlands Junction Railway Bill be read ertae . 
e ° ae CK &amp; 
the third time To-morrow. Midlands 
Junction Rail- 
way Bill. 


The ingrossed Bill to construct Waterworks for Falmouth 
supplying with Water the Town of Falmouth, and Waterworks 
certain Parishes adjacent thereto, in the County of 
Cornwall, was, according to Order, read the third 
time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Evans reported the Colchester Navigation Colchester 


and Improvement Bill, with Amendments. ae 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. trent Bul 


Mr. Fitzroy reported the Fleetwood, Preston and Fleetwood, 
West Riding Junction Railway (Burnley and Col- Fresten and 
liery Branches) Bill, with Amendments. Semion ee 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; way {Baraley 


: and Colliery 
and be printed. Branches) Bill. 


Mr. Fitzroy reported the Liverpool, Manchester Liverpool, 
and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Bill, Manchester 
with Amendments. aecnneltme 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Junction Rail- 
and be printed. way Bill. 


Mr. Fitzroy reported the East Lancashire Rail- East Lanca- 
way (Deviations and Rawtenstall Coal Branch) Bill, + onthe aad 
with Amendments. ey’ eee 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; stall Coal 
and be printed. Branch) Bill. 


Mr. Bingham Baring reported the Bristol Build- Bristol 


ing and Improvement Bill, with Amendments. a 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Bill 


Viscount Castlereagh reported the London, and London and 
Blackwall Railway Improvement and Branches to — 
the Saint Katharine’s and London Docks Bill, with Sonaereneet 
Amendments. and Branches 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table 


$ to the St. Ka- 
and be printed. tharine’s and 


London Docks 
Bill. 


Sir John Johnstone reported the Liverpool Cor- Liverpool 


peed eed O93 OO. bee be bt 


poration Waterworks Bill, with Amendments. — 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ji), 
Mr. Greene reported the Ipswich and Bury Sain¢ Ipswich and 
Edmund's Railway (Branch from Ipswich to Wood- poner ag a 
bridge) Bill, with Amendments. way (Branch 


Ordered, That the Re 
and be printed. 


port do lie upon the Table ; from Ipswich 
to Wood- 


bridge) Bill. 


—_T - =-— y= 


The House proceeded to take into consideration British Ame- 
the Report on the British American Land Com- se —— 
pany Bill; and the Amendments were read, and — 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, : 
be ingrossed. | 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Wexford Free 
Reading of the Wexford Free Bridge Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


The 


Bridge Bil 


morrow. 








10 Vicroriz. 


Manchester The ingrossed Bill for making a Railway from 
and Birming- and out of the Main Line of the Manchester and 
oar ae em Birmingham Section of the London and North 
Junction Western Railway, in the Township of Cheadle] Bulke- 
Railway Bill. Jey, in the Parish of Cheadle, in the County of 
Chester, and passing from, in, through or into the 
several Parishes, Townships, Townlands and extra- 
parochial Places of Cheadle, Cheadle Bulkeley, 
Cheadle Moseley, Stockport, Bramhall, Prestbury, 
Worth and Poynton, or some of them, in the County 
of Chester, and terminating by a Junction with the 
Macclesfield Branch of the said Manchester and Bir- 
mingham Section of the said London and North 
Western Railway, in the Township of Poynton, in 
the said Parish of Prestbury, in the said County of 
Chester ; also, a Branch Railway from and out of a 
certain point of the said intended Line of Railway, 
in the said Township of Cheadle Bulkeley, and 
assing from, in, through or into the said Township 
of Cheadle Bulkeley, and terminating by a Junction 
with the intended Line of the Manchester, Buxton, 
Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway, also in 
the said Township of Cheadle Bulkeley; also, 
another Branch Railway from and out of a certain 
point of the said intended Line of Railway, in the 
said Township of Poynton, and passing from, in, 
through or into the said Township of Poynton, and 
terminating by a Junction with a Branch Railway 
leading from the said Manchester and Birmingham 
Section of the said London and North Western 
Railway to the Poynton Collieries, and belonging 
to the Right honourable George John Warren, Lord 
Vernon, also in the said Township of Poynton, was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Saving rignts of the London 
and North Western Railway Company), was thrice 
read ; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 

+ Title be, An Act for making a Railway and Branch 
Railways in the County of Chester, to be called The 
Manchester and Birmingham and North Stafford- 
shire Junction Railway. 

Ordered, That Mr. Tatton Egerton do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Edinburgh The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Haterworks the Report on the Edinburgh Waterworks Bill ; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


London and Ordered, That the Report on the London and 
North Western North Western Railway (Ormskirk and Rainford 
(Onan Branch, &amp;c.) Bill be taken into consideration To- 


and Rainford morrow, provided prints of the Bill, as amended in 
Branch, &amp;c.) Committee, shall have been delivered to the door- 
_ keeper three clear days, at least, previously, and that 
the amended Breviate shall have been laid on the 
Table on or before the day previous to such considera- 


tion. 
London and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
—- the Report on the London and North Western Rail- 


(Birmingham Way (Birmingham and Lichfield Line, &amp;c.) Bill; 

and Lichfield and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Line, &amp;c.) Bil. Qrdered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Glasgow, Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on 
tether the Glasgow, Airdrie and Monklands Junction Rail- 


Junction Rail. Wey (Cowlairs, Carmyle, Central Junction and 
way (Cowlairs, Coplaw-hill Branches and Montrose-street Terminus) 


+ Al Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- 
tion,angd tained in the Preamble of the Bill, but the same 
Coplaw Hill had not been proved to their satisfaction. 

co and Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
street Ter. and be printed. 
munus) Bill. 


VoL, 102. 


9° Junie: 


641 


The ingrossed Bill for paving, lighting, sewering, Sunderland 
supplying with Water and improving the Borough ence 
of Sunderland, and for vesting the Management Bridge Bill. 
thereof, and of the Markets and Bridge, in the 
Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of such Borough, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Application of Water-rates) 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wawn do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire thier concurrence. 


Ordered, That the agreement between the Glas- Glasgow, 
gow, Paisley and Ardrossan CanalCompany, and the Paisley and 
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr’ Railway, QTo0ssan 
and other Railways, made at Paisley on the 30th pany, and 
day of June 1843, be referred to the Commissioners Glasgow, _ 
of the Railroad Board, to inquire into the conditions a 
of the said agreement, and how far they affect the Ayr Railway 
traffic and communications of the town of Paisley Company, &amp;c. 
with the adjacent districts; and to report their 

Opinion to this House, whether the conduct of the 

Ardrossan Canal and Paisley Railroad Directors, in 

carrying out the agreement, have been injurious to 

the people of Paisley and the adjacent districts, as 
complained of. 


A Petition of the President of the Chamber of corn. 

Commerce and Manufactures at Manchester, pray- 
ing that the present Session of Parliament may not 
be allowed to close until the importation of Corn be 
wholly relieved from every restriction which either 
the Corn Importation Act of 1846 or the Navigation 
Laws impose, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Warrington ;—Great Crosby ;— Education. 
Lytham ;— Rochdale ;—Pembroke Dock ;—LZancas- 
ter ; — Richmond (York); — Bolton-le-Moors ; — 
Richmond (Surrey) ; ——Scorton Wyersdale ;—Bid- 
dleston ;— Thurnham ;—Hedon and Holderness ;— 
Bellingham ;—Carlisle ;— Netherton ;—Foxcote ;— 
Ingatestone ;— Newport (Isle of Wight) ;—Cowpen ; 
— Yealand ; — Longton ;— Walsall ;—Lea ;—Pres- 
ton ; —Leyland ;— Saint Bedes ;— Derby ; — Ban- 
bury ;—Kingston-upon- Hull ;—and, Burnley ; com- 
plaining of the exclusion of Roman Catholics from 
their share of the monies granted for educational 
purposes, and praying the House to interpose in their 
behalf,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Nottingham Union, 
praying that the laws for the protection of Game 
may be forthwith repealed, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Game Laws. 


A Petition of Compositors of London, praying Health of 
that the Health of Towns Bill may pass into a law, Towns Bill. 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of the Wakefield Waterworks Com- 
pany, praying that the said Bill may not pass into a 

aw, as it now stands, and that they may be heard, 

by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the said Bill, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Templer, of Lymingion, Hants, Land Tax. 
complaining that a land-tax was imposed upon his 
property, after the same had been legally redeemed ; 
that such charge was, on appeal to the tax office, 
disallowed, but a period of two years having been 
suffered to elapse before the decision was made, his 
tenant had in the mean time paid the tax, which the 
Petitioner repaid to him, and thus became the loser 
of two years land-tax, as the proper authorities have 

4N refused 








642 


refused to refund the said sum, and praying the 
House to interfere in his behalf, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Medical Regis- 
tration and 
Medical Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Petitions from the Chairman and mg | of 
the Plymouth, Devonport and Stonehouse Medical 
Society ;— Surrey ;— Beaumaris ;— Leyland ;—Staf- 
fordshire Potteries ;—John Thurnham, m.pv., and 
Thomas Laycock, m.p.;—Alexander Henry ;—Chi- 
chester ;—and, John M‘ Donough; praying that the 
Medical Registration and Medical Law Amendment 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Medical 
Registration, &amp;c. 

Petitions from George Ford Copeland ;——and, 
Ulverston; praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were also presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the said Select Committee. 


Navigation A Petition of Ship-joiners of the Port of London, 
Laws. praying the House not to sanction any proposal for 
the repeal of the Navigation Laws, or alterations in 
violation of the principle on which they are founded, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Navigation Laws. 
Newfoundland. A Petition of Her most gracious Majesty’s dutiful 
and loyal Subjects, sufferers by the Fire of 9th 
June, in Newfoundland, complaining of the mis- 
—_——- of the monies raised and granted in 
ngland for their relief, and praying that the same 
may be solely applied to the purposes for which the 
Petitioners believe they were originally intended, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Brewers and Retail Dealers in Ale, 
in the borough of Preston, in the county of Lancas- 
ter, praying the House to amend the 45th section 
of the Police Clauses Bill, by making the same ap- 
plicable to persons licensed to sell ale and beer by 
retail, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Police Clauses 
Bi 


Southwold 


A Petition of Merchants, Shipowners and Payers 
Harbour. 


of dues for maintaining the Port and Harbour of 
Southwold, praying the House to inquire into the 
state, ownership and occupation of the lands which 
have been embanked, situated upon the banks of 
the River Blyth and Southwold Harbour, and 
whether it is not equitable and just that the Port 
dues of that harbour and River dues of that navi- 
gation, amounting to 88,603 7. 1s. 11d., should be 
refunded, together with interest thereon, and the 
commercial losses sustained as therein stated, be 
paid, and that for the future the embanked lands 
which formed the ancient grand tidal reservoir of 
Southwold Harbour, and which naturally scoured 
the harbour, should contribute and pay as at other 
ports, like Rye, Newhaven, &amp;c., a part, or the whole 
of the expenses of maintaining the harbour and 

iers of Southwold and the navigation of the River 
Blyth, and also into who has in the time past, and 
who now does enjoy the rents and profits of those 
lands, and how they have been appropriated, and 
who now owes for the same, and to pass a law to 
constitute a general board of conservancy for all 
the tidal harbours, ports, rivers and navigations of 
the United Kingdom, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Railways 
(Ireland) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Two Petitions from Kilkenny, praying that the 
Railways (Zreland) (No. 2.) Bill may pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Railways A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers and 
and Canals. Traders of the borough of Birmingham, praying the 
House to institute an inquiry into the sletibe capa- 
bilities, operations, expenses and charges of the 


9° Junie. 


A. 1847. 


Railway and Canal systems, with reference to the 
carriage uf goods, and the comparative cost of the 
conveyance by Railway of passengers and goods, 
to prevent powers conferred by Parliament being 
used under either system to create a permanent 
monopoly of the carrying trade, and to secure for 
the public the full benefit of both systems, especially 
by preventing canals from coming under the con- 
trol of Railway Companies, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Wesé- Raja of 
minster, and others, interested in the welfare and S4ttara. 
good government of the British Indian Empire, 
stating that they are deeply interested in the case of 
his Highness Purtaub Sing, the ex-Raja of Sat- 
tara, who has been accused of hostility to the Bri- 
tish Government, forcibly deposed and exiled from 
his dominions upon this charge, and denied for seven 
years the means of being heard in his own defence, 
and praying the House to adopt measures to secure 
to this Prince the opportunity of examining the 
charges which have been brought against him, the 
evidence in support of the same, and of bringing 
forth the proofs of his innocence, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants and other Inhabitants Receipt 
of Belfast, praying the House to pass a law for the Stamps. 
entire abolition of the Receipt Stamp Duty, or to 
reduce its amount to one penny for all payments, 
for sums of five pounds and upwards, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Commissioners for lighting, paving, Rochdale 
cleansing, watching, regulating and improving the Improvement 
town of Rochdale, in the county of Lancaster, com- 
plaining of the conduct of the Incumbent of Saint 
Clements Church, Rochdale, in removing from the 
church door of that parish a notice of an intended ° 
application to Parliament, give in pursuance of the 
Standing Orders of the House, on the alleged ground 
that no person could claim to affix such notices 
without his permission, and praying for relief, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders Revision. 


Petitions from Bristol ;—Chairman of a Meeting Promiscuous 

of Working Men assembled at Temperance Hall, Mtercourse. 
King-street, Seven Dials ;—Chairman of a Meeting 
of Noblemen, Clergymen, Members of Parliainent, 
and others, assembled at the King’s Arms Hotel, 
New Palace-yard, Westminster ;—and, Chairman of 
a Meeting of Clergymen, Merchants, Traders, and 
others, meeting at the Eastern Institution, Commer- 
cial-road, London ; praying that the House will enact 
such laws with reference to the keepers of brothels, 
and all persons trafficking in female virtue, as shall 
invest magistrates and officers of police with more 
summary powers,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Farmers and Graziers attending Smithfield 
Tunbridge Wells Market ;—-Sevenoaks ;-- Lutterworth ; Market. 
—Farmers and Graziers attending Chesham Market 
(two Petitions) ;— Hoddesdon ;—and, Farmers and 
Graziers attending Chichester Market ; praying the 
House not to consent to the removal of the Cattle 
Market from Smithfield, or to the compulsory esta- 
blishment of abattoirs,—were presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Smithfield 
Market. 

Petitions from Essex ;—Suffolk ;—and, Worces- 
ter; praying for the removal of the said Market,— 
were also presented, and read ; and referred to the 
said Select Committee. 


A Petition of Patrick Stead, of Halesworth, in Thames 
the county of Suffolk, Maltster, taking notice of Conservancy 
the Thames Conservancy Bill, and praying that 





whoever 








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10 VicrorrizZ. 9° Juni. 643 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, te- Navigation 


whoever are appointed Conservators of the River C 
solve itself into a Committee to consider the Act (No. 2.) 


Thames may be limited to impose an equal and fair 


impost upon the trade of the kingdom in general, 
and without favour or affection to any particular 
locality, and that a sufficient number of Commis- 
sioners shall constitute the Board of Conservancy, 
totally independent of the city of London, to guard 
the general interest of the kingdom at large, was 


8 and 9 Vic., c. 88, forthe Encouragement of British 
Shipping and Navigation; and also the Act of the 
ve Session, c. 2, to allow, until the First day of 

eptember One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
seven, the Importation of Corn from any Country in 
Foreign Ships. 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. Ordered, That the Newfoundland Government Newfoundland 
Bill be read the third time To-morrow. — 
Lil. 


War. Petitions from Tottenham ; — Guisborough ; — 
Barrow-upon-Humber ;—and, Fordingbridge ; pray- 
ing the House to insure the insertion of a clause 
in all international treaties, binding the parties to 
refer all disputes that may arise to arbitration, and 
to abide by the decision of the arbitrators, without 
having any resort to arms,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Prisoners Re- prisoners 
moval (Jreland) Bill be now received. Removal _ 

Sir William Somerville accordingly reported the (eland) Bill, 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the ingrossed Bill to transfer the Stage Car- 


: Collection and Management of the Duties in respect Ti@ses Xe. 
New Forest. Viscount Morpeth presented,—Return to an Ad- Y. poy Duties Bill 


ent 


dress to Her Majesty, dated the 30th day of April 
last, for Returns of the Quantity of Timber cut in 
the ew Forest in each year since 1840, and de- 
livered at any of the Public Dock Yards for Public 
Purposes ; stating the Quantity delivered at each 
Dock Yard respectively, in each year:—Of the 
Quantity of Hay provided in each Walk of the 
Forest for the Consumption of the Deer, in each of 
the years 1843, 1844, 1845 and 1846 :—And, of the 
Income derived from the Forest in each year since 
1820; and the Expenditure during each of the said 
ears. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


of Stage Carriages, Hackney Carriages and Railway 
Passengers from the Commissioners of Stamps and 
Taxes to the Commissioners of Excise, be now read 
the third time :—The Bill was accordingly read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the ingrossed Bill to continue cer- Soap Duty Al- 
lowances Bill. 


tain of the Allowances of the Duty of Excise on 
Soap used in Manufactures, be now read the third 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Billdo pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to continue until the Thirty-first 


Railway Bills. | The Order of the day being read, for taking into | day of July One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 

further consideration the Report which, upon Mon- | eight, and to the end of the then next Session of 
day last, was made from the Select Committee ap- | Parliament, certain of the Allowances of the Duty 
pointed to consider whether it is expedient that any of Excise on Soap used in Manufactures. : 
measures should be adopted for suspending further Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
Proceedings in all or any of the Railroad Bills in| the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
the present Session; and for enabling the Parties, . 
under certain Conditions, to proceed with the same| _ Ordered, That the Out-Pensioners (Chelsea and ea 
in a future Session of Parliament ; and also, whether | Greenwich) Bill be read the third time To-morrow. and Green- 
it is advisable that any further Provisions should be wich) Bill. 
made in the Standing Orders of the House relative} Ordered, That the Report on the Police Clauses Police 

_ to Bills for the construction of Railroads ; and who] Bill be received To-morrow. Clauses Bill. 


aa were empowered to report their Opinion thereupon, 
from time to time, to the House :—The House pro- 
ceeded to take the Report into further consideration ; 
and the same was again read. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Promoters of all Railway Bills, in 
the present Session of Parliament, shall be em- 
powered, on the Second Reading, or on the comple- 
tion of any subsequent stage of any such Bill, to 
suspend any further Proceeding in the present Ses- 
sion, with the option, under the following Conditions, 
of proceeding with the same Bill in the next Session 
of Parliament, at the stage where the Bill shall be 
now suspended :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 
a Ordered, ‘Yhat the Debate be adjourned till To- 
morrow. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Leith Harbour Leith Harbour 
and Docks Bill be now received. and Docks 
Mr. Greene accordingly reported the Bill; and = 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Prince — 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased —- 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of an Address from the House of 
Assembly of Prince Edward’s Island to Her Ma- 
jesty, praying for responsible Government in that 
Colony. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Corn, &amp;e. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
Importation. 


solve itself into a Committee to consider the Act 
9 and 10 Vic., c, 22, to amend the Laws relating to 
the Importation of Corn; also the Act 9 and 10 Vic., 
c. 23, to alter certain Duties of Customs; also the 
Act of the present Session, c. 1, to suspend, until the 
First day of September One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Forty-seven, the Duties on the Import- 
ation of Corn; and also the Act of the present 
Session, c. 3, to suspend, until the First day of 
September One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
seven, the Duties on the Importation of Buck- 
, Wheat, Buck-Wheat Meal, Maize or Indian Corn, 
yancy Indian Corn Meal and Rice. 

VoL. 102. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee ON London, 
the London, Oxford and Cheltenham Railway and —— and 
Branches Bill; That they had examined the allega- ae one 
° 3 ‘ : ; y and 
tions contained in the Preamble of the -Bill, but the Branches Bill. 
same had not,been proved to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do hie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Hosiery 
adjourned Debate upon the Amendments which, Manufacture 
upon the 5th day of May last, were proposed to be ™™ 

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made to the Question, That the Hosiery Manufac-| 
ture Bill be now read a second time; and which 
Amendments were, To leave out the word “now,” 
and, at the end of the Question, to add the words 
“upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the word “now” stand part of the Gecdien :—The | 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, f Sir Henry eae 57. 


Mr. Packe : 
Tellers for the Noes, \ 


Mr. Wynn Ellis, 
Mr. Gisborne: J 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“upon this day six months” be added at the end of 
the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


77. 


Seduction and The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Sanna a Reading of the Seduction and Prostitution Suppres- 
— sion Bill; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz., To leave out the word 
“now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 


0° Juni. 





words “upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word | 
“now ” stand part of the Question :—The said pro-| 
posed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time, and committed to a Select Committee. 


| 
! 





Poor Removal 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


a Reading of the Poor Removal Act Amendment Bill; | 
ae Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time | 

upon Wednesday next. | 
Registration | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 





of Voters Bill. mittee on the Registration of Voters Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday | 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Parliamentary 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Electors Bill, 


Reading of the Parliamentary Electors Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time | 
upon Wednesday next. 


Savings Banks The Llouse, according to Order, resolved itself 
Annuities Bill. jnto a Committee upon the Savings Banks Annui- | 
ties Bill; and, afler some time spent therein, Mr. | 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- | 
ported, That the Committee bad gone through the | 


Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. | 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 
next. 


Vexatious The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Actions Bill. Reading of the Vexatious Actions Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


Destitute : . ' 
Persons into a Committee upon the Destitute Persons (Ire- 
Cro.) Bill land) (No. 2.) Bill; and, after some time spent | 


Greene reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 








therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. | 





A. 1847. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second on in Trade 
Reading of the Stuck in Trade Exemption Bill; = gay) "P"™" 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 

mittee of Ways and Means ; me 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Royal Marine 
mittee on the Royal Marine Service Bill; Service Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Mines and 
provide for the better Ventilation of Mines and Col- eae 
lieries, for the Protection and Preservation of the 
Lives of Persons employed in and about the same, 
and to make other Provisions relating thereto: And 
that Mr. Thomas Duncombe, Mr. Bernal and Mr. 

Aglionby do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Port Natal 
declare legal the Collection of certain Duties at — a 
Port Natal: And that Mr. Parker and Mr. Haves 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Long’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


and Long’s Estate 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lunatic | 
Lords to the Lunatic Asylums Bill be taken into — Be 
consideration To-morrow ; and be printed. No. 479. 


The Threatening Letters, &amp;c. Bill was read the penning 
first time, and ordered to be read a second time upon me Ke. 


Monday next; and to be printed. No. 480. 


The Insolvent Debtors Bill was read the first Insolvent 
time, and ordered to be read a second time upon Debtors Bill. 
Monday next; and to be printed. No. 481. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Savings 
Accounts of the Number of Individual Depositors Banks. 
and of Charitable Institutions and Friendly Societies 
depositing their Funds in Savings Banks, and of the 
Sums deposited, divided into the usual Classes, on 
the 20th day of November 1846 :—Of the Amount 
of Principal Money received from and of Interest 
credited to and of Principal and Interest Money 
paid to the Trustees of Savings Banks, distinguish- 
ing Great Britain and Ireland, by the National 
Debt Commissioners, from the 6th day of August 
1817 to the 20th day of May 1847; of the Amount 
of Money, Principal and Interest, due to the Trus- 
tees by the Commissioners on the 20th day of May 
1847 ; of the Securities held by the Commissioners 
on the 20th day of May 1847, and of the Value of 
those Securities at the Prices of that day, stating 
such Prices, to provide the Amount due by the Com- 


| missioners to the Trustees on that day, for Principal 
and Interest :—And, of the Aggregate Amount of 


Interest paid and credited to the Trustees of Savings 
Banks, distinguishing Great Britain and Ireland, 
by the Commissioners, and of the Aggregate Amount 
of Interest or Dividends received by and due to the 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself |Commissioners on the Stocks, Funds and Exchequer 


Bills held by them on Account of the Trustees, from 
the 6th day of August 1817 to the 20th day of May 
1847 inclusive ; and stating, also, the Difference in 
Amount between the Amounts so paid and credited 
and received up to the 20th day of May 1847 :— 
And, stating in detail the Changes which have been 


made 








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made in the Bank Annuities and Exchequer Bills 
held by the National Debt Commissioners, on 
Account of the Trustees of Savings Banks, under 
the authority of the Acts of 9 Geo. 4, c. 92, and 3 
Will. 4, c. 14; showing, in separate columns, the 
Dates, Description, and extent of each of such 
Changes, and the Rates at which the Changes were 
effected, from the 5th day of July 1846 to the 20th 
day of May 1847 (all in continuation of Parliament- 
ary Paper, No. 616, of Session 1846). 





Committees. Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit, 
To-morrow, till Five of the clock, during the sitting 
of the House. 

Norwich A Petition of Ratepayers and Inhabitants of the 

Small Tene- City and County of Norwich, praying that the Nor- 

ments Bill. wich Small Tenements Bill may pass into a law, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Poor Law A Petition of George Duggan, of Birmingham, 

Commis- —_ Architect, praying the House to institute a rigid 

ee inquiry into the conduct of the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners during their administration in Jreland, pre- 
vious to placing them in any situation of trust or 
granting them any powers under the laws recently 
sanctioned by the House for the amelioration of that 
country, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

anos yo Petitions from Carlton and vere and Air- 

way (from the myn, Rawcliffe, Newland, and Long Drax ; praying 

Baty Sailway that the ye os Railway (from the Leeds a Selby 

to Gainsbo- Railway to Gainsborough, with Branches) Bill may 


rough, with | i a law,—were presented, and read; and 
Branches) Bill. pass into — P ~_ . 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 10° die Junii; 


Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 





PRAYERS. 


Railway Bills. ‘t E Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question pro- 
posed yesterday, That the promoters of all Railway 
Bills in the present Session of Parliament shall be 
empowered, on the Second Reading, or on the com- 
pletion of any subsequent stage of any such Bill, to 
suspend any further Proceeding in the present Ses- 
sion, with the option, under the following Conditions, 
of proceeding with the same Bill in the next Session 
of Parliament, at the stage where the Bill shall be 
now suspended ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by inserting after the first word “ Bill” 
the words “ or where the Bill shall have been re- 

“ ferred to a Committee, but the case of the pro- 
“ moters shall not have been opened.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 


ConpiTIONs,—First paragraph :— 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, The promoters of such Bills are to give 
notice in the Private Bill Office, on or before the 
18th day of June, or if the Bill shall be in Com- 
mittee, then within six days of the Report of the 
Committee, of their intention to suspend any further 
Proceedings thereon, on the completion of some 
subsequent stage of the Bill; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by inserting after the word “ Committee” 
the words “and the case of the promoters shall not 

Von. 102, 


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645 


“ have been opened, then before the opening of 
“¢ their case, or if their case shall have opened.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 

Second paragraph :— 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, The promoters of such Bills are to give 
notice by advertisement for three successive weeks, 
in October and November, in the London, Edin- 
burgh or Dublin Gazette, as the case may be, and 
in the local paper or papers usually in circulation 
in the part of the country throvgh which the Line 
of Railway is proposed to pass, of their intention 
to present a Petition for the re-introduction of any. 
such Bill; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by inserting after the words “ October 
“ and November” the words “ or either of them.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 

Third paragraph :— 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, Upon a Petition for leave to bring in a 
Railway Bill being presented during the Session of 
1848, and referred to the Examiner of Petitions, he 
is to examine whether the Petition be the same in 
substance as any Petition for the same purpose, and 
from the same parties, which was presented in the 
Session of 1847; and in that case, whether any Bill 
brought into the House in pursuance of such Peti- 
tion, in the Session of 1847, was pending in either 
House of Parliament on the termination of such 
Session ; and if so, whether a Subscription Contract, 
as required by the Standing Orders, indies in the 
usual way the Subscribers to the undertaking, has 
been entered into, and is valid at the time of such 
inquiry, and whether the Deposit of £.10 per cent. 
upon such Subscription is lodged in the manner 
required by the Standing Orders. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ being pre- 
“‘ sented during,” and inserting the word “ in,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—It passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the word “in” 
be inserted, instead thereof :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Question, by leaving out after “ 1848” the 
word “ and,” and inserting the word “ being,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ and” stand part of the Question :—It passed in 
the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the word 
‘“&lt; being” be inserted instead thereof :—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 


Fourth paragraph :— 





A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
In such case, and on proof of such notice having 
been given as aforesaid, and if it appears that such 
Bill had, in the Session of 1847, been suspended in 
the House of Lords, or in the House of Commons, 
or on or after the Second Reading, the Standin 
Orders, with respect to any such Bill, are to be held 
to have been complied with :—It was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 

Fifth paragraph :— 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
The time between the Second Reading of any such 
Bill and the meeting of the Committee thereon is 
shortened to three clear days, the parties to give the 
regular notices in the Private Bill Office :—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 








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646 


Sixth paragraph :— 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, In case such Bill shall have been reported 
im the Session of 1847, the Committee on the Bill 
are to examine whether the Bill be in every respect 
the same as such former Bill at the last stage of its 
pees in the House in the Session of 1847, 
and insuch case no evidence is to be received by such 
Committee ; and on the reception and adoption by 
the House of a Report from such Committee, that 


10° Juni 





the Bill referred to them is in every respect the 
same as such former Bill at the last stage of its 
proceeding in the House in the Session of 1847, 
such Bill may be ordered to be ingrossed, without 
any further osmalinn in respect thereof. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by inserting after the word “ case” the 
words “ the report of.” 


And the Question being put, That those words be 
there inserted :— It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by leaving out the word “ reported,” 
and inserting the words “ agreed to,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ reported” stand part of the Gecstion :—It passed 
in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
** agreed to” be inserted instead thereof :—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 


Then the said Conditions, so amended, were 
agreed to. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 


Resolved, That the promoters of all Railway Bills 
in the present Session of Parliament shall be em- 
powered, on the Second Reading, or on the com- 


pletion of any subsequent stage of any such Bill, or | 
where the Bill shall have been referred to a Com-| 


mittee, but the case of the promoters shall not have 
been opened, to suspend any further Proceeding in 
the present Session, withthe option, under the follow- 
ing Conditions, of proceeding with the same Bill in 
the next Session of Parliament, at the stage where 
the Bill shall be now suspended. 


ConDITIONS. 


The promoters of such Bills are to give notice 
in the Private Bill Office, on or before the 18th 
day of June, or if the Bill shall be in Com- 
mittee, and the case of the promoters shall not 
have been opened, then before the opening of 
their case, or if their case shall have opened, 





A. 1847. 


a Subscription Contract, as required by the 
Standing Sudies, binding in the usual way the 
Subscribers to the Undertaking, has been en- 
tered into, and is valid at the time of such 
inquiry, and whether the Deposit of £.10 per 
cent. upon such Subscriptions is lodged in the 
manner required by the Standing Orders. 

In such case, and on proof of such Notice 
having been given as aforesaid, and if it appears 
that such. Bill had, in the Session of 1847, been 
suspended in the House of Lords, or in the 
House of Commons, on or after the Second 
Reading, the Standing Orders with respect to 
any such Bill are to be held to have been com- 
plied with. 

The time between the Second Reading of any 
such Bill and the meeting of the Committee 
thereon, is shortened to three clear days, the 
ope to give the regular notices in the Pivots 

ill Office. 

In case the Report of such Bill shall have 
been agreed to in the Session of 1847, the 
Committee on the Bill are to examine whether 
the Bill be in every respect the same as such 
former Bill at the last stage of its proceeding in 
the House in the Session of 1847, and in such 
case no evidence is to be received by such 
Committee; and on the reception and adop- 
tion by the House of a Report from such Com- 
mittee, that the Bill referred to them is in every 
respect the same as such former Bill at the last 
stage of its proceeding in the House in the Ses- 
sion of 1847, such Bill may be ordered to be 
ingrossed without any further Proceeding in 
respect thereof. 


a. 


Resolved, That the Deposits made in respect of 
all Railway Bills, the Proceedings on which shall 
have been suspended, shall be returned to the De- 
positors; but that, before proceeding in a future 
Session, Deposits to the same Amount shall be again 
duly paid in, according to the Standing Orders of 
the House of Commons. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That a Clause shall be inserted in every Rail- 





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then within six days of the Report of the Com- 


mittee, of their intention to suspend any further |“ for the first time in any, 


Proceedings thereon, on the completion of some | 
subsequent stage of the Bill. 

The promoters of such Bills are to give notice 
by advertisement for three successive weeks, in 
October and November, or either of them, in 
the London, Edinburgh, or Dublin Gazette, as | 
the case may be, and in the local paper or 
papers usually in circulation in the part of the 
country through which the Line of Railway is 
proposed to pass, of their intention to present 
a Petition for the re-introduction of any such 
Bill. 

Upon « Petition for leave to bring in a Rail- 
way Bill in the Session of 1848 being referred 
to the Examiner of Petitions, he is to examine 
whether the Petition be the same in substance 
as any Petition for the same purpose, and from 
the same parties, which was presented in the 
Session of 1847; and in that case, whether any 
Bill brought into the House in pursuance of 
such Petition in the Session of 1847, was pend- 
ing in either House of Parliament on the ter- 
mination of such Session; and if so, whether 


way Bill, in the present and every future Session of 
Parliament, prohibiting the payment of any interest 
or dividend in respect of calls (except the interest 
by way of discount on subscriptions prepaid, agree- 
ably to 8 Vic., c. 16,5. 24), out of the capital autho- 
rized to be raised in such Bill, either by means of 
calls, or of any power of borrowing contained 
therein ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ in the present 
‘“‘ and every,” and inserting the words “ introduced 
”” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 


| posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 


The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Tufnell, 
Yeas, Sir William Somerville: } ™. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Beckett Denison, e 
Noes. \ Mr. Charles Russell : } T. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by inserting after the word “ calls” 
the words “ under such Bill.” 

And the Question being put, That those words be 
there inserted :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by leaving out the words “ the ca- 
“ pital authorized to be raised in such Bill,” and 
inserting the words “ any capital which they have 
“* been authorized to raise,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
— to be left out stand part of the Question :— 
t passed in the Negative. 








And 














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And the Question being put, That the words 
“ any capital which they have been authorized to 
“ raise,” be inserted, instead thereof:—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by leaving out the words “ contained 
“ therein.” 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—lIt passed in the. Negative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Resolved, That a Clause shall be inserted in every 
Railway Bill, in the present and every future Session 
of Parliament, prohibiting the payment of any in- 
terest or dividend in respect of calls under such 
Bill (except the interest by way of discount on sub- 
scriptions prepaid, agreeably to 8 Vic., c. 16, s. 24), 
out of any capital which they have been authorized 
to raise, either by means of calls, or of any power 
of borrowing. 


Resolved, That in all cases of application to Par- 
liament by existing Railway Companies, either for 
powers to construct Branches or Extensions, or to 
contribute towards the expense of constructing other 
lines of Railways, a Subscription Contract for three- 
fourths of such additional capital as may be required 
for these purposes, shall be given in, beyond the 
capital authorized for the existing Lines, and De- 
posits shall be duly paid thereon. 


Resolved, That a Clause shall be inserted in every 
Railway Bill in the present and in every future Ses- 
sion of arliament prohibiting any Railway Com- 
pany from paying, out of the capital which they 

ave been authorized to raise for the purposes of 
any existing Act, the Deposits required by the Stand- 
ing Orders to be made for the purposes of any ap- 
plication to Parliament fora Bill for the construction 
of another Railway. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That in every Bill of the present Session con- 
taining powers of Purchase, Sale, Lease or Amalga- 
mation, a Clause shall be inserted prohibiting any 
Company from exercising such powers until they 
shall have proved to the satisfaction of the Railwa 
Commissioners, that they have paid up and expended, 
for the purposes authorized by their Acts, a sum 
equal to one-half of the capital authorized to be 
raised thereby ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ proved to the 
“&lt; satisfaction of the Railway Commissioners that 
“« they.” 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—lIt was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by inserting, after the word “ have,” 
and before the word “ paid,” the word “ respec- 
“ tively.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ respectively” be there inserted :—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Question, by leaving out the words “ and ex- 
“* pended for the purposes authorized by their Acts, 
“ a sum equal to.” 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question: 
—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by adding at the end thereof the words 
“ by means of shares, and expended for the pur- 
“ poses of their Acts, a sum equal thereto.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be'there added :—It was resolved in the Affirm- 
ative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Resolved, That in every Bill of the present Ses- 


sion containing powers of Purchase, Sale, Lease or 
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647 


Amalgamation, a Clause shall be inserted prohibit- 
ing any Company from exercising such powers until 
they shall have proved, to the satisfaction of the 
Railway Commissioners, that they have respectively 
paid up One-half of the capital authorized to be 
raised thereby, by means of shares, and expended 
for the purposes oftheir Acts, a sum equal thereto. 

Resolved, That in future Sessions of Parliament 
no powers of Purchase, Sale, Lease or Amalgama- 
tion, shall be contained in any Act for the construc- 
tion of a Railway. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That in future Sessions of Parliament no 
powers of Purchase, Sale, Lease or Amalgamation, 
shall be given to any Railway Company or Com- 
panies, unless previous to their application to Par- 
liament for such purpose they shall have proved to 
the satisfaction of the Railway Commissioners, that 
they have respectively paid up and expended, for 
the purposes authorized by their Acts, a sum equal 
to One-half of the capital authorized to be raised 
thereby ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ and expended, 
“‘ for the purposes authorized by their Acts, a sum 
“ equal to.” 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by adding at the end thereof the words 
“ by means of shares, and expended for the pur- 
“ poses of their Acts a sum equal thereto.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there added :—It was resolved in the Affirm- 
ative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Resolved, That in future Sessions of Parliament 
no powers of Purchase, Sale, Lease or Amalgama- 
tion, shall be given to any Railway Company or 
Companies, unless previous to their F  remeecama to 
Parliament for such purpose they shall have proved 
to the satisfaction of the Railway Commissioners, 
that they have respectively paid up One-half of the 
capital authorized to be raised thereby, by means of 
shares, and expended for the purposes of their Acts, 
a sum equal thereto. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That no Railway Company shall in the pre- 
sent or any future Session of Parliament, be autho- 
rized, except for the execution of its original line, 
to guarantee interest on any shares which it may 
issue for creating additional capital, or to guarantee 
any rent or dividend to any other Railway Company, 
until such first-mentioned Company shall have com- 
pleted and opened for traffic its original line ; 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by inserting after the words “ original - 
“ line,” the words “ or lines sanctioned by Act of 
“ Parliament.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted :—It was resolved in the Affirm- 
ative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Question, by leaving out the word “ its” and 
inserting the word “ such,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the word “ its” 
stand part of the Question :—It passed in the Ne- 
gative. 
And the Question being put, That the word 
“ such” be inserted, instead thereof :—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Question, by leaving out the last word “line,” 
and adding the word “lines,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ line” stand part of the Question :—It passed in 


the Negative. 
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648 


And the Question being put, That the word 
“ lines” be inserted, instead thereof:—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, soamended, being put ; 


Resolved, That no Railway Company shall in the 
present, or any future Session of Parliament, be 
authorized, except for the execution of its original 
line or lines sanctioned by Act of Parliament, to 
guarantee interest on any shares which it may issue 
for creating additional capital, or to guarantee any 
rent or dividend to any other Railway Company, 
until such first-mentioned Company shall have com- 
pleted and opened for traffic such original lines. 

Resolved, That in Bills in the present or any 
future Session of Parliament, for the amalgamation 
of Railway Companies, the amount of capital created 
by such amalgamation shall in no case exceed the 
sum of the capitals of the Companies so amalga- 
mated. 

Resolved, That in Bills in the present, or any 
future Session of Parliament, empowering any Rail- 
way Company to purchase any other Railway, no 
addition shall be authorized to be made to the ca- 
pital of the purchasing Company, beyond the amount 
of the capital of the Railway purchased; and in 
case such Railway shall be purchased at a premium, 
no addition on account of such premium shall be 
made to the capital of the purchasing Company. 

Ordered, That the said Resolutions be referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders Revision, 

to make provision accordingly. 


Holyhead Petitions of John Lockett, Chairman of the Liver- 

Harbour Bill. pool Shipowners Association ;——and, Charles Wye 
Williams, of the town of Liverpool, Managing 
Director of the city of Dublin Steam Packet Com- 
pany; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Holyhead Harbour Bill,—were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill; and the Pe- 
titioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit ; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 
Petitions. 





Derby Writ. Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Derby, in the room 
of John George Brabazon Ponsonby, Beastie, com- 
monly called Viscount Duncannon, now Baron Pon- 


sonby, called up to the House of Peers. 


Wear Valley, Sir John Duckworth reported the Wear Valley, 
ep “Bishop Auckland and Weardale, Weardale Exten- 
Weardale, sion, and Wear and Derwent Railways and Shildon 
Weardale » Tunnel Amalgamation Bill, with Amendments. 
mar Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Derwent Rail- and be printed. 

ways and Shil- , é 

don Tunnel Amalgamation Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Buxton, Ma Reading of the ingrossed Bill to make certain De- 
lands Junctionviations in the authorized Line of the Manchester, 
Railway De- Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway, 
viations Bill. ond o amend the Act relating thereto ; 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time ; 

Viscount Morpeth, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bull, gives Her 
consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit, 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cavendish do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Manchester, 


10° Juni. 


A. 1847. 


The ingrossed Bill to incorporate the Manchester Manchester, 
and Lincoln Union Railway and Chesterfield and + pe and 
Gainsborough Canal Company with the Manchester, ee aah 
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company, was, Manchester 
according to Order, read the third time; and 2%4 Lincoln 
Amendments were made to the Bill. pen ya 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Chesterfield 
Ordered, That Mr. Cavendish do carry the Bill to 84 Gainsbo- 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. po 


tion Bill. 


Mr. Baring reported the Huddersfield and Man- Huddersfield 
chester Railway (Deviations and Alterations in Old oo 
ham Branch, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments. (iedietiens 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; and Altera- 


: tions in Old- 
and be printed. ham Branch, 


&amp;c.) Bill. 

Mr. Baring reported the London and North West- London and 
ern Railway (Lease and Purchase of the Hudders- — 
field and Manchester Railway and Canal, and the (ease and 
Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester Railway) Bill, with Purchase of 
Amendments. the Hudders- 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; yh 
and be printed. way and Canal, 

and the Leeds, 
Railway fon Manchester 
way 

Mr. Greene reported the Croydon Commercial Croydon 
Gas and Coke Bill, with Amendments. Commercial 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. a “Cee 


Mr. Greene reported the Legal Quays (Zondon) Legal Quays 
Bill, with Amendments. a 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported the Leominster Canal Navi- Leominster 
gation Sale Bill, with Amendments. 7 ~ 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. “" °** 


Mr. Greene reported the Westminster and Part of westminster 
Middlesex Sewers Bill, with Amendments. and Part of 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. tag 


Mr. Greene reported the York and North Mid- York and 
land Railway (Knottingley Branch) Bill, with NorthMidland 
Amendments. CRnottiagley 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Branch) Bill. 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Zondon and North London and 
Western Railway (Saint Alban’s, Luton and Dun- oo —— 
stable Branch) Bill be now taken into consideration : (st. ‘Alban’s, 
—The House accordingly proceeded to take the Luton and 
Report into consideration; and the Amendments Branch) Bil 
were read, and agreed to. . 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Hodgson 
Private Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, To- — Estate 
morrow, on Hodgson Hinde’s Estate Bill. , 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Warkworth 
the Report on the Warkworth Harbour Bill ; and Harbour Bill. 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

A Clause (Admiralty may remove Works if aban- 
doned), was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Saving the rights of the Duke 
of Northumberland generally), was twice read; and 
made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The ingrossed Bill to enable the Royston and Royston and 
Hitchin Railway Company to lease or sell their Line, Hitchin Rail- 
and to authorize the said Company to enter into con- Tee) Bil. 


tracts 








gati 
Nor 





10 Vicroriz. 


tracts and complete Arrangements with the Great 
Northern Railway Company, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


York and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Newcastle = the Report on the York and Newcastle Railway 
Pelaw. Tyne (Pelaw, Tyne Dock, &amp;c., Branches) Bill; and 


9 


Dock, &amp;e. the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Branches) Bill. Qydered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 
Port Natal Mr. Parker presented a Bill to declare legal the 
—— Collection of certain Duties at Port Natal: And 
~ «oq thesame was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
No. 482. ° : 
read a second time To-morrow ; and be printed. 
York and Ordered, That the Committee on the York and 
NorthMidland Noth Midland Railway (Harrogate Branch, Bo- 
Railway . ° s . 
(Harrogate roughbridge and Knaresborough Extension) Bill 
Branch, Bo- have leave to make their Report To-morrow. 
roughbridge 
and Knares- 
borough Ex- 
tension) Bill. 


Manchester, 


Mr. Shaw reported the Manchester, Sheffield and 


Shefficld and Zincolnshire Railway (Junction with the Midland 
Railway Railway, vid Barnsley, with Branches therefrom) 


(Junction with Bill, with Amendments. 
the Midland Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Railway, via ; 

Barnsley, and and be printed. 

Branches 

therefrom) 

Bill. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
(Deviations 


Mr. Shaw reported the Great Northern Railway 
(Deviations between Gainsborough and Doncaster) 
between Bill, with Amendments. 

Gainsborough = Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
mponeaster) and be printed. 


South York- 
shire, Doncas- 
ter and Goole 
Railway 
(Penistone, 


Mr. Shaw reported theSouth Yorkshire, Doncaster 
and Goole Railway (Penistone, &amp;c.,and Purchase, of 
Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Hudders- 
field and Goole Railway, Dun Navigation, and 
Dearne and Dove Canal) Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
ee and be printed. 


Huddersfield and Goole Railway, Dun Navi- 
gation and Dearne and Dove Canal) Bill. 


North British 1 Mr. Sotheron reported the North British Railway 


&amp;c. and Pur- 
chase of Shef- 
field, Rother- 


(Ho 1) Ball. (No. 1.) Bill, with Amendments. 
so Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 

former Committee :—And that they have leave to 
sit, and proceed, To-morrow, and to make their 
Report forthwith. 

ee, Mr. Thomas Duncombe reported the Manchester, 

ae Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (Sheffield Canal 

Railway Purchase) Bill, with Amendments. 

+ ery ll Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

chase) Bil, and be printed. 

eee pen Mr. Thomas Duncombe reported the Manchester, 

Lent Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (Station at Shef- 

Railway field, and Branch to the Sheffield Canal) Bill, with 

(Station at_ Amendments. 

ee age Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

Sheffield and be printed. 

Canal) Bill. 

Midland Rail- _ Mr. Thomas Duncombe reported the Midland 

tere apa Railway (Masbrough and Normanton Stations En- 

ta largement) Bill, with Amendments. 

Stations En- Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

BL ~—s and be _printed. 

Manchester, Mr. Thomas Duncombe reported the Manchester, 

Teg Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (Branch to Cha- 

ilwa: peltown and Thurgoland Coal Branch) Bill, with 
{Branch to Amendments, 
Chapeltown = Vo, 102 


10° Junzz. 


649 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; and Thurgo- 
land 


and be printed. —— 
Branch) Bill. 


Mr. Thomas Duncombe reported from the Com- Sheffield, 
mittee on the Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wake- Rotherham, 
field, Huddersfield and Goole Railway (Partial Bermsley, 
Alteration of ‘Levels, &amp;c.) Bill; That the Parties pong cha 
promoting the Bill had stated to the Committee, and Goole 
that it was not their intention to proceed further ge 4 = 
with the same during the present Session of Parlia- of Levels, &amp;0.) 
ment. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Direct London 
the Report on the Direct London and Portsmouth 4nd Ports- 
Railway Bill; and the Amendments were read,and a : 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The Earl of Zincoln reported the Midland Rail- Midland Rail- 
way (Gloucester and Stonehouse Junction) Bill, with "0, a 
Amendments. house Junc- 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; tion) Bill. 
and be printed. 


The Earl of Lincoln reported from the Committee Midland Rail- 
on the Midland Railway (Mangotsfield to Bath) ¥®y Bo yl 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- Foch) Bill. 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, but the same 
had not been proved to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the London and North Western London and 
Railway (Birmingham and Lichfield Line) Bill be North Western 
read the third time ‘To-morrow. ‘ianmiatem 
and Lichfield 
Line) Bill. 

The ingrossed Bill for reducing the Dues of the Weymouth 
Harbour of the Borough and Town of Weymouth hig ape 
and Melcombe Regis, in the county of Dorset, and and Bridge ” 
consolidating the ‘l'rusts created by the Acts relating Trusts Bill. 
to such Harbour and the Bridge of the said Borough, 
and for other Purposes, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Christie do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration Sheffield 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Markets Bill. 
intituled, An Act for removing the Market between 
King-street and Castle-street, in the Town of Shef- 
field, and for providing a new Market-place in lieu 
thereof, and for regulating and maintaining the 
Markets and Fairs of the said Town; and the same 
were read, as follow : 

Pr. 19.1. 19. Leave out “ within or adjoining ” 
and insert “called Castle Folds, Dixon-lane, Ex- 
“ change-street and Broad-street, where the same 
“ respectively adjoin.” 

Pr. 32. 1.10. Leave out from “ provisions” to 
“ for” in |. 14. 

Pr. 37. 1. 38. Leave out “ Provided neverthe- 
“ Jess” and insert “ And be it Enacted.” 

Pr. 37. 1. 34. Leave out “herein” and insert 
“ in the said Markets Clauses Act or this Act.” 

Pr. 38.1. 27. Leave out from “ Act” to “to” 
in |. 30, 

Pr. 38. 1. 32. Leave out from “ Markets” to 
“ and” inl. 34, 

Pr. 40. Is. 38. and penult. Leave out from 
“ required,” to “ Provided ” in Pr. 41. 1. 6. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 





Lordships. 
40 Mr. 








650 10° Junie. 


= Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Classification 
(Ninth Committee of Railway Bills; That they had further 
Report.) considered the matters to them referred; and directed 

No.483, him to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


London and The Order of the day being read, for taking into 

North Western consideration the Report on the London and North 
Ormabirk Western Railway (Ormskirk and Rainford Branch, 

¢ 

and Rainford &amp;c.) Bill; 

— &amp;¢) Ordered, That the Report be taken into con- 


sideration To-morrow. 


Midland Rail- Sir James East reported the Midland Raiiway 
way (Exten- (Extension from near Leicester, vid Bedford, to 
sion from - fe - . 

Leicester, via Hitchin, and to Northampton and Huntingdon, and 
Bedford,to Enlargement of the Lezcester Station) Bill, with 
ae il Amendments. 

tonandHun- § Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


tingdon, and and be printed. 
Enlargement 


of the Leicester Station) Bill. 


Swansea _ Mr. Edward Ellice reported the Swansea Harbour 
Harbour Bill. Bi}, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ipswich Mr. Edward Ellice reported from the Committee 








Dock Bill. —_ on the Ipswich Dock Bill; That they had examined 

the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 

Bill, but the same had not been proved to their | 
satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Holyhead A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 

Harbour Bill. josed, That Captain Berkeley be added to the Select | 
Committee on the Holyhead Harbour Bill :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


LondonBridge Mr. Gilbert Heathcotereported the London Bridge 
Railway Ter’ Railway Termini General Enlargement Bill, with 


Enlargement Amendments. 


Bill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


South Eastern Mr. Gilbert Heathcote reported the South Eastern 
CWidering of Railway (Widening of the Greenwich Railway, and 
the Greenwich Arrangement and Enlargement of the London Bridge 
Railway and Station) Bill, with Amendments. 

AM Exlareee Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
ment of the and be printed. 

London Bridge 
Station) Bill. 
Birkenhead The Order made upon the 12th day of February 
tGee Works) last, for referring the Birkenhead Improvement (Gas 


and Purchase Works) and Purchase of Birkenhead and Claughton 





of Birkenhead Gas Works Bill to the Committee of Selection, was 
+ als, mm read, and discharged. 
Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Birkenhead The Order made upon the 15th day of February 
Improvement , 


(Waterworks) last, for referring the Birkenhead Improvement 
and Purchase (Waterworks) and Purchase of Birkenhead and 
pec &gt;t Claughton Waterworks Bill to the Committee of 
and Ulaughton ° . ° 

Waterworks election, was read, and discharged. 


Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Edinburgh, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Leith and 


Granton Rail. the Report on the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton 

way (Leith Railway (Leith Extension) Bill; and the Amend- 

Extension) ments were read, and agreed to. 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


a _ The nga Bill for constructing and maintain- 
— ing a Bridge across the River Slaney, near the Town 
of Wexford, with Approaches, and for taking down 








A. 1847. 


the present Bridge there, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Grogan do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell Message from 

and Mr. Wingfield : en 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Runcorn 
Act for better lighting with Gas the Town of Run- Gas Bill. 
corn, otherwise Higher Runcorn and Lower Runcorn, 
and also certain Townships and Hamlets in the 
Vicinity, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Representa. 
for the Correction of certain Abuses which have fre- tive Peers 
quently prevailed at the Elections of Representative — — 
Peers for Scotland; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Goddard's 
for enabling Conveyances to be made of the Estate Estate Bill. 
and Interest of Elizabeth Goddard (who is of un- 
sound mind) in Lands and Tenements, a Partition or 
Division whereof is directed by a Decree of the High 
Court of Chancery made in a Cause, Whitmore v. 
Goddard ; to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, - 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Huggens’ 


to incorporate the President and Trustees of Huggens’ College Incor- 


College, at Northficet, in the County of Kent, and antes 
to enable them the better to carry on the Charitable 

Designs of the said College; to which the Lords 

desire the concurrence of this House :—And then the 
Messengers withdrew. 


Mr. Ward presented, pursuant to Order,—A Re- Wreck and 
turn of the Names of the Receivers appointed under S#lvage Act. 
the Wreck and Salvage Act, 9 and 10 Vic., c. 99; 
together with a Copy of the Instructions issued at 
various times to those Receivers. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Secretary at War presented,—Return to an Yeomanry. 
Order, dated the 21st day of May last, for a Re- 
turn of the Number of Troops or Corps or Regi- 
ments of effective Yeomanry in Great Britain and 
freland, according to the Muster Rolls of 1842, 
1843, 1844, 1845 and 1846; stating the Date of 
those Musters, and showing the manner in which the 
Sums voted for Great Britain and Ireland in those 
years were expended. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Huggens’ College Incorporation Bill was read the Huggens’ 
first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions College = 
for Private Bills. : _— 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Cork County 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out a Writ. 
new Writ for the electing of a Knight of the Shire 
to serve in this present Parliament for the County 
of Cork, in the room of Daniel O’ Connell, Esquire, 
deceased. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, tmports and 
Accounts of the Total declared Value of all Exports Exports, 
from the United Kingdom to Cuba, Chili, Peru and ©%™* “7 
Columbia respectively, in each year, from 1824 to 
1846 both inclusive; distinguishing the Produce 
and Manufactures of the United Kingdom from 
Foreign and Colonial Merchandize :—And, of the 
Total Official Value of all Imports into the United 
Kingdom from Cuba, Chili, Peru and Columbia, 
respectively, in each year, from 1824 to 1846, both 
inclusive. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Pauper 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Lunatics. 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 

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a Return of the Number of Pauper Lunatics and 
Idiots chargeable to Parishes and Townships in each 
of the Unions in England and Wales; and also to 
Parishes and Townships not comprised in Unions, 
on the 1st day of January 1847; distinguishing 
those maintained in County Lunatic Asylums and 
Hospitals, Licensed Houses, Workhouses, and else- 
where. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Ministers participating 
in the Parliamentary Grant of £.36,214, for Non- 
conforming Ministers in Jreland, with the Amount 
paid to each Class; the Regulations under which 
the Grant is issued ; and a Statement of the Salaries 
allowed to the several Agents or Paymasters of 
these Ministers respectively :—And, of the Names 
of the Parties to whom the Parliamentary Grant of 
£.1,695 is issued for distribution to the Protestant 
Dissenting Ministers in England; the proportion 
thereof allocated to each sect or body of Dissenters ; 
the regulations under which Grants are made to 
individual Ministers; with a Statement of any 
Salaries or Allowance made to the Parties by whom 
the Money is distributed :—(In continuation of that 
of the 8th day of May 1845, of the appropriation 
of the Sum of £.1,200 issued out of Civil Contin- 
gencies to the Episcopalian Clergy in Scotland, with 
a Copy of any Regulations for the issue of the 
Amount.) 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to the Mari- 
time Regulations of Foreign Countries, which were 
presented upon the 30th day of April last, and the 
3d day of this instant June, be referred to the Select 
Committee on Navigation Laws. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Correspondence of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies, with 
F. A. Harper, Esquire, and Peter Buchanan, Es- 
quire, or the Governor General of Canada, respecting 
certain Statements on the subject of the Public 
Credit of the Province of Canada, contained in a 
Memorial presented in March last to the Right 
honourable Lord John Russell, relative to a project 
for the colonization of Canada by emigration from 
Lreland. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Ships, and their Aggre- 
gate Tonnage, which cleared out from the Ports of 
the United Kingdom for Ports in Canada and 
British North America, distinguishing each Colony, 
in each year from 1830 to 1846, both years inclusive. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of all Correspondence between Her Ma- 
jesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies respecting 
the effect of the Usury Laws in Canada on the in- 
dustrial and commercial interests of that Province, 
and of aH Correspondence with the Governor 
General of Canada on that subject. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Shrapnel Shells ordered 
to bs manufactured for the British and East India 

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Company’s Armies, since the period of the Shell 
having been adopted by Government for the use of 
the National Forces. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Timber Ships 
Return of every Ship or Vessel, Timber laden in — — 
whole or part, which has cleared out from any Port aes 
in British North America or Newfoundland, between 
the 1st day of January 1846 and the Ist day of 
January 1847, for any Port on this side the Adlantic; 
stating whether with or without any Timber loaded 
upon Deck; and also, when and where arrived at 
her destined Port, or otherwise ; and if not arrived 
at any Port, whether lost or otherwise, with any 
known particulars regarding her. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Ordnance Ordnance 
Survey (Scotland), which was presented upon Mon- (neeten.) 
day | inted. 

ay last, be printed No. 484. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to the New New Forest. 
Forest, which were presented upon Friday last, be Nv. 485. 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Mew New Forest. 
Forest, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 485. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Wool, &amp;¢., Wool, &amp;c. 
which was presented upon Tuesday last, be printed. No. 486. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Canada. 
mand,—Copy of Correspondence relative to the 
Affairs of Canada, 1846. 

Mr. Hawes also presented, pursuant to several Robert 
Addresses to Her Majesty,—Copies of all Docu- Langslow, 
ments and other Evidence forming the ground for — 
the dismissal from Office of Robert Langslow, Es- 
quire, one of the District Judges of Ceylon, and 
also, of the subsequent Correspondence relating to 
such dismissal. 

Returns showing the Number of Free Emigrants Free Emi- 
into Jamaica, British Guiana, Trinidad and the 8t*s, &amp;c. 
Mauritius; showing separately the Number imported 
into each of these Colonies, as well as the Places 
whence the Emigrants were imported, for each year 
since the abolition of Slavery, in August 1834 :— 
Showing the Number of liberated Africans, and 
their destination, as far as practicable: — And, 
showing the Number of Emigrant Labourers now 
ordered by the above-mentioned Colonies. 

Mr. Hawes also presented, pursuant to Order,— Opium. 
Copy of Memorandum by Robert Montgomery 
Martin, Member of the Legislative Council of Hong 
Kong, on the records of the Council, referring to 
the mistake in Date of Dissent on Opium, of the 
26th day of November 1844 ; and of the Observa- 
tions of Governor Davis thereon, dated the 12th 
day of February 1845, (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper No. 347 of the present Session). 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Ipswich and 
gesses of the borough of y ete in the county of Bury St, Fa- 
Suffolk, praying that the Lpswich and Bury Saint way (Branch 
Edmund's Railway (Branch from Ipswich to Wood- from Ipswich 
bridge) Bill may pass into law, was presented, and te Wood- 


read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. seein 


Petitions from Colchester ;— Cambridge ;—Surrey Agricultural 
(two Petitions) ; — Suffolk; — Devon ;— Hants ; — = Right 
Essex ;—and, Yorkshire; praying that the Agricul- ~~ 
tural Tenant Right Bill may pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Leicester, praying Breweries and 
the House to pass a law by which the use of grain Distilleries. 
for the purpose of distillation may be entirely pro- 
hibited, and that as far as possible its use in the 
manufacture of fermented drinks may be restricted, 

402+ was 





Chemists and 
Druggists. 


Church Tem- 
poralities 
(Ireland) Act. 


Small Debts 
Act. 


Court of 
Chancery. 


Education. 


Thomas Ford, 





652 


was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from London (five Petitions) ;—Dept- 
ford (two Petitions) ;—Jslington ;—Saint Pancras 
(five Petitions) ;—and, John Hitchcock and others; 
praying the House to pass a Bill for regulating the 
qualification of Chemists and Druggists in England 
and Wales,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Thomas Murray and others; — 
Geashill ;—and, Members of the Bath Church of 
England Lay Association ; praying for the repeal of 
so much of the Church Temporalities (Ireland) Act 
as provided for the annexation of the spiritualities of 
the see of Kildare, to the Archbishopric of Dublin, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Eddowes Sparrowe, of Ipswich, 
in the county of Suffolk, Attorney-at-Law, stating 
that on the 6th of April 1846, he was appointed by 
the Commissioners of the Court of Requests in 
Ipswich, Assessor of the said Court, by virtue of 
the power given to them under the Statute 7th and 
8th Vic., c. 96, and that such appointment was con- 
firmed by the then Secretary of State; that implicitly 
relying upon the arrangement in the Small Debts 
Bill, when first brought into the House, and 
upon the general understanding or belief that the 
Judges of existing Local Courts would be retained or 
re-appointed, he had made arrangements for retiring 
altogether from practice as an attorney, which was 
required by the Act; and consequently, from not 
having received such appointment, he has sustained 
considerable loss and injury ; and praying the House 
to take his case into consideration, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Solicitors of Her Majesty’s High 
Court of Chancery practising in the town of Liver- 
pool, praying the House to inquire into the claims 
made before the Lord Chancellor, in pursuance of 
the Act for abolishing certain Offices of the High 
Court of Chancery in England, and to take inio 
consideration the several Orders made thereon, and 
to inquire into the fees imposed upon the suitors of 
the said Court, in pursuance of the powers of the 
said first-mentioned Act, and into the state and 
charges affecting the several funds of the suitors 
of the said court, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Taunton; — Lincoln ;—Bedford 
Leigh ;— Burton Greene; — Ryde ; — Whitchurch 
and Coalville; — Leamington Priors ;— Ratcliffe 
College ; — Runcorn ; — Sheepshed ;— Falmouth ;— 
Bromsgrove ;—Allerton Mauleverer ;— Leyburn ;— 
Thringstone;— Osgathorpe;—Cobridge;-—Penzance; 
—Melton Mowbray ;— Cottam ;—Brewood ;—and, 
Newport (Salop); complainiug of the exclusion of 
Roman Catholics from their share of the monies 
granted for educational purposes ; and praying the 
House to interpose in their behalf,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Ford, a Prisoner in custody 
of the Keeper of the Queen’s Prison, in the county 
of Surrey, stating that he is now under restraint in 
the penal side of the said prison, without a sen- 
tence or warrant by commitment of any Court ; 
and praying that the keeper of the said prison may 
show to the House the day and cause of his being 
taken into custody, by whom he is now detained, 
and, also, in addition, the cause of his now suffering 
such detention ; also that he may be restored to his 
liberty and the same rights as others of Her Ma- 
jesty’s subjects; and that the matters of his im- 


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A. 1847. 


prisonment, deprivation of property and confine- 
ment, be referred to a Committee of the House ; 
that he may be restored to his freehold and copy- 
hold property and monies; that all decrees and 
orders of courts of equity and rules of courts of 
common law may not have the effect of judgment 
debts, without a rule to show cause in the first 
instance; that none of Her Majesty’s subjects may 
be deprived of their liberty and freehold inherit- 
ance by rules of court absolute in the first instance ; 
and that the House may be pleased to make such 
Order for the purposes above mentioned as the House 
may in its wisdom deem meet, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Samuel Gordon, Esquire, of Aungier- 
street, Dublin, praying the House to order a return 
to be made of a copy of the Petition lodged by the 
Petitioner in the office of the Secretary of the Court 
of Chancery in Jreland, on the 16th of March 1847, 
with the orders made on that Petition, and also a 
copy of the affidavit filed in the office of the Clerk of 
the Affidavits on the 15th of March 1847, in support 
of it, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 





Samuel 
Gordon. 


Petitions from the Metropolis ;—Snenton ;—and, yeaith of 


Newark; praying that the Health of Towns Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Society of Attornies, Solicitors, 
Proctors and others, not being Barristers, practising 
in the Courts of Law and Equity of the United 
Kingdom, praying that the House of Commons’ 
Costs Taxation Bill may not pass into a law, as it 
now stands, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Burton-upon-Trent, 
praying that decisive means may be pressed upon 
the authorities of our Indian Empire, that the Temple 
of Juggernaut and all other Temples in India may 
no longer receive grants of money from the British 
Government, but may be left entirely to the support 
of their own votaries, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Householders of the borough of the Landlord and 


city of Dublin, praying the House to pass a Bill 
whereby weekly tenants may be compelled, in case 
of non-payment of rent or being over-holding tenant 
or tenants, on getting one week’s notice, to give up 
possession of his or their apartments, or on getting 
such other reasonable notice to quit as to the 
House shall seem fit, without subjecting the house- 
holders to the necessity of incurring the heavy ex- 
pense of bringing an ejectment for recovery of pos- 
session from pauper and over-holding tenants, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Foreman of the Grand Jury of 


the city of Limerick, praying that the Limerick 
Docks and Harbour Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Three Petitions of Clergy and Laity of the diocese 
of Gloucester and Bristol, praying the House to pass 
a law which shall enact that no clause in any Rail- 
way Act hitherto passed shall be construed to render 
it imperative to run trains on the Lord’s Day, and 
that due care be taken that no such clause be con- 
tained in any Bill hereafter to be passed, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Towns Bill. 


House of 

Commons’ 
Costs Taxa- 
tion Bill. 


Idolatry 
(India.) 


Tenant 
(Treland.) 


Limerick 
Docks and 


Harbour Bill. 


Lord’s Day. 


A Petition of Richard Barneby, Clerk, of Saint Lunatics. 








Leonard’s, in the county of Sussex, praying the 
ouse 











10 Vieroriz. 


House to appoint a Select Committee to inquire 
into the the state of the law and treatment of per- 
sons who are confined as of unsound mind, and to 
pass a law in the present Session with a view to re- 
form the many grievances which he considers exist 
in preceding enactments, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Michael 
Meade. 


A Petition of Michael Meade, of Bridge-street, 
Winchester, stating that he was apprehended, tried 
and convicted, and cast into prison, on Friday the 
21st day of August 1846, by two magistrates for 
the city and borough of Winchester, for buying a 
pair of military shoes; complaining of circumstances 
connected with his conviction, and praying the 
House to cause an investigation into the case, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


‘Measurement 


A Petition of John Davis, of the parish of Cam, 
of the Circle. 


in the county of Gloucester, Machinist, stating that 
he has at length discovered, to his own satisfaction, 
the complete Measurement of the Circle; that he 
understands that a premium has been offered for the 
discovery ; and praying the House te point out to 
him what course he should pursue, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Members of the Aberdeen Medico- 
Chirurgical Society ;— London (two Petitions) ;— 
Carlisle ;—and, Longton ; praying that the Medical 
Registration and Medical Law Amendment Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Medical 
Registration, &amp;c. 

A Petition of Practitioners in Medicine and Sur- 
gery, &amp;c., residing in the town of Southampton and 
its neighbourhood, praying that the said Bill may 
not pass into a law, was also presented, and read; 
and referred to the said Select Committee. 


Medical Regis- 
tration and 
Medical Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


A Petition of Masters of British Merchant Ves- 
sels, praying the House to refuse to sanction a 
invasion of the principles of that system under whic 
the navigation of Great Britain has attained its 
present unexampled height, and on which principles 
the Navigation Laws are founded, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Navigation Laws. 


Navigation 
Laws. 


Poor Law 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
(Scotland.) 


habitants of Dundee, praying for amendment of the 
Poor Law in Scotland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Removal 


n A Petition of Inhabitants of Newbury, in the 
ct. 


county of Berks, praying for alteration of the Poor 
Removal Act, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Settlement and Poor 
Removal, 


Poor Removal 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the town- 
ship of Leeds, praying that the Poor Removal Act 
Amendment Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Railways 
(Ireland) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Petitions from Wexford ;—and, Foreman of the 
Grand Jury of the city of Limerick; praying that 
the Railways (Ireland) (No. 2.) Bill may pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman, Directors and Share- 
holders of the Midland Great Western Railway 
Company of Ireland, praying the House to alter the 
distribution of the proposed grant to Irish Railways, 
and to insert the name of their company amongst 
those considered worthy of countenance and sup- 
port, and not to give an undue preference to other 
VoL, 102. 


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653 


lines by affording to them solely aid from the public 
purse, to the great injury of the Petitioners, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Inha- Reform of 
bitants of Liverpool, praying for the repeal of the Parliament 
ratepaying clauses of the Reform of Parliament A‘ 
Act, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Committee of the Roman Catho- 
West of England Protestant Alliance, praying that lic —— 
the Roman Catholic Charitable Trusts Bill may — 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Tunbridge ;—Sevenoaks ;—Stow- Smithfield ; 
on-the- Wold ;— Bristol (two Petitions) ;—Croydon ; Market. : 
— Hertford;— Reading (two Petitions);—Brighton; 
— Farmers and Graziers attending Farringdon 
Market ;—and, Banbury ; praying the House not 
to consent to the removal of the Cattle Market from 
Smithfield, or to the compulsory establishment of 
abattoirs,—were presented, and read; and referred i 
to the Select Committee on Smithfield Market. 


A Petition of Ratepayers and others, Inhabitants Taunton 


of the borough of Taunton, in the county of Somer- a 
set, praying that the Taunton Improvement and gjy), 


Market Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Taunton, 
praying that the said Bill may not pass into a law ij 
during the present Session, nor until the inhabit- i 
ants of the town, in public meeting assembled, have 
had an opportunity of considering a measure so 
greatly affecting their property and rights as indi- 
viduals, and the general interests of the town at 
large, was also presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Wigmore, Clerk, of Ely Reverend “I 
Place, Holborn, complaining of the revocation of Thomas 
his license as Chaplain of Bothwell, in the Island hates 
of Van Diemen’s Land, by the Bishop of Tasmania, 
and praying the interposition of the House, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


TONNES Fn SN SESES 


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That Answer to i 
their several Addresses of the 3d, 4th, 8th and 9th Addresses. 
days of this instant June, (That Her Majesty would 
be graciously pleased to give directions that the 
Papers therein mentioned might be laid before this 
House,) had been presented to Her Majesty ; and 
that Her Majesty had commanded him to acquaint 
this House, that She will give directions accord- 


ingly. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Factories. 
Command,—Copy of Reports of the Inspectors of 
Factories to Her Majesty’s principal Secretary of 
State for the Home Department, for the half year 
ending 30th April 1847. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


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Sir William Somerville presented,—Return to an Mr. George 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of this Drew. 
instant June, for Copy of a Letter from the Secre- 
tary of State for the Home Department, approving 
of the appointment of Mr. Drew to be the Assessor 
of the Southwark and Brixton Court of Requests, 
under the Act 8 and 9 Vic., c. 127. 

Sir William Somerville also presented, pursuant Grand Jury 
to Order,—A Return of all Road Traverses for ooo 
Presentments in Jreland for consequential damages ‘ saad 
arising under the Act 9 and 10 Vic., c. 107, show- 
ing the Gross Amounts claimed, the Traverses 


Psenisnitemr news Hie SATE A Saiten te eee 


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403 tried 








Poor Laws 
Administra- 
tion Bill. 


Prisons Bill. 


Prisoners 
Removal 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Corn, &amp;e. 
Importation 
Bill. 


654 





tried, and the Amounts awarded thereunder, and 
the Number of such Traverses which shall have 
been respited; also, showing the Sums presented 
by the several Grand Juries in pursuance of 17th 
section of the said Act on the certificates therein 
mentioned, when the Amount of such certificate did 
not exceed the Sum of Ten Pounds. 

* Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

able. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Poor Laws Administration Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon Tinuaiee last, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair (for the Committee on the Prisons Bill) ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 11° die Junii, 1847: 


And the Question being put; 
The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, pe a Hill jis. 
Tellers for the Noes, 


Sir Fitz Roy Kelly, } 76. 
Mr. Law: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill to authorize, for a limited 
Time, the Removal of Prisoners from the several 
Gaols in Jreland, in cases of Epidemic Diseases, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to authorize for One year, and to 
the end of the then next Session of Parliament, the 
Removal of Prisoners from the several Gaols in Jre- 
land in cases of Epidemic Diseases. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee, to consider the Act 9 and 10 
Vic., c. 22, to amend the Laws relating to the Im- 
portation of Corn ; also, the Act 9 and 10 Vic.,c. 23, 
to alter certain Duties of Customs; also, the Act of 
the present Session, c. 1., to suspend until the First 
day of September One thousand eight hundred and 
Forty-seven, the Duties on the Importation of Corn ; 
and also, the Act of the present Session, c. 3., to 
suspend, until the First day of September One 
thousand eight hundred and Forty-seven, the Duties 
on the Importation of Buck Wheat, Buck Wheat 
Meal, Maize or Indian Corn, Indian Corn Meal and 
Rice. 

(In the Committee.) 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to 
suspend, for a Time to be limited, the Duties on 
the I ——_— of Corn, Maize, Rice, Grain, Meal, 
Flour, Biscuit and certain other similar Articles. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 


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A. 1847. 


pened, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
ution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene accordingly reported a Resolution ; 
which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
suspend, for a Time to be limited, the Duties on the 
Importation of Corn, Maize, Rice, Grain, Meal, 
Flour, Biscuit and certain other similar Articles :— 
And he moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Greene, the Chancellor of the Exche- 
quer and Lord John Russell do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Navigation 
mittee to whom it was referred to to consider the (X® 2) 
Act 8 and 9 Vic.,c. 88., for the Encouragement 
of British Shipping and Navigation; and also, 
the Act of the present Session, c. 2., to allow, 
until the First day September One thousand eight 
hundred and Forty-seven, the Importation of Corn 
from any Country in Foreign Ships ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


An ingrossed Bill to render permanent certain Newfoundland 
Parts of the Act for amending the Constitution of Government 
the Government of Mewfoundland, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Greene reported the Destitute Persons (Jre- Destitute 


land) (No. 2.) Bill ; and the Amendments were read, Persons 
(Ireland) 
and agreed to. (No. 2.) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend the Passengers Act, Passengers 
and to make further Provision for the Carriage of Act Amend- 
Passengers by Sea, was, according to Order, read the os 
third time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

An ingrossed Clause (Vessels to be examined 
before leaving Clearance Dock, and Report to be 
made accordingly), was thrice read; and added to 
the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause {No ship to be cleared 
out without being fully manned), was thrice read ; 
and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. - 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to continue an Act for autho- Highway 
rising the application of Highway Rates to Turnpike- Rates Bull. 
roads, was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to continue, until the First day of 
October One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
eight, and to the end of the then next Session of 
Parliament, an Act for authorizing the Application 
of Highway Rates to Turnpike-roads. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Baths and 

into a Committee upon the Baths and Wash- Washhouses 
houses Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Herring : 
a Committee upon the Herring Fishery (Scotland) hey A ae ‘ 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. No, 487. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- ~ 
ported, 





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ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be now received. 
Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed toa Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Drainage of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Lands (Scot- mittee on the Drainage of Lands (Scotland) Bill ; 

or Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Custody of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Offenders Bill. mittee on the Custody of Offenders Bill ; 
Resoived, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Out-Pension- 
ers (Chelsea 
and Green- 
wich) Bill. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend the Acts for render- 
ing effective the Service of the Chelsea and Green- 
wich Out-Pensioners, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Police Clauses 


= The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 


Report on the Police Clauses Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Leith Harbour The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
and Docks = Reading of the Leith Harbour and Docks Bill ; 


_ Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 
StockinTrade The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Exempton Bill. Reading of the Stock in Trade Exemption Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Royal Marine Service Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Royal Marine 
Service Bill. 


Lunatic 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Asylums Bill. 


consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Lunatic Asylums Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon this day three months. 


Lunatic Asy- | Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
ay (No. 2.) for the amendment of the Laws relating to the Pro- 
' vision and Regulation of Lunatic Asylums for Coun- 
ties and Boroughs in England: And that Mr. At- 
torney General, Sir George Grey and Sir William 

Somerville do prepare, and bring it in. 


Tithes Com- Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 

mutation Bill. explain the Acts for the Commutation of Tithes in 
England and Wales, and to continue the Officers 
appointed under the said Acts for a Time to be 
limited: And that Sir William Somerville and Sir 
George Grey do prepare, and bring it in. 


Fees in Courts Ordered, That Mr. Attorney General and Mr. 
Tiquity and = Parker be discharged from any further attendance 


on the Select Committee on Fees in Courts of Law 
and Equity. 

Ordered, That Sir William Molesworth and Mr. 
Christie be added to the Committee. 


Intervention Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
— to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 


to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Circular of the British Cabinet 
of April or May 1820, communicated to the several 
Courts of Europe, on the subject of Intervention, 
by Foreign Powers, in the internal Affairs of other 
Countries. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 

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Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Amendment of the Laws relating to the Provision 
and Regulation of Lunatic Asylums for Counties 
and Boroughs in England: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House 
for Monday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


intituled, An Act for limiting the Time of Service 
in the Army; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 1.1. 16. After “ Majesty” insert “or in the 
“ forces of the East India Company.” 

Pr. 1.1.19. After “ cavalry” insert “ or.” 

Pr. 1. 1. ult. Leave out from “ attestation” to 
“ And” in Pr. 2. 1. 9., and insert Clause (A.) 

Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That such of 
the questions relative to enlistment as are con- 
tained in the Schedule of an Act passed in the 
present year of Her Majesty’s reign, intituled, 
An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and 
for the better Payment of the Army and their 
“ Quarters, as relate to the enlisting and attesting 
“ of soldiers, shall be repealed, and that in all cases 
“ of enlistment to serve Her Majesty or the East 
“« India Company, the question directed to be put 
“ on the attestation of recruits as to their willingness 
** to serve, shall be in the form contained in Sche- 
“ dule (A.) hereto annexed.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 10. Leave out from “ soldier” to “the” 
in 1, 11., and insert “ at any time during the last 
** six months of.” 

Pr. 2.1. 14. Leave out “and being” and insert 
“ or after the completion of such term may, if.” 

Pr. 2.1. 18. After “service” insert “or in the 
“ service of the East India Company.” 

Pr. 2.1.19. Leave out “may at any time.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 20. Leave out from “serve” to “ for” 
in |. 21. 

Pr. 2. 1. 35. Leave out from “ person” to “ Pro- 
“ vided” in Pr. 3. J. 6., and insert “ duly appointed 
“ by Her Majesty by any warrant signed by the 
“‘ Secretary at War in that behalf to enlist and 
“ attest, out of Great Britain and Ireland, any 
“ soldiers or persons desirous of enlisting or re-en- 
“ listing into Her Majesty’s service,” and also insert 
Clause (B.)” 

Crauss (B.) “ Provided also, and be it Enacted, 
That any soldier who shall be ordered on foreign 
service, and who is within three years of the ex- 
piration of his first engagement, shall be at liberty, 
with the approbation of his commanding officer, 
to re-engage before he embarks for such foreign 
service for such period as shall complete a total 
service of twenty-one years in the Infantry, or 
twenty-four years in the Cavalry or Artillery, 
according to the form given in Schedule (B.), and 
“ annexed to this Act.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 7. Leave out “both” and insert “ if 
‘¢ either.” 

Pr. 3.1. 8. Leave out “and” and insert “ or.” 

Pr. 3.1. 10. After “ engaged” insert “ shall ex- 
pire while he is serving on any foreign station the 
said first or second term of limited service.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 12. Leave out from “exceeding” to 
as” in 1. 15., and insert “two years.” 

Pr. 3.1.17. Leave out “any” and insert “ such.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 25. After “service” insert “or in the 
“* service of the East India Company.” 

Pr, 3. 1. 29. Leave out “ Her Majesty's” and 
insert ‘ such.” 

Pr. 4. |, 2. After “ unexpired” insert Clause (C.) 

Criavse (C.) “ Provided further, and be it En- 
“ acted, That if at the expiration of such first or 


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— (No. 2.) 


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second term of limited service, or of such term of 
prolonged service, any soldier entitled to his dis- 
charge being on any foreign station, shall not be 
willing to re-engage or to continue in Her Ma- 


jesty’s Service, or in the service of the East India 


Company, the commanding officer of the Regi- 
ment in which he may be serving shall, as in the 
case of soldiers invalided, take the usual measures, 
with all convenient dispatch, for the conveyance 
of such soldier to England, and on the arrival of 
such soldier in England, he shall be finally dis- 
charged: Provided always, That during such 
time as may elapse between the expiration of such 
terms of service as aforesaid, and his final dis- 
charge in England, such soldier shall remain 
subject to all the provisions of any Act which 
may be then in force for punishing mutiny and 
desertion as fully as he may have been subject 
thereto before the expiration of such terms of 
service: Provided also, That if at the expiration 
of any such first or second term of limited service, 
or of such term of prolonged service, any soldier 
being in any of Her Majesty’s colonies, shall claim 
his discharge, and shall signify to the Governor 
of such colony, through the commanding officer 
of the regiment in which he may be serving, his 
desire to remain in such colony, it shall be lawful 
for such Governor, if he shall think fit, with the 
consent of such commanding officer, to permit 
such soldier to remain therein, and thereupon 
such soldier shall be finally discharged, and shall 
not be entitled to claim to be conveyed to Eng- 
land at the public charge at any future period.”’ 
In Clause (A.), added, by way of Rider, to the 


Bill: 


Pr. 4.1. 4. After “ enlisted” insert “ or re- 
“ engaged, or for which his term of service 
“* may have been prolonged as aforesaid.” 
Pr. 4. 1. 8. Leave out from “ same” to 
“ such” in 1. 11. 
Pr. 4.1.15. Leave out “ enlistment” and 
insert “ service.” 
Pr. 4.1. 17. After “ service” insert “ or in 
“ the service of the East India Company, as 
“ the case may be.” 
In Clause (B.) added by way of Rider to the 


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L. 6. After “ enlistment” insert “ or re-en- 
‘* gagement or prolongation of service.” 

L. 7. Leave out “ or transportation.” 

L. 18. After “ enlisted” insert “ or re-en- 
gaged, orfor which his term of service may 
have been prolonged as aforesaid.” 

L. 23. After “ enlistment” insert “ or re- 
engagement or prolongation of service.” 

L. 29. After “ service” insert “ or the ser- 
* vice of the East India Company.” 

L. 36. Leave out from “ has” to “ or” in 

. 39. 

Leave out Schedule (A.) to the Bill, and 
insert new Schedule marked (A.) 


Schedule (A.) 


“ Questions to be put by the Justice 
“ toa Recruit on enlisting : 


“ 1, What is your name? 

“ 2. In what parish, and in or near what town, 
and in what county, were you born ? 

“&lt;3. What is your age ? 

“ 4, What is your trade or calling? 

“ 5, Are you an apprentice ? 

“ 6, Are you married ? 

“7, Are you ruptured or lame, have you ever 
been subject to fits, or have you any disability or 
disorder which impedes the free use of your limbs 
or unfits you for ordinary labour ? 

“ gs, Are you willing to be attested to serve in 
the regiment of , for 
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for cavalry or artillery, or other ordnance corps, 
if the person enlisted is of the age of eighteen 
years or upwards; but ifunder that age, then the 
difference between his age and eighteen is to be 
added to such Ten or Twelve years (as the case 
may be)], provided Her Majesty should so long 
require your services, and also for such further 
term not exceeding Two years, as shall be directed 
by Ge commanding officer on any fereign sta- 
tion ? 

“9. At what place, on what day, at what hour 
of the day and by whom were you enlisted ? 

“ 10. For what bounty did you enlist? 

“11. Have you any objection to make to the 
manner of your enlistment ? 

“* 12. Do you now belong to the militia? 

“ 13. Do you belong to any other regiment, or 
to the marines, ordnance or navy, or to the forces 
of the East India Company ? 

“14, Have you ever served in the army, ma- 
rines, ordnance or navy, or in the forces of the 
East India Company ? 

“15. Have you ever been rejected as unfit for 
Her Majesty’s service or for the service of the East 
India Company, upon any prior enlistment ? 

“ Note.—The Justice is directed, in putting 
‘ the twelfth question to the recruit, and before he 
“ receives his answer, distinctly to apprize the 
recruit, that if he belongs to the militia and 
denies the fact, he is liable to Six months’ im- 
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“ Enlisting for service in Her Majesty's 
“ Colonies. 

“ Question 8. is to be put by the Justice as 
follows : 

“ g, Are you willing to be attested to serve in 
Her Majesty’s colony of for 
the term of [this blank to be filled up by the Jus- 
tices with Ten years for infantry and Twelve for 
cavalry or artillery or other ordnance corps, if the 
person enlisted is of the age of eighteen years 
or upwards ; but if under that age then the dif- 
ference between his age and eighteen is to be 
added to such Ten or Twelve years (as the case 
may be)], provided Her Majesty should so long 
require your services, and also for such further 
term not exceeding Two years, as shall be di- 
rected by the commanding officer on any foreign 
station ? 


“ Enlisting for either Her Majesty’s or the 
“ East India Company’s Service. 

“* Question 8. is to be put by the Justice as fol- 
lows : 

“ g. Are you willing to be attested to serve in 
Her Majesty’s army or in the forces of the East 
India Company, according as Her Majesty shall 
think fit to order, for the term of [this blank to 
be filled up by the Justices with Ten years for in- 
fantry and Twelve for cavalry or artillery or other 
ordnance corps, if the person enlisted is of the 
age of eighteen years or upwards, but if under 
that age, then the difference between his age and 
eighteen is to be added to such Ten or Twelve 
years (as the case may be)], provided your services 
should so long be required, and also for such fur- 
ther term, not exceeding Two years, as shall be 
directed by the commanding officer on any foreign 
station ? 


“ Enlisting for the East India Company’s 
“« Service. 
“ Question 8. to be put by the Justice as fol- 
lows : 
“8, Are you willing to be attested to serve in 
the East India Company’s * for 
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‘Tithes Com- 
mutation Bill 


No. 489. 


Navigation 
Laws. 


Joint Stock 
Companies 
Bill. 


No. 490. 


Representa- 
tive Peers 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


No. 491. 


Goddard's 
Estate Bill. 


Belfast Port 
and Harbour 
Bill. 


10 Vicroriz. 


“&lt; the term of [this blank is to be filled up by the 
“ Justices with Ten years for infantry and Twelve 
“ for cavalry or artillery or other ordnance corps, 
“‘ if the person enlisted is of the age of eighteen 
years or upwards ; but if under that age, then the 
“ difference between his age and eighteen is to be 
“ added to such Ten or Twelve years (as the case 
“ may be)], provided the said Company should so 
«&lt; long require your services, and also for such fur- 
ther term, not exceeding Two years, as shall be 
directed by the commanding officer on any foreign 
station ?” 


In Schedule (B.) to the Bill: 


Pr. 12.1. 4. After “ successors” insert “ or in 
the forces of the East India Company, as the case 
“ may be.” 

Pr. 12. 1.10. After “ corps” insert “ and in 
the case of a soldier about to embark for foreign 
service, with such number of years as shall be re- 
quired to complete a total service of Twenty-one 
years in the infantry or Twenty-four in the ca- 
valry or artillery or other ordnance corps,” and in 
the same line leave out “ Her Majesty” and in- 
sert “ my services.” 

Pr, 12. 1.11. Leave out from “long” to “and” 
in |. 12., and insert “ be required.” 
Pr. 12.1. 13. Leave out from “ exceeding” to 
“ as” in]. 15., and insert “Two years.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
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agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to explain 
the Acts for the Commutation of Tithes in England 
and Wales, and to continue the Officers appointed 
under the said Acts for a Time to be limited: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence between 
the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the 
Governor of Jamaica and Trinidad, respecting the 
operation of the Navigation Laws in those Islands. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this Hose as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented a Bill to amend 
an Act for the Registration, Incorporation and Re- 
gulation of Joint Stock Companies: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


The Representative Peers (Scotland) Bill was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Goddard’s Estate Bill was read the first time, and 
referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for the Amendment of the Port 
and Harbour Acts of Belfast, for making further 
Improvements and New Works there, and for the 
Amendment of the Belfast and Cavehill Railway 
and Belfast Town Improvement Acts ; and the same 
were read, as follow: 

Pr. 7. 1.10. After “ that” insert “ the following 
“* Acts of Parliament.” 
Pr. 7. 1. 11. Leave out from “ 1845” to “ the” 
in |, 34, 
Pr. 7.1. 35. Leave out from. “ 1847” to “and” 
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in |, penult., and in ]. penult. leave out from “ and” 
to “ the” in 1. ult. 


Pr. 9.1.9. Leave out from “ thereof” to “ such” 
in 1. 13. 


Pr.11. 1. 10. Leave out from “ 1847”to “and’ 
in Pr. 12. 1. 8. 


Pr. 16. 1. 7. Leave out “ Perrie” and insert 
“ Pirrie.” 

Pr. 44. 1. 25. Leave out from “them” to “ Pro- 
“ vided” in |. 34, 
- e 115. 1. 11. After “ passed” insert Clause 

Ciause (A) “ Provided always, and be it 
“ Enacted, That nothing herein contained shall be 
“ deemed, construed or taken to vest any part of 
the soil or freehold of the quays, docks, lands, or 
other property of the said Commissioners, in the 
Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the borough 
of Belfast, or in the council of the said borough, 
lying outside or seaward of the limits of the said 
“ street hereinbefore provided to be made, and ex- 
“ tending from the Queen’s Bridge to Ritchie’s Dock.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 

the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


“ 
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The House proceeded to take into consideration Ewell Rates 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Bil 


intituled, An Act for the better and more effectual 
ascertaining, collecting and levying the Poor Rate, 
and all other Rates and Assessments, in the Parish 
of Ewell, in the County of Surrey, and for the 
better Management of the Business and Affairs of 
the said Parish, and for other Purposes relating 
thereto; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 1. 1. penult, Leave out “on” and insert 
“ and.” 

Pr, 4.1. 16. After “for” insert “ entering into 
“* compositions for.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 26. Leave out from “ rate” to “ and” 
in], 28. 

Pr. 6. 1. 20. Leave out “ liable” and insert “ in 
“ respect of which he shall be assessed.” 

Pr. 8. 1, 31. Leave out from “ before” to “ and” 
in 1, 32., and insert “ any two or more Justices.” 

Pr. 8. ls. 38. and 39. Leave out “ Justice” and 
insert “ Justices.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 1. Leave out “ Justice” and insert 
“ Justices.” 

Pr. 13.1, 20. Leave out “ quit the possession” 
and insert “ cease to be the owner.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 21. Leave out from “ tenement” to 
“ whereof” in 1, 22. and insert “ in respect,” and 
in 1, 22. after “ whereof” insert “ he.” 

Pr. 13, 1. 25. Leave out “ or any other Act.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 26. After “ pay” insert “so much 
“ of” 

Pr. 18. 1. 27. After “ rate” insert “as shall 
* ie” 

Pr. 13. 1. 29. Leave out “ occupied” and insert 
‘* possessed.” 

Pr. 13.1, 32."After “any” insert “such,” and in 
the same line leave out from “ tenement” to “ which” 
in 1, 34., and insert “ and.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 36. Leave out “ quitted as aforesaid” 
and insert “ ceased to be the owner of.” 

Pr. 13. 1. penult. After “ person” insert “so.” 

Pr. 13. 1. ult. Leave out “ the same” and insert 
“ possession.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 6. Leave out “ occupy the same” and 
insert “ have been the owner thereof, or that the 
“ same shall be occupied.” 

Pr. 16.1.7. After “appoint” insert “ and to 
“ remove.” 

Pr. 19. 1. 7. Leave out “ word’ and insert 
“ words ‘ officer’ and.” 


In the Title to the Bill: 
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leave out “ effectual” and insert “ effectually,” and 
also in the same line after “ ascertaining” insert 
“ assessing.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


London, Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Brighton and London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (Ex- 
Railway tension to London Bridge) Bill; That the Parties 


(Extension promoting the Bill had stated to the Committee, 


Brian, that it was not their intention to proceed further 
— with the same during the present Session of Par- 
liament. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
London, Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 


eae ao —y London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (Lon- 
Railway don Bridge Station Enlargement and Arrangement) 
(London Bill; That the Parties promoting the Bill had stated 
Bridge Sta- to the Committee, that it was not their intention 
tion, Enlarge- +4 proceed further with the same during the present 
Arrangement) Session of Parliament. 

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Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after One of the clock on 
Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Veneris, 11° die Junii; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


Hodgson Me® Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from 

— Eatate Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions 
‘ for Private Bills ; That in the case of Hodgson Hinde’s 

Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Ross, Cro- An ingrossed Bill to amend certain Acts for 
mon, 7. making and maintaining Roads, and converting the 
District Roads Statute Labour, inthe Counties of Ross and Cromarty 
Bill. and Part of Nairn, locally situate in the County of 
Ross, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Dennistoun do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Airdrie and 


\ Ordered, That the Airdrie and Bathgate Junction 
Bathgate qi- Railway (Amendment and Deviation) Bill be read 
Junction Rail- ; : 
way (Amend- the third time upon Monday next. 


ment and De- 
viation) Bill. 
Birkenhead, Ordered, That the Birkenhead, Lancashire and 
meee Cheshire Junction Railway, and Chester and Birken- 
Junction Rail- head Railway Purchase or Amalgamation Bill be 


way, and read the third time upon Monday next. 
Chester and 

Birkenhead Railway Purchase 

or Amalgamation Bill. 


Birkenhead, 


Lancashire Ordered, That the Birkenhead, Lancashire and 
Lavan Cheshire Junction Railway Deviation of Main Line 
Junction Rail- and Chester Branch, &amp;c.) Bill be read the third time 


way (Devia- upon Monday next. 
tion of Main 


Line and Chester Branch, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Blackburn, Ordered, That the Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton 


-sascu : ’ : sesage 
eta Railway Acts Amendment (Diversions of Line in 


way Acts the Parishes of Blackburn and Bolton-in-the- Moors) 


Amendment | Bill, be read the third time upon Monday next. 
(Diversions of 

Line in the Parishes of Blackburn 

and Bolton-in-the-Moors) Bill. 





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Ordered, That the Boston, Stamford and Birming- Boston, 
ham Railway (Branch to Wisbech Harbour and Wis- Stamford and 
bech Harbour Improvement) Bill be read the third Railway 


time upon Monday next. (Branch to 
Wisbech Har- 
bour and Wisbech Harbour 
Improvement) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Boston, Stamfordand Birming- Boston, 
ham Railway (Wisbech to Sutton Bridge, &amp;c.) Bill Remon and 
be read the third time upon Monday next. Railway 
(Wisbech to Sutton 
Bridge, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Buckingham and Brackley Buckingham 
Junction Railway,and Oxfordand Bletchley Junction ee 
Railway Companies Amalgamation and Extension Railway, and 


of Lines Bill read the third time upon Monday Oxford and 
next. Bletchley 
Junction 
Railway Companies Amalgamation 
and Extension of Lines Bill. 


Ordered, That the Cheltenham and Ozford Rail- Cheltenham 
way Bill be read the third time upon Monday next. Railway Dill 

Ordered, That the Coventry, Banbury and Oz- Coventry, 
ford Junction Railway Bill be read the third time Gaybury and 
upon Monday next. tion Railway 

Ordered, That the Eastern Counties Railway Eastern Coun- 
(Wisbech to Spalding) Bill be read the third time (Wisbech to 
upon Monday next. Spalding) Bill, 

Ordered, That the East Lancashire Railway (South- East Lanca- 
port Branch and Preston Extension) Bill be read a tein 
the third time upon Monday next. Branch and 

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cundion) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Edinburgh and Northern Rail- Edinburgh 
way (Burntisland Pier, &amp;c.) Bill be read the third — 
time upon Monday next. , (Burntisland 
Pier, &amp;c.) Bill. 
Ordered, That the ge Airdrie and Monk- Glasgow, 
lands Junction Railway (Cow/lairs Branch) Bill be onecrd — 
read the third time upon Monday next. Junction Rail- 
; way (Cowlairs 
Branch) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Great Northern Railway Great North- 
(Branch to King’s Lynn) Bill be read the third time © Railway 


Branch to 
upon Monday next. King’s Lynn) 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Great Northern Railway Great North- 
(Deviations between London and Grantham) Bill be &amp;™ B#lway 
° ss (Deviations 
read the third time upon Monday next. between Lon- 
don and Gran- 
tham) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Great Northern Railway (Pur- Great North- 
chase of Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and ype ane I 
Eastern Junction Railway, &amp;c.) Bill be read the Ambergate, 


third time upon Monday next. Nottingham 
and Boston 
and Eastern Junction 
Railway, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Great Western Railway (Amend- Great Western 

ment and Extensions) Bill be read the third time Railway 
(Amendment 

upon Monday next. ona Exton 
sions) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Leeds and_ 
(Deviation of Main Line in Crimple Valley, &amp;c.) Bill oe 
be read the third time upon Monday next. pe CG Main 
Line in Crim- 
ple Valley, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Leeds Central Railway Station Leeds Central 


e ° . ‘ l 
Bill be read the third time upon Monday next. ae a 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third London and 
Reading of the London and North Western Railway so kcagaaaa 
(Birmingham and Lichfield Line, &amp;c.) Bill; in 


(Birmingham 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time and Lichfield, 


upon Monday next, Line, &amp;c.) Bill. 





Ordered, 





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London and Ordered, That the London and North Western 
North Western Railway) Kenilworth to Berkswell, Branches and 
Reey Extensions, &amp;c.) Bill be read the third time upon 
Kenilworth 5 

to Berkswell, Monday next. 

Branches and 

Extensions, 

&amp;c.) Bill. 

London and Ordered, That the London and North Western 
North Western Railway (Lime-street, Liverpool, Station Extension, 


Cuimestreet, &amp;¢-) Bill be read the third time upon Monday 
Liverpool, next. 

Station Exten- 

sion, &amp;c.) Bill. 

Lynn and Ely Ordered, That the Lynn and Ely Railway (Lynn 
Railway a and Wormegay Navigation) Bill be read the third 
eaten time upon Monday next. 

Navigation) 

Bill. 

Manchester Ordered, That the Manchester and Leeds Rail- 
a way (Branches, Extensions, Deviations and Alter- 
yoann ations of Levels and other Works) Bill be read 
Extensions, _ the third time upon Monday next. 

Deviations and 

Alterations of Levels, and 


other Works) Bill. 


Manchester Ordered, That the Manchester and Leeds Rail- 
oe Ag way (Branch from the Huddersfield and Sheffield 


(Branch from Junction Railway to Barnsley, and Extension of 
the Hudders- Holmfirth Branch) Bill be read the third time upon 


field and Shef- £ 
field Junction Monday next. 


Railway to Barnsley, and Extension 
of Holmfirth Branch) Bill. 


Manchester Ordered, That the Manchester and Leeds Railway 
eo (Alteration of Levels of Brighouse Branch of the 


(Alteration of West Riding Union Railways, and new Line into 


Levels of Brig- Zeeds) Bill be read the third time upon Monday 
house Branc next 

of the West ‘ 
Riding Union Railways, and 
new Line into Leeds) Bill. 


Manchester Ordered, That the Manchester and Lincoln Union 
and Lincoln Railway Deviation Bill be read the third time upon 


Union Railway 
Deviation Bill. Monday next. 


Manchester Ordered, That the Manchester and Southport 

and Southport Railway and Branches Bill be read the third time 
way and 

Branches Bill. upon Monday next. 


Manchester, Ordered, That the Manchester, Sheffield and 
a Lincolnshire Railway (Station Approach in Man- 


Railway (Sta- chester) Bill be read the third time upon Monday 
tion Approach next, 


in Manches- 

ter) Bill. 

Manchester, Ordered, That the Manchester, Sheffield and 
am 8 Lincolnshire Railways (Louth and Horncastle, and 
Railways East Lincolnshire Junction Branches) Bill be read 
(Louth and = the third time upon Monday next. 

Horncastle 

and East Lincolnshire Junc- 

tion Branches) Bill. 

Midland Rail- | Ordered, That the Midland Ratlway (Erewash 
way (Erewash Valley, &amp;c.) Bill be read the third time upon Mon- 
Valley, &amp;¢-) day next 

Bill. jieateied 

Midland Rail- Ordered, That the Midland Railway (Leicester 


way (Leicester and Swannington Railway Widening, Deviations 
and Swans and Branches, Enlargement of Leicester Station and 
Widening, | extending Powersas to Zbstock Branch) Bill be read 
Deviations _ the third time upon Monday next. 

and Branches, 

Enlargement of Leicester Sta- 

tion, and extending Powers as 

to Ibstock Branch) Bill. 

Midland Rail- | Ordered, That the Midland Railway (Syston and 
yay (Syston Peterborough Railway Deviations and Approach to 
rough Railway QZanton Station) Bill be read the third time upon 
Deviations onday next. 

and Approach 
to Manton 
Station) Bill. 
Mold Railway Ordered, That the Mold Railway Bill be read 
Bill the third time upon Monday next, 


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659 


Ordered, That the North Western Railway (Di- NorthWestern 
versions at Skipton, Casterton and Sedbergh) Bill hee “é 
‘ 7 ersions at 

be read the third time upon Monday next. Skipton, Cas- 
tertonandSed- 
bergh) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Portadown and Dungannon Portadown 
Railway Bill be read the third time upon Monday °”4 Raileay | 
next. Bill. 


Ordered, That the Saint Helen's Canal and Rail- Saint Helen's — 
way (Warrington and Blackbrook Branches, &amp;c.) C4#! and 


Bill be read the third time upon Monday next. ri = 


Blackbrook 
Branches, &amp;c.) Bill. . 


Ordered, That the South Eastern Railway (North South Eastern 


Kent and Bricklayers’ Arms Junction) Bill be read Railway 


the third time upon Monday next. ond Brick . 


layers’ Arms 
Junction) Bill 


Ordered, That the Strathtay and Breadalbane Strathtay and 


Extension Railway Bill be read the third time upon Breadalbane 
Monday next Extension _ 
, Railway Bill, 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Leeds Water- Leeds Water- 
works Bill have leave to sit this day, till five of the Works Bill. 
clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the /etitions | 
Petitions presented upon the 7th, 8th and 9th days ome y 
of this instant June; and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Sir William Clay reported the York and North York and 
Midland Railway (Harrogate Branch, Borough- NorthMidland 


bridge and Knaresborough Extension) Bill, with Carrey 


rrogate 
Amendments. Branch, Bo- 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Toughbridge 


. “ and Knaresbo- 
and be printed. rough Exten- 


sion) Bill. 
Mr. Greene reported the Lincoln’s Inn Rating Lincoln’s Inn 
Bill, with Amendments. Rating Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported the Tyne Docks Bill, with boy Docks 


Mr. Greene reported the Leeds, Dewsbury and Leeds, Dews- 
Manchester Railway (Ossett Branch, and Dewsbury pn Aare gl 
and Morley Stations) Bill, with Amendments. way (Ossett 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; eee eel P 
and be printed. Morley Sta- 

tions) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Huggens’ 
Private Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, upon College —— 
— next, on Huggens’ College Incorporation P*™" 

ill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Lynn and Ely, 

the Report on the Lynn and Ely, Ely and Hun- Ely and Hun- 
° : tingdon, and 

tingdon, and Lynn and Dereham Railways Amal- yynn and 
gamation Bill; and the Amendments were read, and Dereham Rail- 
agreed to. pn —- 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ”””°" 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Gibson Craig reported the Inverness Harbour Inverness 
and Navigation Bill, with Amendments. en a8 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ji, ° 

The House proceeded to take into consideration Stockport 
the Report on the Stockport Manorial Tolls and Manoria! gas 
Bridges Bill; and the Amendments were read, and Vi” 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed, 

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Ashton The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Ges Bil. the Report on the Ashton Gas Bill ; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Taunton Ordered, That the Committee on the Taunton 
Improvement Jmprovement and Market Bill have leave to sit this 


— day, till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. 
Holyhead Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Holy- 


Harbour Bill. ead Harbour Bill have Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 

Ordered, That the Report of the Commissioners 
appointed to inquire into the expediency of making 
a Harbour of Refuge at Holyhead, and all Reports 
made to the Admiralty on the same subject, be re- 
ferred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That Mr. Parker be discharged from 
any further attendance on the Committee. 

Ordered, That Viscount Ebrington be added to 
the Committee. 


London and The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
— into consideration the Report on the London and 


(Ormskirk | North Western Railway (Ormskirk and Rainford 
and Rainford Branch, &amp;c.) Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
Branch, &amp;¢-) ond agreed to 
Bill. 5 4 , ? 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 


next. 
Kilmarnock The House proceeded to take into consideration 
el the Report on the Kilmarnock Police and Im- 
Bill. provement Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 
Edinburgh The House proceeded to take into consideration 


and Northern the Report on the Edinburgh and Northern Railway 


&gt; (Improvement of the Ferry between Ferry-Port-on- 


ofthe Ferry Craig and the North Shore of the River Tay) 
between Ferry- Bill ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
a 
and the North . s 

Shore of the Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


River Tay) i 
Bill ingrossed 


Oldham Mr. Baring reported the Oldham Alliance Rail- 
— »., way Bill, with Amendments. 
ailway Bill. : ? 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Manchester, Mr. Baring reported the Manchester, Sheffield 
Sheth and and Lincolnshire Railway (Ashton Canal Purchase) 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

(Ashton Canal Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


Purchase) Bill. and be printed. 


Inverness Mr. Baring reported the Jnverness Municipal and 
Municipal and Police, &amp;c. Bill, with Amendments. 


aeannnene Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Northern Mr. Rice Clayton reported the Northern Coun- 
Union Railway ties Union Railway Deviation Bill, with Amend- 


Deviation Bill. ments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Liverpool, Mr. Rice Clayton reported the Liverpool, Man- 


Manchester . ‘ 
chester and Newcastle-upon- Tyne Junction Railway 
men —" (Alteration of Main Line and Hawes Branch) Bill, 


Junction Rail- with Amendments. 
way (Altera- = Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


ti f i ; 
oe and be printed. 
Hawes Branch) 

Bill. 


A. 1847. 


Mr. Greene reported the North British Railway North British 
— (re-committed) Bill, with other Amend- (No. 1) Bill 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and, together with the former Report, be printed. 


Mr. Aldam reported from the Committee on the York and 
York and Newcastle, Newcastle and Berwick, and Newcastle, 
North British Railways Amalgamation Bill; That Gait oak 
the Parties promoting the Bill had stated to the North British 
Committee, that it was not their intention to pro- —— 
ceed further with the same during the present Ses- tion Bil. 
sion of Parliament. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Mr. Ward presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Inspecting 
mand,—Copies of Reports, Inspecting Commanders Commanders 
(Ireland) Question of Supercession. peyton 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the N°-49?. 
Table ; and be printed. 


Mr. Vernon Smith reported from the Select Com- Highways Bill. 
mittee on the Highways Bill; That they had gone No. 493. 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 

mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Committees on 
posed, That it is expedient that the Constitution and Private Bills. 
Practice of all Committees on Private Bills, in future 

Sessions of Parliament, should be assimilated as 

nearly as may be to those of Committees on Rail- 

way Bills; and that it be an Instruction to the 
Committee for Revision of Standing Orders to make 

Provision accordingly :—And a Debate arising there- 

upon ; 

" Ordeved, That the Debate be adjourned till Thurs- 

day next. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the towns of Vew and Axholme Rail~ 
Old Goole, in the county of York, praying that the Way (ftom the 
Arholme Railway (from the Leeds and Selby Rail- Selby a 
way to Gainsborough, with Branches) Bill may pass to Gainsbo- 

into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered Se ee 
tolie upon the Table. ae 


A Petition of Merchants, Bankers, Manufac- Breweries and 
turers and other Traders of the city of Glasgow, pray- Distilleries. 
ing the House to take the important question of pro- 

hibiting the use of Grain in Breweries and Distil- 

leries into immediate consideration, was presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees of the borough of Hast- Charitable 
ings Charities, praying the House to adopt mea- Trusts. 
sures for the better regulation of Charitable Trusts, 

and their less costly administration, in all those cases 

where under the existing law applications to the 

Court of Chancery become necessary, was presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Glasgow (three Petitions) ;—Cham- Currency. 
ber of Commerce of Newcastle-upon- Tyne (President 

and Vice-Presidents) ;— and, George H. Barrow, 

of Ringwood, in the county of Derby; praying the 

House to take the state of the Currency into consi- 
deration, and adopt measures for relieving the pre- 

sent monetary pressure,—were presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Swansea, Education. 
praying the House to take into early consideration 
the propriety of establishing a complete scheme of 
national Education, founded on the representative 
principle, and limited to instruction purely secular, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. ' 

Petitions from Acton Burnell ;— Glasgow ;—Mid- 
ford ;— Deptford ;— Yoxall ;—and, Reading ; com- 
plaining of the exclusion of the Roman Catholics 
from their share of the monies granted for educa- 

tional 








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tional purposes, and praying the House to interpose 
in their behalf,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Entails (Scot- | A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 

land). Council of the city of Glasgow, praying the House 
to take the law of Entail in Scotland into immediate 
and serious consideration, and to afford relief either 
by abolishing the system of Entails altogether, or by 
limiting theireffect and prejudicial tendency, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Health of Petitions from Bridgwater ;—Rochester and Chat- 
Towns Bil. Lam;— Tower Hamlets ;—Glasgow ;— Dover ;— 
Trowbridge ;—Sandwich ;—and, London; praying 
that the Health of Towns Bill may pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 
Petitions from Hampton Bishop ;—--Ezhall;—— 
Allesley ;—--Blackburn Waterworks Company ; 
and, Sproughton; praying that the said Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands,—were also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Heritable Petitions from Forres ;—and, Trades House of 
Securities for Glasgow; praying that the Heritable Securities for 


hen ag al Debt (Scotland); the Transference of Lands (Scot- 


ference of land); the Burgage Tenure (Scotland); the Service 
Lands (Scot- of Heirs (Scotland) ; and, the Crown Charters ( Scot- 
ert, land) Bills may pass into law,—were presented, and 
(Scotland); read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Service of 

Heirs (Scotland) ; and, Crown 

Charters (Scotland) Bills. 


HighwaysBill. A Petition of Inhabitants of the hamlet of Clifton, 


in the parish of Dewsbury, in the West Riding of | 


the county of York, praying that the Highways Bill 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Malt. A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land and 
other Inhabitants of the eastern division of the 
county of Norfolk, praying for the immediate and 
total repeal of the Malt ‘Tax, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Medical Three Petitions of Surgeons and Accoucheurs 
Registration practising in London, praying that the Medical Re- 
oe, gistration and Medical Law Amendment Bill may 
ment Bill. not pass into a law, as it now stands,—-were pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Medical Registration, &amp;c. 
Petitions of John Stileman Bostock ; — Charles 
Earle ;—John Henry Earle ;—and, William Henry 
Ransom; praying that the said Bill may pass into 
a law,—were also presented, and read ; and referred 
to the said Select Committee. 


Navigation A Petition of the Churchwardens, Overseers of 

_ the Poor and Vestrymen of the parish of St. 
Anne, Limehouse, praying the House not to sanction 
the repeal of the Navigation Laws, or any such 
invasion of the principles on which they are founded 
as may place in hazard the employment of British 
shipping, or the carrying trade of the country, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Navigation Laws. 


Owen Owens. A Petition of Owen Owens, of Cydtir, in the pa- 
rish of Bangor, in the county of Carnarvon, stating 
that he is a poor decrepit day labourer ; that he has 
a sick and infirm wife, for whom he was compelled 
to apply to the parish for relief, and that he was 
doing his best to assist her while in that state ; that 
he was suddenly taken into custody, and carried 
off to Bangor Gaol, and treated with unnecessary 
harshness, but was subsequently, after having been 
brought before the magistrates, allowed to go at 
large; that neither when before the magistrates, nor 
whilst in confinement, were there any documerts or 

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11° Juniz. 661 


depositions read and explained to him, whereby he 

might discover the nature of the charge upon which 
| he was arrested, nor had he at the time he was 
| arrested, nor has he now, excepting what he col- 
| lected from common reports, any idea of the nature 
| of the offence that had been laid to his charge; and 
| praying the House to afford him redress, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition from the #oleshill Union, praying the Poor Law. 

House to adopt measures for the abolition of the 
present system of the poor law altogether, and to 
give the right to relief to destitute persons in what- 
ever locality they may be found destitute, and to 
enlarge the present system of rating, and the ma- 
nagement of the poor, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Settlement and 
Poor Removal. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Poor Law Railways 
Guardians of Tralee Union, praying the House to (Ireland.) 
adopt measures for promoting the prompt construc- 
tion of Railways in Zreland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Tralee ;—and, Killarney; praying Railways 
that the Railways (Zreland) (No. 2.) Bill may pass (Ireland) 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered sei 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Preses, Treasurer and Secretary Small Debts 
ofthe Landlords and Merchants Association (compre- (Scotland) 
hending a great number ofthe Parliamentary electors) ““* 
of Glasgow, praying for the amendment of the Small 
Debts (Scotland) Act, so as 1st, to abolish the delay 
and expense of a De novo or second citation when 
the first is not served personally, but at the domicile 
of the debtor; 2d, to give the power of arrestment 
(except wages), or the dependance of the action; and 
3d, the execution of warrants, by indorsation, in 
other counties, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Chipping Ongar ;—Romford ;— Smithfield 
and, Oxfordshire ; praying the House not to consent Market. 
to the removal of the cattle market from Smithfield, 
or to the compulsory establishment of abattoirs,— 
were presented and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Smithfield Market. 


A Petition of Wine and Spirit Merchants of Wine and 
Hastings, in the county of Sussex, praying the House SPitit Trade. 
to grant a Committee to inquire into the laws 
affecting their trade, and to hear evidence from the 
wholesale merchants throughout England and Wales, 
and then to determine what alterations ought to be 
made, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the River River Wear 
Wear and Port of Sunderland, which was laid upon = Z ~~ 
the Table upon Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Yeo- Yeomanry. 
manry, which were presented yesterday, be printed. No. 494. 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to the case of Robert 
Robert Langslow, Esquire, which were presented L@nsslow 


u Esquire. 
yesterday, be printed. No. 495. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Free Free Emi- 
Emigrants, &amp;c., which were presented yesterday, be “— &amp;e. 


printed. 0. 496. 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to Opium, Opium. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed, No. 497. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Excise, 
| Return for the latest period to which it can be made 
up, of the Establishments of the Excise, in the same 
form and under the same heads as that printed by 
the Commissioners of Excise Inquiry in their 


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House of 
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Costs Taxa- 
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No, 498, 


Tobaccos &amp;c. 


British 
Museum. 





662 11° Junie. 


Mr. Greene reported the House of Commons Costs 
Taxation Bill; and the Bill was re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House :—The House im- 
mediately resolved itself into the said Committee ; 
and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further con- 
sideration on Friday next ; and the Bill, as amended, 
to be printed. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Orders,— 
Further Return to an Order, dated the 29th day of 
January last, for Returns of the Number of Pounds 
weight of Leaf Tobacco, Manufactured Tobacco, 
Cigars and Snuff, paid Duty upon Quarterly, in the 
years 1844, 1845 and 1846, and up to the 5th day 
of January 1847; also, the Gross Amount of Duty 
received thereon, distinguishing England, Scotland 
and Ireland, and the respective Ports of importation 
therein, and the Totals of each quarter and year :— 
Of the several seizures made, and of the Prosecu- 
tions for Breach of the Laws relating to Tobacco, 
in the year ending the 5th day of January 1847, 
distinguishing Great Britain from those in Lreland, 
specifying the Places where and Names of the 
Persons prosecuted, or from whom the Seizures 
were made ; the Quantities and Kinds of Goods 
seized; whether Fine or Imprisonment imposed ; 
whether Fine paid, or party suffered Imprisonment ; 
for what time imprisoned :—And, of the Number of 
Persons convicted for Smuggling Tobacco, Spirits, 
Tea, Silk and for any other Articles, and the Total 
Number convicted, in the year ending the 5th day 
of January 1847:—Also, the Number of Persons 
who paid the Penalties imposed; the Number of 
Compromises made ; the Number of Persons com- 
mitted to Prison, the Number of Persons in Prison 
for Offences against the Revenue Laws, on the 5th 
day of January 1847 :—Accounts of the Quantity of 
Foreign Manufactured Tobacco and Snuff imported 
into the United Kingdom in each of the Three years 
1844, 1845 and 1846 ; stating the Quantity ex- 
ported from the Bonded Warehouses as Merchan- 
dise to the British Colonies, and to what Colonies ; 
also the Quantity exported as Ship Stores in each 
of these Three years :—Of the Quantity of British 
Manufactured Tobacco exported as Merchandise 
under Drawback to the British Colonies, in each of 
the Three years 1844, 1845 and 1846 ; and also, an 
Account of the Quantity exported as Ship Stores 
in each of these Three years :—And, of the Geantity 
of British Manufactured Snuff exported in each of 
the Three years, 1844, 1845 and 1846 :—And, 
Return of the several Seizures made, and of the 
Prosecutions for Breach of the Laws relating to 
Tobacco, between the 5th day of January 1844 
and the 5th day of January 1847; distinguishing 
those in Great Britain from those in Jreland ; 
specifying the Places where and Names of the 
Persons prosecuted, or from whom the Seizures 
were a the Quantities and Kinds of Goods 
seized ; the precise nature of the Offences charged, 
or for whichthe Seizures were made; the results of the 
examinations of the Goods by analysis, or otherwise, 
where seized for adulteration ; whether any and what 
judicial Proceedings were taken in each case; the 
result of such Proceedings, whether convicted or 
otherwise ; Amount of Fine paid or Imprisonment 
suffered; whether the Goods seized were con- 
demned or restored. 

Further Return to an Order dated the 9th day of 
March last, for abstract Accounts of the Amount ex- 
pended for the Buildings of the British Museum, 
including Alterations, Fixtures and Furniture, in 
each year from its Establishment under the Act 26 
Geo. 2, (distinguishing alterations from buildings, 





A. 1847. 


and for the Purchase of Houses and Ground,) so 
as to exhibit the Total Expenditure for the same up 
to the 31st day of December 1846 :—Of the Amount 
expended on the Establishment of the British 
Museum in Salaries, Wages, Appointments, House- 
hold Expenses, Officers’ Residences, Rates and 
Taxes, and all other items of Expense in each year, 
from the Establishment of the Museum under the 
Act 26 Geo. 2, so as to exhibit the Total Expense 
of its Maintenance to the 31st day of December 
1846 ; specifying the Totals for each year, and the 
Division under the several Heads, every Ten years, 
to the 25th day of December 1836, and thence- 
forward separately every year up to the 25th day of 
December 1846:—Of the Amount expended in 
each Department of the Museum, for the Purchase 
of Manuscripts, Prints, Printed Brooks, Maps, 
Music, Antiquities, Coins and Medals, Objects 
of Natural History (Zoological, Botanical, Fossil 
and Mineral), in each year from the Establishment 
of the Museum under the Act 26 Geo. 2, under 
each Department respectively, so as to exhibit the 
Total Amount of Expense of the various Collec- 
tions, up to the 31st day of December 1846, specify- 
ing in the same forms as the last ; distinguishing the 
Amount paid from Parliamentary and other Funds : 
—And, ofall the Amounts paid under Acts and Votes 
of Parliament for all Buildings, Collections, and 
other Expenditure for the British Museum, in each 
year from its Establishment under the Act 26 Geo. 
2, so as to show the Aggregate Amount paid for 
that Institution from Public Monies, up to the 31st 
day of December 1846 (so far as the Commissioners 
of Wood and Forests have the means of supplying 
the required information). 


Further Return to an Order, dated the 14th day River Wear 
of May last, for Detailed and Particular Statement 24 Port of 
of the Receipts and Disbursements of the Commis- ge aig 
sioners of the River Wear and Port of Sunderland, No. 328.-II. 


in each year since 1842 :—And, a Returnof the Num- 
ber of Ships built in the Port, and the Amount of 
their Tonnage, in each year since 1842 (in addition 
to the Parliamentary Return, No. 328, of this 
Session). 


Copy of the Treasury Minute of 1846, regulating Customs Bill 
the Preparation and Sale of the Customs Bill of of Entry. 


Entry after the expiration of the then existing 
Patent. ; 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Return relative to the River 
Wear and Port of Sunderland, be printed. 


Viscount Palmerston presented,—Further Return Maritime 
to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 22d day Regulations 


of January last, for “an Abstract of the Maritime yr 


Regulations of the following Countries: France, 
Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Holland, Prussia, 
Russia, Belgium, Portugal, the Brazils, the United 
States, and the South American States; showing 
where Special Treaties with Great Britain are in 
existence.” —Part 3. No.7, Sweden. 

. — That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to Lunacy. 


the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copies of 
Three Returns made by the Commissionersin Lunacy 
to the Lord Chancellor. 

Ordered, ‘That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 


the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Metropolitan 
Buildings Bill. 


Reading of the Metropolitan Buildings Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second (xo. 2.) Bill 


Reading of the Railways (No. 2.) Bill; 


Ordered, 











Parliamentary 
Electors 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Savings Banks 
Annuities Bill. 


Supply. 


‘Ways and 
Means. 


Port Natal 
Collection of 
Duties Bill. 


Destitute 
Persons 
(Ireland) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Baths and 
Washhouses 
Bill. 


Drainage of 
Lands (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Police Clauses 
Bill. 


Leith Harbour The Order of the day being read, for the Third 


and Docks 


Royal Marine 
Service Bill. 


Portugal. 


Seduction and 


Prostitution 
uppression 
Bill, 





10 Vicrortz. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 21st day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Parliamentary Electors (No. 2.) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report on the Savings Banks Annuities Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next.. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Port Natal Collection of Duties Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


The ingrossed Bill to authorize a further Advance 
of Money for the’ Relief of Destitute Persons in Ire- 
land, was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Greene reported the Baths and Washhouses 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed; and read the third time upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Drainage of Lands (Scotland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report on the Police Clauses Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


Reading of the Leith Harbour and Docks Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Royal Marine Service Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That, in the judgment of this House, the 
armed interference of this Government between 
political parties in Portugal is unwarrantable in 
principle, and likely to lead to serious and mis- 
chievous consequences :—And a Debate arising 
thereupon ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 12° die Junii, 1847: 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 


The Select Committee on the Seduction and 
Prostitution Suppression Bill was nominated of Mr. 
Spooner, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Lord Claud 


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663 


Hamilton, Sir John Pakington, Mr. Attorney 
General, the Lord Advocate, the Judge Advocate, 
Mr. William Henry Bodkin, Mr. Mangles, Mr. 
Evans, Mr. Roebuck, Mr. Thomas Duncombe, Mr. 
Forbes, Captain Gladstone, and Mr. Cabbell. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Country 
Accounts of the Country Banks which have been Banks. 
supplied with or are now receiving Bank of England 
Notes and Coin, and who act only with Bank of 
England paper, but who do not take fixed Amounts 

for circulation (being in continuation of Appendix, 

No. 37, of Report 1832, Parliamentary Paper, 722, 

of Session 18382) :—Of Country Banks which acted 

with Bank of England Notes exclusively, having 

fixed Amounts assigned, the Total Amount of 
Credit, and the Rate at which they discount, for 

the years 1841, 1842, 1843 and 1844 (being a con- 
tinuation of Appendix, No. 2, of Report 1841, Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 366, of Session 1841) :— 
And, of the Number of the Country Banks which 

act or have acted with Bank of Baghad Notes ex- 
clusively, under a Composition of one per centum 

per annum, with the Amount on which the Com- 
position has been paid or is payable, for the years 
1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846 and 1847. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Railways. 
a Return of the Sums which must have been paid 

up by the several Railway Companies having Pur- 

chase, Sale, Lease or Amalgamation Bills before 
Parliament during the present Session, before those 

owers can be carried into execution under the 

Sixth Resolution of the 10th day of June 1847, 
relating to Railways, and of the Amount of such 

Sums which now remains to be paid up by each of 

those Companies. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Salt (East 
a Return of the Quantity of Salt sold in Bengal, in India.) 
Bazaar Maunds, distinguishing that imported from 

the Government Manufacture, for the last Ten 

years :—An Account of the Gross and Net Revenue 

of the Bengal Salt Monopoly, specifying the 
Charges of Manufacture and of Collection of each 

year, for Ten years:—And, a Return of Salt im- 

ported into Bengal, distinguishing the Countries 

from which imported, for Ten years. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Patrick Stead, Thames 
relative to the Thames Conservancy Bill, which was Conservancy 
presented upon Wednesday last, be taken into con- 
sideration upon Thursday next; and be printed. . 


Ordered, That the Petition of the Reverend Thomas Reverend 
Wigmore, which was presented yesterday, be printed. Wigmore. 
Sir George Grey reported to the House, That answer to 
their several Addresses of the 10th’ day of this Addresses. 
instant June (That Her Majesty would be gra- 
ciously pleased to give directions that the Papers 
therein mentioned might be laid before this House), 
had been presented to Her Majesty ; and that Her 
Majesty had commanded him to acquaint this 
House, that She will give directions accordingly. 


Mr. Hawes presented, pursuant to an Address to Navigation 
Her Majesty,—Copies or Extracts of any Corre- Laws. 
spondence between the Secretary of State for the 
Colonies and the Governor of Jamaica and Trini- 
dad, respecting the operation of the Navigation 
Laws in those Islands. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter an hour after Twelve of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next, 





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Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 
Comunittees, O RDERED, That all Committees have leave to 
sit this day, till tive of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


Ecclesiastical Mr. White, from the Office of the Ecclesiastical 
Commis- Commissioners, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
oe sented, pursuant to Order,—Returns ofall Payments 
No. 499. made by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Eng- 
land, from the end of the year 1844 up to the end 
of the year 1846 :—Of the Salary, Fees and Emolu- 
ments paid to any Counsel or Solicitor, with the 
Name of each Counsel and Solicitor so paid :-—Of 
the Salary, Fees, Travelling Expenses and Emolu- 
ments paid to each Architect, with the Name of 
each, and the Amount of Per-centage, if any, al- 
lowed to each :—Of the Salary, Fees and Emolu- 
ments paid to each Agent or Surveyor employed, 
with the Name of each, and the Amount paid to 
each :—And, of the Payments made in each year, 
particularizing what Sees have been augmented, for 
what Episcopal Residences House-rent has been 
paid, what Episcopal Residences have been pro- 
vided, and the Cost of each; what Reversions have 
been sold, and for what Amount; and what Estates 
have been purchased, and for what Amount, for any 
Episcopal See (in continuation of Return, dated 

11th February 1845) :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 

Table ; and be printed. 


Standing 


The House was moved, That the Standing Orders 
Orders. 


of the House, Nos. 132, 133 and 154, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Standing Orders be sus- 
pended for the remainder of the present Session, so 
far as they relate to any Clause or Clauses required 
to be introduced into Railway Bills under the Re- 
solutions of this House of the 10th day of this in- 
stant June. 


Portadown 
and Dungan- 
non Railway 
Bill 


The ingrossed Bill for making a Railway from 
Portadown, in the County of Armagh, to Dungan- 
non, in the County of Tyrone, to be called The 
Portadown and Dungannon Railway, was, accord- 
ing to Order, read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future Bill 
not to be paid out of the Company’s capital) was 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Viscount Northland do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Leominster Canal Navigation 
Sale Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Leominster 
Canal Naviga- 
tion Sale Bill. 


Caledonian Mr. Cripps reported the Caledonian Railway 


yao - (Purchase or Lease of Wishaw and Coltness Rail- 
Rouen ol way) (re-committed) Bill, without Amendment. 
Wishaw and Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
Soltness ’ i 

Railway) Bill and be printed. 

soutien The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Railway Reading of the ingrossed Bill to empower the Lon- 
(Ormskirk | don and North Western Railway Company to make 


and Rainford divers Branch Railways in the County of Lancaster, 
— ®c.) and for other Purposes ; 
And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time ; 
Mr, Macaulay, by Her Majesty’s Command, 


14° Junie. 





A. 1847. 


acquainted the House, That Her Majesty. having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read ; and added to the BIll, by way of 
Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to empower the London and London and 
North Western Railway Company to enlarge their a 
Stations at Liverpool and Crewe, and for other ry aiate A 
Purposes, was, according to Order, read the third Liverpool,Sta- 
time. tion Exten-— 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be made on oo See. 
calls paid up), was thrice read ; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Blackburn, 
Reading of the Blackburn, j Novena and Bolton ne ea oe 
Railway Acts Amendment (Diversions of Line in yay Acts 
the Parishes of Blackburn and Bolton-in-the-Moors) Amendment 
Bill; (Diversions of 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon $i7¢ i” the 


Parishes of 
Wednesday next. Blackburn and 


Bolton: in-the- 
Moors) Bill. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Third North Western 
Reading of the North Western Railway (Diversions ae 
at Skipton, Casterton and Sedbergh) Bill; aston tee 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon terton and 


Wednesday next. Sedbergh) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Huggens’ 
Private Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, To- College Incor- 
morrow, on Huggens’ College Incorporation Bill, PoF#tion Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Legal Quays 
the Report on the Legal Quays (London) Bill; and (London) Bill. 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


An ingrossed Bill to explain and amend the Warkworth 
Powers and Provisions of the Acts relating to Wark- Harbour Bill. 
worth Harbour, in the County of Worthumberland, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to repeal the Acts relating to 
Warkworth Harbour, in the County of WVorthum- 
berland, and to make other Provisious in lieu 
thereof. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bili to authorize a Deviation in the Manchester 
Line of the Manchester and Lincoln Union Railway and Lincoln 
was, according to Order, read the third time. pray an 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on tion) Bill 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill by way of 


Rider, 
Resolved, 


10 Vicroriz. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Fastern Union 
Railway 
(Branch from 
Manningtree 
to Harwich) 
Bill. 


Viscount Clive reported the Eastern Union Rail- 
way (Branch from Manningtree to Harwich) Bill, 
with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Harwich and =—- Viscount Clive reported from the Committee on 


Eastern Coun- the Harwich and Eastern Counties Junction Rail- 
ties Junction 


Railway and way and Pier(from Harwich to the Eastern Union 
Pier (from Railway at Ardleigh) Bill; That the Parties pro- 
Harwichto moting the Bill had stated to the Committee that 
ac it was not their intention to proceed further with 
way at Ard- the same during the present Session of Parliament. 
Jeigh) Bill Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Aberdeen The ingrossed Bill to enable the Aberdeen Rail- 
pee way Company in part to alter their Branch Railway 
Branch De- to Brechin was, according to Order, read the third 
viation) Bill. time. 
An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 
Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bannerman do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Great North- | The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
pened Reading of the ingrossed Bill to enable the Great 
totween Northern Railway Company to make certain Altera- 
— 7 tions in the Line and Levels of their Railway be- 
Tantham 


tween London and the Neighbourhood of Gran- 
tham ; 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time ; 

Mr. Strutt, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill: by way of 
Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir James East do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurreace. 


Direct London The ingrossed Bill to enable the Direct London 


and Ports-| and Portsmouth Railway Company to make an 
mouth Rail- . ° ee 
way Bill. Approach to the Town of Dorking, and a Deviation 


in the Line, and certain Alterations in the Levels 
of their Railway, and in the Croydon and Epsom 
Railway, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, Vhat Sir William Jolliffe do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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665 

The ingrossed Bill to enable the Manchester, Manchester, 
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company to ae 
make Branch Railways to the Towns of Louth and a een 
Horncastle, and to connect the East Lincolnshire (Louth and 


Railway, was, according to Order, read the third eee 
time. . colnshire 
An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on Junction 


calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the Branches) Bil 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future Bill 
not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), was 
thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Manchester, ms ord 
and Lincolnshire Railway Company to make a 
Branch Railway from the Market Rasen and Lin- 
coln Line of their Railway, in the Parish of Stain- 
ton-by-Langworth, to the Town of Wragby, in the 
County of Lincoln. 

Ordered, That Mr. Richard Hodgson do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


The ingrossed Bill to enable the Midland Railway Midland Rait- 
Company to purchase the Mansfield and Pinzxton Vall —— 
Railway, and to alter the same, and to make a Rail- pin,” ” 
way from the Erewash Valley Railway to the Wot- 
tingham and Mansfield Railway, with Branches to 
Mansfield, and also to the Alfreton Iron-works, was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Powers of amalgamating 
not to be exercised without certificate of Commis- 
sioners of Railways), was thrice read; and added 
to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid 
on calls paid up), was thrice read ; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass, 

Ordered, That Mr. Hudson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to authorize certain Deviations Midland Rait- 
in the Line of the Syston and Peterborough Branch a a Aneel 
of the Midland Railway, and the Formation of a rough Railway’ 
Road or Approach to the intended Manton Station Deviations 
thereof, was, according to Order, read the third -_— Approack 

; 0 Manton 
time. — : Station) Bill, 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hudson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to enable the Midland Railway Midland Rait- 
Company to alter the Line of the Leicester and W#y (Leicester 


Swannington Railway, and to make certain Branches = ana 


therefrom, and for other Purposes, was, according Widening, 
to Order, read the third time. Deviations 


An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on ohonae’ 


calls paid up), was thrice read ; and added to the of Leicester 
Bill, by way of Rider. a 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future aren 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), to Ibstock | 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill by way of Branch) Bil. 
Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hudson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill for making a Railway from the Coventry, 
authorized Line of the Ozford and Rugby Railway — 


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666 14° Juni. 
in Railway in the Parish of Southam, to the Line of the London 


and North Western Railway, in or near the City of 
Coventry, with Branches, was, according to Order, 
read the third time ; and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Dennistoun do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Aberdeen and The ingrossed Bill to consolidate the Aberdeen 
Great North and Great North of Scotland Railway Companies, 
of Scotland was, according to Order, read the third time. 
Amalgama- An ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future Bills 
— not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), was 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by a, Ad Rider. 
Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Dennistoun do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Great North- The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
ern Railway Reading of the ingrossed Bill to enable the Great 
fing’s Lynn) Northern Railway Company to make a Branch Rail- 
Bull. way to King’s Lynn, in Norfolk ; 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time ; 

Mr. Sérutt, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the ago of the Bull, gives Her con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 

that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not; to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice meal ; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Great Northern Rail- 
way Company to make a Branch Railway near 
Sutton, in Lincolnshire. 

Ordered, That Mr. Beckett Denison do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Great North- The ingrossed Bill to enable the Great Northern 
Pt = way, Railway Company to take a Lease of or to purchase 
Ambergate, the East Lincolnshire Railway, the Boston, Stamford 
Nottingham and Birmingham Railway, and the Ambergate, Not- 
and Boston tingham and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway, 
Junction Rail- Was, according to Order, read the third time. 
way, &amp;c.) Bill. An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read ; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Powers of sale, &amp;c., 
not to be exercised without certificate of Commis- 
sioners of Railways), was thrice read; and added to 
the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Great Northern Rail- 
way Company to take a Lease of or to purchase the 
East Lincolnshire Railway, and the Boston, Stam- 
ford and Birmingham Railway. 

Ordered, That Mr. Beckett Denison do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Manchester The ingrossed Bill to enable the Manchester and 
——— Leeds Railway Company to alter the Line and Levels 
( Alteration of Of the Brighouse Branch of the West Riding Union 
Levelsof Brig- Railways, and to make a new Line into Leeds, was, 
house Branch according to Order, read the third time. 

Midieg Union An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
Railways and calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
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A. 1847. 


Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Beckett Denison do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Eastern Coun. 
Reading of the ingrossed Bill to enable the Eastern po Aree = 
Counties Railway Company to make a Railway Spalding) Bill, 
from Wisbech to Spalding, and to construct Docks 
at Wisbech, in connection therewith ; 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time ; 

Mr. Strutt, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her consent, 
as far as Her Mayesty’s interest is concerned, that 
the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (As to raising capital), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
= thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of 

ider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Eastern Counties 
Railway Company to make a Railway from Wis- 
bech to Spalding. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hudson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third St. Helen’s 
Reading of the ingrossed Bill to enable the Saint Canal and_ 
Helen’s Canal and Railway Company to make ng 
Branch Railways to Warrington and to Blackbrook, Blackbrook 
and to make certain Alterations in their Railway, — &amp;e.) 
and also to take a Lease of the Rainford Branch of "~~ 
the Londonand North Western Railway ; 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time ; 

Mr. Strutt, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the pout of the Bill, gives Her con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Powers of Sale, &amp;c. 
not to be exercised without certificate of Commis- 
sioners of Railways), was thrice read ; and added to 
the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to enable the East Lancashire Rast Lanca- 
Railway Company to make a Branch Railway to shire Railway 
Southport, and to extend the Liverpool, Ormskirk Ts 
and Preston, and the Blackburn and Preston Lines Preston Ex- 
of their Railway into Preston, and for other Pur- tension) Bill. 
poses relating thereto, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read ; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 

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Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the East Lancashire 
Railway Company to extend the Liverpool, Orms- 
kirk and Preston, and the Blackburn and Preston 
Lines of their Railway into Preston, and for other 
Purposes relating thereto. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





Buckingham § The ingrossed Bill to authorize the Consolidation 
- Brackley into one Undertaking of the Oxford and Bletchley 
unction Rail- : : . 

way, and Junction Railway Company and the Buckingham 

Oxfordand and Brackley Junction Railway Company, and to 

fer ._ enable the Company so to be consolidated to make 

ction Rail- : : 

way Com- Extension Lines to Banbury and Aylesbury, and an 

panies Amal- Alteration of the Line into the City of Oxford, was, 

—-€, according to Order, read the third time. 

Lines Bill. An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Powers of sale, &amp;c: 
not to be exercised without certificate of Commis- 
sioners of Railways), was thrice read ; and added to 
the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Birkenhead, The ingrossed Bill for enabling the Birkenhead, 
Lancashire Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway Com- 
and Cheshire 


Junction Rail. Pany to make certain Deviations in the Main Line 
way (Devia- and the Chester Branch of their Railway, and for 
= of Main other Purposes, was, according to Order, read the 
ine and Ches- ,, - . 
ter Branch, third time. 
&amp;c.) Bill. An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 
Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for enabling the Birkenhead, Lan- 
cashire and Cheshire Junction Railway Company to 
make a Deviation in the Chester Branch of their 
Railway, and for other Purposes. 
Ordered, That Sir Philip Egerton do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Birkenhead, The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Dancashive ¢ eading of the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire 
Junction Rail- Junction Railway, and Chester and Birkenhead 


way, and Railway Purchase or Amalgamation Bill ; 


ae ey Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
Railway To-morrow. 
Purchase or 
Amalgama- 
tion Bill. 
Manchester The ingrossed Bill to enable the Manchester and 
—— Leeds Railway Company to make a Branch from 
Giak from the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway to 
the Hudders- Barnsley, and an Extension of the Holmfirth Branch 
field and Shef- of the same Railway, was, according to Order, read 
field Junction : : 
Railway to the third time. 
Barnsley, and An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
a of calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Branch) Bill, Bill, by way of Rider. 
Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Manchester and Leeds 


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667 


Railway Company to make an Extension of the 
Holmfirth Branch of the Huddersfield and Sheffield 
Junction Railway. 

Ordered, That Mr. Entwisle do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to enable the Zynn and Ely Lynn and Ely 
Railway Company to make a Navigation from Lynn mar fA ‘ 
to Wormegay, all in the County of Norfolk, was, gay Naviga- 
according to Order, read the third time. tion) Bill. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. : 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Entwisle do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to enable the Edinburgh, Leith Edinburgh, 
and Granton Railway Company to make a Branch (eith and 
Railway to the Upper Drawbridge, in the Town of way (Leith 
Leith, was, according to Order, read the third time. Extension) 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on Bill 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bills not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Compensation for en- 
croachment on the Upper Harbour of Leith), was 
thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Limit of Deviation be- 
low high-water mark), was thrice read; and added 
to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Edward Ellice do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Edinburgh 
Reading of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway es 
(Burntisland Pier, &amp;c.) Bill ; (Burntiland 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon Pier, &amp;c.) Bill. 
Wednesday next. 


The ingrossed Bill for making a Railway from the Cheltenham 
Great Western Railway at Cheltenham to join the ae 
Oxford and Rugby Railway near Oxford, with a“ ~*Y °™ 
Branch therefrom, and for other Purposes, was, ac- 
cording to Order read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Powers of Sale, &amp;c. 
not to be exercised without Certificate of Commis- 
sioners of Railways), was thrice read; and added 
to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cripps do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to empower the London and London and 
North Western Railway Company to make a Rail- senha 
way from the London and North Western Railway Alban’s, Luton 
near Watford, to Saint Alban’s, Luton and Dun-and ao 
stable was, according to Order, read the third time, Bt") 8! 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read ; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s Capital), 

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668 14° Juniz. 


was thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider, 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cripps do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurretice. 


British Ame- An ingrossed Bill for amending an Act passed in 
‘a ea the fourth year of the Reign of his late Majesty 
pay’ King William the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for 
ranting certain Powers to the British American 
Leal Company,” and for granting further Powers to 
the said Company, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Cripps do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


¥an Diemen’s An ingrossed Bill to amend an Act passed in the 
— sixth year of the reign of his Majesty King George 
atid the Fourth, for granting certain Powers and Authori- 
ties to the Van Diemen’s Land Company, was read 
the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Cripps do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Great Western The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
a Reading of the ingrossed Bill for making Branch 
en Railways from the Great Western Railway to Henley 
sions) Bill, and to Radstock; to widen certain Portions of the 
Great Western Railway ; to enable the Great West- 
ern Railway Company to purchase or amalgamate 
with the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley 
Railway, and to purchase the Wycombe and Great 
Western and Uxbridge Railways, and for other Pur- 
oses ; 
. And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time; 

Mr. Strutt, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as tiey shall think 
fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read ; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Powers of sale, &amp;c. 
not to be exercised without certificate of Commis- 
sioners of Railways), was thrice read ; and added to 
the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hayter do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Swansea The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Harbour Bill. the Report on the Swansea Harbour Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Bristol The House proceeded to take into consideration 
= ae hd the Report on the Bristol Building and Improve- 
i ment Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 

be ingrossed. 
€roydon The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ee the mes oY on the Croydon Commercial Gas and 
€oke Bil. Coke Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 


agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 








A, 1847. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Limerick 
the Report on the Limerick Docks and Harbour Bill; Docks and 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. Harbour Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Airdrie and 
Reading of the Airdrie and Bathgate Junction Rail- pn 
way (Amendment and Deviation) Bill ; wey (Amend 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time ment and 
To-morrow. — 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Glasgow, 
Reading of the Glasgow, Airdrie and Monklands Aitdrie and | 
Junction Railway (Cowlairs Branch) Bill ; pe a 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time way (Cowlairs 
To-morrow. Branch) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Boston, 
Reading of the ingrossed Bill to empower the Bos- asa ang 
ton, Stamford and Birmingham Railway Company Railway 
to make a Branch Railway from the Stamford and (Branch to 
Wisbech Line of the Boston, Stamford and Birming- Wisbech 
ham Railway at Wisbech, to Wisbech Harbour, and Wisbech al 
to construct certain Works at Wisbech Harbour; _ bour Improve- 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now ™ent) Bill. 
read the third time; 

Mr. Strutt, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Boston, 
Reading of the ingrossed Bill to empower the Bos- —— 
ton, Stamford and Birmingham Railway Company Sahear 
to make a Railway from Wisbech to Sutton Bridge, (Wisbech to 
with a Branch to Sutton Saint Mary, and to improve a 
the Harbour at Sutton Bridge : , 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time; 

Mr. Strutt, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read ; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill for enabling the Leeds and Leeds and 
Thirsk Railway Company to deviate the Main Line Thirsk Rail- 
of their Railway in Crimple Valley, to alter the pro- (OY paar 
posed Junction with the York and Newcastle Rail- Line in Crim- 
way, and to divert the Leeds, Wortley and Stanning- ple Valley, 
ley Turnpike-road, was, according to Order, read the *“) _ 
third time. 


An 


10 VicrorizZ. 


An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of Company’s capital), was 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Leeds Central The Order of the day being read, for the Third 


Railway Reading of the Leeds Central Railway Station 
Station Bill. Bill: 2 
? 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 
Shrewsbury The ingrossed Bill to authorize the Shrewsbury 
a and Chester Railway Company to make certain 


Branches, and to provide Station Room and other 
Conveniences, in the City of Chester, and to raise 
additional Capital for these purposes ; and for amend- 
ing the former Acts relating to the said Company, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future Bill 
not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), was 
thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


(Branches and 
Station) Bill. 


Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway 
(Purchase of 
the North 


Mr. Greene reported the Eastern Counties Rail- 
way (Purchase of the North Woolwich Railway, 
&amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments. 


Woolwich Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Railway, &amp;c.) and be printed. 

Bill. 

Caledonian Mr. Sotheron reported the Caledonian Railway 
Railway (Edinburgh Station and Branches to Granton, and 
(Edinburgh 


to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway) Bill, with 
Amendments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


Station and 
Branches to 
Granton, and 
to the Edin- 


burgh and _—«aud_ be printed. 

Glasgow 

Railway) Bill. 

Edinburgh Mr. Sotheronreported the Edinburghand Northern, 
- — and Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railways Amal- 


gamation Bill, with Amendments. 


burgh, Leitl i 
urgh, Leith Ovdere d, That the Report do lie upon the Table &gt; 


and Granton 


Railways —_—_ and be printed. 

Amalgama- 

tion Bill. 

Edinburgh, Mr. Svtheron reported the Edinburgh, Leith and 
Leith and = Granton Railway (Leith and Granton Junction) 
Granton Rail- 7. : 

way (Leith Bill, with Amendments. 

and Granton Ordered, ‘Tnat the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Junction) Bill. 


and be printed. 


Wisbech Port 
and Harbour 


Lord Courtenay reported the Wisbech Port and 
Harbour Bill, with Amendments. 


_ Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Rathmines Mr. Waddington reported the Rathmines Improve- 
es ment Bill, with Amendments. 
= Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
— and Ordered, That the York and North Midland Rail- 
orth Midland H. ; : e . 
Railway (Har- Way (Harrogate Branch Extension and Terminus) 


rogate Branch Bill be read the third time To-morrow. 

Extension and 

Terminus)Bill. 

Great Northe | Mr. Greene reported the Great Northern Railwa 
ern Railway (Deviations between Grantham and York) Billi, wit 


— —— Amendments. . 
Granthamand Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
York) Bill. and be printed. 


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669 


The ingrossed Bill for enabling the Manchester, Manchester 
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company to Sheffield and 
make improved Communications to their Station at ativan (ites 
Manchester was, according to Order, read the third tion Approach 
time. in Manches- 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on — 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Pad 


Mr. Greene reported the Saint Ives (Huntingdon) Saint Ives 


Improvement Bill, with Amendments. (Huntingdon) 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 3) °°" 


Mr. Greene reported the Exeter and Exmouth Exeter and 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. Exmouth — 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; ®#!y Bill. 
and be printed. 


Mr. Greene reported the York and Newcastle, York and 
and Newcastle and Berwick Railways Amalgama- Newcastle,and 


tion Bill, with Amendments. airs ge 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; ways Amalga- 
and be printed. mation Bill. 


Mr. Greene reported the York and North Midland York and 
Railway (Hull Station and Branches) Bill, ‘with ae ng 


ailway (Hull 
Amendments. Station and 





Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Branches)Bill. 

and be printed. 

| Lord Charles Wellesley reported the Clarence Clarence Rail- 

| Railway and Leeds and Thirsk Railway Amalga- Way and Leeds 

mation Bill, with Amendments. omg 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Amalgama- 

and be printed. tion Bill. 


The ingrossed Bill for making a Railway from Mold Railway 
Mold, in the County of Flint, to join the Chester Bill. 
and Holyhead Railway, in the Parish of Hawarden, 
in the same County, with Branches, to be called 
The Mold Railway, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
icalls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
| Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Powers of Sale, &amp;c., 
not to be exercised without certificate of Commis- 
sioners of Railways), was thrice read; and added 
to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





The ingrossed Bill to enable the South Eastern South Eastern 
Railway Company to make a Railway to connect Railway” 
the London and Greenwich Railway and the North cm ag 
Kent Line of the South Eastern Railway with the layers’ Arms 
Bricklayers’ Arms Branch Railway, was, according Junction) Bill. 
to Order, read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 

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Petitions 




















670 


North Western Petitions from Sedbergh and Dillicar;—Sedbergh 


Railway 


(Diversions at 


Skipton, Cas- 
terton and 


and other places ;—and, Sedbergh; praying that 
the North Western Railway (Diversions at Skipton, 
Casterton and Sedbergh Bill may pass into a law,— 


Sedbergh) Bill. were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


Kingston- 
upon-Hull 
Docks Bill. 


Liverpool 
Corporation 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Surrey and 
Kent Com- 
mission of 
Sewers 

(No. 2.) Bill. 


Anatomy Act. 


Chemists and 
Druggists. 


Education, 


Health of 
Towns Bill. 


the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Newton Harrison, of Maple 
Durham, near Reading, in the county of Berks, 
Gentleman, praying that he may be heard, by 
himself, his counsel or agent, against certain parts 
of the Kingston-uwpon-Hull Docks was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions of Owners and Occupiers of lands, 
mills and works upon the banks of, and deriving 
their supply of water from the River Dougéas, in 
the county of Lancaster ; and, Mayor, Alder- 
men and Burgesses of the borough of Wigan, in 
the county of Lancaster ; praying that the Liver- 
pool Corporation Waterworks Bill may not pass into 
a law, as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions of Churchwardens, and the Surveyor 
of highways of the parish of Saint Giles, Camber- 
well, and Inhabitant Ratepayers of the said parish ; 

Wardens of the parish of Saint Saviour, in 
Southwark ; Puslikionaee and Inhabitants of 
the parish of Saint Paul, Deptford, and James 
Mathews ; Clerk to the Commissioners for 
executing the Act for better paving, cleansing, 
lighting and watching the Streets, Lanes and other 
Public Passages and Places within the Parish of 
Saint Nicholas, Deptford, and for removing and pre- 
venting Encroachments and Obstructions, Nuisances 
and Annoyances therein ;-— and, John Heather, John 
Chapman, Richard Nash, Richard Atlee, Robert 
Drummond, Henry Akerman, Henry Boult, John 
Grady and Thomas Roffey, Inhabitants and Sewers- 
rates payers of the parish of Lambeth ; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Surrey and Kent 
Commission of Sewers (No. 2.) Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 











Petitions from Leeds; — Huddersfield ; — and, 
Dewsbury ; praying the House to appoint a Com- 
mittee to investigate the working of the Anatomy 
Act, with a view to its repeal,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Chemists and Druggists residing at 
Great Yarmouth, praying the House to pass a Bill 
for regulating the qualification of Chemists and 
Drugyists throughout England and Wales, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Northfield ;— Stella ;— Felling ;— 
Guildford ;—and, Hexham; complaining of the 
exclusion of Roman Catholics from their share of 
the monies granted for educational purposes; and 
praying the House to interpose in their behalf,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Clerks to the Commissioners 
named and appointed in and by the Act for better 
lighting, cleansing, watching, paving and otherwise 


14° Junzz. 








A. 1847. 


improving the township of Stourbridge, in the parish 
of Old Swinford, in the county of Worcester, for 
regulating the Market, and building a Market-place 
within and for the said Township, and for removing 
and preventing Nuisances and Annoyances therein ; 
Saint Thomas-the-Apostle;——Saint Budock ; 
and, Bury Waterworks Company; praying 
that the Health of Towns Bill may not pass into 
a law, as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the ‘lable. 

Petitions from Stratford-upon-Avon (three Peti- 
tions) ;— Chesterfield ;— London (three Petitions) ;— 
Highgate ;— Hampstead ;—Carpenters and Joiners ; 
—and, Bury (Lancaster) (two Petitions); praying 
that the said Bill may pass into a law,—were also 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 








Petitions from William Ilficld and others ;— 
Charles Greig ;— Bristol ;— Carmarthen ;—Newcas- 
tle-upon- Tyne ;—Richard Spooner Cooper ;—and, 
James Gatis; praying that the Medical Registration 
and Medical Law Amendment Bill may pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Medical Registration, &amp;c. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Guardians of 
the Poor of the Wakefield Union, in the county of 
York, praying the House to revise the provisions of 
the Poor tom forthwith, and to repeal the new Poor 
Law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Two Petitions of Overseers of the Poor for the 
parish of Fordingbridge, in the county of Southamp- 
ton, stating that on coming into office, they had a 
partial and unjust rate to collect for the relief of the 
poor; that they attempted to revise the said rate, 
which led to an appeal against the same ; that con- 
siderable law expenses, amounting to 110/. 10s. 1d., 
were incurred, for which the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners have decided the Petitioners are personally 
liable, instead of charging such expenses to the pa- 
rish accounts, as formerly, and praying that the 
House will be pleased to direct the Poor Law Com- 
missioners to produce the whole of the correspona- 
ence between them and the auditor of Southamptox., 
relative to the said matter, and that the decision of 
the Poor Law Commissioners may be rescinded, and 
direct them to make their order upon the present 
overseers to pay over the said sum to the Petitioners, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Clerk of the 
Guardians of the Londonderry Union, stating that 
several cases have arisen in the administration of 
the Poor Law in that union, wherein the special 
orders of the Commissioners were completely op- 
posed to the facts and circumstances represented by 
that board, and from those special orders the Peti- 
tioners had no redress, without an appeal to the 
House on each question which may arise, some of 
them involving expenditure of funds beyond what is 
customary with similar unions in Ireland, and pray- 
ing that a control be given to the Lord Lieutenant 
over special orders in the same mode as is provided 
in the twelfth clause of the Irish Poor Relief Super- 
vision Bill, whenever such special orders may be 
repugnant to three-fourths of the guardians assem- 
bled, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bath, stating that 
they are deepiy grieved and afflicted at the policy 
of this country, by which an attack is meditated on 
the brave defenders of the constitution in Portugal, 
and praying the House to succour, instead of assail- 
ing a friendly nation, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition 


Medical 
Registration 
and Medical 
Law Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Poor Law. 


Poor Law 
(Fording- 
bridge Union.) 


Poor Law 
(Treland.) 


Portugal.” 








10 VicTroriz: 


Reform of A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 

Parliament habitants of the Metropolis, praying for the repeal 

- of the ratepaying clauses of the Reform of Parlia- 
ment Act, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Roman Catho- A Petition of Members of the Committee of the 


lic Relief Act. West of England Protestant Alliance, praying for 
the repeal of the Roman Catholic Relief Act, was 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 





Promiscuous A Petition of Clergy and Inhabitants of the bo- 
Intercourse. rough of Swansea, and its vicinity, praying that the 
House will enact such laws with reference to the 
keepers of brothels, and all persons trafficking in 
female virtue, as shall invest magistrates and officers 
of police with more summary powers, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Duchy of Ordered, That the Account relative to the Duch 
Lancaster. of Lancaster, which was presented upon the o7th 
No.269. day of April last, be printed. 
Tobacco, &amp;c. Ordered, That the Returns relative to Tobacco, 
No. 500. &amp;c., which were presented upon the 3d day of May 
and upon Friday last, be printed. 
Navigation Ordered, That the Return relative to Navigation 
—_. Laws, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
No.501. printed. 
British Mr. Butler, from the Trustees of the British Mu- 
ceaneal seum, was called in; and at the bar presented, pur- 
suant to Order,—A Return of all Conditions pre- 
scribed (by Recommendation, Certificate or other- 
wise) for the admission of Applicants to read in the 
Library or Reading Rooms of the British Museum : 
—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 
Megsientee . The ingrossed Bill for making a Railway from 
Railway. ee. Southport, through Wigan, to Pendleton, near Man- 


Branches Bill. chester, with several Branches, to be called The 
Manchester and Southport Railway, was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read ; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (The Railway to be car- 
ried over the Swinton district of Turnpike-road by 
means of a bridge), was thrice read; and added to 
the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, 'That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Strathtay and —§ The Order of the day being read, for the Third 

— Reading of the Strathtay and Breadalbane Exten- 

uxtension . o . 

Railway Bill, sion Railway Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. 


Blackkurn 
Improvement, 
Market, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Mr. Greene reported the Blackburn Improvement, 
Market, &amp;c. Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Taw Vale Mr. Greene reported the Taw Vale Railway and 
pailway and Dock (Deviations and Bideford and Southmolton 
tionsand. Branches) Bill, with Amendments. 

Bideford and © Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Southmdlton and be printed 

Branches) Bill. “ P , 


VoL. 102. 


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671 


_ Mr. Greene _— the Tunstall Paving, Light- Tunstall 

ing, Cleansing, Watching, Improvement and Market aeving. Light- 

Bill, with Amendments. wu 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Improvement 
= Market 


Mr. Greene reported the Belfast Improvement Belfast 
Bill, with Amendments. Improvement 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Pi 

Mr. Young reported from the Committee on the Liskeard and 
Liskeard and Lomein Branch Railway Bill ; Launceston 
That the Parties promoting the Bill had stated to ——— 
the Committee, that it was not their intention to” 
proceed further with the same during the present 
Session of Parliament. 


Ordered, 'That the Repor do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Qolchester 
the Report on the Colchester Navigation and Im- Navigation 
provement Bill; and the Amendments were read, on aig 
and agreed to. . 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Lord Marcus Hill reported to the House, That Colonization. 
their Address of the 1st day of this instant June, 

on the subject of Colonization, had been presented 

to Her Majesty ; and that Her Majesty was pleased 

to receive the same very graciously ; and to give the 

following Answer : 


I have taken into My consideration the Address 
of My faithful Commons. 

I am deeply sensible of the advantage which may 
be derived from the adoption of further measures 
for the promotion of Colonization, and I will direct 
such inquiries to be made as may enable Parliament 
to adopt a course free from those evils which any 
precipitate legislation on this subject might cause 
both to the emigrants and to the colonies. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Liverpool 
the Report on the Liverpool Corporation Waterworks ag sa 
Bill. gaan 8 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Amendments made by the 
Committee to the Bill be now read a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ That the” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
* Bill be re-committed,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question: 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. . 

Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Committee to the Bill be now read a second time : 

—The said Amendments were accordingly read a 
second time, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Mr. Edward Ellice reported the Taunton Im- Taunton 
provement and Market Bill, with Amendments. Improvement 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. —— 


The ingrossed Bill to enable the Manchester and Manchester 
Leeds Railway Company to make certain Branches, #¢ Leeds 
Extensions, Deviations and other Works, and to roi: a 
amend their Acts, was, according to Order, read Extensions, 
the third time. pee el 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on tions of Levels 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the and other 
Bill, by way of Rider. Works) Bill. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 

4Q4 Title 














Drainage of 
Lands Bill. 


Lech’s Estate 
Bill. 


Public Works 
(Ireland.) 


No. 502. 


672 
Title be, An Act to enable the Manchester and Leeds 
Railway Company to make certain Branches, Ex- 
tensions and other Works, and to alter the name of 
the Company. 

Ordered, That Mr. Entwisle do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

The House proeeeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords tv the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to facilitate the Drainage of 
Lands in England and Wales; and the same were 
read, as follow : 

Pr. 4.1.4. After “drainage” insert “ or warp- 
‘he, 

Pr. 4. 1. 18. Leave out “ absence.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 9. Leave out “ divisions” and insert 
“ diversions.” 
Pr, 8.1. 30. Leave out “if’’ and insert ‘ cause 
“ a like notice to be served on.” 
Pr. 8.1. 32. Leave out from “land” to “ either” 
in 1. 38. and insert “ or his agent.” 
Pr, 10. 1. 11. After “given” insert “to any 
“‘ person who may have notified his objection to 
“ the Commissioners and.” 
Pr. 12.1. 15. Leave out “drainage” and insert 
damage.” 
Pr. 14. 1. 10. After “ drainage” insert “ or for 
warping.” 
Pr. 15, 1. 3. After “land” insert “ not being in 
any park or pleasure-ground.” 
Pr. 16. ]. ult. After “ Act” insert Clause (A.) 
Crause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That no Order of the Commissioners 
under this Act shall authorize any work whereby 
the streams, reservoirs or feeders supplying any 
ornamental waters shall be cut through, diverted, 
or interfered with, otherwise than by agreement, 
and with the consent of the persons to whom such 
ornamental waters belong.” 
Pr. 18. ]. 17. Leave out from “among” to 
the” in 1. 18. 
Pr. 18. 1. 33. Leave out “ Proprietor or.” 
Pr. 18. 1. ult. Leave out from “the” to “ occu- 
pier” in Pr. 19. 1. 1. 
Pr. 19.1. 18. Leave out “ Proprietor or.” 
Pr. 19. 1, 22. Leave out “fourteen days” and 
insert “ one calendar month.” 
Pr. 19.1. 37. Leave out “ Proprietor or.” 
Pr, 20. 1. 2, Leave out “ Proprietor or.” 
Pr, 20. 1. 4. Leave out “ seven days ” and insert 
“ one calendar month.” 
Pr, 20. 1. 25. Leave out from the second “ the ” 
to “ occupier” in 1. 26. 
Pr. 20. 1. 29. Leave out “ Proprietor or.” 
Pr. 21. 1. 7. Leave out from the second “ the ” 
to “ occupier” in |. 8. 
Pr, 21. 1, 12. Leave out “ Proprietor or.” 
Pr. 21. 1. 23. Leave out “ Proprietor or.” 
Pr. 21. 1. 27. Leave out “ Proprietor or.” 
Pr, 21. 1.30. Leave out from the second “ the” 
to “ occupier” in I. 31. 
Pr. 21.1. 35, Leave out ‘ Proprietor or.” 
Pr. 25. 1. 16. Leave out “or” and insert “ and.” 
Pr. 25.1. 37. After “* Majesty” at the end of 
the interlineation, insert ‘‘ the word ‘agent’ shall 
“ extend to any person employed to receive rents.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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Legh’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; and 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—A Return, showing the Average daily 





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A. 1847. 


Number of Persons employed on Relief Works in 
Ireland, during the week ending the 5th day of 
June 1847; also the Cost, distinguishing the 
Amount paid in Wages, and the Cost of the Esta- 
blishment (so far as can be made out from the 
Estimates and Pay Lists already received). 

Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to Orders, Coals, Cinders 
—A Return of the Number of Ships laden with *%4 Culm. 
Coals, Cinders and Culm entered outwards in each 
year (beginning in 1840) up to the 31st day of 
December 1846 ; specifying the Kinds and Quanti- 
ties of Coals, Cinders and Culm, the Amounts of 
Duties received, the Port of clearance, and the 
Countries cleared for, and whether in Ships of the 
United Kingdom or any other Nation, and to what 
Nation they belonged. 

Accounts of the Country Banks which have been Country 
supplied with or are now receiving Bank of Eng- Banks. 
land Notes and Coin, and which act only with No.503. 
Bank of England paper, but which do not take fixed 
Amounts for circulation (being in continuation of 
Appendix, No. 37, of Report 1832, Parliamentary 
Paper 722, of Session 1832):—Of Country Banks 
which acted with Bank of England Notes exclu- 
sively, having fixed Amounts assigned, the otal 
Amount of Credit, and the Rate at which they 
discount, for the years 1841, 1842, 1843 and 1844 
(being a continuation of Appendix, No. 2, of Report 
1841, Parliamentary Paper, No. 366, of Session 
1841) :—And, of the Number of the Country Banks 
which act or have acted with Bank of England 
Notes exclusively, under a Composition of one per 
centum per annum, with the Amount on which the 
Composition has been paid or is payable, for the 
years 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846 and 1847. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and, except the Return relative to Coals, 
Cinders and Culm, be printed. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by Public Works 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of the Reports of (Ieland.) 
the Board of Public Works in Jreland, relating to No. 504. 
measures adopted for the Relief of Distress during 
the months of March, April and May. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, pursuant to an Intervention 
Address to Her Majesty,—Copy of Circular of — 
the British Cabinet of May 1820, communicated to ; 
the several Courts of Europe, on the subject of 
Intervention, by Foreign Powers, in the internal 
affairs of other Countries. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Concordatum 

a Return, by Classes, according to Amount of Fund, &amp;c. 
Pension, of the Number of Persons receiving Pay- 

ment out of the Annual Votes of 4,476/. 18s. 8d. 

and 1,190/., under the head of Concordatum, and 

Her Majesty’s Bounty in Ireland; with a Copy of 

any Rules for the appropriation of the Fund, and 

an Account of the Expenses attending the same :— 

And, a similarly classified Return of the Number of 
Persons participating in the Annual Grant of 

2,035 ¢., for Her Majesty’s Charities in Scotland; 

with a Copy of the Rules respecting its issue, and a 
Statement of the Expense incurred in payment of 

the Amount. 


Corn, &amp;c. 


The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a 
a 


Bill to suspend, for a Time to be limited, the Duties 
on the Importation of Corn, Maize, Rice, Grain, 
Meal, Flour, Biscuit, and certain other similar 
Articles: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time To-morrow; 
and to be printed. 


No. 508. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Incumbered 


Committee, upon Wednesday next, upon the Incum- — -_ 
ere 


Navigation 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Education 
Cireland.) 


Convicts 
(Woolwich. ) 


Criminal Law. 


Public Works 
(Ireland.) 


Ships “ Eury- 
dice” and 
&amp; Spartan.” 


10 Vicroriz. 


bered Estates (Jreland) Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 23d day of this instant June, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The House according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee, to consider the Act 8 and 9 Vic., 
c. 88., for the Encouragement of British Shipping 
and Navigation ; and also, the Act of the present 
Session, c. 2., to allow, until the First day of Sep- 
tember 1847, the Importation of Corn from any 
Country in Foreign Ships. 

(In the Committee.) 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to 
allow, for a Time to be limited, the Importation of 
Corn, Maize, Rice, Grain, Potatoes, Meal, Flour, 
Biscuit and certain other similar Articles, from any 
Country in any Ships. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene accordingly reported a Resolution ; 
which was read, as followeth: 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
allow, for a Time to be limited, the Importation of 
Corn, Maize, Rice, Grain, Potatoes, Meal, Flour, 
Biscuit and certain other similar Articles, from any 
Country in any Ships :—And he moved the House 
accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Greene, Lord John Russell and the 
Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Thirteenth Report of the 
Commissioners of National Education in Jreland 
for the year 1846. 

Copy of Report and Minutes of Evidence taken 
upon an Inquiry into the general treatment and con- 
dition of the Convicts in the Hulks at Woolwich. 

Copy of Third Report of Her Majesty’s Commis- 
sioners for revising and consolidating the Criminal 
Law.—Appointed the 22d day of February, 1845. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Sir William Somerville presented,—Return to an 
Order dated the 15th day of March last, for Ac- 
counts of the Amount of Sums applied for at the 
various Presentment Sessions held between the 1st 
day of October 1846 and the 1st day of March 1847, 
specifying the various Works, and distinguishing 
those for Public Works and those for Drainage :— 
Of the Amount sanctioned by the Treasury for each 
Work :—Of the Amount expended on each Work 
up to the 1st day of March 1847:—Of the Sums 
actually paid to the Labourers on each Work, spe- 
cifying the Nature of the Work, whether done by 
task or otherwise :—And, of the Sums paid to the 
Officers employed in carrying on the various Works 
in each district, as well as the Cost of the Imple- 
ments necessary for such Works. 

” alias That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Ward presented, pursuant to Orders,—Copy 
of the Official Reports and Diagrams respecting 
the Trials in sailing of Her Majesty’s Ship “ Eury- 
dice,” during the months of August and September 
1846 :—Also, the Number of Men and Boys vic- 
tualled, and the Quantities of Provisions and Water, 
on board Her Majesty’s Ships ‘ Spartan” and 
“ Eurydice,” on the 9th day of August 1846. 

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673 


Copy of Captain Washington’s last Report on Newhaven 
the Harbour at Newhaven. Harbour. 
‘ ‘ia That the said Papers do lie upon the 

able. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson Messagefrom 
and Mr. Senior : the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz., 

“nn a — —_ te continue until the Tamatic 
irty-first day of July One thousand eight hundred Asylums _ 

and Retpaiiie. ake the end of the then next “eland) Bill 

Session of Parliament, an Act of the fifth and sixth 

years of Her present Majesty for amending the Law 

relative to Private Lunatic Asylums in Jreland : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue until the Turnpike- 
Thirty-first day of July One thousand eight hundred roads (ire- 
and Forty-eight,‘and to the end of the then Session noes 
of Parliament, certain Acts for regulating Turnpike- 
roads in Lreland : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Mayor and Bridge House 
Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London to Estates Debt 
raise a Sum of Money for paying off the Monies 
now charged on the Bridge House Estates by au- 
thority of Parliament, and to raise further Monies 
upon the credit of the said Estates, and of their own 
Estates and Revenues, for effecting Public Works 
and Improvements in and near the said City : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for repealing the Acts Plymouth and 
relating to the Roads leading from the Lower Mar- air po . 
ket House, in Tavistock, to Old Town Gate, in the pur A” 
Borough of Plymouth, and from Manadon Gate to 
the Old Pound, near Devonport, in the County of 
Devon, and making other Provisions in lieu thereof : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for dividing, allotting Terrington 
and inclosing certain open Marshes and Waste Marsh Divi- 


Lands in the Township of Terrington, in the County fen; = 
of Norfolk : Inclosure Bill 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for extending the Powers Imperial 


of the Imperial Continental Gas Association : Continental 
Gas Associa- 
tion Bill. 


A Biil, intituled, An Act to amend and extend Warrington 
the Provisions of an Act passed in the third year of Gas Light and 
the reign of King George the Fourth, intituled, An ©** Bul 
Act for incorporating the Warrington Gas Light 
Company : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to repeal the Waterford Waterford 
Road Act: Road Bill. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize the Purchase Aberdeen 
by the Aberdeen Railway Company of a Piece of Harbour Bill 
Ground at the upper part of The Inches and upper 
part of the Harbour of Aberdeen, now vested in the 
Aberdeen Harbour Commissioners, and to enable 
such Commissioners to make certain Alterations 
and new Works connected with such Harbour : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the better Mainte- Glasgow and 
tenance, Improvement and Repair of the Glasgow — oa 
and Shotts Turnpike-road : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to enlarge and improve Edinburgh 
the Meal, Corn and Grain Markets of the City of Markets and 
Edinburgh, and for other Purposes in relation %™* BM 

gh, rp elatio 
thereto: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An British 
Act to repeal an Act of the second year of his late Commercial 
Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled, An - sone 
Act to enable the British Commercial Insurance (No. 2.) Bill. 
Company to sue and be sued in the name of one of 
the Directors, or of the Secretary for the time being 
of the Company ; and to enable the said Company 
to sue and be sued in the name of one of their Di- 
rectors, or of their Secretary for the time being, 
with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An London 
Act to incorporate a Company by the name of the rain. A 
London Sewage Chemical Manure Company, with Manure Bill. 
an Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

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674 


Payne’s The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Eutents a. Act for forming and regulating the Timber Pre- 
_ serving Company, and to enable the said Compan 
to purchase and work certain Letters Patent, wit 
an Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
Leeds Free The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
bey to enable the Trustees of a Charity, called, The Leeds 
Bill. ree Grammer School, to sell Parts of the Trust 
Estates belonging to the said Charity, and to pur- 
chase other Lands for the Uses and Purposes of the 
said Charity, and for other Purposes; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And 
then the Messengers withdrew. 
Portugal. The Order of the day being read, for resuming 


the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon Friday last, That, in the judgment of this 

ouse, the armed interference of this Government 
between political parties in Portugal is unwarrant- 
able in principle, and likely to lead to serious and 
mischievous consequences ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word ‘ That ” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ Great Britain having become a party to a foreign 
‘* armed interference in the affairs of Portugal, with 
the view of terminating the civil war so unhap- 
“ pily existing in that Kingdom, it is the Opinion of 
this House, that, on tranquillity being restored, it 
will become the duty of the British Government 
to endeavour, by every just means in their power, 
to secure to the people of Portugal the full enjoy- 
“ ment of their constitutional rights and privileges,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


“ 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 15° die Junii, 1847: 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 


Health of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Towns Bill, mittee on the Health of Towns Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Medical Regis- The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
tration and, Reading of the Medical Registration and Medical 
Amendment Law Amendment Bill ; 
Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 
Railways The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
| rage Reading of the Railways (Jreland) (No. 2.) Bill; 
aoe Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 
Fishery Piers The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Ciscland) Bill Reading of the Fishery Piers and Harbours (Jre- 


land) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


Threatening The Threatening Letters, &amp;c. Bill was, aceording 


raiters, Se. t¢ Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
sa Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 
Insolvent The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


Debtors Bill Reading of the Insolvent Debtors Bill; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


Poor Laws The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ee mittee on the Poor Laws Administration Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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A. 1847. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Herring 
into a Committee upon the Herring Fishery (Scot- Fishery Scot~ 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. ) 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Lunatic 
mittee on the Lunatic Asylums (No. 2.) Bill; ae 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve (X® 2) 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Tithes Commutation Bill was, according to Tithes Com- 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a mutation Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Joint Stock Companies Bill was, according Joint Stock 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a Companies 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Representative Peers (Scotland) Bill was, Representa- 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- (Scotland) 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this pin, 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second _etenntey 
1 } ectors 
ye of the Parliamentary Electors (No. 2.) (No. 2.) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Mr. Greene reported the Savings Banks Annui- Savings 
ties Bill; and the Amendments were read, and oo 
agreed to; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 4 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Port Natal 
into a Committee upon the Port Natal Collection of Collection of 
Duties Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Ds Bill 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed ; and read 
the third time this day. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend the Act for the Es- Baths and 
tablishment of Public Baths and Washhouses was, Washhouses 
according to Order, read the third time; and~~ 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Drainage of 
mittee on the Drainage of Lands (Scotland) Bill ; an Bi, 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Police Clauses 
the Report on the Police Clauses Bill ; = 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The ingrossed Bill for improving the Harbour and Leith Harbour 
Docks of Leith was, according to Order, read oo ——— 
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third time; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass, 

Ordered, That Mr. Gibson Craig do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Royal Marine The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Service Bill. into a Committee upon the Royal Marine Service 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


HighwaysBil. The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee To-morrow, upon the Highways Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 23d day of this instant June, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Canada The House was moved, That the Act 3 and 4 Vic. 
— 4, ©: 35, to reunite the Provinces of Upper and Lower 


Canada, and for the Government of Canada, might 
be read; and the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, That this House will, 
this day, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider 
so much of the said Act as relates to the Consoli- 
dated Revenue Fund of the Province of Canada ; 

Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
gives Her consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as 
they shall think fit, and recommends the same to 
the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 

Ordered, That the Copy of the Correspondence 
relative to the Affairs of Canada, which was pre- 
sented upon Thursday last, be referred to the Com- 
mittee. 


Navigation Ordered, Thatthe Return respecting the operation 

Laws. of the Navigation Laws at Jamaica and Trinidad, 
which was presented upon Friday last, be referred 
to the Select Committee on Navigation Laws. 


Leeds Free The Leeds Free Grammar School Estate Bill was 
re - read the first time; and referred to the Examiners 
Bil, state of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Edinburgh Ordered, That the Edinburgh Waterworks Bill be 
— read the third time this day. 


London and The Order of the day being read, for the Third 


North West- Reading of the London and North Western Rail- 
ern Railway 


(Birmingham way (Birminghamand Lichfield Line, &amp;c.) Bill; 


and Lichfield | Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
Line, &amp;c.) Bill. day. 


London and The Order of the day being read, for the Third 


North West- Reading of the London and North Western Rail- 
ern Railway 


(Kenilworth Way (Kenilworth to Berkswell Branches and Exten- 
to Berkswell, sions, &amp;c.) Bill; 


Branches and Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


Extensions, : 
Army. Mr. Secretary at War presented,—Retarn to an 


Order, dated the 10th day of May last, for Copy 
of the Warrant, dated the 1st day of May 1846, by 
which an improved Retirement was granted to 
Quartermasters and Veterinary Surgeons:—Returns 
of the Number of Quartermasters and Veterinar 
Surgeons who had been placed on that Retired Im- 
provement, specifying the Number of Years’ Service, 
the Amount of their Full Pay at the Time of Re- 
tirement, and the Amount of their Retired Pay :— 
And, of Medical Officers and of Surgeons and Pay- 
masters of Regiments whose Services exceed Thirty 


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years ; specifying the Amount of their Full Pay and 

Allowances, and the Amount of Retired Pay awarded 

to these by the Warrant of May 1846. 

. — That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after One of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 








Martis, 15° die Junii ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 18 47. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law Workhouse 
Commissioners, was called in; and at the bar Schools, 
presented, pursuant to Order,—Copies or Extracts 
of all Reports made by Assistant Commissioners to 
the Poor Law Commissioners, on the subject of 
Workhouse Schools, since the 1st day of January 
1846 :—And then he withdrew. 
. — That the said Paper do lie upon the 

able. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Ipswich and 
the Report on the Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund’s Bury Saint 
Railway (Branch from Ipswich to Woodbridge) Bill; oo 

y 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. (Branch from 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Ipswich to 
be ingrossed. a 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee pypric Peti-’ 

on Public Petitions; That they had examined the tions (Thirty- 
Petitions presented upon the 10th and 11th days of “fth Report.) 
this instant June, and had directed him to make a 

Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 


Sir John Duckworth reported from the Com- york ana 
mittee on the York and Newcastle Railway (Hartle- Newcastle 
pool Dock and Railway and Great North of Eng- atindes 1 
land, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Dock a 
Lease and Purchase) Bill; That they had examined Railway, and 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the a — 
Bill, but the same had not been proved to their acense ane 
satisfaction. Hartlepool — 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Junction Rail- 

= way, Lease 
and be printed. and Purchase) 
Bill. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration Tyne Docks 
the Report on the Zyne Docks Bill; and the Bil. 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Midland Rail- 
the Report on the Midland Railway (Extension W#Y (Exten- 
from near Leicester, vid Bedford, to Hitchin, and cme cn 
to Northampton and Huntingdon, and Enlargement Bedford, to 
of the Leicester Station) Bill; and the Amendments Hitchin, and 
were read, and agreed to. ra pees a 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, ingdon, and 


ingrossed. Enlargement 
he 8 of the Leices- 


ter Station) 
Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill for the more easy Recovery of London (City) 
Small Debts and Demands within the City of Zon- Small Debts 
don and the Liberties thereof, was read the third 2 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 


Y | the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


An ingrossed Bill for better supplying with Gas Ashton Gas 
the Town and Parish of Ashton-wnderLyne, in the Bill. 
County Palatine of Lancaster, and the Township 
of Dukinfield, in the County Palatine of Chester, 
was read the third time. 





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Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for better supplying with Gas the 
Town of Ashton-under-Lyne, in the County Palatine 
of Lancaster, and the Neighbourhood thereof. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Strathtay and _ The ingrossed Bill to enable the Strathtay and 
Breadalbane Breadalbane Railway Company to extend their 
ee Line to the Dunkeld Branch of the Scottish Mid- 
sted land Junction Railway was, according to Order, 
read the third time, 
Aningrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 
Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene deo carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


London (City) Mr. Greenereported the London (City) Improve- 
—_— ments Bill, with Amendments. 
' Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Great North- | The House proceeded to take into consideration 
oDevinaiens the Report on the Great Northern Railway (Devia- 
Scineme tions between Gainsborough and Doncaster) Bill; 
Gainsborough and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

and Doncas- Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
os be ingrossed. 


London Bridge The House proceeded to take into consideration 
porn A — the Report on the London Bridge Railway Termini 
ecemeans General Enlargement Bill; and the Amendments 
Bill. were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed. 


Northern The House proceeded to take into consideration 
oe tne the Report on the Northern Counties Union Rail- 


way Deviation W2y Deviation Bill ; and the Amendments were read, 
Bill. and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


South York- | The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— the Report on the South Yorkshire, Doncaster and 
Railway (Pe. Goole Railway (Penistone, &amp;c. and Purchase of 
nistone, &amp;c., Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Hud- 
and Purchase dersfield and Goole Railway, Dun Navigation, and 


of Sheffield, Dearne and Dove Canal) Bill ; and the Amendments 


Rotherham, 

Barnsley, were read, and agreed to. 

Wakefield, Ordered, That the TOR, with thee’ ActeinBnicate 
Huddersfield bei . 
and Goole e ingrossed. 


Railway, Dun 
Navigation, and Dearne 
and Dove Canal) Bill. 


Leeds Central The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
——. - Reading of the Leeds Central Railway Station Bill ; 
ae Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 
Oldham The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Alliance the Report on the Oldham Alliance Railway Bill ; 
Railway Bil. and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 
Manchester, The House proceeded to take into consideration 


— _— the Report on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- 
Submeert ‘Ash- COlnshire Railway (Ashton Canal Purchase) Bill; 
tonCanal and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Purchase)Bill. Qrdered, That the Bill, with the Ameridments, 


be ingrossed. 


Manchester, The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Sheficidand the Report on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- 


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A. 1847. 


colnshire Railway (Branch to Chapeltown and Thur- Railway 
goland Coal Branch) Bill; and the Amendments —_- te 
were read, and agreed to. ond Thange- 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, land Coal 


be ingrossed. Branch) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester, 
the Report on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- Shefficld and 
colnshire Railway (Sheffield Canal Purchase) Bill; a 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. (Sheffield 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, ©"! Pur- 
be ingrossed. a 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester, 
the Report on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- oe 
colnshire Railway (Junction with the Midland Rail- san o 
way, vid Barnsley, and Branches therefrom) Bill ; (Junctionwith 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. + cep 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Sepsis sd 


be ingrossed. Branches 
therefrom) 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester, 
the Report on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- Shetiicld and 
colnshire Railways (Station at Sheffield, and Branch — 
to the Sheffield Canal) Bill; and the Amendments (Station at 
were read, and agreed to. Sheffield, and 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, granch te the 
be ingrossed. Canal) Bill. 


The ingrossed Bill to incorporate the Chester and Birkenhead, 
Birkenhead Railway with the Birkenhead, Lanca- Lancashire 

- . . . - and Cheshire 
shire and Cheshire Junction Railway was, according Junction Rail- 
to Order, read the third time. way, and Ches- 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the ter and Bir- 


Third Reading of the said Bill be adjourned till Vay Purchase 
To-morrow. or Amalgama- 


tion Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Westminster 
the Report on the Westminster and Part of Mid- and Part of 
dlesex Sewers Bill ; and the Amendments were read, gece Guy, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Paisley, Barr- 
Reading of the Paisley, Barrhead and Hurlet Rail- — and Hur- 
; et Railway 
way Bill; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon ‘Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Glasgow, Pais- 
Reading of the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock ‘ey and Green- 
Railway (Amendment and Branches to the Glasgow, py nian on A 
Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr, the Glasgow, Barr- and Branches 
head and Neilston, and the Glasgow, Strathaven and to the Glas- 
Lesmahagow Railways, and to Haugh Pits) Bill; hate 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time and Ayr, the 


upon Thursday next. a a 


Neilston, and the Glasgow, Strathaven and Les- 
mahagow Railways, and to Haugh Pits) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Glasgow, Pais- 
Reading of the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock po Ayal 
Railway (Branches at Port Glasgow) Bill ; ‘Branches at 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time Port Glasgow) 
upon Thursday next. Bill. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend the Airdrie and Airdrie and 
Bathgate Junction Railway Act, 1846, and to autho- _— 1. 
. oie . ° unction ial 
rize a Deviation of such Railway was, according to way (Amend- 
Order, read the third time. ment and De- 

An ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future Bill Viation) Bill. 
not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), was 
thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. . 

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Edinburghand An ingrossed Bill to enable the Edinburgh and 
Northern Rail- Northern Railway Company to — the Ferry 
—— between Ferry-Port-on-Craig and the North Shore 
Ferry between of the River Tay, was read the third time. 
epee An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
Craig “hore calls paid up,) was thrice read; and added to the 
of the River Bill, by way of Rider. 

Tay) Bill. Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Railways to be subject 
to the provisious of general Acts), was thrice read ; 
and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Provision for future 
general Acts), was thrice read ; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Sieberes The ingrossed Bill to enable the Edinburgh 
— * Water Company to extend their Works, to raise 


a further Sum of Money, and to alter and amend 
the Acts relating to the said Company, was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for better supplying with Water 
the City of Edinburgh, and Places adjacent. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Glasgow, The ingrossed Bill to enable the Glasgow, Airdrie 
= and Monklands Junction Railway Company to make 
Junction Rail- 2 Branch from at or near Whitevale-street, Glasgow, 
way (Cowlairs to or near Cowlairs, and to amend the Act relating 
Branch) Bill. 4 such Railway, was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 
An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read ; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 
Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice a ; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for making a Branch Railway from 
the Glasgow, Airdrie and Monklands Junction Rail- 
way, at or near Whitevale-street, Glasgow, to the 
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, at or near Cow- 
lairs, and to amend the Acts relating to such Rail- 
ways. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Kilmarnock 

Police and 

Improvement 
i 


An ingrossed Bill for amending the Acts relating 
to the Police and Improvement of the Burgh of 
Kilmarnock, and for other Purposes in relation there- 
to, was read the third time ; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, Tnat Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Birmingham § The House proceeded to take into consideration 


= a 4 the Report on the Birmingham and Ozford Junction 
way (Devia- Railway (Deviation of Line, &amp;c.) Bill; and the 


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Saint Andrew’s and Newburgh Harbour Branches Andrew's and 

and Road Crossings (ewport Railway Extension) Newburgh 

Bill; and the Amendments were read, and ee 

to s rea &gt; an agree a and 
e gh TOSSs- 

_ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be Raye 

ingrossed. tension ) Bill. 
The House proceeded to take into consideration Guildford Ex- 

the Report on the Guildford Extension and Ports- ar 

mouth and Fareham Railway Bill ; and the Amend- 34 Fareham 

ments were read, and agreed to; and Amendments Railway Bill. 

were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 

ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London and 
the Report on the London and North Western Rail- a West 
way (Lease and Purchase of the Huddersfield and (ease and” 
Manchester Railway and Canal, and the Leeds, Purchase of 
Dewsbury and Manchester Railway) Bill; and the the Hudders- 
- field and Man- 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. chester Rall 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, way and Ca- 


be inerossed. nal, and the 
= Leeds, Dews- 


bury and Manchester Railway) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Midland Rail- 
the Report on the Midland Railway (Gloucester and *2Y ee 
Stonehouse Junction) Bill; and the Amendments lace , ca a 
were read, and agreed to. tion) Bill. 

A Clause (Interest not to be paid on calls paid 
up), was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Deposits for future Bill not to 
be paid out of the Company’s capital), was twice 
read ; and made part of the Bil. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Midland Rail- 
the Report on the Midland Railway (Masbrough = ~_, 
and Normanton Stations Enlargement) Bill; and yeh ton 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. Stations En- 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be a 


ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration North British 
the Report on the North British Railway (No. 1.) (No. 1) - 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed * * “~~ 
to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Reading, 
the Report on the Reading, Guildford and Reigate Guildford and 
Railway Bill; and the Amendments were read, and Talleey Bill. 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration South Eastern 
the Report on the South Eastern Railway (Widen- Railway (Wi- 


ing of the Greenwich Railway, and Arrangement @cning of the 
and Enlargement of the London Bridge Station) Railway, and 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed Arrangement 
and Enlarge- 
to. : , ment of the 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be London Bridge 


ingrossed. Station ) Bill. 





tion of Line, Amendments were read, and agreed to. 


&amp;e.) Bill. _ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
Iingrossed. 
East of Fife The House proceeded to take into consideration 


a the Report on the East of Fife Railway (Markinch 
Deviation) Deviation) Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
Bill. and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


Edinburgh The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— oe the Report on the Edinburgh and Northern Railway, 
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The House proceeded to take into consideration York and 
the Report on the York and Newcastle Railway Newcastle 
(Wearmouth Dock Enlargement) Bill; and the Picco iiate 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. Dock Enlarge- 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ment) Bull. 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration York and 
the Report on the York and North Midland Rail- North Midland 
way (Knottingley Branch) Bill; and the Amend- (xy ottingley 
ments were read, and agreed to. Branch) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 





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Liverpool, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
a the Report on the Liverpool, Manchester and New- 


tle-upon-Tyne Castle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Acts Amend- 
Junction Rail- ment Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 


way Acts agreed to. 

= a _ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 

Liverpool, The House proceeded to take into consideration 

a the Report on the Liverpool, Manchester and New- 


tle-upon-Tyne’ castle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway (Alteration of 
Junction Rail- Main Line and Hawes Branch) Bill; and the Amend- 


tay Main. ments were read, and agreed to. 

Line and Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 

Hawes ine’ 

Branch) Bill. ingrossed. 

Midland Rail- The House proceeded to take into consideration 

way (Exten- the Report on the Midland Railwa (Extension of 

sion of the pot . y . 

Nottingham the Vottingham and Lincoln Branch at Lincoln) 

- a Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
ch a 


: + to. 
oe Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


York and An ingrossed Bill for enabling the York and New- 
— castle Railway Company to make certain Branch 


(Pelaw, Tyne Railways in the Counties of Durham and York, and 
Dock, &amp;. for other Purposes, was read the third time. 
Branches) Bill. An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 
Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the ingrossed Bill for enabling the York 


York and 
North Mid- 
land Railway 


(Harrogate’ and North Midland Railway Company to extend 
Branch, Ex- the Line of their Harrogate Branch Railway, and 
a make a Station at Harrogate. 


And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time ; 

Mr. Strutt, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Birmingham, 
Wolverhamp- 
ton and Dud- 
ley Railway 
(Stourbridge 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and 
Dudley Railway (Stourbridge and West Bromwich) 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 


and West 
Bro icl p 
Bil, ” A Clause (Interest not to be paid on calls paid 
up), was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 
Another Clause (Deposits for future Bill not to 
be paid out of the Company’s capital), was twice 
read ; and made part of the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 
East Lanca- The House proceeded to take into consideration 


shire Railway ¢he Report on the East Lancashire Raiiway (Devia- 
(Deviations 


and Rawten- tions and Rawtenstall Coal Branch) Bill; and the 


stallCoal Amendments were read, and agreed to, 
Branch) Bill 


15° Juniz. 











A. 1847. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The ingrossed Bill to empower the Zondon and London and 
North Western Railway Company to make certain North West- 
Branch Railways and Extensions from Kenilworth pb me 
to Berkswell, and from Leamington to Warwick, and to Berkswell, 
to widen the Line from Leamington to Coventry, all Branches and 
in the County of Warwick, and for other Purposes, be) Bil” 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read ; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 

_ thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of 

ider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Grimsditch do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration tuddersficld 
the Report on the Huddersfield and Manchester and Manches- 


i sats - . ter Railway 
Railway (Deviations and Alterations in Oldham (Deviations 


| Branch, &amp;c.) Bill ; and the Amendments were read, and Altera- 


and agreed to. tions in Old- 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, fal” 
be ingrossed. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Leeds and Leeds and 
Thirsk Railway (Harrogate and Pateley Branch, Thirsk Rail- 


&amp;c.) Bill be taken into consideration upon Thurs- ped ies 
day next. ley Branch, 


&amp;c.) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Leeds and Leeds and 
Thirsk Railway (Branch from Melmerby to North- Thirsk Rail- 
allerton, &amp;c.) Bill be taken into consideration upon j2¥, Girne 
Thursday next. merby to 
oss ~~ einen 

Cc. 5 

Ordered, That the Report on the Leeds and Leeds and 
Thirsk Railway (Eaglescliffe and Stillington Exten- Thirsk Rail- 
sion) Bill be taken into consideration upon Thurs- "3% (Eagles. 

e and Stil- 
day next, praca Exten- 
sion) Bill. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration Fleetwood, 
the Report on the Fleetwood, Preston and West Preston and 
Riding Junction Railway (Burnley and Collier re 
Branches) Bill; and the Amendments were read, way (Burnley 
and agreed to. and Colliery 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 2'*hes) Bill. 


be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London and 
the Report on the London and Blackwall Railway Blackwall 
Improvement and Branches to the Saint Kathe- eet Aa 
rine’s and London Docks Bill; and the Amend- and Branches 
ments were read, and agreed to. to the Saint 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 2th«rine’s 


2 and London 
be ingrossed. Docks Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Leeds, Dews 
the Report on the Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester bury — a 
Railway (Ossett Branch and Dewsbury and Morley ear ean 
Stations) Bill; and the Amendments were read, Branch and 
and agreed to. Seeny and 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be g101icys) Bill. 


ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wear Valley, 
the Report on the Wear Valley, Bishop Auckland —_— 
and Weardale, Weardale Extension, and Wear and weardale, 
Derwent Railways and Shildon Tunnel Amalgama- Weardale Ex- 
tion Bill; and the Amendments were read, and tension, and 

Wear and 
agreed to. : Derwent Rail- 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, ways and 


H Shildon Tun- 
be ingrossed. nel Amalga- 


mation Bill. 


The 





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Chester and 
Holyhead 
Railway (Ex- 
tension at 
Chester and 
Alteration of 
Levels) Bill. 


Railway Bills. 


London and 
North West- 
ern Railway 
(Birmingham 
and Lichfield 
Line, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Leicester 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


York and 
North Mid- 
land Railway 
(East Riding 
Canals Pur- 
chase) Bill. 


Chemical 
Poisons. 


Education. 


Fever 
(Liverpool.) 





10 Vicroriz. 15° Juni. 679 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Chester and Holyhead (Extension 
at Chester and Alteration of Levels) Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Orders 
of the House, Nos. 131 and 135, might be read; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Standing Orders be sus- 
pended. 

Ordered, That the Reports from the Committees 
on Railway Bills which were brought up yesterday, 
be further considered upon Friday next, provided 
the Breviates of the amended Bills be laid upon the 
Table, and the Prints of the Bills be deposited, as 
required by the Standing Orders. 


The ingrossed Bill for enabling the Zondon and 
North Western Railway Company to make a Rail- 
way from Birmingham to Lichfield, with Branches, 
and for amending the former Acts relating to the 
said Company, was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for enabling the London and North 
Western Railway Company to make a Railway 
from Birmingham to Lichfield, and for amending the 
former Acts relating to the said Company. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Greene reported the Leicester Waterworks 
Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


_ Mr. Greene reported the York and North Midland 
Railway (East Riding Canals Purchase) Bill, with 
Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of J. Morison and others, praying that 
a Commission may be appointed consisting of scien- 
tific persons having no interest whatever either 
directly or indirectly in the issue, to inquire whether 
prussic acid, arsenic and other rank poisons are 
really and truly necessary in the practice of medi- 
cine, and that if it be found that they are not 
necessary, then that the House may be pleased 
to enact that the sale and manufacture of such 
chemical poisons may be put under proper restric- 
tions, in so far as the lives of the people are con- 
cerned, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Macclesfield ;— Loughborough ;— 
Cli fford-cum- Boston ; — Stourbridge ; — Crewe ; — 
Bangor ;— Market Rasen;— Great Eccleston ;—Col- 
chester ;— Cardiff ;— Brentwood ;—Hassop ;—Salis- 
bury ; —Milford ;— Wigan ;—and, Weld Bank and 
Euzxton ; complaining of the exclusion of Roman 
Catholics from their share of the monies granted for 
educational J te and praying the House to in- 
terpose on their behalf,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Liverpool, stating 
that within the last few months nearly 250,000 per- 
sons, most of them in a state of absolute poverty, 
have landed in that town from various parts of Jre- 
land ; that within the last few months several me- 

VoL. 102. 








dical and relieving officers have died of fever taken 
in the discharge of their necessary but perilous 
duties ; that several of these officers have left wives 
and children, in some cases inadequately provided 
for, in other cases without any provision ; that there 
are.no public funds, either municipal or parochial, 
out of which provision can be made for the families 
of those who die under circumstances so painful ; and 
praying the House to cause a short Act to be passed 
enabling Overseers of the Poor, with the consent of 
Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Home 
Department, to make, in every case where circum- 
stances may imperatively require it, an allowance 
out of the parochial funds, for a limited time, to the 
wives and families of those public servants who 
have died or who may die in consequence of disease 
taken in the discharge of their public duties, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Croydon (two Petitions);— Per- Health of 
sons assembled at Exeter Hall, Strand ;—Reading ; Tw Bill. 
— Watford ;—and, Stourport; praying that the 
Health of Towns Bill may pass into a law,—were 
— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Henry Maturin Quinan and Wil- Incumbered 
liam Webb, the Examiners in Chief of the High ek Bill 
Court of Chancery in Ireland, stating that the effect ne 
of the Incumbered Estates (Jreland) Bill, so far as 
relates to the duties of their offices, will be to de- 
prive them of the examinations which they always 
heretofore held in causes relating to the foreclosure 
of mortgages, the sales of incumbered estates, and 
the several other matters coming within the opera- 
tion of the said Bill, and to transfer those duties to 
the masters examiners, thereby depriving the Peti- 
tioners of a large portion of their present fees and 
emoluments, and praying that their rights may be 
protected, and that a clause may be inserted in the 
said Bill, giving to them the examinations conse- 
quent thereon, notwithstanding the reference to the 
master, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Shipowners of the port of Colchester, Lighthouses, 
praying the House to give effect to the recom- &amp;c. 
mendation of the Select Committee appointed in the 
year 1845, to inquire into the state and management: 
of Lighthouses, &amp;c., was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Warkworth and Amble ;—Tring ; Medical Regis- 
—and, George Hazel; praying that the Medical tration and 
Registration and Medical Law Amendment Bill may yma han 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and Bill. 
referred to the Select Committee on Medical Regis- 
tration, &amp;c. 

Petitions from Langport ; and, President and 
Council of the Royal College of Surgeons in Jre- 
land; praying that the said Bill may not pass into 
a law, as it now stands,—were also presented, and 
read; and referred to the said Select Committee. 





A Petition of John Quail, i we Member of British 
the Royal College of Surgeons in London, praying Auxiliaries 
the ion to note a Select Committee Acar. at ta 
into the claims of the British Auxiliaries for their 
services in Portugal from 1831 to 1835, and to 
adopt measures for the prompt recovery of them, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions of the Master, Wardens and Assistants Smithfield, 
of the Company of Butchers of the city of London ; Market. 
—and, Farmers and Graziers attending Watford 
Market ; praying the House not to consent to the 
removal of the cattle market from Smithfield, or to 
the compulsory establishment of abattoirs,—were 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 


Committee on Smithfield Market. 
4Rr4 The 

















ee es ee 


Printing and 
Stationery, 


Printing. 


Printing and 
Stationery. 


680 15° Junii. 


The Order made upon the 1st day of this instant 
June, That there be laid before this House, Returns 
of the Sums paid for the Printing, by Order of the 
House of Commons, in each of the Five years in 
1842 to 1846, both inclusive, distinguishing the 
Amount in each year, and specifying the Description 
and Amount upon — heads, whether for 
Journals, Votes, Bills, eports of Committees and 
Accounts and Papers :—Similar Returns, for Print- 
ing, by Order of the House of Lords, for the same 
period :—Similar Returns, for printing Reports of 
Commissioners, Accounts and Papers, under au- 
thority of the Secretaries of State, or other Public 
Departments, whether delivered to the Two Houses 
of Parliament by Her Majesty’s Command, or of 
which printed Copies have been presented to either 
or both Houses of Parliament; distinguishing the 
Amount in each year, under separate heads; and 
specifying the Printers’ Names, and where printed : 
—And, a Return of the Amount, in Value, of 
Stationery and Stores delivered to each Public De- 
partment, at Home and Abroad, in each of the Five 
years, 1842 to 1846, both inclusive, and the Aggre- 
rate in each year (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Tous No. 378, of Session 1542), was read, and 
discharged. 


The Order made upon the First day of this instant 
June, That there be laid before this House, A Re- 
turn of the Number of Parliamentary Papers _ 
by Order of the House of Commons, in the Session 
of 1846; stating the Title of each Paper, by whom 
called for, the Number of Copies of each printed ; 
the Charge for Paper and for Printing of each 
Article, stated separately; also, the Aggregate 
Charge for the same :—A similar Return of the Par- 
liamentary Papers printed by Order of the House of 
Lords :—Returns of the Papers and Reports laid 
en the Tables of both Houses, by desire of Her 
Majesty ; the Name of the Department by which 
ordered ; the Number of Copies printed ; and the 
Charge for Paper and Printing, stated separately ; 
also, stating by whom printed, and the Aggregate 
Charge for the whole of these Papers :—Of the 
Papers and Reports printed by the several Depart- 
ments, but not laid before Parliament ; distinguish- 
ing the Title of each; stating the Number of Copies 
of each Paper, and the Charge for Paper and 
Printing, stated separately ; also, by whom printed, 
and the Aggregate Charge for these Papers :—And, 
of the Number of Acts of Parliament in the Session 
of 1846, of each kind, folio, quarto and octavo, sup- 

lied by the Queen’s Printer ; and stating the Num- 
hee of each kind sent to each Public Department ; 
also, the Number of Copies of Acts distributed under 
the Resolution for Promulgation of the Statutes, 
giving a complete List of the Officers and Persons 
to whom these Promulgation Acts were sent, and 
the Number of Copies sent to each; also, the Rate 
of Charge by the Printer, for the several kinds of 
Acts, and the Aggregate Charge of the whole of the 
Acts to the Country, in that year, was read, and 
discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Sums paid for Printing, Lithography 
and Binding, and also for Paper, in execution of 
Orders by the House of Commons, in each of the 
Ten years ending with 1845; distinguishing the 
A nount in each year, under the separate heads, 1. 
of Journals; 2. Votes; and 3. Bills, Reports of 
Committees, Accounts and Papers :—Similar Re- 
iurns, for Printing, &amp;c., executed under Orders of 
the House of Lords, for the same period :—Similar 
Returns, for printing Reports of Commissioners, 
Accounts and Papers, under authority of, the Secre- 
taries of State, or other Public Departments, whether 
delivered to the Two Houses of Parliament by Her 
Majesty’s Command, or of which printed Copies 
have been presented to either or both Houses of 





A. 1847. 


Parliament; distinguishing the Amount in each 
year, under separate heads, and specifying the 
Printers’ Names, and where printed :—A Return 
of the Amount, in value, of Paper and Parchment, 
Printing, Binding and Stores, stating each sepa- 
rately, delivered to each Public Department, at 
Home and Abroad, in each of the five years, 1841-2 
to 1845-6, both inclusive; and the Aggregate 
Amount of each year (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 378, of Session 1842):—A 
Return of the Number of Parliamentary Papers 
printed by Order of the House of Commons, in the 
Session of 1846; stating the Title of each Paper, 
by whom called for, the Number of Copies of each 
printed, the Number of Sheets in each, and the 
‘Total Charge for Paper and for Printing :—A similar 
Return of the Parliamentary Papers printed by 
Order of the House of Lords :—Returns of the Pa- 
pers and Reports laid on the Tables of both Houses 
by desire of Her Majesty; the Name of the Depart- 
ment by which ordered, the Number of Copies 
printed ; also, stating by whom printed, and the 
Aggregate Charge for the whole of these Papers :— 
And, of the Total Charge for Acts of Parliament in 
the Session of 1846, supplied by the Queen’s 
Printers in London and Dublin to each Public De- 
‘se pone also, the Total Charge for Acts distri- 

uted under the Resolution for promulgation of the 
Statutes, a complete List of the Officers and Persons 
to whom these Promulgation Acts were sent, and 
the Number of Copies sent to each ; also, the Rate 
of Charge by the Printers in London and Dublin 
for the several kinds of Acts, and the Aggregate 
Charge of the whole of the Acts to the Country in 
that year. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an pypjic 
Alphabetical Return of all Persons who, in any ca- Officers. 


7 receive £.100 a year, and upwards, of the 
ublic Money, whether from the Crown or under 
the Civil List, the Duchy of Cornwall, or the Duchy 
of Lancaster, with the Dates of their commencing 
to receive the same; and whether such Money, and 
to what Amount, be paid as Salaries, Pensions, Pro- 
fits, Fees, Emoluments, Superannuations, Grants or 
Allowances. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a pighorics 
Return, in detail, of the Expenditure of the Grants (Scotland.) 


made for the Scottish Fisheries, for the year 1846 : 
—And, a Return of the Number of Inspectors of 
Fisheries employed in Scotland by the Board of 
Fisheries. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Ecclesiastical 
to inquire into the Composition and Management of Commission. 


the English Ecclesiastical Commission. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Lunatics Bill 


amend the Laws relating to the Custody of Luna- 
tics: And that Mr. Thomas Duncombe, Mr. Aglionby 
and Mr. Bond Cabbell do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Print Works 
amend the Law as to the School Attendance of Bill. 


Children employed in Print Works: And that Sir 
George Grey and Sir William Somerville do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and Message from 


Sir Giffin Wilson : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for enabling the Metro- Metropolitan 
politan Sewage Manure Company to alter the Line a Bill. 


of their Works, and for other Purposes : 
A Bill, intituled, An Act for rendering more effi- 
cient the Dublin Consumers Gas Company : 
A Bill, 








Int 
of I 
Por 


Shi 








Weis 
Boroug: 
Market Bill. 


Commercial 





10 Victroriz. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act for establishing a Mar- 


ket and Market-place in the Town and Borough of 


Wakefield: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


Gas Light and Act for incorporating the Commercial Gas Light 


Coke Com- 
pany Bill. 


Brooks’s _ 
Divorce Bill. 


Huggens’ 
College Incor- 
poration Bill. 


Intervention 
of Foreign 
Powers. 

No. 506. 
Ships “ Eury- 
dice” and 
“ Spartan.” 

No. 507. 


Army. 
No. 508. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission. 


Castlebar 
Union. 


Portugal 


and Coke Company, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, ; 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to dissolve the Marriage of Thomas Brooks with 
Mary his now Wife, and to enable him to marry 
again, and for other Purposes ; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messengers withdrew, 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Huggens’ Col- 
lege Incorporation Bill, the Standing Orders have 
been complied with. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Intervention 
of Foreign Powers, which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to the Ships 
“ Eurydice” and “ Spartan,” which was presented 
yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of the Second Report of the Ec- 
clesiastical Commissioners for England. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Sir William Somerville presented,—Further Re- 
turn to an Order, dated the 19th day of February 
last, for Returns of the Sums levied and expended 
for the Relief of the Poor in the Union of Castlebar, 
in the County of Mayo, since its first opening in 
September 1842, up to the 31st day of December 
1846 ; distinguishing the Amount of Rate struck, 
the Amount collected, the Total of Arrears still due, 
and in what Proportior, from Occupiers or immediate 
Lessors, and the Proportion of actual Expenditure 
in every year to the Valuation of the rateable Pro- 

erty in the Union :—Of the Number of Paupers 
admitted to the Workhouse of Castlebar during the 
last Six months; giving the Dates of their Admis- 
sion :—Of the Number of Applicants for Admission 
that were rejected during the same period, with the 
Dates and the Grounds of their Rejection, if stated 
on the Minutes ; and a Copy of any Resolution of 
the Board of Guardians, by which the Workhouse 
was closed to applicants :—And, of the Number of 
Coroners’ Inquests held in the County of Mayo, in 
which Verdicts of Death by Starvation, or of similar 
purport, were recorded ; distinguishing the Number 
that were held within the Union of Castlebar. 
. Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

able. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which 
was yesterday proposed to be made to the Question, 
“« That, in the judgment of this House, the armed 
“ interference of this Government between political 
“ parties in Portugal is unwarrantable in principle, 
“&lt; and likely to lead to serious and mischievous con- 
“* sequences ;” and which Amendment was, to leave 
out from the word “ That’ to the end of the Question, 
in order to add the words, “ Great Britain having 
“« become a party to a foreign armed interference in 
“ the affairs of Portugal, with the view of termi- 
“* nating the civil war so unhappily existing in that 
‘* kingdom, it is the Opinion of this House, that, on 
* tranquillity being restored, it will become the duty 

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681 


“ of the British Government to endeavour, by every 
“« just means in their power, to secure to the people 
“ of Portugal the full enjoyment of their constitu- 
“ tional rights and privileges,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand. part of the 
Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate. 


And notice being taken, that Forty Members were 
not present :—The House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present, and it being 
then after Four of the clock :—The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 








Mercurii, 16° die Junii; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That the Committee on the South- a 

ampton Consumers Gas Bill be revived :—And Consumers 
that they have leave to sit, and proceed, upon Mon- Gas Bill. 
day next, at halfan hour after Twelve of the clock. 


Hodgson Hinde’s Estate Bill was read a second |, , 

time ; and committed. Hinde's Estate 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bill 

mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Lefroy reported the Leeds Waterworks 


i Leeds Water- 
(No. 2.) Bill, with Amendments. de Water 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. works (iio. 3.) 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming jp; 
the further Proceeding i the Third Reading pf ener 
the ingrossed Bill to incorporate the Chester and = ae 
Birkenhead Railway with the Birkenhead, Lanca- gee saad 
shire and Cheshire Junction Railway :—The House Chester and 
resumed the said further Proceeding. — 
An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on purchate or 
calls paid up), was thrice read ; and added to the Amalgama- 
Bill, by way of Rider. tion Bill. 
Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir Philip Egerton do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Townshend 
Townshend Peerage Bill, and to whom the Copy Peerage Bill 
of the Minutes of the Evidence taken at the bar of 
the House of Lords on the Second Reading of the 
said Bill in the year 1843, and also in the present 
Session of Parliament, and communicated to this 
House on the 8th day of June last, was referred, and 
who also were instructed to hear counsel and exa- 
mine witnesses for the said Bill, and to hear counsel 
and examine witnesses against the Bill, if the 
Parties concerned think fit to be heard by counsel, 
or produce witnesses ; That the attested copy of the 
Bill, and the notice of the first sitting of the Com- 
mittee, were proved to have been served on each of 
the several parties concerned in the consequences 
of the Bill; that no counsel or witnesses appeared 
in opposition to the Bill; and that they had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and had 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The ingrossed Bill for enabling the Blackburn, plackburn, 
Darwen and Bolton Railway vgn | to make Darwen and 


certain Alterations in the Line of their Railway in ae” 
the Parishes of Blackburn and Bolton-in-the-Moors, amendment 





48 and 











682 


(Diversions of and for amending the Acts relating thereto, was, 


Line in the ; } ; 
pie hes ot according to Order, read the third time. 


kburnand - An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
Bolton-in-the- calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Moors) Bil. Bill, y way of Rider. 
Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


North West- 
ern Railway 
(Diversions at 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the North Western Railway (Diversions 
Skipton, Cas- at Skipton, Casterton and Sedbergh) Bill ; 


terton and Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
Sedbergh) Bill. To-morrow. 


Brooks’s 


Brooks’s Divorce Bill was read the first time ; 
Divorce Bill. 


and ordered to be read a second time. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
communicate to this House a Copy of the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before their Lordships in the 
case of the said Bill: And that Mr. Greene do 
carry the said Message. 

Committees. Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 
this day, during the sitting of the House. 


London Sew- 
age Chemical 
Manure Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to incorporate a Company by the 
name of The London Sewage Chemical Manure 
Company; and the same was read, as followeth : 

r. 17. 1. 20. After “patent” insert “ And 
‘“¢ whereas a specification of the said Letters Patent 
“ was duly enrolled on the Twenty-eighth day of 
“ October One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
=m, 
The said Amendment, being read a second 
time, was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 


Edinburgh 
and Northern 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Railwa Reading of the ingrossed Bill to vest in the Edin- 
(Burntieland burgh and Northern Railway Company the Under- 
Pier, &amp;c.) Bill. taking of the Low Water Pier at Burntisland, and 
of the Ferry between the same and Granton, and to 
enuble the said Company to extend and improve 
the said Pier ; 

Anda Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time ; 

Mr. Strutt, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read ; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposit for future Bill 
not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), was 
thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Company to be sub- 
ject to the provisions of general Acts), was thrice 
read ; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider, 

Another ingrossed Clause (Provisions for future 
general Railway Acts), was thrice read ; and added 
to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Edward Ellice do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


16° Junie. 





A. 1847. 


Sir Denis Le Marchant reported the Edinburgh Edinburgh 
and Northern Railway (Branch from Burntisland 24 Northern 
to Dunfermline Branch, &amp;c.) (No. 2.) Bill, with (Branch from 
Amendments. Burntisland 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; te Dunferm- 


and be printed. “Be) (We 2) 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill Manchester, 
for enabling the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln- Sheffield and 
shire Railway Company to make a Railway at — 
Bugsworth, and for amending the Acts relating (Branch at 
thereto, be now read the third time; Bugsworth, to 
Mr. Strutt, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- amber 9 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having Tramway, and 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Amendment of 
Her consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is a 
concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read ; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bill not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Grimsditch do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Thomas Duncombe presented a Bill to pro- yines and 
vide for the better Ventilation of Mines and Col- Collieries Bill. 
lieries, for the Protection and Preservation of the No. 509. 
Lives of Persons employed in and about the same, 
and to make other Provisions relating thereto: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Wednesday the 30th 
day of this instant June ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Thomas Duncombe presented a Bill to amend Lynatics Bill. 
the Laws relating to the Custody of Lunatics: yo 519 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered rn 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 30th 
day of this instant June ; and to be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Entry in the Railways 
Journal of the House, of the Proceedings of the Committee 
House on the 25th day of August in the last Session (Second Re- 
of Parliament, with reference to the Second Report P™* 1846) 
of the Select Committee on Railways, might be read; 
and the same was read, as followeth : 

“ Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 

to inquire whether, without discouraging legitimate 
enterprise, conditions may not be embodied in Rail- 
way Acts better fitted than those hitherto inserted 
in them to promote and secure the interests of the 
public, and who were empowered to report their 
Opinion thereupon from time to time, have power to 
—_ the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 
“ Mr. Morrison reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee; That they had further considered the matters 
referred to them, and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House, together with the Mi- 
nutes of the Evidence taken before them, and an 
Appendix. 

“ Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be — 

The House was also moved, That the Report 
which, upon the 29th day of March last, was made 
from the Select Committee appointed to consider 
the circumstances under which a certain Document 
was printed by Order of this House, purporting to 
be the Report of the Select Committee of last Ses- 
sion, appointed to inquire whether, without dis- 
couraging legitimate enterprise, conditions may not 
be embodied in Railway Acts, better fitted than 
those hitherto inserted in them, to promote and se- 
cure the interests of the public, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 








Resolved, 


Lincol 
Ratin; 


Whea 


Cattle 


Receij 
Stam] 


Print 
Bill. 
No 


Navis 
(No. : 


No 


Norw 
Small 
ment: 


Seduc 
Prost 
Supp 
Bill. 

No 


Stocl 
Exer 
Bill. 


Corr 


Imp 
(No. 


Hen 
Fish 


Im 





Asy 
Wo, 





10 Vicroriz. 


Resolved, That the Document purporting to be a 
further Report from the said Select Committee upon 
the matters which had been referred to them, and 
which was printed, by Order of this House of the 
25th August, in the last Session of Parliament, was 
not a Report which had been agreed to by the said 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Document be cancelled. 


Lincoln’s-Inn 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Rating Bill. 


the Report on the Lincoln’s Inn Rating Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 
Wheat, &amp;c. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the Quantities of Wheat, Barley, Oats, 
Wheat Flour and Oatmeal, imported into Great Bri- 
tain from Ireland, from the 5th day of January to 
the 5th day of April 1847 (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 132, of the present Session). 


Cattle, &amp;e. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account ofall Cattle, Sheep and Swine, imported 
into Great Britain from Ireland, from the 5th day 
of January to the 5th day of April 1847 (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 133, of the 
present Session). 

Receipt Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 

_— Return of the Number of Informations for Offences 
under the Receipt Stamp Tax Acts, in the years 1844, 
1845 and 1846 respectively, and the Amount of Pe- 
nalties imposed by the Board of Stamps and Taxes. 

Print Works Sir William Somerville presented a Bill to amend 

Bill. the Law as to the School Attendance of Children 

No.511. employed in Print Works: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 

Navigation Mr. Parker presented a Bill to allow, for a Time 

(No. 2.) Bill. to be limited, the Importation of Corn, Maize, Rice, 

No.512. Grain, Potatoes, Meal, Flour, Biscuit and certain 
other similar Articles from any Country, in any 
Ships: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next; and to be printed. 

Norwich Captain Gladstone reported the Norwich Small 

see ban Tenements Bill, with Amendments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Spooner reported from the Select Committee 
on the Seduction and Prostitution Suppression Bill ; 
That they had amended the Preamble of the Bill, 
by striking out thereof the words “ and promoting,” 


Seduction and 
Prostitution 
Suppression 
Bill. 


No. 513. and “and Prostitution ;’ and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 
Stockin Trade Ordered, That the Stock in Trade Exemption Bill 
a be read a second time upon Friday next. 
Cure, &amp;e. Ordered, That the Corn, &amp;c. Importation (No. 2.) 
(No.2.) Bill Bill be now read a second time :—The Bill was, ac- 
” , cordingly read a second time; and committed toa 
Committee of tie whole House, for To-morrow. 
Herring Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


Fishery (Scot- next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Herring 


Fishery (Scotland) Bill. 





Lunatic Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
eel solve itself into a Committee upon the Lunatic 


Asylums (No. 2.) Bill: —The House accordingly 

resolved itself intu the Committee ; and, after some 

time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
Vou, 102. 


16° Juniz. 





683 


and Mr. Greene reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Tithes Co m- 
solve itself into a Committee upon the Tithes Com- mutation Bill. 
mutation Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Repre senta- 
solve itselfinto a Committee upon the Representative Hye &gt; poe 
Peers (Scotland) Bill. — 


Ordered, That the Savings Banks Annuities Bill Savings Banks 
be read the third time To-morrow. Annuities Bill. 


Ordered, That the ingrossed Bill to declare Legal Port Natal 
the Collection of certain Duties at Port Natal, be seers 
now read the third time :—The Bill was accordingly seats 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to make Legal the Collection of 
certain Duties at Port Natal. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Resolved, That this House will, after the Orders Drainage of 
of the day, resolve itself into a Committee upon —— 
the Drainage of Lands (Scotland) Bill. nae 


Ordered, That the Report on the Police Clauses Police Clauses 
Bill be received after the Orders of the day. Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Royal Marine Royal Marine 
Service Bill be received after the Orders of the Service Bill. 
day. 


Resolved, That this House will, after the Orders Canada Conso- 
of the day, resolve itself into a Committee to con- lidated Reve- 
sider so much of the Act 3 and 4 Vic.,c. 35, to re- 2° Fund. 
unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and 
for the Government of Comite, as relates to the Con- 
solidated Revenue Fund of the Province of Canada. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Orders,—An Woollen Ma- 
Account of the Quantities and Declared Value of nufactures. 
British Woollen Manufactures exported from the 
United Kingdom in the year 1846; specifying the 
Countries to which they were sent. 

Further Return to an Order, dated the 12th day Shipping, 
of March last, for Returns of the Amount of Tonnage, er P 
outwards and inwards, and of the Number of Ships —— 
and Seamen, distinguishing British from Foreign, 
employed between the United Kingdom and the 
following Countries, from 1840 to 1846, both inclu- 
sive, specifying the Amount to each Country in 
each year :—Denmark, Sweden and Norway, Ham- 
burg, Bremen, Oldenburg, Mecklenburg, Sissies 
Lubeck, Prussia, Austria, France, Portugal, States 
of Rio de la Plata, Brazil, Columbia, Mezico, 

United States :—Of the Declared Value of British 
and Jrish Produce and Manufactures exported from 
the United Kingdom to the above-mentioned Coun- 
tries, from 1840 to 1846, both inclusive, specifying 
the separate Countries to which the same were ex- 
ported each year :—Of the Amount of Tonnage out- 
wards and inwards, and of the Number of Ships and 
Seamen, distinguishing British from Foreign, em- 
ployed between the United Kingdom and the follow- 
ing Countries (other than the Countries in former 
Table), from 1840 to 1846, both inclusive, specify- 
ing the Amount to each Country in each year :— 
Russia, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Spain, Italy 
and Islands, Turkey, Greece and Islands, Syrian Pa- 
lestine, Egypt, Tripoli, Barbary and Morocco, and 
North Coast of Africa, Arabia, Sumatra and Java, 
China, Cuba and Foreign West Indies, Guatemala, 
Chili and Peru:—Of the Declared Value of British 
and Jrish Produce and Manufactures exported from 
the United Kingdom to the above-mentioned Coun- 

4s2 tries, 








ee” ap — 





Shipping 
(Colonies. ) 


Malt. 
No. 383. 


Sweets or 
Made Wines. 


Bread. 


684. 16° Junzi. 


tries, from 1840 to 1846, both inclusive ; specifying 
the separate Countries to which the same were ex- 
ported in each year :—Of the Amount of Tonnage 
outwards and inwards, and the Number of Ships 
and Seamen; distinguishing British, Colonial and 
Foreign, employed between the United Kingdom 
and the British Colonies, from 1840 to 1846, both 
inclusive, specifying the Amount to each Colony in 
each year :—And, of the Declared Value of British 
and Irish Produce and Manufactures exported from 
the United Kingdom to the British Colonies, from 
1840 to 1846, both inclusive, specifying the dif- 
ferent Colonies to which the same were exported in 
each year (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 329, of Session 1840). 

A Return of the Number of Ships and their 
Aggregate Tonnage which cleared out from the 
Ports of the United Kingdom for Ports in Canada 
from and British North America, distinguishing each 
Colony, in each year from 1830 to 1846, both years 
inclusive. 

Amended Return to an Order, dated the 8th day 
of March last, for Returns of the Number of Bushels 
of Malt made from Barley, and the Number made 
from Bere or Bigg, in England, Scotland and Ire- 
land respectively, in each of the years 1842, 1843, 
1844, 1845 and 1846 :—Of the Number of Bushels 
of Malt of each description used in Distillation from 
mixed Grain; the Number of Bushels of each de- 
scription used in Distillation from Malt only; the 
Number of Bushels of Malt used by licensed 
Brewers, and the Number of Bushels used by 
Vinegar-makers, in each of the Three Kingdoms, 
during each of the above years: — And, of the 
Number of Gallons of Spirits upon which the Malt 
Drawback has been allowed in Scotland, and the 
Amount paid in each year, from 1832 to 1846, both 
inclusive. 

Return to an Order, dated the 1st day of this 
instant June, for Returns of all Sweets or Made Wines 
imported from Scotland and Ireland into England, 
under the provisions of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, 
c. 72, stating the Port or Place imported from, and 
the Port or Place imported into, from the 6th day 
of January 1846 to the 5th day of January 1847, 
both dates inclusive; stating the denomination, 
sort or kind, of all such Sweets or Made Wines, 
and Sweetened Compounded Spirits so imported, 
and the Amount per gallon of Duty charged and 
paid upon all the above-mentioned Articles so’ im- 
ported :—Of all Seizures that have been made by 
the Excise and Customs of any such Sweets or 
Made Wines and Sweetened Compounded Spirits 
so imported, and the reason of such Seizures :—Of 
all Sweets or Made Wines and Sweetened Com- 
pounded Spirits seized Inland, being brought from 
Scotland into England, contrary to the provisions 
of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 72, since the passing 
of the said Act to the present period ; stating how 
all Seizures of the above-mentioned Sweets or Made 
Wines and Sweetened Compounded Spirits, within 
the period of the dates specified, have been dealt 
with, if any and what Amount of Penalty has 
been enforced against the Parties from whom any 
such Seizures have been made: — And, of the 
Quantity, stating the denomination, sort or kind, of 
all such Sweets or Made Wines and Sweetened 
Compounded Spirits remaining in Bond, on the 5th 
‘day of January 1847, and where bonded. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Return relative to Malt, be 
printed, 


A Petition of the Reverend Harry Farr Yeatman, 
L.L.B., Acting Magistrate for the counties of Dor- 
set and Somerset, stating that the Petitioner has 
observed with great regret the repeal of all the laws 
relating to and regulating the sale of Bread, which 
existed prior to the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 37; and 
praying that the House will be pleased, by some 








A. 1847. 


remedial measure, to direct that the frauds and 
peculations, which the Petitioner alleges to be 
perpetrated by the Bakers and sellers of Bread 
throughout the kingdom, shall at once be put down 
by the pains and penalties of some law to be enacted 
for that great purpose, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Maryport ;— Chipping Norton ;— Education. 


Garstang ;—and, Heythrop; complaining of the ex- 
clusion of Roman Catholics from their share of the 
monies granted for educational purposes, and pray- 
ing for the interposition of the House,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Coun- 
cil of the royal burgh of Dunfermline, praying the 
House to withhold their sanction from any system 
of national Education, not strictly confined to 
secular instruction, was also presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Hall, Serjeant in the Cambridge John Hall. 


Militia, complaining of the conduct of the present 
adjutant commanding the permanent staff of the 
Cambridgeshire Militia, in dismissing the Petitioner, 
who was on the staff of the regiment, and who 
through such dismissal has been deprived of enter- 
ing into any other staff, and praying for inquiry and 
redress, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Aylesbury, Thame, Brill and Ros- Yealth of 
borough ;--Nottingham;—-Compositors and Printers; Towns Bill. 


—Tower Hamlets ;— London «two Petitions) ;— 
Bolton ;—Members of the Mary-le-bone and Pad- 
dington Temperance Association ;—Members of the 
Kensington Temperance Society ;—Robert Tackley 
and others;—and, Worcester; praying that the 
Health of Towns Bill may pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from William Hey ;—Samuel Hey ;— Medical Regis- 
Leeds ;— Charles R. Ronayne ;— Frederick Cum- tration and 
ming ;—E. W. Richards ;— William Williams a. 
Charles Webb ;— Edward James Blyth ;— John Bill. 


Gray ;— George M. Frost ;—Peter Augustus La 
Farque;—Benjamin Brooking ,— Hugh Davis ;— 
Thomas Longmore ;—Simon Caldcleugh ;—Thomas 
Young ; — Edward Neville ; — Joseph Airey ;— 
Alexander Piozzi Leak ;—Charles William Henry 
Howell; — William Finer ; — William Elliot ;— 
John Macmeikan; — Elijah Dodd; — Herbert 
Brown ;— Alexander Wight;— James Hay; — J. 
Edwards ;— Francis Jackson;— Henry Hardinge ;— 
Enoch Dawson Howitt ;—Harvey William Dixon ; 
— Thomas Walker ;— Thomas Bromley ;—Alexander 
Bridge ;—- John Foote; — Miller Hamilton ; — E. 
Edmunds ;— Thomas Hood ;— Thomas Armstrong ; 
—Orlando George Bell; — Alic M‘Nab; — John 
Owen ; — Wiiliam Seagrave ;— Edward Unwin 
Berry ;—Baron Phillips;— Richard Thomas Smith; 
—James Hunter Lane ;— Francis Smith ;— Charles 
Linton Alexander ; —- Henry Myers; — Thomas 
Moore ;— H. Humphreys ;— David Jews ;—John 
Davis; — David Davies; — William Lambe ;— 
Charles Mayfield Miller ;— Thomas Well ;— Thomas 
Abraham ;— Francis Godrich ;— George Smith ;— 
Walter Jones ;—William Robins ;— James Self ;— 
James Self, junior;— Alfred Stephens ;— Edward 
Vincent ;— Robert Elliot ;— Alfred Benjamin de 
Lisle Allen; — John Taylor; — Charles William 
Goodall ;—W. B. Dickinson and others ;— George 
Lockyer ; — Hugh Spencer Hughes ;— Alfred Col- 
linson ; — John Drury ;— Allen Foord Price ;— 
F. B, Fulcher ;—James Hales Shirreff ;—Michael 
Drury ;—John Grove ;— William Osbn. Leigh ;— 
John M‘Donogh ;—John Rose Cormack ;—Governor 
and Company of the Apotihecaries Hall of Zreland 
(Secretary) ;— Hitchin ;— Abingdon ;—John = 

ay 


P 


Ree 





Poor Law. 


Poor Removal 
Act. 


Raja of 
Sattara. 


Smithfield 
Market. 


Country 
Banks, 


No. 5038. 





10 Victoria. 


day and others;— Darnton Greenwood ;— Liverpool ; 
— Weymouth; — Bath ; — Benjamin Robinson ; — 
Robert Craig and others ;— Thomas Keen and others; 
—William Clowes;—James Poyntz M‘Donald ;— 
John Cowburn;— William Price Evans ;— John 
Mitchell Strachan ;— William Cooper ; — Richard 
Rowlands ; — Benjamin Greenwood ;— Henry Witl- 
liam Sandell; — Anthony Alsop ;— James Bryant 
Burridge ; — Nathaniel John Haydon ; — Charles 
Edward Joseph ;— Hilary Hill: — Donald Clark ; 
—Charles Long Allwork ;—Robert Miller Wavell ; 
— George Croudace; — John Hogarth Hedley ; 
— Joshua Rowbottom;— Andrew Ross; — Wil- 
liam Furnival; — Edward Arundel Verity, Clerk, 
L.D.c.; — Henry George Hardy;— John Dixon 
Ward ;— William J. Mackarsie;—John Halley ;— 
Edward James Shearman ;— Thomas Macartney ;— 
Frederick Henry Johnson ;— Thomas Charles West- 
lake ;—J ohn Wightman;—John Christie ;— William 
Scott;— Henry Douglas ;-— Thomas Cattell; — 
Benjamin M‘Laren;—Luther Owen Fox ;—Richard 
Alford ;— James Mackie ; — Samuel Edwoods ; — 
John Turpin Waller ;—John Parkin ;— Frederick 
George William Mullar ; — David Paterson ; — 
and, Hereford; praying that the Medical Registra- 
tion and Medical Law Amendment Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and referred 
Ps the Select Committee on Medical Registration, 
c. 

A Petition of certain Practitioners in Medicine, 
Surgery and Midwifery, residing at Dorking, 
Surrey, praying that the said Bill may not pass into 
a law, was also presented, and read; and referred 
to the said Select Committee. 


A Petition of Ratepayers and Vestrymen of the 
parish of Saint Mary, Islington, in the county of 
Middlesex, praying tor the amendment of the law 
in relation to the payment of legal costs out of 
parish funds, and for the better regulation of dis- 
putes and differences in parishes generally, as a 
more prompt, just and less expensive manner of 
decision than the law now in operation admits of, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Ratepayers of the township of 
Witney, in the county of Ozford, praying for the 
repeal of the Poor Removal Act, or for alteration 
and amendment of the same, so that the charge 
and burden of maintaining the poor may be more 
justly and equitably apportioned, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Settlement and Poor Removal. 


Petitions from Chippenham ;—and, Finsbury ; 
stating that the Petitioners are deeply interested in 
the case of his Highness Purtaub Sing, the ex-Raja 
of Sattara, who has been accused of hostility to the 
British Government, forcibly deposed and exiled 
from his dominions upon this charge, and denied, 
for seven years, the means of being heard in his own 
defence; and praying the House to adopt measures 
to secure to this Prince the opportunity of examin- 
ing the charges which have been brought against 
him, the evidence in support of the same, and of 
bringing forth the proofs of his innocence,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Dartford (two Petitions) ;—and, 
Woodbridge ; praying the House not to consent to 
the removal of the cattle market from Smithfield, or 
to the compulsory establishment of abattoirs,—were 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Smithfield Market. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Country 
Banks, which was presented upon the 8th day of 
this instant June, be printed. 

VoL. 102. 


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685 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Workhouse workhouse 
Schools, which was presented yesterday, be printed, Schools. 
No. 514. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Ecclesias- Ecclesiastical 
tical Commission, which was presented yesterday, Commission. 
be printed. No. 515. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Castlebar casticbar 
Union, which was presented yesterday, be printed. Union. 

No. 379. 


Mr. Ward presented,— Return to an Order, Holyhead 
dated the 3d day of this instant June, for Copy of Harbour | 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Gom- C°™™!ssio”- 
missioners on the proposed Harbour of Refuge at No. 516, 
Holyhead. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table, and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Tenants 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendments, which (Ireland) Bill. 
upon the 28th day of April last, were proposed to 
be made to the Question, That the Tenants (Jreland) 
Bill be now read a second time; and which Amend- 
ments were, to leave out the word “now,” and, at 
the end of the Question, to add the words “ upon 
this day six months.” 
And the Question being again proposed, That the 
word “ now,” stand part of the Question :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 
And the Question being put ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Sharman Crawford, } 25 
Yeas, Mr. Roche: ‘ 
Tellers for the { Mr. Tufnell, }n m 
Noes, Mr. Parker: 7 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“‘ upon this day six months” be added at the end of 
the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Agricultural 
Reading of the Agricultural Statistics Bill; Statistics Bill. 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Poor Removal 
Reading of the Poor Removal Act Amendment Act Amend- 
Bill ; ment Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- p..:-tration 
mittee on the Registration of Voters Bill ; of Voters Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second parliamentary 
Reading of the Parliamentary Electors Bill ; Electors Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Vexatious Actions Bill was, according to vexatious 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Actions Bill 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Insolvent 
Reading of the Insolvent Debtors Bill ; Debtors Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Joint stock 
mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Bill ; Companies 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday ®# 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
4s3+ The 





iW 
| 





Supply. 


Ways and 
Means.° 


Drainage of 
Lands (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


No. 517. 


Police Clauses 
Bill. 


Royal Marine 
Service Bill. 


Canada Con- 
solidated Re- 
venue Fund. 


Recruiting 
Service. 


Hampton 
Court Palace, 


we. 


Commercial 
Gas Light 
and Coke 
Company Bill. 





686 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Drainage of Lands 
(Scotland) Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report on the Police Clauses Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report on the se 8 Marine Service Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider so much 
of the Act 3 and 4 Vic., c. 35, to re-unite the Pro- 
vinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the 
Government of Canada, as relates to the Consoli- 
dated Revenue Fund of the Province of Canada ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


And it being Six of the clock, Mr. Speaker ad- 


journed the House till To-morrow, without putting 


the Question. 





Jovis, 17° die Junii ; 
Anno 10° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 
OLONEL Anson presented,—Further Return 
to an Order, dated the 17th day of May last, 
for a Return of the Number of Non-commissioned 
Officers and Privates, Guards, Cavalry, Infantry, 
Artillery and Marines employed upon the Recruiting 
Service ; the Extra Daily Pay for them; the Total 
Annual Expense for recruiting for Guards, Cavalry, 
Infantry, Artillery and Marines. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Viscount Morpeth presented, pursuant to Order, 
—A Return of the Number of Visitors admitted free 
of Charge to see the State Apartments at Hampton 
Court Palace and Windsor Castle and the Royal 
Botanic Gardens at Kew, during the years 1845 and 
1846, distinguishing the Number in each Year and 
Month. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for incorporating the Commercial 
Gas Light and Coke Company; and the same were 
read, as follow: 

Pr, 2.1.19. After “ Middlesex” insert “the di- 
“ visions for the city of London, or the sessions for 
“ the liberty of Her Majesty’s Tower of London, as 
“« the case may be.” 

Pr. 3, 1. 2, Leave out from “ land” to “by” in 


16°—17° Junie. 





A. 1847. 


1. 4., and insert “ otherwise than,” and in 1. 4. leave 
out from “agreement” to “ And” in 1. 6. 

Pr. 6.1.33. Leave out from “ that” to “ Robert” 
in 1, 35. 

Pr. 6. 1. 37. Leave out from “ Bratt” to “ Tho- 
mas’’ in |, 38. 

Pr. 6. 1. penult. Leave out “ James Ballance,” 
and in the same line, leave out from “ Collier’ to 
“ Joseph,” in Pr. 7.1. 2. 

Pr. 7. 1. 3. Leave out from “ Dyke’ to “ John” 
in |. 7. 

Pr. 7.1.8. Leave out from “ Jones” to “ Tho- 
“ mas” inl. 9. 

Pr. 7. 1.10. Leave out from “ Miers” to the 
first “ John” in 1, 13., and in 1.13. leave out from 
“* Solomons” to “ James” in 1. 15. 

Pr. 14.]. 17. After “ each” insert “in respect 
“ of each of which the full sum of Twenty-five 
pounds shall have been paid up.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 2. After “ each” insert “ in respect 
“ of each of which the full sum of Twenty-five 
pounds shall have been paid up.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 28. 
“ lands.” 

Pr. 16. 1.29. After “been” insert “ already 
taken on lease for the purposes of the said under- 
taking, or shall be.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 7. Leave out “ lease” and insert 
rent.” 

Pr. 20. 1. 23. Leave out “this Act” and insert 
any of the said incorporated Acts.” 

Pr. 23. 1.18. After “ or’ insert “ the rights, 
powers and privileges.” 

Pr. 25. Is. 5. and 6. After “‘ Middlesex” insert 
or the Commissioners acting under the authority 
of a certain Act of Parliament made and passed 
in the eleventh year of the reign of his Majesty 
“ King George the Third, intituled, ‘ An Act for 
paving and regulating Rosemary-lane, from the 
“ Parish of Saint Botolph, Aldgate, to Cable-street, 
“ also the said Cable-street, the Foot-path in Back- 
lane, Part of the Precinct of Weilclose, the Street 
leading from Wightingale-lane to Ratcliff-cross, 
Butcher-row and Brook-street, and the several 
Streets, Lanes and Passages opening into the 
same, and for removing all Obstructions and An- 
noyances therefrom, and preventing the like for 
the future.’ ” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


“ 


n 
xn 


x“ 
wn“ 


na 
n 


n 
n 


Ordered, That the Stockport Manorial Tolls and 
Bridges Bill be read the third time To-morrow. 


Leave out “ land” and insert — 





Stockport 
Manorial 
Tolls and 


Bridges Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill for authorizing the Sale of the Leominster 


Leominster Canal, and other Property of the Com- 
pany of Proprietors of the Leominster Canal Navi- 
gation, and for winding up and adjusting the Con- 
cerns of the same Company, was read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Purchasing Railways, Com- 
pany to be subject to provision of general Act), was 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Provision for future 
general Railway Acts), was thrice read; and added 
to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, 'Vhat the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Arkwright do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill to 
enable the Midland Railway Company to make a 
Railway from near Leicester, vid Bedford, to Hitchin, 
and to Northampton and Bedford, with Branches, 
to enlarge the Leicester Station on the Midland Rail- 

way, 


Canal Naviga- 
tion Sale Bill. 


Midland Rail- 
way (Exten- 


sion from near 


Leicester, via 
Bedford, to 
Hitchin, and 





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10 Victoriz. 


to Northamp- way, and for other Purposes, be now read the third 
aoe = time ; is . ‘ 
— Mr. Strutt, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
&lt;» ny greed quainted the i That Her Majesty, having 
ter Station) been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
= consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time. 
An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 
Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bills not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Midland Railway 
rig oe | to make a Railway from near Leicester, 
vid Bedford to Hitchin, and to Northampton and 
Huntingdon, with Branches, to enlarge the Leicester 
Station on the Midland Railway, and for other Pur- 
oses. 
Ordered, That Mr. Richard Hodgson do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Midland Rail- | An ingrossed Bill to enable the Midland Railway 
way a Company to construct a Railway from Gloucester to 
ter and Stone- Stonehouse, and for other Purposes connected with 


fen) * the Bristol and Gloucester Line of the Midland 
Railway, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Richard Hodgson do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
York and An ingrossed Bill for the Enlargement of the 
a" Wearmouth Dock, and the Construction of New 


(Wearmouth Works in connection therewith, and for other Pur- 
Dock Enlarge- poses relating thereto, was read the third time. 
ment) Bill. An ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future Bills 
not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), was 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 
Another ingrossed Clause (Railway to be subject 
to the provisions of general Acts), was thrice read ; 
and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 
Another ingrossed Clause (Railway to be subject 
to general Acts), was thrice read ; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Richard Hodgson do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Eastern Coun- 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ties Railway 


the Report on the Eastern Counties Railway (Pur- 


(Purchase of chase of the North Woolwich Railway, &amp;c.) Bill; 
Woolwich and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 


— &amp;¢c.) Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed. 


York and The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Newcastle and the Report on the York and Newcastle and New- 
Berwick Rail, castle and Berwick Railways Amalgamation Bill; 


ways Amal- and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
gamation Bill. A Clause (Railway Lo be subject to future general 
Acts), was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 
York and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ll the Report on the York and North Midland Rail- 
y Hi te Branch, Boroughbridge and K: - 
(Harrogate way (/Zarrogate Branch, Boroug ge a nares 
Branch, borough Extension) Bill; and the Amendments were 
a ,  tead, and agreed to. 
Seema. A Clause (Concerning the sale and working of 
gla mines belonging to the duchy of Lancaster), was 


twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 
VoL. 102. 


17° Junie. 











687 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Glasgow, Pais- 
Reading of the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock WY and Green- 
Railway (Amendment and Branches to the Glasgow, thameaieal 
Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr, the Glasgow, Barr- and Branches 
head and Neilston, and the Glasgow, Strathaven and a 
Lesmahagow Railways, and to Haugh Pits) Bill; Eearnock 
Ordered, That tne Bill be read the third time and Ayr, the 


: asgow 
To-morrow. Barrhead and 


Neilston, and the Glasgow, Strathaven and Les- 
mahagow Kailways, and to Haugh Pits) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Glasgow, Pais- 
Reading of the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock At nel 
Railway (Branches at Port Glasgow) Bill; (Branches 4 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- Fost Glesgow) 


morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Paisley, Barr- 
Reading of the Paisley, Barrhead and Hurlet Rail- soy a 
way Bill; x" 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


An ingrossed Bill for better supplying with Water Liverpool 
the Borough of Liverpool and the Neighbourhood 2 
thereof, and for authorizing the Mayor, Aldermen — 
and Burgesses of the said Borough to purchase the - 
Liverpool and Harrington Waterworks and Liver- 
pool Waterworks, was read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Corporation to lay down a 
stop-valve at Saint Helen’s), was thrice read ; and 
added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed’Clause (Provisions of Water- 
works Clauses Act as to fire-plugs extended to works 
of corporation in Saint Helen’s), was thrice read ; 
and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Richard Hodgson do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Thames Thames Con- 
Conservancy (re-committed) Bill, have power to s¢rvancy Bill. 
report their Opinion thereupon to the House; to-. No. 504. 
gether with the Minutes of their Proceedings. 

Mr. Ward reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee; That they had made an Amendment to the 
Bill, by reducing the number of the Conservators 
from nineteen to fifteen, and had agreed to the fol- 
lowing Resolutions. 

1st. That one-third of the board of Conservancy 
be named by the Crown. 

2d. That the Board be composed of the Lord 
Mayor for the time being, Three Aldermen and Six 
Common Councilmen, and Five Conservators to be 
appointed by the Crown, not being Aldermen or 
Common Councilmen of the corporation of London. 

3d. That the appointments be made by the Crown 
for the term of five years, with the power of removal 
at pleasure. 

That the Committee communicated these Resolu- 
tions passed on the 7th instant, to the corporation 
of London, and were informed on their sitting of the 
11th June, that the corporation of the city of Zon- 
don declined to accede to the said Resolutions, and 
the Committee thereupon resolved to adjourn until 
Tuesday the 15th instant, in order to learn whether 
the corporation had any further suggestion to offer 
respecting the Resolutions of the Committee of the 
7th instant; and that upon their meeting upon the 
15th instant, they were further informed that the 
corporation of the city of London still declined to 
accede to the said Resolutions, and had no further 
propositions to submit to the Committee; that the 
Committee then resolved, that the Committee hav- 
ing communicated their Resolutions to the corpora- 
tion of London, and having been informed, on their 
sitting this day, that they decline to accede to the 
Resolutions of the Committee of the 7th instant, 
and have no further proposition to submit to the 

4s4 Committee, 














688 
Committee, that it is unnecessary to proceed further 
in the consideration of the Clauses of the Bill, with- 
out further Instructions from the House; that the 
Chairman do report the Bill, with the said Amend- 
ment, together with the Resolutions and Proceed- 
ings of the Committee ; and be instructed to move 
the House, That the said Resolutions and Proceed- 
ings of the Committee, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday the 25th day of this in- 
stant June. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, together 
with the Report, be printed. 


‘Thames Con- 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
servancy Bill. 


consideration the Petition of Patrick Stead, relative 
to the Thames Conservancy Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Friday the 25th day of this 
instant June. 


Lynn and Ely, 
Ely and Hunt- 
ingdon, and 


An ingrossed Bill for consolidating the Lynn and 
Ely, the Ely and Huntingdom, and the Lynn and 
Lynn and Dereham Railway Companies into one Company, 
Dereham Rail- to be called The East Anglian Railways Company, 
pa —— was read the third time. 
sane An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bills not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Powers of sale, &amp;c. 
not to be exercised without certificate of Commis- 
sioners of Railways), was thrice read; and added 
to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Colonel Rolleston do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Leeds Central The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
a Reading of the Leeds Central Railway Station Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow, 


Leeds and 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Thirsk Rail- 


wor (habe consideration the Report on the Leeds and Thirsk 

cliffe and Stil- Railway (Eaglescliffe and Stillington Extension) 

lington Exten- Bill ; 

sion) Bill, Ordered, That the Report be taken into consi- 
deration To-morrow. 


Leeds and 
‘Thirsk Rail- 
way (Branch 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Report on the Leeds and Thirsk 


fron Mel- ‘Railway (Branch from Melmerby to Northallerton, 
merby to &amp;c.) Bill; 

Northallerton, —_ Ordered, That the Report be taken into consi- 
—_— deration To-morrow. 

Leeds and The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Thirsk Rail- 


consideration the Report on the Leeds and Thirsk 
Railway (Harrogate and Pateley Branch, &amp;c.) 


way (Harro- 
gate and Pate- 


ley Branch, ill; 

&amp;c.) Bill. Ordered, That the Report be taken into consi- 
deration To-morrow. 

Leeds, Dews- An ingrossed Bill for enabling the Leeds, Dews- 

bury and Man- 


bury and Manchester Railway Company to make a 
Branch Railway to Ossett, and to provide additional 
Station Accommodation in the Town of Dewsbury, 
and at or near Morley, all in the West Riding of 
the County of York, was read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to, be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bills not to be vaid out of the Company’s capital), 


chester Rail- 
way (Ossett 
Branch and 
Dewsbury and 
Morley Sta- 
tions) Bill 


17° Junie. 





A. 1847. 


was thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Beckett do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for enabling the Manchester, Manchester, 
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company to + pane sera 
make a Branch Railway to or near Chapeltown, fe emo . 
and a Coal Branch from their Thurgoland Station oo to 
to the Township of Stainborough, was read the Chapeltown 
third time. ae 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on Branch) Bill. 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bills not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 

—_ thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 

ider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for enabling the Manchester, Shef- 
field and Lincolnshire Railway Company to make 
a Coal Branch from their Thurgoland Station to 
the Township of Stainborough. 

Ordered, That Mr. Grimsditch do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for vesting in the Manchester, Manchester, 
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company the Sheffield and 
Sheffield Canal, was read the third time. Seley ° 

An ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future Bills (Sheffield 
not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), was — oo 
—_ read; and added to the Bill, by way of ° —s 

ider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Powers of sale, &amp;c. 
not to be exercised without certificate of Commis- 
sioners of Railways), was thrice read; and added 
to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Grimsditch do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for enabling the Manchester, Manchester, 
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company to Sheffield and 
make a Railway, by way of Barnsley, to join the Railway “s 
Midland Railway, with Branches therefrom, all in (Junctionwith 
the West Riding of the County of York, was read the Midland 
the third time. sae cae 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on Branches 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the therefrom) 
Bill, by way of Rider. _ 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bills not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for enabling the Manchester, Shef- 
field and Lincolnshire Railway Company to make 
a Railway to Barnsley, with Branches therefrom, 
all in the West Riding of the County of York. 

Ordered, That Mr. Grimsditch do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


An ingrossed Bill for enlarging the present Sta- LondonBridge 
tion of the London, Brighton and South Coast, and sy re 
of the South Eastern, and of the London and Green- Enlargement 
wich Railway Companies, at or near London Bridge ; Bill. 
and for the Division of such present and such en- 
larged Station between the London, Brighton and 
South Coast and the South Eastern Railway Com- 
panies, for the separate Accommodation of the 
Traffic of such two Railway Companies, was read 
the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposit for future 
Bills not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 





was 








10 Vicroriz. 


was thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for enlarging the present Station of 
the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 
Company at or near London Bridge; and for the 
Division of the present Station between the London, 
Brighton and South Coast and the South Eastern 
Railway Companies, for the separate Accommoda- 
tion of the Traffic of such two Railway Companies. 
Ordered, That Mr. Grimsditch do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Limerick An ingrossed Bill for amending two Acts of Par- 
Docks and = iament passed respectively in the fourth year of the 
Savteus See. reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, 
and the fourth and fifth years of the reign of his late 
Majesty King William the Fourth, for erecting a 
Bridge across the River Shannon, and a Floating 
Dock and other Works for the Improvement of the 
Port of Limerick, was read the third time. 
Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
Third Reading of the said Bill be adjourned till To- 
morrow. 


Liverpool, An ingrossed Bill to authorize certain Alterations 
eo oll in the Line of the Liverpool, Manchester and New- 
tle-upon-Tyne castle-wpon-Tyne Junction Railway, and for other 


Junction Rail- Purposes, was read the third time. 


_ way (Altera~ An ingrossed Clause (Deposit for future Bills 
tion of Main ge ‘ 
Line and not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), was 
Hawes _—« thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Branch) Bill. Rider. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Entwisle do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Liverpool, 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Liverpool, Man- 
anchester - ; 
and Neweas- chester and Mewcastle-upon- Tyne Junction Railway 
tle-upon-Tyne Company to make a Railway from the Burnley 
Junction Rail- Branch of the Manchester and Leeds Railway, in 
Amendment the Township of Habergham Eaves, in the Parish 
Bill of Whalley, in the County of Lancaster, to the East 
Lancashire Railway, in the same Township, and for 
other Purposes, was read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bills not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Powers of sale, &amp;c. 
not to be exercised without certificate of Commis- 
sioners of Railways), was thrice read; and added 
to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Entwisle do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


North British 
ailway 
(No, 1.) Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill to empower the North British 
Railway Company to construct certain Railways in 
connection with the North British Railway, and 
with the Haddington and Kelso Branches thereof ; 
to make certain Alterations in the Hawick and 
Kelso Branches ; and to alter and improve the Leith 
Branch of the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway, 
and for other Purposes, was read the third time ; 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to empower the North British 
Railway Company to extend the Haddington Branch 
of the North British Railway, to make certain 
Alterations in the Hawick and Kelso Branches of 
the same Railway, and for other Purposes. 

Ordered, That Mr. Gibson Craig do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

VoL. 102. 


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689 

An ingrossed Bill for lighting with Gas the Town Croydon 
of Croydon and its Vicinity, in the County of Sur- Prana 
rey, was read the third time. Bill ne 

An ingrossed Clause (Limitation of dividends on 
paid-up capital to sevcn-and-a-half per cent.), was 
thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend the Acts relating to Ipswich and 
the Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway Bury St. = 
Company, and to enable the Company to construct sa 
a Railway from the Ipswich and Bury Saint Ed- from Ipswich 
mund’s Railway, near Ipswich, to Woodbridge, was ae 
read the third time. ita caees 

Resolved, Vhat the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Newcastle and 
Newcastle and Berwick Railway (Cramlington and Berwick Rail- 
Percy Main, and Killingworth and other Branches) on Ager 
Bill; That the Parties promoting the Bill had Percy Main 
stated to the Committee, that in pursuance of the and Killing- 
power given to them by the Resolutions of the House Wort - 
of Commons, passed on the 10th day of June instant, Branches) Bill. 
enabling the promoters of any Bill which shall have 
been referred to a Committee, but the case of the 
promoters shall not have been opened, to suspend 
any further Proceedings in the present Session, with 
the option, under the conditions therein mentioned, 
of proceeding with the same Bili in the next Session 
of Parliament, at the stage where the Bill shall be 
now suspended, they had determined to suspend all 
further Proceedings on the said Bill in the present 
Session ; and that, in compliance with the first condi- 
tion referred to in the said Resolution, they did, on 
the 14th day of June instant, give notice of such 
intention in the Private Bill Office, and that the 
Committee, in consequence of such notice having 
been given, had not heard any statement of the case 
of the promoters, nor taken any evidence in proof 
of the Prsanile of the said Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Newcastle and 
Newcastle and Berwick Railway (East Coast Line, Berwick Rail- 
Blyth, Seaton Sluice and other Branches) Bill same Line, 
That the Parties promoting the Bill had stated to Blyth, Seaton 
the Committee, that in pursuance of the power Sluice and 
given to them by the Resolutions of the House of Branches) Bill. 
Commons, passed on the 10th day of June instant, 
enabling the promoters of any Bill which shall have 
been referred to a Committee, but the case of the 
promoters shall not have been opened, to suspend 
any further Proceedings in the present Session, with 
the option, under the conditions therein mentioned, 
of proceeding with the same Bill in the next Session 
of Parliament; at the stage where the Bill shall be 
now suspended, they had determined to suspend all 
further Proceedings on the said Bill in the present 
Session, and that, in compliance with the first con- 
dition referred to in the said Resolution, they did, on 
the 14th day of June instant, give notice of such 
intention in the Private Bill Office, and that the 
Committee, in consequence of such notice having 
been given, had not heard any statement of the case 
of the promoters, nor taken any evidence in proof 
of the Preamble of the said Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Greene reported the Lytham Improvement Lytham 
Bill, with Amendments. Improvement 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 3! 








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Mr. 














London and 

South West- 
ern Railway 
Bill. 


Committee of 
Selection, 


Severn Navi- 
gation Bills 
(1837-38 and 
1840.) 


Brooks's 
Divorce Bill. 


Birmingham 
and Oxford 
Junction Rail- 
way (Devia- 
tion of Line, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Birmingham, 
Wolverhamp 
ton and Dud- 
ley Railway 
(Stourbridge 
and West 
Bromwich) 
Bill. 





690 17° Juniz. 


Mr. Greene, the Chairman of Unopposed Private 
Bills, reported ; That the London and South West- 
ern Railway Bill had been referred to him and the 
Hon. Francis Scott, Sir John Easthope and Mr. 
Chaplin, (being the Members ordered to prepare and 
bring in the said Bill), by the Select Committee on 
Group No. 2 of Railway Bills as an — Bill ; 
but that, upon examination of the said Bill, he was 
of {Opinion that such Bill should be treated as an 
opposed Private Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Bill be referred to the 
Committee of Selection. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection to refer the London and South 
Western Railway Bill toa Chairman and four Mem- 
bers, and that they have power to fix the first sitting 
of the Committee for any day not earlier than Mon- 
day next. 


A Petition of George Harris and John Durant 
Cumming, of Stourport, in the county of Worcester, 
Worsted Yarn Spinners, and late Co-partners in 
Trade, praying the House to order the production 
of the plans and sections of the Severn Navigation 
Bills (1837-38 and 1840) by the proper officer of 
the House, at a trial in the Court of Exchequer, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to the proper officer 
to attend accordingly. 


Ordered, That Brooks’s Divorce Bill be now read 
a second time :—The Bill was accordingly read a 
second time, and committed to the Select Committee 
on Divorce Bills. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they do hear counsel and examine wit- 
nesses for the said Bill, and also that they do hear 
counsel and examine witnesses against the Bill, if 
the parties concerned think fit to be heard by coun- 
sel or produce witnesses. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Birmingham and 
Ozford Junction Railway Company to make certain 
Alterations in the Line of the Birmingham and Oz- 


ford Junction Railway, and to purchase the Strat- 
ford-upon-Avon Canal Navigation, and for other 


Purposes, was read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bills not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Birmingham and 
Oxford Junction Railway Company to make a cer- 
tain Alteration in the Line of the Birmingham and 
Ozford Junction Railway, and to purchase the 
Stratford-upon-Avon Canal Navigation, and for 
other Purposes. 

Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for making a Railway from 
Stourbridge to the Birmingham, Wolverhampton 
and Dudley Railway, at West Bromwich, and for 
other Purposes, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for enabling the Birmingham, Wol- 
verhampton and Dudley Railway Company to pur- 
chase Lands for additional Station Room at Bir- 
mingham, and for authorizing the Sale of the Un- 
dertaking of the said Company to the Great West- 
ern Railway Company. 

Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 








A. 1847. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill Chester and 
to enable the Chester and Holyhead Railway Com- Hailey’ (lix- 
any to make a certain Extension of and Alterations ye a at 
in the Line of the Chester and Holyhead Railway, Chester and 
and for other Purposes, be now read the third time ; Tevels) Bill, 
Viscount Morpeth, by Her Majesty’s Command, ; 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time. 
An ingrossed Clause (Interest to be paid on calls 
paid up), was thrice read ; and added to the Bill, 
by way of Rider. 
Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bills not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
be thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
ider. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to authorize an Extension of and 
the Construction of a Station in connection with the 
Chester and Holyhead Railway at Chester, and for 
other Purposes. 
Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend the Acts relating to London and 
the London and Blackwall Railway, and to authorize on seg 
the Company to alter the Gauge of their Railway, amma and 
and to make certain Improvements in the Ap- Branches to 
proaches to the said Railway, and to make Branches ec aa 
to the London and Saint Katherine’s Docks, was fondon 
read the third time. Docks Bill. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bills not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


An ingrossed Bill to explain and amend the Laws Westminster 
of Sewers relating to the City and Liberty of West- bang 
= and Part of Middlesex, was read the third gowers Bill. 

ime. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Committees 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed — 
upon Friday last, That it is expedient that the Con- 24 
stitution and Practice of all Committees on Private 
Bills, in future Sessions of Parliament, should be 
assimilated as nearly as may be to those of Com- 
mittees on Railway Bills; and that it be an In- 
struction to the Committee for Revision of Standing 
Orders to make Provision accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till To-morrow. 


A Petition of Thomas Chauniler, of No. 8, Gray’s York and 
Inn-square, in the county of Middlesex, Gentleman, Lancastet 
praying the House to allow a Clerk of the House to (ast). 
attend with and produce to the Court and Jury, on 
the trial of certain causes in the Court of Common 
Pleas, the Plans, Sections and Books of Reference 
of the proposed York and Lancaster Railway depo- 
sited on or about the thirty-first day of December 
in the year One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
five, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to the proper 
officer to attend accordingly. 

















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Reading, An ingrossed Bill to authorize certain Alterations 
Ceegg and of the Line of the Reading, Guildford and Reigate 
or seed Bil. Railway, and to amend the Act relating thereto, was 
read the third time. 
' An ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future Bills 
not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), was 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 
Another ingrossed Clause (Powers of amalga- 
mation not to be exercised without certificate of 
Commissioners of Railways), was thrice read; and 
added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to authorize a certain Alteration in 
the Line of the Reading, Guildford and Reigate 
Railway, and to amend the Act relating thereto. 
Ordered, That Mr. Dodd do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


South Eastern An ingrossed Bill to enable the South Eastern 
wt bg Railway Company further to widen the London and 
Greenwich Greenwich Railway, and to enlarge their London 


Railway and Bridge Station, was read the third time. 


— An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
ment of the calls paid up), was thrice read ; and added to the 
London Bill, by way of Rider. 

Bridge 


Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 


Station) Bill. Bills not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 


was thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of 


Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Dodd do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Edinburgh The House proceeded to take into consideration 
—— the Report on the Edinburgh and Northern, and 


burgh, Leith Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railways Amalga- 
and Granton mation Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 


Rallvays agreed to, 

tion Bull. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 

Edinburgh, The House proceeded to take into consideration 

——— 4. the Report on the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton 

way (Leith Railway (Leith and Granton Junction) Bill; and 


and Granton the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Junction) Bill. A Clause (Interest not to be paid on calls paid 
up), was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 
Another Clause (Deposits for future Bills not to 
be paid out of the Company’s capital), was twice 
read ; and made part of the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Swansea An ingrossed Bill to amend the several Acts re- 
Harbour Bill. jating to Swansea Harbour, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. John Henry Vivian do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Bristol Build- | An ingrossed Bill for extending and enlarging the 
&gt; condone Provisions of the Act for regulating Buildings and 
Bill, Party Walls within the City and County of Bristol, 
and for forming certain Streets, and for widening 
other Streets within the same, was read the third 
time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Miles do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Great Northe | An ingrossed Bill to enable the Great Northern 
Dew’y Railway Company to divert the Line of their Rail- 
a" way, as already authorized, between Gainsborough 
Gainsborough and Doncaster, was read the third time. 
rant a An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 


calls paid up), was thrice read ; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 
Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bills not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
VoL. 102. 


17° Junie. 





691 


= thrice read ; and added to the Bill by way of 
ider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Great Northern Rail- 
way Company to alter the Line of their Railway 
near Doncaster. 

Ordered, That Mr. Beckett Denison do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for making several Lines of South York- 
tailway between Penistone, Barnsley, Elsecar, shite, Doncas- 
Rotherham and Doncaster, in the West Riding of Railway (Pe- 
Yorkshire, to be called, The South Yorkshire, Don- nistone, &amp;c. 
caster and Goole Railway, and for authorizing the oe 
Purchase of Part of the Sheffield, Rotherham, Barns- ce sae 
ley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Railway, Barnsley, 
and of the Dun Navigation, and Dearne and Dove Wakefield, | 
Canal, was read the third time. nate 
An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on Railway, Dun 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the oy 
Bill, by way of Rider. psf omg 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future Canal) Bill. 
Bills not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Powers of Sale, &amp;c. 
not to be exercised without certificate of Commis- 
sioners of Railways), was thrice read ; and added 
to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Beckett Denison do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to incorporate the Huddersfield London and 
and Manchester Railway and Canal Company, and ong sean 
the Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester Railway Com- pe wn 
pany, with the London and North Western Railway Purchase of 
Company, was read the third time. pet pe 

° . : eld and Man- 

An ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future Bills chester Rail- 
not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), was way and Ca- 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. nal, and the 

Another ingrossed Clause (Powers of amalgama- ee ey 
tion not to be exercised without certificate of Com- Manchester 
missioners of Railways), was thrice read; and ad- Railway) Bill. 
ded to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Aldam do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Admiral Gordon reported the Wakefield Gas Bill, Wakefield 
with Amendments. Gas Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table, 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order Railway Bills. 
of the House, No. 135, might be read; and the 
same was read, as followeth : 
“ That in order to afford opportunity for the proper 
discussion of the Reports on Railway Bills included 
in the second class, this House will upon every 
Tuesday and Thursday proceed to the consideration 
of Reports on such Bills.” 
Ordered, That the said Standing Order be sus- 
pended for the remainder of the Session. 


An ingrossed Bill for making certain Lines of Oldham 
Railway in the County of Lancaster, to be called a _ 
The Oldham Alliance Railway, was read the third ““'"*Y ©" 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fielden do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and Message from 
Sir Giffin Wilson: the Lords ; 
Mr Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Loan Discount 
Act for allowing the Subscriptions to the Loan of Bill. 
Eight millions, raised in the year One thousand 
472 eight 








692 


eight hundred and Forty-seven, to be paid up under 
Discount, without any Amendment: And also, 


Quakers’ and =The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
anges Bill, Act to remove Doubts as to Quakers’ and Jews’ 
"Marriages solemnized before certain periods, with 

Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

Heirs CSeot- The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

land) Bill. Act to amend the Law and Practice in Scotland as 
to the Service of Heirs, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

Transference § The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

Sonn sol Act to facilitate the Transference of Lands and 

Bil, &gt; other Heritages in Scotland not held in Burgage 
Tenure, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

Burgage The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

ined) Ba Act to facilitate the Tranference of Lands and 

* other Heritages in Scotland held in Burgage 

Tenure, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

Heritable The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


Securities for 


Act to facilitate the Constitution and Transmission 
Debt (Scot- 


of Heritable Securities for Debt in Scotland, and 


a to render the same more effectual for the Recovery 
of Debt, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

Crown Thé Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

Charters Act to amend the Practice in Scotland, with regard 

(spuland) to Crown Charters and Precepts from Chancery, 


with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for amending an Act, intituled, An Act for amend- | 
ing, explaining and reducing into one Act of Par- 
liament the Laws relating to the Government of 
His Majesty’s Ships, Vessels and Forces by Sea; | 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to increase the Number of Trustees for the Manage- 
ment of the Dollar Institution, or John M‘Nabb’s 
School, and to incorporate the Trustees ; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
—And then the Messengers withdrew. 











Naval Mutiny 
Bill. 


Dollar Institu- 
tion (Mylne’s 
or M‘Nabb’s) 
Estate Bill. 


Settlement Mr. Miles reported from the Select Committee 
ao on Settlement and Poor Removal; That they had 


venth Report.) further considered the matters to them referred, 


No.518, 2nd directed him to report the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Fire Insur- The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
ances, 


the 20th day of May last, that there be laid before 
this House, Accounts of all Sums paid into the Stamp 
Office in Great Britain and Ireland, on Insurances 
from Fire, for the Quarters ending severally the 25th 
day of March, the 24th day of June, the 29th day 
of September and the 25th day of December 1846, 
cistinguishing the Amount of Allowance made to 
each Office for collecting the same in the Country, 
London, Edinburgh and Dublin respectively, with 
the Dates of such Payments:— And, of Sums 
insured by each Office on Farming Stock exempt 
from Duty, for the Quarters ending severally the 
25th day of March, the 24th day of Jute, the 29th 
day of September and the 25th day of December 
1846, distinguishing the Amount of each Office in 
the Country, London, Edinburgh and Dublin, re- 
pectively (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 





17° Junie. 





A. 1847. 


No. 222, of Session 1846), might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That a Return to the said Order be laid 
before this House forthwith. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Exchequer 
upon the 20th day of May last, that there be laid Bills. 
before this House, a Return of the Number and 
Amount of Public Bills that have been issued, 
under the head of Exchequer Bills, under the 
authority of Her Majesty’s Comptroller-General, 
since the date of the last Return, the 19th day of 
February 1845; distinguishing the Amount of 
each particular Issue, the Place and Period, and by 
whom each Issue was signed; stating the Number 
of days during which the Comptroller-General was 
in attendance in the Discharge of his Official 
Duties, and if absent, at what Periods ; and during 
such Absence under what particular Authority, 
Power and Signature, each Issue was then made 
(the Return to be made up to the present period, 
and in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
166, of Session 1845), might be read ; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That a Return to the said Order be laid 
before this House forthwith. 


The House was moved, That the Address which, Windsor 
upon the 28th day of May last, was agreed to by the Castle. 
House to be presented to Her Majesty, that She 
would be graciously pleased to give directions that 
there be laid before this House, a Return from the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, &amp;c. of all 
Monies voted by Parliament, or appropriated out of 
Land Revenue, for the Improvement of Windsor 
Castle and Grounds since the year 1800, showing 
the General Heads of Service, and the Amount 
expended in each year, together with Her Majesty’s 
Answer of the 1st day of this instant June, that She 
would give directions accordingly, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that the said Papers be laid before 
this House forthwith. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Quarter 
Return of the Names and Numbers of Towns in each Sessions 
County in Jreland in which Quarter Sessions are (Ireland.) 
held, and the distance of each such Town respec- 
tively from the County Town. 


Resolved, That an humbie Address be presented Portugal. 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Letter of Captain Robb, dated 
Her Majesty’s Ship “ Gladiator,’ at Oporto, the 
23d day of May 1847, to the Portuguese Junta ; 
also, the Answer from the Secretary of the Junta. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords Criminal Law. 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
communicate to this House, a Copy of the Second 
Report from the Select Committee appointed by 
their Lordships in the present Session, to inquire 
into the execution of the Criminal Law, especially 
respecting Juvenile Offenders and Transportation, 
together with the Minutes of Evidence taken betore 
them: And that Viscount Mahon do carry the said 
Message. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Entails , 
‘to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously (Scotlant.) 


pleased to give directions that there be laid before 


this 








Liverpool and 
Manchester 
District 
County 
Courts. 


Dollar Institu- 
tion (Mylne’s 
or M‘Nabb’s) 
Estate Bill. 


Shipping, 
Tonnage, 
Imports and 
Exports. 


No. 519. 
Couls, Cinders 
and Culm. 


No. 520. 


Woollen Ma- 
nufactures. 


No. 521. 


Shipping 
(Colonies.) 
No, 522. 


Sweets or 
Made Wines. 


No. 5238. 


Surrey and 
Kent Commis- 
sion of Sewers 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Agricultural 
Tenant Right 
Bill. 


Education. 





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this House, a Return of the Number of Entails 
registered in Scotland, and the year of each Regis- 
tration. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Summonses issued since 
the Establishment of the Liverpool District County 
Court :—Of the Minimum and Maximum Number of 
Days allowed for the Return of such Summonses :— 
Of the Number of Cases already decided by the 
Court :—Of the Number of Summonses granted for 
Debts above Five pounds :— Of the Number of 
Days the Court has sat :—Of the Number of Hours 
occupied each sitting :— And, of the Number of 
Cases determined each day, distinguishing the 
Number of Jury Cases: — And, Similar Returns 
from the District County Court at Manchester. 


The Dollar Institution (Mylne’s or M*‘Nabb’s) 
Estate Bill, was read the first time; and referred to 
the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Shipping, 
Tonnage, Imports and Exports, which were pre- 
sented upon the 12th day of April last and yester- 
day, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coals, 
Cinders and Culm, which was presented upon Mon- 
day last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Woollen 
Manufactures, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Shipping 
(Colonies) which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sweets or 
made Wines, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


A Petition of the Chairman ofa Meeting of, and 
the Vestry Clerk to, the Parish Officers and the 
Committee of the Vestry of the parish of Saint 
George-the-Martyr, Southwark, praying that the 
Surrey and Kent Commission of Sewers (No. 2.) 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Commissioners for executing an Act 
for better paving, cleansing, lighting and watching 
the Streets, Lanes and other Public Passages and 
Places within the Manor of Southwark, otherwise 
called The Clink, or Bishop of Winchester’s Liberty, 
in the Parish of Saint Saviour, Southwark, in the 
County of Surrey, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the said Bill, was also presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Agricultural Tenants and others in 
the county of Noétingham, praying that the Agri- 
cultural Tenant Right Bill may pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
‘Table. 


Petitions from Pontefract ;— and, Swynnerton, 
Eccleshall and their vicinities ; complaining of the 
exclusion of Roman Catholics from their share of 


the monies granted for educational purposes; and |&amp; 


praying the House to interpose in their behalf,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Vow. 102. 


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693 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Guardians of the Game Laws. 
Radford Union, in the county of Nottingham, pray- 
ing that the laws for the protection of Game may 
forthwith be repealed, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Exeter Reform Association (Pre- Health of 
sident) ;—Working Men of London; —Wigan ;— Towns Bill. 
Pershore; —Bunhill-row, Chiswell-street, Golden- 
lane and Old-street, in the city of London ;—Bir- 
mingham ; —Southwark ;— Leek ;—Rugby ;—W. F. 
Hook, v. D., Vicar of Leeds, and others ,— Bradford ; 
—Her Majesty’s most loyal subjects, in public 
meeting assembled (Chairman) ;—West Cowes ;— 
Eton; —and, Deal; praying that the Health of 
Towns Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Devonport Waterworks, originally called the Ply- 
mouth Dock Water Company, praying that the said 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was 
also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition ofthe Honorary Secretary of the Cork 
Mechanics Institute, praying the House to extend 
the benefits of the said Bill to Ireland, was also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Holmes, of Brookfield, in Highways 
the parish of Leominster, near Arundel, in the county Bill. 
of Sussex, Gentleman, praying for the amendment 
of the laws relating to Highways, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Frederick Spencer Frost, M.D., MedicalRegis- 
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edin- ttation and 
burgh, now residing at Portland, in the county of yee tan 
Dorset, praying that the Medical Registration and Bill. 
Medical Law Amendment Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select | 
Committee on Medical Registration, &amp;c. 

A Petition of General Medical Practitioners of 
Tuxford, Notts, praying that the said Bill may not 

ass into a law, was also presented, and read; and 
referred to the said Select Committee. 


Petitions from Bagnalstown (two Petitions) ;— Railways 
and, Carlow (two Petitions); praying that the Rail- (Ireland) | 
ways (Jreland) (No. 2.) Bill may pass intoalaw,— sieaiaiahaaaal 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Reform of 
habitants of the parish of Saint Martin-in-the- Parliament 
Fields, in the city and liberty of Westminster, pray- ““* 
ing for the repeal of the ratepaying clauses of the 
Reform of Parliament Act, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





The Order of the day being read for the Com- Poor Laws 
mittee on the Poor Laws Administration Bill ; ae 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being“ * 

proposed, That Mr.Speaker do now leave the Chair; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That’ to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words, 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. rc 
And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question: 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 
(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°; paragraph by para- 
raph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Crauses, N° 1 to N° 11, with Amendments to as 
several of them, agreed to. 
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Prisons Bill, 


Custody of 
Offenders Bill. 


Health of 
Towns Bill. 





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Cuause, N° 12, (Repeal of certain enactments, 
as to the Records of the Commissioners). 

Amendment proposed: In P. 4. Is. 27 to 30. To 
leave out the words “ or of any other Act as would 
“ require any minute of the opinion of each of the 
« Commissioners to be made in the record of their 
«&lt; proceedings, in cases of final difference of opinion 
“ upon any order or proceeding or.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be 

left out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided : 
Mr. Tufnell, 
Lord Marcus 
Mr. Henley, 
Mr. Bankes : 


Hill: } act 
23. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


Tellers for the Noes, 


Clause agreed to. 


Cuiavuses, N° 13 to N° 24, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 


CrauseE, N° 25, (Commission to continue for 
years). 
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 


blank in P. 7.1. 41., be filled with “ Five ;” 
Afterwards proposed, That the blank be filled 
with “ Three ;” 
Question put, That the blank be filled with 
“ Five ;” 

The Committee divided : ' 

Tellers for the Yeas, { = hy sted Hit: } 76. 

Tellers for the Noes, - , ei } 43. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Curauses, N° 26 and N° 27, agreed to. 

Cxause, (And be it Enacted, That in any civil or 
criminal proceeding it shall not be necessary to prove 
the sending of the original order of the Poor Law 
Commissioners, or of the Commissioners constitut- 
ing any Board of Guardians, in any case in which 
any persons professing to form a Board in obedience 
to such order shall have taken upon themselves to 
act, and shall have continued for Three years to act 
in the execution of the laws for the relief of the 
poor; and in no proceeding shall it be lawful to 
question the qualification or validity of the election 
of any person as a Guardian after the end of Twelve 
months next following the election, or the time when 
the alleged disqualification or want of qualification 
of the person against whom such proceeding shall 
be directed, shall have arisen), brought up, and 
read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be read a second time :—Motion by leave, 
withdrawn. 
Clause withdrawn. 
Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 18° die Junti, 1847: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Commitiee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. ; 

Ordered, 'That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Prisons Bull; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Custody of Offenders Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. ‘ 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Health of Towns Bill; 


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A. 1847. 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Railways 
Reading of the Railways (Ireland) (No. 2.) Bill; gees 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon —_— 


Monday next. oe 
Bill 
. The Order of the day being read, for the Second Viehesy Phere 
eading of the Fishery Piers and Harbours (Jre- 204 #arbours 
land) Bill $ id eee) Se 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Second Parliamentary To 
Reading of the Parliamentary Electors (No. 2.) Bill; a In 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this Ge, 2.) Ball Cl 


day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Corn, &amp;c., Im- 
a Committee upon the Corn, &amp;c., Importation Bill ; portation Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Mr. Greene reported the Lunatic Asylums Lunatic 
(No. 2.) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and Asylums _ 
agreed to; and Amendments were made to the Bill. (N° ?-) Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Tithes 
mittee on the Tithes Commutation Bill ; Commutation 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve om. 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Representa- 
into a Committee upon the Representative Peers tive Peers 
(Scotland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 9 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and had directed him to report the same, 
without Amendment. 

, Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
ay. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Savings 
Reading of the Savings Banks Annuities Bill ; Banks An- 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time “4S B' 
upon Monday next. 


Mr. Greene reported the Police Clauses Bill ; Police Clauses 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to; Bill 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed; and read the third time this day. 


Mr. Greene reported the Royal Marine Service Royal Marine 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to, Service Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Canada Con: 
into a Committee to consider so much of the Act recon ei 
3 and 4 Vic., c. 35, to re-unite the Provinces of 
Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government 
of Canada, as relates to the Consolidated Revenue 
Fund. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize Her 
Majesty in Council to assent toa certain Bill passed 
by the two Houses of Legislature of the Province 
of Canada, for granting a Civil List to Her Majesty, 
and to repeal certain parts of an Act passed in the 
third and fourth years of Her present Majesty, to 
re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, 
and for the Government of Canada. 

Resolution to be reported. 





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Shannon 
Navigation 
Bill. 


Towns 
Improvement 
Clauses Bill. 


10 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. rreene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to provide for the Repayment of Sums due by the 
County of the City of Limerick for Advances of 
Public Money for the improvement of the Naviga- 
tion of the River Shannon: And that Mr. Solicitor- 
General for Zreland and Mr. Labouchere do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


The House proceeded to take into consideretion 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for consolidating in one Act cer- 
tain Provisions usually contained in Acts for paving, 
draining, cleansing, lighting and improving Towns ; 
and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 21. 1. 29. After “alter” insert “arch over,” 
and in the same line after “and” insert “ other- 
“ wise.” 

Pr. 28. 1. 26. After “if” insert “there be such 
“* means of drainage existing within one hundred 
“ feet of.” 

Pr, 29. 1. ult. After “ Commissioners”’ insert 
“* notice thereof.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 1. Leave out “notice thereof.” 

Pr. 36.1. 9. After “not” insert “in respect of 
“ any lands situate within the said district.” 

Pr. 36. 1. 10. After “rate” insert “ grand 
“ jury cess or other payment.” 

Pr. 36.1. 11. Leave out “the” and insert 
making and repairing,” and in the same line after 
“ within” insert “the other parts of the parish, 
‘ township, barony or place in which.” 

Pr. 36.1.12. After “district” insert “or any 
“ part thereof is situate.” 

Pr. 40.1. 6. After “expenses” insert “if not 
“ forthwith repaid by such owners.” 

Pr. 40. 1. 7. Leave out “such owners” and 
insert “ the occupiers of such buildings and lands.” 

Pr. 48.1.5. After “and” insert ‘if such ob- 
“ structions or projections shall have been lawfully 
“« made they shall.” 

Pr. 59. 1. 31. After “ course ” insert “ or level.” 

Pr. 60. 1. 15. After “ place” insert “ where 
‘“‘ such plans may be seen,” and in the same line 
after “and”’ insert “a.” 

Pr. 60. 1. 16. After “ and ”’ insert “ place.” 

Pr. 61. ls. 2. and 3. After “inspector” insert 
if any inspector has been appointed and is present 
at such meeting, or in the absence of the in- 
spector.” 

Pr. 61. 1. 4. Leave out from “then” to “ aban- 
don” in 1. 6. and insert “ in their discretion.” 

Pr. 61.1. 9. Leave out “ shall.” 

Pr. 61.1. 12. After “meeting ” insert “ at which 
any such inspector shall be present.” 

Pr. 61. 1.17. Leave out “ hearing.” 

Pr. 61.1. 19. After “agent ” insert “has been 
“ heard.” 

Pr. 66.1. 30. Leave out “ or” and insert “ and 
every person.” 

Pr. 67. 1. 36. After “from” insert “and from 
the houses and tenements therein.” 

Pr. 72.1. 24. Leave out “all such.” 


Pr. 76.1.4. After “health” insert “or if for 
the time being there be no inspector of nuisances 
or officer of health, by any two surgeons or phy- 
sicians or one surgeon and one physician.” 

Pr. 79. 1. 27. After “ any” insert “ fire-place 
or. 

Pr. 79.1.31. After “such” insert “ fire-place 
or.” 

Pr. 79. 1. 35. After “aforesaid” insert “or so 
negligently use any such fire-place or furnace as 
not to consume the smoke arising from the com- 
bustibles used therein,” 

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Pr. 86.1. 23. After “exceeding ’ insert “ twenty 
“ shillings, and a further penalty not exceeding.” 

Pr. 86. Is. 36. and 37. After “ occupier” insert 
“ after conviction of the first offence.” ik 

Pr. 96. 1. 23. After “continued” insert “ after i 
** the conviction for the first offence.’ 

Pr. 99.1.1. Leave out from “day” to “ on” in 
1. 2. 

Pr. 99.1.3. After “committed” insert “ after 
*¢ the conviction for the first offence.” 

Pr. 110. 1. 11. Leave out from “owner” to 
“ whenever” in 1. 17. 

Pr. 134. 1. 3. After “rates” insert “ or in Jre- 
land may appeal to the Justices at the Petty 
Sessions of the district, or to the Justices acting 
for the district within which the rateable pro- 
“ perty is situated.” 

Pr. 134.1. 5. Leave out “ in Special Sessions.” 

Pr. 134, 1. 10. Leave out “ special.” 

Pr, 135. 1.37. Leave out from “Justices” to 
“ shall” inl. 38. 

Pr. 136. 1. 5. After “the” insert “said,” and 
in the same line leave out “ in Special Sessions.” 

Pr. 137.1. 7. After “the” insert “said,” and: 
in the same line after “Justices” insert “ or Court 
“ of Quarter Sessions.” 

Pr. 150. 1. 1. Leave out from “Company” to 
“ provided” in Pr. 151. 1. 26. 

Pr. 152. 1. 1. After “ union” insert “all things 
“ herein or in the Special Act or any Act incor- 
“ porated herewith authorized or required to be 
““ done by two Justices may and shall be done by 
any one magistrate having by law authority to 
act alone for any purpose with the powers of two 
“‘ or more Justices.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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Mr. Solicitor-General for Zreland presented a Bill shannon Na- 
to provide for the Repayment of Sums due by the vigation Bill. 
County of the City of Limerick for advances of No.524. 
Public Money for the Improvement of the Naviga- 
tion of the River Shannon: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


The Naval Mutiny Bill was read the first time ; Naval 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday Mutiny Bill. 
next; and to be printed. No. 525. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Hartlepool and 
Hartlepool and Stockton Junction Railway Bill; ee 
That they had examined the allegations contained in joiiway Bill. 
the Preamble of the Bill, but the same had not been 
proved to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third North West- 
Reading of the North Western Railway (Diversions pens 
at Skipton, Casterton and Sedbergh) Bill; Skipton, Cas- 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time terton and 
this day. Sedbergh) Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Act 7 and 8 Joint Stock 
Vic., c. 111., for facilitating the Winding-up the ms 
Affairs of Joint Stock Companies unable to meet ~ “~~ 
their pecuniary Engagements, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider the said Act. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented County 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased T*¢#surets 
to give directions that there be laid before this 


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696 17°— 


County Treasurers in England and Wales, for the 
years ending Michaelmas 1845 and Michaelmas 
1846 (in similar form to the Return presented and 
ordered to be printed by the House of Commons, 
on the 31st day of July 1846, Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 550). 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are | 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Constabulary § Resolved, That an humbe Address be presented 
wae. to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, an Abstract of Returns, showing the Num- 
ber of the Constabulary Force in each County, or 
Division of a County, in England and Wales, under'| 
the Act 2 and 3 Vic., c. 93, distinguishing each | 
Class or Denomination ; together with an Account, 
in detail, of the several items of expenditure for the 
year 1846 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 714, of Session 1846). 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


‘Transporta~ 
tion. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Communication upon the sub- 
ject of gs weary addressed to Earl Grey by 


18° Junie. 





the Lord Bishop of Tasmania. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
half an hour after Twelve of the clock on 
Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Veneris, 18° die Junii ; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Milner Gibson presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of Report of the 
Select Committee of the Council of the Government 
School of Design appointed on the 3d November 
1846, to consider and report upon the State and 
Management of the School. 


Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Bathwick 
Church Bill have leave to sit this day, till Five of 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Schoot of 
Design. 


Bathwick 
Church Bill. 


Feces in Courts 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Fees in 
of Law and 


Courts of Law and Equity have leave to sit this 


oory. day, till Five of the cleck, during the sitting of the 
House. 

Public Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 

Petitions, on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 

Reepors) Petitions presented upon the 14th, 15th and 16th 


days of this instant June, and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Leeds Central 
Railway 
Station Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Leeds Central Railway Station Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Taw Vale ' The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— tDevie- the Report on the Taw Vale Railway and Dock (De- 


sheen anil viations and Bideford and South Molton Branches) 


Bideford and Bill; and the Amendments were read, dnd agreed 
South Sa 

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Seana) Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 








A. 1847. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming ap 
the further Proceeding upon the Third Reading of pos. "8. 
the ingrossed Bill for amending two Acts of Par- j 
liament passed respectively in the fourth year of 
the reign of his late Majesty King George the 
Fourth, and the fourth and fifth years of the 
reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, 
for erecting a Bridge across the River Shannon, 
and a Floating Dock and other Works for the Im- 
provement of the Port of Limerick :—The House 
resumed the said further Proceeding ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. John O’Brien do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Evans reported the Crowland and Cowbit Crowland and 


Washes, &amp;c., Drainage Bill, with Amendments. al &amp;e.) 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Drainage Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Committee Manchester 
on the Manchester Corporation Waterworks (Power Corporation 
to sell to the Manchester and Salford Waterworks aoe aes 
Company) Bill, and the Manchester Corporation to the Man- 
Waterworks (Power to purchase the Manchester and chester and 
Salford Waterworks) Bill, and to whom several Pe- Salford Wa- 
titions against the said Bills were referred, and who pany Bill; and, 
were instructed to consolidate the said Bills into Manchester 
one Bill; That they had examined the allegations y;poetsn 
of the said Bills, and found the same to be true; (Power to pur- 
and had, pursuant to the Instruction of the House, chase the Man- 
made them one Bill, “ to enable the Mayor, Alder- — a 
men and Burgesses of the Borough of Manchester, terworks) Bill. 
in the County of Lancaster, to construct Waterworks yfanchester 
for supplying the said Borough and several places Waterworks 
on the Line of the said intended Works with Water, Bill. 
and for other Purposes ;” and had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the said 
consolidated Bill, and had altered the Preamble by 
striking out the second recital (in page 5) referring 
to an intended application to Parliament by the 
Company of Proprietors of the Manchester and 
Salford Waterworks ; and also in the third recital 
the words “ more,” and “ than from the said district 
“of Lyme Park, in the county of Chester,” referring 
also to the said intended application ; and had found 
the Preamble, as amended, to be true ; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie wpon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Great North- 
the Report on the Great Northern Railway (De- ern Railway 
viations between Grantham and York) Bill; and esa 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. Grantham and 

A Clause (Interest not to be paid on calls paid York) Bill. 
up), was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Deposits for future Bills not to 
be paid out of the Company’s capital), was twice 
read ; and made part of the Bill, 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London (City) 
the Report on the London (City) Improvements Improvements 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. ~~” 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill to northern 
enable the ——— Counties Union Railway Com- — i: 
pany to make certain Alterations in their Railway, Union R 
in the Parishes of Aysgarth and Wensley, in the Bill, _— 
North Riding of the County of York, be now read 
the third time ; 

Mr. Strutt, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed; of the ag of the Bill, gives Her con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 


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10 Vicroriz. 


An ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future Bills 
not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), was 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Beckett Denison do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Belfast Im- The House proceeded to take into consideration 

provement the Report on the Be/fast Improvement Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 

ingrossed. 

York and An ingrossed Bill for enabling the York and 

North Mid- North Midland Railway Company to make a Rail- 

land Railway 


incley Way from their Line at Burton Salmon to Knotting- 
Granch) Bill lag: ith a Branch therefrom, and for other al 
poses, was read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read ; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future Bills 
not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), was 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider.' 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Escott do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


York and Ordered, That the ingrossed Bill for enabling ‘the 
North Mid- York and North Midland Railway Company to make 
oe a Railway from their Church Fenton and Harrogate 


Branch, Bo- Branch to Knaresborough and Boroughbridge Bill 
roughbridge be read the third time this day; 


pin og eae And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
sion) Bill. read the third time; 

Mr. Strutt, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Escott do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Midland Rail- An ingrossed Bill to empower the Midland Rail- 
way (Exten- way Company to extend the Line of their Wotting- 
sion of the 


Nottingham 2am and Lincoln Railway at Lincoln, and to make 
and Lincom a Branch Railway to their Lincoln Station, was 
Pranch at, Tead the third time. 
— An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bills not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Restricting Company 
from making new crossing over River Witham), was 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Regulating tolls for 
traffic from A mbergate to Boston Railway), was thrice 
read ; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Escott do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Midland Railway 
a pea Company to enlarge their Stations at Masbrough 
Normanton 2@nd /Vormanton respectively, and to construct addi- 
Stations En- tional Sidings or Branch Sulieniva, was read the 
mien") third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bills not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), was 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (The Sheffield and 
Rotherham Branch to be a joint management), was 
thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

VoL. 102. 


Midland Rail- 
way (Mas- 





18° Juniz. 697 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Escoté do carry the Bill to 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill to East Lanca- 
enable the East Lancashire Railway Company to shite Railway 
alter the Line and Levels of their Railway, and to panty wcll 
make a Branch Railway therefrom, and for other stall Coal 
Purposes relating thereto, be now read the third Branch) Bill. 
time ; 

Mr. Strutt, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bull, gives Her con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future Bills not 
to be paid out of the Company’s capital), was thrice 
read ; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Richard Hodgson do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Glasgow, Pais- 
Reading of the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock ley and Green- 
Railway (Amendment and Branches to the Glas- rp te 
gow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr, the Glasgow, and Branches 
Barrhead and Neilston, and the Glasgow, Strath- to the Glas- 
aven and Lesmahagow Railways, and to Haugh nee ’ 
Pits) Bill; and Ayr, the 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. = Glasgow, 


Barrhead and 
Neilston, and the Glasgow, Strathaven and Les- 
mahagow Railways, and to Haugh Pits) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Glasgow, Pais- 
Reading of the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock a 
Railway (Branches at Port Glasgow) Bill ; Fiuealien tt 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. ny Glasgow) 

L 

The ingrossed Bill to purchase and define the gtockport 
Manorial and Market Rights of Stockport, to es- Manorial Tolls 
tablish Public Parks, to purchase or lease Water- 2%4 Bridges 
works, to build Bridges, and to make other Com- 
munications within the Borough of Stockport, was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Incorporation of Markets 
and Fairs Clauses Act), was thrice read ; and added 
to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Tatton Egerton do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


Mr. Henry Stuart reported from the Committee Chester and 
on Group No. 24 of Railway Bills; That in the case Holyhead 
of the Chester and Holyhead Railway (Extensions lway (x- 
at Chester and Holyhead) (No. 2.) Bill, the Com- Chester and 
mittee had, in pursuance of the Order of the House Holyhead) 
of the first day of this instant June, divided the said X® 2) Bill 
Bill into two Bills, and had examined the allega- 
tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill “ to Chester ana 
enable the Chester and Holyhead Railway Com- Holyhead 
pany to extend their Line of Railway to the pro- on = 
posed new Harbour at Holyhead, and to contribute Holyhead) 
towards the Expense of constructing the said Bill. 
Harbour, and to purchase, hire and use Steam- 
boats ;” and had amended the same, and found the 
same, as amended, to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Chester and 
before the Committee on the Chester and Holyhead — 
Railway (Extension at Holyhead) Bill be laid Gixtension at 


before this House. Holyhead) 
Bill. 


The Tunstall Market Company Estate Bill was Tunstall Mar- 
read a second time ; and committed. sedi 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- : 


mittee of Selection. 
4u The 





698 





Caledonian The House proceeded to take into consideration 
tedintar gh the Report on the Caledonian Railway (Edinburgh 
Stationand Station and Branches to Granton and to the Edin- 


Branches to burgh and Glasgow Railway) Bill; and the Amend- 
Granton and ments were read, and agreed to. 


os Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
Glasgow be ingrossed. 
Railway) Bill. 
Exeter and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
et the Report on the Exeter and Exmouth Railway 
~~" Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to. 

A Clause (Interest not to be paid on calls paid 
up), was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Deposits for future Bills not to 
be paid out of the Company’s capital), was twice 
read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Amalgamation not to take place 
till capitals paid up), was twice read; and made 
part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 

Leicester Wa- The House proceeded to take into consideration 


terworks Bill. the Report on the Leicester Waterworks Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


York and 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
North Mid- 


land Railway the Report on the York and North Midland Rail- 
(Hull Station Way (Hull Station and Branches) Bill; and the 
and Branches) Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Bill. A Clause (Interest not to be paid on calls paid 
up), was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 
Another Clause (Deposits for future Bills not to 
be paid out of the Company’s capital), was twice 
read ; and made part of the Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


North West- 
ern Railway 
(Diversions at 
Skipton, Cas- 
terton and Sed- 
bergh) Bill. 
Wisbech Port Ordered, That the Report on the Wisbech Port 
— Harbour and Harbour Bill be now taken into consideration : 
; —The House accordingly proceeded to take the Re- 
port into consideration ; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the North Wenn Railway (Diversions 
at Skipton, Casterton and Sedbergh) Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Committeeson The Order of the day being read for resuming the 
Private Bills. adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed upon 

Friday last, That it is expedient that the constitution 
and practice of all Committees on Private Bills, in 
future Sessions of Parliament, should be assimilated 
as nearly as may be to those of Committees on Rail- 
way Bills; and that it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee for revision of Standing Orders to make 
provision accordingly ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

Che Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

‘The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Greene : 

Yeas, Sir William Heathcote, 
Tellers for thef Sir Robert Harry Inglis: 
Noes, Mr. Brotherton, 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. - 


}its. 
} 8s. 


Edinburgh An ingrossed Bill to enable the Edinburgh and 


and Northern Ww ae ee 
Railway, St. Northern Railway Company to construct Branch 


18° Juniz. 





Andrew's and Railways to Saint Andrew’s and Newburgh Harbour, | 





A. 1847. 


and to divert and alter the Levels of certain Turn- Newburgh 


wee in the Line of the Newport Railway se a ‘ial 


xtension, was read the third time. Road Cress- 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on ings (Newport 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the Railway Kx 
Bill, by way of Rider. — 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bills not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill by way of 
Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Edward Ellice do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the East of Fife Rail- East of Fife 
way Company to deviate a Portion of their Main rere d » 
Line, and to improve the Junction thereof with the Deviation) 
Edinburgh and Northern Railway, near Markinch, Bill. 
was read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future Bills 
not to be paid out of Company’s capital), was thrice 
read ; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Edward Ellice do carry the 


Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Znverness Har- Inverness 
bour and Navigation Bill be taken into considera- Harbour and 
: avigation 

tion upon Tuesday next. Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Inverness Inverness Mu- 
Municipal and Police Bill be taken into considera- — — 
° olice Bill. 
tion upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Paisley, Barr- 
Reading of the Paisley, Barrhead and Hurlet Rail- = 
way Bill; . Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That the ingrossed Bill for enabling the Wear Valley, 
Wear Valley Railway Company to purchase or To 
lease the Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway, Weardale, 
the Wear and Derwent Railway, the Weardale Ex- Weardale Ex- 
tension Railway, and the Shildon Tunnel, and toraise —— 
an additional Sum of Money, and for other Purposes, Derwent Rail- 
be now read the third time :—The Bill was accord- ways, and 
ingly read the third time. ene See 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bills not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Powers of sale, &amp;c. 
not to be exercised without certificate of Commis- 
sioners of Railways), was thrice read ; and added to 
the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Lord Harry Vane do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


nel Amalga- 
mation Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Clarence Rail- 
the Report on the Clarence Railway and Leeds and bie and i 
Thirsk Railway Amalgamation Bill ; and the Amends fiirek Rail- 
ments were read, and agreed to. way Amalga- 

A Clause (Interest not to be paid on calls paid mation Bill. 
up), was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Deposits for future Bills not to 
be paid out of the Company’s capital), was twice 
read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Powers of sale, &amp;c. not to be 
exercised without certificate of Commissioners of 
Railways), was twice read; and made part of the 
Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 
Ordered, 











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Huddersfield 
and Manches- FT¥yddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal 


pend Company to alter a Portion of the Line of their 


and Altera- Oldham Branch, and for other Purposes, be now 
rang te read the third time :—The Bill was accordingly read 
Bill. the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future Bills 
not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), was 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Aldam do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Leeds and _ The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
aa consideration the Report on the Leeds and Thirsk 
vive and Stile Railway (Eaglescliffe and Stillington Extension) 
lington Exten- Dull ; 

sion) Bill. Ordered, That the Report be taken into con- 


sideration upon Tuesday next. 


Leeds and The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
hm consideration the Report on the Leeds and Thirsk 
ae Mel. Railway (Branch from Melmerby to Northallerton, 
merby to &amp;e.) Bill; 

Northallerton, Ordered, That the Report be taken into considera- 


cc.) Bill. : r 
_— tion upon Tuesday next. 


Leeds and The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Thirsk Rail- consideration the Report on the Leeds and Thirsk 
on — Railway (Harrogate and Pateley Branch, &amp;c.) Bill; 
Pateley Ordered, That the Report be taken into considera- 


h, &amp;e.) 4j 
Branch, &amp;-) tion upon Tuesday next. 


Eastern Union The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway the Report on the Eastern Union Railway (Branch 


i from Manningtree to Harwich) Bill; and the 
to Harwich) Amendments were read, and agreed to. 


Bill. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, | 


be ingrossed. 


South Devon | Mr. Grogan reported from the Committee on 
Railway Group No. 8 of Railway Bills; That the Parties 
(Extension = gpposing the South Devon Railway (Extension and 
and Amen’: Amendment) Bill had stated to the Committ 
ment) Bill. mendment) Bill had stated to the Committee 
that the evidence of Admiral Sir Gordon Bremer, 
Superintendent of Woolwich Dock Yard, was es- 
sential, to enable them to establish their case before 
the Committee; and it having been proved that 
his attendance could not be procured without the 
intervention of the House, the Chairman had been 
instructed by the Committee to move the House, 
That Admiral Sir Gordon Bremer do attend the said 
Committee on Tuesday next, the 22d instant, at 
Twelve o’clock. 
Ordered, That Admiral Sir Gordon Bremer do 
attend the said Committee upon Tuesday next, at 
Twelve of the clock. 


Rathmines The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— the Report on the Rathmines Improvement Bill; 
; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Message from A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson 
the Lords; = and Mr. Duckworth: 

Mr. Speaker, 
Cork, Black- The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
rock and Pas- Act to authorize an Extension of the Cork, Black- 


Bil —— rock and Passage Railway to Monkstown, and to 
amend the Act relating thereto, with Amendments; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

a - The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

Wicklow ang Act to authorize certain Alterations of the Line of 

Dublin the Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow Railway, and 


Railway Bill. to amend the Act relating thereto, with Amend- 
VoL, 102. 




















18° Junit. 699 


Ordered, That the ingrossed Bill for enabling the | 


ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Wilts, Somer- 
Act to authorize certain Alterations of the Line of set and Wey- 
the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway, with eeu ts 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords Bil. ~~ 


desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Liskeard ana 
Act to enable the Liskeard and Caradon Railway Caradon _ 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money, with Bway Bill 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Windsor, 
Act for making a Railway from Staines to join the Staines and 
London and South Western Railway near Farn- rity tho 
borough, with a Branch to Chertsey, with Amend- (Staines an 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the Ascot and 
concurrence of this House: And also, a eee 


Branches) Bill. 


The Lords have agreed te the Bill, intituled, An Windsor, 
Act for making a Railway from Richmond to Wind- tamer 
sor, with a Loop Line through Brentford and Sout West- 

; : L y 
Hounslow, with Amendments; to which Amend- (Richmond to 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this Windsor) Bill. 


House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Wexford and 
Act for making a Railway from the Town of Kil- Valencia Rail- 
larney, in the County of Kerry, to the Harbour of inte 4 £ Valen- 
Valencia, in the same County, to be called The cia) Bill. 
Wexford and Valencia Railway, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the con- 


currence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Liverpool Gas 
Act to amend the Weecntons of two several Acts Bill. 
relating to the Liverpool Gas Light Company, and 

to enable the said Company to raise a further Sum 

of Money, with Amendments; to which Amend- 

ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 

House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Kingsnotton, 

Act for rating to the Relief of the Poor, and other go Rates Bill. 
Parochial and Local Rates, the Owners of certain 
Property within the Parishes of Kingsnorton, 
Northfield and Beoley, in the County of Worcester 
Edgbaston, in theCounty of Warwick,and Harborne, 
in the County of Stafford, in lieu of the Occupiers 
thereof, with an Amendment; to which Amendment 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 
And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, imtituled, An Act Masters in 
for the discontinuance of the attendance of the Chancery 
Master in Ordinary of the High Court of Chancery yall 
in the Public Office, and for transferring the 
Business of such Public Office to the Affidavit 
Office in Chancery, to which the Lords desire the 


concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Master in _ 
to abolish one of the Offices of Master in Ordinary Chancery Bill. 
of the High Court of Chancery ; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act sir Henry 
for enabling the Trustees of the Will of George Willoughby 
Charles Rooke, Esquire, deceased, to carry into oe 
effect a Contract for the Purchase of the Life ~ 
Estate and Interest of Hannah Rooke, Widow, in 
the Real and Personal Estates of the said George 
Charles Rooke respectively devised and bequeathed 
by his Will, and for raising Money for that purpose 
and for Payment of the Debts of the said George 
Charles Rooke, and of the Legacies and Arrears of 
Annuities bequeathed by his said Will, and for 
other Purposes incidental thereto; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Ld seme 
for facilitating the Proof of the Will of the ae 
honourable George Obrien, late Earl of Egremont 

4u2 and 


Se ee 


tae prc paren we 











Sir Henry 
Willoughby 
Rooke’s 
Estate Bill, 


Wyndham’s 
Estate Bill. 


Merchant 
Service. 
No, 526. 


Hampton 
Court Palace, 
&amp;e. 


No. 527. 


Convicts 


700 18° Junie. 


and Baron of Cockermouth, in certain Actions in 
Ireland, to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House:—And then the Messengers with- 
drew. 


Sir Henry Willoughby Rooke’s Estate Bill was 
read the first time ; and referred to the Examiners 
of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Wyndham’s Estate Bill was read the first time ; 
and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to the Mer- 
chant Service, which were presented upon the 8th 
day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hampton 


Court Palace, &amp;c., which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


(Cape of Good to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 


Hope.) 


Spirit from 
Sugar. 


Loan Fund 
Board 
(Ireland.) 


Merchandize 
(Amsterdam, 
&amp;c.) 


Education, 


Ucalth of 
‘owns Bil), 


to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of Despatches, and of their In- 
closures, received during the years 1843 and 1844 
from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, re- 
lative to a Plan for improving Discipline among the 
Convicts, and employing them on the Roads of the 
Colony. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this "aa as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of further Report to the Board of Excise on 
the production of Spirit from Sugar and Molasses. 


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,— Ninth 
Annual Report of the Commissioners of the Loan 
Fund Board of Ireland. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty,—A Return, detailing the 
Charges for landing, weighing, warehousing, sam- 
pling and delivering various kinds of Merchandize 
in Amsterdam, Hamburgh, Rotterdam and Antwerp. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Catholic Clergymen and Laymen, 
of Houghton-le-Spring, in the county of Durham, 
and its vicinity, complaining of the exclusion of 
Roman Catholics from their share of the monies 
granted for educational purposes, and praying the 
House to interpose in their behalf, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Commissioners for paving, drain- 
ing, cleansing, lighting and improving the borough 
of King’s Lynn, in the county of Norfolk; 
Stoke (Warwick); . —Ansty; Sowe and Wyken; 
Edgbaston (Chairman) ; and, Foleshill; 
praying that the Health of Towns Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Whittle Dean Water Company, 
praying that the said Bill may not pass into a law, 
as it now stands, and that they may be heard, by 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
said Bill, was also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. R 

Petitions from Stafford ;— Gravesend; — Ret- 
ford ;— London (three Petitions) ;—Kensington ;— 














“Tottenham and Edmonton ;—Egham ; — Mitcham; 


— Derby ;— Lancaster ;-—Devonport ;—Members of 








A. 1847. 


an Association or Society known and called by the 
name of the Society for the Improvement of the 
Condition of the Labouring Classes ;—Members of 
the City of London Literary Institution ;—Members 
of an Association or Society known and called by 
the name of the Southwark _ eer Society ;— 
Members of the Ratcliffe Highway Temperance So- 
ciety ;—Little Portland-street, Saint Mary-le-bone ; 
— Bradford ( York) (Chairman) ;—Liverpool(Chair- 
man) ;—and, Settle (two Petitions); praying that 
the said Bill may pass into a law,—were also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of Landowners, and Inhabitants of the 
parish of Alphington, in the county of Devon, 
praying that that parish may be exempted from the 
operation of the said Bill, was also presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Mewcastle-upon- Tyne gattara. 


and others interested in the welfare and good 
government of the British Indian Empire, stating 
that they are deeply interested in the case of his 
Highness Purtaub Sing, the ex-Raja of Sattara, 
who has been accused of hostility to the British 
Government, forcibly deposed and exiled from his 
dominions upon this charge, and denied, for seven 
years, the means of being heard in his own defence ; 
and praying the House to adopt measures to secure 
to this Prince the opportunity of examining the 
charges which have been brought against him, the 
evidence in support of the same, and of bringing 
forth the proofs of his innocence, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Farmers and Graziers attending Smithfield 
Gloucester market, praying the House not to allow Market. 


the cattle market for the metropolis to be removed 
from its present site in Smithfield, in the city of 
London, and that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against such measure, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Smithfield Market. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of East Stonehouse, in Window Tax; 


the county of Devon, praying for the modification 2nd, Health of 
y 2 praying d Towns Bill. 


or entire abolition of the Duties on Windows, an 
that the Health of Towns Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Friends of Temperance, Inhabitants Breweries and 
of Dover, praying the House to prohibit the use of Distilleries. 


Grain in Breweries and Distilleries, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The ingrossed Bill for the Amendment of the Lunatic 


Laws relating to the Provision and Regulation of 
Lunatic Asylums for Counties and Boroughs in 
England, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Health of 


mittee on the Health of Towns Bill; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair: 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words, 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Que — ; 
e 





Poor Laws 
Administra- 
tion Bill. 


No. 528. 


Corn, &amp;c. Im- 
portation Bill. 


Prisons Bill. 


Custody of 
Offenders Bill. 


Tithes Com- 
mutation Bill. 








10 Vicroriz. 


The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ — Pye end Hill: jin. 


Tellers for the Noes, ee . } 50. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :— The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 19° die Junii, 1847: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Greene reported the Poor Laws Administra- 
tion Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. : 

A Clause (For confirmation of the proceedings of 
Boards of Guardians), was twice read; and made 
part of the Bill. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed; and read the third time upon Mon- 
day next. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Mr. Greene reported the Corn, &amp;c. Importation, 
Bill ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Prisons Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Custody of Offenders Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Tithes Commutation 
Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 

Billread 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 


Ciause, N° 1 (Tithe Commission continued 
until the ). 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
blank in P. 2. 1. 3. be filled with “ First day of 
“* October One thousand eight hundred and Fifty, 
“ and until the end of the then next Session of 
“ Parliament.” 

Afterwards proposed, That the blank be filled 
with “ First day of October One thousand eight 
** hundred and Forty-eight.” 

Question, “ That the blank be filled with “ First 
“ day of October One thousand eight hundred and 
“ Fifty, and until the end of the then next Session 
‘* of Parliament,” put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 2, amended, and agreed to. 

CuiauseE N° 3 agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Vou. 102, 





18°—19° Junzz. 701 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for the Representa- 
Correction of certain Abuses which have frequently tive Peers 
prevailed at the Elections of Representative Peers —— 
for Scotland, was, according to Order, read the ~ 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass, 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The ingrossed Bill for consolidating. in one Act Police Clauses 
certain Provisions usually contained in Acts for Bill. 
regulating the Police of ‘Towns, was, according to 
Order, read the third time; and an Amendment 
was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill for limiting the Time of Ser- Royal Marine 
vice in the Royal Marine Forces, was, according to Service Bill. 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to Canada 
whom it was referred to consider so much of the Consolidated 
Act 3 and 4 Vic., c. 35., to re-unite the Provinces — Fund 
of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Govern-  ~ 
ment of Canada, as relates to the Consolidated 
Revenue Fund of the Province of Canada, a Reso- 
lution ; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize Her 
Majesty in Council to assent to a certain Bill passed 
by the two Houses of Legislature of the Province of 
Canada, for granting a Civil List to Her Majesty, 
and to repeal certain parts of an Act passed in the 
third and fourth years of Her present Majesty, to 
re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, 
and for the Government of Canada. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Greene, Mr. Hawes and 
Lord John Russell do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Joint stock 
into a Committee to consider the Act 7 and 8 Vic., Companies 
ce. 111., for facilitating the Winding-up the Affairs 2.) Bill 
of Joint Stock Companies unable to meet their 
Pecuniary Engagements. 


(In the Committee.) 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend an Act of the eight year of Her Majesty, 
intituled, An Act for facilitating the Winding-up the 
Affairs of Joint Stock Companies unable to meet 
their Pecuniary Engagements. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene accordingly reported a Resolution; 
which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to 
move the House, That leave be given to bring in a 
Bill to amend an Act of the eighth year of Her 
Majesty, intituled, An Act for facilitating the 
Winding-up the Affairs of Joint Stock Companies 
unable to meet their Pecuniary Engagements :— 
And he rooved the House accordingly. 

4u3 Ordered, 














702 18°—19°—21° Junzz. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Greene, Mr. Milner Gibson and Mr. 
Parker do prepare, and bring it in. 


House of Com- 
mons Costs 
Taxa tion Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the House of 
Commons Costs Taxation Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Thursday next. 


Metropolitan © The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Buildings Bill. Reading of the Metropolitan Buildings Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Threatening 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
— &amp;e. 


into a Committee upon the Threatening Letters, &amp;c. 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
orted, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


StockinTrade The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
oo Reading of the Stock in Trade Exemption Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
— The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


maa The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
“LeCTO 


(No. 2.) Bil. Reading of the Parliamentary Electors (No. 2.) 
ill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Ecclesiastical The House was moved, That the Order made 
Commission. ypon Tuesday last, That a Select Committee be 
appointed to inquire into the Composition and 
Management of the English Ecclesiastical Commis- 
sion, might be read; and the same being read ; 
A Committee was nominated of Mr. Evelyn 
Denison, Sir George Grey, Sir James Graham, The 
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Goulburn, Lord 
Seymour, Mr. Nicholl, Mr. Baring, Mr. Acland, 
Mr. Vernon Smith, the Earl of March, Mr. Aglionby, 
and Sir John Yarde Buller; with power to send for 
persons, papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 
Constabulary 
Force. Majesty an humble Address, that She would be gra- 
ciously pleased to give directions that there be 
iaid before this House, an Abstract of Returns, show- 
ing the Number of the Constabulary Force in each 
County, or Division of a County, in England and 
Wales, under the Act 2 and 3 Vic., c. 93., distin- 
guishing each Class or Denomination; together 
with an Account, in detail, of the several items of 
Expenditure for the year 1846 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 714, of Sessiun 1846), 
was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the Lincoln’s Inn Rating Bill be 
read the third time upon Monday next. 


Guildford Ordered, That the Guildford Extension and 
Extensionand Portsmouth and Fareham Railway Bill be read the 
Portsmouth tind tiene M 1 " 

and Fareham ird time upon Monday next, 

Railway Bill. 


Private Bills. 


Lincoln’s-Inn 
Rating Bill. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee on PrwWate Bills be 
laid before this House. 


Adjournment. Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 


the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 





A, 1847. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Captain Captain 
Leners. 
ters. 


Wynne’s Letters have leave to sit, this day, not- 
witbetanding the adjournment of the House. 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Public Works 
mand,—A Return, showing the average daily Num- vo 
0. 530. 


ber of Persons employed on Relief Works in Jre- 
land, during the week ending the 12th of June 
1847 ; also the Cost, distinguishing the Amount 
paid in Wages, and the Cost of the Establishment, 
so far as can be made out from the Estimates and 
Pay Lists already received. 


Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to Orders, Spirit from 


—Copy of further Report to the Board of Excise 5¥s@- 


on the production of Spirit from Sugar and Mo- 
lasses (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
426, of the present Session). 


Further Return to an Order dated the 4th day of Imports, 


May last, for a tabular Account of the Quantities of — and 


each of the principal Articles of Foreign and Colonial 
Merchandise imported into the United Kingdom in 
each month, from the 1st day of May 1846 to the 
30th day of April 1847:—Of the Declared Value 
of the Exports of British and Irish Produce and 
Manufactures exported in each of the said months: 
—And, of the actual Amount of Bullion in the Bank 
of England at the end of each of the said months. 


Return to an Order dated the 20th day of May Fire Insur- 
last, for Accounts of all Sums paid into the Stamp ances. 


Office in Great Britain and Ireland, on Insurances 
from Fire, for the quarters ending severally the 25th 
day of March, the 24th day of June, the 29th day 
of September, and the 25th day of December 1846, 
distinguishing the Amount of Allowance made to 
each Office for collecting the same in the Country, 
London, Edinburgh and Dublin respectively, with 
the Dates of such Payments :-—And, of the Sums in- 
sured by each Office on Farming Stock exempt from 
Duty, for the quarters ending severally the 25th day 
of March, the 24th day of June, the 29th day of 
September, and the 25th day of December 1846, 
distinguishing the Amount of each Office in the 
Country, London, Edinburgh and Dublin, respec- 
tively (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
222, of Session 1846). 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Papers relative to Public Works 
(Ireland) ; and, Spirit from Sugar, be printed. 


And then the House having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before One of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 








The Order made yesterday, for presenting to Her 











Lune, 21° die Junii ; 
Anno 11° Victorie Regine, 1847. 
PRAYERS. 


N H | R. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of the fast India. 


East India Company, was called in; and at 
the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of se- 
veral Acts of Parliament,—Accounts respecting the 
Annual Territorial Revenues and Disbursements of 
the East India Company for Three years, 1842-43, 
1843-44, 1844-45, according to the latest Advices, 
with a Statement of the same for the succeeding 
year, partly estimated. 


1. An Account of the Receipts and Disbursements East India. 


of the Home Treasury of the East India Company, 
from the 1st May 1846 to 30th April 1847 :— 2. Esti- 
mate of the Receipts and Disbursements of the Home 
Treasury of the Kast India Company, from 1st May 
1847 to 30th April 1848:—3. An Account of the 





Debts and Credits in England of the Government 
of India on 1st May 1847 :—4. A List of the several 
Establishments of the East India Company in Eng- 
land, and the Salaries and Allowances payable by 
the Court of Directors in respect thereof, on ”. - 

slay 


No. 529, 








11 Vicroriz. 


May 1847:—5. An Account of new or increased | 
Salaries, Establishments or Pensions payable in 
Great Britain, granted or created between 1st May | 
1846 and 1st May 1847 :—6. Allowances, Compen- | 
sations, Remunerations and Superanuations granted 
to Officers and Servants of the East India Company | 
under the 93d Section of the Act 53 Geo. 3, c. 155, 
between 1st May 1846 and ist May 1847 :—7, 8 
and 9. Compensations granted between the 1st May | 
1846 and 1st May 1847, under the Act 3 and 
4 Will, 4, c. 85, s. 7:—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Eastern Union 
Railway 
(Branch from 
Manningtree 
to Harwich) 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Eastern Union Railway (Branch 
from Manningtree to Harwich) Bill be read the third 
time To-morrow. 


Taw Vale 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill to 
Railway and 


enable the Taw Vale Railway and Dock Company 

Dock (Devia- ° a 

tions, and _—«to lease their Undertaking to the London and South 

Bideford and Western Railway Company, be now read the third 

South eee time ; 

Branches) Bill. “Mr. Strutt, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 
An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 


21° Juniz. 





calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the Bill, 
by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bills not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Grimsditch do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Tyne Docks 


ES An ingrossed Bill for making Docks at Jarrow 
iu, 


Slake, in the River Tyne, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Hudson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


York and An ingrossed Bill to authorize the Consolidation 
sea ga into one Undertaking of the York and Newcastle and 
Berwick Rail. the ewcastle and Berwick Railways, was read the 


ways Amalga- third time. 


mation Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Hudson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Newbury The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Cemetery Bill. the Report on the Newbury Cemetery Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Chester and 


Mr. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending Com- 
Holyhead 


mittees of this House, presented, pursuant to Orders, 
Railway (Ex- Mi * ! 
tension at Ho- —-Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Com- 
lyhead) Bill. mittee on the Chester and Holyhead Railway (Ex- 
No,531. tension at Holyhead) Bill. 


Private Bills. | Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee on Private Bills. 
Ordered, That the said Minutes do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the first be printed. 
Tunstall Pave Ordered, That the Report on the Tunstall Paving, 
oF Lighting, Lighting, Cleansing, Watching, Improvement and 
eansing, 


atching. Market Bill be taken into consideration upon Wed- 


Improvement nesday next. 
and Market 
Bill. 


Vou. 102 








703 


The ingrossed Bill for enabling the London and Guildford Ex- 
South Western Railway Company to make Exten- tension and 
sions of the Guildford Extension and Portsmouth eat ol 
and Fareham Railway, near Portsmouth, and a Devi- Railway Bill. 
ation in the authorized Line thereof, near Godal- 
ming, was, according to Order, read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bills not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 

_ thrice read ; and added to the Bil by way of 

ider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to confirm an Agreement be- Lincoln’s-Inn 
tween the Treasurer and Masters of the Bench of the Rating Bill. 
Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, in the County 
of Middleser, and the Joint Vestry of the Joint 
Parishes of Sainé Giles-in-the-Fields and Saint 
George Bloomsbury, in the same County, and the 
Rector and Vestry of the separate Parish of Saint 
Giles-in-the-Fields, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to extend Townshend 

the Relief given by An Act of the sixth and seventh Peerage Bill. 
years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, 
An Act to declare that certain Persons therein men- 
tioned are not Children of the Most honourable 
George Ferrars Marquis Townshend, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Pet tions for Pri- Wyndham’s 
vate Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, To-morrow, Fstate Bill. 
on Wyndham’s Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- Sir Henry 
vate Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, To-morrow, jViloughby 
on Sir Henry Willoughby Rooke’s Estate Bill. Estate Bill. 

Mr. Greene reported the Liverpool Fire and Life Liverpool Fire 
Insurance Company Bill, with Amendments. peti ll 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. pany Bill, 

Mr. Gisborne reported the Kingston-upon-Hull Kingston- 
Docks Bill, with Amendments. eg | 

Ordered. That the Report do lie upon the Table. ~°* 


An ingrossed Bill to amend an Act for improving Colchester 
the Navigation from the Hythe, at Colchester, to rir te 
Wivenhoe, in the County of Essex, and for better ——— 
paving, lighting and improving the Town of Col- 
chester ; and for making a new Channel and deepen- 
ing the River Colne from Wivenhoe to Ram’s Hard, 
leading towards the Sea, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Mackinnon do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Huggens’ College Incorporation Bill was read a Huggens’’ 
second time ; and committed. College —_ . 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- a 
mittee of Selection. 


An ingrossed Bill to incorporate the Edinburgh, Edinburgh 
Leith and Gran‘ton Railway Company with the and Northern, 
Edinburgh and Northern Railway Company, was jurgh, Leith 
read the third time. ohare 

i allways 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass, poet 

4u4 Ordered, tion Bill. 

















































































Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Edinburgh The House proceeded to take into consideration 
a the Report on the Edinburgh and Northern Railway 
(Branch from (Branch from Burntisland to Dunfermline Branch, 
Burntisland to &amp;c.) (No. 2.) Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
Dunfermline and agreed to. 
(No. 3.3 4 A Clause (Interest not to be paid’ on calls paid 
up), was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 
Another Clause (Deposits for future Bills not to 
be paid out of the Company’s capital), was twice 
read ; and made part of the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed, 


Eastern Coun- An ingrossed Bill to authorize the Purchase by 

erty the Eastern Counties Railway Company of the 

the North North Woolwich Railway, and the Lease of the 

Woolwich | Pepper Warehouses and Wharfs of the East and 

we » &amp;¢-) West India Dock Company, and the Construction 
of Docks in connection with the North Woolwich 
Railway, was read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bills not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Powers of sale not to 
be exercised without certificate of Commissioners 
of Railways), was thrice read ; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to authorize the Purchase by the 
Eastern Counties Railway Company of the North 
Woolwich Railway, and the Lease of the Pepper 
Warehouses and Wharfs of the East and West India 
Dock Company. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Edinburgh, An ingrossed Bill to enable the Edinburgh, 
et ane ail. Leith and Granton Railway Company to make a 
way (Leith Branch Railway from Bonnington to Trinity Villa, 
and Granton to acquire certain pieces of Land, and to shut up 
Junction) Bill. ond use certain Roads or Streets for the purposes 
of the said Railway, was read the third time; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Rathmines An ingrossed Bill for better paving, cleansing, 
Improvement draini scene Latta Wohal “ S ; h 
Bill. raining, regulating, lighting and improving the 


District of Rathmines, Mount Pleasant, Ranelagh, 
Cullenswood, Milltown, Rathgar and Haroldscross, 
and such other Portions of the Parish of Saint Peter, 
within the Barony of Uppercross, in the County of 
Dublin, and for otherwise promoting the Health and 
Convenience of the Inhabitants, was read the third 
time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Incorporation of Gas 
Clauses Act), was thrice read; and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hamilton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Legal Quays _— An ingrossed Bill for making perpetual the Pro- 
(London) Bill. visions of an Act passed in the last Session of Par- 
liament, intituled, an Act for the Regulation of the 
Legal Quays within the Port of London, was read 
the third time. ’ 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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A. 1847. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction the Select Standing 


Committee on Standing Orders Revision, in carry- 
ing out the Instruction of the House relative to the 
constitution and practice of all Committees on 
Private Bills (other than Railway Bills), to make 
provision for local representation in such Com- 
mittees. 


Ordered, That the ingrossed Bill for better sup- Leicester 
plying with Water the Inhabitants of the Borough — 


of Leicester, and certain Parishes and Places adja- 
cent thereto, in the County of Leicester, be now 
read the third time :—The Bill was accordingly read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Gisborne do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Greene reported the Bathwick Church Bill, 
with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Tithe _ 
Command,—Copy of Report of the Tithe Commis- Commission. 


sioners for England and Wales, to Her Majesty’s 
Principal Secretary of State for the Home Depart- 
ment, pursuant to the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 71, 
1847, 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to an Pauper 
Address to Her Majesty,—A Return of the Num- Lunatics. 


ber of Pauper Lunatics and Idiots chargeable to 
Parishes and Townships in each of the Unions in 
England and Wales; and also to Parishes and 
Townships not comprised in Unions, on the 1st day 
of January 1847; distinguishing those maintained 
in County Lunatic Asylums and Hospitals, Licensed 
Houses, Workhouses and elsewhere. 


Sir William Somerville also presented,—Return Belfast 


to an Order, dated the 11th day of May last, 
for Returns of the Properties purchased under the 
several Acts of the Belfast Municipal Corporation, 
or some of them, with the Names of the Parties, 
the Tenures, the Particulars of the Properties 
taken, whether by Jury Inquest, Arbitration or 
PrivatePurchase, the Dates thereof respectively, and 
the Amounts of the Purchase.Monies to be paid :— 
Of the Number of Titles which have been deduced, 
and Amount of Purchase Monies paid, and the Cases 
in which Possession has been obtained :—Of the 


| Dates and full Particulars of the several Inquests 
| which have been held, with the Amounts claimed, 


tendered and awarded in each Case :—And, of the 
Amount of Money which has been borrowed or 
taken up at Interest, Rent-charge, Annuity or 
otherwise ; distinguishing each, with the Rate of 
Interest and Amount of Rent-charge or Annuity: 
—Showing how the Money so borrowed or taken 
up has been disposed of, lodged or re-invested, and 
at what Rate of Interest :—Returns of the Amount 
of Monies disbursed, and the Parties to whom paid, 
and on what Account :—And, of the Amount of 
Sinking Fund which has accumulated under the 
46th Section of the first Act:—A Statement of the 
Improvements which have been actually prosecuted 
or entered upon under their Act, and the progress and 
present state of each respectively :--Returns of the 
Amount of Law Costs incurred, specifying each 
Head, and the Parties to whom such Costs have 
been paid, or are still due:—Of the Income and 
Expenditure of the Town Council under their several 
Acts; distinguishing each head :—Of the Officers 
and Clerks in the Employment of the Town Coun- 
cil, with the Salary or Perquisites of each, from the 
time of his Appomtment under the Act :—Of the 
Number of Orders given for Repair by Proclama- 
tion or Notice, the time for which has elapsed, and 
how many have be en carried ut, and how many not 
carried 














11 Vicroriz. 


carried out, with the Names of the Parties respec- 
tively :—Of the Names of their Solicitor and Town 
Clerk ; stating the Salary and Allowances of the | 
latter, and the Law Costs paid, or remaining due 
to the former, up to the latest Date, inclusive, with 
the Dates of Appointment of the Solicitor and 
Town Clerk respectively ; and also whether Ap- 
pointments made by Public competition, or in what 
manner, with the Name of the former Town Clerk, 
and the Names of all Competitors for either situa- 
tion, if any :—And, of the Names of all the Mem- 
bers of the Town Council since the Municipal Act 
came into operation, and the Number of the 
Mouthly and extra Meetings of the Town Council, 
and the Names of such as have attended the said 
Meetings, with the Number of such Attendances of 
each individual respectively. 

Returns of the Persons confined for Debt in each 
Gaol in Ireland, in each of the years ending the 1st 
day of May 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846 and 1847, 
under Orders from the Quarter Sessions, and from 
the superior Courts of Law; classifying them so 
as to show, ist, the Number of Persons detained 
for Debts not amounting to 10s.; 2d, amounting 
to 10s. and not exceeding 20s.; 3d, amounting to 
20s. and not exceeding 40s.; 4th, amounting to 
40s. and not exceeding £.5; 5th, amounting to £.5 
and not exceeding £.10; 6th, amounting to £.10 
and not exceeding £.20; 7th, exceeding £.20; 
with the whole Number of Persons in Custody on 
the 1st day of May in each of the same years :— 
Showing also the Number of Persons confined for 
such Debts,—1st, for less than eight days ; 2d, for 
Seven days and less than One month; 3d, for One 
month and less than Two months; 4th, for Two 
months and less than Three months ; 5th, for Three 
months and upwards :— And, similar Returns of 
Persons confined by Order of Courts of Conscience 
in each of the same years; with Totals of all. 

Sir William Somerville also presented, pursuant 
to the directions of an Act of Parliament,—a Return 
from the Marshal of the City of Dublin, relating to 
the Trade of Pawnbroking in Ireland, for the year 
ending 3ist December 1847. 

Ordered, That the said Returns 
Table. 





Debtors 
(Ireland. ) 


Pawnbrokers 
(Ireland.) 


do lie upon the | 


Blandford and 
Bruton 
Railway Bill. 


A Petition of Thomas Lyddon Surrage, of No. 2, 
York-buildings, Clifton, in the county of Gloucester, | 
Esquire, praying that he may be permitted to with- | 
draw his Petition against the Blandford and Bru- 
ton Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to withdraw the Pe- 
tition accordingly. 


A Petition of Samuel White White, of Godalm- 
ing, in the county of Surrey, Esquire, praying that 
he may be permitted to withdraw his Petition 
against the Southampton and Dorchester Railway 
(Blandford Branch) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, {hat leave be given to withdraw the 
the Petition accordingly. 


Southampton 
and Dorches- 
ter Railway 
(Blandford 
Branch) Bill, 


Agricultural 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land, in 
oe Right 
ill, 


the county of Northumberland, praying that the 
Agricultural Tenant Right Bill may pass into a 
law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Breweries and 


rew A Petition unanimously adopted at a large Meet- 
Distilleries, } s 


ing, composed chiefly of the Labouring Classes, con- 
vened for the special purpose, in the large room, 
Exeter Hall, London, praying the House to pass a 
law forbidding the further destruction of any portion 
of wholesome and nourishing grain by the pro- 
cesses of Brewing and Distilling, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Chemists and 
Druggists, 


Petitions from Ledbury ;—London, and its vi- 


21° Junie. 


795 


Stourbridge ; — Harleston ; — Greenwich ; —Pen- 
zance;—Leamington ;— Richmond, Surrey ;—Peter- 
borough ; — Mold; — Rochester ; — Worcester ; — 
Bradford and Trowbridge;— Holywell; —Holt ;— 
Bury Saint Edmund’s; —Dunstable ; —Colchester ; 
— Cheshunt ;— Bristol ;— York ; — Biggleswade ;— 
Collumpton ; — Dover-street, Albemarle-street, and 
their vicinity ; — Atherstone ; — Tiverton ; — and, 
Birkenhead; praying the House to pass a Bill for 
regulating the qualifications of Chemists and Drug- 
gists in England and Wales,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy, Gentry, Landowners, Tenant Distress 
Farmers and Inhabitants of the county of Cork, (Meland.) 
praying the House to apply, without delay, the pow- 
ers which the constitution invests them with, towards 
alleviating the present Distress in Jreland, and re- 
moving the causes of permanent depression which 
keep that country from advancing in civilization, 
order and social enjoyment, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Worth Shields ;— Hazelwood ;— Qaucation. 
Hackney ; —and, Grantham; complaining of the 
exclusion of Roman Catholics from their share of 
the monies granted for educational purposes ; and 
praying the House to interpose in their behalf,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Salford ;—and, Manchester ; pray- Fustian 
ing the House to pass a law prohibiting any person Cutting. 
from being employed in the trade of Fustian Cutting, 
under the age of thirteen years, with such other 
regulations for the government of the trade, and the 
persons employed therein, as to the House may seem 
| most proper,—were presented, and read; and or- 
| dered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from London ;—Llanelly Chamber of Health of 
Commerce (Honorary Secretary) ;—and, Glasgow ; Towns Bill. 


praying that the Health of Towns Bill may pass 


into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Llanzdloes ;— Arundel ;— William yiedical Regis- 


| Monro ;-—and, William M‘Hugh ; praying that the tration and 


: . ; : Medical Law 
Medical Registration and Medical Law Amendment y rie cat 


Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; pin. 
and referred to the Select Committee on Medical 
Registration, &amp;c. 

A Petition of Medical Practitioners of Guildford, 
in the county of Surrey, praying that the said Bill 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was also 
presented, and read ; and referred to the said Select 
Comunittee. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Convener of Marriage 
a Meeting of Commissioners of Supply of the county (Scotland) 
of Cromarty, praying that the Marriage (Scotland) ”"* 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Savage, of No. 21, Old Comp- pots at 
ton-street, Soho, in the county of Middlesex, pray- Elections. 
ing the House to enact that one and the same day 
shall be set apart for the nomination of all candi- 
dates for a seat in the House, and one other and the 
same day for the Election of Members of Parlia- 
ment for the whole of the cities and boroughs of 
the United Kingdom, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Derby and ne 
bourhood, praying that the Railways (No. 2.) 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


igh- Railways 
Bill (No, 2.) Dill. 








cinity (fifteen Petitions) ; — Ruthin ;—Staines ;— 
VoL. 102. 


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Petitions from Liverpool ;—— Huddersfield ; 
4x and 


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Railways 
(Ireland) 
(No. 2.) Bill, 


Registering 
Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Receipt 
Stamps. 


Relief to 
Ireland, 


Seduction and 
Prostitution 
oo 
Bill. 


Spirits, 


Loan Fund 
Board 
(ireland.) 


No. 532. 
Fire 
Insurances. 

No. 533. 


Goddard’s 
Estate Bill. 


Royal Assent 
to Bills. 


706 


and, Ulster Railway Company; praying that the 
said Bill may not pass into a law,—were also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Cork (seven Petitions) ;—Portar- 
lington (two Petitions) ;—Mountmellick (two Peti- 
tions); —Maryborough (two Petitions) ;—Mill-street, 
(Cork) ;— Fermoy (three Petitions) ; — Buttevant 
(two Petitions) ;— Tullamore (two Petitions) ;— Mal- 
low ;—Kilmallock Union (Chairman) ;—Union of 
Mallow (two Petitions) ;—Parsonstown (two Peti- 
tions) ; —Clonmel (three Petitions) ;—Thurles and 
Rathilty ;— Nenagh (two Petitions) ;— Cashel (three 
Petitions) ;—Charleville (two Petitions) ;— Temple- 
more (two Petitions) ;—and, Thurles (two Petitions) ; 
praying that the Railways (Jreland) (No. 2.) Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
wes | ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Convener of a 
Meeting of Commissioners of Supply for the county 
of Cromarty, praying that the Registering Births, 
&amp;c. (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Merchants and Tradesmen of the 
borough of Huddersfield, praying that the law rela- 
tive to the duty on Stamps for the receipt of money 
may be revised and corrected, or otherwise abo- 
lished, and that receipts for all monied payments 
of whatever amount may be given on unstamped 
paper, as is done by various governments in Europe 
and elsewhere, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of the Vice Chairman and Secretary 
of the East India Association of Glasgow, praying 


the House not to appropriate the current revenue | 


of the country to the relief necessary to Ireland, 
but to raise the requisite funds by terminable an- 
nuities, and thereby Jeave the annual surplus re- 


venue free to be dealt with in reducing such imposts | 


as the Petitioners conceive are manifestly injurious 
to the trade of the country, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the ~— and Corporation, the 
Dean and Chapter, the Warden and Fellows and 


other Inhabitant Householders of the city and bo- | 


rough of Winchester, praying that the Seduction and 
Prostitution Suppression Bill may pass into a law, 


was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Distillers in Cork, praying the 
House to pass a Bill for the assimilation of the 
bonding of British Spirits with the system now in 
force for the bonding of foreign and colonial Spirits, 


was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Loan 
Fund Board (Jreland), which was presented, upon 
Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Fire In- 
surances, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills; That in the case of Goddard’s Es- 
tate Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


A Message, by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman 
Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to 


21° Juniz. 





A. 1847. 


several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission 
read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and — the Royal 
Assent to the several Public and one Private Bill 
therein mentioned; and that the Lords, thereby 
authorized, had declared the Royal Assent to the 
said Bills: Which Bills are as follow: 





An Act for limiting the Time of Service in the Army Service 
Army : Bill. 

An Act for allowing the Subscriptions to the Loan Loan Discount 
of Eight Millions, raised in the year One thousand Bil. 
eight hundred and Forty-seven, to be paid up under 
Discuunt : 

An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Re- Poor Removal 
moval of Poor Persons from England and Scot- @ngland and 
lend otland) Bill. 

An Act for consolidating in one Act certain Pro- Towns In- 
visions usually contained in Acts for paving, drain- Siauses Bill 
ing, cleansing, lighting and improving Towns : 

An Act to facilitate the Drainage of Lands in Drainage of 
England and Wales: Lands Bill. 

An Act to amend an Act to enable Burghs in Burgh Police 
| Scotland to establish a general system of Police, {Scotland) 
‘and another Act for providing for the Appointment“ 
-and Election of Magistrates and Councillors for 

certain Burghs and Towns in Scotland : 
An Act to continue until the Thirty-first day of Lunatic 
July One thousand eight hundred and Forty-eight, 4syiums 
‘and to the end of the then next Session of Parlia- pane 
ment, an Act of the Fifth and Sixth years of Her 
present Majesty, for amending the Law relative to 
Private Lunatic Asylums in Ireland: 

An Act to continue until the Thirty-first day of Turnpike- 
July One thousand eight hundred and Forty-eight, al a) Bil, 
and to the end of the then Session of Parliament, 
certain Acts for regulating Turnpike-roads in Jre- 
land: 

An Act for the Amendment of the Port and Har- Belfast Port 
bour Acts of Belfast, for making further Improve- and Harbour 
ments and New Works there, and for the Amend- 
ment of the Belfast and Cavehill Railway and 
Belfast Town Improvement Acts : 

An Act to authorize the Purchase by the Aber- Aberdeen 
deen Railway Company of a Piece of Ground at the H@tbour . 
upper part of The Inches, and upper part of the 
Harbour of Aberdeen, now vested in the Aberdeen 
Harbour Commissioners, and to enable such Com- 
missioners to make certain Alterations and New 
Works connected with such Works : 

An Act for better lighting with Gas the Town of Runcorn Gas 
Runcorn, otherwise called Higher Runcorn and Bl. 
Lower Runcorn, and also certain Townships and 
Hamlets in the Vicinity : 

An Act for lighting with Gas the Town and Neigh- Bingley Gas 
bourhood of Bingley, in the West Riding of the Bi 
County of York: 

An Act for rendering more efficient the Dublin Dublin 


Consumers Gas Company : a 


| An Act for extending the Powers of the Imperial Imperial Con- 
| Continental Gas Association: 








tinental Gas 
Association 
Bill. 

An Act to amend and extend the Provisions of Soe 
an Act passed in the Third year of the reign of ante 7 
King George the Fourth, intituled, An Act for in- 
| corporating the Warrington Gas Light Company: 
| An Act for incorporating the Commercial Gas oa 


° ~ ight and 
_ Light and Coke Company : ro oe gg 


pany Bill. 
An Act for better supplying with Water the Town Darwen Wa- 
and Neighbourhood of Over Darwen, in the County — - 
; be eservolrs 
| of Lancaster, and for affording a more regular and iy), 


constant 


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Sheffield 
Markets Bill. 


Edinburgh 
Markets and 
Customs Bill. 


Wakefield 
Market Bill. 


Ewell Rates 
Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Sewage 
Manure Bill, 


Bridge House 
Estates Bill. 


London Sew- 
age Chemical 
Manure Bill. 


Plymouth and 


Tavistock 


Bill 


Waterford 
Road Bill. 


Glasgow and 
Shotts Road 
Bill. 


Terrington 
Marsh Divi- 
sion, Allot -* 
ment and In- 
closure Bill. 


Exchequer 
Bills. 


Wheat, &amp;c. 


Cattle, &amp;e. 


British 
Fisheries, 


Road (No. 2.) 


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constant Supply of Water to the Millowners and 
others on the River Darwen : 

An Act for removing the Market between King- 
street and Castle-street, in the Town of Sheffield, 
and for providing a new Market-place in lieu thereof, 
and for regulating and maintaining the Markets and 
Fairs of the said Town: 

An Act to enlarge and improve the Meal, Corn 
and Grain Markets of the City of Edinburgh, and 
for other Purposes in relation thereto : 


An Act for establishing a Market and Market- 
place in the Town and Borough of Wakefield: 


An Act for better and more effectually ascertain- 
ing, assessing, collecting and levying the Poor Rate 
and all other Rates and Assessments in the Parish 
of Ewell, in the County of Surrey, and for the better 
Management of the Business and Affairs of the said 
Parish, and for other Purposes relating thereto : 

An Act for enabling the Metropolitan Sewage 
Manure Company to alter the Line of their Works, 
and for other Purposes : 


An Act to enable the Mayor and Commonalty 
and Citizens of the City of London to raise a Sum 
of Money for paying off the Monies now charged 
on the Bridge House Estates by authority of Par- 
liament, and to raise further Monies upon the credit 
of the said Estates, and of their own Estates and 
Revenues, for effecting Public Works and Improve- 
ments in and near the said City : 

An Act to incorporate a Company by the name 
of the London Sewage Chemical Manure Company : 


An Act for repealing the Acts relating to the 
Roads leading from the Lower Market-house in 
Tavistock, to Old Town Gate, in the Borough of 
Plymouth, and from Manadon Gate to the Old 
Pound, near Devonport, in the County of Devon, 
and making other Provisions in lieu thereof: 


An Act to repeal the Waterford Road Act: 


An Act for the better Maintenance, Improvement 
and Repair of the Glasgow and Shotts Turnpike- 
roads : 

An Act for dividing, allotting and inclosing cer- 
tain Open Marshes and Waste Lands in the Town- 
ship of Terrington, in the County of Norfolk. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Orders,—A 
Return of the Number and Amount of Public Bills 
that have been issued, under the head of “ Exche- 

uer Bills,” under the authority of Her Majesty’s 
Cannsieitier- tigated, since the date of the last Re- 
turn, the 19th day of February 1845 ; distinguishing 
the Amount of each particular Issue, the Place ana 
Period, and by whom each Issue was signed ; stating 
the Number of Days during which the Comptroller- 
General was in attendance in the discharge of his 
official duties, and if absent, at what Periods; and 
during such absence, under what particular autho- 
rity, power and signature each Issue was then 
made (the Return made up to the present period, 
and in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
166, of Session 1845). 

An Account of the Quantities of Wheat, Barley, 
Oats, Wheat Flour and Oatmeal,imported into Great 
Britain from Ireland, from the 5th day of January 
to the 5th day of April 1847 (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 132, of the present Session). 

Return to an Order, dated the 16th day of this 
instant June, for an Account of all Cattle, Sheep 
and Swine imported into Great Britain from Ire- 
land, from the 5th day of January to the 5th day of 
April 1847 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 133, of the present Session). 

Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of Report 
by the Commissioners for the British Fisheries of 
their Proceedings for the year ended 5th January 
1847, being Fishing 1846. 

VoL, 102. 


21° Junie. 





707 


— Annual Report on the Improvements of Shannon 
the Navigation of the River Shannon, with an Ap- N@vigation. 
pendix. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Poor Laws 
Reading of the Poor Laws Administration Bill;  #amiustra- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham Message from 
and Mr. Duckworth : the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Burgh Police 
Act to amend an Act to enable Burghs in Scotlund rd 
to establish a general System of Police, and another 
Act for providing for the Appointment and Election 
of Magistrates and Councillors for certain Burghs 
and Towns of Scotland, without any Amendment: 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Dundalk and 
Act to alter and amend several of the Powers and eg A 
Provisions of the Act relating to the Dundalk and —— 
Enniskillen Railway, with an Amendment; to which 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Norfolk Rail- 
Act to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to 7°,Cram 
make a Railway from the Lowestoft Railway, near the Lowestoft 
Reedham, to join the Norwich Extension of the Ips- Railway, near 
wichand Bury Saint Edmund's Railway, near Diss, Beecham, with 
with a Branch therefrom to Halesworth, with Halesworth) 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords Bill. 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Bowes’ Estate 
for authorizing the Sale and Exchange of certain Bill 
Lands, Collieries, Hereditaments and Mining Stock, 
forming part of the Estate of John Bowes, late Earl 
of Strathmore, and for enabling the Trustees to 
shift the Charges affecting the inheritance of the 
same Lands and Hereditaments, and for other Pur- 
poses, to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords communicate a Copy of the Second Criminal Law, 
Report from the Select Committee appointed by 
their Lordships to inquire into the execution of the 
Criminal Law, especially respecting Juvenile Offen- 
ders and Transportation ; together with the Minutes 
of the Evidence :—And then the Messengers with- 
drew. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Criminal Criminal Law, 
Law, which was communicated from the Lords this No. 534. 
day, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Railways _ 
Reading of the Railways (No. 2.) Bill; (No, 2.) Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The ingrossed Bill to suspend, for a Time to be Corn, &amp;c. Im- 
limited, the Duties on the Importation of Corn, Portation Bill. 
Maize, Rice, Grain, Meal, Flour, Biscuit and cer- 
tain other similar Articles, was, according to Order, 
read the third time ; and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to suspend, until the First day of 
March One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
eight, the Duties on the Importation of Corn, Maize, 

Rice, Grain, Meal, Flour, Biscuit, and certain other 
similar Articles. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Parliamentary 
i of the Parliamentary Electors (No. 2.) (No, 2.) a 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 
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Print Works © The Print Works Bill was, according to Order, 

Bill read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for To-morrow. 

Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Means. mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Prisons Bill. © The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Prisons Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Custody of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Offenders Bill. mittee on the Custody of Offenders Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Tithes Com- Mr. Greene reported the Tithes Commutation 
mutation Bill. Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Thursday 
next. 


Threatening Mr. Greene reported the Threatening Letters, &amp;c., 
a &amp;c. Bill; and the Amendments were read, as follow : 
; Pr. 1.1. 9. After “ therewith ” insert “ and ofan 
“ Act passed in the ninth year of the reign of King 
“ George the Fourth, intituled, An Act for conso- 
“ lidating and amending the Laws in Jreland, rela- 
“ tive to larceny and other offences connected there- 
“ with.” 
Pr. 1, 1. 32. After “death ” insert “ or.” 
Pr, 1. 1s, 32. and 33, Leave out “or pillory.” 
Pr. 2. 1.18. After “ produce” insert “or shall 
knowingly procure, counsel, aid or abet the com- 
mission of the said offences, or either of them.” 
Pr. 2. 1. 36. Leave out “ any other” and insert 
either the,” and after “ person” insert “to whom 
such accusation or threat shall be made, or any 
“ other person.” 
Pr. 3. 1. 11. Leave out from “ for ” to “life ” in 
1. 12. 
Pr. 3. 1.17. After “ years” add “and if a male 
“ to be once, twice or thrice publicly or privately 
whipped (if the Court shall so think fit) in addi- 
“* tion to such imprisonment,” and add Clause (A.) 
Crause (A.) “ And in order to prevent justice 
from being defeated by clerical or verbal inaccu- 
racies ; Be it Enacted, That in all informations or 
indictments for sending, delivering or uttering any 
letter or writing, the sending, delivering or utter- 
ing of which is made an offence by either of the 
before-recited Acts, or by this Act, it shall not be 
necessary to set forth any copy or fac-simile 
thereof, any law or custom to the contrary not- 
‘ withstanding.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


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Navigation The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
(No. 2.) Bil. Reading of the Navigation (No. 2.) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Friday next. 


Railways The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
ye 3) Bill Reading of the Railways (Ireland) (No. 2.) Bill; 


upon Monday next. 


21° Juni. 
The Fishery Piers and Harbours (Jreland) Bill Fishery Piers 


and Harbours 
(Ireland) Bill. 





A. 1847. 


was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Thursday next. 


Reading of the Shannon Navigation Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon 
Thursday next. 


read a second time; and committed toa Committee 
of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


Law Amendment Bill; 


Ordered,That the Bill be withdrawn. 


mittee on the Herring Fishery (Scotland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Reading of the Savings Banks Annuities Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


the Amendments made b 


Lands and other Heritages in Scotland, not held in 
Burgage Tenure ; and the same were read, as fol- 
ow: 

Pr. 13. 1. 12. Leave out “ instruments ” and in- 
sert “ instrument.” 

Pr. 18. ]. 7. After “in ” insert “ the terms, or as 
** nearly as may be in the.” 

Pr. 19.1. ult. Leave out “immediate ’ 
sert “ mediate.” 
Pr. 20. 1. 9. After “ over-superior” insert “ and 
“ shall.” 

Pr. 20. 1. 31. Leave out from “ retention” to 
“ as” in 1. $2. 

Pr. 24. ]. 20. Leave out “or” and insert “ of 
“ such heir apparent, or upon the.” 

Pr. 25.1, 2. Leave out “ but” and insert “ and.” 

Pr. 25. 1. 3. After “to” insert “ no more than.” 

Pr. 25.1. 4. Leave out “ same.” 

Pr. 26. 1. 5. In Clause (A.), added, by way of 
Rider, to the Bill: 

Pr. 2. 1. penult. Leave out “ Petitioners ” 
and insert “ Petitioner.” 

Pr. 31.1]. 1. Leave out from “cases” to “it” 
in 1. 8. 

Pr. 32. 1. 22. Leave out from “title” to “ by ” 
in |, 23. 

Pr, 32. 1. 24, Leave out “a.” 

Pr. 32, 1. 28. After “or” insert “ where the per- 
‘ son adjudged from is entered with his superior, or 
* in a situation to charge such superior under the 
powers herein contained to grant entry by con- 
“ firmation.” 

Pr. 34. 1. 36. Leave out “ be ” and insert “ not- 
‘ withstanding any such prohibition form a valid 
‘ feudal investiture in favour of such adjudger or 


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Pr. 36. 1, 38. After “things” insert “ and 





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The Order of the day being read, for the Second Shannon 
Navigation 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Drainage of 


into a Committee upon the Drainage of Lands (Sco¢- Lands (Scot- 


nd) Bill. 


The Naval Mutiny Bill was, according to Order, Naval Mutiny 


Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Medical Regis- 
Reading of the Medical Registration and Medical Yation and 


edical Law 


Amendment 


Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Herring Fish- 
ery (Scotland) 


ill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Savings Banks 
Annuities Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Transference 
the Lords to the Bill, of Lands 


intituled, An Act to facilitate the Transference of — 


Heritable 
Securities 
for Debt 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


11 Vicrortiz. 


“ words in the plural shall include the singular | 

“* number.” 
In Schedule (E.), No. 1, to the Bill : 

Pr. 43. 1.30. After “ him” insert “and.” 


In Schedule (E.), No. 2, to the Bill: | 
Pr. 46. 1. 3. Leave out “ fees ” and insert “ du- | 
ties.” 
In Schedule (F.), No. 3, to the Bill: | 
Pr. 53.1.6. Leave out “ fees ” and insert “du- | 
* ties.” 
In Schedule (I.), No. 2, to the Bill : 
65.1. 4. Leave out “ hereby.” 


In Schedule (I.), No. 3, to the Bill: 


66. |. 27. Leave out “ hereby.” 

Pr. 66. 1. 32. Leave out “heritable state and.” 

Pr. 66.1. 34. Leave out from “described ” to 
in,” in 1, 37. 

Pr. 67. 1. 1. After “ Prince ” insert “ and Stew- 
* asd.” 


cs 


Pr. 


Pr. 


Dal 
nw 


In Schedule (K.) to the Bill: 


Pr. 67. 1.17. Leave out “ for infefting” and in- 
sert “ to any notary public to give to.” 

Pr. 67. 1. 20. After “successors” insert “sasine.” 
Pr. 67.1, 22. Leave out “16th” and insert 
“ 10h.” 

Tne said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


21° Junie. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to facilitate the Constitution and | 
Transmission of Heritable Securities for Debt in 
Scotland, and to render the same more effectual for 
the Recovery of Debt ; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 4.1.19. After “ terms” insert “ and place.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 6. After “ charter” insert “ having an 
“ office.” 

Pr. 5.1. 7. Leave out “ in a” and in the same 
line leave out from “ Branch” to “ to” inl. 8., and 
insert “ at the place of payment.” 

Pr. 5.1. 12. Leave out “ a.” 





Pr. 6, 1. 20. After “ Edinburgh” insert “ or 
“ Glasgow.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 20. Leave out “ therein” and insert | 
thereon.” 

Pr. 11.1.9. After “ thereof” insert “ Provided 
always, That if such bond and disposition in 
security has not been so registered in the life- 
time of the grantee, such bond and disposition 
shall be as full and sufficient warrant of sasine, 
in favour of the party having right to the bond, 
by service, adjudication, or otherwise, as if it had 
been a bond and disposition, including precept 
of sasine, and other clauses in the ordinary form 
now in use; and infeftment being passed upon 
the same in the form, or as nearly as may be in 
the form, prescribed by an Act passed in the 
Session of Parliament holden in the eighth and 
ninth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, 
“ intituled, ‘An Act to simplify the Form and 
diminish the Expense of obtaining Infeftment in 
“ Heritable Property in Scotland, and duly re-| 

corded, shall be, to all intents and purposes, good 
and valid infeftment in favour of the party so | 
“ infeft.” 

Pr. 12. |. ult. After “ price” insert “if any | 

“ be.” 


“ 








In Schedule (A.) to the Bill: 
Pr. 16.1. 18. After “ date” insert “ and place.” | 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Von. 102. 


i¢é 


709 


Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed tothe Amendments made by their Lordships. 


intituled, An Act to amend the Law and Practice 
in Scotland, as to the Service of Heirs ; and the same 
were read, as follow: 

Pr. 7.1. 21. After “ sasine” insert “ or of re- 
“ signation ad remanentain.” 

Pr. 8.1. 27. After “ made” insert “ edictally.” 

Pr. 8.1. 33. After “ made” insert “ edictally.” 

Pr. 9.1. 5. After “the” insert “ edictal.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 29. Leave out “ publication” and insert 
“ publications.” 

Pr. 11.1. 18. Leave out “ aforesaid” and insert 
“ therein prescribed.” 

Pr. 14. 1.2. Leave out “ in” and insert “ with.” 

Pr, 14. 1. ult. Leave out “ aforesaid.” 

Pr. 19. 1. 33. After “ the” insert “ sheriff.” 

Pr. 23. 1. 17. Leave out from “ petition” to 
“ it” in 1. 22., and insert “ or repelled the objec- 

“ tion of an opposing party.” ' 

Pr. 23.1. 38. After “ entered” insert “ or in 

“ competition.” 

Pr. 23.1. ult. Leave out “said opposing” and 
insert “ opposite.” 
Pr, 26. 1. 36. Leave out “extracted” and insert 

“ recorded,” and in the same line leave out “ the” 
and insert “ an.” 

Pr. 26. 1. 37. Leave out “ recorded and.” 
Pr. 27. 1. 36. Leave out “ with” and insert 

“&lt; as.” 

Pr. 28.1. 24. After “ purposes” insert “ unless 

“ and until reduced.” 

Pr. 35. 1. ult. Leave out from 

“ within” in Pr. 36. 1. 4. 

Pr. 36. 1. 6. After “ Edinburgh” insert “ which.” 
Pr. 37.1. 4. Leave out from “ for” to “ from” 
in ]. 6. and insert “ Her Majesty.” 

Pr. 37.1. 38. After “ session” insert “ or before 
any Sheriff Court,” and in the same line after 
“ before” insert “ the Sheriff of Chancery as well 
‘ as in.” 

Pr. 37. 1. penult. After “the” insert “ordinary.” 


In Schedule (B.) to the Bill: 


Pr, 44. 1. 20. Leave out “ *.” 

Pr, 44.1. 29. After “ provision” insert “ or of 
tailzie and provision.” 

Pr. 45. 1.20. After “mandatory” insert “ Note-— 
“ When the lands are held under a deed of entail 
“ here add, ‘ but always with and under the con- 
“ ditions and provisions, and prohibitory irritant 
“ and resolutive clauses contained in a deed of 
“ entail granted by G. H. [here name and design 
“ the grantee] on the day of 
° in favour of I. K. and the heirs [here insert 
“ the whole destination of the entail,] and which 
“‘ conditions and provisions and clauses prohibitory 
“ irritant and resolutive are herein referred to as at 
“ length set forth in the said deed of entail, which 
“ is recorded in the register of entails on the 
day of [or as at length set 
“ forth in the above-mentioned registered sasine, 
“ in favour of the deceased, or as at length set 
“ forth in any other instrument of sasine duly re- 
“ gistered, or if the petitioner prefer it, he may 
“ here fully insert them,] and where there are any 
“ real burdens, restrictions or qualifications of any 
“ kind, either proper to be inserted or referred to, 
“ insert them here, or refer to them as at length 


“ yoom” to 


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|“ set forth in the registered sasine of the deceased, 


“ or in some previous instrument of sasine duly re- 
“ gistered ; when there is an entail say at the end 
“ of the prayer of the Petition, ‘ but always under 
“ the conditions, provisions, restrictions, clauses 
‘‘ prohibitory irritant and resolutive, and others 
above referred to or above written,’ and where 

4x3 “ there 


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| the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, fasd) ny 


| The House proceeded to take into consideration Service of 


Scot- 




















Crown Char- 
ters (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


710 


“there are real burdens, &amp;c. say, ‘but always 
“ with and under the real burdens, &amp;c. above re- 
“ ferred to or above written.’” 


In Schedule (C.) to the Bill: 


Pr. 45. 1.25. Leave out from “ service” to “at” 
in }. 28. 
Pr. 46.1. 6. After “ seised” insert “as of fee.” 
Pr. 46.1. 8. Leave out “ *.” 
Pr. 47. 1. 4. Leave out ‘“ here.” 
Pr. 47. 1.5. Leave out from “ decree” to “ Sche- 
“ dule” in Pr. 48. |. 24. 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to amend the Practice in Scot- 
land with regard to Crown Charters and Precepts 
from Chancery ; and the same were read, as follow: 


Pr. 1. 1. 6. After “ Prince” “ and 
* Steward.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 29. After 
Steward.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 19. After 
‘ Steward.” 

Pr. 3.1. 15. Leave out from “ shall” to “ re- 
quire” in 1. 16. 

Pr. 3. 1. 21. Leave out from “signatures” to 
“ shall” in 1. 22., and in 1. 22 after “ shall” insert 
‘ thereafter.”’ 

re. 3 1. 
* draft.” 

Pr. 3.1. 26. Leave out from “necessary’’ to 
“ and” in I, 29. 

Pr. 5. 1. 36. After “ always” insert “ and be it 
enacted.” 

Pr. 10.1.5. Leave out “ or drafts.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 2. After “ Prince” insert 
“ Steward.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 7. Leave out “ to Chancery” and 
insert “ thereon.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 14, After “ Prince” insert 
“ Steward.” 

Pr. 14. 1.32. Leave out “ duly and sufficiently.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 4. After “ Prince” insert “ and 
“ Steward.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 10. After 
“ Steward.” 

Pr. 19. 1, 
“ Steward.” 

Pr. 20. l. 28, 
“* Steward.” 

Pr. 21. |.'7. Leave out “ and” and insert “ or.” 

Pr, 21. 1. penult. After “‘ Prince” insert “ and 
“ Steward.” 

Pr. 22. Is. 4. and 5. Leave out “ number 1,” 


insert 


n 


“ Prince” insert “ and 


nw 
nw 


“ Prince” insert “ and 


n 


“ 


~ 


24. Leave out “ drafts” and insert 


wn 


a“ 
na 


“ and 


“ and 


“ Prince” insert ‘“ and 


7. After “ Prince” insert “ and 


After “ Prince” insert “ and 


and in |. 5. after “(C.)” insert “ No. 1.” 
Pr. 22.1. 11. Leave out “ may be as.” 
Pr. 22. |. 12. Leave out “ Number 2 and 3.” 
Pr. 22, 1. 14. After “ (C.)” imsert “ No. 2 


“ and 3.” 
Pr. 22. 1.17. Leave out “ of’ and insert “ in.” 
Pr. 23. 1. 14. After “ Prince” insert “ and 

“ Steward.” 

Pr. 23. 1. 25. After “ irritant” insert “ and.” 
Pr. 25. 1. 18. Leave out from “ sasine” to “ of” 

in 1, 20. 

Pr. 29. 1. 292. 

Steward.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 23. After “ Scotland” insert “ being 
of full age.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 24. After “ number’ insert “ and 
words in the plural shall include the singular 
number.” 


After “ Prince” insert “ and 


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21° Junit. 





A. 1847. 


In Schedule (A.) to the Bill : 


Pr. 31. 1. 10. After “ Prince” insert “ and 
‘ Steward.” 


In Schedule (B.) to the Bill ; 


Pr. 31. 1. 21. After “ service” insert “ or of 
special service, as the case may be.” 

Pr. 32. 1. 12. After “ them’ insert “ as directed 
‘ in Schedule “ (C.)” 


In Schedule (C.) No. 1, to the Bill: 
Pr. 34.1. 35. After “ the” insert “ day.” 


In Schedule (C.) No. 2, to the Bill: 


Pr. 35. 1. 7. Leave out “ by” and insert 
* stating.” 

Pr. 35. 1.10. After “tailzies” insert “ or in.” 
Pr. 36. 1. 30. After “ hereto” insert “ of this 
date, and the same is accordingly appended at 
‘ Edinburgh the day of 

“« [state the day, month and year.]” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration Burgage Tee. 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, nure = 
intituled, An Act to facilitate the Transference of “” ) 


Lands and other Heritages in Scotland held in 
Burgage Tenure; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 4. 1. 19. After “ thereon” insert “ upon a 
“ charge of six days.” 

Pr. 9. ls. 2 and 3. After “ conveyance” insert 
or upon a decree of adjudication or of sale.’ 

Pr. 9. 1. 5. Leave out “ sasine” and insert 
“ infeftment.” 

Pr, 9. 1. 16. After “ necessary” insert “ to pro- 
ceed to the ground of the lands, or to the council 
** chamber of the burgh or.” 

Pr. 9.1. 20. After “ resign” insert “ and obtain 
“ infeftment in.” 

Pr. 9.1. 22. After “ burgh” insert “ being a 
notary public.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 23. After “‘ deed” insert “ or such 
“* decree and other necessary warrants.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 24. Leave out “ for’ and insert “ by, 
and in the same line leave out from “ clerk” to 
“ sasine” in]. 26. and insert “ giving.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 27. After “ subscribing” insert “ and 
“ recording.” 

Pr. 9.1. 28. After “ form” insert “ and man- 
* on.” 

Pr. 9. ls. 29. and 30. After “ instrument” insert 
of sasine or.” 

Pr. 9. 32. After “ deed” insert “ or decree.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 36. After “ annexed” insert “ and 
shall be authenticated in the manner shown in 
“ such Schedule.” 

Pr. 9.1. 37. After “ such” insert “ sasine or.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 4. After “use” insert “and that 
notwithstanding of an Act of the Scottisé Par- 
liament passed in} the year One thousand five 
hundred and sixty-seven, or any other Act of 
Parliament now in force to the contrary, all which 
are hereby repealed to the extent of making this 
“ Act operative, but no further.” 

Pr. 10.1. 5. Leave out from “ that” to “ every” 
in ]. 8., and in 1. 8. after “ of” insert “ sasine or 
“_ 

Pr. 10. 1. 19. After “ of” insert “ sasine or of.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 26, After “ of” insert “ sasine or of.” 

Pr. 10.1. 31. Leave out from “ that’ to “every” 
in 1. 33. 

Pr. 10. 1. 34. After “ of” insert “ sasine or of.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 6. After “ of” insert “ sasine or of.” 

Pr. 11.1. 10. Leave out from “ instrument” to 
“ it”? inl. 11. 


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Pr. 11. 








Turnpike- 
roads (South 
Wales) Bill. 


Bowes’ Estate 
Bill. 


Master in 
Chancery Bill. 


No. 535. 


Masters in 
Chancery 
Affidavit 
Office Bill. 


No. 536. 
Canada 
Consolidated 


Revenue 
Fund Bill. 


No. 537. 


Bowes’ 
Estate Bill. 


Liverpool and 
Manchester 
District 
County 
Courts. 





11 Vicrortz. 


Pr. 11. 1.14. After “of” insert “ sasine or of.” 
Pr. 12.1. 18. After “ debt” insert “ or obliga- 
“ tion.” 


In Schedule (D.) to the Bill : 


Pr. 20. 1. 11. After “ deed” insert “ or any 
“ other warrant.” 

Pr. 21. 1s. 16. and 17. Leave out from “ bur- 
“ gage’’ to the second “ and” in I, 18. 

Pr. 22.1. 13. Leave out “ without the docquet” 
and insert “ according to the present practice.” ~ 

Pr. 22. 1. ult. After “ only” insert “and if the 
“* instrument proceeds upon a decree of adjudica- 
“ tion or of sale, the necessary changes will be 
“« made on the above form.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the further Amendment of the Laws relating to 
Turnpike-roads in South Wales: And that Mr. 
Attorney-General and Sir George Grey do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Bowes’ Estate Bill was read the first time; and 
referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


The Master in Chancery Bill was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Thursday next; and to be printed. 


The Masters in Chancery Affidavit Office Bill was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


Sir George Grey presented a Bill to authorize 
Her Majesty in Council to assent to a certain Bill 
passed by the Two Houses of Legislature of the 
Province of Canada, for granting a Civil List to Her 
Majesty; and to repeal certain parts of an Act 
passed in the third and fourth years of Her present 
Majesty, to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and 
Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Thursday next ; and 
to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for 
Private Bills, have leave to sit, and proceed, on 
Bowes’ Estate Bill, To-morrow. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Martis, 22° die Junii ; 
Anno 11° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 

T HE following Return, having been transmitted 
to the Clerk, was laid upon the Table, viz.,— 

Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of this in- 
stant June,for Returns of the Number of Summonses 
issued since the establishment of the Liverpool Dis- 
trict County Court :—Of the Minimum and Maxi- 
mum Number of Days allowed for the Return of 
such Summonses :—Of the Number of Cases already 
decided by the Court :—Of the Number of Sum- 
monses granted for Debts above Five Pounds :— 
Of the Number of Days the Court has sat :—Of the 
Number of Hours occupied each Sitting :—And, of 
the Number of Cases determined each day, distin- 
guishing the Number of Jury Cases :—And, similar 
Returns from the District County Court at Man- 
chester (so far as relates to the District County 
Court at Manchester.) 

VoL, 102. 


21°—22° Junzz. 





711 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Bowes’ Estate 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Bi 
Private Bills; That in the case of Bowes’ Estate 
Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Wyndham’s 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Estate Bill. 
Private Bills; That in the case of Wyndham’s Es- 
tate Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Sir Henry 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for bas erage d 
Private Bills ; That in the case of Sir Henry Wil- Rook's Estate 
loughby Rooke’s Estate Bill, no Standing Orders 


are applicable. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Surrey Surrey and_ 
and Kent Commission of Sewers (No. 2.) Bill have ney onl 
leave to sit this day, till Five of the clock, during the (No, 2.) Bill 
sitting of the House. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com-~ Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- reall 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 17th and yenth Report.) 
18th days of this instant June, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 


and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Windsor, 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, rm scl 


intituled, An Act for making a Railway from ern Railway 
Staines to join the London and South Western (Staines to 


i » J ; Ascot and 
Railway near Farnborough, with a Branch to Wokingham, 
Chertsey ; and the same were read, as follow: with 


Pr. 5.1. ult. Leave out from “ calls” to “ And ” Branches)Bill, 
in Pr. 6. 1. 32. and insert Clauses (A.) and (B.) 

Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to beraised, 
by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise 
of any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
by this Act authorized to be raised; Provided 
always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 
be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
paying to any shareholder such interest on 
money advanced by him beyond the amount of 
the calls actually made, as shall be in conformity 
with the provisions in the Companies Clauses 
Consolidation Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 

Curause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating 
to the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 
pay or deposit any sum of money which by any 
Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
now in force or hereafter to be in force, may be 
required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
an Act authorizing the said Company to construct 
any other Railway or execute any other work or 
undertaking.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 16. Leave out from “pounds” to 
And” in 1. 24. and insert Clauses (C.) and (D.) 

Cravse (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
said capital shall be divided into such a number 
of shares, and each such share shall be of such a 
nominal amount, not exceeding the sum of 
Twenty pounds, as the Directors of the Company 
shall fix and determine. 

Cuause (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
Directors of the Company are hereby required, 
within Six months after the passing of this Act, 
to fix and determine the number of such shares, 
and the nominal amount of each of them, and 
thereupon the said several shares shall be dulv 

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numbered in regular order of arithmetical pro- 


22° Juni. 


A. 1847. 


Pr. 47. 1. 2. After “mentioned ” insert Clause 


gression, and every such share shall always be (H.) 


distinguished by the number to be originally ap- 
plied to the same.” 

Pr. 10.1. 18. After “ reference ”’ insert “ and ac- | “ 
cording to the levels described on the said Sec- 
tion.” 

Pr. 13. J. 23. Leave out from “ design” to “ ap- 
proved” in 1. 24., and insert “to be,” and in 
24., after “ approved ” insert “ of.” 

Pr, 20.1. 20. After “recovered” insert Clause | “ 


CrauseE (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That not- | “ 
withstanding anything in this Act, or in the said 
recited Acts, or inthe Plans and Books of Refer- | “‘ 
ence herein referred to contained to the contrary, 
the line of the said Railway into, through or over 
the lands of Her Majesty at or near Egham, shall | “ 
be laid down and executed in such course and 
direction, and in such course and direction only, 


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Cuavuse (H.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That if it shall become necessary, during 
the construction of the Railway, to obstruct the 
said canal, then the said Company shall, at their 
own expense, complete a temporary side-cut and 
towing-path, to be substituted for such part of 
suchcanal, and the towing-path thereof, as shall be 
necessarily obstructed during the construction of 
such works, and such temporary side-cut and 
towing-path shall be constructed, and, until the 
restoration of such canal to its present course, 
shall be maintained at the expense of the Com- 
pany, in such manner and of such sufficient capa- 
city as that the barges, boats and horses navigating 
such canal shall at all times, until such restoration, 
pass along such temporary side-cut and towing- 
path with security and convenience.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 


within the limits of deviation shown on the said | time, were agreed to. 


Plans as shall be marked out or approved of in 


Ordered, That Colonel Reid do carry the Bill to 


writing by the Commissioners for the time being | theLords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
of Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, Land Reve- | agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships, 


venues, Works and Buildings, or some two of 
them, on behalf of Her Majesty ; and that the said 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Windsor, 


Company shall construct the said Railway in such | the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, § 


course and direction as shall be so marked out |intituled, An Act for making a Railway from Rich- orn Railway 
and approved as aforesaid, and in none other.” _| mond to Windsor, with a Loop Line through Brent- (Richmond ta 
Pr. 35. 1. 6. After “ hundred” insert “and | ford and Hounslow; and the same were read, as —_ &amp;e.) 


ninety-five.” follow : 


Pr. 35. 1. 18. After “ and” insert “ except as 
hereinafter mentioned.” 

Pr. 39. 1, 22. After “that” insert “subject to 
the provision hereinafter contained.” 8 

Pr. 40.1. 38. After “ shares” insert “ upon such | ‘ 
conditions as are hereinafter in that behalf men- | “ 
tioned.” te 

Pr. 42. 1. 16. After “incorporated” insert Clause | “ 


w. 





Cuause (F.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall | “ 
not be lawful for the London and South Western | 
Railway Company, out of any money by this Act | “ 
or any other Act relating to the said Railway | ‘‘ 
Company authorized to be raised, by calls in | “ 
respect of shares, or by the exercise of any power | “ 
of borrowing, to pay interest to any shareholder | “ 
on the amount of the calls made in respect of | “ 
shares held by him in the capital by this Act au- | “ 
thorized to be raised: Provided always, That | 





Pr. 4. 1. 7. Leave out from “ pounds” to “ And” 


in ]. 14., and insert Clauses (A.) and (B.) 


Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That the said 
capital shall be divided into such a number of 
shares, and each such share shall be of such a 
nominal amount, not exceeding the sum of Twenty 
pounds, as the Directors of the Company shall 
fix and determine.” 

Cuiause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
Directors of the Company are hereby required 
within Six calendar months after the passing of 
this Act, to fix and determine the number of such 
shares and the nominal amount of each of them, 
and thereupon the said several shares shall be 
duly numbered in regular order of arithmetical 
progression; and every such share shall always 
be distinguished by the number to be originally 
applied to the same.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 29. Leave out from “ calls” to “ And” 


nothing hereinbefore contained shall be deemed to | in Pr. 5. ]. 15., and insert Clauses (C.) and (D.) 


ey the said Company from paying toany share- | 

older such interest on money advanced by him | “ 
beyond the amount of the calls actually made as | “ 
shall be in conformity with the provisions in the | 
Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, in | ‘ 


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Pr. 42. 1. 17. After “ that” insert “ subject to | “ 
the provision next hereinafter contained.” = 


Pr, 44. 1. 37. After “incorporated” insert Clause | “ 


Crause (G.) “ Provided always, and be_ it] “ 
Enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the Com- | “ 
= hereby incorporated, by virtue of the powers | “ 
hereinbefore contained, to sell, demise or lease, | 
nor for the said London and South Western Rail- | “ 
way Company to enter into or accept such lease be 
of the Railway hereby authorized to be made, 
unless it shall have been proved to the satisfaction | “ 
of the Commissioners of Railways, and certified | ‘ 
by them under their seal previously to the com- | “ 
pletion of such sale or the execution of such lease, | ‘ 
as the case may be, that one-half of the whole | “ 
amount of the capital, exclusive of loans, by the | “ 
Act or Acts relating to each of the said Compa- | “ 
nies authorized to be raised, has bgen actually | “ 
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Criavuse (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise 
of any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
by this Act authorized to be raised : Provided al- 
ways, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 
be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
paying to any shareholder such interest on money 
advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
actually made, as shall be in conformity with the 
provisions in the Companies Clauses Consolida- 
tion Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 

Crause (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be raised 
for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to pay or 
deposit any sum of money which by any Standing 
Order of either House of Parliament now in force 
or hereafter to be in force, may be required to be 
deposited in respect of any application to Parlia- 
ment for the purpose of obtaining an Act autho- 
rizing the said Company to construct any other 
Railway or execute any other work or under- 
taking.” 


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Crause (E.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That in the construction of that portion of 
the said loop line of Railway by this Act autho- 
rized which is intended to be situate between a 
certain enclosure numbered 127, in the parish of 
Isleworth, on the said Plans deposited as afore- 
said, and a certain other enclosure numbered 139, 
in the parish of Twickenham, on the said Plans, 
it shall not be lawful for the Company to deviate 
from the line of the Railway as represented by 
the continuous black line delineated upon the 
said Plans, so as to bring the same nearer to the 
mansion-house of dugustus Gostling, Esquire, 
than the said line as laid down in the said Plans, 
nor shall it be lawful for the said Company to 
deviate from the levels of the Railway as referred 
to the common datum line described on the said 
Sections deposited as aforesaid, by raising the 
line of the said Railway higher than the level 
thereof as shown on the said Sections in passing 
between the points aforesaid : Provided also, That 
it shall not be lawful for the said Company to 
purchase any lands of the said Augustus Gostling, 
except such as may be absolutely necessary for 
the construction of the line of the said Railway, 
without the previous consent of the said Augustus 
Gostling, his heirs or assigns.” 

Cuauss (F.) “ And whereas it is intended that 
the loop line of the said Railway should be carried 
through lands belonging to the said Augustus 
Gostling, Esquire, in the said parishes ot Jsle- 
worth and Twickenham, which lands are attached 
to his residence, called Whitton-place ; Be it En- 
acted, That the said Company shall, at their ex- 
pense, if required by the said Augustus Gostling, 
make, erect and maintain a foot-bridge for the 
convenience and accommodation of the said Au- 
gustus Gostling, and his assigns, over such portion 
of the said loop line of Railway, at such point 
within the pieces of land numbered respectively 
on the said deposited Plans, 130, in the said pa- 
tish of Isleworth, and 142, in the said parish of 
Twickenham, as the said Augustus Gostling, or 
his assigns, shall fix upon and determine ; and 
also that the said Company shall make and main- 
tain two level crossings over the said Railway, 
one in the said field numbered 130, and the other 
in the said field numbered 142, for the passage of 
carts and cattle, and for the general convenience 
of the said Awgustus Gostling and his tenants or 
assigns.” 

Pr. 9.1.23. After “ Park” insert “at Rich- 
mond.” 

Pr. 18. 1.20. After “ Plans” insert “ and Sec- 
tions.” 

Pr. 27. 1. 14. After “ “ten ” insert Clauses 

.), (N.), (O.) and (P.) 

Criause (G.) ‘And whereas it is intended to 
carry the said Railways under the Turnpike- 
roads hereinafter mentioned (being Turnpike- 
roads under the care of the Commissioners of the 
Metropolis Turnpike-roads north of the Thames), 
that is to say: First. The Turnpike-road from 
the Coach and Horses on the Great Western 
road through Sion-lane, Isleworth, Twickenham 
and Teddington, to the Kingston Road, at or near 
to Colls Bridge, No. 61, in the parish of Twicken- 
ham. Secondly. The Road from London to 
Brentford, near to Kew Bridge, No. 4., in the 
parish of Ealing. Thirdly. The Road called 
Boston-lane to Brentford Butts, No. 80, in the 
said parish of Ealing, and No. 1, in the town- 
ship of New Brentford, and it is proposed to 
carry the said roads over the said Railway b 
means of bridges: Be it therefore Enacted, That 

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it shall not be lawful for the said Company to 
raise the level of the said road, No. 61, in the 
parish of Twickenham, in any part thereof more 
than 13 feet, nor of the said road from Lon- 
don to Brentford, No. 4, in Ealing, more than 
6 feet, nor of the said road at Boston-lane, No. 
80, in Ealing, and No. 1, in New Brentford, 
more than 12 feet, or to raise any of the said 
roads more than is shown in the Parliamentary 
Section relating to the said Railways; and that 
as to the said road, No. 61, in the said parish of 
Twickenham, the inclination of the approaches 
shall not be steeper in any part than 1 foot in 40 
feet on the south-western approach, and 1 foot 
in 50 feet on the north-eastern approach ; and that 
as to the said road, numbered 4, in the parish of 
Ealing, the inclination of the western approach 
shall not be steeper in any part than 1 foot in 50 
feet, and the eastern approach shall be level ; 
and that as to the said road called Boston-lane 
to Brentford Butts, numbered 80, in the said pa- 
rish of Ealing,and numbered 1, in the township of 
New Brentford, the inclination of the approaches 
shall not be steeper in any part than 1 foot in 40 
feet ; and that where the inclinations are shown 
on the said Sections to be made more favourable 
or less than the rates of inclination before men- 
tioned, then and in every such case it shall not 
be lawful for the said Company to make the same 
steeper than are shown on such Sections; and 
that each of the said bridges shall have parapet, 
walls on each side thereof of not less than 8 feet 
in height from the centre of the roads over the 
said bridges respectively ; and that from the ends 
of the said two parapet walls of the said bridges 
the said Company shall make four close oak 
park fences, each 8 feet in height, along the sides 
of the said road for a distance of 50 yards ; and 
that each of the said bridges shall have between 
the parapet walls thereof respectively clear widths 
of not less than the present breadth of the road 
and foot-path, to be raised and carried by such 
bridge over either of the said Railways; and that 
the upper surface at the centre of the arch of 
each of the said bridges shall not be less than 18 
inches below the surface of the rvad over such 
bridge and every part thereof; and that so much 
of the width between the parapet walls of each of 
the said bridges shall be formed into a carriage- 
way as shall be required by the general Surveyor 
of the said Commissioners for the time being ; 
and that the said Company shall form raised foot- 
paths on each side of the said carriage-way over 
each of the said bridges, shall lay down curb- 
stones at the edge of such foot-paths, and shall 
form water-channels between such curb-stones 
and the said carriage-way, and shall relay and 
make good any of the drains of the said several 
roads which may be interfered with ; and that all 
such works shall be done by and at the expense 
of the said Company.” 

Cuiauss (H.) “And whereas it is intended to 
carry the loop line of the said Railway by means 
of a bridge or viaduct over the Turnpike-road from 
London to Hounslow, at Smaliberry-green, No. 
72, in the parish of Isleworth, (being also one of 
the roads under the care of the said Commis- 
sioners): Be it enacted, That it shall not be law- 
ful for the said Company to reduce or vary the 
width of the said road, or of the footpaths at the 
side thereof, nor to lower the same road or any 
part thereof more than 8 feet; and that the in- 
clination of the same to the west of the said. 
bridge shall not be steeper in any part than 1 
foot in 60 feet; and that the said road to the east 
of the said bridge shall be on a level; and that 
the said bridge or viaduct shall be of a clear 
height above every part of such road and the 
footpaths on the side thereof of not less than 
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shall be of such a span as shall leave clear and 
untouched the whole of the present width of the 
road over which the same is carried ; and that the 
said bridge shall have parapet walls on each side 
thereof of not less than eight feet in height above 
the surface of the said Railway ; and that from 
the ends of the said two parapet walls of the 
said bridge there shall be - close oak screen 
fences of such length as shall be deemed satisfac- 
tory to the general Surveyor of the said Com- 
missioners for the time being, and such close oak 
screen fences shall be carried to the same height 
with the said parapet walls respectively, that is 
to say, eight feet above the surface of the said 
Railway ; and that the width of the said road and 
footpaths so lowered as aforesaid so much shall 
be formed into a carriage-way as shall be required 
by the said general Surveyor; and that the said 
ey shall form raised footpaths on each 
side of the said carriage-way, and shall lay down 
curb-stones at the edge of such footpaths ; and 
that the said Company shall relay any drains 
of the said road which may be interfered with, 
and complete such carriage-way and footpaths 
and preserve the ditches to the satisfaction of 
the general Surveyor of the said Commissioners 
for the time being ; and that all such works shall 
be done by and at the expense of the said Com- 


any.” 

Gass (I.) “And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company to raise or 
lower the level of any of the Turnpike-roads 
under the care of the said Commissioners of the 
Metropolis Turnpike-roads north of the Thames, 
except such as are hereinbefore particularly men- 
tioned, and except as hereinbefore is provided, 
nor to cross upon the level of any of the Turn- 
pike-roads under the care of the said Commis- 
sioners.”” 

Criause (K.) “ And be it Enacted, That in con- 
structing the said bridges and works only one- 
half of the surface of each of such Turnpike- 
roads and one footpath shall be first interfered 
with, leaving the other half of each of the said 
Turnpike-roads and one footpath for the passage 
of the public until such time as it is certified in 
writing by the said general Surveyor for the time 
being that the half of the said Turnpike-road and 
the footpath firstinterfered with have been restored 
to a good and proper state for the safety and 
convenience of the public, when it shall be 
lawful for the said Company to open the said 
other half of the said Turnpike-roads and the 
other footpaths respectively ; and that all such 
measures of precaution for the public safety 
during tne progress of the works of the said Rail- 
way, including the fencing of the said works and 
lighting and watching the same by night, shall 
be adopted by and at the expense of the said 
Company, as shall from time to time be required 
in writing by the said general Surveyor for the 
time being ; and that the said roads shall be 
restored in the same lines as the present roads, 
with no deviations therefrom ; and the said roads 
over and under the said bridges respectively, and 
the footpaths and paved channels thereof shall be 
formed of such materials and of such quantity 
and quality of each material and in such manner 
in all respects as shall be from time to time 
directed or required in writing by the said general 
Surveyor for the time being.” 

Cuavss (L.) “ And beit Enacted, That the said 
Company shall finish and complete to the satis- 
faction of the said general Surveyor for the time 
being of the said bridges, new roads, footpaths, 
parapet walls, return walls, and all other works, 
matters and things hereinbefore mentioned and 
required to be made or done by the said Company, 
within six months from the day on which the said 
turnpike-roads respectively shall be first broken 





92° Juniz. 





A. 1847. 


up orinterfered with, or the use of the said roads 
by the public in any way interrupted or made less 
convenient than heretofore.” 

Cuavuse(M.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company to commence 
any work or works in any way connected with the 
crossing of any of the turnpike-roads under the 
care of the said Commissioners of the Metropolis 
Turnpike-roads north of the Thames until Four- 
teen days after the said Company shall have given 
notice of their intention to commence such work 
or works, and shall have delivered plans and 
drawings of the same to the general Surveyor for 
the time being of the said Commissioners, and 
shall have — in writing to such general 
Surveyor in what way it is proposed to carry on 
such work or works, and how far the carrying on 
of the same will interfere with the safety and con- 
venience of the passengers on the said roads ; and 
if the said general Surveyor shall thereupon re- 
quire a sufficient road to be made by the said 
Company, instead of the road interfered with, that 
then the said Company shall make and substitute 
such sufficient road before they interfere with the 
existing road, and shall maintain the same until 
the restoration of the existing road, and be liable 
to the same penalties for failing to make, or after 
notice to maintain such substituted road, as is and 
are provided by the Railways Clauses Consoli- 
dation Act, 1845, with respect to substituted roads 
and the failure to make the same.” 

Ciause (N.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Com- 
missioners and Company to agree with each other 
for the carrying of the said Railway over and 
under the said turnpike-roads, or any or either of 
them, in any other manner than is hereinbefore 
mentioned or provided for, and for the making, 
doing and maintaining by the said Company of 
all such works, matters and things as may be 
necessary or expedient for the purposes aforesaid ; 
and in case of any such agreement it shall not be 
binding on the said Company to do such of the 
works, matters and things hereinbefore or in the 
said recited Acts required to be done by them as 
shall be by the said agreement expressly dis- 
pensed with by the said Commissioners.” 

CriauseE (O.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That the said proposed new road, 
bridges, walls, fences, drains, and all other the 
work aforesaid, and also ail repairs and renewals 
of the said bridges and walls which shall here- 
after be made by the said Company, shall be con- 
structed and made and formed to the satisfaction 
of the said general Surveyor for the time being, 
and that the plans and designs for the said bridges 
and the works connected therewith (which shall 
respectively be as ornamental as shall be consis- 
tent with the nature and situation of the works), 
and the materials whereof the same shall be con- 
structed, shall be such as shall be approved of by 
the said general Surveyor for the time being ; and 
in case, in the construction of the said bridges and 
works, or any of them, the said Company shall do 
or cause any injury or damage to the said turn- 
pike-roads, or any of them, or any part thereof, 
and shall not forthwith proceed to repair and 
make good such injury or damage to the satis- 
faction of the said general Surveyor for the time 
being, or if, byreason of the construction of any of 
the works hereby authorized or required to be 
constructed by the said Company, any alteration 
of the said metropolis roads, ar any of them, or 
of the drains or sewers under the same, shall, in 
the judgment of the said general Surveyor for the 
time being, be rendered necessary, then and in 
any of such cases it shall be lawful for the said 
general Surveyor to cause all such repairs and 
alterations to be made as he in his discretion shall 
think fit, and all costs and expenses of such re- 

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“‘ pairs and alterations shall be paid on demand by 
“‘ the said Company, or, in default of payment for 
“‘ Twenty-one days after such demand, may be 
“ recovered by the said Commissioners of the 
‘ Metropolis Roads from the said Company, with 
‘ full costs of suit, by action of debt or on the 
“ case, in any of Her Majesty’s Courts of Record 
at Westminster.” 


CuiauseE (P.) “Provided also, and be it fur- 
“ ther Enacted, That if and so often as the said 
“* Company shall fail to repair and keep in good and 
“ complete repair, to the satisfaction of the said 
“ general Surveyor for the time being, the said 
“ bridges, walls and screens, or any of them, and if, 
“ after notices thereof given to the said Company, 
“ by or on behalf of the said Commissioners of the 
“ Metropolis Turnpike-roads north of the Thames, 
the said Company shall not for the space of Three 
days commence such repair, and proceed therein 
with all reasonable expedition until the same shall 
be completed, it shall be lawful for the said Com- 
missioners to proceed to repair and make good 
the same, causing as little obstruction to the said 
Railway in the progress of such repairs as may be, 
and all the costs, charges and expenses incurred 
by the said Commissioners shall be paid on de- 
mand by the said Company, or on failure of pay- 
“‘ ment for Twenty-one days after such demand, the 
‘ same may be recovered from the said Company, 
“ with full costs of suit, by action of debt or on the 
case, in any of Her Majesty’s Courts of Record at 
“* Westminster.” 

Pr. 41. 1. 26. Leave out “ Fifty” and insert 
“ Twenty-five.” 

Pr. 42. 1. 1. After “ and” insert “ except as 
“ hereinafter mentioned.” 

Pr. 46. 1. 14. After “ that” insert “ subject to 
“ the provision hereinafter contained.” 

Pr, 47. 1. 28. After “shares” insert “ upon such 
“‘ conditions as are hereinafter in that behalf men- 
‘* tioned.” 

Pr. 48. 1. ult. 
Clause (Q.) 

Criause (Q.) “And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ not be lawful for the said London and South 
“ ‘Western Railway Company, out of any money by 
“ this Act or any other Act relating to the said 
“ Railway Company authorized to be raised, by 
“ calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise of 
any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
“ by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided 
“ always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 
be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
“* paying to any shareholder such interest on money 
“‘ advanced by him, beyond the amount of the calls 
“ actually made, as shall be in conformity with the 
“ provisions in the Companies Clauses Consolidation 
“ Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 


Pr. 49. 1. 1. After “ that” insert “ subject to 
“ the provision not hereinafter contained.” 


Pr. 50.1.17. After “incorporated” insert Clause 
R.) 
Crause (R.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
“ acted, That it shall not be lawful for the Com- 
“« pany hereby incorporated, by virtue of the powers 
hereinbefore contained, to sell, demise or lease, 
“ nor for the said London and South Western Rail- 
way Company to enter into or accept such lease 
of the Railway hereby authorized to be made, 
“ unless it shall have been proved to the satisfac- 
tion of the Commissioners of Railways, and cer- 
tified by them under their seal, previously to the 
“ completion of such sale or the execution of such 
“ lease, as the case may be, that one-half of the 
“‘ whole amount of the capital, exclusive of loans, 
“ by the Act or Acts relating to each of the said 
«« Companies authorized to be raised, has been ac- 

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“ tually paid up and expended for the purposes 
“ authorized by such Act or Acts respectively.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Colonel Reid do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Liskeard and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Caradon 


tituled, An Act to enable the Liskeard and Caradon 
Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money ; 
and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 5.1. 19. After “ Company” insert Clauses 
(A.) and (B.) 

Crause(A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall not 
“ be lawful for the said Company, out of any money 
by this Act or any other Act relating to the said 
Railway Company authorized to be raised, by 
calls in respect of shares or by the exercise of 
any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
“ by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided al- 
ways, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 
be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
paying to any shareholder such interest on mone 
advanced by him, beyond the amount of the calls 
actually made, as shall be in conformity with the 
ae pany in the said first-recited Act in that be- 

alf contained.” 

Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Compuny authorized to be raised 
for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to pay or 
deposit any sum of money which by any eand- 
ing Order of either House of Parliament now in 
force or hereafter to be in force, may be required 
to be deposited in respect of any application to 
Parliament for the purpose of obtaiing an Act 
authorizing the said Company to construct any 
other Railway, or execute any other work or un- 
dertaking.” 

Pr. 8.1.5. After “thereof” insert Clause (C.) 


Cxrauss (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
herein contained shall be deemed or construed to 
exempt the Railway by the said recited Act au- 
thorized to be made from the provisions of any 
general Act relating to such Act, or of any general 
Act relating to Railways now in force, or which 
inay hereafter pass during this or any future Ses- 
sion of Parliament, or from any future revision 
and alteration under the authority of Parliament 
of the maximum rates of fares and charges au- 
“‘ thorized by this Act.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Judge Advocate do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration Kingsnorton, 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Northfield, &amp;c. 


tituled, An Act for rating to the Relief of the Poor, 
and other Parochial and Local Rates, the Owners of 
certain Property within the Parishes of Kingsnorton, 
Northfield and Beoley, in the County of Worcester, 
Edgbaston, in the County of Warwick, and Har- 
borne, in the County of Stafford, in lieu of the 
Occupiers thereof; and the same was read, as fol- 
loweth : 

Pr. 1. 1.1. Leave out “ said.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. Muntz do carry the Bill to 


the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


4y2 hath 


Rates Bill. 








Inverness 
Harbour and 
Navigation 
Bill. 


Iuverness 
Municipal and 
Police, &amp;c, 
Bill. 


Crowland and 
Cowbit 
Washes, &amp;c. 
Drainage Bill. 


Cork, Black- 
rock and 
Passage 


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hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take | “ 
into consideration the Report on the Inverness Har- | “ 


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22° Junie. 


bour and Navigation Bill; and the Amendments | 


were read, and agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, | 


be ingrossed. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Report on the Jnverness Mu- 
nicipal and Police, &amp;c. Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Crowland and Cowbit Washes, 
&amp;c. Drainage Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 


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which by any Standing Order of either House of 
Parliament now in force, or hereafter to be in 
force may be required to be deposited in respect 
of any application to Parliament for the purpose 
of obtaining an Act authorizing the said Com- 
pany to construct any other Railway or execute 
any other work or undertaking.” 

Pr. 16. |. 33. Leave out “ another Act was” and 
insert “ two other Acts were.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 37. After “ intituled” insert “ respec- 
“ tively, an Act for regulating the Gauge of Rail- 
“ ways and.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Viscount Villiers do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration Waterford, 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, bo el 
intituled, An Act to authorize certain Alterations of publin 
the Line of the Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow Railway Bill. 
Railway, and to amend the Act relating thereto ; 
and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 7. 1. 16. Leave out from “ the” to “ bridge” 


Railway Bill. intituled, An Act to authorize an Extension of the | in 1. 20., and in 1. 20., leave out “ they ” and insert 


Wilts, Somer- 
set and Wey- 
mouth Rail- 
way (No. 1.) 
( Bruton, Pit- 
combe and 
Rodden and 
Bradford De- 
viations) Bill. 


Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway to Monks- | “ 


town, and to amend the Act relating thereto; and | 


the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 6. 1. 12, After “ purpose” insert Clauses (A.) 
and (B.) 
Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to the 
said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 


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the said Company.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 25. After “ aforesaid” insert “ shall be 
made and maintained an opening bridge and be.” 

Pr. 8.]. 4. After “ provided” insert “ Provided 
always, That nothing herein contained shall alter 
or affect the provisions in the said recited Act 
with respect to the mode in which the said bridge 
at Ferry Carrig aforesaid, and the bridge to be 
erected by the said Company across the said 


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of any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any | “ 
shareholder on the amount of the calls made in | “ 
respect of the shares held by him in the capital | “ 
by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided | “ 


River Slaney, near the town of Enniscorthy, are 
required to be constructed by the thirty-fourth 
section of the said recited Act, but the same shall 
continue in full force and effect in all respects as 
if this Act had not been passed.” 


always, That nothing hereinbefore contained 
shall be deemed to prevent the said Company 
from paying to any shareholder such interest on 
money advanced by him, beyond the amount of 
the calls actually made, as shall be in conformity 
with the provisions in the Companies Clauses 
Consolidation Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 

Ciause (B.) “ And beit Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be raised 
for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to pay or 
deposit any sum of money which by any Stand- 
ing Order of either House of Parliament now in 
force, or hereafter to be in force, may be re- 
quired to be deposited in respect of any applica- 
tion to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
an Act authorizing the said Company to con- 


work or undertaking.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. M‘Carthydo carry the Bil 1 | 


to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to authorize certain Alterations of 
the Line of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth 
Railway ; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 15. 1. 22. After “ Act” insert Clause (A.) 


Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall | “ 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any |“ 
money by the said recited Acts or any other | “ 
Act relating to the said Railway Company |“ 
authorized to be raised for the purpose of such | “ 
Act or Acts, to pay or deposit any sum of money | “ 


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Pr. 9.1.21. Leave out from “ aforesaid” to 
And” in Pr. 10. 1. 1. 

Pr. 17.1. 9. After “bridge ” insert “ an opening 
bridge.” 

Pr. 19. 1. 


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16. Leave out from “the” to “ pier” 


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Pr. 19. 1. 
Bay.” 

Pr. 19.1. 29. After “thereof” insert “ shall be 
constructed of open piling, and the said Company 
shall, during and after the construction thereof.” 

Pr. 24. |. 35, Leave out from “ 1845” to “ And” 
in Pr. 25.1. 4., and insert Clause (A.) 

Crause (A.) “ And whereas an Act was passed 
in the second year of the reign of Her present 
Majesty, intituled, ‘ An Act to provide for the Con- 
veyance of the Mails by Railway,’ and another 
Act was passed in the fourth year of the reign of 
Her said Majesty, intituled, ‘An Act for regulating 
Railways, and another Act was passed in the 
sixth year of the reign of Her said Majesty, inti- 
tuled, ‘An Act for the better Regulation of Rail- 
ways, and for the Conveyance of Troops,’ and 
another Act was passed in the eighth year of the 
reign of Her said Majesty, intituled, ‘An Act to 
attach certain Conditions to the Construction of 
future Railways authorized or to be authorized by 
any Act of the present or succeeding Sessions of 
Parliament, and for other Purposes in relation to 
Railways,’ and two other Acts were passed in the 
last Session of Parliament, intituled respectively, 
‘An Act for regulating the Gauge of Railways,’ 
and, ‘An Act for constituting Commissioners of 
Railways:’ BE it Enacted, That nothing in this 
Act contained shall be held to exempt the Rail- 
way by this and the said recited Act authorized, 
or the said Company, from the provisions of the 
said several Acts respectively, but that such pro- 
visions shall be in force in respect of the said 

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“ Railway and Company, so far as the same shall 
“ be applicable thereto.” 

Pr. 25.1. 34. After “ Act” insert. Clauses (B.) 
and (C.) 

Crause (B.) “ And beit Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Directors or Company to 
exercise any powers in the said recited Act con- 
tained for the purchase, sale or lease of any other 
Railway, until they have proved to the satisfaction 
of the Railway Commissioners that they have paid 
up one half of the capital which they have been 
authorized to raise by means of shares, and have, 
previously to the execution of such powers of sale 
or lease, expended for the purposes authorized by 
their Acts a sum equal thereto.” 

Cuause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company to guarantee 
any rent or dividend to any other Railway Com- 
pany, until the said Company shall have com- 
“ pleted and opened for traffic their original lines.” 

The said Amendments, as far as the Amend- 
ment in Pr, 25.1. 34., being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Pr. 25. 1. 34. The next Amendment being reada 
second time ; 

The Amendments following were made to Clause 
(B.), by inserting, after the word “ That” in the first 
line, the words “ save in the case of any Railway 
“* expressly authorized to be purchased or leased by 
“‘ the Company under the said recited Act,” and, in 
Is. 3. and 4., by leaving out the words “ in the said 
“ recited Act contained.” 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was 
agreed to. 

Clause (C.) The last Amendment, being read a 
second time; 

An Amendment was made thereunto, by inserting, 
after the word “ That,” in the first line, the words 
“ save as by the said recited Act expressly autho- 
“ rized.” 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Viscount Villiers do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 


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A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the ingrossed Bill for the further Im- 
provement of the Borough of Belfast, be now read 
the third time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz., To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellersforthef Mr. Divett, } 62 

Yeas, Lord John Chichester : ’ 

Tellers forthe fMr. Ross, 12 

Noes, \Mr.MorganJohn O'Connelt:} re 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (If reserved rents not sold 
within time limited, land to revert), was thrice read ; 
and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. : 

Ordered, That Mr. Divett do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill to 
amend the Exeter and Exmouth Railway Act, 1846, 
and to enable the London and South Western Rail- 

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717 


way Company to subscribe towards, lease or pur- 
chase the said Railway, be now read the third time; 

Mr. Sérutt, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Divett do carry the Bil! to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill toamend an Act for preserving 
and improving the Port and Harbour of Wisbech, in 
the Isle of Ely, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Mayor, Aldermen and 
Burgesses of the Borough of Wisbech, as Guardians 
of the Port and Harbour of Wisbech, to raisea Sum 
of Money, and for other Purposes. 

Ordered, That Mr. Eliot Yorke do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Lytham Improvement Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Norwich Small Tenements Bill ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

A Clause (Officers to account), was twice read ; 
and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Summary remedy against parties 
failing to account), was twice read; and made part 
of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Where Officer about to abscond, 
a warrant may be issued in the first instance), was 
twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Officers refusing to make out 
account and deliver up documents, may be com- 
mitted to Prison), was twice read; and made part 
of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Proceedings against Officers not 
to discharge sureties), was twice read; and made 
part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Saint Ives (Huntingdon) Improve- 
ment Bill; and the Amendments were read and 
agreed to. 

A Clause (Act to be carried out by Commission- 
ers), was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Conveyances and leases of land 
to be taken to two Commissioners in trust), was 
twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Application of monies arising 
from sale of superfluous lands), was twice read ; and 
made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Commissioners to pave, &amp;c.), 
was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (No toll-gate to be erected, or 
tolls collected within certain limits), was twice read ; 
and made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Wakefield Gas Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 

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Wisbech Port 
and Harbour 
Bill. 


Lytham 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Norwich 
Small Tene- 
ments Bill. 


Saint Ives 
(Huntingdon) 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Wakefield 
Gas Bill. 








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York and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
North Mid- the Report on the York and North Midland Rail- 
land Railway 


(East Riding Way (East Riding Canals Purchase) Bill ; and the 

Canals Pur- Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

chase) Bill. A Clause (Interest not to be paid on calls paid 
up), was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Deposits for future Bills not to 
be paid out of the Company’s capital), was twice 
read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Purchase not to be completed 
till capitals paid up and expended), was twice read ; 
and made part of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed, 


Ordered, That the Caledonian Railway (Edin- 
burgh Station and Branches to Granton, and to the 
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway) Bill be read the 


third time To-morrow. 


Caledonian 
Railway 
(Edinburgh 
Station and 
Branches to 
Granton and 
to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway) Bill. 


Eastern Union The ingrossed Bill to empower the Eastern Union 
Railway 


(Branch f Railway Company to make a Railway from the 
tenn eadeatny Eastern Union Railway at Manningtree to Harwich, 
to Harwich) with Branches thereout, and for other Purposes, was, 
Bill. 


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A. 1847. 


Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Leeds and 
into consideration the Report on the Leeds and a 
Thirsk Railway (Harrogate and Pateley Branch, &amp;c.) ¥2Y, (Harto- 


gate and Pate. 


Bill ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. ley Branch, 

A Clanse (Interest not to be paid on calls paid &amp;c-) Bill. 
up), was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Deposits for future Bills not to be 
paid out of the Company’s capital), was twice read ; 
and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Powers of sale, &amp;c. not to be 
exercised without certificate of Commissioners of 
— was twice read ; and made part of the 

ill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill Great North- 
to enuble the Great Northern Railway Company to ye sete 
make certain Alterations in the Line of their Rail- — 
way, as already authorized, between Grantham and Grantham and 





according to Order, read the third time. 
An ingrossed Clause (Powers of lease, &amp;c. not to | 
be exercised without certificate of Commissioners of ! 
Railways), was thrice read; and added to the Bill, | 
by way of Rider. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





York and An ingrossed Bill for enabling the York and North | 
5 tars Midland Railway Company to make a Station at | 
(Hull Station ZHull, and certain Branch Railways connected with | 
and Branches) their Railways and the said Station, and for other | 
Bill. Purposes, was read the third time. | 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Mr. Greene do carry the Bill | 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Tunstall The Order for taking into consideration, To- 
Paving, Light- morrow, the Report on the Tunstall Paving, Light- 
aoa ing, Cleansing, Watching, Improvement and Mar- 
Improvement ket Bill, was read, and discharged. 

and Market Ordered, That the Report be taken into consi- 


deration upon Thursday next. 


Chester and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— the Report on the Chester and Holyhead Railway 
(Extension at (Extension at Holyhead) Bill; and the Amend- 
Holyhead) ments were read, and agreed to. 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed. 





Leeds and 
Thirsk Rail- 
way (Eagles- 
cliffe and 
Stillington 
Extension) 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Report on the Leeds and 
Thirsk Railway (Eaglescliffe and Stillington Exten- 
sion) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

A Clause (Interest not to be paid on calls paid 
up), was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Deposits for future Bills not to 
be paid out of the Company’s capital), was twice 
read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, | 
be ingrossed. 





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Leeds and The House, according to Order, preceeded to take 
Thirsk —_ into consideration the Report on the Leeds and Thirsk | 
way (hrinch Railway (Branch from Melmerby to Northallerton, | 
merby to &amp;e.) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and | 
Northallerton, agreed to. 
—o A Clause (Interest not to be paid on calls paid | 
up), was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 
Another Clause (Deposits for future Bills not to 
be paid out of the Company’s capital), was twice 


read ; and made part of the Bill. 


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York, be now read the third time ; York) Bill. 
Mr. Strutt, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration wexford and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Valencia 
tituled, An Act for making a Railway from the Giillne , 
Town of Killarney, in the County of Kerry, to the Valencia} Bill, 
Harbour of Valencia, in the same County, to be 
called The Wexford and Valencia Railway ; and 
the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 2.1.11. Leave out “ Wexford” and insert 
‘ Killarney.” 

Pr, 2. Is. 12. and 13. Leave out “ Killarney to 
‘ Valencia.” 

Pr, 2.1. 35. Leave out “ Wexford” and insert 
* Killarney.” 

Pr. 2. Is. 36. and 37. Leave out “ Killarney to 
Valencia.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 23. Leave out from “ call” to “ and” 
in Pr, 4. 1. 7. 

Pr. 21. 1.33. After “ thereto” insert Clauses (A.) 
and (B.) 

Cuiause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
“ money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise 
of any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
“ shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
“ respect of shares held by him in the capital by ° 
“ this Act authorized to be raised: Provided al- 
ways, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 
be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
paying to any shareholder such interest on money 
“« advanced by him, beyond the amount of the calls 
“ actually made, as shall be in conformity with the 
provisions in the Companies Clauses Consolida- 

“ tion Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 
Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be raised 
for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to pay or 
deposit any sum of money which by any Standing 
Order of either House of Parliament now in force, 
or hereafter to be in force, may be required to be 


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Liverpool 
Gas Bill. 


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Agricultural 
Tenant Right 
Bill. 


Chemists and 
Druggists. 


Education, 


Copper Ores. 


11 Vicrorrz. 


‘“‘ ment for the purpose of obtaining an Act autho- 
“ rizing the said Company to construct any other 
“ Railway or execute any other work or under- 


“ taking.” 
In the Title of the Bill: 
Leave out “ to be called The Wexford and 
“ Valencia Railway.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to amend the Provisions of two 
several Acts relating to the Liverpool Gas Light 
Company, and to enable the said Company to raise 
a further Sum of Money; and the same were read, 


as follow: 
In the Title to the Bill : 
L.1. Leave out “ amend the provisions of” 
and insert “ repeal.” 
L. 2. After “ Company” insert “and to 
“ substitute other provisions in lieu thereof.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Viscount Sandon do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Petitions from Berkshire ;—and, Wilts; praying 
that the Agricultural Tenant Right Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cardiff ;—Richmond (two Peti- 
tions) ;—and, Birkenhead (two Petitions) ; praying 
the House to pass a Bill for regulating the qualifi- 
cation of Chemists and Druggists in England and 
Wales,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stockton-upon- Tees ;—and, Dar- 
lington; complaining of the exclusion of Roman 
Catholics from their share of the monies granted for 
educational purposes; and praying the House to 
interpose in their behalf,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Members of the Committee of Ma- 
nagement and Teachers of the Sabbath and Day 
Schools in connection with the congregation of In- 
dependent Dissenters in the town of Dronfield, in 
the county of Derby, praying the House to refuse 
its sanction to the Minutes of the Committee of 
Council, as the basis of a scheme of National Edu- 
cation, and also refuse to grant any monies for its 
introduction and support, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Adventurers and others interested 
in certain Copper Mines, situate near the borough 
of Liskeard ;—Lords and Adventurers in British 
Copper Mines, and also of Merchants, Manufac- 
turers, Carriers, Agents, Tinners and others, whose 
livelihood wholly or in part depends on the pros- 
perity of the British Copper Mines ;—and, Joseph 
Thomas Treffry; praying the House not to admit 
foreign Copper Ores duty free, without allowing the 
Petitioners to import duty free the timber which is 
essential to the working of their mines,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


HighwaysBill. A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of the 





Ratepayers of the parish of Saint Mary, Newington, 
in the county of Surrey, praying that the Highways 
Bill may not pass into a law, and that they may 
be heard, by counsel, at the bar of the House, against 
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the same, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bradford, in the Henry Need- 
county of Wilts, taking notice of the Petition of i — 
Captain Henry Needham Scrope Shrapnel, which ~"?" 
was presented on the 7th day of May last, stati 
that the title of Baronet was about being conleanl 
on the late General Shrapnel by his late Majesty 
King William the Fourth, in consideration of and 
as a mark of his most gracious Majesty’s sense of 
the services of General Shrapnel, but which was frus- 
trated by the death of his Majesty, and also of General 
Shrapnel, and praying that the House will recom- 
mend to Her Majesty’s Ministers, that the title of 
Baronet should be laid before Her most gracious 
Majesty for consideration, that the said title may 
descend (as would have been the case but for the 
reasons above stated), to the son and heir, was _pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Beccles (Chairman) ;—and, Inver- Medical 
ness; praying that the Medical Registration and a 
Medical Law Amendment Bill may pass into a law, po p tone 
—were presented, and read; and referred to the ment Bill. 
Select Committee on Medical Registration, &amp;c. 

Petitions from Watlington ; Reigate ; 
Robert Uvedale West ; and, East Retford; 
praying that the said Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were also presented, and read; and referred to the 
said Select Committee. 











Petitions from Liverpool ;—London ;—and, South Navigation 
Shields; praying the House not to countenance any Ls. 
attempt to impair the principle of the Navigation 
Laws,—were presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Navigation Laws. 


A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Manufacturers Railways 
and others, Inhabitants of the borough of Derby (N° 2.) Bill. 
and vicinity, praying that the Railways (No. 2.) Bill 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Farmers and Graziers attending Smithfield 
Rye Market, praying the House not to allow the Market. 
Cattle Market for the metropolis to be removed from 
its present site in Smithfield, in the city of London, 
and that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Smithfield 
Market. 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty‘s Com- Miscellaneous 
mand,—An Estimate of the further Sum required Services. 
to be voted in the year 1847, to defray the Expense VII. 


of providing Temporary Accommodation for the No.538. 
Houses of Parliament, Committee Rooms, &amp;c. on of a 
arlament. 


An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in Port Patrick 
the year 1847, on account of Port Patrick Harbour, #*bour- 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted to Crelant) 
defray further Expenses that will probably be in- inate 
curred for the Maintenance of Convicts in Ireland, 
to the 31st March 1848. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in Wellington 
the year 1847, towards defraying the Expense of an St@tue. 
appropriate Pedestal for the Equestrian Statue of 
the Duke of Wellington. 

An Estimate of the further Sum proposed to be Drainage 
voted in the year 1847, to defray one Moiety of the (eland-) 
Cost of executing certain Works of Navigation in 
Ireland connected with Drainage. 

Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred to 
the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings of Seduction and 
the Select Committee on the Seduction and Prosti- 
tution Suppression Bill be laid before this House. 

Mr. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending Com- 

4x4 


Prostitution 
Suppression 
Bill. 


mittees 











Private Bills 
and Acts, 


Ordnance 
Contracts 
(Ireland.) 


Navigation 
Laws, Corn, 
&amp;c. 


Savings 
Banks. 


720 


mittees of this House, accordingly presented the 
said Minutes. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Private Bills introduced, 
and brought from the House of Lords, and of Acts 
passed in 1847, classed according to the following 
Subjects: Railways; Roads and Bridges; Water- 
works ; Ports, Piers, Harbours and Docks ; Canals 
aud Navigations ; Churches, Chapels and Burying- 
grounds; Paving, Lighting and Improving ; Gaols 
and other County Buildings; Inclosures; Small 
Debts Courts; all other Bills and Acts :—Of all 
the Private Bills, other than Railway Bills which, 
in the present Session, have been treated as Opposed 
Bills ; together with the Names of the Members 
selected to serve on the several Committees on such 
Bills, the Number of days on which each selected 
Member has so served, the Names of such of the 
Members on the Speaker’s Lists as attended such 
Committees, and the Number of days on which 
each such Member attended, and the Number of 
days on which each Committee has sat :—Of all the 
Railway Bills which, in the present Session, have 
been laid before the Classification Committee, ar- 
ranged in the Groups in which they were placed by 
such Committee, specifying the Names of the 
Members who sat upon each Committee to which 
a Group was referied; the Number of days on 
which each such Committee sat; the Bills in each 
Group the Preamble of which was reported to have 
been proved; the Bills in each Group the Preamble 
of which was reported to have been not proved ; 
the Bills in each Group referred to the Chairman 
of the Committee of Ways and Means ; the Bills in 
each Group withdrawn, or not proceeded with by 
the parties ; and the Bills in each Group suspended 
under the Resolution of the 10th day of June 1847, 
specifying in what Stage such Bills were so sus- 
pended :—Of all the Private Bills, other than Railway 
Bills, which in the present Session have been treated 
as Unopposed Bills, and have been referred to the 
Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means :— 
And, ofall the Railway Bills which, being unopposed, 
have been referred in the present Session to the 
Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, showing the Prices at which the Contracts 
for the supply of Coals and Candles, in Ireland, to 
the Ordnance Department, were taken, for the 
years ending the 30th day of June 1845 and 1846 
respectively :—And, a similar Return, showing the 
Prices at which the Forage Contracts were taken, 
for the half years ending the 30th day of April 1845, 
3ist day of October 1845, 30th day of April 1846, 
and 30th day of November 1846, respectively. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Foreign Ships that have 
brought Cargoes of Corn, &amp;c., under the suspension 
of the Navigation Laws, to the 12th day of June 
1847, inclusive, specifying the Amount of Tonnage, 
and the Quantities of Corn, &amp;c. 

Mr. Parker accordingly presented the said Return. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account, stating, in Detail, the Purchases and Sales 
of Bank Annuities and Exchequer Bills effected by 
the National Debt Commissioners on Account of the 
Trustees of Savings Banks, under the authority of 
the Acts 9 Geo. 4, c. 92, and 3d Will. 4, c. 14, 
showing, in separate columns, the Date, Description 
and Extent of each of such Purchases and Sales, 
and the-rate at which each of such Purchases and 
Sales were effected, from the 5th day of July 1846 


229° Junie. 


A. 1847. 


to the 15th day of June 1847 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 681, of Session 1846). 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham Message from 
and Mr. Duckworth : T FO the Lords 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to transfer the Collec- Stage Car- 
tion and Management of the Duties in respect of Senna | 
Stage Carriages, Hackney Carriages and Railway 
Passengers from the Commissioners of Stamps and 
Taxes to the Commissioners of Excise : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue, until the Soap Duty 
Thirty-first day of July One thousand eight hundred Allowances 
and Forty-eight, and to the end of the then next 
Session of Parliament, certain of the Allowances of 
the Duty of Excise on Soap used in Manufactures : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for reducing the Dues of Weymouth 
the Harbour of the Borough and Town of Weymouth a 
and Melcombe Regis, in the County of Dorset, and }ocr and. 
consolidating the Trusts created by the Acts relating Bridge Trusts 
to such Harbour and the Bridge of the said Borough, Bil. 
and for other Purposes: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Midland Great 
Act to enable the Midland Great Western Railway gc 
of Ireland Company to make certain Deviations in imate 
the authorized Line of the said Railway, and to Anniskinnan 
amend the Acts relating thereto, with an Amend- aoe” 
ment; to which Amendment the Lords desire the pj, 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Newry and 
Act to alter and amend the Newry and Enniskillen Railway Bill. 
Railway Act 1845, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Gloucester 
Act to authorize the Gloucester and Dean Forest es alae 
Railway Company to construct a Dock or Basin at pleat 
Gloucester, in connection with the said Railway, of Docks) Bill 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House : And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Cornwall _ 
Act to authorize an Alteration of the Line of the Bailway Bil. 
Cornwall Railway, and to amend the Act relating 
thereto, and for other Purposes, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An aieoet Valley 
Act to enable the Liynvi Valley Railway Company Extension Dil. 
to make an Extension of their Railway to Vew- 
castle, in the County of Glamorgan, and to amend 
the Act relating to their said Railway, to be called 
The Liynvi Valley Railway Extension, with Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An London and 
Act to authorize the Right honourable Francis rng, Bsn 
Egerton Earl of Ellesmere to sell, and the London (Purchase of 
and North Western Railway Company to purchase, the Earl of 
the Estate and Interest of the said Earl in the Man- rt ae 
chester South Junction and Altrincham Railway, Manchester 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords South Junc- 


desire the concurrence of this House : And also, po a 


Railway) Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Biil, intituled, An East Lincoln- 
Act to amend the East Lincolnshire Railway Act, setter aa | 
1846, and to authorize the Construction of a Branch arto and 
Railway to join the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Branch to 
Junction Railway, near Grimsby, with an Amend- Cuairaany 
ment; to which Amendment the Lords desire the rier Rail- 
concurrence of this House: And also, = a4 y) Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ambergate, 
Act to enable the Ambergate, Nottingham and Bos- ie yg 
ton and Eastern Junction Railway Company to alter ang Eastern 
the Line of their Railway, and to construct a Branch Junction Rail- 
Railway therefrom, into the Town of Nottingham, ¥*¥ eee 
with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords ang Branches 


desire the concurrence of this House: And also, _ to Notting- 





‘The ham) Bill. 








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11 Vicrorrz. 


Caledonian The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
sll Act to enable the Caledonian Railway Company to 


Garnkirk and make a Branch Railway from the Glasgow, Garn- 


Coatbridge irk and Coatbridge Railway to Glasgow, and to 

——,, enlarge the Station in that City, with Amendments ; 

Ciasgow to which Amendments the Lords desire the con- 

Station) Bill. currence of this House: And also, 

Vale of Neath The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

Railway Bill. Act for enabling the Vale of Neath Railway Com- 
pany to construct certain New Lines of Railway 
in connexion with the Vale of Neath Railway, and 
for other Purposes, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

Caledonian The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


and Dumbar- 
tonshire Junc- 
tion Railway 
(Deviations 
between Dun- 
tocher Lime 
Works and 
Bowling, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Act to enable the Caledonian and Dumbartonshire 
Junction Railway Company to make certain De- 
viations and Branches, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 


General Ter- | The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
minusand = Act to enable the General Terminus and Glasgow 
Glasgow Har- 


: Harbour Railway Company to make Branch Rail- 
Branches Bil ways to the Caledonian aa other adjoinmg Rail- 
ways, and to amend the Act relating to such Rail- 
way, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, 
Shrewsbury The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
and Birming- Act to enable the Shrewsbury and Birmingham 
tam Railway Railway Company to make Branch Railways to 
mentand Madeley and Ironbridge, and for other Purposes, 
Branches Bill. with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 

also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to enable the Bristol and South Wales Junction 


Bristol and 
South Wales 


aller ang Railway Company to improve and maintain the 
Aust Ferr Aust or Old Passage Ferry across the River Severn, 
: y ; g 77 

Bill. with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

Newport, The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

ey tne Act for amending the Newport, Abergavenny and 

Railway De- Hereford Railway Act, 1846, and tu authorize De- 


viations Bill. viations from the Line of the said Railway, and for 
making Branches and Extensions therefrom, with 
Amendmeots; to which Amendments the Lords 


desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


Swansea The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Docks Bill. Act for constructing and maintaining Docks and 
other Works at or near the south side of the Town 
of Swansea, in the Town and Franchise of Swansea, 
in the County of Glamorgan, with an Amendment ; 
to which Amendment the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 
Dunfermline § The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
hs a Act for the better supplying the Town of Dunferm- 
” line and Places adjacent thereto with Water, with 
an Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
Bankruptcy The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 


Ruy laselvency to abolish the Court of Review in Bankruptcy, and 
Fr to make Alterations in the Jurisdiction of the Courts 
of Bankruptcy and Court for Relief of Insolvent 
Debtors; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House :—And then the Messengers with- 

drew. 


22°—23° Junie. 


721 


Ordered, That the Home Accounts of the East East India, 
India Company, which were presented yesterday, No.541. 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Territorial East India. 
Revenues and Disbursements, East India, which No. 4541, 
were presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Pauper St 
Lunatics, which was presented yesterday, be printed, “™™*4°* 
No. 542. 
Ordered, That Account relative to Wheat, &amp;c., Wheat, &amp;c. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 543. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Cattle, &amp;c., Cattle, &amp;c. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 544, 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Shan- Shannon 
non Navigation, which was presented yesterday, be a 
printed. No. 545. 


The House was moved, That the Act 5 and 6 Copper. 
Vic., c. 47., to amend the Laws relating to the Cus- 
toms, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House do resolve itself into a 
Committee to consider the Duties upon Copper, 
with a view to their reduction or abolition ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, { = ns. , } 19. 


Mr. Tufnell, . 
Mr. Wyse : } vie 
So it passed in the Negative. 


‘ellers for the Noes, 


Notice being taken that Forty Members were 
not present ; The House was told by Mr. Speaker, 
and Forty Members not being present, and it being 
then after Four of the clock:—The House was 
adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 








Mercurii, 23° die Juni ; 
Anno 11° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


HE following Return, having been transmitted Liverpool and 
to the Clerk, was laid upon the Table, viz, : Manchester 
—Further Return to an Order dated the 17th day ——— 
of this instant June, for Returns of the Number of 
Summonses issued since the. Establishment of the 
Liverpool District County Court:—Of the Minimum 
and Maximum Number of Days allowed for the 
Return of such Summonses :—Of the Number of 
Cases already decided by the Court :—Of the Num- 
ber of Summonses granted for Debts above Five 
Pounds :—Of the Number of Days the Court has 
sat:—-Of the Number of Hours occupied each 
sitting :—And, of the Number of Cases determined 
each day, distinguishing the Number of Jury Cases: 
—And, similar Returns from the District County 
Court at Manchester (so far as relates to the Liver- 
pool District County Court). 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Leeds Free 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Grammar 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Leeds Free —" Estate 
Grammar School Estate Bill, the Standing Orders 
have not been complied with, as by the said Bull 
the Trustees of the Leeds Free Grammar School 
are authorized to purchase, and the Trustees of 
Harrison’s Hospital to sell, certain lands and here- 
ditaments belonging to the said Trustees of Har- 
rison’s Hospital, but the notices of the intended ap- 
plication to Parliament do not specify the intention 








Imports, Ordered, That the Returns relative to Imports, 
Exports and Exports and Bullion, which were presented upon 
Bullion. the 10th day of May and the 18th day of June last, 
No. 539. be printed. 
Constabulary Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
‘orce. to Constabulary Force, which was presented upon 
No. 540. the 18th day of May last, be printed. 
VoL. 102, 


to apply for any such power. 


4Z+ Ordered, 

















122 


Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Committees. Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 
this day, during the sitting of the House. 

Horne’s Mr. Greene reported Horne’s (Ferguson’s) Estate 
epee? Bill, without Amendment. 

a Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Wyndham’s Ordered, That Wyndham’s Estate Bill be read 
Estate Bill. 4 second time To-morrow. 

Portsmouth Ordered, That the Report on the Portsmouth 


Paving,-Light- Paving, Lighting and Improvement Bill be now 
ing andIm- taken into consideration :—The House accordingly 


— proceeded to take the Report into consideration. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 

former Committee :—And that they have leave to 
sit, and proceed, and to make their Report To- 
morrow. 

Caledonian The ingrossed Bill to enable the Caledonian 

Railway Railway Company to extend their Station in Edin- 

(Edinburgh 


‘aoe burgh, and to make Branch Railways to Granton, 
one hae oat to the Edinburgh and Glas a Railway, was, 
Granton and according to Order, read the third time. 
se Edin- ~~ An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
Glasgow Rail- calls paid up), was thrice read; and added to the 
way) Bil. = Bill, by way of Rider. 
Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits for future 
Bills not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Manchester The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Waterworks the Report on the Manchester Waterworks Bill; 
=. and the Amendments were read, and agreed to ; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. , 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, b 
ingrossed. 


Edinburghana A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill to 
Northern Rail- enable the Edinburgh and Northern Railway Com- 
je yr pany to make a Deviation and Extension of their 
land to Dun. Branch Railway to Dunfermline; to make another 
fermline Railway from their Strathearn Deviation Railway 
OES «&gt; to the Scottish Central Railway; and to make an 
~~’ Alteration in the manner of constructing the said 
Branch and Strathearn Deviation across certain 
Roads, and the Halbeath Railway, be now read the 
third time ; 

Mr. Strutt, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Edinburgh and 
Northern Railway Company to make a Deviation 
and Extension of their Branch Railway to Dun- 
fermline; to make another Railway from their 
Strathearn Deviation Railway to the Scottish Cen- 
tral Railway; and to make an Alteration in the 
manner of constructing the said Branch and Strath- 
earn Deviation across certain Roads. 

Ordered, That Mr: Edward Ellice do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


TauntonIm- | The House proceeded to take into consideration 


provement and the Report on the Zaunton Improvement and Mar- 
Market Bill. [et Bill. 


93° Junii. 





A. 1847. 


Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to 
sit, and ‘proceed, with two selected Members, and 
to make their Report To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Norfolk Rail- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 7hY Crom 
intituled, An Act to empower the Norfolk Rail- pe nd 
way Company to make a Railway from the Lowestoft Railway, near 
Railway, near Reedham, to join the Norwich Ex- oe 
tension of the Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund's toHsleowerthy 
Railway, near Diss; and the same were read, as Bill. 
follow : 

Pr. 5. 1. 15. Leave out from “ meeting” to 
“ and” in Pr. 6.1. 11. 

Pr. 7. 1. 32. After “‘ purpose” insert Clauses 
(A.) and (B.) 

Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful forthe said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 
pay or deposit any sum of money which by any 
“ Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
“ now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
“ required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
“ an Act authorizing the said Company to con- 
struct any other Railway or execute any other 
work or undertaking.” 

Cuause (B.) “ And beit Enacted, That it shall 
not be Jawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to the 
said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise 
of any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
aewaehden on the amount of the calls made in 
respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided 
always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 
be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
paying to any shareholder such interest on mone 
advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
actualiy made, as shall be in conformity with 
“ the provisions in the secondly-recited Act in 
“ that behalf contained.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 24. After “‘ Company” insert Clauses 
(C.) (D.) (E.) (F.) (G.) and (H.) 

Crause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ not be lawful for the Company or any person or 
“‘ persons acting under them, to detain any vessel, 
“ se or buat navigating the said rivers fora 
“ longer space of time than may be sufficient to 
“ admit of any carriage or trains regularly travers- 
“ ing the said Railway and approaching the said 
“ bridges to cross the said rivers, and for opening 
“ the said bridges to admit such vessel, barge or 
“ boat to pass; and in case the Company or any 
“ person or persons acting under them, shall detain 
any such vessel, barge or boat contrary to the 
“ provisions of this Act, or demand, take or re- 
ceive any toll for the passage of any person or 
“ persons, vessel, barge or boat, the said Company 
“ or every person so offending shall, in every such 
“ case, forfeit and pay the sum of Ten pounds, but 
nothing in this Act shall prevent any remedy for 
damages which any party may sustain in respect 
“ of any such detention as aforesaid.” 

Cuause (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
said Railway shall be carried across the River 
Waveney, at Beccles, by an open wooden viaduct, 
“ to be constructed in such a manner, and according 
“ to such Plan and height of headway, as shail be 
‘‘ approved of by the Lord High Admiral, or the 
“ Commissioners for executing the office of Lord 
“ High Admiral, such approval to be signified by 
“ writing under the hand of the Secretary of the 
“ Admiralty; and ample provision shall be made 
“in the embankment adjoining the river for the 
escape of flood-waters.” 


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Holyhead 
Harbour Bill. 


No, 547, 


11 Vicroriz. 


Cuavuse (E.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That if at any future time the present 
Railway Bridge at Beccles be altered or be 
removed, and a new one substituted, the Com- 
“ pany, if and when and so soon as required by the 
Lord High Admiral, or the said Commissioners 
“ for executing the office of the Lord High Admiral, 
shall so reconstruct the proposed Railway Bridge 
at Beccles as to make it in every respect equally 
commodious to the water-way and navigation as 
the altered or new road-way bridge may be.” 

Cuausr (F.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
said Railway shall be carried across the River 
Waveney, about one mile and a half below the 
town of Beccles, by a swing bridge of not less 
than forty-four feet span, and the Company shall 
construct all proper and necessary openings in 
the embankment of the said Railway for the 


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said Lord High Admiral or the said Commis- 
sioners.” 

Crause(G.) “ And be it Enacted, That during 
the construction of the said bridges and works 
connected therewith, the said Company shall 
cause to be hung out or exhibited every night 
from sunset to sunrise, a light to be kept burning 
by and at theexpense of the Company, for the 
navigation and safe guidance of vessels; and for 
ever after the completion of the said bridges the 
said Company shall cause to be hung out or ex- 
hibited upon or near to the centre of each of the 
said bridges, every night, from sunset to sunrise, 
a good and sufficient light to be kept burning by 
and at the expense of the Company, for the navi- 
gation and safe guidance of vessels, and which 
“ shall from time to time be altered by the said Com- 
pany in such manner, and be of such description, 
“and be so used as the Lord High Admiral, or 
the Commissioners for executing the office of 
Lord High Admiral, shall by writing under the 
hand of the Secretary of the Admiralty approve 
of; and in case the said Company shall neglect 
to exhibit and keep either such lights burning as 
aforesaid, they shall forfeit and pay for every 
such neglect, the sum of Ten pounds. 

Crauss (H.) “ And be it Enacted, That if any 
bridge to be constructed by the Company in or 
across any tidal water or navigable river, or if 
any portion of the Railway which affects any 
‘ such water or river, or access thereto, shall be 
abandoned by the Company, it shall be lawful 
“ for the Lord High Admiral, or the Commissioners 
“ for executing the office of Lord High Admiral, 
to abate and remove the same, or such part or 
parts thereof, as he or they may at any time or 
times deem fit and proper, and to restore the site 
thereof to its former condition, at the cost and 
charge of the Company, and the amount thereof 
shall be a debt due from the Company to the 
Crown, and be recoverable accordingly.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
avere agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wodehouse do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Holy- 
head Harbour Bill have leave to make a Special 
Report. 

Ordered, That the Committee have power to re- 
port the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to make 
their Report forthwith. 

Mr. Ward reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee, to whom two Petitions against the Bill were 
referred ; That they had heard counsel in support of 
such Petitions, and had also heard counsel in favour 


23° Junii. 


escape of flood-water, to the satisfaction of the | 








of the Bill; and had examined ihe allegations of 
VoL. 102. 


723 


the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made two Amendments 
thereunto ; and that they had further examined the 
various matters connected therewith, and had di- 
rected him to make a Report thereof to the House, 
together with the Mirutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for ‘To-morrow. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration pundalk and 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Enniskillen 
tituled, An Act to alter and amend several of the Bailway Bill. 


Powers and Provisions of the Act relating to the 
Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway ; and the same 
was read, as followeth: 

Pr. 3. 1. 22. After “ notwithstanding” insert 
Clause (A.) 

Criause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to pay or 
deposit any sum of money which by any Stand- 
ing Order of either House of Parliament now in 
force, or hereafter to be in force, may be required 
to be deposited in respect of any application to 
Parliament for the purpose of obtaining an Act 
authorizing the said Company to construct any 
other Railway or execute any other work or un- 
“ dertaking.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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Petitions from Hastings and Saint Leonard’s ;— Education. 


Canterbury ;—and, Workington; complaining of 
the exclusion of Roman Catholics from their share 
of the monies granted for educational purposes ; 
and praying the House to interpose in their behalf, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Canterbury, praying Health of 
that the Health of Towns Bill may pass into a law, Towns Bill. 


was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Ministers’ 


Citizens of Limerick, praying for the repeal of the » 
tax called Ministers’ Money in Jreland, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Patrick Marwell Cullinan, m.B., of Physiciansand 
Ennis, in the county of Clure, Fellow of the Col- 5878¢o"s. 


lege of Surgeons in Jreland, praying that the same 
privileges in relation to professional secrets, which 
are now enjoyed by lawyers, clergymen and solici- 
tors, may be extended by law to regular Physicians 
and Surgeons, and that they be exempted from 
all penalties for refusing to disclose bond fide pro- 
fessional secrets, when communicated to them of 
necessity, and confidentially, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Corn growers and others, Thames 
in Halesworth, in the county of Suffolk, and its vi- Conservancy 


cinity, taking notice of the Thames Conservancy 
Bill, and praying that in the Thames Conservancy, 
merchants, shipowners, wharfingers and traders 
be equally represented in the commission, along 
with a portion of the corporation, and that the pre- 
sent oppressive tax upon corn from Norfolk and 
Suffolk be reduced, and that whoever are appointed 
Conservators be restricted to impose an equal and 

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fair impost upon the trade of the kingdom, without 
preference to any particular county or locality, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Names and Numbers of Towns in 
each County in Jreland, in which Presentment Ses- 
sions, under the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 116, are 
held, and the Distance of each such Town respec- 
tively from the County Town. 


Road Sessions 
Towns (Ire- 
land.) 


Militia Ballots 
Suspension 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to suspend the making of Lists and the Ballots and 
Enrolments for the Militia of the United Kingdom : 
Aud that Mr. Secretary at War and the Judge Ad- 
vocate do prepare, and bring it in. 


Militia 
Estimates. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to prepare Estimates of the Charge of the Disem- 
bodied Militia of Great Britain and Ireland, for the 
year ending the 31st day of March 1848:—And 
a Committee was appointed of Mr. Secretary 
at War, the Judge Advocate, Sir John Hobhouse, 
Mr. Macaulay, Mr. Sidney Herbert, Mr. Edward 
Ellice, Mr. Parker, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Pendarves, 
Viscount Clements and all Colonels of Militia :— 
And they are to withdraw immediately. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Print Works § Resolved, That this House wil!, To-morrow, re- 
Bill. solve itselfinto a Committee upon the Print Works 
Bill. 


SavingsBanks Ordered, That the Savings Banks Annuities Bill 
Annuities Bill. he yead the third time To-morrow. 

Surrey and Ordered, That the Committee on the Surrey and 
pe sea os Kent Commission of Sewers (No. 2.) Bill have leave 
(No. 2.) Bill, to make their Report this day. 


Medical Regis- 
tration, &amp;c. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Medical 
Registration, &amp;c., have power to report from time to 
time. 


Incumbered The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

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(Ireland) pi], toa Committee upon the Incumbered Estates (Lre- 

( " — " land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
NO, O40, 


Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
orted, That the Committee had gone through the 

Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report he now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 
Highways Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Highways Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Seduction and The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


re See Committee upon the Seduction and Prostitu- 
Suppression ,- nee : 
Bil - __— tion Suppression Bill. 

No. 550. 


(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to beread 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cuiause, N° 1, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 2, disagreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuiauses, N° 4 to N° 6, agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Motion made, and Question pane That the 
Chairman do report the Bill, with the Amendments, 
to the House ; 


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Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
the Chairman do leave the Chair ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Roebuck, } 26 


Yeas, Mr. Craven Berkeley : 
Tellers for the { Mr. Spooner, 81 
Noes, Sir John Pakington: } . 


Original Question put, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday next; and the Bill, 
as amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Poor Removal 
Reading of the Poor Removal Act Amendment Act Amend- 
Bill ; ment Bill. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz., To leave out the word 
“now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“* now ” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the ( Mr. Bankes, 


joe. 


Yeas, Mr. Robert Palmer: 
Tellers for the { Sir John Pakington, h 05 
Noes. Lord Marcus Hill: id 


So it passed in the Negative. 


And the Question being put, That the words 
“« upon this day three months” be added at the end 
of the Question:—It was resolved in the Affirm- 
ative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Registration 
into a Committee upon the Registration of Voters of Voters Bill 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr.Speaker Nv.551. 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Parliamentary 
Reading of the Parliamentary Electors Bill ; Blectors BUM. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Vexatious 
mittee on the Vexatious Actions Bill; Actions Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Insolvent 
Reading of the Insolvent Debtors Bill; Debtors Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Joint Stock 
mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Bill ; Companies 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- ~~ 
solve itself into the said Committee. - 
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StockinTrade The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
ri —_—-Reading of the Stock in Trade Exemption Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 
Parliamentary The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
(No. 2.) Bill. —e of the Parliamentary Electors (No. 2.) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ane. mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Post-office Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
val. for giving further Facilities for the Transmission of 
Letters by Post, and for the regulating the Duties 
of Postage thereon ; and for other Purposes relating 
to the Post-office: And that Mr. Parker and The 
Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, and bring 
it in. 
Leeds The House proceeded to take into consideration 
(hes) Bill the Report on the Leeds Waterworks (No. 2.) Bill ; 


and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Militia Ballots Mr. Secretary at War presented a Bill to suspend 


_ the making of Lists and the Ballots and Enrolments 
N for the Militia of the United Kingdom: And the 
0.552. same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time To-morrow; and to be printed. 
Militia Mr. Secretary at War reported from the Select 
Estimates. Committee appointed to prepare Estimates of the 
No.553. Charge of the Disembodied Militia of Great Britain 
and Jreland, for the year ending the 31st day of 
March 1848; That they had prepared the said 
Estimates accordingly, and directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Post-office Mr. Parker presented a Bill for giving further 
Bill. Facilities for the Transmission of Letters by Post, 
No. 554. and for the regulating the Duties of Postage thereon; 
and for other Purposes relating to the Post-office : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 
to be printed. 
Glasgow, Mr. Strutt presented,—Report of the Commis- 
a sioners of Railways on the Agreement between the 
CanalCom- Glasgow, Paisley and Ardrossan Canal Company, 
pany,and = and the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr 
mg dang Railway, and other Railways, made at Paisley on 
neck and Ayr the 30th day of June 1843, and referred to the Com- 


Railway Com- missioners of the Railway Board, to inquire into 
pany, &amp;c. —_ the Conditions of the said Agreement, and how far 
No. 548. they affect the Traffic and Communications of the 
Town of Paisley with the adjacent districts; and 
to report their Opinion to this House, whether the 
conduct of the Ardrossan Canal and Paisley Rail- 
road Directors, in carrying out the Agreement, have 
been injurious to the people of Paisley, and the ad- 
jacent districts, as complained of, in compliance with 
the Order of the House of the 9th day of this instant 

June, with an Appendix. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table ; and be printed. 
a Sir William Somerville presented a Bill for the 
Wales) —” further Amendment of the Laws relating to Turn- 
No. 550, ow = oe Wales; And the same was read 
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the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


Captain Gladstone reported the Surrey and Kent Surrey and 
Commission of Sewers (No. 2.) Bill, with Amend- Kent Commis- 
ments. sion of Sewers 


No. 2.) Bi 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ‘ a 


Mr. Milner Gibson reported from the Select Com- Navigation 
mittee on Navigation Laws; That they had fur- + ac (Fourth 
eport.) 
ther considered the matters to them referred, and Ne. 866 
directed him to report the Minutes of the Evidence ea 
taken before them. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


The Order made upon the 23d day of April last, Slave Vessels. 
for presenting to Her Majesty an humble Address 
that She would be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions that there be laid before this House, a Return, 
showing the Particulars of the several Disburse- 
ments constituting the difference between the Sums 
£.1,152 18s.10d. and £.168 14s. 11d. paid as 
the net Proceeds of the Slave Vessels ‘‘ Jehovah” 
and “ Diana,” into the Vice-Admiralty Court 
at the Cape of Good Hope, on the 12th day of 
December 1842, and the 8th day of December 1846 
respectively, and the Sums of £.1,202 7s. 63d. 
and £.285 3s. 9d., being the gross Proceeds of 
Sale of those Vessels respectively, less the Sums 
of £.476 18s. 9d. and £.273 17s., mentioned in 
the Return presented on the 5th day of April 1847, 
was read ; and discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Slave Vessels. 
to Her Majesty that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Returns, showing the Particulars of the several Dis- 
bursements constituting the difference between the 
Sum of £.1,679 6s. 3d., the gross Proceeds, and 
£.1,152 18s. 10d. paid as the net Proceeds of the 
Slave Vessel “ Jehovah” into the High Court of Ad- 
miralty ; and the several Disbursements constituting 
the difference between £.619 2s. 2d., the gross 
Proceeds of Sale of the “ Diana,’ and the Sum of 
£.168 14s, 11d. paid into the said Court as the net 
Proceeds :—And, of the Registrar's Copy of the 
Condemnation, and the Marshal’s Certificate of the 
Breaking-up of the Hull, and of the Sale of the 
Cargo of the Slave Vessel “ Diana,” condemned in 
the Vice Admiralty Court at the Cape of Good Hope, 
and transmitted by the Agents for the Captors to 
the Treasury, on the 11th day of September 1846. 

Ordered That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council. 


The Order made upon the 26th day of March Slave Vessels. 
last, for presenting to Her Majesty an humble Ad- 
dress that She would be graciously pleased to give 
directions that there be laid before this House, a 
turns of Slave Vessels captured since the Ist day of 
January 1842, distinguishing those brought for 
adjudication beforethe Courts of Mixed Commission 
and the several Vice Admiralty Courts; describing 
the Tonnage of each Vessel, aad the Flag under 
which she was seized, and whether such Seizure took 
place in the presence of or with the assistance of 
any Foreign Vessel of War, and of what Nation; 
stating the Number of Slaves, if any, on board at the 
time of Seizure; the Date and Decretal part of the 
Sentence, whether Forfeiture or Restitution, with 
the Amount of Proceeds of Sale or Costs awarded ; 
also,the Expenses of Condemnation as distinguished 
from the Charges for Breaking-up each Vessel, and 
the period when the Proceeds for Distribution were 
paid into the Registry of the High Court of Admi- 
ralty :—And, of Slave Vessels that have been taken 
into Her Majesty’s Service since the 1st day of Jan- 
uary 1842; stating the Tonnage, and the appraised 


or estimated Value of the Hull and Stores, and the 
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Quakers’ and 
Jews’ Mar- 
riages Bill. 


London (City) 


Improvements 
Bill. 


General 'Ter- 
minus and 
Glasgow Har- 
bour Railway 
Branches Bill. 


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Sum or Sums which the Commissioners of the Ad- 
miralty have deemed a proper Price for the same, 
was read ; and discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of Slave Vessels captured since the 
1st day of January 1842, distinguishing those 
brought for adjudication before the Courts of Mixed 
Commission and the several Vice Admiralty Courts ; 
describing the Tonnage of each Vessel, and the Flag 
under which she was seized,and whether such Seizure 
took place in the presence of or with the assistance 
of any Foreign Vessel of War, and of what Nation ; 
stating the Number of Slaves, if any, on board 
ut the time of Seizure; the Date and Decretal part 
of the Sentence, whether Forfeiture or Restitution, 
with the Amount of the Expenses of Condemnation, 
with the particulars, and the Amount of the several 
Charges for Breaking-up each Vessel, and _ the 
Amount of the gross and net Proceeds of Sale, 
with the Amount, and when the same was paid over 
for Distribution to the Captors. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to remove Doubts as to Quakers’ 
and Jews’ Marriages solemnized before certain 
Periods ; and the same were read, as follow: 

L. 1. Leave out “are” and insert “ have been.” 

L.7. Leave out “and Wales.” 

L. 9. Leave out the second “and” and insert 
* of.” 

L. 24. Leave out “ the” and insert “all.” 

L. 25. After “‘ were” insert “ and are.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 24° die Junii ; 
Anno 11° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS, 


N ingrossed Bill for widening and improving 
Cannon-street, and for making a New Street 
from the west end of Cannon-street to Queen-street, 
and for widening and improving Queen-street, and 
for effecting other Improvements in the City of 
London, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Masterman do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to enable the General Terminus and 
Glasgow Harbour Railway Company to make 
Branch Railways to the Caledonian and other ad- 
joining Railways, and to amend the Act relating 
to such Railway; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 2. 1. 36. Leave out from “ Branches ” to 
“ Act” inl, 38. 

Pr. 8.1. 38. After “given” insert Clauses (A.) 
and (B.) 

Criause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the suid Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, by calls in respect of shares, or by the 


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Juni. A. 1847. 
exercise of we power of borrowing, to pay interest 
to any shareholder on the amount of the calls 
made in respect of the shares held by him in the 
capital by this Act authorized to be raised: Pro- 
vided always, That nothing hereinbefore con- 
tained shall be deemed to prevent the said Com- 
pany from paying to any shareholder such interest 
on money advanced by him beyond the amount 
of the calls actually made, as shall be in con- 
formity with the provisions in the Companies 
Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845, in 
“ that behalf contained.” 

Cuause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 

ay or deposit any sum of money which by any 

tanding Order of either House of Parliament 
now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
an Act authorizing the said Company to con- 
struct any other Railway, or execute any other 
work or undertaking.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 21. Leave out from “ Railways” to 
“ be” in |. 25. 

Pr. 16. 1. 13. Leave out from “money” to 
And” in |. 30. and insert Clause (C.) 

Cause (C.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That it shall not be lawful for the Com- 
pany, by virtue of the power hereinbefore con- 
tained, to lease or sell the Railways and Branch 
Railways hereby and by the said recited Act 
authorized to be made, or any part or parts thereof, 
unless it shall have been proved to the satisfac- 
tion of the Commissioners of Railways, and cer- 
tified by them under their seal previously to the 
execution of such lease or completion of such 
sale, that one-half of the whole amount of the 
capital (exclusive of loans) by the Act or Acts 
relating to the said Company authorized to be 
raised, has been actually paid up and expended 
for the purposes authorized by such Act or Acts 
respectively.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to, 

Ordered, That Mr. Duncan do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 


agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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_ An ingrossed Bill for the more effectually assess- Norwich Small 
ing, collecting and levying the Poor and other Tenements 
Rates, in the City and County of the City of Nor- Bill 


wich, and Liberties of the same, was read the third 
time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Marquis of Douro do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration pritish Com- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, mercial Insur- 


intituled, An Act to repeal an Act of the Second 
year of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, 
intituled, An Act to enable the British Commercial 
Insurance Company to sue and be sued in the name 
of one of the Directors, or of the Secretary for the 
time being of the Company; and to enable the said 
Company to sue and be sued in the name of one of 
their Directors, or of their Secretary for the time 
being ; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 3. 1. 2. After “being” insert “ if any of the 
said Company, or, if there shall be no director or 
“ secretary, against any member.” 

Pr. 4.1.27. Leave out “one of” and in the 
same line leave out “ directors” and insert “ di- 
** rector.” 

Pr. 4. ]. 28. Leave out “of the” and in the 
same line leave out from “ secretary” to “of” in 1. 

29. 


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Wyndham’s 
Estate Bill. 


Tunstall Pav- 
ing, Lighting, 
Cleansing, 
Watching, 
Improvement 
and Market 
Bill. 


Cornwall 
Railway Bill. 


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29. and insert “or member selected to be such 
“ nominal plaintiff, pursuer or petitioner, or defend- 
ant or defender as aforesaid, for or on behalf.” 
Pr. 4. 1.33. After “secretary” insert “ or mem- 
“ ber.” 
Pr. 8. 1. 36. After “secretary” insert “or any 
“ member.” 
Pr. 9.1.7. After “ being ” insert “ or member.” 
Pr. 9.1. 25. Leave out “or” and in the same 
line after “ secretary ” insert “or member.” 
Pr. 10. 1. 11. After “secretary” insert “ or any 
member.” 
Pr. 10. 1. 27. After “being ” insert “or any 
member.” 
Pr. 10. 1. 36. After “secretary” insert “ or 
“ member.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Trotter do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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Wyndham’s Estate Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Report on the Tunstall 
Paving, Lighting, Cleansing, Watching, Improve- 
ment and Market Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

A Clause (Incorporating certain Clauses of the 
Gas Works Act), was twice read ; and made part of 
the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to authorize an Alteration of the 
Line of the Cornwall Railway, and to amend the 
Act relating thereto, and for other Purposes; and 
the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 56.1. 21. After “( +)” the East (Public- 
road) 1 in 61.” insert Clauses (A.), (B.), (C.), (D.) 
and (E.) 

Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
crossing of Keyham Creek shall be made by a 
viaduct, with arches of Thirty feet span each, or 
in such other manner as shall be approved of or 
“ directed by the Lord High Admiral, or the Com 
missioners for executing the office of Lord High 
Admiral, such approval or direction to be signified 
by writing under the hand of the Secretary of the 
“ Admiralty.” 

Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That in the 
construction of the said crossing over the said 
creek, no deviation of the line of the said Rail- 
way shall be made from the continuous black 
centre line on the Plan deposited at the Admiralty 
Office, unless approved of by the said Lord High 
Admiral or the said Commissioners, such approval 
to be signified by writing under the hand of the 
*« Secretary of the Admiralty.” 


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Cause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That during |‘ 


the construction of the said viaduct and works 
connected therewith, the said Company shall not 
cause any obstruction to the navigation of the 
said creek, and the said Company shall, if re- 
“‘ quired by the said Lord High Admiral or the 
said Commissioners, cause to be hung out or ex- 
hibited every night, from sunset to sunrise, a light 
to be kept burning by and at the expense of the 
Company, for the navigation and safe guidance of 
vessels ; and for ever after the completion of the 
said viaduct, the said Company shall cause to be 


hung out or exhibited, upon or near to the centre of 
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727 


the said viaduct, every night, from sunset to sun- 
rise, a good and sufficient light to be kept burning 
by and at the expense of the Company, for the 
navigation and safe guidance of vessels, and which 
lights shall be from time to time altered by the 
said Company, in such manner and be of such 
description, and be so used as the Lord High 
Admiral, or the Commissioners for executing the 
“ office of Lord High Admiral, shall, by writing 
under the hand of the Secretary of the Admiralty 
approve of; and in case the said Company shall 
neglect to exhibit and keep either of such lights 
burning as aforesaid, they shall forfeit and pa 

for every such neglect, the sum of Ten Pounds.” 


Cuause (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That if any 
bridge or viaduct to be constructed by the Com- 
pany across any tidal water or navigable river, or 
if any portion of the Railway which affects any 
such water or river or access thereto, shall be 
“ abandoned by the Company, it shall be lawful 
“ for the Lord High Admiral or the Commissioners 
‘* for executing the office of Lord High Admiral, 
to abate and remove the same or such part or 
parts thereof as he or they may at any time or 
times deem fit and proper, and to restore the site 
thereof to its former condition, at the cost and 
charge of the Company, and the amount thereof 
shall be a debt due from the Company to the 
Crown, and be recoverable accordingly.” 


Cuause (E.) “ And whereas a certain road in 
the parish of Saint Budeauz, in the said county 
of Devon, belonging to Her Majesty’s Ordnance, 
will be crossed by the said Railway, or that it 
may be necessary to make anew road in lieu there- 
of; Be it Enacted, That the mode of crossing 
such road or making any new road in lieu there- 
of, if necessary, and all works which may be re- 
quired in reference thereto, shall be submitted to 
and be performed under the superintendence and 
to the satisfaction of the Master-general and prin- 
cipal officers of Her Majesty’s Ordnance, and 
under the direction of the commanding royal en- 
gineer for the time being of that district.” 


Pr. 6. 1. 17. Leave out from “ Act” to “ And” 
in Pr, 7. 1. 18., and insert Clause (F.) 


Criause (F.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to pay or 
deposit any sum of money which by any Standing 
Order of either House of Parliament now in force, 
or hereafter to be in force, may be required to be 
deposited in respect of any application to Parlia- 
ment for the purpose of obtaining an Act autho- 
“ rizing the said Company to construct any other 
Railway or execute any other work or under- 
“ taking.” 

Pr. 18. 1s. 5. and 6. After “ Company” insert 
Clauses (G. and H.) 


Crause (G.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ not be lawful for the said Cornwall Railway Com- 
pany, out ofany money by this Act or any other 
Act relating to the said Railway Company au- 
thorized to be raised, by calls in respect of shares, 
or by the exercise of any power of borrowing, to 
“« pay interest to any shareholder on the amount of 
“ the calls made in respect of the shares held by 
“ him in the capital by this Act authorized to be 
“ raised: Provided always, That nothing herein- 
‘ before contained shall be deemed to prevent the 
said Company from paying to any shareholder 
such interest on money advanced by him beyond. 
the amount of the calls actually made as shall 
“ be in conformity with the provisions in the Com- 
“ panies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, in that. 
“ behalf contained.” 


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“ acted, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
South Levon Railway Company, by virtue of the 
power hereinbefore contained, to sell, demise or 
“ lease, nor for the said Cornwall Railway Company 
“ to purchase or to enter into or accept such lease 
of the said portion of the South Devon Railway, 
unless it shall have been proved to the satisfac- 
tion of the Commissioners of Railways, and cer- 
tified by them under their seal, previously to the 
“ completion of such sale or the execution of such 
“ lease, that one-half of the whole amount of the 
“ capital, exclusive of loans, by the Act or Acts 
“ relating to each of the said Companies autho- 
“ rized to be raised, has been actually paid up and 
“ expended for the purposes authorized by such Act 
“ or Acts respectively.” 

Pr. 20. 1. 20. Leave out “another Act was” and 
insert “two other Acts were.” 

Pr. 20.1. 22. After “ intituied” insert “ respec- 
“ tively, ‘An Act for regulating the Gauge of Rail- 
“ ways, and.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
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Gloucesterand The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Dean Forest the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
| se tituled, An Act to authorize the Gloucester and Dean 
of Docks) Bill. Forest Railway Company to construct a Dock or 
Basin at Gloucester, in connection with the said 
Railway ; and the same were read, as follow: 
Pr. 5.1.13. After “ Company” insert Clauses 
(A.) and (B.) 

Cuause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
Company, out of any money by this Act or any 
other Act relating to the said Company authorized 
to be raised, by calls in respect of shares, or by 
the exercise of any power of borrowing, to pay 
“ interest to any shareholder on the amount of the 
“ calls made in respect of the shares held by him 
“ in the capital by this Act authorized to be raised : 
“ Provided always, That nothing hereinbefore con- 
“ tained shall be deemed to prevent the said Com- 
“ pany from paying to any shareholder such interest 
on money advanced by him beyond the amount of 
the calls actually made as shall be in conformity 
with the provisions in the Companies Clauses 
“ Consolidation Act, 1845, in that behalf con- 
“ tained.” 

Cxiause )B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
* the said Railway Company, authorized to be raised 
for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to pay or 
deposit any sum of money which by any Standing 
Order of either House of Parliament now in force, 
‘ or hereafter to be in force, may be required to be 
deposited in respect of any application to Parlia- 
ment for the purpose of obtaining an Act author- 
izing the said Company to construct any other 
“ Railway, or execute any other work or under- 
“ taking.” 

Pr. 21.1. 15. After “ respectively” insert Clause 

C. 

Sia (C.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway Company, 
by virtue of the powers hereinbefore contained, 
to sell, demise or lease, nor for the said Great 
Western Railway Company, the South Wales 
Railway Company, or the Gloucester and Berke- 
ley Canal Company respectively, to purchase, 
euter into or accept a lease of the said works 
herebyauthorized to be made, unless it shall have 
been proved to the satisfaction of the Commis- 
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their seal, previously to the completion of such 
sale or execution of such lease, that one-half of 
the whole amount of the capital, exclusive of 
loans, by the Act or Acts relating to each of the 
said Companies authorized to be raised, has been 
actually paid up and expended for the purposes 
authorized by such Act or Acts respectively.” 

Pr. 22. 1. 16. After “ Parliament” insert Clauses 
(D.) and (E.) 

Crausz (D.) “ And whereas an Act was passed 
in the second year of the reign of Her present 
Majesty, intituled,‘ An Act to provide for the Con- 
veyance of the Mails by Railway,’ and another 
Act was passed in the fourth year of the reign of 
Her said Majesty, intituled,‘ An Act for regulating 
Railways,’ and another Act was passed in the 
sixth year of the reign of Her said Majesty, inti- 
tuled, ‘ An Act for the better Regulation of Rail- 
ways, and for the Conveyance of Troops,’ and 
another Act was passed in the eighth year of the 
reign of Her said Majesty, intituled, ‘An Act to 
attach certain Conditions to the Construction of 
future Railways authorized or te be authorized by 
any Act of the present or succeeding Sessions of 
Parliament, and for other Purposes in relation to 
Railways,’ and another Act was passed in the last 
Session of Parliament, intituled, ‘An Act for 
regulating the Gauge of Railways,’ and another 
Act was passed in the same Session, intituled, ‘ An 
Act for constituting Commissioners of Railways ;’ 
BE it Enacted, That nothing in this Act contained 
shall be held to exempt the said Railway and 
“ works by this Act and the said recited Act au- 
thorized to be made, or the said Company, from 
the provisions of the said several Acts respect- 
ively, but that such provisions shall be in force in 
respect to the said Railway and works by this Act 
and the said recited Act authorized, and Com- 
pany, so far as the same shall be applicable 
thereto.” 

Crause (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
herein contained shall be deemed or construed to 
exempt the Railway and works by this Act and 
the said recited Act authorized to be made from 
the provisions of any general Act relating to this 
Act, or of any general Act relating to Railways 
now in force, or which may hereafter pass during 
this or any future Session of Parliament, or from 
any future revision and alteration under the au- 
thority of Parliament of the maximum rates of 
fares and charges authorized by this Act.’” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


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the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agrsed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 





tituled, An Act to authorize the Right honourable 
Francis Egerton Earl of Ellesmere to sell, and the 


purchase, the Estate and Interest of the said Earl 


Railway ; and the same were read, as follow: 

Ray 17. Is. 2. and 3. After “ capital” insert Clause 
(A.) 
Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
‘ not be lawful for the Manchester, Sheffield and 
Lincolnshire Railway Company, out of any money 
by this Act or any other Act relating to the said 
Railway Company authorized to be raised, by calls 
in respect of shares, or by the exercise of any 
power of borrowing, to pay interest to any share- 
holder on the amount of the calis made in respect 
of the shares held by him in the capital by this 
Act authorized to be raised: Provided always, 
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London and North Western Railway Company to Ellesmere’s 


in the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham gouth Junc- 





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“‘ to any shareholder such interest on money ad- 
“ vanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
* actually made as shall be in conformity with the 
‘ provisions in the Companies Clauses Consolidation 
“* Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 

Pr. 22. 1. 18. After “‘ passed” insert Clauses 
(B.), (C.) and (D.) 

Cxavss (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Manchester South Junc- 
“ tion and Altrincham Railway Company, out of 
“ any money by this Act or any other Act relating 
“‘ to the said Railway Company authorized to be 
“« raised for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 
“* pay or deposit any sum of money which by any 
“ Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
‘“* now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
“* required to be deposited in respect to any appli- 
“ cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
“ an Act authorizing the said Company to construct 
“* any other Railway or execute any other work or 
“ undertaking.” 

Cuavse (C.) “ And whereas an Act was passed 
in the second year of the reign of Her present 
Majesty, intituled, ‘An Act to provide for the 
Conveyance of the Mails by Railway,’ and another 
Act was passed in the fourth year of the reign of 
Her said Majesty, intituled, An‘ Act for regulating 
Railways,’ and another Act was passed in the 
sixth year of the reign of Her said Majesty, in- 
tituled, ‘An Act for the better Regulation of Rail- 
ways, and for the Conveyance of Troops,’ and 
another Act was passed in the eighth year of the 
“ reign of Her said Majesty, intituled, ‘An Act to 
“ attach certaim Conditions to the Construction of 
“ future Railways authorized or to be authorized 
by any Act of the present or succeeding Sessions 
of Parliament, and for other Purposes in relation 
to Railways,’ and two other Acts were passed in 
the last Session of Parliament, intituled respec- 
tively, ‘An Act for constituting Commissioners of 
Railways,’ and ‘ An Act for regulating the Gauge 
of Railways’; BE it Enacted, That nothing in 
“ this Act contained shall be held to exempt the 
“Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Rail- 
“ way, or the Manchester South Junction and Al- 
“ trincham Railway Company, from the provisions 
“ of the said several Acts respectively, but that 
“« such provisions shall be in force in respect of the 
* said Railway and Company, so far as the same 
shall be applicable thereto.” 

Crause (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
herein contained shall be deemed or construed to 
exempt the Railway by the said recited Manches- 
* ter South Junction and Altrincham Railway Act 
“* authorized to be made, from the provisions of any 
“* general Act relating to such Act, or relating to 
“ this Act, or of any general Act relating to Rail- 
ways now in force, or which may hereafter pass 
during this or any future Session of Parliament, 
or from any future revision and alteration under 
the authority of Parliament, of the maximum 
rates of fares and charges authorized by this Act.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. ~ 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


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beg Baa the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
(Newcastle, tituled, An Act to enable the Midland Great West- 


Anniskinnan ern Railway of Ireland 7 to make certain 


ae Deviations in the authorized Line of the said Rail- 
Bill, way, and to amend the Acts relating thereto; and 


the same was read, as followeth ; 
Pr. 13.1. 4. After “ Act” insert Clause (A.) 
Cuiavuss (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“* not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
“ money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
“the said Railway Company authorized to be 
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raised for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 

ay or deposit any sum of money which by any 
“ Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
an Act authorizing the said Company to construct 
any other Railway or execute any other work or 
undertaking.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration Vale of Neath 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Railway Bill. 
intituled, An Act.for enabling the Vale of Neath 
Railway Company to construct certain New Lines 
of Railway in connection with the Vale of Neath 
Railway, and for other Purposes; and the same 
were read, as follow: 

Pr. 5. 1. 14. Leave out from “ capital” to “ And” 
in Pr. 6. 1. 6. 

Pr, 7.1.5, After “ proprietor” insert Clauses 
(A.) and (B.) 

Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Acts relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, by calls in respect of shares, or by the 
exercise of any power of borrowing, to pay 
interest to any shareholder on the amount of 
“ the calls made in respect of the shares held by 
“ him in the capital by this Act authorized to be 
“ raised: Provided always, That nothing herein- 
before contained shall be deemed to prevent the 
said Company from paying to any shareholder 
such interest on money advanced by him beyond 
the amount of the calls actually made as shall 
“ be in conformity with the provisions in the Com- 
“‘ panies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, in that 
“ behalf contained.” 

Cuause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
“ money by this Act or any other Act relating to the 
“ said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to pay or 
deposit any sum of money which by any Standing 
Order of either House of Parliament now in force, 
or hereafter to be in force, may be required to be 
deposited in respect of any application to Parlia- 
ment for the purpose of obtaining an Act 
authorizing the said Company to construct any 
other Railway or execute any other work or 
“ undertaking.” 

Pr. 7.1.31. After “ said” insert “ first.” 

Pr. 8.1. 23. After “ that” insert “subject to 
the powers of deviation in the Railways Clauses 
“ Consolidation Act, 1845, contained.” 

Pr. 9.1. 12. Leave out “ injuriously.” 

Pr. 9. 1s. 20. and 21. Leave out “ whenever” 
and insert ‘“ wherever.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 6. Leave out “ one pound” and insert 
“* two pounds.” 

Pr. 11.1. 18. Leave out “ one pound” and insert 
“ two pounds.” 

Pr. 11. ]. penult. After “ engineer” insert “ or 
“ secretary.” 

Pr. 14.1.'7. Leave out “ of such” and insert 
“ upon the broad,” and in the same line after 
“ gauge” insert “ of seven feet so,” and also in the 
“ same line leave out “ will” and insert “ to.” 

Pr. 16.1s 18 and 19, After “ authorized” insert 
Clause (C.) 

Cuause (C.) “ Provided always, and be it 
“ Enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
“ Vale of Neath Railway Company, by virtue of 
“ the power hereinbefore contained, to sell, demise 

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Paving, Light- 
ing and Im- 
provement 
Bull. 


Bingley 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Poyntzfield 
Estate Bill. 


Ambergate, 
Nottingham 
and Boston 
and Eastern 
Junction Rail- 
way (Altera- 
tion of Line 
and Branches 
to Notting- 
ham) Bill. 


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“ or lease, nor for he said South Wales Railway 
“ Company to purchase or rent the said Railways 
“‘ hereby authorized to be made or purchased, or 
“‘ for the said Vale of Neath Railway Company to 
“ purchase or enter into or accept a lease of the 
“ aforesaid tramroads, unless it shall have been 
“ proved to the satisfaction of the Commissioners 
“ of Railways, and certified by them under their 
“ seal, previously to the completion of any such 
sale, or the execution of any such lease, that one 
half of the whole amount of the capital, ex- 
clusive of loans, by the Act or Acts relating to 
each of the said Companies authorized to beraised, 
has been actually paid up and expended for the 
= authorized by such Act or Acts respec- 
tively.” 

Pr. 16.1. 27. After “ Railways” insert “ and 
another Act was passed in the sixth year of the 
reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, ‘An Act 
for the better Regulation of Railways, and for 
the Conveyance of Troops.’” 

Pr. 16. 1.37. Leave out “ another Act was” 
and insert “ two other Acts were.” 

Pr. 16. 1. ult. After “ intituled” insert ‘‘ respec- 
“ tively, ‘ An Act for regulating the Gauge of 
“ Railways,’ and.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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Mr. Greene reported the Portsmouth Paving, 
Lighting and Improvement (re-committed) Bill, with 
other Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do Jie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported the Bingley Improvement 
Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported the Poyntzfield Estate Bill 
without Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


24° Juniz. 





A. 1847. 


| or in case of difference shall be settled by arbi- 
“ tration.” 

Pr. 10.1. 33. Leave out from “ calls” to “or” 
in J. 34. 

Pr. 12.1. 9. After “ borrow” insert Clauses (B.) 
and (C.) 

Cuavse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise 
of any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
by this Act authorized to be raised; Provided 
always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 
be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
paying to any shareholder such interest on money 
advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
actually made as shall be in conformity with the 
provisions in the Companies Clauses Consolida- 
tion Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 

Crause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 
pay or deposit any sum of money which by any 
Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
an Act authorizing the said Company to construct 
any other Railway or execute any other work or 
‘ undertaking.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Richard Hodgson do carry 
the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
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way Company to make an Extension of their Rail- 
way to Newcastle, in the County of Glamorgan, 








The House proceeded to take into consideration Llynvi Valley 


intituled, An Act to enable the Zlynvi Valley Rail. ‘asin Bill 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | and to amend the Act relating to their said Railway, 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, | to be called The Liynvi Valley Railway Extension ; 
intituled, An Act to enable the Ambergate, Not- | and the same were read, as follow: 


tingham and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway | 
Company to alter the Lime of their Railway, and | 
to construct a Branch Railway therefrom into the | 
Town of Nottingham ; and the same were read, as |“ 
follow : " 
Pr. 9. 1. ult. After “Company” insert Clause | “ 
(A.) ‘“ 
Crause (A.) “ And whereas the said Branch ec 
Railway by this Act authorized forms a junction \« 
with the Midland Railway, and it is expedient 
that the Midland Railway Company should be | 
enabled to use the same: Be it Enacted, That it | “ 
shall be lawful for the Midland Railway Com- | “ 
pany (subject to such regulations and conditions | “ 
as may be from time to time made or required by | “ 
the Commissioners of Railways) to make use of | 
the said Branch Railway so as aforesaid autho- | “ 
rized to be constructed to the Nottingham Canal, | “ 
and of the stations and works thereon, with their | 
engines, carriages and waggons, upon such pay- | 
ment for the use of the same as shall be agreed 
upon between the said two Companies, and in | 
case of difference by arbitration; Provided al- | 
ways, That it shall not be lawful for the said | 
Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston and Eastern | 
Junction Railway Company to charge any fur- | 
ther sum than for the actual distance over which | “ 
the traffic shall be conveyed, together with such | “ 
reasonable charge for station accommodation as | “ 
shall be agreed upon between the two Companies, | . 


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Pr. 10. ls. 24 and 25. After “ determine ”’ insert 


Clauses (A.) (B.) (C.) and (D.) 


Cuiause (A.) “And be it Enacted, That the 
line of Railway at the junction with the South 
Wales Railway, and all such openings in the 
ledges or flanches of the said South Wales Rail- 
way as may be necessary or convenient for effect- 
ing such junction, shall be made and effected 
according to plans to be prepared by and under 
the direction and superintendence of the engineer 
for the time being of the South Wales Railway 
Company, and in case of any difference of opinion 
as to the mode of effecting such junction, then 
such difference shall be referred to the decision 
of the Board of Trade.” 

Cuause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
in this Act contained shall extend, or be deemed 
or construed to extend, to authovize or enable 
the Company hereby incorporated to take or 
enter upon any of the lands or grounds belonging 
to the South Wales Railway Company, or which 
the last-mentioned Company are, or by any Act 
to be passed in the present Session of Parliament 
may be authorized to take for the purposes of 
their Railway, further or otherwise than is hereby 
expressly authorized, or to alter, vary or interfere 
with the South Wales Railway or any of the 
works thereof respectively, without the consent 
in writing of the South Wales Railway Company 
in every instance first had and obtained.” 


Cuause (C.) 





Newport, 

Abergavenny 
and Hereford 
Railway De- 
yiations Bill, 


Shrewsbury 
and Birming- 
ham Railway 
Act Amend- 
ment and 
Branches Bill. 


11 Vicroriz. 


Cuavse (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing | 
“ in this Act contained shall extend to prejudice, | 
“ diminish, alter, or take away any of the rights, 
“ privileges, powers or authorities vested in the 
“ South Wales Railway Company, but saving and 
“ reserving to such Company all the rights, pri- 
“ vileges and franchises to them respectively be- 
“ longing, and also saving and reserving all such 
“ powers, authorities and provisions in the several 
“ Acts relating thereto respectively as if this Act 
“ had not been passed.” 

Criavuse (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 
pay or deposit any sum of money which by any 
Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
an Act authorizing the said Company to construct 
any other Railway or execute any other work or 
undertaking.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Richard Hodgson do carry 
the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 





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The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for amending the Newport, Aber- 
gavenny and Hereford Railway Act, 1846, and to 
authorize Deviations from the Line of the said Rail- 
way, and for making Branches and Extensions 
therefrom ; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 21.1.17. Leave out “shares” and insert 
“ share,” and in the same line leave out from 
“ such” to “ And” in]. penult., and insert Clause 
(A.) 
Crause(A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 


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the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 
pay or deposit any sum of money which by any 
Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining | 
an Act authorizing the said Company to construct | 
any other Railway or execute any other work or 
undertaking.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Richard Hodgson do carry 
the Bill to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to enable the Shrewsbury and 
Birmingham Railway Company to make Branch 
Railways to Madeley and Ironbridge, and for other 
Purposes ; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 5.1.26. After “ purpose ” insert Clauses (A.) 
and (B.) 

Cuause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
Company, out of any money by this Act or any 
other Act relating to the said Railway Company 
authorized to be raised, by calls in respect of 
shares, or by the exercise of any power of bor- 
rowing, to pay interest to any shareholder on the 
amount of the calls made in respect of the shares 
held by him in the capital by this Act authorized 
to be raised: Provided always, That nothing 

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hereinbefore contained shall be deemed to prevent 
the said Company from paying to any shareholder 
such interest on money advanced by him beyond 
the amount of the calls actually made as shall be 
in conformity with the provisions in the Compa- 
nies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, in that 
behalf contained.” 


Cuause (B.) “And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be raised 
for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to pay or 
deposit any sum of money which, by any Stand- 
ing Order of either House of Parliament now in 
force, or hereafter to be in force, may be required 
to be deposited in respect of any application to 
Parliament for the purpose of obtaining an Act 
authorizing the said Company to construct any 
other Railway or execute any other work or 
undertaking.” 


Pr. 7.1.14. After “feet ’’ insert Clauses (C.), 


(D.) and (E.) 


Criause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That the pre- 
cise line of crossing the River Severn by the Jron- 
bridge Branch, shall be submitted for the ap- 
proval of the Lord High Admiral, or the Commis- 
sioners for executing the office of Lord High 
Admiral, and such approval shall be signified in 
writing under the hand of the Secretary of the 
Admiralty, and the whole width of the water-way 
of the said river shall be maintained; and until 
such approval signified as aforesaid shall be given, 
the Company shall not erect any bridge whatever 
across the said River Severn ; and if they do, it 
shall be lawful for the said Lord High Admiral, 
or the said Commissioners, to abate and remove 
the same, and restore its site to its former condi- 
tion, at the cost of the Company,’and the amount 
of such cost shall be a debt due from the Company 
to the Crown, and be recoverable accordingly.” 


Cuause (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That during 
the construction of the said bridge and works 
connected therewith, the Company shall cause to 
be hung out or exhibited, every night from sunset 

J Gettleg by and at 
the expense of the Company, for the navigation 
and safe guidance of vessels; and for ever after 
the completion of the said bridge, the Company 
shall cause to be hung out or exhibited upon or 
near to the centre of the said bridge, every night 
from sunset to sunrise, a good and sufficient light 


“‘ to be kept burning by and at the expense of the 


Company, for the navigation and safe guidance of 
vessels, and which light shall be from time to 
time altered by the Company in such manner, and 


“ be of such description, and be so used, as the Lord 
“ High Admiral, or the Commissioners for executing 
“ the office of Lord High Admiral, shall by writing 


under the hand of the Secretary of the Admiralty 


“ approve of ; and in case the Company shall neglect 


to exhibit and keep eitherof such lights burning as 
aforesaid, they shall forfeit and pay for every such 
neglect the sum of Ten pounds.” 

Cuausz (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That if any 
bridge to be constructed by the Company across 
any tidal water or navigable river, or of any por- 
tion of the Railway which affects any such water 
or river or access thereto, shall be abandoned bv 
the Company, it shall be lawful for the Lord 
High Admiral, or the Commissioners for executing 
the office of Lord High Admiral, to abate and 
remove the same, or such part or parts thereof as 
he or they may at any time or times deem fit and 
proper, and to restore the site thereof to its former 
condition, at the cost and charge of the Company, 
and the amount thereof shall be a debt due from 
the Company to the Crown, and be recoverable 
accordingly.” 

Pr. 19.1. 36. After “and” insert “the said 

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“ Directors or such of them as shall not die or re- 
“ sion or become disqualified.” 

r. 19. 1.38. Leave out from “ the” to “and” 
in Pr, 20. 1. 2., and insert “ said Railway or any 
“ part thereof shall have been opened for traffic.” 

Pr. 20. 1. 11. After “ whatsoever” insert Clause 
F. 
Nia (F.) “ And whereas an Act was passed 
“ in the second year of the reign of Her present 
“ Majesty, intituled, ‘An Act to provide for the Con- 
“ veyance of the Mails by Railway,’ and another 
“ Act was passed in the fourth year of the reign of 
“ Her said Majesty, intituled, ‘An Act for regulating 
“ Railways,’ and another Act was w98 in the 
“« sixth year of the reign of Her said Majesty, inti- 
“ tuled, ‘An Act for the better Regulation of Rail- 
“‘ ways, and for the Conveyance of Troops,’ and 
another Act was passed in the eighth year of the 
“ reign of Her said Majesty, intituled, ‘ An Act to 
attach certain Conditions to the Construction of 
future Railways authorized or to be authorized by 
“ any Actof the present or succeeding Sessions of 
Parliament, and for other Purposes in relation to 
“ Railways,’ and two other Acts were passed in the 
last Session of Parliament, the one intituled, ‘ An 
“ Act for regulating the Gauge of Railways,’ and 
“ the other intituled, ‘ An Act for constituting Com- 
“ missioners of Railways’; Be it Enacted, That 
“ nothing in this Act contained, shall be held to 
“ exempt the said Branch Railways or the said 
Company from the provisions of the said several 
Acts respectively ; but that such: provisions shall 
be in force in respect to the said Branch Railways 
“ and Company, so far as the same shall be ap- 
plicable thereto.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Richard Hodgson do carry 
the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to amend the East Lincolnshire 
Railway Act, 1846, and to authorize the Construc- 
tion of a Branch Railway to join the Great Grimsby 
and Sheffield Junction Railway, near Grimsby; and 
the same was read, as followeth : 


Pr. 5. 1. 32. After “ constructed” insert Clause 
A.) 
Cuavuse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
“‘ money by any Act relating to the said Railway 
Company authorized to be raised for the purposes 
of such Act or Acts, to pay or deposit any sum 
of money which by any Standing Order of either 
House of Parliament now in force, or hereafter 
“‘ to be in force, may be required to be deposited 
in respect of any application to Parliament for 
“ the purpose of obtaining an Act authorizing the 
said Company to construct any other Railway 
or execute any other work or undertaking.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Christopher do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Surrey and 


Kent Commis- Ken¢ Commission of Sewers (Ne. 2.) Bill be taken 
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into consideration To-morrow, 


Mr. Young reported the South Devon Railway 
Extension and Amendment Bill, with Amend- 
ments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


94° Junit. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Paisley, Barr- 
Reading of the ingrossed Bill for making a Railway ser ng A 
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and Branch Railways therewith connected, to be 
called The Paisley, Barrhead and Hurlet Railway ; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 


And the Question being proposed, That the word 
now” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
posed Amendments and Motion were, severally, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next, 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration Newry and 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to alter and amend the Newry and 
Enniskillen Railway Act, 1845; and the same were 
read, as follow : 

Pr. 6. 1. 37. After “ purpose” insert Clause (A.) 


Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be raised 
for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to pay or 
deposit any sum of money which by any Stand- 
ing Order of either House of Parliament now in 
force, or hereafter to be in force, may be required 
to be deposited in respect of any application to 
Parliament for the purpose of obtaining an Act 
authorizing the said Company to construct any 
other Railway or execute any other work or un- 
“ dertaking.” 

Pr. 8. |. 22. Leave out from “ fit” to “ And” in 
Pr. 9. 1.11. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. French do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
om agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration Swansea. 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Docks Bil 


tituled, An Act for constructing and maintaining 
Docks and other Works at or near the South Side 
of the Town of Swansea, in the Town and Franchise 
of Swansea, in the County of Glamorgan ; and the 
same was read, as followeth: 

Pr. 4. 1. 32. Leave out “may” and insert 
shall.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
= agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Committee of 
mittee of Selection to appoint the Committee on Sélection. 


Wyndham’s Estate Bill to meet To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Wyndham’s Wyndham’s 
Estate Bill have leave to make their Report To- Pst#¢ Bill. 


morrow. 


Ordered, That the Report on the BathwickChurch Bathwick 


Bill be now taken into consideration :—The House 
accordingly proceeded to take the Report into con- 
sideration ; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 
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Caledonian The House proceeded to take into consideration | “ James Watker or James Leslie, or the said neutral 
_. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, | “ engineer, as the case may be, to furnish to the 
ae intituled, An Act to enable the Caledonian Railway | “ engineer for the time being of the Edinburgh 
Coatbridge Company to make a Branch Railway from the |“ and Glasgow Railway Company, a copy of the 
see 4 to Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway to |“ said plan, and other particulars for the informa- 
Glasgow Glasgow, and to enlarge the Station in that City; |“ tion of the said Company.” 

Station) Bill. and the same were read, as follow: Pr. 17.1. 37. Leave out “ civil engingeer.” 


Pr. 4.1.7. After “ Parliament” insert Clauses 
(A.) and (B.) 

Cuiause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to the 
said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise 
of any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided 
always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 
be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
paying to any shareholder such interest on money 
advanced by him beyond tie amount of the calls 
actually made as shall be in conformity with 
the provisions in the Companies Clauses Con- 
“* solidation (Scotland) Act, 1845, in that behalf 
“ contained.” 

Cuause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be 
“ raised for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 
“‘ pay or deposit any sum of money which by any 
“ Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
“* now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
“an Act authorizing the said Company to con- 
struct any other Railway or execute any other 
‘* work or undertaking.” 

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and insert “ whom failing, of the said neutral 
“ engineer.” 

Pr. 18. 1. 4. After “ Leslie” insert “ whom 
“ failing, by the said neutral engineer.” 

Pr. 23.1. 13. After “ Acts” insert Clause (E.) 

Crause (E.) “ And whereas it is indispensably 
necessary that the barracks and other public pro- 
perty belonging to Her Majesty, and under the 
charge of the Board of Ordnance, should be pre- 
served from injury or obstruction in consequence of 
“ the said Railway ; BE it therefore Enacted, That 
nothing in this Act contained shall authorize the 
said Company to construct or carry the said line of 
Railway by thisAct authorized, or the line of devia- 
tion thereof, across the barracks, or the buildings 
or lands appertaining thereto at Broomhill, Glas- 
gow, or to enter upon or possess or occupy any 
other buildings or lands belonging to Her Ma- 
jesty and under the control or management of 
the Board of Ordnance at Glasgow aforesaid, or 
elsewhere, for the purposes of the said Railway, 
without the consent of the principal officers of 
Her Majesty’s Ordnance in writing under their 
“ hands first had and obtained for that purpose.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Acland do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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After “engineer” insert “ whom 
failing, a neutral engineer to be appointed by the 
«* Commissioners of Railways.” 
Pr. 16.1. 38. Leave out from “ lands” to “ And” 
in Pr. 17. 1. 26. and insert Clauses (C.) and (D.) 
Crause (C.) “ And whereas the said Railway is 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Caledonian 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, = ngs 
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intituled, An Act to enable the Caledonian and tion Railway 
Dumbartonshire Junction Railway Company to (Deviations 
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intended to pass over the tunnel belonging to the 
“ Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company, near 
“ Glasgow ; Be it Enacted, That in constructing 
* the said Railway, at the said point of crossing, 
“ it shall not be lawful for the Company to injure 
“ the works, or to enter or alter the tunnel of the 
« said Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company, 
“‘ either temporarily or permanently, without the 
“ consent in writing of such last-mentioned Com- 
“« pany first had and obtained.” 

Cuiause (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
“« plan according to which the crossing of the said 
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway is to be ex- 
ecuted shall be submitted to and approved of by 
“ James Walker, Esquire, Civil Engineer, whom 
failing, James Leslie, Esquire, Civil Engineer, 
whom failing, a neutral engineer to be appointed 
by the Commissioners of Railways; and it shall 
not be lawful for the Company to construct the 
“ said crossing unless and until the said James 
Walker or James Leslie, or the said neutral 
engineer, as the case may be, shall have approved 
of the same, and shall have certified in writing 
that the same may be constructed without danger 
“ to the public, or to the Edinburgh and Glasgow 
Railway ; and such crossing shall be constructed 
“ at the sight and to the satisfaction of the said 
“« James Walker, whom failing, the said James Leslie, 
whom failing, the said neutral engineer, and when 
constructed shall be maintained by the said Com- 
pany in good and sufficient repair at all times 
thereafter: Provided always, and be it further 
Enacted, That the said Company shall, and they 
are hereby required, seven days before they shall 
submit the plan of the said crossing to the said 

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Pr. 3. 1. 36. After “Act” insert Clauses (A.) ae &amp;e.) 


and (B.) 

Cravuss (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, by calls in respect of shares, or by the 
exercise of any power of borrowing, to pay interest 
to any shareholder on the amount of the calls 
made in respect of the shares held by him in 
“ the capital by this Act authorized to be raised : 
Provided always, ‘l'hat nothing hereinbefore con- 
“ tained shall be deemed to prevent the said Com- 
pany from paying to any shareholder such interest 
on money advanced by him beyond the amount 
of the calls actually made as shall be in con- 
formity with the provisions in the Companies 
“ Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act, 1845, in 
that behalf contained.” 

Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be 
“ raised for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 
“ pay or deposit any sum of money which by any 

Btanding Order of either House of Parliament 
now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament, for the purpose of obtaining 
an Act authorizing the said Company to construct 
any other Railway or execute any other work or 
“ undertaking.” 

Pr. 7.1.9. After “ aforesaid” insert Clause (C.) 

Cuiause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That for the 
greater convenience and security of the public, 

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the Company shall erect and permanently main- 
tain either a station or lodge at the point where 
the said Railway crosses the before-mentioned 
road on the level, and the said Company shall be 
subject to and abide by all such rules and regu- 
“ lations with regard to the crossing of such road 
“ on the level, or with regard to the speed at which 
trains shall pass such road, as may from time to 
“ time be made by the Commissioners of Railways ; 
“ and if the said Company shall fail to erect or at 
all times maintain such station or lodge, or appoint 
a proper person to watch or superintend the 
“ crossing at such point or station, or to observe 
“ or abide by any such rule or regulation as afore- 
“ said, they shall for every such offence be liable to 
“a penalty of Twenty pounds, and also to a daily 
“ penalty of Ten pounds for every day such offence 
shall continue after such penalty of Twenty pounds 
shall have been incurred.” 

Pr. 20. ls. 2. and 3. After “ carried” insert “ by 
“ a tunnel.” 

Pr. 20.1.9. Leave out “ whole.” 

Pr. 20.1. 11. After “be” insert “ commenced 
“on the north side of the said Canal, and when 
finished under the same, and 60 feet to the south 
thereof, the remainder of the tunnel on the south 
of the Canal shall not be proceeded with for Five 
months, and the whole of the said operations 
“ shall be.” 

Pr. 20. Is. 25 and 26. Leave out from “ engineer” 
to “And” in 1. 29. 

Pr. 20. 1. 34. After “ Company” insert “ Pro- 
“ vided that the remainder of the tunnel to the 
“* south of the Canal shall only be proceeded with 
“ after the expiration of the said Five months, upon 
the said engineer being satisfied with the per- 
manent security of the works.” 

Pr, 20. 1. 37. After “executed” insert “in the 
manner before mentioned and.” 

Pr. 24.1. 35. After “thereof” insert “ or per- 
manently to stop or impede any sluice or off-let 
from the said Canal, or aqueduct under the same 
or connected therewith, adequate provision being 
always made for the same if interfered with during 
the progress of the works.” 

Pr, 24. |. penult. After “deviation” insert “ up- 
wards.” 

Pr. 25. 1. 3. Leave out from “Canal ” to “ And” 
in], 4, 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Acland do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


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Newbury An ingrossed Bill for establishing a General 
Cemetery Bill. Cemetery for the Interment of the Dead in the 
Parish of Newbury, near the Town of Newbury, in 
the County of Berks, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Viscount Barrington do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Bristol and 
South Wales 
Junction Rail- 
way and Aust 
Ferry Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to enable the Bristol and South 
Wales Junction Railway Company to improve and 
maintain the Aust or Old Passage Ferry across the 
River Severn ; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 8.1. 10. Leave out from “ fit” to “ And” 
in Pr. 9. 1. 20. 

Pr. 10.1. 12. After “ Act” insert Clauses (A.) 
and (B.) 

Craust (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to the 
said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise 
of any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
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“ respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
“ by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided 
“ always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 
“ be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
“ paying to any shareholder such interest on mone 
“ advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
“ actually made as shall be in conformity with the 
provisions in the Companies Clauses Consolidation 
“ Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 

Cuause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be raised 
for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to pay or 
deposit any sum of money which by any Standing 
Order of either House of Parliament now in force, 
or hereafter to be in force, may be required to be 
deposited in respect of any application to Parlia- 
ment for the purpose of obtaining an Act autho- 
rizing the said Company to construct any other 
Railway or execute any other work or under- 
“ taking.” 

Pr. 10. ls. 32. and 33. Leave out “ therefore.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 37. After “ Ferry” insert “ and the 
“ said Aust or Old Passage Ferry, or either of 
“ them.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 12. Leave out “ New Passage Ferry” 
and insert “ Ferries, or either of them.” 

Pr. 12.1. 16. Leave out “ Ferry” and insert 
Ferries.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 33. Leave out “ Ferry” and insert 
Ferries.” 

Pr. 17. 1. ult. Leave out “ Ferry” and insert 
Ferries.” 

Pr. 18. 1. 9. Leave out “ Ferry” and insert 
Ferries.” 

Pr. 21. 1.8. After “ Majesty” insert Clause (C.) 

Cuause (C.) “ And whereas an Act was passed 
in the second year of the reign of Her present 
“ Majesty, intituled, ‘An Act to provide for the Con- 
veyance of the Mails by Railway,’ and another 
Act was passed in the fourth year of the reign of 
“ Her said Majesty, intituled, ‘An Act for regulating 
Railways, and another Act was passed in the 
sixth year of the reign of Her said Majesty, inti- 
“ tuled, ‘ An Act for the better Regulation of Rail- 
ways, and for the Conveyance of Troops,’ and 
another Act was passed in the eighth year of the 
“ reign of Her said Majesty, intituled, ‘ An Act to 
attach certain Conditions to the Construction of 
future Railways authorized or to be authorized by 
any Act of the present or succeeding Sessions of 
Parliament, and for other Purposes im relation to 
Railways,’ and another Act was passed in the 
tenth year of the reign of Her said Majesty, in- 
“ tituled, ‘An Act for regulating the Gauge of Rail- 
“ ways’; Be it Enacted, That nothing in the said 
“ recited Act or this Act contained shall be held to 
“ exempt the Railway by the said recited Act au- 
“ thorized to be made from the provisions of the 
said several Acts respectively ; but that such pro- 
visions shall be in force in respect of the said 
“ Railway.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
tne Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill Chester _ 
to enable the Chester and Holyhead Railway Com- Saheur (Ex- 
pany to extend their Line of Railway to the pro- tension at Ho- 
posed new Harbour at Holyhead, and to contribute lyhead) Bill 
towards the Expense of constructing the said Har- 
bour, and to purchase, hire and use Steam-boats, 
be now read the third time ; 

Viscount Morpeth, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 

consent, 


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11 Vicrortiz. 


consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Wharf to be constructed), 
being offered to be added to the Bill; the said 
Clause was brought up. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the said Clause be now read 
the first time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ That 
“ the’ to the end of the Question, in order to add 
the words “ further Proceeding upon the Third 
“ Reading of the said Bill be postponed till this 
“‘ day three months,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Owen Stanley, } 

Yeas, Viscount Ebrington: 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hume, } 

Noes. Mr. William Williams : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

The said Clause was accordingly read the first, 
second and third time; and added to the Bill, by 
way of Rider. . 

Another ingrossed Clause (Company to have free 
use of inner harbour), was thrice read ; and added 
to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Steam-boats and other 
vessels entering the inner harbour to be under the 
control of the Harbour Master), was thrice read; 
and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Company not to take 
any toll, &amp;c., for use of inner pier), was thrice read ; 
and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Auother ingrossed Clause (Company not to have 
any exclusive right of the inner pier), was thrice 
read; and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Chester and Holyhead 
Railway Company to extend their Line of Railway 
to the proposed new Harbour at Holyhead, and to 
contribute towards the Expense of constructing the 
said Harbour. 

Ordered, That Mr. Owen Stanley do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


90 
30. 


The Hcouse proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for better supplying the Town of 
Dunfermline, and Places adjacent thereto, with 
Water ; and the same was read, as followeth ; 

Pr. 34. 1. 25. After “ Act” insert Clause (A.) 

CuavseE (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
contained in this Act, or in the Acts herein re- 
cited or referred to, shall extend to authorize the 
Company to purchase, take or use any land or 
soil, or any right in respect thereof, belonging to 
Her Majesty in right of Her Crown, without the 
consent in writing of the Commissioners for the 
time being of Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, 
Land Revenues, Works and Buildings, or any 
two of them, first had and obtained for that pur- 
pose, and which such Commissioners, or any two 
of them, are hereby authorized and empowered to 
give, or to prejudice, diminish, alter or take away 
any of the rights, privileges, powers or authorities 
vested in or enjoyed by Her Majesty, Her heirs 
or successors.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 

VoL. 102. 





Q4° Juniz. 





735 


An ingrossed Bill for paving, lighting, watching, Saint Ives 
draining, cleansing and improving the Town of a 
Saint Ives, and the Neighbourhood thereof, in the Bil — 
County of Huntingdon, was rea the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


) essage front 
the Lords. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and 

Mr. Brougham: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the Amendment of Lunatic 
the Laws relating to the Provision and Regulation (Ne 2) Bill. 
of Lunatic Asylums for Counties and Boroughs ie 
England: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to facilitate the tempo- Trust Money 
rary Investment of Trust Monies in the Improvement (iseland) Bil 
of Landed Property in Lreland : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to render permanent Newfoundland 
certain Parts of the Act for amending the Constitu- ee 
tion of the Government of Newfoundland : : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue until the Loan Societies 
First day of October One thousand eight hundred Bil. 
and Forty-eight, and to the end of the then next 
Session of Parliament, an Act to amend the Laws 
relating to Loan Societies : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize for one year, Prisoners 
and to the end of the then next Session of Parlia- a at Bill. 
ment, the Kemoval of Prisoners from the several 7eland) 
Gaols in Jreland, in cases of Epidemic Diseases : 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Waterford, 
by this House to the Amendments made by their Soe a 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize puplin - 
certain Alterations of the Line of the Waterford, Railway Bill. 
Wexford and Wicklow Railway, and to amend the 
Act relating thereto, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An London and 
Act to enable the Zendon and South Western Rail- a 
way Company to widen and improve the London (Widening. 
and South Western Railway from the Junction &amp;c.) Bill 
thereof with the Richmond Railway to the Terminus 
at Nine Elms, and to enable them to enlarge their 
intended Station at York-road, Lambeth, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Southampton 
Act for making an Alteration in the Line of the nd Derches- 
Southampton and Dorchester Railway,and Branches (New Perat 
therefrom to Lymington and Eling, and for other Deviation and 
Purposes, with Amendments; to which Amend- Branches) Bill. 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Southampton 
Act for making a Branch Railway from the South- ~ Dorchesa 

; er Railway 
ampton and Dorchester Railway, at Moreton, to (weymouth 
Weymouth, and for other Purposes, with Amend- Branch) Bill. 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, . 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Herne Bay 
Act for making a Railway from Herne Bay to = Canter- 
Junction with the Canterbury and Whitstable Rail- Railway Bill. 
way, to be called The Herne Bay and Canterbury : 
Junction Railway, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Eastern Coun- 
Act to authorize the Purchase by the Eastern Coun- an ai 
ties Railway Company of the Maldon, Witham and Witham’ ana 
Braintree Railway, with Amendments ; to which Braintree 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of sae Bill, 
this House: And also, ee 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Norfolk Rail- 
Act to enable the Norfolk Railway Company to oa. 
extend their Railway to the Town of Great Yar- a &amp;c.) Bill. 
mouth, and for other Purposes, with Amendments ; 

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736 


to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to empower the Worfolk Railway Company to 
make a Railway front Wymondham to Diss, with 

Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
Extension of desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
the Ipswich 
and Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway, 


and to the proposed Thetford and 
Reedham Railway, near Diss) Bill. 


Great West- The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


ern Railway : ; 2 
(Branch to Act for making Branch Railways from the Great 


join the Lon- Western Railway, and from Hammersmith, to join 
don and South the West London Railway, for widening a Portion 
Western Rail- of the West London Railway, and for extending the 


way, Widen- Aste 
Ing and En- same so as to join the London and South Western 


a Railway, in the Parish of Saint Mary,{Lambeth, in 
st Lon- ; 
a a the County of Surrey, with Amendments ; to which 


and Branches Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 


toHammer- this House: And also, 
smith, and to 
join the London and South Western 
Railway, near Lambeth) Bill, 


Norfolk Rail- 
way (Branch 
from Wy- 
mondham to 
the Norwich 


Swansea — The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Rene Act for making a Railway from Abercrave Farm, in 
ye the Parish of Ystradgunlais, in the County of Bre- 
con, to Swansea, in the County of Glamorgan, with 
Branches, to be called The Swansea Valley Railway, 
with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 

desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
Dundee and The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Tamme Act to enable the Dundee and Perth Railway Com- 


and Extension, pany to alter and extend their Line near to Perth, 
and Inchture, and to make Branches therefrom to Inchture, Pol- 
te are hey gavie and Inchmichael, with Amendments ; to which 
Branches) Bill. Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 


this House: And also, 


Lowestoft The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
wT and Act to authorize an Alteration in the Line of the 
(hibentian Lowestoft Railway, and to amend the Act relating 
near Reed- to the Lowestoft Railway and Harbour Company, 
ham) Bil. with Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 


desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

Great South- The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
ern and West- Act to enable the Great Southern and Western Rail- 
—. way Company to make a Railway from Portarling- 
(Portarlington ton to Tullamore, with Amendments; to which 
to Tullamore) Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
aa this House: And also, 

Dublin and The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Drogheda Act to enable the Dublin and Drogheda Railwa 
yee from CO™Mpany to make a Railway from the Navan a 


Navan to of the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway, in the 

ells) Bill. County of Meath, to the Town of Kells, in the same 
County, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

Glasgow, The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


Barrhead and Act to authorize the Purchase of the Glasgow South- 
Neilston Di- ern Terminal Railway by the Glasgow, Barrhead 
rect, and Glas- ~ap : 4 ? 
gow Southern and Veilston Direct Railway Company, and to 
Terminal Rail- amend the Acts relating to the said Company, with 
ways Amalga- Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords de- 
mation Bill, : ? : 

sire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
Glasgow, The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
ene Act to enable the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston 
moore al Direct Railway age | to alter a Portion of 
Bill. their Line, and for other Purposes relating thereto, 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for improving and maintaining the Harbour of 
Macduff, m the County of Banff, with an Amend- 
ment; to which Amendment the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for the Naturalization of Aliens ; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 


Macduff Har- 
Sour Bill. 


Naturalization 
of Aliens Bill. 


Q4° Juniz. 








A, 1847. 


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to the Municipat 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Abstracts of trelaed.) 
Statements of Monies received and expended on 
account of certain Boroughs in Ireland. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Wheat, &amp;c. 
Returns of the Quantities of Wheat, Wheat Flour, 
Barley and Oats imported into the United King- 
dom from Foreign Countries, between the 5th day 
of December and the 5th day of June, in the years 
1843, 1844, 1845, 1846 and 1847 :—And, of the 
Quantities exported from the United Kingdom 
during the same periods:—And, a Statement of the 
Surplus, deducing the Export from the Import, 
which remained in each half year for Home Con- 
sumption. 


A Petition of Traders of Glasgow and Paisley Paisley, 
and intermediate districts, complaining that the Leg and 
“Biee : urlet Rail- 
Report of the Commissioners of Railways on the yay Bill, 
Paisley, Barrhead and Hurlet Railway Bill does 
not, in the opinion of the Petitioners, meet the jus- 
tice of the case, and praying that the said Report 
may be remitted to the said Commissioners, and 
that the said Bill may not be read a third time until 
the said Report shall be laid before the House, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Neston ;—and, Hereford; com- Education. 
plaining of the exclusion of Roman Catholics from 
their share of the monies granted for educational 
purposes, and praying the House to interpose in 
their behalf,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of a 
Congregation of Protestant Dissenters and others 
unanimously adopted ata meeting held in the Inde- 
pendent Chapel in the borough of Morpeth, pray- 
ing the House not to make any grant of public 
money in aid of the proposed educational measure, 
and that they will be pleased to address the Crown 
to revoke the powers vested in the Committee of 
Council on Education, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Mable. 


, A Petition of the Chairman of the Commissioners Hoslth of . 
or paving, lighting, watching and improving the Towns; anc, 
city of Lincoln, aud the bail and close of Lincoln, feeasncchaond 
and for regulating the police therein, praying that Clauses Bills. 
the Health of Towns, and Towns Improvement 

Clauses Bills may pass into law, was presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Health of 


A Petition of Owners and O i ; 
iti wners ccupiers of propert ae oe 


in the tything of Portswood, in the parish of Sout 
Stoneham, in the county of Southampton, praying 
that the Health of Towns Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clerks, Masters and Matrons of Poor Law 
Workhouses, Relieving Officers, Assistant Overseers Ofi¢ets- 
and other Officers connected with the administration 
of the laws relating to the relief of the poor in Eng- 
land and Wales, praying that in some statute to be 
passed during the present Session of Parliament, 
with reference to the future administration of the 
Poor Laws in England and Wales, the House will 
be pleased to cause it to be enacted that it may be 
lawful for boards of guardians and other bodies 
having the management of parochial funds, to grant, 
subject to such regulation and control as may be 
deemed necessary, suitable superannuation allow- 
alice, in no case exceeding two-thirds of their salary 
and emoluments, to any meritorious officer who 
may become permanently disabled by old age, 

infirmity, 


Sta 


Sn 
M: 


ke 


case ee 


= a 


and 
il- 


Receipt 
Stamps. 


Smithfield 
Market. 


Navigation 
Laws, Corn, 
&amp;e. 


No. 557. 


House of Com- 
mons Costs 
Taxation Bill. 


Poor Laws 
Administra- 
tion Bill. 


11 Vicroriz. 


intirmity, sickness or accident, from performing pro- 
perly the duties of his office, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of North Shields and 
neighbourhood, in the county of Northumberland, 
praying for the entire removal of the present Receipt 
Stamp Tax, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Butchers and others resorting to 
Smithfield Market, praying that Smithfield Market 
may be allowed to continue in the place where for 
centuries it has been holden with convenience to all 
parties ; and that the House will not consent to the 
establishment of compulsory abattoirs, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Smithfield Market. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Navigation 
Laws, Corn, &amp;c., which was presented upon Tues- 
day last, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the House of 
Commons Costs Taxation Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the ingrossed Bill for the Administration 
of the Laws for Relief of the Poor in England ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the 
third time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
‘“‘ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the ; Band : 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, — —. Hill: }ros. 
Tellers for the Noes, _ oe , } 35. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to 
the Bill (Provided always, and be it declared and 
Enacted, That no rule, order or regulation of the 
Poor Law Commissioners heretofore made, or here- 
after to be made, prohibiting the granting of relief 
to any able-bodied person except within the work- 
house of the Union, shall remain or continue in 
force or effect from and after the passing of this 
Act) :—And the said Clause was brought up, and 
read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yens,{ yyr" poner a. 

w Mr. Tufnell, 7 

Tellers for the Noes.{ Lord 7 reus Hill: 520% 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be 
added to the Bill (And be it declared and Enacted, 
That it shall not be lawful for the Commissioners 
appointed under this Act to make or issue any rule, 
order or regulation, prohibiting the granting of relief 
to any able-bodied person requiring the same, except 
within the workhouses of the Union):—And the 
said Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 

Vou. 102. 


109 


94°—95° Juniz. 





737 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill (And be it declared and Enacted, That 
from and after the passing of this Act, it shall be 
lawful for every Board of Guardians of the Poor, 
and they are hereby respectively empowered and 
required, to set to work, out of the workhouse of 
the Union, all such able-bodied persons as shall 
lawfully require relief from any parish within such 
Union; and to grant such relief as to the said 
Guardians of the Poor shall seem fit, out of the 
workhouse of the Union, to all such able-bodied 
persons so set to work as aforesaid) :—And the said 
Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time :—It passed in the Negative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning’; 


Veneris, 25° die Junii, 1847: 


Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill(Provided always, and be it Enacted, That 
when any two persons, being husband and wife, 
both of whom shall be above the age of Sixty 
years, shall be received into any Workhouse, in 
pursuance of the provisions of the said recited Act 
or of this Act, or of any rule, order or regulation 
of the Commissioners appointed by authority of 
this Act, such two persons shall not be compelled 
to live separate and apart from each other in such 
Workhouse) :—And the said Clause was brought 
up, and read the first and second time. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Clause, by inserting after the words “ authority of 
this “ Act” the words “the Board of Guardians 
“ shall be at liberty to resolve that.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, fio ty weed Hill } 55. 
Tellers for the Noes. aie —" } 70. 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Then the said Clause was read the third time ; 
and added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Provided always, and 
be it Enacted, That all meetings of Boards of 
Guardians be opened to the Ratepayers of their 
respective Unions), was thrice read; and added to 
the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill (Provided always, and be it declared and 
Enacted, That no rule, order or regulation of the 
Poor Law Commissioners shall remain or continue 
in force or effect beyond the period of six months 
from and after the date of the appointment of the 
President and Commissioners under the provisions 
of this Act) :—And the said Clause was brought up, 
and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, 6 Henley’ } 35. 

Tellers for the Noes,{ _ Be ond Hill: } 71. 


So it passed in the Negative. 
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738 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in Pr. 2. 1. 16., by inserting after the word 
“ England’ the words “ and also in the same 
“* manner to appoint such Secretaries as from time 
“ to time may be deemed requisite.” 

And the &gt; Mawel ae being put, That those words 
be there inserted ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Thomas Duncombe, * 32 
Yeas, Mr. Ferrand: f . 

Tellers for they Mr. Tufnell, Lay 
Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: ) aaa 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made | 


to the Bill, in Pr. 18. 1. 27., by leaving out the word 
“ five’ and inserting the word “ one,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the word “ five” 
stand part of the Bill; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Tufnell, \ 71. 
l 


| Lord Marcus Hill: 

Tellers for the Noes.{ Sm th. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Bill do pass ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn:—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


J 26. 


Health of 
Towns Bill. 


No. 558. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Health of Towns Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


Metropolitan The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Buildings Bill. Reading of the Metropolitan Buildings Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 

Prisons Bill. © The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Prisons Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Custody of The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Offenders Bill. into a Committee upon the Custody of Offenders 
No.559. Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be now received. 
Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


TithesCom- = The ingrossed Bill to explain the Acts for the 
mutation Bill. Commutation of Tithes in England and Wales, and 
to continue the Officers appointed under the said 
Acts for a Time to be limited, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to explain the Acts for the Commu- 
tation of Tithes in England and Wales, and to con- 


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A. 1847. 


tinue the Officers appointed under the said Acts 
until the First day of October One thousand eight 
hundred and Fifty, and to the End of the then next 
Session of Parliament. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Aci for ex- Threatening 
tending the Provisions of the Law respecting Letters, &amp;. 
Threatening Letters, and accusing Parties with a 
view to extort Money, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 

ass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments, to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Fishery Piers 
into a Committee upon the Fishery Piers and Har- and Harbours 
bours (Jreland) Bill; and, after some time spent (Ireland) Bill. 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. No. 560. 
Greene reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Shannon 
Reading of the Shannon Navigation Bill ; Navigation 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Drainage of 
Report on the Drainage of Lands (Scotland) Bill; aa 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Naval Mutiny _ 


mittee on the Naval Mutiny Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Herring 
mittee on the Herring Fishery (Scotland) Bill ; Fishery (Scot- 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve tend) Bil. 

itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Master in 
Reading of the Master in Chancery Bill ; Chancery Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Masters in 
Reading of the Masters in Chancery Affidavit Office Chancery 
Bill; Office Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Canada 
Reading of the Canada Consolidated Revenue Consolidated 
Fund Bill; aaa 

Ordered, That the Bill be reada second time this ~ 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Holyhead _ 
mittee on the Holyhead Harbour Bill ; Harbour B 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Print Works 

mittee on the Print Works Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Savings Banks 
Reading of the Savings Banks Annuities Bill ; Annuities Bill, 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. ~ 
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Jnsolvi 
Debtor 


Joint § 
Comps 
Bill. 


Militi: 
Suspe 
Bill. 


Pollin 
Electi 
(Irela 


Poor 
Act J 
ment 
Bill. 


Pollii 
Elect 
(Irel: 


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Insolvent 
Debtors Bill. 


Joint Stock 
Companies 
Bill. 


Militia Ballots 
Suspension 
Bill. 


Polling at 
Elections 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Poor Removal 
Act Amend- 
ment (No. 2.) 
Bill. 


Polling at 
Elections 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No.561. 


© -uth 
..ustralia, 


Malta. 


Prince Ed- 
ward’s Island. 


Public Credit 
(Cavada.) 


Usury Laws 
(Canada. ) 


11 VicrorizZ. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Insolvent Debtors Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Joint Stock Companies Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Militia Ballots Suspension Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to limit the Time for taking the Poll at Elections of 
Members to serve in Parliament for Counties of 
Cities, Counties of Towns, and Boroughs in Jreland, 
and for the University of Dublin: And that Mr. 
Solicitor General for Ireland and Mr. Labouchere do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 9 and 10 
Vic., c. 66, to amend the Laws relating to the Re- 
moval of the Poor, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the said Act: And that Mr. William Henry 
Bodkin, Mr. Evelyn Denison, and Mr. Henley do 
prepare, and bring it in. | 


Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland presented a Bill 
to limit the Time for taking the Poll at Elections 
of Members to serve in Parliament for Counties of 
Cities, Counties of ‘Towns, and Boroughs in Ireland, 
and for the University of Dublin: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Hawes presented, pursuant to several Ad- 
dresses to Her Majesty,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 5th day of February last, 
for a Return of all Monies received in England, and 
in the Colony, for Sales of Lands in South Australia, 
or on account thereof ; specifying (where practicable) 
the Parties from whom received, and the Lands 

urchased; also, of the Expenditure of the said 
Monies, and the Authorities for such Expenditure ; 
also, of all liabilities for Balance of Passage Money 
of Emigrants; also, of the Balances of the Land 
Fund, both in England and the Colony, and where 
deposited ; also, specifying the Amount available to 
further Emigration, and the reserve for other objects 
(the said Returns to commence from the last Ac- 
counts of the Land Fund presented to Parliament). 

An Account of the Gross Receipts, under their 
several heads, of the Revenues of the Island of 
Malta, for the year 1846; and a similar Return of 
the manner in which the said Revenue has been ex- 
pended. 

Copy of an Address from the House of Assembly 
of Prince Edward’s Island to Her Majesty, praying 
for Responsible Government in that Colony. 

Copies of the Correspondence of Her Majesty’s 
Secretary of State for the Colonies with FP’. A. Har- 
per, Esquire, and Peter Buchanan, Esquire, or the 
Governor General of Canada, respecting certain 
Statements on the subject of the Public Credit of 
the Province of Canada, contained in a Memorial 


presented in March last to the Right honourable | 


Lord John Russell, relative to a project for the Co- 
lonization of Canada by Emigration from Jreland. 

Copy of all Correspondence between Her Ma- 
jesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies respect- 
ing the effect of the Usury Laws in Canada on the 
industrial and commercial Interests of that Province, 
and of all Correspondence with the Governor Gene- 
ral of Canada on that subject. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 

VoL. 102. 


Q4°—D5° Junie. 








739 


Mr. William Henry Bodkin presented a Bill to Poor Removal 


[amend an Act of the 9th and 10th year of the reign Act Amend- 


of Her present Majesty, for amending the Laws re- — ied 
lating to the Removal of the Poor: And the same yo s¢9 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a —— 
second time upon Wednesday next; and to be 
printed. 


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That their Answer to 
several Addresses of the 17th, 18th and 23d days of Addresses. 
this instant June, (That Her Majesty would be 
graciously pleased to give directions that the Papers 
therein mentioned might be laid before this House) 
had been presented to Her Majesty; and that Her 
Majesty had commanded him to acquaint this 
House, that She will give directions accordingly. 


Mr. Ward presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 
mand,—Report of the Admiralty relative to an No, 564. 
Application for a Local Act (Tyne Docks). 

Mr. Wardalso presented, pursuant to an Address Portugal. 
to Her Majesty,—Copy ofa Letter of Captain Robb, No. 563. 
dated Her Majesty’s Ship “ Gladiator,” at Oporto, 
the 23d day of May 1847, tothe Portuguese Junta; 
also, the Answer from the Secretary of the Junta. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
half an hour after Two of the clock on Fri- 
day morning, adjourned till this day. 








Veneris, 25° die Junii ; 
Anno 11° Victoria Regine, 18 47. 


PRAYERS. 


QRDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, till five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into pr 
lil, 


/a Committee upon the Highways Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Cuauses, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 


Cravse, N° 3 (Districts to be formed by Commis- 
sioners of Inclosure.) 

Amendment proposed, in P. 2. ]. 33. After the 
word “ district” to insert the words “ in conformity 
“ with the Report of the aforesaid Justices in quar- 
“ ter sessions assembled.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 


Cuause, N° 4, (Board of Waywardens to be 
elected every two years in each district ; Commis- 
sioners to fix the number of Waywardens in each 
parish. ) 

Amendments made. 

Amendment proposed, in P. 3. 1.15. To leave out 
the words “ said Commissioners,” in order to insert 
the words, “ Justices of Peace in quarter sessions 
“* assembled.” 

Question put, That the words “ said Commis- 
“ sioners” stand part of the Clause ; 


The Committee divided : 
Mr. Vernon Smith, \ 


Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Hayter : f 48. 
Mr. Buck 
Tellers for the Noes,{ M:. Bankes ‘ } 50. 


Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
do now leave the Chair,—put, and agreed to. 





Mr, Speaker resumed the Chair. 


5B2 


Mr. 














740 


Pollar Institu- 

tion ( Mylnes’ 

Estate) Bill Private Bills; That in the case of Dollar Institution 
(Mylne’s or M‘Nabb’s Estate) Bill, the Standing 


Orders have been complied with. 


25° Junie. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | or 
Mr. Smith, one of the Examiners of Petitions for | to the Provision and Regulation of Lunatic Asylums 





A. 1847. 


An Act for the Amendment of the Laws relating Lunatic 
Asylums — 
for Counties and Boroughs in England: oe, 
An Act to amend the Acts for rendering effec- Out-Pension- 
tive the Service of the Chelsea and Greenwich Out- ets (Chelsea 


Pensioners: wich) Ba 


An Act to render permanent certain Parts of the Newfoundland 
Act for amending the Constitution of the Govern- Government 
ment of Newfoundland : a 

An Act to make legal the Collection of certain Port Natal 


Duties at Port Natal: Collection of 
Duties Bill. 


An Act to continue, until the First day of October Loan Societies 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-eight, and Bill. 
to the end of the then next Session of Parliament, an 
Act to amend the Laws relating to Loan Societies : 

An Act for the Correction of certain Abuses which Representa- 


have frequently prevailed at the Elections of Repre- — — 
sentative Peers for Scotland: or _ 


An Act to facilitate the Transference of Lands Transference 





Standing Mr. Ord reported from the Select Committee on 
Orders ; Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which was read, as 
followeth : 
Leeds Free Resolved, That in the case of the Leeds Free 
re ate Grammar School Estate Bill, the Standing Orders 
Bill. onght to be dispensed with; That the Parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. 
The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 
Taunton Ordered, That the Committee on the Taunton Im- 
pent ae ora provement and Market Bill be revived:—And that 
Bill. they have leave to sit, and proceed, with one selected 
Member, and to make their Report forthwith. 
Surrey and The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 


Kent Commis- 


pr song = me into consideration the Report on the Surrey and Kent 


(No: 2.) Bil, Commission of Sewers (No. 2.) Bill; and the and other Heritages in Scotland, held in Burgage T 
, Tenure: 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, | 


| 


Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
be ingrossed, 


Crowland 

and Cowbit 
Washes, &amp;c. 
Drainage Bill. 


Lands called Crowland Washes and Fodder Lots, 
Cowbit Wash and Deeping Fen Wash, in the several 
Parishes of Crowland, Spalding and Pinchbeck, the 
Hamlets of Cowbit and Peakhill, and the Extra- 
parochial Place or Lands called Deeping Fen, or 
Deeping Fen Welland Washes, all in the County of 
Lincoln, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Sir John Trollope do carry the Bill | 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


—- R An ingrossed Bill for paving, lighting, watching, 
mprovemen BRB . ae : in 
Bill, draining, cleansing, regulating and otherwise im 


proving the Town of Lytham, in the County Pala- 
tine of Lancaster, for supplying the Inhabitants 
thereof with Water, and for establishing and regu- 
lating a Market and Market-places therein, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Royal Assent 
to Bills. Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 


| 
An ingrossed Bill for the better Drainage of 


A Message, by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman | 


and other Heritages in Scotland, not held in Bur- ofLands(Scot- 
T . land) Bill. 

gage Tenure : 

_ An Act to facilitate the Transference of Lands Burgage 

enure (Scot- 

land) Bill. 

An Act to amend the Law and Practice in Scof- Service of 


land as to the Service of Heirs: Heirs (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


An Act to amend the Practice in Scotland with Crown Chart- 
regard to Crown Charters and Precepts from Chan- ws 
cery: : 
| An Act to facilitate the Constitution and Trans- Heritable 
mission of Heritable Securities for Debt in Scotland, Securities for 
and to render the same more effectual for the Reco- 2¢b* (Scot 
very of Debts: . 

An Act to facilitate the temporary Investment of Trust Money 
' Trust Monies in the Improvement of Landed Pro- Investment. 
perty in Zreland: (ireland) Bal. 

An Act to authorize, for One year, and to the end Prisoners 
of the then next Session of Parliament, the Removal Removal 
of Prisoners from the several Gaols in Zreland, in ae tee 
cases of Epidemic Diseases : 

An Act to authorize a further Advance of Money Destitute Per- 
for the Relief of Destitute Persons in Jreland: sons (Ireland) 

(No. 2.) Bill. 

An Act for making a Railway from Staines to join Windsor, 

the London and South Western Railway, near Farn- Staines and 


borough, with a Branch to Chertsey: — 


(Staines to Ascot and Woking- 
ham, with Branches) Bill. 


| 


An Act for making a Railway from Richmond to Windsor, 
Windsor, with a Loop Line through Brentford and Staines and 


South Western 
Hounslow : Railway 


(Richmond to Wind- 
sor, &amp;c.) Bill. 


An Act to authorize an Extension of the Cork, Cork, Black- 





Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire | 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and pepo, he Royal 
Assent to the several Public and one Private Bill 
therein mentioned; and that the Lords, thereby 
authorized, had declared the Royal Assent to the 
said Bills: Which Bills are as follow : 

An Act to continue, until the Thirty-first day of 
July One thousand eight hundred and Forty-eight, 
and to the end of the then next Session of Parlia- 


Soap Duty 
Allowances 
Bill. 


ment, certain of the Allowances of the Duty of Ex- | 


cise on Soap used in Manufactures: 

An Act to transfer the Collection and Management 
of the Duties in respect of Stage Carriages, Hackney 
Carriages and Railway Passengers from the Com- 
missioners of Stamps and Taxes to the Commis- 
sioners of Excise : 


Stage Car- 
riages, &amp;c. 
Duties Bill. 


Blackrock and Passage Railway to Monkstown, and 7k and Pas- 


to amend the Act relating thereto: Bill atte 


An Act to authorize certain Alterations of the Wilts, Somer- 


Line of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway : 8¢t and Wey- 
mouth Rail- 
way (No. 1.) (Bruton, Pit- 
combe, and Rodden and 
Bradford Deviations) Bill. 


An Act to authorize certain Alterations of the Waterford, 





Line of the Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow Rail- oo wat 

way, and to amend the Act reJating thereto : Dublin Rail- 
way Bill. 

An Act to enable the Liskeard and Caradon Rail- Liskeard ané 
way Co to rai furth : Caradon 

y Company to raise a further Sum of Money Railway Bil 





Wexford and 
Valencia a 
way (Killarney 
to Valencia) 
Bill. 


An Act to empower the Norfolk Railway Com- Norfolk Rail- 
way (from 
Thetford to 
the Lowestoft 
Bailway near 
Reedham, with 
a Branch to 
Halesworth) 
N Bill. 


An Act for making a Railway from the Town of 
Killarney, in the County of Kerry, to the Harbour 
of Valencia, in the same County : 





‘pany to make a Railway from the Lowestoft Rail- 
way, near Reedham, to join the Norwich Extension 
\of the Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund’s Rail- 
way, near Diss, with a Branch therefrom to Hales- 
worth: 











Bill. 
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Scots 


Scot. 


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andy 


for 
t- 
ney 


Bill. 
Bill. 


Per- 
and) 
ill. 


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stern 


cing- 


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‘Company Bil 


11 Vicrorrz. 


Dundalk and = An Act to alter and amend several of the Powers 

Railway Bill and Provisions of the Act relating to the Dundalk 
and Enniskillen Railway : 

Kingsnorton, An Act for rating to the Relief of the Poor, and 

a other Parochial and Local Rates, the Owners of 

‘certain Property within the Parishes of King’s Nor- 

ton, Northfield and Beoley, in the County of Wor- 
cester, Edgbaston, in the County of Warwick, and 
Harborne, in the County of Stafford, in lieu of the 
Occupiers thereof : 

Liverpool An Act to repeal two several Acts relating to the 

Gas Bill. Liverpool Gas Light Company, and to substitute 
other Provisions in lieu thereof, and to enable the 
said Company to raise a further Sum of Money: 

Weymouth An Act for reducing the Dues of the Harbour of 


= Mercombe the Borough and Town of Weymouth and Melcombe 
me Bridge Regis, in the County of Dorset, and consolidating 
Trusts Bill. the Trusts created by the Acts relating to such Har- 

bour and the Bridge of the said Borough, and for 
other Purposes : 

An Act to amend an Act passed in the sixth year 
of the reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, 
fur granting certain Powers and Authorities to the 
Van Diemen’s Land Company : 

An Act for amending an Act passed in the fourth 
1, year of the reign of his late Majesty King Willium 
‘the Fourth, intituled, An Act for granting certain 

Powers to the British American Land Company, 

and for granting further Powers to the said Com- 

any : 


Van Diemen’s 
Land Com- 
‘pany Bill. 


British Ame- 
rican Land 


Ross, Cro- An Act to amend certain Acts for making and 
—— and maintaining Roads, and converting the Statute La- 
art of Nairn . 5 ; = 

District Roads bour in the Counties of Foss and Cromarty and Part 

Bill. of Nairn, locally situate in the County of Ross: 

Townshend An Act to extend the Relief given by an Act of 

Peerage Bill. the sixth and seventh years of the reign of Her pre- 
sent Majesty, intituled, An Act to declare that cer- 
tain Persons therein mentioned are not Children of 
the Most honourable George Ferrars Marquess 
Townshend : 


Public 
Petitions 
(Thirty-eighth 
Report.) 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined 
the Petitions presented upon the 21st, 22d and 23d 
days of this instant June, and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. : 
Railways. Mr. Struté presented, pursuant to Order,—A 
Return of the Number and Description of Persons 
employed on all the Railways in England and 
Wales, Scotland and Ireland respectively, on the Ist 
day of May 1847, which were then open for Traffic : 
—aAnd, a similar Return on all Lines and Branches 
in course of construction, on the Ist day of May 
1847, as nearly as the same can be ascertained ; 
with an Appendix. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Inverness 
Harbour and 
Navigation 
Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill for deepening, enlarging, im- 
proving and maintaining the Port and Harbour of 
Inverness, and the Navigation of the River Wess, 
and the Quays and Piers and other Works con- 
nected therewith ; for regulating the Anchorage and 
Shore Dues of the said Port and Harbour, and for 
other Purposes relating thereto, was read the third 
time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Edward Ellice do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Inverness 
Municipal and 
Police, &amp;c, 
Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill for extending the Municipal 
Boundaries of the Burgh of Inverness; establishing 
a general system of Police therein ; lighting and 
cleansing the Streets; improving and maintaining, 
and, if necessary, rebuilding the Bridges over the 
River Ness, and making Accesses thereto ; provid- 
ing Public Markets and Bleaching Greens; regu- 

VoL. 102. 


25° Junie. 


741 
lating the Bridge Tolls, Petty and Market Customs, 
and for other Purposes relating to the said Burgh, 
was read the third time ; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for extending the Municipal 
Boundaries of the Burgh of Inverness; establishing 
a general system of Police therein; and regulating 
the Petty Customs ; and for other Purposes relating 
to the said Burgh. 

Ordered, That Mr. Edward Ellice do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Long’s Estate Long’s _ 
Bill have leave to make their Report forthwith. Estate Bill. 


Goddard’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; Goddard’s 
and committed. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Blackburn 
the Report on the Blackburn Improvement, Market, meng ge, 
&amp;c. Bill; and the Amendments were read, and py, ° ” 
agreed to. 

A Clause (Existing bye-laws to remain in force un- 
til, &amp;c.) was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Incorporating certain Clauses 
of the Gas Works Act), was twice read ; and made 
part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Saving the rights of the Black- 
burn Gas Light and the Blackburn Waterworks 
Companies, and of Joseph Feilden, Esquire), was 
twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Kingston- 
the Report on the Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Bill ; ry -— 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. — P0rks B 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Greene reported Long’s Estate Bill, with Long’s Estate 
verbal Amendments ; and the same were read, as Bill. 
follow : 

Pr. 5.1.17. Leave out “rectory” and insert 
“ advowson.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 4. Leave out “ rectory” and insert 
“ advowson.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 18. Leave out “rectory farm land” 
and insert “ advowson farms lands.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 26. Leave out “rectory” and insert 
“* advowson.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 32. Leave out “ rectory farm” and in- 
sert “advowson farms.” 

Pr, 7. 1. 38. Leave out “ rectory ’ 
“ advowson.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 21. Leave out “ rectory ” and insert 
“ advowson.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 12. Leave out “ rectory ’ 
* advowson.” 

Pr, 27. 1. 20. Leave out “ rectory ” and insert 
“ advowson.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


? 


and insert 


, 


and insert 


Mr. Greene reported Wyndham’s Estate Bill, Wyndham’s 
with verbal Amendments; and the same were read, Estate Bill. 
as follow: 

Pr. 96.1. 10. After “said” insert “ first.” 

Pr. 96. 1. 14. After “said” insert “ first.” 

Pr. 96. 1. 18. Leave out “said ” and insert 
“ same.” 

Pr. 96. 1. 20. Leave out 
“ same.” 

Pr. 96. Is. 31. and 32. Leave out from “ the ” 
to “ will” in |. 32. and insert “ same.” 

Pr. 96. 1. 34. After “said” insert “ George 
“ O’Brien,” 


“ said ” and insert 





53B3 Pr, 96. 








742 95° Junii. A. 1847. 


Pr. 96. 1. 37. Leave out “ said” and insert} Conservancy Bill:—The House proceeded to take 


same.” ' 

Pr. 97. 1. 30. Leave out “the said” and insert 
“ such.” ; 

Pr. 98.1. 2. Leave out “the said” and insert 
“ such.” 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Wakefield Ordered, That the Wakefield Gas Bill be read 
Gas Bill. — the third time upon Monday next. 


Liverpool The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— and Life the Report on the Liverpool Fire and Life Insur- 
urance ° 
Company Bill, ance Company Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, andagreedto. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


Eastern Coun- Viscount Clive reported the Eastern Counties 


ae” Railway (Ilford to Tilbury Fort and Southend, 


Tilbury Fort with a Branch from Vange to Battle Bridge) Bill, 
and Southend, with Amendments. 

se —- Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Battle Bridge) and be printed. 


Leeds Water- An ingrossed Bill for better supplying with Water 


the said Report into further consideration. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Bill be re-committed ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That,” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon Tuesday next, resolve itself 
into a Committee, to consider of an humble Ad- 
|“ dress to be presented to Her Majesty, that She 
_“ will be graciously pleased to take immediate mea- 
sures for carrying into effect the requisite im- 
provements in the River Thames, and to assure 
Her Majesty that this House will supply the 
means for carrying into effect these most neces- 
sary improvements,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

‘The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


“ 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Tufnell. 
Yeas, { wt. Ward: } oa. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hume, = 4 
Noes, Mr. William Williams: Jf ~~ 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


7 (No. 2-) the Inhabitants of the Town and N eighbourhood of Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 


Leeds, in the County of York, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill.do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Aldam do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Paisley Ordered, That, with respect to the Paisley, Barr- 


Barrhead and Regd and Hurlet Railway Bill, the Order of the | 


Hurlet Rail- 


former Committee. 








A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham Message from 
and Mr. Senior : the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 


way Bill. House of the 10th day of June be suspended, so far A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Acts for Out Pension- 


as it limits the time of giving notice of the intention 
of parties not to proceed with their Bills to the 18th 
of June. 


Shrapnel Colonel Anson presented, pursuant to Order,—A 
Shells. Return of the Number of Shrapnel Shells ordered 
to be manufactured for the British and East India 
Company’s Armies, since the period of this Shell 


having been adopted by Government for the use of | 


the National Forces. 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Smithfield Petitioas from Saint James, Westminster ;—Sales- 
Market. 


Market ;—Saint Mary-le-bone, Ali Souls’ District ; 


—and, Saint-George-the-Martyr (Surrey) ; praying | 


the House not to consent to the removal of the cat- 
tle market from Smithfield, or to sanction the com- 
pulsory establishment of abattoirs,—were presented, 


and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Smithfield Market. 


Debtors Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
—— to Debtors (Jreland), which was presented upon 
No.569. Monday last, be printed. 


Prince Ed- Ordered, That the Paper relative to Prince Ed- | 


ward's Island. ward's Island, which was presented yesterday, be 
No. 566. _ printed. 


men, Buyers and others resorting to Smithfield 


rendering effective the Service of the Chelsea and ¢ts (Chelsea 


Greenwich Out-Pensioners : wich) Bill. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to make legal the Col- Port Natal 


lection of certain Duties at Port Natal: Collection of 
Duties Bill. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize a further Destitute 
Advance of Money for the Relief of Destitute Per- Persons 


sons in Jreland: No.2.) Bill 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend an Act passed Van Diemen’s 
in the sixth year of the reign of his Majesty King Land Com- 
George the Fourth, for granting certain ae and Pany Bill. 
Authorities to the Van Diemen’s Land Company : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for amending an Act British Ame- 
passed in the fourth year of the reign of his late rican Land 
Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled, “ An C™P*Y Bill 
Act for granting certain Powers to the British 
American Land Company,” and for granting further 
Powers to the said Company : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend certain Acts Ross, Cro- 
for making and maintaining Roads, and converting ™arty, and 
the Statute Labour in the Counties of Ross and fir ot Ture 
Cromarty, and Part of Nairn, locally situate in the Bill. 

County of Ross: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Cemeteries 
Act for consolidating in One Act certain Provisions Clauses Bill. 
usually contained in Acts authorizing the making of 
Cemeteries, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
iments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Punishment of 








Malta. Ordered, That the Return relative to Malta,' Act tomake Provision forthe Punishmentof Vagrants Vagrants, &amp;c. 


No. 567. which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Public Credit | Ordered, That the Return relative to Public Cre- 


(Canada. ) dit (Canada), which was presented yesterday, be 
No. 568. printed. 


Usury Laws Ordered, That the Paper relative to Usury Laws 


(Canada. ) Canada), whichwas presented yesterday, be printed 
No. 569. ( ) P y sahil 
South Ordered, That the Return relative to South 4us- 


“ae tralia, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
~~ 0. v . 


Thames Con- | The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
servancy Bill. further consideration the Report on the Thames 


° . : Ireland) Bill. 
and Persons offending against the Laws in force —_—* 


the Relief of the Destitute Poor in Jreland, with 
_Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords de- 
| sire the concurrence of this House : And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Turnpike Acts 
Act to continue until the First day of October One Continuance 
thousand eight hundred and Forty-eight, and to the ~ * 
| End of the then next Session of * Samba certain 
|Turnpike Acts, with an Amendment; to which 
| Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of 

this House : And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Edinburgh 
| Act to enable the Edinburgh and Bathgate Rail- ee" 
| way Company, to deviate a Portion of their Main; Y. 


Line, 
! 





Deviation 








meaddtabidg ae taogqgan 


ht 











and Amend- 
ment) Bill. 


Dublin and 
Belfast Junc- 
tion and 
Navan Branch 
Railway Bill. 


Shropshire 
Union Rail- 
ways and 
Canal (Lease 
to the London 
and North 
Western Rail- 
way Com- 
pany) Bill. 
Birmingham, 
Wolverhamp- 
ton and Stour 
Valley Rail- 
way (No. 1.) 
(Smethwick 
Deviation) 
Bill 


Warkworth 
Harbour Bill. 


Glasgow, 

Paisley, Kil- 
marnock and 
Ayr Railway 
(No. 4.) Bill. 


Glasgow,’ 
Paisley, Kil- 
marnock an 
Ayr Railway 
and Glasgow 
and Belfast 
UnionRailway 
(No. 1.) Bill. 


East Lincoln- 
shire Railway 
(Louth Navi- 
gation Pur- 
chase) Bill. 


Hylton’s 
Estate Bill. 


Manchester 
Waterworks 


Taunton 
Improvement 


and Market 
Biil. 


11 Vicroriz. 


Line, and for other Purposes, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence’of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to authorize the Sale to the Dublin and Drog- 
heda Railway Company of the Navan Branch of 
the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway, and to 
enable the Dublin and Drogheda, the Dublin and 
Belfast Junction Railway Company, with a Branch 
from Drogheda to Navan, the Ulster and the Dun- 
dalk and Enniskillen Railway Companies, or any of 
them, to amalgamate with one another, with Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to authorize a Lease of the Undertaking of the 
Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company to 
the London and North Western Railway Company, 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to authorize a certain Alteration in the Line of 
the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley 
Railway, and to amend the Act relating thereto, and 
for other Purposes, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to repeal the Acts relating to Warkworth Har- 
bour, in the County of Northumberland, and to make 
other Provisions in lieu thereof, with Amendments; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to amend the Acts relating to the Glasgow, 
Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway, and to pro- 
vide additional station accommodation, and for other 
Purposes, with an Amendment; to which Amend- 
ment the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to enable the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and 
Ayr Railway Company to make certain Branch 
Railways in the County of Ayr, and to alter the 
Line of the Glasgow and Belfast Union Railway, 
and for other Purposes, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to authorize the East Lincolnshire Railway 
Company to purchase an existing Lease of the 
Louth Navigation, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to authorize the Sale of an Estate called Morrant’s- 
court, otherwise Morant’s-court, otherwise Madams’- 
court, in the County of Kent, late the Property of 
John Fry, Esquire, deceased, and for applying the 
Monies to arise by such Sale in Payment of Incum- 
brances affecting the said Estate, and for investing 
the Residue of such Monies for the benefit of the 
Parties beneficially interested in the said Estate; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Mayor, Aldermen 
and Burgesses of the Borough of Manchester, in the 
County of Lancaster, tv construct Waterworks for 
supplying the said Borough and several Places on 
the Line of the said intended Works with Water, 
and for other Purposes, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Milner Gibson do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Dickinson reported the Taunton Improve- 
ment and Market (re-committed) Bill, with other 
Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

VoL. 102. 


95° Junie. 








743 


Ordered, That the ingrossed Bill to repeal an Act Bathwick 


passed in the fifty-fifth 
late Majesty King George the Third, intituled, “An 
Act for building a new Church, and also a Work- 
house, in the Parish of Bathwick, in the County of 
Somerset,” and another Act passed in the fifty- 
seventh year of the reign of his said late Majesty, 
intituled, “ An Act to amend an Act of the fifty- 
fifth yetx of the reign of his present Majesty, for 
building a new Church and Workhouse in the Parish 
of Bathwick, in the County of Somerset,” and to 
provide for the future Administration and Exercise 
of the Trusts and Powers created and given by the 
same Acts respectively, be now read the third time: 
—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to repeal an Act passed in the fifty- 
fifth year of his late Majesty King George the 
Third, for building a new Church, and also a Work- 
house, in the Parish of Bathwick, in the County of 
Somerset, and another Act passed in the fifty- 
seventh year of his said late Majesty, to amend the 
said Act, and to provide for the future Administra- 
tion and Exercise of the Trusts and Powers thereby 
respectively created. 

Ordered, That Mr. Dickinson do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of the Adjournment. 


House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Sugar, &amp;c. 


Account of the Imports into the United Kingdom 
of Sugar, Molasses, Rum and Coffee, from Calcutta, 
Madras, Ceylon and the Mauritius, for the years 
1831 to 1846, both inclusive; distinguishing the 
Quantities imported from each place in each year, 
in columns, similar to Return, No. 438, of the pre- 
sent Session. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Capital Con- 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased victions, &amp;c. 


to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Statements of the Number of Capital Con- 
victions and Executions in each period of Five years, 
ending with the years 1826, 1831, 1836, 1841, 
1846:—The Return to be made in the same form 
as that in which the four latter periods are given 
on page 8 of the Explanations prefixed to the 
Criminal Tables for 1846 :—Of the Number of Com- 
mitments for Offences which were capital in the 
year 1831, in each of the Five years ending with 
the years 1826, 1831, 1836, 1841 and 1846 :—The 
Return to be made in the same form as that in 
which the four latter periods are given on page 9 of 
the Explanations prefixed to the Criminal Tables 
for 1846 :—Also, the Total Numbers executed for 
the same Offences in each of the above periods; 
and, in juxta-position with these Numbers for the 
four latter periods, the increase per cent. of the 
Commitments in each succeeding period. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this ; ee as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Forgery, &amp;c. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Names of 1. Frederick 
Smith, 2. James Coles, 3. Joseph Backler, 4. Robert 
Scutton, 5. William Johnson, 6. Charles Cullen, 
7. Thomas Furby, 8. Benjamin Beattie, 9. John 
Harrington, 10. Charles Christmas, 11. James 
Crook, 12. Ann Howe, 13. Ann Fisher, 14. Wil- 
liam Ferguson, 15. Richard Horn, convicted of For- 
gery or uttering forged Instruments, in the County 
of Middlesex, in the year 1831; stating the various 
Acts of Forgery or Uttering of which they were 
convicted, and their respective Sentences; and 
stating further, what is the Number of Persons 
which appears in the Home Office Returns as con- 

5B4+ victed 


year of the reign of his Church Bill 








744 


victed and sentenced for Forgery and Uttering, in 
the County of Middlesex, in the same year 1831, 
with the Sentences; and stating further, whether 
the Eleven Names last-mentioned (out of Fifteen) 
were, or could have been included in the Returns 
for 1831, under the heads of Forging and uttering 
forged Instruments; and stating further, whether 
Persons convicted of such Acts of Forgery or Utter- 
ing, as those of the Eleven last-mentioned, would not 
have been included under the heads of Forging and 
uttering forged Instruments, in the recent Criminal 
Tables; so as to render the Returns for 1831 not 
properly comparable with those of recent years. 
Ordered, Vhat the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Criminal 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Offenders. 


to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Crimes with reference to 
which it is stated, in page 10, line 12, of the Ex- 
planations prefixed to the Criminal Tables for 1846, 
that up to a recent period Execution had ordinarily 
followed Conviction; stating the actual Numbers 
capitally convicted and executed for them during the 
Five years ending with 1826; during the Five years 
ending with 1831; during the Five years ending with 
1836; and during the Five years ending with 1841. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Cape of Good 
Hope (Kafir 
Tribes. ) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of all Treaties entered mto by the 
Colonial Government at the Cape of Good Hope 
with the Kafir Tribes, since the year 1834, both as 
originally executed and as afterwards amended :— 
And, Copies or Extracts of the Despatches to and 
from the Home Government, relating to the same 
Treaties (in continuation of Papers last laid before 
Parliament). 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Emigration 
to South 
Australia, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return from Her Majesty’s Colonization 
and Land Commissioners, of the Average Amount 
paid for Emigrants to South Australia during the 
last Two years; stating the Amount of Freight 
paid to the Shipowners for their conveyance, and 
including all Charges of Transit. 

Ordered, That the said Address he presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Fees in Courts Ordered, That the Select Committee on Fees in 


. — and Courts of Law and Equity have leave to sit, To-mor- 
ineat row, notwithstanding the adjournment of the House. 
Commercial Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
— with to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Commercial Treaties con- 
tracted between Great Britain and France in the 
years 1786 and 1787. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
Rpiscopal Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
und, 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Proceeds and Application of the 
Episcopal Fund from its commencement to the 
present time. 


95° Juniz. 











A. 1847. 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That the Returns of the Police Reward Police Reward 
Fund (Ireland), constituted by the Act 6 and 7 Will. being ol 
4, c. 13, s. 49, for the year ending the 31st day of (Ireland.) 
December 1845 :—Of the Police Superannuation jo, 571. 
Fund, constituted under the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, ec. 

13, s.46, for the year ending the 31st day of De- 
cember 1845 :—And, of the Names of all Persons 
receiving Pensions or Gratuities from either of the 
above Funds, showing the Date in each case of the 
Commencement of Service, the Rank or Employ- 
ment of each Individual, the Cause and Date of 
Retirement, the Age of each Person at the Date of 
Retirement, and the Amount received by each per 
annum, or otherwise, as received from either of the 
above Funds, specifying on which Fund the Charge 
is made, which were presented upon the ist day of 
April, in the last Session of Parliament, be printed. 


The Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill was read Bankruptcy 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time ee 
upon Monday next ; and to be printed. No. 572. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to Ecclesiastical 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to give CO™™ssim- 
leave to the Lord Bishop of London and the Lord 
Bishop of Winchester to attend to be examined as 
witnesses before the Select Committee of the House 
on the Ecclesiastical Commission: And that Mr. 

Greene do carry the said Message. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Tithes Com- 
Returns of all Agreements for the Commutation of ™U@ton. 
Tithes, which have been confirmed by the Tithe 
Commissioners, in the several Counties in England 
and Wales, from the 1st day of July 1846 to the 1st 
day of January 1847; specifying also, in each case, 
the Amount of Rent-charge agreed to be paid in 
lieu of Tithes, and showing whether the same be 
payable to Appropriators, Impropriators or Clerical 
Incumbents :—Of all Awards for the Commutation 
of Tithes which have been confirmed by the Tithe 
Commissioners, in the several Counties in England 
and Wales, from the 1st day of July 1846 to the 1st 
day of January 1847; specifying also, in each case, 
the Amount of Rent-charge awarded to be paid in 
lieu of Tithes, and showing whether the same be 
payable to Appropriators, Impropriators or Clerical 
Incumbents:—And, of all Apportionments of Rent- 
charges which have been confirmed by the Tithe 
Commissioners, from the ist day of July 1846 to 
the 1st day of January 1847 (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 386, of the present Session). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Public Works 
Return of all Expenses incurred by Counties, and (reland.) 
applied for at the Assizes, as Compensation for 
Damages for Land required for carrying on the 
Relief Works, under the Acts 1 Vic., c. 21, and 
9 Vic., c. 1, and 9 and 10 Vic., c. 107. 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Public Works 
mand,—A Return showing the Average daily Num- (Ireland.) 
ber of Persons employed on Relief Works in Jreland, No.573. 
during the week ending the 19th of June 1847, also 
the Cost; distinguishing the Amount paid in Wages, 
and the Cost of the Establishment; so far as can be 
made out from the Estimates and Pay Lists already 
received. 


Copy of the Third Report of the Commissioners Public Works 
appointed for the Relief of Distress in Ireland, of (Ireland. 
their Proceedings under the temporary Relief Act, 

10 Vie., c. 7. 


Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to Orders, Miscellaneous 
—Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of May schigaael 
last, for a Statement of the Estimates for Miscel- No. 574. 

laneous 





11 Vicroriz. 


laneous Services for the years 1828, 1838 and 1847, 
ending the 31st day of March 1848, in the same form 
as the General Abstract of the Miscellaneous Esti- 
mates printed in the present Session, with an Ex- 
planation, so far as the same can be prepared, of 
the causes of Increase or Decrease in each item. 


Spirits Accounts of the Produce of the Excise Duty re- 

(ireland.) = ceived on Spirits in Jreland, during each of the 
years ending the 5th day of April 1846 and 1847, 
and the Number of Gallons brought to Charge, 
showing the Increase or Decrease in Gallons and in 
Duty :—Of the Number of Gallons of Spirits brought 
to Charge in Jredand, and the Duty paid thereon, 
in the Quarters ending respectively the 5th day of 
April 1846 and 1847, showing the Increase or De- 
crease :—Of the Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits 
(distinguishing the Quantities produced from Malt, 
and from a mixture of Malt and unmalted Grain) 
on which Duty was paid for Home Consumption in 
Ireland, in each Quarter of the years ending respec- 
tively the 5th day of April 1846 and 1847, and in 
each of the years :—Of the Number of Detections, 
and of the Number of Persons prosecuted for 
Offences in Ireland against the Laws for the sup- 
pression of illicit Distillation, in each quarter of the 
years ending respectively the 5th day of April 
1846 and 1847, distinguishing those convicted :— 
And, of the Number of Persons confined in each 
Gaol in Zreland, for Offences against the Laws for 
the Suppression of illicit Distillation, on the 5th day 
of January, the 5th day of March, and the 5th day 
of April, in each of the years 1846 and 1847 (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 361, of 
Session 1846). 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Returns of the Number of 
Persons employed on Public Works in Ireland; and, 
the Return relative to Miscellaneous Services, be 
printed. 


Supply ; A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Order of the day for the Committee 
of Supply be now read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 

Mr. Warner’s ‘* a Select Committee be appointed to consider the 

Invention. “¢ Report of the Commissioners appointed to inves- 
“ tigate Mr. Warner’s Invention,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question :— 
it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Order of the day for the Com- 
mittee of Supply be now read ; and the same being 
read ; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 

proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 

Question, by leaving out from the word “‘ That” to 

the end of the Question, in order to add the words 

Mary Dawson. “‘ there be laid before this House, a Copy of the 

“ Correspondence which has taken place between 

‘ the Secretary of State for the Home Department 

“ and the convicting Magistrates, relating to the 

“ illegal imprisonment ot Mary Dawson, in the 

‘ West Riding of Yorkshire Gaol,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 

proposed to be left out stand part of the Question: 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 26° die Junii, 1847: 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the matter to them referred; and that he was 
VoL. 102. 


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* Q95°—I96° Juniz. 











745 


directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com~ Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Navigation 
Reading of the Navigation (No. 2.) Bill; (No. 2.) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Turnpike-roads (South Wales) Bill was, ac- ‘Turnpike- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- roads (South 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for W#les) Bill. 
Monday next. 


Mr. Greene reported the Drainage of Lands Drainage of 
(Scotland) Bill; and the Amendments were read, Lands (Scot- 
and agreed to. senate 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Naval Mutiny 

mittee on the Naval Mutiny Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Herring 
mittee on the Herring Fishery (Scotland) Bill; Fishery 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday —* 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Master in Chancery Bill was, according to Master in _ 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Chancery Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Masters in Chancery Affidavit Office Bill Masters in 
was, according Order, read a second time ; and com- prem 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Ogice Bill. 


Monday next. 


The Canada Consolidated Revenue Fund Bill Canada 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and  anearig wN 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for pin. 


Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Holyhead 
mittee on the Holyhead Harbour Bill ; Harbour Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Print Works 
into a Committee upon the Print Works Bill; and, Bil. 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Insolvent Debtors Bill was, according to Insolvent 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Debtors Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Joint Stock 
into a Committee upon the Joint Stock Companies Companies 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr.~” 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Militia Ballots 
into a Committee upon the Militia Ballots Suspen- Suspension 
sion Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. ~~ 
Speakerresumed the Chair; and Mr. Greenereported, 

5c That 











re: 





Recovery of 


746 


That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


Public Monies to facilitate the Recovery of Public Monies advanced 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Drainage 
of Lands 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Argyle Canal 
Bill. 


Recovery of 
Public Monies 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 575. 


York and 
North Midland 
Railway 
(East Riding 
Canals Pur- 
chase) Bill. 


Argyle Canal 
Bill. 


Drainage 
of Lands 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 576. 


for the Relief of Distress in Zreland, by the Employ- 
ment of the Labouring Poor: And that the Chancel- 
lor of the Exchequer, Mr. Labouchere and Mr. 
Parker do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 5 &amp; 6 Vic., 
c. 89, to promote the Drainage of Lands, and Im- 
provement of Navigation and Water Power in con- 
nection with such Drainage, in Ireland, might be 
read; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 8 &amp; 9 
Vic., c. 69, toamend an Act of the sixth year of Her 
— Majesty, for promoting the Drainage of 

Lands, and Improvement of Navigation and Water 
Power in connection with such Drainage, in Lreland, 
might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 9 Vic., 
e.4, to amend the Acts for promoting the Drainage 
of Lands, and Improvement of Navigation and 
Water Power in connection with such Drainage, in 
Ireland, and to afford Facilities for increased Em- 
ployment for the labouring Classes in Works of 
Drainage during the present Year, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to continue, for a limited Time, the Provisions for 
Summary Proceedings contained in an Act of the 
last Session, to amend the Acts for promoting the 
Drainage of Lands, and for other Purposes, and to 
amend the said Act: And that the Chancellor of 
the Exchequer, Mr. Labouchere, and Mr. Parker 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for transferring to the Commissioners of the Cale- 
donian Canal the Powers of the Argyle Canal Com- 
pany, and for amending the Acts concerning the said 
Canals: And that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 
the Lord Advocate, and Mr. Parker do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

Mr. Parker presented a Bill to facilitate the Re- 
covery of Public Monies advanced for the Relief of 
Distress in Jreland, by the Employment ofthe Labour- 
ing Poor: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 
next; and to be printed. 


An ingrossed Bill to authorize the Purchase by the 
York and North Midland Railway Company of the 
Interests of the Shareholders in the Market Weigh- 
ton Canal; and the Purchase of the Canal com- 
municating therewith, called Sir Edward Vavasour’s 
Canal; of the Pocklington Canal ; and of the Leven 
Canal; all in the East Riding of the County of 
York, was read the third time; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Parker presented a Bill for transferring to 
the Commissioners of the Caledonian Canal the 
Powers of the Argyle Canal Company, and for 
«mending the Acts concerning the said Canals: 
And the same was read the first time ; and referred 
to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit, 
and proceed, upon Monday next. 


Mr. Parker presented a Bill to continue, for a 
limited Time, the Provisions for Summary Proceed- 
ings contained in an Act of the last Session, to amend 
the Acts for promoting the Drainage of Lands, and 
for other Purposes, and toamend the said Act: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 


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A. 1847. 


read a second time upon Thursday next; and to be 
printed. 


Viscount Palmerston presented,—Return to an Bread and 


instant June, for Returns of the Price, in London, of 
the best Wheaten Bread, per Imperial Pound Eng- 
lish; of the best Wheaten Flour of which such 
Bread is manufactured, per Imperial Pound English ; 
and of good White Wheat, weighing not less than 
60 or 61 Pounds per Imperial Bushel, on the 1st 
days of March, April, May and June 1847 :—And, 
from our Consul in Paris of the Price (estimated in 
British Currency) of the best Wheaten Bread, not 
Fancy Bread, per Imperial Pound English; of the 
best Wheaten Flour of which such Bread is manu- 
factured, per Imperial Pound English; and the best 
White Wheat, weighing not less than from 60 to 61 
Pounds per Imperial Bushel on the Ist days of 
March, April, May and June 1847 (so far as relates 
to the Prices of Bread, Wheat and Flour, in Paris). 

. Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

able. 


Viscount Morpeth 
Command,—Copy of Correspondence relating to the 
Removal of the Wellington Statue. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour before Two of the clock 
on Saturday Morning, adjourned till Monday 
next. 








Luna, 28° die Junii ; 
Anno 11° Victoria Regine, 1847. 
PRAYERS. 


M was called in; and at the bar presented, 
pursuant to the directions of an Act of Parliament, 
—An Account of Unclaimed Army Prize Money 
(formerly made by the Deputy Treasurer of the 
Royal Hospital at Chelsea), from 18th January 1809 
to 31st December 1846 :—-And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. 


R. Talman, from the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, * 


Address to Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of this Wheat Flour, 


Statue. 


Feeney by Her Majesty’s Wellington 


No. 577. 


rmy Prize 
oney. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Argyle Canal 


Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills ; That in the case of the Argyle Canal 
Bill, the Standing Orders have not been complied 
with, as notices of the intended application to Par- 
liament have not been published in the Edinburgh 
Gazette, nor in any Newspaper of the county of 
Argyle, in which the lands to which the Bill relates 
are situate. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to enable the Dundee and Perth 
Railway Company to alter and extend their Line 
near to Perth, and to make Branches therefrom to 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Dundee and 
Perth Railway 
(Alteration 
and Extension, 
and Inchture, 
Polgavie and 

Inchmichael 


Inchture, Polgavie and Inchmichael ; and the same Branches) Bill. 


were read, as follow : 

Pr. 28. 1. ult. After “level” insert “ and the 
said Company shall be subject to and abide by 
all such rules and regulations with regard to the 
crossing of such roads on the level, or with regard 
to the speed at which trains shall pass such roads, 
as may from time to time be made by the Com- 
missioners of Railways; and if the said Company 
shall fail to erect, or at all times maintain any 
such station or lodge, or to appoint a proper 
person to watch or superintend the crossing at any 





such pointor station, or to observe or abide by 





any such rule or regulationas aforesaid, they = 
“ or 


11 Vicrortz. 


“ for every such offence be liable to a penalty of 
“ Twenty pounds, and also to a daily penalty of ‘Ten 
“ pounds for every day such offence shall continue 
“ after such penalty of Twenty pounds shall have 
* been incurred.” 
Pr. 36.1. 35. After “ notwithstanding” insert 
Clauses (A.) and (B.) 
Cravuse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
“ money by this Act or any other Act relating to the 
“ said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
“ by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise 
“ of any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
“ shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
“ respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
“ by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided 
“ always, That nothing hereinbefore contained, shall 
“ be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
“‘ paying to any shareholder such interest on money 
“ advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
“ actually made as shall be in conformity with the 
“« provisions in the Companies Clauses Consolidation 
“ (Scotland) Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 
Cuavsz (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any cther Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, for the purpose of such Act or Acts, to 
pay or deposit any sum of mony which by any 
“ Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
“ now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
an Act authorizing the said Company to con- 
struct any other Railway or execute any other 
“* work or undertaking.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Duncan do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
facilitating the proof of the Will of the Right hon- 
ourable George O’Brien, late Earl of Egremont, 
and Baron of Cockermouth, in certain Actions in 
Ireland, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Prime do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


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Wyndham’s 
Estate Bill. 


Mr. Greene reported Legh’s Estate Bill, without 
Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Legh’s Estate 
Bill. 


Hodgson Mr. Greene reported Hodgson Hinde’s Estate 
in Estate Bill, with verbal Amendments ; and the same were 
‘ read, as follow: 
Pr. 11.1. 6. Leave out “ Carham” and insert 
“ Corsham.” 
Pr. 49.1. 22. Leave out “ Comp” and insert 
“ Compton.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Sir Henry Sir Henry Willoughby Rooke’s Estate Bill was 

bors read a second time; and committed. 

Bn "© =~ Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Kingston- An ingrossed Bill for removing Doubts as to the 

20 Aged Purchase of Lands by the Dock Company at King- 


ston-upon-Hull, in certain cases, was read the third 
time ; and Amendments were made to the Biil. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

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A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for ex- Long’s Estate 
changing Freehold Estates belonging to Robert 
Kellett Long, Esquire, for Freehold Estates settled 
by the Will of Robert Churchman Long, deceased, 
and for authorizing the Leasing of the Settled 
Estates, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 
Sodered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. . 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for ex- Poyntzfield 

changing certain Detached Portions, situate in the Estate Bill. 
County of Sutherland, of the entailed Estate of 
Poyntzfield, belonging to Sir George Gun Munro, 
Knight, for the Lands of Udale, situate in the 
County of Cromarty, belonging to James Matheson, 
Esquire, contiguous to the said Estate of Poyntz- 
field, and for securing the Purchase of other Lands, 
to be entailed, and to form, along with the said 
lands of Udale, parts of the said entailed Estate of 
Poyntzfield, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Lowestoft 
tle Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Railway and 
tituled, An Act to authorize an Alteration in the ( aheoeaien 
Line of the Lowestoft Railway, and to amend the near Reed- 
Act relating to the Lowestoft Railway and Harbour bam) Bill. 
Company ; and the same were read, as follow : . 

Pr. 17. 1. 10. After “‘ Act” insert Clauses (A.) 
and (B.) 

Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, by calls in respect of shares, or by the ex- 
ercise of any power of borrowing, to pay interest 
to any shareholder on the amount of the calls 
made in respect of the shares held by him in the 
capital by this Act authorized to be raised: Pro- 
vided always, That nothing hereinbefore contained 
shall be deemed to prevent the said Company 
from paying to any shareholder such interest on 
money advanced by him beyond the amount of 
the calls actually made as shall be in conformity 
with the provisions in the said recited Acts, or 
“ any of them, in that behalf contained.” 

Curause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
“ money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 
pay or deposit any sum of money which by any 
Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
an Act authorizing the said Company to con- 
struct any other Railway or execute any other 
“ work or undertaking.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wodehouse do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Norfolk Rail- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, way (Branch 
intituled, An Act to empower the Worfolk Railway a 
Company to make a Railway from Wymondham to Norwich Ex- 
Diss; and the same were read, as follow: tension of the 


Pr, 3, 1. 18. Leave out “and Branch Railway.” }pswich and 
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Edmund’s Pr. 4.1. 2. Leave out from “ Railway” to “and” 
Railway, and jn ], 3, 

ph rh and Pr. 4.1. 9. Leave out “ Branch Railway.” 
Reodham Pr. 5. 1.19. Leave out from “contained” to 

Ane “end” im Pr..6.1, 29. 

—_— Pr. 8. 1. 14. After “ purpose” insert Clauses 
(A.) and (B.) 

Cravse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to the 
said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise 
of any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided 
always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 
be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
paying to any shareholder such interest on money 
advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
actually made as shall be in conformity with the 
provisions in the said recited Acts, or any of them, 
in that behalf contained.” 

Cxiause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raise(l for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 
pay or deposit any sum of money which by any 

tanding Order of either House of Parliament 
now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
an Act authorizing the said Company to con- 
struct any other Railway or execute any other 
work or undertaking.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 18. Leave out “ Branch Railway.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 38. Leave out “ Branch Railway.” 

Pr. 9.1. 19. Leave out from “in” to “ the” in 
1, 32., and in 1. 32. after “‘ parish” insert “ of Diss.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 8. Leave out “and Branch Railway.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 16. Leave out from “ say” to “in” in 
1, 20. 

Pr. 10. 1, 21. Leave out from “numbered” to 
31” in 1, 22, 

Pr. 13. 1, 33. Leave out from “ Railway” to 
and” in |, 34. 

Pr. 13.1. ult. Leave out from “ Railway” to 
not” in Pr. 14. 1. 1. 

Pr. 14. 1.16. Leave out from “ Railway” to 
and” in]. 17. 

Pr. 14. 1.26. Leave out from “ Railway ” to 
“ hereby” in |. 27. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wodehouse do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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be fe a the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
sion, &amp;c.) Bill, Mtituled, An Act to enable the Norfolk Railway 
Company to extend their Railway to the Town of 
Great Yarmouth, and for other Purposes; and the 
same were read, as follow : 
Pr. 4.1. 37. Leave out from “contained” to 
“ and” in Pr. 6. 1. 2. 
Pr. 7.1. 22. After “ purpose” insert Clauses (A.) 
anc. (B.) 

Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to the 
said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise 
of any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided 
always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 


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be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
paying to any shareholder such interest on mone 
advanced by him beyund the amount of the calls 
actually made as shall be in conformity with 
the provisions in the said recited Acts, or any of 
them, in that behalf contained. 

Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by the said recited Act or any other Act re- 
lating to the said Railway Company authorized to 
be raised, for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 
pay or deposit any sum of money which by any 
Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
an Act authorizing the said Company to con- 
struct any other Railway or execute any other 
work or undertaking.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wodehouse do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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Mr. Brotherton reported the Manchester, Shef- Manchester, 
field and Lincolnshire Railway (Supply of Surplus Sheffield and 


S : 4 -1) Lincolnshire 
Water to Manchester, Salford and Stockport) Bill, Raiway i 
with Amendments. ply of Surplus 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Water to 
5 Manchester, 
and be printed. Sethe enh 
Stockport)Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Uerne Bay and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Canterbury 
tituled, An Act for making a Railway from Herne Railway’ Bil 
Bay to a Junction with the Canterbury and Whit- 
stable Railway, to be called, The Herne Bay and 
Canterbury Junction Railway ; and the same were 
read, as follow: 

Pr. 4.1. 3. Leave out from “ calls” to “ And” 
in ], 29., and insert Clauses (A. and B.) 

Cuiause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to the 
said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise 
of any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided 
always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 
be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
paying to any shareholder such interest on money 
advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
actually made as shall be in conformity with the 
provisions in the Companies Clauses Consolidation 
‘ Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 

Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 
pay or deposit any sum of money which by any 

tanding Order of either House of Parliament 
now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
an Act authorizing the said Company to construct 
any other Railway or execute any other work or 
undertaking.” 

Pr. 6.1. 16. After “ held” insert “ in the year 
next.” 

Pr. 7.1. 30. After “ reference” insert “ and 
according to the levels described on the said Sec- 
tions.” 

Pr. 10. Is. 22. and 23. After “ mentioned” insert 
Clause (C.) 

Cuause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That for the 
“ greater convenience and security of the — the 
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Wolverhamp- 
ton General 
Cemetery, 

&amp;e, Bill. 


South Devon 
Railway Ex- 
tension and 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Paisley, 
Barrhead and 
Hurlet Rail- 
way Bill. 


Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway 
(Maldon, 
Witham and 
Braintree 
Railway 
Purchase) Bill. 


11 Vicroriz. 


“ Company shall erect and permanently maintain, 


either a station or lodge at the points where the 
said Railway crosses the before-mentioned roads 
on tie level, and the said Company shall be sub- 
ject to and shall abide by all such rules and regu- 
lations, with regard to the crossing of such roads 
on the level, or with regard to the speed at which 
trains shall pass such roads, as may from time to 
time be made by the Commissioners of Railways ; 
and if the said Company shall fail to erect, or at 
all times maintain any such station or lodge, or 
appoint a proper person to watch or superintend 
the crossing at any such point or station, or to 
observe or abide by any such rule or regulation 
as aforesaid, they shall for every such offence be 
liable to a penalty of ‘Twenty pounds, and aiso to 
a daily penalty of Ten pounds for every day such 
offence shall continue, after such penalty of Twenty 
pounds shall have been incurred.” 
Pr. 15. 1. 20. Leave out from “ on” to “ That” 

in 1, 34. 

Pr. 16.1. 15. 
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Pr. 16. 1. 16. Leave out from “ of” to “ which” 
in]. 17., and in 1. 17., leave out “ completion” and 
insert ‘“ purchase.” 

Pr. 16.1. 26. Leave out from “ evidence” 
“ And” in Pr. 17. 1. 3., and insert Clause (D.) 

Cuavse (D.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
* acted, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
“ Company hereby incorporated, by virtue of the 
“‘ power hereinbefore contained, to sell, demise or 
lease, nor for the said Canterbury and Whitstable 
Railway Company, or the South Eastern Railway 
Company, or either of them, to purchase or enter 
into or accept such lease of the said Railway 
hereby authorized to be made, unless it shall have 
been proved to the satisfaction of the Commis- 
sioners of Railways, and certified by them under 
their seal, previously to the completion of such 
sale or execution of such lease, that one-half of 
the whole amount of the capital, exclusive of 
loans, by the Act or Acts relating to each of the 
said Companies authorized to be raised, has been 
actually paid up and expended, for the purposes 
authorized by such Act or Acts respectively.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 

were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Wolverhampton General Cemetery, 
&amp;e. Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the South Devon Railway Extension 
and Amendment Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed, and read the third time To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Paisley, Barrhead and Hurlet Rail- 
way Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the 
Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, intituled, 
An Act to authorize the Purchase by the Eastern 
Counties Railway Company of the Maldon, Witham 
and Braintree Railway ; and the same were read, as 
follow: 

Pr. 21. 1.28. After “ Money” insert Clauses (A.) 
(B.) and (C.) 

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Cravuss (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Eastern Counties Rail- 
way Company, out of any money by this Act or 
any other Act relating to the said Railway Com- 
pany authorized to be raised, by calls in respect of 
shares, or by the exercise of any power of borrow- 
ing, to pay interest to any shareholder on account 
of the calls made in respect of the shares held by 
him in the capital by this Act authorized to be 
raised: Provided always, That nothing hereinbefore 
contained shall be deemed to prevent the said Com- 
pany from paying to any shareholder such interest 
on money advanced by him beyond the amount of 
the calls actually made as shall be in conformity 
with the provisions in the Companies Clauses 
Consolidation Act, 1845, in that behalf con- 
tained.” 

Crauss (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to pay or 
deposit any sum of money which by any Standing 
Order of either House of Parliament now in force, 
or hereafter to be in force, may be required to be 
deposited in respect of any application to Parlia- 
ment for the purpose of obtaining an Act autho- 
rizing the said Company to construct any other 
Railway, or execute any other work or under- 
taking.” 

Crause (C.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
Maldon, Witham and Braintree Railway Com- 
pany, by virtue of the power hereinbefore con- 
tained, to sell, nor for the said Eastern Counties 
Railway Comyany to purchase the said Maldon, 
Witham and Braintree Railway, unless it shall 
have been proved to the satisfaction of the Com- 
missioners of Railways, and certified by them 
under their seal, previously to the completion of 
such sale, that one half of the whole amount of 
the capital, exclusive of loans, by the Act or Acts 
relating to each of the said Companies autho- 
rized to be raised, has been actually paid up and 
expended for the purposes authorized by such 
Act or Acts respectively.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr, Hastie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration Macduff 


the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for improving and maintaining the 
Harbour of Macduff, in the County of Banff; and 
the same was read, as followeth : 

Pr. 12. 1.29. After “ Scotland” insert Clause (A.) 

Cause (A.,) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
contained in this Act, or in the Acts herein re- 
cited or referred to, shall extend to authorize the 
Trustees to purchase, take or use any land or soil, 
or any rights in respect thereof, belonging to Her 
Majesty, in right of Her Crown, without the con- 
sent in writing of the Commissioners for the time 
being of Her M ajesty’s Woods, Forests, Land Re- 
venues, Works and Buildings, orany two of them, 
first had and obtained for that purpose, and which 
such Commissioners, or any two of them, are here- 
by authorized and empowered to give, or to preju- 
dice, diminish, alter or take away any of the 
rights, privileges, powers or authorities vested in 
or enjoyed by Her Majesty, Her Heirs or Suc- 
cessors.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hastie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 

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Surrey and Ordered, That the Surrey and Kent Commission 
ae of Sewers (No. 2.) Bill be read the third time To- 
Sewers morrow. 

(No. 2.) Bill. 

Great Western The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ok to the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 


join the West intituled, An Act for making Branch Railways 
London Rail- from the Great Western Railway, and from Ham- 


ja phe an mersmith, to join the West London Railway, for 
5 = Am of Widening a Portion of the West London Railway, 


the West Lon- and for extending the same so as to join the London 

don Railway and South Western Railway, in the Parish of Saint 

and Branches . 

toHammer- Mary, Lambeth, in the County of Surrey ; and the 

smith, and to same were read, as follow: 

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Western Rail- (A.) and (B.) 

way, near Cravuse(A.)“ And be it Enacted, That it shall not 

Lambeth) Bill. « be lawful for the said Company, out of any money 
“ by this Act or any other Act relating to the said 

Railway Company authorized to be raised, by 
calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise of 
any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
by this Act authorized to be raised : Provided al- 
ways, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 
be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
paying to any shareholder such interest on money 
advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
actually made as shall be in conformity with the 
provisions in the first-recited Act in that be- 
half contained.” 

Ciause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to pay or 
deposit any sum of money which by any Stand- 
ing Order of either House of Parliament now in 
force, or hereafter to be in force, may be required 
to be deposited in respect of any application to 
Parliament for the purpose of obtaining an Act 
authorizing the said Company to construct any 
other Railway or execute any other work or 
undertaking.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 17. After “expired” insert Clauses 
(C.), (D.), (E.), (F.) and (G.) 

Cuiavuse (C.) “ And whereas it is inexpedient 
that the said bridge should be erected until the 
“ plan, design and elevation thereof shall have been 
“ first sanctioned by the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works 
and Buildings: BE it Enacted, That notwith- 
standing the clauses and provisions hereinbefore 
contained, it shall not be lawful for the said Com- 
pany to construct any bridge over the said river, 
the plan, design and elevation of which bridge 
shall not have been approved in writing by the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, 
Land Revenues, Works and Buildings, or some 
two of them, previously to the commencement of 
the construction of the said bridge.” 

Crause (D.) “ And whereas the Queen’s Most 
Excellent Majesty, in right of Her Crown, is or 
claims to be seised of the ground or soil and bed 
of the River Thames and the shores thereof, so 
far as the tide flows and reflows in the same river, 
and the Mayor, Commonalty and Citizens of the 
city of London are bailiffs and conservators of the 
same River, and claim also to be entitled by pre- 
scription, or under grants from the Crown or Acts 
of Parliament, or otherwise, to so much of the 
ground and soil and bed of the said River, and 
the shores thereof, as lie within the limits and 
bounds of their jurisdiction as conservators, and 
a suit has been instituted by Her Majesty’s At- | 
torney-General, on behalf of Her Majesty, against 
the said Mayor, Commonalty and Citizens, for | 
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Commonalty and Citizens respectively, and such 
suit is still pending: BE it therefore Enacted, 
That all works to be done and performed by vir- 
tue of this Act or the Acts herein recited or referred 
to, so far as any such works are connected with 
the River Thames, or are intended io be con- 
structed upon any part of the bed or shores of the 
said River, shall be executed according to such 
plan only as shall from time to time be approved of 
by the Commissioners for the time being of Her 
Majesty’s Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works 
and Buildings, on behalf of Her Majesty, and by 
the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the 
city of London in Common Council assembled, 
previously to the execution of such works ; and 
every plan which shall be approved of as afore- 
said shall be deposited in the office of the said 
Commissioners, and a duplicate thereof shall be 
deposited in the office of the Town Clerk of the 
city of London, and no deviation from such plan 
or alteration of design shown therein shall be 
made or suffered by the Company without the 
consent of the said Commissioners, and of the 
said Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the city 
of London, to be signified in writing under the 
hands of the said Commissioners, or some two of 
them, and of the Town Clerk of the city of Zon- 
don respectively ; and all such works as aforesaid 
shall be executed to the satisfaction of the said 
Commissioners, and of the Clerk of the works of 
the Thames Navigation for the time being.” 

Cravuse (E.) “And be it Enacted, That pre- 
viously to the commencement of any such works 
as aforesaid, the Company shall pay into the Bank 
of England, in the manner prescribed by any Act 
for the time being in force for regulating monies 
paid into the Court of Chancery, such price or 
consideration in money for any portion of the bed 
or shores of the River Thames, which shall from 
time to time be required and authorized to be taken 
or used for the purposes of this Act as shall be 
agreed between the Company on the one part, and 
the said Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, 
Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings, 
and the said Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of 
the city of London on the other part, to be the 
value thereof to the said Company ; and in case 
the parties shall differ in opinion with regard to 
such price or compensation, the same may be 
fixed and determined in the manner prescribed by 
The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845: 
Provided nevertheless, That all costs, charges and 
expenses incurred or to be incurred by or on be- 
half of the said Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Woods, Forests and Land Revenues in ascer- 
taining and fixing the amount of such price or 
compensation, howsoever or by whomsoever set- 
tled, and in making or perfecting any conveyance 
of the soil or rights of the Crown to the said Com- 
pany, and all other costs and expenses of the said 
Commissioners incident to the premises, or in any 
way connected therewith, as well before as after 
the passing of this Act, shall be wholly borne and 
paid by the Company.” 

Crause(F.) “ And be it Enacted, That the price 
or consideration in money so to be agreed or ascer- 
tained as aforesaid, shall from time to time be 
paid by the Company into the Bank of England, 
in the name and with the privity of the Accountant- 
General of the Court of Chancery, to be placed to 
his account there, in trust, in the cause ‘ The At- 
torney-General against the Corporation of Lon- 
don,’ and subject to the orders of the said Court 
in the said cause; and the same monies, or the 
stocks, funds or securities to be purchased there- 
with, shall remain so deposited to await the deter- 
mination to the right of ownership of the portions 
of the bed and shores of the said River for which 
such price or consideration shall have been paid, 
and until the same monies, stocks, funds and 

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securities shall by some order to be made in the 
said cause be directed to be paid or transferred to 
the said Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, 
on behalf of Her Majesty, or to the said Mayor, 
Aldermen and Commons of the city of Loudon, 
and in the meantime and until such determination 
and order as aforesaid, the said monies shall be 
laid out and invested by the said Accountant- 
General in the purchase of Consolidated Three 
pounds per cent. annuities in his name, in trust, in 
the said cause, and the-.interest, dividends and 
annual proceeds of the annuities so tc be pur- 
chased, and of all annuities to be hereafter pur- 
chased, with interest, shall in like manner be laid 
out and invested by the said Accountant-General, 
in trust as aforesaid, and form an accumulating 
fund to be ultimately transferred as the said 
Court shall direct.” 

Cravuse (G.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
contained in this Act or in the Acts herein recited 
or referred to shall be deemed or construed to 
extend either directly or indirectly, or by impli- 
cation, or otherwise, to prejudice or affect any 
right of property or title belonging to Her Majesty, 
Her heirs or successors, in or to the ground or soil 
and bed of the River Thames, or the shores thereof, 
or to authorize the Company to purchase, take or 
use any land or soil, or any rights in respect 
thereof, belonging to Her Majesty, in right of the 
Crown, without the consent in writing of the 
Commissioners for the time being of Her Majesty’s 
Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and 
Buildings, or some two of them, first had and 
obtained for that purpose (and which consent such 
Commissioners, or any two of them, are hereby 
authorized and empowered to give), or to prejudice, 
diminish, alter or take away any of the rights, 
privileges, powers or authorities vested in or 
enjoyed by Her Majesty, Her heirs or suc- 
cessors.” 

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title of the said Mayor, Aldermen and Commons 
of the city of London, or.” 

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and by virtue of an Act.” 
Pr. 28. 1. ult. After “Company ” insert Clauses 


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Cuavuse(H.) “ And whereas the Railway hereby 
authorized to be made is intended to pass under 
the main line of the said Zondon and South West- 
ern Railway, in the parish of Battersea aforesaid, 
by means of a bridge, and it is indispensably 
necessary that the works of the Railway hereby 
authorized to be made for such purpose shall be 
so carried on and completed as not to interfere 
with the safety or convenience of the traffic upon 
the said London and South Western Railway : 
BE it therefore Enacted, That notwithstanding 
anything in this Act or in the said recited Acts 
contained, it shall not be lawful for the Company 
or Companies hereby authorized to make the said 
Railway, to construct any works for the purpose 
of carrying the same under the said London and 
South Western Railway, or to enter upon or to 
interfere with any lands of the said London and 
South Western Railway Company, forming part 
of the main line of the said Railway, or to execute 
any works whatsoever thereupon, until after they 
shall have delivered to the said London and South 
Western Railway Company plans and drawings, 
with specifications in writing, of the works 
intended to be executed upon the said lands, 
describing the manner of executing the same, and 
shall have obtained from the principal engineer of 
the said London and South Western Railway 
Company a certificate under his hand, approving 

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751 
of such said plans, specifications and proposed 
manner of executing the same works; and the 
same shall be executed accordingly under the 
superintendence of and to the reasonable satisfac- 
tion of the said principal engineer for the time 
being of the said London and South Western 
Railway Company ; and it shall not be lawful for 
the Company or Companies hereby authorized to 
construct any such works as aforesaid to execute 
the same in any other way or manner than ac- 
cording to the plans, drawings and specifications 
so approved as aforesaid, without the consent in 
writing of the London and South Western Rail- 
way Company under their common seal first had 
and obtained: Provided always, That in case the 
ee engineer of the said London and South 

estern Railway Company shall not approve and 
certify his approval of the plans, drawings and 
specifications furnished by the Company or Com- 
panies so authorized as aforesaid within One calen- 
dar month after the same shall have been so fur- 
nished, and the said London and South Western 
Railway Company shall not consent that the 
Company or Companies so authorized shall pro- 
ceed with the said works without such certificate 
as aforesaid, then it shall be lawful for the said 
Company or Companies to proceed to the execu- 
tion of such works according to such plans, draw- 
ings and specifications as may be approved of by 
the Commissioners of Railways for the time being, 
but under the superintendence and direction of 
the engineer for the time being of the said London 
and South Western Railway Company, and sub- 
ject to the provisions of this Act; and if any 
dispute shall arise between the said Company or 
Companies hereby authorized to construct the 
aforesaid works and the said London and South 
Western Railway Company as to the construction 
or the mode of constructing the same, such dispute 
shall be referred to and shall be decided by the 
said Commissioners.” 

Cuause (I.) “ And be it Enacted, That not- 
withstanding any thing in this Act or the said 
recited Acts contained, it shall not be lawful for 
the Company or Companies hereby authorized to 
construct any works (without such consent of the 
said London and South Western Railway Com- 
pany as last aforesaid), to enter upon, or to 
acquire any right or property in any lands which 
belonged to the London and South Western Rail- 
way Company on the First day of June Jast, but 
only the right subject to the provisions of this 
Act, as to the mode of execution thereof, of exe- 
cuting the several works necessary and proper 
for completing and from time to time repairing, 
and for working and using the Railway and 
works hereby authorized to be made upon, under 
or through the said lands of the said London and 
South Western Railway Company, and all such 
repairs shall be done under the direction and 
superintendence, and to the reasonable satisfac- 
tion of the principal engineer of the said Jast- 
mentioned Company, and if any dispute shall 
arise between the said Company or Companies 
hereby authorized to construct the aforesaid 
works and the said Zondon and South Western 
Railway Company, as to the mode of constructing 
and repairing the same, such dispute shall be 
referred to and be decided by the said Commis- 
sioners.” 

CuiausE(K.) “ And be it Enacted, That if by 
reason of the construction or repair of the Rail- 
way and works hereby authorized to be made 
under or across the said London and South 
Western Railway, interruption shall at any time 
be occasioned to the traffic passing upon the said 
Railway, or if any such interruption shall be 
occasioned by reason of any want of repair or 
due and proper maintenance of the Railway by 
this Act authorized by the Company or Com- 
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752 
“« panies hereby authorized to construct the same, 
such Company or Companies shall forfeit and 
pay to the said Zondon and South Western Rail- 
way Company the sum of Fifty pounds for every 
hour during which such interruption shall con- 
“ tinue, and the same sum shall and may be re- 
“ covered, with full costs of suit, by the said London 
and South Western Railway Company, in an 
action of debt, in any of Her Majesty’s Superior 
Courts at Westminster: Provided always, That 
such penalty shall not accrue if any such inter- 
ruption shall have been occasioned by the mode 
of construction of any works prescribed by the 
engineer of the said London and South Western 
Railway Company.” 

Cravuse (L.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
in this Act contained shall extend or be deemed 
or construed to extend, to authorize or enable the 
Company or Companies hereby authorized to 
execute any works to take or enter upon any of 
the lands or grounds which belonged to the Lon- 
don and South Western Railway Company on the 
First day of June last, or to alter, vary or interfere 
with the said Zondon and South Western Rail- 
way, or any of the works thereof, further or other- 
wise than is hereby expressly authorized, without 
the consent in writing of the said London and 
South Western Railway Company in every in- 
stance, for that purpose first had and obtained. 

Pr. 38. 1. 24. Leave out from “ Railway” to 
“ And” in L. ult. and insert Clause (M.) 

Cuause (M.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That nothing in this Act contained 
shall be held to prejudice or affect any of the 
rights or privileges which are secured to the 
West London Railway Company, under or by 
virtue of a certain indenture of lease, bearing date 
the Tenth day of March One thousand eight 
hundred and forty-six, and entered into between 
the said West London Railway Company of the 
one part, and the London and Birmingham Rail- 
way Company, now called The London and North 
Western Kailway Company, of the other part; and 
the said West London Railway Company shall be 
entitled to the same rights, and to the same 
share of profit and percentage thereon, for and 
in respect of the transport of goods, passengers 
and other things passing to or from the Great 
“ Western Railway, or the London and North 
“ Western Railway, over or along that part of the 
Railway by this Act authorized, which lies 
between a certain field in the parish of Hammer- 
smith, numbered 49 on the Plan deposited with 
“ the Clerk of the Peace of the county of Middle- 
“ sex, and the basin of the Kensington Canal (being 
a distance of two miles and fifty chains), as if 
the said part of the Railway by this Act autho- 
rized had at the date of such lease formed part 
** of the West London Railway, and had been in- 
“* cluded in such lease. 

Pr, 39. 1.27. Leave out “ another Act was” and 
insert ‘‘two other Acts were.” 

Pr. 39. 1. 31, After “ intituled” insert “ re- 
“ spectively ‘ An Act for regulating the Guage of 
“ Railways,’ and.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Viscount Villiers do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for making a Railway from Aber- 
crave Farm, in the Parish of Ystradgunlais, in the 
County of Brecon, to Swansea, in the County of 
Glamorgan, with Branches, to be called The Swan- 
sea Valley Railway; and the same were read, as 
follow : 


98° Junie. 








A, 1847. 


Pr. 3. 1. 1. Leave out from “county” to “to” 
in |. 4. 

Pr. 4.1.5. Leave out from “ calls” to “ And” 
in Pr. 5.1. 7. 

Pr. 5.1. 23. After “up” insert Clauses (A.) 
and (B.) 

Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to the 
said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise 
of any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
“ by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided 
always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 
be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
paying to any shareholder such interest on mone 
advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
actually made as shall be in conformity with the 
provisions in the Companies Clauses Consolida- 
“ tion Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 

Cuiause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 
pay or deposit any sum of money which by any 
“ Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
an Act authorizing the said Company to con- 
struct any other Railway or execute any other 
“ work or undertaking.” 

Pr. 9.1.31. Leave out from “be” to “And” 
in ], 33. and insert “made and to appropriate the 
“ same to the purposes of the said last-mentioned 
Railway, and it shall be lawful for the said Com- 
pany to purchase and take for the purposes afore- 
said so much of the said Swansea Vale Railway 
and the lands connected therewith as may be: 
necessary and as may be or may have been agreed 
“ on with the proprietors of the said Railway, and 
subject to the conditions contained in any such 
agreement.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 32. After “ be ” insert “ constructed,” 
and in the same line leave out “ the same ” and insert 
“cc a.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 33. Leave out “as that,” and in the 
same line after “of” insert “Seven feet, so as to 
“ admit of the same being worked continuously 
“ with.” 

Pr. 27. 1.29. Leave out from “arbitration” to 
“ And” in Pr. 28. ]. 24. 

Pr, 42. 1.28. After “Company” insert Clause 
(C.) 

Crause (C.) “ Provided always, And be it En- 
“ acted, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
“ South Wales and Great Western Railway Com- 
panies, or either of them, out of any money by 
this Act or any other Act relating to the said last- 
mentioned Companies, or either of them, autho- 
rized to be raised, by calls in respect of shares, or 
by the exercise of any power of borrowing, to 
pay interest to any shareholder on the amount of 
the calls made in respect of the said new shares 
held by him in the capital by this Act authorized 
to be raised by such Companies, or either of them: 
Provided always, ‘That nothing hereinbefore con- 
tained shall be deemed to prevent the said Com- 
panies, or either of them, from paying to any 
shareholder such interest on money advanced by 
him beyond the amount of the calls actually made 
as shall be in conformity with the provisions in 
the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, 
or in the existing Acts relating to the Great West- 
ern Railway Company, in that behalf contained.” 

Pr. 42.1. ult. After “advisable” insert Clause 


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Glasgow, 


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Curavuse (D.) “ Provided always, And be it En- 
“ acted, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
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power hereinbefore contained, to sell, demise or 
** lease, nor for the said South Wales and Great 
“ Western Railway Companies, or either of them, 
“to purchase or rent the said Railways hereby 
“ authorized to be made or purchased, unless it shall 
“ have been proved to the satisfaction of the Com- 
“‘ missioners of Railways, and certified by them 
under their seal previously to the completion of 
such sale or the execution of such lease, that one- 
half of the whole amount of the capital exclusive 
of loans, by the Act or Acts relating to the Com- 
pany hereby incorporated, and to the South Wales 
Railway Company, authorized to be raised (so far 
as relates to the purchasing or renting of the said 
Railways by the South Wales Railway Company), 
and that one-half of the whole amount of the 
capital, exclusive of loans, by the Act or Acts re- 
lating to the Company hereby incorporated and 
to the Great Western Railway Company, autho- 
rized to be raised (so far as relates to the pur- 
“ chasing or renting of the said Railways by the 
“ Great Western Railway Company) has been 
actually paid up and expended for the purposes 
authorized by such Act or Acts respectively.” 

Pr. 43. 1. 10. After “ Railways” insert “and 
another Act was passed in the sixth year of the 
reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, ‘An Act 
“ for the better Regulation of Railways and for the 
“ Conveyance of Troops.’” 

Pr. 43. 1. 22. Leave out “another Act was” 
and insert “two other Acts were.” 

Pr. 43. 1. 25. After “ intituled ” insert ‘ respec- 
“ tively, ‘An Act for regulating the Gauge of Rail- 
“ ways’ and.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Viscount Villiers do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


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the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to enable the Glasgow, Barrhead 
and Neilston Direct Railway Company to altera 
Portion of their Line, and for other Purposes re- 
lating thereto; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 6. 1.7. After “‘ four” insert Clause (A.) 
Cuavuse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Acts relating to 
“the said Railway Company authorized to be 
“‘ raised, for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 
“ pay or deposit any sum of money which by any 
“‘ Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
“¢ now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
“ required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
“ an Act authorizing the said Company to con- 
“ struct any other Railway or execute any other 
“&lt; work or undertaking.” 
Pr. 7.1.22. Leave out “this Act” and insert 
“ the said recited Acts.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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Barrhead and the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 


Neilston Direct - 


and Glasgow 
Southern Ter- 
minal Rail- 
ways Amalga- 
mation Bill, 


intituled, An Act to authorize the Purchase of the 
Glasgow Southern Terminal Railway, by the Glas- 


gow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway Com- | ford, and for improving and regulating the Marke 
Place and Markets therein, was read the third and Market 
time. Bill. 


pany, and to amend the Acts relating to the said 
Company ; and the same were read, as follow : 
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Pr. 12. Is. 15. and 16. Leave out “passing of 
“ this Act” and insert “ completion of said pur- 
“ chase.” 

Pr. 27. 1. 9. After “ Railway” insert Clauses 
(A.) and (B.) 

Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That if at 
“ any time after the passing of this Act it shall ap- 
“ pear to the Commissioners of Railways to be 
“ necessary for the interests of the public, it shall 
“ be lawful for the said Commissioners to require 
“ the said amalgamated Company to proceed forth- 
‘€ with to the correction or prevention of any incon- 
“ veniences or evils by the said Commissioners spe- 
“‘ cified ; and upon the failure or inability of the 
“ said amalgamated Company to comply with the 
“ requisitions of the said Commissioners in the par- 
“ ticulars aforesaid within a period of six months 
“ from the date of such requisition, it shall be lawful 
for the said Commissioners to serve the said amal- 
gamated Company with notice to introduce into 
“ Parliament in the then existing Session, if Par- 
* liament should be sitting, and if not in the next 
“ ensuing Session, a Bill or Bills for amending this 
“ Act in such particulars as aforesaid; and there- 
“ upon the wid amalgamated Company shall and 
“ they are hereby required to introduce such Bill 
“ or Bills accordingly, and duly to prosecute the 
“ same, in default whereof it shall be lawful for the 
said Commissioners to introduce or prosecute (as 
“ the case may be) such Bill or Bills at the expense 
of the said amalgamated Company.” 

Cravse (B.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
“ acted, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
“ Glasgow Southern Terminal Railway Company, 
“ by virtue of the powers hereinbefore contained, to 
“ sell, nor for the said Glasgow, Barrhead and Neil- 
“ ston Direct Railway Company to purchase, the 
“ said Glasgow Southern Terminal Railway, unless 
“ it shall have been proved to the satisfaction of the 
“ Commissioners of Railways, and certified by them 
“ under their seal, previously to the completion of 
“ such sale, that one-half of the whole amount of 
“ the capital (exclusive of ]oans) by the Act or Acts 
“ relating to each of the said Companies authorized 
“ to be raised, has been actually paid and expended 
“ for the purposes authorized be such Act or Acts 
“ respectively.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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Bowes’ Estate Bill was read a second time ; and B 


committed. B 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Act to enable the Trustees appointed by Mrs. Jane 
Ferguson, deceased, to sell the Lands of Laverohklaw, 
and also certain Subjects situate in the Village of 
Ormiston, vested in them in Trust, and to apply the 
Price to be obtained and certain Trust Monies in 
their hands in the Purchase of other Lands, for the 
Purposes of the said Trust, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 





5D Resolved, 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to rectify Horne’s 
Ferguson’s) 
state Bill. 


An ingrossed Bil! for paving, lighting, watching, Tunstall 
cleansing and otherwise improving the Town and Paving, Light- 


Neighbourhood of Tunstall, in the County of Staf- Armee 


t Improvement 


owes’ Estate 
ill, 








Hylton’s 
Estate Bill. 


Dublin and 
Drogheda 
Railway 
Branch from 
avan to 
Kells) Bill. 


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Resolved, That the Bill do pass. —_— 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to | 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





Hylton’s Estate Bill was read the first time; and | 
referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private | 
Bills. 

Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit, 
and proceed, To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to enable the Dublin and Drogheda 
Railway Company to make a Railway from the 
Navan Branch of the Dublin and Belfast Junction 
Railway, in the County of Meath, to the Town of 
Kells, in the same County; and the same were read, 
as follow: 

Pr. 8. 1. 23. After “ purposes” insert Clauses 
(A.) and (B.) 

Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
thesaid Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
by calls in respect of shares or by the exercise 
of any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided 
always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 
be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
paying to any dunks such interest on money | 





advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
actually made as shall be in conformity with | 
the provisions in the said recited Acts, 
them, in that behalf contained.” 


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Cravse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 
pay or deposit any sum of money which by any 
Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
an Act authorizing the said Company to con- 
struct any other Railway or execute any other 
work or undertaking.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Morgan John O'Connell do 
carry the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, 
that this House hath agreed to the Amendments 
made by their Lordships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration southampton 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, and Dorches- 
intituled, An Act for making an Alteration in the (New Rew 

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Line of the Southampton and Dorchester Railway, Deviation and 
and Branches therefrom to Lymington and Eling, Branches)Bill. 
and for other Purposes ; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 3.1. 33. After “ Dorchester” insert “ Rail- 
“ way.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 34. Leave out from “by” to “ And” 
in Pr, 4.1. 7. and insert “the issue of new shares 
“in the undertaking of the Company of such 
amount, and respectively in such classes, on such 
terms, with such conditions, whether the dividends 
thereon shall be fixed or rateable, and otherwise 
with such privileges and subject to such restric- 


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were agreed to. 


Curause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall | “ 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any | “ 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to | " 
the said Railway Company authorized to be | “ 
raised, for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to | “ 
pay or deposit any sum of money which by any | 
standing Order of either House of Parliament | 
now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be | “ 
required to be deposited in respect of any appli- | « 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining | 


tions as the Company shall think fit, the further 
sum of Sixty thousand pounds: Provided always, 
That the nominal amount of such share shall be 
such a sum, not exceeding Fifty pounds, as the 
Directors of the Company shall determine.” 

Pr. 4.1.14. Leave out “ and nominal amount.” 

Pr. 4.1.15. After “shares” insert “and the 
nominal amount of each of them, and the classes, 
if any, into which such shares shall be divided.” 

Pr. 4.1. 24. Leave out “subscription” and in- 


an Act authorizing the said Company to con- | sert “ shares.” 


struct any other Railway or execute any other | 
work or undertaking.” | &amp; 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, | 
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Pr. 4. ]. 27. After “shall” insert “ be authorized 
to raise in shares.” 

Pr. 4. Is. 29. and 30. Leave out from “ Parlia- 
ment” to “ Provided” in Pr. 7. 1. 1. 


Great South- 


ern and West- 


ern Railway 
Extension 


Ordered, That Mr. Morgan John O’ Connell do 


Pr. 7. 1. 28. After “That” insert “subject to 


carry the Bill tothe Lords; and acquaint them, that | “ the provisions of this Act.” 


this House hath agreed to the Amendments made 
by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to enable the Great Southern and 


(Portarlington Western Railway Company to make a Railway 


to Tullamore) from 


Bill. 


Portarlington to Tuliamore; and the same 
were read, as follow: 

Pr. 7. ls. 8. and 9. After “ purpose” insert 
Clauses (A.) and (B.) 


Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall | 


not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 


said 


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shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided 
always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 


ailway Company authorized to be raised, 
calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise 


paying to any shareholder such interest on money 


actually made as shall be in conformity with the 
provisions in the said recited Acts, or any of them, 
in that behalf contained.” 


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money by this Act or any other Act relating to the | 


any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any | 


be deemed to prevent the said Company from | 


advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls | 


Pr. 11. 1. 12. After “ Act” insert Clauses (A.) 
and (B.) 

Crausz (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, by calls in respect of shares, or by the 
exercise of any power of borrowing, to pay interest 
to any shareholder on the amount of the calls 
made in respect of the shares held by him in the 
ee by this Act authorized to be raised: Pro- 
vided always, That nothing hereinbefore contained 
shall be deemed to prevent the said Company 
from paying to any heoduilibes such interest on 
money advanced by him beyond the amount of 
the calls actually made as shall be in conformity 
with the provisions in the Compaiies Clauses Con- 
solidation Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 

Cravse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 
pay or deposit any sum of money which by any 
Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
|“ now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
| required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 

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“ cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
an Act authorizing the said Company to con- 
struct any other Railway or execute any other 
work or undertaking.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 6. After “shares ” insert Clause (C.) 

Cuause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Zondon and South 
Western Railway Company, out of any money 
by this Act or any other Act relating to the said 
Railway Company authorized to be raised, by 
calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise of 
any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided 
always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 
be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
paying to any shareholder such interest on money 
advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
actually made as shall be in conformity with the 
provisions in the Companies Clauses Consolida- 
tion Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 

“ Pr, 23. 1. 12. After “Companies” insert Clause 
(D.) 

Cuause (D.) “ Provided always, And be it En- 
acted, ‘That it shall not be lawful for the said 
Southampton and Dorchester Railway Company, 
by virtue of the power hereinbefore contained, to 
demise or lease, nor for the said Zondon and 
South Western Railway Company, to enter into 
or accept such lease of the said Railways hereby 
authorized to be made, unless it shall have been 
proved to the satisfaction of the Commissioners 
of Railways, and certified by them under their 
seal previously to the execution of such lease, 
that one-half of the whole amount of the capital 
exclusive of loans by the Act or Acts relating to 
each of the said Companies authorized to be 
raised, has been actually paid up and expended 
for the purposes authorized by such Act or Acts 
respectively.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Morgan John O’ Connell do 
carry the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, 
that this House hath agreed to the Amendments 
made by their Lordships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for making a Branch Railway 
from the Southampton and Dorchester Railway at 
Moreton to Weymouth, and for other Purposes ; and 
the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 3. 1. 31. Leave out from “ by” to “ And” in 
Pr. 4.1. 7. and insert “the issue of new shares in 
“ the undertaking of the Company of such amount, 
“ and respectively in such classes, on such terms, 
with such conditions, whether the dividends 
thereon shall be fixed or rateable, and otherwise 
with such privileges and subject to such restric- 
tions as the Company shall think fit, the further 
sum of One hundred and eighty thousand pounds: 
Provided always, That the nominal amount of any 
such share shall be such a sum, not exceeding 
Fifty pounds, as the directors of the Company 
“ shall determine.” 

Pr. 3. 1.14. Leave out from “number” to “ of” 
in 1.15. and also in |. 15. after “ shares” insert 
“ and the nominal amount of each of them, and 
“ the classes if any into which such shares shall 
“be divided.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 31. Leave out from “ raise” to “ Pro- 
“ vided” in Pr. 7. 1. 2. 

Pr. 7.1. 30. After “ That” insert “ subject to 
“‘ the provisions of this Act.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 14. After “ Act” insert Clauses (A.) 
and (B.) 

Curavuse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 

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money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, by calls in respect of shares, or by the 
exercise of any power of borrowing, to pay interest. 
to any shareholder on the amount of the calls 
made in respect of the shares held by him in 
the capital by this Act authorized to be raised : 
Provided always, That nothing hereinbefore con- 
tained shall be deemed to prevent the said Com- 
pany from paying to any shareholder such interest 
on money advanced by him beyond the amount 
of the calls actually made as shall be in con- 
formity with the provisions in the Companies 
Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, in that behalf 
“ contained.” 


Cuause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, for the purposes of such Act er Acts, to 

ay or deposit any sum of money which by any 
Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament, for the purpose of obtaining 
an Act authorizing the said Company to construct 
any other Railway or execute any other work or 
undertaking.” 

Pr. 19. i. 13. After “ shares” insert Clause (C.) 


Ciavuse (C.) “ And be it Enacted, Thatit shall 
not be lawful for the said London and South 
Western Railway Company, out of any money 
by this Act or any other Act relating to the 
said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise 
of any power of borrowing, to pay interest 
to any shareholder on the amount of the calls 
made in respect of the shares held by him in 
the capital by this Act authorized to be raised: 
Provided always, That nothing hereinbefore con- 
tained shall be deemed to prevent the said Com- 
pany from paying to any shareholder such interest 
on money advanced by him beyond the amount 
of the calls actually made as shall be in con- 
formity with the provisions in the Companies 
Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, in that behalf 
contained.” 


Pr. 21. 1.21. After ‘“ Companies” insert Ciause 
(D.) 

Cuause (D.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
Southampton and Dorchester Railway Company, 
by virtue of the power hereinbefore contained, to 
demise or lease, nor for the said London and 
South Western Railway Company to enter into 
or accept such lease of the said Railway hereby 
authorized to be made, unless it shall have been 
proved to the satisfaction of the Commissioners 
of Railways, and certified by them under their 
seal, previously to the execution of such lease, 
that one half of the whole amount of the capital, 
exclusive of loans by the Act or Acts relating to 
each of the said Companies authorized to be 
raised, has been actually paid up and expended 
for the purposes authorized by such Act or Acts 
respectively.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Morgan John O’ Connell do 
carry the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, 
that this House hath agreed to the Amendments 
made by their Lordships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration Bingley 
and — 
Bill. 


the Report on the Bingley Improvement Bill ; 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed, 


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756 


Direct Lon- An ingrossed Bill for authorizing the Sale of 


| eel Part of the Brighton and Chichester ( Portsmouth 
Brighton and Extension) Railway to the London and South 
Chichester, Western, and the London, Brighton and South 
London, Coast Railway Companies, and the Use by the last- 


ao mentioned Company of Part (Wandsworth to Lon- 


and London don) of the London and South Western Railway, 
Wepouth was read the third time. | 
Rail Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
seco Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Liverpool An ingrossed Bill to change the Name of the 


Fire and Life Ziverpool Fire and Life Insurance Company, and 
ef her P lating thereto, was read the 
Company Bill, for other Furposes relating 0, V 
third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Wakefield 


The ingrossed Bill for better supplying with Gas 
Gas Bill. ; 


the Parish and Neighbourhood of Wakefield, in the 
West Riding of the County of York, was, according 
to Order, read the third time; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr, Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


London and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
(Widening, tituled, An Act to enable the London and South 
&amp;c.) Bill. Western Railway Company to widen and improve 
the London and South Western Railway from the 
Junction thereof with the Richmond Railway to the 
Terminus at Vine Elms, and to enable them to 
enlarge their intended Station at York-road, Lam- 
beth; and the same were read, as follow: 
Pr, 5. 1. 13. Leave out from “ by” to “the” in 
]. 18., and insert ‘‘ the issue of new shares in the 
“ undertaking of the Company, of such amount, 
“ and respectively in such classes, on such terms, 
“ withsuch conditions, whether the dividends there- 
on shall be fixed or rateable, and otherwise with 
“ such privileges and subject to such restrictions 
“ (except as hereinafter mentioned) as the Com- 
“ pany shall think fit.” 
Pr. 5. 1. 20. Leave out from “ pounds” to 
“ Fifty” in 1. 24., ahd insert “ Provided always, 
“ That the nominal amount ofany such share shall 
be such a sum, not exceeding.” 
Pr. 5. 1. 26. Leave out “ fix and.” 
Pr. 5.1. 35. After “ them” insert “ and the 
“ classes, if any, into which such shares shall be 
“ divided.” ; 
Pr. 6. ls. 5. and 6. Leave out “ by subscription” 
and insert “ in shares.” 
Pr. 6.1. 8. After “ shall” insert “be autho- 
“¢ rized to raise in shares.” 
Pr. 6.1.11. Leave out from “ Parliament” to 
“ And” in Pr. 9, 1. 16., and insert “ except the 
“ London and South Western Railway Companies 
“ additional capital Act, 1847, and shall be in- 
“ cluded in and shall not be in addition to the sum 
“¢ authorized to be raised in shares by the last-men- 
“ tioned Act,” and also insert Clauses (A. and B.) 
Cravuse (A.) “ And be it Enaeted, That it shall 
“ not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to the 
seid Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
“ by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise 
“ of any power of borrowing, tu pay interest to any 
‘“« shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
“ respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
“ by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided 
“ always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 
“ be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
“ paying to any shareholder such interest on mone 
“ advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
“‘ actually made as shall be in conformity with the 


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A. 1847. 


“* provisions in the Companies Clauses Consolida- 
“ tion Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 

Cuause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
“ money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
“ the said Railway Company authorized to be 
“ raised, for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 
“¢ pay or depusit any sum of money which by any 
“ Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
“ now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
“ required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
“ cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
“an Act authorizing the said Company to con- 
“ struct any other Railway or execute any other 
“ work or undertaking.” 

Pr. 9.1. 16. After “ that” insert “ subject to 
“ the provisions of this Act.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 26. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 10. 1.4. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 11. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 35. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 12.1. 7. Leave out “ amendment” and in- 
sert “ additional capital.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Mr. Greene reported the York and Newcastle York and 
Railway (Main Line Improvement, &amp;c.) Bill, with Neweastle 
Railway 
Amendments. (Main Line 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Improvement, 
and be printed. &amp;c.) Bill. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Leeds and 
Leeds and Thirsk Railway, (Leeds, Durham and ae Rail- 
Newcastle Extension, &amp;c.) Bill; That they had ex- A again 
amined the allegations contained in the Preamble Newcastle 
of the Bill, but the same had not been proved to Extension, 
their satisfaction. &amp;c.) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Petitions of the Clerk to the Commissioners for Surrey and 
the time being for executing the Act for better pav- Kent Com- 
ing, cleansing, lighting and watching the Streets, O50 wal 
Lanes and other Public Passages and Places within (No. 2.) Bill. 
the Parish of Saint Nicholas Deptford, in the County 
of Kent, and for removing and preventing Encroach- 
ments, Obstructions, Nuisances and Annoyances 
therein ; and, Chairman of the Vestry of the 
parish of Saint Paul, Deptford, in the counties of 
Kent and Surrey ; praying that the Surrey and Kent 
Commission of Sewers (No. 2.) Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of the Chairman of the Committee of Bankruptcy 
Merchants, Bankers and Traders of London, ap- and Insvl- 
pointed for the purpose of effecting an amendment Ye": 
of the laws relating to Bankruptcy and Insolvency, 
praying that the transfer of the appeal jurisdiction 
in Bankruptcy from the Court of Bankruptcy to the 
Right honourable the Lord High Chancellor may 
not for the present be effected, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Sufferers from the long protracted panish 
delay in the payment of the compensation often Claims. 
adjudged by the House to be due to them for the 
seizure of their ships and cargoes in reprisal by the 
Danes in the vear 1807, praying that the House 
will be pleased to adopt such measures as will, 
without further delay, vindicate its authority, and 
the settlement and liquidation of the Petitioners’ 
claims by the payment of that compensation which 
the House has, on repeated occasions, by solemn 
vote, declared to be justly due, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition 


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Inst 


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Dublin 
Mendicity 
Institution. 


Education. 


Fustian 
Cutting. 


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A Petition of Edward R. Borough, and others, 
praying that the House will be pleased to address | 

er Majesty to institute an inquiry into the system | 
adopted by the Dublin Mendicity Institution, and 
to report on the system of the day in-door relief as | 
practised in that institution for such a length of 
time, and with such satisfactory results, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Sedgefield ;—Sunderland ;—Fsh ; 
—and, Bishop Thornton ; complaining of the ex- 
clusion of Roman Catholics from their share of the 
monies granted for educational purposes, and pray- 
ing the House to interpose in their behalf,—were | 


presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Fustian Cutters of Cadishead, and 
its vicinities, praying the House to pass a law pro- 
hibiting any person from being employed in the 
trade of Fustian Cutting under the age of 13 years, | 
with such other regulations for the government of | 
the trade, and the persons employed therein, as to | 
the House may seem proper, was presented, and 





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'with reference to the future administration of the 


poor laws in England and Wales, the House will 
cause it to be enacted, that it may be lawful for 
boards of guardians, and other bodies having the 
management of parochial funds, to grant, subject to 
such regulation and control as may be deemed ne- 
cessary, suitable superannuation allowance, in no 
case exceeding two-thirds of their salary and emo- 
luments, to any meritorious officer who may become 
permanently disabled by old age, infirmity, sickness 
or accident, from performing properly the duties of 
his office, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Portugal. 


habitants of Aberdeen, praying the House to memo- 
rialize Her Majesty, that the armament sent to Por- 
tugal for the purpose of interfering in the affairs of 
that country, may immediately be withdrawn, and 
otherwise to take such steps as may become neces- 
sary to place the affairs of the Portuguese in the 
position in which they were before the intervention 
of the British Forces, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bruff (two Petitions) ;— Kilmal- Railways 
| lock (three Petitions) ;—and, Limerick (two Peti- (een) 
A Petition of Medical Men engaged in the prac- | tions); praying that the Railways (Jreland) (No. ee 
tice of their profession in the town of Brighton, Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 


read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Health of 
Towns Bill. 


Insolvent 
Debtors Bill, 


Lord’s Day. 


Malt. 


Medical Regis- 
tration and 
Medical Law 
Amendment 


alt, 


Poor Removal 
Act, 


Poor Law 
Officers, 


praying that the Health of Towns Bill may pass into | 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie | 
upon the Table. | 


A Petition of William Gustard, of 17, Sylvan-! 
grove, Old Kent-road, in the county of Surrey, Gen- | 
tleman, and Charles Smith, of 27. Sandwich-street, | 
Burton-crescent, in the county of Middlesex, Victu- | 
aller, Assignees of the estate and effects of William | 
Henry Rochfort, an Insolvent Debtor, praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Insolvent Debtors 
Bill, and that the said Bill may not pass into a law, 
as it now stands, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ministers and Elders, and other 
Members of the Presbyterian Congregation of My- 
roe, in the city of Londonderry, praying the House 
to interpose some barrier against the desecration of 
the Lord’s Day, by the running of Railway Trains, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land, 
Tradesmen, Labourers, and others, in the county of 
Sussex, praying for the total repeal of the Malt. 
Tax, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie | 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Physicians and Surgeons of the 





town of Galway, praying that the Medical Regis- 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Daniel Laffan, of the city of Cashel, 
in the county of Tipperary, taking notice of the 
said Bill, and praying the House, in the event 
of granting a loan to the Great Southern and West- 
ern Railway Company, to have regard to the rights 
of the Petitioner and the inhabitants of the city 
of Cashel, and to provide that said Company shall 
complete their part of the Railway lying between 
Thurles and Cashel, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Colonists of South Australia, praying South — 
that the House will continue to refuse its sanction 4¥Stralia. 


to any alteration in the mode, as regulated by law, 
of disposing of the waste lands of the province, to 
the reservation of all minerals, to the imposition of 
royalties, and to all proposals for altering or im- 
pairing the tenure of the Waste Lands of South 
Australia; and inasmuch as measures deeply affect- 
ing and inimical to the interests of the Petitioners in 
the particulars mentioned in their Petition may have 
been adopted before an appeal from so distant a 
province may reach the House, they further most 
earnestly and humbly pray the House, in that event, 
to take such steps as may appear requisite to pro- 
tect them from the effect of such measures, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
‘Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting assem- Universat 


bled at the Literary Institute, John-street, London, 


tration and Medical Law Amendment Bill may pass | praying the House to address Her Majesty to dis- 


into a law, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Medical Registration, 


&amp;e. | 


A Petition of Inhabitant Ratepayers of the parish | 


of Calne, in the county of Wilts, praying for the | 
repeal or amendment of the Poor Removal Act, and | 
for the simplification of the law of Settlement, and | 
relief to the poor, was presented, and read ; and re-| 
ferred to the Select Committee on Settlement and | 
Poor Removal. 

| 


A Petition of Clerks, Masters and Matrons of | 





miss Her present advisers, and call to Her councils 
statesmen who will give the best pledge of respect- 
ing the rights of other nations, by taking measuresto 
secure the responsibility of the House to the people 
of this country, through the admission of the male 
adult population of the empire to the rights and im- 
munities of citizenship, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Warminster 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased Union. 


to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Correspondence between the Chairman 


Workhouses, Relieving Officers, Assistant Overseers | of the Board of Guardians of the Union of War- 
and other Officers connected with the administration | minster, and the Poor Law Commissioners, relative 
of the laws relating to the relief of the poor in Eng- to the refusal of the Vicar of Warminster to bury 
land and Wales, praying that in some statute to be | Sarah Garrett, a Pauper of that Union :—Of all 
passed during the present Session of Parliament, Correspondence between the Chairman and Viice 

Vou. 102. | 5D3 Chairman 





758 


Chairman of the said Board ; also, between the said 
Vicar and the Secretary of State for the Home De- 
partment, on the same subject :—And, of all Cor- 
respondence between the said Secretary of State 
and the Diocesan of the said Vicar, on the same 
subject. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's most honourable Privy Council. 


Sutton Har- Ordered, That the Committee on the Sutton Har- 
ee bour Improvement Bill have leave to make their 
Report To-morrow. 


Brooks’s Mr. Greene reported, That he had carried to the 
Divorce Bill. [Lords the Message of this House of the 16th day of 
this instant June, requesting that their Lordships 
would be pleased to communicate to this House a 
Copy of the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
their Lordships in the case of Brooks’s Divorce Bill; 
and that their Lordships had communicated a Copy 
of the said Minutes of Evidence: And he delivered 
the same in at the Table. 
Ordered, That the said Minutes be referred to the 
Select Committee on Divorce Bills. 


British Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Produce and Return, made out in parallel columns, showing the 
Manufactures. 


principal Articles of British Produce and Manufac- 
ture exported from the United Kingdom, with the 
Duties on such Articles in the principal Foreign 
Countries to which they are exported, expressed in 
Foreign Monies, Weights and Measures :—And, a 
similar Return, with the Foreign Monies, Weights 
and Measures converted into English ditto, that the 
differences in the Duties on the same Articles in 
different Countries may be exhibited at a glance. 
A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Duckworth 


Message from 


the Lords; and Mr. Russell : 
Mr. Speaker, 
Dundee and The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


Sag Rail- Act for widening, altering and improving the Dun- 
dineas dee and Newtyle Railway, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 
London and The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
eg Act to empower the London and North Western 
port Pagnell, Railway Company to make a Railway from the 
Olney and = London and North Western Railway,near Bletchley, 
pee at to Newport Pagnell, Olney and Wellingborough, 
Bill with Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
London and The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
pone Western Act to empower the London and North Western 
( Atherstone Railway Company to make a Branch Railway from 
and Whitacre the London and North Western Railway, near 
Branch) Bill. Atherstone, to the Midland Railway at Whitacre, 
in the County of Warwick, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 


Boston, Stam- The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


= = Act to empower the Boston, Stamford and Bir- 
Seabee am mingham Railway Company to make a Railway from 


‘Peterborough the Syston and Peterborough Railway, at or near 

and Thorney Peterborough, to the Stamford and Wisbech Line of 

Line) Bil. the Boston, Stamford and Birmingham Railway, in 
the Parish of Thorney and Isle of Ely, with Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 


Parkgate and The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


—- -_ Act for making a Railway from Parkgate, in the 
Junction Parish of Great Neston, in the County of Chester, 


Railway Bill, to join the Chester and Birkenhead Railway, in the 
Parish of Bebbington, in the same County, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


Glasgow, Kil- | The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


marnock and Act to enable the Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Ar- 
Ardrossan 


Railway 


drossan Railway Company to make certain Branch 





28° Juni. 


A. 1847. 


Railways, and to make certain Deviations from the (Amendment, 
Line and Levels of the said Railway, and to amend tie er 
the Act relating to the said Railway, with Amend-~ es) Bill 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An North Stat- 
Act to consolidate and amend the Acts relating to mae Rail. 
the North Staffordshire Railway Company, and to date oa? 
authorize certain Alterations of, and the Formation Branches) Bill, 
of certain Branches and additional Works-in con- 
nection with their Undertaking, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An London and 

Act to enable the London and South Western Rail- SouthWestern 
: ailway 

way Company to make Railways from Andover to (Andover to 
join their Salisbury Branch Railway ut Michael- the Bishop. 
marsh, and from the same Branch at Romsey, to join ae 
the Southampton and Dorchester Railway at Red- Branch, &amp;c,) 
bridge, all in the County of Southampton, to be called Bill, 
The Andover and Southampton Junction Railway, 
with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Liverpool, 
Act for making a Railway from the Liverpool and Crosby and 
Bury Railway, near Liverpool, through Crosby, to Railwey Bill 
the ‘Town of Southport, to be called The Liverpool, 

Crosby and Southport Railway, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 


rence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An South Wales 
Act for making certain new Lines of Railway in Railway Bill 
connection with the South Wales Railway, and cer- 
tain Alterations in the Line ofthe said Railway, and 
for other Purposes, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 





The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Derbyshire, 
Act to authorize the Construction of a Railway from — 
Cannock, in the County of Stafford, to Uttozeter, ore tg ll 
in the same County, with a Branch in the Parish of tion Railway 
Uttoxeter aforesaid, there to join the North Staf- Bill. 
fordshire Railway Potteries Line, by a Company to 
be called The Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Wor- 
cestershire Junction Railway Company, with Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 


concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An yondon ana 
Act to empower the London and North Western NorthWestern 
Railway Company to admit certain Parties as Share- i. P 
holders in their Undertaking for making a Railway —— ” 
from Coventry to Nuneaton, in the County of War- Branches)Bill. 
wick, and for other Purposes, with an Amendment ; 
to which Amendment the Lords desire the concur- 


rence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Aberdeen and 
Act to consolidate the Aberdeen and Great North of — a 
Scotland Railway Companies, with Amendments ; Selene 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- (Amalgama- 
rence of this House:—And then the Messengers tion or Leas- 


* ill. 
withdrew. = 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Solway Firth, Solway Firth. 
which was presented upon the 10th day of May No. 564. 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Paymasters Paymasters 
and Pursers, which was presented upon the 28th (Na Pursers 


day of May last, be printed. ig am 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Police Police 
(Ireland), which were presented upon the 31st day (aes) 
of March last, be printed. No, 571. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways, Railways. 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. —_ No. 579, 





Ordered, 








Tl 


nd 


Spirits 
(Ireland.) 
No. 580. 


“Bread, Flour 


and Wheat. 
No. 581. 


Post-office. 
No. 582. 


Fisheries 
(Ireland and 
Scotland.) 


Dublin Cor- 
poration, 


Dublin 
Improvement 
Bill: 


Tuscany. 


Maritime 
Regulations 
of Foreign 
Countries. 


New Zealand. 


Argyle Canal 
Bill. 


No. 583. 
Railways 
(Ireland) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


11 Victroriz. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Spirits 
(Ireland), which were presented upon Friday last, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bread, Flour 
and Wheat, which was presented upon Friday last, 
be printed. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Orders,—An 
Account of the Revenue of the General Post-office 
for the year ending the Ist day of January 1847, 
showing the Gross Revenue received, the Total Ex- 
penses incurred for Management, or for Packet 
Service, whether by the Post-office, or by any other 
Department of the Government on account of the 
Post-office, and the Net Revenue, after the deduc- 
tion of such expenses (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 256). 

A Return of the Sums granted by Parliament 
for Irish Fisheries in the years 1845 and 1846:— 
And, a similar Return for Scotland. . 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the first be printed. 


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to 
Orders,—A Return of all Expenses incurred by the 
Corporation of Dublin in Deputations, stating Ex- 
penses of each Deputation, its object, and the 
Names of the Persons comprising that Deputation, 
from the 1st day of November 1830 to the 30th day 
of August 1841. 

Accounts of all Expenses incurred by the Cor- 
poration of Dublin, for or on account of the measure 
called the Dublin Improvement Bill, with the items 
thereof, and the Names of all Persons who have 
received any portion of the Sums so expended, the 
Amount paid and the Amount due to each such 
Person respectively :—And, of all Sums voted by 
the Corporation of Dublin, for or on account of such 
Expenses, and the Date when each Sum was so 
voted ; and also, an Account of all Sums standing 
to the credit of the Corporation in the hands of 
their Treasurer, or in any public Bank. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Treaty of Commerce and Na- 
vigation between Her Majesty and the Grand Duke 
of Tuscany.—Signed at Florence, April 5, 1847. 

Viscount Palmerston also presented,—Further 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 22d 
day of January last, for “ an Abstract of the Mari- 
time Regulations of the following Countries ; France, 
Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Holland, Prussia, 
Russia, Belgium, Portugal, the Brazils, the United 
States, and the South American States ; showing 
where Special Treaties with Great Britain are in 
existence” —(Part IV. No. 8. Portugal.) 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Further Papers relative to the Affairs of 
New Zealand:—Correspondence with Governor 
Grey, (in continuation of the Papers presented, 20th 
January 1847). 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Argyle Canal Bill be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Railways (Jreland) (No. 2.) Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day three months.” 

Vou. 102. 


28°—29° Juniz. 





759 


And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now’ stand part of the Question; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Tufnell, Lins 

Yeas, L Lord Marcus Hill: aor 

Tellers for the J Sir William Molesworth, } en 

Noes, UMr. Roebuck : : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time: —The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Thursday next. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 29° die Junii, 1847: 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Master in _ 

into a Committee upon the Master in Chancery Chancery Bill, 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and had directed him to report the same, with- 
out Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Mr. Greene reported the Print Works Bill; and Print Works 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. —_ 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed; and read the third time upon Thurs- 
day next. 


Mr. Greene reported the Militia Ballots Suspen- Militia Ballots 
sion Bill; and the Amendments were read, and — 
agreed to. ; 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The ingrossed Bill to facilitate the Drainage of Drainage of 
Lands in Scotland was, according to Order, read the ay 
third time; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Polling at Elections (Ireland) Bill was, ac- Polling at 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- nies iat 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Thurs- (aame) 
day next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Turnpike- 
into a Committee upon the Turnpike-roads (South Wale) Bill. 
Wales) Bill; and after some time spent therein, . 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Thurs- 
day next. 


Mr. Greene reported the Joint Stock Companies Joint Stock 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. Companies 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Incumbered 
mittee on the Incumbered Estates (Jreland) Bill ; ae _ 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday “"*!"" — 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Stock in Trade 
Reading of the Stock in Trade Exemption Bill; | Exemption 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Post-office Bill was, according to Order, Post-office 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee Bill. 
of the whole House, for Thursday next. 
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760 





House of The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Commons _jnto consideration the Report on the House of Com- 
Costs Taxa: yyons Costs Taxation Bill; and the Amendments 
tion Bill. 

were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed, and read the third time upon Thursday 
next. 

Prisons Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Prisons Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Custody of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Offenders Bill. mittee on the Custody of Offenders Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Fishery Piers The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
and Harbours mittee on the Fishery Piers and Harbours (Jreland) 
(Ireland) Bill. Bill a 
? 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


98°.—29°— 





30° Juniz. A. 1847. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Holyhead 
mittee on the Holyhead Harbour Bill; Harbour Bilt. 
Resolved, That this House will, ‘To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Notice being taken that Forty Members were not 
present, the House was told by Mr. Speaker, and 
Forty Members not being present, and it being then 
One of the clock on Tuesday morning :—The House 
was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Question 
first put, till this day. 





Martis, 29° die Junii; 
Anno 11° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS, 
HE House met; and being counted by Mr. Adjournment. 
Speaker, it-appeared that Forty Members were 
not present; yet it being four of the clock, Mr. 
Speaker took the Chair, and again counted the 
House ; and Forty Members not being present :— 
The House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without 
a Question first put, till ‘To-morrow. 








Mercurii, 30° die Junii ; 





Shannon The Shannon Navigation Bill was, according to 
Navigation Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Bill Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 
Bankruptcy The Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill was, ac- 


cate cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Thursday next. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Ways and ‘The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means ; 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Navigation The Order of the day being read, for the Second 


(No. 2.) Bill. Reading of the Navigation (No. 2.) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 
Naval Mutiny The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Bill. into a Committee upon the Naval Mutiny Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 
Herring The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
a mittee on the Herring Fishery (Scotland) Bill ; 
— Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Masters in The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Chancery — mittee on the Masters in Chancery Affidavit Office 
Affidavit Bill: 
Office Bill. ? ‘ . 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Canada The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Consolidated 3 into a Committee upon the Canada Consolidated 
— Fund Revenue Fund Bill; and, after some time spent 


therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Greene reported, That the Committee had gone 


through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 











Anno 11° Victoria Regine 1847. 


PRAYERS. 
QRDER ED, That all Committees have leave Committee 

to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 

Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined Fetitions 
the Petitions presented upon the 24th and 25th oak % 
days of this instant June, and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Chester and 
Copy of Report to the Commissioners of Railways, Holyhead 
by Mr. Walker and Captain Simmons, rR. £., on the Bway: 
fatal Accident on the 24th day of May 1847, by the No-584- 
fal] of the Bridge over the River Dee on the Chester 
and Holyhead Railway, together with any Minutes 
of the Commissioners thereupon. 

Mr. Strutt accordingly presented the said Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration gjasgow, 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Kilmarnock 
intituled, An Act to enable the Glasgow, Kilmarnock #24 Ardrossan 
and Ardrossan Railway Company to make certain (amendment, 
Branch Railways, and to make certain Deviations Deviations 
from the Line and Levels of the said Railway, and = Branches) 
to amend the Act relating to the said Railway; and” * 
the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 5. 1. 35. Leave out “near” and _ insert 
on.” 

Pr. 9. 1.10. After “ Carriages” insert “ for coal, 
iron and other mineral traffic.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 33. After “ Railways” insert “ firstly, 
secondly and fourthly hereinbefore described.” 

Pr. 19. 1. 2. After “ Railways” insert “and if 
the said Company shall fail to erect, or at all 
times maintain such station or lodge, or appoint 
a proper person to watch or superintend the 
crossing at such point or station, or to observe or 
abide by any such rule or regulation as aforesaid, 
they shall for every such offence be liable to a 
penalty of Twenty pounds, aad also to a daily 
penalty of Ten pounds for every day such offence 
shall continue after such penalty of Twenty 
pounds shall have been incurred.” 


“ 


‘ 


n 


nxn 8K 















Pr. 22. 





11 Vicroriz. 30° Juniz. 


Pr. 22.1, 22. After “ given” insert Clauses (A.) 
and (B.) 


Cuavse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
Money by this Act or any other Act reiating to 


761 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Shropshire 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, a 
intituled, An Act to authorize a Lease of the Under- Canal (Lease 
taking of the Shropshire Union Railwavs and to the London 


Canal Company to the Zondon and North Western 2%4 North 


“ 
““ 


: : - Rail Cc : d th d Western Rail- 
“ to the said Railway Company authorized to be f i a a a 
“ raised, by calls in respect of shares, or by the | "OC! OW; pany) Bill. 


« 


Wolverhamp- 
ton General 
Cemetery Bill. 


Southampton 
Consumers 
Gas Light and 
Coke Bill. 


exercise of any power of borrowing, to pay inte- 
rest to any shareholder on the amount of the calls 
made in respect of the shares held by him in 
the capital by this Act authorized to be raised: 
Provided always, That nothing hereinbefore con- 
tained shall be deemed to prevent the said Com- 
pany from paying to any shareholder such interest 
on money advanced by him beyond the amount of 
the calls actually made as shall be in conformity 
with the provisions in the Companies Clauses 


Consolidation (Scotland) Act, 1845, in that behalf 
mentioned.” 


Cause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to pay or 
deposit any sum of money which by any Standing 
Order of either House of Parliament now in force, 
or hereafter to be in force, may be required to be 
deposited in respect of any application to Parlia- 
ment for the 00 of obtaining an Act author- 
izing the said Company to construct any other 
Railway or execute any other work or under- 
“ taking.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the Amendment in Pr. 9. 1. 10. 
is to carry out the intention of the Commons, and 
render the words of the Clause consistent thereto), 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


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Reading of the Wolverhampton General Cemetery 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


Admiral Gordon reported from the Committee on 
the Southampton Consumers Gas Light and Coke 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, but the same had 
not been proved to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Pr. 30. 1. 32. Leave out “ proceedings or” and in- 
sert “ respective.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 33. Leave out “ under” and insert 
“ where the same are not defined or provided for 
“ by,” and in the same line after “ Act” insert “ or 
“ by the lease to be executed in pursuance thereof.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 35. After “arbitration” insert Clauses 
(A.) and (B.) 

Cuiauset (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Companies, or either of 
them, out of any money by this Act or any other 
Act relating to the said Companies, or either of 
them, authorized to be raised, for the purposes of 
such Act or Acts, to pay or deposit any sum of 
money which by any Standing Order of either 
House of Parliament now in force, or hereafter 
to be in force, may be required to be deposited in 
respect of any application to Parliament for the 
purpose of obtaining an Act authorizing the said 
Companies, or either of them, to construct any 
other Railway or execute any other work or 
“ undertaking.” 

Cuiause (B.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company, 
by virtue of the powers hereinbefore contained, 
to demise or lease, nor for the said London and 
North Western Railway Company to enter into 
or accept such lease of the Undertaking of the 
first-mentioned Company, unless it shall have 
been proved to the satisfaction of the Commis- 
sioners of Railways, and certified by them under 
their seal previously to the execution of such 
lease, that one half of the whole amount of the 
capital, exclusive of loans, by the Act or Acts 
relating to each of the said Companies authorized 
to be raised, has been actually paid up and ex- 
pended for the purposes authorized by such Act 
or Acts respectively.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brown do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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Routh Devon A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill to tituled, ‘ie hae raogevar ts. «tlie hues the "Ti. Rallwe's 
—s. ont enable ba South “oe rie go _— to oo verpool and Bury Railway, near Liverpool, through Branch Bill. 
Amendment Struct ailways to Tavistock and Launceston, and to Crosby, to the Town of Southport, to be called The 
Bill. extend the Line of the South Devon Railway to Tor- Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway ; and the 
quay and to Brixham, and for other Purposes, be | ame were read, as follow: 
now read the third time ; ae Pr. 4.1. 10. Leave outfrom “ calls” to “ And” 
Lord John Russell, by Her Majesty’s Command, | jn Py, 5, 1, 7., and insert Clauses (A.) and: (B.) 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having Cuavsz (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her | « pot be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, | « money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
that the House may do therein as they shall think | « the said Railway Company authorized to be 
fit. , io “ raised, by calls in respect of shares, or by the 
Then the Bill was read the third time. “ exercise of any power of borrowing, to pay interest 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the] « to any shareholder on the amount of the calls 
Title be, An Act to enable the South Devon Railway | « made in respect of the shares held by him in 
Company to extend the Line of the South Devon | « the capital by this Act authorized to be raised : 
ss. gg Torquay and to Brixham, and for other | « Provided always, That nothing hereinbefore con- 
——— ‘ “ tained shall be deemed to prevent the said Com- 
Ordered, That Sir John Yarde Buller do carry | « pany from paying to any shareholder such interest 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. | « 6y money advanced by him beyond the amount 
: “ of the calls actually made as shall be in con- 
ag Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | “ formity with the provisions in the Companies 
ate Bill. “Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for | “ Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, in that behalf 
Private Bills; That in the case of Hylton’s Estate | “ contained.” 
Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. CravseE (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
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not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
“the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 
“ pay or deposit any sum of money which by any 
Brsading Order of either House of Parliament 

now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
an Act authorizing the said Company to construct 
any other Railway or execute any other work or 
undertaking.” 

Pr. 15.1. 36. Leave out from “ to” to “ an” in 
Pr. 16.1. 4. 

Pr. 16. 1.30. After ‘‘ 1845” insert Clause (C.) 

Cuause (C.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That nothing in this Act contained shall 
prejudice, affect, lessen or defeat the rights or 
interests, powers or authorities of the present or 
any future Commissioners appointed or hereafter 
to be appointed in pursuance of and for putting 
in execution an Act of Parliament made and 

assed in the nineteenth year of the reign of his 
ate Majesty Kirg George the Third, intituled, 
‘An Act for draining, improving and preserving 
the Low Lands in the Parishes of Alicar, Sefton, 
Halsall and Walton-upon-the-Hill, in the County 
Palatine of Lancaster,’ nor to affect, prejudice, 
defeat or interfere with any thing in that Act con- 
tained ; but that such present or future Commis- 
“ sioners for the time being shall at all times here- 
after have, hold, exercise and enjoy all the same 
rights, powers, jurisdictions and privileges, in as 
full, ample and beneficial a manner, to all intents 
and purposes, as if this Act had not been passed ; 


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Railway Company, out of any money by this 
Act or any other Act relating to the said Railway 
Company authorized to be raised, by calls in re- 
spect of shares, or by the exercise of any powers 
of borrowing, to pay interest to any shareholder 
on the amount of the calls made in respect of 
the shares held by him in the capital by this Act 
authorized to be raised: Provided always, That 
nothing hereinbefore contained shall be deemed 
to prevent the said Company from paying to any 
shareholder such interest on money advanced by 
him beyond the amount of the calls actually 
made as shall be in conformity with the provisions 
in the Companies Clauses Consolidation (Scot- 
land) Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 

Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Dundee and Perth 
Railway Company, out of any money by this 
“ Act or any other Act relating to the said Railway 
Company authorized to be raised, for the purposes 
of such Act or Acts, to pay or deposit any sum 
of money which by any Standing Order of either 
House of Parliament now in force, or hereafter 
“ to be in force, may be required to be deposited in 
respect of any application to Parliament for the 
purpose of obtaining an Act authorizing the said 
Company to construct any other Railway or 
execute any other work or undertaking.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Duncan do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration Portsmouth 
the Report on the Portsmouth Paving, Lighting pee a 
and Improvement Bill; and the Amendments were +n de 
read, and agreed to. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


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and that nothing in this Act contained shall au- 
thorize or enable the said Company to construct 
any works belonging to their said intended line 
of Railway, so as to injure, affect or interfere 
with any of the embankments, drains, dams, 
tunnels, bridges, floodgates, engines, locks, weirs 
or other works made or to be made by the said 
present or future Commissioners, in and about 


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“ the execution of the powers and provisions of the | Estate Bill was read a second time; and com- or MNebb's) 
“« said Act, save as herein expressly enacted.” mitted. Estate Bill. 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brown do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


proposed, That the ingrossed Bill to facilitate the 


Lordships. effectual Drainage of certain Districts within the (No, 2.) Bill. 
Commission cf Sewers for the Limits extending 
Dundee and The House proceeded to take into consideration | from East Moulsey, in Surrey, to Ravensbourne, in 
Raley pi, the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, | Kent, be now read the third time ; 
" intituled, An Act for widening, altering and improv-| The Amendments following were proposed to be 


ing the Dundee and Newtyle Railway; and the 
same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 10. 1.17. After “ level” insert “ and the 
said Companies shall, during the term aforesaid, 
respectively be subject to and shall abide by ail 
such rules and regulations with regard to the 
“ crossing of such roads on the level, or with regard 
to the speed at which trains shall pass such roads, 
“ as may from time to time be made by the Com- 
“ missioners of Railways; and if the said Com- 
panies shall fail during such term as aforesaid to 
erect or at all times maintain any such station or 
“ lodge, or to appoint a proper person to watch or 


made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
now,’ stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
posed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time: —The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Kemble do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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A Motion was made, and the Question being Surrey and 
Kent Commis- 
sion of Sewers 


“ superintend the crossing at any such point or 
‘ station, or to observe or abide by any such rule 
“ or regulation as aforesaid, then the Company in 
“ default shall for every such offence be liable to 
a penalty of Twenty pounds, and also to a daily 
“ penalty of Ten pounds for every day such offence 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London and 
North West- 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- (Railway 
tituled, An Act to empower the London and North (Newport 
Western Railway Company to make a Railway hin gos gd 
from the London and North Western Railway, near ect nnoll 


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“ shall continue after such penalty of Twenty 
* pounds shall have been incurred.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 23. After “ notwithstanding” insert 
Clauses (A.) and (B.) 

Cravuse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ not be lawful for the said Dundee and Perth 


borough; and the same were read, as follow : 
Pr. 4. 1. 32. After “up” insert Clauses (A.) and 

(B.) 
Cause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 





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money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, by calls in respect of shares, or by the 
exercise of any power of borrowing, to pay interest 
to any shareholder on the amount of the calls 
made in respect of the shares held by him in the 
capital as by this Act authorized to be raised : 
Provided always, That nothing hereinbefore con- 
tained shall be deemed to prevent the said Com- 
pany from paying to any shareholder such interest 
on money advanced by him beyond the amount 
of the calls actually made as shall be in conformity 
with the provisions in the said recited Act or any 
other Act relating to the said Company in that 
behalf contained.” 

Cxiavss (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to pay or 
deposit any sum of money which by any Standing 
Order of either House of Parliament now in force, 
or hereafter to be in force, may be required to be 
deposited in respect of any application to Parlia- 
ment for the purpose of obtaining an Act autho- 
rizing the said Company to construct any other 
Railway, or execute any other work or under- 
taking.” 

Pr. 5.1.26. After “aforesaid” insert Clause (C.) 

Cuavss (C.) ‘‘ And whereas the said Railway is 
intended to be carried for a considerable distance 
through the estate vested in the Trustees of the 
late Dr. Busby, in the parish of Willen, in the 
county of Buckingham, and some deviations in 
the line of the said Railway through the same 
estate, beyond the limits described in the maps 
or plans deposited with the several Clerks of the 
Peace as hereinbefore mentioned, may be desired 
by the said Trustees; BE it Enacted, That it 
shall be lawful for the said Company, in making 
the Railway through the estate of the said Trus- 
tees, in the parish of Willen aforesaid, with the 
consent of the said Trustees, their heirs or assigns, 
to deviate from the line as laid down in the said 
maps or plans beyond the limits of deviation de- 
scribed in such plans.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 


were agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to consolidate and amend the Acts 
relating to the North Staffordshire Railway Com- 
pany, and to authorize certain Alterations of, and 
the Formation of certain Branches and additional 
Works in connection with their Undertaking ; and 
the same were read, as follow: 


Pr. 13. 1. 31. Leave out from “calls” to “ And” 


in Pr. 14. 1. 15., and insert Clauses (A.) and (B.) 


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not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise 
of any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided 
always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 
be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
paying to any shareholder such interest on mone 
advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
actually made as shall be in conformity with the 
provisions in the Companies Clauses Consolidation 
Act, 1845, in that behalf contained: Provided 
also, That nothing hereinbefore, contained shall 

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“ be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
“* paying interest in respect of the said preference 
“ shares as hereiubefore mentioned.” 

Cuavse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to pay or 
deposit any sum of money which by any Standing 
“ Order of either House of awsome A now in force, 
or hereafter to be in force, may be required to be 
deposited in respect of any application to Parlia- 
ment for the purpose of obtaining an Act autho- 
rizing the said Company to construct any other 
Railway or execute any other work or undertak- 
“ ing.” 

Pr. 45. Ils. 28. and 29. After “ Railway” insert 
Clause (C.) 

CuauseE (C.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
“ acted, That nothing herein contained shall au- 
“ thorize the said Company to take or purchase or 
enter upon any portion of the lands in the parish 
of Egginton, or in the parish of Etwall, situate in 
the county of Derby, now belonging to Sir Henry 
Every, of Egginton Hall, in the said county, Ba- 
ronet, without the consent in writing of the said 
Sir Henry Every, his heirs or assigns, first had 
“ and obtained.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Railway Bill. 
intituled, An Act for making certain New Lines of 
Railway in connection with the South Wales Rail- 
way, and certain Alterations in the Line of the said 
Railway, and for other Purposes; and the same 
were read, as follow: 

Pr. 4.1.19. After “ them” insert Clause (A.) 
Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be 
“ raised, for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 
pay or deposit any sum of money which by any 
“‘ Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
“ required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament, for the purpose of obtaining 
an Act authorizing the said Company to construct 
any other Railway or execute any other work or 
undertaking.” 
Pr. 9. 1.11. After “ thereof” insert Clauses (B.), 
(C.), (D.) and (E.) 
Cuause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
“ Company shall construct an embankment along 
“ the strand of Loughor Estuary, in the deviation 
“ between Pembrey and Llanelly, in such manner 
“ that no flux or re-flux of the tide be permitted to 
“ pass within the embankment.” 
Cuiavuss (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That the said 
“ Railway shall be carried across the River Taff, 
“ by a bridge as described in the plan deposited at 
“ the Admiralty, and that the diversion of the said 
“ River Zaff by this Act authorized shall be made 
“as much to the eastward as circumstances and 
“ the line of deviation will admit of.” 
Cuiausz (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That during 
“ the construction of the said bridge and works con- 
“ nected therewith, the said Company shall cause to 
“ be hung out or exhibited, every night from sunset 
“ to sunrise, a light to be kept burning by and at 
the expense of the Company, for the navigation 
and safe guidance of vessels; and for ever after the 
completion of the said bridge, the said Company 
“ shall cause to be hung out or exhibited upon or 
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near to the centre of the said bridge, every night | “ respectively ‘ An Act for regulating the Gauge of 
from sunset to sunrise, a good and sufficient light | “ Railways,’ and.” 

to be kept burning by and at the expense of the The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
Company, for the navigation and safe guidance of | were agreed to. 
vessels, and which light shall be from time to time| Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
altered by the said Company in such manner, and | to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
be of such description, and be so used, as the Lord | hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
High Admiral, or the Commissioners for executing | Lordships. 

the office of Lord High Admiral, shall by writing 


under the hand of the Secretary of the Admiralty! _ An ingrossed Bill for establishing a General Welverhamp- 


approve of; and in case the said Company shall| Cemetery at Wolverhampion, in the County . te 


neglect to exhibit and keep either of such lights | Stafford, and for making certain direct Roads an 
burning as aforesaid, they shall forfeit and pay Approaches to the said Cemetery, from the Town 
for every such neglect the sum of Ten pounds.” | of Wolverhampton aud the Neighbourhood thereof, 
Cuause (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That if any | was read the third time. 

bridge or work to be constructed by the Company| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

in or across any tidal water or navigable river, or! | Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
of any portion of the Railway which affects any | the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

such water or river or access thereto, shall be aban- 


doned by the Company, it shall be lawful for the} A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Hodgson 
Lord High Admiral, or the Commissioners for exchanging Hereditaments, subject to Uses de- ee 


executing the office of Lord High Admiral, to! clared by the Will of Anthony Compton, Esquire, 
abate and remove the same, or such part or parts | deceased, for Hereditaments belonging to the Right 
thereof as he or they may at any time or times| honourable Henry Earl Grey ; for seliing and ex- 
deem fit and proper, and to restore the site thereof! changing other Hereditaments subject to the same 
to its former condition, at the cost and charge of| Uses; and for investing the Net Proceeds to arise 
the Company, and the amount thereof shall be aj from such Sales and Exchanges in the Purchase of 
debt due from the Company to the Crown, and| other Hereditaments, to be settled to the same 
be recoverable accordingly.” Uses ; and to authorize the granting of Leases of 

Pr. 22. 1. 30. Leave out “same” and insert) Part of the Hereditaments, subject to the Uses of 
broad,” and in the same line after “gauge” insert | the said Will, was read the third time. 





of seven feet so.” | Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
Pr. 22. 1. 31. After “as” insert “ to admit of ; do pass. 
the same being worked continuously with.” | Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 


Pr. 25. 1. 37. Leave out from “ Act” to “ And” | the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


in Pr, 26.1. 29. ‘hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 


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Cuause (F.) “Provided always, and be it concurrence of their Lordships. 
Enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the said ; 


South Wales Railway Company, by virtue of the| _ A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to enable ape Estate 


ower hereinbefore contained, to sell, demise or Edward Legh and Mary Anne his Wife, and others, 
ome nor for the said Great Western Railway | to make and authorize Sales, Exchanges and also 
Company to purchase or rent the said Railways , Building and other Leases, of Estates at Newington, 
hereby authorized to be made, nor for the said | otherwise Newington Lucies, and Lewisham, re- 
Forest of Dean Railway Company to sell, demise | spectively, in the County of Kent, and for other 
or lease, nor for the said South Wales and Great | Purposes, was read the third time. 
Western Railway Companies or either of them | Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
to purchase or rent the said Forest of Dean Rail-| | Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
way, unless it shall have been proved to the the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
satisfaction of the Commissioners of Railways, | hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 
and certified by them under their seal previously 


to the completion of any such sale, or the exe-| |The House proceeded to take into consideration Derbyshire, 
cution of any such lease, that one half of the | the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Staffordshire 


whole amount of the capital, exclusive of loans, | intituled, An Act to authorize the Construction of a 


by the Act or Acts relating to the South Wales |} Railway from Cannock, in the County of Stafford, tion Railway 
Railway Company, and to the Great Western | to Uttoxeter, in the same County, with a Branch in Bill. 


Railway Company authorized to be raised (so far | the Parish of Uttoxeter aforesaid, there to join the 
as relates to the purchase or renting by the Great | North Staffordshire Railway, Potteries Line, by a 
Western Railway Company of the Railways ; Company, to be called The Derbyshire, Staffordshire 
hereby authorized to be made), and that one half| and Worcestershire Junction Railway Company; 
of the whole amount of the capital, exclusive of | and the same were read, as follow : 

loans, by the Acts relating to the South Wales Pr.1. 1. 6. Leave out from “to” to“ the” in]. 16. 
Railway Company and to the Forest of Dean Pr. 3. 1.1. Leave out “ Branch.” 

Railway Company authorized to be raised, so far Pr. 3.1.4. Leave out “ Branch.” 

as relates to the purchase or renting of the Forest Pr. 4.1. 30. Leave out from “ call” to “And” 
of Dean Railway by the said South Wales Rail-| in Pr. 5. 1. 13. and insert Clause (A.) 

way Company, and that one half of the whole Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
amount of the capital, exclusive of loans by the | “ not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
Acts relating to the Great Western Railway |“ money by this Act or any other Act relating to the 
Company and to the South Wales Railway |“ said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
Company and to the Forest of Dean Railway | “ by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise 
Company authorized to be raised, so far as relates | “ of any power of borrowing, to pay any interest to 
to the purchase or renting by the Great Western | “ any shareholder on the amount of the calls made 
Railway Company of the &gt; hese of Dean Rail- | “ in respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
way, has been actually paid up and expended, for | “ by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided 
the purposes authorized by such Act or Acts |“ always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 


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Pr. 34. 1, 21. Leave out “another Act was”|“ paying to any shareholder such interest on money 


and insert “ two other Acts were.” “ advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 


Pr, 34. 1s, 22. and 23, After “ intituled’ insert | “ actually made, as shall be in conformity with the 
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in |. 2., and in |. 2. after “‘ works” insert “ herein- 


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“ tion Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 
Pr. 8. 1. 24. Leave out “undertaking” and in- 


Pr. 9.1.1. Leave out from “and” to “ works” 


“ after specified.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 11. After “ purpose” insert “ Provided 
always, That it shall not be lawful for the Com- 
pany to construct any portion of the Railway 
delineated on the said plans between a certain 
inclosure, numbered 77, on the said plans, in the 
parish of Uttoxeter, and a certain other inclosure, 
numbered 164, on the said plans, in the parish of | 
Uttoxeter, or to enter upon or purchase any of the | 
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upon the plans between the points aforesaid.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 29. Leave out from “ terminate” to 
by” in Pr, 10. 1. 5. 

Pr. 10.1. 24, Leave out “and Branch.” 

Pr. 10. 1. penult. Leave out “to” and insert 
“ shall.” 

Pr. 10. 1. ult. After “ feet” insert Clause (B.) 

Crause (B.) “And be it Enacted, That for 
the greater convenience and security of the pub- 
lic, the Company shall erect and permanently 
maintain either a station or lodge at the points 
where the said Railway crosses the before-men- 
tioned road on the level, and the said Company 
“ shall be subject to and shall abide by all such 
rules and regulations with regard to the crossing 
of such roads on the level, or with regard to the 
speed at which trains shall pass such roads, as 
may from time to time be made by the Commis- 
sioners of Railways, and if the said Company 
shall fail to erect or at all times maintain any 
such station or lodge, or appoint a proper person 
to watch or superintend the crossing of any such 
point or station, or to observe or abide by any 
such rule or regulation as aforesaid, they shall 
for every such offence be liable to a penalty of 
Twenty pounds, and also to a daily penalty of 
Ten pounds for every day such offence shall con- 


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tinue after such penalty of Twenty pounds shall 
“‘ have been incurred.” 

Pr. 19.1.21. Leave out “ Branch.” 

Pr. 19.1. 23. Leave out “ or any of them.” 

Pr. 19.1. 29. Leave out from “ on” to “ And ” in 
Pr. 20. 1. i. 

Pr. 20. 1. 13. Leave out from “ Company” to 
“ the” in 1. 18., and in |. 18. leave out “and 
“ Branch.” 

Pr. 20. 1. 20. Leave out “ or any of them.” 

Pr. 20. 1. 22. Leave out from “therein” to 
“ the” in |. 23., and in]. 23. leave out from “the” 
to “ completion ” in Is. 27. and 28. 
Pr. 20. 1. 28. Leave out “such” and _ insert 


“¢ which,” and in the same line leave out from 


“ purchase ” to “ letter A” in 1. 29. 

Pr. 20. 1. 38. Leave out from “ evidence” to 
“ and ”’ in Pr, 22.1. 6. 

Pr. 22. |. 8. After “ such ” insert “ purchase.” 

Pr. 23. 1.7. Leave out from “ Company” to 
“ And” in Pr. 24. 1. 37. and insert Clause (C.) 

Cuavse (C.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
“ acted, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
Company, by virtue of the power hereinbefore 
contained, to sell or lease the said Railway hereby 
authorized to be made, unless it shall have been 
proved to the satisfaction of the Commissioners 
of Railways, and certified by them under thejr 
seal previously to the completion of such sale or 
lease, that one-half of the whole amount of the 
capital, exclusive of loans, by this Act authorized 


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Pr. 25.1. 25. Leave out “and Branch.” 
Pr. 27.1.2. Leave out from “ Railway” to “as” 
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** provisions in the Companies Clauses Consolida- 


Pr. 27. 1.36. Leave out “ and Branch.” 

Pr, 28. 1.11. Leave out “and Branch.” 

Pr. 31. 1. 4. Leave out from ‘“ Railway” to 
“ including” in 1. 5. 

Pr. 36.1: 1. Leave out from “ Act” to “and” 
in 1. 8. 

In the Title to the Bill : 
L. 3. Leave out “with a Branch in the 
parish of Uttoxeter aforesaid.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The Leeds Free Grammar School Estate Bill was Leeds Free 
read a second time; and committed. Grammar 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- = Eetate 
mittee of Selection. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration warkworth 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Harbour Bill. 
intituled, An Act to repeal the Acts relating to 
Warkworth Harbour, in the County of Northum- 
berland, and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof; 
and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 2. 1. ult. Leave out “is” and insert “ was.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 15. Leave out “is” and insert “ was.” 

Pr. 33.1.14. After “ proper ” insert “ so already 
“ borrowed by the former Commissioners under the 
“ provisions of the said recited Acts, and.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Fastern Coun- 
the Report on the Eastern Counties Railway (/ford ties Railway 
to Tilbury Fort and Southend, with a Branch from meng ed — 
Vange to Battle Bridge) Bill; and the Amend- gouthend,with 
ments were read, and agreed to. a Branch from 
_ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be Lag “a 
ingrossed. Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Taunton Im- 
the Report on the Taunton Improvement and Mar- provement and 
ket Bill; and the Amendments were read, and Market Bill. 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Birmingham, 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Wolverhamp- 
tituled, An Act to authorize a certain Alteration in et ag 
the Line of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and way (No. 1.) 
Stour Valley Railway, and to amend the Act relating (Smethwick 
thereto, and for other Purposes; and the same were an enn 
read, as follow: : 

Pr. 12. 1. 8. Leave out from “ Act” to “ And” in 
Pr. 13.1. 12., and insert Clause (A.) 

Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by the said recited Act or any other Acts 
relating to the said Railway Company authorized 
to be raised, for the purposes of such Act or Acts, 
to pay or deposit any sum of money which by 
any Standing Order of either House of Parlia- 
ment now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may 
be required to be deposited in respect of any ap- 
plication to Parliament for the purpose of obtain- 


“ ing an Act authorizing the said Company to con- 


to be raised, has been actually paid up and ex-|“ struct any other Railway or execute any other 
“« pended for the purposes authorized by this Act.” ; 


“« work or undertaking.” 
Pr. 28. 1. 14, After “ Company” insert Clauses 
(B.) and (C.) 
Cuause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ not be lawful for the said London and North 
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Western Railway Company, out of any money by 
this Act or any other Act relating to the said 
Railway Company authorized to be raised, by calls 
in respect of shares, or by the exercise of any 
wer of borrowing, to pay interest to any share- 
older on the amount of the calls made in respect 
of the shares held by him in the capital by this 
Act authorized to be raised: Provided always, 
That nothing hereinbefore contained shall be 
deemed to prevent the said Company from paying 
to any shareholder such interest on money ad- 
vanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
actually made as shall be in conformity with the 
provisions in the several Acts relating to the said 
Company, or any of them, in that behalf con- 
tained.” 

Crause (C.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley 
Railway Company, by virtue of the power here- 
inbefore contained, to sell, demise or lease, nor 
for the said London and North Western Railway 
Company to purchase, or to enter into or accept 
such lease of the said Railway, unless it shall 
have been proved to the satisfaction of the Com- 
missioners of Railways, and certified by them 
under their seal, previously to the completion of 
such sale or the execution of such lease, that 
one-half of the whole amount of the capital, ex- 
clusive of loans, by the Act or Acts relating to 
each of the said Companies authorized to be raised, 
has been actually paid up and expended for the 
purposes authorized by such Act or Acts respec- 
tively.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 


were agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 


the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to authorize the Sale to the Dublin 
and Drogheda Railway Company of the Navan 
Branch of the Dublin and Belfast Junction Rail- 
way, and to enable the Dublin and Drogheda, the 
Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Company 
with a Branch from Drogheda to Navan, the Ulster 
and the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Compa- 
nies, or any of them, to amalgamate with one ano- 
ther ; and the same were read, as follow: 


Pr. 8. ]. 20. Leave out from “the” to “ the” in 


1. 24., and insert “ expiration of one year after.” 


4c 


Pr. 12. 1. 20. Leave out “to be” and insert “as 
having been completed and.” 
Pr. 13. 1.1. Leave out from “ traffic” to “ until” 


in |. 4. 


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Pr. 13. 1. 6. After “ensuring” insert “ interest.” 

Pr. 17.1. 16. After “ buildings” insert “ or works 
as well between as.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 6. Leave out “and,” and in the same 


line after “ buildings” insert “ and works.” 


to 


Pr. 20. 1.32. Leave out from “ notwithstanding” 
“ And” in Pr, 21. 1. 32. 

Pr. 26. 1. 33. Leave out “ thereon.” 

Pr. 28. 1. 8. Leave out “or” and insert “ in.” 

Pr. 32. 1. 23. After “ Company” insert “and so 
far as is consistent with the provisions of this 
Act in respect of the said Branch Railway from 
Drogheda to Navan, by this Act made part of 
the undertaking of the Dublin and Drogheda 
Railway Company as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 37. 1. 19. After “ Act” insert Clauses (A.), 


(B.) and (C.)} 


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not be lawful for the said Companies, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Companies authorized to be 
raised, for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 
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Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
now in force, or hereafter to be m force, may be 
required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
an Act authorizing the Company to construct any 
other Railway or execute any other work or un- 
dertaking.” 

Cause (B.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Company, 
by virtue of the power hereinbefore contained, to 
sell, nor for the said Dublin and Drogheda Rail- 
way Company to purchase the said Vavan Branch 
of the first-mentioned Railway, unless it shall 
have been proved to the satisfaction of the Com- 
missioners of Railways, and certified by them 
under their seal, previously to the completion of 
such sale, that one-half of the whole amount of 
the capital, exclusive of loans, by the Act or Acts 
relating to each of the said Companies authorized 
to be raised, has been actually paid up and ex- 
pended for the purposes authorized by such Act 
or Acts respectively.” 

Cuause (C.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
Companies respectively, by virtue of the provisions 
hereinbefore contained, to enter into and conclude 
the amalgamation of the said Companies hereby 
authorized as aforesaid, unless it shall have been 
proved to the satisfaction of the Commissioners 
of Railways, and certified by them under their 
seal, previously to the completion of such amal- 
gamation, that one-half of the whole amount of 
the capital, exclusive of loans, by the Act or Acts 
relating to each of the amalgamating Companies, 
authorized to be raised, has been actually paid 
up and expended for the purposes csthesiad by 
such Act or Acts respectively.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 


were agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 


the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration Boston, Stam- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to empower the Boston, Stamford 


ford and Bir- 
mingham 
Railway 


and Birmingham Railway Company to make a (Peterborough 


Railway from the Syston and Peterborough Rail- 24 5B ~ 


way, at or near Peterborough, to the Stamford and 
Wisbech Line of the Boston, Stamford and Bir- 
mingham Railway, in the Parish of Thorney and 
Isle of Ely ; and the same were read, as follow: 


Pr. 5. 1.37. After “ purpose” insert Clauses (A.) 


and (B.) 


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Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to the 
said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise 
of any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided 
always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 
be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
paying to any shareholder such interest on mone 
advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
actually made as shall be in conformity with 
the provisions in the Companies Clauses Con- 
solidation Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 

Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 

ay or deposit any sum of money which by any 
Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 

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required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
an Act authorizing the said Company to construct 
any other Railway or execute any other work or 
undertaking.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


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“ pended for the purposes authorized by such Act 
“ or Acts respectively.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agred to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Tatton Egerton do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 


House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


A Petition of Members of the Committee of the Health of 
Health of Towns Association, Vottingham, praying Towns Bill. 
that the Health of Towns Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


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Manchester, 


Sheffield and Ordered, That the Report on the Manchester, 








Lincolnshire Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (Supply of 
Railway Surplus Water to Manchester, Salford "Stock- advent ; 
(Supply \ port) Bill be now taken into consideration:—The}| Petitions from Norwich ;— and, Nottingham ; Idolatry 
ping stan House accordingly proceeded to take the Report | praying that decisive measures may be pressed upon India.) 
Salford and into consideration ; and theAmendments were read, | the authorities of our Indian Empire that the Tem- 
— and agreed to. ple of Juggernaut, and all the other Temples of 
; Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, | Zxdia, may no longer receive grants of money from 
be ingrossed. the British Government, but may be left entirely to 
the support of their own deluded votaries,—were pre- 
a An ingrossed_ Bill for lighting, paving, cleansing, | Sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
; sewerin 
_ a an ee ee Spingley, ie the West A Petition of Clerks, Masters and Matrons of Poor Law 
Riding of the County of York, and for other Pur- | Workhouses, Relieving Officers, Assistant Over- Oficers. 
poses connected therewith, was read the third time ; | S€¢"S, and other Officers connected with the admi- 
and Amendments were made to the Tall nistration of the Laws relating to the Relief of the 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Poor in England and Wales, praying that in some 
Ordered, That Mr. Beckett Denison do carry the me to ne bag os = — a Par- 
; ‘ ; : lament with reference to the future administration 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. ofthe Pece Lawes in Migthend ank Wale, the aaee 
East Lincoln- § The House proceeded to take into consideration will be pleased to cause it to be enacted that it may 
Clowh Nove the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, | be lawful for Boards of Guardians and other bodies 
gation Pur- intituled, An Act to authorize the East Lincolnshire | having the management of parochial funds to grant, 
chase) Bill. 


Railway Company to purchase an existing Lease of 


subject to such regulation and control as may be 


deemed necessary, suitable superannuation allow- 
ance, in no case exceeding two-thirds of their salary 
and emoluments, to any meritorious officer who may 
become permanently disabled by old age, infirmity, 
sickness or accident, from performing properly the 
duties of his office, was presented, = read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


the Louth Navigation ; and the same were read, as 
follow : 
Pr. 26.1. 29. Before Clause (A.), added by way of 
Rider to the Bill, insert Clauses (A.), (B.) and (C.) 
Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise 
of any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 





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A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Daven- Poor Laws 
try, in the county of Northampton, stating that large Administra- 


‘ 2 tion Bill. 
numbers of mendicants and other poor — daily 
respect of the shares held by him in the capital | apply for relief as casual poor to the relieving officer 

by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided 


| of that union, and, under the regulations of the Poor 
always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall | Law, he immediately transfers them to the Union 
be deemed to prevent the said Company from | orkhouse, and there they are treated as paupers 
paying to any shareholder any interest on money | belonging to the parish of Daventry, and the relief 
advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls , ministered in the Union Workhouse is charged to 
actually made as shall be in conformity with the | *¢ said parish, by which the poor-rates of the parish 
provisions in the Companies Clauses Consolida- | ®"¢ greatly increased, and the properties of the 
tion Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” | Petitioners burthened beyond that which is fair and 
Cuause (B.) “And be it Enacted, That it equitable, as none of the aforesaid persons legally 
shall not be lawful for the said Company, out of elong to, but are wholly strangers to that parish ; 
any money by this Act or any other Act relating | and praying that provision may be made in the Poor 
to the said Company authorized to be raised, | Laws Administration Bill providing that the relief 
for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to pay or| of all casual paupers relieved at the Poor Law Union 
deposit any sum of money which by any Stand- | Workhouse may form part of the establishment 
ing Order of either House of Parliament now in | charges whereby each parish within the Union would 
force, or hereafter to be in force, may be required | P€@° @ proportionate part of the expense thus in- 
to be deposited in respect of any application to curred, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
Parliament for the purpose of obtaining an Act | UPO? the Table. 
authorizing the said Company to construct any 


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e Petitions from Ipswich ;—Glasgow ;—and, Wol- Receipt 
other Railway or execute any other work or} yerhampton; praying the House either to abolish Stamps. 
undertaking. ; ___ altogether the law imposing stamps on receipts given 
Cuause (C.) “ Provided always, And be it for money, or otherwise to substitute an uniform 
Enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the said | penny stamp in lieu of the present ad-valorem stamps 


Railway Company, by virtue of the power herein- | thereon,-—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
before contained, to purchase or lease the said Jie upon the Table. 


navigation, unless it shall have been proved to | 
the satisfaction of the Commissioners of Railways,| A Petition of Registrars of Births and Deaths for Registration 
and certified by them under their seal, previously districts in the Zouth Union, in the county of Lin- —- &amp;e. 
to the completion of such sale or execution of coln, stating that if the scale laid down in the 29th “~~ 
such lease, that one half of the whole amount of clauseofthe Registrationof Births, &amp;c. Act, wasmade 
the capital, exclusive of loans, by the Act or Acts | to apply to each parish, township or place respec- 
relating to the said Railway Company authorized tively, instead of as at present to the whole of each 
to be raised, has been actually paid up and ex- Registrar’s District, the Petitioners would be per- 
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Army, Ord- 
nance and 
Marines. 


Loans to 
Foreign Go- 
vernments. 


Post -office. 
No. 585. 


Post-office. 
No, 586. 


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fectly satisfied therewith, as the scale of their remu- 
neration ; and praying the House to adopt remedies 
for securing to the Petitioners an equitable and 
sufficient remuneration for their trouble in the dis- 
charge of the duties of their appointments, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Secretary at War presented,—Further Return 
to an Order, dated the 15th day of April last, for 
Returns of the Recruits attested betweeu the 1st 
day of April 1845 and the 31st day of March 1846, 
and the 1st day of April 1846 and the 31st day of 
March 1847 :—Of Non-Commissioned Officers and 
Men who have been discharged the Service under 
Ten Yearsin the Infantry and Marines, and under 
Twelve Years in the Cavalry and Ordnance Corps, 
and the Number above those Periods in each Ser- 
vice; specifying those discharged at their own 
request, and the Number through disability, in the 
years ending the 31st day of March 1846 and the 
31st day of March 1847 :—Of Non-Commissioned 
Officers and Men who have died in each of the same 
Periods, specifying the Numbers under and above 
Ten Years’ Service in the Infantry and Marines, and 
Twelve Years in the Cavalry and Ordnance Corps : 
—Of Men deserted in each of the same Periods, 
specifying the Number under Three Months’ Ser- 
vice, between Three and Six Months, Six and Twelve 
Months, One Year and Two Years, Two Years and 
Three Years, Three and Four Years, Four and Five 
Years, and above Five Years’ Service :—Of Men 
rejoined from Desertion in each of the same Periods : 
—And, of the Number of Men above Twenty-one 
Years’ Service in the Infantry and Marines, and 
above Twenty-four Years in the Cavalry and Ord- 
nance Corps; distinguishing Serjeants from other 
Ranks, on the 1st day of April 1847: (The different 
Services to be kept distinct in their details), (so far 
as relates to the Army). 

“ — That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


Viscount Palmerston presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 30th day of 
March last, for Copies of or Extracts from any Cor- 
respondence between Her Majesty’s Secretary of 
State, or written at his desire, and the Governments 
of Spain, Portugal, Greece, Mexico, and the States 
of South America, respecting Loans made by British 
Subjects to those Governments:—And, of any Com- 
munications made to British Claimants from the 
Foreign Office on the subject of such Correspon- 
dence. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr.Parker presented,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 9th day of March last, for Accounts showing 
the Gross and Net Post-office Revenue, and the 
Cost of Management, for the United Kingdom, for 
the year ending the 5th day of January 1847 :—Of 
the Charges of Management for the United King- 
dom, under the different heads, for the year ending 
January 1847:—Of Payments out of the Post- 
office Revenue other than Charges of Management, 
for the year ending January 1847.—And, of the 
Gross and Net Revenue and Cost of Collection of 
the Foreign and Colonial Postage, as near as can 
be estimated, for the year ending January 1847 :— 
Showing the Total Expense incurred for the Packet 
Service, for the year ending January 1847 :—And, 
showing the Gross and Net Revenue, and the Cost 
of Management, of the London District Post, for the 
wg ending January 1847 :—Returns of the Num- 

er and Amount of Money Orders issued and paid 
during the year ending the 5th day of January 
1847 :—And, of the Expense of the Money Order 
Office, and the Amount for Commission, during the 
year ending January 1847. 

Return to an Order, dated the 22d day of April 
last, for Returns of the Number of Chargeable 


30° Junie, 


A. 1847. 


Letters which have passed through the London Ge- 
neral Post (Inwards and Outwards), since the First 
General Reduction of Postage on the 5th day of 
December 1839, dividing the Time (as far as prac- 
ticable) into Periods of Four complete Weeks each, 
and distinguishing, as regards each Period, the Un- 
paid, Paid and Stamped, and Total Number of Let- 
ters; also, of the estimated Average Number for 
Four Weeks of the year immediately preceding the 
Reduction, distinguished in like manner :—And, of 
the Number of Letters which have passed through 
the London District Post (exclusive of all General 
Post Letters) for the same Periods; and distin- 
guished in the same manner as last Return :— 
A comparative Statement of the Number of Letters 
delivered in the United Kingdom, in one week of 
each Calendar Month, beginning with November 
1839, and ending with the present time ; also (dur- 
ing the existence of the Franking Privilege), the 
Estimated Number of Franks, and of Letters ex- 
clusive of Franks:—Accounts showing the Gross 
and Net Post-office Revenue and the Cost of Ma- 
nagement for the United Kingdom, for the year 
ending the 5th day of January 1839, and for each 
subsequent year, excluding from the Account, whether 
of Gross Revenue or Cost of Management, any 
Advances that may have been made by the Englisk 
to the Jrish Post-office, and Advances to the Money 
Order Office ; also, disregarding in the Return for 
each year, any Old Debts written off, or Postage 
remitted, or any other Deductions which relate to 
previous years :—Returns showing, as nearly as can 
be given, the Gross Amount of Postage Revenue for 
England and Wales (exclusive of Returns for Re- 
fused Letters), for the month ending the 5th day of 
January 1840 (during which the Fourpenny Rate 
was established) ; and for the corresponding month 
of each subsequent year:—Of the Payments by 
the Post-office, made during the year ending the 
5th day of January 1839, and each subsequent year, 
for the Conveyance of the Mails by Railway in 
Great Britain; distinguishing, in each Instance, 
the Payments for Work done within the year from 
Payments for Work done in previous years :—And, 
of the Number and Amount of Money Orders issued 
and paid in England and Wales (London included), 
during the Quarter ending the 5th day of April 
1839, and each subsequent Quarter :—And, a si- 
milar Return as regards Money Orders issued and 
paid in London. 


diture of the Grants made for the Scottish Fisheries, 
for the year 1846 :—And, a Return of the Number 
of Inspectors of Fisheries employed in Scotland by 
the Board of Fisheries. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the Returns relative to the Post- 
office be printed. 


sented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of Par- 
Jiament,—The Forty-second Report of the Commis- 
sioners of the Caledonian Canal :—And then he 
withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


showing the Establishment and Effectives of the 
British Army, in the Number of Officers and Rank 
and File, at Home and Abroad, on the 1st day of 
January 1836, and on the ist day of January 1846: 
—And, a like Return of the Ordnance Military 
Corps:—A Return showing the Establishment of 
the British Army, as fixed by the Queen’s Memo- 
randum, for service at Home and on the several 
Foreign Stations, for each of the years 1835, 1836, 





1837 





Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of this Fisheries 
instant June, for a Return, in detail, of the Expen- (Scotland.) 


Mr. Smith, from the Commissioners of the Cale- Caledonian 
donian Canal, was called in, and at the bar pre- anal. 


No. 587- 


Colonel Anson presented,—Return to an Order Army and 
dated the 19th day of February last, for Returns Ordnance. 














Tonnage and 
Shipping. 
No. 588. 


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1837 and 1847:—And, a like Return of the Ord- 
nance Military Corps (tobe made in the same form 
as in Parliamentary Paper No. 635, of Session 
1845). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—No. 1. A Statement of the Tonnage 
of Shipping that belonged to the Ports of the United 
Kingdom, and its Colonial Possessions, in each year 
from 1821 to 1846. 

No. 2. A Statement of the Tonnage of Shipping 
built and registered at the various Ports of the 
United Kingdom, and in its Colonies and Foreign 
Possessions, in each year from 1821 to 1846. 


No. 3. A Statement of the Tonnage, distinguish- 
ing British from Foreign, that entered Inwards and 
cleared Outwards from Ports in the United King- 
dom, in each of the years 1814, 1824 and 1846, 
showing the actual and the per-centage Rates of 
Increase between those periods. 

No. 4. A Statement of the Tonnage of British 
Ships that entered the Ports of the United King- 
dom from different Foreign Countries and British 
Possessions in each of the years 1824 and 1846, 
distinguishing the Tonnage employed in the trade 
with British Possessions, and which is protected 
by the Navigation Laws, from the Tonnage — 
in the trade with Foreign Countries, and which is 
unprotected from competition with Foreign Ships. 


No. 5. A Statement of the Tonnage of Vessels, 
distinguishing British from Foreign, and showing 
the Proportions of each, that entered and cleared 
from Ports in the United Kingdom, in each year 
from 1820 to 1846. 

No. 6. A Statement of the Shipping employed in 
the Trade (inwards) of the United Kingdom, with 
the different Countries of Northern Europe and the 
United States of America, in each of the years 1844, 
1845 and 1846; separating British from Foreign 
Vessels, and showing with respect to each the Ton- 
nage and the Number of the Crews employed in 
navigating the Ships, with the proportionate Num- 
ber of such Crews to each One Sandel tons of 
burthen. 

No. 7. A Statement, showing the Number and 
Tonnage of French and Foreign Vessels that entered 
the Ports of France, in each year from 1825 to 
1844; showing also the Centesimal Proportions of 
French to Foreign Tonnage. 

No. 8. A Statement of the Tonnage of Vessels, 
American and Foreign, with the per-centage Pro- 
portions for each, which entered at Ports in the 
United States in each year from 1821 to 1844. 

No. 9. A Statement, showing the Number and 
Tonnage of British and of French and other Foreign 
Vessels, that entered the Ports of England from 
France, in each year from 1830 to 1846, showing 
the Centesimal Proportions of British and Foreign 
Tonnage. 

No. 10. A Statement, showing the Number and 
Tonnage of French and English Vessels that entered 
the Ports of France from England, in each year 
from 1830 to 1844, showing also the Centesimal 
Proportions belonging to each nation. 

No. 11. A Statement of the Tonnage of Shipping 
registered for Employment in the Foreign Trade 
of the United States of America, in each year from 
1821 to 1844. 

No. 12. A Statement of the Amount of Tonnage 
that entered the Ports of the United States of 
America, in each year from 1821 to 1844; distin- 
guishing American, British and other Foreign Ship- 
ping, and showing the Proportion which the British 
Shipping bore to the whole of the Tonnage not 
under the National Flag. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 

VoL. 102, 


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769 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, pisinfecting 
Copies of any Letters or Reports received by the Fluid. 


Chief Commissioners of Woods and Forests from 
Manchester, Liverpool and Ireland, on the efficacy 
of Monsieur Ledoyen’s Disinfecting Fluid. 
. Viscount Morpeth accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, sugar. 


a Return of the Number of Cases, in each financial 
quarter from the 5th day of July 1846 to the 5th 
day of July 1847, in whith Sugars were stopped for 
alleged inaccurate entry at the Custom Houses of 
London and Liverpool; distinguishing Foreign from 
Colonial Sugars, and specifying whether the stop- 
pase was on account of their alleged equality to 

hite Clayed, or to Refined Sugar, and whether 
the higher Rate of Duty so claimed was paid or 
remitted, or the Sugars exported. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented New Forest. 


to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Returns, for the year 1846, of the Names 
of the Woodmen in the ew Forest who have Resi- 
dences attached to their Office; the Names of their 
Residences and the Number of Acres attached to 
their Residences ; and the Amount of the Salary 
and Fees paid to each of them respectively ; the 
Number of Browsers employed in the said year, 
their Duties, Salaries, Fees, and Emoluments; the 
Amount of Fees received in the years 1844, 1845 
and 1846 by the Groomkeepers for Pawnage or the 
Commonage of Swine, or from any Source exclusive 
of Buck-fees, and the Amount of Fees received for 
the Commonage of Swine and Cattle in the said 
years, and to whom paid :—And, of the Quantity 
of Acres of Land sold during the last Ten years, the 
Amount of the Purchase Money in each case, and 
the Purposes to which each sum has been applied. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That the Bill from the Lords, intituled, Master in 


An Act to abolish one of the Offices of Master in Ch 


Ordinary of the High Court of Chancery, be now 
read the third time :—The Bill was accordingly read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


ancery Bill. 


Ordered, That the ingrossed Bill to suspend the Militia Ballots 
making of Lists and the Ballots and Enrolments Suspension 


for the Militia of the United Kingdom, be now read 
the third time :—The Bill was accordingly read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to suspend until the First day of 
October One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
eight, the making of Lists and the Ballots and 
Enrolments for the Militia of the United Kingdom. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Joint Stock Companies Bill be Joint Stock 


read the third time after the Orders of the day. 


Companies 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill from the Lords, intituled, Naval Mutiny 
an Act for amending an Act, intituled, “ An Act Bill 


for amending, explaining and reducing into one Act 
of Parliament the Laws relating to the Government 
of His Majesty’s Ships, Vessels and Forces by Sea,” 
be now read the third time :—The Bill was accord- 
ingly read the third time. 
Resolved That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill “ 
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the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Coneds - Ordered, That the yo on the Canada Con- 
Revenue Fund 80lidated Revenue Fund Bill be now received. 


Mr. Greene accordingly reported the Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed; and read the third time, To- 
morrow. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Duckworth 
and Mr. Russell : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the severdl Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz., 
Royal Marine. A Bill, intituled, An Act for limiting the Time of 
Service Bill. Service in the Royal Marine Forces : 


Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Manchester A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Manches- 
a ena ter and Leeds Railway Company to make an Ex- 


(Branch from tension of the Holmfirth Branch of the Hudders- 
the Hudders- field and Sheffield Junction Railway : 
field and Shef- 
field Junction Railway to Barnsley, and 
Extension of Holmfirth Branch) Bill. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize a Devia- 
tion in the Line of the Manchester and Lincoln 


Union Railway: 
A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the South 


Manchester 
and Lincoln 
Union Railway 
Deviation Bill. 


South Eastern 


(Hoth Kent Eastern Railway Company to make a Railway to 
and Brick. | connect the London and Greenwich Railway and 


layers’ Arms the North Kent Line of the South Eastern Railway, 
Junction) Bill. with the Bricklayer’s Arms Branch Railway : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to explain and amend 
the Laws of Sewers relating to the City and Liberty 


Westminster 
and Part of 


i. of Westminster and Part of Middlesex : 
Falmouth A Bill, intituled, An Act to construct Waterworks 
a for supplying with Water the Town of Falmouth, 


and certain Parishes adjacent thereto in the County 
of Cornwall: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the more easy Re- 
covery of Small Debts and Demands, within the 
City of Zondon and the Liberties thereof: And 
also, 

Swansea and The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Amman Junc- Act for making a Railway from the Swansea Vale 
vn “W8Y Railway at Ynisymond, in the Parish of Cadozton, 
to Nantmelyn, in the Parish of Llangefelach, both 
in the County of Glamorgan, with Branches, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

Act to authorize the Purchase, by the Dublin and 
Railway (Pur- Drogheda Railway Company, of the Navan Branch 
Branch) Bill of the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway, and to 
authorize the Dublin and Drogheda, the Dublin and 
Belfast Junction Railway, with a Branch from 
Drogheda to Navan, the Ulster, and the Dundalk 
and Enniskillen Railway Companies, or any of them, 
to amalgamate with one another, with Amendments; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this Hcuse: And also, 


London (City) 
Small Debts 
Bill. 


Dublin and 
Drogheda 


Glasgow, _ The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Paisley, a Act to authorize the Construction of certain Branch 
Ayr Railway Railways in the County of Ayr, in connection with 


(No. 2.) Bill. the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Rail- 
way, and for other Purposes, with Amendments; to 
whicl Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

Sheffield and 


Lincolnshire ‘ct to incorporate the Manchester and Lincoln 
Railways, and Union Railway and Chesterfield and Gainsborough 


Manchester, 


Manchester Canal Company with the Manchester, Sheffield and 
hea a Lincolnshire Railway Company, with Amendments; 
ways, and to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
Chesterfield rence of this House: And also, 

and Gains- 

borough Canal 

Amalgamation 

Bill. 


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A. 1847. 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An @tasgow 
Act to amend the Act relating to the Glasgow, Dumfries and 
Dumfries and Carlisle Railway Company, and to Carlisle Rail- 
authorize the Company to make a Branch Railway pn 
to Kirkcudbright, with diverging Lines therefrom, Paisley, Kil- 
and for other Purposes, with Amendments; to — and 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- Co. 2.) Bil 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Midland Great 
Act to enable the Midland Great Western Railway Western Rail- 
of Ireland Company to make a Railway from Ath- po Ana gga 
lone to Galway, with Amendments ; to which Amend- from Athlone 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this to Galway) 
House: And also, 7. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Northampton 
Act for making a Railway from the Morthampion esa 
and Peterborough Branch of the London and North - 
Western Railway to the Town of Banbury, to be 
called The Northampton and Banbury Railway, and 
for other Purposes, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Glasgow, 
Act to amend the Acts and alter the Terms of Amal- eg he 
gamation of the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle am ane - 
Railway Company, and of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kil- Glasgow, 
marnock and Ayr Railway Company, with Amend- Paisley, Kil. 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the ie Glnes 
concurrence of this House: And also, (No. 4.) Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Glasgow, 
Act to amend some of the Provisions of the Glasgow, Dumfries and 
Dumfries and Carlisle Railway Act, 1846, with aor - 
an Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords Glasgow, 


desire the concurrence of this House: And also, Paisley, Kil- 
marnock and 


Ayr Railway 
(No. 1.) Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Eastern Union 
Act to amalgamate the Eastern Union and Jpswich 2n4 Ipswich 
and Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway Companies, with §;. pamyna’s 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords Railways 


desire the concurrence of this House: And also, eatin 





The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An London and 
Act for enabling the Zondon and North Western North Western 
Railway Company to make a Branch Line of Rail- re ’ 
way from Portobello to Wolverhampton, and for and Wolver- 
other Purposes, with Amendments ; towhich Amend- hampton 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this *™¢h) Bill. 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Newport, 
Act to enable the Newport, Abergavenny and He- Abergavenny 
reford Railway Company to extend their Railway $4 Hereford 
from the Neighbourhood of Pontypool to the Taff (iatension to 
Vale Railway, with Amendments ; to which Amend- ‘Taff Vale _ 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this wy) Bill 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Chara Canal 
Act to enable the Chard Canal and Railway Com- and Railway 
pany to extend their Railway from Ilminster to as one ol 
Chard, all in the County of Somerset, with Amend- mation) Bill. 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Caledonian 
Act to enable the Caledonian Railway Company to Railway 
make certain Branch Railways in the Counties of si af A 
Dumfries and Cumberland, with Amendments; to Bil. 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An South Staf-_ 
Act to empower the South Staffordshire Railway frdshire Raft 
Company to make divers Branch Railways, and for Worsley and F 
other Purposes, with Amendments; towhich Amend- Norton 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this Branches, &amp;c.) 
House: And also, = 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Lym and Ely 
Act to enable the Lynn and Ely Railway Company + ata ‘ 
to make a Navigation from Lynn to Wormegay, all aces 
in the County of Norfolk, with Amendments ; to Navigation) 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence Bill. 


of this House: And also, 





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11 Vicroriz. 


i The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

Sentral Rail. Act for making a Railway from the North British 

way Bill. Railway, at East Linton, to Ormiston, to be called 

The East Lothian Central Railway, with Amend- 

ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And _ 

._ The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

soup thee Act for building a Bridge across the River Ouse, in 

Bridgeand the City of York, with Approaches thereto, and for 


——— widening, altering and improving certain Streets or 
Thoroughfares within the said City, and for other 
Purposes, with'Amendments ; towhich Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 
And also, 

Edinburgh The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

Waterworks Act for better supplying with Water the City of 

Bill. Edinburgh, and Places adjacent, with Amendments ; 


to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 
Ashton The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Gas Bill Act for better supplying with Gas the Town of 
Ashton-under-Lyne, in the County Palatine of Lan- 
caster, and the Neighbourhood thereof, with an 
Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
Bishoprick of | The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
Manchester, for establishing the Bishoprick of Manchester, and 
sashes amending certain Acts relating to the Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners for England; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
Newhart (or § The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
pacar hy for extending the ‘Time for enrolling (pursuant to 
stare the Statute third and fourth of William the Fourth, 
c. seventy-four) a Deed executed in the Colony of 
New South Wales, for the purpose of enlarging a 
Base Fee in Hereditaments at Messingham, in the 
County of Lincoln, into an Estate in Fee Simple ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 
Sir John St. | The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
Aubyn's to enable the Trustees and Executors of the Will 


Estate Bill. and Codicil of Sir John Saint Aubyn, Baronet, de-| 


ceased, to raise a Sum of Money towards the Liqui- 
dation of his Debts by Mortgage of his devised 
Estates in the County of Devon, instead of selling 
certain Leasehold Hereditaments in the County of 
Cornwall; and to enable the said Trustees to convey 
the Reversion in Fee Simple in the same Heredita- 
ments vested in them for that purpose under the 
Will of the Reverend John Molesworth Saint Aubyn, 
deceased, to the Uses of the said Will and Codicil 
of the said Sir John Saint Aubyn, so as to convert 
such Leaseholds into a Fee Simple Estate in Pos- 
session, and for other Purposes; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


Paterson’s The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
Estate Bill. for exonerating the Trustees of the deceased George 
Paterson, of Castle Huntly, Esquire, the Elder, of 
their Expenditure in making Improvements upon 
the Entailed Estates left by him; for enabling them 
to acquire certain Lands contiguous thereto, and to 
grant Feus; and for certain other Purposes; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 
Duke of The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
es to enable Charles Gordon Duke of Richmond and 
State Bill. Lennox, to borrow a certain Sum of Money upon 
the Security of his Entaiied Estates, for Repayment 
to him of a Portion of the Monies laid out by him 
in the Improvement of these Estates ; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 


Manscl’s The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
Estate Bill. for authorizing Leases to be granted for Quarrying 
and Mining Purposes of certain Estates in the Jsle 
of Purbeck, in the County of Dorset, subject to the 
Uses of the Will of Maria Sophia Richards, Spinster, 
deceased ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 
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30° Junie. 771 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Pickernell’s 
for authorizing the Sale to the Right honourable ©*t#te Bill. 
William Baron Ward of certain Freehold and Copy- 
hold Hereditaments in the County of Worcester, 
devised by the Will of Thomas Pickernell, Esquire, 
deceased, and for directing the Investment of the 
Purchase Money in other Hereditaments, to be 
settled in like manner, to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords give leave to the Lord Bishop of Ecclesiastical 
Winchester to attend the Select Committee ap- Commission. 
pointed by this House on the Composition and 
Management of the English Ecclesiastical Commis- 
sion: And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased Holyhead 
to communicate to their Lordships a Copy of the Harbour Bill 
Report from the Select Committee appointed by 
this House on the Holyhead Harbour Bill, together 
with the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Com- 
mittee :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an Answer 
to the last part of the said Message, by Messengers 
of their own. 

And the Messengers were again called in, and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith :—And then 
they again withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Mines and 
Reading of the Mines and Collieries Bill ; Collicries Bill. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 
And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question:—The said 
proposed Amendment and Motion, were severally, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Lunatics Bill. 
Reading of the Lunatics Bill ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Bill be now read a second time :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Seduction and 
take into further consideration the Report on the een 
Seduction and Prostitution Suppression Bill; and Bi, 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed ; and read the third time, ‘To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registration 
mittee on the Registration of Voters Bill; of Voters Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Parliamentary 
Reading of the Parliamentary Electors Bill ; Electors Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Vexatious 
mittee on the Vexatious Actions Bill ; Actions Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Parliamentary 


i le Elect 
— of the Parliamentary Electors (No. 2.) (No, 2) on 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Poor Removal 


Reading of the Poor Removal Act Amendment arta 5 
(No. 2.) Bill; Bi — 
5F2 Ordered, 


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Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


Stock in Trade The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

Exemption Reading of the Stock in Trade Exemption Bill ; 

Bill Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


Fishery Piers © The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Cineland) Bill mittee on the Fishery Piers and Harbours (Jreland) 
* Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Holyhead __ The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Harbour Bill. wittee on the Holyhead Harbour Bill; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
harr ; 





An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to! 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, 
“ resolve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Tufnell, } 83 

Yeus, L Lord Marcus Hill: . 

Tellers for the f Mr. William Williams, 2 

Noes, Mr. Wakley: } , 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair:—The House accordingly resolved itself 
into the Committee; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr, Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Greene reported, That the Committee had gone 





through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Joint Stock The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
— Reading of the Joint Stock Companies Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


Mussel Fishe- Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

rics (Scotland) for the Protection of Mussel Fisheries in Scotland : 
And that the Lord Advocate and Mr. Gibson Craig 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Commissary Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
—— to apply to Commissary Clerks the Regulations 
—_— applicable to Sheriff Clerks in Scotland: And that 
the Lord Advocate and Mr. Gibson Craig do pre- 

pare, and bring it in. 


Compensation Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill, |‘ 


iat, to amend an Act of the last Session, for facilitating 
eae the Employment of the Labouring Poor in the Dis- 


tressed Districts in Ireland, so far as relates to Com- 
pensation for Damages: And that Mr. Solicitor 


General for Ireland and Mr. Labouchere do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Bishoprick of _ The Bishoprick of Manchester, &amp;c. Bill was read 


Manchester, the first time, and ordered to be read a second time 
oo on Monday the 12th day of July next; and to be 


printed. 








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Newbart (or Gravenor’s) Estate Bill was read the Newbart (or 
first time, and referred to the Examiners of Petitions bot 
for Private Bills. ia 


Sir John Saint Aubyn’s Estate Bill was read the Sir John 
first time, and referred to the Examiners of Peti- ae 
tions for Private Bills. ‘ 


Paterson’s Estate Bill was read the first time, Paterson's 
and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Estate Bill. 
Private Bills. 


The Duke of Richmond’s Estate Bill was read the Duke of Rich- 
first time, and referred to the Examiners of Petitions mond’s Estate 
for Private Bills. Bill. 





Mansel's Estate Bill was read the first time, and Mansell’s 
referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Estate Bill. 
Bills. 


Pickernell’s Estate Bill was read the first time, Pickernell’s 
and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Pst#te Bill. 
Private Bills. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Yondon and 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, NorthWestern 
intituled, An Act to empower the London and North so “an 
Western Railway Company to admit certain Parties Nuneaton 
as Shareholders in their Undertaking for making a Branches) Bill. 
Railway from Coventry to Nuneaton, in the County 
of Warwick, and for other Purposes; and the same 
was read as followeth : 

Pr. 13. 1. 31. After “ shares” insert Clause (A.) 

Cxiause (A.) And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
* money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
“ the said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
“ for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to pay or 
“« deposit any sum of money which by any Standing 
“ Order of either House of Parliament now in force, 
or hereafter to be iu force, may be required to be 
deposited in respect of any application to Parlia- 
ment for the purpose of obtaining an Act autno- 
“ rizing the said Company to construct any other 
Railway or execute any other work or under- 
“ taking.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 

was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration London and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, South Western 
intituled, An Act to enable the London and South (Aniover to 
Western Railway Company to make Railways from the Bishop- 
Andover, to join their Salisbury Branch Railway at —— 
Michaelmarsh, and from the same Branch at Rom- Branch, &amp;c.) 
sey, to join the Southampton and Dorchester Rail- Bill. 
way at Redbridge, allin the County of Southampton, 
to be called The Andover and Southampton Junction 
Railway; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 4. 1. 37. Leave out from “by” to “ the” in 
1. ult., and insert “ the issue of new shares in.” 

Pr. 5.1.1. Leave out from “ undertaking” to 
the” in ]. 2., and insert “ of the Company of such 
amount, and respectively in such classes, on such 
terms, with such condition, whether the dividends 
“* thereon shall be fixed or rateable, and otherwise 
*¢ with such privileges, and subject to such restric- 
tions, except as hereinafter mentioned, as the Com- 
“ pany shall think fit.” 

Pr. 5.1. 4, Leave out from “ pounds” to “ fifty” 
in]. 8. and insert “ Provided always, That the 
nominal amount of any such share shall be such 
‘ a sum, not excceding.” 

Pr. 5.1.10. Leave out “ fix and.” 

Pr. 5.1.17. After “them” insert “ and the 
“ classes, if any, into which’ such shares shall be 
“ divided.” 

Pr. 5.1. 26. Leave out from “raised” to“ shall” 
in |, 27. and insert “ in shares.” 


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Pr. 5.1. 30. Leave out from “ raise’ to “ by” 
in 1. 31. and insert “ in shares.” 


Pr. 5. 1. 33, Leave out from “ Parliament” to 
«“ Provided” in Pr. 8. 1. 26. and insert “ except the 
London and South Western Railway Company’s 
“« Additional Capital Act, 1847, and shall be in- 
“‘ cluded in, and not be in addition to the sum au- 
“ thorized to be raised in shares by the last-men- 
tioned Act,” and also insert Clauses (A.) and (B.) 


Cravuse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the Company, out of any money 
by this Act or any other Act relating to the Com- 
pany authorized to be raised, by calls in respect 
of shares, or by the exercise of any power of bor- 
rowing, to pay interest to any shareholder on the 
amount of the calls made in respect of the shares 
held by him in the capital by this Act authorized 
to be raised: Provided always, That nothing 
hereinbefore contained shall be deemed to pre- 
vent the Company from paying to any shareholder 
such interest on money advanced by him, beyond 
the amount of the calls actually made as shall 
be in conformity with the provisions in the Com- 
panies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, in that 
behalf contained.” 

Cuiause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the Company, out of any money 
“ by this Act or any other Act relating to the Com- 
“* pany authorized to be raised, for the purposes of 
“ such Act or Acts, to pay or deposit any sum of 
“€ money which by any Standing Order of either 
“ House of Parliament now in force, or hereafter to 
be in force, may be required to be deposited in 
respect of any application to Parliament for the 
purpose of obtaining an Act authorizing the Com- 
pany to construct any other Railway or execute 
any other work or undertaking.” 

Pr. 9.1.11. After “ that” insert “ subject to 
the provisions of this Act.” 

Pr, 9. 1. 21. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 9.1. penult. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 5. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 31. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 38. Leave out “ Amendment” and in- 
sert ‘“ additional capital.” . 

Pr. 16. Is. 2. and 3. After “ majority” insert “ of 
three-fifths.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 22. After “ required” insert “ before 
they shall be permitted to execute any of the 
works hereby authorized to be done.” 

P. 16. 1.32. Leave out “ shall” 
may.” 

Pr. 19.1. 18. Leave out from “ administrators” 
to the second “ and” in 1. 19. 

Pr. 22. 1. 4. Leave out “ or corporations.” 

Pr. 22. 1. 5. Leave out from ‘‘ would” to “ en- 
“ titled” in 1. 8. and insert “ be.” 

Pr. 22. 1. 9. Leave out “ shall.” 

Pr. 22.1. 18. After “ thereof” insert “ shall.” 

Pr. 22.1.19. Leave out from “ purchase” to 
“ such” in 1. 20., and in 1. 20 leave out “ same.” 


Pr. 22. 1. 21. After “ grounds” insert “ now be- 
“ longing to the said Canal Company as shall,” and 
in the same line after “ not” insert “ be.” 

P. 22. 1. 22. Leave out from “ of” to “ this” in 
1. 23., and in 1. 23 leave out from “ Act” to 
and” in |, 28., and insert “ and the sale and pur- 
chase respectively of the same lands or grounds 
shali be made according to the provisions of the 
Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, in that 
behalf contained.” 

Pr, 24. 1. 3. Leave out from “on” to “ and” in 
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The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 

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773 


Mr. Greene reported the Sutton'Harbour Im- Sutton Har- 
provement Bill, with Amendments. bour Improve= 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table, ™™* Bil 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Provisions 
Return of all Sums that have annually accrued in (Navy.) 
the Victualling Department of the Navy, by the 
Reduction in the Credit Prices of Provisions under 
the Instructions from the Admiralty, dated the 1st 
day of April 1844 (in continuation of Return or- 
dered the 15th day of April 1847). 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill for the Pro- Mussel 
tection of Mussel Fisheries in Scotland: And the Fisheries 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be — 
read a second time To-morrow ; and to be printed. No. 590. 

Mr. Solicitor-General for Ireland presented a Bill Compensation 
to amend an Act of the last Session, for facilitating for Damages 
the Employment of the Labouring Poor in the Dis- oan — 
tressed Districts in Ireland, so far as relates to Com- Ne-591. 
pensation for Damages: And the. same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Naval Prisons 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Bill. 
tituled, An Act for the Establishment of Naval 
Prisons, and for the Prevention of Desertion from 
Her Majesty’s Navy; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 2.1.18. After “ commanding” insert “any 
“ ship or vessel of Her Majesty within the limits of 
“ any port.” 
' Pr. 2. 1. 31. Leave out from “ in” to “ any” in 

. 34, 

Pr. 3.1. 6. After “ purpose” insert “ and when 
no such place, ship or vessel shall have been so 
appointed in any public prison, gaol or house of 
correction in Her Majesty’s dominions.” 

Pr. 3. ]. 11. Leave out ‘‘ the whole or.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 12. Leave out “ or portions.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 13. After ‘ imprisonment” insert “ not 
exceeding Ten days in the whole.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 22. Leave out “ in chief,” and in the 
same line leave out “ or senior naval officer” inter- 
lined. 

Pr, 3.1. 23. Leave out from “ port” to “ where” 
in |. 24. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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Petitions from John Belgrave Guayzarone ;—- Basil yreaical Regis- 
Barrett; — Charles Knevett; — William Moore; tration and 
—William Mainwaring ; —George Henderson ; — Medical Law 
William Macdonald ;—William ‘Morgan;—P. S.3 
Hynes ;— Henry Hanks ;—Francis Robert Jago ;— 

George Redford ;—George Francis Keys;—W. R. 
Parkes;— John Henry Bannister ;— Fitz William 
Horton ;—Edward Johnson, M.p.;—John Lane ;— 
Brooke Muriel ;—John Henry Burnall ;— William 
Ryan ,—James Gileadall;-- Henry Sidden;-—Richard 
Johnstone ;— Richard C. Condukes;— William Skin- 
ner ;—Alfred Barker ;—John Cremer Bellamy ;— 
William Dawson ;—William Reeves ;— Robert Cul- 
verwell, M.D. ;—Alexander Wright ;—Robert Bon- 
ington ;—Stephen John Peach Parker ;—Samuel 
Parker ; —Alexander Sloan ;—Frederick William 
Osborne; — J. H. Smith; — Watford ; — George 
Whitehead ; — Gilbert ony a Woodford ; — 
Samuel Richards ;—Henry Willan ;—Samuel Bar- 
nett and John Nicholas Greensill;—and, Joseph 
Benson ; praying that the Medical Registration and 
Medical how Amendment Bill may pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Medical Registration, &amp;c. 
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Farringdon 


A Petition of John Alexander Galloway, Henry 
New Street. 


Lamplough, William Walker, and others, stating 
that various Acts of Parliament have been passed 
for making a street from Holborn Bridge towards 
Clerkenwell Green, and for appointing Commis- 
sioners to continue the street onwards to Clerken- 
well Green, complaining that difficulties have arisen 
in providing sufficient funds, and although certain 
progress has been made there has been no material 
advancement, and the whole neighbourhood has 
been left in a state of chaos; suggesting the expe- 
diency of making a loan to the Commissioners, 
under the control of the Commissioners of Woods 
and Forests, or that the House would press upon the 
Corporation of London the expediency of aiding the 
Commissioners, and granting them legislative powers, 
authorizing and giving them the power to borrow 
money on the security of the city tolls or other pro- 
perties ; and praying the House to adopt measures 
for its completion, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 1° die Julii; 
Anno 11° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


Joint Stock M R. Milner Gibson presented a Bill to amend 
(Nor e.) Bill. ‘an Act of the eighth year of Her Majesty, 
No, 594, itituled, An Act for facilitating the Winding up 
"the Affairs of Joint Stock Companies unable to 
meet their Pecuniary Engagements: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 
Blackburn An ingrossed Bill for amending and enlarging the 
ee we Powers and Provisions of an Act for improving the 
Bil. | | Streets and Public Places, and erecting a Town 
Hall and improving the Markets in the Township 
of Blackburn, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, 
was read the third time; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for improving the Streets and 
Public Places and erecting a Town Hall and im- 
proving the Markets in the Township of Blackburn, 
in the County Palatine of Lancaster. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Edinburgh Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
erty, Edinburgh and Perth Railway Bill; That they had 
“~~ examined the allegations contained in the preamble 
of the Bill, but the same had not been proved to 
their satisfaction. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


London and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
nota Weste-n the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
(Atherstone ‘mtituled, An Act to empower the London and North 
and Whitacre Western Railway Company to make a Branch 
Branch) Bil. Railway from the London and North Western Rail- 
way, near Atherstone, to the Midland Railway at 
Whitacre, in the County of Warwick ; and the same 
were read, as follow: 
Pr. 3. 1. 13. After “ pounds ” insert Clauses (A.) 
and (B.) 

Cuause (A,) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to the 
said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise 
of any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
“ by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided 
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be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
paying to any shareholder such interest on money 
advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
actually made, as shall be in conformity with the 
provisions in the Companies Clauses Consolida- 
“ tion Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 

Cuavuse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 

pay or deposit any sum of money which by any 
“ Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
an Act authorizing the said Sidewme to con- 
struct any other Railway or execute any other 
work or undertaking.” 

Pr 7. 1. 3. After “Railways” insert “and if 
the said Company shall fail to erect or at all 
times maintain any such station or lodge, or ap- 
point a proper person to watch or superintend 
the crossing at any such point or station, or to 
observe or abide by any such rule or regulation 
as aforesaid, they shall for every such offence 
be liable to a penalty of Twenty pounds, and also 
to a daily penalty of Ten pounds for every day 
such offence shall continue after such penalty of 
“ Twenty pounds shall have been incurred.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Dugdale do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Committee 
mittee of Selection to refer the Dollar Institution ° Selection. 
(Mylne’s or M‘Nabb’s) Estate Bill to the Scotland 
List (No. 1.) and three Selected Members, and to 
appoint the Committee on the Bill to meet upon 
‘Tuesday next. 


mittee on the Dollar Institution (Mylne’s or tion (Mylne’s 
M‘Nabb’s Estate) Bill to entertain all Petitions heap 8) 
which may be presented against the Bill on or 
before Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- Newbart (or 
vate Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, To-morrow, rea 
on Newbart (or Gravenor’s) Estate Bill. ; 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- Paterson's 
vate Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, To-morrow, Estate Bill. 
on Paterson’s Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- Pickernell’s 
vate Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, To-morrow, =state Bill 
on Pickernell’s Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- Sit pod . 
vate Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, To-morrow, eng Bill 


on Sir John Saint Aubyn’s Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- rg 
vate Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, To-morrow, Estate Bill 
on Mansel’s Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- Duke of 
vate Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, To-morrow, a 
on the Duke of Richmond’s Estate. Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Holyhead _ 
that part of the Message from the Lords of yester- Harbour aa 
day, wherein their Lordships request that this 

House will be pleased to communicate to their Lord- 

ships a Copy of the Report from the Select Com- 





mittee appointed by this House on the Holyhead 
Harbour, 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- pojiar Institu- 





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British 
Museum, &amp;e. 


National 
Gallery. 


Borneo. 


Disinfecting 
Fluid. 


Shipping. 


Poor Law 
Officers. 


Arrestment 
of Wages 
(Scotland. ) 


Electric 
Telegraph. 


Fustian 
Cutting, 


Guernsey. 


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Harbour Bill, together with the Minutes of Evidence 
taken before the Committee. 

Ordered, That a printed Copy of the said Report 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships: And that Mr. Greene do deliver the 
same. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Visitors to the British 
Museum, the National Gallery, and the Tower of 
London, in the year 1846. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Pictures purchased for the National 
Gallery, since the 6th day of August 1846 (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 599, of Ses- 
sion 1846). 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of all Communications to and from 
Her Majesty’s Government, relative to the affairs 
of Borneo, from the ist day of December 1842 to 
the 24th day of June 1847. 

Ordered, That the said Address be naga to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Reports of Dr. Southwood Smith to the 
Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests, on the 
subject of Monsieur Ledoyen’s Disinfecting Fluid. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House a 
Return of the Number and Tonnage of British 
Ships entered Inwards from and cleared Outwards to 
Ports of Europe, not being British Possessions, in 
each year since 1820:—A similar Return of Ship- 
ping from and to Ports of Asia, not being British 
Possessions :—A similar Return of Shipping from 
and to Ports of Africa, not being British Posses- 
sions :—And, asimilar Return of Shipping from and 
to Ports of America, not being British Possessions. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Clerks, Masters and 
Matrons of Workhouses, Relieving Officers, Assis- 
tant Overseers, and other Officers connected with 
the administration of the Laws relating to the Relief 
of the Poor in England and Wales, which was pre- 
sented yesterday, praying for the formation of a 
Superannuation Fund, be printed. 


A Petition of Workmen in the city and suburbs 
of Glasgow, praying for the abolition of the Arrest- 
ment of Wages, and the distraining the household 
effects of the workmen and the labourers as inappli- 
cable to their condition and circumstances, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Samuel Porter, of Hill House, 
Harrow Weald, in the county of Middlesez, stating 
that the Electric Telegraph was originated by him ; 
and praying that measures may be taken to cause 
the merit of the discovery to fall upon the right 
country and the right individual, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Warrington ; — Lymm; — and, 
Medical Practitioners in the manufacturing districts ; 
praying the House to pass a law, prohibiting any 
person from being employed in Fustian Cutting 
under the age of thirteen years, with such other 
regulations for the government of the trade, and the 
persons employed therein, as the House deem most 
proper,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of William Brice ;—and, Joseph De 
Souzac ; complaining of the manner in which justice 
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775 


is administered in the Island of Guernsey; and 
praying for inquiry,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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Petitions from Pudsey ;— Ashton-under-Lyne (two Health of 


Ancient Order of Druids, Lodge No. 97 ;—Mem- 
bers of the United Ancient Order of Druids, Lodge 
No. 10 ;—Members of the United Ancient Order 
of Druids, Caractacus Lodge, No. 28 ;—Members 
of the United Ancient Order of Druids, Victoria 
Lodge, No. 151 ;— Westminster ; — Kingston ; — 
Lambeth ;— Bradford (York) (four Petitions) ;— 
Persons appointed by the various lodges in the 
Bradford District of the United Ancient Order of 
Druids and Arch Chapter ;-—Saint Leonard, Shore- 
ditch, Saint Matthew, Bethnal Green and Hackney ; 
— Wilsden (York) (three Petitions) ; — Medical 
Officers of the Western Dispensary ; — Medical 
Officers of the Westminster Hospital ;—Harden ;— 
and, Cullingworth; praying that the Health of 
Towns Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read, and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Clergy, Proprietors and Inhabitant 
Householders of the parish of Saint Mary, Isling- 
ton, praying that the said Bill may pass into a law, 
and that such provision may be made therein as 
wili prevent the establishment of such an institu- 
tion as the intended new Fever Hospital in such a 
situation as that proposed in the said parish, was 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 








the Table. 
Petitions from Leeds ; Saint Mary, Islington ; 
—— Huddersfield ; Members of the National 


Association for promoting the Political and Social 
Improvement of the People (Chairman) ; and, 
Leicester ; praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law, as it now stands,—were also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions) ; — Exeter ;—- Members of the United Towns Bill. 


_ A Petition of Members of the National Associa- faith of 
tion for promoting the Political and Social Improve- Towns, &amp;c. 


ment of the People, praying for the enactment of a 
just and comprehensive measure of sanitary reform, 
which shall include the Metropolis, and also the 
abolition of the Cattle Market in Smithfield, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from London (five Petitions) ;— Mon- Navigation 
trose;—and, Scarborough; praying the House not Laws. 


to sanction a repeal or any fundamental alteration 
in the Navigation Laws,—were presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Navigation 
Laws. 


A Petition of G. LZ. Hutchinson, of Lambeth, Poor Laws 


Gentieman, suggesting the introduction of clauses 
into the Poor Laws Administration Bill, to regulate 
the just and equal rating (in proportion to their 
assessable property) of every parish or other place 
supporting its own poor, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Administra- 
tion Bill. 


A Petition of John Sweatman, a Pauper and Poor Law. 


Cripple, aged 47 years, formerly a Bricklayer’s 
Labourer at Chatham, now dwelling at Margate, in 
the Isle of Thanet and county of Kent, complaining 
of being repeatedly refused out-door relief by the 
guardians of the Isle of Thanet Union; stating that 
he summoned them before the bench of magistrates, 
and out-door relief was ordered by them; that he 
received a small trifle, but on his second applica- 
tion was refused assistance, and that he is unable 
from poverty to take the necessary steps against 
the parish officers; and praying for inquiry and 
relief, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 





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A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Inha- Reform of 
bitant Householders and Burgesses of the borough — 





























776 1° Julie. A. 1847. 


of Kingston-upon- Hull, praying for the repeal of the 
ratepaying clauses of the Reform of Parliament 
Act, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Philip Ward. A Petition of Private Philip Ward, 66th Regi- 
ment, complaining of the conduct of his command- 
ing officer in bringing him to trial by a district 
court martial, on the 29th November, 1845, on 
charges of which he was re innocent, and of 
the means taken to insure his conviction and punish- 
ment, and praying for inquiry, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


William A Petition of William Henry Brice and Richard 

Henry Brice Frederick Brice, complaining of loss sustained by 

Frederick them by the conduct of the functionaries of the 

Brice. Crown in cancelling the registry of a certain security 
in the Book of Record at the Greffe or Record 
Office in Guernsey, stating that they have appealed 
to the Secretary of State, but are still without re- 
dress ; and praying the House to take all the cir- 
cumstances of the case into early consideration, was 
—— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


John A Petition of Jumes Eaton, of No. 22 Lamb-street, 

Meakings = Spitalfields, in the county of Middlesex, Plumber, 
complaining of the refusal of the Commissioners of 
Stamps and Taxes to furnish a copy of the residuary 
account of the late John Meakings, of Upper Rane- 
lagh-street, Pimlico, as passed by his executor to 
Charlotte Hussey, in her character as personal re- 
presentative of the said John Meakings; and pray- 
ing for relief, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Navigation The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
(No. 2.) Bill. Reading of the Navigation (No. 2.) Bill; 
Ordered, Vhat the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


Stock inTrade The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

Exemption = Reading of the Stock in Trade Exemption Bill ; 

_ Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


Message from A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior and 
the Lords. and Mr. Russell : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 
Bristol A Bill, intituled, An Act for extending and en- 
Building and Jarging the Provisions of the Act for regulating 
ee Buildmgs and Party Walls within the City and 
; County of Bristol, and for forming certain Streets 
and widening other Streets within the same : 
Croydon A Bill, intituled, An Act for lighting with Gas the 
Commercial Town of Croydon and its Vicinity, in the County of 


— and Coke Surrey ‘ 


YorkandNew- A Bill, intituled, An Act for the Enlargement of 

castle Railway the Wearmouth Dock, and the Construction of New 

5 aby el Works in connection therewith, and for other Pur- 

ment) Bill. poses relating thereto: And also, 

Penson’s The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Estate Bill. for enabling Leases, Sales and Partitions to be made 
of certain Bstates in the County Palatine of Lan- 
easter, heretofore belonging to John Penson and 
Molly his Wife, to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

Oldmixon’s The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

(or Lyon’s) for authorizing the granting of a New Lease of 

Estate Bill Certain Coal Mines and Hereditaments, in the 
County of Durham, late the Estate of John Lyon, 
Esquire, deceased, to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House :—And then the Mes- 
sengers withdrew. 


Fisheries Ordered, That the Returns relative to Fisheries 
Scotland.) (Scotland), which were presented yesterday, be 
No, 595. _ printed. 





Ordered, That the Return relative to Shrapnel 
Shells, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to District Lunatic Asylums (Jreland), which was pre- 
sented upon the 18th day of March last, be printed. 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Estimate of the further Sum required to 
be voted to defray Expenses which will probably be 
incurred for the Relief of Distress in Zreland, during 
the year ending 31st March 1848. 

Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in the 
year 1847, on account of Works on the Argyll 
Canal. 

Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred to 
the Committee of Supply; and be printed. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to an Address to 
Her Majesty,—Returns showing the Particulars of 
the several Disbursements constituting the differ- 
ence between the Sum of £.1,679. 6s. 3d., the 
Gross Proceeds, and £.1,152. 18s.. 10d., paid as 
the Net Proceeds of the Slave Vessel “ Jehovah” 
into the High Court of Admiralty ; and the several 
Disbursements constituting the difference between 
£.619. 2s. 2d., the Gross Proceeds of Sale of the 
“ Diana,” and the Sum of £.168. 14s. 11d., paid 
into the said Court as the Net Proceeds :—Also, of 
the Registrar’s Copy of the Condemnation, and the 
Marshal’s Certificate of the breaking up ofthe Hull, 
and of the Sale of the Cargo of the said Vessel 
“ Diana,” condemned in the Vice Admiralty Court 
at the Cape of Good Hope, and transmitted by the 
Agents of the Captors to the Treasury, on the 11th 
day of September 1846. 

r. Parker also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—A List of all Pen- 
sions granted between the 20th day of June 1846 
and the 20th day of June 1847, and charged upon 
the Civil List. 


Shrapnel 
ells. 


No. 596. 


District 
unatic Asy- 
lums (Ireland) 


No. 597, 


Relief of 
Distress 
(Ireland.) 


No. 592. 


Argyll Canal. 
No. 593. 


Slave Vessels. 


Pensions. 


Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to Orders,— Wheat, &amp;c. 


An Account of the Quantities of Wheat, Barley and 
Oats exported from the United Kingdom to Foreign 
Countries :—Also, of the Quantities imported into 
the United Kingdom from Foreign Countries, in 
the month ended 5th June 1847. 


Return of the Number of Informations for Of- Receipt 
fences under the Receipt Stamp Tax Acts, in the Stamps. 


years 1844, 1845 and 1846 respectively, and the 
Amount of Penalties imposed by the Board of 
Stamps and Taxes. 


Account, stating in detail the Purchases and Savings 
Sales of Bank Annuities and Exchequer Bills ef- Banks. 


fected by the National Debt Commissioners on ac- 
count of the Trustees of Savings Banks, under the 
authority of the Acts 9 Geo. 4, c. 92, and 3 Will. 4, 
c. 14, showing, in separate columns, the Date, De- 
scription and Extent of each of such Purchases 
and Sales, and the Rate at which each of such Pur- 
chases and Sales were effected, from the 5th day of 
July 1846 to the 15th day of June 1847 (in conti- 
nuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 681, of Session 
1846). 


_ Returns of the Number of Ministers participat- Protestant 
ing in the Parliamentary Grant of £.36,214. for Dissenting 


Non-conforming Ministers in Ireland, with the 
Amount paid to each Class; the Regulations under 
which the Grant is issued ; and a Statement of the 
Salaries allowed to the several Agents or Paymas- 
ters of these Ministers respectively :—And, of the 
Names of the Parties to whom the Parliamentary 
Grant of £.1,695. is issued for Distribution to the 
Protestant Dissenting Ministers in England; the 
Proportion thereof allocated to each Sect or Body of 
Dissenters ; the Regulations under which Grants are 
made to Individual Ministers; with a Statement of 
any Salaries or Allowance made to the Parties by 
whom the Money is distributed :—(In veseueee” 
o 


Ministers, &amp;c- 

















Holyhead 
Roads, &amp;c. 


Woods and 
Forests. 


Health of 


Towns Bill. 


11 Vicroriz. 


of that of the 8th day of May 1845, of the Appro- 
priation of the Sum of £.1,200. issued out of Civil 
Contingencies to the Episcopalian Clergy in Scot- 
land, with a Copy of any Regulations for the Issue 
of the Amount). 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Viscount Morpeth presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of several Acts of Parliament,—The Twenty- 
fourth Report of the Commissioners for executing 
the Acts relating to the Holyhead Roads, Harbour, 
and Menai and Conway Bridges. 

The Twenty-fourth Report of the Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, 
Works and Buildings, being the Eighteenth Annual 
Report of the said Commissioners. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Health of Towns Bill; ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“« this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Tufnell, 

Yeas, \ Lord Marcus Hill: 

Tellers for the [ Mr. George Palmer, 

Noes, L Colonel Sibthorp : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


}a7. 


= 


(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°; paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cuausz, N° 1, (Her Majesty may appoint Four 
persons to be, with the First Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Woods and Forests, Commissioners for 
the execution of the Act). 

Motion made, and Question put, That the said 
Clause stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided : Tufnell 

' Mr. Tufnell, 71 

Tellers for the Yeas,f Seed Marcas Hitt: oo 


Tellers for the Noes, i ars 4 } 28. 


Cravsss, N° 2 to N° 4, agreed to. 


Cravuses, N° 5 and N° G, amended, and agreed 
to. 


Cause, N° 7, (Commissioners may direct one of 
the Inspectors to visit any such town, and to report 
1o them as to levels of the land, course of streams, 
drains and sewers, situation of springs, and also the 
several boundaries which, in the opinion of the In- 
spector, may be conveniently adopted for the pur- 
poses of the Act, and in the case of a corporate 
borough, whether or not the existing boundaries of 
such horough ought to be extended, and in what 
manner). 

Amendment proposed: In P. 3.1.1. To leave out 
the words “ and in the case of a corporate bo- 
“ rough.” 

Question put, That the words “ and in the case 
“* of a corporate borough” stand part of the Clause ; 


VoL, 102. 





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The Committee divided : 
Mr. Tufnell, 1 

r Lord Marcus Hill: {1° 
Mr. Divett, 

*L Mr. Spooner : } 59. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


Tellers for the Noes 


Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 2° die Julit, 1847: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill to authorize Her Majesty in Canada 
Council to assent toa certain Bill passed by the Consolidated 
two Houses of Legislature of the Province of Ca- #¢vo¢, 
nada, for granting a Civil List to Her Majesty; and . 
to repeal certain Parts of an Act passed in the Third 
and Fourth years of Her present Majesty, to re-unite 
the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for 
the Government of Canada, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to authorize Her Majesty to assent 
to a certain Bill of the Legislative Council and As- 
sembly of the Province of Canada, for granting a 
Civil List to Her Majesty, and to repeal certain parts 
of an Act for re-uniting the Provinces of Upper and 
Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill ta 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Fishery Piers 
into a Committee upon the Fishery Piers and 20d Harbours 
Harbours (Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent ennai: 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 

Greene reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, ‘That the Report be received this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Railways 
into a Committee upon the Railways (Jreland) (ireland) 
(No. 2.) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, seein 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Mr. Greene reported the Turnpike-roads (South Turnpike- 
Wales) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and ea (South 
agree a i. Vales ) Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into post-office 
a Committee upon the Post-office Bill; and, after Bill. 
some tine spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day: 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Custody of 
mittee on the Custody of Offenders Bill ; Offenders Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Prisons Bill. 
mittee on the Prisons Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Polling at 
mittee on the Polling at Elections (Jreland) Bill; — Elections 
5G Resolved, (Ireland) Pill. 





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Recovery of 
Public Monies 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Drainage of 
Lands (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Print Works 
Bill. 


House of 
Commons 
Costs Taxa- 
tion Bill. 


Shannon 
Navigation 
Bill. 


Bankruptcy 
and Insol- 
vency Bill. 


Herring 
Fishery 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Masters in 
Chancery 
Affidavit 
Office Bill. 


Seduction 
and Prostitu- 
tion Suppres- 
sion Bill. 


Holyhead 
Harbour Bill. 


Joint Stock 
Companies 
Bill. 


Mussel 
Fisheries 
(Scotland) 
Bill, 


Navigation 
Laws, Corn, 
&amp;e. 


778 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Recovery of Public Monies (Ireland) Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


The Drainage of Lands (Zreland) Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend the Law as to the 
School Attendance of Children employed in Print 
Works was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Biil to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend an Act to establish 
a Taxation of Costs on Private Bills in the House of 
Commons was, according to Order, read the third 
time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act forthe more effectual Taxation of 
Costs on Private Bills in the House of Commons. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Shannon Tasigation Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Herring Fishery (Scotland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Masters in Chancery Affidavit Office 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Seduction and Prostitution Sup- 
pression Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Mr. Greene reported the Holyhead Harbour Bill ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Joint Stock Companies Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The Mussel Fisheries (Scotland) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
this day. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return explanatory of Return, No. 557, headed 
Navigation Laws, Corn, &amp;c. laid on the Table of 
the House by Mr. Parker, showing the Number, 
Tonnage, Description and Amount of Cargo of the 
several 538 Foreign Ships, measuring 63,555 tons, 
represented under virtue of the suspension of the 
Navigation Laws to have brought Grain, Flour, 
Meal, Rice, Potatoes, Bread and Biscuit, weighing 
95,000 tons or more, together with a statement of 


19°—2° Julie. 














Woods and Forests. 





A. 1847. 


the Flags under which they sailed, and of the Coun- 
tries whence such Corn, &amp;c. was imported into the 
United Kingdom. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Grain, Flour 
Returns of Grain, Flour and Meal, reduced to 204 Meal. 
Quarters, entered for Home Consumption, in the 
United Kingdom, in each of the Three years ending 
the 5th day of June 1845, 1846 and 1847, with the 
average Price of each description of Grain for each 
Year :—Showing the greatest alternation of Price of 
each description of Grain, in any One Year, in any 
One Month, and in any Two successive Weeks, in 
the following periods; viz. between the 5th day of 
June 1846 and the 5th day of June 1847, between 
June 1842 and June 1846, and between 1828 and 
1842; specifying the highest and lowest Price in 
each case:—And, showing the highest Price of 
Grain, in any One Week, between 1820 and the 
5th day of June 1847. 


The Order made upon the 25th day of June last, Emigration 
for presenting to Her Majesty an humble Address . es 
that She would be graciously pleased to give direc-" 
tions that there be laid before this House, a Return 
from Her Majesty’s Colonization and Land Com- 
missioners, of the Average Amount paid for Emi- 
grants to South Australia during the last Two 
Years ; stating the Amount of Freight paid to the 
Shipowners for their conveyance, and including all 
Charges of Transit, was read and discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Emigration 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ‘? South 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, acces 
a Return of the Average Cost of Passage of Emi- 
grants from England to South Australia, in Ships 
chartered by Her Majesty’s Colonial and Land 
Emigration Commissioners, from the 1st day of 
January 1846 to the present time. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Copyright 
to amend the Law relating to the Protection in the (Colonies) Bill. 
Colonies of Works entitled to Copyright in the 
United Kingdom: And that Mr. Milner Gibson 
and Mr. Parker do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, this New Zealand. 
day, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider of 
authorizing an Advance out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, by way of Loan, to the New Zealand Com- 


pany ; 

Lord John Russell, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented a Bill to amend the Copyright 
Law relating to the Protection in the Colonies of (Colonies) Bill. 
Works entitled to Copyright in the United Kingdom: No. 598. 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 
to be printed. 


Viscount Morpeth presentéd, by Her Majesty’s Disinfectinz 
Command,—Copy of Report from Dr. Southwood Fluid. 
Smith, Mr. Grainger and Mr. Toynbie; also, Con- No. 599. 
tractors and their Men, with Communications from 
Dr. Smith and others from the Zondon Fever Hos- 
pital, and other places in the Metropolis, with re- 
ference to any experiments made with Mr. Ledoyen 
on the subject of Disinfecting Fluid, to Viscount 
Morpeth, First Commissioner of Her Majesty’s 


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Disinfecting 
Fluid. 
No. 599. 


Canal Com- 
panies, 


Committees. 


Liverpool 
Port. 


Commissary 
Courts 
(Scotland.) 


Dollar Institu- 
tion (Mylne’s 
or M‘Nabb’s) 
Estate Bill. 


Health of 
Towns Bill. 


Navigation 
(No. 2.) Bill. 








11 Victroriz. 


Copy of Reports and Certificates from Physicians, 
Surgeons an others at Dublin, &amp;c., received by 
Messrs. Ledoyen and Calvert, since their Return 
from Ireland. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to Disinfecting 
Fluid, which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Act 8 and 9 Vic., 
c. 42, to enable Canal Companies to become Car- 
riers of Goods upon their Canals, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider the said Act. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
One of the clock on Friday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 


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Veneris, 2° die Julii ; 
Anno 11° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, till five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


Mr. Miller, from the Office of the Commissioners 
of the Liverpool Dock and Light Duties, was called 
in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account of the 
Receipt and Disbursement of Dock and Light Duties 
at the Port of Liverpool, from the 25th June 1843, 
to the 24th June 1846 :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Lord Advocate presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty,—A Return from each 
Commissary Court in Scotland, stating the Limits 
of their respective Jurisdictions prior and subsequent 
to the Act 4 Geo. 4,c.97, and the Times, if any, at 
which they are not open for granting Confirmations : 
—And, a Return, stating the nature of the Records 
of these different Commissary Courts respectively, 
in so far as regards Wills or Confirmations; also, 
whether the Wills are deposited in the custody of 
the said Courts, and there retained; or if not retained, 
whether authentic Copies of them are made and 
recorded ; also, the earliest Dates of said Records, 
and of such Wills or recorded Copies in each Court 
respectively ; and the state and condition of such 
Records in regard to preservation and Indices. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and parish 
of Dollar, praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Dollar Institution( Mylne’s or M‘Nabb’s) 
Estate Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the: Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition, 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the township of 
Bradford, in the county of York, yraying that the 
Health of Towns Bill may not pass into a law, as 


it now stands, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Navigation (No. 2.) Bill; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
Vou. 102. 


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being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question:—The said 
proposed Amendments were, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Custody of 
into a Committee upon the Custody of Offenders Offenders Bill. 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 

Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 

day next. 


The Stock in Trade Exemption Bill was, accord stock in Trade 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed i 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Monday ®" 
next. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Wakefield Wakefield 
New Gas Bill be revived:—And that they have New Gas Bill. 
leave to sit, and proceed, upon Monday next, at half 
an hour after Three of the clock. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 28th and 30th days of  aeteoney 
this instant June, and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Newbart (or 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Gravenor’s) 
Private Bills; That in the case of Newbart (or Fst#te Bill 
Gravenor’s) Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are 
applicable. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Duke of 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Richmond’s 
Private Bills; That in the case of the Duke of state Bill 
Richmond’s Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are 
applicable. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Mansel’s 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Estate Bill. 
Private Bills; That in the case of Mansel’s Estate 
Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Sir John _ 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for omen 
Private Bills; That in the case of Sir John Saint “°""”™ 
Aubyn’s Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are appli- 
cable. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Pickernell’s 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Estate Bill. 
Private Bills; That in the case of Pickhernell’s 
Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Paterson's 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Estate Bill 
Private Bills ; Thatin the case of Paterson’s Estate 
Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Oldmizxon’s (or Lyon’s) Estate Bill was read the olamixon’s 
first time ; and referred to the Examiners of Peti- (or Lyov’s} 
tions for Private Bills. ae ae 

Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit, 
and proceed, upon Monday next. 





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Penson’s Estate Bill was read the first time ; and 


referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 


Bills. 


Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit, 


and proceed, upon Monday next. 


Caledonian 
Railway 
(Branches to 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 


Canonbie, &amp;c,) tituled, An Act to enable the Caledonian Railway 

Bill. Company to make certain Branch Railways in the 
Counties of Dumfries and Cumberland; and the 
same were read, as follow: 


Pr. 3. 1. 34. After “ Parliament” insert Clauses 


(A.) and (B.) 


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Criause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise 
of any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided 
always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 
be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
paying to any shareholder such interest on money 
advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
actually made as shall be in conformity with the 
provisions in the Companies Clauses Consolida- 
tion (Scotland) Act, 1845, in that behalf con- 
tained.” 

Cuause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 

ay or deposit any sum of money which by any 
Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
an Act authorizing the said Company to construct 
any other Railway or execute any other work or 
undertaking.” 


Pr. 8. 1. 14. In Clause (A.), added by way of 


Rider to the Bill: 


L. ult. After “ Railway” insert “and if the 
Company shall fail to erect, or at all times 
maintain such stations or lodges, ortoappoint 
proper persons to watch or superintend the 
crossings at such points or stations, or to 
observe or abide by any such rules or regula- 
tions as aforesaid, they shall for every such 
offence be liable to a penalty of Twenty 
pounds, and also toa daily penalty of Ten 
pounds for every day such offence shall 
continue after such penalty of Twenty pounds 
shall have been incurred.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 5. After “eight” insert Clauses (C.), 


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CiausE (C.) “And be it Enacted, That the 
Branch Railway from the Caledonian Railway, 
near Ecclesfechan, to or near to Annan, hereby au- 
thorized to be constructed, shall only be carried 
across the River Annan by a bridge, for the joint 
purpose of the Railway hereby authorized, and 
the Railway called the Glasgow, Dumfries and 
Carlisle Railway ; and the Company shall, if ne- 
cessary, have power, and they are hereby autho- 
rized to widen the said bridge for such joint pur- 
pose: Provided always, That in the event of any 
difference between the Company and the Proprie- 
tors of the'said Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle 
Railway, as to the mode of constructing such 
joint bridge, or as to the apportionment of the 
expense thereof, or of the rights hereinafter pro- 
vided for, such difference shall be referred to and 
determined by the Commissioners of Railways.” 

Crause (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That during 
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and works connected therewith, the said Company 
shall cause to be hung out or exhibited ever 
night from sunset to sunrise, a light to be kept 
burning by the Company for the navigation and 
safe guidance of vessels, and for ever after the 
completion of the said bridge the said Company 
shall cause to be hung out or exhibited upon or 
near to the centre of the said bridge every night, 
from sunset to sunrise, a good and sufficient light, 
to be kept burning by the Company, for the na- 
vigation and safe guidance of vessels, and which 
light shall be from time to time altered by the 
said Company in such manner, and be of such 
description, and be so used as the Lord High 
Admiral, or the Commissioners for executing the 
office of Lord High Admiral, shall, by writing 
under the hand of the Secretary of the Admiralty, 
approve of ; and in case the said Company shall 
neglect to exhibit and keep either of such lights 
burning as aforesaid, they shall forfeit and pay 
for every such neglect the sum of Ten pounds.” 
Cuause (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That if any 
bridge to be constructed by the Company across 
any tidal water or navigable river, or ifany portion 
of the Railway which affects any such water or 
river, or access thereto, shall be abandoned by 
the Company, it shall be lawful for the Lord 
High Admiral, or the Commissioners for executing 
the office of Lord High Admiral, to abate and 
remove the same, or such part or parts thereof 
as he or they may at any time or times deem fit 
and proper, and to restore the site thereof to its 
former condition, at the cost and charge of the 
Company, and the amount thereof shall be a debt 
due from the Company to the Crown, and be re- 
coverable accordingly.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 


were agreed to. 


Ordered, Vhat Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 


the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration past Lothian 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Central _ 
intituled, An Act for making a Railway from the Railway Bill 


North British Railway, at East Linton, to Ormis- 
ton, to be called The East Lothian Central Railway ; 
and the same were read, as follow: 


Pr, 5. 1. 6. Leave out from “ calls” to “ And” in 


1. 38., and insert Clauses (A.) and (B.) 


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Cuiause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act authorized to be raised, by calls 
in respect of shares, or by the exercise of any 
— of borrowing, to pay interest to any share- 

older on the amount of the calls made in respect 
of the shares held by him in the capital by this 
Act authorized to be raised: Provided always, 
That nothing hereinbefore contained shall be 
deemed to prevent the said Company from paying 
to any shareholder such interest on money ad- 
vanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
actually made as shall be in conformity with the 
provisions in the Companies Clauses Consolidation 
(Scotland) Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 

Ciause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act authorized to be raised, for the 
purposes of such Act or Acts, to pay or deposit 
any sum of money which by any Standing Order 
of either House of Parliament now in force, or 
hereafter to be in force, may be required to be 
deposited in respect of any application to Parlia- 
inent for the purpose of obtaining an Act autho- 
rizing the said Company to construct any other 
Railway or execute any other work or undertak- 
ing.” 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, 


were agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill 
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and Ipswich 
and Bury St. 
Edmund’s 
Railways 
Amalgama- 
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the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed tu the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, inti- 
tuled, An Act to amalgamate the Eastern Union and 
Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway Com- 
panies; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 3. 1. 14. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 
and insert “ Commissioners of Railways shall have 
“ granted a certificate in manner hereinafter men- 
** tioned.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 18. Leave out from “ be” to “ respec- 
* tively” inl. 19. 

Pr. 3. 1. 21. After “ and” insert “ immediately,” 
and in the same line leave out from “ the” to 
“ the” in 1, 22., and insert “ granting of such cer- 
“ tificate.” 

P. 3. 1. 29. Leave out “ said dissolved.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 30. After “companies” insert “ to be 
“ dissolved as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 3. 1. ult. Leave out “ dissolved.” 

Pr. 4. 1.51. Leave out from “ be” 
“« pealed” in 1. 3. 

Pr. 4. 1. 5. Leave out “ passing of this 
and insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 8. Leave out “ passing of this 
and insert “ granting thereof.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 11. Leave out “ hereby.” 

Pr. 4. ls, 22 and 23. Leave “ said dissolved. ” 

Pr. 4. 1. 23. After “Companies” insert “ to be 
dissolved as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 32. Leave out “ dissolved.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 35. After “ shall” insert “immediately 
‘ after the granting of the said certificate.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 4. After “ contained” insert Clause (A.) 

Criause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That in con- 
“ struing this Act, the expression ‘the dissolved 
“* Companies’ shall apply to the Company to be 
“&lt; dissolved under the provisions of this Act, and 
“ the expression ‘the new Company’ shall apply 
“ to the Company to be incorporated under the 
“ provisions of this Act.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 12. After “ the” insert “new,” and in 
the same line leave out from “Company” to “ and” 
in }. 13. 

Pr. 5.1.17. Leave out “ is hereby ” and insert 
« may under the powers and provisions of this Act 
“ be or become.” 

Pr. 5.1. 20. After “the” insert “ dissolved.” 

Pr. 5.1.21. Leave out “ hereby dissolved.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 22. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 
and insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 

Pr. 5.1. 23. After “ any” insert “ liability, debt.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 31. Leave out “ said” and insert “ dis- 
* solved. 

Pr. 5.1. 32. Leave out “ hereby dissolved.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 33. After “such” insert “ liability, 
“ debt.” 

Pr. 5. 1. ult. 
“ new.” 

Pr. 6.1. 1. Leave out “ hereby incorporated.” 

Pr. 6.1. 3. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 6. 1. penult. Leave out “ passing of this 
« Act” and insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 

Pr. 7.1. 5. After “ the” insert “ new,” and in the 
same line leave out “ hereby incorporated.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 14. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 7.1. 20. Leave out “ hereafter” and insert 
** thereafter.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 28. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 29. After “ the” insert “ new.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 30. Leave out “ hereby incorporated.” 
Pr. 7. 1. 37. Leave out “ said.’ 

Pr. 8. 1. 1. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 8. ls. 5. and 6. Leave out “ passing of this 
“ Act” and insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 

Pr. 8.1. 7. Leave out “ said” and insert “ dis- 
&lt;* solved.” 

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Pr. 8.1.10. Leave out “passing of this Act” 
and insert granting of such certificate.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 15, After “ the” insert “ new.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 16. Leave out “hereby incorporated.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 24. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 31. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 8.1. 37. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 4. Leave out “passing of this Act” 
and insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 

Pr. 9.1. 6. After “the” insert “ new.” 

Pr. 9.1. 7. Leave out “hereby incorporated.” 

Pr. 9. Is. 9. and 10. Leave out “ passing of this . 
“* Act” and insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 20. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 23. Leave out “passing of this Act” 
and insert “ granting of such certificate.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 36. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 9.1. 37. After “ were” insert “ or may be.” 

Pr. 9. 1. ult. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 
and insert “ granting of such certificate,” and in the 
same line leave out from “be” to “well” in 
Pr. 10. 1. 1. 

Pr. 10. 1. 2. After “ the” insert “ new.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 3. Leave out “ hereby incorporated.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 10. Leave out “said” and insert 
“new.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 11. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 16. Is. 18 and 19. Leave out “ passing of 
“ this Act” and insert “ granting of the said certi- 
“ ficate.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 25. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 10.1. 29. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 
and insert “ granting thereof.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 30. After “the” insert “ new.” 

Pr. 10. }. 31. Leave out “ hereby incorporated.” 

Pr. 10. ls. 34. and 35. Leave out “ passing of 
“ this Act” and insert granting of such certifi- 
* cate.” 

Pr, 10. 1. 36. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 38. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 10. 1. penult. After “shall” insert “ after 
“ the granting thereof.” 

Pr. 11.1. 2. After “ the” insert “new.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 3. Leave out “ hereby incorporated.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 6. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 
and insert “ granting of such certificate.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 7. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 11. 1s.8. and 9. Leave out “ after the passing 
“ of this Act” and insert “immediately after the 
“ granting thereof.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 10. Leave out “and the same are 
“ hereby.” 

Pr. 11.1]. 11. After “ the” insert “ new,” and in 
the same line leave out from “ Company” to “ and” 
in |, 12. 

Pr. 11. Is. 18. and 14. Leave out “ passing of 
“this Act” and insert “granting of such certi- 
“ ficate.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 15. Leave out “said.” 

Pr. 11, 1.19. Leave out “passing of this Act” 
and insert “ granting of such certificate.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 23. After “the” insert “ new.” : 

Pr. 11. 1. 24. Leave out “ hereby incorporated.” 

Pr. 11.1. 28. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 
and insert “ granting of such certificate.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 30. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 33. After ‘‘ shall” insert “ immedi- 
“ ately after the granting of such certificate.” 

Pr. 11.1. 36. After “ the” insert “ new,” and in 
the same line leave out from “ Company” to “ and” 
in 1. 37. 

Pr. 11.1. penult. Leave out “same” and insert 
“ Jast mentioned.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 6. Leave out “passing of this Act” 
and insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 8. Leave out “ said.” 

P. 12. 1. 17. After “shall” insert. “ immedi- 
“ ately after the granting of such certificate.” 

Pr. 12.1]. 19. After “ the” insert “ new.” 

Pr, 12. 1, 20, Leave out “hereby incorporated.” 

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Pr. 12. 1. 22. Leave out “ the” and insert “ such 
“ new,” and in the same line leave out from “ Com- 
“ pany” to “in” in |. 23. 

Pr. 12. 1. 27. Leave out “ the” and insert “ such 
“ new,” and in the same line leave out from “ Com- 
“ pany” to “and” in 1. 28. 

Pr. 12. 1. 29. Leave out “ the” and insert “such 
“ new.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 30. Leave out “ hereby incorporated.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 38. After “made” insert “ after 
“ the granting of the said certificate.” 

Pr. 12. |. ult. After “‘ the” insert “ new,” and in 
the same line leave out from “ Company” to “ and” 
in Pr. 13.1. 1. 

Pr. 13. 1. 5. After “the” insert “ new,” and in 
the same line leave out from “ Company” to “ and” 
in |. 6. 

Pr. 13, 1. 15. After “ passed” insert “and such 
“ certificate had not been granted.” 

Pr. 13. Is. 19 and 20. Leave out “ passing of 
“ this Act” and insert “ granting of the said cer- 
* tificate.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 25. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 
and insert “ granting of such certificate.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 36. After “ the” insert “ new,” and in 
the same line leave out from “ Company” to “ or” 
in |, 37. 

Pr. 13. 1. 37. After “ such” insert “ new.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 12. After “ the” insert “new,” and in 
the same line leave out “ hereby incorporated.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 20. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr, 14. Is. 22. and 23. Leave out “ passing of 
“ this Act” and insert “ granting of the said cer- 
“ tificate.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 25. After “ Act” insert “ or such cer- 
“ tificate.” 

Pr, 14. |. 

Pr. 14.1. 


27. After “ the” insert “new.” 
28. Leave out “ hereby incorporated.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 32. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 38. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 
and insert “‘ granting of the said certificate.” 

Pr. 15. Is. 1. and 2. Leave out “ passing of this 
“ Act” and insert “ granting of the said certifi- 
“ cate.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 8. Leave out from “if” to “Com- 
“* pany” in I. 9. and insert “ such certificate had not 
“ been granted, the new.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 9. Leave out “ hereby incorporated.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 12. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 15. ls. 16. and 17. Leave out “ passing of 
“ this Act” and insert “granting of the said cer- 
“. tificate.” 

Pr. 15. 1.18. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 15. 1.19. After “ shall” insert “ immediately 
after the granting of the said certificate.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 23. After “ the” insert “ new.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 24. Leave out “ hereby incorporated.” 

Pr. 15. Is. 33. and 34. Leave out “under this 
Act” and insert “ by the new Company after the 
“ ranting of the said certificate,” 

Pr. 15. 1. penult. After “shall” insert “ from 
and after the granting of the said certificate.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 2. After “ the” insert “new.” 

Pr. 16.1. 3. Leave out “ hereby incorporated.” 

Pr. 16. 1. '7. Leave out.“ said.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 17. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 35. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 16. 1. ult. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 5. Leave out from “ case” to “ be” in 
1. 6. and insert “ the said certificate had not been 
“« granted, shall from and after the granting of the 
“ said certificate.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 9. After “ the” insert ‘“‘ new,” and in 
the same line leave out from “ Company to “as” 
in |, 10. 

Pr. 17. 1. 17. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 23. Leave out from “the” to “and” 
in |, 24, and insert “ new Company after the grant- 
“* ing of such certificate as aforesaid.” 


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Pr. 17. 1.24. After “That” insert “from and 
“ after the granting of the said certificate.” 

Pr. 17. 1. penult. Leave out “ this.” 

Pr. 17. 1. ult. After “ Act” insert. “of Parlia- 
“ ment, after the granting of the said certificate.” 

Pr. 18. 1. 5. After “also” insert “from and 
“ after the granting of the said certificate.” 

Pr. 18. 1. 8. After “the” insert “ new.” 

Pr. 18. 1. 9. Leave out “by this Act incor- 
“ porated.” 

Pr. 18. 1.11. After “the” insert “ new,” and in 
~ same line leave out from “Company” to “to” 
im 1. 12. 

Pr. 18.1. 19. After “ the” insert “ new,” and in 
the same line leave out from “Company” to “ shall” 
in |. 20. 

Pr. 18. 1, 22. Leave out “said” and insert 
“ new.” 

Pr. 18.1. 37. After “ The” insert “ new.” 

Pr. 18. 1. 38. Leave out “ hereby incorporated” 
and insert “at any time after the granting of the 
“ said certificate.” 

Pr. 19. l. 4. After “That” insert “ subject to 
“ the provisions hereinbefore contained for increas- 
“ ing or reducing the number of Directors.” 

Pr. 19. 1. 7. After “ the” insert “ new.” 

Pr. 19.1. 8. Leave out from “ held” to “and” 
1. 10. and insert “ after the granting of the said 
certificate.” 

Pr. 19. 1, 22. Leave out “ first” and insert 
“ third,” and in the same line leave out from 
“ meeting” to “ one-third” in 1. 25. and insert “ of 
“‘ the new Company to be held after the granting 
“ of the said certificate, and at the first ordinary 
meeting of the new Company to be held in eve 
year subsequent to that in which the third ordi- 
nary meeting of the new Company shall be held.” 

Pr. 19. 1. 27. After “the” insert “ new.” 

Pr. 20.1. 5. After “ the” insert “new,” and in 
the same line leave out from “ Company” to “and” 
in |. 6. 

Pr, 20. 1. 17. After “the” insert “ new,” and in 
the same line leave out from “‘ Company” to “ shall’ 
in 1. 18. 

Pr. 20. Is. 25. and 26. Leave out “ passing of 
“ this Act” and insert “ granting of the said cer- 
“ tificate.” 

Pr. 20. Is. 34. and 35. Leave out “ passing of 
“ this Act” and insert “granting of such certi- 
“ ficate.” 

Pr, 21.1.5. After “the” insert “new,” and in 
the same line leave out from “ Company” to “so” 
in |. 6. 

Pr. 21. Is. '7. and 8. Leave out “ passing of this 
** Act” and insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 

Pr. 21. 1.10. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 21. 1. 26. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 
and insert “ granting of the certificate of the Com- 
“ missioners of Railways.” 

Pr. 21. 1, 28. Leave out “them” and insert 
“ such shareholders.” 

Pr. 21. 1. 29. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 21. ls. 32. and 33. Leave out “ said united ” 
and insert “ new.” 

Pr. 22.1. 1. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 22.1s. 10.and 11. Leave out “passing of this 
“ Act” and insert “granting of such last-mentioned 
“ certificate.” 

Pr. 22.1. 27. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 23. 1. 3. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 
and insert “granting of ae certificate as afore+ 
“ said.” 

Pr. 23. 1. 19. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 
and insert “‘ granting of such certificate.” 

Pr. 23. 1. 23. After “the” insert “ new.” 

Pr. 23. 1. 30. After “the” insert “ new.” 

Pr. 22.1. 31, Leave out “ hereby incorporated.” 

Pr. 22. 1.34. After “same” insert “ powers.” 

Pr. 23.1. penult. After “for” insert “ making 
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Pr. 24.1. 17. After “ the” insert “ new.” 

Pr. 24. 1. 18. Leave out “hereby incorporated.” 

Pr, 24. 1.20. Leave out “remains” and insert 
shall remain.” 

Pr. 24. 1. 23. Leave out “ dissolved.” 

Pr. 24. Is. 25. and 26. Leave out “ passing of 
this Act” and insert “ granting of the said certi- 
ficate.”’ 

Pr, 24. 1. 31. Leave out “ dissolved.” 

Pr. 24. 1.37. After “ the” insert “ new.” 

Pr. 24. Is. 38, and penult. Leave out “ hereby 
incorporated.” 

Pr. 24. 1. penult. After “ time” insert “ after the 
granting of the said certificate.” 

Pr, 25. 1. 36. After “ the” insert “ new,” and in 
the same line leave out from “ Company” to “to” 
in 1. 37. 

Pr. 26. 1.19. After “ said” insert “new.” 

Pr. 26. 1. 20. Leave out “ hereby incorporated.” 

Pr, 26. 1. 33. After “the” insert “ new.” 

Pr. 26. 1, 34, Leave out “hereby incorporated.” 

Pr. 27. 1.15. After “the” insert “ new.” 

_Pr. 27. 1.16. Leave out “hereby incorporated, 
is or. 

Pr. 27. 1. 22. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 27. 1. 34. After “the” insert “ new.” 

Pr. 27. ls. 35. and 36. Leave out “ hereby incor- 
porated, are or.” 

Pr. 27. 1. penult. Leave out “ passing of this 
“ Act” and insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 

Pr. 28. ls. 3. and 4. After “disposition” insert 
affecting such original share or shares and.” 

Pr. 28.1.5. Leave out from “ the” to “ provided” 
in ]. 7., and insert “ granting of such certificate.” 

Pr, 28.1. 8. After “ the” insert “ new.” 

Pr. 28, 1.18. Leave out “said” and insert “new.” 

Pr. 26. 1.19. After “ the” insert “ new.” 

Pr. 28. |. 20. Leave out “ hereby incorporated.” 

Pr, 28. Is. 22. and 23. Leave out “ passing of 
“ this Act” and insert “ granting of the said certi- 
“ ficate.” 

Pr. 28. 1. 31. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 28. 1. 35. After “the” insert “ new.” 

Pr. 28. 1. 36. Leave out “ hereby incorporated.” 

Pr. 28.1. 38. After “thereon” insert Clause 


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Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Companies, or any of 
them, out of any money by this Act or any other 
Act relating to the said Railway Companies, or any 
of them, authorized to be raised, for the purposes of 
such Act or Acts, to pay or deposit any sum or sums 
of money which by any Standing Order of either 
House of Parliament now in force, or hereafter to 
be in force, may be required to be deposited in 
respect of any application to Parliament for the 
purpose of obtaining an Act authorizing the said 
Companies, or any of them, to construct any 
other Railway or execute any other work or un- 
“ dertaking.” 

Pr. 28. 1. ult. After “ the” insert “new.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 1. Leave out “ hereby incorporated.” 

Pr, 29.1. 3. After “ the” insert “ said.” 

Pr, 29. 1. 6. Leave out “passing of this Act” 
and insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 34. After “the” insert “ new.” 

Pr. 30.1. 29. After “ after” insert “ the granting 
‘* of the said certificate, and after.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 31. After “the” insert “ new,” and in 
the same line ieave out from “‘ Company” to “ shall” 
in |. 32. 

Pr. 31. 1. 34. Leave out “ heretofore” and insert 


2° Juli. 


783 
“ of this Act” and insert “granting of the said cer- 
“ tificate.” 

Pr. 34. 1.25. Leave out “said united” and insert 
new.” 

Pr. 34.1. 31. After “that” insert “in case the 
said certificate shall be granted before the thirty- 
first day of December One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Forty-eight.” 

Pr. 34. 1. 32. After “the” insert “new,” and in 
the same line leave out from “ Company” to“ from” 
inl. 33. 

Pr. 35. 1. 15. Leave out“ said” and insert“ new.” 

Pr. 35. 1. 27. After “the” insert “ new.” 

Pr. 36. 1. 9. After “the” insert “ dissolved.” 

Pr. 36. 1. 10. Leave out “ hereby dissolved.” 

Pr. 36. 1. 12. After “ the” insert “ new,” and in 
the same line leave out from “ Company” to “ to” in 
1.13. 

Pr. 36. 1. 21. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 36. 1. 26. After “ the” insert “ new.” 

Pr. 36. 1. 27. Leave out “ hereby incorporated.” 

Pr. 36. ls. 35. and 36. Leave out “or either of 
“ the said.” 

Pr. 36. 1. ult. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 37.1.4. After “being” insert “or having 
“ been.” 

Pr. 37.1. 11. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 37. 1. 12. Leave out “and may.” 

Pr. 37. 1. 13. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 
and insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 

Pr. 37. 1. 14. After “ the” insert “new,” and in 
the same line leave out from “ Company” to “ and” 
in |. 15. 

Pr. 37. 1. 26. After “shall” insert “from and 
“ after the granting of the said certificate.” 

Pr. 37. 1. 27. After “the” insert “new,” and in 
the same line leave out from “ Company” to “and” 
in 1, 28. 

Pr. 37. 1, 35. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 38. 1. 3. After “the” insert “ new.” 

Pr. 47. 1. 16. After “ the” insert “ new.” 

Pr. 47. 1. 17. Leave out “ hereby incorporated.” 

Pr. 47. 1. 30. After “ thereto” insert Clause (C.) 

Cravuss (C.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
Companies respectively, by virtue of the provisions 
hereinbefore contained, to enter into and conclude 
the amalgamation of the said Companies hereby 
authorized as aforesaid, unless it shall have been 
proved to the satisfaction of the Commissioners of 
Railways, and certified by them under their seal, 
previously to the completion of such amalgama- 
tion, that one-half of the whole amount of the 
capital, exclusive of loans, by the Act or Acts re- 
lating to each of the said Companies authorized 
to be raised, has been actually paid up and ex- 
pended for the purposes authorized by such Act 
or Acts respectively.” 

Pr. 49.1. 20. Leave out “ Company” and insert 
dissolved Companies.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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into consideration upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Fainburgh 
Lords to the Edinburgh Waterworks Bill be taken — 


Ordered, That the Report on the Sutton Har- Sutton 


“ may have been or may be.” 
bour Improvement Bill be now taken into con- Harbour 


“ ° ”? 
Pr. 31. 1. 36. Leave out “ said. Improvement 


Pr. 31. 1. 37. Leave out “ to be granted,” and in 
the same line after “ the” insert “new.” 
Pr. 31. 1. 38. Leave out “hereby incorporated.” 
Pr. 33. 1. 28. After “ the” insert “ new.” 
Pr. 33. 1, 29. Leave out “hereby incorporated.” 
Pr. 33. Is. penult. and ult. Leave out “ passing 
VoL. 102. 


sideration :—The House accordingly proceeded to 
take the Report into consideration. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to 
sit, and proceed, and to make their Report upon 
Monday next. 





5G4 A Message, 


Bill. 

















784 2 Juli. 


Royal Assent A Messaye, by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman 
to Bills. Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do 
desire the immediate attendance of this Honourable 
House in the House of Peers, to hear the Commis- 
sion read. 
Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned; 
Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Public and Private Bills therein 
mentioned; and that the Lords, thereby authorized, 
had declared the Royal Assent to the said Bills: 
Which Bills are as follow: 
— Mutiny An Act for amending an Act, intituled, An Act 
for amending, explaining, and reducing into one 
Act of Parliament, the Laws relating to the Govern- 
ment of His Majesty’s Ships, Vessels and Forces 
by Sea: 
Naval Prisons fe Act for the Establishment of Naval Prisons, 
=m. and for the Prevention of Desertion from Her Ma- 
jesty’s Navy: 
Royal Marine An Act for limiting the Time of Service in the 
Service Bill. Royal Marine Forces: 
Quakers’ and = An Act to remove Doubts as to Quakers’ and 


sieve BIL Jews’ Marriages solemnized before certain periods : 
Master in An Act to abolish one of the Offices of Master 
Chancery Bill. jy Ordinary of the High Court of Chancery : 

Baths and An Act to amend the Act for the Establishment 
ee of Public Baths and Washhouses : 

Cornwall An Act to authorize an Alteration of the Line of 


Railway Bill. the Cornwall Railway, and to amend the Act rela- 
ting thereto, and for other Purposes: 

London and An Actto authorize the Right honourable Francis 

——e Egerton, Earl of Ellesmere, to sell, and the London 

(Purchase of and North Western Railway Company to purchase, 

the Earlof the Estate and Interest of the said Earl, in the 


Ellesmere’s == Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Rail- 
Interest in the 


Manchester Way: 
South June- 
tion and Altrincham Railway) Bill. 


Vale of Neath An Act for enabling the Vale of Neath Railway 
Railway Bill. Company to construct certain New Lines of Railway 
in connection with the Vale of Neath Railway, and 
for other Purposes: 
General Ter- An Act to enable the General Terminus and Gilas- 
&gt; aon A gow Harbour Railway Company to make Branch 
pour Railway Railways to the Caledonian and other adjoining 
Branches Bill. Railways, and to amend the Act relating to such 
Railway : 
Gloucesterand An Act to authorize the Gloucester and Dean 
alway (Con Forest Railway Campany to construct a Dock or 
struction of Basin at Gloucester in connection with the said 
Docks) Bill. Railway: 
Kast Lincoln- | An Act to amend the East Lincolnshire Railway 
shire Railway Act 1846, and to authorize the Construction of a 
«Deviation at . es 2 . 
Boston and Branch Railway to join the Great Grimsby and 


Branch to Sheffield Junction Railway near Grimsby : 
GreatGrimsby 

and Sheffield Junction Rail- 

way at Grimsby) Bill. 


Ambergate, An Act to enable the Ambergate, Nottingham 
Nottingham 2 


and Boston Nd Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway Com- 
and Eastern pany to alter the Line of their Railway and to con- 
Junction Rail- struct a Branch Railway therefrom into the Town 


way (Altera- 1 Vee " 
tion of Line. 0! Vottingham: 


and Branches to Nottingham) Bill. 


Tlynvi Valley An Act to enable the Llynvi Valley Railway 
Railway Ex- Company to make an Extension of their Railway to 
tension Dill. r  : x Y 
Newcastle, in the County of Glamorgan, and to 
amend the Act relating totheir said Railway, to be 
called, “ The Llynvi Valley Railway Extension :” 








A. 1847. 


An Act to enable the Shrewsbury and Birming- Shrewsbury 


hai Railway Company to make Branch Railways 2" Birming- 
* ham Railway 
to Madeley and Lronbridge, and for other Pur- act amend- 
poses: ment and 
Branches Bill. 


An Act to enable the Bristol and South Wales Bristol and 


Junction Railway Company to improve and main- South Wales 
tain th ‘ FE h : Junction Rail- 
ain the Aust or Old Passage Ferry across the River way and Aust 


Severn: Ferry Bill. 


An Act to enable the Caledonian Railway Com- Caledonian 


pany to make a Branch Railway from the Glasgow, we 
Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway to Glasgow, and Garnkirk and 
to enlarge the Station in that City: Coatbridge 
Railway, 
Branch to Glasgow 
Station) Bill. 


An Act to enable the Caledonian and Dumbar- Se 
tonshire Junction Railway Company to make certain 974 Dumbar- 


sale tonshire Junc- 
Deviations and Branches: tion Railway 

(Deviations between Dun- 
tocher Limeworks and 


Bowling, &amp;c.) Bill. 


An Act to enable the Midland GreaWestern MidlandGreat 


. . % . Western Rail- 
Railway of Ireland Company to make certain De- way of Ireland 


viations in the authorized Line of the said Railway, (Newcastle, An- 

and to amend the Acts reiating thereto: niskinnan and 
Baltrasna De-: 

viations) Bill. 


An Act to alter and amend the Newry and Ennis- pars A Lom 
" i Be nniskillen 
killen Railway Act 1845: Railway Bill. 
An Act for amending the Newport, Abergavenny Newport, 
and Hereford Railway Act 1846, and to authorize Aberzavenny 


ak A : ; and Hereford 
Deviations from the Line of the said Railway, and ieee De- 


for making Branches and Extensions therefrom: _ viations Bill. 


An Act for making a Railway from Herne Bay Herne Bay 


toa Junction with the Canterbury and Whitstable = ~~. 
Railway, to be called, “ The Herne Bay and Can- flowy Bill. 


terbury Junction Railway.” 
An Act to enable the London and South Western London and 


A . = South Western 
Railway Company to widen and improve the Zon- Rellwey 


don and South Western Railway from the Junction (Widening, 
thereof, with the Richmond Railway, tothe Terminus &amp;c.) Bill. 
at Nine Elms, and to enable them to enlarge their 
intended Station at the York-road, Lambeth : 

An Act to enable the Dundee and Perth Railway Dundee and 


: : : Perth Railway 
Company to alter and extend their Line near to (Alteration 


Perth, and to make Branches therefrom to Inchture, and Extension, 

Polgavie and Inchmichael : and Inchture, 
Polgavie and 
Inchmichael 
Branches) Bill. 


An Act to enable the Glasgow, Barrhead and Glasgow, 


Neilston Direct Railway Company to alter a Por- — and 
tion of their Line, and for other Purposes relating Direct Rail- 


thereto: way Bill. 
An Act for making Branch Railways from the Great Western 


Great Western Railway and from Hammersmith, to rte t. 


join the West London Railway, for widening a Por- join the West 


tion of the West London Railway, and for extending London Rail- 
the same, so as to join the London and South oe 


Western apa in the Parish of Saint Mary, largement of 
Lambeth, in the County of Surrey: the West Lon- 
don Railway, 
and Branches to Hammersmith, and to 
join the London and South Western 
Railway, near Lambeth) Bill. 


An Act to authorize the Purchase by the Eastern Roremetoms- 
Counties Railway Company of the Maldon, Witham (Maldon. 


and Braintree Railway : Witham and 
Braintree Railway Purchase) Bill. 


An Act to enable the Great Southern and Western Great a. 
Railway Company to make a Railway from Port- oy Railway 
arlington to Tullamore : Extension 

(Portarlington to Tullamore) Bill. 


ro, as - Norfolk Rail- 
An Act to empower the Norfolk Railway Com aries 


pany to make a Railway from Wymondham to ¢, omW ymond- 

Diss : ham to the 
Norwich Extension of the Ipswich 
and Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway, 
and the proposed Thetford and 
Reedham Railway near Diss) Bill. 





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11 Vicroriz. 2 Juliz. 785 


Glasgow, An Act to authorize the purchase of the Glasgow | 

bce bane Southern Terminal Railway by the Glasgow, Barr-| 

and Glasgow head and Neilston Direct Railway Company, and to 

Southern Ter- amend the Acts relating to the said Company : 

minal Rail- 

ways Amalgamation Bill. 

Southampton An Act for making an Alteration in the Line of 

a ae the Southampton and Dorchester Railway, and| 
y (New . ° | 

Forest De- Branches therefrom to Lymington and Eling, and 

viation and for other Purposes : 

Branches) Bill. 

Southampton An Act for making a Branch Railway from the 

— Southampton and Dorchester Railway at Moreton 

(Weymouth to Weymouth, and for other Purposes: 

Branch) Bill, 

Lowestoft An Act to authorize an Alteration in the Line of 

Railway and 


Harbour (Al- 
teration near 
Reedham) Bill. 


Norfolk Rail- 
way (Yar- 
mouth Exten- 
sion, &amp;c.) Bill, 
Dublin and 
Drogheda 
Railway 
(Brauch from 
Navan to 
Kells) Bill. 


Swansea 
Valley Rail- 
way Bill. 


Manchester 
and Lincoln 
Union Rail- 
way (Devia- 
tion) Bill. 
Manchester 
and Leeds 
Railway 


(Branch from firth Branch of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junc- 


the Hudders- 
field and Shef- 


field Junction Railway to Barnsley, and 
Extension of Holmfirth Branch) Bill. 


South Eastern 
Railway 
(North Kent 
and Brick- 
layers’ Arms 
Junction) Bill. 


Liverpool, 
Crosby and 
Southport 
Railway and 


Branch Bill, pool, Crosby and Southport Railway : 


Dundee and 
Newtyle 
Railway Bill, 
London and 
NorthWestern 
Railway(New- 
port Pagnell, 
Olney and 
Wellingbo- 
rough Branch) 
Bill. 


North Staf- 
fordshire Rail- 
way (Altera- 
tions and 
Branches) Bill. 


South Wales 
Railway Bill, 


Derbyshire, 
Staffordshire 
and Worces- 
tershire Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill, 


Dublin and 
Belfast Junc- 
tionand Navan 
Branch Rail- 
way Bill. 


the Lowestoft Railway, and to amend the Act re- 
lating to the Lowestoft Railway and Harbour Com- 


pany: 
An Act to enable the Worfolk Railway Company 


to extend their Railway to the Town of Great Yar- 
mouth, and for other Purposes : 


An Act to enable the Dublin and Drogheda Rail- 
way Company to make a Raiiway from the JVavan 
Branch of the Dublin and Belfast Junction Rail- 
way, in the County of Meath, to the Town of Kells, | 
in the same County : 

An Act for making a Railway from &lt;Adbercrave 
Farm, in the Parish of Ystradgunlais, in the County 
of Brecon, to Swansea, in the County of Glamorgan, 
with Branches, to be called The Swansea Valley 
Railway : 

An Act to authorize a Deviation in the Line of 
the Manchester and Lincoln Union Railway : 


An Act to enable the Manchester and Leeds Rail- 
way Company to make an Extension of the Holm- 


tion Railway: 


An Act to enable the South Eastern Railway 
Company to make a Railway to connect the London 
and Greenwich Railway, and the North Kent Line 
of the South Eastern Railway, with the Bricklayers’ 
Arms Branch Railway : 

An Act for making a Railway from the Liverpool 
and Bury Railway, near Liverpool, through Crosby, 
to the Town of Southport, to be called The Liver- 


An Act for widening, altering and improving the 
Dundee and Newtyle Railway : 


An Act to empower the Zondon and North 
Western Railway Company to make a Railway 
froin the London and North Western Railway, near 
Bletchley, to Newport Pagnel, Olney and Welling- 
borough : 


An Act to consolidate and amend the Acts re- 
lating to the North Staffordshire Railway Com- 
pany, and to authorize certain Alterations of, and 
the Formation of certain Branches and additional 
Works in connection with their Undertaking : 

An Act for making certain new Lines of Railway 
in connection with the South Wales Railway, and 
certain Alterations in the Line of the said Railway, 
and for other Purposes : 

An Act to authorize the Construction of a Rail- 
way from Cannock, in the County of Stafford, to 
Uttoxeter, in the same County, to join the North 
Staffordshire Railway, Potteries Line, by a Com- 
pany, to be called The Derbyshire, Staffordshire 
and Worcestershire Junction Railway Company : 

An Act to authorize the Sale to the Dublin and 
Drogheda Railway Company, of the Navan Branch 
of the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway, and 
to enable the Dublin and Drogheda, the Dublin and 

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Belfast Junction Railway Company, with a Branch 
from Drogheda to Navan, the Ulster and the Dun- 
dalk and Enniskillen Railway Companies, or any of 
them, to amalgamate with one another: 
An Act to empower the Boston, Stamford and Boston, Stam- 
Birmingham Railway Company to make a Railway = and 
: irmingham 
from the Syston and Peterborough Railway, at or Railway 
near Peterborough, to the Stamford and Wisbech (Peterborough 
Line of the Boston, Stamford and Birmingham Rail- — Thorney 
: : ine Bill. 
way, in the Parish of Thorney and Isle of Ely: 
An Act to authorize the East Lincolnshire Rail- East Lincoln- 
way Company to purchase an existing Lease of the shire Railway 


i Louth Navi- 
Louth Navigation : pen Per- 


chase) Bill. 

An Act to empower the Zondon and NorthWestern London and 
Railway Company to admit certain Parties as Share- — 
holders in their Undertaking for making a Railway ee and 
from Coventry to Nuneaton, in the County of War- Nuneaton 
wick, and for other Purposes: Branches) Bill. 

An Act to enable the Zondon and South Western London and 
Railway Company to make Railways from Andover oe 
to join their Salisbury Branch Railway at Michael- (Andover to 
marsh, and from the same Branch at Romsey, to the Bishop- 
join the Southampton and Dorchester Railway at —— 
Redbridge, all in the County of Southampton, to be + corey 
called The Andover and Southampton Junction Bill. 
Railway : 

An Act for enabling the Manchester, Sheffield and ee. 
Lincolnshire Railway Company to make a Railway ae 
at Bugsworth, and for amending the Acts relating Railway 
thereto: : (Branch at 

Bugsworth to 
join the Peak Forest Canal Tramway 
and Amendment of Acts) Bill. 


An Act for the Enlargement of the Wearmouth York and 
Dock, and the Construction of new Works in con- oo” 
nection therewith, and for other Purposes relating (Wearmouth 
thereto : Dock Enlarge- 

ment) Bill. 

An Act to empower the London and North Western London and 
Railway Company to make a Branch Railway from — 
the London and North Western Railway, near 4ther- (Atherstone 
stone, to the Midland Railway at Whitacre, in the and Whitacre 
County of Warwick : aan dee 

An Act to enable the Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Glasgow, 
Ardrossan Railway Company to make certain Kilmarnock 
Branch Railways, and to make certain Deviations Railway 
from the Line and Levels of the said Railway, and (Amendment, 


to amend the Act relating to the said Railway: — Pey ae 


Bill. 
An Act to authorize a certain Alteration in the Birmingham, 


Line of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour ee 
Valley Railway, and to amend the Act relating Valley Rail- 


thereto, and for other Purposes : way (No. 1.) 
(Smethwick 
Deviations ) 
Bill. 
An Act to authorize a Lease of the Undertaking Shropshire 
of the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Com- Union Rail- 


; d 
pany to the London and North Western Railway Canal (Lease 
Company : to the London 

and North 


Western Railway Company) Bill. 


An Act to enable the Midland Railway Company Midland Rail- 
to alter the Line of the Leicester and Swannington ¥*Y, (Leicester 


2 : ‘ and Swanning- 
Railway, and to make certain Branches therefrom, ton Railway, 
and for other Purposes : Widening, De- 


° viations and 
Branches, Enlargement of Leicester Station, and 
extending Powers as to Ibstock Branch) Bill. 


An Act for constructing and maintaining Docks Swansea. 
and other Works at or near the South Side of the Pcs Bill 
Town of Swansea, in the Town and Franchise of 
Swansea, in the County of Glamorgan : 

An Act for lighting with Gas the Town of Croy- Croydon Com- 


don, and its Vicinity, in the County of Surrey : pry ct 


An Act for the better supplying the Town of Dunfermline 
Dunfermline, and Places adjacent thereto, with aaa 
Water. 

An Act to construct Waterworks for supplying Falmouth 
with Water the Town of Falmouth, and certain Waterworks 

5H Parishes 








786 2 Julit. 


Parishes adjacent thereto, in the County of Corn- 
wall : 
Macduff An Act for improving and maintaining the Har- 
mien Macduff, in the County of Banff: 


Warkworth An Act to repeal the Acts relating to Wark- 
Harbour Bill. orth Harbour, in the County of Northumberland, 
and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof : 
London (City) An Act for the more easy Recovery of Small 
i Debts Debts and Demands within the City of London, and 
ill. : A 
the Liberties thereof ; 


Westminster An Act to — and amend the Laws of Sewers 
—_ — relating to the City and Liberty of Westminster, and 
Sewers Bill. Part of Middlesex : 

Bristol An Act for extending and enlarging the Provi- 
ems on sions of the Act for regulating Buildings and Party- 
Bill. walls within the City and County of Bristol, and 


for forming certain Streets, and widening other 
Streets within the same : 

British An Act to repeal an Act of the second year of 

——— his late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled, 

Company An Act to enable the British Commercial Insurance 

(No. 2.) Bill. Company to sue and be sued in the Name of one 
of the Directors, or of the Secretary for the time 
being of the Company, and to enable the said 
Company to sue and be sued in the Name of one 
of their Directors, or of their Secretary for the time 
being : 

Wyndham’s An Act for facilitating the Proof of the Will of 

Estate Bil. the Right honourable peat Obrien late Earl of 
Egremont and Baron of Cockermouth, in certain 
Actions in Jreland ; 


ab Bill. An Act for exchanging Freehold Estates belong- 
ing to Robert Kellett Long, Esquire, for Freehold 
Estates settled by the Will of Robert Churchman 
Long, deceased, and for authorizing the leasing of 
the settled Estates : 

Poyntzfield An Act for exchanging certain detached Portions 

Estate Bill. 


situate in the County of Sutherland, of the entailed 
Estate of Poyntzfield, belonging to Sir George Gun 
Munro, Knight, for the Lands of Udale, situate in 
the County of Cromarty, belonging to James Ma- 
theson, Esquire, contiguous to the said Estate of 
Poyntzfield, and for securing the Purchase of other 
Lands to be entailed, and to form, along with the 
said Lands of Udale, Parts of the said entailed 
Estate of Poyntzfield : 
Horne’s An Act to rectify an Error in an Act of the last 
(Ferguson’s) Session, intituled, An Act to enable the Trustees 
Estate Bill. 
the Lands of Laverocklaw, and also certain Subjects 
situate in the Village of Ormiston, vested in them 
in Trust, and to apply the Price to be obtained, and 
certain ‘I'rust Monies in their hands, in the Pur- 
chase of other Lands for the Purposes of the said 
Trust. 
Hodgson An Act for exchanging Hereditaments subject to 
Hinde’s Estate Uses declared by the Will of Anthony Compton, 
_ Esquire, deceased, for Hereditaments belonging to 
the Right honourable Henry Earl Grey, for selling 
and exchanging other Hereditaments subject to the 
same Uses, and for investing the Net Proceeds to 
arise from such Sales and Exchanges in the Pur- 
chase of other Hereditaments to be settled to the 
same Uses, and to authorize the granting of Leases 
of Part of the Hereditaments subject to the Uses of 
the said Will: 

An Act to enable Edward Legh, and Mary Anne, 
his Wife, and others, to make and authorize Sales, 
Exchanges, and also Building and other Leases of 
Estates at Newington, otherwise Newington Lucies, 
and Lewisham respectively, in the County of Kent, 
and for other Purposes. 


Legh’s Estate 
Bill. 


Chard Canal =The House proceeded to take into consideration 
pp oar ote the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
ye Amalga- intituled, An Act to enable the Chard Canal and 
mation) Bill. Railway Company to extend their Railway from 

Ilminster to Chard, all in the County of Somerset ; 


and the same were read, as follow : 


appointed by Mrs. Jane Ferguson, deceased, to sell | « 








A. 1847. 


Pr. 9. 1.16. Leave out from “ created” to “ And” 


in Pr. 10. 1. 29., and insert Clauses (A.) and (B.) 


‘ 


wn“ 


“ 
‘ 


co 


“ 


Ciause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it 
shall not be lawful for the said Company, out of 
any money by this Act or any other Act relating 
to the said Company authorized to be raised, by 
calls in respect of shares or by the exercise of 
any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided 
always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 
be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
paying to any shareholder such interest on money 
advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
actually made as shall be in conformity with the 
provisions in the Companies Clauses isi 
tion Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 

Cuiause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful fur the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 

ay or deposit any sum of money which, by any 
Reading Order of either House of Parliament 
now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
required to be deposited in respect to any appli- 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
an Act authorizing the said Company to construct 
any other Railway or execute any other work or 
undertaking.” 

Pr. 23. 1. 1. After “ which” insert “ the waters 
of.” 

Pr. 23. 1.2. Leave out “ is made” and insert 
flow within the top-water level of such reservoir.” 

Pr. 23.1. 5. Leave out from ‘“‘ used” to “ vest” 


in 1. 6., and insert “ or maintained as a reservoir, or 


“cc 
“ 


after any part of such lands shall be used by the 
said Company for any other purpose.” 
Pr, 23. 1. 9. Leave out from “ made” to “ and” 


in |, 12. 


Pr. 24. 1. penult. Leave out from “ conditions” 


to ** And” in Pr. 25. 1. 3. 


Pr. 28. 1. 5. After “ mortgages ” insert Clause 


(C.) 


(D.) 


Crause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Bridgewater and Taun- 
ton Canal and Stolford Railway and Harbour 
Company, out of any money by this Act or any 
other Act relating to the same Company autho- 
rized to be raised, by calls in respect of shares, or 
by the exercise of any power of borrowing, to pay 
interest to any shareholder on the amount of the 
calls made in respect of the shares held by him 
in the additional capital by this Act authorized 
to be raised by the same Company: Provided 
always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 
be deemed to prevent the same Company from 
paying to any shareholder such interest on mone 
advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
actually made as shall be in conformity with the 
provisions in the Companies Clauses Consolida- 
tion Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 

Pr. 32. 1.2. After “ consolidation” insert Clause 


Crause (D.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
Chard Railway Company, by virtue of the powers 
hereinbefore contained, to sell, or demise or lease, 
nor for the said Bridgewater and Taunton Canal 
and Stolford Railway and Harbour Company to 
purchase, or to enter into or accept such lease of 
the Railways by the said lastly-recited Act and 
this Act respectively authorized to be made, nor 
for the said Companies respectively, by virtue of 
the provisions hereinbefore contained, to enter 
into and conclude the amalgamation of the said 
Companies hereby authorized as aforesaid, unless 
it shall have been proved to the satisfaction of 
the Commissioners of Railways, and et by 
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Midland Great 
Western Rail- 
way of Ireland 
(Extension 
from Athlone 
to Galway) 
Bill. 


11 Vicroriz. 


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them uuder their seal, previously to the comple- 
« 


tion of such sale or amalgamation, or the execu- 
“ tion of such lease, that one-half of the whole 
“‘ amount of the capital, exclusive of loans by the 
“ Act or Acts relating to each of the said Com- 
“ panies authorized to be raised, has been actually 
“ paid up and expended for the purposes authorized 
by such Act or Acts respectively: Provided 
nevertheless, That this enactment shall not apply, 
extend to or affect the powers hereinbefore con- 
tained for so far amalgamating the two Com- 
panies as that all the affairs of the two Com- 
“* panies, except as hereinbefore mentioned, shall 
“ be conducted and managed as hereinbefore is 
“ particularly mentioned.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were ageeed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to enable the Midland Great 
Western Railway of Ireland Company to make a 
Railway from Athlone to Galway; and the same 
were read, as follow: 

Pr. 3. 1.29, Leave out from “raise” to “And” in 
Pr. 4. 1. 15. 

te 5. 1. 6. After “share” insert Clauses (A.) and 
(B.) 

Curavuse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the Company, out of any 
money by this Act orany other Act relating to the 
said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise 
of any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
““ by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided 
“* always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 
be deemed to prevent the Company from pay- 
ing to any shareholder such interest on mone 
advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
actually made, as shall be in conformity with the 
provisions in the Companies Clauses Consolida- 
“ tion Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 

Cuause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it 
shall not be lawful for the Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to pay or 
deposit any sum of money which by any Stand- 
ing Order of either House of Parliament now in 
force, or hereafter to be in force, may be required 
to be deposited in respect of any application to 
Parliament for the purpose of obtaining an Act 
authorizing the said Company to construct any 
other Railway or execute any other work or 
undertaking.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 18. After “ obtained” insert Clauses 
(C.), (D.), (E.) and (F.) 

Cuause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That the said 
Company shall construct, to the satisfaction of 
the principal officers of Her Majesty’s Ordnance, 
proper bridges, two in number, and giving a clear 
roadway each of not less than Thirty feet, inde- 


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the Board of Ordnance, or if carried under the 
Railway by their consent, with not less headway 
than Sixteen feet, with proper retaining walls to 
the same for the purpose of providing access to 
the property of the said Board of Ordnance, 
which will be severed by the said Railway at 
Athlone and Galway respectively.” 

Crause (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the Company, in the construction 
of the works by this Act authorized through the 

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“« property of Her Majesty’s Board of Ordnance, 
“ to deviate from the centre line of Railway to the 
“* southward of said centre without the consent of 
“‘ the principal officers of Her Majesty’s Ord- 
“ nance.” 
Cuauss (E.) “ Whereas it is expedient that a 
‘&lt; footpath should be provided for the use of Her 
“« Majesty’s Ordnance, from the intended Barracks 
“ near Lough Attalia, along the line of the said 
Railway, across the lake and into the town of 
“ Galway, on the south side of the said Railway : 
Be it Toone, That the said Company shall con- 
“ struct, to the satisfaction of the said principal 
“ officers of Her Majesty Ordnance, a footpath not 
“ Jess than Seven feet wide in the clear from the 
said Barracks along the line of, and fenced off 
from the said Railway, across the lake and into 
the town of Galway, for the free passage of Her 
“« Majesty’s troops and all persons connected with 
or belonging to Her Majesty’s Ordnance, and all 
persons who shall have occasion to go to or from 
the said Barracks from or to the town of Galway ; 
Provided always, That nothing herein contained 
shall require the said Company to construct the 
“ said footpath through or into the station at the 
terminus at Galway, but only to and with an out- 
“ Jet on to the street called College-road in the 
said town of Galway, where there is to be a pro- 
per way or gate of entrance by said Company.” 
Cuause (I*.) “And be it Enacted, That the 
said Company shall at their own costs and 
charges make and construct, to the satisfaction of 
“ the said principal officers of Her Majesty’s Ord- 
nance, such access, and at such place of commu- 
nication, by means of a bridge not exceeding 
“ Thirty feet width and Thirty feet span, to the 
peninsula lying between the property of Her Ma- 
“ jesty’s Ordnance and point Rinmore, near the 
“ town of Galway, as shall be required by the said 
“ principal officers of Her Majesty’s Ordnance.” 
Pr. 15. ls. 18. and penult. Leave out “ Carrow- 
“ moneath” and insert “ Carrowmoneash.” 
Pr. 18. 1.23. After “ Act” insert Clauses (G.) 
and (H.) 
Crause (G.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
“ acted, That nothing in this Act or in any of the 
“ Acts hereinbefore recited, or in any of the Acts 
“ incorporated with the said Acts hereinbefore re- 
“ cited, or in any of them contained, shall lessen, 
“ abridge or interfere with the powers and authori- 
“ ties vested in the Commissioners of Public Works 
“ in Ireland acting in execution of an Act made and 
“ passed in the second and third years of the reign 
“ of Her present Majesty, intituled, ‘An Act for the 
“ Improvement of the Navigation of the River Shan- 
“ non, or any other Act respecting the said river ; 
“ and notwithstanding anything in this Act or in 
“ any of the said Acts contained, it shall not be 
“ lawful for the said. Company to carry the said 
Railway or any works appertaining to the same 
“ over, across or alongside of the said River Shan- 
“ non, or on or along any part of the land and here- 
“ ditaments now vested in the said Commissioners 
“ of Public Works, or being within the jurisdiction 
“ of the said Commissioners as heretofore defined 
“ under the provisions of the said Act, nor for the 
“ improvement of the navigation of the River Shan- 
“ non, or to make any bridges or other works in, 
“ over, or along any part of the said river, or in any 
“ manner to interfere with the works now or here- 
“ after to be executed under the said Act, or with 
“ the navigation of the said River Shannon, except 
“ and upon such terms, under such restrictions, 
“ and according to such plans, elevations and sec- 
“ tions as shall be approved of and so signified by 
“ the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, 
“ or any two of them, in writing under their hands, 
“ for that purpose.” 
Cravuse (H.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
“ acted, That nothing in this Act contained shall 
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Newport, 
Abergavenny 
and Hereford 
Railway 
(Extension to 
Taff Vale 
Railway) Bill. 


Northampton 
and Banbury 
Railway Bill. 


788 


“ be construed to interfere with or in anywise affect | 
‘“* any of the rights or privileges of the bodies cor- 
“ porate of the town or county of the town of Gal- 
“ way, but the same shall and may henceforth be 


“« held and enjoyed by the said bodies as fully and | 


** effectually to all intents and purposes as the same 
“‘ were held and enjoyed before the passing of this 
“ Act.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to, 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 


2° Jultz. 





A. 1847. 


not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Company authorized to be raised, by calls 
in respect of shares, or by the exercise of any 
= of borrowing, to pay interest to any share- 

older on the amount of the calls made in respect 
of the shares held by him in the capital by this 
Act authorized to be raised: Provided always, 
That nothing hereinbefore contained shall be 
deemed to prevent the said Company from paying 
to any shareholder such interest on money ad- 
vanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
actually made as shall be in conformity with the 
provisions in the Companies Clauses Consolidation 
Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 


Cause (B.) “And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 


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tituled, An Act to enable the Newport, Abergavenny 
and Hereford Railway Company to extend their 


Railway from the Neighbourhood of Pontypool to } « 


the Taff Vale Railway ; and the same were read, as | 
follow : 
Pr. 4.1. 3. Leave out from “ fit” to “and” in 1. 


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Pr. 5.1,18. After “ pounds” insert Clauses (A.) 
and (B.) 

Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise of 
any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided 








money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to pay or 
deposit any sum of money which by any Standing 
Order of either House of Parliament now in force, 
or hereafter to be in force, may be required to be 
deposited in respect of any application to Parlia- 
ment for the purpose of obtaining an Act autho- 
rizing the said Company to construct any other 
Railway or execute any other work or undertak- 
ing.” . 

Pr. 36. Is. 34. and 35, After “ incorporated” 
insert Clause (C.) 

Cuause (C.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
Northampton and Banbury Railway Company, 
by virtue of the power hereinbefore contained, to 
sell, demise or lease, nor for the said London and 


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always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall | ¢ 
be deemed to prevent the said Company from | ,, 
paying to any shareholder such interest on money | “ 


North Western Railway Company to purchase or 
to enter into or accept such lease of the said Rail- 


advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
actually made as shall be in conformity with the 
provisions in the Companies Clauses Consolida- 
tion Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 

Cuause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
for the purposes of any such Act or Acts, to pay 
or deposit any sum of money which by any Stand- 
ing Order of either House of Parliament now in 
force, or hereafter to be in force, may be required 
to be deposited in respect of any application to 
Parliament for the purpose of obtaining an Act 
authorizing the said Company to construct any 
other Railway or execute any other work or 
undertaking.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 20. Leave out “ Cefin” and insert 
Cefn.” ; 

r. 7.1.2. Leave out “136” and insert “ 156.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 4. After “ Clawrplwyf” insert “ and 
number 33, in Cefn.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 





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The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for making a Railway from the 
Northempton and Peterborough Branch of the 
London and North Western Railway to the Town 
of Banbury, to be called The Northampton and 
Banbury Railway, and for other Purposes ; and the 


way hereby authorized to be made, unless it shall 
have been proved to the satisfaction of the Com- 
missioners of Railways, and certified by them 
under their seal, previously to the completion of 
such sale or the execution of such lease, that one- 
half of the whole amount of the capital, exclusive 
of loans by the Act or Acts relating to each of the 
said Companies authorized to be raised, has been 
actually paid up and expended for the purposes 
authorized by such Act or Acts respectively.” 


Pr. 40. 1. ult. After “ upon” insert Clause (D.) 
Cuiavse (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said London and North 
Western Railway Company, out of any money by 
this Act or any other Act relating to the said 
Railway Company authorized to be raised, by 
calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise of 
any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided 
always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 
be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
paying to any shareholder such interest on money 
advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
actually made as shall be in conformity with the 
** provisions in the Companies Clauses Consolidation 
* Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
— agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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same were read, as follow: 
Pr. 4, 1, 3, Leave out from “ calls” to “ And” in 
). 34, 
Pr. 5. 1.10. After “ up” insert Clauses (A.) and 
(B.) 
Cuiause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 








|the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Amman Junc- 
'intituled, An Act for making a Railway from the fot Railway 
| Swansea Vale Railway at Ynisymond, in the Parish 
of Cadoxton, to Nantmelyn, in the Parish of Zlan- 
gefelach, both in the County of Glamorgan, with 
ranches, and the same were read as follow A 
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Dublin and 
Drogheda 
Railway (Pur- 


11 Vicroriz. 


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to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 


Crause (A.) “ And be it Enaated, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, by calls in respect of shares, or by the 
exercise of any power of borrowing, to pay inte- 
rest to any shareholder on the amount of the 
calls made in respect of the shares held by him 
in the capital by this Act authorized to be raised : 
Provided always, That nothing hereinbefore con- 
tained shall be deemed to prevent the said Com- 
pany from paying to any shareholder such interest 
on money advanced by him beyond the amount of 
the calls actually made as shall be in conformity 
with the provisions in the Companies Clauses 
Consolidation Act, 1845, in that behalf con- 
tained.” 

Curavse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to pay or 
deposit any sum of money which by any Standing 
Order of either House of Parliament now in force, 
or hereafter to be in force, may be required to be 
deposited in respect of any application to Parlia- 
ment for the purpose of obtaining an Act autho- 
rizing the said Company to construct any other 
Railway or execute any other work or under- 
taking.” 

Pr, 25. 1. 19. After “1845” insert Clause (C.) 

Crause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That the said 
Company shall, and they are hereby required to 
make and construct the said Branch Railway 
hereinbefore secondly mentioned, and also a 
shipping-place at the end of the said Branch Rail- 
way, and adjoining the said Canal and the tow- 
ing-path thereof, before any junction shall be 
formed between the main line of Railway hereby 
authorized and the Swansea Valley Railway, or 
any other Railway which shall be made on the 
eastern side of the said Canal.” 





Pr. 26. 1.1. Leave out “ five” and insert “ six.” | 
Pr. 26. 1.17. Leave out “ fifteen” and insert | 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, | 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


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Pr. 28, Is. 22. and 23. After “ Railway ” insert 
Company.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 36. After “number” insert “ of 
shares.”’ 

Pr. 31. 1. 
their.” 

Pr. 32. 1.31. Leave out “ require” and insert 
be required.” 

Pr. 33.1.7. Leave out “ in each case.” 


Pr. 33. 1.24. After “ Act” insert Clauses (A.) 


32. Leave out “the” and insert 


(B.) (C.) and (D.) 


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Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Companies, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Companies authorized to be 
raised, by calls-in respect of shares, or by the 
exercise of any power of borrowing, to pay in- 
terest to any shareholder on the amount of the 
calls made in respect of the shares held by him 
in the capital by this Act authorized to be raised : 
Provided always, That nothing hereinbefore con- 
tained shall be deemed to prevent the said Com- 
panies from paying to any shareholder such 
interest on money advanced by him beyond the 
amount of the calls actually made as shall be in 
conformity with the provisions in the Companies 
Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, in that behalf 
contained.” 


Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Companies, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Companies authorized to be 
raised, for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 
pay or deposit any sum of money which by any 
Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
an Act authorizing the Company to construct any 
other Railway or execute any other work or 
undertaking.” 


CuausE (C.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That it shall not beNawful for the said 
Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Company, 
by virtue of the power hereinbefore contained, to 
sell, nor for the said Dublin and Drogheda Rail- 
way Company to purchase the said Navan Branch 
of the first-mentioned Railway, unless it shall 
have been proved to the satisfaction of the Com- 
missioners of Railways, and certified by them 
under their seal, previously to the completion of 
such sale, that one-half of the whole amount of 
the capital, exclusive of loans by the Act or 
Acts relating to each of the said Companies au- 
thorized to be raised, has been actually paid up 








chaseof Navan intituled, An Act to authorize the Purchase, by the 
Branch, &amp;c.) Dublin and Drogheda Railway Company, of the 
— Navan Branch of the Dublin and Belfast Junction 
Railway, and to authorize the Dublin and Drogheda, | « 
the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway, with a | , 
Branch from Droghedato Navan, the Ulster, and | , 
the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Companies, | ¢, 
or any of them, to amalgamate with one another ; | « 
and the same were read, as follow: } 

Pr. 5. 1. 30. Leave out from “the” to “ the’’} ,, 
in 1. 34., and insert “ expiration of one year] ¢, 
“ after.” 7 

Pr. 9. 1. 15. Leave out from “ same” to “ fit”’| ,, 
in 1. 16., and insert “as having been completed | ,, 
{ “= one” 

Pe. .&amp; 1. 2%. 
“ until” in |. 21, 

Pr. 9.1. 22. Leave out “six” and insert “ five,” 
and in the same line after “ ensuing” insert “ in- 
“ terest.” 

Pr. 9.1. 26. Leave out “ six and insert “ five.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 37. Leave out “ of” and insert “ on.” 

Pr. 24.1. 33. After “ named” insert “ or re- 
“ ferred to.” 

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and expended for the purposes authorized by such ) 
Act or Acts respectively.” 


Cxravse(D.) “Provided always, and beit Enacted, 
That it shall not be lawful for the said Companies 
respectively, by virtue of the provisions hereinbefore 
contained, to enter into and conclude the amalga- 
mation of the said Companies hereby authorized 

as aforesaid, unless it shall have been proved to 
the satisfaction of the Commissioners of Rail- 
ways, and certified by them under their seal ; 

previously to the completion of such amalgama- 
tion, that one-half of the whole amount of the 
capital, exclusive of loans, by the Act or Acts 
relating to each of the amalgamating Companies 
authorized to be raised, has been actually paid 
up and expended for the purposes authorized by 

such Act or Acts respectively.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hamilton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 


Lordships. 
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A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill 


Manchester, 


Picficld and to enable the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire 
Railway Railway Company to convey, by means of Reser- 


(Supply of | voirs and Aqueducts, the Water not required for 
—— oe ater their Canals, called the Peak Forest Canal, and 
ater Macclesfield Canal, to the Boroughs of Manchester, 
Stockport) Salford and Stockport, for the better Supply thereof 
Bill. with Water, be now read the third time; 

Viscount Morpeth, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Interest not to be paid on 
calls paid up), was thrice read ; ‘and added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Deposits on future 
Bills not to be paid out of the Company’s capital), 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Railway to be subject 
to provisions of General Act), was thrice read ; and 
added to the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Manchester, Shef- 
field and Lincolnshire Railway Company to sell 
the Water not required for their Canals, called the 
Peak Forest Canal and Macclesfield Canal, and to 
make additional Works in connection with such 
Canals. 

Ordered, That Mr. Parker do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Taunton 
Improvement 
and Market 
Bill 


An ingrossed Bill for paving, lighting, watching, 
watering, cleansing, regulating, and otherwise im- 
proving the Borough of Taunton, in the County of 
Somerset, and for improving and regulating a Market 
and Market-places therein, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Edward Colebrooke do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to amend some of the Provisions 
of the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway 

., Act, 1846; and the same was read, as followeth : 
oni Pr. 3.1.31. After “repealed” insert Clause 
Bill. (A.) 

Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it 
“ shall not be lawful for the said Company, out of 
“ any money by this Act orany other Act relating 
“ to the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 
pay or deposit any sum of money which by any 
“ Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
« required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
“ cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
“ an Act authorizing the said Company to construct 
“ any other Railway or execute any other work or 
“ undertaking.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ewart do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 


Glasgow, 
Dumfries and 
Carlisle Rail- 
way and Glas- 
gow, Paisley, 
Kilmarnock 


Glasgow, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ee the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
caaee cd Glas- intituled, An Act to amend the Act relating to the 
gow, Paisley, Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway Company, 
Kilmarnock and to authorize the Company to make a Branch 
and Ayr Rail- Dati, Kirkeudbrial oe demates Mi 

way (No. 2.) ‘allway to Aerkeudbright, wit iverging Lines 
Bill. therefrom, and for other Purposes ; and the same 
were read, as follow: 








2° Juliz. 


A. 1847. 


Pr. 9.1. 22. After “ them” insert Clauses (A.), 


(B.), (C.), (D.), (E.), (F.) and (G.) 


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bridge for carrying the Railway across the River 
ith shall be made square to the river, or as 
nearly square as the points of deviation will admit, 
with a single pier in the bed of the river, and 
with two arches of not less than 90 feet span 
each, with a headway under the arches, as high 
as the vertical line of deviation will admit, and 
the foundations of the abutments and of the 
pier shall be placed so deep as to permit the bed 
of the river to be safely deepened to the line of 
low water of ordinary spring tides off Glenhaven 
point ; and previously to the construction of the 
said bridge or any works connected therewith, 


the Company shall refer detailed plans thereof 


to the Harbour Commissioners for their opinion, 
and such plans shall afterwards be deposited at 
the Admiralty Office, Whitehall, for the sanction 
of the Lord High Admiral or the Commissioners 
for executing the office of Lord High Admiral.” 


Cuiavuse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That such 
portion of the said Railway to be constructed in 
or near to the River Urr shall not deviate from 
the continuous black centre line shown on the 
plans deposited at the Admiralty Office, without 
the previous consent of the Commissioners for 
executing the office of Lord High Admiral, to be 
signified in writing under the hand of the Se- 
cretary of the Admiralty.” 


Cuiause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
bridge for carrying the Railway across the River 
Dee shall consist of not more than three arches 
of at least 70 feet span each, with a headway of 
not less than 30 feet above the high-water level 
of ordinary spring tides.” 

Criause (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That in the 
construction of the Railway at or near Kirkcud- 
bright Harbour, no deviation shall be made from 
the continuous black centre line shown on the 
plans deposited at the Admiralty Office, without 
the previous consent of the Lord Commissioners, 
for executing the office of Lord High Admiral, to 
be signified in writing under the hand of the 
Secretary of the Admiralty; and the crossing of 
the rivulet there shall be by an arch of at least 
20 feet span and 8 feet headway above the high- 
water mark of ordinary spring tides.” 


Cuiause (E.) “ Andbe it Enacted, That during 
the construction of the said bridge and works con- 
nected therewith, over the River With, and also, 
if required by the Lords Commissioners for ex- 
ecuting the office of Lord High Admiral, during 
the construction of the bridges over the Rivers 
Dee and Urr, and over the rivulet at Kirkcud- 
bright, the said Company shall cause to be hung 
out or exhibited, every night from sunset to 
sunrise, a light to be kept burning by and at the 
expense of the Company, for the navigation and 
safe guidance of vessels; and forever afterthe com- 
pletion of the said bridge over the River With, and 
if required by the Commissioners aforesaid, then 
after completion of the said bridges over the Rivers 
Dee and Urr, and the said River at Kirkcudbright, 
the said Company shall cause to be hung out or 
exhibited upon or near to the centre of each of 
the said bridges, every night from sunset to 
sunrise, a good and sufficient light to be kept 
burning by and at the expense of the Company, 
for the navigation and safe guidance of vessels, 
and which light shall be from time to time 
altered by the said Company in such manner, and 
be of such description, and he so used, as the Lord 
High Admiral, or the Commissioners for executing 
the office of Lord High Admiral, shall by writing 
under the hand of the Secretary of the Admiralty 
approve of; and in case the said Company shall 
neglect to exhibit and keep either of such lights 

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“ burning as aforesaid, they shall forfeit and pay 
“ for every such neglect the sum of Ten pounds.” | 


Cuause (F.) “ And be it Enacted, That if any) , 


bridge to be constructed by the Company across 
any tidal water or navigable river, or of any por- 
tion of the Railway which affects any such water | 
or river or access thereto, shall be abandoned by | 
the Company, it shall be lawful for the Lord | 
High Admiral, or the Commissioners for executing 
the office of Lord High Admiral, to abate and 
remove the same, or such part or parts thereof as 
he or they may at any time or times deem fit and 
proper, and to restore the site thereof to its former 
condition, at the cost and charge of the Company, 
and the amount thereof shall be a debt due from 
the Company to the Crown, and be recoverable 
accordingly.” 

Cuavse (G.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the Company to construct below 
high-water mark at ordinary spring tides, any 
bridge or work hereby authorized to be made, 
without the previous consent of the Lord High 
Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 


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“ provisions in the Companies Clauses Consolida- 
“ (Scotland) Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 

Cuiauss (I.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
‘ not be lawful for the said Glasgow Dumfries, and 
Carlisle Railway Company, or the said Glasgow, 
Paisley Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Company, 
out of any money by this Act or any other Act 
relating to the said Railway Companies respec- 
tively authorized to be raised, for the purposes of 
such Act or Acts, to pay or deposit any sum of 
money which by any Standing Order of either 
House of Parliament now in force, or hereafter 
to be in force, may be required to be deposited in 
respect of any application to Parliament for the 
purpose of obtaining an Act authorizing the said 
Companies, or either of them, to construct any 
other Railway or execute any other work or 
undertaking.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ewart do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 





and Ireland, or the Commissioners for executing 
the office of Lord High Admiral aforesaid for the 
time being, to be signified in writing under the 
hand of the Secretary of the Admiralty, and then 
only according to such plan, and under such re- 
strictions and regulations, as the said Lord High 
Admiral or the said Commissioners for executing 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Glasgow, 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Dumfries and 
tituled, An Act to amend the Acts and alter the eran ae 
terms of Amalgamation of the Glasgow, Dumfries gow, Paisley, 
and Carlisle Railway Company, and_of the Gilas- Kilmarnock 
gow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Com- ete esc ae 


4 way (No. 4.) 
pany ; and the same were read, as follow : Bill. 














the office of Lord High Admiral may approve of, 
such approval being signified as last aforesaid ; 
and where any such bridge or work shall have 
been constructed, it shall not be lawful for the 
Company at any time toalter or extend the same, 
without obtaining previously to making any such 
alteration or extension the like consent or approval; 
and if any such bridge or work shall be com- 
menced or completed contrary to the provisions 
of this Act, it shall be lawful for the said Lord 
High Admiral, or the said Commissioners for ex- 
ecuting the office of Lord High Admiral, to abate 
and remove the same, and to restore the site 
thereof to its former condition, at the cost and 
charge of the Company, and the amount thereof 
shall be a debt due to the Crown, and be re- 
coverable accordingly.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 37. After “ Railways” insert “ and 
if the said Company shall fail to erect, or at all 
times maintain any such station or lodge, or 
appoint a proper person to watch or superintend 
the crossing at any such point or station, or to 
observe or abide by any such rule or regulation 
as aforesaid, they shall for every such offence be 
liable to a penalty of Twenty pounds, and also 
to a daily penalty of Ten pounds for every day 
such offence shall continue after such penalty 
of Twenty pounds shall have been incurred.” 


Pr. 12. 1.17. Leave out “ Skelton” and insert 
“ Kelton.” 

Pr. 21. 1. 8. After “ capital” insert Clauses (H.) 
and (I1.) 

Cuause (H.) “ And be it Enacted, That it 
“ shall not be lawful for the said Glasgow, Dum- 
“ fries and Carlisle Railway Company, or the said 
“ Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway 
“‘ Company, out of any money by this Act or any 
“ other Act relating to the said Railway Com- 
“* panies respectively authorized to be raised, by calls 
“‘ in respect of shares, or by the exercise of any 
power of borrowing, to pay interest to any share- 
holder on the amount of calls made in respect of 
the shares held by him in the capital by this Act 
authorized to be raised: Provided always, That 
nothing hereinbefore contained shall be deemed 
to prevent the said Companies respectively from 
paying to any shareholder such interest on money 
advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
actually made as shall be in conformity with the 


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r. 4. Is. 5. and 6. Leave out “ passing of” 
and insert “ period fixed for the amalgamation of 
“ the said Companies by the said last-recited Act 
“ or such earlier period as is authorized by.” 

Pr. 4, Is. 20. and 21. Leave out “ passing of 
“ this Act” and insert ‘ amalgamation of the said 
“ Companies.” 

Pr. 4,1. 23. Leave out “ original.” 

Pr. 4. 1.35. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 
and insert “amalgamation of the said Companies.” 

Pr. 5. 1s. 34. and 35. Leave out “ passing of this 
“ Act” and insert “ amalgamation of the said Com- 
“ panies.” 

Pr. 6.1. 10. Leave out from “ passed” to “ be” 
in ], 11., and insert “ previous to such amalgama- 
“ tion.” 

Pr. 7. Is. 6. and 7. Leave out “ passing of this 
“ Act” and insert “ amalgamation of the said 
“ Companies.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 34. Leave out “ already.” 

Pr. 4.1. 38. and 1. penult. Leave out “ the said” 
and insert “ any.” 

Pr. 8,1, 2. Leave out from “or to “ the” in 
1, 4. 

Pr. 4.1. 5. Leave out “ Act, 1846,” and insert 
“ Company.” 

Pr. 8. ls. 18. and 19. Leave out “ passing of 
“ this Act” and insert “ said amalgamation.” 

Pr. 9.1. 3. After “ the” insert “ original.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 18. After “ more” insert “ such.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 26. Leave out from “ pence” to “and” 
in ]. 28. 

Pr. 9.1. 37. After “ shall” insert “ upon the 
“ amalgamation of the said Companies.” 

Pr. 11.1. 9. After “ Glasgow” insert “ Paisley, 
“ Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway pee and 
“ upon the amalgamation of the said Companies 
“ for the said Glasgow.” 

Pr. 12. ]. 2. Leave out from “ to” to “ And” in 
Pr. 14. |. 36. 

Pr. 14. 1.37. Leave out from “That” to “ every” 
in 1. 38. 

Pr. 14. J. ult. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 
and insert “amalgamation of the said Companies.” 

Pr. 15.1.1. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 
and insert “amalgamation of the said Companies.” 

Pr.15. 1. 3. Leave out from “ shares” to “ in 
in |. 4, 

Pr, 15.1. 6, Leave out from “ in” to “ propor- 

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the” to “ participate” in |. 12., and insert “ sum 
paid and payable by him in respect of such shares, 
be and be deemed to be a shareholder in the 
Glasgow and South Western Railway Company 
and.” 

Pr. 15.1. 18. After “ Company” insert ‘ Pro- 
vided always, That such shares, if created subse- 
quently to the passing of this Act, and before the 
amalgamation of the said Companies, shall be 
created subject to such arrangements and agree- 
ments between the said Companies, not incon- 
sistent with the provisions herein contained, as 
shall be entered into or confirmed by a general 
meeting of the said Companies respectively spe- 
cially convened for that purpose.” 

Pr, 15. 1.35. Leave out from “ passed” to “ re- 
lating” in |. 37., and insert “ previous to the said 
amalgamation.” 

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Cravse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Glasgow and South 
Western Railway Company, out of any money 
by this Act or any other Act relating to the said 
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway 
Company orto the said Glasgow, Dumfries and 
Carlisle Railway Company, authorized to be 
raised by calls in respect of shares, or by the ex- 
ercise of any power of borrowing, to pay interest 
to any shareholder on the amount of the calls 
made in respect of the shares held by him in the 
capital by this Act authorized to be raised: Pro- 
vided always, That nothing hereinbefore contained 
shall be deemed to preveut the said Glasgow and 
South Western Railway Company from paying to 
any shareholder such interest on money advanced 
by him beyond the amount of the calls actually 
made as shall be in conformity with the provisions 
in the Companies Clauses Consolidation (Scot- 
land) Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 

Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Glasgow and South 
Western Railway Company, out of any money 
by this Act or any other Act relating to the said 
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway 
Company or to the said Glasgow, Dumfries and 
Carlisle Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 
pay or deposit any sum of money which by any 
Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
an Act authorizing the said Company to construct 
any other Railway or execute any other work or 
undertaking.” 

Criause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the said Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar- 
nock and Ayr Railway Company and for the said 
Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway Com- 
pany, by a resolution of the directors of the said 
respective Companies, sealed with their corporate 
seals and published in the Edinburgh Gazette, to 
enter into and conclude the said amalgamation, 
at any earlier period than the period authorized 
by the said last-recited Act, that shall appear to 
them expedient; provided it shall have been 
proved to the satisfaction of the Commissioners 
of Railways, and certified by them under their 
seal, previous to the completion of such amalga- 
mation, that one-half of the whole amount of 
capital, exclusive of loans, by the Acts relating to 
each of the said Companies authorized to be raised, 
has been actually paid up and expended for the 
purposes of such Acts respectively.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 30. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 


and insert “ amalgamation of the said Companies.” 


Pr. 16.1. 38. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 


and insert “ said amalgamation.” 











2° Juliz. A, 1847. 


Pr. 17. 1. 4. Leave out from “ Wednesday” to 
“ and” in |. 5., and insert “ thereafter.” 

Pr. 17. Is. 7. and 8. Leave out “ passing of this 
“ Act” and insert “ said amalgamation.” 

Pr. 17. 1.24. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 
and insert “ said amalgamation.” 

Pr. 17. ls. 30. and 31. Leave out “ passing of 
“ this Act” and insert “ said amalgamation.” 

Pr. 18.1. 1. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 
and insert ‘‘ said amalgamation.” 

Pr. 18. 1, 26. Leave out from “ March” to 
“ and” in I. 27., and insert “ following such amal- 
“* gamation.” 

Pr. 18. 1.35, Leave out from “ the” to “ two” 
in Pr, 19. 1. 3., and insert *‘ five years following the 
“ date of the amalgamation of the said Companies.” 

Pr. 19. Is. 5. and 6. Leave out “ passing of this 
Act” and insert “ amalgamation of the said 
Companies.” 


Pr. 21.1. 24. After “ Acts” insert Clause (D.) 

CuauseE (D.) And whereas an Act was passed 
in the second year of the reign of Her present 
Majesty, intituled, ‘ An Act to provide for the Con- 
veyance of the Mails by Railway,’ and another 
Act was passed in the fourth year of the reign of 
Her said Majesty, intituled, ‘ An Act for regulating 
Railways, and another Act was passed in the 
sixth year of the reign of Her said Mojesty, inti- 
tuled, ‘ An Act for the better Regulation of Rail- 
ways, and for the Conveyance of Troops,’ ang 
another Act was passed in the eighth year of the 
reign of Her said Majesty, intituled, ‘An Act to 
attach certain Conditions to the Construction of 
future Railways authorized or to be authorized by 
any Act of the present or succeeding Sessiors of 
Parliament, and for other Purposes in relation to 
Railways,’ and another Act was passed in the 
last Session of Parliament, intituled, ‘An Act for 
regulating the Gauge of Railways,’ and another 
Act was passed in the said Jast Session of Par- 
liament, intituled, ‘ An Act for constituting Com- 
missioners of Railways; Be it Enacted, That 
“ nothing in this Act contained shall be held to ex- 
empt the said Railway or the said Company from 
the provisions of the said several Acts respec- 
tively, but that such provisions shall be in force 
in respect to the said Railway and Company, so 
far as the same shall be applicable thereto.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to, 

Ordered, That Mr. Ewart do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
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The House proceeded to take into consideration Glasgow, 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Paisley, Kil- 
intituled, An Act to enable the Glasgow, Paisley, i 
Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Company to make iii 
certain Branch Railways in the County of Ayr, and and Belfast 
to alter the Line of the Glasgow and Belfast Union Net) Bil 
Railway, and for other Purposes; and the same* ~~ 
were read, as follow: 


Pr. 9. 1s.34. and 35. After “ purpose” insert 
Clauses (A.) and (B.) 
Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
“‘ money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
“ the said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
“ by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise 
“ of any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
“‘ by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided 
“ always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shalt 
be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
paying to any shareholder such interest on money 
advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
actually made as shall be in conformity with the 
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11 Vicroriz. 


“ provisions in the Companies Clauses Consolida- 
“ tion Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 
Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it 
shall not be lawful for the said Company, out of 
any money by this Act or any other Act relating 
tothe said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 
pay or deposit any sum of money which by any 
Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
required to be deposited in respect of any applica- 
tion to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining an 
Act authorizing the said Company to construct 
any other Railway or execute any other work or 
undertaking.” 
Pr. 18. 1.19. After “ Ayr” insert Clause (C.) 
Cxiavse(C.) “ And beit Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the said Company, and they are 
hereby required to purchase the whole of the 
property called the Fort or Citadel of Ayr, with 
the buildings thereon, situated on the branch to 
the South Harbour of Ayr by this Act authorized, 
in the event of their being called upon so to do by 
“ the Trustees of the Most noble the Marquis of 
“ Ailsa, withina period of three weeks after service 
on such Trustees by the said Company of notice 
of their intention to proceed to execute the said 
Branch, and in such event the price or value of 
the said property shall, in case of difference 
between the parties, be fixed and determined by 
a jury in manner provided by the Lands Conso- 
lidation Clauses (Scotland) Act, 1845: Provided 
always, That nothing herein contained shall be 
deemed to prevent the said Company from taking, 
for the purposes of the said Branch Railway, any 
portion of the said property delineated on the 
plans and described in the Book of Reference 
hereinbefore mentioned, which they may require, 
in case the Trustees of the said Marquis shall not 
within the period aforesaid require the purchase 
of the said property.” . 
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be lawful for the said Glasgow, Paisley, Kiimar- 
nock and Ayr Railway Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise 
of any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided 
always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 
be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
paying to any shareholder such interest on money 
advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
actually made as shall be in conformity with the 
provisions in the Companies Clauses Consolida- 
“ tion (Scotland) Act, 1845, in that behalf con- 
tained.” 

Cuiause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it 
shall not be lawful for the said Glasgow, Paisley, 
Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Company, out of 
any money by this Act or any other Act relating 
to the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to pay 
or deposit any sum of money which by any Stand- 
ing Order of either House of Parliament now in 
force, or hereafter to be in force, may be required 
to be deposited in respect of any application to 
Parliament for the purpose of obtaining an Act 
authorizing the said Company to construct any 
other Railway or execute any other work or 
“ undertaking.” ; 

Pr, 21.1. 3. Leave out “28” and insert “ the 
“ road numbered 5.” 

Pr, 25. Is. 31. and 32. After “ carriages” insert 
for coal, iron and other mineral traffic.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ewart do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration Glasgow, 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Paisley, Kil- 
tituled, An Act to amend the Acts relating to the peng Sen 
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway, yo. q 


“ the said Company shall fail to erect or at all 
“ times maintain any such station or lodge, or ap- 


“‘ point a proper person. to watch or superintend 


(No. 4.) Bill. 


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the crossing at any such point or station, or to 
observe or abide by any such rule or regulation as 
aforesaid, they shall for every such offence be 
liable to a penalty of Twenty Pounds, and also to 
a daily penalty of Ten Pounds for every day such 
offence shall continueafter such penalty of Twenty 
pounds shall have been incurred.” 
Pr. 22. 1.18. After “ completed” insert Clause 
(D.) 
Czavse (D.) “ And beit Enacted, That the said 
“ Glasgow, Paisley and Kilmarnock and Ayr Rail- 
“way Company shall not open the Glasgow and 
‘ Belfast Union Railway, as bythis Act authorized to 
“ be deviated, unless and until they open the new or 
“« altered line of Railway to the town of Maybole 
“ hereby authorized, which line of Railway to May- 
‘ bole shall be worked for passengers by locomotive 
“« power.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Ewart do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 


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and to provide additional Station Accommodation, 
and for other Purposes; and the same was read, 
as followeth : 

Pr. 4. 1. 37. After “ Act ” insert Clause (A.) 

Cravuse(A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
“ money by this Act or any other Act relating 
“ to the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 
pay or deposit any sum of money which by any 
“ Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
“ required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
an Act authorizing the said Company to construct 
any other Railway or execute any other work or 
undertaking.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ewart do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


ships. 

An ingrossed Bill for paving, lighting, cleansing, Portsmouth 
watering, regulating and otherwise improving the Paving, Light- 
Town of Portsmouth, in the County of Southampton, nc 
and for removing and preventing Nuisances and Bill. 
Annoyances therein, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Baring do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Glasgow, 

Paisley, Kil- 
marnock and 
Ayr Railway 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to authorize the Construction of 
certain Branch Railways in the County of Ayr, in 
connection with the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock 
and Ayr Railway, and for other Purposes ; and the 
same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 10. 1.1. After “ purpose” insert Clauses (A.) 





and (B.) The House proceeded to take into consideration Ashton Gas 
Cause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall not |the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, Bill 
Vou. 102. 51 intituled, 





Parkgate and 
Chester and 
Birkenhead 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


794 2° Jultz. A. 1847. 


intituled, An Act for better supplying with Gas the 
Town of Ashton-under-Lyne, in the Oounty Pala- 
tine of Lancaster, and the Neighbourhood thereof ; 
and the same was read, as followeth : 

Pr.8.]. 4. After “ Act” insert “ Provided never- 
theless. That all monies which shall have been 
received by or shall be owing to the said Company 
“ hereby dissolved, for or in respect of Gas manu- 
“ factured and sold by them previously to the pass- 
“‘ ing of this Act, and which but for the passing of 
“ this Act would have been divisible amongst the 
“ proprietors of shares in the Company hereby dis- 
“ solved, shal! and may be divided amongst the 
shareholders in the Company hereby established, 
“ in addition to any dividend which may be payable 
‘“* under the provisions of this Act upon or in respect 
‘“‘ of the future profits of the Company hereby 
established.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, ‘That Sir Philip Egerton do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for making a Railway from Park- 
gate, in the Parish of Great Neston, in the County 
of Chester, to join the Chester and Birkenhead Rail- 
way, in the Parish of Bebbington, in the same 
County ; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr, 2. 1.27. After ‘“ Esquire,” insert ‘ and.” 

Pr. 2. 1.28. Leave out from “ Esquire,” to “and” 
in]. 30. 


Pr. 4. 1.25. Leave out from “ calls” to “ and” 
in Pr. 5. 1. 2. 

Pr. 5. 1.17. After “up” insert Clauses (A.) 
and (B.) 


Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
“ money by this Act or any other Act relating to the 
“ said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
“ by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise 
“ of any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
‘“‘ shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
“ respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
“ by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided 
“ always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 
“ be deemed to — the said Company from 
“« paying to any shareholder such interest on money 
“ advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
“ actually made as shall be in conformity with the 
“ provisions in the Companies Clauses Consolidation 
“ Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 
Cravse (B.) “ And be it Enacfed, That it shall 
“ not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
* money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
‘“‘ for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to pay or 
* deposit any sum of money which by any Standing 
“ Order of either House of Parliament now in force, 
‘“‘ or hereafter to be in force, may be required to 
“‘ be deposited in respect of any application to 
‘« Parliament for the purpose of obtaining an Act 
‘* authorizing the said Company to construct any 
“ other Railway or execute any other work or under- 
“ taking.” 
Pr. 6. 1. 28. After “Esquire” insert “and.” 
Pr. 6. 1. 29. Leave out from “ Esquire” to 
shall” in 1. 31. 
Pr. 17. 1. 30. Leave out from “Company” to 
“a” inl, 35. 
Pr. 19. 1. 4. Leave out from “therein” to 
«“ And” in Pr. 20. 1. 21., and insert Clause (C.) 
Cuavuse (C.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That it shall not be lawful for the said Park- 
gate and Chesterand Birkenkead Junction Railway 
Company, by virtue of the power hereinbefore 
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“ Chester and Birkenhead Railway Company to 
purchase or accept such lease of the said Railway 
hereby authorized to be made, unless it shall have 
been proved to the satisfaction of the Commis- 
sioners of Railways, and certified by them under 
their seal, previously to the completion of such 
sale or lease, that one-half of the whole amount 
of capital, exclusive of loans, by the Act or Acts 
relating to each of the said Companies authorized 
to be raised, has been actually paid up and ex- 
pended for the purposes authorized by such Act or 
Acts respectively.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir Philip Egerton do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration York Im- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- a 
tituled, An Act for building a Bridge across the River beiaee oni 
Ouse, in the City of York, with Approaches thereto, Approaches) 
and for widening, altering and improving certain Bul. 
Streets or Thoroughfares within the said City, and 
for other Purposes; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 4. 1. ult. Leave out from “ York” to “ And” 
in Pr, 5. 1. 18. 

Pr. 25.1. 3. Leave out from “ places” to “ in” 
in |. 8. 

Pr. 26.1.9. After “ house” insert “ Provided 
“ also, That it shall not be lawful for the mayor, 
“ aldermen and citizens to purchase or take for any 
‘“‘ of the purposes of this Act the lands delineated 
“ on the said Plans, and described in the said Books 
of Reference so deposited as aforesaid, as belong- 
“ ing to John Norrison, and numbered 123, 124, 
“ 127, 128 and 128 a in the said parish of All Saints, 
North-street, or any part thereof, or any part of 
“ the lands delineated on the said Plans, and de- 
*“* scribed in the said Books of Reference as belong- 
“ ing to the said John Worrison, and numbered 129 
“ in the said parish, situate to the south ofa straight 
“ line drawn in continuation of the outside of the 
“ north-western wall of the brewhouse of the said 
“ John Norrison, numbered 129 on the said Plans 
“* so deposited as aforesaid, without the consent in 
“ writing of the said John Norrison, his heirs or 
“ assigns, first had and obtained.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 16. Leave out from “ bridge” to 
“ to” in 1. 19. 

Pr. 29. 1, 29. Leave out from “bridge” to “so” 
in |. 30. 

Pr, 29. 1. 31. After “ and” insert “ it shall also 
“ be lawful for the mayor, aldermen and citizens, in 
“ widening, altering and improving the said streets 
“ and bridge approaches, to deviate from the line 
“ delineated on the said Plans so deposited as afore- 
said, provided.” 

Pr. 29.1. 32. After “ of” insert “ any.” 

Pr. 29. |. 33. After “ deviation” insert “ as 
aforesaid.” 

Pr. 29.1. 34. After “into” insert “ any lands 
of the said John Norrison, which the mayor, 
aldermen and citizens are prohibited from pur- 
chasing by compulsion, without the previous con- 
sent in writing of the said John Norrison, his 
heirs or assigns, or into.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Redhead Yorke do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


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the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bili, NorhWesterm 
intituled, An Act for enabling the London and (Portobello 
North Western Railway Company to make a Branch and Wolver- 


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Line of Railway from Portobello to Wolverhampton, 
and for other Purposes ; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 11. 1.28. After “ stock” insert Clauses (A.) 
and (B.) 

Cuavse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to the 
said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise of 
any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
“ by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided 
“ always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 
“be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
«« paying to any shareholder such interest on money 
“ advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
“* actually made as shall be in conformity with the 
“ provisions in the Companies Clauses Consolida- 
“ tion Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 

Criause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, ovt of any 
“ money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
“* the said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
“ for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to pay or de- 
“ posit any sum of money which by any Standing 
“* Order of either House of Parliament now in force, 
“ or hereafter to be in force, may be required to be 
“« deposited in respect of any application to Parlia- 
ment for the purpose of obtaining an Act autho- 
yizing the said Company to construct any other 
“ Railway or execute any other work or under- 
“ taking.” 

Pr. 32. 1.6. After “ purpose” insert Clause 

C.) 
‘ Cuause (C.) “ Provided always, and be it 
“* Enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
“ Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley 
“ Railway Company, by virtue of the power here- 
“ inbefore contained, to sell or demise or lease, nor 
“ for the said London and North Western Railway 
“* Company to purchase, or to enter into or accept 
“* such lease of the portions of the Birmingham, 
€ Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway hereby 
“ authorized to be sold, demised or leased as 
“ aforesaid, nor shall it be lawful for the said Zon- 
“ don and North Western, Birmingham, Wolver- 
“ hampton and Stour Valley, Shrewsbury and Bir- 
“ mingham, and Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton and 
“ South Staffordshire Junction Railway Companies 
“« respectively, to complete and carry into effect the 
‘* arrangements hereby authorized to be entered into 
for the sale, demise or lease of the said intended 
station at Wolverhampton, unless it shall have 
been proved to the satisfaction of the Commis- 
sioners of Railways, and certified by them under 
their seal, previously to the completion of such sale 
or the execution of such lease, or the completion 
of such arrangement (as the case may be), that 
one-half of the whole amount of the capital, ex- 
clusive of loans, by the Act or Acts relating to 
each of the said Companies who are parties to such 
sale, or lease or arrangement, authorized to be 
raised, has been actually paid up and expended 
“ for the purposes authorized by such Act or Acts 
“* respectively.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
te agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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“aon the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
ryrley and tituled, An Act to empower the South Staffordshire 
sm a Railway Company to make divers Branch Railways, 
pil“ **) and for other Purposes ; and the same were read, 
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Pr. 4. Is. 21. and 22. Leave out “ thereunder ” 
and insert ‘“ under the two several Acts first above 
“ mentioned.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 33. After “up” insert Clause (A.) 

Cuavuse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ not be lawful for the said South Staffordshire 
Railway Company, out of any money by this Act 
“ or any other Act relating to the said Railway 
Company authorized to be raised, for the purposes 
of such Act or Acts, to pay or deposit any sum of 
“ money which by any Standing Order of either 
“ House of Parliament now in force, or hereafter to 
“ be in force, may be required to be deposited in 
“ respect of any application to Parliament for the 
“ purpose of obtaining an Act authorizing the said 
“ Company to construct any other Railway or 
“ execute any other work or undertaking.” 

Pr. 11.1, 13. After “34” insert “and,” and in 
the same line leave out from “ 128” to “and” in 1. 14. 

Pr. 43. 1. 7. After “which” insert “have already 
+o.” 

Pr. 43. 1. 8. After the second “time” insert 
“ hereafter.” 

Pr. 43.1. 9. After “ shares” insert “ from time to 
“ time.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and 
Mr. Russell : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The “a have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Act for the Baths and 
Establishment of Public Baths and Washhouses: — P/ashhouses 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for enabling the Man- Manchester, 

chester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Com- Sheffield and 
. w, Lincolnshire 

pany to make a Railway at Bugsworth, and for Raiiway 
amending the Acts relating thereto : (Branch at 
=e Bugsworth to 
join the Peak Forest Canal Tramway 
and Amendment of Acts) Bill. 


A Bill, imtituled, An Act to enable the Midland Midland Rail- 
Railway Company to alter the Line of the Leicester pe ena 
and Swannington Railway, and to make certain rose nner” 
Branches therefrom, and for other Purposes: And Widening, 
also, Deviations 


Message from 
the Lords. 


and Branches, 
Enlargement of Leicester Station, and extend- 
ing Powers as to [bstock Branch) Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Hodgson _ 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for ex- pir‘ Estate 
a Hereditaments subject to Uses declared by 
the Will of Anthony Compton, Esquire, deceased, for 
Hereditaments belonging to the Right honourable 
Henry Earl Grey, for selling and exchanging other 
Hereditaments subject to the same Uses, and for 
investing the net Proceeds to arise from such Sales 
and Exchanges in the Purchase of other Heredita- 
ments to be settled to the same Uses, and to autho- 
rize the granting of Leases of Part of the Heredita- 
ments subject to such Uses, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Juvenile _ 
Act for the more speedy Trial and Punishment of Offenders Bill. 
Juvenile Offenders, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Midland Rail- 
Act to enable the Midland Railway Company to Way (Prewssh 

‘ . alley, Xc.) 
purchase the Mansfield and Pinzton Railway, and pj, 
to alter the same, and to make a Railway from the 
Erewash Valley Railway to the Nottingham and 
Mansfield Railway, with Branches to Mansfield, and 
also to the Alfreton Iron Works, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 


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Kilmarnock 
Police and 
Improvement 
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The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for amending the Acts relating to the Police 
and Improvement of the Burgh of Kilmarnock, and 
for other Purposes in relation thereto, with Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

Boston, Stam- The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
mete a Act to empower the Boston, Stamford and Bir- 
way (Wisbech mingham Railway Company to make a Railway 
to Sutton from Wisbech to Sutton Bridge, with a Branch to 
pre’ “*) Sutton Saint Mary, and to improve the Harbour at 
Sutton Bridge, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 
Edinburgh The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
— Act to vest in the Edinburgh and Northern Railway 
(Burntisland Company the Undertaking of the Low Water Pier 
Pier, &amp;c.) Bill. at Burntisland, and of the Ferry between the same 
and Granton, and to enable the said Company to 
extend and improve the said Pier, with Amendments; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House :—And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 


Thames Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 

ew Thames Conservancy Bill have leave to sit To- 

: morrow, notwithstanding any adjournment of the 
House. 


Agricultural A Petition of the Mayor, Citizens and other 

Tenant Right Inhabitants of the city and liberties of Londonderry, 

(Ireland) and the adjoining districts, praying the House, 
effectually to secure to the tenant farmers of Ireland 
generally, a comprehensive and equitable Tenant 
Right in the convertible value created in and super- 
added to the soil by their own industry, capital and 
labour, and that for this purpose an Act of Parlia- 
ment may be speedily passed, making full com- 
pensation for improvements, to be the legal right of 
every out going tenant, whose landlord will not, on 
reasonable terms, renew his tenure, and also en- 
abling every tenant who shall voluntarily wish to 
relinquish his occupancy to dispose of his interest 
to the highest and most eligible purchaser, and in 
regard to the Petitioners and the farmers of Ulster 
generally, that the House will — effective mea- 
sures for carrying out, at least, the substance and 
spirit of the ‘‘ Conditions of the Ulster Plantation,” 
so far as the landlords and the occupying tenancy 
are respectively concerned, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


a ra of A Petition of the Dean and Chapter of the 

ke Bill’ ©Cathedral Church of Saint Peter, in Exeter, pray- 
ing that the Bishoprick of Manchester, &amp;c., Bill may 
not pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Dublin, Dun- &lt;A Petition of Ministers and Trustees of the Wes- 
se leyan Centenary ng Stephen's Green, South 
Railway Dublin, praying the House not to pass the Dublin, 
(Extension to Dundrum and Rathfarnham Railway (Extension to 
Stephen's Stephen’s Green) Bill into a law, without obliging 
Green) Bill. 4 : ae ee 
the Company to erect their terminal station in such 
a position as will not injure the Petitioners’ premises, 
and that they may be heard, by their counsel or 
agents, in support of their Petition, was presented, 


and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Health &lt;. A Petition of Working Men of London, praying 
inane that the Health of Towns Bill may pass into a law, 


was agp and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Medical Regis- A Petition of William Cock, Member of the Royal 
tration and = College of Surgeons of England, praying that the 
Medical Law 2 a ig : 5 
‘Amendment Medical Registration and Medical Law Amendment 
Bill. Biil may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Medical 


Registration, &amp;c. 





A. 1847. 


A Petition of Free Inhabitants of the district of New South 
Dungog, in the colony of New South Wales, stating Wales. 
that it is with deep ye they learn, that Her 
Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies has 
proposed a renewal of transportation to that colony, 
as they are of opinion that such a step would be 
most detrimental to the interests of those colonists 
who have determined on making that colony their 
home; and praying the House to withhold their 
sanction to the renewal, on any terms, of transporta- 
tion to New South Wales, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition uf Clerks, Masters and Matrons of Poor Law 
Workhouses, Relieving Officers, Assistant Over- Officers. 
seers and other Officers connected with the adminis- 
tration of the laws relating to the Relief of the 
Poor in England and Wales, praying the House, 
with reference to the future administration of the 
Poor Laws in England to cause it to be enacted, 
that it may be lawful for Boards of Guardians and 
other bodies having the management of parochial 
funds, to grant, subject to such regulation and 
control as may be deemed necessary, suitable super- 
annuation allowance, in no case exceeding two- 
thirds of his salary, to any meritorious officer who 
may become permanently disabled by old age and 
infirmity, sickness or accident, from performing the 
duties of his office, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy and Inhabitants of Cardiff Seduction and 
and its vicinity, praymg that the Seduction and Frostitution 
le J ‘ ° Suppression 
Prostitution Suppression Bill may pass into a law, pi) 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of John Templer, of Lymington, Hants, John Templer. 
complaining of the imposition of land tax upon his 
property, after the same had been legally redeemed ; 
and stating that he appealed against such charge, 
but the Local Commissioners refused relief, although 
he produced his certificates of redemption, and 
that such charge was disallowed on appeal by the 
Tax Office in London ; that he had in the mean time 
paid the tax, and that his applications to the Local 
Commissioners for repayment have been unsuccess- 
ful; and praying the House to cause an inquiry 
into the case, and to amend the law, to prevent a 
similar recurrence, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Wine and Spirit Merchants, pray- Wine and 
ing that the House will be pleased to grant a Com- Spirit Trade. 
mittee to inquire into the laws affecting the Peti- 
tioners’ trade, and to hear evidence from the whole- 
sale merchants throughout England and Wales, and 
then to determine what alterations shall be made, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to an Lords of 
Address to Her Majesty,—Returns of the Salaries (Scotland) 
received by each of the Lords of Session in Scot- : 
land since the year 1837, in each year; stating 
also, all Emoluments and Fees, if any, each have 
received in each year in addition to their Salary, 
exclusive of the Moneys received by them for arbi- 
trations undertaken by them :—And, from each of 
the Lords of Session in Scotland, of the Number 
of Arbitrations undertaken by them, or of Private 
Suits or matters referred to them for their decision 
or award, in each year, since 1837, with the Names 
of the Parties and of the Places where the same 
were respectively heard, the time occupied about 
the arbitration, together with the Amount of Fees 
or Money, if any, received or charged for or on 
account of such Arbitration, Decree or Award ; and 
also, with the Amount of all Sums of Money, if 
any, charged, demanded or received, for Travelling 





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or other Expenses in or about such matters, by 
each of the Lords of the Session, in each year since 
1837. 


—. ; Sir William Somerville also presented, pursuant 
tendent Regis- ie ‘ : ; 
tears Districts, (© Order,—A Return showing the Names of the 


several Parishes, Chapelries, Townships, Tithings, 
Hamlets, Precincts, Liberties, and Extra-parochial 
or other Places, comprised within the several Super- 
intendent Registrars’ Districts as they were consti- 
tuted in pursuance of the Act of 6 and 7 Will. 4, 
c. 86, or any Act passed for the Amendment thereof, 
arranged in Registrars’ Districts as the same were 
severally constituted on the 19th day of December 
1846; with a Notice of all Changes (if any) which 
have been since made in any of the said several 
Districts. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Harbours, Piers, Quays, Landing- 
places, and other Works in Ireland, with respect to 
whichany Notice or Instrument in writing, declaring 
them to be vested in the Commissioners of Public 
Works in Jreland, under the provisions of the Act 
9 and 10 Vic., c. 3, has been published in the Dub- 
lin Gazette. 


Harbours, &amp;c. 
(Ireland. ) 


“ Great 
Britain ” 
Steam-ship. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Reports received by the Board of 
Admiralty relative to the Floating Breakwater round 
the Great Britain Steamer. 


Education 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
(Ireland. ) 


to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Correspondence between the Lord Pri- 
mate of all Lreland and Sir Robert Peel, relating to 
Education in Ireland, 1845 ; also between the Lord 
Primate and Lord John Russell on the same subject, 
1847. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
Committals. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Statement of the Number of Persons committed 
in England and Wales, in the Two years ending the 


2 Julie. 


797 


Mr. Sotheron reported from the Select Committee Standing 
on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which was read, Orders 5 
as followeth: 
Resolved, That in the case of the Argyle Canal Argyle Canal 
Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed Bill 
with; That the Parties be permitted to proceed with 
their Bill. 
The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester, 
the Amendments made by the Lords tu the Bill, in- Sheffield and 
tituled, An Act to incorporate the Manchester and se eamageal 
Lincoln Union Railway and Chesterfield and Gains- Manchester 
borough Canal Company with the Manchester, Shef- and Lincoln 


field and Lincolnshire Railway Company; and the to al 


same were read, as follow : Chesterfield 
Pr. 4. 1. 23. After “ Company” insert Clause 24 Gainsbo- 
rough Canal 


(A.) Amalgama- 
Cuiause (A.) “ And whereas by the last recited tion Bill. 


Act, after reciting that a Bill was then pending 
before Parliament for making a Railway to be 
“ called The Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction 
Railway, the objects of which Railway were, in 
some respects, identical with the objects of the 
Railway by the said recited Act authorized ; and 
that a provisional agreement has been entered 
into on behalf of the Company promoting the said 
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway and 
the Company thereby incorporated, for a union 
“ of the said Companies; it is enacted, that it shall 
be lawful for the said two Companies to amalga- 
mate into one united Company for the purposes 
“‘ authorized by the said recited Act, and which 
* might be authorized by the said Bill; and if at 
“ any time within Six months after the passing of 
“ the said recited Act, the Sheffield and Lincoln- 
shire Junction Railway Company should require 
“* the Company by the said recited Act incorporated 
to unite the said two Companies, under the terms 
of the said provisional agreement, then, and in 
such case, the Company thereby incorporated 
should, and they were thereby required to adopt 
such measures as might be necessary for effecting 
such amalgamation accordingly, in order that the 
“ said agreement might be strictly fulfilled between 
“ the said two Companies.” 

Pr, 4. 1. 33. Leave out from “ Railway” to 
“ may” in Pr. 5. 1. 27., and insert Clauses (B.) 
and (C.) 


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31st day of December 1844; and, in a parallel 
column, the same for the Two years ending the 31st | 
day of December 1846, for each of the Offences 
enumerated in the Criminal Tables annually pre- 
sented to Parliament, arranged, as usual, in Six 
Classes, and giving also the Totals of each Class; 
this biennial Statement being required to compen- 
sate the differences in the Annual Tables of Com- 
mitments, arising out of the omission of a Winter 
Assize at the close of the year 1845. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 





Farringdon 


Cuavuse (B.) “ And whereas by the said recited 
“ Act incorporating the Sheffield and Lincolnshire 
“ Junction Railway Company, after reciting that a 
Bill was then pending before Parliament for mak- 
“ ing a Railway called The Manchester and Lincoln 
“ Union Railway, the objects of which Railway 
“ were, in some respects, identical with the objects 
“ of the Railway by the said Act authorized ; and 
“ that a provisional agreement has been entered into 
“ on behalf of the Company promoting the said 
“« Manchester and Lincoln Union Railway, and the 
“ Company by the said Act incorporated, for an 
“ union of the said Companies, it is enacted, that 
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A Motion was made, and the Question being put, | “ 
That the Petition of John Alexander Galloway, and | “ 
others, relative to Farringdon New Street, which was _ 
presented yesterday, be printed :—It passed in the | “ 
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—— Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | “ 
Martin. to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | ‘‘ 


to give directions that there be laid before this | “ 
House, a Copy of Correspondence of Mr. Montgo-| ‘ 
mery Martin with the Secretary of State for the |‘ 
Colonies, relating to his Resignation of the Office of 
Treasurer of Hong Kong. ; 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | ‘ 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are | ‘ 


of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. | “ 
Vou. 102. : 


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of the now reciting Act, the Manchester and Lin- 
coln Union Railway Company should require the 
Company by the said Act incorporated to unite 
the said two Companies under the terms of the 
said provisional agreement, then, and in such case, 
the said Company thereby incorporated should, 
and they were thereby required to adopt such 
measures as might be necessary for effecting such 
union accordingly, in order that the said agree- 
ment might be strictly fulfilled between the said 
two Companies.” 

Cuiavss (C.) “ And whereas in pursuance of the 
provisions contained in the said recited Acts in- 
corporating the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junc- 
tion Railway Company, and the said Manchester 
and Lincoln Union Railway, and Chesterfield and 

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Public Works 
(Ireland.) 


No. 600. 


Wheat, &amp;c. 


Answer to 
Addresses. 





793 2° Juli. A. 1847. 


“ Gainsborough Canal Company respectively, due 


notice was given by the Manchester and Lincoln 
“ Union Railway and Chesterfield and Gainsborough 
“ Canal Company to the Sheffield and Lincolnshire 
Junction Railway Company (prior to the said 
recited Act for incorporating the said Manchester; 
Sheffield and Lincolushire Railway Company 
taking effect), requiring the said Sheffield and 
Lincolnshire Junction Railway Company to unite 
the said two Companies under the terms of the 
said provisional agreement referred to in the said 
recited Acts, but such union cannot be completely 
effected without the authority of Parliament.” 

Pr. 26.1.18. After “ respectively” insert Clauses 
(D.) and (E.) 

Curavse (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That (except 
so far as is authorized by the said recited Acts, or 
any of them), it shall not be lawful for the said 
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway 
Company, out of any money by this Act or any 
other Act relating to the said Railway Company 
authorized to be raised, by calls in respect of 
shares, or by the exercise of any power of bor- 
rowing, to pay interest to any shareholder on the 
amount of the calls made in respect of the shares 
held by him in the capital by this Act authorized 
to be raised: Provided always, That nothing 
hereinbefore contained shall be deemed to prevent 
the said Company from paying to any shareholder 
such interest on money advanced by him beyond 
the amount of the calls actually made as shall be 
in conformity with the provisions in the Companies 
“ Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, in that behalf 
contained.”’ 

CuiauseE (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ not be lawful for the said Manchester, Sheffield 
and Lincolnshire Railway Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
“ the said Railway Company, or relating to the said 
« Manchester and Lincoln Union Railway and Ches- 
“ terfield and Gainsborough Canal, authorized to 
‘* be raised, for the purposes of such Act or Acts, 
to pay or deposit any sum of money which by any 
“ Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
an Act authorizing the said Company to construct 
any other Railway or execute any other work or 
“ undertaking.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—A Return showing the Average daily Num- 
ber of Persons employed on Relief Works, in 
Ireland, during the week ending the 26th of June 


June last, and the 1st day of this instant July (That 
Her Majesty would be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections that the Papers therein mentioned might be 
laid before this House), had been presented to Her 
Majesty ; and that Her Majesty had commanded 
him to acquaint this House, that She will give 
directions accordingly. 


Viscount Palmerston presented,—Return to an Commercial 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 25th day of last Treaties with 
June, for Copies of the Commercial Treaties con- ~~ 
tracted between Great Britain and France in the 
years 1786 and 1787. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Receipt Receipt 
Stamps, which was presented yesterday, be printed. Stamps. 


No. 601. 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to Pensions, Pensions. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 602. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Wheat, Wheat, &amp;c. 
&amp;c., which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 603. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Holyhead Holyhead 
Roads, &amp;c., which was presented yesterday, be Roads, &amp;c. 
printed. No. 604. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Woods and Woods and 
Forests, which was presented yesterday, be printed. Forests. 
No. 605. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Health of 
into a Committee upon the Health of Towns Bill, Towns Bill 


(In the Committee.) 
Causes, N°8 and N°9, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N 10, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 11, amended, and agreed to. 


Cuause, N° 12, (That it shall be lawful for Her 
Majesty, upon the report of the Commissivners of 
Health, that this Act should be put in force in any 
corporate borough within the provisions of the Act 
for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in 
England and Wales, or incorporated by any charter 
granted in pursuance of the said Act, or any Act 
for the amendment thereof, by the advice of Her 
Privy Council, to order that this Act shall be in 
force in such borough). 

Amendment proposed in P. 4.,1. 38: After the 
words “ for the amendment thereof,” to insert the 
words “ and upon the Petition of three-fourths of 
“ the inhabitant householders within such corporate 
“ borough.” 

Question put, That the proposed words be there 
inserted ; 

The Committee divided : 





1847; also the Cost, distinguishing the Amount 
paid in Wages; and the Cost of the Establishment ; 
so far as can be made out from the Estimates and 
Pay Lists already received. 

Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to Order,— 
Returns of the Quantities of Wheat, Wheat Flour, 
Barley and Oats imported into the United King- 
dom from Foreign Countries, between the 5th day 
of December and the sth day of June, in the years 
1843, 1844, 1845, 1846 and 1847:—And, of the 
Quantitiesexported from the United Kingdom during 
the same periods :—And, a Statement of the Surplus, 
deducing the Export from the Import, which remained 
in each Half-year for Home Consumption. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the first be printed. 


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That their 
several Addresses of the 25th, 28th and 30th days of 


Tellers for the Yeas, = pl } 27. 
Tellers for the Noes, se Ae momd Hill: } 73. 


An Amendment made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 13, (That no Order in Council shall 
be made for putting this Act in force in any town 
of which any part is within Ten miles from the 
Cathedral Church of Saint Paul, in the city of 
London, or in any town which is not such a corpo- 
rate borough as aforesaid, unless upon such a Peti- 
tion as is hereinafter provided). 

An Amendment made. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided: 


Tellers for the { Mr. Tufnell, Line 
Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill : ecg 

Tellers for the { Mr. Redhead Yorke, \ 70 
Noes, Mr. Dugdale: ae 





CLAUSES, 











Adjournment. 


Turnpike- 
roads (South 
Wales) Bill. 


Fishery Piers 
and Harbours 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Railways 
(Ireland) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Post-office 
Bill. 


Compensation 
for Damages 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Drainage of 
Lands (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


New Zealand. 





11 Victroriz. 


Ciavuses, N*°14 to N° 16, amended, and agreed 


to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made further Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The ingrossed Bill for the further Amendment of 
the Laws relating to Turnpike-roads in South Wales, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Greene reported the Fishery Piers and Har- 
bours (Zreland) Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


Mr. Greene reported the Railways (JZreland) 
(No. 2.) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next, 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 3° die Julii, 1847: 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report on the Post-office Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Compensation for Damages (/reland) Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House for 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Drainage of Lands 
(Zreland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee, to consider of authorizing an 
Advance out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, by 
way of Loan, tothe New Zealand Company. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland be authorized to advance the 
Sun of One hundred and thirty-six thousand pounds, 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the said United 
Kingdom, by way of loan, to the New Zealand 
Company. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
— , That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
ution. 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 
Vou. 102. 


2°— 3° Julie. 





799 


The ingrossed Bill to empower the Commissioners Holyhead _ 
of Her Majesty’s Woods to purchase Lands for the Harbour Bill. 
Purpose of a Harbour of Refuge, at or near Holy- 
head, in the County of Anglesea, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Shannon 
into a Committee upon the Shannon Navigation sang mene 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. ~ 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
et. That the Committee had gone through the 

ill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; “ee 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Joint Stock 
Reading of the Jomt Stock Companies Bill ; Companies 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself ee 
into a Committee upon the Insolvent Debtors Bill ; apaedene 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, ‘That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Herring 
mittee on the Herring Fishery (Scotland) Bill ; pe ay 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday gin. 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself — 
into a Committee upon the Mussel Fisheries (Scot- (Scotland) 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Bill. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Canal Com- 
a Committee, to consider the Act 8 and 9 Vic., c. 42, Panies Bill. 
to enable Canal Companies to become Carriers of 
Goods upon their Canals. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend an Act of the ninth year of Her Majesty, 
intituled, An Act to enable Canal Companies to 
become Carriers of Goods on their Canals. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. G'reene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene accordingly reported a Resolution, 
which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend an Act of the ninth year of Her Majesty, 

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intituled, An Act to enable Canal Companies to 
become Carriers of Goods on their Canals :—And he 
moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, ‘That leave be given to bring in the 
Bill: And that Mr. Greene, Mr. Milner Gibson and 
Mr. Parker do prepare, and bring it in. 


Seduction and The ingrossed Bill for the more effectual Sup- 


Scatones pression of Trading in Seduction and Prostitution, 
Bill. and for the better Protection of Females, was, ac- 


cording to Order, read the time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for the more effectual Suppression 
of Trading in Seduction. 

Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


LondonBridge Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
a vary the Priorities of the Charges made on the Lon- 
‘don Bridge Approaches Fund, and to give further 
Indemnity to the Land Revenues of the Crown: 
And that Viscount Morpeth and Mr. Parker do 

prepare, and bring it in. 
Committees. Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 
To-morrow, notwithstanding the adjournment of the 


House. 
— a Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
‘Lords to the Juvenile Offenders Bill, be printed. 
No. 606. 
Cemeteries The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Clauses Bill. 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for consolidating in one Act cer- 
tain Provisions usually contained in Acts authorizing 
the making of Cemeteries; and the same were read, 
as follow: 

Pr. 10. 1. 36. After “ consent” insert “ in 
“ writing.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 38. and |. penult. After “ consent” 
insert “ in writing.” 

Pr. 13.1. 5. After “ portion” insert “ and thinks 
“ fit to consecrate such portion.” 

Pr. 14. 1.21. After “church” insert “not being 
prohibited by the Bishop nor under ecclesiastical 
censure.” 

Pr. 14.1. 29. After “‘ Cemetery” insert “ or if 
there be no chaplain, with the consent of the 
“« Bishop.” 

Pr. 23. 1. 20. After the second “ to” insert 
“ the placing and to.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second tirae, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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Argyle Canal Ordered, That the Argyle Canal Bill be read a 


Bill. second time upon Tuesday next. 
John Ordered, That the Petition of James Eaton and 
Meakings. 


others, relative to the Estate of the late John Meak- 
ings, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 

Private Bills. ©The House was moved, That the Order made 
upon the 3d day of May last, That there be laid 
be‘ore this House, Returns of the Names of all the 
Private Bills of the present Session upon which 
Reports have been made either to the Commis- 
sioners of Woods and Forests or to the Admiralty 
under the Private Bills Act:—Of the Names and 
Professions of the Persons appointed as Surveyors 
under the said Act, to inquire into the objects pro- 
posed by such Bills :—Of the Remuneration paid 
to such Surveyors respectively :—Of the Number 
of Days occupied by the Inquiry before the said 
Surveyors in respect of each Bill:—Of the Sums 
required to be paid by the Commissioners of the 








A. 1847. 


Woods and Forests, and by the Admiralty, by the 
Promoters of each Bill, in respect of the Inquiry 
relating to the same :—And, of the Costs and Ex- 
penses incurred, when it can be obtained, by the 
Promoters of each of the said Bills, in conducting 
the Inquiry relating to the same respectively before 
the said Surveyors, in addition to the Charges which 
they have been called on to pay by the Commis- 
sioners of Woods and Forests, or by the Admiralty, 
as the case may be, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That a Return to the said Order, so far 
as relates to the Admiralty, be laid before this House 
forthwith. 


Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill to vary the LondonBridge 
Priorities of the Charges made on the London Bridge —" 
Approaches Fund, and to give further Indemnity to |. 
the Land Revenues of the Crown: And the same °- 607. 
was read the first time; and referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit, 
and proceed, upon Monday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Schools 
Returns of the Number of Schools under the Na- (reland.) 
tional Board in each County in Lreiand, distinguish- 
ing the vested from the not vested Schools, and 
stating the Names of the latter, together with the 
Names of their respective Patrons:—And, from 
each National School in Ireland of the Number of 
Days on which portions of the Holy Scriptures, or 
the Extracts selected by the National Board, have 
been read, during the Four Months previous to the 
30th day of April 1847, and the Number of Schools 
in which neither the Holy Scriptures nor the Extracts 
have been daily read during the same period. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after One of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 








Luna, 5° die Julii ; 
Anno 11° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 
M* Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from penson’s 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions Estate Bill. 
for Private Bills ; That in the case of Penson’s Estate 
Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from London Bridge 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for ——— 
Private Bills; That in the case of the London Bridge —_— 
Approaches Fund Bill, no Standing Orders are ap- 
plicable. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Oldmixon’s 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for (or — 
Private Bills; That in the case of Oldmizon’s (or Estate Bill. 
Lyon’s) Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are appli- 
cable. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Wakefield watefield_ 
New Gas Bill have leave to sit, and proceed, with New Gas Bill 
three Members, and to make their Report forthwith. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Committees. 
That all Committees have leave to sit this day, 
during the sitting of the House ; 

The Hoise divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Mr. Tufnell, } ra 
Tellers for the Yeas, { Mr. Parker: 67. 
Tellers for the Noes, 1 a fees f ms. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 














11 Vicroriz. 


Great North- Mr. Vesey reported the Great Northern Railway 
po ge pend (Isle of Axholme Extension) Bill, with Amendments. 
hholme Exten- | Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
sion) Bill. = and be printed. 

AxholmeRail- Mr. Vesey reported from the Committee on the 


pn Ap the 4xholme Railway (from the Leeds and Selby Rail- 
Selby Railway Way to Gainsborough, with Branches) Bill; That 
to Gainsbo- they had examined the allegations contained in the 
708 es) Bill Preamble of the Biil, but the same had not been 
am " proved to their satisfaction. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Receipt 
Stamps. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Newcastle-upon- Tyne, 
praying that all monied payments of whatever 
amount be given on unstamped paper, as is done by 
various governments in Europe and elsewhere, or 
that an uniform rate of one penny stamp tax be im- 
posed on all receipts and on all cheques on bankers 
and others for sums of Five pounds and upwards, in 
lieu of the present high and numerous rates, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Health of 


A Petition of Trustees acting in execution of an 
Towns Bill. 


Act passed in the tenth year of the reign of His 
Majesty King George the Fourth, for amending and 
otherwise improving several Roads leading into and 
from the City of Bath, and for making new Branches 
of Road to and from the same, praying that the 
Health of Towns Bill may not pass into a law, as it 
now stands, but that clauses may be inserted therein 
for the protection of the mortgage creditors on the 
said roads, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

coe and = Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Liver- 
District pool and Manchester District County Courts, which 
CountyCourts. were presented upon the 22d and 23d days of June 


No. 608. last, be printed. 
Slave Vessels. Ordered, That the Returns relative to Slave 
No.609. Vessels, which were presented upon Thursday last, 
be printed, 
Savings Ordered, That the Account rejative to Savings 
— Banks, which was presented upon Thursday last, 
No.610. be printed. 
aaa Ordered, That the Return relative to Protestant 
issentin, i i ini i = 
icsaee fee. — og sg a which was presented upon 
No. 611. ursday last, be printed. 
Wheat, &amp;c. Ordered, That the Account relative to Wheat, &amp;c., 
No.612. which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 
— The following Returns, pursuant to Orders, hav- 
useum, &amp;. ing been transmitted to the Clerk, were laid upon 
the Table ; vz.,—Return to an Order dated the Ist 
day of this instant July, fora Return of the Number 
of Visitors to the British Museum, the National 
Gallery, and the Tower of London, in the year 1846 
St (so far as relates to the National Gallery.) 
National A Return of all Pictures purchased for the Na- 
_ tional Gallery, since the 6th day of August 1846 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 599, 
of Session 1846.) 
_ Z. The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into a Committee upon the Health of Towns Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Cause, N° 17, postponed. 


Crause, No. 18, (The Mayor, Aldermen and 
Burgesses in corporate towns to have all the powers 
and duties of Town Commissioners which shall be 
executed by their Council.) 

Amendment proposed: In P.6.i. 19., at the end 
of the Clause, to add the words “or by such other 
“* persons resident in the said town as they shall 
“ appoint in manner hereinafter mentioned.’ 

Vou, 102. 


5° Julie. 


801 


Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Clause agreed to. 


Ciavuse, N° 19, amended and agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made further Pro- 
cress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 

hat the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to in- Sunderland 
spect the Journals of the House of Lords, with rela- Snprovement, 
tion to any eee upon the Sunderland Im- Bridge Bill. 
provement, Markets and Bridge Bill, and to make 
report thereof to the House :—And a Committee 
was appointed of Mr. Greene, Mr. Hutt, Mr. Ord 
and Lord Harry Vane :—And they are to withdraw 
immediately. 


Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Mr. Grogan reported the Sutton Harbour Im- gutton Har- 
provement (re-committed) Bill, with other Amend- bour Improve- 
ments. ment Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Juvenile 
Lords to the Juvenile Offenders Bill be taken into Offenders Bill. 
consideration upon Wednesday next. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Select Committee sites for 
appointed to inquire whether and in what part of Churches 
Scotland, and under what circumstances, large num- ow 
bers of Her Majesty’s subjects have been deprived Report.) 
of the means of Religious Worship by the refusal No, 613. 
of certain Proprietors to grant them sites for the 
| erection of Churches; That they had further consi- 
| dered the matters to them referred, and directed him 
| to make a Report thereof to the House, together with 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 





Mr. Protheroe reported from the Committee wakofela 

on the Wakefield New Gas Bill, and to whom New Gas Bill. 
several Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; 
That they had heard counsel in support of the said 
Petitions, and had also heard counsel in favour of 
the Bill; and that they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, but that it 
had been stated to them by the Promoters thereof 
that it was not their intention to proceed any fur- 
ther with the said Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order made upon Thursday last, for present- Borneo. 
ing to Her Majesty an humble Address, That She 
would be graciously pleased to give directions that 
there be laid before this House, Copies of all Com- 
munications to and from Her Majesty’s Government, 
relative to the Affairs of Borneo, from the 1st day 
December 1842 to the 24th day of June 1847, was 
read, and discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Borneo. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of all Communications to and 
from Her Majesty’s Government relative to the 
Affairs of Borneo, from the Ist day of December 
1842, to the 24th day of June 1847. 

Ordered, ‘That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this pees as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon Post-office. 
the 14th day of April last, That there be laid — 
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Hylton’s 
Estate Bill. 


Militia 
Estimates. 


Edinburgh 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


802 


this House, a Return showing the Number of Let- 
ters now lying in the General Post-office, containing 
Coin, Bank Notes, Bills of Exchange, or other Pro- 
perty, the Amount in each case, with the Total of 
the whole, and what steps have been taken during 
the last Seven years to return such Letters to the 
Parties writing them :—A similar‘Return of all Let- 
ters containing Money Orders, stating the Amount 
as aforesaid, the practice with reference to the return 
of Property paid into the General Post-office, but 
not given up in consequence of any informality in 
the Address or otherwise,and where, and with whom, 
or in whose Name such Property is deposited :— 
Also, a Return showing the manner in which the 
Clerks, Sub-sorters, Letter-carriers, and all other 
Officers, both in the General and London District 
Post-office, are pensioned, the authority for granting 
the Retiring Allowance so given, the Fund from 
which paid ; and, further, stating the reason, ifany, 
why the Letter-carriers and Sub-sorters are not pen- 
sioned, in conformity with the provisions of the Acts 
for the Regulation of Pensions and Superannuation 
Allowances to Officers and Persons in the Public 
Service, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That a Return to the said Order be laid 
before this House forthwith. 


Hylton’s Estate Bill was read a second time; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Motion being made, That the Report which, 
upon the 23d day of June last, was made from the 
Select Committee appointed to prepare Estimates of 
the Charge of the Disembodied Militia of Great Bri- 
iain and Ireland, for the year ending the 31st day of 
March 1848, be referred to the Committee of Supply; 

Mr. Secretary at War, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the subject-matter of this 
Motion, recommends it to the consideration of the 
House. 

Ordered, That the said Report be referred to the 
Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act for better sup- 
plying with Water the City of Edinburgh, and Places 
adjacent; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 37. 1. 37. After “lands” insert “ for the pur- 
“ pose of obtaining materials therefrom for the con- 
“ struction or repair of the works by this Act au- 
“ thorized, or for forming temporary roads to or 
“ from the same, such lands not being more than 
“ two hundred yards from such works.” 

Pr. 38. 1. 5. Leave out from “ Railway” to 
“ And” in 1. 11., and insert Clause (A.) 

Cravuse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ be lawful for the Company, in addition to the 
“ lands authorized to be compulsorily taken by 
‘‘ them under this Act, to contract, at any time or 
“* times hereafter, with any party willing to sell the 
“ same, for the purchase of any land not exceeding 
“ in the whole twenty-five acres, to be taken and 
“‘ used in such places as shall be deemed eligible 
“ for the purpose of obtaining an additional supply 
“ of water from lands, brooks or springs, or of 
‘‘ making and providing additional reservoirs or 
‘“* tanks (such reservoirs or tanks not exceeding in 
“ extent one acre each), aqueducts, conduits, and 
“ other works and conveniences, or for laying mains 
“ or pipes, or for making convenient roads or ways 
“ for the same, or for any other purposes connected 
“ with the said works, which the Company may 
“ think beneficial to the undertaking.” 

Pr. 38. 1. 19. Leave out “five” and insert 
“ three.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to, 


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Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
—_— to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Mr. Ward reported the Thames Conservancy (re- Thames 
committed) Bill, with other Amendments. Conservancy 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. = 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed toa Com- Ne-614. 
mittee of the whole House for Wednesday next. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s Tahiti, &amp;. 
Command,—Papers relative to Tahiti, and to the 
Leeward or Society Islands, in the Pacific. 

— That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Ecclesiastical 
Return of the mode in which the Sum of £.600,000, Commission- 
borrowed by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners from “* 
the Governors of Queen Anne’s Bounty, under the 
authority of the Act 6 and 7 Vic., c. 37, has been 
expended ; specifying the Amount laid out in each 
newly-constituted Ecclesiastical District, and for 
what Purpose; also, in what cases such Expen- 
diture has been aided by Local and other Contri- 
butions, 


Mr. Hutt reported from the Committee appointed gunderlana 
to inspect the Journals of. the House of Lords with Improvement, 
relation to any Proceedings upon the Sunderland rat yg 
Improvement, Markets and Bridge Bill, and to make ’ 
Report thereof to the House; That they had in- 
spected the said Journals accordingly, and found the 
following Entries : 


“ Die Lune, 5° Julij, 1847: 

“The Lord Wharncliffe reported from the Lords Sunderland 
Committees appointed a Select Committee to con- Improvement, 
sider of the Bill, intituled, ‘ An Act for paving, light- Beidge Bil. 
* ing, eee 9 supplying with Water and improving 
the Borough of Sunderland, and for vesting the 
Management thereof, and of the Markets and 
Bridge, in the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of 
such Borough ;’ That the Committee had met, and 
considered the said Bill, and had examined the alle- 
gations thereof, which were found to be true ; and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made some Amendments thereto ; 


“Which Amendments were read by the Clerk, as 

follow ; viz. 

“Pr, 3.1. 

« Pr. 3. 1. 
‘ an Act.’ 

“Pr. 2. bh. 

“Pr. 9. 1. 

“Pr. 9. 1. 
* of this Act.’ 

“ Pr, 47. 1. 20. Leave out from ‘aforesaid’ to 
* And’ in Pr, 48, 1. 2. 


“ Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into further consideration on this day Three months.” 


. 


‘ 
. 
&lt; 


Leave out ‘ Gas and.’ 
Leave out ‘two Acts’ and insert 


26. 
28. 


Leave out ‘ Gas and.’ 
Leave out ‘ or’ and insert ‘ and.’ 
Leave out ‘ aforesaid’ and insert 


30. 
11. 
15. 








Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for leave Sunderland 
to bring in the Sunderland Improvement, Markets een. 
and Bridge Bill, which was presented upon the 17th ridge (No.2.) 
day of February last, might be read ; and the same Bill. 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
paving, lighting, sewering, supplying with Water, 
and improving the Borough of Sunderland, and for 
vesting the Management thereof, and of the Mar- 
kets and Bridge, in the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the said Borough: And that Mr. Hutt and 
Mr. Ord do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Message 











11 Vicroriz. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir William Horne 
and Sir George Rose : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 
Leeds and A Bil, intituled, An Act for enabling the Leeds 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Thirsk Rail- and Thirsk Railway Company to deviate the Main 
br he Line of their Railway in Crimple Valley, to alter the 
Line in Crim- proposed Junction with the York and Newcastle 
ple Valley, a and to divert the Leeds, Wortley and 
&amp;c.) Bill. Stanningley Turnpike-road : 
London and A Bill, intituled, An Act to empower the London 
— and North Western Railway Company to make a 
(St. Alban’s, Railway from the London and North Western Rail- 
Lutonand = way, near Watford, to Saint Alban’s, Luton and 
Peat) Bill Dunstable : 
Lincoln’s Inn = A Bill, intituled, An Act to confirm an Agree- 
Rating Bil, nent between the Treasurer and Masters of the 
Bench of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, 
in the County of Middlesex, and the Joint Vestry 
of the Joint Parishes of Saint Giles-in-the-Fields 
and Saint George, Bloomsbury, in the same County, 
and the Rector and Vestry of the separate Parish 
of Saint Giles-in-the-Fields : 
York and A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize the Con- 


me pee solidation into one Undertaking of the York and 


Berwick Rail- Vewcastle and Newcastle and Berwick Railways : 

ways Amalga- 

mation Bill. 

Legal Quays A Bill, intituled, An Act for making perpetual the 

(London) Bill. Provisions of an Act passed in the last Session of 
Parliament, intituled, An Act for the Regulation of 
the Legal Quays within the Port of London: 


York and A Bill, intituled, An Act for enabling the York 
— and JVewcastle Railway Company to make certain 
(Pelaw. Tyne Branch Railways in the Counties of Durham and 
Dock, &amp;c. York, and for other Purposes : 

Branches) Bill. 

Midland Rail- A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Midland 
way (Exten- 


: Railway Company to make a Railway from near 
fi . eA J e e 
tame, via Leicester, vid Bedford, to Hitchin and to Northamp- 
Bedford, to t¢onand Huntingdon, with Branches, to enlarge the 
Hitchin, and’ TT eicester Station on the Midland Railway, and for 


to Northamp- 
ton and Hunt- other Purposes : 


ingdon, and Enlargement of the Leicester Station) Bill. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to empower the North 
British Railway Company to extend the Haddington 
Branch of the North British Railway, to make cer- 
tain Alterations in the Hawick and Kelso Branches 
of the same Railway, and for other Purposes : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Acts re- 


North British 
Railway 
(No. 1.) Bill. 


Ipswich and 


Bury St. Ed- lating to the Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund's Rail- 
way (Branch Way Company, and to enable the Company to con- 
pag Ipswich struct a Railway from the Ipswich and Bury Saint 
bri dge) Bill. Edmund s Railway, near Ipswich, to Woodbridge : 
Manchester, A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Manchester, 
= hg Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company to 
Railway make a Branch Railway from the Market Rasen and 
(Louth and Lincoln Line of their Railway, in the Parish of 
Hormeastl’ in. Stainton-by-Langworth, to the Town of Wragby, in 
eiedhinn the County of Lincoln: 

Junction 

Branches) Bill. 

London and A Bill, intituled, An Act for enabling the Zondon 
— and North Western Railway Company to make a 


(Birmingham Railway from Birmingham to Lichfield, and for 


and Lichfield amending the former Acts relating to the said Com- 
Line, &amp;c.) Bill. nany : 


York and A Bill, intituled, An Act for enabling the York 
Rellwey (Hare and North Midland Railway Company to extend 


rogate Branch the Line of their Harrogate Branch Railway, and 
Extension and make a Station at Harrogate: 


Terminus) 

Bill. 

— _ ‘ A Bill, intituled, An Act for enabling the York and 
Railway. North Midland Railway Company to make a Rail- 


(Knottingley way from their Line at Burton Salmon to Knot- 
Branch) Bill. ¢ingley, with a Branch therefrom, and for other 
Purposes : 
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803 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Aberdeen Aberdeen 


Railway Company in part to alter their Branch Railway 
Railway to Brechin: aay 
viation) Bill. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Great Great North- 
Northern Railway Company to alter the Line of their CDeviateas 
Railway near Doncaster: And also, a 
Gainsborough and Doncaster) Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Police Clauses, 
Act for consolidating in one Act certain Provisions ~"* 
usually contained in Acts for regulating the Police 
of Towns, with an Amendment; to which Amend- 
ment the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Passengers 
Act to amend the Passengers Act, and to make Act Amend- 
further Provision for the Carriage of Passengers by ™"* Bill 
Sea, with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
rg desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Lynn and Ely 
Act for making a Deviation in the Line of the Lynn Railway 
and Ely Railway, and for forming Docks within the ar gy 
Borough of King’s Lynn, with Amendments; to Docks) Bill. 
which Amendments the Lords desire the coneurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Glasgow, 
Act to enable the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Paisley and 
Railway Company to make a certain Branch Rail- Greenock 
way to the Caledonian Railway at Glasgow, and to rom 4 to the 
divert Part of the Glasgow, Paisley and Ardrossan Caledonian 
Canal, with Amendments; to which Amendments ot — 
the Lords desire the concurrence of the House : And Canal) Bill, 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Manchester 
a to enable the Manchester and Leeds Railway ae” 

ompany to alter the Line and Levels of the Brig- “\).“°. 
se Branch of the West Riding Union iodine, Caasof Brig- 
and to make a new Line into Leeds, with Amend- house Branch 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire tie pols - 


: ng Union 
concurrence of this House: And also, 


Railways and 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An poston, Stam- 
Act to empower the Boston, Stamford and Birming- ford and 
ham Railway Company to make a Branch Railway —— 
from the Stamford and Wisbech Line of the Boston, , mite 4 to 
Stamford and Birmingham Railway at Wisbech to Wisbech Har- 
Wisbech Harbour, and to construct certain Works i _ oe at 
at Wisbech Harbour, with Amendments; to which leavounnatt 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of Bill. 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Qheltenham 
Act for making a Railway from the Great Western and Oxford 
Railway at Cheltenham to join the Ozford and ¥ilway Bill 
Rugby Railway near Ozford, with a Branch there- 
from, and for other Purposes, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An pjirect London 
Act to enable the Direct London and Portsmouth and Ports- 
Railway Company to make an Approach to the —e 
Town of Dorking, and a Deviation in the Line, and ”” 
certain Alterations in the Levels of their Railway, 
and in the Croydon and Epsom Railway, with Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An astern Coun- 
Act to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Com- ties Railway 
pany to make a Railway from the Eastern Counties — ‘ 
Railway, near Cambridge, to the Bedford and Bletch- Bedford, he. y 
ley Railway, at or near Bedford, with Branches, Bill. 
with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Lancashire, 
Act for incorporating the Lancashire, Cheshire and Cheshire and 
North Wales Drainage and Inclosure Company, and means von 
for enabling the Owners of Settled Estates, drained, Inclosure 
inclosed and improved by the said Company to Pompanict 
charge the same for the Purposes of such Drainage, ~~ elena 

5 kK2 Inclosure 


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804 


Inclosure and Improvement, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for making a Railway from Mold, in the County 
of Flint, to join the Chester and Holyhead Railway, 
in the Parish of Hawarden, in the same County, 
with Branches, to be called The Mold Railway, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

y 1 The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
ft ty Act to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Com- 
of London and pany to enlarge their London and Stratford Stations, 
— Sta- and to amend some of the Provisions of the Acts 
Amendment Telating to the Eastern Counties Railway Company, 
of Acts) Bill. with Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 

desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


Mold Railway 
Bill. 


Eastern Coun- 


Manchester The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
——” - Act to enable the Manchester and Leeds Railway 
(Branches, Company to make certain Branches, Extensions 
Extensions, and other Works, and to alter the name of the Com- 
—— of Pany, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
Levels, and the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : And 


other Works) also, 
Bill. 


London and The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
— Act to incorporate the Huddersfield and Manchester 
(Lease and Railway and Canal Company, and the Leeds, Dews- 
Purchase of bury and Manchester Railway Company, with the 
poe thea al London and North Western Railway Company, with 


chester Rail- Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 


wayandCanal desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
and the Leeds, 


Dewsbury and Manchester Railway) Bill. 


Dublin, Dun- The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

pote teed am Act to enlarge the Powers of the Dublin, Dundrum 

Railway and Rathfarnham Railway Act, 1846, and to enable 

(Extension the Company to make an Extension to Stephen’s 

Gree) Bill Green, with Amendments; to which Amendments 

"the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : And 
also, 

Portadown The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

ree — Act for making a Railway from Portadown, in the 

y . 

Bill. County of Armagh, to Dungannon, in the County 
of Tyrone, to be called The Portadown and Dun- 
gannon Railway, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ments the Lerds desire the concurrence of this House : 
And also, 

Limerick The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Mocks andy, Act for amending two Acts of Parliament passed 
arbour Bill. , ; : : 
respectively in the fourth year of the reign of his 
late Majesty King George the Fourth, and the fourth 
and fifth years of the reign of his late Majesty King 
William the Fourth, for erecting a Bridge across the 
River Shannon, and a Floating Dock and other 
Works for the Improvement of the Port of Lime- 
rick, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
— desire the concurrence of this House: And 

also, 

Caledonian The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

part ce Act to amalgamate the Glasgow, Paisley and Green- 

Grenack. och Railway with the Caledonian Railway, and to 

Railways authorize the raising of additional Money by the said 

Amalgama- Jast-mentioned Company, with Amendments; to 

tion Bill. which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

Blackburn, The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

Darwen and Act for enabling the Blackburn, Darwen and Bol- 

Bolton Rail. . : : 

way Acts | on Railway Company to make certain Alterations 

amendment — in tle Line of their Railway in the Parishes of Black- 

a of burn and Bolton-in-the-Moors and for amending the 

Parishes of Acts relating thereto, with Amendments ; to which 


Blackbarn on Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 

Bolton-in-the- ° 

Moore) Bill House: And also, 

Wexford Free The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

Bridge Bill. Act for constructing and maintaining a Bridge across 
the River Slaney, near the Town of Wesford, with 
Approaches, and for taking down the present Bridge 
there, with Amendments; to which Amendments 


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A. 1847. 


the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Manchester, 
Act for enabling the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- ee and 

. . shire 
colnshire Railway Company to make a Coal Branch Railway 
from their Thurgoland Station to the Township of (Branch to 
Stainborough, with an Amendment ; to which Chapeltown 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of janq — 
this House: And also, Branch) Bill. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Qualification 
to enable Peers of Scotland, absent in Foreign at aa 
Parts, to qualify and to make their Proxies, and a 
send eee Lists for the Election of the Represen- 
tative Peers of Scotland, to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Gillespie’s 
to vest in Trustees certain Lands in the vicinity of Estate Bill. 
Glasgow, which belonged to the late Colin Gillespie, 
for the Purpose of selling a Portion thereof to pay 
off the Debt affecting the same, and of partitioning 
and feuing out the Remainder for the Benefit of his 
Heirs, to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Northam 
for vesting in the Company of Proprietors of Bridge Com- 
Northam Bridge and Roads certain Lands in the 5,7 saan 
Town and County of Southampton, and in the — 
County of Southampton, and for empowering them 
to sell the same, to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Jesus Hos- 
for the better Support and better Regulation of the pital (New- 
Hospital of the Holy Jesus, founded in the Manors §3), —_— 
in the Town and County of Newcastle-upon- Tyne, 
at the Cost and Charges of the Mayor and Bur- 
gesses of the Town of ae in the 
County of the Town of Newcastle-upon- Tyne afore- 
said, and for confirming Sales and other Dispositions 
made of Estates formerly part of the Possessions of 
the said Hospital, and for other Purposes, and for 
repealing an Act of the last Session of Parliament 
for the same Purposes, to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords desire a present Conference upon the Threatening 
subject-matter of the Amendments made by this Letters, &amp;. 
House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for extending the mall. 
Provisions of the Law respecting Threatening Let- 
ters, and accusing Parties with a view to extort 
Money :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House doth -_ to a Con- 
ference with the Lords, as desired by their Lordships. 

And the Messengers were again called in, and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith:—And then 
they again withdrew. 


Ordered, That Mr. Greene, The Lord Advocate, Threatening 
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Attorney Letters, &amp;c. 
General, Mr. Macaulay, Mr. Solicitor-General for Bill. 
Ireland, The Earl of Shelburne, Sir John Pakington, 
Mr. Beckett, Mr. Bingham Baring and Mr. Christie, 
do manage the Conference. 

Then the Names of the Managers were called 
over, and they went to the Conference :—And being 
returned ,— 

Mr. Greene reported, That the Managers had met 
the Lords at the Conference, which was managed 
on the part of the Lords by the Earl of Chichester, 
who acquainted the Managers on the part of the 
Commons, that the Lords agree to the Amendments 
made by the Commons to the Bill, intituled, ‘‘ An 
Act for extending the Provisions of the Law respect- 
ing Threatening Letters, and accusing Parties with a 
view to extort Money,” as far as Clause (A.); but 
that the Lords disagree to Clause (A.), for the fol- 
lowing reason : ; 

Because the Lords do not deem it expedient 
to change the law of evidence with respect 
to the proceedings on the trial of one class 
of offences only, without clear proof that such 
exception to general rules is required by 

special 























James Silk 
Buckingham. 


Collieries. 


Poor Law 
Officers. 


South 
Australia. 


Yuille, Short- 
ridge and 
Company. 


11 Vicroriz. 


special circumstances of a grave character ; 
but in the case of the offences affected by 
this Bill, special reasons appear to exist for 
continuing the law of evidence as it now 
stands. 
And that they had brought back the Bill, and 
Amendments. 
Ordered, That the said Reason be taken into 
further consideration To-morrow. 


A Petition of James Silk Buckingham, formerly a 
resident of Calcutta, subsequently a Member of the 
House as the Representative of Sheffield, and now 
resident in London, stating that the Petitioner 
desires to avail himself of the opportunity presented 
by a general recognition of the advantages of Free 
Trade, to recalto the attention of the House, that 
for advocating Free Trade and other reforms in the 
policy and government of the British Indian Empire 
he has been a sufferer for more than Twenty years, 
and still remains without redress; and praying the 
House to take his case into consideration and afford 
him redress, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Colliers working in the Collieries 
near Wigan, in Lancashire, and other places in 
the neighbourhood of the Kirkiless Hall Colliery, 
stating that the Petitioners have heard with sorrow 
and dismay that the House has postponed till the 
next Session of Parliament the appointment of in- 
spectors for the preventing deaths and accidents in 
Collieries ; the Petitioners respecfully crave leave to 
tell the House that, as the Collieries are now ma- 
naged, it is almost a certainty that many lives will be 
sacrified before the next Session of Parliament, which 
might be saved if the House would interfere in behalf 
of the Petitioners, and they venture to implore the 
House not to separate without passing some short 
Act, to last for a limited time, or until a more com- 
plete law could be passed, rendering it highly penal 
to suffer the use of candles or gunpowder in Col- 
lieries where it is known or suspected that there is 
sulphur; the Petitioners firmly believe that such alaw, 
however imperfect as a permanent measure, would 
save more than one hundred lives in six months ; 
had such a law been in existence six months ago, at 
least one hundred and fifty lives would have been 
saved; and praying the House to take the matter 
into consideration, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of Clerks, Masters and Matrons of 
Workhouses, Relieving Officers, Assistant Over- 
seers, and other Officers connected with the admi- 
nistration of the Laws relating to the Relief of the 
Poor in England and Wales, praying the House to 
cause it to be enacted, that it may be lawful for 
Boards of Guardians and other bodies having the 
management of parochial funds to grant, subject to 
such regulation and control as may be deemed ne- 
cessary, suitable superannuation allowance, in no 
case exceeding two-thirds of their salary and emo- 
luments, to any meritorious officer who may become 
permanently disabled by old age, infirmity, sickness 
or accident, from performing properly the duties of 
his office, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Province of 
South Australia, praying the House to present an 
Address to Her Majesty, that She may instruct the 
governor of that province to refuse his assent to 
any measure for the support of religion by the state, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of Yuille, Shortridge and Company, 
Merchants, Mark-lane, London, complaining of cer- 





5° Julie. 805 


tain proceedings in the court of the Judge Conser- 

vator of Madeira, and praying for inqury, was pre- 

- Cy and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions from the District of Reading ;—District Tax Assessors 
of Aylesford North ;--District of Dartford ;—and, ond Colioctess. 
District or Division of Upper South Aylesford; com- 
plaining of the inadequacy of the remuneration given 
to the assessors and collectors of property, income, 
land and assessed taxes, and praying the House to 
take their case into consideration,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Mining 
Command,—Copy of Report of the Commissioner Districts. 
appointed, under the Provisions of the Act 5X6 
Vic., c. 99, to inquire into the operation of that Act, 
and into the state of the Population in the Mining 
Districts, 1847. 


Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Compensation 
into a Committee upon the Compensation for Da- (ireland) Bill 
mages (Jreland) Bill; and, after some time spent No. 618 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. “°™"”* 
Greene reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday next, 


The Naturalization of Aliens Bill was read the Naturalization 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time Of Aliens Bill. 
upon Wednesday next; and to be printed. No. 616. 


Gillespie's Estate Bill was read the first time ; Gillespie’s 
and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- ©state Bill. 
vate Bills. 


Mr. Ward presented, pursuant to Orders,—A Re- Steamers. 
turn of the Number of Steamers employed by Go- 
vernment since the 30th day of September last, in 
conveying Provisions to various parts of Ireland; 
specifying each Voyage; the Quantity of Provi- 

sions in each Vessel; the length of time spent in 

each such Voyage; the Places where landed, and 

the Quantities deposited at each Place; also, spe- 

cifying the Tonnage of every such Vessel. 

Further Return to an Order dated the 3d day of Private Bills. 
May last, for Returns of the Names of all the Pri- 

vate Bills of the present Session upon which Reports 

have been made either to the Commissioners of 

W oods and Forests, or to the Admiralty, under the 
Private Bills Act :—Of the Names and Professions 

of the persons appointed as Surveyors under the 

said Act, to inquire into the objects proposed by 

such Bills :—Of the Remuneration paid to such Sur- 

veyors respectively :—Of the Number of Days oc- 

cupied by the Inquiry before the said Surveyors in 

respect of each Bill :—Of the Sums required to be 

paid by the Commissioners of the Woods and Forests, 

and by the Admiralty, by the Promoters of each 

Bill in respect of the Inquiry relating to the same : 

—And, of the Costs and Expenses incurred, when 

it can be obtained, by the Promoters of each of the 

said Bills, in conducting the Inquiry relating to the 

same respectively before the said Surveyors, in addi- 

tion to the Charges which they have been called on 

to pay by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, 

or by the Admiralty, as the case may be (so far as 

relates to the Admiralty). 

Return to an Order dated the 13th day of May Lightning 
last, for Returns relative to certain Ships of the Navy — 
struck by Lightning, since the Report of the Naval N@"y-) 
Commisssion on Lightning Conductors, 24th January 





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“ Bittern,” fitted with Wire-rope Lightning Conduc- 
tors, at Portsmouth, in July 1841; struck by Light- 
ning 23 January 1844, on the Coast of Africa; 
Commander Edmund Peel; Royal Mast shivered ; 
Eight Men struck down on the Deck, &amp;c. as per 
Surgeon’s Report of the Sick List :—Of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Sloop “ Hazard,” fitted with Wire-rope Con- 
ductors, at Portsmouth, in 1844; struck by Light- 
ning in China, on two occasions, May 1, 1846, and 
June 12, 1846; Commander F. P. Egerton; Re- 
port and Copy of Log, with any Correspondence on 
the subject; Lightning divided upon the Mast, 
shivered Mast, Top Mast, &amp;c. :—Of Her Majesty’s 
surveying Ship “ Beagle,” fitted with permanent 
Conductors in her Masts, at Devonport, in 1831 ; Com- 
mander Stokes; struck by Lightning on more than 
one occasion whilst under his Command onthe Coast 
of South Australia, in 1844:—Of Her Majesty’s 
Sloop “ Serpent,” fitted with similar Conductors in 
Masts, &amp;c.; said by Commander Jeville, in his 
Report on sailing qualities, to have had her Spars 
saved from damage on at least three occasions ; 
Report from Captain Veville in May 1846, and 
Copy of Log :—Of Her Majesty’s Sloop “ Scylla,” 
fitted with Conductors in the Masts, &amp;c.; Com- 
mander Sharpe; struck by a very heavy shock of 
Lightning in the West Indies, August 1843 ; stated 
by Captain Sharpe to have been saved by the Con- 
ductors ; Report from Captain Sharpe, with Copies 
of all Correspondence between Admiral Sir Charles 
Adam, the Board of Admiralty, Commander Sharpe 
and Mr. Snow Harris (date November 3 and No- 
vember 5, 1843, and August 7, 1844), relative to 
this case; as also, Copy of the Orders issued by 
the Surveyors’ Department of the Navy to the 
various Dock-yards, relative to Mr. Harris’s Con- 
ductors, in September 1844, with reference to this 
case :—Of Her Majesty’s Sloop “ Racer,” having 
Conductors fixed in the Masts, &amp;c.; Commander 
Reed; struck by Lightning at the Bucco, in the Rio 
De la Plata, February 27, 1844; a portion of 
Metal at the Mast-head fused; Spars said to have 
been saved by the Conductors; Report from Com- 
mander Reed, and Copy of Log :—Of Her Majesty’s 
Steamer “ Sydenham,” Lieutenant R.B. Mapleton 
commanding ; having Conductors fixed in the 
Masts, &amp;c.; struck by Lightning in the Mediter- 
ranean, January 4, 1845; Vessel said to have re- 
ceived complete Protection from the Conductors :— 
Of Her Majesty’s Sloop “ Daphne,” Captain On- 
slow, having fixed Conductors in the Masts; struck 
by a discharge of Lightning, February 9, 1843, off 
Monte Video; reported to have escaped perfectly 
by the Conductors; Captain’s Report, &amp;c.:—Of 
Her Majesty’s Ship “ Minden,” Captain Quin; 
struck by Lightning at Hong Kong, July 30, 1843, 
in a very long and violent Thunder Storm, which 
damaged several Merchant Vessels near the “ Min- 
den ;”” the Conductors fixed in the Masts; said to 
have effectually protected the Ship; Report from 
Captain Quin, and Ship’s Log :—And, of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Ship “ Fisgard,” fitted with fixed Conduc- 
tors, Captain Duntze; struck by Lightning in Sep- 
tember 1846, in the Oregon; Spars reported to have 
been saved by the Conductors ; Report from Captain 
Dunize and Officers of the Ship, together with 
Copies of Correspondence with the Board of Admi- 
ralty and Mr. Snow Harris, and all other Corre- 
spondence relative to this case. 

‘ — That the said Returns do lie upon the 

able. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Order of the day for the Committee 
of Supply, be now read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words, 
“« in the Opinion of this House, it is incumbent on 
“ the British Government, as it has made itself a 

















A. 1847. 


“ party to an armed intervention in Portugal, with 
“ the avowed view of adjusting internal differences 
“ in that country, to insure to the Portuguese Nation 
“ the full and complete enjoyment of their constitu- 
“ tional rights and privileges, and also to insist on 
“ the immediate recal of the Count Bomfin and his 
‘“* companions in exile from the penal settlement of 
“ Angola, and, if necessary, to facilitate their con- 
“ veyance to Europe,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ it is the duty of this House to institute an inquiry Raja of 
“ into the conduct of the East India Company to- Satara. 
“ wards Purtaub Sing, the Raja of Sattara, in de- 
“ priving him of his sovereignty, and sending him 
to Benares, where he is in exile, deprived of his 
“ liberty and property,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question: 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


“ 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 6° die Julii, 1847: 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 


The ingrossed Bill for the further Improvement Fishery Piers 
of the Fishery Piers and Harbours in Zreland, was, 2%4 Harbours 
according to Order, read the third time. ay ae 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to authorize the Advance of Railways 
Money out of the Consolidated Fund, for Loans to- (Ireland) | 
wards defraying the Expense of making certain (X® 2.) Bill 
Railways in Jreland, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Joint stock 
Reading of the Joint Stock Companies Bill ; Companies 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time BH 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving New Zealand. 
the Report from the Committee to whom it was re- 
ferred to consider of authorizing an Advance out of 
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland by way of Loan to the 
New Zealand Company ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Joint Stock Companies (No. 2.) Bill was, Joint Stock 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- ary 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for (N°. 2.) Bub. 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Polling at 
mittee on the Polling at Elections (Ireland) Bill ; i - 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve “elan’) 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Recovery of 
,; . ‘ . 
— on the Recovery of Public Monies (Jreland) Cirelan 2) Bil. 
? 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bankruptcy 
mittee on the Bankrupicy and Insolvency Bill; and Insolvency 


Resolved, That this House will, upon’ Thursday 24 


The 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 




















Masters in 
Chancery 
Affidavit 
Office Bill. 


Copyright 
(Colonies) Bill, 


Navigation 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Custody of 
Offenders Bill. 


11 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Masters in Chancery Affidavit Office 
Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House do now adjourn ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, {hy Borthwick, 8. 

Mr. Tufnell, 

Tellers for the Noes. {Visooute re: 32. 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words, 
“&lt; this House will, this day, resolve itself into the 
“ said Committee,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be ieft out stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment and Motion were, 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Copyright (Colonies) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Navigation (No. 2.) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Greene reported the Custody of Offenders 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, as follow : 
Pr. 1.1. 7. Leave out from “ Majesty” to “by” 
in ]. 21. 
Pr. 2.1, 14, Leave out “the removal of” and in- 
sert “ that.” 
Pr, 2. 1.16. Leave out “to” and insert “ and 
“ being under sentence or order of transportation, may 
“ be removed to and confined and kept to labour in.” 
Pr. 2. 1s. 17. and 18, Leave out “ either in Eng- 
© land or.” 
’ Pr, 2.1.18. Leave out from “ England” to “ if” 
in ]. 20., and insert “ in like manner as.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 21. After “ Britain” insert “ and every 
offender who shall be so removed shall continue 
in custody, and shall be kept to labour in the 
“ place of confinement to be so provided, or any 
other place of confinement to be from time to 
time provided by Her Majesty, out of England, 
until Her Majesty shall otherwise direct, or until 
‘ the offender shall be entitled to his liberty.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 18. Leave out “in prison” and insert 
under sentence or order of transportation.” 

Pr. 3. ls. 19. and 20, Leave out “ the United 
Kingdom of.” 

Pr. 3.1.20, Leave out from “ Britain” to “And” 
in Pr. 4. 1. 1., and insert “ shall be removed from 
“ the prisons in which they are severally confined 
to any other of Her Majesty’s prisons or peniten- 
“ tiaries in Great Britain, there to be confined for 
“ such time as Her Majesty, by any such order, 
notified as aforesaid, shall direct, not exceeding 
the time for which they might have been lawfull 
confined in the prisons from which they shall have 
been severally removed; and the expense of main- 
taining any such person in the prison to which he 
shall be removed under this Act, and any other 
‘ additional expense incurred in such prison by such 
removal and confinement, shall be defrayed in 
like manner as the expense of maintaining any 
such person in any place of confinement appointed 
under the first recited Act.” 

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807 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
é Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
ay. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- stockin Trade 
mittee on the Stock in Trade Since Bill; Exemption 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve ®- 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Post-office 
the Report on the Post-office Bill ; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Drainage of 
the Report on the Drainage of Lands (Ireland) Bill ; Lands (Ire- 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day, 4) Bill 
Mr. Greene reported the Shannon Navigation Bill; Shannon 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. Navigation 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


and 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Insolvent 
the Report on the Insolvent Debtors Bill; Debtors Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Herring 
mittee on the Herring Fishery (Scotland) Bill; Fishery (Scot- 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve oa) 

itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Mussel 
the Report on the Mussel Fisheries (Scotland) Bill ; Fisheries 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. saat 


Ordered, That the Petition of Samuel Porter, for Electric 
inquiry into the merits of his discovery of the Elec- Telegraph. 
tric Telegraph, which was presented upon Thursday 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Petition of G. Z. Hutchinson, Poor Laws 
relative to the Poor Laws Administration Bill, which —— 
was presented upon Thursday last, be printed. -- 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Constabulary 
regulate the Superannuation Allowances of the Con- Force (Ire- | 
stabulary Force in Ireland and the Dublin Metro- #4) &amp;«- Bill. 
politan Police: And that Mr. Parker, Mr. Labou- 
chere and Mr. Rich do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented a Bill to amend an Canal Com- 
Act to enable Canal Companies to become Carriers Pavies Bill. 
upon their Canals: And the same was read the first No. 617. 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Sunderland 
Improvement, 


Mr. Hutt presented a Bill for paving, lighting, 
sewering, supplying with Water, and improving the YP sees 
Borough of Sunderland, and for vesting the Manage- Bridge (No. 2.) 
ment thereof, and of the Markets and Bridge, in the Bill. 

Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the said Bo- 
rough: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Parker presented a Bill to regulate the Su- Constabulary 
perannuation Allowances of the Constabulary Force Force (Ire- | 
in Zreland and the Dublin Metropolitan Police ; #4)» *«. Bill. 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered No.618. 
to be read a second time upon Thursday next; and 
to be printed. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, this Health of 
day, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of Towns -_ 
authorizing Advances to be made out of the Conso- Y"°* 

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808 5°—6° Juli. 


lidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, for defraying the Expenses of 
any preliminary Inquiry in any Town, in pursuance 
of any Act of the present Session for improving the 
Health of Towns in England ; 

Viscount Morpeth, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Qualification The Qualification of Peers (Scotland) Bill was 


wd Ba read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


No. 619. 
Northam The Northam Bridge Company’s Estate Bill was 
pc af ert read the first time; and referred to the Examiners 
Bil, of Petitions for Private Bills. 
Jesus Hos- The Jesus Hospital (ewcastle) Estate Bill was 


pital (New- ead the first time; and referred to the Examiners 
tl oye ? se 
Bill. “je of Petitions for Private Bills. 


a Ordered, That the London Bridge Approaches 
Fei Bil Fund Bill be read a second time this day. 

And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before Two of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 








Martis, 6° die Julii ; 
Anno 11° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


Jesus Hos- N OTICE being taken, that the Jesus Hospital 
pital (New- (WVewcastle) Estate Bill had been read the first 
castle) Estate time yesterday, and that no printed Copies thereof 
; had been delivered to the Doorkeepers for the use 
of Members before such First a as directed 

by the Standing Order of the House, No. 119 ; 
Ordered, That the Proceedings of the House 
upon the First Reading of the said Bill be null and 


void. 


Sunderland A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 

Improvement, posed, That the Standing Order of the House, No. 

Bridge (No-2.) 124, requiring a Breviate to be laid on the Table 

Bil. of the House three clear days before the Second 
Reading of a Private Bill, be suspended in the case 
of the Sunderland Improvement, Markets and Bridge 
(No. 2.) Bill:—And the said Motion was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 
this day, till five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 


Committees. 


Sutton Har- Ordered, That the Report on the Sutton Harbour 
bour Improve- Tmprovement Bill be taken into consideration To- 
ment Bill. 

morrow. 


York and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— the Report on the York and Newcastle Railway 
(Main Line (Main Line Improvement, &amp;c.) Bill; and the Amend- 
Improvement, meats were read, and agreed to. 

&amp;c.) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


Midland Rail- |The House proceeded to take into consideration 
viloae) the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
Bil,’ _intituled, An Act to enable the Midland Railway 
Company to purchase the Mansfield and Pinxton 
Railway, and to alter the same, and to make a Rail- 
way from the Erewash Valley Railway to the Not- 


tingham and Mansfield Railway, with Branches to 





A. 1847. 


Mansfield, and also to the Alfreton Iron-works ; and 
the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 3. Is. 15. and 16. Leave out “ passing of this 
“ Act” and insert “ granting of the certificate of 
“ the Commissioners of Railways as hereinafter 
“ mentioned.” 

Pr. 3. Is. 18. and 19. Leave out “ and the same 
“ is hereby.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 9. After “hereby” insert “ declared to 
“ be,” and in the same line, after “ repealed” in- 
sert “ after the granting of the said certificate.” 

Pr. 5. 1s. 17. and 18. Leave out “ passing of this 
“ Act” and insert “ granting of the said certifi- 
“* cate.” 

Pr. 5.1.19. Leave out “ passing” and insert 
“ granting.” 

Pr. 6.1.14. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 
and insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 

Pr. 6. 1. ult. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 
and insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 

Pr. 7.1.1. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 
and insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 

Pr. 7. ls. 6. and 7. Leave out “ passing of this 
“ Act” and insert “ granting of such certificate.” 

Pr. 7.1.29. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 
and insert “ granting of such certificate.” 

Pr. 8.1. 4. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 
and insert “ granting of such certificate.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 21, Leave out “ passing of this Act” 
and insert “ granting of such certificate.” 

Pr. 9. 1s. 10.and 11. Leave out “ passing of this 
“ Act” and insert “ granting of such certificate.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 13. Leave out “ passing” and insert 
“ granting.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 20. After “ Act” insert “ authorized 
“ to be.” 

Pr. 9.1. 28. After “ passed” insert “ or such 
“ certificate had not been granted.” 

Pr. 10.1.7. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 





and insert “ granting of such certificate.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hudson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The Argyle Canal Bill was, according to Order, Argyle Canal 
read a second tie; and committed to the Chairman Bill. 
of the Committee of Ways and Means, and the 
Members appointed to prepare, and bring in the 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Kilmarnock 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Police and 
intituled, An Act for amending the Acts relating to 3uprevemm* 
the Police and Improvement of the Burgh of Kil-" ~ 
marnock, and for other Purposes in relation thereto ; 
and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 94. 1. 36. After “ shall” insert “ where not 
“ otherwise hereby provided for.” 

Pr. 120. 1. 26. Leave out from “ purposes” to 
“ And” in Pr, 121. 1. 34. 

Pr. 121. 1. 35. Leave out from “that” to “the” 
inl, penult., and insert “ when any offender under 
“ this Act shall be convicted and adjudged to make 
“ payment of any penalty, and shall fail to make 
payment of the same, with costs of conviction, if 
“* such shall be awarded.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 

the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 


Lordships. 


« 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Edinburgh 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- -_ — 


tituled, An Act to vest in the Edinburgh and North- Fbavatind . 
ern Railway Company the Undertaking of the Low Pier, &amp;c.) Bill. 





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Water Pier at Burntisland, and of the Ferry between 
the same and Granton, and to enable the said Com- 
pany to extend and improve the said Pier; and the 
same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 5.1. 9. After “ them” insert Ciause (A.) 

Cuavuse (A) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
Company, by virtue of the power hereinbefore 
contained, to purchase the said undertaking, unless 
it shall have been proved to the satisfaction of 
the Commissioners of Railways, and certified by 
them under their seal, previously to the comple- 
tion of such sale, that one-half of the whole 
amount of the capital, exclusive of loans, by the 
said Act or Acts relating to the said Company 
(other than this Act), authorized to be raised, has 
been actually paid up and expended for the pur- 
poses authorized by such Act or Acts.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 9. After “ Act” insert “ and the vest- 
ing of the said undertaking in the said Company, 
and publication thereof in manner aforesaid, shall 
have the like force and effect as the certificate 
under the hands of the Sheriff of the county of 
Fife prescribed by the said first-recited Act would 
“ have hed, if the said certificate had been granted 
“* and published in the manner directed by the said 
“* Act.” 

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Pr. 23.1.17. After “ consolidation” in]. pen- 
ult., insert “ Scotland.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Newbart (or Newbart (or Gravenor’s) Estate Bill was read a 


Gravenor’s) gecond time; and committed. 
ae Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Paterson's Paterson’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; 
Estate Bill. =~ and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. . 
Pickernell’s Pichernell’s Estate Bill was read a second time; 
Estate BUL and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Sir John Sir John Saint Aubyn’s Estate Bill was read a 
St. Aubyn’s second time ; and committed. 
Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Boston, Stam- The House proceeded to take into consideration 


a the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
ietwer ‘a intituled, An Act to empower the Boston, Stamford 


(Wisbech to and Birmingham Railway Company to makea Rail- 

ee way from Wisbech to Sutton Bridge, with a Branch 

a to Sutton Saint Mary, and to improve the Harbour 
at Sutton Bridge: and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 14. 1. 31. Leave out “ this” and insert “ the.” 

Pr.17. 1.19. Leave out from “ conditions” to 
and” in |. 23., and insert “and subject to such 
rules and regulations as may from time to time 
be prescribed by the Commissioners of Rail- 
ways.” 

Pr. 26. 1.16. Leave out “ due” and insert “ do.” 

Pr. 26. 1.36. After “sea” insert “to.” 

Pr. 56. 1.38. Leave out from ‘ Crown” to 
without” in 1. ult. 

Pr. 57. 1.20. After “ successors” insert “ in 
right of Her Crown, or in right of Her Duchy of 
“« Lancaster.” 

Vot. 102. 


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6° Juliz. 


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The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were — to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Health of 
into a Committee, to consider of authorizing Ad- Towns i” 
vances to be made out of the Consolidated Fund of “"°* 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
for defraying the Expenses of any preliminary In- 
quiry in any town, in pursuance of any Act of the 

resent Session for improving the Health of Towns 
in England. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That pro- 
vision be made for advancing, out of the’ Consoli- 
dated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, the Sums necessary for defraying 
the Expenses of preliminary Inquiries which may 
be made in pursuance of an Act of the present 
Session, for improving the Health of Towns in 
England. 

Amendment proposed: At the end of the Ques- 
tion, to add the words “ not exceeding Twenty 
“* thousand pounds.” 

Question, That the proposed words be there added, 
———put, and Negatived. 

Resolved, That provision be made for advancing, 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Sums ne- 
cessary for defraying the Expenses of preliminary 
Inquiries which may be made in pursuance of an 
Act of the present Session, for improving the Health 
of Towns in England. 


Resolution to be reported. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Health of 
into a Committee upon the Health of Towns Bill. . Towns Bill 


(In the Committee.) 


CuiavuseE, N* 20, (Who shall execute the Act in 
districts which are not corporate towns.) 
Amendments made, 


Amendment proposed in P. 6. |. 7. To leave out 
the words “ if he shall think fit.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cuause, No. 21, (Commissioners’ Clauses Act 
1847, incorporated with this Act.) 

Amendment proposed in P. 7.1.14. After the 
word “ electing” to insert the words “ the said 
“ Town Commissioners, every rate-payer shall have 
and be entitled to give one vote, and no more, in 
'“ respect of the property for which he is qualified 
‘* to vote at such election, and that for the purpose 
“ of conducting the election.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 

inserted ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


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Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made further 
Progress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


5 L Ordered, 


























Northam 

Bridge Com- 
any’s Estate 
ill. 


Gillespie’s 
Estate Bill. 


Public Peti- 
tions (Forty- 
first Report.) 


Jesus Hos- 
pital (New- 
castle) Estate 
Bill. 


Robert 
Grapes. 


Cured 
Provisions, 


Cattle, &amp;c. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Corn, &amp;c. 
Importation 
Bill. 


Ayrshire 
Roads Bill. 





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Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for 
Private Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, To- 
morrow, on the Wortham Bridge Company’s Estate 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for 


Private Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, To-| P 


morrow, on Gillespie’s Estate Bill. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 1st and 2d days of this 
instant July ; and had directed him to make a Re- 
port thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Jesus Hospital (Newcastle) 
Estate Bill be read the first time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all Papers, Reports, Communications 
and Correspondence among the Post-office autho- 
rities, relative to the dismissal of Robert Grapes, 
late a General Post Letter-carrier in the General 
Post-office ; showing the grounds of such dismissal, 
with a Copy of the Order read to Robert Grapes, on 
Saturday evening, the 3d day of July, by Thomas 
Boyden, the Assistant Inspector, announcing such 
dismissal :—Also, a Copy of the remaining Charges 
brought against the Superintending President and 
the Inspector of Letter-carriers, by the said Robert 
Grapes; the Correspondence between Robert Grapes 
and the Post-office authorities, relating thereto, with 
the reason why the further investigation of such 
Charges has been discontinued by Mr. Peacock, So- 
licitor to the Post-oftice ; also, a Copy of the Evi- 
dence given before Mr. Peacock, during the late 
investigation of Robert Grape’s Charges, with Mr. 
Peacock’s Report thereon. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return, showing the Quantities of Cured Provi- 
sions of all kinds, imported into the United King- 
dom from Foreign Countries and from the Colonies, 
for the year ending the 5th day of July 1847; spe- 
cifying the different kinds, the Countries whence 
sent, the Quantities of each kind entered for Home 
Consumption, and the Amount of Duty paid on 
same respectively ; also, the Quantities of each kind 
re-exported, and whether taken for the use of the 
Ship or for Merchandize, and the Place to which 
same were re-exported. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return, showing the Number and Description 
of each kind of Live Cattle and other Animals 
imported into the United Kingdom from Foreign 
Countries, for the year ending the 5th day of July 
1847. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir William Horne 

and Sir George Rose: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to suspend until the 
first day of March One thousand eight hundred and 
Forty-eight, the Duties on the Importation of Corn, 
Maize, Rice, Grain, Meal, Flour, Biscuit, and cer- 
tain other similar Articles: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for repairing and keeping 
in repair the Turnpike-roads in the County of Ayr, 
for making and maintaining new Roads, and alter- 
ing and improving existing Roads, for rendering 
Turnpike certain Parish Roads, and for regulating 
the Statute Labour and Bridge Money in the said 
County : 


6° Juli. 





A. 1847. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize the Shrews- Shrewsbury 
bury and Chester Railway Company to make cer- *"4 —— 
tain Branches, and to provide Station-room and one and 
other Conveniences, in the City of Chester, and to Station) Bill. 
raise additional Capital for these Purposes, and for 
amending the former Acts relating to the said Com- 
any : 

IN Bill, intituled, An Act for the more effectually Norwich 
assessing, collecting and levying the Poor and other Small Tene- 
Rates in the City and County of the City of Mor- ™°'s Bill 
wich, and Liberties of the same: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Mayor, Wisbech Port 
Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Wis- and Harbour 
bech, as Guardians of the Port and Harbour of l. 

Wisbech, to raise a Sum of Money, and for other 
Purposes : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for better supplying with Wakefield 
Gas the Parish and Neighbourhood of Wakefield, in #8 Bil 
the West Riding of the County of York: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize an Alteration Cork and — 
in the Line of the Cork and Bandon Railway, and al 
an Extension thereof into the City of Cork, and to 
amend the Act relating to the said Railway: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Guildford 
Act for enabling the London and South Western a 
Railway Company to make Extensions of the Gui/d- and Fareham 
ford Extension and Portsmouth and Fareham Rail- Railway Bill. 
way, near Portsmouth, and a Deviation in the author- 
ized Line thereof, near Godalming, with Amendments; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Huddersfield 
Act for enabling the Huddersfield and Manchester rt ner 
Railway and Canal Company to alter a Portion of (Devintions 
the Line of their Oldham Branch, and for other Pur- and Altera- 
poses, with Amendments; to which Amendments “ynag: liar 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: ge.) Bill.” 


And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Edinburgh, 
Act to enable the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton — and 
: : ranton Rail- 
Railway Company to make a Branch Railway to way (Leith 
the Upper Drawbridge, in the Town of Leith, with Extension) 
Amendments: to which Amendments the Lords Bi 


desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Great North 
Act to enable the Great Northern Railway Company (Hertford, &gt; 
to make a Railway from Saint Alban’s to the Great Hatfield and 
Northern Railway at Hatfield, and thence to the $t Albars | 
Town of Hertford, with Amendments; to which” - 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 

this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Westminster 
Act to amend and enlarge the Powers and Provisions Poprovements 
of the Westminster Improvement Act, 1845, and to ~ 
authorize the ‘Application of certain Rates in Aid 

of the Improvements, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 

this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An ©st Lanca- 


| Act to enable the East Lancashire Railway Company we 


: j (Deviations 
to alter the Line and Levels of their Railway, and and Rawten- 
to make a Branch Railway therefrom, and for other — i 
Purposes relating thereto, with Amendments; to” siaiee 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 

of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An rece: gal 
Act to enable the Midland Railway Company to swceah pot 
enlarge their Stations at Masbrough and Normanton Normanton 
respectively, and to construct additional Sidings or mee 
Branch Railways, with Amendments; to which gar 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 


this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Betwe Comm 
Act to authorize the Purchase by the Eastern Coun- (pi rchase of 
ties Railway Company of the North Woolwich Rail- the North 


way, and the Lease of the Pepper Warehouses and Woolwich 





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with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to enable the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton 
ner chal Railway Company to make a Branch Railway from 
and Granton Bonnington to Trinity Villa, to acquire certain 
Junction) Bill. Pieces of Land, and to shut upand use certain Roads 
or Streets for the Purposes of the said Railway, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


Edinburgh, 
Leith and 
Granton Rail- 


Inverness ‘ soph 2 
Municipal § Act for extending the Municipal Boundaries of the 
and Police, Burgh of Inverness ; establishing a general system 
&amp;c. Bill. ; ; ‘3 = 
of Police therein; and regulating the Petty Cus- 
toms, and for other Purposes relating to the said 
Burgh, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 
Birmingham, The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Wolverhamp- Act for enabling the Birmingham, Wolverhampton 
ton and Dud- : 
ley Railway 2nd Dudley Railway Company to purchase Lands 
(Stourbridge for additional Station Room at Birmingham, and 
Sumrvick) for authorizing the Sale of the Undertaking of the 
a said Company to the Great Western Railway Com- 


pany, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 


St. Helen’s The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
—_ _. Act to enable the Saint Helen’s Canal and Railway 
smog — Company to make Branch Railways to Warrington 
Blackbrook and to Blackbrook, and to make certain Alterations 


_* &amp;c.) in their Railway, and also to take a Lease of the 


Rainford Branch of the London and North Western 
Railway, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 


Inverness The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
a and Act for deepening, enlarging, improving and main- | * 
— taining the Port and Harbour of Jnverness, and the 
Navigation of the River Wess, and the Quays and 
Piers and other Works connected therewith ; for 
regulating the Anchorage and Shore Dues of the 
said Port and Harbour, and for other Purposes 
relating thereto, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 
Stalfoedahire The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
a Act for supplying with Water certain Parts of the 
a, Staffordshire Polietien and the Town of Newcastle- 
under-Lyme, and several Townships and Places 
adjoining or near thereto, with an Amendment ; to 
which Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 
Sandwich The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Haven Bill. Act for improving, regulating and maintaining the 
Haven of Sandwich, in the County of Kent, with 
an Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
Trustees The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
Relief Bill. = for better securing Trust Funds, and for the Relief 
of Trustees, to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House:—And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 
Settlement The Judge Advocate reported from the Select 
—- Committee appointed to inquire into the operation 
(Eighth of the Law of Settlement and of the Poor Removal 
Report.) Act of the last Session of Parliament, and to report 
No.518. their Observations thereon to the House; That 
they had further considered the matters to them 
referred, and directed him to make a Report thereof 
to the House, together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Ecclesiastical A Petition of Horatio Nelson Hughes, Merchant, 
mmission, of Liverpool, stating, that he is a sub-lessee, under 


the Dean and Chapter of Chester, of a Tar and Tur- 
pentine Distillery situated at Stonebridge, near 
Vot. 102. 


6° Julie. 





811 


Chester, on the banks of the Liverpool and Chester 
Canal, complaining of the refusal of the Ecclesi- 
astical Commissioners to renew his lease of those 
premises, and praying that he may be continued in 
possession of the premises, or should it be essential 
to higher interests that he should quit, that he may 
be allowed adequate compensation for the loss he 
may thereby sustain, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Ecclesi- 
agtical Commission. 


Petitions from Maryport; — and, Liverpool ; Navigation 
praying the House not to consent to a repeal or any L4¥- 
fundamental alteration in the Navigation Laws,— 
were presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Navigation Laws. 


A Petition of Clerks, Masters and Matrons of Poor Law 
Workhouses, Relieving Officers, Assistant Over- ‘°°? 
seers and other Officers connected with the Adminis- 
tration of the laws relating to the relief of the poor 
in England and Wales, praying the House to cause 
it to be enacted that it may be lawful for Boards of 
Guardians and other bodies having the manage- 
ment of parochial funds to grant, subject to such 
regulation and control as may be deemed necessary, 
suitable superannuation allowance, in no case ex- 
ceeding two-thirds of their salary and emoluments, 
to any meritorious officer who may become perma- 
nently disabled, by old age, infirmity, sickness or 
accident, from performing properly the duties of his 
office, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to the Municipal 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Abstract Boroughs. 
of the Statements of the Accounts of the several 
Municipal Boroughs in England and Wales, in the 
year ended the 31st of August 1846. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Spanish 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to Her Bondholders, 
Majesty, praying Her Majesty to take such steps 
as Her Majesty may be graciously pleased to deem 
advisable to secure for the British holders of unpaid 
Spanish Bonds redress from the Government of 
Spain :—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Sugar Duties. 
posed, That the House do resolve itself into a Com- 
mittee, to consider the Duties on Sugar :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Poor Removal 
to explain an Act of the tenth year of Her present (No. 2.) Bill. 
Majesty, for amending the laws relating to the 
Removal of the Poor: And that Mr. Fitzroy and 
Captain Pechell do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Collicries Bill. 
to compel for a limited period the Use of Safety 
Lamps, and to — the Use of Gunpowder or 
other explosive Material in all Fiery Collieries: And 
that Mr. Thomas Duncombe, Mr. Bernal and Mr. 
Hume do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Scinde. 
Copies of all Correspondence that has taken place 
between the Court of Directors and the Secret 
Committee, with the Government of Jndia and the 
Board of Control, on the subject of Scinde, since 
the last Returns:—And, a Return of the Revenue 
and Expenditure of Jndia for the last three years. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, British 
a Return of all Payments during the years 1844, 7 ces 


1845, 1846 and 1847, under the Act 6 Geo. 4, c. 87, 
to Ministers and Congregations, and others, abroad, 





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with the Names and Places, and Amounts paid by 
the British Residents at each of these places, and 
also by the British Government, to each in each 
year, and the aggregate sum in each year. 


Protestant Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

Dissenting Copies of any Correspondence since the 1st day of 

tireland) January 1847, between the Non-conforming or Pro- 

' testant Dissenting Ministers in Jreland, and the 

Trish Government or the Treasury, respecting any 

increase to their Grant, or any suspension of the 

rules under which the Congregations have to pay 

certain sums before their Ministers can receive the 
Parliamentary Grant. 


Property Tax. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of Charge on Persons in Trade and Pro- 
fessions to the Property and Income Tax, 5 and 6 
Vic., c. 35, under Schedule (D.), for the year ending 
the 5th day of April 1846; distinguishing the 
Amounts charged in Classes, from above £.150 and 
under £.200; £.200 and under £.300; £.300 and 
under £.400; £.400 and under £.500; £.500 and 
under £.600; £.600 and under £.700; £.700 
and under £.800; £.800and under £.900; £.900 
and under £.1,000; £.1,000 and under £.1,500; 
£.1,500 and under £.2,000; £.2,500 and under 
£.3,000; £.3,000 and under £. 4,000; £.4,000 
and under £. 5,000; £.5,000 and under £.10,000 ; 
£.10,000 and under £.20,000; £.20,000 and 
under £.30,000; £.30,000 and under £. 50,000; 
£.50,000 and upwards; showing the Amount 
chargeable in each Class ; the Number of Persons 
in each Class; and the Amount of Tax received 
from each Class :—And, of Charge to the Property 
and Income Tax, 5 and 6 Vic., c. 35, on Persons 
in Receipt of Salaries, Pensions, Annuities, or other 
Payments under Schedule (E.), for the year ending 
the 5th day of April 1846; distinguishing the 
Amounts charged in Classes, from above £.150 and 
under £.200; £.200 and under £.300; £.300 
and under £.400; £.400 and under £.500; £.500 
and under £.600; £.600 and under £.700; £.700 
and under £.800; £.800 and under £.900; £. 900 
and under £.1,000; £.1,000 and under £. 1,500 ; 
£.1,500 and under £.2,000; £.2,000 and under 
£.3,000; £.3,000 and under £.4,000; £. 4,000 
and under £.5,000; £.5,000 and upwards ; show- 
ing the Amount chargeable in each Class; the 
Number of Persons in each Class ; and the Amount 
of Tax received from each Class. 


Property Tax. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Net Amount of Property and Income 
Tax received for the year ending the 5th day of 
April 1846, classed under the several Schedules 
(A.), (B.), (C.), (D.) and (E.), contained in the Act 
5 and 6 Vic.,c.35, (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 107) :—And a like Return for the year 
“alee the 5th day of April 1847. 


Trust Monies § Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Investment to facilitate the Investment of Trust Monies in the 


mi. Improvement of Land: And that Mr. George Wil- 
liam Hope and Mr. Walpole do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Masters in The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

pvr into a Committee upon the Masters in Chancery 

avit 


Office Bill. Affidavit Office Bill; and after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 

Parker reported, That the Committee had gone 

through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Custody of The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
Offenders Bill. amend the Law as to the Custody of Offenders, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 








A. 1847. 


Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


Mr. Fitz Roy presented a Bill to explain an Act Poor Removal 
of the last Session, for amending the Laws relating (No. 2.) Bill. 
to the Removal of the Poor: Andthe same wasread 0-621. 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend an Act for the Re- Joint Stock 
gistration, Incorporation and Regulation of Joint Companies 
Stock Companies, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Account of Licenses) was 
thrice read; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Stock in Trade 
into a Committee upon the Stock in Trade Exemp- a 
tion Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. * 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Parker re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Mr. Parker reported the Drainage of Lands prainage of 
(Ireland) Bill; and the-Amendments were read, Lands (Ire- 
and agreed to. oo 

A Clause (Dublin Gazette to be evidence of Pub- 
lication of Final Notice) was twice read, and made 
part of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Thursday 
next. 


The ingrossed Bill to provide for the Repayment shannon 
of Sums due by the County of the City of Limerick, Navigation 
for Advances of Public Money for the Improvement ”~ 
of the Navigation of the River Shannon, was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Lord Courtenay, by Order, presented a Bill to Trust Monies 
facilitate the Investment of Trust Monies in the Im- Ivestment 
provement of Land: And the same was read the ‘No 622 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time — 
upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


The Lord Advocate reported the Mussel Fisheries yussel 
(Scotland) Bill; and the Amendments were read, Fisheries 
and agreed to. —" 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second London Bridge 
ig of the London Bridge Approaches Fund Anes 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Mr. Hawes reported from the Committee to whom New Zealand 
it was referred to consider of authorizing an Ad- Bill. 
vance out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, by way of 
Loan, to the Mew Zealand Company, a Resolution ; 
which was read, as followeth: 

Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland be authorized to advance the 
Sum of £. 136,000, out of the Consolidated Fund = 

the 





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Post-office 
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Polling at 
Elections 
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Herring 
Fishery (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Supply ; 


Raja of 
Sattara. 


Threatening 
Letters, &amp;c 
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11 Victroriz. 


the said United Kingdom, by way of Loan, to the 
New Zealand Company. 

The said Resolution, being read a third time, was 
agreed to ; 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the 
said Resolution: And that Mr. Greene, Mr. Hawes 
and Mr. Parker do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report on the Post-office Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Polling at Elections (Zreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Herring Fishery (Scotland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
nexi, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which 
was yesterday proposed to be made to the Question, 
That the Order of the day for the Committee of 
Supply be now read; and which Amendment was, 
to leave out from the word “ That” to the end of 
the Question, in order to add the words, “ it is the 
* duty of this House tv institute an inquiry into 
“ the conduct of the East India Company towards 
“ Purtaub Sing, the Raja of Sattara, in depriving 
“him of his sovereignty, and sending him to Be- 
“« nares, where he is in exile, deprived of his liberty 
“ and property,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 7° die Julii, 1847: 


And the Question being put; 
The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, { a a 6 } 44, 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Hume, 23. 


Mr. Ewart: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day for the Com- 
mittee of Supply be now read ;-and the same being 
read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Reason offered by the 
Lords at the Conference held yesterday, for dis- 
agreeing to one of the Amendments made by this 
House to the Threatening Letters, &amp;c. Bill :—The 
House proceeded to take the said Reason into further 
consideration ; and the same was again read. 

Resolved, That this House doth not insist upon 
the Amendment made by this House to which the 
Lords have disagreed. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, that this House doth 
not insist upon the Amendment to which their 
Lordships have disagreed. 


The Copyright (Colonies) Bill was, aceording to 


(Colonies) Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 


Navigation 
(No. 2.) Bill, 


Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Navigation (No. 2.) Bill; 
Vo. 102. 


6°—7° Julie. 


813 


and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Thurs- 
day next. 


read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


to consider of authorizing the Advance, on the secu- 
rity of Rates to be levied in Ireland, of a further 
Sum of Money, by way of Loan, out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, to the Relief Commissioners 
appointed in pursuance of an Act of the present 
Session, for the temporary Relief of Destitute Per- 
sons in Ireland; 

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Majesty’s 
Command, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the subject-matter of this 
Motion, recommends it to the consideration of the 
House. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


consider of exonerating the Counties or Districts 
now liable to the Repayment of Sums advanced out 
of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Jreland, on the credit of 
Presentments for Public Works in Jreland, made 
for the Relief of Distress, from a portion thereof; 
of authorizing the transfer of a portion of the 
Money placed to the account of the Commissioners 
of Public Works in England to the Commissioners 
of Public Works in Jreland; and of making Ad- 
vances out of the said Consolidated Fund to the 
Commissioners of Public Works in Jreland, to be 
applied by them in the extension and promotion of 
Drainage and other Works of public utility ; 

The Chancellor of the Sodinanc by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject-matter 
of this Motion, recommends it to the consideration 
of the House. 

Resolved, That this House wil], To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Parker 
mand, — The 
Board of Public Works in Jreland. 


An Account of the Number of Gallons of Foreign 
Wine imported, of the Quantities upon which Duty 
has been paid for Home Consumption, and the 
Quantities exported; also, the Quantities retained 
for Home Consumption, after deducting the Amount 
exported subsequently to the Payment of Duty, for 
the year ended the 5th day of January 1847, dis- 
tinguishing Cape, French, Portugal, Spanish, Ma- 
deira, Rhenish, Canary, Fayal, Sicilian and other 
Sorts, together with the Quantities of each Sort 
remaining in bond on the 5th day of January 1847, 
distinguishing London from the Country. 


Rum, distinguishing West India, East India and 
Foreign ; also, of Brandy, Geneva and other Foreign, 
Colonial or Jersey Spirits imported; of the Quan- 
tities upon which Duty has been paid for Home 
Consumption, the Quantities exported, and the 
Quantities shipped as Stores, and used by the Navy, 
for the year ended the Sth day of January 1847; 
together with the Quantities of each Sort remaining 
in Bond on the 5th day of January 1847, distin- 
guishing Zondon from the Country. 





Tabular 


5L3 


Mr. Hawes presented a Bill for the Promotion of New Zealand 
Colonization in New Zealand: And the same was Bill 


No. 623. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, Destitute 


‘tcelf j j Persons 
upon Thursday next, resolve itself into a Committee (Ireland) 


(No. 3.) 


A Motion being made, That this House will, upon Public Works 


Thursday next, resolve i iz i and Drainage 
ursday next, resolve itself into a Committee, to Treland.) 


resented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Public Works 
ifteenth Annual Report from the (Ireland.) 


Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to Orders,— wine. 


No. 624. 


An Account of the Number of proof Gallons of Spirits. 


No. 624, 























a 


—— ——— EL ST Se TY CE ee 
EE ee AS a 


Imports. 


Isle of Man. 


Land Tax. 


London 
Corporation. 





London 
Bridge, &amp;c. 





814. 6°—7° Juli. A. 1847. 


A Tabular Return of all Articles imported into tropolis, and of the Appropriation of the same in 
the United Kingdom in the year 1846, showing, in| the discharge of Monies raised under the authority 
columns, the Gross Quantities imported, the Quan-| of the Act 10 Geo. 4, c. 136. _ ; 
tities paying Duty, the Rates of Duty, and the; An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Amounts received for each ; distinguishing the Im- | Chamberlain of the City of Zondon, from the 1st 
portation from Foreign Countries and the Colo-/ January to the 31st December 1846, for rebuilding 
nies, and exhibiting the Total Amount of Duties Zondon Bridge, and for improving and making 
received. ‘ | suitable Approaches thereto, in pursuance of the 

Return to an Order, dated the 29th day of April | several Actsof Parliament of 4 Geo. 4, c. 50,7 Geo. 4, 
in the last Session of Parliament, for Returns of|c. 40, 10 Geo. 4, c. 136, 1 Will. 4, c. 3,2 Will. 4, 


the Number and Tonnage of Boats engaged during 
the last Twenty years, (distinguishing each year) in 
the Fishing, on the Coast of the Island, that have 
x Custom: — Of the Quantities and Declared 

alue of British and Irish Produce and Manufac- 
tures, and Foreign and Colonial Goods (on which 
Duty has been paid on Importation into the United 
Kingdom), exported from the United Kingdom to 
the Tole of Man during the years 1840, 1841, 1842! 
and 1843:—Of the Number and Description of | 
each Vessel, with the Amount of Tonnage of each, 


c. 23, 4 Will. 4, c. 13, and 2 and 8 Vic., c. 107. 


An Account of Monies received and paid by the Coal Market, 
Chamberlain of the City of Zondon, for the year 
ending 31st December 1846, in relation to the 
Market established for the Sale of Coals, &amp;c., pur- 
suant to the Acts 1 and 2 Will. 4, c. 76, and 1 and 2 
Vic., c. 101, and 8 and 9 Vic., c. 101. 
An Account of the Receipt, by the Chamberlain Coals, &amp;. 
of the City of London, of the Duty of One penny 
per Ton on Coals, Culm and Cinders brought into 
the Port of London, &amp;c., made payable by the Act 





distinguishing the Ports to which they belonged, 


the Ports where they cleared from, and where bound | 
to, with the Description of Cargo, that have entered | . ; . 
the Ports of the Isle of Man, distinguishing each | under the Act 8 and 9 Vic., c. 101, in the creation 


Year and Port, during the past Twenty years :— 
Of the several Items of Expenditure, and showing 
the Amount of each Salary in the Collection of the 
Revenue in the Isle of Man during the last Six 
Years, distinguishing each year :—Of the several 
Items of Superannuations and Pensions paid out 
of the Isle of Man Revenue of Customs during the 
last Six Years, distinguishing each year :—And, of 
the several Items of Expenditure paid out of the 


Revenue of Customs in the Jsle of Man, for the | 


Administration of Justice and Government of the 
Island, during the last Twenty Years, distinguish- 
ing each Year and each Salary. 

Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—A Statement of 
the Expenses incurred under the Acts for the Re- 
demption and Sale of the Land Tax, and for dis- 
charging the Incidental Expenses attending the 
Execution of those Acts, from the 5th April 1846, 
the period to which the last Account was made up, 
to the 5th April 1847. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Accounts relative to Wine; 
and, Spirits, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after One of the 
clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned 
till this day. 








Mercurii, 7° die Julii ; 
Anno 11° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


NV R. Scott, from the Office of the Chamberlain 
of the City of London, was called in; and 


at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 


several Acts of Parliament,—An Account of Monies 
received and paid by the Chamberlain of the City 
of £ondon, in re of the year ending 5th Janu- 
ary 1847, being the Produce and Application of the 
several Duties and Payments constituting the Fund 
called the London Bridge Approaches or Improve- 
ment Fund, for effecting Public Works or Improve- 


ments in the Metropolis, in pursuance of the Pro-'! 


visions of the Acts 10 Geo. 4, c. 136, 11 Geo. 4, c. 64, 
1 and 2 Will. 4, c. 76, 1 and 2 Vic., c. 100, 1 and 2 
Vic., c.101, 5 and 6 Vic., c. 101, and 8 and 9 Vic., 
c.101. 

An Account of the Surplus, for the year ending 
5th January 1847, of the Fund called the London 
Bridge Approaches or Improvement Fund, for effect- 
ing Public Works and Improvements in the Me- 


of 1 and 2 Will. 4.,c. 76, and continued by subse- 
quent Acts; also of the Application of the same 


of a Fund for the execution of such Improvements 
in the Metropolis as Parliament may direct and 
, sanction, for one year ending 31st December 1846. 


| An Account of Monies received and paid by the Blackfriars 

| Chamberlain of the City of London, in respect of Bridge. 

| the year ending the 14th August 1846, for lighting» 

| watching, cleansing and repairmg Blackfriars Bridge, 
pursuant to the Acts 7 Geo. 5, c. 37, 52 Geo. 3, 

¢. 183, and 4 Will. 4, c. 118. 


An Account of Monies received and paid by the Royal 
Chamberlain of the City of London, from the 1st Exchange. 
January to the 31st December 1846, for improving 
the Site of the Royal Exchange, in the City of Lon- 
don, and the Avenues adjoining thereto, in pursuance 
| of the Acts 1 and 2 Vic., c. 100, and 5 and 6 Vic., 

c. 101. 


An Account of Monies received and paid by the London City 
Chamberlain of the City of London, in respect of Police. 
the year ending 25th December 1846, in pursuance 
of the Act 2 and 3 Vic., c. 94, intityled, An Act for 
regulating the Police of the City of London. 


An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, for the year 
1846, in pursuance of the Act 2 and 3 Vic., c. 94, 
| for regulating the Police of the City of London, in 
respect of the City Police Superannuation Fund, 
for the Payment of Superannuated and Retiring 
Allowances. 


An Account of Monies received and paid by the Mooring 
Chamberlain of the City of London, on account of Chains, ae, 
the year ending 25th July 1846, for defraying the Thames.) 
Costs and Charges of maintaining, repairing, &amp;c. 
the Mooring Chains in the River Thames, of paying 
the Salaries of the several Harbour Masters, &amp;c., 
and other Expenses of the Harbour Service, pur- 
suant to the Acts39 Geo. 3, c.69,10 Geo. 4, c. 124, 
and 4 and 5 Will. 4, c. 32. 


A Statement of the Receipt and Application of Bridge House 
the Surplus Rents and Profits of the Bridge House Estates. 
Estates (after deducting the existing Charges and 
Expenses of Management of the said Estates), from 
the 14th August 1845 to the 13th August 1846, pur- 
suant to the directions of the Acts 4 Geo. 4, c. 50, 

7 Geo. 4, c. 40, and 4 Will. 4, c. 118. 


An Account of Monies received and paid by the Thames 

| Chamberlain of the City of London, for one year Navigation. 
‘ending 29th September 1846, for improving the 

_ Navigation of the River Thames, westward of London 

Bridge, in pursuance of the several Acts of 50 Geo.3, 

c. 204, 52 Geo. 3, c. 46,54 Geo. 3,c. 223, 5 Geo. 4, 

c. 123, and 8 Vic, c. 1. 


An Account of Monies received and paid by the Sewers. 
Chamberlain of the City of London, for the a 
ending 























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City 


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Paving, - 
Cleansing and 
Lighting. 


Wardmotes. 


Aberdeen and 
Great North 
of Scotland 
Railways 
(Amalgama- 
tion or Leas- 
ing) Bill. 


Comunittees. 


Boston, Stam- 
ford and 
Birmingham 
Railway 
(Branch to 
Wisbech Har- 
bour and Wis- 
bech Harbour 
Improvement) 
Bill. 


Limerick 
Docks and 
Harbour Bill, 


11 Vicroriz. 


ending 29th September 1846, for making, main- 
taining, enlarging and repairing and cleansing the 
Vaults, Drains and Sewers within the said City and 
Liberties, pursuant to the several Acts of Parliament 
of 11 Geo. 3, c. 29, 18 Geo. 3, c. 66, and 33 Geo. 3, 
c. 75. 


An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, in the year 
ending 29th September 1846, for paving, cleansing 
and lighting the said City and Liberties, pursuant 
to the several Acts of Parliament of 11 Geo. 3, c. 29, 
33 Ceo. 3, c. 75, 57 Geo. 3, c. 29, and 4 Geo. 4, 
c. 114. © 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, in respect of 
the Charges of the Ward Clerks, Beadles, and other 
Expenses connected with the holding of Wardmotes 
and other Ward Meetings, and for local purposes 
connected therewith, within the several Wards of the 
City of London, pursuant to the Act 2 and 3 Vic., 
c. 94, s. 85 :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to consolidate the Aberdeen and 
Great North of Scotland Railway Companies ; and 
the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 26. 1. 30. Leave out 
“ four.” 

Pr. 41. 1. 20. Leave out from “ thereof” to 
“ and” in 1, 23. 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bannerman do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


“ five’’ and insert 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 
this day, during the sitting of the House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to empower the Boston, Stamford 
and Birmingham Railway Company to make a 
Branch Railway from the Stamford and Wisbech 
Line of the Boston, Stamford and Birmingham Rail- 
way at Wisbech, to Wisbech Harbour, and to con- 
struct certain Works at Wisbech Harbour; and the 
same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 13. 1. 3. After “ conditions” insert “ and 
“ subject to such rules and regulations as may from 
“ time to time be prescribed by the Commissioners 
“ of Railways.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 4. Leave out “ only.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 18. Leave out “ in” and insert “ for.” 

Pr. 15. Is. 27. and 28, Leave out from “ deter- 
“ mined” to “ and” in], 29., and insert “ by the 
‘ Commissioners of Railways.” 

Pr. 18. 1. 26, Leave out “ that” and insert 
“ which.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for amending two Acts of Parlia- 
ment passed respectively in the fourth year of the 
reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, 
and the fourth and fifth years of the reign of his late 
Majesty King William the Fourth, for erecting a 


Bridge across the River Shannon, and a Floating 


Dock and other Works for the Improvement of the 
VoL. 102, 


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Port of Limerick; and the same were read, as 
follow : 
In the Schedules to the Bill : 


In the Schedule (C.) 


Pr. 43. 1.17. After “ corkwood” insert “ whether 
“ cut or otherwise.” 
Pr. 43. 1.19. Leave out “corks or cut cork- 
“ work. | Cwt. | | | | | ice 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration yfo1q Railway: 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Bill. 
intituled, An Act for making a Railway from Mold, 
in the County of Flint, to join the Chester and 
Holyhead Railway, in the Parish of Hawarden, 
in the same County, with Branches, to be called, 
The Mold Railway; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 5. ls. 30. and 31. Leave out “whether the 
“ same shall be fixed or rateable.” 

Pr. 37.1. 28. After “on” insert Clause (A.) 

Cause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ not be lawful for the said Chester and Holyhead 
Railway Company, out of any money by this 
Act or any other Act relating to the said Railway 
Company authorized to be raised, by calls in re- 
spect of shares, or by the exercise of any power 
of borrowing, to pay interest to any shareholder 
on the amount of the calls made in respect of the 
“shares held by him in the capital by this Act 
“ authorized to be raised: Provided always, That 
nothing hereinbefore contained shall be deemed 
to prevent the said Company from paying to any 
shareholder such interest on money advanced 
by him beyond the amount of the calls actually 
made as shall be in conformity with the pro- 
visions in the Acts relating to the said last-men- 
“ tioned Company, or any of them, in that behalf 
contained.” . 

Pr. 37. 1. 23. After Clause (C.), added by way 

of Rider to the Bill, insert Clause (B.) 

Craust (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
** contained in this Act, or in the Acts herein re- 
“ cited or referred to, shall extend to authorize the 
Company to purchase, take or use any land or 
soil, or any rights in respect thereof belonging to 
“ Her Majesty in right of Her Crown, without the 
“ consent in writing of the Commissioners for the 
“ time being of Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, 
“ Land Revenues, Works and Buildings, or any 
“ two of them, first had and obtained for that pur- 
“ pose, and which such Commissioners, or any two 
“ of them, are hereby authorized and empowered 
“ to give, or to prejudice, diminish, alter or take 
“ away any of the rights, privileges, powers or au- 
“ thorities vested in or enjoyed by Her Majesty, 
“* Her heirs or successors.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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Mr. Deedes reported from the Committee on the wiits, Somer- 
Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway (No, 2.) set and Wey- 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- none a’ 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, but the same pi. 
had not been proved to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Mr. Deedes reported from the Committee on the Yeovil, Brid~ 
Yeovil, Bridportand Exeter Railway, with Branches, Port and 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations con- way, with 


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tained in the Preamble of the Bill, but the same 
had not been proved to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Direct London The House proceeded to take into consideration 
and Ports- the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
way Bill _ intituled, An Act to enable the Direct Zondon and 
' Portsmouth Railway Company to make an Approach 
to the Town of Dorking, and a Deviation in the 
Line, and certain Alterations in the Levels of their 
Railway, and in the Croydon and Epsom Railway ; 

and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 15.1.1. After “ final” insert Clauses (A.) 
and (B.) 

Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ not be lawful for the Company to construct their 
“ Railway nearer to East Leigh House, belonging 
“ or claimed to belong to John Barton, Esquire, 
‘“‘ than the centre line of Railway laid down on the 
“« said deposited plan, without the consent of the 
“ said John Barion, his heirs or assigns, first had 
“ and obtained.” 

Ciavse (B.) “And be it Enacted, That the 
“ Company shall not make bricks or burn clay 
“ within half a mile of the said East Leigh House, 
“ without the consent of the said John Barton, his 
“ heirs or assigns, in writing first had and ob- 
“ tained.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Deedes do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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—— A Petition of Cooper Ables, Agent and Solicitor 
Improvement, of the Owners and Occupiers of arable, meadow and 
Pevncts and pasture land within the borough of Sunderland, 
Bill. sheen praying that the Standing Orders of the House may 
not be suspended in the case of the Sunderland Im- 
provement, Markets and Bridge (No. 2.) Bill, was 
= and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Sutton Har- | The House, according to Order, proceeded totake 
bour Improve- into consideration the Report on the Sutton Harbour 
ment Bill, Improvement Bill ; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Sundesiend Ordered, That the Standing Order of the House, 

Improvement, No. 124, requiring a Breviate to be laid on the Table 

Bridge Noc2.) Of the House three clear days before the Second 

Bill. | Reading of a Private Bill, be suspended in the case 
of the Sunderland Improvement, Marketsand Bridge 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Manchester, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Sheffield and the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, 
— intituled, An Act for enabling the Manchester, 
(Branch to ‘Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company to 
Chapeltown make a Coal Branch from their Thurgoland Station 
end Thurg- to the Township of Stainborough; and the same was 
Brauch) Bil, Tead, as followeth : 

Pr. 16. 1. ult. Leave out from “thereon 
“ And” in Pr. 17, 1. 16. 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Parker do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
yo agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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to 


Gillespic’s Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Estate Bill Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills; That in the case of Gillespie's Estate 


A. 1847. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Northam 


‘ +4 . Bridge Com- 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions fot sang’s Betate 


Private Bills; That in the case of the Wortham gi" 
Bridge Company’s Estate Bill, no Standing Orders 
are applicable. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- argyte 
posed, That the Committee on the Argyle Canal Canal Bill. 
Bill have leave to sit, and proceed, and to make 
their Report To-morrow :—And a Debate arising 
thereupon ; 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Debate be now adjourned :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 
And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Committee on the Argyle Canal Bill have leave to 
sit, and proceed, and to make their Report To- 
morrow :—The said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 

The Order made yesterday for committing the 
Bill to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and 
Means, and the Members appointed to prepare and 
bring in the Bill, was read; and discharged. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Caledonian 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- and Glasgow, 
tituled, An Act to amalgamate the Glasgow, Pais- Eaisley and 
ley and Greenock Railway with the Caledonian Rail- Railways 
way, and to authorize the raising of additional Money a 
by the said last-mentioned Company ; and the same a 
were read, as follow : 

Pr. 9. 1. 32. Leave out “and fifty.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 9. After “ that” insert “ save as other- 
“ wise provided for by this Act ” 

Pr. 15. 1. ult. After “ Company” insert Clause 
(A.) 

Crause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 

acted, That nothing in this Act contained shall 
prejudice, affect or diminish any lien, security, 
guarantee, priority of dividend, right, power, bene- 
“ fit, privilege or remedy, in or by the Caledonian, 
“ Polloc and Govan and Clydesdale Junction Rail- 
“ ways Amalgamation Act, 1846, given, granted or 
made applicable to the holders of stock denomi- 
nated in such Act ‘ Caledonian Railway (Clydes- 
dale Junction) guaranteed Shares,’ their executors, 
administrators and assigns, but the same shall in 
“ all respects be judged of and determined as if this 
“ Act had not been passed.” 

Pr. 43. 1. 6. After “repealed” insert Clause 
(B.) 
Cravuse (B.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
“« Companies respectively, by virtue of the provisions 
“ hereinbefore contained, to enter to and conclude 
“ the amalgamation of the said Companies hereby 
“ authorized as aforesaid, unless it shall have been 
“ proved to the satisfaction of the Commissioners of 
‘* Railways, and certified by them under their seal, 
“ previously to the completion of such amalgama- 
“ tion, that one-half of the whole amount of the 
“ capital (exclusive of loans) by the Act or Acts 
“ relating to each of the said Companies authorized 
“ to be raised, has been actually paid and expended 
“ for the purposes authorized by such Act or Acts 
“ respectively.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Baine do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration gjasgow, 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Paisley and 
tituled, An Act to enable the Glasgow, Paisley and a 
Greenock Railway Company to make a certain (Branch to the 
Branch Railway to the Caledonian Railway at Caledonian 





Billi, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Glasgow, and to divert Part of the Glasgow, Paisley Railway and 


Diversion of 


and Canal) Bill. 








6 


Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway 
Extension 
(Cambridge 
to Bedford, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


1i Vicroriz. 


and Ardrossan Canal; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 9. 1. 3. Leave out “deviate” and insert 
“ divert.” 

Pr. 18. 1. 38. After “purposes” insert Clauses 
(A.) and (B.) 

Crause (A.) “And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
“ money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
“ the said Railway Company authorized to be 
“ raised, by calls in respect of shares, or by the 
“ exercise of any power of borrowing, to pay inte- 
“ yest to any shareholder on the amount of the 
“ calls made in respect of the shares held by him 
“ in the capital by this Act authorized to be raised : 
“ Provided always, That nothing hereinbefore con- 
“ tained shall be deemed to prevent the said Com- 
pany from paying to any shareholder such interest 
on money advanced by him beyond the amount of 
“ the calls actually made as shall be in conformity 
“ with the provisions in the Companies’ Clauses 
“ Consolidation (Scotland) Act, 1845, in that behalf 
“* contained.” 

Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
“ the said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
“ for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to pay or 
“ deposit any sum of money which by any Standing 
“ Order of either House of Parliament now in force, 
“ or hereafter to be in force, may be required to be 
«« deposited in respect to any application to Parlia- 
“‘ ment for the purpose of obtaining an Act autho- 
“ rizing the said Company to construct any other 
“ Railway or execute any other work or under- 
“ taking.” 


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were agreed to. 


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Ordered, That Mr. Baine do carry the Bill to. 


the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 


intituled, An Act to enable the Eastern Counties 
Railway Company to make a Railway from the 
Eastern Counties Railway, near Cambridge, to the 
Bedford and Bletchiey Railway, at or near Bedford, 
with Branches ; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 2.1. 30. Leave out “ to Royston and” and 
insert “ in.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 10. After “ Act” insert Clauses (A.) 
and (B.) 


Causes (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall | 


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not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway 7 authorized to be raised, 
“ by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise 
“ of any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
“‘ shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
“ respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
“ by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided 
“ always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 
“ be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
“ paying to any shareholder such interest on money 
“ advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
“ actually made as shall be in conformity with the 
“ provisions in the Companies Clauses Consolida- 
“ tion Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 
Cuiause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it 
“ shall not be lawful for the said Company, out of 
“ any money by this Act or any other Act relating 
“ to the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, for the purposes of such"Act or Acts, to 
ay or deposit any sum of money which by any 
od Order of either House of Parliament 
“ now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
“ required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
“ cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
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“ an Act authorizing the said Company to construct 
“ any other Railway or to execute any other work 
“ or undertaking.” 
| Pr. 6. Is. 30 and 31. Leave out from “ Bedford” 
to “ branch” in Pr. 7.1. 4. and insert “ A.” 
Pr. 8. 1, 22, Leave out “ Railway ” and insert 
|“ Railways.” 
Pr. 9. 1. 27. Leave out “ roads” and insert 
| “ road” and in the same line leave out “ 2.” 
Pr. 9. 1. 30. Leave out “roads” and insert 
“ road.” 
Pr, 9. 1.31. Leave out “ 9, 20 and 27.” 
Pr. 9.1.33. After “5a.” insert “ and.” 
Pr. 9. 1. 34. Leave out “ and 52.” 
Pr. 9.1.37. Leave out from “9” to “in” in 
Pr. 10. 1. 2. 
Pr. 16.1. 16. After “ Majesty” insert Clauses 
(C.), (D.), (E.), (F.), (G.) and (H.) 
CxauseE (C.) And be it Enacted, That the Vice- 
“ Chancellor, the Proctors and Proproctors for the 
'“ time being, of the University of Cambridge, with 
“ or without their servants and the Heads and 
Tutors of Colleges and Halls, and the Marshall 
and Yeoman Bedel of the said University, or other 
person or persons, provided such other person or 
“ persons shall have been deputed by writing under 
“the hand of the Vice-Chancellor of the said 
“ University for the time being, or of the Head or 
Governor, or in his absence the Vice-Provost of 
“ any College or Hall in the said University, shall 
at or about the times of trains of carriages upon 
the said Railway starting or arriving, and at all 
reasonable times, have free access to every depot 
or station for the reception of passengers proceed- 
ing by trains upon the said Railway, and to every 
part thereof, and to every booking office, ticket 
office or other office or place for passengers upon 
the said Railway, wheresoever such office or place 
“« shall be, and shall then and there be entitled to 
demand and take, and have without ary unreason- 
able delay from the proper officer or servant of 
the Company, such information as it may be in 
“ the power of any officer or servant of the Com- 
pany to give, with reference to any passenger or 
“‘ person having passed or applying to pass on the 
said Railway, or otherwise coming to or being in 
or upon the said depot or station or place, who 
_ shall be a member of the said University or sus- 
| pected of being such, and in case the said Com- 
_“ pany or their officers or servants, or any of them, 
| shall not permit such free access to the said depots 
|“ or stations as aforesaid, or shall not furnish such 
|“ information as hereinbefore mentioned, the said 
| officer or servant of the said Company shall for 
“ each default forfeit a sum not exceeding Five 
“ pounds.” 
Cuavuse (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
“ said Vice-Chancellor or Proctors or Proproctors 
“ for the time being of the said University, or Heads 
“ or Tutors of Colleges or Halls of the said Univer- 
“ sity, or any of them, or any other person or persons 
“ deputed as aforesaid, shall at any time or times 
“ previous to the starting of any train of carriages 
“* upon the said Railway, notify to the proper officer, 
“ book-keeper or servant of the said Company, 
“ that any person or persons about to travel in or 
“ upon the said Railway is a member of the said 
“ University, not having taken the degree of Master 
“ of Arts or Bachelor in Civil Law or Medicine, 
“ and shall identify such member to such proper 
“« officer, book-keeper or servant of the Company 
“ at the time of giving such notice, and require such 
“ officer, book-keeper or servant to decline to take 
“ such member of the University as a passenger 
“« upon the said Railway, the proper officer, book- 
“ keeper or servant of the said Company shall im- 
“ mediately thereupon and for the space of Twenty- 
“ four hours after such notice, identification and 
“ requirement, refuse to convey such member of 
“ the said University in or upon the said Railway, 
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and which he is hereby authorized to do, notwith- 
standing such member may have paid his fare, 
and in case such member of the said University 
shall be knowingly and wilfully allowed to be 
conveyed thereon after such notice within the time 
aforesaid, the said Company shall for each 
passenger so conveyed forfeit a sum not exceed- 
ing Five pounds: Provided always, That no mem- 
ber of the said University, represented as such to 
the said Company or any of their officers or ser- 
vants by the said Vice-Chancellor, Proctors, Pro- 
proctors, Heads or Tutors of Colleges and Halls, 
or other person or persons deputed as aforesaid, 
or any of them, who shall be refused to be carried 
by the said Company or by any of their officers 
or servants, shall on that account be entitled to 
claim or recover any damage or compensation 
from the said Company or such officers, book- 
keepers or servants; provided that in case such 
member shall have paid his fare, the same shall 
have been tendered or returned to him.” 

Cuause (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company to take up or 
set down any person or persons who shall be 
known to the Company or their officers as mem- 
bers of the University, but not having taken the 
degree of Master of Arts or Bachelor in Civil Law 
or Medicine, on any part of the said Railway, ex- 
cept at the regular appointed stations of the line ; 
and in case the said Company shall take up or 
set down any such person or persons, except at 
such regular appointed stations of the line, they 
shall forfeit a sum not exceeding Five pounds for 
each person so taken up or set down.” 

Cuiauss (F.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be incumbent on the said Company, and they are 
hereby required from time to time, and at all 
times during the progress of all or any part of 
the works, in, upon or about the said Railway, 
within Three miles of the town of Cambridge, 
and until the completion of the said works and 
the opening of the said Railway for the convey- 
ance of passengers, constantly to employ a suf- 
ficient number of fit and proper persons as special 
constables, whose duty it shall be to superintend, 
manage and control the workmen engaged in or 
about such works; and the said special constables 
shall be subject to the order and direction of 
the Vice Chancellor and the Proctors and Pro- 
proctors of the said University for the time being ; 
and if the Vice Chancellor of the said University 
for the time being shall have cause to think the 
number of special constables to be employed by 
the Company as last aforesaid not sufficient, it 
shall be lawful for him to appoint such additional 
number as he shall judge expedient, such special 
constables to be paid by the Company in like 
manner as the special constables who may be em- 
ployed by them.” 


Crause (G.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall | 


not be lawful for the said Company to take up or 
set down any passenger or passengers at the 
Cambridge Railway Station, or at any place within 
Three miles of the same, between the hours of 
Ten in the morning and Five in the afternoon, on 
any Sunday, unless it should happen that any 
train usually arriving at or departing from the 
said station at or before the said hour of ‘Ten in 
the morning has been delayed by some unavoid- 
able accident, and that for every person so taken 
up or set down the said Company shall forfeit a 
sum not exceeding the sum of Five pounds, to be 
recoverable and levied by summary conviction 
and distress and sale before any Justice of the 
Peace for the county of Cambridge not holding 
any office in the said University, and that such 
Justice of the Peace shall have jurisdiction whether 
the said person or persons or any of them shall 
have been taken up or set down within the bo- 
rough of Cambridge, or the precincts of the said 


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A. 1847. 


University, or at any place within the said county ; 
the said forfeiture or penalty to be paid and ap- 
“ plied to and for the benefit and use of Adden- 
brook’s Hospital or other County charity that 
may in lieu thereof be hereafter from time to 
time declared for the purpose, under the seal of 
“ the said University ; and that the said conviction 
“* may be inthe form specified in the Schedule (A.) 
“ to this Act annexed, and that service of any in- 
“ formation, summons or other legal document upon 
any clerk, officer or other agent of the said Com- 
pany, at any station of the said Company within 
the said county or borough of Cambridge, shall 
be sufficient service on the said Company.” 

Cuavss (H.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
herein contained shall in any manner alienate, 
prejudice, alter, interfere with or impede the ex- 
ercise of any of the rights, privileges or autho- 
rities whatsoever of the said University, or of any 
“ of the officers, ministers or servants thereto be- 
“ longing.” 

At the end of the Bill, insert a Schedule, marked 

Schedule (A.) 


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“ County of Cambridges| Be it remembered, that on 
. to wit, J the day of 


ag in the year of our Lord, 


“ at in the 
“ county of Cambridge, [the name of the Com- 


“* pany] were duly convicted before me 


* one of Her Majesty’s Justices of the 
“« Peace for the said county, of having on the 
ms day of , in the year 
“ of our Lord 

“ taken up divers, to wit pas- 
“ sengers [or set down pas- 
“« sengers, or taken up and 


“ set down passengers, 
as the case may be], contrary to the form of 
the statute in such case made and provided, 
and were adjudged and determined to have 
forfeited in respect thereof, the sum of 
, to be paid and applied as 
“« the Act directs. Given under my hand and 
“ seal, the day of 
in the year of our Lord 7 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway 
nee . ? (Enlargement 
intituled, An Act to enable the Eastern Counties of oe 
Railway Company to enlarge their Zondon and and Stratford 


Stratford Stations, and to amend some of the Pro- —— meg 
isior . . endment 
visions of the Acts relating to the Eastern Counties of Acts) Bill. 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 


Railway Company ; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

- Pr, 6.1. 36. After “Company” insert Clause 
(A.) 

Cuause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall 
be construed to prejudice or affect the priorities, 
rights or interests of the Northern and Eastern 
Railway Company.” 

Pr. 9.1. 27. Leave out from “ will” to “ And” 
in 1, 29. and insert “ amount to One million four 
“ hundred and fifty thousand pounds, or there- 
“ abouts.” 

Pr. 20. 1. 22, After “ Act” insert Clauses (B.) 
and (C.) 

Cxauss (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to the 
said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
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“ of any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
“ shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
“« respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
“ by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided 
“ always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 
“ be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
paying to any shareholder such interest on money 
advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
actually made as shall be in conformity with 
the provisions in the Companies Clauses Con- 
“ solidation Act, 1845, in that behalf contained : 
“ Provided also, That nothing herein contained 
“ shall be held or construed to prejudice or affect 
the guarantee of interest, at the rate of Five 
pounds per centum per annum on the One hun- 
and forty-four thousand shares created under the 
powers of the said recited Act, passed in the 7th 
and sth years of the reign of Her present Ma- 
jesty, and on the other One hundred and forty 
four thousand shares hereinbefore mentioned, or 
to hinder or prevent the said Company from 
paying such interest to the proprietors of such 
shares respectively.” 

Cuavsz (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 
pay or deposit any sum of money which by any 
Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
an Act authorizing the said Company to construct 
any other Railway or execute any other work or 
undertaking.” 

Pr, 30.1. 36. After “ free” insert ‘ one.” 

Pr. 35. 1. penult. Leave out from “ except” to 
the” in Pr. 36. 1. 8. and insert “ a certain piece 
of land lying between the Cambridge Branch of 
the said Railway, and a line drawn from the 
boundary wall of the carriage sheds of the said 
Company towards the north, to a road leading 
over the bridge near Chobham’s Farm-house, and 
also except a certain other piece of land lying 
between the land of the said Company and Angel- 
lane, and extending to.” 

Pr. 35. 1. 10. Leave out “towards Angel-lane.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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Collieries Bil. Mr. Thomas Duncombe presented a Bill to com- 


No. 626, 


Jesus Hos- 
pital (New- 
castle) Estate 
Bill. 


Oldmixon’s 
(or Lyon’s) 
Estate Bill. 


Blackburn, 
Darwen and 
Bolton Rail- 
way Acts 
Amendment 


pel, for a limited period, the use of Safety Lamps, 
and to prohibit the use of Gunpowder, or other ex- 
plosive Material, in all Fiery Collieries: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday next; and to 
be printed. 


The Jesus Hospital (Vewcastle) Estate Bill was 
read the first time, and referred to the Examiners of 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Oldmixon’s (or Lyon’s) Estate Bill was read a 
second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for enabling the Blackburn, Dar- 
wen and Bolton Railway Company to make certain 


(Diversions of Alterations in the Line of their Railway in the 


Line in the 
Parishes of 


Parishes of Blackburn and Bolton-in-the-Moors, 


Blackburn and and for amending the Acts relating thereto ; and the 


Bolton-in-the 
Moors) Bill, 


same were read, as follow: 
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Pr. 8.1. 19. Leave out “ apparatus” and insert 
“ approaches.” 

r. 20. 1. 24. Leave out Clause (A.), added by 
way of Rider, to the Bill. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. - 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cheltenham 
Railway Bill. 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for making a Railway from the 
Great Western Railway at Cheltenham to join the 

Ozford and Rugby Railway near Oxford, with a 
Branch therefrom, and for other Purposes ; and the 
same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 7. 1. 14. After “name” insert Clause (A.) 

Criause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ not be lawful for the said Great Western Railway 
Company, out of any money by this Act or any 
other Act relating to the said Railway Company 
authorized to be raised, by calls in respect of 
shares, or by the exercise of any power of bor- 
rowing, to pay interest to any shareholder on the 
amount of the calls made in respect of the shares 
held by him in the capital by this Act authorized 
to be raised: Provided always. That nothing 
hereinbefore contained shall be deemed to pre- 
vent the said Company from paying to any 
shareholder such interest on money advanced by 
him beyond the amount of the calls actually 
made as shall be in conformity with the pro- 
visions in the several Acts relating to the said 
Company, or any of them, in that behalf con- 
“ tained.” 

Pr. 26. Is. 12. and 13. Leave out “ Rose and 
“ Crown Yard.” 

Pr. 33. 1. 12. After ‘‘ Commissioners” insert 
Clause (B.) 

CuavusE (B.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That nothing herein contained shall 
prevent the said Company from executing the 
several works for the purpose of carrying the said 
streets, roads, lanes, passages, footways and places, 
under the care and management of the said last- 
mentioned Commissioners, across the said Rail- 
way, according to such plans, designs and speci- 
fications as may be or may have been agreed 
upon between the said Commissioners and the 
said Company, so as that equal accommodation 
be afforded to the public as hereinbefore pro- 
“ vided.” 

Pr. 33. 1. 31. After “ proceed ” insert Clause 


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Railway will cross a certain passage called Rose 
and Crown Yard, in the town of Cheltenham, and 
it is expedient that the line of the said passage 
‘¢ should be diverted; BE it therefore Enacted, 
That it shall be lawful for the said Company to 
divert the said passage from a certain point 
thereon adjoining to the property, numbered 424, 
in the parish of Cheltenham, so as to connect the 
same with a certain other passage called Oxford- 
passage, or Councillor’s-alley, and to carry the 
same, together with the said Oxford-passage, ov 
Councillors-alley, over the Railway, in such form 
and in such manner as may be approved of by 
the said Commissioners.” 

Pr. 51. 1. 8. After “ completed” insert Clause 
(D.) 
Cuavse (D.) And whereas the line of the said 
intended Railway will pass over the port or town 
‘‘ meadow of the city of Oxford, which is the ex- 
clusive property of the freemen of the said city, 
being part of the rights reserved to them by the 
“ Municipal Corporation Regulation Act, 5 and 6 
“ Will. 4, c. 76, subject to certain rights of com- 
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drum and 
Rathfarnham 


Railway 
(Extension to 
Stephen’s 
Green) Bill. 





820 7° Julte. A. 1847. 


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mon thereon; and whereas at a common hall of 
“ the said freemen, held on the thirteenth day of 
“ April One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
seven, and to which common hall the freemen 
of the said city were duly summoned according 
to custom, it was resolved, that the purchase- 
money of such part of Port Meadow as should be 
“ required by the proposed Cheltenham and Oxford 
Railway be invested in the funds in the name of 
the mayor, aldermen and citizens of Ozford, as 
“ part of the charitable funds of the said city, and 
that the aunual proceeds be yearly distributed in 
bread, for the same objects as the Lenborough 
“ Charity, belonging to the said city: BE it there- 
“* fore Enacted, That in case the said intended line 
of Railway shall pass over the said Port Meadow, 
and any part of the same shall be taken and 
“* purchased by the Company for the purposes of 
the undertaking, notwithstanding any thing con- 
tained in the Railway Clauses Consolidation Act, 
1845, the purchase-money or compensation to he 
‘* paid in respect of the rights and interests of the 
“ said freemen of the said city of Oxford in the 
“‘ said Port Meadow, shall be paid to the trea- 
“ surer of the said city of Oxford, whose receipt 
“ for the same shall be a sufficient discharge to 


“ Act relating to the said Dublin, Dundrum and 
“ Rathfarnham Railway Company authorized to be 
“ raised, has been actually paid up and expended 
“ for the purposes authorized by such Act.” 

Ciause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Dublin, Dundrum and 
Rathfarnham Railway Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 
pay or deposit any sum of money which by any 
Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtainmg 
an Act authorizing the said Company to construct 
any other Railway or execute any other work or 
“ undertaking.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 

were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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the Company ; and such purchase-money shall 


“ be invested in the name of the mayor, alder- | intituled, An Act for incorporating the Lancashire, 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Cheshire and 
North Wales 
Drainage and 


“ men and citizens of Ozford, in the purchase of | Cheshire and North Wales Drainage and Inclosure Inclosure 
“ three per cent. consolidated bank annuities, or |Company, and for enabling the Owners of Settled Company’s 


otherwise, under the direction of the council of 
the said city, on government or real securities, 
“ or in the purchase of land ; and that the mayor, 
“ aldermen and citizens of Oxford shall stand seised 
aud possessed of such investment, in trust, to 
distribute the yearly proceeds thereof in bread, 
“‘ at such times of the year as they shall think 
fit, among the poor freemen of the city of Oxford, 
“ and the widows and children of deceased free- 
men, in the same manner as a certain charity 
“ called ‘the Zenborough Charity, of the founda- 
“ tion of Charles Harris, is now administered.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath | 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to enlarge the Powers of the 
Dublin, Dundrum and Rathfarnham Railway Act, 
1846, and to enable the Company to make an Ex- 
tension to Stephen’s Green; and the same were read, 
as follow : 

Pr. 6.1. 12. After “ parish” insert Clause (A.) 

Crauss (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ not be lawful for the said Company, without the 
“ consent in writing of the Trustees of the Wes- 
“* leyan Centenary Chapel first had and obtained, 
“ to bring the line of rail at the terminus of the 
“* Railway nearer than One hundred feet from the 





“ flag-way of the south side of Saint Stephen’s 
** Green, and that no line of rail shall be laid down 
“ within Thirty feet from the said Wesleyan Cen- 
“ tenary Chapel.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 25. After “ advisable ” insert Clauses 
(B.) and (C.) 

CuiausE (B.) “ Provided always, and be it 
“ Enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
“ Dublin, Dundrum and Rathfarnham Railway 
“ Company, by virtue of the powers hereinbefore 
“* contained, to sell, demise or lease the said Rail- 
“« way hereby authorized to be made, unless it shall 
“ have been proved to the satisfaction of the Com- 
“ missioners of Railways, and certified by them 
under their seal, previously to the completion of 
“ such sale or lease, that one-half of the whole 
“ amount of the capital, exclusive of loans, by the 


Estates, drained, inclosed and improved by the said — 


Company to charge the same for the Purposes of 
such Drainage, Inclosure and Improvement ; and 
the same were read, as follow: 
Pr. 2. 1. penult. Leave out from “the” to 
“ drainage” in Pr. 3. 1. 1., and insert “ land- 
“ owners.” 
Pr. 5.1. ult. Leave out from “said” to “ drain- 
“ age” in Pr. 6. 1]. 2., and insert “ land-owners.” 
Pr.11.1. 19. After “ life” insert “ remainder- 
“ men.” 
Pr. 11. 1. 31. After “ life” insert “ remainder- 
“ men.” 
Pr. 20. 1. 1. Leave out “ and” and insert “ or.” 
Pr. 21. 1.15. Leave out from “the” to “ the” 
in 1. 18., and insert “ amount then due to.” 
Pr. 21. 1.34. Leave out from “ amount” to 
“ the” in ].36., and insert “then due to,” and in 
1. 36. leave out from “‘ Company” to “ thereto” in 
]. ult., and insert “ under the said contract from the 
“ several parties.” 
Pr. 22. 1, 11. Leave out “cost” and insert 
“ amount then due in respect.” 
bes 23. 1.8. Leave out from “ works” to “ for” 
inl. 9. 
Pr. 24. 1. 25. Leave out “ thereof” and insert 
“ of the said contract, and of the order of the said 
“ Commissioners, or the said certificate of Justices 
“* (as the case may be.)” 
Pr. 27. 1.13. Leave out “ and.” 
Pr. 27. 1. 20. Leave out “ injury or damage ” 
and insert ‘¢ damage or injury.” 
Pr. 27. 1. 26, After “such” insert “ damage 
“ o.” 
Pr. 32. 1. 28. Leave out “ or.” 
Pr. 42. 1.32. After “ shall” insert “ not.” 
Pr. 43. 1. 33. After “ Canal” insert Clause(A.) 
Ciauss (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
* contained in this Act, or in the Acts herein 
“ recited or referred to, shall extend to authorize 
“ the Company to purchase, take or use any land 
“ or soil, or any rights in respect thereof, belonging 
“ to Her Majesty in right of Her Crown, without 
“ the consent in writing of the Commissioners for 
** the time being of Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, 
“ Land Revenues, Works and Buildings, or any 
“ Two of them, first had and obtained for that 
purpose (and which such Commissioners, or any 
“ Two of them, are hereby authorized and em- 


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or take away any of the rights, privileges, powers 
or authorities vested in or enjoyed by Her Ma- 
jesty, Her heirs or successors.” 


In the Schedule to the Bill: 


Pr. 44. 1. 4. Leave out “ Lancashire, Cheshire 
and North Wales” and insert “ landowners.” 

Pr. 44. 1, 12. Leave out from “ the” to “ drain- 
age” in |. 13., and insert “ landowners.” 

r. 46. 1. 8. After “ witness” insert “ &amp;c.,(L. s.)” 

Pr. 46. 1.12. Leave out “ Lancashire, Cheshire 
and North Wales” and insert “ landowners.” 

Pr. 46. 1.18. Leave out from “ the” to “ drain- 
age” in 1. 20., and insert “ landowners.” 

Pr. 47. 1.25. Leave out from “ the” to “ drain- 
age” in]. 26., and insert “ landowners.” 

Pr. 50. 1.13. Leave out from “the” to “ drain- 
age” in]. 14., and insert “ landowners.” 

Pr. 50. 1.17. Leave out from “ the” to “ drain- 
age’’ in ]. 19., and insert “ landowners.” 

Pr. 51. 1.7. Leave out from “ the” to “ drain- 
age” in 1.8., and insert “‘ landowners.” 

Pr. 52. 1.24. Leave out from “ the” to “ drain- 
age” in 1. 25., and insert “ landowners.” 

Pr. 55. 1.12. Leave out from “the ” to “ drain- 
age” in |]. 13., and insert “ landowners.” 


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“ the said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
“ for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to pay or 
“ deposit any sum of money which by any Standing 
“ Order of either House of Parliament now in force, 
“ or hereafter to be in force, may be required to be 
“ deposited in respect of any application to Parlia- 
“ ment for the purpose of obtaining an Act autho- 
rizing the said Company to construct any other 
Railway or execute any other work or under- 
taking.” 
Pr. 23. 1. 26. After “ mortgage” insert “ or 
bond.” 
Pr. 23. 1. 38. Leave out from “ borrow” to 
and” in Pr. 24, 1, 29. 
Pr. 24. ls. 30. and 31. After “ mortgages” insert 
“ or bonds.” 
Pr. 24. Is. penult and ult. After “ mortgage ” 
insert “or bond.” 
Pr. 25. 1. 4. Leave out “ completed and.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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Pr. 56. 1. 20. After “ Justices” insert “ and of 
the said Company.” 


In the Title to the Bill: 
L. 1. Leave out from “ the” to “ drain- 
age”’ in |. 2., and insert “ landowners.” 
L. 3. After “ drained” insert “ irrigated.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, and Leeds 
intituled, An Act to enable the Manchester and te A 
Leeds Railway Company to make certain Branches, Extensions, 
Extensions and other Works, and to alter the Name Deviations 


: and Altera- 
of the Company ; and the same were read, as fol- tions of Levels, 
low: and other 


Pr. 7. 1.28. Leave out “been” and insert “ or Works) Bill. 


were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


“ shall be.” 

Pr. 7.1. penult. Leave out from “ to” to “ and” 
in Pr. 8. 1]. 4. 

Pr. 8. 1, 24. After “ Parliament” insert “ are 
a. 

Pr. 8. 1. 36. Leave out “ at or immediately.” 


Lynn and Ely The House proceeded to take into consideration Pr. 8.1.37. Leave out “ passing” and insert 
ae the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, |“ coming into operation,” and in the same line leave 


and Lynn 
Docks) Bill. 


intituled, An Act for making a Deviation in the 
Line of the Lynn and Ely Railway, and for forming 
Docks within the Borough of King’s Lynn; and 
the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 13. 1.17. After “ the” insert “ river.” 

Pr. 13.1. 18. Leave out “ bank.” 

Pr. 14.1. 25. After “ Conservators ” insert “ for 
“ the time being.” 

Pr. 14. 1.28. After “ bailiffs” insert “for the 
time being.” 

Pr. 15.1. 12. After “drainage” insert “ and 
“ navigation.” 

Pr. 15.1. 13. Leave out from “level” to “ that” 
in 1. 15. 

Pr. 19.1. 20. After “such” insert “ last-men- 
““ tioned.” 

Pr. 22.1. 30. Leave out from “fit” to “And” 
in Pr. 23. 1.15. and insert Clauses (A.) and (B.) 

Cravuse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, by calls in respect of shares, or by the 
exercise of any power of borrowing, to pay interest 
to any shareholder on the amount of the calls 
made in respect of the shares held by him in the 
capital by this Act authorized to be raised: Pro- 
vided always, That nothing hereinbefore contained 
shall be deemed to prevent the said Company 
from paying to any shareholder such interest on 
money advanced by him beyond the amount of 
the calls actually made, as shall be in conformity 
with the provisions in the Companies Clauses 
Consolidation Act, 1845, in that behalf con- 
tained.” 

Cravuse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 

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out “had” and insert “shall have.” 

Pr. 8. 1.38. Leave out “ were” and insert “ be.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 6. Leave out from “ such” to “ may ” 
in]. 7. and insert “several Railways or Under- 
“ takings of the Company, or any of them.” 

Pr. 10.1. 8. Leave out “or” and insert “ in, 
and in the same line after “ present” insert “ or any 
* former.” 

Pr. 11.1. 36. After “been ” insert “ originally.” 

Pr. 13. 1.20. After “ other” insert “ the.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 21. After “time ” insert “ being,” and 
in the same line after “ testified’? insert “im writ- 
“ ing.” 

Pr, 42. 1.18. After “ said” insert “‘ two.” 

Pr. 43. 1. 33. Leave out from “join” to “the” 
inl, 34., and in 1. 34. after “ said” insert “ Branch.” 

Pr. 44.1, 25. After “arbitration ” insert Clause 
(A.) 

Crause (A.) “ Whereas by an Act passed in the 
thirty-first year of the reign of his late Majesty 
King George the Third, intituled, ‘An Act for 
making and maintaining a navigable Canal from 
Manchester to or near to Presto-le- Bridge, in the 
Township of Little Lever, and from thence by 
one Branch to or near the Town of Bolton, and 
by another Branch to or near the Town of Bury, 
and to Weddell Brook, in the Parish of Bury, in 
the County Palatine of Lancaster,’ divers persons 
were incorporated by the name of the Company 
of Proprieters of the Canal Navigation from Man- 
chester to Bolton and to Bury, and the said Com- 
pany were empowered to make the Canal therein 
mentioned, and to supply the same with water 
from the rivers, brooks, springs, streams, rivulets 
and watercourses therein mentioned: Provided 
always, and it was thereby Enacted, That nothing 
in that Act contained should extend to authorize 
and empower the said Company of Proprietors, 

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“ their servants, agents or workmen, to alter, divert 
“ or make use of the springs, watercourses or streams 
“ of water, or any of them, then flowing to or sup- 
“ plying with water the several mills then situated 
“ on the Rivers Irwell and Lever, so as to prevent 
“ the same several springs, watercourses or streams 
“ of water respectively, or any of them, from flow- 
“ ing to the said mills, their mill heads or mill dams, 
“ by means whereof the mills situated as before 
“ mentioned were at the time of the passing of that 
“ Act supplied with water in as full and ample a 
“ manner as they might and were empowered to do 
“ before the passing of that Act: And whereas by 
“ an Act passed in the first and second years of the 
“ reign of his late Majesty King William the 
“ Fourth, intituled, ‘ An Act to enable the Company 
“ of Proprietors of the Canal Navigation from 
é Manchester to Bolton and to Bury to make and 
® maintain a Railway from Manchester to Bolton 
“ and to Bury, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, 
“ upon or near the line of the said Canal Naviga- 
“ tion, and to make and maintaina collateral Branch 
“ to communicate therewith, the said Act passed 
“ in the thirty-first year of the reign of his late Ma- 
“&lt; jesty King George the Third, and all the powers, 
“«¢ authorities, matters and things therein contained, 
were repealed, but all persons then proprietors 
“ of shares in the said navigation and Canal, toge- 
ther with such persons as should thereafter be- 
come proprietors of shares in the Canal naviga- 
tion and Railway thereinafter mentioned, were 
united into a Company for the better carrying on 
and maintaining the said navigation and Canal, 
with the works and appurtenances thereto re- 
spectively belonging, and also for making and 
maintaining the Railway or Railways therein- 
after authorized, and for that purpose were in- 
“ corporated by the name of The Company of Pro- 
“ prietors of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury 
“ Canal Navigation and Railway, and the said 
“ Canal Navigation from Manchester to Bolton 
“ and to Bury, with all the works and conveniences 
“ thereto belonging, and also all the hereditaments 
whatsoever which at the time of the passing of 
that Act were in anywise vested in and belonging 
to the said Company of Proprietors of the Canal 
“ Navigation from Manchester to Bolton and to 
Bury, were vested in the Company of Proprietors 
thereby incorporated: And whereas it is supposed 
that the said recited provision and enactment of 
the said Act, passed in the thirty-first year of the 
reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, 
was repealed by the said Act passed in the first 
and second year of the reign of his late Majesty 
King William the Fourth, and was not thereby 
re-enacted : Now be it Enacted, That in case the 
same provision and enactment was so repealed 
and not re-enacted, the same shall be and is 
hereby re-enacted in as full force and to the same 
effect as if the same had not been so repealed, and 
shall henceforth be obligatory on the Manchester 
and Leeds Railway Company accordingly.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for making a Railway from Port- 
adown, in the County of Armagh, to Dungannon, in 
the County of Tyrone, to be called The Portadown 
and Dungannon Railway ; and the same were read, 
as follow: 

Pr. 1. 1. 1. Leave out from “ Whereas” to “ the” 
in 1. 16., and in 1, 16., after “ making” insert “ of.” 

Pr. 1, 1. 26. Leave out from “ execution” to 
“ but” in Pr, 2. 1. 1. 


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Pr. 2. 1. 2. Leave out “ objects” and insert 
“ object.” 
he said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


A Petition of Frederick Foveane Weiss, of No. London and 
62, Strand, in the county of Middlesex, praying a 
that the plans, sections, books of reference and do- Northampton, 
cuments relating to the London and Birmingham Daventry, 
Extension, Northampton, Daventry, Leamington and nf Waeaick 
Warwick Railway; and, the Warwick and Bir- Railway ; 
mingham Canal Railway Bills (1846) may be pro- and, Warwick 
duced at the hearing of a certain cause in the Court #74 Birmins- 
of Exchequer, Westminster, and that the proper Railway Bills 
officer or officers of the House may have leave to (1846.) 
attend and produce the same, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to the proper officers 


to attend accordingly. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, Ecclesiastical 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to Commission. 
give leave to the Lord Bishop of Saint Asaph to 
attend the Select Committee appointed by this House 
on the Ecclesiastical Commission: And that Lord 
Seymour do carry the said Message. 


A Petition of James Logan, praying that the in- Gaelic 
struction of students destined to labour in the high- Language. 
land districts, in the language of the people, shall 
be part of their qualification, and that a Professor 
of Gaelic be established in one of the northern col- 
leges, or elsewhere, and in such way as to the House 
may appear right, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister, Elders and other Mem- Lord’s Day. 

bers of the Presbyterian Congregation of Magilligan, 
county Londonderry, complaining that the sanctity 
of the Lord’s Day has been invaded by the Railway 
travelling lately commenced in various parts of 
Ulster, and praying the House to impose some bar- 
rier against this modern desecration of the Sabbath 
day, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Barnett, Hoares, and Company, Smithficld 
and others, praying that a measure for the abolition Market. 
of Smithfield Market may be passed into a law, 
and that the said Market may be removed, and 
that they may be allowed to be heard at the bar 
of the House, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, in support of the allegations contained in 
their Petition, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Smithfield Market. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registration 
mittee on the Registration of Voters Bill ; of Voters Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second parliamentary 
Reading of the Parliamentary Electors Bill ; Electors Bill. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
word ‘‘ To-morrow.” * 
And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
posed Amendments were, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 
Then the main Question being put, That the Bill 
be now read a second time ; 


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Vexatious 
Actions Bill. 


No. 627. 


Parliamentary 


Electors 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Poor Removal 
Act Amend- 
ment (No. 2.) 
Bill. 


Juvenile 
‘Offenders Bill. 


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The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Sir De Lacy Evans, 
Yeas, _Mr. Thomas Duncombe : 

Tellers for the { Mr. Newdegate, 
Noes, Mr. Spooner : 

So it passed in the Negative. 


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The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Vexatious Actions Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; und Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Biil, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Parliamentary Electors (No. 2.) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. * 


The Poor Removal Act Amendment (No. 2.) Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for the more speedy Trial and 
Punishment of Juvenile Offenders; and the same 
were read, as follow: 

Pr. 1. Ils, 24. and 25. Leave out “ commit or 
“ attempt” and insert “ be charged with having 
“ committed or having attempted,” and in 1. 25. 
leave out “be” and insert “ with having been.” 

Pr, 2. 1.11. After “thereof” insert “ upon his 
“ own confession or upon proof.” 

Pr. 2. 1.17. After “assembled” insert “at the 
“ usual place.” 

Pr. 2. 1.22. Leave out from “ imprisoned” to 
“ Provided” in 1. 37., and insert “ with or without 
“ hard labour, or, in the discretion of such Jus- 
“ tices, shall forfeit and pay such sum, not ex- 
“ ceeding three pounds, as the said Justices shall 
“ adjudge, or if a male, shall be once privately 
“‘ whipped, either instead of or in addition to such 
“‘ imprisonment or imprisonment with hard labour ; 
“ and the said Justices shall from time to time ap- 
" ge some fit and proper person, being a consta- 

le, to inflict the said punishment of whipping 
when so ordered to be inflicted out of prison.” 

Pr, 3.1.1. Leave out from “ or” to “ punishment” 
in |. 3., and insert “ that it is not expedient to inflict 
“ any.” 

Pr. 3.1. 4. Leave out “ charge” and insert “ party 
“ charged, on finding surety or sureties for his future 
“ good behaviour, or without such sureties,” and in 
“yo same line leave out from “them” to “ make” in 

«6. 

4 3.1.7. Leave’ out from “ charged” to “ a” 
in |, 8. 

Pr. 3. 1s. 24. and 25. Leave out from “indictment” 
to “ such” in 1. 31. 

Pr. 3. 1. 35. Leave out from “ passed” to “ And” 
in Pr, 4. 1. 10. 

Pr. 7. 1. 2. Leave out “ rate of” and insert 
county rate, or rate in the nature of a general 
county rate, for.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 3. In the interlineation, after “ liberty” 
insert “ franchise, city, town.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 21. Leave out “ they” and insert “ he.” 
Pr. 7. 1. 25. Leave out “so named” and insert 
“ appointed by him.” 
Pr. 7. 1. 30. Leave out “ any person.” 
Pr. 7. 1. 31. Leave out from “ aforesaid” to 
“ shall” in 1. 36. 
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Pr. 7. 1. 37. After “ attend” insert “ in pursu- 
ance of such summons or recognizance.” 

Pr. 9.1. 28. Leave out from “ Peace” to “ And” 
in Pr. 10. 1. 15., and insert “ and the said Clerk of 
“ the Peace shall transmit to One of Her Majesty’s 
‘ Principal Secretaries of State a monthly return of 
the names, offences and punishments mentioned 
in the convictions, with such other particulars as 
may from time to time be required,” and also 
insert Clauses (A.) and (B.) 

Crauss (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That no con- 
viction under the authority of this Act shall be 
attended with any forfeiture ; but whenever any 
“ person shali be deemed guilty under the provisions 
“ of this Act, it shall be lawful for the presiding 
“ Justices to order restitution of the property in res- 
“ pect of which such offence shall have been com- 
“ mitted to the owner thereof or his representatives ; 
“ and if such property shall not then be forthcom- 
“ ing, the same Justices, whether they award pun- 
“ ishment or dismiss the complaint, may inquire 
into and ascertain the value thereof in money, and 
if they think proper, order payment of such sum 
of money to the true owner by the person or per- 
sons cunvicted, either at one time or by instal- 
ments at such periods as the court may deem 
reasonable, and the party or parties so ordered 
to pay shall be liable to be sued for the same as 
a debt in any court in which debts may be by 
law recovered, with costs of suit, according to the 
practice of such court.” 

Cuavusz (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That if any 
“ person shall be convicted at different times upon 
two separate charges under this Act, then and 
in every such case the offender, being afterwards 
convicted of felony before a superior court, shall 
be liable in respect of such conviction to the con- 
sequences of a second conviction for felony.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 5. After “ months” insert “ reckoned 
“ from the day of such adjudication.” 

Pr. 14.1.7. After “ accounts” insert “ Provided 
“ always, That no such order shall be valid, nor 
shall such Treasurer pay any money thereon, 
“ unless it shall have been framed and presented in 
“ snch form and under such regulations as the 
Justices of the Peace in Quarter Sessions assem- 
“ bled shall from time to time direct.” 

The said Amendments, as far as the Amendment 
in Pr. 2. 1, 22., being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

Pr, 2. 1, 22. The next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

An Amendment was made thereunto by inserting 
after the words “ hard labour” the words “ for any 
“ term not exceeding three calendar months.” 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was 
agreed to. 

Then the Amendments, as far as the Amendment 
in Pr, 3. Is. 24. and 25., being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Pr, 3. ls. 24. and 25. The next Amendment, being 
read a second time; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That this House doth agree with the Lords in 
the said Amendment :—It passed in the Negative. 

Then the Amendments as far as Clause (B.), 
being read a second time, were agreed to. 

Crause (B.) The next Amendment, being read a 
second time; ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House doth agree with the 
Lords in the said Amendment :—It passed in the 
Negative. 

‘Then the subsequent Amendinents, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 
up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a Confer- 
ence, for disagreeing to the Amendments to which 
this House hath disagreed :—And a Committee 
was appointed of Sir John Pahkington, Sir — 

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Grey, Sir William Somerville, Sir James Graham, 
Mr. Bankes, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Henley, 
Mr. William Henry Bodkin, Mr. Greene, Viscount 
Ingestre, Mr. Aglionby and Mr. Williams :—And 
they are to withdraw immediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Thames The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
oY mittee on the Thames Conservancy Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
Compensation The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(ireland) Bill mittee on the Compensation for Damages (Ireland) 
Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Naturalization The Naturalization of Aliens Bill was, according 
of Aliens Bill. tg Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Ways and 
Means. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Health of The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
Towns = the Report from the Committee to whom it was 
ee referred to consider of authorizing Advances to be 
made out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for defray- 
ing the Expenses of any preliminary Inquiry in 
any Town, in pursuance of any Act of the present 
Session for improving the Health of Towns in 

England ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Masters in The Order of the day being read, for receiving 


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Stock Banks registered in each year, from 1842 to 
1846, both inclusive ; of all the Joint Stock Banks 
existing in England and Wales on the 1st day of 
January 1847, specifying their Names, the dates of 
their Establishment, the Places where they had 
Branches established, with the Number of Partners 
in each, on the Ist day of January 1843, 1844, 
1845, 1846 and 1847; distinguishing between those 
Banks that issued and those that did not issue 
Notes (in continuaticn of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
85, of Session 1843). 


a second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


taken into consideration upon Friday next ; and be 
printed. 


the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for consolidating in one Act certain 
Provisions usually contained in Acts for regulating 
the Police of Towns; and the same was read, as 
followeth : 

Pr. 24. 1, 12. Leave out from “ feet” to 
“ every” inl. 18. 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint thei, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


counts of the Total Quantities of Copper, exclusive 
of Copper Ore, estimated by Weight, and the Total 
Amount of Brass and Copper Manufactures, esti- 
mated by Value, which aed been imported into 
the United Kingdom, for Home Consumption, in 
each year from 1824 to 1846, both inclusive ; dis- 
tinguishing the Quantities imported from Cuba, 
Chili, Peru and Columbia respectively, from those 
imported from all other Parts ; and the Amount of 
Duty received thereon in each Year :—Of the Total 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Quantities of Copper Ore which have been imported 


Chancery the Report on the Masters in Chancery Affidavit 
argu, Office Bill ; 
; Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 
Stock inTrade Mr. Greene reported the Stock in Trade Exemp- 
Exemption tion Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
Bill. agreed to. 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time, To-morrow. 
oe at 
Elections i i j ill - 
(ireland) Bill mittee on the Polling at Elections (Zre/and) Bill ; 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
Supply. k 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Fisheries 


into the United Kingdom, in each year from 1824 
to 1846, both inclusive ; distinguishing the Quantity 
imported from Cuba, Chili, Peru and Columbia re- 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- spectively, from those imported from all other 


Parts; and further distinguishing the Quantities 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re-| which have been smelted in Bond; specifying the 


Proportions of Metallic Copper contained therein, 
and the Quantities upon which Duty has been paid ; 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | also, specifying the Proportions of Metallic Copper, 


contained therein, with the Amount of Duty re- 
ceived thereon, in each year :—Of the Total Quan- 
tities of British Copper (exclusive of Copper Ore), 
and of Foreign Copper, that may have paid Duty, 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Fisheries | estimated by Weight, and the Total Amount of 


(Ireland and (Jreland and Scotland), which were presented upon Brass and Copper Manufactures, estimated b 


Scotland.) the 28th day of June last, be printed. 

No. 595. 
Newhaven 
Harbour. 

No. 628. of June last, be printed. 
Lightning Ordered, That the Return relative to Lightning 
Conductors Conductors (Navy), which was presented upon 
te Monday last, be printed. 

0,020. 


Vice Admi- 
ralty Courts. 


No, 625. 25th day of February last, be printed. 


Private and 
Joint Stock 
Banks. 


Value, which have been exported from the United 
Kingdom, in each year from 1824 to 1846, both 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Newhaven inclusive ; distinguishing the Quantities exported 
Harbour, which was presented upon the 14th day | France and the United States of America respec- 


tively, from those exported to all other Parts :— 
Of the Total Quantities of Foreign Copper (exclu- 
sive of Copper Ore), which have been exported 
from Bond in the United Kingdom, in each year 
from 1824 to 1846, both inclusive; distinguishing 
the Quantities exported to France and the United 
States of America respectively, from those exported 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Vice| to all other Parts; and further distinguishing, as 
Admiralty Courts, which was presented upon the | far as 


ossible, that which has been smelted in 
Bond, the produce of Foreign Ores, from that which 
has been warehoused in Bond, when imported, and 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | re-exported in the same state :—Of the Total Quan- 
an Account of the Number of Private and Joint | tities of Copper Ore which have been exported from 





the 


The Duke of Richmond's Estate Bill was read Duke of 
Richmond's: 
Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Passengers 


Lords to the Passengers Act Amendment Bill be a 


No. 630. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration a Clauses. 
il. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Order,—Ac- Copper. 





11 Vicroriz. 7°—8?° Julie. 

the United Kingdom, in each year from 1824to1846,| Resolved, That the Bill do per. 
both inclusive; distinguishing the Quantities ex- Ordered, That Sir John Yarde Buller do carry 
ported to France and the United States of America the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
respectively, from that which has been exported to 
all other Parts; and further distinguishing British The House proceeded to take into consideration Lynn and Ely 
raised Ore from that which has been imported from | the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- + sy a 
Foreign Countries in Bond, and re-exported from | tituled, An Act to enable the Zynn and Ely Rail- Wormegay 
the Bonded Warehouses :—And, of the Rates of} way Company to make a Navigation from Lynn to Navigation) 
Customs Duties, whether charged by Weight or} Wormegay, all in the County of Norfolk; and the _ 


325 


Value, severally payable upon Unwrought Copper, 
Copper Ore, and Manufactures of Brass and Copper 
imported into the United Kingdom, in each year 
from 1808 to 1846, both inclusive. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
Table. 








same were read, as follow: 
Pr. 12. 1. 38. After “ with” insert Clause (A.) 
Cuavuse (A.) “ And whereas an Act was made 
and passed in the forty-sixth year of the reign 
“ of bis Majesty King George the Third, intituled, 
‘ An Act for inclosing and draining Lands within 
the Honor, Manor and Parish of Wormegay, in 


Standing Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee | « the County of Norfolk ;’ and whereas an Act 
Orders appointed for the Revision of the Standing Orders ;|« was passed in the fiftyv-fifth vear of the same 
sign to whom were — the or of the geen “ i gr 9 he — for ca ol and improv- 
0.631. of the 10th June, with respect to Railway Bills, and | « 3. &gt; nk : : . 
who were instructed by the House (18 J une) to make } « i gor “Some i wae 
provision that the Constitution and Practice of all | « rishes of Wormegay, Shouldham Bovhan Mid. 
’ Committees on Private Bills in future Sessions of | « qjozon Pentney, Kast Winch and West Bilney, in 
ai Parliament be assimilated, as nearly as may be, to} « the County vw Norfolk; and whereas a 
those of Committees on Railway Bills; and who|« was passed in the seventh year of the reign of 
were further instructed (21 June), in carrrying out] « pis Jate Majesty King William the Fourth eh 
the said Instructions, to make provision for Local! « tyjeg «An Act for the more effectual Draining 
Representation in such Committees ; That they had | « of certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds in the 
considered the matters to them referred, and had | « Honor, Maner and Parish of Wormegay, in the 
agreed to report the Standing Orders, as revised by | « County of Norfolk, and other Lands and Eiiaenniie 
age oy I cael a oe a ‘“‘ which are now drained by means of or through a 
ed, nies . ‘ther | &lt;&lt; “ : ae eS , 
consideration upon Thursday the 15th day of this | « Somme oe ng: tte aac ice 
instant July; and be printed. “ contained shall extend to prejudice, alter, lessen, 
iff ak ¢ io . 
pestmetet Orde That che Amendments made by the COUrlgt tke aay any of the hs, powet 
Vagrants, &amp;c. Lords to the Punishment of Vagrants, &amp;c. (Zreland)| « Rented ie ER * 
(ireland) Bil. Bil], be taken into coniibenion upon Friday moe + cee i Aig ny Rigen cr a _ a 
No. 632. . puties for the time being, acting in the execution 
and be printed. “ of such several Acts, except so far as such rights, 
iT4 , . iti or &gt; , &gt; exee 
ws neing. Ordre, That thee bo lid efre this. Wouee,|~ Poe ot, sathocins ore ths et expres 
ham, Copies of all Correspondence between the Board of | « cae -— , —" , 
Control for the Affairs of India and the East India Pr. 16. 1. 81. Leave cat Gem * Bi": to “end” 
ys a = pape gn . ered Bog in Pr. 17. 1. 14. 
Claims, subsequent to the Report of the Selec 9 ‘“ ” ies 
Committee of the House of al appointed | « Bai ag 'S. oe a Sere 
to consider the said Claims, in the Session of 1834, 20.28 os Beeee- cut Gam “tee es 
in which they oe sagen —_ bs Com-|« and” in Pr. 18.1. 24 
ensation ought to be made to Mr. Buckingham :— 4 inte’ Dillan 0 ail — 
And, of sCaiingentaann tients Mr. Buckingham os Ri : - 26 ea SEF ae 
and the East India Company, and between Mr. i122 os hile “sili” tia Wee 
Buckingham and Her Majesty’s Government, or} pong” = ili 
any Members of the same, on the subject of the Be so he 10 eed ia. Adie * siciiiie” me. 
said Claims, subsequent to the Date of the aforesaid | ...4 « or aqueduct.” ‘ aii 
Report of the Select Committee of 1834, up to the Pr. at +o Lease ont “ eames” sed: ieee 
satin “ said,” and in the same line, after “ navigation” 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. | insert “ or aqueduct.” 
Pr. 28.1. 23. After “ navigation” insert “ or 
; ‘“* aqueduct.” 
. . ee $8. I. * sc ivati &lt;a 6 
Jovis, 8° die Julii ; wai a After “ navigation” insert “ or 
Anno 11° Victoria Regine, 1847. r. 29, ls, 24. and 25. After “ navigation” insert 
“ or aqueduct.” 
PRAYERS. Pr. 29. 1. 36. After “ navigation” insert “ or 
Sutton Har- se E Order of the day being read, for the Third | “ aqueduct.” 
—— - Reading of the ingrossed Bill for improving br. 30.1. 20. After “ navigation” insert “ or 


and regulating the Harbour of Sutton Pool, within 
the Port of Plymouth, in the County of Devon ; 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time ; 

And Notice being taken, That the interest of the 
Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, is concerned 
therein ; 

Mr. Strutt, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her con- 
sent, as far as the Prince of Wales’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

VoL. 102. 





“ aqueduct.” 
br. 36.1,24. After Clause (B.), added by way 
of Rider to the Bill, insert Clause (B.) 

Cuavuse (B.) “‘And whereas an Act was passed 
in the second year of the reign of Her present 
“ Majesty, intituled, ‘An Act to provide for the 
“ Conveyance of the Mails by Railways,’ and an- 
other Act was passed in the fourth year of the 
“ reign of Her said Majesty, intituled, ‘ An Act for 
“ regulating Railways,’ and another Act was passed 
“ in the sixth year of the reign of Her said Majesty, 
“ intituled, ‘An Act for the better Regulation of 
“ Railways and Conveyance of Troops,’ and an- 
“ other Act was passed in the eighth year of the 

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“ reign of Her said Majesty, intituled, ‘ An Act to 
“ attach certain Conditions to the Construction of 
“ future Railways authorized or to be authorized by 
“‘ any Act of the present or succeeding Sessions of 
‘“‘ Parliament, and for other Purposes in relation to 
“ Railways,’ and another Act was passed in the 
“ tenth year of the reign of Her said Majesty, in- 
_ tituled, ‘An Act for regulating the Guage of 
“ Railways,’ and another Act was passed in the 
‘“« same Session, intituled, ‘ An Act for constituting 
“ Commissioners of Railways;’ Be it Enacted, 
“ That nothing in this Act contained shall be held 
“ to exempt the said Railway by the said recited 
“ Act authorized to be made, from the provisions of 
“ the said several Acts respectively, but that such 
“ provisions shall be in force in respect of such 
“ Railway.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir John Yarde Buller do carry 
the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


Goddard's Mr. Greene reported Goddard's Estate Bill, with- 
Estate Bill. out Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Huggens’ Mr. Greene reported Huggens’ College Incorpo- 
saan ae ” ration Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Guildford The House proceeded to take into consideration 
a the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
and Fareham tituled, An Act for enabling the Zondon and South 


the Guildford Extension and Portsmouth and Fare- 
ham Railway, near Portsmouth, and a Deviation in 
the authorized Line thereof, near Godalming ; and 
the same were read, as follow: 

In the Interlineation : 

L. 6. Leave out from “ terms” to “ and” in 
J, 10., and in Is. 10. and 11. leave out “ other- 
“&lt; wise.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Huddersfield The House proceeded to take into consideration 


and Manches- ill. in- 
ter Railway the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in 


(Deviations tituled, An Act for enabling the Huddersfield and 


and Altera- Manchester Railway and Canal Company to altera 


tions in Old- Portion of the Line of their Oldham Branch, and 


ham Branch, 


&amp;e.) Bill, for other Purposes; and the same were read, as 
follow: 

Pr. 7. 1. 26. Leave out “ Zeeds” and insert 
“© Lees.” 

Pr. 7.1. 31. Leave out “ Zeeds”’ and insert 
“Lees.” 


Pr. 8.1.4. Leave out from “ authorized” to 
“ will” in 1. 6. 

Pr. 15. 1. 2. Leave out “ Railways” and insert 
* Railway.” 

Pr. 16.1. 18. Leave out ‘ Railways” and insert 
“ Railway.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 24. Leave out “ Railways” and insert 
“ Railway.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


- 


Saverness The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Harbour and the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
na" —_tituled, An Act for deepening, enlarging, improving 


826 8° Juli. 


Railway Bill Western Railway Company to make Extensions of 








A. 1847. 


and maintaining the Port and Harbour of Inverness, 
and the Navigation of the River Ness, and the Quays 
and Piers and other Works connected therewith, 
for regulating the Anchorage and Shore Dues of 
the said Port and Harbour, and for other Purposes 
relating thereto ; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 5.1. 29. After “ meetings” insert “‘ who 
“ shall have such casting vote in addition to his 
“ vote as a member of the meeting.” 

Pr. 51. 1. 3. After “ Act” insert “ free from all 
“ the costs of collection, but deducting Five pounds 
“ per centum from the said moiety to meet a pro- 
“ portion of the expenses necessary for repairs.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
(and it appearing that the Amendment in Pr. 51.1.3. 
was to carry out more completely the intention of 
this House in regard to the mode of collecting and 
appropriating the Dues and Customs respectively 
mentioned in the Bill), were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Inverness 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, or oe 
intituled, An Act for extending the Municipal &amp;e. Bil,” 
Boundaries of the Burgh of Znverness ; establishing 
a general system of Police therein; and regulating 
the Petty Customs, and for other Purposes relating 
to the said Burgh; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 2. 1, 25. Leave out “ and sent out of.” 

Pr. 45.1. 22. Leave out from “ substitute” to 
the first “ as” in |. 24, 

Pr. 118. 1. 33. Before the interlineation insert 
“ free from all costs of collection.” 

Pr. 121.1.31. After “ description” insert “ The 
“ words ‘ Proprietor’ and ‘ Owner’ shall include 
“ all persons holding under leases for ninety-nine 
“ years or upwards.”’ 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, (and it appearing that the Amendment in Pr. 
118. |. 33. was to carry out more completely the 
intention of this House in regard to the mode of 
collecting and appropriating the Dues and Customs 
respectively mentioned in the Bill) were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, NorthWesterm 
intituled, An Act to incorporate the Huddersfield teas and 
and Munchester Railway and Canal Company, and Purchase of 
the Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester Railway Com- the Hudders- 
pany, with the London and North Western Railway *cl4 and Man- 
Company ; and the same were read, as follow: way and Canal 

Pr. 11.1. 27. Leave out from “ after”’ to “ is’’ and the Leeds, 
in 1.31. and insert “ the issuing of the certificate ne ee A . 
“ hereinafter required to be given by the Commis- Railway) Bill. 
“ sioners of Railways, the time of which issuing.” 
Pr. 39. 1. 6. Leave out from “ them” to “ to” 
in ]. 28, 
Pr. 39. 1.35. Leave out “ several.” 
Pr. 39. 1. 36. Leave out “ sums have” and in- 
sert “ sum has.” 
Pr. 40. 1. 1. Leave out “ 20.” 
Pr. 40. 1. 2. After “ thousand” insert “ Four 
“ hundred.” 
Pr. 40.1. 8. After “ Parliament” insert “ or by 
“ the continuation of the said Bill in the next 
“ Session of Parliament, under the special powers 
“ for that purpose granted in the present Session.” 
Pr. 40. }. 10. Leave out from “ new” to 
“ works” in |. 12, 
Pr. 40. 1.16. Leave out “sums” and insert 
“ sum,” and in the same line leave out from “ of” 
“ to sixty” in]. 17, 


Pr. 40. 





Manchester 
and Leeds 
Railway 
(Alteration of 
Levels of Brig- 
house Branch 
of the West 
Riding Union 
Railways, and 
new Line into 
Teeds) Bill. 





11 Vicroriz. 


Pr. 40. 1. 18. Leave out “ respectively.” 

Pr. 40..1. 22. After “ aforesaid” insert “ or 
“ within one month after the passing of the Act 
“ authorizing the said new works or undertakings.” 

Pr. 40. 1. 23. Leave out “twenty,” and in the 
same line after “thousand” insert “and four hun- 
“ dred.” 

Pr. 40. 1. 37. Leave out “ Railways.” 

Pr. 40. 1. ult. Leave out “aggregate of.” 

Pr. 41. ls. 1. and 2. Leave out “sums” and in- 
sert “ sum,” and in the same line leave out from 
“ of” to “sixty” in 1. 3., and in 1. 3. leave out 
“ respectively.” . 

Pr. 41.1.5. Leave out “ Railways.” 

Pr. 41. 1. 16. After “Company” insert “ issued: 
“ for the purposes of the works proposed to be 
“ authorized by the said Bill.” 

Pr. 46.1. 7. Leave out “ Railways.” 

Pr. 49.1. 14. Leave out from “ shares” to “so” 
in 1. 16. 

Pr. 54.1.9. After “ Act” insert “and also (as 
respects the Leeds, Dewsburyand Manchester Rail- 
way Company) except for the purpose of prose- 
cuting in the next Session of Parliament a Bill now 
pending in Parliament, promoted by the said Leeds, 
Dewsbury and Manchester Railway Company, and 
intituled,‘ A Bill for enabling the Leeds, Dewsbury 
and Manchester Railway Company to make a 
Branch Railway to Ossett, and to provide addi- 
tional Station Accommodation in the Town of 
Dewsbury, and at or near Morley, allin the West 
“ Riding of the County of York;’ and also another 
“ Bill now pending in Parliament, promoted by the 
“ same Company, jointly with the Manchester and 
‘ Leeds Railway Company, the Leeds and Thirsk 
“ Railway Company, and the Great Northern Rail- 
way Company, and intituled, ‘ A Bill for making 
a Railway Station on the North Side of the River 
Aire, in Leeds, in the West Riding of the County 
of York, to be called The Leeds beer Railway 
Station,’ the further prosecution of which Bill has, 
under the special powers for that purpose granted 
in the present Session, been suspended until the 
next Session of Parliament.” 

Pr. 58. 1. 36. After “Session” insert “or by 
continuation from the present Session to and in 
the next Session of Parliament.” 

Pr. 60. 1. 11. After “Session” insert “or of the 
next Session.” 

Pr. 66. 1, 26. After “ present” insert “or the 
next.” 

Pr. 67. 1. 22. After “ present” insert “or the 
next.” 

Pr. 84. 1. 16. Leave out from “the” to “to” in 
1. 19., and insert “‘ words ‘ Railway or Railways’ are 
“ used the same shall be understood to mean the 
“« Huddersfield and Manchester, and Leeds, Dews- 
“ bury and Manchester Railways respectively, and.” 

Pr. 84. 1. 28. After “ Railways” insert “ respec- 
“ tively.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
— to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to enable the Manchester and 
Leeds Railway Company to alter the Line and Levels 
of the Brighouse Branch of the West Riding Union 
Railways, and to make a new Line into Leeds; and 
the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 7. 1. 6. Leave out from “at” to “or” in 1. 9., 
and insert “the period aforesaid, or at any time 
“ thereafter are, or have or shall be.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 20. Leave out from “to” to the first 
“ and” in |. 24, 

Pr. 8.1.18. Leave out “ at or immediately.” 

Vou, 102, 


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“ other name by which — 


827 


Pr. 8. 1. 19. Leave out “ passing” and insert 
“ coming into operation.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 20. Leave out “had” and insert “ shall 
“ have.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 21. Leave out “ were” and insert “ be.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 13. Leave out from “ of” to “ several” 
in |, 14., and insert “ such.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 31. After “Railways” insert “ or by any 
such several Railways 
or Undertakings of the Company, or any of them, 
may be called in any Act of the present or any 
former Session.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 7. Leave out “passing” and insert 
coming into operation.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 10. Leave out “the said” and insert 
such.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 27. After “ Railways” insert “or by 
any such other name as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 30. After “and” insert “ such.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 33. Leave out “passing” and insert 
coming into operation.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 38. Leave out “the said” and insert 
such.” 

Pr. 11.1. 8. Leave out “ the said” and insert 
“ such.” 

Pr. 11.1. 20. Leave out from “ if” to “ several” 
in 1, 21., and insert “such.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 22. After “ been” insert “ originally.” 

Pr. 27.1. 16. Leave out from “thereon” to 
And” in Pr. 29. 1. 10. 

Pr. 29. 1.12. Leave out from “Company” to 
paid” in 1. 19., and insert “ from time to time to 
return any portion of the capital stock for the 
time being.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 23. Leave out from “ to” to “ relating” 
in ls. 25. and 26. 

Pr, 29. 1. 26. Leave out from “ Company” to 
“ Provided” in Pr. 30. 1. 3., and insert “ with the 
“« consent of the mortgagees and bond creditors of 
the Company, in conformity with the provisions in 
the Companies Clauses Act, 1845, in that behalf, 
and every such return may be made in such man- 
ner and subject to such conditions and to such 
classes of shareholders as by the order of any 
special general meeting of the Company shall be 
determined upon.” 

Pr. 30. 1, 14. Leave out “interest” and insert 
any such return of capital stock as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 32. Is. 36. and 37. Leave out from “ meet- 
“ ings” to “ And” in Pr. 34.1. 7. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration Sandwich 


the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Haven Bill. 


tituled, An Act for improving, regulating and main- 
taining the Haven of Sandwich, in the County of 
Kent; and the same was read, as followeth : 

Pr. 11. 1. 27. After “conveniences” insert ‘“‘ and 
“ without having previously to any such fixing, al- 
“ teration or removal given notice thereof to the 
“* Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, 
tituled, An Act for supplying with Water certain p 
Parts of the Staffordshire Potteries and the Town of 
Newcastle-under-Lyme, and several Townships and 
Places adjoining or near thereto; and the same was 
read, as followeth: 





Pr. 13. 


5N2 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Staffordshire 
in- Potteries 
Waterworks 


ill, 






































Pr. 13. 1. 1. After “them” insert “ Provided al- 
ways, That such leases and licenses, if made by 
any persons not seised in fee-simple, shall in all 
cases be at the most improved rents which can 
be reasonably had for the same.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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Birmingham, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
pring the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
ley Railway tituled, An Act for enabling the Birmingham, 
(Stourbridge Wolverhampton and Dudley Railway Company to 
Bromwich) purchase Lands for additional Station Room at 
Bill. Birmingham, and for authorizing the Sale of the 
Undertaking of the said Company to the Great 
Western Railway Company; and the same were 
read, as follow : 
Pr, 23, 1], 22. Leave out from “thereto” to “and” 
in |, 28. 
Pr. 23.1. 37. Leave out from “ undertaking” to 
“* shall” in |. penult. 
Pr. 24, 1. 28. Leave out“ sell” and insert “trans- 
“ie 
Pr, 24. ]. 30. Leave out “ purchase ” and insert 
“ accept the transfer of.” 
Pr, 24. 1. 37. After “ sale” insert “ by transfer.” 
Pr. 26.1. 21. After“ Undertaking” insert Clause 
(A.) 
Crause(A.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
‘ acted, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
“ Great Western Railway Company, out of any 
“ money by this Act or any other Act relating to the 
“ said Railway Company authorized to be raised, by 
“ calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise of any 
. a of borrowing, to pay interest to any share- 
“ holder on the amount of the calls made in respect 
“ of the shares held by him in the capital by this 
** Act authorized to be raised by the said Great 
“ Western Railway Company: Provided always, 
“ That nothing hereinbefore contained shall be 
‘ deemed to prevent the said Company from paying 
“ to any shareholder such interest on money ad- 
‘ vanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
‘ actually made as shall be in conformity with the 
‘ provisions in the —— Clauses Consolidation 
‘ Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 

Pr. 26. ]. 29. Leaveout“ such” and insert “any.” 

Pr. 26. 1. 30. Leave out “ for” and insert “ re- 
“ lating to.” 

The said Amendments, as far as the Amendment 
in Pr. 26. 1. 21., being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

Pr. 26. 1. 21. The next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

An Amendment was made thereunto, by inserting 
in |. 11, After the word “ Company” the words 
“ save and except on the sum of seven hundred 
“ thousand pounds, which was authorized to be 
“ raised in ion by the said first-recited Act.” 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was 
agreed to. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships, 
with an Amendment; to which Amendment this 
House doth desire the concurrence of their Lord- 
ships. 


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Blandford and Mr. Deedes reported from the Committee on the 
Bruton Rail- Blandford and Bruton Railway Bill; That they had 
way Bill examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, but the same had not been proved to their 
satisfaction. 
Ordered, That the Keport do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 





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Mr. Deedes reported the Bristol and Exeter Rail- Bristol and 
way (Taunton and Castle Cary Branch) Bill, with sar fieme 
Amendments. and Castle 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Cary Branch) 


and be printed. 


Mr. Deedes reported the Exeter, Yeovil and Dor- a. ae 
chester Railway and Branches Bill, with Amend- tr Railway. 
ments. and Branches 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Bill. 
and be printed. 


Mr. Deedes reported the Great Western Railway Great Western 
(Extension of the Berks and Hants Railway from ee A a 
Hungerford to Westbury, with a Branch to Devizes) the Berks and 
Bill, with Amendments. Hants Railway 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; om Hunger- 


2 ? ford to West- 
and be printed. bury, with a 


Branch to 
Devizes) Bill. 
Mr. Deedes reported the Salisbury and Yeovil Salisbury and 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. — Sail 
Ordered, That the Report dolie upon the Table ; “*Y *"* 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Bristol and Bristol and 
Exeter Railway (Branch from Bleadon to Wells, a 
Glastonbury and Street) Bill, have leave to make from Bleadon 


their Report forthwith. to Wells, 
Glastonbury 
and Street) 
Bill. 


Mr. Deedes reported the Bristol and Exeter Rail- Bristol and 
way (Branch from Bleadon to Wells, Glastonbury ee cae 
and Street) Bill, with Amendments. from Bleadon 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; to Wells, 
and be printed. i uuent 
Bill. 

Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committees. 
this day, till Five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Eastern Coun- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 45s Railway. 
intituled, An Act to authorize the Purchase by the dag sey , 
Eastern Counties Railway Company of the North Woolwich 
Woolwich Railway, and the Lease of the Pepper — &amp;e.) 
Warehouses and Wharfs of the East and West 
India Dock Company ; and the same were read, as 
follow: 

Pr. 5. 1. 10. Leave out from “ the” to “ the” 
in], 11., and insert “ granting of such certificate 
“ as hereinafter mentioned by the Commissioners 
“ of Railways.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 1. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 
and insert “ granting of such certificate as afore- 
“ said.” 

Pr. 7. Is. 1. and 2. Leave out “ henceforth ” 
and insert “ thenceforth.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 27. Leave out from “ the” to “ shall” 
in 1, 28., and insert “ granting of the said certifi- 
““ cate.” 

Pr. 9.1. 20. Leave out from “ the” to “such ” 
in 1. 21., and insert “ granting of the said certifi- 
“ cate.” 

br. 9. 1. 25. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 
and insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 25. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 
and insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 28. Leave out “ passing” and insert 
“ cranting.” 

Pr. 13. 1.6. After “ Act” insert “if the said 
“ certificate shal! then have been granted, and if 
“ not then within twenty-eight days after the grant- 
“ ing of such certificate.” 

Pr. 23. 1.40. After Clause (C.), added by way 
of Rider to the Bill, insert Clause (A.) 

Cuavuse(A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ be lawful for the Eastern Counties Railway Com- 
“ pany to purchase, for any of the additional pur- 
“ poses specified in the Railways Clauses Consoli- 

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dation Act 1845, in connection with the said 
North Woolwich Railway, any quantity of land 
not exceeding fifteen acres beyond the quantity 
which the North Woolwich Railway Company 
are by the said recited Act relating to such Com- 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration Edinburgh, 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, ng 
intituled, An Act to enable the Edinburgh, Leith way (Leith 
and Granion Railway Company to make a Branch and Granton 


Railway from Bonnington to Trinity Villa, to ac- %¢ton) Bill. 


Midland Rail- 
way (Mas- 
brough and 
Normanton 
Stations En- 
largement) 
Bill. 


Edinburgh, 
Leith and 
Granton Rail- 
way (Leith 
Extension) 
Bill. 


pany authorized to purchase ; and all the provi- 
sions of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 
1845, with respect to the purchase of lands by 
agreement, shall be incorporated with this Act, in 
reference to the lands to be so purchased.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Hudson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 


Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to enable the Midland Railway 
Company to enlarge their Stations at Masbrough 
and Normanton respectively, and to construct addi- 
tional Sidings or Branch Railways; and the same 
were read, as follow: 

Pr. 8. 1. 1. Leave out “ Warnfield” and insert 
“ Warmfield.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 14. Leave out “‘ Warnfield” and insert 
“ Warmfield.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 13. Leave out “ to.” 

Pr. 18. 1s. 18. and 19. Leave out “ aforesaid” 
and insert “ hereinafter mentioned.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 24. Leave out “ and.” 

Pr. 18. 1. 18. Leave out from “ conveyed ” to 
and” in 1. 19. 

Pr. 18. 1. 21. After “ conveyed ” insert “ or di- 
rected to be conveyed.” 

Pr. 20. 1. 8. Leave out “ only” 
* wholly.” 

Pr. 21. 1. 12. After “ Company” insert “ and 
the trustees of the said Rotherham and Wortley 
“ turnpike-road.” 

Pr. 22. Is. 33. and 34, After “ Brimsworth” 
insert “ to.” 

Pr. 23. 
“ Gott.” 

Pr, 23. 1. 25. Leave out “chains” and insert 
“ chairs.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the Amendment in Pr, 21. 
1, 12. is to make the provisions of the Clause con- 
sistent with the intentions of this House as shown 
in the other parts of the same Clause), were 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hudson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to enable the Edinburgh, Leith 
and Granton Railway Company to make a Branch 
Railway to the Upper Drawbridge, in the Town of 
Leith ; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 6. 1. 15. After “ purposes” insert “ except- 
“ ing always the public quay at the north end of 
“ the Upper Drawbridge, numbered 34 on the said 
“ Plans.” 
Pr. 6. 1. 40. In Clause (C.), added by way of 
Rider, to the Bill: 
L. 8. a “such” insert “ interference with 
“ and.” 
Pr. 9. 1. 2. After “ Acts” insert “ and this 
“ Act.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 

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quire certain pieces of Land, and to shut up and use 
certain Roads or Streets for the Purposes of the 
said Railway; and the same were read, as follow: 
Pr. 14. 1. 3. After “construct” insert “ and 
“ maintain.” 
Pr. 14. 1. 6. Leave out from “ the” to “ after” 
in l, 7., and insert “ road.” 
Pr. 14, 1. 11. Leave out from “ Railway” to 
“ with” in 1. 13. 
Pr. 14. 1.19. Leave out “ numbered 24” and 
insert “ from Mewhaven to Edinburgh.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments. made by their 


Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Westminster 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- —— 


tituled, An Act to amend and enlarge the Powers 
and Provisions of the Westminster Improvement 
Act, 1845, and to authorize the Application of cer- 
tain Rates in aid of the Improvements; and the 
same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 2. 1. penult. Leave out “so” and insert “ to.” 

Pr. 3.1.37. After “ from” insert “ the.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 21. After “DP Anson” insert “ the 
* younger.” 

Pr. 7.1. 28. Leave out “and.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 28. After the second “ Act” insert “ the 
expression ‘The Improvement Act’ shall mean 
the Westminster Improvement Act, 1845.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 12. Leave out from “ by” to “ Her” in 
1. 13., and in 1. 13. leave out from “ Majesty’s” to 
“ according” in ], 15., and insert “‘ Commissioners.” 

Pr. 8. Is. 18. and 19. After “‘ Commissioners” 
insert “and signed by the Lord Stan/ey, the Chair- 
“ man of the Select Committee of the House of 
‘“¢ Lords, to whom this Act was referred.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 27. Leave out from “ of” to “ Her” in 
]. 28., and in |. 28. leave out from “ Majesty’s” to 
“ for” in 1. 30., and insert “ Commissioners.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 5. Leave out from “ said” to “ Act” 
in |. 6., and insert “ improvement.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 12. Leave out “ recited” and insert 
“ improvement.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 25. Leave out “ recited” and insert 
“ improvement.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 5. Leave out “ recited” and insert 
‘* improvement.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 15. Leave out “ contained.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 18. Leave out the first ‘ in.” 

Pr. 11. 1, 22. After “chapter” insert “of West- 
“ minster.” ; 

Pr. 11.1. 24. After “ of” insert “ the city of.” 

Pr. 11.1. 25. After “ purposes” insert “ respec- 
“ tively contained.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 11. Leave out from the second “ of” 
to “ Her” in 1. 13., and in ]. 18. leave out from 
“ Majesty’s” to “ subject” in 1. 15., and insert 
“ Commissioners for the time being.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 24. Leave out ‘* Saunders” and insert 
Sanders.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 16. Leave out “ recited” and insert 
improvement.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 36. Leave out “ recited” and insert 
improvement.” 

Pr. 15..]. 14. Leave out “land” and insert 
lands.” 

Pr. 18.1. 28. After “approaches” insert “ there- 
to, which said street, avenues and approaches.” 

Pr. 19. ]. 38. Leave out “ and.” 

Pr. 21. 1. 2. Leave out “ accommodation” and 
insert “ communication.” 

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Pr. 21. 1. 3. After “ paved” insert “ or.” 
Pr. 22. 1. 37. Leave out “ recited” and insert 
* improvement.” 
r. 23. 1. 14. Leave out “ house” and insert 
** houses.” 
Pr. 24. 1.15. Leave out “ recited”’ and insert 
“ improvement.” 
Pr. 24. 1. 17. Leave out “ declared to be.” 
Pr. 24. 1. 23. Leave out “ may” and insert 
« shall.” 
Pr. 24. 1. 28. After “and” insert “ that the 
* houses to be built.” 
Pr. 24. 1, 32. Leave out “ may” and insert 
*¢ shall.” 
Pr. 24. 1. ult. Leave out “ street” and insert 
streets.” 
Pr. 25. 1. 28. Leave out “ herein” and insert 
** hereinafter.” 
Pr. 25. 1. 29. After “to” insert “‘in reference to 
‘ a part of the land coloured blue, and marked R.” 
Br. 26. 1. 11. Leave out from “the” to “ on” in 
1, 12., and insert “ buildings intended to be erected.” 
Pr. 26. 1.20. Leave out “purpose” and insert 
“* purposes.” 
Pr. 26. 1. 21. Leave out “ recited” and insert 
improvement.” 
Pr, 30. 1. 31. After “ virtue” insert “ of.” 
Pr. 31. 1. 19. Leave out “ in.” 
Pr. 32. 1. 6. Leave out “ recited” and insert 
“* improvement.” 
Pr. 32. 1. 34. Leave out the second “or” and 
insert “ on.” 
Pr. 33.1. 17. Leave out “this” and insert “ the.” 
Pr. 35. 1. 33. Leave out the second “ of” and in- 
sert “on.” 
Pr. 36. 1. 27. Leave out “ further.” 
Pr. 37. 1. 2. Leave out “ or Justices, or both.” 
Pr. 37. 1. 10. Leave out “ improvement” and 
insert ‘‘ lastly recited.” 
Pr. 37. 1. 21. Leave out “recited” and insert 
“* improvement.” 
Pr. 37. 1. 32. Leave out from “ said” to the first 
“ Act” in |. 33., and insert “ improvement.” 
Pr. 41. |. 6. After “ of ” insert “ the.” 
Pr. 41. 1. 19. Leave out “ of ” and insert “ for.” 
Pr. 41. 1. 27. Leave out “ hereinbefore” and in- 
sert “ hereinafter.” 
Pr, 44. 1. 33. Leave out “twenty” and insert 
“ thirty.” 
Pr, 45. 1.12. After “them” insert “ mentioned,” 
Pr. 45.1. 24. Leave out “exercising” and insert 
exercise.” 
Pr. 45. 1. 38. Leave out “ Zettsum” and insert 
* Lettsom.” 
Pr. 46. |. 4. Leave out “ or” and insert “ and.” 
Pr. 46. 1. 12. Leave out from “ thereto” to 
“ marked” in l. 14, 
P. 46. 1. 18. Leave out “ the.” 
Pr. 46. |. ult., and Pr. 47. 1. 1. After “ valua- 
* tion” insert “ and.” 
Pr, 47. 1. 13. After “ given” insert “ or ten- 
dered.” 
Pr. 47. ]. 27. Leave out “ should” and insert 
“ shall.” 
Pr, 49. 1. 32. After “‘ behalf” insert “ of.” 
Pr. 50. 1. 2. Leave out “ vestry” and insert 
* vestries.”’ 
Pr. 50. 1. 38. Leave out “ plans” and insert 
“ plan.” 
Pr. 52. 1. 10. Leave out from “ towards” to 
completing” in 1. 11.” 
Pr. 54. 1. 12. Leave out “ Margaret’s” and in- 
sert “ Margaret.” 
Pr. 57. 1.19. Leave out “ the” and insert “ their.” 
Pr, 58. 1.11. After “such” insert “judgment or 
“* decree, or any such.” 
Pr. 63.1. 8. Leave out “ further.” 
Pr. 69. 1. 29. Leave out from “ street” to “as” 
in |, 30., and insert “ and as little beyond such 
“* area.” 


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Pr. 75. 1. 7. Leave out the second “from” and 
insert “ payment of.” 

Pr. 75. 1. 32. Leave out from “ pounds” to 
“ And” in 1. 34. 

Pr. 80. 1. 5. Leave out from “also” to “ such” 
in L. 6., and insert “ to.”’ 

Pr. 80. 1. 8. Leave out “ equal” and insert 
“ equivalent,’ and in the same line leave out 
“ gross.” 

Pr. 80.1. 9. After “ present” insert “gross.” 

Pr. 80. 1. 14. After “lands” insert “ after de- 
“ ducting from such gross value the value of a per- 
“ petual rent (to commence on the determination of 
“* the present lease or leases), equal in amount to the 
“ present net annual rental received by them from 
“ such lands.” 

Pr. 81.1.9. After “exchange” insert “ Provided 
“ also, That no exchange to be made in pursuance 
“ of this power shall be made, except with the ap- 
“ probation of the Court of Chancery, and every 
“ exchange shall be made under the direction of 
the High Court of Chancery, and such approbation 
and direction may be obtained for the purposes 
aforesaid by and at the expense of the said Com- 
missioners, upon a Petition to be presented to the 
said Court in a summary way.” 

Pr. 81. 1. 28. After ‘‘ Hospital” insert “ if 
they shall think proper so to do.” 

Pr. 82. 1. 7. Leave out from “ thereabouts” to 
“ and” in |. 26. 

Pr. 83.1.5. After “ buildings” insert “ or in 
such other line or direction as shall be agreed to 

by the Governors of the Poor of Emmanuel 
” Hospital.” 
Pr. 83. 1.8. After “ pave” 
“ mise.” 

Pr. 84.1.9. Leave out “forty-eight” and insert 
“ fifty.” 

Pr. 84. 1.18. Leave out “ forty-nine” and in- 
sert “ fifty-one,” and also insert “ Clauses (A.) (B.) 
“ and (C.)” 

Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
Commissioners shall half-yearly, in the month of 
January and the month of July in every year, until 
the several improvements and new streets by the 
Improvement Act and this Act authorized to be 
made, are fully made and completed in manner 
prescribed by the said Acts respectively, report to 
Her Majesty’s Commissioners the progress made 
“ by the Commissioners from time to time in the 
“ execution of such improvements and new streets 
respectively, and also, at the same times render 
to Her Majesty’s Commissioners full and true 
accounts of all monies raised or received by the 
Commissioners under or by virtue of the provi- 
sions of the Improvement Act and this Act, or 
either of them, or by sale or mortgage, or from 
the rents and profits of any houses, buildings, 
lands, tenements, rents or hereditaments hereby 
or by the said Improvement Act authorized to 
be sold, mortgaged, demised or let or by the sale 
of the materials of any houses or buildings to be 
pulled down or sold as aforesaid, and of all other 
monies which shall be received by them under 
or by virtue of the authority of the Improvement 
“ Act and this Act, or either of them, and of the 
“ expenditure and application of all such monies 
“ for the purposes of the Improvement Act and this 
Act, and of the balance, if any, remaining unex- 
“ pended at the date of each Report and account, 
“ and also the number of houses and extent of 
** ground, and other property still remaining to be 
purchased in the line of each street, and the es- 
“ timated cost thereof, and the funds applicable to 
“ the purchase of the same.” 

CiauseE (B.) “ AND whereas it is expedient 
that the Commissioners should be authorized to 
purchase part of a certain garden or parcel of 
land belonging to the almshouses on the west 
side of Christ Church, in the Broadway, West- 


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minster, founded by the Reverend James Palmer, 
B.D., deceased, and commonly called Palmer’s 
Charity, as in the said Improvement Act men- 
tioned; BE it therefore Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the Trustees of the said Almshouses, 
if they shall think fit to do so, to sell to the 
Commissioners, and the Commissionersare hereby 
authorized and empowered to purchase from the 
said Trustees, at or for such price or sum as shall 
be mutually agreed upon between them, all or 
any part of the said garden or parcel of land so 
situate as aforesaid; and that in case of any 
such purchase being agreed upon, all the powers 
of exchange and other powers and provisions in 
the said Improvement Act contained with respect 
to other lands of the said Trustees, shall be ap- 
plicable to the part of the garden or parcel of 
land so agreed to be purchased, in like manner to 
all intents and purposes as if the same were now 
repealed, with the necessary alterations only.” 

Crause (C.) “ AND whereas by the said Im- 
provement Act it was enacted, that it should be 
lawful for the person or persons in whom a certain 
garden or parcel of land lying adjacent to and on 
the north side of the House of Correction, called 
the New Bridewell, was or might thereafter be- 
come vested, and he and they are thereby required, 
upon the application of the said Commissioners, 
or their successors, to be made to the visiting 
Justices of the said House of Correction, at any 
time within the space of Five years after the pass- 
ing of that Act, and not afterwards, to release and 
convey unto the said Commissioners, their suc- 
cessors and assigns, in exchange for the piece of 
land thereafter in that behalf particularly de- 
scribed, so much of the said garden or parcel of 
land as lies to the north of a boundary line to be 
drawn from east to west in the manuer therein 
particularly mentioned ; and it was also thereby 
enacted, that in such exchange for the said part 
of the said garden or parcel of land, there should 
be granted to the person or persons in whom the 
said garden or parcel of land then was or might 
thereafter become vested, so much of the land 
adjoining to and on the west side of the said 
House of Correction as lies within a boundary line 
to be drawn in the manner therein particular] 
mentioned: Provided always, That in case it 
should be found that the said Commissioners, or 
their successors, should nut be enabled under the 
provisions of that Act, or by private contract, to 
purchase and convey, or procure to be conveyed 
by way of such exchange as aforesaid, the south- 
east corner of the said piece of land, then in such 
case the northern and western boundaries of the 
said piece of land should be extended so as to 
include an additional area equal to the area of 
the south-east corner of the said piece of land 
which the said Commissioners should be unable 
to convey as aforesaid; and it was thereby also 
* enacted, that before the said Commissioners, or 
their successors, should be entitled to make any 
application to the said visiting Justices to have 
such part of the said garden or parcel of land 
conveyed to them by way of exchange as afore- 
said, they should build, in the manner therein 
mentioned, a party-fence brick wall of the thick- 
ness and dimensions therein mentioned, and that 
all the costs, charges and expenses of the said 
exchange should be borne by the said Commis- 
sioners: And whereas the word ‘ westward’ 
ought to have been inserted instead of the word 
‘eastward’ in the description of the boundary line 
of the part of the said garden or parcel of land so 
authorized to be conveyed to the said Commis- 
sioners and their successors as aforesaid: And 
whereas it has been found to be desirable to em- 
power the said Commissioners and the Justices 
of the Peace for the county of Middlesex, ap- 
“ pointed at any General or Quarter or adjourned 
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Sessions of the Peace to make alteration in the 


“ boundary line and the shape and dimensions of 


the aforesaid part of the said garden or parcel 
of land so authorized to be conveyed to the said 
Commissioners, and also in the boundary line 
and the shape and dimensions of the aforesaid 
parcel of land so authorized and required to be 
conveyed in exchange for the said part of the 
said garden or parcel of land; BE it therefore 
Enacted, That the said Improvement Act shall 
be read and understood as if the word ‘ westward” 
had been inserted in the place of the word ‘ east- 
ward ’ in the description therein contained of the 
boundary line of the part of the said garden or 
parcel of land authorized to be conveyed to the 
said Commissioners : And be it Enacted, That it 
shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, and 
the said Justices of the Peace assembled as afore- 
said, to enter into any arrangement, contract or 
agreement they may think fit, for the purpose of 
adding to, or reducing, altering and determining 
the boundary lines, shape and dimensions of the 
part of the said garden or parcel of land so autho- 
rized and required to be conveyed to the said 
Commissioners, and also for the purpose of adding 
to or reducing, altering and determining the 
boundary lines, shape and dimensions of the 
parcel of land so authorized and required to be 
conveyed in exchange for the said part of the said 
garden or parcel of land so authorized to be con- 
veyed to the said Commissioners, and that in case 
the said Commissioners and the said Justices 
shall come to any such arrangement, contract or 
agreement, then the said Improvement Act, and 
the several Clauses therein contained, including 
the Clause for the building of a party-wall, and 
the payment of costs, charges and expenses, shall 
apply to the part of the said garden or parcel of 
land, and to the said parcel of land, as the same 
respectively shall be determined and bounded 
according to the said arrangement or agreement, 
in like manner as the said Act is now applicable 
to the part of the said garden or parcel of land, 
and the said parcel of land, as the same are 
described in the said Act: And whereas it is 
desirable that the Justices of the Peace for the 
county of Middlesex should have power to sell 
or exchange to or with the said Commissioners 
a certain piece of land situated adjacent to and 
on the south-east side of the said prison, near to 
Saint Margaret's Hospital, which was purchased 
under the powers of an Act of Parliament made 
and passed in the seventh year of the reign of 
his late Majesty King George the Fourth, inti- 
tuled, An Act for building a New Bridewell or 
House of Correction for the City and Liberty of 
Westminster; BE it therefore Enacted, That it 
shall be lawful for the Justices of the Peace for 
the said county of Middlesex, assembled as afore- 
said, at any time or times within the space of Five 
years ufter the passing of the said Improvement 
Act, to contract and agree with the said Commis- 
sioners and their successors for the absolute sale 
and conveyance to them of all or any part of the 
said last-mentioned parcel of land, either in ex- 
change for some other parcel of land situated 
adjacent to the said prison, or for such price or 
consideration in money, and upon such terms, as 
they may mutually agree upon, or partly in ex- 
change for some other parcel of land situated as 
aforesaid, and partly for a consideration in money ; 
and in case any such contract or agreement shall 
be made, it shall be lawful for the person or per- 
sons in whom the said parcel of land now is or 
may hereafter become vested, to release and con- 
vey the same, or so much thereof as shall be so 
agreed to be sold and conveyed, unto the said 
Commissioners, their successors and assigns, in 
exchange for such other parcel of land, or for 
such price or consideration in money as aforesaid, 

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Health of 
‘Towns Bill. 


Health of 
‘Towns 
[ Advances. ] 


Compensation 
for Damages 
(ireland) Bill. 


Polling at 
Elections 
(Ireland) Bill. 


332 
“ or partly forsuch other parcel of land and partly 
for such consideration in money as aforesaid ; and 
if it shall have been agreed between the said 
Commissioners and the Justices assembled as 
aforesaid, that any other parcel of land shall be 
given and conveyed or promised to be conveyed 
by the said Commissioners in exchange for the 
said parcel of land, then such other parcel of land 
shall be granted and conveyed to the person or 
persons to whom the parcel of land is by the said 
Improvement Act and this Act authorized and 
required to be conveyed in exchange for the said 
part of the said garden so directed to be con- 
veyed; and in case it shall have been agreed 
between the said Commissioners and the said 
Justices assembled as aforesaid that any sum of 
money shall be given by the said Commissioners 
for the said piece of land, then the same shall be 
paid by them to the Treasurer for the time being 
of the said county of Middlesex, whose receipt 
shall bea valid and effectual discharge to the said 
Commissioners, and their successors, for the 
money therein expressed to be received: Provided 
always, That nothing herein contained shall ex- 
tend to enable the said Commissioners, or their 
successors, to take the said piece of land on the 
south-east side of the said prison, without the 
previous consent and agreement of the said Jus- 
tices: Provided also, and be it Enacted, That it 
shall not be lawful for the said Commissioners, 
their successors or assigns, without the consent of 
the said Justices, to erect any building upon the 
said last-mentioned piece of land, in case the same 
shall be so purchased.” 

Pr. 84. |. ult. After “such” insert Clause (D.) 

Crause (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That this 
Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to 
be passed in this Session of Parliament.” 


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Pr. 87. 1.5. After “ months’” insert “notice.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Aglionby do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Health of Towns Bill; 


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A. 1847. 


Cravusss, N° 1 to N° 5, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 6, (Continuance of the poll on the 
following day in case of riot.) 

Amendment proposed: In P. 3.1. 42., to leave 


out from the words “ polling place” to the word 
* Provided” in P. 4. 1. 9. 
Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause, put,—and agreed to. 
Clause agreed to. 


Crause, N°7, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 8 to N° 10, agreed to. 
Clause added. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second New Zealand 
Reading of the New Zealand Bill ; Bill. 

And Notice being taken that the Bill was not 
prepared according to the Order of Leave ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Resolution New Zealand 
which, upon Tuesday last, was reported from the (N° 2.) Bill 
Committee to whom it was referred to consider of 
authorizing an Advance out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, by way of Loan, to the Wew Zealand Com- 
pany, and which Resolution was then agreed to by 
the House, might be read ; and the same was read, 
as followeth : 

‘* Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Irelund be authorized to advance the 
Sum of 136,000 /., out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the said United Kingdom, by way of Loan, to the 
New Zealand Company.” 

The House was also moved, That the Order made 
upon Tuesday last, That leave be given to bring in 
a Bill, pursuant to the said Resolution, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Gen- 
tlemen who are appointed to prepare and bring in 





Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report from the Committee to whom it was re- 
ferred to consider of authorizing Advances te be 
made out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for defray- 
ing the Expenses of any preliminary Inquiry in | 
any Town in pursuance of any Act of the present | 
= for improving the Health of Towns in Eng- 
and ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Compensation for Da- 
mages (Jre/and) Bill; and after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Greene reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 








The House, according to Order, resolved itself | 
into a Committee upon the Polling at Elections | 
(Zreland) Bill. | 
(In the Committtee.) | 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- | 
graph. | 

Preamble postponed. 


the said Bill, That they do make provision therein 
to promote Colonization in WVew Zealand. 


The Canal Companies Bill was, according to Canal Com- 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a panics Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Mr. Hawes presented a Bill to promote Coloniza- New Zealand 
tion in ew Zealand, and to authorize a Loan to the (No. 2.) Bill. 
New Zealand Company: And the same was read the No. 633. 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Thames Conservancy Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Thames Con- 
servancy Bill. 


The London Bridge Approaches Fund Bill was, LondonBridge 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- Approaches 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Mon- F¥"4 Bill 
day next. 


Brooks’s 


Mr. Greene reported Brooks’s Divorce Bill, with- 
Divorce Bill. 


out Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order made upon Tuesday last, That there Scinde. 
be laid before this House, Copies of all Correspond- 
ence 





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ence that has taken place between the Court of 
Directors and the Secret Committee, with the Go- 
vernment of India, and the Board of Control, on 
the subject of Scinde, since the last Returns :—And, 
a Return of the Revenue and Expenditure of India 
for the last three years, was read, and discharged. 
Scinde. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Correspondence that has taken place 
between the Court of Directors and the Secret 
Committee, with the Government of Jndia, and the 
Board of Control, on the subject of Scinde, includ- 
ing the Proceedings of the Court of Directors and 
Dissents thereupon, since the last Returns. 
East India. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Revenue and Expenditure of India 
for the last Three years. 


Thames Con- Ordered, That there be laid before this House, the 

servancy Bill Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select Committee 
on the Thames Conservancy Bill since their last Re- 
port. 


Mr. Greene reported the Dollar Institution 
(Mylne’s or M‘ Nabb’s) Estate Bill, without Amend- 
ment 


Dollar Institu- 
tion (Mylne’s 

or M‘Nabb’s) 

Estate Bill. nt. : 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Constabulary A Motion being made, That this House will, To- 


z “4 _ morrow, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider 
[Pensions and Of charging on the Consolidated Fund of the United 


Superannua- Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, any Defi- 

tions. | ciency in the Sum required to pay the Pensions and 
Superannuations of the Constabulary Force in Ire- 
land and the Dublin Metropolitan Police ; 

Mr. Milner Gibson, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Revenue, 
Population, 
Commerce, 
&amp;e, 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Tables of the Revenue, Population, 
Commerce, &amp;c., of the United Kingdom and its De- 
pendencies. Part XV.—Section A. 1845. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir William Horne 

and Sir George Rose: 
Mr. Speaker, 

ay Rail. , Loe Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
ar (Sale and Act to authorize the Sale of the Pais/ey and Ren- 
Improvement) frew Railway to the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock 
Bill and Ayr Railway Company, and the Improvement 
of the said Railway by the latter Company, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Paisley and 


eared The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
and Lnprove- Act for improving the Navigation from The Hythe, 
ment Bill, at Colchester, to Wivenhoe, in the County of Essez, 
and for better paving, lighting and improving the 
Town of Colchester; and for making a new Channel 
and deepening the River Colne from Wivenhoe to 
Ram’s Hard, leading towards the Sea, with Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
: concurrence of this House: And also, 
piveepocl, The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


and Neweas- Act to enable the Liverpool, Manchester and New- 
tle-upon-Tyne castle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Company to 
—aa make a Railway from the Burnley Branch of the 
Amendment Manchester and Leeds Railway, in the Township of 
Bill. Habergham Eaves, in the Parish of Whalley, in the 
County of Lancaster, to the East Lancashire Rail- 
way, in the same Township, and for other Purposes, 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 
Vo. 102, 


8° Juli. 








833 | 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An East of Fife 
Act to enable the East of Fife Railway Company sie J : 1 
to deviate a Portion of their Main Line, and to im- entation) 
prove the Junction thereof with the Edinburgh and Bill. 
Northern Railway, near Markinch, with Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire tie 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Newbury 
Act for establishing a General Cemetery for the In- Cemetery Bill. 
terment of the Dead in the Parish of Newbury, near 
the Town of Newbury, in the County of Berks, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Belfast 
Act for the further Improvement of the Borough of fuprovement 
Belfast, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
= Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Coventry, 
Act to enable the Coventry, Nuneaton, Birming- aerate 
ham and Leicester Railway Company to sell and ee in eel 
transfer their Railway, Works and Interests to the Railway Bill. 
London and Northern Western, and Midland Rail- 
way Companies, or either of them, and for other 
Purposes, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Waterford 
Act to authorize certain Alterations in the Line of oe hag 
the Waterford and Limerick Railway, and toamend &gt;” 
the Act relating thereto, and for other Purposes, 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
— desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An London and 
Act to empower the London and North Western North a 
Railway Company to enlarge their Stations at Liver- r rgpettin A 
pool and Crewe, and for other Purposes, with an Liverpool, 
Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords desire Station Exten- 
the concurrence of this House: And also, aedenienel 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Lord Ward's 
for enabling the Sale and Conveyance of certain Estate Bill. 
Cottages, Gardens and other improved Lands, com- 
prised in the Will of the Right honourable John 
William Earl of Dudley, deceased, and for laying 
out the Sale Monies in the Purchase of Estates, to 
be settled to the Uses of the said Will, and for other 
Purposes ; to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased Sites for 
to communicate to their Lordships a Copy of the yard 
Report from the Select Committee appointed by ee 
this House in the present Session of Parliament to 
inquire whether, and in what Parts of Scotland, 
aud under what circumstances, large numbers of 
Her Majesty’s subjects have been deprived of the 
means of religious worship by the refusal of cer- 
tain Proprietors to grant them Sites for the erection 
of Churches :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an Answer to 
the last part of the said Message, by Messengers of 
their own. 

And the Messengers were again called in, and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith: —And then 
they again withdrew. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a pfitfora and 
Return, stating the Number of Passengers carried Waterford 
by the Packets plying between Milford or Pem- Packets. 
broke and Waterford, in each month during the 
year 1846, and the Amount received for such Con- 
veyance ; also, the Number of Letters during the 
same period, the Amount received for the same, 
and the Total Expense for the year 1846, of the 
Packets running between the above-named places. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Marriage 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Commission. 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 

a Copy of any Commission issued by Her Majesty, 
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riages in the Queen’s dominions and in Foreign 
Countries. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are’ 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


British Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
+ ser a to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 


to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of any Commission issued by Her Majesty 
to inquire into the Affairs of the British Museum. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


College of 
Physicians, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of a Memorial from the College of Physi- 
cians to the Secretary of State in August 1846. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this oon as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


New Zealand 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Company. 


to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of a Letter addressed to the Directors of 
the New Zealand Company from the resident Pur- 
chasers of Land at Wellington, dated the 23d day of 
September 1846 :—And, of Resolutions passed at 
a Meeting of Purchasers of Land at Welson, on the 
3d day of December 1846, on the subject of the 
Twentieth Report of the Directors of the New Zea- 
land Company; and of all other Papers in the 
Colonial Office bearing on the subject of the same. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Edinburgh Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Seliway tDe- Lords to the Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway (De- 
viation and Viation and Amendment) Bill be taken into consi- 
—— deration upon this day three months. 

Mi, 


Edinburgh 


The House was moved, That the Petition for 
and Bathgate 


leave to bring in the Edinburgh and Bathgate Rail- 

ae” way (Deviation and pa tan Bill, Which was 

Amendment) presented upon the 1st day of March last, might 
(ie. 3.) a ™ read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

to enable the a and Bathgate Railway | 


834. 8° Julii. 


to inquire into the state of the Law relating to Mar- | 






A. 1847. 


A Petition of Public Foreign Sufferance Whar- Customs 
fingers of Southwark, praying that a Committee of Regulations 
- ‘i : (Port of 
the House may be appointed to take into considera- London.) 
tion the present state of the Port of London, as 
regards the landing and warehousing of goods under 
Customs Regulations, was presented, and read; and 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Hinckley ;— Rugeley ;—and North- Education. 
ampton ; complaining of the exclusion of Roman 
Catholics from their share of the monies granted for 
educational purposes; and praying the House to 
interpose in hein behalf,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Reverend Daniel Dobrée, M.A., Guernsey. 
Rector of the Forest and Torteval, in the Island of 
Guernsey ;—and, Richard Allez, late a Landed Pro- 
prietor in the parish of Forest, in the Island of 
Guernsey ; complaining of the administration of the 
law in that Island, and praying that a Civil Com- 
mission be immediately appointed to inquire into 
the same,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Retail Brewers and Beer-sellers of Sale of Beer. 
the Borough of Oldham, in the county palatine of 
Lancaster, praying the House to enact a law al- 
lowing the same privileges to the Petitioners, as 
respects the times of opening and closing their 
houses, as are allowed to the Licensed Victuallers, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. : 


A Petition of Brewers and others, in and near the Thames 
Metropolis, praying that a Committee may be ap- Conservancy 
pointed to inquire into the subject of the fees and 
dues levied by the Corporation of London on all 
corn, malt and other articles of consumption brought 
into the River Thames either from parts of this 
country or from Foreign countries, with the view 
to the adoption of a scheme based on more equita- 
ble and convenient principles than the present ; 
and that in the mean time the progress of the 
Thames Conservancy Bill may be stayed, and that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, in support of the allegations contained in 
their Petition, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir William Somerville presented, by Her Ma- Lunacy. 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of further Report of the 
Commissioners in Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor, 

1847. 








Company to deviate a Portion of their Main Line, 
and for other Purposes: And that Mr. William | 
Baillie, Mr. Gibson Craig and Mr. Duncan do | 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Friendly 
Societies. 


Name of the Society, the Place of its Meetings, the 
objects of its Institution, the Date when its Rules 
were certified, and the Number of its Members. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies orExtracts of Correspondence relative 
to the Affairs of the Isle of Man since the date of the 
last Papers presented to Parliament on the subject. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Isle of Man. 


Edinburgh Mr. Greene, by Order, presented a Bill to enable 
wr Raeeny, the Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway Company to 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | 


Return of all Friendly Societies inrolled in the | - ; ; 
United Kingdom, under the Act 10 Geo. 4, c. 56, | of Accounts of Monies received and paid on account 


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and subsequent Acts, exhibiting, in columns, the | 


Sir William Somerville also presented, pursuant Entails 
to an Address to Her Majesty,—A Return of the (Scotland. 
Number of Entails registered in Scotland, and the 
year of each Registration, 1847. 

Sir William Somerville also presented, pursuant County 
to the directions of An Act of Parliament,—Abstract — 

sylums. 
of the several County Asylums in England, during 
the year ending on the 31st day of December 
1846. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sheffield Sheffield Petty 
Petty Sessions, which was presented upon the 28th gw . 
day of May, last be printed. No. 634. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Wilson Wilson 
Overend, Esquire, which was upon the — 
28th day of May last, be printed. No. 634. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Paper relative Imports. 


_to Imports, which was presented upon Tuesday last, No.635. 


be printed. 





viation and deviate a Portion of their Main Line, and for other 
Amendment) Purposes: And the same was read the first time ; 
(No. 2.) Bill. and ordered to be read a second time. 











Ordered, Tiat an Abstract of the Return relative Isle of Man- 
to the Isle of Man, which was presented upon Tues- No. 48. 
day last, be printed, 


Ordered, 








London 
Corporation, 


No. 636, 


Copper. 
No. 637. 


Post Horse 
Duties. 


Juvenile 
Offenders Bill. 


11 Victroriz. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Zon- 
don Corporation, which were presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Copper, 
which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Annual Produce of the Post Horse 
Duties, distinguishing the same by Counties, so far 
as practicable, for the years 1845 and 1846 :—Of 
the Gross Receipt of the Duty on Post Horses, from 
the time when it first came under the Management 
of the Excise Department, showing the Amount in 
each Quarter, to the 5th day of January 1847 :— 
Of the Gross Receipt of Duty on Post Horses in 
the London District during the six months ending 
the 5th day of January 1846 and 1847 respectively : 
—Of the Post Horse Duty in the Excise Collec- 
tions on the Line of the North Western Railroad for 
the same period :—Of the Gross Receipt of the 
Duty on Post Horses in the Eastern, South Eastern 
and Western parts of England for the same period ; 
including and distinguishing the Lines of the Great 
Western, the South Western, the South Eastern, 
and the Eastern Counties Railroads :—Of the Post 
Horse Duty for the District within which the County 
of Kent is included, for the several years from the 
5th day of January 1812 to the 5th day of January 
1823, when Steam Power was first generally applied 
to Locomotion on Water, and for each of the years 
next following, ending the 5th day of January 1847: 
—And, of the Post Horse Duty for the District 
within which the County of Lancaster is included, 
for the years 1829, 1830, 1831, and 1842, 1843, 
1844, 1845, and 1846 (in continuation of Parliament- 
ary Paper, No. 597, of Session 1845). 


Sir John Pakington reported from the Com- 
mittee appointed to draw up Reasons, to be offered 
to the Lords at a Conference, for disagreeing to cer- 
tain Amendments made by their Lordships to the 
Juvenile Offenders Bill; That they had drawn up 
Reasons accordingly ; which they had directed him 
to report, as follow: 

The Commons agree to the Amendments made by 
the Lords, as far as Pr. 2. 1. 22. 

The Commons propose to amend the Amendment 
in Pr, 2. 1, 22., by inserting in Fo. 1.1. 14. after the 
words “hard labour” the words “ for any term not 
“ exceeding Three calendar months.” 

The Commons agree to the Amendments, as far as 
Pr. 3. Is. 24. and 25. 


The Commons disagree to the Amendment in Pr. 
3. Is. 24. and 25., for the following Reasons. 

Because the effect of this Amendment is to 
deprive persons who may be charged with 
offences under this Act of that option with 
respect to the tribunal by which they are to 
be tried, which the House of Commons con- 
sider it essential should form part of such 
a change in the Criminal Law as this Act 
contemplates : 

Because it is considered that, in adopting the 
substitution of summary proceeding before 
Justices in petty Sessions, instead of trial 
by Jury, in numerous cases which can now 
be tried only in the superior courts, it is right 
that every security should be afforded to the 
persons who may be the subjects of such 
proceedings against that partiality or injustice 
which may possibly, in some cases, be appre- 
hended. 

_ Because the change in the law of England, 
which it is the object of the Bill to effect, 
however important and desirable it may be, 
is still in fact, an experiment, which it is 
submitted ought to be made with the utmost 
care and caution, and that therefore some 
equivalent should, if possible, be given to 

Vou. 102, 


8° Julia. 


835 


persons who may be charged under this Bill 
for that right of challenge which they can 
now exercise with respect to any juryman in 
whose impartiality they may not feel confi- 
dence : 

Because these opinions have received the sanc- 
tion of the Committee of the Lords, which 
has recently inquired into the execution of 
the Criminal Law, especially respecting 
juvenile offenders and transportation, and in 
the Report of that Committee it is recom- 
mended that magistrates should exercise 
summary power in certain cases, “ with the 
“ previous consent of the parties themselves 
“ to submit to such tribunal.” 


The Commons agree to the Amendments as far 
as Clause (B.) 


The Commons disagree to Clause (B.) for the 
following reasons : 

Because considering the very trifling nature of 
the offences which will generally be the sub- 
jects of proceedings under the Bill, it is con- 
sidered that such a Clause might operate too 
severely, and that therefore no convictions 
under the Bill ought to have the effect which 
— of a previous conviction of felony now 

as; and because the omission of this Clause 
is not likely in any manner to impede the 
due administration of justice, inasmuch as 
magistrates will probably always exercise, in 
cases of hardened offenders, that power of 
committing for trial by jury, as heretofore, 
which, under the Bill, they will in all cases 
possess. 

The Commons agree to the other Amendments to 
the Bill. 

The said Reasons, being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords, upon the subject-matter of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the said Bill: And that 
Sir John Pakington do go to the Lords, and desire 
the said conference. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee, to consider of authorizing the 
Advance, on the security of Rates to be levied in 
Ireland, of a further Sum of Money, by way of 
Loan, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the 
Relief Commissioners appointed in pursuance of 
an Act of the present Kenton, for the temporary 
Relief of Destitute Persons in Zreland. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That provision be made out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for the issue of any Sum, not 
exceeding Three hundred thousand pounds, to be 
advanced, by way of Loan, on the security of Rates 
to be levied in Lreland, to the Relief Commissioners 
appointed in pursuance of an Act of the present 
Session, for the temporary Relief of Destitute Per- 
sons in Ireland. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


into a Committee, to consider of exonerating the 
Counties or Districts now liable to the Repayment 
of Sums advanced out of the Consolidated Fund 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, on the credit of Presentments for Public 
Works in Jreland, made for the Relief of Distress, 
from a portion thereof; of authorizing the transfer 

502 of 








Destitute 
Persons 
(Ireland) 
(No. 3.) 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Public Works 
and Drainage 


(Ireland.) 

















Stock in Trade 
Exemption 
Bill. 


Drainage of 
Lands (Ire- 
Jand) Bill. 


Masters in 
Chancery 
Affidavit 
Office Bill. 


836 


of a portion of the Money placed to the account of 
the Commissioners of Public Works in England to 
the Commissioners of Public Works in Jreland ; 
and of making Advances out of the said Consoli- 
dated Fund to the Commissioners of Public Works 
in Ireland, to be applied by them in the extension 
and promotion of Drainage and other Works of 
Public utility, 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That the several Counties and Dis- 
tricts in Ireland now liable to the repayment of 
Sums advanced out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in 
pursuance of two Acts for the Relief of Distress in 
Ireland, by the employment of the Labouring Poor 
(9th and 10th Vic., c. 107, and 10th Vic., ve. 10), shall 
be exonerated from the repayment of one moiety of 
the Sums so advanced for Works of a Public 
nature. 

2. Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct the Com- 
missioners of Public Works in England to transfer 
to the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, 
out of the Funds standing to the account of the 
said Commissioners of Public Works in England, 
any Sum not exceeding One hundred and twenty 
thousand pounds, to be applied by the said Com- 
missioners of Public Works in Jreland for making 
Loans under the provisions of any of the Acts 
authorizing the said Commissioners to make Ad- 
vances for the extension and promotion of Drainage 
and other Works of Public utility in Zreland. 

3. Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct the issue, 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, of any Sum not 
exceeding Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds, 
to be applied by the Commissioners of Public 
Works in Jreland, for making Loans under the pro- 
visions of any of the Acts authorizing the said Com- 
missioners to make Advances for the extension and 
promotion of Drainage and other Works of Public 
utility in Ireland. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The ingrossed Bill to continue the Exemption of 
Inhabitants of Parishes, Townships and Villages 
from Liability to be rated as such in respect of Stock 
in Trade or other Property to the Relief of the 
Poor, was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to continue until the First day of 
October One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
eight, and to the end of the then next Session of 
Parliament, the Exemption of Inhabitants of Pa- 
rishes, Townships and Villages from Liability to be 
rated as such, in respect of Stock in Trade or other 
Property, to the Relief of the Peor. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to continue, fora limited Time, 
the Provisions for Summary Proceedings contained 
in an Act of the last Session, to amend the Acts for 
promoting the Drainage of Lands, and for other 
Purposes, and to amend the said Act, was, accord- 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Greene reported the Masters in Chancery 
Affidavit Office Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, as follow 





8° Juliz. 











A. 1847. 


Pr. 2.1. 17. Leave out “ master” and insert 
“* masters.” 

Pr. 2.1. 35. Leave out “ which.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 37. After “ perform” insert “ the 
“ same,” and also insert Clause (A.) 

Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That there 
“ shall be paid to the said Clerks of Affidavits and 
“ the said Assistant Clerk of Affidavits such re- 
muneration, either in salary and fees, or partly by 
salary and partly by fees, as the Lord Chancellor 
“ shall think fit, not exceeding in the whole One 
“ thousand two hundred pounds to the Clerk of 
“ Affidavits, Eight hundred pounds to the first, and 
Four hundred pounds to the second Assistant 
“ Clerk of Affidavits; and that it shall be lawful 
“ for the Lord Chancellor to make such order and 
orders as may be necessary for payment of so 
much of such remuneration as shall consist of 
“ salary out of the fund, intituled, ‘ The Suitors 
“ Fee Fund Account,’ and for the payment of any 
“ part of the fees to be received to the account of 
“ the said fund.” 

Pr. 3.1. 27. After “ Act” insert “* and that the 
salary or remuneration he shall receive under 
the provisions of this Act shall be, and the same 
is hereby declared to be, in lieu of, and as com- 
pensation for the loss sustained by him in respect 
of the fees hitherto received by him as clerk of 
“ the said public office.” 

Pr. 4.1. 2. Leave out from “ Smith” to “ to” 
in }. 3. 

Pr, 4. 1. 33. After “ passed” insert “and as if 
“ he had continued to hold his office of clerk of 
“ the public office, but, nevertheless, only for such 
“« period as he shall hold the office of second Clerk 
“ of Affidavits under this Act ;” and also insert 
Clause (B.) 

Cuavse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ be lawful for the Lord Chancellor, with the con- 
sent of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Treasury, by any order made on a Petition pre- 
sented to him for that purpose, after the tenth 
day of August next, after the passing of this 
“* Act, to order (if he shall think fit) to be paid to 
any person executing the office of Clerk of 
“ Affidavits, Assistant Clerk of Affidavits, or second 
Assistant Clerk of Affidavits, or of Chief Clerk or 
junior, or Copying Clerk to the Masters in or- 
dinary of the Court of Chancery, who shall be 
afflicted with some permanent infirmity, disablin 
him from the due execution of his office, 
shall be desirous of resigning the same, an annuity, 
not exceeding two-third parts of the yearly salary 
which such person shall be entitled to at the 
time of presenting such Petition, to be paid out 
of the interest and dividends of the Government 
or Parliamentary Securities which may be at 
any time standing in the name of the Accountant 
General of the High Court of Chancery to an 
account, intituled, ‘ Account of Monies placed out 
for the benefit and better Security of the Suitors of 
“ the High Court of Chancery,’ and an account 
“ intituled ‘ Account of Securities purchased with 
Surplus Interest raising from Securities carried 
to an Account of Monies placed out for the benefit 
“ and better Security of the Suitors of the High 
Court of Chancery,’ or either of them; and the 
annuity mentioned in such order shall be paid 
by the Governor and Company of the Bank of 
England out of the interest and dividends afore- 
“ said, (but subject and without prejudice to the 
“ payment of all salaries and other sums of money 

“ an Act of Parliament already directed or 
“ authorized to be paid thereout) by even and 
equal payments on the fifth day of January, the 
“ fifth day of April, the fifth day of July, and the 
“ tenth day of October, in every year during the 
life of such person and the executors and admi- 
“ nistrators of such person shall be entitled to receive 
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“ said annuity, as shall have accrued from the next 


preceding quarterly day of payment to the day 
of his death. 

Pr. 4.1. 36. After “ next” insert Clause (C.) 

Cxavuse (C.) “ And whereas by an Act passed 
in this Session of Parliament, intituled, ‘ An 
Act to abolish one of the Offices of Master in 
Ordinary of the High Court of Chancery,’ it was 
“ enacted, that it should be lawful for the Lord 
“ Chancellor, with the consent of the Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury, to award such compen- 
sation (if any), and in such manner, and upon 
such conditions, as he might think fit, to George 
Barrett and Edward Wright, the late Chief and 
second Clerks of Andrew Henry Lynch, or either 
of them, in consideration of the loss they or he may 
have sustained by reason of the abolition of the 
said office by the said Act ; and whereas no pro- 
vision was made in the said Act for the payment 
of such compensation ; BE it therefure Enacted, 
That such compensation shall be paid by the 
Accountant General, by virtue of an order for that 
“« purpose to be made by the said Lord Chancellor 
“ out of the fund, intituled, ‘The Suitors Fee Fund 
“ Account.” 

The said Amendmdments, being read a second 

time, were agreed to; and the Amendment following 
was made to the Bill; 


In the Title of the Bill: 
L. 2. Leave out “‘ master’ and insert “‘ masters.” 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


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Bankruptcy 
and Insolvency 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Bankruptcy and In- 
solvency Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair;:and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


No. 638. 


Constabulary 
Force (Ire- 
land), &amp;c. Bill. 


The Constabulary Force (Ireland), &amp;c. Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 


To-morrow. 
Joint Stock The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
(Ne a) oil into a Committee upon the Joint Stock Companies 
No 639 * (No. 2.) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
uo" Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill,and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be now received. 
Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 
Post-office Mr. Greene reported the Post-office Bill; and 
Bill the Amendments were read, and agreed to; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 
_ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 
Parliamentary The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
(No. 2.) Bill, i of the Parliamentary Electors (No. 2.) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 
qituralization The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
ens Bill. into a Committee upon the Naturalization of Aliens 


Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
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the Committee had gone through the Bill, and di- . 
rected him to report the same, without Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


The Qualification of Peers (Scotland) Bill was, Qualification 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- pf Feers (Scot 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Poor Removal 
Reading of the Poor Removal (No. 2.) Bill; (No. 2.) Bill. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Tues- 
dav next. 


The Trust Monies Investment Bill was, accord- Trust Monies 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed — 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Monday 
next. 


Herring 
Fishery (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Herring Fishery (Scotland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Navigation 
the Report on the Navigation (No. 2.) Bill; (No. 2.) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be received after the 
other Orders of the day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registration 
mittee on the Registration of Voters Bill; oa 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Poor anne ig 
into a Committee upon the Poor Removal Act oom 2.) 
Amendment (No. 2.) Bill; and, after some time Bill. 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
and Mr. Greene reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


(an A ET ES ITS 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Navigation 
the Report on the Navigation (No. 2.) Bill; (No. 2.) Bill 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Parliamentary Electors Bil] Parliamentary 
be read a second time upon Wednesday next. Electors Bill. 


Lord Ward’s Estate Bill was read the first time ; Lord Ward's 
and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- Estate Bill. 
vate Bills. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the East Lanca- 
Lords to the East Lancashire Railway (Deviations shire Railway 


l Deviats 

and Rawtenstall Coal Branch) Bill be taken into $34 Rawten- 

consideration To-morrow. stall Coal 
Branch) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Great North- 
Lords to the Great Northern Railway (Hertford, cr. ow 


Hatfield and Saint Alban’s Branch) Bill be taken Hatfield ana 


into consideration To-morrow. St. Alban’s 
Branch) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the St. Helen’s 
Lords to the Saint Helen’s Canal and Railway Canal and 


(Warrington and Blackbrook Branches, &amp;c.) Bill - mip haga 
be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Blackbrook 
. . Branches, &amp;c. } 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. Bill. 


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British 
Museum, &amp;c. 


Public 
Petitions 


(Forty-second 


Report.) 


East Lanca- 
shire Railway 
(Deviations 
and Rawten- 
stall Coal 
Branch) Bill. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
(Hertford, 
Hatfield and 
St. Alban’s 
Branch) Bill. 


838 


Veneris, 9° die Julii ; 
Anno 11° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Butler, from the Trustees of the British 
Museum, was called in, and at the bar pre- 
sented,—Further Return to an Order dated the 1st 
day of this instant July, for a Return of the Number 
of Visitors to the British Museum, the National 
Gallery, and the Tower of London, in the year 1846 
(so far as relates to the British Museum) :—And 
then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 5th, 6th and 7th days 
of this instant June, and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to enable 
the East Lancashire Railway Company to alter the 
Line and Levels of their Railway, and to make a 
Branch Railway therefrom, and for other Purposes 
relating thereto ; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 13.1.5. Leave out from “ the” to “ branch” 
in |. 6. and insert “ said,” and in the same line after 
“ Branch” insert “ Railway.” 

Pr. 14.1. 19. Leave out “any of” and in the 
same line leave out “ before” and insert “ two 
* fest.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the 
Great Northern Railway Company to make a Rail- 
way from Saint Alban’s to the Great Northern 
Railway at Hatfield, and thence to the Town of 
Hertford; and the same were read, as follow : 

r. 6.1.19. After “height ” insert Clauses (A.), 
(B.) and (C.) 
Criavuse(A.) “ And be it Enacted, That in con- 
“ structing the Railway near the town of Hertford, 
“ the Company shall not lay down their line of Rail- 
““ way on the north-eastern side of certain water- 
““ works, numbered on the said deposited plans 134, 
“in the parish of Saint Andrews, Hertford, or 
enter upon, take or use the buildings numbered 
134", without the leave of the Mayor, Aldermen, 
“ and Burgesses of the borough of Hertford.” 

Cuause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
in this Act contained shall enable the said Great 
Northern Railway Company to take or interfere 
“ with the present station of the Eastern Counties 
“ Railway Conan at Hertford, or the works and 
buildings connected therewith, except for the 
purpose of forming a junction with the line of the 
said Eastern Counties Railway, such junction to 
be made under the direction of the engineer for 
the time being of the Eastern Counties Railway 
Company.” 

Cuavse (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That the said 
Company shall, if requiring for the said line of 
Railway any portion of the mansion-house, gar- 
den or pleasure-ground of Thomas Robert Baron 
Dimsdale, at Hertford, called Cowbridge House, 
take the whole of the same and pav for the same 


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“ before taking possession thereof according to the 
* provisions of the Lands Clauses Consolidation 
“ Act, 1845. 
Pr. 10.1.24. Leave out “ notice.” 
Pr. 24.1. 27. Leave out from “ borrow” to “And” 

in Pr. 25. 1. 18. and insert Clauses (D.) and (E.) 

Cuiause (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to the 
said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise 
of any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
“ respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
“ by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided 
always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 
“ be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
paying to any shareholder such interest on money 
advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
actually made as shall be in conformity with the 
provisions in the Companies Clauses Consolida- 
“ tion Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 

Cuiause (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 
pay or deposit any sum of money which by any 
Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
an Act authorizing the said Company to con- 
struct any other Railway or execute any other 
work or undertaking.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
ie agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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The House, according to Order, proceeded to take St. Helen's 
into consideration the Amendments made by the Canal and 


Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the ® 


Saint Helen’s Caual and Railway Company to make Blackbrook 
Branch Railways to Warrington and to Blackbrook, Branches, &amp;«.) 


and to make certain Alterations in their Railway, 
and also to take a Lease of the Rainford Branch of 
the London and North Western Railway ; and the 
same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 2.1. 11. Leave out “ canal.” 

Pr. 3.1. 16. After “ of” insert “ a.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 18. Leave out “ lines” and insert 


“ line.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 38. Leave out “ than” and insert 
“ then.” 

Pr. 8.1.23. Leave out “ works” and insert 
“ roads.” 

Pr. 8.1. 27. Leave out “ works” and insert 
“ roads.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 10. Leave out “ at” and insert “ or.” 

Pr.11. 1. 10. Leave out “ And be it Enacted.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 25. Leave out “two” and insert “a.” 

Pr. 13.1. 26. Leave out “ Railways” and insert 
“ Railway.”’ 


Pr. 13. 1. 32. Leave out “ the one.” 

Pr. 13. 1s.36. and 37. Leave out from “ afore- 
“ said” to “ And” in Pr. 14. 1. 3. 

Pr. 16. 1. 26. After ‘ completed” insert Clauses 
(A.), (B.) and (C.) 

CuauseE (A.) And be it Enacted, That notwith- 
“ standing any thing in this Act contained to the 
“ contrary, it shall not be lawful for the Company, 
for or in the construction of the Railways hereby 
authorized, at the points of intersection of the 
London and North Western Railway, in the pa- 
rishes of Prescot and Warrington, or inany manner, 
tc interfere with the Railway or property of the 
London and North Western Railway Company, 

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“ otherwise than by constructing the altered line of 


Railway hereby authorized under the existing 
“ line of the London and North Western Railway 
“ at the point in the parish of Prescot fixed for 
“ such crossing according to the said deposited 
“ plans, is intended to cross the London and North 
Western Railway, and by constructing the Branch 
Railway to Warrington thereby authorized, with- 
in and through the arch or tunnel under the said 
London and North Western Railway, south of 
“ the existing station of the said London and North 
“‘ Western Company, in the parish of Warrington ; 
and that neither in the construction, maintenance 
nor use of the said altered and branched line, or 
either of them, shall the traffick of or passage 
“ upon or along the London and North Western 
“ Railway be in anywise impeded or interrupted.” 

Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That if by 
reason of any of the works by this Act autho- 
rized, in the parishes of Prescot and Warrington 
respectively, or by any act or omission of the 
said Canal and Railway Company or any of their 
agents or servants, it shall happen that the Lon- 
don and North Western Railway or the works 
“ connected therewith shall be so injured or ob- 
structed that the engines and carriages passing 
along the same Railway with their usual and ac- 
customed loads shall be impeded in their passage, 
or shall not be able to pass freely along the same, 
then and in any such case the said Canal and 
Railway Company shall pay to the said London 
and North Western Railway Company, as or by 
way of ascertained damages, the sum of Five 
hundred pounds for every ‘Twenty-four hours dur- 
ing which any such impediment shall continue in 
the said parish of Prescot or Warrington respec- 
tively, and so on in proportion for any less time 
than Twenty-four hours ; and in default of pay- 
ment of any such sum on demand made on the 
said Canal and Railway Company, the London 
and North Western Railway Company may sue 
for and recover the same, together with full costs 
of suit, against thesaid Canal and Railway Com- 
pany, by action of debt or on the case, in any 
of the superior courts: Provided always, That 
nothing herein contained shall extend to prevent 
“ the said London and North Western Railwa 
Company from recovering against the said Canal 
and Railway Company any special, further or 
other damage that may be sustained by them on 
account of any act or default of the said Canal 
and Railway Company, in respect of which the 
said sum in the nature of liquidated damages, is 
hereby imposed or made payable beyond the 
amount thereof, and they are hereby authorized 
to sue for and recover such special, further or 
other damages accordingly.” 

CuiavuseE (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That not- 
withstanding any thing in this Act or any of the 
said recited Acts contained to the contrary, it 
shall not be lawful forthe Saint Helen’s Canal 
and Railway Company, or for any person on their 
behalf, for or in execution of this Act, except as 
by this Act is specifically authorized, either per- 
manently or temporarily to enter upon, take or 
use any of the land or property of the said Lon- 
“ don and North Western Radleny Company, or 

which they have the power to purchase, or in 
any manner to alter, vary or interfere with the 
“ said London and North Western Railway or any 
of the works appertaining thereto.” 

Pr. 16.1. 31. Leave out from “ junction” to 

and” in |, 32.,and insert “ Railway.” 


Pr. 16. 1.35. Leave out “ Railways” and insert 
“ Railway.” 


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and insert “ engineer.” 


Pr. 17.1. 5. Leave out from “ junction” to 


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Pr. 17. 1. 67. Leave out “ Companies” and in- 
sert “ Company.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Fees in Fees in Courts 
Courts of Law and Equity have leave to sit this of Law and 
day, till five of the clock, during the sitting of the "™Y- 
House. 


Mr. Greene reported Bowes’ Estate Bill, without Bowes’ Estate 
Amendment. Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported the London and South West- London and 
ern Railway Bill, with Amendments. — 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; allway 
and be printed. 


Mr. Greenereported Sir Henry Willoughby Rooke’s Sir Henry 
Estate Bill, with verbal Amendments; and the same hor 2 al 
were read, as follow: Estate Bill. 

Pr. 4. 1. 38. Leave out “ trust” and insert 
“ trusts.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 16. After “ sixth” insert “ day of.” 

Pr. 148.1. 8. Leave out “ Lilly” and insert 
« Silly.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 


Mr. Greene reported the Tunstall Market Com- Tunstall 
pany’s Estate Bill, with verbal Amendments ; and Market Com- 
the same were read, as follow : Bil, sense 

Pr. 4. 1. 14. After “ money” insert “ and upon 
“ the execution of such deed of conveyance as is 
“ hereinafter mentioned.” 

Pr. 8.1.5. After “ deed” insert “ duly stamped 
for denoting the payment of the full and proper 
stamp duty by law payable in respect of the pur- 
“* chase-money.” 

Pr. 8.1.19. After “Company” insert “ in con- 
sideration of the sum of.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration Great North- 
the Report on the Great Northern Railway (Isle of rote pind 
Axholme Extension) Bill; and the Amendments joime Exten- 
were read, and agreed to. sion) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
inyrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Payne’s 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Patents . 
tituled, An Act for forming and regulating the ##ment Bil 
Timber Preserving Company, and to enable the said 
Company to purchase and work certain Letters 
Patent; and the same was read, as followeth : 
Pr. 15. 1. 36. Leave out from “ Company” to 
“ And” in Pr. 16. 1. ult. 
The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 


Mr. Beckett Denison reported from the Committee Arbroath and 
on the Arbroath and Forfar and Scottish Midland Forfar and 
Junction Railways (Connecting Railway) Bill; That Po'yh oie 
they had examined the allegations contained in the Railways 
Preamble of the Bill, but the same had not been (Connecting 
proved to their satisfaction. Railway) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


504 Ordered, 











Smithfield 
Market. 


No. 640, 


‘Trustees 
Relief Bill. 


No. 641. 


Jesus Hos- 
pital (New- 
castle) Estate 
Bill. 


Committee 
of Selection. 


Sir John 
St. Aubyn’s 
Estate Bill. 


Lord Ward’s 
Estate Bill. 


Leeds and 
Thirsk Rail- 
way (for sup- 
plying Water 
to Leeds, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Bathgate 
Railway (De- 
viation and 
Amendment) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Committee of 
Selection, 


Edinburgh 
and Bathgate 
Railway 
(Deviation 
and Amend- 


ment) (No. 2.) 
Bill. 


Mansel’s 
Estate Bill. 


Penson’s 
Estate Bill. 





840 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to inquire into the necessity for the removal of 
Smithfield Market, as a nuisance in the centre of 
the British Metropolis, to some appropriate site, 
comprising an area of not less than twelve acres, 
and the establishment of Abattoirs in the vicinity of 
London, have Power to report the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Ormsby Gore reported from the said Select 
Committee ; That they had considered the matters 
to them referred, and directed him to report the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The Trustees Relief Bill was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, on the Jesus 
Hospital (Newcastle) Estate Bill, upon Monday 


next. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, to appoint the Committee on 
Sir John Saint Aubyn’s Estate Bill, to meet upon 
Tuesday next. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Sir John Saint 
Aubyn’s Estate Bill have leave to make their Re- 
port upon Tuesday next. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, on Lord 
Ward's Estate Bill, upon Monday next. 


The Order for reading a second time the Leeds 
and Thirsk Railway (for supplying Water to Leeds, 
&amp;c.) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order 
of the House, No. 114, requiring a Breviate to be 
laid on the Table of the House three clear days be- 
fore the Second Reading ofa Private Bill, might be 
read ; and the same being read; 

Ordered, That the said Standing Order be sus- 

ended in the case of the Edinburgh and Bathgate 
Railway (Deviation and Amendment) (No. 2. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection to appoint the Committee on the 
Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway (Deviation and 
Amendment) (No. 2.) Bill to sit, and proceed, upon 
Tuesday next. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Edinburgh 
and Bathgate Railway (Deviation and Amendment) 
(No. 2.) Bill, have leave to make their Report upon 
Tuesday next. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of tne Evidence taken 
bevore the Committee on the Edinburgh and Bath- 
gate Railway (Deviation and Amendment) Bill be 
referred to the Committee. 


Mansel’s Estate Bill was read a second time; and 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Penson’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; and 
committed. 


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A. 1847. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Ward presented, pursuant to Order,—Mi- 


on the Thames Conservancy Bill since their last 
Report. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


from the United Kingdom to Cuba, Chili, Peru and 
Columbia respectively, in each year, from 1824 to 
1846, both inclusive; distinguishing the Produce 
and Manufactures of the United Kingdom from 
Foreign and Colonial Merchandize :—And, of the 
Total Official Value of all Imports into the United 
Kingdom from Cuba, Chili, Peru and Columbia 
respectively, in each year, from 1824 to 1846, both 
inclusive. 

Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of June 
last, for Returns of Grain, Flour and Meal, reduced 
to Quarters, entered for Home Consumption, in the 
United Kingdom, in each of the Three years ending 
the 5th day of June 1845, 1846 and 1847, with the 
Average Price ofeach Description of Grain for each 
year :—Showing the greatest Alternation of Price of 
each Description of Grain, in any one year, in any 
one month, and in any two successive weeks, in the 
following Periods, viz., between the 5th day of June 
1846 and the 5th day of June 1847, between June 
1842 and June 1846, and between 1828 and 1842: 
specifying the highest and lowest Price in each 
case :—And, showing the highest Price of Grain, in 
any one week, between 1820 and the 5th day of 
June 1847. 

An Account of the Imports into the United King- 
dom of Sugar, Molasses, Rum and Coffee, from Cal- 
cutta, Madras, Ceylon and the Mauritius, for the 
years 1831 to 1846, both inclusive ; distinguishing 
the Quantities imported from each place in each 
year, in columns, similar to Return, No. 438, of the 
present Session. 

" _ That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords of yester- 
day, wherein their Lordships request, That this 
House will be pleased to communicate to their Lord- 
ships a Copy of the Report from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed by this House in the present Ses- 
sion of Parliament, to inquire whether and in what 
Parts of Scotland, and under what circumstances, 
large Numbers of Her Majesty’s subjects have been 
deprived of the means of religious worship by the 
refusal of certain Proprietors to grant them sites for 
the erection of Churches. 

Resolved, That printed Copies of the said Report 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships: And that Mr. Greene do deliver the 
same. 


A Petition of Magistrates, Merchants, Tradesmen 
and other Rate-payers of the borough of Sunderland, 
praying that the Sunderland Improvement, Markets 
and Bridge Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


ass a Bill to 
ic., c. 90, inti- 


Ireland, praying the House to 
amend the Act of the 7th and 8th 


tuled, “An Act for the better Protection of Pur- 
chasers against Judgments, Crown Debts, Lis Pen- 
dens and Commissions of Bankruptcy in Jreland, 
and for amending the Laws in Jreland respecting 
Bankrupts, and the Limitation of Actions,’ was 

presented, 





Thames 
nutes of the Proceedings of the Select Committee Conservancy 


No, 623. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Orders,—Ac- Imports and 
counts of the Total declared Value of all Exports ©¥ 


rts 
(Cuba, &amp;c.) 


Grain, Flour 
and Meal. 


Sugar, &amp;c. 


Sites for 
Churches 
(Scotland. 


Sunderland 
Improvement, 
Markets and 
Bridge Bill. 


A Petition of the President and Vice-Presidents Protection of 


; : as Purchasers 
of the Society of the Attornies and Solicitors of (Ireland) ct. 





Public Works 
ireland.) 


Henry Need- 
ham Scrope 
Shrapnel. 


Smithfield 
Market. 


Spirit Grocers 


(Ireland. ) 


Tithe Rent- 
charge (Ire- 
land.) 


Ordnance 
Contracts 
(Ireland. 


Supply ; 


11 Vicroriz. 


rr and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Samuel Dichson, of the city of Lime- 
rick, Esquire, stating that a Presentment was passed 
in September, 1846, under the 9th and 10th Vic., for 
£.1,200, to make a new road from Ballingarry to 
Kilcraig, in the barony of Upper Connelloe and 
County Limerick, merely in order to give employ- 
ment to the labouring poor; complaining that the 
engineers acting under the Board of Works in Jre- 
land have altered the line presented as aforesaid, and 
proceeded to make the road through fine dairy and 
tillage land belonging to him, against which he in 
vain remonstrated and appealed to Government, who, 
it seems, could only refer to the Board of Works ; 
and praying that the House will protect his rights, 
and oblige the Board of Works to do him justice 
herein, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Southampton, Gos- 
ort, Portsmouth and Portsea, and their neighbour- 
aa in the county of Southampton, taking notice 
of the presentation of a Petition to the House on the 
seventh day of May last, in behalf of Captain Henry 
Needham Scrope Shrapnel, and praying the House 
to take the sume into serious consideration, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Two Petitions of Farmers and Graziers attending 
Bristol Market, praying the House not to consent to 
any measure for the removal of the cattle market 
from Smithfield, and that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against any such 
proposition,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Spirit Grocers of the city of Dub- 
lin, stating that certain Returns sent to Parliament 
by the Officers of Her Majesty’s Excise in Ireland 
in 1845, and in the present Session, respecting Spirit 
Grocers in Jreland, are untrue statements; and 
praying the House to cause inquiry to be made into 
the case, as such Returns are calculated to conceal 
from the House the amount of monies wrongfully 
and illegally, as they conceive, levied off and from 
the Spirit Grocers of Ireland for their licenses, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Reverend John Frith, Rector of 
the parish of Tomregan, in the diocese of Kilmore, 
stating that as a beneficed clergyman he feels much 
aggrieved at the state of the law as regards his in- 
come derived from rent-charge for tithe, and pray- 
ing the House to amend the law in that respect, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Colonel Anson presented, pursuant to Orders,— 
A Return showing the Prices at which the Contracts 
for the Supply of Coals and Candles, in Jrelund, to 
the Ordnance Department, were taken, for the years 
ending the 30th day of June 1845 and 1846, respec- 
tively :—And, a similar Return, showing the Prices 
at x He the Foreign Contracts were taken, for the 
half years ending the 30th day of April 1845, 31st 
day of October 1845, 30th day of April 1846, and 
30th day of November 1846, respectively. 

‘ a That the said Returns do lie upon the 
able. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair : 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 

VoL. 102, 


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841 


the end of the Question, in order to add the words, pestituts 
*“‘ there be laid before this House so much of the Persons 
“ Correspondence or Reports of the Inspectors un- (ireland) Act. 
“ der the Act 10 Vic., c. 7 (with the name, rank 
“ and residence of the parties referred to), as sus- 
“ tains the statements made by the Commissioners 
“ of Relief in their Third Report, condemnatory of 
“ the conduct of committees, or of individuals, in 
“* carrying out the provisions of the said Act,” in- 
stead thereof. 
And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Ques- 
tion 





A Message, by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman Royal Assent 

Usher of the Black Rod : to Bills. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in ? House of Peers, to hear the Commission 
read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Public Bills therein mentioned ; 
and that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared 
the Royal Assent to the said Bills: Which Bills 
are as follow: 

An Act to suspend, until the First day of March Corn, &amp;e. 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-eight, the ns 
Duties on the Importation of Corn, Maize, Rice, 

Grain, Meal, Flour, Biscuit and certain other similar 
Articles : 

An Act for extending the Provisions of the Law Threatening 
respecting Threatening Letters,and accusing Parties Petters, &amp;c. 
with a view to extort Money: ) 

An Act to amend the Law as to the Custody of Custody of | 
Offenders: Offenders Bill. 

An Act for consolidating in one Act certain Pro- Cemeteries 
visions usually contained in Acts authorizing the Clauses Bill. 
making of Cemeteries : 

An Act for enabling the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Leeds and_ 
Company to deviate the Main Line of their Railway, rune 
in Crimple Valley, to alter the proposed Junction be of Main 
with the York and Newcastle Railway, and to divert Line in 


. y ee . Crimple Val- 
the Leeds, Wortley and Stanningley Turnpike-road : ley, &amp;c.) Bill. 


An Act to empower the London and North West- — and 
ern Railway Company to make a Railway from the Renu Westera 
London and North Western Railway, near Watford, (st. Alban’s, 


to Saint Alban’s, Luton and Dunstable : Luton and 
Dunstable 


Branch) Bill. 
An Act to authorize the Consolidation into one York and 
Undertaking of the York and Newcastle, and New- Newcastle and 
. é Newcastle and 
castle and Berwick Railways: Berwick Rail- 
ways Amalgamation Bill. 


An Act for enabling the York and Newcastle York and 
Railway Company to make certain Branch Railways a 
in the Counties of Durham and York, and for other (Pelaw, Tyne 


Purposes : Dock, &amp;c, 
Branches) Bill. 


An Act to enable the Midland Railway Company Midland Rail- 
to make a Railway from near Leicester, via Bedford, ¥*Y — 
to Hitchin, and to Northampton and Huntingdon, Teicester via. 
with Branches, to enlarge the Leicester Station on Bedford to 


the Midland Railway, and for other Purposes: Hitchin and to 
Northampton 


and Huntingdon, and Enlargement 
of the Leicester Station) Bill. 

An Act to empower the North British Railway North British 
Company to extend the Haddington Branch of the Railway 
North British Railway, to make certain Alterations ore 
in the Hawick and Kelso Branches of the same 
Railway, and for other Purposes : 


5 P An 








842 


An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Ipswich | 
and Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway Company, and | 
to enable the Company to construct a Railway from 
the Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund’s Railway, 


Ipswich and 

Bury St. Ed- 
mund’s Rail- 
way (Branch 
from Ipswich 


bridge) Bill. near Ipswich, to Woodbridge : 

Manchester An Act to enable the Manchester, Sheffield and 
Ppa can Lincolnshire Railway Company to make a Branch 
Railways *° Railway from the Market Rasen and Lincoln Line 
(Louth and of their Railway, in the Parish of Stainton, by Lang- 
a worth, to the Town of Wragby, in the County of 
Lincolnshire Lincoln: 

Junction 

Branches) Bill. 

London and An Act for enabling the Zondon and North West- 
— ern Railway Company to make a Railway from Bir- 


(Birmingham ™mingham to Lichfield, and for amending the former 
and Lichfield Acts relating to the said Company : 


Line, &amp;c.) Bill. 
York and An Act for enabling the York and North Midland 
Railway Company to extend the Line of their Har- 


North Midland 

Rail Har- . i 
allway (Har- ogate Branch Railway, and make a Station at 

arrogate : 


rogate Branch, 70 
Extension and 


Terminus)Bill. 
York and An Act for enabling the York and North Midland 
—— Railway Company to make a Railway from their 


(Knottingley Line at Burton Salmon, to Knottingley, with a 
Branch) Bill. Branch therefrom, and for other Purposes : 

AberdeenRail- An Act to enable the Aberdeen Railway Com- 
way (Brechin Hany, in part, to alter their Branch Railway to 


Branch De- 
viation) Bill. Brechin: 
Great North- An Act to enable the Great Northern Railway 


ern Railway Company to alter the Line of their Railway near 
(Deviations Doncaster : 

between ae 

Gainsborough and Doncaster) Bill. 


Shrewsbury 


An Act to authorize the Shrewbury and Chester 
and Chester 


Railwa Railway Company to make certain Branches, and 
y , &gt; : : 
(Branches and to provide Station-room and other Conveniences in 
Station) Bill. the City of Chester, and to raise additional Capital 
for these Purposes, and for amending the former 
Acts relating to the said ——— : 
An Act for enabling the Zondon and South | 
Western Railway Company to make Extensions of 
the Guildford Extension, and Portsmouth and Fare- 
ham Railway, near Portsmouth, and a Deviation in 
the authorized Line thereof, near Godalming : 
An Act to enable the Great Northern — 
(Deviations Company to make certain Alterations in the Line 
ten of their Railway as already authorized between 
Grantham and Grantham and York: 
York) Bill. 
Chester and An Act to authorize an Extension of and the 
Holyhead Rail- Construction of a Stationin connection with the 
wd hester and Chester and Holyhead Railway at Chester, and for 


Guildford Ex- 
tension and: 
Portsmouth 
and Fareham 
Railway Bill. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 


at Chester and 
Alteration of other Purposes : 
Levels) Bill. 
Great North- 
ern Railway 


An Act to enable the Great Northern Railway 
(Purchase of Company to take a Lease of or to purchase the 
‘Ambergate East Lincolnshire Railway, and the Boston, Stam- 
Nottingham ford and Birmingham Railway : 


and Boston . ‘ ; 
and Eastern Junction Railway, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Birmingham, 
Wolverhamp- 
ton and Dud- 
ley Railway 
(Stourbridge 


An Act for enabling the Birmingham, Wolver- 
hampton and Dudley Railway Company to purchase 


and for authorizing the Sale of the Undertaking of 


9° Juliz. 





Lands for additional Station-room at Birmingham, | Company : 

















and West the said Company to the Great Western Railway 
romwich) 

Bill. Company : 

Midland Rail An Act to enable the Midland Railway Company 
—, (Mas. to enlarge their Stations at Masbrough and Nor- 
»yrough and . ae 
Normanton anton, respectively, and to construct additional 
Stations En- Sidings or Branch Railways: 

largement) 

Bill. 

Edinburgh, An Act to enable the Edinburgh, Leith and 
acta: Granton Railway Company to make a Branch 
way (Leith Railway to the Upper Drawbridge, in the Town of 
Extension) Leith: 

Bill. 

Edinburgh, An Act to enable the Edinburgh, Leith and 
Leith and = = Granton Railway Company to make a Branch 
Granton Rail- . 











A, 1847. 


Railway from Bonnington to Trinity Villa, to acquire way (Leith 
certain pieces Land, and to shut up and use certain = Granton 
Roads or Streets for the Purposes of the said Rail- °""°™ Bil 
way: 
An Act for making a Railway from Portadown, Portadown 
in the County of Armagh, to Dungannon, in the 2nd Dungan- 
County of Tyrone, to be called The Portadown and fi Railway | 
Dungannon Railway : ; 

An Act to enlarge the Powers of the Dublin, Dublin, Dun- 
Dundrum and Rathfarnham Railway Act, 1846, drum and 
and to enable the Company to make an Extension (2thfmham 


’ il Ex- 
to Stephen’s Green: joan 


Stephen’s 
' Green) Bill. 
An Act to empower the Boston, Stamford and Boston, 
Birmingham Railway Company to make a Branch Stamford and 
Railway from the Stamford and Wisbech Line of Bitmingham 
the Boston, Stamford and Birmingham Railway at (irenak to 
Wisbech, to Wisbech Harbour, and to construct oe Har- 


- a ur and Wis- 
certain Works at Wisbech Harbour: bech Harbour 


Improvement) 
Bill. 


An Act to authorize the Purchase by the Eastern Eastern Coun- 
Counties Railway Company of the North Woolwich ties Railway 
Railway, and the Lease of the Pepper Warehouses - wachase of 


and Wharfs of the East and est India Dock Woolwich 
Company : 


Railway, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


An Act to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Eastern Coun- 
Company to enlarge their London and Stratford ties Railway 
Stations, and to amend some of the Provisions of (P7largement, 
the Acts relating to the Eastern Counties Railway Stratford 


Company : Stations and 
Amendment 
of Acts) Bill. 

An Act to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Eastern Coun- 

Company to make a Railway from the Eastern ties Railway 

Counties Railway, near Cambridge, to the Bedford (Cambridge 

and Bletchley Railway, at or near Bedford, with to Bedford, 

Branches : &amp;c.) Bill. 

An Act to incorporate the Huddersfield and Man- London and 
chester Railway and Canal Company, and the Leeds, North West- 


Dewsbury and Manchester Railway Company, with (le sonia 


: Lease and 
the London and North Western Railway Com- Purchase of 
pany : the Hudders- 

field and Man- 


chester Railway and Canal, and the Leeds, 
Dewsbury and Manchester Railway) Bill. 
An Act for making a Railway from the Great Cheltenham 
Western Railway at Cheltenham, to join the Oxford 2n4 Oxford 
and Rugby Railway, near Ozford, with a Branch sy Bill. 
therefrom, and for other Purposes : 
An Act for enabling the Huddersfield and Man- Huddersfield 


cheeter Railway and Canal Company to alter a 2% Manches- 
Portion of the Line of their Oldham et and pharm 
for other Purposes : and Altera- 


tions in Old- 
ham Branch &amp;c.) Bill. 


An Act for making a Railway from Mold, in the Mold Railway 
County of Flint, to jon the Chester and Holyhead ®ill. 


Railway, in the Parish of Hawarden in the same 


County, with Branches, to be called The Mold Rail- 
way: 

An Act to enable the Manchester and Leeds Rail- a 
way Company to make certain Branches, Exten- Railway 
sions and other Works, and to alter the Name of the (Branches, 
Extensions, 
Deviations 
and Alterations of Levels 
and other Works) Bill. 


An Act for enabling the Blackburn, Darwen and Blackburn, 
Bolton Railway Company to make certain Altera- sea 
tions in the Line of their Railway in the Parishes nag Ho 
of Blackburn and Bolton-in-the-Moors, and for Amendment 


amending the Acts relating thereto : (Diversions of 
7 a Line in the 
Parishes of Blackburn and 
Bolton-in-the-Moors) Bill. 


An Act for enabling the Manchester, Sheffield hofield and 
and Lincolnshire Railway Company to make a Coal Lincolnshire 


Branch from their Thurgoland Station to the Town- Railway 


i b : Branch to 
ship of Stainborough : Q ae 
and Thurgoland Coal Branch) Bill 


Manchester, 


| An 





11 Vicroriz. 


Manchester An Act to enable the Manchester and Leeds Rail- 
ertae way Company to alter the Line and Levels of the 
ration rf) Brighouse Branch of the West Riding Union Rail- 


Levels of Brig- ways, and to make a new Line into Leeds: 
house Branch f : 

of the West Riding Union Railways, 

and new Line into Leeds) Bill. 


Direct Lon- An Act to enable the Direct London and Ports- 
ec da mouth Railway Company to make an Approach to 


Railway Bill, the Town of Dorking, and a Deviation in the Line, 
and certain Alterations in the Levels of their Rail- 
way, and in the Croydon and Epsom Railway : 

Glasgow, An Act to enable the Glasgow, Paisley and 

Paisley and | Greenock Railway Company to make a certain 

win ” Branch Railway tothe Caledonian Railway at Glas- 

tothe Cale- gow, and to divert Part of the Glasgow, Paisley and 
donian Rail- Ardrossan Canal : 


way and 

Diversion of Canal) Bill. 

Caledonian An Act to amalgamate the Glasgow, Paisley and 
oe ama Greenock Railway with the Caledonian Railway, 


Greenock Rail- and to authorize the raising of additional Money 
ways Amalga- by the said last-mentioned Company : 

mation Bill. % 

Lynn and Ely 
Railway 
(Deviation 


An Act for making a Deviation in the Line of the 
Lynn and Ely Railway, and for forming Docks 


andLym _—Within the Borough of King’s Lynn: 

Docks) Bill. 

Lynn and Ely An Act to enable the Lynn and Ely Railway 
Railway( Lynn 


™™ Company to make a Navigation from Lynn to 
pro he Wormegay, all in the County of Norfolk : 
tion) Bill. 


Caledonian An Act to enable the Caledonian Railway Com- 
Railway 


(Branches to Pany to make certain Branch Railways in the Coun- 
Canonbie, &amp;c.) ties of Dumfries and Cumberland : 
Bill. 


—— An Act for making a Railway from the North 
e 


; .. British Railway at East Linton, to Ormiston, to 
ray Bill. y 0 
med be called The East Lothian Central Railway : 


Eastern = An Act to amalgamate the Eastern Union and 
= ary St. Ipswich and Bury Saint Edmund's Railway Com- 
Edmund’s panies: 

Railways 

Amalgamation Bill, 


Chard Canal = An Act to enable the Chard Canal and Railway 


Teme” Company to extend their Railway from Ilminster to 


and Amalga- Chard, all in the County of Somerset : 

mation) Bill. 

er Great An Act to enable the Midland Great Western 
estern Rail- . ° 

way of Ireland Railway of Zreland Company to make a Railway 


(Extension from Athlone to Galway: 

from Athlone 

toGalway)Bill. 

Newport, 

ps A An Act to enable the Newport, Abergavenny and 


and Herefora 2ereford Railway Company to extend their Rail- 
Railway way from the Neighbourhood of Pontipool to the 


(Extension to Zaff Vale Rail : 
Taff Vale if oe 


Railway) Bill. 


Northampton An Act for making a Railway from the North- 
and Banbury 


; ; ampton and Peterborough Branch of the London 
Railway Bill. and North Western Railway to the Town of Ban- 
bury, to be called The Northampton and Banbury 
Railway, and for other Purposes : 
Swanseaand An Act for making a Railway from the Swansea 
ee - Vale Railway at Ynisymond, in the Parish of Cadox- 
Bill. ton to Nantmelyn, in the Parish of Liangefelach, 
both in the County of Glamorgan, with Branches : 
— a An Act to authorized the Purchase by the Dublin 
Railway 20d Drogheda Railway Company of the Navan 
(Purchase of Branch of the Dublin and Belfast Junction Rail- 
oe way, and to authorize the Dublin and Drogheda, 
) Bil. the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway, with a 
Branch from Drogheda to Navan, the Ulster and 
the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Companies 
or any of them, to amalgamate with one another : 
an. » An Act to amend some of the Provisions of the 
Carlisle Rail. © /asgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway Act, 1846 : 
‘way, and Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock 
and Ayr Railway (No. 1.) Bill. 


Vou. 102. 





9° Julie. 843 


An Act to amend the Act relating to the Glas- Glasgow, 
gow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway Company, and te ar Aen 
to authorize the Company to make a Branch to way, and 
Kirkcudbright, with diverging Lines therefrom, and Glasgow, 
for other Purposes : Paisley, Kil- 
: marnock and 
od 2) Bie 
(No. 2.) Bill. 
An Act to amend the Acts and alter the Terms of a. . 
Amalgamation of the Glasgow, Dumfries and Car- Givtisic Rail- 
lisle Railway Company, and of the Glasgow, Pais- way, and 


ley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Company : Meee ata 
marnock and Ayr Railway (No. 4.) Bill. 
An Act to énable the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar- Glasgow, Pais- 
nock and Ayr Railway Company to make certain Ngo al 
Branch Railways in the County of Ayr, and to Railway, and 
alter the Line of the Glasgow and Belfast Union Sac and 


Railway, and for other Purposes: eg _ 


(No. 1.) Bill, 
An Act to authorize the Construction of certain Glasgow, 
Branch Railways in the County of Ayr, in connec- ree ne 
tion with the Glasgow, Paisley, Ki wr Ba 


rnock and 4y» Rail 
Ayr Railway, and for other Purposes : (No. 2.) Bil. 


An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Glas- Glasgow, _ 
gow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway, and to cen 5 ge 
provide additional Station Accommodation, and for Ayr Railway 


other Purposes : (No. 4.) Bill. 


An Act for making a Railway from Parkgate, in Parkgate and 
the Parish of Great Neston, in the County of Ches- ae ane tn 
ter, to join the Chester and Birkenhead Railway, Junction Rail- 
in the Parish of Bebbington, in the same County: way Bill. 

An Act for enabling the London and North West- Loame ae » 
ern Railway Company to make a Branch Line of Riiiway 
Railway from Portobello to Wolverhampton, and (Portovello 
for other Purposes : and Wolver- 

hampton 
Branch, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 

An Act to empower the South Staffordshire South Stat- " 
Railway Company to make divers Branch Railways, che 
and for other Purposes : Wyrley and ” 
Norton Branches, &amp;c.) Bill. 

An Act to incorporate the Manchester and Lin- epee 
coln Union Railway and Chesterfield and Gains- };\ccinsnire 
borough Canal Company with the Manchester, Shef- Railway, and 


field and Lincolnshire Railway Company : Manchester 

and Lincoln 
Union Railway, and Chesterfield and Gains- 
borough Canal Amalgamation Bill. 


An Act to enable the Midland Railway Company Midland Rail- 
to purchase the Mansfield and Pinzxton Railway, shag 
and to alter the same, and to make a Railway from i,’ ~ 
the Erewush Valley Railway to the Nottingham 
and Mansfield Railway, with Branches to Mansfield, 
and also to the A/freton Iron Works : 

An Act to vest in the Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh 
Railway Company the Undertaking of the Low 4nd Northern 
Water Pier at Burntisland, and of the Ferry be- pie 
tween the same and Granton, and to enable the Pier, &amp;c.) Bill. 
said Company to extend and improve the said Pier: 

An Act to empower the Boston, Stamford and Boston, Stam- 
Birmingham Railway Company to make a Railway {rd and 
from Wisbech to Sutton Bridge, with a Branch to Railway 
Sutton Saint Mary, and to improve the Harbour (Wisbech to 


‘ % Sutton Bridge 
at Sutton Bridge: &amp;e.) Bil. 


An Act to authorize an Alteration in the Line of Cork and _ 
the Cork and Bandon Railway, and an Extension Bandon Rail- 
thereof into the City of Cork, and to amend the "™ 
Act relating to the said Railway: 

An Act to consolidate the Aberdeen and Great Aberdeen and 


: il Great North 
North of Scotland Railway Companies : of Scotland 


Railways Amalgamation or Leasing Bill. 


An Act for improving, regulating and maintaining Sandwich 
the Haven of Sandwich, in the County of Kent: 


An Act to enable the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Wisbech Port 
gesses of the Borough of Wisbech, as Guardians of 34 Harbour 
the Port and Harbour of Wisbech, to raisea Sum’ 
uf Money, and for other Purposes : 


Haven Bill. 





5P2 An 





844 9° Juliz. 


Limerick An Act for amending two Acts of Parliament 

Docks and passed respectively in the fourth year of the reign 

Harbour Bill, Of his iate Majesty King George the Fourth, and 
the fourth and fifth years of the reign of his late 
Majesty King William the Fourth, and for erecting 
a Bridge across the River Shannon, and a Floating 
Dock and other Works, for the Improvement of the 
Port of Limerick : 

Wakefield An Act for better supplying with Gas the Parish 

Gas Bill. and Neighbourhood of Wakefield, in the West Rid- 
ing of the County of York: 

Legal Quays An Act for making perpetual the Provisions of 

(London) Bill. ay Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, 
intituled, “ An Act for the Regulation of the Legal 
Quays within the Port of London ; 


Ashton Gas An Act for better supplying with Gas the Town 
Bill. of Ashton-under-Lyne, in the County Palatine of 
Lancaster, and the Neighbourhood thereof: 


Edinburgh An Act for better supplying with Water the City 
waterworks of Edinburgh and Places adjacent : 
Manchester An Act to enable the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 


Waterworks esses of the Borough of Manchester, in the County 
Bill. 
of Lancaster, to construct Waterworks for supply- 
ing the said Borough and several Places on the 
Line of the said intended Works with Water, and 
for other Purposes : 


Staffordshire An Act for supplying with Water certain Parts 
— of the Staffordshire Potteries and the Town of Vew- 
aterworks , . 

Bill castle-under-Lyne, and several Townships and Places 
adjoining or near thereto: 

YorkImprove- An Act for building a Bridge across the River 

Tides cad Ouse, in the City of York, with Approaches thereto, 

Approaches) and for widening, altering and improving certain 

Bill. Streets or Thoroughfares within the said City, 
and for other Purposes : 

NorwichSmall An Act for the more effectually assessing, collect- 


Tenements ing and levying the Poor and other Rates in the 
City and County of the City of Norwich and Liber- 
ties of the same: 
nape pe An Act for amending the Acts relating to the 
i omaapeenent Police and Improvement of the Burgh of Ki/mar- 
Bill. nock, and for other Purposes in relation thereto : 


Inverness Mu- An Act for extending the Municipal Boundaries 
— fy of the —— of Inverness, establishing a general 
”—""" system of Police therein, and regulating the Petty 
Customs, and for other Purposes relating tothe said 


Burgh: 
Inverness An Act for deepening, enlarging, improving and 
Harbour and ° = P = “tls = 
Navigation Maintaining the Port and Harbour of Jnverness and 
Bill. the Navigation of the River Wess, and the Quays 


and Piers and other Works connected therewith, 
for regulating the Anchorage and Shore Dues of the 
said Port and Harbour, and for other Purposes re- 
lating thereto, 

An Act to amend and enlarge the Powers and 
Provisions of the Westminster Improvement Act, 
1845, and to authorize the Application of certain 
Rates in Aid of the Improvements : 

a An Act to confirm an Agreement between the 
. Treasurer and Masters of the Bench of the Hon- 
ourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, in the County of 
Middlesex, and the Joint Vestry of the Joint Pa- 
rishes of Saint Giles-in-the-Fields and Saint George, 
Bloomsbury, in the same County, and the Rector and 
Vestry of the separate Parish of Saint Giles-in-the- 
Fields : 
Lancashire, An Act for incorporating the Landowners Drain- 
Cheshire and nd : 
North Wales ®g2 and Inclosure Company, and for enabling the 
Drainage and Owners of Settled Estates drained, irrigated, in- 
Inclosure,’ —_ closed and improved by the said Company to charge 


Westminster 
Improvements 
Bi 


ee en the same for the Purposes of such Drainage, Inclo- 
Bill. sure and Improvement: 
Ayrshire An Act for repairing and keeping in repair the 


Roads Bill. Turnpike-roads in the County of Ayr, for making 
and maintaining new Roads, and altering and im- 
proving existing Roads, for the rendering Turnpike 
certain Parish Roads, and for regulating the Sta- 
tute Labour and Bridge Money in the said County. 








A. 1847. 


Sir John Pakington reported, That having been Juvenile 
with the Lords, to desire a Conference on the sub- Offenders Bill, 
ject-matter of the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Juvenile Offenders Bill, the Lords 
do agree to a Conference, and appoint the same 
immediately in the Royal Gallery. 

Ordered, That the Committee who were appointea 
to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a 
Conference, for disagreeing to certain of the said 
Amendments, do manage the Conference; and the 
Names ef Mr. Strutt, Sir Thomas Acland, Mr. 
Parker, Lord John Manners, Mr. Stafford O’ Brien, 
Viscount Ebrington, Mr. Baring, Mr. Solicitor 
General for Ireland, Mr. Secretary at War and Lord 
Courtenay, were added to them. 

Then the names of the Managers were called over ; 
and they went to the Conference :—And being re- 
turned ; 

Sir John Pakington reported, That the Managers 
had been at the Conference, which was managed on 
the part of the Lords by the Earl of Devon; and 
that they had delivered the Reasons for disagreeing 
to the said Amendments ; and had left the Bill an 
Amendments with their Lordships. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir William Horne Message from 
and Sir George Rose: the Lends 5 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lente have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz., 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Great Great North- 
Northern Railway Company to make certain Alter- poalocsesf 
ations in the Line of their Railway, as already autho- Segui _ 


rized between Grantham and York: Grantham and 
York) Bill, 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Great Great North- 
Northern Railway Company to take a Lease of or Railway 
s . ° P 
to purchase the Bast Lincolnshire Railway, and the [a 


Boston, Stamford and Birmingham Railway : Nottingham 
and Boston 
and Eastern Junction Railway, &amp;c.) Bill, 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize an Exten- Chester and 
sion of and the Construction of a Station in con- se ool 
nection with the Chester and Holyhead Railway at sensionas 


Chester, and for other Purposes : Chester and 
Alteration of 
Levels) Bill. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Mayor, Manchester 

Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Man- Waterworks 

chester, in the County of Lancaster, to construct 

Waterworks for supplying the said Borough and 

several Places on the Line of the said intended 

Works with Water, and for other Purposes: And 

also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Custody of 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to Offenders Bill, 
amend the Law as to the Custody of Offenders, 
without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Birmingham, 
by this House to the Amendments made by their Wolverhamp- 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act for enabling jey Railway 
the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley Rail- (Stourbridge 
way Company to purchase Lands for additional and West 
Station Room at Birmingham, and for authorizing py ) 
the Sale of the Undertaking of the said Company 
to the Great Western Railway Company, without 


any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Birkenhead, 
Act to incorporate the Chester and Birkenhead Rail- a 
way with the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Sicction Rail- 
Junction Railway, with Amendments; to which way, and 


Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of Chester and 


this House: And also, —* 
Purchase or Amalgamation Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituied, An South Eastern 


Act to enable the South Eastern Railway Company OWidewin net 


further to widen the Zondon and Greenwich ail- the Greenwich 
way, and to enlarge their London Bridge — Railway, and 
wit 








11 VicToriz. 


Arrangement with Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 


and Enlarge- desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
ment of the 


London Bridge Station) Bill. 

Great Western The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

Railway ont Act for making Branch Railways from the Great 

Gs — Western Railway to Henley and to Radstock; to 

sions) Bill. widen certain Portions of the Great Western Rail- 
way; to enable the Great Western Railway Com- 
pany to purchase or amalgamate with the Birming- 
ham, Wolverhampton and Dudley Railway, and to 
purchase the Wycombe and Great Western and Uz- 
bridge Railways, and for other Purposes, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 


And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question; 

The House divided: 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Tufnell, 


Supply. 


80 


Yeas, Mr. Parker: 


Y° Julie. 





845 


Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Superannua- 

tion Allowances and Compensations to Persons for- 

merly employed in the Public Service, to the 31st 

day of March 1848, 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Toulonese and 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Corsican Emi- 
enable Her Majesty to grant Relief, to the 31st St &amp;« 
day of March 1848, to Zoulonese and Corsican 

Emigrants, Dutch Naval Officers’ Widows, Saint 

Domingo Sufferers, American Loyalists, and others 

who have heretofore received Allowances from Her 

Majesty. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two National 
thousand two hundred and ninety-five pounds, be Vaccine 
granted to Her Majesty, todefray the Expense of the ™ttution. 
National Vaccine Tnstitution, for the year 1847. 


12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Refuge for the 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- Destitute. 
wards the support of the Refuge for the Destitute, 

for the year 1847. 


13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven Polish Re- 


thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for sees, &amp;- 
Payment of the Subsistence of the Polish Refugees, 





Tellers for the { Sir Denham Norreys, 
Noes, UMr. Ross: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee). 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and eighty-two thousand two hundred pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray Expenses con- 
nected with the Administration of the Laws relating 
to the Poor, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 

‘eight thousand five hundred and eighteen pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge of the British 
Museum, for the year ending the 25th day of March 
1848. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
one thousand six hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries, 
Allowances, and Contingencies of the Stipendiary 
Justices in the West India Colonies, and the Mauri- 
tius, to the 31st day of March 1848, 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray Expenses incurred for the support of Captured 
Negroes and Liberated Africans, and other Charges, 
under the Acts for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 
to the 31st day of March 1848. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
three thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to pay, to the 31st day of March 1848, the Salaries 
and Contingent Expenses of the Mixed Commis- 
sions established on the part of Her Majesty under 
the Treaties with Foreign Powers for suppressing the 
Traffic in Slaves. 

Consular 6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
Establishment hundred and eighteen thousand nine hundred and 
a seventy pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the Charge of the Consular Establishment 
Abroad, to the 31st day of March 1848. 


19. 


Poor Law. 


British 
Museum. 


Stipendiary 
Justices, 
West India 
Colonies, &amp;c. 


Captured 
Negroes, &amp;c. 


Slave Trade. 


Hong Kong, 7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty 

&amp;e, thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the British Settlement at Hong 
Kong, and the Consular Establishments at the five 
Ports open to British Trade in China, to the 31st 
day of March 1848. 

Missions 8. Resolved, That aSum, not exceeding Twenty- 

Abroad, thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
=~ re of the extraordinary Disbursements of Her 
Majesty’s Missions Abroad, to the 31st day of March 
1848. 

Superannua- 9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighty- 

tions. 


seven thousand two hundred pounds, be granted to 
VoL. 102. 


and Allowances to distressed Spaniards, to the 31st 
day of March 1848. 


14. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Miscellaneous 
Sum, not exceeding Six thousand seven hundred and Allowances. 
seventy-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
pay, to the 31st day of March 1848, Miscellaneous 
Allowances formerly defrayed from the Civil List, 
the Hereditary Revenues, &amp;c., for which no perma- 
nent provision has been made by Parliament. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 

That a Sum, not exceeding Four thousand eight 
hundred and eighty-four pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to pay to the 31st day of March 1848, 
Miscellaneous Allowances formerly defrayed from 
the Civil List, the Hereditary Revenues, &amp;c., for 
which no permanent provision has been made by 
Parliament:—Motion, by leave, withdrawn, 

Original Question put,—and agreed to. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Foundling 
thousand two hundred and eighty-six pounds, be a og 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the Foundling Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st day of 
March 1848. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four- Honse of 
teen thousand and twenty-six pounds, be granted Industry, 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of ~?”"™ 
the House of Industry, Dub/in, to the 31st day of 
March 1848. 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Female 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- Orphan House, 
wards defraying the Expense of the Female Orphan 224 
House, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1848, 


18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Westmoreland 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her — ad 
Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the Westmore- °° ""™ 
land Lock Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st day of 

March 1848. 

19. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Lying-in 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- a gg 
wards defrayingthe Expense of the Lying-in Hospi-~" 

tal, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1848, 


20. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Doctor Ste- 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her vens’ Hospital, 
Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of Doctor nanan 
Stevens’ Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 

1848. 

21. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Fever 
thousand eight hundred pounds, be granted to Her or ge 
Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of the Fever ‘ 
Hospital and House of Recovery, Cork-street, Dub- 

lin, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

22. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Hospital for 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- —— 
wards defraying the Expense of the Hospital for F 
Incurables, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

5P3 23, Motion 














Protestant 
Dissenting 
Ministers 
(Treland.) 


Charitable 
Allowances 
Ireland.) 


Criminal Law 


Commission. 


Criminal Laws 


(Channel 
Islands. ) 


Drainage 
(Ireland.) 


British 


Ambassador’s 
House at Paris, 


Steam Com- 
munication 
to India. 


Militia and 
Volunteers 
(Canada. ) 


Lighthouses, 


Newfoundland 


and Cape of 
Good Hope. 


Slave Trade. 


Civil Con- 
tingencies. 


Disembodied 
Militia. 


846 


23. Motion made, and Question put, Thata Sum, 
not exceeding Thirty-six thousand two hundred and 
fourteen pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the Expense of Non-conforming, Seceding and 
Protestant Dissenting Ministers in Sudeol, to the 
31st day of March 1848; 

The Committee divided ; 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ = -_— } 68. 
Tellers for the Noes, a b+ me } 18. 


24. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven 
thousand two hundred and fifty-six pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day 
of March 1848, Charitable Allowances charged on 
the Concordatum Fund in Jreland, and other Allow- 
ances and Bounties. 

25. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand four hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray, for one year, the Expenses of the 
Commission for digesting the Criminal Law. 

26. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the Commission 
for inquiring into the Criminal Laws in force in the 
Channel Islands. 

27. Resolved, That a Sum, not ow 
three thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray, in the year 1847, one moiety of the Cost 
of certain Works of Navigation in Ireland connected 
with Drainage. 

28. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
thousand six hundred and sixty-two pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 1847- | 
48, the Charge of we and Repairs to the British 
Ambassador’s House at Paris. 

29. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying the Expense of Steam Communi- 
cation to India, by way of the Red Sea, to the 31st 
day of March 1848. 

30. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray, in the year 1847-48, the Expense of Militia 
and Volunteers in Canada. 

31. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, in the 

ear 1847, on account of the Expense of erecting 
ighthouses at Newfoundland and at the Cape of 
Good Hope. 

32. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven 
thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay Rewards for Services in the 
Suppression of the Slave Trade onthe Coast of Africa. 

33. Motion made and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, notexceeding Fifty thousand “eae granted 
to Her Majesty to complete the Sum necessary to 
defray the Charge of Civil Contingencies, to the 31st 
day of March 1848. 

hereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Forty three thousand 
nine hundred and ninety five pounds, thirteen shil- 
lings and four-pence, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
complete the Sum necessary to defray the Charge of 
Civil Contingencies to the 31st day of March 1848. 
—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put,—and agreed to. 

34. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
aundred and forty-four thousand three hundred and 
ten pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray | 
the Charge of the Disembodied Militia of Great | 
Britain and Ireland, which will come in course of | 

ayment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1848, | 

Resolutions to be reported. 

















And the House having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 10° die Julit, 1847: 
Mr. Speaker esumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 


— a a 


SO EER CO! NE IT 


§°—10° Juli. 


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A. 1847. 


reported, Thrt the Committee had come to several 


Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Greene also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Greene reported the Compensation for Da- Compensation 
mages (Jreland) Bill; and the Amendments were (ireland) Bal 
read, and agreed to. ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in P. 5. 1. 29., by leaving out the words “ or 
“ tithe.” 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ or tithe” stand part of the Bill ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Parker, } 38 
Yeas, Viscount Ebrington ‘ 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Hamilton, 71 9 
Noes, Mr. Grogan: eae 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for the Masters in 
Discontinuance of the Attendance of the Master in Chancery, 
Ordinary of the High Court of Chancery in the (mos Ril 
Public Office, and for transferring the Business of 
such Public Office to the Affidavit Office in Chan- 
cery, was, according to Order, read the third time. 

esolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 
ass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the 
concurrence of their Lordships. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for the Naturalization 
Naturalization of Aliens, was, according to Order, of Aliens Bill. 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Mr. Greene reported the Polling at Elections (Zre- Polling at 
land) Bill; and the Amendments were read, -and Elections __ 
agreed to. eaten 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Punishment of 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Vagrants, &amp;. 
intituled, An Act to make Provision for the Punish- “elan4) Bill. 
ment of’ Vagrants and Persons offending against 
the Laws in Force for the Relief of the Destitute 
Poor in Ireland; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 2.1. 22. After “ union” insert “ or from 
“ one electoral or relief district to another electoral 
“* or relief district.” 

Pr. 2.1. 25. After “ union” insert “ or dis- 
“ trict.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House doth agree with the 
Lords in the said Amendments :—It passed in the 
Negative. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed, to draw 
up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords, at a Con- 
ference, for disagreeing to the said Amendments : 

—And a Committee was appointed of Sir George 
Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir William 
Somerville, Mr. Solicitor General for Jreland, Mr. 
Attorney General, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. 

Greene, 





Destitute 
Persons 
(Ireland) 
{No. 3.) Bill. 


Public Works 
and Drainage 
(Ireland) Pill, 





11 Vicroriz. 


Greene, Mr. Christopher, Mr. Grogan and Mr. 
Hamilton :—And they are to withdraw immediately. 
Ordered, That three be the Quorum. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred to consider of authorizing the Ad- 
vance, on the security of Rates to be levied in Jre- 
land, of a further Sum of Money, by way of Loan, 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Relief 
Commissioners appointed in pursuance of an Act 
of the present Session, for the temporary Relief of 
Destitute Persons in Jreland, a Resolution ; which 
was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That provision be made out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for the issue of any Sum, not 
exceeding Three hundred thousand pounds, to be 
advanced, by way of Loan, on the security of Rates 
to be levied in Ireland, to the Relief Commissioners 
appointed in pursuance of an Act of the present 
Session, for the temporary Relief of Destitute Per- 
sons in Ireland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a, Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Greene, the Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, and Mr. Labouchere do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred to consider of exonerating the 
Counties or Districts now liable to the Repayment 
of Sums advanced out of the Consolidated Fund 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, on the credit of Presentments for Public 
Works in Jreland, made for the Relief of Distress, 
from a portion thereof; of authorizing the transfer 
of a portion of the Money placed to the account of 
the Commissioners of Public Works in England to 
the Commissioners of Public Works in Jreland ; 
and of making Advances out of the said Consoli- 
dated Fund tothe Commissioners of Public Works 
in Ireland, to be applied by them in the extension 
and promotion of Drainage and other Works of 
Public utility, several Resolutions ; which were read, 
as follow: 

1. Resolved, That the several Counties and Dis- 
tricts in Ireland now liable to the repayment of 
Sums advanced out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in 
pursuance of two Acts for the Relief of Distress in 
dreland, by the Employment of the Labouring Poor 
(9th and 10th Vic., c. 107, and 10th Vic., c. 10), 
shall be exonerated from the repayment of one 
moiety of the Sums so advanced for Works of a 
Public nature. 

2. Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct the Com- 
missioners of Public Works in England to transfer 
to the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, 
out of the Funds standing to the account of the 
said Commissioners of Public Works in England, 
any Sum, not exceeding One hundred and twenty 
thousand pounds, to be applied by the said Com- 
missioners of Public Works in Jredand for making 
Loans under the provisions of any of the Acts au- 
thorizing the said Commissioners to make Advances 
for the extension and promotion of Drainage and 
other Works of Public utility in Zreland. 

3. Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct the issue, 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, of any Sum not 
exceeding Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds, 
to be applied by the Commissioners of Public 
Works in Jreland, for making Loans under the pro- 
visions of any of the Acts authorizing the said Com- 
missioners to make Advances for the extension and 

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847 


promotion of Drainage and other Works of Public 
utility in Zreland. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Recovery of Public Monies (Jreland) 
Bill; That they have power to make provision 
therein, pursuant to the first of the said Resolutions. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the 
second and third of the said Resolutions: And that 
Mr. Greene, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and 
Mr. Labouchere do prepare, and bring it in. 

The House was moved, That the Act 9 and 10 
Vic., c. 109, to authorize a further Issue of Money 
in Aid of Public Works of acknowledged utility in 
Poor Districts in Zreland, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Gentle- 
men who are appointed tu prepare and bring in the 
said Bill, That they do make Provision therein to 
repeal the said Act. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself seta ae 
into a Committee to consider of charging on the jana), &amp;e. 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great [Pensions and 
Britain and Ireland, any Deficiency in the Sum re- — 

uired to pay the Pensions and Superannuations of 
the Constabulary Force in Jreland and the Dublin 
Metropolitan Police. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That Provision be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for paying any Deficiency 
which may arise in the Monies provided for the 
Payment of the Pensions and Superannuations of 
the Constabulary Force in Jreland and the Dublin 
Metropolitan Police. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself mnto the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Post-office 
Reading of the Post-office Bill ; ___ Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Qualification 
mittee on the Qualification of Peers (Scotland) sa gaa 
Bill ; a 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day wer, ety for the Com- Constabulary 

mittee on the Constabulary Force (Jreland), &amp;e, Force ge 

Bill; an ys c. BilL 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Navigation 
the Report on the Navigation (No. 2.) Bill; (No, 2.) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-Copyright 
mittee on the Copyright (Colonies) Bill ; (Colonies) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Canal Com- 
mittee on the Canal Companies Bill ; panies Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee, 
5P 4 The 








848 


Recovery of | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Publi ies mpi : rbli 
(ir wd a) Bill. mittee on the Recovery of Public Monies (Jreland) 


Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


New Zealand The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
(No. 2.) Bill. Reading of the Mew Zealand (No. 2.) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Herring The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
tery A (Scot 4 Committee upon the Herring Fishery (Scotland) 
* Bill; and, after some time spent therein, M r. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Passengers The Ordez of the day being read, for taking into 
Act Amend- ¢onsideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
a wih Passengers Act Amendment Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon Monday next. 
Registration The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


of Voters Bill. mittee on the Registration of Voters Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Poor Removal The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
Act Amend- the Report on the Poor Removal Act Amendment 
mart (No. 2:)) (No, 2.) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


Fever Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

Hospitals Bill. tg rerulate the opening of Hospitals for the recep- 
tion of Patients afflicted with contagious or infec- 
tious Diseases in Populous Neighbourhoods: And 
that Mr. Thomas Duncombe and Mr. Wakley do 
prepare, and bring it in, 


Railways Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
(Ceylon, &amp;c). to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of Correspondence be- 
tween Her Majesty’s Government and the Parties 
interested in Railways in Ceylon, Trinidad, British 
Guiana and New Brunswick. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Right of Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

Voting Bill. to provide for the exercise of the Right of Voting 
for Members of Parliament in certain cases: And 
that Lord John Russell and Sir George Grey do 
prepare, and bring it in. 

Destitute Mr. Parker presented a Bill to authorize a fur- 


Persons (Ire- 


ls nd) (No. 3.) ther Advance of Money for the Relief of Destitute 
ill. 


Persons in Jreland: And the same was read the 
No.642. first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
this day ; and to be printed. 


Fees in Courts Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 


pte and —_ to inquire into and report to the House on the Tax- 
No. os ation of Suitors in the Courts of Law and Equity by 


the Collection of Fees, and the Amount thereof, and 
the mode of Collection; and the Appropriation of 
Fees in the Courts of Law and Equity, and in all 
inferior Courts, and in the Courts of Special and 
General Sessions in England and Wales; and as to 
the Salaries and Fees received by Officers of those 
Courts; and whether any and what means could be 
adopted, with a view of, superintending and regu- 
lating the Collection and Appropriation thereof, 
have power to report the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them, 


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A. 1847. 


Mr. Watson reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; That they had considered the matters to them 
referred, and directed him to report the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Parker presented a Bill to provide additional Public Works: 
Funds for Loans for Drainage and other Works of snd Drainage 
Public Utility in Ireland, and to repeal an Act of ( ‘ie. = “4 
the last Session for authorizing a further Issue of “°°** 
Money in Aid of Public Works of acknowledged 
Utility: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time this day ; and to 
be printed. 


Mr. Wakley presented a Bill to regulate the Fever Hos- 
opening of Hospitals for the Reception of Patients Pitals Bill. 
afflicted with contagious or infectious Diseases in No.645. 
Populous Neighbourhoods: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Sir George Grey presented a Bill to provide for Right of 
the exercise of the Right of Voting for Members of Voting Bill. 
Parliament, in certain cases: And the same was No.646. 
read the first time; and crdered to be read a second 
time upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Sugar. 
Returns of the Quantity of Sugar used by Licensed 
Brewers in England, Scotland and Ireland respec- 
tively, from the passing of the Act 10 Vic., c. 5, to 
the 5th day of July :—And, of the Quantity of Sugar 
taken into Stock by Distillers in England, Scotland 
and Jreland respectively, from the passing of the 
Act 10 Vic., c. 6, to the 5th day of July; of the 
Quantity of Sugar actually conveyed to the Mash 
Tun ; the Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits made 
therefrom ; the Average Produce of such Gallons 
per Hundred Weight of Sugar; the Total Amount 
of Drawback allowed thereon; and the Total Amount 
which would have been payable if the Drawback of 
12s. 10d. had been calculated according to such 
Average Produce instead of upon each Eleven and 
a half Gallons, as fixed by Clause 8 of the said Act. 


Mr. Hawes presented, pursuant to an Address to Turks Island, 
Her Majesty,—Copies of the Memorial from the 
Inhabitants of Turks Island to Her Majesty, dated 
the 13th day of July 1844 :—Of the Address from 
the Committee of the Inhabitants of Turks Island 
to G. B. Matthew, Esquire, Governor of the Baha- 
mas, dated the 30th day of October 1846, and of 
his Answer thereto :—Of the Reports from Governor 
Matthew to the Right honourable the Secretary of 
State for the Colonies, respecting Turks Island, 
referred to in his Answer to the Committee of the 
Inhabitants :—And, of any Despatches from the 
Colonial Secretary to the Governor of the Bahama 
Islands respecting Turks Island, and the Applica- 
tions from the Inhabitants since the Receipt of those 
Documents. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s China. 
Command,—Copy of Correspondence relative to the 
Operations in the Canton River, April 1847. 

Copy of Papers relative to the Notice given by Prussia, &amp;c- 
Prussia, on her own behalf and on behalf of the 
other States of the Zollverein, of the Termination of 
the Treaty concluded with Great Britain on the 2d 
of March 1841. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after One of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till this day. 







































































11 Vicroriz. 


Sabbati, 10° die Juli; 
Anno 10° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


Thames Con- ORY ERED, That the Petition of Brewers, 

servency Bul. and others, in and near the Metropolis, relative 
to the T’hames Conservancy Bill, which was pre- 
sented upon Thursday last, be printed. 


Supply ; Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read as 
follow ; 

Poor Law. 1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 


hundred and eighty-two thousand two hundred 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray Ex- 
enses connected with the administration of the 
aws relating to the Poor, to the 31st day of March 


1848. 
neem 2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
— eight thousand five hundred and eighteen pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the Sum 
necessary to defray the Charge of the British Mu- 
seum for the year ending the 25th day of March 

1848. 
Stipendiary 3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
aang one thousand six hundred pounds, be granted to 


Colonies, &amp;c. Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries, 
Allowances and Contingencies of the Stipendiary 
Justices in the West India Colonies, and the Mau- 
ritius, to the 31st day of March 1848. 
Captured 4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten 
Negroes, &amp;c. thousand pounds, be granted te Her Majesty, to de- 
fray Expenses incurred for the Support of Captured 
Negroes and Liberated Africans and other charges, 
under the Acts for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 
to the 31st day of March 1848. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
three thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to pay, to the 31st day of March 1848, the Salaries 
and Contingent Expenses of the Mixed Commis- 
sions established on the part of Her Majesty under 
the Treaties with Foreign Powers for suppressing 
the Traffic in Slaves. 

Consular 6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 

Establishment hyndred and eighteen thousand nine hundred and 

Abroad. * 
seventy pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the Charge of the Consular Establishment 
Abroad, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

Hong Kong, 7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty 

&amp;e. thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the British Settlement at 
Hong Kong, and the Consular Establishments at 
the Five Ports open to British Trade in China, to 
the 31st day of March 1848. 

Missions 8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty 

Abroad. thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
sagem of the Extraordinary Disbursements of 

er Majesty’s Missions Abroad, to the 31st day of 

March 1848. 

Superannua- 9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighty- 

tions. seven thousand two hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Superannua- 
tion Allowances and Compensations to Persons for- 
merly employed in the Public Service, to the 31st 
day of March 1848. 

Toulonese and 10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five 

Corsican Emi- thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 

Srants, “ec. enable Her Majesty to grant Relief, to the 31st 
day of March 1848, to Youlonese and Corsican 
Emigrants, Dutch Naval Officers’ Widows, Saint 
Domingo Sufferers, American Loyalists, and others 
who have heretofore received Allowances from Her 
Majesty. 

National 11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 

Vaccine thousand two hundred and ninety-five pounds, be 

Institution. cranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the National Vaccine Institution, for the year 1847. 

Refuge forthe 12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 

Destitute. thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 

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10° Juliz. 849 


wards the Support of the Refuge for the Destitute, 
for the year 1847. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven polish Re- 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for fugees, &amp;c. 
payment of the Subsistence of the Polish Refugees, 
and Allowances to distressed Spaniards, to the 31st 
day of March 1848. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six Miscellancous 
thousand seven hundred and seventy-two pounds, Allowances. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day 
of March 1848, Miscellaneous Allowances formerly 
defrayed from the Civil List, the Hereditary Reve- 
nues, &amp;c., for which no permanent provision has 
been made by Parliament. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four foundling 
thousand two hundred and eighty-six pounds, be Hospital, 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of Dublin. 
the Foundling Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st day of 
March 1848. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fourteen House of 
thousand and twenty-six pounds, be granted to Her Industry, 
Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of the 
House of Industry, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 
1848. 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Female 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- OrphanHouse, 
wards defraying the Expense of the Female Orphan P&amp;&gt;!™- 
House, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Westmoreland 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her Lock Hospital, 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Westmoreland ~"”"™ 
Lock Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 
1848. 

19. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Lying-in 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Hospital, 
towards defraying the Expense of the Lying-in Hos- — 
pital, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

20. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One poctor Ste- 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her vens’ Hospital, 
Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of Doctor Dublin. 
Stevens’ Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 
1848. 

21. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Fever Hos- 
thousand eight hundred pounds, be granted to Her Pital, Dublin. 
Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of the 
Fever Hospital and House of Recovery, Cork-street, 

Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

22. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Hospital for 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards Incurables, 
defraying the Expense of the Hospital for Incu-~"™™ 
rables, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

23. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Protestant 
six thousand two hundred and fourteen pounds, be Dissenting 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of (Inclawd) 
Non-conforming, Seceding and Protestant Dis- ; 
senting Ministers in Ireland, to the 31st day of 
March 1848. 

24. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Charitable 
thousand two hundred and fifty-six pounds, be Allowances 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of “teland.) 
March 1848, Charitable Allowances charged on the 
Concordatum Fund in Ireland, and other Allow- 
ances and Bounties. 

25. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Criminal Law 
thousand four hundred pounds, be granted to Her Commission. 
Majesty, to defray, for one year, the Expenses of 
the Commission for digesting the Criminal Law. 

26. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Criminal Law 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her (Channel 
Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the Commission 4s.) 
for inquiring into the Criminal Laws in force in the 
Channel Islands. 

27. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Drainage 
three thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, (Ireland. 
to defray, in the year 1847, one moiety of the Cost of 
certain Works of Navigation in Jreland, connected 
with Drainage. 

28. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One British _ 
thousand six hundred and sixty-two pounds, be seth 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year Houseatharis. 

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Steam Com- 
munication 
to India. 


Militia and 
Volunteers, 
Canada, 


Lighthouses, 
Newfoundland 
and Cape of 
Good Hope. 


Slave Trade. 


Civil Con- 
tingencies, 


Disembodied 
Militia. 


Militia Pay 
Bill. 


Compensation 
for Damages 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Polling at 
Elections 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Constabulary 
Force: (Ire- 
land), &amp;e. 
[Pensions and 
Superannua- 
tions. ] 


850 


1847-48, the Charge of Works and Repairs to the 
British Ambassador’s House, at Paris. 

29. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
towards defraying the Expense of Steam Commu- 
nication to Judia, by way of the Red Sea, to the 
31st day of March 1848. 

30. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray, in the year 1847-48, the Expense of Militia 
and Volunteers in Canada. 

31. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, in the 
year 1847, on account of the Expense of erecting 
Lighthouses at Newfoundland, and at the Cape of 
Good Hope. 

32. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven 
thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay Rewards for Services in the 
Suppression of the Slave Trade on the Coast of 
Africa. 

33. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
complete the Sum necessary to defray the Charge 
of CivilContingencies, tothe31st day of March 1848. 

34. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and forty-four thousand three hundred and 
ten pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of the Disembodied Militia of Great 
Britain and Ireland, which will come in course of 
payment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1848. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
defray the Charge of Pay, Clothing, and Contingent 
and other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia in 
Great Britain and Ireland, to grant Allowances in 
certain cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Pay- 
masters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Sur- 
geons, Surgeons’ Mates and Serjeant Majors of the 
Militia, and to authorize the Employment of the 
Non-Commissioned Officers: And that Mr. Greene, 
Mr. Secretary at War and the Judge Advocate do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend an Act of the last 
Session, for facilitating the Employment of the La- 
bouring Poor in the distressed districts in Ireland, 
so far as relates to Compensation for Damages, was, 
according to Order, read the third time; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to limit the Time for taking 
the Poll at Elections of Members to serve in Par- 
liament for Counties of Cities, Counties of Towns, 
and Boroughs in Ireland, and for the University of 
Dublin, was, according to Order, read the third 
time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to limit the Time for taking the 
Poll at Elections of Members to serve in Parlia- 
ment for Counties of Cities, Counties of Towns, and 
Boroughs in Ireland. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred to consider of charging on the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, any Deficiency in the Sum 
required to pay the Pensions and Superannuations 
of Constabulary Force in Jreland and the Dublin 
Metropolitan Police, a Resolution ; which was read, 
as followeth : 

Resolved, That Provision be made out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 


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A. 1847. 


Britain and TJreland, for paying any Deficiency 
which may arise in the monies provided for the pay- 
ment of the Pensions and Superannuations of the 
Constabulary Force in Jreland and the Dublin Me- 
tropolitan Police. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. , 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Constabulary Force (Ireland), &amp;c. 
Bill, that they have power to make Provision 
therein, pursuant to the said Resolution. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Constabulary 
into a Committee upon the Constabulary Force forte (ire- 
(Ireland), &amp;c. Bill; and, after some time spent” en 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 

Greene reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


Mr. Greene reported the Navigation (No. 2.) Navigation 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to, (N°. 2.) Bill. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill (And 
whereas it is expedient to afford every facility for 
the importation of Grain in British Ships, and 
whereas the Stamp Duties now levied on Policies of 
Marine Insurance effected within the United King- 
dom add to the expense of such importation: Be it 
therefore Enacted, That no such Duties shall be 
levied on any Policy of Insurance effected on any 
British Ship or Barque importing any Corn, Grain, 
&amp;c., as aforesaid, into the United Kingdom, until 
the said Ist day of March 1848):—And the said 
Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time:—And the said Motion and Clause were 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Recovery of 
into a Committee upon the Recovery of Public Public Monics 
Monies (Jreland) Bill; and, atter some time spent ‘ = 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 

Greene reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


Mr. Greene reported the Herring Fishery (Scoé- Herring 
land) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and Fishery (Scot- 
agreed to. land) Bin. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


The Destitute Persons (Jreland) (No. 3.) Bill was, pDestitute 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- a 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Mon- (No. 3.) 7 
day next. 


The Public Works and Drainage (Jreland) Bill Public Works 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and (island) Bil 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday néxt. 


A Petition of Catholic Clergymen and Laymen of Education. 
Poole, complaining of the exclusion of Roman 
Catholics from their share of the monies granted 
for educational purposes; and praying the House 
to interpose in their behalf, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to the British British 
Museum, &amp;c., which were presented upon the 5th M 
and 9th days of this instant July, be printed. 

Ordered, 


useum, &amp;c. 
No, G47. 

































































Superintend- 
ent Registrars’ 
Districts. 


No. 648. 
Grain, Flour 
and Meal. 

No. 649. 


Turks Island. 
No. 650. 


Commons 
Inclosure 


(No. 3.) Bill. 


Militia Pay 
Bill. 


No. 651. 


Commons 
Inclosure 
(No. 3.) Bill. 


No. 652. 


Southampton 
and Dorches- 
ter Railway 
(Blandford 
Branch) Bill. 


Taw Vale 
Railway and 
Dock Bill. 


Gillespie’s 
Estate Bill. 


Belfast 
Improvement 
Bill. 


11 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Superin- 
tendent Registrars’ Districts, which were presented | 
upon the 2nd day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Grain, 
Flour and Meal, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to Turks Island, 
which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
extend the Provisions of the Act for the Inclosure 
and Improvement of Commons: And that Viscount 
Morpeth and Mr. Tufnell do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Mr. Parker, by Order, presented a Bill to defray 
the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and Contingent 
and other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia in 
Great Britain and Ireland, to grant Allowances in 
certain cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Pay- 
masters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Sur- 
geons, Surgeons’ Mates, and Serjeant Majors of the 
Militia, and to authorize the Employment of the 
Non-commissioned Officers: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Tufnell presented a Bill to extend the Pro- 
visions of the Act for the Inclosure and Improvement 
of Commons: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next ; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till M onday next. 








Luna, 12° die Julii ; 
Anno 11° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 
Mé&amp; Wrightson reported the Southampton and 
Dorchester Railway (Blandford Branch) Bill, 
with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on 
the Taw Vale Railway and Dock Bill; That the 
Parties informed the Committee before opening their 
case, that they had determined on availing them- 
selves of the Resolutions of the House of the 10th 
of June last, and to suspend further Proceedings 
on the said Bill for the present Session. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Gillespie’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for the further Improvement of 
the Borough of Belfast; and the same were read, 
as follow : . 

Pr. 6. 1. 36. Leave out from “ thereof” to “ such” 
in Pr. 7. 1. 2. 

Pr. 10. 1.13. After “ Council” insert “ within 
“ the time hereinafter mentioned.” 


Pr. 15. 1. 6. In Clause (A.), added by way of 
Rider, to the Bill. 
L. 8. After “lease” insert “ or if they 
shall not.within: the period of ten years 
“ after they shall have become entitled there- 
“ to, sell and dispose of all lands acquired 
“‘ for the purposes ofthis. Act or the said 
Vox. 102. 


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“ first recited Act which may not be wanted 
“ for the purposes thereof, or shali not have 
“‘ been demised under the provisions of this 
“ Act.” 
Pr. 15. 1. 10. After “ such” insert “ lands.” 
Pr. 15. 1. 28. After “assignment” insert “ of.” 
Pr. 17. 1.6. Leave out from “ received” to “and” 
in Pr, 18. 1. 29. 
Pr. 40. 1. 33. Leave out from “thereof” to 
“ and” in Pr. 41. 1. 4. 
Pr. 52. 1. 12. Leave out “ are” and insert “an.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
(and it appearing that the Amendment in Pr. 52, 
1. 12. was only to correct a typical error), were 
agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to amend an Act for improving 
the Navigation from the Hythe, at Colchester, to 
Wivenhoe, in the County of Essex, and for better 
paving, lighting and improving the Town of Col- 
chester; and for making a new Chanrel and deepen- 
ing the River Colne from Wivenhoe to Ram’s Hard, 
leading towards the Sea; and the same were read, 
as follow: 

Pr. 43.1. 8. Leave out from “ feet ” to the first 
“ and” in 1, 10. 

Pr. 52. 1. 32. After “score” insert “ Provided 
“ always, That the intended ferry between Row- 
“ hedge and Wivenhoe shall be worked for foot pas- 
“ sengers until eight o’clock in the evening from 
“ Michaelmas-day to Lady-day, and until nine 
“ o’clock in the evening for the remainder of the 
“ year.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


intituled, An. Act to enable the Liverpool, Manches- 
ter and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway 
Company to make a Railway from the Burnley 


the Township of Habergham Eaves, in the Parish 
of Whalley, in the County of Lancaster, to the East 
Lancashire Railway, in the same Township, and for 
other Purposes’; and the same were read, as follow : 


Pr. 9. 1. 36. After “ from” insert “ and.” 

Pr. 14. ls.. 7. and &amp;. Leave out from “ whom- 
“ soever” to “and,” in lL. 26, 

Pr. 16. 1. 25. After “ and” insert “ they.” 


" Pr. 19, 1, 24, After “ Liverpool” insert Clause 
(A.) } 
Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ not be lawful ‘for the said Railway Company to 
“ make any deViation, diversion or extension ex- 
“ ceeding ten yards from the line, course or direc- 
“ tion of the said Railway, as delineated and shown 
“ on the Plans thereof deposited as aforesaid, by 
“« which the said Canal or the locks, towing-paths, 
“ bridges, lands, houses, buildings, reservoirs, or 
« other works of ‘the said Company of Proprietors 
“ of the said Canal, or any of them, or any part 
“ thereof, shall"be taken, used or damaged for any 
“ purpose whatsoever, without the consent in writing 
“« under the common seal of the Company of Pro- 
«‘ prietors of the said Canal first had and obtained.” 
Pr. 24. 1. 20. After “ direction” insert “ thereof 

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line after “ between” insert “ the second furlong 
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“‘ marked upon the said Plans and the point of junc- 
“ tion with.” 

Pr. 25. 1. 25. Leave out from the second “ the”’ 
to “ shown” in 1. 30., and insert “‘ Manchester and 
“ Leeds Railway as.” 

Pr, 24. 1. 32. Leave out “ as Trafalgar-street.” 

Pr 24. 1. 38. Leave out from “ purpose” to 
“ or” in Pr. 25.1. 2. 

Pr. 25 1. 7. Leave out “ of ” and insert “ which.” 

Pr. 25. 1. 8. After “ Lancashire”’ insert “ or the 
“* Manchester and Leeds,” and in the same }ine leave 
out from “ Railway” to “ empowered” in Is. 10. and 
11., and insert “ Companies or either of them are 


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A. 1847. 


Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Company, and the 
Improvement of the said Railway by the latter 
Company ; and the same were read, as follow: 
Pr. 3.1. 20. Leave out “ Railways and.” 
Pr. 8. 1. 37. Leave out “ latter” and insert 
“ Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway.” 
Pr. 5.1. 20. Leave out “ and.” 
Pr. 5.1, 22. After “1845” insert “and the 
Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act, 1847.” 
Pr. 8. ls. 37. and 38. After “ Railway” insert 
Company.” 
Pr. 12. 1.11. After “ Company” insert “ and 


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Pr. 25. 1. 12. After “ the” insert “ provisions 
of the.” 


the registration thereof in the General Register 
of Sasines for Scotland, as aforesaid.” 
Pr. 14. ]. 2. Leave out “ and” and in the same 


line and |. 3. after ‘* delivered” insert “and re- 


Pr. 25. 1. 13. After “1845” insert “‘ and of the | gistered.” 





Manchester and Leeds Railway Act (No. 2.) | 
1845.” oo 

Pr. 25. 1.19. After “ thereof” insert “ or of the | “ 
Manchester and Leeds Railway.” 

Pr, 25. 1.21. Leave out “ therewith” and insert | “ 
with such Railways respectively: Provided al-| 
ways, That nothing herein contained shall pre- | “ 
vent the formation of the Railway by this Act |. 
authorized, as shown upon the plans deposited as | “ 
aforesaid.” | 

Pr. 30. 1. 8. After “ contained” insert Clause , “ 
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Cravuse (B.) “ Provided further, and be it En- | “ 
acted, That it shall not be lawful for the said | “ 
East Lancashire Railway Company, out of any | “ 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to | 
such Company authorized to be raised, by calls’ 
in respect of shares, or by the exercise of any | 


power of borrowing, to pay interest to any share- | 


Pr. 15. 1.12. After “ made” insert “ have been 
deposited with the Sheriff Clerk of the county 
of Renfrew.” 

Pr. 15. |. 17. After “ Railway” insert “ and 
other works.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 34. Leave out from “ Act” to “ never- 
theless” in ]. 35. and insert “ Provided,” and in 
35. leave out “to” and insert “ that it shall be 
lawful for.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 36. Leave out “ acquiring” and insert 
to acquire.” 

Pr. 16.1.2. After “ acres” insert “ and that 
in the manner provided by the said first-recited 
Act for acquiring lands for the quays, wharfs 
and other works thereby authorized.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 35. Leave out ‘‘ hereinbefore recited.” 

Pr. 18.1. 17. Leave out “ said recited.” 

Pr. 18. 1.37. Leave out “ said recited.” 

Pr. 20.1. 4. After “ purpose” insert Clauses (A.) 


holder on the amount of the calls made in respect | and (B.) 


of the shares held by him in the capital by this. 
Act authorized to be raised by the last-mentioned | “ 
Company: Provided always, That nothing herein- “ 
before contained shall be deemed to prevent the | “ 
last-mentioned Company from paying to any | “ 
shareholder such interest on money advanced by | “ 
him beyond the amount of the calls actually made | « 
as shall be in conformity with the provisions in | “ 
the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, | “ 
in that behalf contained.” be 
Pr. 39. 1. 31. After “ Company,” and before | “ 


Clause (C.), added by way of Rider to the Bill, | “ 


insert Clause (C.) | «6 


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Curause (C.) “ Provided further, and be it En- | “ 
acted, That it shall not be lawful for the said |“ 
Manchester and Leeds Railway Company, out of | “ 
any money by this Act or any other Act relating | 
to such Company authorized to be raised, by calls | “« 
in respect of shares, or by the exercise of any | “ 

ower of borrowing, to pay interest to any share- | “ 
ite on the amount of the calls made in re-| “ 
spect of the shares held by him in the capital by | “ 
this Act authorized to be raised by the said Man- “ 
chester and Leeds Railway Company: Provided | “ 
also, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall “ 
be deemed to prevent the said Manchester and |“ 
Leeds Railway Company from paying to any “ 
shareholder such interest on money advanced by | “ 
him beyond the amount of the calls actually 
made as shall be in conformity with the provi- | 
sions in the Companies Clauses Consolidation 
Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 


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Ccause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the Company, out of any money 
by this Act or any other Act relating to the 
Company authorized to be raised, by calls in 
respect ofshares, or by the exercise of any power 
of borrowing, to pay interest to any shareholder 
on the amount of the calls made in respect of the 
shares held by him in the capital by this Act au- 
thorized to be raised: Provided always, That 
nothing hereinbefore contained shall be deemed 
to prevent the Company from paying to any share- 
holder such interest on money advanced by him 
beyond the amount of the calls actually made as 
shall be in conformity with the provisions in the 
Companies Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act, 
1845, in that behalf contained.” 

Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating 
to the Company authorized to be raised, for the 
purposes of such Act or Acts, to pay or deposit 
any sum of money which by any Standing Order 
of either House of Parliaiment now in force, or 
hereafter to be in force, may be required to be 
deposited in respect of any application to Parlia- 
ment for the purpose of obtaining an Act autho- 
rizing the Company to construct any other Rail- 
way or execute any other work or undertaking.” 

Pr. 21.1. 34, After “ Parliament” insert “ Char- 
ters or other deeds of conveyance, or by usage.” 


In the Title of the Bill :: 


Ls. 8. and 4. Leave out “ the latter” and 
insert “ that.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second 


Paisley and 


the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Renfrew Rail- the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 


way (Sale an 
Improvement 


) intituled, An Act to authorize the Sale of the Pais- 
ley and Renfrew Railway to the Glasgow, Paisley, 


time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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intituled, 








The House proceeded to take into consideration South Fastern 


11 Vicroriz. 12° Juli. 853 


Greenwich P intituled, An Act to enable the South Eastern Rail-, Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
eee way Company further to widen the London and |and be printed. 


and Enlarge- Greenwich Railway, and to enlarge their London 


_ saliiies Bridge Station; and the same were read, as follow: | The House proceeded to take into consideration East of Fife 
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Station) Bill. Pr, 4.1. 36. Leave out “and.” the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, at A 
Pr. 4. Is. 36. and 37. After “ Brighton” insert |intituled, An Act to enable the East of Fife Rail- Soviation) 
“ and South Coast.” way Company to deviate a Portion of their Main Bill. 


Pr. 10.1. 12. Leave out from “ Railway” to 
“ in” in 1. 18. 

Pr. 11.1. 24. Leave out “ on the north side 
“ thereof.” 

Pr. 32. ].12 After “shall” insert “ except in 
so far as the same may have been modified by 
“ this Act or by the London Bridge Railway Ter- 
“ mini General Enlargement Act, 1847.” 

Pr. 32.1.17. After “ Act” insert Clause (A.) 

Cuiause (A.) “ AND whereas it would be at- 
tended with convenience and advantage to the 
Governors of Saint Thomas's Hospital, if the 
present line of Joiner-street were altered and 
“ diverted from the north end thereof adjoining 
Duhke-street to the south end thereof adjoining 
Saint Thomas’s-street, and a new street in sub- 
stitution thereof were carried from the north end 
of Glean-alley, to a point near the south end 
“ of Joiner-street, adjoining Saint Thomas’s-street, 


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Line, and to improve the Junction thereof with the 
Edinburgh and Northern Railway, near Markinch ; 
and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 1.1. 18. Leave out from “ to” to “ the” in 
], 14. and insert “ make a deviation in.” 

Pr. 3. Is. 15. and 16. After “ deviate” insert 
“« in forming.” 


In the Title of the Bill: 


Pr. 3. 1. 1. Leave out from the second “ to” 
“ to main” in 1. 2. and insert “ make a de- 
“ viation in their.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hastie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


“ East: BE it therefore Enacted, That subject to| The House proceeded to take into consideration Great Western 
the purchase by the said Governors of the lands |the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, poe 
which they are authorized to purchase from the |intituled, An Act for making Branch Railways from 4nd Exte..- 

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“ Company, under the provisions of the London 
Bridge Railway Termini General Enlargement 
“ Act, 1847, and subject also to the consent and 
“ approval of the Commissioners of pavements 
“‘ having control of the said street, the said South 
“« Eastern Railway Company, and the said London, 
“ Brighton and South Coast Railway Company 
shall, if required by the Governors of the said 
Hospital, divert the said street at the joint ex- 
pense of the said Companies, andin equal moieties, 
“ and form a new street in substitution thereof 
between the points aforesaid, of a width of 35 
“ feet, and of a height to the softit of the arch of 
“‘ 18 feet, and 10 feet over the footpaths : Provided 
“‘ always, That so much of the present street as is 
or may be situate under the station or works of 
“ either of the said Companies shall, upon the com- 
pletion of anew line of street insubstitution thereof, 
“‘ vest in such Company, and so much of the said 
“« present street as may adjoin the lands belonging 
“ to the Governors of the Saint Thomas’s Hospital, 
and for which a new line of street may be sub- 
stituted, shall vest in the said Governors.” 

Pr. 33. 1. 31. Leave out “ ten’ and insert 
nine.” 

Pr. 33. 1. 36. Leave out “ eighteen” and insert 
nineteen.” 
™ Pr. 34. 1. ult. After “ respectively” insert Clause 
(B.) 

Ciause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That all 
arches which may under the powers of this Act 
be constructed over public streets shall be built 
with Roman cement instead of mortar, and that 
wherever the said arches are built on the skew 
they shall be provided with stone springers.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 

Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Salisbury and Ordered, That the Report on the Salisbury and 


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Edinburgh, Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 

Leith and 


. Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway (Union 
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avo Canal and Caledonian Railway Junction) Bill ; That 


Canaland they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Caledonian 


Railway Preamble of the Bill, but the same had not been 
Junction) Bill, proved to their satisfaction. 
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stock; to widen certain Portions of the Great West- 
ern Railway ; to enable the Great Western Railway 
Company to purchase or amalgamate with the Bir- 
mingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley Railway, and 
to purchase the Wycombe and Great Western and 
Uxbridge Railways; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr.16.1.13. After “accordingly” insert Clauses 
(A.) (B.) (C.) (D.) (E.) and (F.) 

Ciavse (A.) “ Provided always, and be it 
“ Enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shalk 
authorize the said Company to purchase or take 
permanently any of the lands comprised in the 
‘“« said Books of Reference, and therein described 
as belonging to the Company of Proprietors of 
the Somersetshire Coal Canal Navigation, without 
the previous consent of the said Company of Pro- 
“€ prietors; but it shall be lawful for the said Rail- 
“ way Company, nevertheless, to construct their 
Railway across or over the said canal, or any of 
the tramways connected therewith, by means of 
arches, or by means of Jevel crossings, so as the 
said Company shall not thereby permanently de- 
prive the said (ompany of Proprietors of the 
ownership, occupation or use of the lands on 
which such canal or tramways rest.” 

Cuavuse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That in alk 
“ cases in which the said Railway hereby autho- 
“ rized to be made is laid down to cross the said 
“* tram-road on a level, the tram-plates or rails of 
the said tram-road, shall not be permanently cut 
or altered, so as in any way to impede or obstruct 
the free passage of waggons and carriages along 
“ the said tram-road.” 

Crause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That in all 
“ cases where the said Railway shall cross the said 
“ tram-road by means of bridges or arches, such 
“ bridges or arches shall be constructed with a clear 
“ width of Twelve feet and a clear height of Six- 
“ teen feet from the tram-plates or rails of the said 
“ tram-road, to the spring of the arch of the said 
“ bridges.” 

Cxiause(D.) “And be it Enacted, That ifin con- 
“ sequence of any diversion, or otherwise, the said 
“ Railway shall becarried acrossthe said canalat any 
“ part thereof other than the basin of the said canal 
“ at Timsbury, by means of a bridge, such bridge, 
“ and every other bridge which shall be carried 
“ over the said canal or any part thereof by the said 
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canal, of at least fifteen feet, and a clear width of 
towing-path of six feet, being a total width of 
twenty-one feet in the clear between the abut- 
ments on a line square with the channel of the 
canal, and that the soffit of the arch of the said 
bridge shall not be less than seven feet above the 
level of the present towing-path, and that there 
shall be throughout the whole of such arch or 
bridge a clear headway of not less than seven feet 
measured from the level of the said towing- 
ath.” 

TE ain (E., “ And be it Enacted, That the said 
Railway Company shall and they are hereby re- 
quired, during the construction of the said bridge, 
and of the necessary repairs and renewals thereof, 
to leave an _ and uninterrupted navigable 
water-way in the said navigation of not less than 
twelve feet in width, and also a clear height suffi- 
cient for laden and unladen barges to pass along, 
with a good and sufficient towing-path, so that 
the horses shall pass uninterrupted along the 
same.” 

Cravuse (F.) “And be it Enacted, That if by 
reason or in execution of any of the works by this 
Act authorized to be made, or by reason of the bad 
state of repair of any such works, or if by any Act 
or omission of the said Railway Company, or any 
of the servants, agents or workmen, the said canal 
or the towing-path thereof shall be obstructed 
so that boats, barges or other vessels cannot pass 
along the same, or the said tram-road shall be so 
obstructed that waggons or other carriages can- 
not pass along the same, or in case the space 
under the bridges, or any of them, where the said 
Railway crosses the said tram-way or canal, shall 
be at any time contracted so as to be less in width 
or height than is herein prescribed, then and in 
any of the said cases the said Railway Company 
shall pay to the said Somersetshire Coal Canal 
Company, as or by way of ascertained damages, 
the sum of Two pounds for every hour during 
which the said obstruction shall continue: Pro- 
vided always, That if such obstruction shall con- 
tinue beyond seventy-two consecutive hours, or 
shall have been occasioned by -any wilful act on 
the part of the persons in the employ of the said 
Railway Company, then and in every such case 
the said Railway Company shall pay to the said 
Somersetshire Coal Canal Company the sum of 


‘ Five pounds for every hour during which such 


obstruction shall continue, as or by way of ascer- 
tained damages, and in default of payment of such 
respective sums, or such a proportion thereof as 
shall become due, on demand made of the Secre- 
tary or any officer of the said Railway Company, 
the said Somersetshire Coal Canal Company may 
sue for and recover the same, together with full 
costs of suit against the said Railway Company, 
by action of debt or on the case, in any of Her 

ajesty’s Courts of Record at Westminster; and in 
case any soil, dirt or rubbish shall in the con- 
struction of any of the works of the said Railway 
Company fall into the said canal, or the said 
tram-way or works connected therewith, or in case 
the said bridges where the said Railway or Branch 
Railway crosses the said canal, pee tie | or 
works, or the approaches, side-slopes or banks of 
the said Railway next to the said canal, tram-way 
or works, or any of them, or any part thereof 
respectively, shall not be kept in gpod and sub- 
stantial repair, and if the said Railway Company 
shall not, within Seven days after notice in writing 
of such want of repair given to their Secretary by 
the clerk, agent or engineer of the said Somer- 
setshire Coal Canal Company, proceed to remove 
from the said canal, tram-way or works, the said 
soil, dirt or rubbish, or to make and complete with 
all reasonable dispatch the repairs so required, or 
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lawful for the said Somersetshire Coal Canal Com- 
pany, to remove from the said canal, tram-way or 
works the said soil, dirt and rubbish, or to do the 
needful repairs, as the case may be, and to recover 
the amount of the expenses from the said Railway 
Company, by action of debt or on the case, with 
full costs of suit, in any of Her Majesty’s Courts 
of Record at Westminster: Provided also, ‘That 
nothing herein or in the said recited Acts, or 
either of them, contained shall extend to prevent 
the said Somersetshire Coal Canal Company from 
recovering from the said Railway Company any 
special damage that may be sustained by them on 
account of the Acts and defaults of the said Rail- 
way Company, or in respect of which penalties 
are by this or the said recited Acts, or either of 
them,imposed, beyond the amount of such penalty 
or penalties, and they are hereby authorized to 
sue for and recover such special damages accord- 
ingly; but in every case where the penalty or 
penalties hereinbefore imposed shall have been 
paid by the said Railway Company to the said 
Somersetshire Coal Canal Company, and any ac- 
tion for special damages shall be brought as above- 
mentioned, then the penalty or penalties so paid 
shall be deemed and considered as payments on 
account of the said special damages, and credit 
shall be given by the Court before whom such 
action shall be tried for any sum or sums of money 
so paid by the said Railway Company, and the 
same shall be deducted from the amount of da- 
mages to be recovered by the said Somersetshire 
Coal Canal Company ; and in case the amount of 
damages recovered shall not exceed the sum or 
sums so paid, then and in such case judgment 
shall be given for the said Railway Company, and 
no action shall be maintained by the said Somer- 
setshire Coal Canal Company against the said 
Railway Company for the recovery of any penalty 
or penalties after judgment shall have been ob- 
tained by them for any special damage in respect 
of the said Act or Acts for which such penalty or 
penalties would then have been recoverable.” 

Pr. 36. 1. 20. Leave out “ one-half” and insert 
the whole.” 

Pr, 36. 1. 22. After “ been” insert “subscribed 
for and one-half thereof.” 

Pr. 38. 1. 12. In Clause (C.), added by way of 


Rider to the Bill: 


L. 12. Leave out “ sell” and insert “ trans- 
he 
L. 14, Leave out “ purchase’ 
“ accept the transfer of.” 
L. 24. After “sales” insert “ by transfer.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 


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and insert 


were agreed to. 


Ordered, That Viscount Villiers do carry the 


Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Samuel Dickson, public Works 
relative to Public Works (Ireland), which was pre- (Ireland.) 


sented upon Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Committee of 
mittee of Selection to appoint the Committee on Selection. 


Penson’s Estate Bill to meet upon Wednesday next. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Penson’s Estate P 


Bill have leave to make their Report upon Wed-* 
nesday next. 


The Northam Bridge Company’s Estate Bill was 


read a second time; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for au- Bowes’ Estate 


thorizing the Sale and Se of certain Lands, BU 


Collieries, Hereditaments and 


ining Stock, form- 
ing 





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Huggens’ 
College Incor- 
poration Bill. 


Birkenhead, 
Lancashire - 
and Cheshire 
Junction Rail- 
way, and 
Chester and 
Birkenhead 
Railway 
Purchase or 
Amalgama- 
tion Bill. 


London and 
NorthWestern 
Railway 
(Lime-street, 
Liverpool, Sta- 
tion Exten- 
sion, &amp;c.) Bill, 





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ing part of the Estate of John Bowes, late Earl of 
Strathmore, and for enabling the Trustees to shift 
the Charges affecting the inheritance of the same 
Lands and Hereditaments, and for other Purposes, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to incor- 
porate the President and Trustees of Huggens’ Col- 
lege, at Worthfleet, in the County of Kent, and to 
enable them the better to carry on the Charitable 
Designs of the said College, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to incorporate the Chester and Bir- 
henhead Railway with the Birkenhead, Lancashire 
and Cheshire Junction Railway ; and the same were 
read, as follow: 

Pr. 24. 1. 5. Leave out “ Clause (A.)” added by 
way of Rider to the Bill, and after Clause (B.), 
also added by way of Rider to the Bill, insert 
Clause (A.) 

Cuavuse (A.) “ And whereas the capital autho- 
“ rized to be raised by the Birkenhead, Lancashire 
“ and Cheshire Junction Railway Company by the 
“&lt; said hereinbefore-recited Act is One million five 
“ hundred thousand pounds, which is to be raised 
“in shares of the nominal value of Thirty-three 
‘“« pounds six shillings and eight pence each share ; 
“ and whereas the amount which will be paid to 
“ the Chester and Birkenhead Railway Company 
‘€ as premium on their several shares, is One hun- 
“‘ dred and five thousand pounds; Be it Enacted, 
‘“* That it shall not be lawful for the said Birken- 
“« head, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway 
‘“¢ Company to raise more capital under the powers 
“* of their said recited Act than One million three 
“ hundred and ninety-five thousand pounds, and 
“ the nominal value of each share in such capital 
“ shall be reduced from Thirty-three pounds six 
“ shillings and eight pence to Thirty-one pounds.” 

Pr. 24,1. 24. Leave out “three” and insert 
one,” and also, in |. 24. leave out from “ pounds” 
to “ in” in 1. 26. 

Pr. 31. 1. penult. After “ undertakings” insert 
the amount of the capital to be raised under the 
said recited Act incorporating the Birkenhead, 
Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway Com- 
pany being limited, as hereinbefore enacted, to 
the sum of One million three hundred and ninety- 
“ five thousand pounds.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Biil to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to empower the London and Noith 
Western Railway Company to enlarge their Stations 
at Liverpool and Crewe, and for other Purposes; 
and the same was read, as followeth: 

Pr. 12. 1. 4. After “ mentioned” insert Clause 
(A.) 

Crauss (A.) “ And whereas it is proposed to 
purchase and take for the purposes of this Act, 
certain lands, buildings and property in Liverpool 
“* aforesaid, belonging to the President, Vice Pre- 
‘ sident, Treasurer and members of the Liverpool 

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“ School for the Indigent Blind, and whereas the 
“ said President, Vice President, Treasurer and 
““ members aforesaid, consider that it might be 
** more advantageous for the interests of the said 
institution if the Company were restrained from 
“ purchasing, except with the consent of the said 
acaiaeat Vice President, Treasurer and mem- 
“‘ bers, a portion only of the lands, buildings and 
“ property belonging to them; Be it therefore En- 
“ acted, That if, before the said Company shall 
“ purchase and take for the purposes of this Act, 
any of the lands, buildings or property belonging 
“ to the said President, Vice President, Treasurer 
“ and members, the said President, Vice President, 
Treasurer and members shall signify in writing 
under their common seal, their desire that the 
Company should purchase and take the whole of 
the lands, buildings and property belonging to 
them in Liverpool aforesaid, then it shall not be 
lawful for the Company to purchase or take less 
than the whole of such lands, buildings and pro- 
perty ; and it shall be lawful for the Company in 
such event, and they are hereby required, to pur- 
“ chase, take and hold, and it shall be lawful for 
“ the said President, Vice President, Treasurer and 
members to sell and convey (either for a consi- 
deration in money or in exchange for other here- 
ditaments and premises in Liverpoul aforesaid, to 
be settled to the same uses and trusts as the 
hereditaments to be so sold are now settled, or 
partly for a consideration in money and partly in 
exchange for other hereditaments) the whole of 
such lands, buildings and property to the said 
Company, subject nevertheless to all the provi- 
“ sions of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 
“1845,” 
The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
— agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Newbury 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Cemetery Bill, 


tituled, An Act for establishing a General Cemetery 
for the Interment of the Dead in the Parish of 
Newbury, near the Town of Newbury, in the 
County of Berks; and the same were read, as fol- 
low: 

Pr. 3.1, 2. Leave out “ Joseph’ and insert 
“ Henry.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 3. Leave out from “ Brown” to “ John” 
in |. 4., and in 1. 4. leave out “ James” and insert 
“ Henry.” 

Pr. 15. Is. 21. and 22, Leave out from “ proper” 
to “ and” in Pr.16.1. 9. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. dee 

Ordered, That Mr. G'reene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to authorize certain Alterations in 
the Line of the Waterford and Limerick Railway, 
and toamend the Act relating thereto, and for other 
Purposes ; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 1.1. 8. Leave out “ a Branch” and insert 
“ Branches.” 

Pr. 9.1.19. Leave out “ west to east” and in- 
sert “ north to south.” 

Pr. 9.1.24. Leave out “ north” and insert 
“ east.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 38. Leave out from “ granted” to 
«« And” in Pr, 12.1. 35., and insert Clauses (A.) and 
(B.) 
Crause (A.) “ And whereas the sum of Thirty 





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Mansel’s 
Estate Bill. 


Slave Trade. 
No. 653. 


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“‘ pounds has been paid on a large portion of the 
“ shares of Fifty pounds each in the said Under- 
taking ; Be it Enacted, That it shall be lawful 
for the Directors for the time being of the said 
Company, with the consent of any ordinary or 
extraordinary meeting of the said Company, or 
otherwise with the consent of the greater part 
in number and value of the proprietors for the 
time being of the said Company, to pay and 
allow to the proprietors of shares on which the 
sum of Thirty pounds has been or shall be paid, 
interest not exceeding Five per cent. per annum 
upon the amount so paid, and on all future calls, 
from the time at which such Thirty pounds per 
share on such future calls shall have been or shall 
be so paid, such interest to accrue and be paid at 
such times and places as the said Directors shall 
appoint for that purpose: Provided always, That 
no interest shall accrue to the proprietor of any | 
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or of any other share held by the same proprietor | 
during the period of such call being soinarrear.” 
Cratse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 

not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 

money by this Act or any other Act relating to | 
the said Railway Company authorized to be raised | 
for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to pay or | 
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A. 1847. 


condemned for violation of the Laws and Treaties 
prohibiting the Slave Trade; distinguishing the 
Sums paid as Head Money, Bounty for Slaves 
taken, ote per ton Register of Ships taken, and 
as Captors’ Shares of the Proceeds of Ships and 
Property condemned :—Of all Sums of Money paid 
by the aie to or on behalf of Captors, in satis- 
faction or indemnification of Expenses or Damages 
arising from the prosecution or seizure of Vessels 
alleged to be engaged in the Slave Trade ; also, of 
Sums paid to Foreign Governments, or to British 
or Foreign Persons, for Losses caused by the Seizure, 
Destruction or Condemnation of Vessels, Barracoons 
or other Property, alleged to be engaged in the Slave 
Trade ; distinguishing, as far as possible, the Names 
of the Persons receiving such Compensation, the 
Dates of Payment, and the nature of the Injury or 
Loss for which Compensation was made in each case, 
from the year 1807 to the present time :—Of allthe 


| Expenses, as far as they can be estimated, incurred 


in the Naval or Diplomatic Services in each year 
since 1807, for promoting the Suppression of the 
Slave Trade, which are not comprised in the Fore- 
going Returns :—And, of all Expenses incurred for 
and on account of Liberated Africans in each year 
since 1807. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 





ing Order of either House of Parliament now in! The House proceeded to take into consideration Coventry, 
force, or hereafter to be in force, may be required | the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, ee 
to be deposited in respect of any application to | intituled, An Act to enable the Coventry, Nuneaton, sna Lei 


: nd Leicester 
Parliament for the purpose of obtaining an Act; Birmingham and Leicester Railway Company to Railway Bill. 


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authorizing the said Company to construct ony | 
“ other Railway or execute any other work or un-| 
“ dertaking.” 


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sell and transfer their Railway, Works aud Interests, 
to the London and North Western, and Midland 
Railway Companies, or either of them, and for other 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, | Purposes ; and the same were read, as follow : 


were agreed to. | 


Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House | 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, to appoint the Committee on 
Mansel’s Estate Bill to meet upon Wednesday next. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Mansel’s Estate 


Bill, have leave to make their Report upon Wednes- 
day next. 


Mr. Parker presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 24th day of August in the 
last Session of Parliament, for Returns of the Number 
of Ships of all classes, including Steam Vessels, em- 
ployed in any way for the Suppression of the Slave 
Trade during the year ending the 1st day of August 
1846; stating the Number of Men and Guns, with 
an Estimate of the Charge to the Public for such 
Service, including Stores, Coals and wear and tear 
of the Equipment, together with every other Ex- 
pense ; distinguishing the Charges incurred by the 
Vessels expressly employed in suppressing the Slave 
Trade trom those incurred by the Vessels incidentally 








engaged in that Service :—Accounts of the Number 
of Men and Officers dead and invalided, in the 
Squadron employed in the Suppression of the Slave 
Trade on the African Coast, during the year 1845 : 
—-Of the Expenses of all Hospital Establishments 
and Refitting Establishments connected with the 
Suppression of the Slave Trade in this Country, on’ 
the East and West Coasts of 4frica at the Cape of 
Good Hope, the Islands of Ascension and Saint He- 
lena, and elsewhere :—Of the Appropriation of all 
Sums of Money received as the proceeds of Vessels 
or other Property condemned in the Courts of Ad- 
miralty, Vice-Admiralty or Mixed Commission | 
Courts, for violations of the Laws or Treaties pro- 
hibiting the Slave Trade :—Of all Sums of Money 
paid in each year since 1807 to Captors of Vessels 


Pr. 6.1. 2. After “ up ” insert Clauses (A.), (B.) 
and (C.) 

Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise 
of any powers of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
by this Act authorized to be raised; Provided 
always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 
be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
paying to any shareholder such interest on 
money advanced by him beyond the amount of 
the calls actually made as shall be in conformity 
with the provisions in the Companies Clauses 
“ Consolidation Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 

CravuseE (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it 
shall not be lawful for the said Company, out of 
any money by this Act or any other Act relating 
to the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised, for the purposes of this Act, to pay or 
deposit any sum of money which by any Stand- 
ing Order of either House of Parliament now in 
force, or hereafter to be in force, may be required 
to be deposited in respect of any application to 
Parliament for the purpose of obtaining an Act 
authorizing the said Company to construct any 
other Railway or execute any other work or 
undertaking.” 

Crause (C.) “ Provided always, And be it 
Enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham and Leicester 
Railway Company, by virtue of the power hereiu- 
before contained, to sell, demise or lease, nor for 
the said London and North Western Railway 
Company or Midland Railway Company, or either 
ef them, to purchase or accept such lease of the 
said Railway hereby authorized to be made, 
urless it shall have been proved to the satisfac- 
tion of the Commissioners of Railways, and cer-. 
tified by them under their seal, previously to the 

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“ completion of such sale or lease, that one half of 
“ the whole amount of capital, exclusive of loans, 
“ by the Act or Acts relating to each of the said 
“ Companies authorized to be raised, has been 
‘ actually paid up and expended for the purposes 
‘ authorized by such Act or Acts respectively.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Dollar Institue A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to in- 
tion (Mylne’s crease the Number of Trustees for the Management 
or M‘Nabb’s) of the Dollar Institution, or John M‘ Nabb’s School, 


“x a 


— wae incorporate the Trustees, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 

Tunstall A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 


Market Com- enabling the Tunstall Market Company to sell their 
Bal Estate Estate, and wind up their Concerns, and for dissol- 
ving the Company, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 
rdered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


Jesus Hospitat Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
(Newcastle) Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Estate Bill. Private Bills ; That in the case of the Jesus Hospital 
(Newcastle) Estate Bill, the Standing Orders have 
not been complied with, as notices of the intended 
application to Parliament have not been published 
in the London Gazette, nor in any newspaper of the 
County of Northumberland in which the lands to 
which the Bill relates are situate; and as notices 
were not affixed to the outer door of any church of 
the parish in which the said lands are situate. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Lord Wards Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 

Estate Bill., Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills ; That in the case of Lord Ward’s Estate 
Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Brooks’s A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dis- 
Divorce Bill. solve the Marriage of Thomas Brooks with Mary 
his now wife, and to enable him to marry again, and 
for other Purposes; was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Sir Henry A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for en- 

Racushey abling the Trustees of the Will of George Charles 

Estate Bil.  looke, Esquire, deceased, to carry into effect a 
Contract for the Purchase of the Life Estate and 
Interest of Hannah Rooke, Widow, in the real and 
personal Estates of the said George Charles Rooke 
respectively devised and bequeathed by his Will, 
and for raising Money for that Purpose, and for pay- 
ment of the Debts of the said George Charles Rooke, 
and of the Legacies and Arrears of Annuities be- 
queathed by his said Will, and for other Purposes 
incidental thereto, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the 
concurrence of their Lordships. 

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12° Juliz. 857 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wexford Free 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Bridge Bill. 
intituled, An Act for constructing and maintaining 
a Bridge across the River Slaney, near the Town of 
Wexford, with Approaches, and for taking down the 
present Bridge there ; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 3. 1, 18. Leave out “ fourth” and insert 
* second.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 14. Leave out “ copies” and insert 
“ entries.” 

Pr.8. 1.24, Leave out “ and” and insert “ which 
‘ shall be,” and in the same line after “ kept” in- 
sert “ by the clerk.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 26. Leave out from “and” to “ shall” 
in ]. 27. and insert “ every such entry.” 

Pr. 8. l. ult. After “ convened” insert “ or 
“ held.” 

Pr. 9. 1.11. After “ presumed” insert “ until 
the contrary is proved, and such books shall at 
all reasonable times be open to the inspection of 
“* any of the Trustees, and of any mortgagee of the 
** rates and property of the Trustees.” 

Pr. 16.1. 33. Leave out from “ sale” to “ and” 
in Pr, 17. 1. 11. 

Pr. 23. 1.23. Leave out “Grand Jury” and 
insert “ inhabitants.” 

Pr. 23. 1. penult. Leave out from “ bridge” to 
and,” in Pr. 24. 1. 1.and insert “and in casethe said 
Trustees or inhabitants, or any person or persons 
acting under them, shall detain any such ship or 
vessel contrary to the provisions of this Act,- or 
demand, take or receive any toll for the passage 
of any person or persons, ship or vessel, the said 
Trustees or inhabitants, and every person so of- 
fending, shall in every such case forfeit and pay a 
sum not exceeding Ten pounds; but nothing in 
this Act shall prevent any remedy for damages 
which any party may sustain in respect of any 
such detention as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 24. 1.18. After “ copied” insert Clauses (A.) 
and (B.) 

Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That during 
“ the construction of the said bridge and works 
““ connected therewith, the said Trustees shall cause 
to be hung out or exhibited every night, from 
sunset to sunrise, a light, to be kept burning by 
and at the expense of the Trustees, for the navi- 
gation and safe guidance of vessels, and for ever 
“ after the completion of the said bridge whilst the 
“ same bridge shall be under their control ; and the 
“ inhabitants of the county of Wexford, after the 
same shall have become vested in them under the 
provisions of this Act, shall cause to be hung out 
or exhibited upon or near to the centre of the said 
bridge every night, from sunset to sunrise, a good 
“ and sufficient light, to be kept burning by and 
at the expense of the Trustees and inhabitants 
respectively during the respective times aforesaid, 
for the navigatian and safe guidance of vessels, 
“ and which light shall be from time to time altered 
“« by the said Trustees and inhabitants, in such man- 
** ner, and be of such description, and be so used as 
“ the Lord High Admiral, or the Commissioners 
“* for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral, 
shall, by writing under the hand of the Secretary 
of the Admiralty, approve of ; and in case the said 
“ Trustees or inhabitants shall neglect to exhibit 
« and keep either of such lights burning as afore- 
“ said, they shall forfeit and pay for every such 
“ neglect the sum of Ten pounds.” 
Cuavss (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That if the 
“ said bridge, or any of the works hereby autho- 
“ rized to be constructed, shall be abandoned, it 
“ shall be lawful for the Lord High Admiral, or the 
“ Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord 
“ High Admiral, to abate and remove the same, or 
“* such part or parts thereof as he or they may at 
any time or times deem fit and proper, and to 
“ restore the site thereof to its former condition.” 
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Pr. 28.1. ult. After “ granted” insert Clause 

C.) 

Cuavse (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Trustees to purchase, 
take, use or interfere with any lands which the 
. —— Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Rail- 
“ way Company, or the Wexford, Carlow and 
“ Dublin Junction Railway Company, or either of 
them, have acquired, the power of purchasing un- 
“ der and by virtue of the Waterford, Wexford, 
“ Wicklow and Dublin Railway Act, 1846, or the 
“ Wexford, Carlow and Dublin Junction Railway 
“ Act, 1846, or either of them, without the consent, 
“ in writing, of such Companies respectively, under 
their respective corporate seals; and the approaches 
to the said Bridge on the southern side thereof, 
shall be constructed in such manner as not to in- 
terfere prejudicially with any works that may be 
executed under the powers of the said last-men- 
tioned Acts, or either of them; and all such ap- 
proaches on the lands above mentioned, and the 
works connected therewith, shall be completed to 
the reasonable satisfaction of the engineers of the 
said Companies respectively.” 

Pr. 29. 1.33. After “ shall” insert “ previous 
to opening the said bridge to the public.” 

Pr. 36. 1. 2. Leave out from “just” to “ And” 
in |, 15. and insert Clause (D.) 

Cuause (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That if any 
person interested as aforesaid shall be absent from 
the kingdom, or shall refuse to accept the amount 
of compensation which may be awarded to him, 
or neglect or fail to make out a title, or if he re- 
fuse to convey or release such interests as afore- 
“‘ said as directed by the promoters of the Under- 
taking, or if any such person be absent from the 
kingdom, or cannot, after diligent inquiry, be 
“ found, it shall be lawful for the Trustees to de- 
posit the compensation payable in respect of such 
interests as aforesaid, or any interest thereon, in 
“ the Bank, in the name and with the privity of the 
“ Accountant-General in the Court of Chancery in 

England, or the Court of Exchequer in Ireland, 

to be placed, except in the cases herein otherwise 
“ provided for, to his account there, to the credit of 
the parties interested (describing them so far as 
the Trustees can do), subject to the control and 
disposition of the said court.” 

Pr. 66. 1. 23. After “ Act” insert “ or in any 
“ or either of the recited Acts.” 

Pr. 68. 1.37. After “ the” insert “ said.” 
Pr. 92. 1.3. Leave out from “ court” to “ and” 
in Pr, 93. 1. 17. 

Pr. 96. 1. 33. After “ court” insert “ and in 
the event of any work being commenced or com- 
pleted under the powers in this Act, or the said 
recited Wexford Harbour Improvement Act, 
1846, and of any question arising as to whether 
the same or any portion thereof shall have been 
undertaken, proceeded with or constructed ac- 
cording to or in conformity with the provisions of 
“ this and the said recited Act, or either of them, it 
“ shall be lawful for the said Lord High Admiral, 
or the Commissioners for executing the Office of 
“ Lord High Admiral for the time being, to deter- 
mine every such question ; and any certificate ap- 
“ proving of or consenting thereto, under the hand of 
“ the Secretary of the Admiralty, shall be deemed 
and taken to all intents and purposes as conclu- 
sive evidence that the work to which such ap- 
proval or consent refers is in accordance with the 
' said provisions.” 

Pr. 101. 1. 5. After “ 1847” insert Clause (E.) 

Cuavuse (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
herein contained shall prejudice, diminish, alter, 
take away, affect or interfere with any of the 
rights, powers, privileges and authorities now 
“ vested in and enjoyed by the Waterford, Wex- 
“ ford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway Company, or 
“ the Wexford, Carlow and Dublin Junction Rail- 


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“ way Company, or either of them, under and by 
“ virtue of the several Acts of Parliament now in 
“ force relating to such Companies respectively, but 
“ all such rights, powers, privileges and authorities 
“ shall remain as fully to all intents and purposes 
“ as if this Act had not been passed.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the Amendment in Pr. 23. 
1, penult. was to provide against the imposition of 
any toll whereby the Bridge should cease to be a 
Free Bridge, as intended by this House), were 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Grogan do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
— to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented College of 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Surgeons. 


to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copy of a Letter from the President of the 
College of Surgeons of England, to the Secretary 
of State, written in March 1846, and of the Answer 
of the Secretary of State to such Letter. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


A Petition of French and other Foreign Subjects guernsey. 


residing in or trading to the island of Guernsey, 
stating that they have been, and are at present, much 
aggrieved and injured in their commercial inter- 
course with and dealings in the island of Guernsey, 
by being in their character of foreigners charged 
with various dues from which the natives of the 
said island are exempt, such dues being imposed 
and levied by the local authorities; that as under 
treaties between the United Kingdom and the se- 
veral countries to which the Petitioners respectively 
belong, the subjects of the United Kingdom are, in 
regard to their ships and goods, placed on the same 
footing as the subjects of the said countries, and 
as the natives of Guernsey are, as subjects of the 
United Kingdom, admitted to the full benefit of the 
said treaties, it appears to the Petitioners that it is 
a direct violation of the reciprocity intended to be 
established by the said treaties, that they should 
be charged as aforesaid with dues from which the 
natives of Guernsey are exempt ; and praying that 
the House will be pleased to adopt measures for 
causing the treaties aforesaid to be duly executed 
in that island, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Association Bishoprick of 
for promoting a reform in the ecclesiastical provi- &lt;a 
sion for the parish of Manchester, pra ing that the * 


House will introduce a clause into the Bishoprick of 
Manchester, &amp;c., Bill, whereby the present and an 
future revenues of the parish of Manchester shall 
be retained exclusively for the spiritual wants of 
that parish, and that such other provision in relation 
thereto shall be made as the House may see fit, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of John Merewether, Doctor in Divi- 
nity, Dean of the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary 
and Saint Ethelbert, in Hereford, taking notice of 
the said Bill, and praying the House, if it should 
not see fit to augment the income of the Deanery of 
Hereford to an equality with others, not to reduce 
it below the sum of 1,359/..2s. 6d., which is the 
average annual amount of the last seven years, was 
also presented, and read ; and ordered lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Clerk of the Health of 
Commissioners for the Improvement of the town of Towns Bill. 


South Shields, praying that the Health of Towns 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was 





presented, 


RRR eros ~ arr ae 


Kilglass 
Parish. 


Polling at 
Elections 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Post-office. 


Thames 
Conservancy 
Bill. 


Bishoprick of 
Manchester, 
&amp;c, Bill. 





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1 a and read; and ordered to lie upon the | 
able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Kil- 
glass, inthe county of Roscommon, stating that their 
parish is divided into two electoral divisions, namely, 
Gittstown and Kilglass, one of these divisions 1s 
annexed to the Elphin committee, which meet in 
Elphin, several miles from the greater portion of 
that division, and the other to the Kilnure com- 
mittee, nearly eight miles from it; that itis utterly 
impossible for those appointed to act on those relief 
committees to attend severally to both, and much 
more so for those seeking relief to travel to them 
such a distance, and praying the House to adopt 
means immediately to have a distinct and indepen- 
dent committee formed under the Temporary Relief 
Act for these two divisions; that such committee be 
composed of the five clergymen connected with 
these divisions, of the four Poor Law Guardians, of 
the six highest ratepayers and the relief ae apes. 
officer of the Union, was presented, and read; an 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Patrick Balfe, of Bruslanstown, in 
the parish of Drumconra, in the county of Meath, 


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praying the House not to pass the Polling at Elec- 
tions (Jreland) Bill, unaccompanied by vote by 
ballot, and that the number of places for registering 
votes may be increased, and that the hours for 
closing the registry hereafter may not be so early as 
eleven o’clock in the morning; also, that a sessions 
for renewing and registering votes may be held 
previous to the election, at some few other conve- 
nient places besides in the usual sessions towns, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of Robert Grapes, of No. 4, Cum- 
berland-buildings, Cumberland-street, John-street, 
Blackfriars Bridge-road, in the county of Surrey, 
late a General Post Letter-carrier in the General 
Post-office, stating he was appointed to the situation 
of a General Post Letter-carrier on the thirtieth day 
of March One thousand eight hundred and forty, 
and continued in that capacity until the third day 
of July One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, 
during the whole of ads time no com faint or 
charge of misconduct or neglect of duty had been 
preferred against him, except when at Christmas, 
One thousand eight hundred and forty-six, the 
Petitioner was suspended from pay, but not from 
duty, on a charge of writing a circular _—— 
the Christmas-boxes of the Letter-carriers, whic 
charge was pgp shown to be untrue, another 
erson being really the author; that on the third 
instant he was dismissed Her Majesty’s service, with- 
out any formal information why, and wholly contrary 
to the usual practice; also stating circumstances 
relative to certain officers of the Post-office ; and 
raying the House to institute a searching inquiry 
into the allegations of his Petition, as well as into 
every circumstance connected with the late inves- 
tigation before Mr. Peacock, when the Petitioner 
will undertake to prove the truth of the statements 
contained in his Petition, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


_A Petition of Members of the Steam Ship Asso- 
ciation, praying that the Z’hames Conservancy Bill 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was 


as and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Bishoprick of Manchester, kc. Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock ; 

Vor. 102. 





859 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “Twelve,” in 
order to insert the word “ Five” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ Twelve” stand part of the Question :—The said 
proposed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time, 
To-morrow, at Twelve of the clock. 


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That Answer to 
their several Addresses of the 2d, 5th, 8th and 9th Addresses. 
days of this instant July, (that Her Majesty would 
be graciously pleased to give directions that the 
Papers therein mentioned might be laid before this 
House) had been presented to Her Majesty; and 
that Her Majesty frad commanded him to acquaint 
this House, that She will give directions accord- 
ingly. 


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to Marriage 
an Address to Her Majesty,—Copy of any Com- Comission. 
mission issued by Her Majesty, to inquire into the 
state of the Law relating to Marriages in the Queen’s 
Dominions and in Foreign Countries. 

Sir William Somerville also presented, pursuant to Turnpike 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Abstracts of Trusts. 
the General Statements of the Income and Expendi- 
ture of the several Turnpike Trusts in England and 
Wales, for the year 1845. 

Sir William Somerville also presented, pursuant Lough Corrib 
to Order,—Copies of the Answer furnished by the Improvement 
Board of Public Works in Ireland, to the Proceed- C°™P*"Y- 
ings instituted and Bills filed against the Board, by 
the Lough Corrib Improvement Company ; together 
with Copies of the several Documents referred to in 
such Answer. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed China. 
to take into consideration the present state of our No, 654. 
Commercial Relations with China have power to 
report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Viscount Sandon reported from the said Select 
Committee ; That they had considered the matters 
to them referred, and directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House, together with the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Ships mort- Ships mort- 
gaged, which was presented upon the 4th day of gaged. 
une last, be printed. No. 655. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Imports Imports and 
or ( pt a which was presented upon ‘cuba. i 
pe ee No. 656. 
Ordered, That the Account relative to Sugar, &amp;c., Sugar, &amp;c. 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. No. 657. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply ; 
mittee of Supply ; 

Ordered, That the Account of Monies in the Exe Account 
chequer, or remaining to be raised, on the 29th day ot ee om 
of May 1847, to complete the Aids granted by pychequer. 
Parliament for the Service of the Years 1845 and 
1846, which was presented upon the 4th day of 
June last, be referred to the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Houses of 
thousand five hundred and fifteen pounds, be granted Parliament. 
to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year One thousand 
eight hundred and Forty-seven, the Expense of pro- 
viding temporary Accommodation for the Houses of 
Parliament. 





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Convicts in 
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Drainage, 
(Ireland. ) 


Distress in 
Ireland. 


Supplies of 
former years. 


Ways and 
Means ; 


Accounts 
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Unfunded 
Debt. 


Monies in the 
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2. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding Ten thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, on account of Port Patrick Har- 
bour, in the year One thousand eight hundred and 
Forty-seven ; 

The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the Yeas, { oo tg jus. 
Tellers for the Noes, { a — } 4, 


3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twelve 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray Expenses for the Maintenance of Convicts 
in Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five thou- 
sand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray, in the year 1847, one moiety of 
the Cost of executing further Works of Navigation 
in Jreland connected with Drainage. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six hun- 
dred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
towards defraying the Expenses which will probably 
be incurred for the Relief of Distress in Jreland dur- 
ing the year ending on the 31st day of March 1848. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five hun- 
dred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to discharge the like Amount of Supplies granted 
for the Service of the year 1846, or for any preceding 
year. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Greene also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Ordered, That the Account of the Unfunded Debt 
of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Demands 
outstanding, on 5th January 1847; distinguishing 
Exchequer Bills ; Sums remaining unpaid, charged 
upon the Aids granted by Parliament ; and Exche- 
quer Bills to be issued out of the Consolidated Fund ; 
and distinguishing also such part of the Unfunded 
Debt and Demands as has been provided for by 
Parliament ; together with an Account of the Ways 
and Means remaining in the Exchequer, or to be 
received on the 5th January 1847, to repay such 
part of the Unfunded Debt and Demands outstand- 
ing as have been provided for; with Appendixes, 
which was presented upon the 25th day of March 
last, be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of Monies in the Ex- 
chequer, or remaining to be raised, on the 29th day 
of May 1847, to complete the Aids granted by Par- 
liament for the Service of the years 1845 and 1846, 
which was presented upon the 4th day of June last, 
be referred to the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee, 

(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That towards making good the Sup- 
ply granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Fifteen 
millions three hundred and forty-two thousand and 
ninety pounds eighteen shillings and eight-pence, 
be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

2. Resolved, That towards making good the Sup- 
ply granted to Her Majesty, there be issued and 
ae to the Service of the year 1847, the Sum of 

ighty thousand six hundred and eighteen pounds 
eight shillings and one penny, being the Surplus of 
Ways and Means granted for the Service of pre- 
ceding years, 








A. 1847. 


3. Resolved, That towards making good the Sup- Transfer of 
ply granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Five hun- Aids. 
dred thousand pounds, part of the Sum in the Ex- 
chequer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ireland, or remaining to be raised, on the 29th 
day of May 1847, to complete the Aids granted by 
Parliament for the Service of the years 1845 and 
1846, be applied to the Service of the year 1847. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Greene also acquainted the House, That he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- New Zealand 

= That the Order of the day, for the Second (No. 2.) Bill. 
reading of the New Zealand (No. 2.) Bill, be now 

read ; 





A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell Message from 

and Mr. Brougham: the Lords. 
Mr. fake, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to empower the Midland Midland Rail- 
Railway Company to extend the Line of their No¢- way (Exten- 
tingham and Lincoln Railway, at Lincoln, and to ed dl 
make a Branch Railway to their Lincola Station: and Lincoln 

ie 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize certain De- midland Rail- 
viations in the Line of the Syston and Peterborough way (Syston 
Branch of the Midland Railway, and the Formation eee 
of a Road or Approach to the intended Manion Sta- Deviations , 


tion there: And also, and Approach 
to Manton 
Station) Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An gtockport 
Act to purchase and define the Manorial and Mar- Manorial Tolls 
ket Rights of Stockport, to establish Public Parks, and Bridges 
to purchase or lease Waterworks, to build Bridges, 
and to make other Communications within the Bo- 
rough of Stockport, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Great North- 
Act to enable the Great Northern Railway Company er Railway 
to make a Branch Railway near Sutton, in Lincoln- rag oll 
shire, with Amendments; to which Amendments Bill, 

the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Rathmines 
Act for better paving, cleansing, draining, regulating, Improvement 
lighting and improving the District of Rathmines, - 
Mount Pleasant, Ranelagh, Cullenswood, Milltown, 

Rathgar and Haroldscross, and such other Portions 

of the Parish of Saint Peter, within the Barony of 
Uppercross, in the County of Dublin, and for other- 

wise promoting the Health and Convenience of the 
Inhabitants, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 

ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 

House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Tyne Docks 
Act for making Docks at Jarrow Slake, in the River Bul. 

Tyne, with Amendments: to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Manchester 
Act for making a Railway from Southport, through — 
Wigan, to Pendleton, near Manchester, with several ndne Bill. 
Branches, to be called The Manchester and South- 
port Railway, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Passingham’s 
to authorize the Construction of a Canal on the Estate Bill. 





Estates 





EarlofDevon’s 
Estate Bill. 


Messages to 
the Lords. 


Messages to 
the Lords. 


New Zealand 
(No. 2.) Bill. 





11 Vicroriz. 


Estates devised by the Will of the late Mr. Jonathan 
Passingham, for the Transport of Bricks manufac- 
tured on such Estates, and to enable the Trustees 
of the Will to complete the Purchase of an adjoining 
Estate contracted for by them, and for other Pur- 
poses ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for enabling certain Estates in Ireland, of the Right 
honourable William Earl of Devon, deceased, to be 
sold, and the Proceeds arising therefrom, after Pay- 
ment of certain Charges and Incumbrances, to be 
applied in Payment or towards Reduction of the 
Charges and Incumbrances affecting the Family 
and other Estates in England, late of the said Earl 
of Devon, and for authorizing the raising, by Mort- 
gage of the Estates in Jreland, until sold, of u 
limited Sum of Money, to be applied under the Di- 
rection of the High Court of Chancery in England, 
in or towards permanently improving the said 
Estates in Jreland, and for making Provision for 
the Liquidation and Payment of the Principal Mo- 
nies and Interest, and for other Purposes ; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 
And also, 

The Lords desire a present Conference with this 
House on the subject of Messages from this House 
to their Lordships: — And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House doth agree toa Confer- 
ence with the Lords, as desired by their Lordships. 

And the Messengers were again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith:—And then 
they again withdrew, 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to 
manage the Conference:—And a Committee was 
gee of Lord John Russell, Sir George Grey, 

r. Attorney General, Sir James Graham, Sir 
George Clerk, Mr. Evelyn Denison, Mr. Brother- 
ton, Mr. Robert Palmer, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 
Sir Robert Peel, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 
Mr. Wilson Patten, Lord George Bentinck, Mr. 
Goulburn, Sir William Somerville, Mr. Christopher 
and Mr. Hume. 

Then the names of the Managers were called 
over, and they went to the Conference ; and being 
returned ; 

Lord John Russell reported, That the Managers 
had been at the Conference, which was managed 
on the part of the Lords by the Duke of Richmond, 
and that the Lords had communicated the following 
Resolutions, which have been adopted by their 
Lordships’ House: 

1st. That the Lords are willing to receive from 
the Commons in one Message all Commons’ Bills, 
when first brought up to this House; all Lords’ 
Bills returned from the House of Commons without 
any Amendment made thereto, and all Commons’ 
Bills returned therefrom with the Lords’ Amend- 
ments thereto agreed to, without any Amendment ; 
a List of such Bills, with a Statement of the assent 
of the Commons thereto, being brought by the 
Messengers from the House of Commons, and de- 
livered, together with the Bills so brought up. 

2d. That whereas, by custom heretofore, a!] Mes- 
sages from the House of Commons to the House of 
Lords have been attended by eight Members of 
the House of Commons; and whereas the attend- 
ance of so many may occasionally be inconvenient 
to the Members of the said House, the Lords desire 
to communicate to the Commons their willingness 
to receive such Messages, when brought up by five 
Members only; to which they desire the concur- 
rence of the Commons. 


And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Order of the day, for the Second Reading of the New 
Zealand(No.2.) Bill, be now read :— The said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

VoL. 102. 


12° Julee. 


861 


Ordered, That the Resolutions relative te Mes- 
sages to the Lords, which were communicated from 
the Lords at the Conference held this day, be referred 
to a Select Committee. 

Ordered, That the Managers who managed the 
Conference be the Members of the said Select Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Committee have power to send 
for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, 'That Five be the Quorum. 


The Earl of Devon’s Estate Bill was read the 
first time ; and referred to the Examiners of Peti- 
tions for Private Bills. 


Committee of the House, for To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the ingrossed Bill for the Protection of 
Mussel Fisheries in Scotland ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third. 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz., To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—The said 
proposed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill for giving further Facilities for 
the Transmission of Letters by Post, and for the 
regulating the Duties of Postage thereon ; and for 
other Purposes relating to the Post-office, was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Grain, Potatoes, Meal, Flour, Biscuit, and certain 
other similar Articles, from any Country, in any 
Ships, was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Donlond, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to allow, until the First day of 
March One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
eight, the Importation of Cor, Maize, Rice, Grain, 
Potatoes, Meal, Flour, Biscuit, and certain other 
similar Articles, from any Country, in any Ships. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Trustees for the Herring Fishery, 
Application of the Funds granted for the Promotion 
of Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland, 
was, according to Order, read the third time ; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


mittee on the Qualification of Peers (Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged, 


(Ireland), &amp;c. Bill: 
to a Committee of the whole House ;—The House 





SRS immediately 


Messages to 
the Lords. 


Earl of 


Devon's Estate 
Bill. 


The New Zealand (No. 2.) Bill was, according to New Zealand 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a (N®% 2.) Bill. 


Mussel 
Fisheries 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Post-office 
Bill. 


The ingrossed Bill to allow, for a Time te be Navigation 
limited, the Importation of Corn, Maize, Rice, (No. 2.) Bill. 


The ingrossed Bill to increase the Number of the Herring 


H Fishery (Scot- 
and to direct the land) Bill 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Qualification 
of Peers 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Mr. Greene reported the Constabulary Force Constabulary 


. . : Force (Ire- 
And the Bill was re-committed land), &amp;c. Bill, 





862 12° Juliz. 


immediately resolved itself into the said Committee ; 
and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Recovery of Mr. Greene reported the Recovery of Public 
Public Monies Monies (Ireland) Bill; and the Amendments were 
(Ireland) Bill. oad, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Destitute Per- The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
sons (Ireland) into a Committee upon the Destitute Persons (Jre- 
(No. 3.) Bilt Jand) (No. 3.) Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Greene reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 

unto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Public Works The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

Cireland) Bill into a Committee upon the Public Works and 
Drainage (Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Greene reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Militia Pay The Militia Pay Bill was, according to Order, 
Bill. read asecond time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


LondonBridge The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

— into a Committee upon the London Bridge Ap- 

ae proaches Fund Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Greene reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow, 


Trustees The Trustees Relief Bill was, according to Order, 
Relief Bill. read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Canal Com- The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
panies Bill. into a Committee upon the Canal Companies Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and‘ 

made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Copyright The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
(Colonies) = jnto a Committee upon the Copyright (Colonies) 
_ Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 

made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Commons The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

oan Reading of the Commons Inclosure, (No. 3.) Bill; 

me Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 

Bankruptcy The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


and Insolvency into a Committee upon the Bankruptcy and In- 
= solvency Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Crauss, No. 1. (That the Court of Review in 
Bankruptcy and the Offices of the Chief Judge and 





A. 1847. 


other Judges of the Court of Bankruptcy be abo- 
lished) : 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the Yeas, = 7, — } 44; 
Tellers for the Noes, - Fenlog : } 37. 


Crausez, N° 2, (Jurisdiction of the Court of Re- 
view transferred to a Vice-Chancellor). 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill: 

The Committee divided : 


Tellers for thef Mr. Tufnell, 47 
Yeas, Mr. Rich: } . 
Tellers for thef Lord John Manners, , 40 
Noes. Mr. D’Israeli : oo 


Cuiavusss, N° 3 to N° 12, agreed to. 
Cause, N° 13, amended, and agreed to. 
Crausss, N° 14 to Ne 20, agreed to. 


Clause (And whereas the delay which sometimes 
takes place in procuring an Order from a judge of 
one of the Superior Courts to hold a defendant to 
bail, and in issuing a Capias thereon, is injurious to 
creditors; Be it Pneted, That if a plaintiff in any 
action in any of Her Majesty’s Superior Courts of 
Law at Westminster, or Her Majesty’s Court of 
Common Pleas at Lancaster, or the Court of Pleas 
for the county palatine of Durham, or the Borough 
Court of Liverpool, for the recovery of a debt, or 
the creditor of any debtor who shall enter into an 
undertaking immediately to commence such an 
action, shall, by the affidavit of himself or some 
other person, show, to the satisfaction of any judge 
of any of the county courts aforesaid, or any one 
of Her Majesty’s Commissioners for the district 
courts of Bankruptcy, that he has a cause of action 
against such defendant or debtor to the amount of 
twenty pounds or upwards, or has sustained damage 
to that amount, and that there is probable cause for 
believing that such defendant or debtor is about to 
quit England, unless he be forthwith apprehended, 
it shall be lawful for such judge to issue his warrant, 
directed to such person or persons as he shall think 
fit, whereby such person or persons shall have 
authority to arrest any such defendant or debtor 
named in such warrant, wherever he may be found 
within the limits of the jurisdiction of such judge, 
and him safely keep for five days then next, or until 
such defendant or debtor shall have given a bail 
bond to the sheriff, or shall have made deposit of 
the amount of the debt or damages mentioned in 
such warrant, together with ten pounds for costs, 
according to the present practice of Her Majesty’s 
Superior Courts of Law at Westminster, or Her Ma- 
jesty’s Court of Common Pleas at Lancaster, or the 
Court of Pleas for the county palatine of Durham, or 
the Borough Court of Liverpool, when a defendant 
is in custody upon a writ of Capias, or until an order 
for holding such defendant or debtor to bail can be 
obtained under the provisions of an Act passed in 
the Session of Parliament held in the first and 
second years of the reign of Her present Majesty, 
intituled, “ An Act for abolishing Arrest on Mesne 
Process in Civil Actions, except in certain cases ; 
for extending the Remedies of Creditors against 
the Property of Debtors ; and for amending the 
Laws for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in Eng- 
land,”) offered. 


Whereupon the Chairman expressed his opinion 
that the Clause did not come within the ‘Title of 
Bill. 


Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 





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reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Wed- 
nesday next. 


Insolvent 
Debtors Bill. the Report on the Insolvent Debtors Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Wed- 
nesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 


Thames The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Conservancy mittee on the Thames Conservancy Bill; 

_ Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Joint Stock Companies (No. 2.) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Joint Steck 
Companies 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Trust Monies 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Investment 
Bill. 


into a Committee upon the Trust Monies Invest- 
ment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 13° die Juliit, 1847: 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
‘Lords 


Passengers 
Act Amend- consideration the Amendments made by the 
ment Bill, —_ to the Passengers Act Amendment Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration this day. 


Poor Removal Mr. Greenereported the Poor Removal Act Amend- 
Act Amend- ment (No, 2.) Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
Bart A® 2) and agreed to. 
. Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


Fever The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Hospitals Bill. Reading of the Fever Hospitals Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Judgment pronounced by the Court of 
cenit “2d Chamber, Jreland, in the case of Dickson 
versus Pape. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
enabling Conveyances to be made of the Estate and 
Interest of Elizabeth Goddard (who is of unsound 
Mind) in Landsand Tenements, a Partition or Division 
whereof is directed by a Decree of the High Court 
of Chancery made ina Cause, Whitmore v. Goddard, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Dickson v. 
Pape. 


Goddard’s 
Estate Bill. 


Passingham’s Estate Bill was read the first time, 
and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 

Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit, 
and proceed, To-morrow. 


Passingham’s 
Estate Bill, 


Punishment 
of Vagrants, 
&amp;e. (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Sir William Somerville reported from the Com- 
mittee appointed to draw up Reasons, to be offered 
to the Lords at a Conference, for disagreeing to the 
Amendments made by their Lordships to the Punish. 
ments of Vagrants, &amp;c. (Ireland) Bill; That they had 
drawn up a Reason accordingly, which they had 
directed him to report to the House ; and the same 
was read, as followeth: 


The Commons disagree to the Amendments 
made by the Lords, for the following Reason : 
Because the relief authorized by law to be given 


to Destitute Poor Persons in Ireland, is 
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12°—-13° Julie. 


863 


given not in electoral or Relief Districts, but 
in Unions, and consequently there is not the 
same ground for subjecting persons to Con- 
viction and Punishment, as Vagrants going 
only from one Electoral or Relief District to 
another, as from one Union to another, for 
the purpose of obtaining Relief. 


The said Reason, being read a second time, was 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords, upon the subject-matter of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the said Bill: And that 
Sir William Somerville do go to the Lords, and desire 
the said Conference, 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
half an hour after Twelve of the clock on 
Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 











Martis, 13° die Julit ; 
Anno 11° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


Mé Greene reported from the Committee of supply; 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, 
as follow: 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Houses of 
thousand five hundred and fifteen pounds, be granted Parliament. 
to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 1847, the 
Expense of providing temporary Accommodation 
for the Houses of Parliament. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten Port Patrick 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on Harbour. 
account of Port Patrick Harbour, in the year 1847. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twelve Convicts in 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Ireland. 
defray Expenses for the Maintenance of Convicts 
in Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1848. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Drainage 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her Ireland.) 
Majesty, to defray, in the year 1847, one moiety of 
the Cost of executing further Works of Navigation 
in Jre/and connected with Drainage. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six hun- Distress in 
dred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, len. 
towards defraying the Expenses which will probably 
be incurred for the Relief of Distress in Ireland 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1848. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Supplies of 
hundred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Soren Tears. 
Majesty, to discharge the like amount of Supplies 
granted for the Service of the year 1846, or for any 
preceding year. , : 

The said Resolutions being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Ways Ways and 
and Means several Resolutions ; which were read, Means; 
as follow: 

1. Resolved, That, towards making good the etitnnet 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Fifteen *"™" 
million three hundred and forty-two thousand and 
ninety pounds eighteen shillings and eight pence, 
be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

2. Resolved, That towards making good the Sup- ag - 
ply granted to Her Majesty, there be issued and 4°70.%" 
applied to the Service of the year 1847, the Sum of 
Kighty thousand six hundred and eighteen pounds 
eight shillings and one penny, being the Surplus of 
Wein and Means granted for the Service of pre- 
ceding years. ; 

3. Resolved, That towards making good the Sup- pa of 
ply granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Five hun- “"" 
dred thousand pounds, part of the Sum in the Ex- 
chequer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, or remaining to be raised on the 29th 

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day of May 1847, to complete the Aids granted by 
Parliament for the Service of the years 1845 and 
1846, be applied to the Service of the year 1847. 
The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolutions: And that Mr. Greene, the Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Parker, do prepare, and 
bring it in. 
Recovery of The ingrossed Bill to facilitate the Recovery of 
Greland) Bill Public Monies advanced for the Relief of Distress 
in Ireland, by the Employment of the Labouring 
Poor, was, according to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Consolidated Mr. Greene presented a Bill to apply a Sum out 

Fund Bil. the Conslidated Fund, and certain other Sums, to 
the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty-seven: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


Bishoprick of | The Order of the day being read, for the Second 

wane? Reading of the Bishoprick of Manchester, &amp;c. Bill; 

—— And a Motion being made, and the Question being 

proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 

Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 

the end of the Question, in order to add the words 

““ at this late period of the Session, it is not expe- 

dient to proceed with a measure which, involviug 

new and important principles deserving of the 

“ utmost consideration, would be more fitly dis- 

cussed in another Session of Parliament, on the 

“ introduction of a general and comprehensive 

scheme for increasing the efficiency of the church, 

and lessening the spiritual destitution of the peo- 
“ ple,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
ay to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—The said rete Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for ther Mr. Tufnell, lisa 

Yeas, Mr. Rich: a 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hume, 15 

Noes. \ Mr. Thomas Duncombe: { ~~" 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time, and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Thursday next. 


Thames Con- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
servancy Bill. mittee on the Thames Conservancy Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


New Zealand The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(No. 2.) Bill. mittee on the New Zealand (No. 2.) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, after the Notices 
of Motions, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Constabulary | The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
Force(Ireland) the Report on the Constabulary Force (Zreland), 
So. Ba &amp;e. Bill; 
Ordered, That the Report be received after the 
Notices of Motions, 


A. 1847. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Destitute Per- 
the Report on the Destitute Persons (Ireland) sons (Ireland) 
(No. 3.) Bill; (No. 3.) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be received after the 
Notices of Motions. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Public Works 
the Report on the Public Works and Drainage yon 9 
(Ireland) Bill ; saneae 

Ordered, That the Report be received after the 
Notices of Motions. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Militia Pay 

mittee on the Militia Pay Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, after the Notices 

of Motions, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the London Bridge 
Report on the London Bridge Approaches Bill; Approaches 
Ordered, That the Report be received after the 
Notices of Motions. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Trustees 

mittee on the Trustees Relief Bill; Relief Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, after the Notices 

of Motions, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Canal Com- 
the Report on the Canal Companies Bill ; panies Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be received after the 
Notices of Motions. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Copyright 
Report on the Copyright Colonies Bill ; (Colonies) 

Ordered, That the Report be received after the _ 
Notices of Motions. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second Commons In- 
Reading of the Commons Inclosure (No. 3.) Bill ; closure(No. 3.) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the Notices of Motions. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Trust Monies 
the Report on the Trust Monies Investment Bill; Investment 

Ordered, That the Report be received after the Bil 
Notices of Motions. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Passengers 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords Act Amend- 
to the Passengers Act Amendment Bill; ment OE. 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration after the Notices of Motions. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Poor Removal 
Reading of the Poor Removal Act Amendment A¢t Amend- 
(No. 2.) Bill; =” 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
after the Notices of Motions. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Exchequer Exchequer 





Bills, which was presented upon the 21st day of Bills 
June last, be printed. No. 658. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Marriage Marriage 
Commission, which was presented yesterday, be Commission. 
printed. . No. 659. 


Mr. Maltby, from the Trinity House, was called Lighthouses, 
in; and at the bar, presented, pursuant to the di- &amp;c. 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—A Return of 
the Receipt and Application of all Monies received 
as Tolls for Lighthouses, &amp;c., in the year ending 
31st December 1845, by the Corporation of Trinity 
House of Deptford Strond:—And then he with- 
drew. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Pri- Earlof Devon's 
vate Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, this day, on Estate Bill 





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Pablic Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
Petitions on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
—. Petitions presented upon the 8th, 9th and 10th 
Pin days of this instant July, and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 





Committee of | Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 

Selection. mittee of Selection, to — the Committee on 
Oldmizxon’s (or Lyon’s) Estate Bill to meet upon 
Friday next. 


Oldmixon’s(or Ordered, That the Committee on Oldmizxon’s (or 
Lyon's) Estate Zyon’s) Estate Bill have leave to make their Report 
_ upon Friday next. 


Committee of | Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
Selection. mittee of Selection, to appoint the Committee on 
Gillespie’s Estate Bill to meet upon Friday next. 


Gillespic’s Ordered, That the Committee on Gillespie’s Es- 
Estate Bill. tate Bill have leave to make their Report upon 
Friday next. 


Committee of | Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 

Selection. mittee of Selection, to appoint the Committee on 
the Northam Bridge Company’s Estate Bill to meet 
upon Friday next. 


Northam Ordered, That the Committee on the Wortham 
Bridge Com- Bridge Company’s Estate Bill have leave to make 
pu = their Report upon Friday next. 


Salisbury and The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Yeovil Rail- consideration the Report on the Salisbury and 
wy oe Yeovil Railway Bill; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into considera- 
tion upon Thursday next. 


Great Western The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway (Ex- the Report on the Great Western Railway (Exten- 
+n gay sion of the Berks and Hants Railway from Hunger- 
Hants Rail- ford to Westbury, with a Branch to Devizes) Bill. 
— — . And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
to Westbury, Proposed, That the Amendments made by the Com- 
with a Branch mittee to the Bill be now read a second time; 
to Devizes) An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
oe. Question, by leaving out from the word “ That’ to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words, 
“‘ there be laid before this House, Copies of the 
“ Memorial,and of the Papers and Sections annexed 
“ thereto, from the Inhabitants of the town of 
“ Devizes and its neighbourhood to the Right 
“ honourable Lord John Russell, mM. p., as the First 
“ Lord of the Treasury, and to the other Right 
honourable Members of Her Majesty’s Govern- 
ment, relative to and for the placing of the town 
of Devizes on the main line of the Great Western 
“ Railway (Extension of the Berks and Hants Rail- 
“ way from Hungerfordto Westbury with a Branch 
“ to Devizes), presented in February last to their 
“‘ Lordships, for consideration and redress, by Mr. 
“ Ludlow Bruges, m.P., through the Right honour- 
able the Commissioners of Railways :—Also, of 
the several names or signatures of the Memorial- 
ists, and their respective residences and descrip- 
tions signed to and appearing on such Memorial : 
—Also, Copy of the Letter afterwards written and 
“ sent by Mr. Ludlow Bruges, m. p., to their Lord- 
ships, in reference thereto:—And also, of their 
“ Lordships’ Letter, dated on or about the 8th of 
“ March last, by their Secretary, Mr. C. E. Tre- 
velyan, to Mr. Ludlow Bruges, M. P., in answer 
‘“* thereto ; in order that facts and matter stated in 
“ such Memorial of the Inhabitants of Devizes, and 
“ the prayer of such Memorial, shall be submitted 
“‘ to the consideration of the House at the same 
“ time when the Report of the Committee on 
“ Group 6, on the Great Western Railway (Ex- 
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“ tension of the Berks and Hants Railway from 
“ Hungerford to Westbury with a Branch to 
“ Devizes), shall be submitted to the consideration 
‘¢ of the House,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question: 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Committee to the Bill be now read a second time: 
—The said Amendments were accordingly read a 
second time, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House preceeded to take into consideration London and 
the Report on the London and South Western Rail- South Western 
way Bill; and the Amendments were read, and Railway Bill. 
agreed to ; and Amendmeuts were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed, and read the third time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Exeter, Yeovil Exeter, Yeovil 
and Dorchester Railway and Branches Bill be taken inne 
into consideration To-morrow. and Branches 
Bill. 

The Order made upon Friday last, That it be an Committee of 
Instruction to the Committee of Selection, to appoint Selection. 
the Committee on the Edinburgh and Bathgate 
Railway (Deviation and Amendment) (No. 2.) Bill 
to sit, and proceed, upon Tuesday next, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, that they have power to treat the 
said Bill as any other unopposed Bill, notwithstand- 
ing any thing to the contrary contained in the Reso- 
lutions of the House of the 3d day of February last, 
relative to Railway Bills; and that they be further 
empowered to appoint the Committee on the Bill to 
sit, and proceed, upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Edinburgh Edinburghand 
and Bathgate Railway (Deviation and Amendment) sa 
(No. 2.) Bill have leave to make their Report upon yistiorand 
Thursday next. Amendment) 

(No. 2.) Bill. 

Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from EarlofDevon’s 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Estate Bill. 
Private Bills ; That in the case of the Earl of Devon’s 
Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Passingham’s 
Mr. May, one the Examiners of Petitions for Estate Bill. 
Private Bills; That in the case of Passingham’s 
Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bristol and 
the Report on the Bristol and Exeter Railway Exeter Rail- 
(Branch from Bleadon to Wells, Glastonbury and ¥¥ Qranch 
Street) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and to Wells, 
agreed to. Glastonbury 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, trae 


be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bristol and 
the Report on the Bristol and Exeter Railway a 
(Taunton and Castle Carey Brauch) Bill; and the ).) — 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. Carey Branch) 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Bill. 


be ingrossed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell Message from 

and Mr. Wingfield: the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for paving, lighting, Tunstall 
watching, cleansing and otherwise impoving the Paving, Light- 
Town and Neighbourhood of Tunstall, in the County Watching, » 
of Stafford, and for improving and regulating the Improvement 
Market Place and Markets therein : mn Market 

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Lytham Im- A Bill, intituled, An Act for paving, lighting, 

provement = watching, draining, cleansing, regulating and other- 

— wise improving the Town of Lytham, in the County 
Palatine of Lancaster, for supplying the Inhabitants 
thereof with Water, and for establishing and regu- 
lating a Market and Market Places therein: 


Liverpoo! Fire _ A Bill, intituled, An Act to change the Name of 
and Life the Liverpool Fire and Life Insurance Company, 
Insurance , and for other Purposes relating thereto : 


Company Bil 
Edinburgh A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Edinburgh 
and Northern and Northern Railway Company to make a Deviation 
virenck from #24 Extension of their Branch Railway to Dun- 
Burntisland fermline, to make another Railway from their Sérath- 
toDunfermline earn Deviation Railway to the Scottish Central 
ino 2 Bill) Railway, and to make an Alteration in the manner 
sa of constructing the said Branch and Strathearn 
Deviation across certain Roads : 


York and A Bill, intituled, An Act for enabling the York 
—-" and North Midland Railway Company to make a 
json A Railway from their Church Fenton and Harrogate 


Branch, Bo- Branch to Knaresborough and Boroughbridge : And 
roughbridge also 

and Knares- ? 

borough Extension) Bill. 


York and The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

North Midland Act to authorize the Purchase by the York and North 

Riding’ Conals Midland Railway Company of the Interests of the 

Purchase) Bill. Shareholders in the Market Weighton Canal; and 
the Purchase of the Canal communicating therewith, 
called Sir Edward Vavasour’s Canal; of the Pock- 
lington Canal; and of the Leven Canal; all in the 
East Riding of the County of York, with Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 


Kingston- The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
upon-Hull = Act for removing Doubts as tothe Purchase of Lands 


Docks Bill. hy the Dock Company at Kingston-upon-Hull, in 
certain cases, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

orn The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


and Birming- Act for making a Railway and Branch Railways in 
a the County of Chester, to be called The Manchester 
fordshire &amp;0d Birmingham and North Staffordshire Junction 
Junction Rail- Railway, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 
way Bill. the Lords desire the concurrence of tnis House : And 


also, 


Glasgow, The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

win wor Act to enable the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock 

Avr Railway, 22d Ayr Railway Company to make certain Branch 
yr Railway, - . y 

and Ayrshire Railways in the County of Renfrew, and for other 

= ss of Purposes, with Amendments; to which Amend- 

(No. 3. ) Bi, ments the Lordsdesirethe concurrence of this House: 


And also, 


Oldham Alli- The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

ance Railway Act for making certain Lines of Railway in the 

ae. County of Lancaster, to be called the Oldham 
Alliance Railway, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 


—_— The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Canal Navi- Act for authorizing the Sale of the Leominster Canal, 
a Sale and other Property of the Company of Proprietors 
; of the Leominster Canal Navigation, and for winding 
upand adjusting the Concerns of the same Company, 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 

also, 
Swansea Har- The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
bour Bill. Act to amend the several Acts relating to Swansea 
Harbour, with Amendments; to which Amend- 


ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 
London and The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
——— Act to empower the London and North Western 
(Ormskirk eon Company to make divers Branch Railways 


in the County of Lancaster, and for other Purposes, 





A. 1847. 


with Amendments; to which Amendments the and Rainford 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And Branch, &amp;c.) 
also, Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Taw Vale 
Act to enable the Zaw Vale Railway and Dock — y, Ser 
Company to Lease their Undertaking to the London ations ana 
and South Western Railway Company, with Amend- Bideford and 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the —_ Molton 

4 ranches)Bill, 
concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Eastern 

Act to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Com- — Rail- 
; rs y (Wisbech 

pany to make a Railway from Wisbech to Spalding, to Spalding) 

with Amendments; to which Amendments the Bill. 

Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 

also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Great North- 
Act to enable the Great Northern Railway Com- ¢m™ Railway 
pany to make certain Alterations in the Line and (J¢viations 
Levels of their Railway between London and the don and Gran- 
Neighbourhood of Grantham, with Amendments ; *24™) Bill. 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Eastern Union 
Act to empower the Eastern Union Railway Com- Railway 
. ca - _ (Branch from 
pany to make a Railway from the Eastern Union Manningtree 
ailway at Manningtree to Harwich, with Branches to Harwich) 
thereout, and for other Purposes, with an Amend- Bill 
ment; to which Amendment the Lords desire the 


concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Dean and 
Act to empower the fun and Chapter of Westmin- = wed ” 
ster to sell and Exchange certain Lands and Heredi- fstate Bil. 
taments in the Parishes of Paddington and Saint 

George, Hanover-square, in the County of Middle- 

sex, and to lay out the Monies to arise from such 

Sale in the Purchase of other Lands and Heredita- 

ments, and for other Purposes ; to which the Lords 

desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Dundas’s 
for authorizing the Sale of so much of the entailed Estate Bill 
Lands and Estates of Dundas, in the County of 
Linlithgow, belonging to James Dundas, Esquire, 
as may be required to pay the Debts affecting, or 
that may be made to affect, the said Estates, and 
for enabling thesaid James Dundas to borrow Money 
upon the security of the said Lands and Estates, 
for repayment of a portion of the Monies laid out in 
the Improvement of the said Lands and Estates, 
and in building a Mansion-house and Offices for 
the same ; to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House :—And then the Messengers with- 
drew. 


Dundas’s Estate Bill was read the first time, and Dundas’s 
referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private state Bill. 
Bills. 


The Dean and Chapter of Westminster's Estate Dean and 
Bill was read the first time, and referred to the Chapter of 


. . a , . ~ Westminster’s 
Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That Lord Ward’s Estate Bill be read Lord Ward’s 
a second time To-morrow. Estate Bill. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Sunderland 
proposed, That the Sunderland Improvement Mar- tan 
kets and Bridge (No. 2.) Bill be now read a second Bridge (No. 2.) 
time ; Bill. 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. "To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question: — It passed in the 
Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day three months” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the mesg 

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Post-office. 


Pensions. 


Sir John 
St. Aubyn’s 
Estate Bill. 


Poor Law. 


Tithes Com- 
mutation. 


Bank of Eng- 
land Charter 
Act. 


11 Victrori®. 


Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Robert Grapes, re- 
lative to his dismissal from the Post-office, which 
was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Returns, containing the Names of all Per- 
sons to whom Pensions have been granted since the 
Establishment of the Separate Fund of £.1,200; 
specifying the grounds upon which such Pensions 
have been granted, to the 20th day of June 1847: 
—And, of all Pensions granted as above, which 
have fallen in, showing whether by Death or Re- 
signation of the recipients. 

Ordered, That the said Address be 
Her Majesty by such Members of this 
of Her 


resented to 
ouse as are 
ajesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Greene reported Sir John Saint Aubyn’s 
Estate Bill, with verbal Amendments ; and the same 
were read, as follow : 

Pr. 1. 1. ult. Leave out “ Humphrey” and insert 
“ Humphry.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 20, Leave out “ Humphrey” and insert 
“ Humphry.” 

Pe. 1. 98. 
“ the said court.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Leave out “ they” and insert 


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to 
Orders,—A Return of the Number of Men, Women 
and Children, who have been committed to Prison 
for Offences against the Provisions of the New Poor 
Law, and the Rules and Orders of the Poor Law 
Commissioners, since the passing of the Act 4 and 5 
Will. 4, up to the 1st day of — last. 

Returns of all Agreements for the Commutation 
of Tithes, which have been confirmed by the Tithe 
Commissioners, in the several Counties in England 
and Wales, from the 1st day of July 1846 to the 
Ist day of January 1847; specifying also, in each 
case, the Amount of Rent-charge agreed to be paid 
in lieu of Tithes, and showing whether the same 
be payable to Appropriators, Impropriators or 
Clerical Incumbents :—Of all Awards for the Com- 
mutation of Tithes, which have been confirmed by 
the Tithe Commissioners, in the several Counties in 
England and Wales, from the 1st day of July 1846 
to the 1st day of January 1847; specifying also, in 
each case, the Amount of Rent-charge awarded to 
be paid in lieu of Tithes, and showing whether the 
same be payable to Appropriators, Impropriators or 
Clerical Incumbents :—And of all Apportionments 
of Rent-charges which have been confirmed by the 
Tithe Commissioners, from the 1st day of July 1846 
to the 1st day of January 1847 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 386, of the present Ses- 
sion). 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Bankers and Traders of 
London, praying the House to consider the expe- 
diency of so amending the Bank Charter Act, that 
a relaxing power may be lodged in the hands of the 
Executive Government, and that the Bank may be 
permitted to issue notes or silver bullion without 
restriction, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

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A Petition of the Chairman of the Lara Relief Emigration 
Committee, county of Monaghan, praying that mea- “*l#nd.) 
sures — be adopted for the encouragement of emi- 
or rom Jreland, and for the promotion of 

rish Railways, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Navigation 
habitants of the Parish of Saint John, of Wapping, /*- 
praying the House not to countenance any measure 

aving for its object a repeal of the existing Navi- 
gation Laws, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Navigation Laws. 


A Petition of Operatives of the city of Sydney, New South 
in the colony of New South Wales, praying the Wales. 
House not to consent to the renewal of transporta- 
tion on any terms or conditions whatever, so as to 
prevent English capitalists and others so inclined to 
make the now flourishing colony of Australia their 
land of adoption, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Quail, m.p., praying the British 
House to —— a Committee to inquire into the Auxiliaries 
claims of the British Auxiliaries on Portugal, in Portus) 
order to effect a speedy settlement thereof, was 
gpa and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of James John Harley, of the city of William Bea- 

Cork, praying that the House will be pleased to ™ishCuthbert, 
order that a strict and impartial investigation may 
be made into the case of William Beamish Cuthbert, 
a Gentleman confined ina Private Lunatic Asylum, 
called Lindville, near that city, for the last nine 
years and eight months, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Robert Langs- 
re That an humble Address be presented to low, Esquire. 
er Majesty, that Her Majesty will be pleased to 
take into Her gracious consideration the matter of 
the Petition of Robert Langslow, Esquire, late one 
of Her Majesty’s District Judges in the colony of 
Ceylon, of the 19th day of December 1846, and 
grant to the said Robert Langslow such relief in 
the premises as to Her Majesty shall seem fit ; 
And the Previous Question being proposed, That 
that Question be now put: —The said Previous 
Question and Motion were severally, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Clocks (New 
Copies of all the Papers and Correspondence re- — 
lating to the great Clock and all other Clocks for 
the New Palace at Westminster (omitting drawings 
and descriptions of Mechanical Details). 


Mr. Greene reported the Constabulary Force, Constabulary 
(Ireland), &amp;c. Bill; and the Amendments were read, land) ne 
and agreed to. aie aa 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Mr. Greene reported the Destitute Persons (Ire- Destitute Per- 
land) (No. 3.) Bill; and the Amendments were read, 88 (Ireland) 
and agreed to. titties 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Mr. Greene reported the Public Works and Public Works 
Drainage (Jreland) Bill; and the Amendments Cieeend) Bal 
were read, and agreed to. ‘ 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 





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London Bridge 
Approaches 
Fund Bill. 


Canal Com- 
panies Bill. 


Trust Monies 
Investment 
Bill. 


Passengers 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Copyright 


868 


Mr. Greene reported the London Bridge Ap- 
proaches Fund Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to: 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Mr. Greene reported the Canal Companies Bill ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Thurs- 
day next. 


Mr. Greene reported the Trust Monies Invest- 
ment Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Passengers Act Amendment Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into 
consideration To-morrow. 


Mr. Greene reported the Copyright (Colonies) Bill ; 


(Colonies) Bill. and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 


Commons 
Inclosure 
(No. 3.) Bill. 


Militia Pay 
Bill. 


New Zealand 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Trustees 
Relief Bill. 


Poor Removal 
(No. 2.) Bill. 





Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The Commons Inclosure (No. 3.) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Militia Pay Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-mor- 
row. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Wew Zealand (No. 2.) 
Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto, 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-mor- 
row. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Trustees Relief Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
an Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-mor- 
row. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon Thursday last, That the Poor Removal (No. 2.) 


Bill be now read a second time ; 


And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr.Fitzroy, } 5 
Yeas, Mr. Christopher: : 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. — } “ 
Noes, Sir William Somerville : : 


So it passed in the Negative. 


13° Julie. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Poor Removal 


Reading of the ingrossed Bill to amend an Act of ment (No. 2.) 


Bill. 


A, 1847. 


the 9th and 10th years of the reign of Her present 
Majesty, for amending the Laws relating to the 
Removal of the Poor ; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 


The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 


And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“now,” stand part of the see Fo :—The said 
proposed Amendments were, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend an Act of the ninth and 
tenth year of the reign of Her present Majesty, 
for amending the Laws relating to the Removal of 
the Poor, and for more equally distributing the 
Burden thereby occasioned, until the First day of 
October One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
eight, and until the End of the then next Session of 
Parliament. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and desire their concurrence. 


which were communicated from the Lords ata Con- 
ference held —— were referred, have power to 
report their Opinion thereupon to the House. 


Lord John Russell reported from the said Select 
Committee ; That they had considered the said Reso- 
lutions accordingly ; and had agreed to the following 
Resolutions : 


Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Com- 
mittee, that the Resolutions of the Lords may, 
with public advantage, be assented to by the House 
of Commons. 


Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com- 
mittee, That the Commons should be willing to re- 
ceive Messages from the Lords, brought by One 
Master in Chancery, instead of Two Masters, as 
heretofore. 


The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That the said Resolutions be communi- 
cated to the Lords at a Conference. 


Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords, upon the subject-matter of the last Confer- 
ence, in respect of Messages from this House te 
their Lordships. 


Ordered, That Lord John Russell do go to the 
Lords, and desire the said Conference. 


Hussey to the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes, 
on the 9th day of June last, and the Answer thereto: 
And also, of all Correspondence between James 
Eaton and others, or their Attornies, with the said 
Commissioners, respecting the Residuary Estate of 
John Meakings. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Ordered, That the Select Committee to whom Messages to 
the Resolutions relative to Messages to the Lords, the Lords, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, John 
Copies of the Memorial presented by Charlotte Meakings. 








11 Vicroriz. 


Mercurii, 14° die Julii ; 


Anno 11° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


M®*; Ledger, from the Warden and Assistants 
of Dover Harbour, was called in, and at the 
bar presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act 
of Parliament,—An Account of the Receipt and 
Application of the Monies received by the Warden 
and Assistants of the Harbour of Dover, in the 
county of Kent, from the 10th day of October 1845 
to the 10th day of October 1846 :—And then he 
withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. 


Dover Har- 
bour. 


Committees. Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 


this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
(Branch to 
King’s Lynn) 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to enable the Great Northern Rail- 
way Company to make a Branch Railway near 
Sutton, in Lincolnshire ; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 12. 1. 38. After “ provided” insert “ Pro- 
“‘ vided always, That neither such regulations and 
“ bye-laws as aforesaid, nor the award thereon of 
“ the said engineers, or their umpire, shall have any 
“‘ force or virtue unless and until the same shall 
“ have been approved of and confirmed by the 
“ Commissioners of Railways.” 

Pr. 18. 1. 15. Leave out from “ borrow” to Clause 
(A.), added by way of Rider to the Bill, Pr. 19. 
. 3 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Exeter, Yeovil The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
and Dorches- into consideration the Report on the Exeter, Yeovil 
ter Railway , and Dorchester Railway and Branches Bill; and 
Bill. the Amendments were read, and agreed to; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


London and The ingrossed Bill to amend the Acts relating to 
South Western the Zondon and South Western Railway, and to en- 
Railway Bill. able the London and South Western Railway Com- 
pany to increase their Capital, and to complete 
various Arrangements with other Companies and 
Undertakings, and for other Purposes, was, accord- 
ing to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, ‘That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Divett do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Manchester 
and Southport 
Railway and 
Branches Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for making a Railway from South- 
port, through Wigan, to Pendleton, near Manches- 
ter, with several Branches, to be called The Man- 
chester and Southport Railway ; and the same were 
read, as follow: 
Pr. 3. 1. 21. After “hundred” insert “and 

“* seventy-five.” 
Pr. 5. 1.7. After “ Company” insert Clause (A.) 
CriauseE (A.) “And be it Enacted, That the 
directors appointed by this Act shall continue in 
office until the first ordinary meeting to be held 
after the passing of this Act, and at such meeting 
the shareholders present, personally or by proxy, 
may either continue in office the directors ap- 

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pointed by this Act, or any number of them, or 
“ may elect a new body of directors or director to 
“« supply the place of those not continued in office, 
“ the directors appointed by this Act being eligible 
as members of such new body ; and at the second 
ordinary meeting to be held in every year there- 
after, the shareholders present, personally or by 
proxy, shall elect persons to supply the places 
of the directors then retiring from office agree- 
ably to the provisions in the Companies Clauses 
“ Consolidation Act, 1845, contained; and the 
several persons elected at any such meeting, being 
neither removed nor disqualified, nor having re- 
signed, shall continue to be directors until others 
“ are elected in their stead in manner provided b 
“‘ the said Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 
“1845.” 

Pr. 15.1. 30. Leave out “136.” 

Pr. 17. 1.29. Leave out “ parish” and insert 
township.” 

Pr. 36.1.35. Leave out from “ made” to “ And” 
in Pr. 87. 1. 23. and insert Clauses (B.) and (C.) 

Cuavuse (B.) “And be it Enacted, That the 
several Railways hereby authorized to be con- 
structed under or over any Railway of the Zon- 
don and North Western Railway Company, or 
of the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company, 
or of the two last-mentioned Companies jointly, 
or of the East Lancashire Railway Company, 
shall be so made as that the line, width and level 
of every Railway so crossed shall be maintained, 
and all tunnels, arches and works requisite for 
carrying the said several Railways hereby autho- 
rized under or over any Railway of any of the 
said last-mentioned Companies shall be con- 
structed under the supermtendence and to the 
reasonable satisfaction of the engineer for the 
time being of the Company under or over whose 
Railway the same shall be carried, and the same 
shall for ever afterwards be maintained and kept 
in perfect order and repair to the like satisfaction 
“ by and at the expense of the Company hereby in- 

corporated ; ee that the said several Railways 
hereby authorized, and the arches and works 
connected therewith, shall be so constructed, 
maintained and repaired as that the several Rail- 
ways over or under which any of the Railways 
hereby authorized shall pass shall not be inter- 
fered with, nor any of the culverts, drains or sewers 
belonging thereto obstructed, except during the 
construction and maintenance of the several 
Railways and works hereby authorized, and then 
only so far as shall be absolutely necessary for 
that purpose ; and if the Company hereby incor- 
porated shall, in the execution or maintenance of 
the works authorized by this Act, injure or ob- 
struct any of such Railways, or the banks or 
sides thereof, or any of the works belonging 
thereto, they shall with all due dispatch, at their 
own expense, repair and make good such injury, 
and remove such obstruction, and also pay to the 
Company or Companies entitled to such Railway 
or Railways so injured or obstructed, and to the 
persons using the same, full compensation for the 
damage which may have been sustained in con- 
sequence thereof; and in case the Company 
hereby incorporated shall not forthwith repair 
such injury and remove such obstruction as afore- 
said, it shall be lawful for the Company or Com- 
panies whose Railway or Railways shall be so 
injured or obstructed to repair and remove the 
same, and to recover the expenses connected 
therewith, and all loss occasioned thereby, from 
the Company hereby incorporated, by action or 
suit, in any Court of Law or Equity having com- 
petent jurisdiction.” 

Criause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That not- 
withstanding anything in this Act contained to 
the contrary, it shall not be lawful for the Com- 
“ pany hereby authorized, or for any other person 

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“ or persons in execution of the powers of this Act, 
“ either permanently or temporarily, to enter upon, 
“ purchase, take or use any of the lands, slopes, 
ws ae or other property of the London and North 
“ Western Railway Company, or of the Manchester 
“ and Leeds Railway Company, or of the East 
“ Lancashire Railway Company, or which any of 
“ the said several Companies may have the right to 
«« purchase under any Act of Parliament relating to 
“ their respective Railways, or in any manner to 
“ alter, vary or interfere with any Railway of any 
“ of the same Companies, or any of the works ap- 
“ pertaining thereto, save only so far as may be 
“ necessary for the purpose of constructing and 
“ maintaining the Suen hereby authorized 
“ (subject to the restrictions aforesaid) in the man- 
“‘ ner delineated on the said plans and sections so 
“&lt; deposited as aforesaid, and of effecting and main- 
“ taining the junctions hereinbefore authorized to 
«“ be made, in manner aforesaid.” 

Pr. 38. 1. 4. Leave out “plan” and insert 
“ plans.” 

Pr. 52, 1. 15. Leave out “and” and insert “ or.” 

Pr. 52.1. 21. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 63.1. 33. After “that” insert “ at.” 

Pr. 66. 1. 30. After “that” insert “except so 
“ far as hereby expressly enacted.” 

Pr. 68.1.9. After “ plans” insert “and sections.” 

Pr. 82.1. 8. In the Interlineation : 

L. 12. Leave out from “ to” to “authorized” 
in 1. 14., and insert “ the Company hereby in- 
“ corporated, and to the Manchester and 
“ Leeds Railway Company.” 

Pr. 82.1. 27. After “present” insert “or any 
“ future.” 

Pr. 85.1.7. After “ Company” insert Clause 
D.) 
: Cuause (D.) “And be it Enacted, That all 
“ conveyances, contracts, agreements, obligations, 
“ liabilities, bonds, covenants, and securities which 
** shall have been made or entered into before the 
“ period aforesaid to, with, by or for the Company, 
‘ shall be and remain as good, valid and effectual 
“ for or against, or with reference to the Manches- 
“ terand Leeds Railway Company, as they would 
“ have been for or against or with reference to the 
“ Company in case the said union and incorporation 
“ had not taken place.” 

Pr. 94. Is.15. and 16. After “‘ Company ”’ insert 
Clause (E.) 

Ciause (E.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
“ acted, That it shall not be lawful for the said Man- 
&lt;¢ chester and Leeds Railway Company, out of any 
“ money by this Act or any other Act relating to the 
“ same Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
“ by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise 
** of any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
“ shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
“ respect of the shares held by him in the capital 

by this Act authorized to be raised by thesaid Man- 
¢ po and Leeds Railway Company: Provided 
“ always, That nothing hereinbefore contained 
** shall be deemed to prevent the same Company 
from paying to any shareholder such interest on 
money advanced by him beyond the amount of 
the calls actually made as shall be in conformity 
with the provisions in the Companies Clauses 
«“ Consolidation Act, 1845,in that behalf contained.” 

Pr. 94. 1, 28. After “ Commissioners ” insert 
“ specified.” 

he said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
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School Estate School Estate Bill, without Amendment. 


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A. 1847. 


Lord Ward’s Estate Bill was, according to Order, Lord Ward's. 


read a second time ; and committed. Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Committee of 
mittee of Selection to appoint the Committee on Selection. 
Lord Ward’s Estate Bill to meet upon Friday next. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Lord Ward’s Lora Ward's | 


Estate Bill have leave to make their Report upon Estate Bill. 
Friday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Rathmines 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Improvement 
tituled, An Act for better paving, cleansing, drain-~” 
ing, regulating, lighting and improving the District 
of Rathmines, Mount p Snes Ranelagh, Cullens- 
wood, Milltown, Rathgar and Haroldscross, and 
such other Portions of the Parish of Saint Peter, 
within the Barony of Uppercross, in the County of 
Dublin, and for otherwise promoting the Health and 
Convenience of the Inhabitants; and the same 
were read, as follow : 

Pr. 9.1.20. After “ purposes” insert Clause (A.) 

CiAusE (A.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
“ acted, That nothing in this Act contained shall 
“ authorize or empower the said Commissioners to 
purchase any lands for the purposes of this Act 
without the consent of the owner or owners there- 
“ of for the time being.” 

Pr, 25. 1. 34. Leave out “ saving unto” and in- 
sert “ And be it Enacted, That nothing in this Act 
“ contained shall prejudice or affect the rights of.”’ 

Pr. 25. 1. 36. Leave out “ the rights.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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Ordered, That the Earl of Devon’s Estate Bill be Ear! of 
read a second time this day. a i. 

Ordered, That Passingham’s Estate Bill be read Passingham’s 
a second time this day. Estate Bill. 


The Earl of Devon’s Estate Bill was, according to Earl of 
Order, read a second time ; and committed. ~ sn 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Committee of 
mittee of Selection to appoint the Committee on the “lection. 
Earl of Devon’s Estate Bill to meet upon Friday 
next. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Earl of Earl of 
Devon's Estate Bill have leave to make their Re- Po". 


port upon Friday next. 


Passingham’s Estate Bill was, according to Order, Passingham’s 
read a second time; and committed. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- oer agg of 
mittee of Selection, to appoint the Committee on Cotsctans. 
Passingham’s Estate Bill to meet upon Friday 
next. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Passingham’s Passingham’s 
Estate Bill have leave to make their Report upon Estate Bill 
Friday next. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Duke of Duke of - 
Richmond’s Estate Bill have leave to make their fichmer © 


Report upon Friday next. 
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——, Ordered, That the Dean and Chapter of Wesé- 

sr te minster’s Estate Bill be read a second time To- 

Estate Bill. morrow, provided the Breviate be laid upon the 
‘Table this day. 

Dundas’s Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for 

Estate Bill Private Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, on 
Dundas’s Estate Biil this day. 


Message from 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell 


the Lords. and Mr. Wingfield: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 
MillitiaBallots A Bill, intituled, An Act to suspend, until the 
— First day of October One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty-eight, the making of Lists and the Ballots 
and Enrolments for the Militia of the United King- 
dom : 
House of A Bill, intituled, An Act for the more effectual 
Yen ll Taxation of Costs on Private Bills in the House of 
tion Bill. Commons : 
National 


L A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the National 
eee Mercantile Life Assurance Society to sue and be 
Society Bill. sued in the name of a Nominal Party, and for 
other Purposes relating to the said Company: And 
also, 

Tithes Com- The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

mutation Bill. 4 +t to explain the Acts for the Commutation of 
Tithes in England and Wales, and to continue the 
Officers appointed under the said Acts until the First 
day of October One thousand eight hundred and 
Fifty, and to the end of the then next Session of 
Parliament, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 


Wear Valley, The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intitaled, An 
ae ea Act for enabling the Wear Valley Railway Company 


dale, Weardale to purchase or lease the Bishop ‘Auckland and Wear- 
Extension, and dale Railway, the Wear and Derwent Railway, the 
Wearand Der- Weardale Extension Railway, and the Shildon Tun- 
went Railways . mie 2 

and Shildon nel, and to raise an additional Sum of Money, and 
Tunnel Amal- for other Purposes, with Amendments; to which 
gamation Bill. Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 


this House: And also, 


Buckingham © The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
and Brackley Act to authorize the Consolidation into one Under- 
Junction Rail- taking of the Oxford and Bletchley Junction Rail- 


7, and i 

aed ond way Company and the Buckingham and Brackley 
Bletchley Junction Railway Company, and to enable the Com- 
Junction Rail- 


way Com. Patty so to be consolidated to make Extension Lines 
panies Amal. to Banbury and Aylesbury, and an Alteration of the 
gamation and Line into the City of Ozford, with Amendments ; 
Extension of +&gt; which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 


Lines Bill. Sigg 

ae rence of this House: And also, 
Birkenhead, The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Lancashire 


rome Act for enabling the Birkenhead, Lancashire and 
Tunction Rei. Creshire Junction Railway Company to make a 


way(Devia- Deviation in the Chester Branch of their Railway, 
rm of — and for other Purposes, with Amendments ; to which 
ter Branch,» Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
&amp;c.) Bill,‘ this House: And also, 
Northern The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Counties Act to enable the Northern Counties Union Railway 
—s Rail- Company to make certain Alterations in their Rail- 
y Deviation ° ; : 
Bill. way, in the Parishes of Aysgarth and Wensley, in 
the North Riding of the County of York, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
Ganling, The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
neha Act to authorize a certain Alteration in the Line of 
way Bill, the Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway, and 
to amend the Act relating thereto, with Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 
South York. © The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


shire, Doncas~ Act for making several Lines of Railway between 
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871 


Penistone, Burnsley, Elsecar, Rotherham and Don- a wnt Ge 
caster, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to be called nq Sheficia 
The South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Railway, Rotherham, * 
and for authorizing the Purchase of Part of the ear 
Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Hud- iaadersicla 
dersfield and Goole Railway, and of the Dun Navi- ayd Goole 
gation, and Dearne and Dove Canal, with Amend- wert Dun 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the gna Dearne 
concurrence of this House: And also, and Dove 
Canal) Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Liverpool, 
Act to authorize certain Alterations in the Line of erty monerd 
the Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle-upon- Tyne sph "Tyne 
Junction Railway, and for other Purposes, with Junction Rail- 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords de- W@v — 
sire the concurrence of this House: And also, ea ga 
Hawes 
Branch) Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Chester and 
Act to enable the Chester and Holyhead Railway HolyheadRail- 
Company to extend their Line of Railway to the "SY “sel 
proposed new Harbour at Holyhead, and to contri- head) Bill. 
bute towards the Expense of constructing the said 
Harbour, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An York and 
Act for enabling the York and North Midland Rail- steams a 
5 ‘ - Railway (Hull 
way Company to make a Station at Hull, and certain gtation and 
Branch Railways connected with their Railways Branches) Bill. 
and the said Station, and for other Purposes, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords de- 


sire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Edinburgh 
Act to incorporate the Edinburgh, Leith and Gran- = — 
ton Railway Company with the Edinburgh and purgh, Leith 
Northern Railway Company, with Amendments ; and Granton 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- ®@lways 


‘ Amalgama- 
rence of this House: And also, tion Bil. 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Caledonian 
Act to enable the Caledonian Railway Company to oot h 
extend their Station in Edinburgh, and to make heation ant 
Branch Railways to Granton, and to the Edinburgh Branches to 
and Glasgow Railway, with Amendments ; to which reap ng nag 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of Sasa oe 
this House: And also, Glasgow ii 

ailway 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An London (City) 
Act for widening and improving Cannon-street, and Improvements 
for making a New Street from the West End of 
Cannon-street to Queen-street, and for widening and 
improving Queen-street, and for effecting other Im- 
provements in the City of London, with an Amend- 
ment; to which Amendment the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Edinburgh 
Act to enable the Edinburgh and Northern Railway ne 
Company to improve the Ferry between Ferry- ({mprovement 
Port-on-Craig and the North Shore of the River of the Ferry 
Tay, with an Amendment ; to which Amendment Petween mee A 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 3,3 dhe Note 
And then the Messengers withdrew. Shore of the 
River Tay) 
Bill. 

A Petition of Robert Owen, praying the House to Robert Owen. 
appoint a Committee or Commission to investigate 
his plans for ameliorating the present system of 
society, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Colliers of Lancashire, praying that Collieries Bil 
the Collieries Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Clergy and Laymen of Dublin, and Church of 
elsewhere, praying for the total, absolute and imme- “°"* 
diate repeal of every law which sanctions in the 

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No. 661. 


Provisions 
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No. 662, 


Dundas’s 
Estate Bill. 


Collicries Bill. 


872 


slightest degree, or gives any countenance or sup- 

ort whatsoever to idol worship as practised in the 
Popish church, or to the teaching of the doctrines of 
that community, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Ward presented, pursuant to Orders,—A Re- 
turn of the Number of Persons flogged in the British 
Navy in each of the years 1845 and 1846 ; speci- 
fying the Name of the Ship, the Offence, the Sen- 
tence, and the Number of Lashes inflicted :—And, 
an Abstract of the Total Number of Corporal Punish- 
ments in the Navy, and the Total Number of Lashes 
inflicted, in each year up to the 31st day of Decem- 
ber 1846 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 308, of Session 1845). 

A Return of all Sums that have annually accrued 
in the Victualling Department of the Navy, by the 
Reduction in the Credit Prices of Provisions, under 
the Instructions from the Admiralty, dated the 1st 
day of April 1844 (in continuation of Return ordered 
the 15th day of April 1847). 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills; That in the case of Dundas’s Estate Bill, 
no Standing Orders are applicable. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Reading of the Collieries Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
« now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 93 
Yeas, Mr. Wakley : f _ 
Tellers for the { Lord Marcus Hill, | 56 


Noes, Mr. Parker: J 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“‘ upon this day three months” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


Parliamentary The Order of the day being read, for the Second 
Electors Bill Reading of the Parliamentary Electors Bill ; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
*« now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
““ now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Sir De Lacy Evans, 

Yeas, Sir Benjamin Hall: 

Tellers for the { Mr. Newdegate, 

Noes, \UMr. Cripps: 

And the Numbers being equal, Mr. Speaker de- 
clared himself with the Yeas. 

Then the main Question being put, That the Bill 
be now read a second time ; 

The House divided : 


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The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Sir De Lacy Evans, 
Yeas, { Sir Benjamin Hall: 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Newdegate, 
Noes, Mr. Cripps: 

So it passed in the Negative. 


Mr. Greene reported the Bankruptcy and Insol- 
vency Bill; and the Amendments were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 2.1. 29. After “appointed” insert “ and that 
all sums and fees shall continue to be payable 
and receivable by the like persons, and shall con- 
tinue to be paid and applied to the like purposes 
as the same have heretofore been paid and re- 
ceived in respect of any matter in the said Court 
of Review.” 

Pr. 3.1. 6. Leave out from “execution” to“ and,” 
being the first Interlineation ; and in the second In- 
terlineation leave out “ also.” 

Pr. 6.1. 13. Leave out “ thereof” and insert “ of 
“ any of the said Acts.” 

Pr. 6.1]. 19. Leave out from “ the ” to “ under” 
in ], 20., and insert “ County Courts constituted or 
“ to be constituted.” 

Pr. 6.1.27. Leave out from “ mentioned” to 
“ And” in 1. 37., and insert Clause (A.) 

Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That in the 
Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors the 
Provisional Assignee, and in the said County 
Courts the Clerk of the Court, shall in every case 
of Insolvency under such two first-mentioned Acts 
be and actas the Official Assignee of the estateand 
effects of the insolvent; and that in each of the 
said County Courts, the Clerk of such Court shall 
act as the Registrars of the Court of Bankruptcy 
have heretofore been accustomed to act under any 
of the said Acts; and every such Clerk shall do 
and perform all acts heretofore done and performed 
by such Registrars or by the Clerk of the Insolvent 
Debtors’ Court, under any of the said Acts; and 
every such Clerk shall do and perform all such 
acts and duties necessary for carrying this Act 
into effect, as shall be ordered by any such County 
Court, or by any Commissioner of the said Court 
for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors ; and that the 
High Bailiff of every such County Court, and his 
assistants, shall be and act as a messenger of the 
Court of Bankruptcy and his assistants have hi- 
therto been accustomed to act under the said 
Acts; and such High Bailiff and his assistants 
shall do all acts heretofore done under the said 
Acts, and shall possess and enjoy all the powers, 
authorities and privileges, when acting under the 
said Acts, as have been heretofore done, possessed 
or enjoyed by any messenger of the Court of 
Bankruptcy or his assistants whenacting underany 
of the said Acts, and shall do and perform alt 
such acts as shall be ordered by any such County 
Court for the purpose of carrying this Act into 
effect.” 

Pr. 4.1. 16. Leave out from “ within” to “to” 
in |, 22., and insert “ any parish, the distance where- 
“ of as measured by the nearest highway from the 
“ General Post-office in London, to the parish 
““ church of such parish, shall not exceed the dis- 
“ tance of ‘Twenty miles.” 

Pr. 4.1.27. Leave out “ Judges of the” and 
insert “ said.” 

Pr. 4. ls. 35. and 36. Leave out “ the Judge of 
“ the” and insert “ such county.” 

Pr. 4. 1. ult. Leave out from “ every” to 
“ county” in Pr, 5. 1. 1., and insert “ such.” 

Pr. 5.1. 1. Leave out “ Courts” and insert 
“ Court.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 18, Leave out “ of them.” 

Pr. 6.1.1. After “ then” insert “ he shall file 
“ his petition in the said Insolvent Debtors’ Court 
“ and.” 


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“ the matter of such.” 

Pr. 6. Is. 9. and 10. Leave out “ from time to 
“ time order”, and insert “ direct.” 

Pr. 7.1.5. Leave out “last” and insert “ first.” 

Pr. 7. t. 28. Leave out “ the Judge of.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 34. Leave out “him” and insert “ such 
“ Court.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 35. Leave out ‘‘ such” and insert “ the,” 
and after “ Judge” insert “ of such Court.” 

Pr. 7.1. 38. Leave out “him” and insert “ such 
“ Court.” 

Pr. 7.1. ult. Leave out from “ any” to “ any” 
in Pr. 8. 1. 1., and insert “ Court to which.” 

Pr. 8.1.28. Leave out “ Judge” and insert 
“ County Court.” 

Pr. 8.1. 29. After “ Court” insert “ for the re- 
“ lief of Insolvent Debtors.” 

Pr. 8.1. 30. Leave out “ such” and insert “ the,” 
and after “ Judge” insert “ of such County Court.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 31. After ‘“‘ Court” insert “ for the re- 
“ lief of Insolvent Debtors.” 

Pr. 8. ]. 38. After “ Court” insert “ for the re- 
“ lief of Insolvent Debtors.” 

Pr. 9. Is. 3. and 4, Leave out “Judges of the.” 

Pr. 9,1. 4. Leave out “ aforesaid.” 

Pr. 9.1.13. After “the” insert “ county.” 

Pr. 9.1.20. After “and” insert “ every.” 

Pr.9.1.21. Leave out “Commissioner or Judge.” 

Pr. 9.1. 26. Leave out “his” and insert “ the.” 

Pr. 9.1.27. After ‘“ effects” insert “ of such 
“ Tnsolvent.” 

Pr. 10. 1.38. After “ Court” insert Clauses (B.) 
and (C.) 

Cuavse (B.) “ And whereas in consequence of 
“ Jate alterations in the laws of imprisonment for 
** debt, certain compensations have become pay- 
‘“‘ able and are paid by the Commissioners of Her 
“« Majesty’s Treasury to the officers of the Court 
“ for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in respect of 
“ the diminution of fees received therein: And 
whereas by the additional business given to the 
“‘ said Court by this Act the fees payable therein 
will again be increased, whereby a less sum will 
be required for the said compensations; Be it 
Enacted, That the fees to be received in the said 
Court in matters where jurisdiction is given by 
this Act, shall be received by the same persons, 
to be by them applied in the same manner as the 
fees received in matters heretofore under the ju- 
risdiction of the said Court are now applied, any 
thing herein to the contrary notwithstanding ; 
Provided always, That it shall be lawful for the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury for 
the time being, or any three of them, and they 
are hereby empowered, to give such directions as 
they shall think proper in regard to the compen- 
sation allowances now payable to the officers and 
clerks of the Court for the Relief of Insolvent 
Debtors in England, under the provisions of the 
said recited Act, passed in the eighth year of the 
reign of Her Majesty, in consequence of the fees 
to be received by them being again increased by 
the operation of this Act.” 

Cuiavse (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for one of Her Majesty’s principal Se- 
cretaries of State, with the consent of the Com- 
missioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, from time 
to time, to order what fees shall be paid and re- 
ceived by the several officers, or otherwise, under 
and by virtue of the said recited Act passed in 
the tenth year of the reign of Her Majesty, and 
of this Act, and the amount of such fees respec- 
tively, and that until such order shall be made, 
the clerks of the several County Courts shall have 
and receive for their own use all fees which have 
heretofore been taken under any of the aforesaid 
“ Acts by any officer of the Court of Bankruptcy, 
or by any officer or other person of or connected 
with the Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, 

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“ except as hereinafter mentioned, for business 
“ which is by this Act transferred to the County 
“ Courts ; and that the several High Bailiffs acting 
“as messengers under this Act as aforesaid shall 
“ have and receive for their own use all fees which 
“‘ have heretofore been paid to the messengers of 
“ the Court of Bankruptcy, when doing the business 
“ by this Act directed to be done by such Bailiffs.” 


Pr. 11.1. 30. After “ London” insert Clause 


CiauseE (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That any 
“ Commissioner or Registrar so sitting and acting 
“ shall have paid to him, in addition to his salary, 
“ by the Governor and Company of the Bank of 
“ England, by virtue of any order or orders of the 
Lord Chancellor, to be made from time to time 
for that purpose, out of the interest and dividends 
that have arisen or may arise from the securities 
now or hereafter to be placed in the Bank of 
England, to an account there, entitled, The Bank- 
ruptcy Fund Account, (but subject and without 
prejudice to any prior charges on the same), such 
sum of money for travelling and other expenses 
“ as the Lord Chancellor shall deem fit.” 

Pr, 12. |. 13. After “to” insert “ any of.” 

Pr. 12, 1. 14. Leave out “ recited.” 

Pr. 12.1. 19. Leave out “ in case.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 20. Leave out “any” and insert “ the 
first one.” 

Pr. 12. 1.21. After “ Court” insert “ for the 
Relief of Insolvent Debtors, and of the first two 
of the Commissioners of the Court.” 


Pr. 12.1. 22. Leave out from ‘“ London” 
“ shall’ in 1. 24. and insert ‘* which.” 

Pr. 12. Is. 24. and 25. Leave out “ the same” 
and insert “ after the passing of this Act.” 


Pr, 22. 1.27. Leave out “next” and after “ Par- 
“ liament” insert “ next after such vacancy shall 
‘“« shall have occurred,” and also, Clause (E.) 

Criause (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That no 
“ Judge of any County Court, who has been ap- 
“* pointed or who shall hereafter be appointed to 
that office, under or by virtue of the hereinbefore- 
recited Act, passed in the tenth year of the reign 
“ of Her Majesty, intituled, ‘ An Act for the more 
““ easy Recovery of Small Debts and Demands in 
England, shall, during his continuance in such 
office, be capable of being elected or of sitting as 
a Member of the House of Commons.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 

time, were agreed to. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill, 
(And be it Enacted and declared, That in the con- 
struction of this Act and the several Acts herein 
referred to, the expression “ Barrister-at-Law,” or 
“ Barrister,” shall mean a Barrister-at-Law called to 
the bar either in England or Ireland; and the 
expression “ Attorney-at-Law,” shall mean an At- 
torney-at-Law either for England or Ireland, except 
where it is otherwise provided): And the said Clause 
was brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a se- 
cond time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


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The Order of the day being read, for receiving tngolyent 


the Report on the Insolvent Debtors Bill; 
Ordered, That the Report be received To- 


morrow. 


The Fever Hospitals Bill was, according to Order, Fever Hos- 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee pitals Bill. 


of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Consolidated Fund Bill was, according to Consolidated 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Fund Bill. 


Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 
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Constabulary § The ingrossed Bill to regulate the Superannuation 
Force (Ire- = Allowances of the Constabulary Force in Ireland, 
land), &amp;c, Bill 5 ndthe Dublin Metropolitan Police, was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Destitute The ingrossed Billto authorize a further Advance 
7 nye t of Money for the Relief of Destitute Persons in Jre- 
hy (No.3) Jand was, according to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Public Works The ingrossed Bill to provide additional Funds for 
and Drainage Loans for Drainage and other Works of Public 
(ireland) Bill. Ty+ility in Zreland, and to repeal an Act of the last 
Session for authorizing a further Issue of Money in 
Aid of Public Works of acknowledged Utility, was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


LondonBridge The ingrossed Bill to vary the Priorities of the 
o—_— Charges made on “ The London Bridge Approaches 
Fund,” and to give further Indemnity to the Land 
Revenues of the Crown, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Trust Monies The Order of the day being read, for the Third 
— Reading of the Trust Monies Investment Bill; 
' Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time after 
the other Orders of the day. 


Fyne The Order of the day being read, for a into 
eae ~ consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Passengers Act Amendment Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 


into consideration To-morrow. 


Copyright The ingrossed Bill to amend the Law relating to 
(Colonies) Bill. the Protection, in the Colonies, of Works entitled to 
Copyright in the United Kingdom, was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Commons The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

INO) Bil mittee on the Commons Inclosure (No. 3.) Bill; 

— , Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Militia Pay Mr. Greene reported the Militia Pay Bill; and 
= the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


New Zealand Mr. Greene reported the New Zealand (No. 2.) 
(No. 2.) Bil. Bill ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow, 


Trustees Mr. Greene reported the Trustees Relief Bill; 
Relief Bil. and the Amendment was read, as followeth : 

Pr. 1.1. 20. After “ liberty” insert “on filing 
“an affidavit shortly describing the instrument 
“* creating the trust, according to the best of their 
“ knowledge and belief.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to; and the Amendment following was 
made to the Bill; viz., 





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Pr. 4. 1. 7. After “instituted” insert Clause 
(A.) 
CuavuseE (A.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
“ acted, That the additional remuneration which 


“ the said Accountant-General may receive in con- 


“‘ sequence of the operation of this Act, shall not 
“ have the effect of giving to him any claim fora 
“ larger income by way of salary, or otherwise, in 
“ the event of the said office of Accountant-General 
“ being hereafter regulated by competent authority, 
“* than would have been assigned to him if this Act 
*« had not been passed.” 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Commons 
into a Committee upon the Commons Inclosure Mnclosure 
(No. 3.) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, ‘ wee 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Trust Monies 
Reading of the Trust Monies Investment Bill ; — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, HighwaysBill. 
the Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select Com- 
mittee on the Highways Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Stockport 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Se 
intituled, An Act to purchase and define the Manorial Ri 
and Market Rights of Stockport, to establish Pub- 
lic Parks, to purchase or lease Waterworks, to 
build Bridges, and to make other Communications 
within the Borough of Stockport; and the same 
were read, as follow: 

Pr. 9.1.2. Leave out “E. ” and insert “ D.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 19. Leave out “ F.” and insert “E.” 

Pr, 14. 1.14, Leave out “ F.” and insert “ E.” 

Pr. 16.1.22. Leave out “ F.” and insert “ E.” 

Pr. 36.1. 17. Leave out “G.” and insert “ F.” 

Pr. 37. 1. 3. Leave out “G.” and insert “ F.” 

Pr. 42.1.26. Leave out from “ direct” to “ And” 
in Pr. 48. 1. 44, 

Pr. 44.1.8. Leave out from “ offence” to “ and” 
in Pr, 45. 1. 12. 

Pr. 45. 1. 31. Leave out from “ corporations” to 
“ and ” in Pr. 46.1. 7. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
(and it appearing that the Amendments in Pr. 36. 
1.17. and Pr, 37. 1. 3. were to correct a typical error 
in the letters used to designate the said Schedules, 
and also that the Amendment in Pr, 42. 1, 26. was 
to omit a Clause, the same provisions being contained 
in the General Markets and Fairs Clauses Act) were 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill, 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Tyne Docks 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Bill. 
tituled, An Act for making Docks at Jarrow Slake, 
in the River Tyne; and the same were read, as fol - 
low: 

Pr. 5. 1.6. Leave out from “ purposes” to “ and” 
in 1. 18. : 

Pr. 11.1. 6. After “‘ Act” insert Clauses (A.), 
(B.) and (C.) 

Cuavse (A.) “And be it Enacted, That the 
“ position of the pier-heads, of the entrance to, and 
“ the plan of the Docks shall, before the commence- 
“ ment of the same, or any of the works connected 
“ therewith, be submitted to the Lord High Admi- 
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of Lord High Admiral, for approval, and the 
same works shall not be constructed in any 
other manner than such as the Lord High Ad- 
miral, or the Commissioners for executing the 
office of Lord High Admiral, shall approve of.” 

CuausE (B.) “And be it Enacted, That the 
Company shall, so faras they lawfully may, divert 
the mouth of the River Don at its junction with 
the River Tyne to the extent of ten chains west- 
ward of its present course, and shall construct and 
for ever after keep in repair a half-tide wall be- 
tween the channel of the River Tyne and the 
Slake, from the said Docks westward to the east 
side of the River Don so diverted, and such diver- 
sion and half-tide wall shall be in such a position 
and of such dimensions as may be required by the 
Lord High Admiral, or the Commissioners for 
executing the office of Lord High Admiral, and 
shall be according to such plans as the Lord 
High Admiral, or the Commissioners for executing 
= office of Lord High Admiral, shall approve 
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Cuavsz (C.) “And be it Enacted, That if the 
said works hereby authorized to be constructed, 
or any part or parts thereof, shall be abandoned 
by the Company, it shall be lawful for the Lord 
High Admiral, or the Commissioners for executing 
the office of Lord High Admiral, to abate, fill up 
and remove the same, or such part or parts thereof 
as he or they may at any time or times deem fit 
and proper, and to restore the site thereof to its for- 
mer condition, at the cost and charge of the Com- 
pany, and the amount thereof shall be a debt 
due from the Company to the Crown, and be 
recoverable accordingly.” 

Pr, 30. 1. 28. Leave out “ Lords.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 29. Leave out from “of” to “ Rail- 
ways’ in I. 34, 

Pr, 30. 1. 37. Leave out “ Lords.” 

Pr. 40. 1. penult. Leave out from “ Commis- 
sioners” to “ to” in 1. ult. 

Pr, 31.1. 6. Leave out “ Lords.” 

Pr. 31.1. 7. Leave out “‘ or other officers.” 

Pr. 31. 1. 12. Leave out “ Lords.” 

Pr. 31. 1, 13. Leave out “ or other officers.” 

Pr. 31.1. 18. Leave out “Lords.” 

Pr. 31. 1.19. Leave out “ or other officers.” 

Pr. 31. 1. 38. Leave out “Lords.” 

Pr. 31. 1. penult. Leave out “ or other officers.” 

Pr. 32.1. 11. Leave out from “the” to “ the” in 
1, 12., and insert “ completion of.” 


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Bill may pass into alaw,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of James Mac Hale, p.p., Hollymount, in Relief Fund 
the county of Mayo, stating that vast numbers of la- (Ireland.) 


bourers were struck off the relief lists by the inspect- 
ing officer of the Union, who is a stranger, and conse- 
quently ignorant of the condition of the people, and 
also by some individuals of the relief committee ; 
that in consequence of this some have died in the 
fields, some are lying on the road side, and hundreds 
going about the country seeking in vain for relief; 
and praying the House to have a speedy and effec- 
tual remedy applied, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. : 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 15° die Julit ; 
Anno 11° Victoria Regine, 1847. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of Shrapnel 
the East India Company, was called in ; and Sh&lt;!/s- 


at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders,—Furiher 
Return to an Order dated the 10th day of June last, 
fora Return of the Number of Shrapnel Shells or- 
dered to be manufactured for the British and East 
India Company’s Armies, since the period of this 
Shell having been adopted by Government for the 
use of the National Forces (so far as relates to the 
East India Company’s Army). 


A Return of the Quantity of Salt sold in Bengal, Salt (East 
in Bazaar Maunds, distinguishing that imported dia.) 


from the Government Manufacture, for the last Ten 
years :—An Account of the Gross and Net Revenue 
of the Bengal Salt Monopoly, specifying the Charges 
of Manufacture and of Collection of each year, for 
Ten years :—And, a Return of Salt imported into 
Bengal, distinguishing the Countries from which 
imported, for Ten years:— And then he with- 
drew. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Medical Medical Re- 
Registration, &amp;c., have leave to sit this day, till gistration, &amp;c. 


four of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 






Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolution; which Orders ; 
was read, as followeth: 

Resolved, That in the case of the Jesus Hospital Jesus Hospital 


Pr. 32. ls. 14.and 15. After“ maintained” insert 
“ to keep and maintain the same.” 
Pr. 37. 1. 19. Leave out from “ for” to “ Com- 


“‘ missioners” in 1. 25., and insert “ constituting,” (Newcastle) 





Lough Corrib 


and in |. 25. leave out from “ Commissioners ” to 
“ Be” inl. 28., and insert “ of Railways.” 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Lough 


(Newcastle) Estate Bill, the Standing Orders ought 
to be dispensed with ; That the Parties be permitted 
to proceed with their Bill. 

he said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Swansea Har- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- bour Bill. 


tituled, An Act to amend the several Acts relating 
to the Swansea Harbour; and the same were read, 
as follow: 


Improvement Corrib Improvement Company, which was presented Pr. 7. 1. 20. After “with” insert “ Thomas 
— upon Monday last, be printed. “ Renoden, of the borough of Swansea, inthe County 
apie “ of Glamorgan, Builder.” 
Emigration Mr. Hawes presented, pursuant to an Address to Pr. 7. 1. 32. After “ progress” insert “ and the 
pode 9 Her Majesty,—A Return of the Average Cost of |“ said trustees have also entered into a certain con- 
— Passage of Emigrants from England to South Aus-|« tract or agreement with the Most noble Henry 
tralia, in Ships chartered by Her Majesty’s Colonial |“ Duke of Beaufort, and his trustees, hereinafter 
and Land Emigration Commissioners, from the 1st |“ more particularly mentioned and referred to, for 
day of January 1846 to the present time. “ the performance of certain works therein men- 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the |“ tioned.” 
Table. Pr. 10.1. 16. After “ Act” insert “ save and 
“ except as hereinafter provided.” 
Fever Hos- Petitions from Islington (two Petitions) ;—and, Pr. 13. 1, 1. After “ progress” insert “ and 
Pitals Bill! == Thomas Gardiner ; praying that the Fever Hospitals | “ works.” 





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Pr. 14. 1.27. After “ Harbour” insert “and the 
“ expenses of and incidental to such channel to 
“ Port Tennant, as hereinafter mentioned.” 

Pr. 21.1. 8. After “ whole’ insert “ or any 
“¢ part.” 

Pr. 21. 1.10. Leave out from “ dock” to “ And” 
in |. 14. 

Pr, 21. 1.24. After “ heads” insert “ except 
‘“¢ as hereinafter excepted or mentioned.” 

Pr, 22. Ils. 19. and 20. After “accordingly” 
insert Clause (A.) 

Cuiause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That if at 
“ any time the Lord High Admiral, or the Lords 
“ Commissioners for executing the office of Lord 
“ High Admiral, shall signify to the said trustees 
“ that the depth of water in the Town Reach has 
“ been injuriously diminished, in consequence of the 
“ narrowing of the river at the proposed sluice, the 
“ said trustees shall either remove such sluice and 
“« widen the river where such sluice has been placed, 
or execute such other works for the restoration 
and improvement of the river, as the Lord High 
Admiral or the said Lords Commissioners shall 
direct.” 
Pr, 22. 1. 37. After “ repealed” insert Clause 
(B.) 
Cuause (B.) “ AND whereas by the said Act 
“ of the sixth and seventh years of the reign of 
“ King William the Fourth, the trustees of the 
“ Harbour of Swansea obtained power to purchase 
“ certain lands of the Most noble Henry Duke of 
“ Beaufort, and to make a navigable cut or canal, 
* or a cut for the waste water from Fabians Bay, 
“ near the land to be purchased by them, to com- 
“ municate with the River Taw, near Pentreguinea; 
“« and by the said Act it was enacted, that the said 
“ trustees should carry and deposit so much of the 
“ earth, stones, rubbish and other materials, ex- 
‘“« cavated in making the said intended works men- 
“ tioned in the Act, on such part of the beach in 
“ Fabians Bay, between high and low-water mark, 
‘“&lt; as was delineated on the Plan deposited in the 
“ office of the Clerk of the Parliaments, as would 
“ cover an area equal in extent to the land of the 
““ said Duke required for the making the said 
“ navigable cut or canal, or cut for waste-water, 
“ and other works by the said Act authorized ; and 
“ the trustees were thereby also empowered to 
“‘ deposit on the said beach in Fabians Bay so 
“ much more of the said earth, stones, rubbish and 
‘* other materials, as the said trustees might think 
“ fit or expedient, and the said trustees were thereby 
“ required to lay, deposit and make a sufficient 
“ facing of copper slag or other materials on the 
“ outside or seaward side of stch earth, stones, 
“ rubbish or other materials, so as to prevent the 
“ same being washed away by the tides; such 
‘ facing to be carried up at least three feet above 
high-water mark at spring tides ; and on the com- 
pletion of the aforesaid works the said trustees 
‘‘ were thereby required to level the said earth, 
“ stones, rubbish and other materials, in a sufficient 
“ and proper manner ; And whereas by an indenture 


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“ dated the sixth day of July One thousand eight 
“ hundred and Forty, and made between Charles 
“ Cavendish, Fulke Greville and John Drummond, 
“ Esquires, of the first part, the said Duke of 
Beaufort of the second part, and seven of the 
Swansea Harbour trustees of the third part, certain 
™ "to of land belonging to the said Duke, or 

is trustees, were conveyed or otherwise assured 
to the said Harbour trustees, in consideration of 
the sum of Five hundred pounds, and of the 
performance by the said trustees of a certain 
undertaking and agreement recited or mentioned 
in the said indenture, and confirmed by certain 
resolutions of the said trustees also therein men- 
tioned, for the deposit on the beach in Fabians 
Bay, belonging to the said Duke, of all the spare 
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required in the execution of the works connected 
therewith, and for making a facing on the sea- 
ward side of such deposit, and for levelling the 
same in a proper manner on the completion of 
the works ; Be it therefore Enacted, That nothing 
in this Act contained shall extend or be con- 
strued to extend to affect, prejudice, alter, dimi- 
nish, abridge or take away the rights or remedies 
of the said Duke of Beaufort, or of the said 
Charles Cavendish, Fulke Greville and John 
Drummond, or either of them, under or by virtue 
of the said recited Act of the sixth and seventh 
years of the reign of King William the Fourth, 
or the said indenture, or the undertaking, agree- 
ment and resolutions aforesaid. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. John Henry Vivian do carry 
the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


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the Trustees and Executors of the Will and Codicil 
of Sir John Saint Aubyn, Baronet, deceased, to 
raise a Sum of Money towards the Liquidation of 
his Debts, by Mortgage of his devised Estates in 
the County of Devon, instead of selling certain 
Leasehold Hereditaments in the County of Corn- 
wall; and to enable the said Trustees to convey thie 
Reversion in Fee Simple in the same Hereditaments 
vested in them for that Purpose under the Will of 
the Reverend John Molesworth Saint Aubyn, de- 
ceased, to the Uses of the said Will and Codicil of 
the said Sir John Saint Aubyn, so as to convert 
such Leaseholds into a Fee Simple Estate in Pos- 
session, and for other Purposes, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


wich, with Branches thereout, and for other Pur- 
poses; and the same was read, as followeth : 
Pr. 11.1. 29. ‘After “ accordingly” insert Clause 
(A.) 
Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company to make any 
deviation from the main line of the said Railway 
as laid down on the Plans herein mentioned or 
referred to, through the lands of Her Majesty, 
without the previous consent in writing of two 
of the Commissioners for the time being of Her 
Majesty’s Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, 
“ Works and Buildings first had and obtained, any 
line of deviation shown on the said Plans, or other- 
wise, to the contrary notwithstanding ; and the 
said Company shall, and they are hereby required 
at their own costs and charges, to make and con- 
struct such convenient communications across, 
over or under the said Railway, where it shall be 
carried through or over the lands of Her Majesty, 
as shall in the judgment of the Commissioners 
for the time being of Her Majesty’s Woods, 
“ Forests, Land Revenues,Works and Buildings, be 
necessary for the convenient enjoyment and oc- 
cupation of the lands of Her Majesty; and such 
communications, when so made, shall at all times 
be kept in good order and repair, by and at the 
expense of the Company: Provided always, That 
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A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to enable Sir John 
St. Aubyn’s 
Estate Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Eastern Union 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Railway 
tituled, An Act to empower the Eastern Union ee ra 
Railway Company to make a Railway from the to Harwich) 
Eastern Union Railway, at Manningtree, to Har- Bill. 


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munications, the materials to be used in and 
about the same, and all particulars relating thereto, 
shall be settled and determined by the engineer 
for the time being of the said Commissioners 
and by the engineer for the time being of the 
said Company, and in the event of their dif- 
fering in opinion in regard thereto, then by some 
third person to be appointed by such two engineers 
whose decision in the matters referred to him 
shall be binding on all parties. 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to enable the Great Northern 
Railway Company to make certain Alterations in 
the Line and Levels of their Railway between Lon- 
don and the Neighbourhood of Grantham; and the 
same were read, as follow: 

Pr, 25. 1. 14. After “plans” insert “ Provided 
nevertheless, that in the use of the said Branch 
Railway and of the station of the Ambergate, 
Nottingham and Boston and Eastern Junction 
Railway Company, the Great Northern Railway 
Company shall abide by all such rules and regu- 
‘ lations as the Commissioners of Railways may 
“ from time to time prescribe.” 

Pr. 25. 1. 28. After “ Railway” insert “Com- 
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and in the same line after “ costs” insert “ charges 
“« and expenses.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Leominster 
Canal Navi 
gation Sale 
Bill. 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for authorizing the Sale of the 


‘Leominster Canal, and other Property of the Com- 


pany of Proprietors of the Leominster Canal Navi- 
gation, and for winding up and adjusting the Con- 
cerns of the same Company; and the same were 
read, as follow : 

Pr. 12.1.10. After “required” insert “ with the 
consent of at least three-fifths of the Proprietors 
in the said Railway Company present at a meet- 
ing specially held for the purpose, and called by 
advertisement inserted for four consecutive weeks 
in the newspapers of the several counties within 
which such Railway is to be made, and held at 
a period not less than seven days after the last 
insertion of such advertisements.” 

Pr. 18.1. 7. After “ all” insert “contracts.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Pr. 26.1. 21. Leave out Clause (A.), added by 
way of Rider to the Bill. 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 74 Brmne. 
intituled, An Act for making a Railway and Branch staffordshire 
Railways in the County of Chester, to be called Junction 


The Manchester and Birmingham and North Staf- Railway Bill. 


the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for removing Doubts as to the 
Purchase of Lands by the Dock Company at King- 
ston-upon- Hull, in certain cases ; and the same were 
read, as follow: 

Pr. 8. 1.31. After “ Act” insert Clause (A.) 

Curause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That if a 
Committee of the estate of such person as afore- 
said shall not have been appointed at the time of 
the. deposit of the purchase-money in the Bank 
of England under the provisions of this Act, it 
shall be lawful for the Court of Chancery, upon 
the Petition, within six months after such deposit, 
of the heir-at-law of such person so being or 
being supposed to be of unsound mind, and 
whose estate and interest in any land shall have 
been taken by the Company under the provisions 
herein contained, to inquire and ascertain whether 
the value determined by the surveyor appointed 
by the said Justices is a fair and sufficient value 
of the estate or interest of such person, and the 
Company shall pay any further sum in addition 
to the sum previously deposited by them as the 
Court*shall direct to be paid in pursuance of such 
inquiry ; and all costs, charges and expenses at- 
tending or incident to such Petition and inquiry, 
and any order of the Court thereupon, shall be 
paid by the said Company.” 

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insert “in case the Court of Chancery shall not 
in the mean time direct the inquiry into the value | 
“ determined by the survevor as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 11.1.4. After “the” insert “reasonable,” 
and in the same line after “ costs” insert “ charges 
“ and expenses.” 


Pr. 11.1. 16. After “the” insert “ reasonable” | “ 


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fordshire Junction Railway; and the same were 
read, as follow: 

Pr. 5.). 7. Leave out from “calls” to “and” 
in 1, 33. 

Pr, 25. Is. 25. and 26. After “ Railways ” insert 
Clauses (A.), (B.) and (C.) 

Cravse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to the 
said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise 
of any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
“ by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided 
“ always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 
be deemed to prevent the said Company from 
paying to any shareholder such interest on mone 
advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
actually made as shall be in conformity with the 
provisions in the Companies Clauses Consolidation 
Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 

Cuause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to pay or 
deposit any sum of money which by any Standing 
Order of either House of Parliament now in force, 
or hereafter to be in force, may be required to 
be deposited in respect of any application to 
Parliament for the purpose of obtaining an Act 
authorizing the said Company to construct any 
Railway or execute any other work or under- 
taking.” 

Cuause (C.) “And whereas the said William 
Davenport Davenport, Simon Frederick Every 
and George Hammond Whalley, on the behalf of 
the said Company, have entered into an agree- 
ment with the Reverend William Birley, Clerk, 
Incumbent of the Chapelry of Chorlton-cum- 

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ance Railway 
Bill. 





878 15° Juliz. A, 1847. 


“ Hardy, in the county of Lancaster, by articles of 
“ agreement, dated the 26th day of June 1847, for 
‘ the purchase of certain lands and hereditaments 
“ situate in the township of Bramhall, in the county 
“ of Chester, consisting of 35 acres, or thereabouts, 
“‘ which have been, and are now or are claimed to 
“ be appropriated and annexed to the said Cha- 
“ pelry of Chorlton-cum-Hardy for the augmenta- 
“ tion thereof, by or with the concurrence of the 
“ Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne: Be it 
“ therefore Enacted, That it shall be lawful for the 
“* said Company to carry into execution and com- 
“ plete the said agreement for the purchase of the 
** said lands and hereditaments entered into on 
“ their behalf as aforesaid, and the said Company 
“ shall afterwards sell, under the provisions of this 
“ Act, such of the said lands and hereditaments as 
“ shall not be required for the purposes of this 
“ Act.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
— agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for making certain Lines of Rail- 
way in the County of Lancaster, to be called The 
Oldham Alliance Railway ; and the same were read, 
as follow: - 

Pr. 7. ls. 5.and 6. After “ Undertaking” insert 
Clauses (A.) and (B.) 

Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
‘ Directors appointed by this Act shall continue in 
office until the first ordinary meeting to be held 
“ after the passing of this Act, and at such meet- 
“ing the shareholders present, personally or by 
“* proxy, may either continue in oftice the Directors 
“ appointed by this Act or any number of them, or 
“ may elect a new body of Directors or Director to 
“ supply the places of those not continued in of- 
“ fice, the Directors appointed by this Act being 
* eligible as members of such new body; and at 
“ the second ordinary meeting to be held in every 
“ year thereafter, the shareholders present, per- 
“ sonally or by proxy shall elect persons to supply 
“ the places of the Directors then retiring from 
“ office, agreeably to the provisions in the Com- 
“ panies ,_ am Consolidation Act, 1845, con- 
tained, and the several persons elected at any 
such meeting, being neither removed nor dis- 
qualified nor having resigned, shall continue to 
be Directors until others are elected in their stead, 
in manner provided by the said Companies Clauses 
“ Consolidation Act, 1845.” 

Cuiavsz (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the Company to reduce the number 
“« of Directors, provided that the reduced number 
“ of Directors be not less than Six.” 

Pr, 37. 1.38. Leave out “ of” and insert “ over.” 

Pr. 38. 1. 28. After “ feet” insert “ in.” 

Pr. 43. 1. 35. Leave out from “ contained” to 
“ And” in Pr. 44. 1. 15. 

Pr. 47. 1. 24, After “repair” insert Clause (C.) 

Cuause (C.) ‘‘ And be it Enacted, That not- 
withstanding the powers and provisions herein- 
before contained, it shall not be lawful for the 
Company hereby incorporated to take, damage 
or interfere with the wall or embankment of the 
service reservoir of the said Waterworks Com- 
pany, and in constructing the Railway through 
the lands in the division of Ashton-town, in the 
parish of Ashton-under-Lyne, numbered 165 on 
“the said Plan, the Railway Company shall not 
“ deviate so as to bring the centre line of the Rail- 
“* way nearer to the said service reservoir than as 
“ at present laid down in the said Plan, without 


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under their common seal first had and obtained.” 
Pr. 51.1. 28. After “ thereof” insert Clauses 


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CuauseE (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
Company hereby incorporated shall, and they are 
hereby required, at their own expense, provided 
the said Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire 
Railway Company shall consent thereto and shall 
permit to be used such portion of their land as 
shall be necessary for that purpose, the value 
thereof to be ascertained according to the provi- 
sions of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 
1845, to construct and make upon the said Branch 
Railway at or near the point of junction thereof 
with the said Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln- 
shire Railway at or near Guide Bridge aforesaid, 
a convenient and sufficient station, together with 
sufficient and proper sidings, such station and 
sidings, and the site, form and manner of mak- 
ing the same, to be to the satisfaction of the en- 
gineers for the time being of the Company hereby 
incorporated, and of the said Manchester, Shef- 
field and Lincolnshire Railway Company, or in 
case of difference between them, of an umpire to 
be appointed under and in conformity with and 
with the powers of the Railways Clauses Con- 
solidation Act, 1845; and the Company hereby 
incorporated shall, and they are hereby required 
to cause so many of their trains passing between 
Oldham and Guide Bridge aforesaid, as public 
convenience shall require, to stop at such station 
for the purpose of taking up and setting down 
traffic proceeding to or from the Manchester, Shef- 
field and Lincolnshire Railway ; and if any dis- 
pute shall arise as to the number of such trains, 
the same shall be settled by the engineers for the 
time being of the said two Companies or their 
umpire to be appointed in manner hereinbefore 
mentioned.” 

Cuiause (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
Company hereby incorporated shall, and they are 
hereby required to carry on and forward by their 
own engines over the said firstly and secondly 
described Railways hereby authorized, (including 
the said Branch Railway and such portion of the 
said Ashton, Stalybridge and Liverpool Junction 
Railway at Ashton, as may be requisite for the 
purpose), all carriages, trucks and conveyances 
of or using the line of the said Manchester, Shef- 
field and Lincolnshire Railway Company convey- 
ing or intended to convey passengers, goods and 
other traffic between the said Manchester, Shef- 

field and Lincolnshire Railway, at or near Guide 
Bridge aforesaid, and the said town of Oldham ; 


‘ and in case the Company hereby incorporated, 


and the said Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln- 
shire Railway Company shall not agree as to the 
times at which the said traffic of the said last- 
mentioned Company shall be forwarded as afore- 
said, the questions in dispute between the said 
two Companies shall from time to time, as often 
as the same shall arise, be determined by the en- 
gineers for the time being of the said respective 
Companies, and in case of difference between 
them, by an umpire to be appointed under and in 
conformity with and with the powers of the Rail- 
ways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845.” * 

Pr. 55. 1. 34. Leave out “each of the said 
Companies” and insert “ the Company hereby 
incorporated, and to the Manchester and Leeds 
Railway Company.” 

Pr. 56. 1.15. After “ present” insert “ or any 
future.” 

Pr. 68.1. 3. After “ Company” insert Clause 


“Cravse (F.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
Manchester and Leeds Railway Company, out of 


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“ the said Railway Company authorized to be raised, 
“ by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise of 
“ any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
“ shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 
“ respect of the shares held by him in the capital 
“ by this Act authorized to be raised by the said 
“‘ Manchester and Leeds Railway Company: Pro- 
“ vided always, That nothing hereinbefore contained 
“‘ shall be deemed to prevent the same Company 
“ from paying to any shareholder such interest on 
“‘ money advanced by him beyond the amount of 
“ the calls actually made as shall be in conformity 
“ with the provisions in the Companies Clauses 
“ Consolidation Act, 1845, in that behalf con- 
* tained.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


York and 
North Midland 
Railway (East 
Riding Canals 
Purchase) 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to authorize the Purchase by the 
York and North Midland Railway Company of the 
Interests of the Shareholders in the Market Weigh- 
ton Canal; and the Purchase of the Canal com- 
municating therewith, called Sir Edward Vavasour’s 
Canal ; of the Pocklington Canal ; and of the Leven 
Canal; all in the East Riding of the County of 
York; and the same were read, as follow : 


Pr. 42. 1.15. Leave out from “ lawful” to“ for” 
in 1. 19. 

Pr. 42. 1. 23. After “ Canal” insert “ Zeven 
“ Canal and Vavasour Canal and the Estate and 
“* Interest of the Shareholders in the Market Weigh- 
“ ton Canal.” 

Pr. 42. 1. 36. Leave out “ Act or,” and in the 
same line leave out from “ to” to “ the” in 1. 37. 


Pr, 42. 1. 37. Leave out “Companies” and insert 
‘“* Railway Company.” 

Pr. 43.1. 2. Leave out “ Act or,” and in the 
same line leave out “respectively.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Taw Vale The House proceeded to take into consideration 
an and the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tt af A Bide- tituled, An Act to enable the Taw Vale Railway and 
ford and South Dock Company to lease their Undertaking to the 
on London and South Western Railway Company ; 
Bil °s) and the same were read, as follow: 
Pr. 14.1.13. Leave out “more” 
“ less.” 
Pr. 14. 1, 23. After “ sections” insert “ but the 
“ inclination of such road shall not be less than one 
“ foot in twenty feet.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Frederick Hodgson do carry 
the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


and insert 


Edinburgh 
and Bathgate 
Railway (De- 


Mr. Greene reported the Edinburgh and Bath- 
gate Railway (Deviation and Amendment) (No. 2.) 
viation and Dull, with an Amendment. 

Amendment) | Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
(No. 2.) Bill. and be printed. 

Ordered, That the Standing Orders of the House 
be suspended in respect of the said Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be now taken into con- 
sideration:—The House accordingly proceeded to 

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879 


take the Report into consideration ; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London and 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- — 
tituled, An Act to empower the London and North (Ormskirk 
Western Railway Company to make divers Branch 24 Rainford 
Railways in the County of Lancaster, and for other — med 
Purposes; and the same were read, as follow : 

r. 5. 1, 5. Leave out from “ the” to “ Branches” 
in 1, 7., and insert “ Widnes and Prescot Brook 
“ Colliery.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 8. Leave out from “commencing” to 
“ by” in 1. 31. 

Pr. 7.1. 22. Leave out “ thirdly” and insert 
“ secondly.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 24. Leave out from “ twenty” to“ And” 
in Pr. 11. 1. 21. 

Pr. 13. 1. 4. Leave out from “of” to “thou- 
“ sand” in 1. 5., and insert “thirty-one.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Dean and 
Private Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, this day, Chapter of 


on the Dean and Chapter of Westminster’s Estate hr ay 


Bill. 


Ordered, That Dundas’s Estate Bill be now read Dundas’s 
a second time:—The Bill was accordingly read a Estate Bill. 
second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Committee of 
mittee of Selection, to appoint the Committee on Selection. 
Dundas’s Estate Bill to meet To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Dundas’s Estate Dundas’s 
Bill have leave to make their Report To-morrow. Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Newbart (or Newbart (or 
Gravenor’s) Estate Bill have leave to make their Gravenor’s) 
Report To-morrow. | eae. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Paterson’s Paterson's 
Estate Bill have leave to make their Report To- ©state Bill. 
morrow. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Pickhernell’s Pickernell’s 
Estate Bill have leave to make their Report To- Estate Bill. 
morrow. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Aylton’s Hylton’s 
Estate Bill have leave to make their Report To- 2state Bill. 
morrow. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Penson’s Estate Penson’s 
Bill have leave to make their Report To-morrow. Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Mansel’s Estate Mansel’s 
Bill have leave to make their Report To-morrow. state Bill. 


Ordered, That the Committee on Lord Ward’s Lord Ward's 
Estate Bill have leave to make their Report To- Estate Bill. 
morrow. 


‘The House, according to Order, proceeded to Salisbury and 
take into consideration the Report on the Salisbury Yeov? Jail- 
and Yeovil Railway Bill; andthe Amendments were “"” ~" 
read, and agreed to; and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 
574 The 





Southampton 
and Dor- 
chester Rail- 
way (Bland- 
ford Branch) 
Bill. 


Standing 
Orders Re- 
vision. 


No. 665. 





Examiners of 
Petitions. 


t} ‘Committee 
i on Standing 
i Orders, 


Committee 
of Selection. 


Committees 
on Railway 
Bills. 


Committee 
on Opposed 
Private Bills, 


Committee on 
Unopposed 
Private Bills. 





880 15° Julie. A. 1847. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Report on the Southampton and Dorchester 
Railway (Blandford Branch) Bill; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into further consideration the Report which, upon 
the 7th day of this instant July, was made from the 
Select Committee appointed for the Revision of the 
Standing Orders; and the same was again read ; 

The + Rae was moved, That the present Standing 
Orders of the House relative to Private Bills, might 
be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Standing Orders be re- 
pealed. 

Then the Orders, as reported by the Committee, 
with Amendments to several of them, were agreed 
to, as follow : 


I. 


APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES 
AND EXAMINERS OF PETITIONS FOR 
PRIVATE BILLS. 


1. Tuat there shall be one or more Officers of 
this House, to be called “‘ The Examiners of Peti- 
tions for Private Bills,” who shall be appointed by 
Mr. Speaker, and shall hold their offices during his 
pleasure. 

2. That there shall be a Committee, to be desig- 
nated “ The Select Committee on Standing Orders,” 
to consist of Eleven Members, who shall be nomi- 
nated at the commencement of every Session, of 
whom Five shall be a Quorum. 

3. That there shall be a Committee, to be desig- 
nated “The Committee of Selection,” to consist of 
the Chairman of the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders, who shall be ex-officio Chairman thereof,and 
Four other Members, who shall be nominated at 
the commencement of every Session, of which Com- 
mittee Zhree shall be a Quorum. 

4. That the Committee on every Railway Bill, 
except as hereinafter provided, and on every Group 
of such Bills, shall be composed of a Chairman and 
Four Members not locally or otherwise interested in 
the Bill or Bills in progress, to be appointed by the 
Committee of Selection. 

5. That the Committee on every opposed Private 
Bill, not being a Railway or Divorce Bill, and on 
every Group of such Bills, shall be composed of a 
Chairman and Four Members not locally or other- 
wise interested in the Bill or Bills in progress, to be 
appointed by the Committee of Selection, with the 
addition, if such B:ll or Group shall specially relate 
to any one County, Division of a County, or Parlia- 
mentary Borough, of the Member or Members re- 
presenting the same, or if such Bill or Group shall 
relate tomore than one County, Division of a County, 
or Parliamentary Borough, of so many of the 
Members representing the same as the Committee 
of Selection shall appoint, not exceeding Four on 
any one Bill. 

6. That the Committee on every unopposed Pri- 
vate Bill, not being a Railway or Divorce Bill, and 
on such unopposed Railway Bills as shall not have 
been placed in any Group, or shall subsequently 
have been withdrawn from any such Group, shall, 
if the same shall have originated in this House, be 
composed of the Chairman of the Committee of 
Ways and Means, who shall be ex-officio Chairman 
of every such Committee, together with one of the 
Members ordered to prepare and bring in the Bill, 
and one other Member not locally or otherwise in- 
terested therein, such Members to be appointed by 
the Committee of Selection, and shall, if such Bill 
shall have been brought from the House of Lords, 
be composed of the Chairman, as aforesaid, and ‘l'wo 
other Members, to be appointed by the Committee 


of Selection, of whom one at least shall not be local- 
ly or otherwise interested in the Bill. 

7. That there shall be a Committee, to be desig- Committee 
nated “The Select Committee on Divorce Bills,” to © Divorce 
consist of Nine Members, who shall be nominated~ ~ 
at the commencement of every Session, of whom 
Three shall be a Quorum. 

8. That after any Committee on a Private Bil] Members not 
shall have been formed, no Members be added there- + teat ” 
to, unless by Special Order of The House. except by 
Special Order. 





II. 
THE TWO CLASSES OF PRIVATE BILLS. 


9. That for the purposes of the Standing Orders 
of this House, Private Bills be divided into the Two 
following Classes, according to the subjects to which 
they respectively relate :— 


ist CLAss: 

Burial Ground, making, maintaining or altering. 

Charters and Corporations, enlarging or altering 
powers of. 

Church or Chapel, building, enlarging, repairing or 
maintaining. 

City or Town, paving, lighting, watching, cleansing 
or improving. 

Company, incorporating or giving powers to. 

County Rate. 

County or Shire-hal!, Court-house. 

Crown, Church or Corporation Property, or Pro- 
perty held in Trust for Public or Charitable 
Purposes. 

Fishery, making, maintaining or improving. 

Gaol or House of Correction. 

Land, inclosing, draining or improving. 

Letters Patent, confirming, prolonging or trans- 
ferring the Term of. 

Local Court, constituting. 

Market or Market-place, erecting, improving, re- 
pairing, maintaining or regulating. 

Poor, maintaining or employing. 

Poor Rate. 

Powers to sue and be sued, conferring. 

Sewers and Sewerage. 

Stipendiary Magistrate or any Public Officer, Pay- 
ment of ;—And, 

Continuing or amending an Act passed for any of 
the purposes included in this or the Second 
Class, where no further work than such as was 
authorized by a former Act is proposed to be 
made. 


2d Crass: 
Making, maintaining, varying, extending or en- 


larging any 
Aqueduct. Navigation. 
Archway. Pier. 
Bridge. Port. 
Canal. Railway. 
Cut. Reservoir. 
Dock. Tunnel. 
Ferry. Turnpike-road. 
Harbour. Waterwork. 








Ill. 


STANDING ORDERS, 
COMPLIANCE WITH WHICH IS TO BE 
PROVED BEFORE THE 
EXAMINERS OF PETITIONS FOR 
PRIVATE BILLS; cz. 


1. Notices by Advertisement - - - - = p.88l 
2. Notices and Applications to Owners, Lessees and 

Occupiers of Lands and Houses - - - p. 881 
8. Documents required to be deposited, and the times 

and places of Deposit - - - - - p. 882 
4. Form in which Plans, Books of Reference, Sections 

and Cross Sections shall be prepared - - p. 883 
5. Estimates and Subscription Contracts, or Declara- 

tions in lieu of Subscription Contracts, and De- 

posit of Money in certain cases - - = p. 884 





10. That compliance with the following Standiug 
Orders shall be proved before one of the Examiners 
of Petitions for Private Bills; viz. 

1. Notices 























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1. Notices by Advertisement. 


Notices to 11. That in all cases where application is intended 
state objects to be made for leave to bring in a Bill relating to 
pel ronan the subjects included in either of the Two Classes 
to seck for _ of Private Bills, Notices be given stating the objects 
powers to pur- of such intended application ; and if it be the inten- 
—— tion of the Parties applying for leave to bring in 
gamate,&amp;c., a Bill to obtain powers for the compulsory purchase 
or tolevy or of Lands or Houses, or for extending the time 
apt 1 granted by any former Act for that purpose, or to 
amalgamate with any other Company, or to sell or 
lease their Undertaking, or to purchase or take on 
lease the Undertaking of any other Company, cr to 
levy any Tolls, Rates or Duties, or to alter any ex- 
isting Tolls, Rates or Duties, or to confer, vary or 
extinguish any exemptions from payment of Tolls, 
Rates or Duties, or any other rights or privileges, 
the Notices shall specify such intention ; and the 
whole of the Notice relating to the same Bill shall 
be included in the same Advertisement, which shall 
be headed by a short title, descriptive of the Under- 
taking or Bill. 


12. That in cases of Bills included in the Second 
Natives to zon- ©2288, such Notices shall also contain the Names 
tain Names of Of the Parishes, Townships, Townlands and Extra- 
Parishes, &amp;c. parochial places from, in, through or into which the 

Work is intended to be made, maintained, varied, 
extended or enlarged, and shall state the time and 
place of deposit of the Plans, Sections, Books of 
Reference and Copy of the Gazette Notice respec- 
tively, with the Clerks of the Peace, Sheriff Clerks, 
Parish Clerks, Schoolmasters, Session Clerks, Town 
Clerks and Clerks of Unions, as the case may be. 
(See Nos. 24, 30 and 81.) 


Cuts, Canals, 13. That in all cases where it is proposed to divert 
Navigations, jnto any intended Cut, Canal, Reservoir, Aqueduct 
- 2 Navigation, or into any intended variation, ex- 
When itis tension or enlargement thereof respectively, any 
— . Water from any existing Cut, Canal, Reservoir, 
from an exist- Aqueduct or Navigation, whether directly or deri- 
ing Cut, &amp;. vatively, and whether under any agreement with 
the Proprietors thereof or otherwise, the Notices 
shall contain the name of —_ such existing Cut, 
Canal, Reservoir, Aqueduct or Navigation, the Wa- 
ters supplying which will either directly or deriva- 
tively flow or proceed into any such intended Cut, 
Canal, Reservoir, Aqueduct or Navigatiun, or into 
any intended variation, extension or enlargement 
thereof. 


In Second 
Class Bills, 


LettersPatent. 14, That in cases of Bills for confirming or pro- 


longing the terms of Letters Patent, each Notice 


Name of In- onre : 

vention to be shall have prefixed to it in Capital Letters, the name 
prefixedin by which the Invention is usually distinguished, and 
Rivitals to shall contain a distinct description of the Invention 


for which such Letters Patent have been obtained, 
and also an account of the Term of their Duration. 


15. That in the months of October and November, 
or either of them, immediately preceding the Session 
of Parliament in which Application for the Bill shall 
be made, such Notices shall be published once in 
the London, Edinburgh or Dublin Gazette, as the 
case may be, and in Three successive Weeks in 
some one and the same Newspaper of the County 
in which the City, County of a City, Town, County 
of a Town, or Lands to which such Bill relates shall 
be situate ; or if there be no Newspaper published 
therein, then in the Newspaper of some County 
adjoining or near thereto; and if such Bill relate 
specially to any particular City, County of a City, 
Town, or County of a Town, in which any News- 
paper is published, such Notices shall be published 
in Three successive Weeks, in one and the same 
Newspaper published therein ; or if such Bill do not 
relate to any particular City, County of a City, 
Town, County of a Town or Lands, such Notices 
shall be published in the London, Edinburgh or 
Dublin Gazette only, as the case may be; and if 
such Bill relate to Lands situate in more than one 

VoL, 102, 


Publication 
of Notices in 
Gazettes and 
Newspapers. 





15° Julia. 


881 


County, such Notices shall be inserted, in Three 
successive Weeks, in some Newspaper or Newspa- 
pers which shall be published in Londen at least 
Six Days in the Week, or in Edinburgh or Dublin 
at least Three Days in the Week, as the case may 
be, and in a Newspaper of the County in which the 
principal Office of the Company or Companies who 
are the Promoters of any such Bill, shall be situate, 
and in a Newspaper of every County in which any 
new Works are proposed to be constructed, or in 
which any lands are situate in respect of which any 
new or further powers for the completion of Works 
already authorized are intended to be applied for. 





Order in relation to Railway Bills which were 
suspended in the Session of 1847. 


That the Promoters of any Railway Bill which Notices to be 
shall have been suspended in the Session of 1847, in Published once 
either House of Parliament, by virtue of the Reso- ting wie on 
lutions of the 10th June, shall give notice of their Newspapers. 
intention to apply to Parliament for the re-introduc- 

tion of such Bill, once in the London, Edinburgh or 

Dublin Gazette, as the case may be, and for Three 

successive Weeks in October and November, or either 

of them, in the Newspaper or Newspapers in which 

such Notices would be required to be published in the 

case of an original application to Parliament. (See 

No. 15, supra.) 





2. Notices and Applications to Owners, Lessees 
and Occupiers of Lands and Houses. 


_ 16. That on or before the 15th day of December Application to 
immediately preceding the application for a Bill by Owners, &amp;c. 
which any Lands or Houses are intended to be taken, pa ah smal 
or an extension of the time granted by any former per, 
Act for that purpose is sought, application in writing 

be made to the Owners or reputed Owners, Lessees 

or reputed Lessees, and Occupiers of all lands and 

houses in the line of the proposed Work, or within 

the limits of deviation defined upon the Plan; and 

in cases of Bills included in the second class, such 
application shall be, as nearly as may be, in the form 

set forth in the Appendix marked (A.) 


17. That such application be served by delivering geryice of 
the same personally to every such party, or by leav- Application. 
ing the same at his usual place of abode, or, in his 
absence from the United Kingdom, with his agent, 
or by forwarding the same by post, addressed with 
a sufficient direction to his usual place of abode, 
and posted at such time that the same would, in the 
ordinary course of post, be delivered on or before 
the 15th December. 


18. That in the case of an application having Evidence of 
been forwarded by post, the due receipt thereof by Service. 
the party applied to shall be proved by his written 
acknowledgment ; and in cases of application served 
otherwise than by post, a written acknowledgment 
from the party applied to shall, in the absence of 
other proof, be sufficient evidence of such application 
having been made. 

19. That separate Lists be made of the Names of Lists of 
such Owners, Lessees and Occupiers, distinguishing Owners 
those who have assented, dissented or are neuter in — 

sadist issenting and 
respect to such application, or who have returned neuter. 
no answer thereto. (See Order 34, directing the 
deposit of the said Lists in the Private Bill Office.) 


20. That before the deposit of a Petition for leave Crown, &amp;c. 
to bring in a Bill relating to Crown, Church or Cor- Property. 
poration Property, or Property held in Trust for yoco¢o 
Public or Charitable Purposes, or before the First Owners, &amp;c. 
Reading of any such Bill brought from the House 
of Lords, Notice in writing of such Application to 
Parliament shall be given to the Owners or reputed 
Owners of such ripe ey and to the Lessees or 
reputed Lessees of such Property, holding Leases 


granted for a life or lives, or for any term of Twenty- 
one Years or upwards. 





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21. That 








Burial 
Grounds. 


Notice to 
Owners and 
Occupiers of 
Houses. 


Relinquish- 
ment of 
Works. 

Notice to 
Owners, &amp;c., 
when the Bill 
is to abridge 
any Public 
Work. 


Time for 
serving 
Notices and 
Applications, 


Plans and 
Books of Re- 
ference ; and 
Sections, in 
certain cases, 
with Clerk 
of the Peace. 


Clerks of 


Peace to 


indorse a 
Memorial on 
Plans, &amp;c. 


Tidal Lands, 
Plans, &amp;c., 

in certain 
cases to be 
deposited at 
Admiralty, 


Railways. 


Published Map 
to be deposited 
with Clerk of 
Peact, &amp;c. 


Plans, &amp;c., at 
the office of 
the Railway 
Commis- 
sioners, 





882 15° Julie. 


21. That on or before the Fifteenth day of De- 
cember immediately preceding the application for 
any Bill for making a Burial Ground, Notice be 
given to the Owner and Occupier of every Dwelling 
House situated within 300 Yards of the Boundary 
of the proposed Burial Ground. 

22. That previously to the deposit of a Petition 
for leave to bring in a Bill whereby any part of a 
Work cutiesteal by any former Act is intended to 
be relinquished, Notice in writing of such Bill be 
given to the Owners or reputed Owners, Lessees or 
reputed Lessees, and Occupiers of the Lands in 
which the part of the said Work intended to be 
thereby relinquished is situate, 

23. That no such Notice given or Application 
made on a Sunday or Christmas Day, or before 
Eight o’clock in the forenoon, or after Eight o’clock 
in the afternoon of any day, shall be deemed valid, 
except in the case of delivery of letters by post. 





3. Documents required to be deposited, and the 
Times and Places of Deposit. 


Deposits on or before the 30th November. 


24. That in cases of Bills of the Second Class, 
a Plan and also a Duplicate of such Plan, together 
with a Book of Reference thereto, as hereinafter 
described, shall be deposited for public inspection 
at the office of the Clerk of the Peace for every 
County, Riding or Division in England or Ireland, 
or in the Office of the Principal Sheriff Clerk of 
every County in Scotland, and where any county 
in Scotland is divided into districts or divisions, 
then in the office of the Principal Sheriff Clerk in 
or for each district or division in or through which 
the Work is proposed to be made, maintained, 
varied, extended or enlarged, on or before the 30th 
day of November immediately preceding the Ses- 
sion of Parliament in which Application for the Bill 
shall be made; and in case of Bills relating to 
Turnpike-roads, Cuts, Canals, Reservoirs, Aque- 
ducts, Navigations and Railways, a Section and 
Duplicate thereof, as hereinafter described, shall 
likewise be deposited with such Plan and Dupli- 
cate. 

25. That the Clerks of the Peace or Sheriff 
Clerks, or their respective Deputies, do make a 
Memorial in writing upon the Plans, Sections and 
Books of Reference so deposited with them, deno- 
ting the time at which the same were lodged in 
their respective offices, and do at all seasonable 
hours of the day permit any person to view and 
examine one of the same, and to make copies or 
extracts therefrom; and that one of the two Plans 
and Sections so deposited, be sealed up and retained 
in the possession of the Clerk of the Peace or Sheriff 
Clerk until called for by order of one of the Two 
Houses of Parliament. (See Appendix, Act 1 Vict. 
c. 83.) 


26. That in cases where the work shall be situate 
on Tidal Lands within the ordinary Spring Tides, 
a copy of the Plans and Sections shall, on or before 
the 30th day of November, be deposited at the Office 
of the Board of Admiralty. 


27. That, in the case of Railway Bills, a published 
Map, to a scale of not less than half an inch toa 
mile, with the line of Railway delineated thereon, 
so as to show its general course and direction, shall, 
on or before the Thirtieth day of November, be 
deposited at the Office of the Clerk of the Peace, 
or Sheriff Clerk, together with the Plans, Sections 
and Books of Reference. 


28. That, in the case of Railways Bills, a Copy 
of all Plans, Sections, and Books of Reference, re- 
quired by the Orders of the House to be deposited 
in the Office of any Clerk of the Peace or Sheriff 
Clerk, on or before the 30th day of November im- 
mediately preceding the Session of Parliament in 











A. 1847. 


which application for the Bill shall be made, toge- 
ther with a published Map to a scale of not less 
than half an inch to a mile, with the Line of Rail- 
way delineated thereon, so as to show its general 
course and direction, shall on or before the same 
day be deposited in the Office of the Commissioners 
of Railways. 


29. That on or before the 30th day of November, Deposit of 
a copy of the said Plans, Sections and Books of £18ns, &amp;c., in 
Reference, and in the case of Railway Bills, also mg = 
a copy of the said published Map, with the line of 
Railway delineated thereon, be deposited in the 


Private Bill Office of this House. 


30. That on or before the 30th day of November, Parish Plan, 
a copy of so much of the said Plans and Sections a 
as relates to each Parish in or through which the ference “Al 
Work is intended to be made, maintained, varied, Parish Clerk, 
extended or enlarged, (see Fig. 5.), together with *¢- 
a copy of so much of the Book of Reference as 
telates to such Parish, be deposited with the Parish 
Clerk of each such Parish in England, or, in the 
case of any Extra-parochial Place, with the Parish 
Clerk of some Parish immediately adjoining thereto, 
with the Schoolmaster of each such Parish in Scot- 
land, or if there be no Schoolmaster of any such 
Parish, then with the Session Clerk, or in Royal 
Burghs with the Town Clerk, and with the Clerk of 
the Union within which such Parish is included in 
Ireland. (See Appendix, Act 1 Vict., c. 83.) 


31. That, wherever any Plans, Sectionsand Books Gazette Notice 
of Reference, or parts thereof, are required to be pen 
deposited, a Copy of the Notice published in the With Clerks of 
Gazette of the intended application to Parliament Peace, Parish 


shall be deposited therewith. Clerks, &amp;c. 


Deposits on or before 31st December. 


32. That every Petition for a Private Bill, headed Petition for 
by a short Title, descriptive of the Undertaking or oy teowcto 
Bill, corresponding with that at the head of the in Private Bill 
Advertisement, with a Declaration, signed by the Office. 
Agent, and a printed copy of the Bill annexed, be 
deposited in the Private Bill Office on or before the 
Thirty-first day of December ; and that such Peti- 
tion, Bill and Declaration be open to the inspection 
of all parties. 


33. That such Declaration shall state to which of Declaration 
the two Classes of Bills such Bill in the judgment See 
of the Agent belongs ; and if the proposed Bill shall and Powers * 
give power to effect any of the following objects ; thereof, to be 


that is to say :— annexed to 


Petition. 

Power to take any lands or houses com- 
pulsorily, or to extend the time granted by any 
former Act for that purpose : 

Power to levy tolls, rates or duties, or to 
alter any existing tolls, rates or duties; or to 
confer, vary or extinguish any exemption from 
payment of tolls, rates or duties, or any other 
right or privilege : 

Power to amalgamate with any other Com- 
pany, or to sell or lease their Undertaking, or 
to purchase or take on lease the Undertaking 
of any other Company : 

Power to interfere with any Crown, Church 
or Corporation property, or property held in 
trust for public or charitable purposes : 

Power to make a Burial-ground : 

Power to relinquish any part of a work au- 
thorized by a former Act: 

Power to divert into any intended cut, canal, 
reservoir, aqueduct or navigation, or into any 
intended variation, extension or enlargement 
thereof respectively, any water from any existing 
cut, canal, reservoir, aqueduct or —, 
whether directly or derivatively, and whether 
under any agreement with the proprietors 
thereof, or otherwise : 

Power to make, vary, extend or enlarge any 
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rary 


11 VicToriz. 


Power to make, vary, extend or enla r g e¢ 
Railway : 

The said Declaration shall state which of such 
powers are given by the Bill, and shall indicate in 
which clauses of the Bill (referring to them by their 
number) such powers are given, and shall further 
state that the Bill does not give power to effect any 
of the objects enumerated in this Order, other than 
those stated in the Declaration. 

If the proposed Bill shall not give power to effect 
any of the objects enumerated in the precedin 
Order, the said Declaration shall state that the 
Bill does not give power to effect any of such 
objects. 

The said Declaration shall also state that the 
Bill does not give any powers, other than those in- 
cluded in the Notices for the Bill. 


Other Docue 34. That on or before the Thirty-first day of De- 
poe cember there be also deposited in the Private Bill 
qu 


Office, all Estimates, Copies of Subscription Con- 


15° Julie. 








deposited in } n 
Private Bill tracts and Declarations, and Lists of Owners, 
Office. Lessees and Occupiers, which are required by the 
Standing Orders of the House. 
Orders in relation to Railway Bills suspended 
in the Session of 1847. 
Petition for That every Petition for leave to bring in a Rail- 


Bill to be depo- 
sited on or — 
31st December. 


way Bill, which, in pursuance of the Resolutions of 
the 10th June, was suspended in either House of 
Parliament in the Session of 1847, be deposited in 
the Private Bill Office on or before the 31st De- 
cember, with a copy of the Bill, as last amended, 
annexed thereto. 

That the Agent's declaration in respect of any 
such Bill shall declare (in lieu of the particulars re- 
quired by Standing Order, No. 33,) whether such 
Bill be in every respect the same as such former Bill 
at the last stage of the proceedings thereon. 


Agent’s Decla- 


vation. 





Documentsto 35. That as respects all Bills for the incorpora- 
be deposited 


in Penta tion of Joint Stock Companies, or — Com- 

Bill Office in panies for carrying on any Trade or Business, or 

regard to for conferring upon such Companies the power of 

me _— suing and being sued, (such Bills being Bills of the 

Bills First Class), there be deposited in the Private Bill 
Office, together with the Petition for the Bill, a 
copy of the Deed or Agreement of Partnership (if 
any) under which the Company or proposed Com- 
pany is acting, or of the Subscription Contract 
(if any), and a declaration in writing stating the 
following matters :— 


ist.—The present and proposed amount of 
the Capital of the Company. 

2d.—The number of Shares, and the amount 
of each Share. 

3d.—The number of Shares subscribed for. 

4th.—The amount of Subscriptions paid up. 

5th.—The names, residences and descriptions 
of the Shareholders or Subscribers (so far as 
the same can be made out), and of the actual 
or provisional Directors, Treasurers, Secre- 
taries or other officer, if any. 


And such documents shall be verified by the sig- 
nature of some authorized officer of the Company 


or proposed Company (if any), and by some respon- 
sible party promoting the Bill. 


Copies of 
Estimate, 
Subscription 
Contract, or of 
declaration, 
&amp;c., to be 
printed, and 
delivered in 
Vote Office, 


36. That previously to the deposit of a Petition 
for a Bill, copies of the Estimate of Expense of the 
Undertaking under such Bill, and of the Subscription 
Contract, with the Names of the Subscribers arranged 
in alphabetical order, and the amount of the Deposit 
respectively paid up by each such Subscriber, and 
the total amount of such Subscriptions, and of the 
Sums so paid up; or where a Declaration alone, or 
Declaration and Estimate of the probable amount of 
Rates and Duties, are substituted in lieu of a Sub- 
= Contract, copies of such Declaration, or of 

OL. 102, 





883 


such Declaration and Estimate, be printed at the 
expense of the Promoters of the Bill, and be deli- 
vered at the Vote Office for the use of the Members 
of The House. 

37. That a Copy of every Railway Bill annexed Railways. 
to a Petition be deposited in the Office of the Com- qo¥ or 
missioners of Railways, on or before the 31st day of Railway Bill 
December. annexed to 

Petition to be 
deposited with Commis- 
sioners of Railways. 

88. That no such Deposit shall be deemed valid Deposit not 
if made on a Sunday or Christmas Day, or before — ag 
Eight o’clock in the forenoon, or after Eight o’clock silat 
in the afternoon of any day. 





4. Form in which Plans, Books of Reference, Sec- 
tions and Cross Sections shall be prepared. 


Plans. 


39. The Plan required to be deposited in the case Description 
of all Bills of the Second Class shall be drawn to a ° Plans. 
scale of not less than Four inches to a Mile, and 
shall describe the line or situation of the whole of 
the Work (no alternative line or Work being in an 
case permitted), and the lands in or pee whic 
it is to be made, maintained, varied, extended or 
enlarged, or through which every communication to 
or from the Work shall be made; and where it is Lands within 
the intention of the Parties to apply for powers to apne gg 
make any lateral deviation from the line of the pro- : 
posed Work, the limits of such deviation shall be 
defined upon the Plan, and all Lands included within 
such limits shall be marked thereon; and unless 
the whole of such Plan shall be upon a scale of not 
less than a quarter of an inch to every 100 feet, an 
enlarged Plan shall be added to any Building, Yard, Buildings, &amp;. 
Court-yard or Land with the curtilage of any Build- on cnlarged 
ing, or of any Ground cultivated asa Garden, either °“~ 
in the line of the proposed work or included within 
the limits of the said deviation, upon a scale of not 
less than a quarter of an inch to every 100 feet. 

(See Fig. 3.) 

40. That in all cases where it is proposed to make, Cuts, Canals, 
vary, extend or enlarge any Cut, Canal, Reservoir, &amp;e. 
Aqueduct or Navigation, the Plan shall describe the pian $o ae- 
Books and Streams to be directly diverted into such scribe Brooks, 
intended Cut, Canal, Reservoir, Aqueduct or Navi- ——— di- 
gation, or into any variation, extension or enlarge- “’ 
ment thereof respectively, for supplying the same 
with Water. 

41. That in all cases where it is proposed tomake, Railways. 
vary, extend or enlarge any Railway, the Plan shall... ‘ 
exhibit thereon the distances in miles and furlongs, epson ot 
from one of the termini ; and a memorandum of the in Miles and 
radius of every curve not exceeding One Mile in an 
length shall be noted on the Plan in furlongs and er enn seo 
chains; and where tunnelling as a substitute for Tunnelling. 
open cutting is intended, such tunnelling shall be 
marked by a dotted line onthe Plan. 

42. That if it be intended to divert any Turnpike- Diversion of 
road, Public Carriage-road, Navigable River, Canal — &amp;ec. to 
or Railway, the course of such diversion shall be“ *"°"™ 
marked upon the Plan. 


Book of Reference. 


43. That the Book of Reference to every such Contents of 
Plan shall contain the Names of the Owners or — of 
Reputed Owners, Lessees or Reputed Lessees, and 
Occupiers of all Lands and Houses in the Line of 
the proposed Work, or within the limits of deviation 
as defined upon the Plan, and shall describe such 
Lands and Houses respectively. 


Sections. 


44, That the Section be drawn to the same hori- Section. 
zontal scale as the Plan, and to a vertical scale of 
not less than one inch to every 100 feet, and shall 
show the surface of the ground marked on the Plan, 
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and the intended level of the proposed Work, and a 
datum horizontal line, which shall be the same 
throughout the whole length of the Work, or any 
Branch thereof respectively, and shall be referred to 
some fixed point stated in writing on the Section, 
near either of the termini, (See Line D. D., Fig. 2.) 


Cuts, Canals, 45, Thatin all cases where it is proposed to make, 
™ vary, extend or enlarge any Cut, Canal, Reservoir, 
Sections, Aqueduct or Navigation, the Section shall exhibit 
the height of the several Embankments and the 

depth of the several cuttings respectively, on a scale 

specified thereon ; and in cases of Bills for improving 

the Navigation of any River, there shall be a Section 

which shall specify the Levels of both Banks of such 

River; and where any alteration is intended to be 

made therein, it shall describe the same by feet and 


inches, or decimal parts of a foot. 
Railways. : . . . 
— 46. That in every Section of a Railway, the Line 
Line of Rail- of the Railway marked thereon shall correspond 
py Somer with the upper surface of the rails. (See Line 8. 8. 
‘with uppersur- Fig. 2. 
face of Rails. 


Vertical is 47. That distances on the Datum Line shall be 
emp marked in miles and furlongs, to correspond with 
nae y ” those un the Plan ; that a vertical cia from the 
gradient. Datum Line to the Line of the Railway shall be 
marked in feet and inches, or decimal parts of a 
foot, at each change of the gradient or inclination ; 
and that the proportion or rate of inclination between 
each such change shall also be marked. 
Height of 48, That wherever the Line of the Railway is in- 
on order ended te cross any Turnpike-road, Public Carriage- 
surface of road, Navigable River, Canal or Railway, the height 
Roads, &amp;c.to of the Railway over or depth under the surface 
—. thereof, and the height wnt span of every arch of 
—ata|6|6 Bridges and Viaducts, by which the Railway will 
Crossings. be carried over the same, shall be marked in figures 
at every crossing thereof; and where the Railwa 
will be carried across any such Turnpike-road, Pub- 
lic Carriage-road or Railway, on the level thereof, 
such crossing shall be so described on the Section ; 
and it shall also be stated if such Jevel will be 
unaltered. 
Cross Sections 49, That if any alteration be intended in the pre- 
poor yee of sent level or rate of inclination of any Turnpike-road, 
Railway Public Carriage-road or Railway, which will be 
when rates of crossed by the Line of Railway, then the same shall 
— be stated on the said Section, and each alteration 
P shall be numbered ; and Cross Sections, in reference 
to the said numbers, on a horizontal scale of not less 
than one inch to every 330 feet, and on a vertical 
scale of not less than one inch to every 40 feet, shall 
be added, which shall show the present surface of 
such Road or Railway, and the intended surface 
thereof when altered, and the average, and also the 
greatest, of the present and intended rates of incli- 
gar shall also be marked in figures thereon. (See 
ig. 4.) 
Embankments 50, That whenever the extreme height of any em- 
and Cuttings. bankment, or the extreme depth of any cutting shall 
exceed Five feet, the extreme height over or depth 
under the surface of the ground shall be marked in 
figures upon the Section ; and if any Bridge or Via- 
duct of more than three arches shall intervene in any 
Embankment, or if any Tunnel shall intervene in any 
cutting, the extreme height or ~— shall be marked 
in figures on each side of such Bridge, Viaduct or 
Tunnel. 


——— : 51. Thatwhere tunnelling, as a substitute for open 
anc 1aduc b . ; Ps 
to be marked, Cltting, or a Viaduct as a substitute for solid Em- 


bankment, is intended, the same shall be marked on 
the Section. 





5. Estimates and Subscription Contracts or Decla- 
rations in lieu of Subscription Contracts; and 
Deposit of Money in certain cases. 
Estimatesand 52, That an Estimate of the Expense of the Un- 


Subscription * : S 
Contract in. ertaking under each Bill of the Second Class be 





A, 1847, 


made and signed by the person making the same, Bills of the 
and that a Subscription be entered into under a Con- Second Class, 
tract, made as hereinafter described, to three-fourths 

the amount of such Estimate. (See as to depositing 

Estimate and Subscription Contract in Private Bill 

Office, No, 34.) 

53. That every Subscription Contract contain the Contract 

Christian Names and Surnames, Description and (Contam 

: ray. ristian and 
Place of Abode of every Subscriber ; his Signature gurnames of 
to the amount of his Subscription, with the amount Parties. 
which he has paid up; and the Name of the party 
witnessing such Signature, and the date of the same 
respectively ; and the legal description and seal of 
any corporate body being a party to such Contract ; 
and the Total Amount of such Subscriptions, and of 
the Sums so paid up. 

54. That no Subscription Contract shall be valid, Not'valid 
excepting in the case of Railway Bills (for which plese entered 
see Order 55), unless it be entered into subsequent iste aes 
to the close of the Session of Parliament previous to of previous 
that in which application is made for leave to bring Session. 
in the Bill to which it relates, and unless the parties 
subscribing to it bind themselves, their heirs, execu- 
tors and administrators, for the payment of the 
money so subscribed, to be recoverable by action 
at law. 

55. That as regards Railway Bills, no Subscrip- Railway Bills. 
tion Contract shall be valid, unless it be entered een 
into subsequent to the commencement of the Ses- Gonteuce nut 
sion of Parliament previous to that in which ap- valid, unless 
plication is made for leave to bring in the Bill to entered into 
which it relates, and unless the parties subscribing Fates atcalel 
tc it bind themselves, their heirs, executors and ad- ment of pre- 
ministrators, for the payment of the money so sub- vious Session. 
scribed, to be recoverable by action at law. 

56. That in all cases of application to Parliament subscription 
by existing Railway Companies, either for powers Contracts, 


; existing 
to construct Branches or Extensions, or to con- Railway 


y| tribute towards the expense of constructing other Companies. 


Lines of Railways, a Subscription Contract shall be 
entered into for Three-fourths of such additional 
Capital as may be required for these purposes, be- 
yond the Capital authorized for the existing Lines ; 
and deposits shall be duly paid thereon as herein- 
after required. (See. No. 60.) 





Order in relation to Railway Bills suspended 
in the Session of 1847. 


That in every case in which a Subscription Con- Original Con- 
tract was entered into prior to the 31st December a 
1846, in respect of any Railway Bill which was sus- if *) ui 
pended in the Session of 1847, such Contract, if have the option 
valid at the time at which the Examiner shall exa- of entering into 
mine the Petition for the re-introduction of such *"” “mre 
Bill, shall be deemed a sufficient Contract for the 
purposes of the Standing Orders; but in case the 
Promoters of any such Bill shall so think fit, they 
may enter into a new Subscription Contract, in com- 
pliance with the Standing Orders, of which copies 
shall be duly deposited on or before the 31st Decem- 
ber 1847; and in case any portion of the Under- 
taking under such Bill, as originally introduced in 
the Session of 1847, shall not be authorized by the 
Bill as last amended in such Session, an Estimate of 
the expense of the Undertaking under the Bill so 
amended may be deposited in the Private Bill Office, 
in lieu of the original Estimate, anda Subscription 
Contract may be entered into to Three-fourths the 
amount of such second Estimate. 





57. That, except in the case of Railway Com- Cases whereim 
panies applying for any of the powers above men- eg og 
tioned (see 56), where the work is to be made, wholly stituted for 
or in part, by means of Funds, or out of money to Subscriptiom 
be raised upon the credit of present Surplus Re- Contract. 
venue, belonging to any Society or Company, or 
under the control of Directors, Trustees or Com- 
missioners, as the case may be, of any existing 
Public Work, such parties being the veel 

) 











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Cases wherein 
Declaration 
and Estimate 
of Amount of 
Rates may be 
substituted 
for Subscrip- 
tion Contract. 


One-twentieth 
part of amount 
subscribed to 
be deposited. 


Railway Bills. 


One-tenth 


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the Bill, a Declaration stating those facts, and setting 
forth the nature ofsuch control, and the nature and 
amount of such Funds or Surplus Revenue, and 
showing the actual Surplus of such Funds or Re- 
venue, after deducting the Funds which may be re- 
quired for any other Work to be executed under 
any Bill in the same Session, and given under the 
common seal of the Society or Company, or under 
the hand of some authorized Officer of such Di- 
rectors, Trustees or Commissioners, may be depo- 
sited in lieu or in aid of the Subscription Contract, 
and in addition to the Estimate of the Expense, 
provided such Funds shall be not less than the 
whole amount of the Estimate, or the portion there- 
of not provided for by a a Contract. 
(See as to depositing Subscription Contracts in Pri- 
vate Bill Office, No. 34.) 

58. That in cases where the Work is to be made 
out of Money to be raised upon the Security of the 
Rates, Duties or Revenue to be created by or to 
arise under any Bill, under which no private or per- 
sonal pecuniary profit or advantage is to be derived, 
a Declaration stating those facts, and setting forth 
the means by which Funds are to be obtained for 
executing the Work, and signed by the Party or 
Agent soliciting the Bill, together with an Estimate 
of the probable amount of such Rates, Duties or 
Revenue, signed by the Person making the same, 
may be substituted for the Subscription Contract, 
and in addition to the Estimate of the Expense. 
(See as to depositing Estimate and Subscription 
Contract in Private Bill Office, No. 34.) 


Deposit of Money. 

59. That, excepting in the case ofa Railway Bill 
(for which see Order 60) a sum not less than One- 
twentieth part of the amount subscribed shall, pre- 
viously to the 15th day of January, be deposited 
with the Court of Chancery in England, if the 
Work is intended to be done in England, or with 
the Court of Chancery in England or the Court of 
Exchequer in Scotland, if such Work is intended 
to be done in Scotland, and with the Court of Chan- 
cery in Ireland, if such Work is intended to be done 
in Ireland. (Vide Appendix C.) 

60, That in the case of Railway Bills, a sum not 
less than One-tenth part of the amount subscribed 


part of amount Shall, previously to the 15th day of January, be de- 


subscribed to 
be deposited, 


Deposits, 


When Exa- 
mination of 
Petitions to 
commence. 


posited with the Court of Chancery in England, if 
the Railway is intended to be made in England ; 
or with the Court of Chancery in England or the 
Court of Exchequer in Scotland, if such Railway 
is intended to be made in Scotland ; and with the 
Court of Chancery in Jreland, if such Railway is 
intended to be made in Jreland. 





Order in relation to Railway Bills suspended 
in the Session of 1847. 


That in the case of Railway Bills which were sus- 
pended in the Session of 1847, a sum not less than 
One-tenth part of the amount subscribed shall be de- 
posited, in the manner required by the Standing Or- 
ders, previously to the 15th day of January 1848, 
whether the Subscription Contract in respect of any 
such Bill! shall have been entered into on or before the 
31st day of December 1846, or on or before the 31st 
day of December 1847, 





IV. 


PROCEEDINGS OF EXAMINERS AND OF 
COMMITTEES. 


PROCEEDINGS oF THE ExAMINERS OF PETITIONS 
FOR Private BILLs. 


61. That the Examination of the Petitions for 
Private Bills which shall have been duly deposited 
in ot Private Bill Office, shall commence on the 

OL. 102. 





15th January, in such Order and according to such 
regulations as shall have been made by Mr. Speaker. 


62. That one of the Examiners shall give at least Notice to be 
Seven clear Days’ Notice in the Private Bill Office given by one 
of the day appointed for the Examination of each Sancaier 
Petition which shall have been duly deposited in appointed for 
the Private Bill Office; and in case the promoters #xamination. 
shall not appear at the time when the Petition shall 
come on to be heard, the Examiner to whom the 
case shall have been allotted shall strike the Peti- 
tion off the General List of Petitions, and shall not 
re-insert the same, except by Order of the House. 


63. That any parties shall be at liberty to appear Memorials 
and be heard, by themselves, their agents and wit- complaining 
nesses, upon a Memorial addressed to the Examiner, —— 
complaining of a non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders, provided the matter complained of be spe- 
cifically stated in such Memorial, and the party 
(if any) who may be specially affected by the non- 
compliance with the Standing Orders have signed 
such Memorial, and such Memorial have been duly 
deposited in the Private Bill Office. (See Order 
174.) 

64, That the Examiner may admit Affidavits in Proof by 
proof of the compliance with the Standing Orders Affidavit. 
of the House, unless in any case he shall require 
further evidence ; and that sucli Affidavit shall be 
sworn, if in England, before a Justice of the Peace ; 
if in Scotland, before any Sheriff Depute or his 
Substitute ; and ifin Zreland, before Ray eor As- 
sistant Barrister of that part of the United Kingdom. 

65. That the Examiner shall certify by indorse- Examiner to 
ment on each Petition which shail have been de- indotse Peti- 
posited in the Private Bill Office, whether the Stand- standing 
ing Orders have or have not been complied with ; Orders not _ 
and, when they have not been complied with, he pep mt a 
shall also report to the House the facts upon which ; 
his decision is founded, and any special circum- 
stances connected with the case. 

66. That in all cases of Petitions for additional To report in 
provision in Private Bills and of Estate Bills brought #ll cases of 
from the House of Lords and referred to the Exa- i sorrel 
miner, the Examiner shall give at least Two clear provision in 
Days’ notice of the day on which the same will be Private Bills 
examined ; and he shall report to the House whether — aoe 
the Standing Orders have or have not been com- 
plied with; and, when they have not been complied 
with, the facts upon which his decision is founded, 
and any special circumstance connected with the 
case. 

67. That in case the Examiner shall feel doubts Special Report 
as to the due construction of any Standing Order i certain 
in its application to a particular case, he shall make “**** 

a Special Report of the facts to the House, without 
deciding whether the Standing Order has or has not © 
been complied with; and in such case he shall in- 
dorse the Petition with the words “ Special Report,” 
either alone, or if non-compliances with other 
Standing Orders shall have been proved, in addi- 
— to the words “Standing Orders not complied 
with.’ 





Duties of the Examiners in relation to Petitions 
for the Re-introduction of Railway Bills, 
which, by virtue of the Resolutions of the House 
of the 10th June, were suspended in the Session 
of 1847. 


That if it shall be proved to the Examiner thata 
Petition for a Railway Billis the same in substance, 
and from the same parties, as any Petition for the 
same purpose, and from the same parties, which was 
presented in the Session of 1847, and that the Bill 
annexed to such Petition is the same as any Bill, at 
the last stage thereof, which was suspended in either 
House of Parliament on the termination of such 
Session ; and that due Notice was given of the inten- 
tion to suspend further proceedings thereon, he shall 
inquire whether the several Orders in regard to Rail- 
way Bills which were suspended in the Session of 

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1847 have heen complied with; and on proof thereof 
the Standing Orders shall be held to have been com- 
plied with, and the Petition shall be indorsed accord- 


ingly. 





PROCEEDINGS OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON 
STANDING ORDERs. 


To report 68. That when any Report of the Examiner of 
Standing Petitions for Private Bills, in which he shall report 


Orders ought that the Standing Orders have not been complied 

or ought not P with, shall have been referred to the Select Com- 

— nse mittee on Standing Orders, they shall report to the 
House whether such Standing Orders ought or 
ought not to be dispensed with, and whether in their 
opinion the parties should be permitted to proceed 
with their Bill, or any portion thereof, and under 
what (if any) conditions. 

Proceeding in 69, That when any Special Report from the 

— Examiner of Petitions as to the construction of a 
Standing Order shall have been referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, they shall 
determine, according to their construction of the 
Standing Order, and on the facts stated in such 
Report, whether the Standing Orders have or have 
not been complied with, and they shall then either 
report to the House that the Standing Orders have 
been complied with, or shall proceed to consider the 
question of dispensing with the Standing Orders, 
as the case may be. 

To report 70. That when any Petition praying that any of the 

—, or -=essional or Standing Orders of the House relating 

Standing to Private Bills may be dispensed with, shall have 

Order ought been referred to the Select Committee on Standing 


or ought not to Qrders, they shall report to the House whether such 
be dispensed / 


with. Sessional or Standing Orders ought or ought not 
to be dispensed with. 
To report 71. That when any Petition for the re-insertion 


whether Peti- 6f any Petition for a Private Bill in the General 
tion ought or 


ought not to List of Petitions shall have been referred to the 
be re-inserted. Select Committee on Standing Orders, they shall 
report to the House whether in their opinion such 
Petition ought or ought not to be re-inserted, and, 
if re-inserted, under what (if any) conditions. 
To report 72. That when any Clause or Amendment pro- 
jane posed to any Private Bill on the consideration of 
Amendment the Report thereof, shall have been referred to the 
on considera- Select Committee on Standing Orders, they shall 
tion of Report report to the House whether such Clause or Amend- 
ought or ought 
not to be ment be of such a nature as not to be adopted by 
adopted by the House without the Re-commitment of the Bill, 
House without or of such a nature as to justify the House in enter- 
ment, &amp;c. taining it without recurring to that proceeding, or 
of such a nature as not in either case to be adopted 
by the House. 
en 73. That when any Clause or Amendment pro- 
&gt; meal posed to any Private Bill on the Third Reading 
Amendment shall have been referred to the Select Committee 
on Third Read- 9n Standing Orders, they shall report to the House 
po ney to Whether such Clause or Amendment ought or ought 


be adopted by not to be adopted by the House at that stage. 
House at that 
stage. 





PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE OF 
SELECTION. 


Printed Copies 74, That printed Copies of all Private Bills be 

of Bills to be Jaid before the Committee of Selection, by the parties 

Committee of promoting the same, at the first meeting of the said 

Selection, Committee which shall be held after the 10th of 
; January in each year. 

Cammittee of 75. That the Committee of Selection shall form 


group Rail. ito Groups all Railway Bills which, in their opi- 


way Bills. | nion, it would be expedient to submit to the same 
Committee, and shall report the same to the 
House. 

And other 


a 76. That the Committee of Selection may also, 
_—, “if they shall think fit, form into Groups any opposed 
. ' Private Bills, not being Railway Bulls, which, in 
their opinion, it may be expedient to submit to the 


A. 1847. 


same Committee, and shall report the same to the 
House. 

77. That the Committee of Selection shall refer Railway Bills 
every Railway Bill, except as hereinafter provided, a a 
and every Group of such Bills, to a Chairman and Sd Four 


spapae and Four 
Four Members, not locally or otherwise interested Members. 


therein. 

78. That the Committee of Selection shall con- What Bills 
sider no Bill as an opposed Private Bill, unless at Dot to be con- 
any time not later than Seven clear Days after the —o oP 
Second Reading thereof a Petition shall have been 
presented against it, in which the Petitioner or Pe- 
titioners shall have prayed to be heard, by them- 
selves, their Seana Agents, or unless, where no 
such Petition shall have been presented, the Chair- 
man of the Committee of Ways and Means shall 
have reported to the House that in his opinion any 
Bill ought to be so treated. 

79. That the Committee of Selection shall refer Constitution 
every opposed Private Bill which shall have been of Committees 
referred to them, or any Group of such Bills, not yn ag 
being Railway Bills, to a Chairman and Four Mem- 
bers, not locally or otherwise interested therein ; 
and if such Bill or Group shall specially relate to 
any one County, Division of a County, or Parlia- 
mentary Borough, the Committee of Selection shall 
add the Member or Members representing the 
same; and if such Bill or Group shall relate to 
more than one county, division of a county or Par- 
liamentary borough, the Committee of Selection 
shall add so many of the Members representing the 
same as they shall think fit to select: provided, that 
the Members so selected and added, in respect of 
local representation, shall not, in the case of any 
one Bill, whether committed singly or in a Group, 
exceed Four, and that the Committee of Selection 
shall, in the case of any Group for which more than 
Four such Members may be required in the whole, 
provide accordingly by naming the Bill or Bills in 
respect of which each such Member is added, and 
on which alone he shall serve. 

80. That the Committee of Selection shall refer Constitution 
every unopposed Private Bill which shall have been of Committees 
referred to them, not being a Railway Bill, and —— 
every unopposed Railway Bill which shall not have 
been placed in any Group, or shall have been sub- 
sequently withdrawn from such Group, such Bill 
having originated in this House, to the Chairman 
of the Committee of Ways and Means, together 
with one of the Members ordered to prepare and 
bring in the same, and one other Member not locally 
interested therein, and shall refer every unopposed 
Private Bill which shall have been referred to them, 
not being a Railway Bill, and every unopposed 
Railway Bill which shall not have been placed in 
any Group, or shall have been withdrawn from such 
Group, such Bill having been brought from the 
House of Lords, to the Chairman of the Committee 
of Ways and Means, together with Two other Mem- 
bers, of whom one at least shall not be locally or 
otherwise interested therein. 

81. That the Committee of Selection shall give committee of 
each Member not less than Fourteen Days’ notice, Selection to 
by publication in the Votes or otherwise, of the tng 
week in which it will be necessary for him to be in 
attendance for the purpose of serving, if required, 
as a Member of a Committee on a Railway Bill, or 
as a Member, not locally or otherwise interested, of 
a Committee on a Private Bill. 

82. That the Committee of Selection shall give to Notice of 
each Member sufficient Notice of his appointment Appointment 
as a Member of a Committee on a Railway Bill, or po agen 
as a Member, not locally or otherwise interested, of transmitted. 
a Committee on a Private Bill, and shall transmit 
to him a blank form of the Declaration required, 
with a request that he will forthwith return it to 
them, properly filled up and signed. 

83. That the Committee of Selection shall — Members 
to the House the name of any such Member, from returning to 
whom they shall not have received in due time such 2nswer 7° 





; reported. 
Declaration, **° 





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Declaration, so filled up and signed, or, in lieu 
thereof, an excuse which they shall deem sufficient. 


One Member 84. That the Committee of Selection shall have 
may be sub- the power of substituting, at any time, before the 
stituted for first meeting of a Committee, another Member for 
any Member whom they shall deem it proper to ex- 
cuse from serving on that Committee. 
Committeeof 85. That the _ iat i of Selection shall, sub- 
Selection to ject to the Order that there be Fourteen clear Days 
co between the Second Reading of every Private Bill 
Committee. and the Sitting of the Committee thereupon, fix 
the time for holding the First Sitting of every Com- 
mittee on a Private Bill referred to them, 
Committee of 86. That the Committee of Selection have power, 
wes ol in the execution of their duties, to send for Persons, 
sons, &amp;c. Papers and Records. 





PrRocEEDINGS OF COMMITTEES ON OpPposED 
Bits. 


Declaration of 87. That each Member of a Committee on a Rail- 

Meribers not way Bill, or Group of such Bills, and each of the 

oan mer Five Members, not locally or otherwise interested, 
of a Committee on an opposed Private Bill, or Group 
of such Bills, shall, before he be entitled to attend 
and vote on such Committee, sign the following 
Declaration : 


I do hereby declare, That my constituents have 
no local interest, and that I have no personal 
interest, in such Bill; and that I will never vote 
on any question which may arise without having 
duly heard and attended to the Evidence re- 
lating thereto. 


And no such Committee on a Railway, or other 
Private Bill, shall proceed to business until the said 
Declaration shall have been so signed by each of 
such Members. 

88. That each Member who shall have been 

Members er. 2dded, in respect of local representation, to a Com- 

ted. -Mittee on any opposed Private'Bill, or Group of such 
Bills, shall, before he be entitled to attend on such 
Committee, sign the following Declaration : 

I, A. B., do hereby declare, That I will never vote 
on any question which may arise without 
having duly heard and attended to the Evi- 
dence relating thereto. 

And shall deliver the same to the Committee Clerk 
before the Chairman of the Committee shall have 
taken the chair. 


Declaration of 


Committee 89. That the Committee Clerk shall furnish to 

Clerk tofur- each Member so added to a Committee on an 

Muntecwith Opposed Private Bill, in respect of local representa- 

Copy of De- tion as aforesaid, a Form of the Declaration to be 

claration. signed by him, on his application for the same, either 
in the Committee Clek’s Office, before the time 
appointed for the meeting of the Committee, or in 
the Committee-room, before the Chairman shall have 
taken the Chair. 

When Member 90. That no Member, added in respect of local 


not entitled to 


attend or vote, Pepresentation, shall be entitled to attend or vote in 


a Committee on an opposed Private Bill, who shall 
not have delivered his Declaration to the Clerk be- 
fore the Chairman shall have taken the Chair. 


Quorum to 91. That Committees shall be allowed to proceed 

eg ’ if Three of the Five Members, not locally or other- 

F wise interested, shall be present, but not with a less 
number, unless by special leave of the House. 

W xen Pro- 92. That so soon after the expiration of Zen 

oe a Minutes after the time appointed for the first sitting 

commence, Of a Committee on an opposed Private Bill, not 


being a Railway Bill, as there shall be present at 
least Three of the Five Members appointed, as not 
being locally or otherwise interested therein, to serve 
on such Committee, provided that all the said Five 
Members shall have duly signed and delivered in 
the Declaration as hereinbefore provided, the Chair- 
man shall proceed to take the Chair of the Com- 
mittee. 


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887 


93. That no Member of a Railway Committee, Members not 
nor any of the Five Members, not locally or other- 4 bre ed i 
wise interested, of the Committee on any other Pri- P 
vate Bill, shall absent himself from his duties 

thereon, except in the case of sickness, or by Order 

of the House. 

94. That all questions before Committees on Pri- Questions to 
vate Bills shall be decided by a majority of voices, Pe (ecled PY 
including the voice of the Chairman; and whenever voices. 
the voices are equal, the Chairman shall have a 
second or casting vote. 

95. That if the Chairman shall be absent from When Chair- 
the Committee, the Member next in rotation on the ™4” absent. 
List of Members not locally or otherwise interested 

in the Bill or Bills referred to them, who shall be . 
present, shall act as Chairman. 

96. That if at any time during the sitting of any Proceedings to 
Committee Three at least of the Members, not pF ar 
locally or otherwise interested, shall not be present, present. 

the Chairman of the Committee shall suspend the 
proceedings of such Committee until Three at least 

shall be present; and that if at the expiration of 

One hour from the time fixed for the meeting of the 

Committee, or from the time when the Chairman 

shall so have suspended the proceedings of such 
Committee, Three such Members shall not be pre- 

sent, the Committee shall be adjourned to the next 

day on which the house shall sit, and then shall 

meet at the hour on which such Committee would 

have sat, had no such adjournment taken place. 

97. That if any of the Five Members not locally 

or otherwise interested shall not be present within 

One Hour after the time appointed for the meeting 

of the Committee, or if any such Member shall 

absent himself from his duties on such Committee, 

every such Member shall be reported to the House 

at its next sitting. 

98. That if at any time after the Committee on a Absence of 
Bill shall have been formed, a Quorum of Members Quorum by 
required by the Standing Orders cannot attend in Peathorother- 
consequence of any of the Members who shall have reported. 
duly qualified to serve on such Committee having 

become incompetent to continue such service by 

having been placed on an Election Committee, or 

by death or otherwise, the Chairman shall report 

the circumstances of the case to The House, in order 

that such measures may be taken by The House 

as shall enable the Members still remaining on the 

Committee to proceed with the business referred to 

such Committee, or as the exigency of the case may 

require. 

99. That no Petition against a Private Bill be Petition 
taken into consideration by the Committee on such 2gainst Bill 
Bill, which shall not distinctly specify the ground on m+ dhe 
which the Petitioners object to any of the provisions grounds of 
thereof; and that the Petitioners be only heard on objection suf- 
such grounds so stated ; and if it shall appear to ne 
the said Committee, that such grounds are not 
specified with sufficient accuracy, the Committee 
may direct that there be given to the Committee a 
more specific Statement, in writing, but limited to 
such grounds of Objection so inaccurately specified. 

100. That no Petitioners against any Private Bill When Petition 
shall be heard before the Committee on the Bill, sg0inet a 
unless their Petition shall have been prepared and © PY 
signed in strict conformity with the Rules and 
Orders of this House, and shall have been presented 
to the House not later than Seven clear Days after 
the Second Reading of such Bill, except where the 
Petitioners shall complain of any matter which 
may have arisen during the progress of the Bill 
before the said Committee. 

101. That in all cases of opposed Private Bills, When opposed 
other than Railway Bills, in which no parties shall Bills may be 
have appeared on the Petitions against such Bills, pasecen ‘ 
or having appeared shall have withdrawn their op- 

— before the evidence of the Promoters shall 

ave been commenced, the Committees on such 
Bills shall forthwith refer them back, with a state- 
ment of the facts, to the Committee of Selection, 





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888 


who shall deal with them as unopposed Bills; and 
in all cases of Railway Bills which shall have been 
included in Groups, although not opposed, or having 
been opposed, shall have become unopposed, in the 
manner hereinbefore described, it shall be permitted 
to the Committees on the Groups to refer such Bills 
back, if they shall so think fit, to the Committee of 
Selection, who shall deal with them as unopposed 
Bills as aforesaid. 





Proceepincs of CommitTTEEs on UnopposEep 
Bits. 


102. That the Chairman of the Committee of 
Ways and Means and one of the other Members 
of the Committee on an unopposed Private Bill, 
shall be the Quorum thereof. 

103. That the Chairman of the Committee on 
every unopposed Private Bill (not being a Divorce 


Quorum of 
Committee, 


Chairman at 
liberty to re- 
port that any 





Bill should be Bill), shall be at liberty, at any period after such 
treated as Bill shall have been referred to him and the other 
epyeeee. Members of the Committee, to report his opinion to 
the House (if he shall think fit), that such Bill 
should be treated as an opposed Private Bill; in 
which case such Bill shall be again referred to the 
Committee of Selection, and shall be dealt with 
by them as an opposed Private Bill. 
Filled-up Bill 104. That a filled-up Bill, signed by the Agent 
fect we for the Bill, as proposed to be submitted to the 
aad Com- *" Committee, be laid by him before such Chairman 
mittee. at the time of giving notice of the meeting of the 
Committee on the bill, and that similar copies be 
also laid by the Agent for the Bill before the other 
Members of the said Committee Three days at the 
least before the First Meeting thereof. 
ProceepinGs of CommitTTEEs on Bits, whether 
OpposEeD or UNoPpPosED. 
Names of 105. That the Names of the Members attending 
Members tobe each Committee be entered by the Clerk on the 
smred on ~~ Minutes of the Committee; and if any Division 


shall take place in the Committee, the Clerk do 
take down the Names of Members voting in any 
such Division, distinguishing on which side of the 
question they respectively vote, and that such Lists 
be given in with the Report to the House. 
106. That no Committee shall have power to 
= pot to examine into the compliance or non-compliance 
quire into ¥ " Ss 
certain Stand. with such Standing Orders as are directed to be 
ing Orders. proved before the Examiner of Petitions for Private 
Bills, unless by special Order of the House. 
107. That the Committee on any Private Bill may 
admit affidavits in proof of the compliance with such 
Standing Orders of the House, as are directed to 
be proved before them, unless in any case they shall 
require further evidence; and that such affidavits 
shall be sworn, if in England, before a Justice of 
the Peace ; if in Scotland, before any Sheriff-depute 
or his substitute; and if in Jreland, before any 
Judge or Assistant Barrister of that part of the 
United Kingdom. 
Consents, how 108. That the Committee may admit proof of the 
to be proved. Consents of Parties concerned in interest in any 
Private Bill, by Affidavits, sworn as aforesaid, or by 
the Certificate in writing of such Parties, whose 
Signatures to such Certificate shall be proved by 
one or more Witnesses, unless the Committee shall 
require further Evidence. 

109. That in all Bills presented to the House for 
carrying on any Work by means of a Company, 
Commissioners or Trustees, Provision be made for 
compelling Persons who have subscribed any Money 
towards carrying any such Work into execution, 
to make payment of the Sums severally subscribed 
by them. 

110. That in all Bills whereby any Parties are 
authorized to levy Fees, Tolls or other Rate or 


Committee on 


Clause com- 
pelling pay- 
ment of Sub- 
scriptions. 


Provision to be 
made in Bills, 
by which Tolls, 


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A. 1847. 


Charge, Clauses be inserted, providing for the fol- &amp;c. may be 
lowing objects, except in so far as any of such levied, 
objects shall have been provided for in some general 

Act applicable to the subject-matter of the Bill:— 


That security be taken from.the Treasurer, Security to be 
Collector or Receiver, and every other officer _— from 
entrusted with the collection or custody of -"*s¥rh &amp;. 
monies under the Bill, for the faithful execution 
of his office. 

That full and accurate Accounts be kept of Accounts to 
all monies received and expended under the &gt;¢ kept. 
— of the Bill, and that such Accounts 

e balanced once in each year at the least. 


That such Accounts be duly audited once in Accounts to be 
each year at the least, and that for such purpose *dited. 
an Auditor or Auditors be appointed by some 
person or persons not immediately connected 
with the Commissioners, Directors, Trustees or 
other party, by whom, or by whose direction or 
authority such Fees, Tolls, Rates or Charges 
shall be levied. 

That for the purpose of auditing such Ac- Accounts, 
counts, the Commissioners, Directors, Trustees bay ones &amp;e. 
or other such party as aforesaid be required to {° x Broduced 
cause the Accounts, together with all their 
Books and Vouchers, to be produced to the 
Auditors. 

That the remuneration of the Auditor, and Remuneration 
his expenses, be defrayed out of the funds to Auditors. 
levied under the Bill. 


That an annual Account, in abstract, be pre- Account to be 
pared of the total Receipts and Expenditure annually 
of all funds levied under such Bill for the past pg ig 
year, under the several distinct heads of Re- 
ceipts and Expenditure, with a Statement of the 
Balance of the said Account duly audited and 
certified by the Chairman of the Commission- 
ers, Directors, Trustees or other parties afore- 
said, and also by the Auditors thereof; and 
that a copy of such annual Account be trans- 
mitted, free of charge, to the Clerk of the 
Peace (or in Scotland to the Sheriff Clerk) for 
the County, or to the Clerk of the City or 
Borough within which the chief Office for the 
management of such funds shall be situated, 
on or before the Thirty-first day of January in 
each year, under a sufficient Penalty for not 
preparing and sending in the said Account, to 
be levied by summary process; the said Ac- 
count to be open at all seasonable hours to 
~ inspection of the Public upon payment of 
a Fee. 


111. That where the level of any Road shall be Level of 
altered in making any Public Work, the ascent of Roads. 
any Turnpike-road, or of any Road in Jreland so 
defined in the Railway Clauses Consolidation Act, 

1845, shall not be more than one foot in 30 feet, 

and of any other public Carriage-road not more 

than one foot in 20 feet ; and that a good and suf- 

ficient fence, of four feet high at the least, shall be Fence to 
made on each side of every Bridge which shall be Bridge. 
erected. 


112. That every Plan, and Book of Reference Pian, &amp;c. to be 
thereto, which shall be produced in evidence before _ by 
the Committee upon any Private Bill (whether the *"“7™*™ 
same shall have been previously lodged in the Pri- 
vate Bill Office, or not) shall be signed by the 
Chairman of such Committee with his Name at 
length; and he shall also mark with the Initials of 
his Name, every Alteration of such Plan and Book 
of Reference, which shall be agreed upon by the 
said Committee ; and every such Plan and Book of 
Reference shall thereafter be deposited in the Pri- 
vate Bill Office. 


113. That the Chairman of the Committee do Committee 
sign, with his Name at length, a printed Copy of a eT ihe 
the Bill (to be called the Committee Bill), on which gionea by 
the Amendments are to be fairly written ; and also Chairman. 

sign, 

















11 Vicroriz. 


sign, with the Initials of his Name, the several 
Clauses added in the Committee. 


Chairman to 114. That the Chairman of the Committee shall 
report on = report to the House, that the Allegations of the 
a - Bill have been examined ; and whether the Parties 


concerned have given their Consent (where such 
Consent is required by the Standing Orders) to the 
satisfaction of the Committee. 


Chairman to 115. That the Chairman of the Committee shall 
ig a. report the Bill to the House, whether the Committee 
m . 


shall or shall not have agreed to the Preamble, or 
gone through the several Clauses, or any of them ; 
and when any alteration shall have been made in 
the Preamble of the Bill, such alteration, together 
with the ground of making it, shall be specially 
stated in the Report. 


Minutes of 116. That the Minutes of the Committee on every 





Committee. Private Bill be brought up and laid on the Table of 
the House, with the Report of the Bill. 
Railway Bills. 
Restrictionsas 117. That in the case of a Railway Bill, no Com- 


to Mortgage. pany shall be authorized to raise, by Loan or Mort- 
gage, a larger sum than One-third of their capital ; 
and that, until Fifty per cent. on the whole of the 
capital shall have been paid up, it shall not be in 
the power of the Company to raise any Money by 
Loan or Mortgage. 

118, That where the level of any road shall be 
altered in making any Railway, the ascent of any 
Turnpike-road, or of any Road in Ireland, so defined 
in the Railway Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, 
shall not be more than one foot in 30 feet, and of 
any other public carriage-road not more than one 
foot in 20 feet, unless a report from some officer of 
the Commissioners of Railways shall be laid before 
the Committee on the Bill, recommending that 
steeper ascents than the above may be allowed, with 
the reasons and facts upon which such opinion is 
founded, and the Committee shall report in favour 
of such recommendation: Also, that a good and 
sufficient fence, of four feet high at the least, shall 
be made on each side of every Bridge which shall 
be erected. 

Railway not 119. That no Railway whereon carriages are pro- 

to cross Roads pelled by steam, or by atmospheric agency, or 

ona Level drawn by ropes in connection with a stationary 

unless Com- : 

mittee report, Steam-engine, shall be made across any Turnpike- 

&amp;e. road or other public carriage-way on the level, unless 
the Committee on the Bill report that such a restric- 
tion ought not to be enforced, with the reasons and 
facts upon which their opinion is founded. 


Limiting 
ascent of 
Roads where 
Level is al- 
tered. 


Railway Com- 120. That no Railway Company shall be autho- 

pany not to rized to construct or enlarge, purchase or take on 

pg Ng im lease, or otherwise appropriate any Dock, Pier, 

Committee | Harbour or Ferry, or to acquire and use any Steam- 

report, &amp;. vessels for the conveyance of goods and passengers, 

or to apply any portion of their capital or revenue 
to other objects, distinct from the undertaking of a 
Railway Company, unless the Committee on the 
Bill report that such a restriction ought not to be 
enforced, with the reasons and facts upon which 
their opinion is founded. 

121. That in the case of a Railway Bill, the 
Committee report specially :-— 

Capital. 1. The proposed Capital of the Company 
formed for the execution of the project, and the 
amount of any Loans which they may be em- 
powered to raise by the Bill. 

Shares, &amp;c. 2. The amount of Shares subscribed for, and 
the Deposits paid thereon. 

Names, &amp;c., 3. The Names and Places of Residence of 


of Directors. the Directors or Provisional Committee, with 
the amount of Shares taken by each. 

4. ‘The number of Shareholders who may be 
considered as having a local interest in the line, 
and the Amount of Capital subscribed for by 
them. 

VoL, 102. 


Local Share- 
holders, 


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889 


5. The number of other Parties, and the Other Parties, 
Capital taken by them. &amp;e. 


6. The number of Shareholders subscribing Subscribers 
for 2,000/., and upwards, with their Names and ®F 2,000. and 
Residences, and the amount for which they — 
have subscribed. 

7. Whether any Report from the Commis- Whether 
sioners of Railways in regard to the Bill, or the Report from 
objects thereby proposed to be authorized, has ren en ag nl 
been referred by the House to the Committee, been referred 
and if so, whether any and what recommenda- to Committee, 
tions contained in such Report have been adopted ~“ 
by the Committee, and whether any and what 
recommendations contained in such Report 
have been rejected. 

8. What planes in the Railway are proposed Assistant 
to be worked, either by assistant engines, sta- Engines. 
tionary or locomotive, with the respective lengths 
and inclinations of such planes. 

9. Any peculiar engineering difficulties in Engineering 
the proposed line, and the manner in which it Difficulties. 
is intended they should be overcome. 

10. The length, breadth and height, and Ventilation of 
means of ventilation, of any proposed tunnels, T@™*!s. 
and whether the strata through which they are 
to pass are favourable or otherwise. 

11. Whether in the lines proposed, the gra- Gradients and 
dients and curves are generally favourable or Curves. 
otherwise, and the steepest gradient, exclusive 
of the inclined planes above referred to, and the 
smallest radius of a curve. 

12. The length of the main line of the pro- Length of 
posed Railway, and of its Branches respectively, Line. 
and on what gauge it is proposed to be con- 
structed. 

13. Whether it be it intended that the Rail- Passing 
way should pass on a level any Turnpike-road Highways on 
or Highway, and if so, to call the particular“ 
attention of the House to that circumstance. 


14. The amount of the Estimates of the cost Estimates. 
or other expenses to be incurred up to the time 
of the completion of the Railway, and whether 
they appear to be supported by evidence, and 
to be fully adequate for the purpose. 

15. The number of assents, dissents and Assents. 
neuters upon the line, and the length and 
amount of Property belonging to each class 
traversed by the said Railway, distinguishing 
Owners from Occupiers; and in the case of an 
Bill to vary the original Line, the above parti- 
culars with reference to such Parties only as 
may be affected by the proposed deviation. 

16. The Name of each Engineer examined Engineers 
in support of the Bill, and of any examined in ©*#™ined 
opposition to it. 

17. The main allegations of every Petition Petitions in 
which may have been referred to the Committee opposition. 
in opposition to the Preamble of the Bill, or to 
any ofits Clauses; and whether the allegations 
have been considered by the Committee, and if 
not considered, the cause of their not having 
been so. 


And the Committee shall also report generally as Fitness in an 
to the fitness, in an engineering point of view, of engineering. 
the projected line of Railway, and any circum- ne ped je 
stances which, in the opinion of the Committee, it circumstances. 
is desirable the House should be informed of. 


122. That the following Clause be inserted in all 
Railway Bills passing through this House : 


And be it further Enacted, That nothing herein Railway not 
contained shall be deemed or construed to exempt to be exempt 
the Railway by this or the said recited Acts autho-™ yl 
rized to be made from the provisions of any General ieee 
Act relating to such Acts, or of any General Act 
relating to Thelbnaes now in force, or which may 
hereafter pass during this or any future Session of 
Parliament, or from any future revision and altera- 
tion, under the authority of Parliament, of the 

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maximum rates of fares and charges authorized by 
this Act. 

123. That the Committee on every Railway Bill 
shall fix the Tolls, and shall determine the maximum 
rates of charge for the conveyance of Passengers, 
with a due amount of Luggage and of Goods on 
such Railway, and such rates of charge shall include 
the Tolls and the costs of locomotive power, and 
every other expense connected with the conveyance 
of Passengers, with a due amount of Luggage and 
of Goods upon such Railway ; but if the Committee 
shall not deem it expedient to determine such maxi- 
mum rates of Charge, a Special Report, explanatory 
of the grounds of their omitting so to do, shall be 
made to the House, which Special Report shall ac- 
company the Report of the Bill. 

124. That a Clause shall be inserted in every 
Railway Bill, prohibiting the payment of any In- 
terest or Dividend in respect of Calls under such 
Bill (except the Interest by way of Discount on 
Subscriptions prepaid, agreeably to 8 Vic. c. 16, 
s. 24), out of any Capital which they have been au- 
thorized to raise either by means of Calls, or of any 
power of borrowing. 

125. That a Clause shall be inserted in every 
Railway Bill, prohibiting any Railway Company 
from paying, out of the Capital which they have 
been authorized to raise for the purposes of any 
existing Act, the Deposits required by the Standing 
Orders to be made for the purposes of any applica- 
tion to Parliament for a Bill for the construction of 
another Railway. 

126. That no powers of Purchase, Sale, Lease or 
rae in Amalgamation, chal be contained in any Bill for the 

s for con- ae 4 ° 
struction of a Construction ofa Railway, unless the same shall have 
Railway. been suspended in the Session of 1847. 

When powers 127. That no powers of Purchase, Sale, Lease or 
of purchase, Amalgamation, shall be given to any Railway Com- 


Committee to 
fix the Tolls 
and Charges. 


No interest to 
be paid on 
Calls 


Deposits not 
to be paid out 
of Capital. 


No powers of 


—e - pany or Companies, unless previously to their ap- 
plication to Parliament for such purpose they shall 
have proved, to the satisfaction of the Commission- 
ers of Railways, that they have respectively paid up 
One-half of the Capital authorized to be raised by 
any previous Act or Acts by means of Shares, and 
have expended for the purposes of such Act or Acts 
a sum equal thereto. 

Railway 128. That no Railway Company shall be autho- 

Company not rized, except for the execution of its original Line | 

guarantee A ° ° 

interest or Or Lines sanctioned by Act of Parliament, to guar- 

dividend be- antee interest on any shares which it may issue for 


fore comple- 


tion of Line, creating additional Capital, or to guarantee any rent 


or dividend to any other Railway Company, until 
such first-mentioned Company shall have completed 


and opened for traffic such original Lines. 
Limitation of 


nl way Companies, the amount of Capital created by 


of Companies, Such Ama gamation shall in no case exceed the sum 
of the Capitals of the Companies so amalgamated. 


Additional 130. That in Bills for empowering any Railway 
Capital of | Company to purchase any other Railway, no addi- 
purchasing 


Company not tion shall be authorized to be made to the Capital 
to amount to of the purchasing Company, beyond the amount of 
more than —_ the Capital of the Railway purchased ; and in case 





Sear such Railway shall be purchased at a premium, no 
purchased. addition on account of such premium shall be made 
to the Capital of the purchasing Company. 
Orders in relation to Railway Bills suspended 
in the Session of 1847. 
Powers of That in every Bill containing powers of Purchase, 
on fe» Sale, Lease or Amalgamation, which shall have been 
nee suspended in the Session of 1847, a Clause shall be 


inserted prohibiting any Company from exercising 
such powers until they shall have proved to the satis- 
faction of the Commissioners of Railways, that they 
have respectively paid up One-half of the Capital 
authorized to be raised by any previous Act or Acts, 
by means of shares, and have expended for the pur- 
poses of such Act or Acts a sum equal thereto. 


15° Julie. 


129. That in Bills for the Amalgamation of Rail- | 


A. 1847. 


In case the Report of any Railway Bill which Wher Report 
_was suspended in the Session of 1847 shall have been ee — 
agreed to in that Session, the Committee on the Bill pended in 1847. 
shall examine whether the Bill be in every respect the 
| same as such former Bill at the last stage of the pro- 

_ ceedings thereon, and in such case no evidence shall 

| be received by such Committee; but they shall report 

— Sact accordingly, together with the Bill, to the 
ouse. 





Letters Patent. 


131. That when any Bill shall be brought into roe 8 of Let- 
the House for confirming of Letters Patent, there po annesed to 


be a true Copy of such Letters Patent annexed to the Bill. 
the Bill. 





Inclosure and Drainage Bills. 


132. That in the case of any Bill for inclosing Notices and 
Lands, the Committee may admit proofof the Notices Allegations. 
required by the Standing Orders, and of the Alle- 
gations in the Preamble of such Bill, by Affidavit 
taken and authenticated, according to the form 
prescribed in the Schedule to the General Inclosure Gen. Inc. Act. 
Act (41 Geo. 3., c. 109,) unless such Committee 
shall otherwise order. 

133. That the Committee on every Bill for in- Consent Bill 
closing Lands shall in the first place require the 2nd Statement 
Ageut for the same to deliver in to the Committee be qaivercl 
a printed copy of the Bill, signed by the Lord of in. 
the Manor, (in cases where the Lord of the Manor 
has any interest as such in the lands to be inclosed) 
and by such Owners of Property within the Parish 
to which the Bill relates as shall have assented 
thereto; but that the Parties, if they shall think 
fit, be permitted to deliver in different copies of the 
Bill, separately signed by the several Parties here- 
| inbefore mentioned, instead of one copy, signed by 
| all of them collectively ; together with a List of all 
| the Owners of Property within such Parish, showing 
the value according to the Poor Rate or Land Tax 
Assessment of each Owner’s Property therein, and 
distinguishing which of them have assented, dis- 
sented, or are neuter in respect thereto. 

134, That the Committee on every Bill for drain- Consent Bill 
ing Lands shall in the first place require the Agent a 
for the same to deliver in to the Committee a printed pe ‘aioe 
copy of the Bill, signed by such Owners and Occu- in. 

_ of Property within the Parish to which the 
ill relates as shall have assented thereto; but that 
the Parties, if they shall think fit, be permitted to 
deliver in different copies of the Bill, separately 
signed by the several Parties hereinbefore mentioned, 
instead of one copy, signed by all of them collec- 
tively ; together with a List of all the Owners of 
Property within such Parish, showing the value ac- 
‘cording to the Poor Rate or Land Tax Assessment 

| of each Owner’s Property therein, and distinguish- 

| ing which of them have assented, dissented, or are 

neuter in respect thereto. 

| 135. That in every Bill for inclosing Lands, provi- Clause for 
sion be made for leaving an open space in the most — 

| appropriate situation, suflicient for purposes of exer- ¢lercise and 
cise and recreation of the neighbouring population ; recreation. 
and that the Committee on the Bill have before them 

the number of acres proposed to be inclosed, as also 

of the population in the parishes or places in which 
| the land to be inclosed is situate; and also do see 

that provision is made for the efficient fencing of 

the allotment, for the investment of the same in the 
Churchwardensand Overseers of the parish in which 
such open space is reserved, and for the efficient 
making and permanent maintenance of the fences 

by such parish; and that in any case where the 
‘information hereby required is not given, and the 
required provisions are not made in the Bill, the 
Committee on the same do report specially to the 
| House the reasons for not complying with such 
eo 136, That 





























Consent Bill 
to contain 
Names of 
Commission- 
ers, and Com- 
pensations for 
Manorial 
Rights, Tithes 
and Enfran- 
chisements, 


Disqualifica- 
tion of certain 
Persons as 
Commis- 
sioners, Sur- 
veyors, &amp;c. 


Clauses for 
settling Pay 
of Commis- 
sioners, and 
passing their 
Accounts, 


Clause for 
Qualification 
of Commis- 
sioners.. 


What Evi- 
dence to be 
given in Di- 
vorce Cases, 


11 Vicrortz. 


136. That in every Bill for inclosing Lands, the 
Names of the Commissioners proposed to be ap- 
pointed, and the Compensation mtended for the 
Lord of the Manor, and the Owners of Tithes, in 
lieu of their respective Rights, and also the Com- 
pensation intended to be made for the enfranchise- 
ment of Copyholds, where any Bargains or Agree- 
ments have been made for such Compensations, be 
inserted in the copy of the Bill presented to the 
House: And that all copies of such Bills which 
shall be sent to any of the Persons interested in the 
said Manor, Tithes, Lands or Commons, for their 
Consent, do contain the Names of such proposed 
Commissioners, and also the Compensations so bar- 
gained or agreed for. 

137. That no Person shall be named in any Bill 
for inclosing Lands as a Commissioner, Umpire, 
Surveyor or Valuer, who shall be interested in the 
Inclosure to be made by virtue of such Bill; or the 
Agent ordinarily intrusted with the care, superin- 
tendence, or management of the Estate of any Per- 
son so interested. 


15° Julia. 





138. That in every Bill for inclosing, draining or 
improving Lands there be inserted a Clause, pro- 
viding what sum of Money in the whole, or by the 
day, shall be paid to each of the Commissioners to 
be appointed by such Bill, in satisfaction of the 
expense and trouble which he shall incur in the 
execution of the powers thereby given; and that 
there be also inserted in such Bill a Clause, pro- 
viding that the Account of such Commissioner or 
Commissioners, containing a true statement of all 
Sums by him or them received and expended or due 
to him or them for their own trouble or expenses, 
shall, at least once in every year, from the date of 
the passing of the Act till such Accounts shall be 
finally allowed, together with the Vouchers relating 
to the same, be examined by some Person or Per- 
sons to be appointed by the Bill, and the Balance 
by him or them stated in the Book of Accounts re- 
quired to be kept in the Office of the Clerk of such 
Commissioners ; and that no charge or item in such 
Accounts shall be binding on the Parties concerned, 
or be valid in law, unless the same shall be duly 
allowed by such Person or Persons. 





( Turnpike-roads (Ireland.) 


139. That in every Bill for making a Turnpike- 
road in Ireland, or for the continuing or amending 
any Act passed for that purpose, or for the increase 
or alteration of the existing Tolls, Rates or Duties 
upon any such Road, or for widening or diverting 
any such Road, a Clause be inserted, to prevent any 
Person who shall be nominated a Commissioner 
from acting or voting in the business of the said 
Turnpike, unless he shall be possessed of an Estate 
in Land, or of a Personal Estate, to such certain 
value as shall be specified in such Bills; and that 
such Qualification be extended to the heirs apparent 
of Persons possessed of an Estate in Land to a 
certain value to be specified. 





ProceEepiIncs oF SELect COMMITTEE ON 
Divorce Bits. 


140. That the Select Committee on Divorce Bills 
shall require evidence to be given before them, that 
an action for damages has been brought in one of 
Her Majesty’s Courts of Record at Westminster, 
or in one of Her Majesty’s Courts of Record in 
Dublin, or in one of Her Majesty’s Supreme Courts 
of Judicature of the Presidencies of Calcutta, 
Madras, Bombay or the Island of Ceylon, respec- 
tively, against the persons supposed to have been 
guilty of Adultery, and judgment for the plaintiff 
had thereupon; or sufficient cause to be shown to 


the satisfaction of the said Committee why such 
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891 


action was not brought, or such judgment was not 
obtained. 

141. That the Select Committee on Divorce Bills When Peti- 
shall, in all cases in which the Petitioner for the tioner for Bilb 
Bill has attended the House of Lords upon the a 
Second Reading of the Bill, require him to attend 
before them to answer any questions they may think 
fit that he should answer. 

142. That the Select Committee on Divorce Bills Committee to, 
shall report every such Bill to the House, whether "Port Bill in 
such Committee shall or shall not have agreed to 
the Preamble, or gone through the several Clauses, 
or any of them. 





V. 


PRACTICE OF THE HOUSE WITH REGARD 
TO PRIVATE BILLS. 


143. That no Private Bill be brought into this Petition for 
House, but upon a Petition first presented, which ae ons how 
shall have been duly deposited in the Private Bill to Laignet, 
Office, and indorsed by one of the Examiners, with 
a printed copy of the proposed Bill annexed: And 
that such Petition be signed by the Parties, or some 
of them, who are Suitors for the Bill, 

144, That all Petitions for Private Bills be pre- Petitions, 
sented to the House not later than Three clear Whe to be 
Days after the same shall have been indorsed by me 
One of the Examiners, or if the House shall not be 
sitting, then not later than Three clear Days after 
the First sitting thereof subsequent to such in- 
dorsement. 

145. That no Private Bill be read a First time Bill, when to 
unless it be presented not later than Three clear »¢ Presented. 
Days after the presentation of the Petition for leave 
to bring in the same. 

146. That no Petition for additional Provision in Petition for 
any Private Bill be received by the House, unless ditional 
a Copy of the proposed Clauses be annexed 
thereto. 

147. That all Petitions for additional Provision Petitions for 
in Private Bills, with the proposed Clauses annexed, *4ditional 
and all Estate Bills brought from the House of ae 
Lords, after having been read a First Time, be from Lords to 
referred to the Examiner of Petitions for Private be referred to 
Bill 8 Examiner of 

. Petitions. 

148. That all Reports of the Examiner of Peti- Reports of 
tions for Private Bills, in which he shall report that Examiner to 
the Standing Orders have not been complied with, poe 
be referred to the Select Committee on Standing Standing 
Orders. Orders. 

149. That all Petitions praying that any of the Petitions for 
Sessional or Standing Orders of the House relating Dispensation, 
to Private Bills may be dispensed with, and also all ee 
Petitions for the re-insertion of Petitions for Private mittee on 
Bills in the General List of Petitions, be referred to Standing 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. veianie 

150. That every Private Bill, printed on paper, Printed Bill to 
of a size to be determined upon by Mr. Speaker, be be Presented. 
presented to the House, with a cover of parchment 
attached to it, upon which the Title of the Bill is 
to be written; and the short Title of the Bill, as 
first entered on the Votes, shall correspond with 
that at the head of the Advertisement, and shall 
not be changed unless by special Order of the 
House. 

151. That the proposed amount of ali Rates, Rates, Tolls, 
Tolls and other matters heretofore left blank in any 2nd other 
Private Bill, when presented to the House, be in- care ake 
serted in Italics in the printed Bill. Italics. 

152. That every Private Bill (except Name Bills) What Bills to 
be printed ; and printed copies thereof delivered to be printed, 
the door-keepers, for the use of the Members, before “4 "«- 
the First Reading. 

153. That there be not less than Three clear Time between 
days, nor more than Ten, between the First and First and Se- 
Second Reading of any Private Bill, except by “"° “°°"S: 
special Order of the House. 


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892 15° Juliz. 


Name of Bill 


154. That on every Petition presented to this 
to be written 


pistn te, House, relating to any Private Bill before the House, 
Petition for there be written at the beginning thereof, the name 
or against the or short Title by which such Bill is entered in the 
— Votes, and a Statement that such Petition is in fa- 
vour of, or against the Bill, as the case may be. 
Second Read- 155, That no Private Bill be read a Second time, 
ing not to take ynti] after the expiration of Six weeks from the day 
= aye og on which the last Notice shall have been given in 
last Notice. the newspaper. 
Breviate tobe 156. That a Breviate of every Private Bill (ex- 
prepared. § cept Divorce, Name and Estate Bills, brought from 
the House of Lords, and not relating to Crown, 
Church or Corporation Property, or Property held 
in trust for public or charitable purposes) be prepared 
under the direction of Mr. Speaker, and that such 
Breviate shall contain a Statement of the object of 
the Bill, and a Summary of the proposed Enact- 
ments, and shall state any variation from the general 
law which will be effected by the Bill. 
Breviate tote 157. That no Private Bill be read a Second time 
ard on Table until Three clear days after the Breviate thereof 
Hoe se raed shall have been laid on the Table of the House, and 
Reading of Bill. have been printed. 


Bills referred 158. That every Private Bill, not being a Divorce 
sg Bill, after having been read a Second time and com- 


mitted, shall be referred to the Committee of Selec- 
tion; and every Divorce Bill shall be referred to 
the Select Committee on Divorce Bills. 


Time between 159. That there be Fourteen clear Days between 

Second Read- the Second Reading of every Private Bill, and the 

ing and Com- | .-,,- , 

sates, sitting of the Committee thereupon. 

Bill suspended That t..ere be Three clear Days between the Second 

in 1847. Reading of any Railway Bill which was suspended 
in the Session of 1847, and the sitting of the Com- 
mittee thereon. 


Report of 160. That in the case of Railway Bills, if any 
Commission- Report made under the authority of the Commis- 
ers of Rail: sioners of Railways upon any Bill, or the objects 
bom aoe to thereof, be laid before the House, such Report 


+ tenes on shall be referred to the Committee on the Bill. 
lil. 


Report of Bill 161. That the Report upon every Private Bill 
to lie on Table. shall lie upon the Table. 
Breviates of 162. That a Breviate of the Amendments made 
Bills amended jn every Committee on a Private Bill, except in the 
a sing cases wherein the Committee shall have reported 
fore Chairman the Amendments to be merely verbal or literal, be 
of Ways and submitted to the Chairman of the Committee of 
Means, &amp;c. Ways and Means, and also laid upon the Table of 
the House at least One clear day previous to the 
consideration of the Report of such Bill. 
Bill to be 163. That every Private Bill, as amended in 
printed after Committee, excepting in the cases wherein the Com- 
Report. mittee shall have reported the Amendments to be 
merely verbal or literal, be printed at the expense 
of the Parties applying for the same; and be de- 
livered to the Door-keepers for the use of the Mem- 
bers, Three clear days at least before the considera- 
tion of the Report. 


Order in relation to Railway Biils suspended in 
the Session of 1847. 


That when any Committee ona Railway Bill shall 
Bil to be report that such Bill is the same in every respect as 
ordered to be . . 
pean a former Bill, at the last stage of the proceedings 
thereon, which was suspended in the Session of 1847, 
such Bill may be ordered to be engrossed without any 
furtier proceeding in respect thereof. 


In what case 


Clause or 164. That when it is intended to bring up any 
Amendment Clause or to propose any Amendment on the con- 
png orn sideration of the Report, or on the Third Reading 
oron Third of any Private Bill, the same be submitted to the 
Reading, to be Chairman. of the Committee of Ways and Means, 
submitted to . : ae : 
Chairman of 0M the day on which notice is given thereof in the 
Committee of Private Bill Office, and that no such Cause or 
Waysand Amendment be offered in the House, unless the 
Masaa. same shall have been so submitted to the Chair- 
man of the Committee of Ways and Means, and he 











A, 1847. 


shall have reported to the House whether, in his 
opinion, the Clause or Amendment be such as ought 
or ought not to be entertained by the House, without 
referring the same to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 

165. That when any Clause or Amendment is Clauses and 
offered on the consideration of the Report, or the png 
Third Reading of any Private Bill, such Clause or port or Third 
Amendment shall be printed : and when any Clause Reading to be 
is proposed to be amended, it shall be printed in Printed. 
extenso, with every addition or substitution in dif- 
ferent type, and the omissions therefrom included 
in brackets. 

166. That when any Clause or Amendment on Whenreferred, 
the consideration of the Report, or the Third 0 further pro- 
Reading of any Private Bill, shall have been re- fcojins to be 
ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders, port of Select 
no further proceeding on either of such stages shal] Committee on 
be had until the Report of the said Select Com- 2pains 
mittee shall have been brought up. 

167. That in order to afford opportunity for the Reports on 
proper discussion of the Reports on Railway Bills Railway Bills 
included in the second class, this House will upon soe — 
every Tuesday and Thursday proceed to the con- Tuesday a 
sideration of Reports on such Bills. Thursday. 

168. That no Private Bill shall pass through two Bill not to 
stages on one and the same day without the special Proceed two 


stages on 
leave of the House. pao day. 


169. That (except in cases of urgent and pressing Notice to be 
necessity) no Motion be made to dispense with any given of 
Sessional or Standing Order of the House without ™°tion for 

z ° dispensation. 
due notice thereof. 


170. That each day, so soon as the House shall Order of Pro- 
be ready to proceed to Private Business, the Clerk ceedings in | 
at the Table shall read from the Private Business a aa 
List the Titles of the several Bills set down therein, ; 
according to their precedence, as arranged under 
the following heads :— 


. Consideration of Lords’ Amendments ; 
. Third Reading ; 

. Consideration of Report ; 

. Second Reading ; 


and if upon the reading of each such Title, as afore- 
said, no Motion shall be made with respect to such 
Private Bill, the further proceedings thereon shall 
be adjourned until the next sitting of the House. 


mh 





VI. 


THE ORDERS 
REGULATING THE PRACTICE IN THE 
PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. 


171. That a Book, to be called “ The Private Private Bill 
Bill Register,” be kept in a Room, to be called — 

“ The Private Bill Office,” in which Book shall be 
entered by the Clerks appointed for the business of 
that Office, the Name, Description and Place of 
Residence of the Parliamentary Agent in Town, and 
of the Agent in the Country (if any) soliciting the 
Bill; and all the Proceedings, from the Petition to 
the passing of the Bill:— Such entry to specify, 
briefly, each day’s Proceeding before the Examiners 
of Petitions respectively, or in the House, or in any 
Committee to which the Bill may be referred; the 
day and hour on which the Examiner or the Com- 
mittee is appointed to sit; the day and hour to 
which the Proceedings before such Examiners or 
Committee may be adjourned, and the name of the 
Clerk attending the same. Such Book to be open 
to public inspection daily, in the said Office, be- 
tween the hours of Ten and Six. 

172. That the receipt of all Plans, Sections, Books Receipt of 
of Reference, Lists of Owners and Occupiers, Es- Plans, &amp;c. to 
timates, Copies of the Subscription Contracts, and jeaged. 
Declarations required by the Standing Orders of 
the House to be lodged in the Private Bill Office, 
be acknowledged by one of the Clerks of the said 
Office, 








List of Peti- 
tions to be 
kept. 


Memorials 
when to be 
deposited. 


Deposit of 
Memorials 
and Copies 
thereof in 
Private Bill 
Office. 


Seven clear 
Days’ notice 
to be given of 
Examination 
of Petitions. 
Examination 
Book. 


Custody of 
Bills. 


Examination 
of Bill and 
Breviate. 


Notice of Se- 
cond Reading. 


Notice of 
Committee, 


11 Vicroriz. 


Office, upon the said Documents, and upon the 
Petition for the Bill, when deposited. 

173. That a List of all Petitions for Private Bills 
be kept in the Private Bill Office in the order of 
their deposit, according to such regulations as shall 
have been made by Mr. Speaker, which shall be 
called the “ General List of Petitions,” and each 
Petition therein shall be numbered. 

174. That all Memorials complaining of non- 
compliance with the Standing Orders, in reference 
to Petitions for Bills deposited in the Private Bill 
Office on or before the 31st December, shali be 
deposited as follows : 


If the same relate to the Petitions for Bill num- 
bered in the General List of Petitions ; 


From 
1 to 100 - = = =  +(January 6th. 
101 to 200 They shall be depo- » 18th. 
201 to 300 sited on or before » 20th. 
301 &amp; upwardsJ- - - - - » 27th. 


And in the case of any Petitions for Bills which may 
be deposited by leave of the House after the 31st 
December, such Memorials shall be deposited Three 
clear Days before the day first appointed for the 
examination of the Petition. 

175. That all Memorials be deposited in the 
Private Bill Office before Six of the clock in the 
evening of any day on which the House shall sit, and 
before Two of the clock on any day on which the 
House shall not sit; and that Two copies of every 
such Memorial be deposited for the use of the Ex- 
aminers before Twelve of the clock on the following 
day. 

176. That one of the Examiners shall give at 
least Seven clear days’ notice in the Private Bill 
Office of the day appointed for the examination of 
each Petition for a Bill. 

177. That after each Private Bill has been read 
the first time, its Name (or short Title) shall be 
copied by the Clerks of the Private Bill Office, from 
the Clerk’s Minute Book of the day, into a separate 
Book, to be called “ The Examination Book ;”’— 
wherein shall be noted the number of such Bill, 
according to the priority of its being read, and the 
date of the day of such First Reading. 

178. That every Private Bill, after it has been 
read the first time and the Title copied and exa- 
mined for the Votes, be in the custody of the Clerks 
of the Private Bill Office, until laid upon the Table 
for the Second Reading; and when committed, 
be taken by the proper Committee Clerk into his 
charge, till reported. 

179. That between the First and Second Read- 
ing of every Private Bill, every such Bill shall, 
according to its priority, be examined, with all 
—— despatch, by the Clerks of the Private 

ill Office, as to its conformity with the Rules 
and Standing Orders of the House; and if not in 
due form, the Examining Clerk shall specify thereon 
the page in which any irregularity occurs, and shall 
enter the day of such Examination, together with 
his own Name, in the Examination Book. 

180. That Three clear days’ Notice in writing be 
given by the Agent for the Bill, to the Clerks in 
the Private Bill Office, of the day proposed for the 
Second Reading of every Private Bill: 

181. That Seven clear days’ notice be given by 
the Clerk to the Committee of Selection to the 
Clerks in the Private Bill Office of the day and 
hour appointed for the meeting of the Committee 
on every Private Bill that shall have been referred 
to such Committee :—That, in the case of Bills not 
referred to the Committee of Selection, Seven clear 
days’ notice, and, in the case of a re-committed 
Bill, Three clear days’ notice, be given by the 
Agents for the Bill to the Clerks in the Private Bill 
Otfice of the day and hour appointed for the meet- 
ing of the Committee on every Private Bill, and 
that all the proceedings of any Committee of which 
such notice shall not have been given, be void. 

Vou. 102. 


15° Julie. 





893 


182. That a filled-up Bill, signed by the Agent Filled-up Bill 
for the Bill, as proposed to be submitted to the Com- to be deposited 
mittee on the Bill, and in the case of a re-committed Fig =o 
Bill, a filled-up Bill, as proposed to be submitted to 
the Committee on re-committal, be deposited in the 
Private Bill Office one clear day before the meeting 
of the Committee on every Private Bill; and that 
all Parties shall be entitled to a Copy thereof, upon 
payment of the Charges for making out Amendments 
of such Bill. 

183. That notice in writing be given by the Clerk Notice of Post- 
to the Committee of Selection to the Clerks in the ponement. 
Private Bill Office of the postponement of the first 
meeting of any Committee on a Private Bill, which 
shall have been referred to such Committee, on the 
day on which such postponement is made; and that 
in the case of Bills not referred to the Committee of 
Selection, One clear day’s notice be given by the 
Agents for the Bill to the Clerks in the Private Bill 
Office of such postponement. 

184. That Notice in writing, be given by the Com- Notice of Ad- 
mittee Clerk to the Clerks in the Private Bill Office, jourmnent. 
of the day and hour to which each Committee is ad- 
journed. 

185. That One clear day’s Notice in writing, Notice of 
be given by the Agent for the Bill, to the Clerks consideration 
in the Private Bill Office, of the day proposed for ° RePort- 
a of the Report of every Private 

ill, 

186. That the Committee Clerk, after the Report Bit, as 
is made out, do deliver in to the Private Bill Office amended in 
a printed Copy of the Bill, with the written Amend- og ona 
ments made in the Committee; in which Bill, all 
the Clauses added by the Committee shall be regu- 
larly marked in those parts of the Bill wherein they 
are to be inserted. 

187. That when it is intended to bring up any Notice to be 
Clause or to propose any Amendment on the con- — of m 
sideration of the Report, or on the Third Reading 5) vonsidera- 
of any Private Bill, Notice shall be given thereof, in tion of Report, 
the Private Bill Office, on the day previous to such or Third 
consideration of the Report or Third Reading. meee 

188. That One clear day’s Notice, in writing, be Notice of 
given by the Agent for the Bill, to the Clerks in the Third 
Private Bill Office, of the day proposed for the ®4is- 
Third Reading of every Private Bill; and that no 
such Notice be given until after the Report of such 
Bill shall have been considered. 

189. That the Amendments (if any) which are Amendments 
made on the consideration of the Report, and on the ager sent 
Third Reading of any Private Bill, and also such gna Thirt ” 
Amendments made by the House of Lords as shall Reading. 
have been agreed to by this House, be entered by 
one of the Clerks in the Private Bill Office, upon 
the printed Copy of the Bill as amended in Com- 
mittee ; which Clerk shall sign the said Copy so 
amended, in order to its being deposited and pre- 
served in the said Office. 

190. That to insure the Accuracy of the Ingross- Examination 
ment of all Private Bills, the Clerk of the House be of Ingross- 
required to provide a sufficient number of Clerks, to ™™* 
be called Examiners of Ingrossments. 

191. That no Private Bill be read a Third time Certificate of 
until a Certificate is indorsed upon the Paper Bill, ®*#™ nation. 
and signed by one or more i the Examiners of 
Ingrossments, declaring that the Ingrossment there- 
of has been examined, and agrees with the Bill, as 
amended in Committee, and on the consideration of 
the Report. 

192. That when Amendments made by the House Notice of 
of Lords to any Private Bill sent up to them are to ——— 
be taken into consideration, Notice be given thereof 4 cnaments. 
in the Private Bill Office, and if any Amendments 
be intended to be proposed thereto, a copy of such 
Amendments shall also be deposited, and notice 
given thereof, the day previous to the same being 
proposed to be taken into consideration. 

193. That all Notices required to be given or de- Time for 
posits to be made in the Private Bill Office be nh 
delivered in the said Office before Six of the clock ~ . 

5x3 in 



































Daily Lists of 


Committees 
sitting. 


Plans to be 
verified as 
Mr. Speaker 
shall direct. 


894 


In the Evening of any day on which The House shall 
sit, and before Two of the clock on any day on 
which The House shall not sit; and that after any 
day on which The House shall have adjourned be- 
yond the following «lay, no Notice shall be given for 
the first day on which it shall again sit. 

194. That the Clerks in the Private Bill Office 
do prepare, daily, Lists of all Private Bills, and Pe- 
titions for Private Bills upon which any Committee 
or Examiner is appointed to sit ; specifying the hour 
of meeting, and the Room where the Committee or 
Examiner shall sit ; and that the same be hung up 
in the Lobby of the House. 

195, That every Plan, and Book of Reference 
thereto, which shall be certified by the Speaker of 
the House of Commons, in pursuance of any Act of 
Parliament, shall previously be ascertained, and 
verified in such manner as shall be deemed most 
advisable by the Speaker, to be exactly conformable 
in all respects to the Plan and Book of Reference 
which shall have been signed by the Chairman of 
the Committee upon the Bill. 





APPENDIX. 
[Form referred to in Page 15.] 


(A.) 





No. 
Sir, 

We beg to inform you that Application is in- 
tended to be made to Parliament in the ensuing 
Session for “ An Act” [here insert the Title of the 
Act}, and that the Property mentioned in the an- 
nexed Schedule, or some Part thereof, in which we 
understand you are interested as therein stated, will 
be required for the Purposes of the said Undertaking, 
according to the line thereof as at present laid out, 
or may be required to be taken under the usual 
powers of deviation to the extent of ards 
on either side of the said line which will be applied 
for in the said Act, and will be passed through in 
the manner mentioned in such Schedule. 

We also beg to inform you, that a Plan and 
Section of the said Undertaking, with a Book of 
Reference thereto, has been or will be deposited 
with the [several Clerks of the Peace, or principal 
Sheriff Clerks, as the case may be] of the Counties 
of [specify the Counties in which the Property is 
situate], on or before the 30th of November, and 
that Copies of so much of the said Plan and Section 
as relates to the [Parish or extra-parochial place, 
as the case may be}, in which your Property is situate, 
with a Book of Reference thereto, has been or will 
be deposited for public Inspection with the { Clerk 
of the said Parish, Clerk of the Parish of 
adjoining to such extra-parochial place, Schoolmaster 
of the Parish, Session Clerk, Town Clerk of the 
Royal Burgh, or the Clerk of the Union in which 
such parish is included, as the case may be], on or 
before the 30th day of November, on which Plans 
your Property is designated by the Numbers set 
forth in the annexed Schedule. 

Aswe are required to report to Parliament whether 
you assert to or dissent from the proposed Under- 
taking, or whether you are neuter in respect thereto, 
you will oblige us by writing your answer of Assent, 
Dissent or Neutrality in the Form left herewith, 
and returning the same to us, with your Signature, 
on. or before the day of 

next ; and if there should be any error or 
misdescription in the annexed Schedule, we shall 
feel obliged by your informing us thereof, at your 
earliest convenience, that we may correct the same 

without delay. 
Weare, Sir, 


Your most obedient Servants, 


To 





15° Juli, 





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Appendix (B.) 


Anno Primo Victorie Regine. 
CaP. LXxXxIII. 


Aw Act to compel Clerks of the Peace for Coun- 
ties and other Persons to take the Custody of 
such Documents as shall be directed to be 
deposited with them under the Standing Orders 
of either House of Parliament. 


Waereas the Houses of Parliament are in the 
habit of requiring that, previous to the introduction 
of any Bill into Parliament for making certain 
bridges, turnpike-roads, cuts, canals, reservoirs, ac- 
queducts, waterworks, navigations, tunnels, arch- 
ways, railways, piers, ports, harbours, ferries, docks 
and other works, to be made under the authority of 
Parliament, certain maps or plans and sections, and 
books and writings, or extracts or copies of or from 
certain maps, plans or sections, books and writings, 
shall be deposited in the office of the clerk of the 
peace for every county, riding or division in England 
or Ireland, or in the office of the sheriff clerk of 
every county in Scotland, in which such work is 
proposed to be made, and also with the parish clerk 
in every parish in England, the schoolmaster of 
every parish of Scotland, or in Royal Burghs with 
the town clerk, and the postmaster of the post town 
in or nearest to every parish in Jreland, in which 
such work is intended to be made, and with other 
persons: And whereas it is expedient that such 
maps, plans, sections, books, writings and copies or 
extracts of and from the same, should be received 





by the said clerks of the peace, sheriff-clerks, parish- 
clerks, 











11 Vicroriz. 


clerks, schoolmasters, town-clerks, postmasters and 
other persons, and should remain in their custody 
for the purposes hereinafter mentioned ; Be it there- 
fore Enacted, by the QuEEN’s most Excellent Ma- 
jesty, by and with the advice and consent of the 
Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in 
this present Parliament assembled, ‘and by the au- 
thority of the same, Taat whenever either of the 
Houses of Parliament shall by its Standing Orders, 
already made or hereafter to be made, require that 
any such maps, plans, sections, books or writings, or 
extracts or copies of the same, or any of them, shall 
be deposited as aforesaid, such maps, plans, sections, 
books, writings, copies and extracts shall be received 
by and shall remain with the clerks of the peace, 
sheriff-clerks, parish-clerks, schoolmasters, town- 
clerks, postmasters and other persons with whom 
the same shall be directed by such Standing Orders 
to be deposited, and they are hereby respectively 
directed to receive and to retain the custody of all 
such documents and writings so directed to be de- 
posited with them respectively, in the manner and 
for the purposes and under the rules and regulations 
concerning the same oi directed by such 
Standing Orders, and shall make such memorials 
and endorsements on and give such acknowledg- 
ments and receipts in respect of the same respectively 
as shall be thereby directed. 


Clerks of the II. And be it further Enacted, That all persons 
Peace, &amp;c. to interested shall have liberty to, and the said clerks 
=. of the peace, sheriff clerks, parish clerks, school- 
be inspected or Masters, town clerks and post-masters, and every 


Clerks of the 
Peace, &amp;c. 

to receive the 
Documents 
herein men- 
tioned, and 
retain them 
for the pur- 
poses directed 
by the Stand- 
ing Orders of 
the Houses of 
Parliament. 


copied by — of them, are and is hereby required, at all reasonable 
ret. ** hours of the day, to permit all persons interested to 


inspect during a reasonable time, and make extracts 
from or copies of the said maps, plans, sections, 
books, writings, extracts and copies of or from the 
same, so deposited with them respectively, on pay- 
ment by each person to the clerk of the peace, 
sheriff clerk, clerk of the parish, schoolmaster, town 
clerk or post-master having the custody of any such 
map, plan, section, book, writing, extract or copy, 
One Shilling for every such inspection, and the fur- 
ther sum of One Shilling for every hour during which 
such inspection shall continue after the first hour, 
and after the rate of Sixpence for every One hun- 
dred words copied therefrom. 


Clerks ofthe LILI. And be it further Enacted, That in case any 
Peace, &amp;c. for clerk of the peace, sheriff clerk, parish clerk, school- 
0, Rc jy Master, town clerk, postmaster or other person, shall 
with the oa in any matter or thing refuse or neglect to ey 
visions of this with any of the provisions hereinbefore contained, 
Act, liable to. every clerk of the peace, sheriff clerk, parish clerk, 
the Penalty of , 
5L,to bere- SChoolmaster, townclerk, post-master or other person 
covered ina shall fur every such offence forfeit and pay any sum 
summary way. not exceeding the sum of Five Pounds ; and every 
such penalty shall, upon proof of the offence before 
any Justice of the Peace for the county within which 
such offence shall be committed, or by the confes- 
sion of the party offending, or by the oath of any 
credible witness, be levied and recovered, together 
with the costs of the proceedings for the recovery 
thereof, by distress and sale of the goods and effects 
of the party offending, by warrant under the hand 
of such Justice, which warrant such Justice is hereby 
empowered to grant, and shall be paid to the person 
or persons making such complaint; and it shall be 
lawful for any such Justice of the Peace to whom 
any complaint shall be made of any offence com- 
mitted against this Act to summon the party com- 
plained of before him, and on such summons to hear 
and determine the matter of such complaint in a 
summary way, and on proof of the offence to convict 
the offender, and to adjudge him to pay the penalty 
or forfeiture incurred, and to proceed to recover the 
same, although no information in writing or in print 
shall have been exhibited or taken by or before such 
Justice; and all such proceedings by summons 
without information shall be as good, valid and 
VoL, 102, 


15° Juliz. 





895 


effectual to all intents and purposes as if an informa- 
tion in writing had been exhibited. : 





Appendix (C.) 





Anno Nono Victorie Regine. 
Cap. xx. 


AN ACT to amend an Act of the Second Year 
of Her present Majesty, for providing for the 
Custody of certain Monies paid in pursuance 
of the Standing Orders of either House of 
Parliament by Subscribers to Works or Under- 
takings to be effected under the Authority of 
Parliament. 


WHEREAS an Act was passed in the second 

ear of the reign of Her present Majesty Queen ; &amp; 9 Vict. 

ICTORIA, intituled, “An Act to provide for the c. 117. 
Custody of certain Monies paid in pursuance of the 
Standing Orders of either House of Pariiament, by 
Subscribers to Works or Undertakings to be effected 
under the Authority of Parliament :” And whereas 
it is expedient that the said Act should be repealed 
and should be re-enacted, with such modifications, 
extensions and alterations as after mentioned ; BE Recited Act 
it therefore Enacted, by The QuEEN’s most Excel- repealed. 
lent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent oe wie 
of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in to be dealt 
in this present Parliament assembled, and by the with as 
authority of the same, THaT the said Act shall be + eotctytl 
and is hereby repealed : Provided always, That all 5 
acts done under the provisions of the said Act shall 

be good, valid and effectual to all intents and pur- 

poses, and that all sums of money paid under the 
provisions of the said Act shall be dealt with in all 
respects as if this Act had not been passed. 


II. And be it Enacted, That in all cases in which Authority to 
any sum of money is required by any Standing Or- deposit. 
der of either House of Parliament, either now in 
force or hereafter to be in force, to be deposited by 
the subscribers to any work or undertaking which 
is to be executed under the authority of an Act of 
Parliament, if the director or person, or directors or 
persons having the management of the affairs of 
such work or undertaking, not exceeding Five in 
number, shall apply to one of the Clerks in the 
office of the,Clerk of the Parliaments with respect 
to any such money required by any Standing Order 
of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament 
assembled, or to one of the Clerks of the Private 
Bill Office of the House of Commons with respect 
to any such money required by any Standing Order 
of the Commons in Parliament assembled, to be 
deposited, it shall be lawful for the Clerk so applied 
to, by warrant or order under his hand, to direct that 
such sum of money shall be paid in manner herein- 
after mentioned ; (that is to say) into the Bank of 
England in the name and with the privity of the 
Accountant-general of the Court of Chancery in Eng- 
land, if the work or undertaking in respect of which 
the sum of money is required to be deposited is in- 
tended to be executed in that part of the United 
Kingdom called England; or into any of the Banks 
in Scotland established by Act of Parliament or 
Royal Charter in the name and with the privity of 
The Queen’s Remembrancer of the Court of Exche- 
quer in Scotland, at the option of the person or per- 
sons making such application as aforesaid, in case 
such work or eh is intended to be executed 
in that part of the United Kingdom called Scotland ; 
or into the Bank of Jreland in the name and with 
the privity of the Accountant-general of the Court 
of Chancery in Ireland, in case such work or under- 
taking is intended to be made or executed in that 
part of the United Kingdom called Jreland; and 
such warrant or order shall be a sufficient authority 
for the Accountant-general of the Court of Chancery 
in England, the Queen’s Remembrancer of the 

5x4 Court 








Payment of 
Deposit. 


Tnavestment of 


Deposit. 


896 


Court of Exchequer in Scotland, and the Account- 
ant-general of the Court of Chancery in Jreland re- 
spectively, to permit the sum of money directed to 
be paid by such warrant or order to be placed to an 
account opened or to be opened in his name in the 
bank mentioned in such warrant or order. 


III. And be it Enacted, That it shall be lawful 
for the person or persons named in such warrant or 
order, or the survivors or survivor of them, to pay 
the sum mentioned in such warrant or order into 
the bank mentioned in such warrant or order, in the 
name and with the privity of the officer or person 
in whose name such sum shall be directed to be 
paid by such warrant or order, to be placed to his 
account there ex-parte the work or undertaking 
mentioned in such warrant or order, pursuant to the 
method prescribed by any Act or Acts for the time 
being in force for regulating monies paid into the 
said Courts, and pursuant to the General Orders of 
the said Court respectively, and without fee or 
reward; and every such sum so paid in, or the 
securities in or upon which the same may be in- 
vested as hereinafter mentioned, or the stocks, 
funds or securities authorized to be transferred or 
deposited in lieu thereof as hereinafter mentioned, 
shall there remain until the same, with all interest 
and dividends (if any) accrued thereon, shall be 
paid out of such bank, in pursuance of the provi- 
sions of this Act; Provided always, That in case 
any such director or person, directors or persons, 
having the management of any such proposed work 
or undertaking as aforesaid, shall have previously 
invested in the Three per Centum Consolidated or 
the Three per Centum Reduced Bank Annuities, 
Exchequer Bills, or other Government Securities, 
the sum or sums of money required by any such 
Standing Order of either House of Parliament as 
aforesaid to be deposited by the subscribers to any 
work or undertaking which is to be executed under 
the authority of an Act of Parliament, it shall be 
lawful for the person or persons named in such 
warrant or order, or the survivors or survivor of 
them, to deposit such Exchequer Bills or other 
Government securities in the bank mentioned in 
such warrant or order in the name and with the 
privity of the officer or person in whose name such 
sum shall by such warrant or order be directed to 
be paid, or to transfer such Government stocks or 
funds into the name of the officer or person; and 
such transfer or deposit shall be directed by such 
Clerk of the Office of the Clerk of the Parliaments, 
or such Clerk of the Private Bill Office of the 
House of Commons, as the case may be, in lieu of 
payment of so much of the sum of money required 
to be deposited as aforesaid as the same Exchequer 
Bills, or other the Government stocks or funds, will 
extend to satisfy at the price at which the same 
were originally purchased by the said person or 
persons, director or directors, as aforesaid, such 
price to be proved by production of the broker’s 
certificate of such original purchase. 


IV. And be it Enacted, That if the person or 
persons named in such warrant or order, or the 
survivors or survivor of them, desire to have invested 
any sum so paid into the Bank of England or the 
Bank of pot er] or any interest or dividend which 
may have accrued on any stocks or securities so 
trensferred or deposited as aforesaid, the Court in 
the name of whose Accountant-general the same 
may have been paid may, on a Petition presented to 
such Court, in a summary way by him or them, 
order that such sum or such interest or dividends 
shall, until the same be paid out to the parties 
entitled to the same in pursuance of this Act, be 
laid out in the Three per Centum Consolidated or 
Three per Centnm Reduced Bank Annuities, or any 
Government security or securities, at the option of 
the aforesaid person or persons, or the survivor or 
survivors of them, 





15° Juliz. 





A. 1847. 


V. And be it Enacted, That on the termination Repayment 
of the Session of Parliament in which the Petition of Deposit. 


or Bill for the purpose of making or sanctioning any 
such work or undertaking shall have been intro- 
duced into Parliament, or if such Petition or Bill 
shall be rejected or finally withdrawn by some pro- 
ceeding in either House of Parliament, or shall not 
be allowed to proceed, or if the person or persons 
by whom the said money was paid or security de- 
posited, shall have failed to present a Petition, or if 
an Act be passed authorizing the making of such 
work or undertaking, and if in any of the foregoing 
cases the person or persons named in such warrant 
or order, or the survivors or survivor of them, or the 
majority of such persons, apply by Petition to the 
court in the name of whose Accountant-general the 
sum of money mentioned in such warrant or order 
shall have been paid, or such Exchequer Bills, 
stocks or funds, shall have been deposited or trans- 
ferred as aforesaid, or to the Court of Exchequer in 
Scotland, in case such sum of money shall have 
been paid in the name of the said Queen’s Remem- 
brancer, the Court in the name of whose Accountant- 
general or Queen’s Remembrancer such sum of 
money shall have been paid, or such Exchequer 
Bills, stocks or funds shall have been deposited or 
transferred, shall by order direct the sum of money 
paid in pursuance of such warrant or order, or the 
stocks, funds or securities in or upon which the 
same may have been invested, and the interest or 
dividends thereof, or the Exchequer Bills, stocks or 
funds, so deposited or transferred as aforesaid, and 
the interest and dividends thereof, to be paid or 
transferred to the party or parties so applying, or 
to any other person or persons whom they ma 

appoint in that behalf; but no such order shall be 
made in the case of any such Petition or Bill being 
rejected or not being allowed to proceed, or being 
withdrawn or not being presented, or of an Act 





being passed authorizing the making of such work 
or undertaking, unless upon the production of the 
certificate of the Chairman of Committees of the 
House of Lords with reference to any proceeding in 
the House of Lords, or of the Speaker of the House 
of Commons with reference to any proceeding in 
the House of Commons, that the said Petition or 
Bill was rejected or not allowed to proceed, or was 
withdrawn during its passage through one of the 
Houses of Parliament, or was not presented, or that 
such Act was passed, which certificate the said 
Chairman or Speaker shall grant on the application 
in writing of the person or persons, or the majority 
of the persons, named in such warrant, or the sur- 
vivor or survivors of them: Provided always, That 
the granting of any such certificate, or any mistake 
or error therein or in relation thereto, shall not 
make the Chairman or Speaker signing the same 
liable in respect of any monies, stocks, funds and 
securities which may be paid, deposited, invested or 
transferred in pursuance of the provisions of this 
Act, or the interest or dividends thereof. 





Ordered, That the said Orders be Standing Orders 
of this House. 

Ordered, That the said Standing Orders be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to inquire into the prevalence of Sunday Trading in 
the Metropolis, have power to report the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Hindley reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee; That they had considered the matters to them 
referred, and directed him to make a Report thereof 
to the House, together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 





Mr. 


Granting 
Certificate, &amp;c. 
not to make 
the Chairman. 
or Speaker 
signing the 
same liable. 


Sunday 

Trading (Me- 

tropolis.) 
No. 666. 














11 Vicroriz. 


15° Jule. 897 


capital, exclusive of loans, by the Act or Acts re- 


r. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 

Chapt a ea May, one of ac Seendane of Petitions for | “ lating to each of the said Companies passed prior 
Westminster’s private Bills; That in the case of the Dean and |“ to the present Session of Parliament authorized 
a Chapter of Westminster's Estate Bill, the Standing | “ to be raised, has been actually paid up and ex- 

Orders have been complied with. “ pended for the purposes authorized by such Act 

“ or Acts respectively.” 

Dean and The Dean and Chapter of Westminster’s Estate Pr. 17. 1. 16. After “ purpose” insert Clauses 
Chapter of — Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; | (B.) and (C.) 
Laetwg ** and committed. Cravuse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 


Committee of 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 


“ not be lawful for the said Glasgow, Paisley, Kil- 
marnock and Ayr Railway Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be raised 


Selection. mittee of Selection, to appoint the Committee on the | “ by calls in respect of shares, or by the exercise 
Dean and Chapter of Westminster’s Estate Bill to | “ of any power of borrowing, to pay interest to any 
meet To-morrow. “ shareholder on the amount of the calls made in 

“ respect of the shares held by him in the capital 

Dean and Ordered, That the Committee on the Dean and | “ by this Act authorized to be raised: Provided 


Chapter of 
Westminster’s 


Chapter of Westminster’s Estate Bill have leave to 


always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 


Estate Bil. make their Report upon Monday next. “ be deemed to prevent the said Company from 

“¢ paying to any shareholder any interest on money 
Eastern The House proceeded to take into consideration “ advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 
Counties. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, “ actually made as shall be in conformity with the 
wn lean intituled, An Act to enable the Eastern Counties v4 provisions in the Companies Clauses Consolida- 
ing) Bill. Railway Company to make a Railway from Wis- |“ tion Act, 1845, in that behalf contained. 


Glasgow, 
Paisley, Kil- 
marnock and. 
Ayr Railway, 
and Ayrshire 
and Bridge of 
Weir Railway 
(No. 3.) Bill 


bech to Spalding; and the same were read, as 
follow: 
Pr. 11. 1.15. Leave out “ any of.” 

Pr. 14. 1. ult. Leave out “ communication ” and 
insert “ communications.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 5. Leave cut “ from” and insert 
ead 

Pr. 29. 1.5. Leave out “ with.” 

Pr. 31. 1. 35. Leave out “ that.” 
Pr. 32. 1.26. Leave out “ path” and insert 
“ paths.” 

Pr, 36. 1. 2. Leave out “ so.” 

Pr. 46. 1. 21. After “ conditions” insert “ and 
subject to such rules and regulations as may from 
“ time to time be prescribed by the Commissioners 
“ of Railways.” 

Pr. 46. 1. 22. Leave out “ only.” 

Pr. 50. 1. 26. Leave out from “ determined ” to 
“ and” in |. 28. and insert “ by the Commission- 
“ ers of Railways.” 

Pr. 54.1. 3. Leave out from “ene” to “ unless” 
in 1. 4, , 

Pr. 54. 1. 15. After “‘ prescribed ” insert “ Pro- 
“ vided always, That nothing herein contained shall 
“ be held or construed to prevent or hinder the said 
“* Company from crossing the said river pursuant 
“ to the provisions of the last-mentioned Act.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


“cc 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to enable |the Glasgow, Paisley, 
Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Company to make 
certain Branch Railways in the County of Renfrew, 
and for other Purposes; and the same were read, 
as follow : 

Pr. 14. 1.9. After “ elsewhere” insert Clause 


(A.) 


Cuause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That it 
shall not be lawful for the said Glasgow, Paisley, 
Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Company, out of 
any money by this Act or any other Act relating 
to the said Railway Company authorized io be 
raised, for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 
pay or deposit any sum of money which by any 
Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
an Act authorizing the said Company to construct 
any other Railway or execute any other work or 
undertaking.” 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr, Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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a large number of Churches, many of them having 
schools connected with them, were erected in Scot- 
land by voluntary contribution ; that by far the 
largest proportion of this money was contributed by 
those ce in 1843 felt constrained by conscientious 
principles to leave the Established Church; com- 
plaining that the conditions on which those Churches 
were built have been completely violated, and pray- 
ing the House to grant such redress as the circum- 
stances of the case demand, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


ford, taking notice of the Charitable Trusts Bill, 
complaining of alleged neglect, perversion and mis- 
appropriation of the intentions of the founder of the 
Deptford Charities, and praying the House to take 
the subject into consideration, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the General As- ——— 
sembly of the Free Church of Scotland, stating that (Scotland.) 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Paul’s, Dept- Deptford 
Charities. 


Cuiause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall| A Petition of Shareholders in the Great Eastern Great Fastern 

not be lawful for the said Ayrshire and Bridge of |and Western Railway Company, complaining of — Western 
A : : : ailway Com- | 
Weir Railway Company, by virtue of the power |the conduct of the committee of management of pany, { 
hereinbefore contained, to sell, nor for the said | the said Company, and praying the House to take ; 

Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway | the defective state of the Jaw relating to public com- 

Company to purchase the said Ayrshire and | panies not incorporated into consideration, and to 

Bridge of Weir Railway, unless it shall have been | make such amendment in the same as shall give to 

proved to the satisfaction of the Commissioners | the Petitioners full power to protect their interests 

of Railways, and certified by them under their | against such proceedings as are complained of in 

common seal, previously to the completion of such | their Petition, was presented, and read ; and ordered 


sale, that one-half of the whole amount of the | to lie upon the Table. 
VoL. 102. 


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SY + A Petition 











898 


Bishoprick of 


= — gesses of Manchester, praying that the Bishoprick 
of Manchester, &amp;c. Bill may not pass into a law, 
as it now stands, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Harriett A Petition of Harriett Comber Munn, Widow of 


Comber Munn. the Jate Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Munn, of the 
27th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry, stating 
that her husband was in the East India service, 
doing regimental duty for thirty-three years, and 
was only waiting for a favourable opportunity to re- 
turn to England, personally to bring his claims to 
the notice of the Board of Directors, when he died 
suddenly in 1833 at Masulipatam, from the too 
close attention to his duties in that unhealthy cli- 
mate ; that the Petitioner, as the widow and admi- 
nistratrix of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Munn, upon 
and since her return to England, has repeatedly ap- 
plied to the honourable the Board of Directors of 
the East India Company for redress and for com- 
pensation for the losses in pay and allowances which 
were incurred by her late husband in consequence 
of the Madras Government having cancelled the 
general orders sanctioning his promotion, and pray- 
ing the House to take the circumstances of her case 
into consideration, and to afford her relief, was 
SS and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Liverpool;—and, Bideford and 
Barnstaple; praying the House not to sanction any 
alteration in the principle of the Navigation Laws, 
—were presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Navigation Laws. 


Navigation 
Laws, 


Poor Removal 
Act Amend- 
ment (No, 2.) 
Bill. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the borough of 

Leominster, in the county of Hereford, praying that 
the Poor Removal Act Amendment (No. 2.) Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Seamen, A Petition of Thomas Moore, of Broad-street, 
Golden-square, London, praying the House to cause 
an inquiry to be instituted, by Committee or other- 
wise, into the reasons assigned by British Seamen 
for desertion in such large numbers from Her Ma- 
jesty’s naval service, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Lighthouses, 
No, 667. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Lighthouses, 
which was presented upon Tuesday last, be printed. 


Tithes Com- 
mutation. 


No. 668. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Tithes Com- 
mutation, which was presented upon Tuesday last, 
be printed. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission. 


No. 345. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Ecclesias- 
tical Commission, which was presented upon the 
25th day of February last, be printed. 


Emigration 
to South 
Australia, 


No. 669. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Emigration 
to South Australia, which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


Windsor 


The following Return, pursuant to an Address to 
Castle. 


Her Majesty, having been transmitted to the Clerk, 
was laid upon the Table, viz—A_ Return, from the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, &amp;c. of all 
Monies voted by Parliament, or appropriated out of 
Land Revenue, for the Improvement of Windsor 
Castle and Grounds since the year 1800, showing 
the General Heads of Service, and the Amount ex- 
pended in each year. 


Warminster 


hd Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to se- 
nion, 


veral Addresses to Her Majesty,—Copies of all 
Correspondence between the Chairman of the Board 
of Guardians of the Union of Warminster, and the 
Poor Law Commissioners, relative to the Refusal of 


15° Julie. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 








A. 1847. 


the Vicar of Warminster to bury Sarah Garrett, a 
Pauper of that Union :—Of all Correspondence be- 
tween the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the said 
Board ; also, between the said Vicar and the Secre- 
tary of State for the Home Department, on the same 
subject :—And, of all Correspondence between the 
said Secretary of State, and the Diocesan of the 
said Vicar, on the same subject. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the British 
8th day of this instant July, for Copy of any —— Com- 
Commission issued by Her Majesty to inquire into , 
the Affairs of the British Museum. ji 

Copy of a Memorial from the College of Phy- College of 
sicians to the Secretary of State in August 1846. Physicians. 

Copies or Extracts of Correspondence relative to Isle of Man. 
the Affairs of the Isle of Man since the date of the 
last Papers presented to Parliament on the subject. 
~ Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

able. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Consolidated 
mittee on the Consolidated Fund Bill ; Fund Bill. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they have power to receive a Clause of 
Appropriation. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third New Zealand 
Reading of the ingrossed Bill to promote Coloniza- (X®?-) Bill 
tion in New Zealand, and to authorize a Loan to 
the Mew Zealand Company ; 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the purport of 
the Bill, gives Her consent, as far as Her Majesty’s 
interest is concerned, that the House may do therein 
as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend an Act to enable Canal Com- 
Canal Companies to become Carriers upon their Pavies Bill 
Canals, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to defray the Charge of the Militia Pay 
Pay, Clothing and Contingent and other Expenses Bill. 
of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain and 
Ireland, to grant Allowances in certain cases to 
Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quarter- 
masters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons’ 
Mates and,Serjeant Majors of the Militia, and to 
authorize the Employment of the Non-commis- 
sioned Officers, was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to defray, until the First day of 
August One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
eight, the Charge of the Pay, Clothing and Con- 
tingent and other Expenses of the Disembodied 
Militia in Great Britain and Ireland, to grant 
Allowances in certain cases to Subaltern Officers, 
Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, 
Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons’ Mates and Serjeant 
Majors of the Militia, and to authorize the Employ- 
ment of the Non-commissioned Officers. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. . 

1e 














Trustees! 
Relief Bill, 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Ecclesiastical 
Jurisdiction 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Private Bills.’ 


Indexes to 
Reports. 


Bishoprick of 
Manchester, 
&amp;e. Bill. 


Joint Stock 
Companies 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Insolvent 
Debtors Bill. 


Fever Hos- 
Pitals Bill, 


11 Vicroriz. 


better securing Trust Funds, and tor the Relief of 
Trustees, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell 

and Mr. —— 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to amend the Law as to Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction 
in England; to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords request, that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the 
Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Com- 
mittee appointed by this House in the present Ses- 
sion of Parliament on Private Bills: And also, 

The Lords request, that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of In- 
dexes to Reports of Commissioners 1800-1846 (Law 
and Courts of Justice—Parts I. and II.) and (Roads 
and Bridges):—And then the Messengers withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an Answer 
to the last parts of the said Message by Messengers 
of their own. 

And the Messengers were again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith: — And 
then they again withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Bishoprick of Manchester, &amp;c. Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
— proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

shair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That,” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

he House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas,f eaty sid Hill: 


Mr. Hume, 1 
Tellers for the Noes,| Mr. Mark Philips: J 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :—And a De- 
bate arising thereupon ; 


hiss. 


20. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 16° die Julii, 1847: 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Joint Stock Companies (No. 2.) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report on the Insolvent Debtors Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Fever Hospitals Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Von. 102, 


15°—16° Jultz. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for: 





899 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the 
Passengers Act, and to make further Provision for 
the Carriage of Passengers by Sea; and the same 
were read, as follow: 

Pr. 5. 1. 30. After “Pounds” insert Clause (A.) 

Cause (A.) “ And be it Enaated, That in any 
ship carrying on any such voyage, as in the said 
recited Act is mentioned, a greater number of 
Passengers than in the proportion of One Pas- 
senger to every Twenty-five Tons of the registered 
tonnage of such ship, it shall not be lawful to 
put on board or carry as cargo any gunpowder, 
vitriol or green hides; and that no such ship 
having on board as cargo any such articles as 
aforesaid, shall be allowed to clear out or proceed 
on her voyage.” 

Pr. 7.1. 5. In Clause (B.), added by way of 
Rider to the Bill : 

L. 11. Leave out from “men” to “such” in 
1. penult. and insert “as hereinafter pro- 
“ vided.” 

After Clause (B.), added by way of Rider to the 
Bill, insert Clause (B.) 

Ciavse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That every 
ship carrying Passengers from any port or place 
in the United Kingdom, on any such voyage as 
in the said recited Act is mentioned, shall be 
manned with a crew, including the master, not 
fewer in number, in proportion to the registered 
tonnage of such ship, than after the following 
rates; (that is to say) after the rate of not less 
than Four Men and One Boy for every One hun- 
dred Tons of the first Six hundred Tons of the 
registered tonnage of such ship; and for every 
additional One hundred Tons beyond Six hundred 
Tons, after the rate of not less than Three Men 
and a Boy, and so in proportion in either case for 
any number of tons less than a hundred: Pro- 
vided always, That foreign ships not required to 
carry by the laws of the country to which they 
belong as many Apprentices as British ships of 
like burden, shall be deemed to be sufficiently 
manned under the provisions of this Act, if in lieu 
of boys able seamen be substituted, in proportion 
to One such seaman to every Two boys; and 
that in the case of any British ship, if the num- 
bers of Boys required to be carried by this Act 
shall exceed the number of Apprentices required 
to be carried under an Act passed in the seventh 
and eighth years of the reign of Her present 
Majesty, intituled, ‘An Act to amend and consoli- 
date the Laws relating to Merchant Seamen, and 
for keeping a Register of Seamen,’ it shall be law- 
ful, in respect of any such excess, to substitute 
in like manner able seamen, in the proportion of 
One such seaman to every Two boys: Provided 
also, That for the purposes of this Act, only such 
persons shall be deemed to be boys as shall be up- 
wards of ‘Twelve and under Seventeen years of 
age,” 

Pr. 11. 1. penult. After “imposed” insert Clause 
(C.) 
Cxiavuss (C.) “ And whereas in many cases per- 
sons, having received under the requirements of 
the said recited Act contract-tickets or written 
acknowledgments for money in respect of Pas- 
sengers to North America, have afterwards been 
induced to part with the same, whereby they have 
been deprived of the means of enforcing their 
rights under such contract-tickets: Beit Enacted, 
That any owner, charterer or master of a ship, or 
any passage-broker or other person who shall in- 
duce any person to part with, render useless or 
destroy any such contract-ticket or acknowledg- 
ment for passage-money as aforesaid during the 
continuance of the contract, which it is intended 
to be evidence, shall be liable in each case toa 
penalty not exceeding Five Pounds.” 

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The 


Passengers 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill, 


















Commons In- 
closure ( No.3.) 
Bill. 


Trust Monies 


Investment 


Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 


Jurisdiction 
Amendment 
Bill. 


No. 664, 
Borough 


Police Super- 


annuation 
Fund Bill. 


Customs. 


Savings 
Banks. 





900 


Thesaid Amendments, as faras the Amendment in | 
Pr. 7. 1. 11. being read a second time, were agreed to. | 
Pr. 7. 1. 11., the next Amendment, being read | 
a second time; | 

An Amendment was made thereunto by leaving | 
out the words “as hereinafter provided.” 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was | 
agreed to. | 

Clause (B.), the next Amendment, being read | 
a second time ; | 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being | 
put, That this House doth agree with the Lords in | 
the said Amendment :—It passed in the Negative. | 

Then the subsequent Amendment, being read a | 
second time, was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 
up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a Con- 
ference, for disagreeing to the Amendment to which | 
this House hath disagreed :—And a Committee was | 
appointed of Mr. Hawes, Mr. Brown, Mr. Entwisle, 
Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Forster, Mr. Greene, Sir Robert 
Harry Inglis, Mr. Aglionby and Mr. Hutt :— And 
they are to withdraw immediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Mr. Greene reported the Commons _ Inclosure 
(No. 3.) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


15°—16° Jultz. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Third 

Reading of the Trust Monies Investment Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Amendment Bill 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time, this day ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for authorizing a Borough Police Superannuation 
Fund: And that Mr. Hutt and Mr. Aglionby do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Orders,—An 
Abstract of the following Statement ; showing the 
Net Annual Produce of the Duties of Customs on 
all Articles imported into the United Kingdom in 
the two years 1845 and 1846; stating, under five 
Heads, the nature of the Articles, and in eight 
Schedules, the Amount of Duties in each Schedule, 
as laid before Parliament in 1845, for the years 
1843 and 1844. 

Accounts of the Number of Individual Depositors, 
and of Charitable Institutions and Friendly So- 
cieties depositing their Funds in Savings Banks, 
and of the Sums deposited, divided into the usual 
Classes, on the 20th day of November 1846 :—Of 
the Amount of Principal Money received from, and 
of Interest credited to, and of Principal and Interest 
Money paid to the Trustees of Savings Banks, 
distinguishing Great Britain and Ireland, by the 
National Debt Commissioners, from the 6th day of 


August 1817 to the 20th day of May 1847; of the | 


Amount of Money, Principal and Interest, due to 
the Trustees by the Commissioners on the 20th day 
of May 1847; of the Securities held by the Com- 
missioners on the 20th day of May 1847, and of 
the Value of those Securities at the Prices of that 
day, stating such Prices, te provide the Amount due 
by the Commissioners to the Trustees on that day, 
for Principal and Interest: And, of the Ageregate 
Amount of Interest paid and credited to the Trus- 


tees of Savings Banks, distinguishing Great Britain | 
. . | 
and Ireland, by the Commissioners, and of the 


Aggregate Amount of Interest or Dividends received 


by and due to the Commissioners on the Stocks, | 


Funds and Exchequer Bills held by them on ac- 
count of the Trustees, from the 6th day of August 








4. 1847. 


1817 to the 20th day of May 1847 inclusive; and 
stating also, the difference in Amount between the 
Amounts so paid and credited and received up to 
the 20th day of May 1847 :—And, stating in detail, 
the changes which have been made in the Bank 
Annuities and Exchequer Bills held by the National 
Debt Commissioners, on account of the Trustees 
of Savings Banks, under the authority of the Acts 
of 9 Geo. 4, c. 92, and 3 Will. 4, c.14; showing, in 
separate columns, the Dates, Description and Extent 
of each of such Changes, and the Rates at which 
the Changes were effected, from the 5th day of 
July 1846 to the 20th day of May 1847 (all in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 616, of 
Session 1846.) 





A Return, explanatory of Return, No. 557, headed Navigation 
Navigation Laws, Corn, &amp;c., laid on the Table of _ Corn, 


the House by Mr. Parker, showing the Number, 
Tonnage, Description and Amount of Cargo of the 
several 538 Foreign Ships, measuring 63,555 Tons, 
represented, under virtue of the suspension of the 
Navigation Laws, to have brought Grain, Flour, 
Meal, Rice, Potatoes, Bread and Biscuit, weighing 
95,000 Tons, or more, together with a Statement of 
the Flags under which they sailed, and of the 
Countries whence such Corn, &amp;c., was imported into 
the United Kingdom. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the last be printed. 


Mr. Hutt presented a Bill for authorizing a Bo- 
rough Police Superannuation Fund: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time upon Friday, the 30th day of this 
instant July; and to be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to explain the Acts for the Com- 
mutation of Tithes in England and Wales, and to 
continue the Officers appointed under the said Acts 
until the First day of October One thousand eight 
hundred and Fifty, and to the End of the then next 
Session of Parliament; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 3. 1. 26. After “apportionment” insert 
Clauses (A.) and (B.) 

Ciause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it 
“* Enacted, That if it shall be shown to the satis- 
‘ faction of the said Tithe Commissioners that any 
lands have been improperly included or impro- 
perly charged with rent-charge in any confirmed 
instrument of apportionment, it shall be lawful 
for the said Tithe Commissioners to correct such 
apportionment, and the deposited copies thereof, 
either by excluding such lands so improperly 
charged from the apportionment, and re-distri- 
buting any rent-charge imposed upon such lands, 
or lands legally liable to the payment thereof, or 
by sanctioning the redemption of the rent-charge 
so improperly charged by the persons capable of 
redeeming the same, under the provisions of an 
Act of the last Session of Parliament, intituled, 
** An Act further to amend the Acts for the Com- 
mutation of Tithes in England and Wales; and 
all costs and expenses attendant upon the correc- 
tion of any confirmed instrument of apportion- 
ment shall be borne and paid by such persons 
and in such proportions as the said Tithe Com- 
missioners shall direct, and shall be recoverable 
from the person or persons declared liable by the 
said Tithe Commissioners to the payment of the 
same in such manner as expenses attendant upon 
original instruments of apportionment are re- 
coverable.” 

Cuause (B.) “And be it Enacted, That for 
the purposes of such correction, or of recording 
any such redemption, the person or persons having 
the custody of any copy of any instrument of 
apportionment shall be bound, upon the applica- 
“ tion 


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No. 670. 


Borough Po- 
lice Superan- 
nuation Fund 
Bill. 

No. 671. 


Tithes Com- 
mutation Bill. 














Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 
Bill. 


Milton-next- 
Gravesend 
Royal Terrace 
Pier. 


Parliamentary 
Electors Bill. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Forty-fourth 
Report.) 


Chester and 
Holyhead 
Railway 
(Extension at 
Holyhead) 
Bill, 


11 Vicrori4. 15°—16° Judiz. 901 


“&lt; tion of the Tithe Commissioners, to deliver to the 
“&lt; said Tithe Commissioners any copy of a confirmed 
“¢ instrument of apportionment which shall have 
‘ been deposited with them respectively.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to continue until the First day of 
October One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
eight, and to the End of the then next Session of 
Parliament, certain Turnpike Acts; and the same 
was read, as followeth : 

Pr. 1. ], 22. After “ Parliament” insert “ ex- 
“ cept an Act passed in the sixth year of the reign 
“ of King George the Fourth, intituled, An Act 
“ for making and maintaining a Turnpike-road from 
“ Brompton and Earles Court, in the Parish of 
“ Saint Mary Abbots, Kensington, in the County 
“ of Middlesex, to communicate with the Road 
“ called Fulham Fields Road, at North End, in 
“ the same County, and for making another Turn- 
“ pike-road to communicate therewith from the 
“ high road from London to Fulham, in the said 
“ county.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that each Act continued by the 
Bill is a distinct subject), was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after Twelve of the clock on 
Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Veneris, 16° die Julii ; 
Anno 11° Victoria Regine 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Matthews, Clerk to the Commissioners of 

the Milton-next-Gravesend Royal Terrace 

Pier, was called in, and at the bar presented, pur- 

suant to the directions of an Act of Parliament,—A 

Copy of the Receipts and Application of Sums of 

Money received by the Commissioners of the Royal 

Terrace Pier, Milton-next-Gravesend, up to the 
31st December 1846 :—And then he withdrew. 


Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the} 


Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Entry in the Votes of the Proceed- 
ings of the House of Wednesday last, on the Par- 
liamentary Electors Bill, be now read :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions ; ‘That they had examined 
the Petitions presented upon the 12th, 13th and 
14th days of this instant July, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. . 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to enable the Chester and Holy- 
head Railway Company to extend their Line of Rail- 
way to the proposed new Harbour at Holyhead, and 


to contribute towards the Expense of constructing | 


VoL. 102. 





the said Harbour; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 8. 1. 10. Leave out “ points” and insert 
*€ point.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 31; Leave out “ any” 

Pr. 16.1. 17. After Clause (A.) added by way 
of Rider to the Bill, insert “ Provided always, That 
“ all vessels coming to such quay or ohak to 
land or embark passengers, or to load or unload 
goods, cattle or merchandize going to or coming 
“ from the said Railway, shall be permitted to use 
the said quay or wharf for such purposes, subject 
to such regulations as the Company may direct, 
“ until another wharf, with good access to the said 
Railway, shall have been constructed in the inner 
“ harbour, for the use of the public, in the loading 
“ and unloading of cattle and merchandize, and that 
“ no undue privilege, nur any preference whatsoever, 
“ shall at any time be given by the said Company to 
“ any vessel or vessels, or to any particular party 
using the said quay or wharf for the purposes 
“ aforesaid.” 

Pr, 22. ls. 29. and 30. After “ undertaking” 
insert Clause (A.) 

Cuavuse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That until 
“ the Chester and Holyhead Railway shall have been 
“ completed and opened for the purposes of public 
** traffic, it shall not be lawful for the Chester and 
‘ Holyhead Kailway Company to guarantee any 
rent or dividend to any other Railway Company.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration Edinburgh 
the Amendment made by-the Lords to the Bill, 204 Northern 
intituled, An Act to enable the Edinburgh and poe ge 
Northern Railway Company to improve the Ferry the Ferry be- 
between Ferry-Port-on-Craig and the North Shore tween Ferry- 
- = Yay; and the same was read, as fol- and the North 

: shore of the 

Pr. 14. 1.26. After “whatsoever” insert Clause River Tay) 
(A.) Bill. 
Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
“ herein contained shall alter, diminish, prejudice 
“ or affect any of the rights, powers or privileges 
vested in or belonging to the trustees appointed 
by and acting under the several Acts of Parlia- 
ment for erecting, improving, regulating and 
maintaining the ferries and passages across the 
“ River Tay, in the counties of Fife and Forfar, 
passed respectively in the fifty-ninth year of the 
“ reign of His Majesty King George the Third, the 
“ third and fourth years of the reign of His Ma- 
jesty King George the Fourth, and the seventh 
year of the reign of Her present Majesty, or vested 
in or belonging to any parties deriving right from 
the said trustees: Provided always, That nothing 
“herein contained shall be held to infer the 
existence of any rights in the said trustees, or 
shall prejudice any pleas now pending in the 
Court of Session in Scotland.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


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the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Manchester 
tituled, An Act to authorize certain Alterations in reo el 
the Line of the Liverpool, Manchester and New- Tyne Junction 
castle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway, and for other Railway (Al- 
Purposes ; and the same were read, as follow : pang rd 
Pr. 13. 1.17. After “ by” insert “and for the and Hawes 

** joint use of.” Branch) Bill, 
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of” in 1. 20. 

Pr. 15. 1. 34. Leave out “ six” and insert 
two.” 

Pr. 16.1. 10. Leave out ‘“ the said” and insert 
aug 
Pr. 18. 1. 10. Leave out “ six” and _ insert 
to.” 

Pr. 18. 1. 27. Leave out from “ Committee” to 
to” in |. 29. 

Pr. 19. 1. 10. Leave out from “ them” to “and” 
1. 27. 
Pr. 20. 1. 10. After “themselves” insert Clauses 


Cuavse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That unless it 
shall be otherwise agreed between the said two 
Companies, when and so soon as the said portions 
of Railway shall have been completed and opened 
for the purposes of public traffic, the said joint 
Committee shall be dissolved, and the said por- 
tions of Railway shall thenceforth be maintained 
and governed by the board of directors of the 
Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle-upon- Tyne 
Junction Railway Company, jointly with the 
board of Directors of the Northern Counties 
Union Railway Company, at the joint expense of 
the said two Companies, who shall have power to 
enter into such arrangements for the maintenance 
and management of the said portions of Railway, 
as may from time to time be mutually agreed on 
between them ; and the said two boards of direc- 
tors shall have an equal voice in reference to all 
matters connected with the management of the 
said joint undertaking.” 

Cuiavuse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That in the 
event of any dispute arising between the said 
two boards of directors upon any matter con- 
nected with the working, maintenance or man- 
agement of the said portions of Railway, such 
dispute shalt be referred, and shall be decided 
by the Commissioners of Railways, or by some 
person to be appointed by them for that pur- 
pose.” 

Pr. 20. 1. 11. Leave out from “ if” to “ shall” 
1. 15., and insert “ either of the said Companies 
by reason of any joint act or default, with refer- 
ence to the said portions of Railway.” 

Pr. 20. 1. 27. After “ any” insert “ such” and 
the same line leave out from “ default to “ or” 
1. 28. 

Pr. 21. 1.19. After “ Act” insert Clause (C.) 

Criavse (C.) “And be it Enacted, That not- 
withstanding any thing to the coritrary in the 
said first recited Act contained, it shall not be 
lawful for the Liverpool, Manchester and New- 
castle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Company to 
construct or to purchase any land, for the pur- 
pose of constructing the Branch Railway to the 
town of Hawes, by the said first-recited Act, 
authorized, for the period of two years from the 
passing of the said first-recited Act; and that if 
the Northern Counties Union Railway Company 
shall before the expiration of the said period of 
two years have proceedéd bond fide in the execu- 
tion of the portion of the Railway authorized by 
the Northern Counties Union Railway Act, 1846, 
corresponding with the Branch Railway to the 
town of Hawes, by the said first-recited Act 
authorized, then and in such case all and every 
the powers and authorities vested by the said 
first-recited Act in the said Liverpool, Manches- 
ter and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway 
Company, so far as respects the making of the 
said Branch to the town of Hawes, shall cease 
and determine: Provided always, That if at the 
expiration of the said period of two years, the 
said Northern Counties Union Railway Com- 
pany shall not, in the opinion of the Commis- 
sioners of Railways, or some competent person 


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The House proceeded to take into consideratio 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill 
intituled, An Act to authorize a certain Alteration 11 


A. 1847. 


the Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne Junction Railway Company, have pro- 
ceeded bond fide in the execution of the said 
last-mentioned portion of Railway, then and 
thenceforth all the powers and authorities vested 
by the said first-recited Act in the said Liverpool, 
Manchester and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction 
Railway Company shall take effect, and be in as 
full force in respect to the said branch to the 
town of Hawes, as in respect of any other por- 
tion of the line of the Liverpool, Manchester and 
Newe:  tle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway.” 

The -.id Amendments, being read a second time, 


were agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 


the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Pr. 6.1.6. After “ Railway” insert “between 
Epsom and Havant.” 

Pr. 6.1. 30. Leave out “ in the event” and insert 
upon request under the seal.” 

Pr. 6.1. 32. Leave out from “Company” to 
transfer” in |. 34. 

Pr. 9.1. 2. After “final” insert Clauses (A.), 


(B.), (C.), (D.), (E.), (F.), (G.), (H.) ard (T.) 


Cuause (A.) “And be it Enacted, That if the 
said portion of the Reading, Guildford and Rei- 
gate Railway between Gomshall and Dorking, 
shall not be completed before the expiraticn of 
Two years from the passing of this Act, the powers 
by this and the said firstly-recited Act given for 
the construction of the said Railway between 
Gomshall and Dorking shall cease and deter- 
mine.” 

Cuause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
Direct London and Portsmouth Railway Com- 
pany shall, if they shall require it, have the rea- 
sonable use of any station which may be con- 
structed by the Reading, Guildford and Reigate 
Railway Company, at Dorking, upon such terms 
and conditions in respect of the use of the said 
station as shall be settled by agreement between 
the said Companies, or in case of disagreement as 
shall be settled by the Commissioners of Rail- 
ways, or by an umpire appointed by them.” 

CiavsEe(C.) “ And be it Enacted, That the said 
Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway Com- 
pany shall save harmless and indemnify the said 
London and Portsmouth Railway Company from 
all legal or equitable contracts bond fide entered 
into by the said Direct London and Portsmouth 
Railway Company prior to the Fourth day of June 
One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, with 
reference to the purchase of lands between Gom- 
shail and Dorking, and which lands may not be 
required to be purchased by the said Company, 
owing to the repeal by this Act of the restrictions 
imposed on the said Reading, Guildfordand Rei- 
gate Railway Company as to the construction of 
their Railway between the said points: Provided 
always, That the said Reading, Guildford and 
Reigate Railway Corapany shall have full notice 
of ail claims which may be made under such con- 
tracts and the sole right of resisting or negociating 
a settlement thereof, as to them may seem expe- 
dient.” 

Ciavse(D.) “ And be it Enacted, That until 
such purchase, or if such purchase as aforesaid 
shall not be required by the Direct London and 
Portsmouth Railway Company, accommodation 
shall be given for the passage of the traffic of the 
Direct London and Portsmouth Railway Com- 


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Railway, and to amend the Act relating thereto ; 
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pany over and along the part of the Reading, | “ 
Guildford and Reigate Railway, between Gom-| “ 
shall and Dorking, upon such terms and condi-| “ 
tions as shall be settled by agreement between the | “ 
two Companies or hy the Commissioners of Rail- | “ 
ways, in case of dispute.” 
Crause (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That the | 
junctions with and crossings of the Direct London “ 
and Portsmouth Railway, and all works necessary | “ 
for effecting such junctions and crossings, and all  “ 
such openings in the ledges or flanches of the “ 
Direct London and Portsmouth Railway, or of the ; “ 
Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway, as may | “ 
be necessary or expedient for effecting such junc- | “ pressly provided.” 
tions and crossings, shall be made and effected; The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
under the direction and superintendence of the were agreed to. 
engineer for the time being of the Direct London Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
and Portsmouth Railway Company, at the expense the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
of the Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway | hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Company, and shall be for ever afterwards main- , Lordships. 
tained and kept in perfect order and repair by and | : . 
at the expense of the last-mentioned Company: Mr. Greene reported Newbart (or Gravenor’s) Newbart (or 
Provided always, That if any difference shall arise | Estate Bill, without Amendment. a 
between the engineer of the said Direct London | Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. “Ste 9. 
and Portsmouth Railway Company and theengi-| 4, ,, ’ . 
nase alt tie wai Te fina Guildford ik Mal gat e| Mr. Greene reported Paterson’s Estate Bill, with- 
Railway Company touching the matters aforesaid, | 


903 


owners and occupiers and otherwise incident to 
the preparations for the construction of the por- 
tion of Railway between Gomshall and Dorking 
prior to the passing of this Act, the amount of 
such costs and expenses to be settled by arbitra- 
tion, in case of difference about the same.” 
Cuauss (I.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That nothing in this Act contained shall 
extend or be deemed or construed to extend to 
alter, diminish, prejudice, affect or take away any 
of the rights, privileges, powers and authorities 
vested in the said Direct London and Portsmouth 
Railway Company otherwise than is hereby ex- 


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Paterson’s 
Estate Bill. 


out Amendment. 

the same shall be referred to some independent : 
engineer agreed on between the parties appointed | 
by the Railway Commissioners.” 
“ Ciause (F.) “ And be it Enacted, That in | 
those places where the said Direct London and — 
Portsmouth Railway and the Reading, Guildford | 


other, the regulation of the traffic shall be under | 
the control of the engineers for the time being‘of | 
the Direct London and Portsmouth Nailway | 


Company, and of the Reading, Guildford and out Amendment 


Reigate Railway Company, and if any difference 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Mr. 


‘without Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Greene reported Pickhernell’s Estate Bill, Pickernell’s 
Estate Bill. 


Q v ue Mr. Greene reported the Duke of Jichmond’s Duke of 
and Reigate Railway shall join or cross each fsiate Bill, without Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mv. Greene reported Hylton’s Estate Bill, with- 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Richmond's 
Estate Bill. 


Hylton’s 
E 


estate Bill. 


ford and Reigate Railway Company, intimate their 


shali arise between them, the same shall be re- 
ferred to and settled by the Commissioners of Mr. Greene reported Penson’s Estate Bill, without Penson’s 
Railways, or some person appointed by them.” | Amendment. Estate Bill. 


Cravuse (G.) “ And be it Enacted, That itshall! Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
not be lawful for the Reading, Guildford and | 


Reigate Railway Company to impede or interfere; Mr, Greene reported Mansel’s Estate Bill, with- Manscl’s 
with the construction of the said Direct London! out Amendment. Estate Bill. 


and Portsmouth Railway, or any part thereof, or} Ordered, That the Report do lie upou the Table. 
any station to be constructed by the Direct Lon- | 


don and Portsmouth Railway Company, or for; Mr, Greene reported the Earl of Devon’s Estate Earl of 
the said Direct London and Portsmouth Railway | Bill, without Amendment. Devon’s 


Company to impede or interfere with the con-| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. a 
struction of the said Reading, Guildford and Rei- 


gate Railway or any part thereof, or any station] My, Greene reported Passingham’s Estate Bill, 
to be connected therewith; and in any case in| with Amendments 


which the said two Companies shall be ready and | Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
desirous to construct any portions of their re-| 


spective Railways which might interfere with | Mr. Greene reported Dundas’s Estate Bill, with- Dundas’s 
each other, or to purchase any lands for the pur-! oyt Amendment. Estate Bill. 


poses thereof, the mode of such construction,| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
and the lands to be occupied by the said Com- | 


panies respectively, in case of difference between| Mr, Greene reported Gillespie’s Estate Bill, with- 
them, and the relative position of the said lines } out Amendment. 


of Railway with reference to each other, and of Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
the stations connected therewith, shall be settled 
and determined by the Railway Commissioners Mr. Greene reported Oldmixon’s (or Lyon’s) Es- 
or some competent engineer to be appointed by | tate Bill, without Amendment. 
them.” | Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Criause (H.) “ And be it Enacted, That if at | 
any time within one year from the passing of this! Mr. Greene reported the Northam Bridge Com- Northam 
Act, the Direct London and Portsmouth Railway  pany’s Estate Bull, with verbal Amendments ; and Bridge Com- 
: 8 . ae je ? ? pany’s Estate 
Company shall, by notice to the Reading, Guild- | the same were read, as follow : Bill, 
Pr. 24. 1. 13. Leave out “ conveniences” and 
intention to abandon the formation of that part | insert “ convenience.” 
of their line between Gomshall and Dorking,| Pr.29. 1.18. Leave out “ not.” 
then and in such case the Reading, Guildford The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
and Reigate Railway Company shall pay to the | were agreed to. 
Direct London and Portsmouth Railway Com- | ’ 
pany all such costs and expenses as the Direct) Mr. Greene reported Lord Ward's Estate Bill, Lora Ward's 
London and Portsmouth Railway Company shall | without Amendment. Hatate DM. 
have incurred in surveys and serving notices upon | Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
VoL. 102. 5x 4 Ordered, 


Passingham’ 
Estate Bill. 


Gillespie’s 
Estate Bill, 





Oldmixon’s 
(or Lyon’s) 
Estate Bill. 


we 





904 
Ordered, That the Standing Orders of the House 


be suspended in the case of the Jesus Hospital 
(Newcastle) Estate Bil. 


Jesus Hospital 
(Newcastle) 
¥state Bill. 


Jesus Hospital 
(Newcastle) 
Estaie Bill. 


Ordered, That the Jesus Hospital (Newcastle) 
Estate Bill be now read a second time :—The Bill 
was accordingly read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection to appoint the Committee on 
Jesus Hospital (Newcastle) Estate Bill to meet To- 
morrow. 


Committee 
of Selection. 


Jesus Hospital 
(Newcastle) 
Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Jesus Hos- 
pital (Newcastle) Estate Bill have leave to make 
their Report To-morrow. 


Birkenhead, = The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Lancashire 


and Cheshire the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
Junction Rail- intituled, An Act for enabling the Birkenhead, Lan- 
— aoe cashire and Cheshire Junction Railway Company to 
Liueand makea Deviation in the Chester Branch of their 
Chester Railway, and for other Purposes; and the same 
— &amp;¢.) were read, as follow : 

‘on Pr. 12. 1. 28, Leave out from “ completed” to 
“ And” in Pr. 13. 1. 24., and also in |. 24. leave 
out Clause (A.), added by way of Rider to the Bill. 

Pr. 18. 1. 29. After “‘ Railway” imsert Clauses 
(A.), (B.) and (C.) 

Cravuse (A.) “ And whereas the archway under 
the London and North Western Railway, in the 
parish of Warrington, adjoming field number 37, 

* on the Plans referred to in the said recited Act, 
belongs to and gives the means of communication 
between the lands of John Wilson Patten, Es- 
quire, lying on either side of the last-named Rail- 
way; BE it Enacted, That in constructing the 
Branch Railway authorized by the said recited 
Act, convenient means of communication shall be 
preserved for the said John Wilson Patten, or 
the owner of the lands for the time being lying 
on either side of the said Branch Railway, and 
for his and their tenants, and for their waggons 
and cattle.” 

Cravuse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That the said 
Company shall not erect any station, watch-box 
or other building within sight of the windows of 
Bank Hall, or leave any waggons or carriages on 
the said line, within sight of the said mansion, 
between the proposed communication under the 
said Branch Railway, in the said field, No. 37, 
and the junction of the embankment of the said 
Branch Railway, and the embankment of the 
main line of the said Railway, in field No. 54, 
in the parish of Warrington, for a longer time 
than is absolutely requisite for the proper ma- 
nagement of the traffic of the line, and a penalty 
of Five pounds shall be paid to the said John 
Wilson Patten, his heirs or assigns, for every 
hour during which the said waggons or carriages 
shall be so left on the said portion of the said 
Branch Railway.” 

Crause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That the said 
Company shall not be enabled to exercise a right 
of purchase of any land belonging to the said 
Join Wilson Patten, within sight of Bank Hall, 
except so much as may be required for the form- 
ation of the main line of Railway and Branch 
Railway respectively authorized by the said recited 
Act, without the consent of the said John Wilson 
Patien, his heirs or assigns.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 

were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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A. 1847. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Buckinghaut 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- yen 
tituled, An Act to authorize the Consolidation into way, and 
one Undertaking of the Oxford and Bletchley Junc- Oxford and 
tion Railway Company and the Buckingham and eww Rail- 
Brackley Junction Railway Company, and to enable way Compa- 
the Company so to be consolidated to make Exten- nies Amalga- 
sion Lines to Banbury and Aylesbury, and an Al- 7ation.and 
teration of the Line into the City of Oxford; and Lines Bill. 
the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 11. 1.28. Leave out “the” and insert “ such,” 
and in the same line leave out from “amount” to 
“ And” in |. 30., and insert “as the Directors of 
“ the said Company shall determine.” 

Pr. 14.1. 28. Leave out “ Pierrepoint” and in- 
sert “ Pierrepont.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 36. Leave out “ Moorson”’ and insert 
** Moorsom.” 

Pr. 38. 1. 10. After Clause (C.), added by way 
of Rider to the Bill, insert Clause (A.) 

Cravuse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ not be lawful for the said London and North 
“« Western Railway Company, out of any money 

by this Act or any other Act relating to the same 

Company authorized to be raised, by calls in re- 

spect of shares, or by the exercise of any power 

of borrowing, to pay interest to any shareholder 

on the amount of the calls made in respect of the 

shares held by him in the capital by this Act au- 

thorized to be raised by the said London and 

North Western Railway Company: Provided 

always, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall 

be deemed to prevent the same Company from 

paying toany shareholder such interest on money 

advanced by him beyond the amount of the calls 

actually made as shall be in conformity with the 

provisions in the Companies Clauses Consolida- 

tion Act, 1845, in that behalf contained.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Caledonian 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Railway 
intituled, An Act to enable the Caledonian Railway (7dinburgh. 
Company to extend their Station in Edinburgh, and Branches to 
to make Branch Railways to Granton, and to the Granton, and 
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway ; and the same va — 
were read, as follow: Glasgow Rail- 

Pr. 16. 1.14. Leave out “ directions” and in- Way) Bill. 
sert “ decisions.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 35. Before Clause (A.) added by way 
of Rider to the Bil], insert Clauses (A.) and (B.) 

Cxrause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
herein contained shall prejudice or affect any legal 
proceedings now pending between the Company 
and John Laing, in reference to property belong- 
ing to him in Edinburgh.” 

Criause (B.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
nothing in this Act contained nor any thing to be 
done in virtue thereof, in reference to the pro- 
perty of the said John Laing, shall alter, prejudice 
or in any way affect the claims of the said John 
Laing against any other parties.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


“ 
“cc 
“ 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London (City) 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, Improvements 
intituled, An Act for widening and improving Can- * 
non-street, and for making a New Street from the 
West-end of Cannon-street to Queen-street, and for 
widening and improving Queen-street, and for effect- 

ing 





oo 


York and 
North Mid- 
land Railway 
(Hull Station 
and Branches) 
Bill. 


Northern 
Counties 
Union Rail- 
way Devia- 
tion Bill. 


South York- 
shire, Don- 
caster and 
Goole Rail- 
way (Peni- 
stone, &amp;c. and 
Purchase of 
Sheffield, 
Rotherham, 
Barnsley, 
Wakefield, 
Huddersfield 
and Goole 
Railway, Dun 
Navigation 
and Dearne 
and Dove 
Canal) Bill. 


11 Vicroriz. 


and the same was read, as followeth: 

Pr. 45. 1. 29. After “ ways” insert “ the com- 
«“ pensation for the same to be settled by the said 
we Tord Bishop of London for the time being, and 
“ to be applied for the benefit of the said parish, in 
“ such manner as the said Lord Bishop of London 
“ for the time being may direct.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
‘Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for enabling the York and North 
Midland Railway Company to make a Station at 
Hull, and certain Branch Railways connected with 
their Railways and the said Station, and for other 
Purposes ; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 19.1. 11. Leave out from “them” to “and” 
in |. 15. 

Pr. 22.1.8. Leave out “ Railway” and insert 
“ new,” and in the same line, after “ station” in- 
sert “ Railways.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to enable the Northern Counties 
Union Railway Company to make certain Alterations 
in their Railway, in the Parishes of Aysgarth and 
Wensley, in the North Riding of the County of 
York; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 6.1.12. After “ Act” insert “ or the said 
“ first-recited Act.” 

Pr. 6.1.13. Leave out from “ shall” to “ in” 
in 1]. 14. 

Pr. 6.1.15. Leave out the first “to,” and in the 
same line leave out the second “ to.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Beckett Denison do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for making several Lines of Rail- 
way between Penistone, Barnsley, Elsecar, Rother- 
ham and Doncaster, in the West Riding of York- 
shire, to be called, The South Yorkshire, Doncaster 
and Goole Railway, and for authorizing the Pur- 
chase of Part of the Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, 
Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Railway, and of 
the Dun Navigation, and Dearne and Dove Canal ; 
and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 33.1. 32. Leave out “ therefore.” 

Pr. 34. 1. 16. Leave out “ and taken.” 

Pr. 35. 1.13. After “and” insert “ shall.” 

Pr. 35. 1. 21. Leave out “ be” and insert “ lie.” 

Pr. 35. 1. 28. Leave out “ portions” and insert 
*¢ portion.” 

Pr. 36. 1. 10. 
“ rent.” 

Pr. 87. 1.21. Leave out “ deficiency” and in- 
sert “ sufficiency.” 


Leave out “ rents” and _ insert 


Pr. 49.1. 5. In Clause (C.) added by way of | 


Rider to the Bill: 
L. 19. Leave out from “ the” to “ and” in 
1, 21., and insert “ capital, which the first- 
named Company are authorized to raise, ex- 
clusive of loans, by any Act or Acts relating 
to the same Company, has been actually paid 
VoL. 102. 


16° Julie. 


ing other Improvements in the City of London ; 














905 
up and expended for the purposes authorized 
by the said Act or Acts,” and in |. 21. after 
“also” insert ‘ that.” 

L. 28. Leave out “have” and insert “ has.” 

Pr. 49. ls, 22. and 29. Leave out “ the passing 

of this Act” and insert “ such proof as aforesaid.” 
Pr. 49. 1. penult. After “ deposits” insert “ and 

“ instalments.” 

Pr. 50. 1. 16. After “ securities” insert ‘ con- 

“ sistent with the provisions of this Act.” 

Pr. 51. 1, 22. After “ Act” insert “and after 

** proof as aforesaid to the Commissioners of Rail- 

ways, that one-half of the said capital of Seven 

“ hundred and fifty thousand pounds has been 

actually paid up and expended for the purposes 

“ of this Act.” 

Pr. 52.1.6. Leave out “ the passing of this 

“ Act” and insert ‘“ such proof as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 52.1. 18. After “ Act” insert “and such 

“ proof as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 52. 1. 23. After “ Act” insert “and such 
proof as last aforesaid.” 
Pr. 53. 1.11. After “ Act” insert “ and such 

“ proof as last aforesaid.” 

Pr. 53.1. 20. After “ Act” 

** proof as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 53. 1. 35. After “ vested” insert “ on such 

“* proof as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 54.1. 7. Leave out from “as” to “ and” in 

1. 8. and insert “ at the time of such vesting sub- 

“ sisted with respect to the same.” 

Pr. 54.1. 12. Leave out from “ before” to due 

“ in |. 13. and insert “ such proof as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 54. 1. 16. After ‘* shall” insert “ on such 

“ proof as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 54. 1.38. After “ so” insert “ to be.” 
Pr. 55. 1. 24, After “ that” insert “ after the 

“ vesting of the said navigation as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 55. 1.33. Leave out from “ before” to “was” 
in ]. 34. and insert “ such proof as aforesaid.” 
Pr. 56. 1. ©. Leave out “ before the passing of 

“ this Act” and insert “at the time of such proof 

“ as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 56. 13. Leave out “ after the passing of this 

« Act.” 

Pr, 56.1.15. After “ shall” insert “ on such 

* proof as aforesaid as to any intermediate pay- 

“‘ ments be considered as paid on behalf of, and as 

“ to any other liabilities.” 

Pr. 57.1.7. After “ that’? insert “ after such 

*¢ proof as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 58.1. 15. After “ incorporated” nsert “on 

“ such proof as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 59. 1. 31. After “be” insert “ afler the 

“ vesting as aforesaid of the said Navigation and 

“‘ Canal in the Company hereby incorporated.” 

Pr. 60. 1.15. Leave out from “before” to “ to” 
in ]. 16. and insert “ such proof as aforesaid.” 
Pr. 60.1.19. After “shall” insert “ on such 

** vesting as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 60. 1. penult. Leave out “the passing of 

“‘ this Act” and insert “ such vesting as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 61. 1. 31. After “ Act” insert “ and on such 
proof as aforesaid.”’ 

Pr. 62.1. 5. After “ that” insert “ after such 
proof as aforesaid, and.” 

Pr. 63. 1.23. After “ incorporated” insert “ after 
such proof as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 65. 1. 21. After “ receive” insert “ out of 
“ the profits arising from the said navigation, and 
‘ to the extent only of such profits a dividend not 
“ exceeding.” 

Pr. 66.1.8. After “that” insert “ after such 
proof as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 68. 1.16. After “ Act” insert “ and such 
“&lt; proof as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 71. 1. 38. Leave out “ hereinafter” and in- 
sert “ herein.” 
Pr. 71.1. ult. After “Act” insert “ and such 

** proof as aforesaid.” 

52Z Pr. 72. 


insert “* and such 


“ 


iT 


a“ 


un“ 
wn 








906 


*&lt; proof as aforesaid. 


Edinburgh 
and Bathgate 
Railway (De- 
viation and 
Amendment) 
(No. 2.) Bil. 


Edinburgh 
and Northern, 
and Edin- 
burgh, Leith 
and Granton 
Railways 
Amalgama- 
tion Bill. 





Pr. 72. 1.30. After “ Act” insert “ and such 

Pr. 73. 1. 5. Leave out from “law” to “ and” 
in Pr. 74.1. 7. 

Pr. 74. 1. 14. Leave out from “after” to “ be” 
in ], 15, and insert “ such proof as aforesaid,” and 
in |. 15. leave out from “ be’’ to “‘ dissolved” in |. 16. 

Pr. 74. 1.26. After “ Act” insert “ and such 
“ proof as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 75. 1.14. After “ Act” insert “ and such 
“ proof as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 75. 1, 17. Leave out “ which have been.” 

Pr. 75. 1.19. After “ Act” insert “ and such 
proof as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 75. 1. 22. After * Act” insert “ and 
“ proof as aforesaid.” 

Pr, 75. 1. 34. After “ Act” 
“ proof as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 76. 1.16. After “ Act” insert “ and 
“ proof as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 77. 1. 28. After “ Act” 
“ proof as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 77. ls. penult and ult. Leave out “ as here- 
‘ tofore” and insert “ for vessels of the same bur- 
‘ den as at the time of the passing of this Act 
ordinarily use the same.” 
Pr. 78. 1. 6. Leave out from “ not” to “ repair” 
in 1. 7. and insert “ so.” 
Pr, 79. 1. 27. After “ same” insert Clause (A.) 


Crause (A.) “ AND whereas the bridges across 
“ the River Dun Navigation, below the town of Don- 
“ caster, are opening bridges, admitting the passage 
“ up to the town of Doncaster, of sea-going ves- 
“ sels with their masts and sails set, and it may be 
“* expedient that the same should be continued ; BE 
‘* it therefore Enacted, That it shall not be lawful 
“ at any time hereafter to erect any fixed bridge 
“ across the River Dun Navigation, below the town 
“* of Doncaster.” 

Pr. 82. 1. 28. After “ Act” 
*« proof as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 82. 1. ult. After “ Commissioners” insert 
“ specified.” 


“ 


such 
insert “ and such 
such 


insert “and such 


i 
n 


insert “and such 


In the Title to the Bill: 
L. 2. Leave out “ Rotherham.” 


The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Beckett Denison do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


The ingrossed Bill to enable the Edinburgh and 
Bathgate Railway Company to deviate a Portion of 
their main Line, and for other Purposes, was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Duncan do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to incorporate the Edinburgh, Leith 
and Granton Railway Company with the Edin- 
burgh and Northern Railway Company ; and the 
same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 4, 1. 26. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 
and insert “ granting of the certificate under the 
“ seal of the Commissioners of Railways hereinafter 
“* mentioned.” 

Pr. 6.1. 37. Leave out from “the” to “ they” in 
1, 38. and insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 

Pr. 7.1. 29. Leave out from “ the” to “ were” 
in ], 30. and insert “ granting of the said cer- 
“* tificate.” 

Pr. 7. 1. ult. After 
“ granting thereof.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 7. Leave out from “ the” to the first 
“and” inl. 8. and insert “ granting of the said 
“ certificate.” 


“be” insert “ after the 


16° Juli. 





A, 1847. 


Pr. 10, 1. 37. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 


and insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 


Pr. 11. 1.28. Leave out from “the” to “ may” in 


1, 29. and insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 


Pr. 2. 1. 9. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 


and insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 


Pr. 13. 1. 3. Leave out from “the” to “ shall’’ 


in |, 4, and insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 


Pr. 13.1. 20. Leave out from “‘ the” to “ shall’ in 
1. 21. and insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 
Pr. 13.1. 24. Leave out from “the” to “against” 
in ], 25. and insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 
Pr. 14.1.1. Leave out from “ the” to “ made” in 
1, 2. and insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 
Pr. 16.1.11. Leave out from “ the” to “ shall” in 
1, 12. and insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 
Pr. 16. 1, 19. Leave out “ passing thereof” and 
insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 
Pr. 17. 1.28. Leave out “ already” and insert 
“« previously to the granting of the said certificate.” 
Pr. 17. 1. 30. Leave out from ‘“ Companies” to 
“ into” in |, 34, 
Pr. 18. 1. 6. Leave out from “ the” to “ Di- 
“ rectors” in |. 7. 
Pr. 23.1.4. Leave out from “ the” to “ shall” in 
1, 10. and insert ‘‘ granting of the said certificate.” 
Pr. 24. 1.21. Leave out from “ the” to “ shall” in 
1, 22. and insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 
Pr. 26. 1. 14. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 
and insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 
Pr. 27.1. 30. Leave out from “ the” to “ the” in 
1. 31. and insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 
Pr. 28. 1. 1. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 
and insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 
Pr. 28.1. 19. Leave out from “ the” to “ was” in 
1. 20. and insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 
Pr. 29. 1,1. Leave out “ passing hereof” and 
insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 
Pr. 29. 1. 13. Leave out “ passing hereof” and 
insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 
Pr. 30. 1. 2. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 
and insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 
Pr. 31. 1. 25. After “ that” insert “ except as 
“ respects any shares which are in lieu of shares 
“ created under the powers contained in any of 
“ the said recited Acts relating to the Edinburgh 
“and Northern Railway Company, passed in the 
“ eighth and ninth and in the ninth and tenth 
“« years of the reign of Her present Majesty.” 
Pr. 32. 1, ult. Leave out “ one half” and insert 
“ the whole.” 
Pr. 33.1. 3. After “ been” insert “ subscribed 
“« and one-half thereof.’ 
Pr, 33.1.17. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 
and insert “ granting of the said certificate.” 
Pr. 36. 1.28. Leave out from “that” to “ the” 
in |. 32. 
Pr. 36. 1. 35. After “ aforesaid” insert “ shall 
“ not take effect,’ and in the same line, after 
“ unless” insert “ and until.” 
Pr. 37. 1, 6. Leave out ‘ Act or.” 
Pr. 37, 1. 11. Leave out “ Act or.” 
Pr. 37.1. 16. Leave out “ Company” and insert 
“ Companies” and in the same line, after “ or,” 
insert “ the.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration wear Valley, 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Bishop Auck- 
intituled, An Act for enabling the Wear Valley _ — 

i ° eardale, 
Railway Company to purchase or lease the Bishop Weardale Ex- 
Auckland and Weardale Railway, the Wear and tension, and 


Derwent Railway, the Weardale Extension Railway, } edn 


and the Shildon Tunnel, and to raise an additional ways, and 
Sum of Money, and for other Purposes: And the Shildon Tun- 
same were read, as follow: 


nel Amalga- 
mation Bill. 


Pr. 8. 














eek 





alley, 
Auck= 


le, 

le Ex- 
and 

nd 

t Rail- 


Tun- 
lalga- 
Bill. 


11 Vicroriz. 


Pr.8. 1.16. Leave out from “respectively” to | 
“ And’ in Pr. 9. 1. 30. 
Pr. 25.1. 8. Leave out “ nevertheless” and in- 
sert “ always, And be it Enacted.” 
Pr. 25. 1. 9. Leave out “ herein” and insert 
“ in this Act.” 
Pr. 63. 1.35. In Clause (C.) added by way of 
Rider to the Bill : 
L. ult. After “ respectively” insert “ nor 
“ shall it be lawful for the said Wear Valley 
“ Railway Company to guarantee any rent to 
“ any of the parties aforesaid, until the said 
“ Wear Valley Railway Company shall have 
“* completed and opened for traffic their original 
“ line of Railway.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Medical Regis- | Mr. Macaulay reported from the Select Committee 
tration, &amp;c. appointed to inquire into the Registration of legally- 
No.620° qualified Practitioners in Medicine and Surgery, 
and into the Laws and Charters relating to the 
Practice of Medicine and Surgery in Great Britain 
and Jreland ; and to report the Evidence, with their 
Opinion thereon, to the House ; That they had con- 
sidered the matters to them referred, and directed 
him to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
List of the Public Bills which have been introduced 
into the House of Commons during the Session 1847, 
stating by whom introduced, or which have been 
brought from the Lords, and the Date of their 
several stages in the House, and distinguishing those 
which have since become Law. 


Frigate Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
“Amphion.” Return of the Rate of Sailing of the Frigate “ Am- 
phion,” previous to the alterations being made in 
her ; also, the Rate of Sailing after the alterations, 
with and without the addition of Steam Power; 
also, her original Cost, and the Expense of each 
subsequent Alteration and Enlargement. 


Public Bills. 


Redundant 
List (Public 
Departments.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, showing the Number of Persons on the 
Redundant List of the several Public Departments 
at the commencement of the year 1846 ; the Num- 
ber that have Died or become incapable of serving 
during the year; the Number that have re-entered 
the Public Service during the year; the Number 
that have been added to the List during the year ; 
and the Number that remained on the List at the 
close of the year. ; 

Mr. Parker accordingly presented the said 
Return. 

Ordered, That the said Return dolieuponthe Table. 


Public Works 


(Ireland.) Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 


mand,—Returns, showing the average daily Number 
of Persons employed on Relief Works in Jreland, 
during the weeks ending the 3d and 10th of July 
1847; also the Cost, distinguishing the Amount 
paid in Wages, and the Cost of the Establishment 
(so far as can be made out from the Estimates and 
Pay Lists already received.) 

Mr. Parker also presented,—Further Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty dated the 5th day of 
August 1845, for Returns of Duties imposed in each 
Colony in British America and the West Indies on 
the principal Articles the Growth or Production of, 
or imported from, any or all of the British Colonies : 
—And, of Duties imposed in each Colony in British 
America, and in the West Indies, on Goods the Pro- 
duction or Manufacture of the United Kingdom :— 


Colonies, 


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tius, Ceylon, and the Australian Colonies:—Returns 
of Duties imposed in each of the Indian Presidencies, 
and in Prince of Wales Island on tie Productions 
and Manufactures of the United Kingdom :— Of 
Duties imposed in each of the Indian Presidencies, 
and in the Prince of Wales Island on the Products of 
each other, and on those of any British Colony :— 
Of Duties imposed in any British Colony on the 
Importation of the Products of the Indian Presiden- 
cies or of Prince of Wales Island :—Of Duties 
imposed in the several British Colonies and Pos- 
sessions, British India inclusive, on the Exports 
of their several Productions :—Of Ships and Ton- 
nage belonging to each and every British Colony 
and to British India:—Stating the Number and 
Tonnage of Vessels arriving at, and departing from, 
each and every British Colony, and to and from 
British India; the Countries to which such Vessels 
belong, and the Places or Ports from which the 
have come, and to which they depart, for the last Ten 
years:—And, of the Description and Value, or 
Quantity, of Imports to, and Exports from, each 
and every British Colony, and to and from British 
India, specifying the Countries whence imported, 
and to which exported, for the last Ten years. 

Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to the direc- Marshalsca 
tions of an Act of Parliament——Copy of Warrant Prison (Dub- 
dated 14th July 1847, granting Compensation to !™) 
Mr. W. Carpenter, for Loss of Office of Governor or 
Keeper of the City Marshalsea Prison, Dublin. 

. on That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s gaucation. 
Command,—Copy of Supplementary Minute of the wo. ggo 
Committee of Council on Education, July 10, 1847. ius 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


A Petition of Chemists and Druggists residing at Chemists and 
Otley, in the county of York, praying the House to Druggists. 
pass a Bill for regulating the Qualification of Che- 
mists and Druggists throughout England and Wales, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Directors and Members of the Corresponding 
Wilsden Mechanics Institution, praying that the Societies 
Bill introduced in the last Session to amend the Laws 3n4 Lecture 
relating to Corresponding Societies, and the licens- (1846.) 
ing of Lecture Rooms, may pass into law, was pre- 


sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Destitute Per- 
Guardians of the Tipperary Union, praying for 908 (Ireland) 
alteration of the terms upon which the money has ““* 
been advanced by the Treasury under the Tempo- 
rary Relief Acts of this Session, so as to assimilate 
them to those of the Public Works Act of last Ses- 
sion, which gives ten years for the repayment by in- 
stalments of the advances under that Act, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Reverend James W. Graves, 
stating that there is a rate of five and tenpence in 
the pound now imposed upon his parish for three 
months under the Temporary Relief Act; that, as 
the law now stands, this rate will not only absorb the 
entire of his next November rent-charges, but also 
leave a balance against the May gale ; that in con- 
sequence of the existing scarcity and the numerous 
calls upon him for relief, he is himself almost in a 
state of destitution ; and praying the Huuse to take 
the cause of the Clergy in general, and the case of 
the Petitioner in particular, into consideration for 
redress and relief, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Egton Bridge ;—and, Blackburn ; Education. 
complaining of the exclusion of Roman Catholics 
from their share of the monies granted for Educational 
522 purposes, 








908 


urposes, and praying the House to interpose in their 
inane, and read ; a ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Thornton ;—Otley ;—Ripon ;— 
Darnley; — Pateley Bridge; — West End and 
Thornthwaite ;—Low Laithe;—Clapham Green ;— 
Greenhow Hill, Hardcastle and Heathfield ;—and, 
Dallow Hill, Kexmoor, Grantley and LEavestone ; 
praying the House not to sanction any grant of 
mcney in furtherance of the plan of Education pro- 
pounded in the Minutes of the Committee of Coun- 
cil on Education,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Horsforth ;—and, Eccles; praying 
the House to sanction the plan of Education pro- 
pounded in the Minutes of the Committee of Coun- 
cil on Education,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Guar- 
dians of the Todmorden Union, in the Counties of 
Lancaster and York, praying the House to pass a 
measure without delay for enabling Boards of Guar- 
dians or parochial authorities to make some provi- 
sion for the families of their officers who may die 
from fever or other contagious disorder caught in 
the discharge of their arduous official duties, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Health of 


Petitions from Leeds ;— Low Moor ;—Mewmbers of 
Towns Bill. 


the Gloucestershire Medical and Surgical Associa- 
tion ;—and, Bradford (York); praying that the 
Health of Towns Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Commission- A Petition of the Chairman of the Commissioners 
ers Clauses for executing an Act for paving, lighting, watching 
ah dinar and improving the Town rf Bradford, and Part of 
Clauses Bill; the Hamlet of Little Horton, adjoining thereto, in 
Health of the County of York, and for removing and prevent- 
owns Bill, . ave : : 
ing all Nuisances therein, praying that the Com- 
missioners Clauses Bill; the Towns Improvement 
Clauses Bill; and, the Health of Towns Bill may 
pass into law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 
Trinidad. A Petition of Merchants, Proprietors and other 
Inhabitants of the Island of Trinidad, praying the 
House to grant to the inhabitants of that colony a 
House of Assembly, to be elected by the people and 
based upon the principles of the British Constitu- 
tion, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Justices of the Peace for the West 
Riding of the county of York usually acting for the 
Lower Division of Barkston Ash, in the said Riding, 
praying that the Juvenile Offenders Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Juvenile 
Offenders Bill. 


Marriages 
Act. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Skip- 
ton Union, in the county of York, praying the House 
to take into consideration the expediency of repealing 
the provisions of the Marriages Act, relating to the 
publication of notices of intended marriages, and of 
providing some more efficient means of preventing 
secret and scandalous marriages, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Medicai Re- A Petition of Medical Practitioners residing in 


zistration and Bingley, in the West Riding of the county of Yor, | 


Medical Law 
Amendment 


praying that the Medical Registration and Medical 
Bill. 


aw Amendment Bill may pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Municipal A Petition of Burgesses and Rated Inhabitants of 
Corporations the ward of Saint Mary, in the borough and port of 


Act. 


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A. 1847. 


| Southampton, praying that the ward of Saint Mary 

may have a farther apportionment of Councillors 
awarded to it under the Municipal Corporations 
Act, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint George’s, Han- Raja of 
over-square, interested in the welfare and good Sattara. 
government of the British Indian Empire, stating 
that they view with feelings of deep regret the treat- 
ment which His highness Purtaub Shean, the de- 
posed Raja of Sattara, has received at the hands 
of the East India Company, and praying the House 
to grant to His Highness all that he solicits, namely, 
the ——— to prove his innocence of the charges 
which have been proved against him, was pre- 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Broughton ; — Skipton; — and, Roman 
Aberford ; praying that the Roman Catholic Relief Gatholic 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and wine 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Salt (Eas¢ Salt (East 
India), which was presented yesterday, be printed. 4a.) 
No. 673. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the British British 
Museum Commission, which was presented yester- Gommission. 
day, be printed. No. 674. 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to the College College of 
of Physicians, which was presented yesterday, be P»ysicians. 
printed. No. 675. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Customs, Customs. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 676. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Savings Savings 
Banks, which were presented yesterday, be printed. Banks. 
No. 677. 
Ordered, That an Abstract of the Returns relative Courts of Law 
to Courts of Law and Equity, which were presented #4 Eauity. 
upon the 10th day of May last, be printed. No. 679. 


Mr. Ward presented,—Return to an Order, dated “ Great Bri- 
the 2d day of this instant July, for Copies of all Re- 2” Steamer. 
ports received by the Board of Admiralty relative No.680. 
to the Floating Breakwater round the “ Great Bri- 
tain’ Steamer. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to Pauper 
several Addresses to Her Majesty,—Returns from Lunatic 
. Asylums. 
every County or Borough not having an Asylum 
for the Pauper Lunatics thereof, of Copies of all 
such Notices, Orders of Court, Resolutions, or Re- 
orts, relative to Pauper Lunatic Asylums, as have 
een given or made since the passing of the Statute 
Sand 9 Vic., c. 126, before, at or to the Sessions of 
the Peace of such County or Borough. 

Return to several Addresses to Her Majesty, Capital Con- 
dated the 25th day of June last, for Statements of the Victions, &amp; 
Number of Capital Convictions and Executions in 
each period of Five years, ending with the years 1826, 

1831, 1836, 1841, 1846:—The Return to be made in 
the same form as that in which the Four latter periods 
are given on page 8 of the Explanations prefixed to 
the Criminal Tables for 1846 :—Of the Number of 
Commitments for Offences which were Capital in 
the year 1831, in each of the Five years ending 
with the years 1826, 1831, 1636, 1841, and 1846: 
—The Return to be made in the same form as 
that in which the Four latter periods are given on 
page 9 of the Explanations prefixed to the Crimi- 
j nal Tables for 1846 :—Also, the Total Numbers 
‘executed for the same Offences in each of the 
above periods; and, in juxta-position with these 
Numbers for the Four latter periods the increase per 

| cent, of the Commitments in each succeeding — : 

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Forgery, &amp;c. 


Criminal 
Offenders. 


Committals. 


Road Sessions 
Towns (Ire- 
land). 


Consolidated 
Fund (Appro- 
Priation) Bill. 


Messages to 
the Lords. 


1) Vicroriz. 


fora Return of the Names of 1. Frederick Smith, 

2. James Coles, 3. Joseph Backler, 4. Robert Scut- 
ton, 5. William Johnson, 6. Charles Cullen,7. Thomas 
Furby, 8. Benjamin Beattie, 9. John Harrington, 
10. Charles Christmas, 11. James Crook, 12. Ann 
Howe, 13. Ann Fisher, 14. William Ferguson, 15. 
Richard Horn, convicted of Forgery or Uttering 
forged Instruments, in the County of Middlesex, in 
the year 1831; stating the various acts of Forgery 
or Uttering of which they were convicted, and their 
respective Sentences ; and stating further, what is 
the Number of Persons which appears in the Home 
Office Returnsas convicted and sentenced for Forgery 
and Uttering, in the County of Middlesex, in the 
same year 1831, with the Sentences; and stating 
further, whether the eleven Names last mentioned 
(out of fifteen) were, or could have been, included in 
the Returns for 1831, under the heads of Forging 
and Uttering Forged Instruments ; and stating fur- 
ther, whether Persons convicted of such acts of 
Forgery or Uttering, as those of the eleven last 
mentioned, would not have been included under the 
heads of Forging and Uttering Forged Instruments, 
in the recent Criminal Tables; so as to render the 
Returns for 1831 not properly comparable with those 
of recent years : Ce for a Return of the Crimes 
with reference to which it is stated, in page 10, line 
12, of the Explanations prefixed to the Criminal 
Tables for 1846, that up to a recent period, execu- 
tion had ordinarily followed conviction ; stating the 
actual Numbers capitally convicted and executed 
for them during the Five years ending with 1826 ; 
during the Five years ending with 1831; during the 
Five years ending with 1836 ; and during the Five 
years ending with 1841. 

A Statement of the Number of Persons com- 
mitted in England and Wales, in the Two years 
ending the 31st day of December 1844; and, ina 
parallel Column, the same for the Two years ending 
the 31st day of December 1846, for each of the Of- 
fences enumerated in the Criminal Tables annually 
presented to Parliament, arranged, as usual, in Six 
Classes, and giving also the Totals of each Class; 
this biennial Statement being required to compen- 
sate the differences in the Annual Tables of Com- 
mitments, arising out of the omission of a Winter 
Assize at the close of the year 1845. 

Sir William Somerville also presented, pursuant 
to Order,—a Return of the Names and Numbers 
of Towns in each County in Ireland in which Pre- 
sentment Sessions, under the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, 
c. 116, are held, and the distance of each such Town 
respectively from the County Town. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report on the Consolidated Fund (Appropria- 
tion) Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Report be now re- 
ceived ; 


Lord John Russell reported, That having been 
with the Lords to desire a Conference upon the 
subject-matter of the last Conference, in respect of 
Messages from this House to their Lordships, the 
Lords do agree to a Conference, and appoint the 
same immediately in the Royal Gallery. 

Ordered, That the Managers who managed the 
last Conference do manage this Conference :—And 
the names of Lord Granville Somerset, Sir John 
Yarde Buller, Mr. Stuart Wortley, Mr. Vernon 
Smith, Mr. Baring, the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, 
Mr. Henley, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Stafford O’Brien, Mr. 
Thoruely and Sir William Molesworth, were added 
to them. 

Then the names of the Managers were called 
over, and they went to the Conference :—And being 
returned ; 

Lord John Russell reported, That the Managers 

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had been at the Conference, which was managed on 
the part of the Lords by the Lord President of the 
Council, and that they had delivered the Resolutions 
of this House to their Lordships. 


Mr. Greene reported, That having been with the Punishment of 
Lords to desire a Conference on the subject-matter Pa see — 
of the Amendments made by their Lordships to the ‘ ) 
Punishment of Vagrants, &amp;c. (Zreland) Bill, the 
Lords do agree to a Conference, and appoint the 
same immediately in the Royal Gallery. 

Ordered, That the Committee who were appointed 
to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a 
Conference, for disagreeing to certain of the said 
Amendments, do manage this Conference :—And 
the names of Lord Granville Somerset, Sir John 
Yarde Buller, Mr. Stuart Wortley, Mr. Vernon 
Smith, Mr. Baring, the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, 

Mr. Henley, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Stafford O’ Brien, 
Mr. Thornely and Sir William Molesworth, were 
added to them. 

Then the names of the Managers were called over, 
and they went to the Conference :—And being 
returned ; 

Sir George Grey reported, That the Managers had 
been at the Conference, which was managed on the 
part of the Lords by the Lord President of the 
Council, and that they had delivered the Reasons 
for disagreeing to the said Amendments, and had 
left the Bill, and Amendments, with their Lord- 
ships. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell Messagefrom 

and Mr. Wingfield: the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize the Advance Railways 
of Money out of the Consolidated Fund, for Loans (Ireland) 
towards defraying the Expense of making certain “* ames 
Railways in Jreland: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the further Im- Fisheny Plows 

+4 1 an arbours 
—" of the Fishery Piers and Harbours of (ireland) Bill. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the further Amend- Turnpike- 
ment of the Laws relating to Turnpike-roads in ar eg 
South Wales: ” 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize Her Ma- Canada 
jesty to assent to a certain Bill of the Legislative te 
Council and Assembly of the Province of Canada, pin 
for granting a Civil List to Her Majesty, and to 
repeal certain Parts of an Act for re-uniting the 
Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the 
Government of Canale : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Laws as Print Works 
to the School Attendance of Children employed in Bil 
Print Works: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to provide for the Pay- Shannon 
ment of Sums due by the County of the City of — 
Limerick, for Advances of Public Money for the ~ 
Improvement of the Navigation of the River 
Shannon: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for improving the Blackburn 
Streets and Public Places, and erecting a Town Pog ig 
Hall, and improving the Markets in the Township Ri)” 
of Blackburn, in the County Palatine of Lancaster : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to repeal an Act passed Bathwick 
in the fifty-fifth year of his late Majesty King Church Bill 
George the Third, for building a new Church, and 
also a Workhouse in the Parish of Bathwick, in 
the County of Somerset, and another Act passed 
in the fifty-seventh year of his said late Majesty, to 
amend the said Act, and to provide for the future 
Administration and Exercise of the Trusts and 
Powers thereby respectively created: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Poor Relief 
Act to provide for the Execution of the Laws for att oe 
Relief of the Poor in Ireland, with an Amendment ; —. ind 
to which Amendment the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 

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Poor Laws The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
——— Act for the Administration of the Laws for Relief 
. of the Poor in England, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 
Duffryn The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
agen Act for the Consolidation of the Duffryn Liynvi and 
and Liynvi Porth Cawl Railway Company with the Llynvi 
Valley Rail- Valley Railway Company, with Amendments ; to 
wae —_, which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
— of this House: And also, 
Glasgow, The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
—— Act for making a Branch Railway from the Glas- 
Junction Rail- G9, Airdrie and Monklands Junction Railway, at 
way (Cowlairs or near Whitevale-street, Glasgow, to the Edinburgh 
Branch) Bill. and Glasgow Railway, at or near Cowlairs, and to 
amend the Acts relating to such Railways, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
LondonBridge The Lords have agreed te the Bill, intituled, An 
worn ae Act for enlarging the present Station of the London, 
Enlargement Brighton and South Coast Railway Company at or 
Bill. near London Bridge; and for the Division of the 
‘see we Station between the London, Brighton and 
outh Coast and the South Eastern Railway Com- 
panies, for the separate Accommodation of the 
Traffic of such two Railway Companies, with Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 
Exeter and The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
en Act to amend the Exeter and Exmouth Railwa 
y»" Act 1846, and to enable the London and Sout 
Western Railway Company to subscribe towards, 
lease or purchase the said Railway, with an Amend- 
ment; to which Amendment the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 
East Lanca- The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
aoeeee Act to enable the East Lancashire Railway Com- 
Branck and pany to extend the Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston, 
PrestonExten- and the Blackburn and Preston Lines of their Rail- 
sion) Bill § way into Preston, and for other Purposes relating 
thereto, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 
London and The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
North Western Act to empower the London and North Western 
ennai to Railway Company to make certain Branch Railways 
Berkswell, &amp;c, and Extensions from Kenilworth to Berkswell, and 
Branches and from Leamington to Warwick, and to widen the 
tej Bil.” Line from Doestageen to Coventry, all in the 
; County of Warwick, and for other Purposes, with 
Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
Wolverhamp- The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
+ winnng Act for establishing a General Cemetery at Wol- 
ye verhampton, in the County of Stafford, and for 
making certain direct Roads and Approaches to the 
said Cemetery, from the Town of Wolverhampton, 
and the Neighbourhood thereof, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 
= The Lords have agreed B . the Bill, intituled, An 
: Act to enable the South Devon Railway Compan 
yar a ig to extend the Line of the South Devon "habew = 
Bill. Torquay and to Brixham, and for other Purposes, 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
Lordsdesire the concurrence of this House : Andalso, 
Leeds Water- The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
— (No. 2.) Act for better supplying with Water the Inhabitants 
ni of the Town and Neighbourhood of Leeds, in the 
County of York, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 
Leicester The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
— Act for better supplying with Water the Inhabitants 
' of the Borough of Leicester, and certain Parishes 
and Places adjacent thereto, in the County of 
Leicester, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
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A. 1847. 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Portsmouth 
Act for paving, lighting, cleansing, watering, regu- cone, aaa 
lating and otherwise improving the Town of Ports- Improvement 
mouth, in the County of Southampton, and for Bill. 
removing and preventing Nuisances and Annoy- 
ances therein, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Saint Ives 
Act for paving, lighting, watching, draining, cleans- (Huntingdon) 
ing and improving the Town of Saint Ives, and the —_ 
Neighbourhood thereof, in the County of Hunting- 
don, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 


— desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Bingley 
Act for lighting, paving, cleansing, sewering, drain- Improvement 
ing, regulating and improving the Town and Neigh- as 
bourhood of Bingley, in the West Riding of the 
County of York, and for other Purposes connected 
therewith, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Edinburgh 
Act to enable the Edinburgh and Northern Railway and Northern 
Company to construct Branch Railways to Saing Railway, Saint 
Andrew’s and Newburgh Harbour, and to divert and Newburgh 
alter the Levels of certain Turnpike-roads in the Harbour 
Line of the Mewport Railway Extension, with Branches and 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords ings (Newport 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, pe a 

1 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Direct London 
Act for authorizing the Sale of Part of the Brighton and Ports- 
and Chichester (Portsmouth Extension) Railway to pel wit 
the London and South Western, and the London, Chichester, 
Brighton and South Coast Railway Companies, and London, 
the Use by the last-mentioned Company of Part Brighten and 
(Wandsworth to London) of the London and South and London’ 
Western Railway, with Amendments; to which 2nd South — 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of Wester Rail- 

; y Bill. 
this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Lynn and Ely, 
Act for consolidating the Zynn and Ely, the Ely Ely and Hur- 
and Huntingdon, and the Lynn and Dereham Rail- Ynsdon and 
way Companies into one Company, to be called The Dercham Rail- 
East Anglian Railways Company, with Amend- ways Amalga- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the ™@4 Bill. 
concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Liverpool 
Act for better supplying with Water the Borough Corporation 
ot Liverpool and the Neighbourhood thereof, and  _ccccaa 
for authorizing the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the said Borough to purchase the Liverpool and 
Harrington Waterworks and Liverpool Waterworks, 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 


The Lords do not insist on their Amendments to Juvenile 
the Juvenile Offenders Bill, to which this House fenders Bil 
hath disagreed: And then the Messengers with- 
drew. 


And the Question being put, That the Report be Consolidate 
now received :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. a 

Mr. Greene accordingly reported the Bill; and iiiadie 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed Ecclesiastical 
to —— into the composition and management of Com™ss!o™ 
the English Ecclesiastical Commission, have power No 681. 
to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

Lord Seymour reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee, That they had considered the matters to 
them referred, and directed him to make a Report 

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Poor Laws 
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No. 672. 


Bishoprick of 
Manchester, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


11 Vicroriz. 


thereof to the House, together with the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Poor Laws Administration Bill be taken 
into consideration upon Monday next; and be 
printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
yesterday, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair, (for the Committee on the Bishoprick of 
Manchester, &amp;c. Bill) ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old —, 

r. Tufnell, 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ par 7 vene Hill: } 63. 

Tellers for the Noes.{ a pase + un } 18, 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 
(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°. 
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 


Bill to be read 2°, paragraph by paragraph. 
Preamble : 


Amendment proposed: In P.3.1. 21. to leave out 
from the word “ Majesty” to the word “and” in 
P. 4.1.1. 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Preamble ; 

The Committee divided : 

}is2. 
Mr. Collett , 
{ Mr. Hume: } i 


Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Tufnell, 
Another Amendment proposed : In P. 4. ls. 1. and 


Lord Marcus Hill: 
Tellers for the Noes, 
2., to leave out the words “ and for establishing 


.“ forthwith a Bishoprick of Manchester.” 


Question proposed, That the words proposed to 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


be left out donk part of the Preamble; 
Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again ; 
The Committee divided : 
Mr. Roebuck, 
Mr. Collett : } - 
Tellers for the Noes, ry ad Hill: }20. 
Question again proposed, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Preamble ; 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 
sit again,—put, and agreed to. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 17° die Julii, 1847: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That the 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ this day,” in 

Vox. 102. 


16°—17° Juli. 





911 


order to insert the words “upon Monday next,” 
instead thereof. 
And the Question being proposed, That the words 
“this day” stand part of the Question ; 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 
And the Question being again proposed, That 
the words “ this day” stand part of the Siestien — 
The said proposed Amendment and Motion were 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. ? 
The Order of the day being read, for the Third Bankruptcy 
Reading of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill; a4 Insole 
Ordered, That the Bil be read the third time “"*Y ” 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Joint Stock 
mittee on the Joint Stock Companies (No. 2.) Bill ; (Noo&gt;) Bill 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve A® * 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Fever Hos- 
into a Committee upon the Fever Hospitals Bill ; pitals Bill. 
and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker No. 682. 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The ingrossed Bill to extend the Provisions of Commons 
the Act for the Inclosure and Improvement of ete 
Commons, was, according to Order, read the third Se 
time. 

An ingrossed Clause (Mode of proceeding on 
applications to Commissioners to amend awards), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause (Lands taken in ex- 
change or on partition, or as allotments, to be held as 
of freehold tenure by consent of the Commissioners), 
was thrice read ; and added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Amendment Bill Ecclesiastical 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and ymeee ames 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for pin. 


this day. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented New House 
to Her Majesty, praying Her Majesty to be gra- of Commons. 
ciously pleased to give immediate directions that the 
New House of Commons, and the Buildings con- 
nected therewith, be completed without any un- 
necessary delay for the permanent Use and Occu- 
pation of the Members of this House. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Medical _ 
Copies of the Treasury or Government Orders for aaa 
the Scale of Remuneration given for Public Medical 
Services in Zreland during the Cholera Epidemic in 
1832-3 :—And, of any Treasury Minutes or Go- 
vernment Orders fixing the Scale of Remuneration 
now offered by the Irish Board of Health for At- 
tendance on Fever Hospitals or Dispensaries, under 
the Act 10 Vic., c. 22. 


524 Ordered, 





Greenwich 
Hospital 
Schools. 


Westminster 
Bridge. 


East Lanca- 
shire Raiiway 
«Southport 
Branch and 
Preston Ex- 
tension) Bill. 


912 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of Stamps for Bills of Exchange issued by 
the Stamp Office in each of the years 1840, 1841, 
1842, 1843, 1844, 1845 and 1846 (in continuation 
of the Return dated the 5th day of May 1840, 
No. 297). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Report for 1847 of Inspection of the 
Greenwich Hospital Schools by Mr. Moseley: 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
half an hour after One of the clock on Satur- 
day morning, adjourned till this day. 





Sabbati, 17° die Julii ; 
Anno 11° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Swinburne, from the Commissioners of 
Westminster Bridge, was called in; and at 
the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of se- 
veral Acts of Parliament,—The Four Quarterly 
Accounts of the Treasurer to the Commissioners 
of Westminster Bridge, from the 5th day of April 
1846 to the 5th day of April 1847 :—And then he 
withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
Table, 





The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to enable the East Lancashire 
Railway Company to extend the Liverpool, Orms- 
kirk and Preston, and the Blackburn and Preston 
Lines of their Railway into Preston, and for other 
Purposes relating thereto; and the same were read, 
as follow: 

Pr. 5.1.18. After “ therewith” insert “ subject 
“ to the restrictions hereinafter contained.” 

Pr. 6. 1s. 3 and 4, Leave out from “ terminate” 
to “ in” in], 7. 

Pr. 6. 1, 8. After “ Preston” insert “at the 
southernmost boundary of the field numbered on 
‘ the said deposited Plans 110, in the said town- 
“ ship and parish of Preston, subject nevertheless 
to the provisions hereinafter contained for con- 
tinuing such extension into the station in Pres- 
ton.” 

Pr. 12. |. 29. After “ Company” insert “ sub- 
* ject to the restrictions in this Act contained.” 


Pr. 13. 1. 14. After “ completed” insert Clauses 
(A.), (B.), (C.), (D.), (E.), (F.), (G.), (H.), (L.), (K.), 
(L.), (M.), (N.), (O.), (P.), (Q.) and (R.) 

Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That in ad- 
*« dition to the land required for the construction 
“ of the Railway, the said Company shall, if re- 
quired so to do by Mary Norreys, of Daveyhulme 
Hall, purchase so much of the land late of Josias 
Jackson Norreys, deceased, lying between the 
North Union Railway and the intended Railway 
across the land late of the said Josias Jackson 
Norreys, deceased, and at such price as John 
Wilson Patten, Esquire, or such person as he 
shall in writing nominate, shall fix, subject to 
all such roads and crossings over such lands 
*“ as the said John Wilson Patten, or such other 
“ person so to be nominated as aforesaid, shall 
“ determine to be convenient and proper for com- 
munications between the lands late of the said 
Josias Jackson Norreys, deceased, on the west 
“« side of the North Union Railway, and the lands 
“ of the said Josias Jackson Norreys, deceased, on 
“« the east side of the intended Railway of the East 
«* Lancashire Railway Company.” 

Cravuse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That all 

communications between any Railway hereby 
authorized, and any Railway of the North Union 


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“ Railway Company, or of the Proprietors thereof, 

“* and all such openings in the ledges or flanges of 
such Railway as may be necessary or convenient 
for effecting such commnnications, shall be made 
and laid in the manner most approved, and to the 
reasonable satisfaction of the engineers for the 
time being of the Proprietors of the North Union 
Railway.” 

Cravuse (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
Extensions hereby authorized to be constructed 
under or over or to join any Railway of the Pro- 
prietors of the North Union Railway, shall be so 
made, as that the line, width and level of every 
Railway so crossed or joined shall be maintained, 
and all tunnels, arches and works required for 
carrying the extensions hereby authorized under 
or over any Railway of any such last-mentioned 
Proprietors shall be constructed under the super- 
intendence and to the reasonable satisfaction of 
the engineer for the time being of the proprietors 
thereof, and the same shall for ever afterwards be 
maintained and kept in perfect order and repair 
to the like satisfaction by and at the expense of 
the said East Lancashire Railway Company, and 
that the extensions hereby authorized, and the 
arches and works connected therewith, shall be 
so constructed, maintained and repaired, as that 
the several Railways over or under which any of 
the extensions hereby authorized shall pass, or 
which the same shall join, shall not be interfered 
with, nor any of the culverts, drains or sewers 
belonging thereto obstructed, except during the 
construction and maintenance of the extensions 
and works hereby authorized, and then only so 
far as shall be absolutely necessary for that pur- 
pose, and if the said East Lancashire Railway 
Company shall, in the execution or maintenance 
of the works authorized by this Act, injure or ob- 
struct any of such Railways, or the banks or sides 
thereof, or any of the works belonging thereto, 
they shall, with all due despatch, at their own 
expense, repair and make good such injury, and 
remove such obstruction, and also pay to the 
Company or Companies entitled to or to use such 
Railway or Railways so injured or obstructed, 
and to the persons using the same, full compen- 
sation for the damage which may have been sus- 
tained in consequence thereof; and in case the 
East Lancashire Railway Company shall not 
forthwith repair such injury, and remove such | 
obstruction as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the 
Company or Companies whose Railways shall be 
so injured or obstructed, to repair and remove the 
same, and to recover the expenses connected 
therewith, and all loss occasioned thereby, from 
the said East Lancashire Railway Company, by 
action or suit in any court of law or equity having 
competent jurisdiction.” 


Cuause (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That not- 
withstanding anything in this Act contained to 
the contrary, it shall not be lawful for the East 
Lancashire Railway Company, or for any person 
or persons in execution of the powers of this Act, 
either permanently or temporarily, to enter upon, 
purchase, take or use any of the lands, slopes, 
banks or other property of the proprietors of the 
North Union Railway, or which the same pro- 
prietors may have the right to purchase under 
any Act of Parliament (save only for constructing 
and maintaining the works by this Act authorized), 
or save, as aforesaid, in any manner to alter, 
vary or interfere with any Railway of any of the 
same proprietors, or any of the works apper- 
taining thereto.” 

Cuavse (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That (except 
so far as hereby expressly enacted) nothing in 
this Act contained shall extend to prejudice, dimi- 
nish, alter or take away any of the rights, privi- 
leges, powers or authorities vested in the North 

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11 Vicroriz. 17° Juli. 913 


“ Union Railway Company, or the proprietors of 
“ the North Union Railway.” 

Cuause (F.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
said Company shall make and maintain upon the 
“lands belonging to the mayor, aldermen and 
“ burgesses of Preston, and in such a point of the 
“ embankment across the same, shown upon the 
“‘ plan and section of the said Railway, as will 
“ admit of the height hereinafter specified, an arch- 
“ way of ornamental design, and of the dimensions 
“ following, (that is to say), thirty feet in span in 
“ clear, and sixteen feet in height from the ground 
“&lt; to the centre of the soffit of such arch, and shall 
“ at all times keep open the space within the said 
archway, to be used as a public carriage and 
footway; and in case any dispute or difference 
shall arise between the said mayor, aldermen and 
“* burgesses and the said Company as to the position, 
‘* design or construction of the said archway, the 
“ the same shall be referred to the arbitration of 
“ the High Sheriff for the time being of the said 
“ county of Lancaster, or any other person to be 
“ mutually agreed upon, whose award shall be final 
** and binding on all parties.” 

Ciause (G.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
said Company shall construct and maintain a 
foot-bridge across the said River Ribble, on the 
east side of their viaduct and bridge, for the use 
of the public, above the top-water level of the 
said river, and that such bridge shall be five feet 
in breadth in the footway, and shall be protected 
“ on both sides thereof by an open fence, and have 
“ convenient openings and means of access at each 
“ end thereof at or near the present public foot- 
“ paths, so that the public may at all times have 
“ free passage without hindrance from the Company 
“ to, on or over the same without charge.” 

Crause (H.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
“‘ said Company shall plant and keep planted in an 
“ ornamental manner, so far as the stability of the 
“ works will permit, the embankment shown upon 
“ the plan and section of the said Railway on the 
“ north side of the River Ribble, and shall use and 
“‘ apply all the spare soil, spoil or rubbish which 
“‘ may not be required for the works of the Railway 
“ from the railing out the said embankment, and 
“ that the said mayor, aldermen and burgesses shall 
“ have power to lay out convenient walks and pro- 
“‘ menades upon and along the said embankment, 
“ and on both sides thereof, to be used by the 
“ public under and subject to the regulations from 
“ time to time of the said mayor, aldermen and bur- 
“‘ gesses, but so as such walks or promenades be not 
carried in any part nearer the top edge of the 
embankment of the Railway on either side than 
ten yards of horizontal distance, and be so con- 
structed as not to jnterfere with the safety, main- 
tenance or widening of the said embankment by 
the said Company ; and in case any dispute or 
difference shall arise as to the planting of the said 
embankment or the said public walks and pro- 
menades, the same shall be referred to the arbi- 
tration of the said High Sheriff of Lancashire for 
the time being, or any other person to be mutually 
“ agreed upon, whose award shall be final and 
“ binding on the parties.” 

Criavse(I.) “ And whereas it would be attended 
“ with advantage and convenience to the public if 
“ the present station of the North Union Railway 
“ at Preston were so enlarged as to accommodate 
“ the traffic to and from the East Lancashire Rail- 
“ way, as well as that to and from the North Union 
“ Railway : And whereas the Manchester and Leeds 
“ Railway Company and the London and North 
“ Western Railway Company are the proprietors of 
“the said North Union Railway, and they are 
“&lt; willing so to enlarge the said station on the terms 
“ hereinafter mentioned : BE it Enacted, That none 
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land or construction of works upon or to the 
northward of the property numbered on the said 
deposited plans 110, in the township of Presion, 
shall be exercised for eighteen months after the 
passing of this Act by the said Company, ex- 
cepting at the request and with the consent of the 
said proprietors of the North Union Railway, 
testified on each occasion under their common 
seals; and if the proprietors of the North Union 
Railway shall within such reasonable time after 
the passing of this Act-as the Commissioners of 
Railways may prescribe, enlarge their present 
station between Fishergate and the southern 
boundary of the said property, numbered 110, for 
the accommodation of their own traffic and the 
traffic of the East Lancashire Railway Company, 
according to the provisions hereinafter contained, 
then all the powers by this Act granted to the 
East Lancashire Railway Company for the pur- 
chase of land and the construction of works upon 
or to the north of the said land numbered 110, 
shall cease and determine, unless in so far as the 
said proprietors of the North Union Railway 
may, under their common seals as aforesaid, con- 
sent to the exercise of such powers.” 

Cravuse (K.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
precise position of the said enlarged station, build- 
ings, warehouses, conveniences, approaches and 
works within the limits aforesaid, shall ie deter- 
mined by agreement between the Proprietors of 
the North Union Railway and the East Sannakite 
Railway Company, or in the event of no such 
agreement being made within Three months after 
either Company shall have called upon the other 
to come to such agreement, then, by arbitration, 
in manner provided by the Railway Clauses Con- 
solidation Act, 1845, such arbitrator keeping in 
view that the station accommodation, warehouses, 
buildings, conveniences, approaches and works 
shall be so placed and constructed as to admit 
of the traffic being carried to and from the North 
Union Railway, and to and from the East Zan- 
cashire Railway, without any undue preference of 
either Company.” 

CuauseE (L.) “ And be it Enacted, That after 
the position of the said station shall be determined 
as aforesaid, the plan thereof shall be prepared 
under the direction of the Proprietors of the North 
Union Railway, and shall be communicated by 
them to the East Lancashire Railway Company, 
and such plans, together with the lines and the 
levels of the works leading into the said general 
station, and for connecting the Railway hereby 
authorized with the North Union Railway, and 
all the necessary sidings, warehouses, buildings 
and approaches in connection with such lines, 
and the conveniences for the accommodation of 
both the said parties, shall be adjusted and settled 
by agreement between them, or in the event of 
no such agreement being made within One month 
after such plans shall have been communicated as 
aforesaid, the same shall be adjusted and settled 
by arbitration as aforesaid.” 

Cuause (M.) “ And be it Enacted, That after 
the plans of the said station sliall have been ad- 
justed and settled as aforesaid, the same shall 
be delivered to the Proprietors of the North Union 
Railway, for the purpose of being carried into 
execution by them: Provided always, That if the 
said Proprietors shall not, within Two months 
after such plans have been settled as aforesaid, 
bond fide commence and regularly proceed with 
the execution of the said plans, and within such 
reasonable time after the said plans have been 
determined upon as the Commissioners of Rail- 
ways shall prescribe, complete the same station, 
it shall be lawful for the East Lancashire Railway 
Company to proceed in the execution theféof, and 
to construct, complete and finish the same ac- 
cording to the provisions herein contained, in the 

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same manner as if they had been originally au- 
thorized to construct and complete the same, 
provided that in so doing they do not impede the 
traffic or business of the said North Union Rail- 
way further or otherwise than the proper execu- 
tion of the said plans may render unavoidable.” 

Crause (N.) “ And be it Enacted, That after 
the construction of the said station, the same shall 
be appropriated to the traffic to and from the 
North Union Railway, and to the traffic to and 
from the East Lancashire Railway, without pay- 
ment of any tolls, rates, duties or other charges, 
except the proportions hereinafter provided of the 
expenses and monies hereinafter mentioned.” 

Cuause (O.) “ And be it Enacted, That, subject 
to the provisions herein contained, the general 
management, regulation and control of the said 
station, the maintenance and repair of the same, 
the appointment of the necessary superintendents 
and other officers and servants, and the making 
of bye-laws, rules and regulations for the govern- 
ment thereof, shall remain in the Proprietors of 
the North Union Railway, but so nevertheless as 
that convenience and facilities shall be afforded 
for the transit of the traffic to and from the North 
Union Railway, and to and from the East Lanca- 
shire Railway, without undue preference to either 
party, and in the event of any dispute between 
the said parties, as to the use of the said station 
by, or the accommodation or facilities afforded to 
either of the said parties in such siation, or as to 
the bye-laws, rules or regulations affecting the 
same, every such dispute shall from time to time, 
as the same shall arise, be determined by the 
Commissioners of Railways.” 

Crause (P.) “And be it Enacted, That the 
expenses attending the construction of the said 
enlarged station, and the general management, 
regulation and control thereof, as aforesaid, in- 
cluding the expenses which have attended the 


acquisition and construction of so much of the |‘ 


existing station, and the site thereof, as may after 
such enlargement form part of the enlarged sta- 
tion, and be appropriated to any of the purposes 
thereof, and also of the expenses of and attending 
the maintenance and the conduct and manage- 
ment of the said enlarged atation, and of all the 
business and traffic thereat or therein, or in con- 
nection therewith, the same having been in the 
first instance disbursed by the proprietors of the 
North Union Railway, shall be apportioned be- 
tween the said parties, and paid and allowed by, 
to or between them respectively, according and in 
proportion as arbitrators appointed as aforesaid 
may decide, if the parties themselves do not other- 
wise agree: Provided always, That as regards all 
expenditure on capital account, or in the acquisi- 
tion, construction and completion of such enlarged 
station, a full and complete account shall be 
stated and settled between the parties up to and 
including such completion within Six months 


17° Sulit. 


A. 1847. 


connection therewith, the said last-mentioned pro- 
prietors shall have the same means for the reco- 
very thereof from the East Lancashire Railway 
Company as the said proprietors have or may have 
for the recovery of rates or tolls due to them for 
or in respect of the use of their Railway by any 
Company or party whomsoever.” 

Ciavuse (Q.) “ And be it Enacted, That if either 
during the progress of the said works or after the 
completion thereof any difference shall arise be- 
tween the proprietors of the North Union Rail- 
way and the East Lancashire Railway Company, 
either as to the principle or mode of construction 
or arrangement of the said station, buildings, 
warehouses, conveniences, approaches and works, 
as to the appropriation thereof for the traffic of 
the said parties, or as to the use and enjoyment, 
maintenance and repairs thereof, or as to expenses 
attending the maintenance or management, or as 
to any other matter or things relating thereto 
(not otherwise provided for by this Act, and not 
disposed of by any previous arbitration), every 
such difference or dispute shall from time to time, 
as occasion may require, be referred and be sub- 
ject to arbitration, pursuant to the provisions of 
the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, 
for the settlement of disputes by arbitration.” 

Cuiause (R.) “ And be it Enacted, That if at 
any time after the passing of this Act it shall ap- 
pear to the Commissioners of Railways to be 
necessary for the interests of the public, with 
reference to the conduct by the proprietors of the 
North Union Railway of the traffic of the East 
Lancashire Railway, at the said Preston Station, 
to give any order to the said proprietors in rela- 
tion to any of the matters by this Act referred to 
the said Commissioners for settlement between 
such proprietors and the East Lancashire Railway 
Company, in the event of difference between them 
as to the same matters, it shall be lawful for the 
said Commissioners to require the proprietors of 
the North Union Railway (if they shall disobey 
any such order) to apply to Parliament, with a 
view to the prevention or correction of any incon- 
veniences or evils by the said Commissioners, 
specified as the consequences of any such disobe- 
dience as aforesaid, and which cannot be other- 
wise remedied, and thereupon the said proprietors 
shall and they are hereby required to introduce 
a Bill or Bills accordingly, and duly to prosecute 
the same, in default whereof it shall be lawful for 
the said Commissioners to introduce or prosecute, 
as the case may be, such Bill or Bills at the 
expense of the said proprietors.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 


were agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


thereafter, and that the balance found due by 
arbitrators, appointed as aforesaid, to one of the 
parties from the other on such capital account (if 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Exeter and 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, and Exmouth 
intituled, An Act to amend the Exeter and Exz- Railway Bill. 





the parties themselves do not otherwise agree) 
shall be paid within Two months after such ba- 
lance is ascertained as aforesaid ; and if the part 

from whom such balance is so found due shall 
not immediately pay the same, such party shall 
thenceforth cease to have any right of accommo- 
dation (except on the terms on which any third 
party would be entitled thereto) until after the 
payment of such balance, with interest from the 
time the same was due, andif the said East Lan- 
cashire Railway Company shall fail to pay on the 
fifteenth day of each month the sum of money 
due from them for or in respect of the services 
and accommodations provided for them by the 
proprietors of the North Union Railway in the 
preceding month in or at the said station, or in 





mouth Railway Act, 1846, and to enable the Lon- 
don and South Western Railway Company to sub- 
scribe towards, lease or purchase the said Railway; 
and the same was read, as followeth : 


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Crause (A.) “ AND whereas it is by the said 
first recited Act enacted, Thatthe powers thereby 
granted shall not begin to take effect until a Bill 
then before Parliament, intituled, ‘ The Exeter 
Yeovil and Dorchester Railway Bill,’ or a Bill 
for the same purpose, shall have received the 
sanction of Parliament, and that the same powers 
should cease and determine, unless a Bill then 
pending in Parliament, iatituled, ‘The Exeter, 
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for the same purpose, should receive the sanction | “ 
of Parliament during the Session of One thou-| “ 
sand eight hundred and Forty-six or One thou-| “ 
sand eight hundred and Forty-seven: And “ 
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aldermen and burgesses, without the consent of 
the owner thereof, to purchase or take any land 
on the line or course of the pipes between the 
turnpike-road leading from Bolton to Chorley, 
in the townships of Rivington and Anderton, or 


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Railway Bill did not receive the sanction of Par-| 
liament in the year One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Forty-six, but a Bill for the same 
“ purpose, intituled, ‘ The Exeter, Yeovil and 
“© Dorchester Railway and Branches Bill,’ has been 
“ introduced into Parliament in the present Ses- 
“ sion, and the Preamble of the said Bill has been 
“ declared by a Committee of the House of Com- 
“ mons to be proved: And whereas Resolutions 
“ have been passed in each House of Parliament 
respectively, dated the tenth day of June One 
thousand eight hundred and Forty-seven, em- 
powering the Promoters of Railway Bills to 
suspend further proceedings in the present Session 
“ relating thereto, with the option under certain 
“ conditions of proceeding with the same Bill in 
“‘ the next Session of Parliament: And whereas 
“ the Promoters of the said Exeter, Yeovil and 
“ Dorchester Railway and Branches Bill intend 
“ to avail themselves of the said Resolutions, and 
“ to suspend further proceedings, with the view of 
“ proceeding with the same Bill in the next Ses- 
“ sion of Parliament, at the same stage where the 
“ said Exeter, Yeovil and Dorchester Railway and | 
«“ Branches Bill shall be suspended,in the present 
“ Session, and it is therefore expedient that the 
“&lt; said provisions should be altered and amended: 
“ BE it therefore Enacted, That notwithstanding | 
“ any thing in the said recited Act contained, the | 
“« powers granted by the said Act shall not cease) 
“and determine in case the said Exeter, Yeovil | 
“ and Dorchester Railway and Branches Bill, now 
« suspended as aforesaid, shall be introduced in 
“ accordance with, and obtain the privileges set. 
“ forth in the said Resolutions, and shall receive | 
“the sanction of Parliament in the year One| 
“ thousand eight hundred and Forty-seven, or in 
“ the year One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
“ eight: Provided always, That the powers granted 
“ by the said recited Act shall not begin to take 
“ effect until, and shall be null and void unless 
“ the said Exeter, Yeovil and Dorchester Railway | 
“ and Branches Bill shall have received the sanction | 
“ of Parliament within the period before mentioned: | 
“ Provided also, That nothing herein contained | 
“ shall enable the Company compulsorily to pur- 
“&lt; chase or take any lands after the period expressly 
“ limited for that purpose by the said Exeter and 
“ Exmouth Railway Act, 1846.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the' 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this | 
House hath agreed to the Amendment made by 
their Lordships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for better supplying with Water 
the Borough of Liverpool and the Neighbourhood 
thereof, and for authorizing the Mayor, Aldermen 
and Burgesses of the said Borough to purchase the 
Liverpool and Harrington Waterworks and Liver-| 
pool Waterworks; and the same were read, as! 
follow : 

Pr. 38. 1.28. Leave out “or of.” 

Pr. 39. 1. ult. Leave out “ agent.” 

Pr. 40, 1.1. Leave out “ parent.” 

Pr. 40.1, 14. Leave out “agent.” 

Pr. 40. 1. 15. Leave out “ parent.” 

Pr. 58.1.4. Leave out from “gross” to “ or” 
in 1. 5. . 

Pr. 58.1. 19. After “same” insert Clause (A.) 

Cuause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 








“ acted, That it shall not be lawful for the mayor,’ 
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one of them, and the reservoir at Kensington, 
within the borough of Liverpool, except such 
land as shall be necessary for the erection and 
occupation of houses for persons having the care 
of the stop-cocks or stop-valves on the line of 
such pipes, or to purchase, take or use by com- 
pulsion any other estate, right, easement, pri- 
vilege, power or authority whatsoever in, over 
or upon any such land, except such as shall be 
necessary for the purpose of laying and con- 
structing and of obtaining access to, examining, 
regulating, cleansing, draining, maintaining, re- 
“ newing and keeping in good repair, order and 
“ condition, under and subject to the provisions of 
this Act, such pipes and other works as may be 


conveying water from the equalizing tank, in the 

townships of Rivington and Anderton, or one of 

na = to the said reservoir at Kensington afore- 
said.” 

Pr. 62. 1. penult. After “pounds” insert “and 
shall in addition make compensation for any loss, 
damage or injury which such occupiers, or any of 
them, shall or may sustain, incur, or be put to, 
and in respect of which such penalties may be 
an insufficient compensation ; and it shall be an 
ful for such occupiers respectively, from time to 
time, to recover such compensation, with costs, 
from the mayor, aldermen and burgesses, by 
action on the case in any of the superior courts.” 

Pr. 65.1.20. After “ Westminster” insert Clauses 
(B.) and (C.) 

Crause (B.) “ And whereas it is expedient that 
a quantity of water not less than eight hundred 
thousand gallons daily should be supplied to that 
“ part of the said River Douglas which lies between 
a certain weir erected across the said river near 


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certain other weir erected across the said river near 
“ to Hennurst Bridge, in the said borough, but the 
“ mayor, aldermen and burgesses cannot under the 
“ provisions of the present Act secure such supply 
“ to the said part of the River Douglas: Be it 
“ Enacted, That the said mayor, aldermen and bur- 
“ gesses shall, subject to the provisions in this enact- 
“ ment contained, cause to flow down the said River 
“ Douglas from the reservoir and works to be 
“ constructed under this Act at and near Anderton 
“ Fold, a quantity of water being not less than 
“ eight hundred thousand gallons daily, in addition 
“ to the said quantity of six cubic feet per second 
“ hereinbefore provided to be discharged.” 

Cravuse(C.) “ Provided always, and be it fur- 
“ ther Enacted, That if at any time after the pass- 
“ ing of this Act the said mayor, aldermen and 
“ burgesses shall be enabled with the consent and 
“ to the satisfaction of the Company of Proprietors 
“ of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, but at the ex- 
“ pense of the said mayor, aldermen and burgesses, 
“ 10 cause a quantity of water not less than eight 
“ hundred thousand gallons daily to flow over the 
“ said weir at or near Scholes Bridge into the bed 
“ ofthe River Douglas, then and in such case and 
“ so long as such water shall be so supplied as last 
“ aforesaid, the said mayor, aldermen and bur- 
““ gesses shall not be required to send down the 
“ said River Douglas from the works to be con- 
“ structed under the powers of this Act, or any of 
“ them, a greater quantity than six cubic feet per 
“ second as hereinbefore provided.” 

Pr. 69.1.8. Leave out from “ aforesaid” to 
“ And” in Pr. 72. 1. 34. and insert Clause (D.) 

Cravuse (D.) “ And whereas Messieurs Roth- 
“ well are or claim to be the owners of certain 
“ works called the Horwich Vale Print-works, used 
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for bleaching, dyeing and printing calico and other 

goods, whereof John Chippendall, Esquire, is the | 
present lessee, situate on the River Douglas, the | 
waters of which river are proposed to be applied | 
to the purposes of this Act; and whereas it is | 
apprehended by such owners and lessee that the | 
waters which are to be supplied pursuant to the | 
provisions hereinbefore contained, in lieu of the 

waters of the said River Douglas and its tributary 

streams, may not be of such quality as to be | 
equally well adapted to the purposes of the said | 
Print-works as the waters of the said river and 

its tributary streams are; Be it therefore Enacted, 

That before the waters of the said River Douglas 

or any of its tributary streams now supplying the 

said Horwich Vale Print-works shall be interfered 

with, diverted or appropriated to the purposes of 
this Act, the quality of such water for the pur- 

poses of the same Print-works, shall be examined, 

tested and ascertained as follows, namely, three 

competent persons shall be nominated, one by 

the said John Chippendall, his executors or ad- 

ministrators, one by the said mayor, aldermen 

and burgesses of the borough of Liverpool, and 

the third by such two nominees in case they can- 

not agree, to examine, test, ascertain and report 

in writing the quality of such waters for the pur- 

poses of the said Print-works ; and a report there- 

of in writing shall be made, and three copies 

thereof signed by the parties making the same, 

pursuant to the said nomination, or by any two of 
them, shall be deposited as follows, namely, one 

copy at the office of the Clerk of the Peace of 
the County Palatine of Lancaster, one copy at 

the office of the Town Clerk of Liverpool, and 

one copy with the said John Chippendall, his ex- 

ecutors or administrators ; and that within the 

period of two years next after the completion of 
the said works by this Act authorized, such com- 

pletion being computed from the time when the 

said mayor, aldermen and burgesses shall begin 

to deliver water from the reservoirs shown on the 

plan deposited as aforesaid, for the supply of the 

borough of Liverpool, and of the several parishes, 

poate, or places included within the limits of 
this Act, or any part thereof, the quality of the 

waters by which the said Print-works shall be 

supplied pursuant to this Act, shall be again in 

like manner examined, tested, ascertained and 

reported, and three copies of the report of such 

second examination shall be signed and deposited 

as above provided, with regard to the waters of 

the said River Douglas or its tributary streams, 

before the same shall be interfered with, diverted 

or appropriated to the purposes of this Act, and 

each of the said reports shall be absolutely con- 

clusive on the said mayor, aldermen and bur- 

gesses and the said John Chippendall, his executors 

and administrators respectively, as to the state- 

ments therein contained ; and if on either of the 

said two occasions, the said mayor, aldermen and 

burgesses shall decline or neglect to nominate a 

person on their part, to examine and report on the 

quality of the said waters for the space of Twenty- 

eight days after having been thereto requested b 

a notice in writing, given by or on behalf of the 

said John Chippendall, his executors or adminis- 
trators, to the said mayor, aldermen and bur- 
gesses, or left at the office of the Town Clerk of 
the said borough of Liverpool, or if the person 

nominated by the said mayor, aldermen and bur- 

gesses shall refuse to join with the nominee of the 

said John Chippendall, his executors or adminis- 

trators in appointing a third nominee, or in exa- 

mining, testing and ascertaining the quality of 
the said waters on either of the occasions afore- 

said, or to sign any report of the quality of such 

waters, then and in such case the report of the 

person nominated by the said John Chippendall, 











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posited as aforesaid, shall be conclusive upon the 
said mayor, aldermen and burgesses, as to the 
statements therein contained; and all costs, 
charges and expenses of and incident to such 
nominations, examinations and reports, and all 
charges made by the said nominees, and all other 
expenses of and incident to such examinations and 
reports shall be borne and paid by the said mayor, 
aldermen and burgesses; and if it shall appear 
from the second report to be made as aforesaid, 
that the quality of the waters by which the said 
Print-works shall be supplied pursuant to this 
Act, shall be inferior for the purposes of the same 
works to the waters supplied thereto when the 
said first report shall be made, or shall not be 
equally well adapted to the purposes of the same 
works as the waters supplied thereto when such 
first report shall be made, the said John Chippen- 
dall, his executors, administrators or assigns, and 
also the owners of the reversion of the said Print- 
works, shall severally and distinctly be fairly and 
fully compensated in money by the said mayor, 
aldermen and burgesses for the damage or injury 
sustained by reason of such inferiority or differ- 
ence in the quality of the waters whereby the 
said Print-works shall be supplied pursuant to 
this Act, the amount of such respective compen- 
sation, if the several parties cannot agree upon the 
same, to be ascertained by arbitration in the man- 
ner provided by the Lands Clauses Consolidation 
Act, 1845.” 

Pr. 72. 1.35. Leave out “ Stoner” and insert 
Stonor.” 

Pr. 73. 1. 29. Leave out “ Stoner” and insert 
Stonor.” 

Pr. 73. 1. 35. 
Stonor.” 

Pr. 73. 1. 42. Leave out “ Stoner” and insert 
Stonor.” 

Pr. 74. 1, 24. Leave out from “ Act” to the 


Leave out “ Stoner” and insert 


second “ the” in]. 25. and insert “ subject to.” 


Pr. 74. 1.87. Leave out from “ by” to “ Borth- 


“ wick” in |, 38. and insert “ such engineers, or any . 
“ two of them.” 


Pr. 75. 1. 26. Leave out “ one year” and insert 


“ two years.” 


Pr. 75. 1. 27. After “ thereafter” insert “ such 


“ completion to be computed as aforesaid.” 


Pr. 75. 1. 29. Leave out from “ other” to “ or” 


in 1. 30. and insert “ the owner for the time being 
“ of the said several works, called the Heapy 
“« Bleach-works and the White Coppice-works.,” 


Pr. 75. 1.31. Leave out “ respectively.” 
Pr. 75. 1.38. Leave out from “ other” to “as” 


in 1. penult., and insert ‘‘ owner.” 


Pr. 76. 1. 5. Leave out “ by arbitration.” 

Pr. 76. 1.36. After “ brook” insert Clause (E.) 

CuauseE (E.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That as between the said William Standish 
Standish, his heirs and assigns, and his and their 
respective lessees or tenants of the said Heapy 
Bleach-works and White Coppice-works respec- 
tively, and also as between the respective lessees 
or tenants of the same several works respectively, 
and their respective executors, administrators or 
assigns, nothing in this Act contained shall in any 
manner alter, prejudice or affect the several and 
respective rights and interests of him the said 
William Standish Standish, his heirs or assigns, 
or of such, his or their respective lessees or te- 
nants, and their respective executors, adminis- 
trators and assigns, or any of them, respectively.” 

Pr. 77. 1. 14. Leave out “ Angleyark” and in- 


sert “‘ Heapy.” 


Pr. 77. 1.19. After “ required” insert “ either.” 
Pr. 77. 1. 22. After “ works” insert “ or of the 


White Coppice-works.” 


Pr. 77. 1. penult. Leave out from “ Esquire” to 


“ And” in Pr. 78. |. 2., and in Pr, 78, 1. 2. leave 
out “now.”, 


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Pr. 78.1: 5. Leave out from “ Esquire” to “ shall” 
in ]. 8., and insert “ his heirs or assigns.” 
Pr. 78. 1. 9. After “ money” insert “for any 
“ such springs now used for bleaching purposes at 
“the Heapy Bleach Works, and which may be 
« taken under the powers of this Act, and are not 
“ hereinbefore provided for, and in money or in 
‘‘ water, as is hereinbefore provided.” 
Pr. 78. 1.10. After “ injury” insert “ in water 
“* power,” and in the same line, after “he” insert 
or they.” 
Pr. 78. 1. 12. After “ of” insert “any other.” 
Pr, 78.1. 23, After “ compensation” insert Clause 


Cuavuse (F.) “And be it Enacted, That William 
“« Standish Standish, Esquire, shall be entitled to 
receive full compensation from the said mayor, 
aldermen and burgesses in respect of any loss, 
injury or damage which he may sustain in respect 
of his rights or interests, if any, in a certain spring 
“ called the Old Withnell Spring, and which rights 
or interests may be prejudiced by reason of any 
of the operations of tle said mayor, aldermen 
“ and burgesses.” 

Pr. 80. 1. 9, Leave out from “ purpose” to 
“And” in 1. 38. 

Pr. 81. 1. 16. Leave out “ cause” and insert 
* commence filling.” 

Pr. 81. 1.17. Leave out from “such” to “ with” 
in 1. 18., and insert “‘ reservoir.” 

Pr. 82. 1. 34. After “ 1846” insert “ Provided 
“ also, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
“ mayor, aldermen and burgesses to take or ac- 
“* quire, under the provisions of this Act, otherwise 
‘“‘ than by agreement, any of the lands of William 
“ Standish Standish, Esquire, his heirs or assigns, 
for the exclusive purpose of laying down or en- 
larging such pipe, but the course of such pipe 
“ shall be confined to land, the natural level of 
“‘ which shall be below the level of the top of the 
** embankment of the said Angleyark Reservoir, 
“ as shown on the plan and sections deposited with 
“ the Clerk of the Peace of the county of Lancaster, 
“ such land to be taken and fenced off by the mayor, 
“ aldermen and burgesses, or to such land as the 
‘“ said mayor, aldermen and burgesses shall take 
“ and fence off for the said Angleyark Reservoirs, 
“ and the works and communication connected 
“ therewith.” 

Pr. 87.1. 2. Leave out from “ lands” to “ And” 
in 1. 20., and insert “ without the assent of the said 
“« devisees,” and also insert Clauses (G.) and (H.), 
and in |. 20, leave out from “ the” to ‘‘ sections” in 
J, 21. 

Cuavse (G.) “ And be it Enacted, Tnat the said 
mayor, aldermen and burgesses shall construct, 
and for ever maintain at least eight stop-cocks or 
valves in the line of the pipes of the said water- 
works between the Rivington Reservoir and the 
Kensington Reservoir, and shall keep a sufficient 
number of competent persons to have charge of 
the same, and such persons shall respectively 
reside within the distance of four miles from the 
most remote portion of the pipe under the charge 
“ of such persons.” 

Cravuse (H.) “And be it Enacted, That the 
mayor, aldermen and burgesses shall place indi- 
cators upon or near the line of main pipes, at a 
distance apart not exceeding ‘Iwo furlongs, for 
the purpose of marking the position and depth of 
such pipes.” 

Pr. 87.1. 22. After “ 1847” insert “ (marked) 
— 25, in the Queen’s Printer’s copy of such 
“ A” 

Pr. 88.1.1. After “ waterworks” insert Clauses 
(I.) and (K.) 

Ciause (I.) “ And be it Enacted, That in the 
** construction of the provisions of the Waterworks 
“* Clauses Act, as extended to this Act, so far as 
“ they relate to mines and minerals, such provisions 
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‘“¢ shall be held to extend to fire-clay as well as to 
“ coal, ironstone, slate and other minerals.” 

Cxiause (K.) “ And be it Enacted, That (except 
so far as shall be otherwise provided, by agree- 
“ ment with the mayor, aldermen and burgesses) 
any thing herein contained, or any thing done in 
“ pursuance of this Act, shall not, without full 
“ compensation being made in that behalf, prevent 
“ at any time hereafter any person who, for the time - 
“ being, would have been rightfully entitled if this 
“ Act had not been passed, to make use of any 
“ water flowing into the said waterworks, from 
“ making use of the same, in, to or for any manner, 
“ extent or purpose, in, to or for which he might 
“ for the time being have rightfully made use of 
“‘ the same, in case this Act had not been passed.” 

Pr. 88. ls. 14. and 15. Leave out from “ aque- 
“ duct” to “ And” in 1. 29., and insert Clauses (L.) 
and(M.) 

CuavseE (L.) “ And be it Enacted, That before 
“ the mayor, aldermen and burgesses shall open 
“ or break up any enclosed land for the purpose of 
“ laying, constructing, maintaining or repairing any 
“ pipes or conduits, they shall give notice to the 
“ occupier thereof, not less than Three clear days 
“ before the beginning such work, except in cases 
“ of emergency, from defects or supposed defects in 
“ any of the pipes or other works, and that when any 
“ land over which a way-leave or easement shall 
have been purchased for the purpose of laying or 
repairing pipes, under the provisions of this Act, 
shall be opened or broken up, the mayor, alder- 
men and burgesses shall from to time, with all 
convenient speed, complete the work for which 
‘* the same shall be so opened or broken up, and so 
“ far as may be compatible with the formation, 
“ maintenance, examination, use and repair of the 
said pipes and other works, shall, if required b 
“‘ the owners or occupiers of the said land, fill in 
“‘ and restore such land to the same state and con- 
“ dition in which it shall have been at the time of 
being so broken up or opened, or as near thereto 
“ as circumstances will permit, and shall, in the 
“ execution of such work, so far as may be compa- 
“ tible with such execution, and if required by the 
“‘ owners or occupiers of such land, preserve and 
“ keep distinct from other earth and rubbish, all 
“ productive soil and vegetable mould, and spread 
“ and distribute such soil and vegetable mould up- 
“ permost on the land from whence the same shall 
“« have been taken, and remove and carry away all 
“ superfluous rubbish occasioned by and in the 
“ execution of such work, and shall also, so far as 
“ may be practicable, and as may be consistent 
with the maintenance, use, examination and repair 
“ of the said pipes and works, well and effectually 
“ repair and reinstate all hedges, ditches and fences 
“ upon and near to the line of pipes which shall 
be broken down by the execution of any works 
“ by this Act authorized, and restore such hedges, 
“ ditches and fences to as good condition as the 
same were in before being so broken down, de- 
stroyed or injured, or as near thereto as circum- 
stances wiil admit, and shall, during the progress 
of such works, if required by the owner or occu- 
“ pier of such land, fence off such part thereof as 
may be required for the purposes of the said 
* works from the adjoining lands.” 

Cravuse (M.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
mayor, aldermen and burgesses shall and may, by 
their officers, servants and workmen, have the 
right at all times, to pass along and over the lands 
in which they may obtain the right of laying 
“ down and maintaining pipes as aforesaid, and of 
“ examining the state and condition of such pipes 
“ and the works connected therewith, and of re- 
“ pairing and removing the same as occasion may 
“ require: Provided always, That if for the purposes 
aforesaid the said mayor, aldermen and burgesses 
“ shall require access through any fences, they shall 

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“ construct and maintain proper gates therein, with 


“ locks thereto, and except for the purpose of pass- 
“ ing through the same, shall keep such gates con- 
“ stantly locked, so as to interfere with the efficiency 
“* of such fences as little as possible; and the owner 
“ or occupier for the time being of the lands on 
“ which any gates may be so constructed, shall and 
“« may have the right to pass through the same, as 
“ they may require, but shall not in any manner 
“ interfere with the pipes laid down under such 
“‘ Jands or the works connected therewith, or with 
“ the position or security thereof.” 
Pr. 89.1.9. After “ Act” insert Clause (N.) 
Cuavsz (N.) “ And be it Enacted, That where- 
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Pr. 106.1. 13, In Clause (A.) added by way of 
Rider to the Bill: 
L. 2. Leave out “ mains, pipes,” and insert 
main pipe.” 
L. 5. After “ are” insert “intended to be 
“ Jaid.” 
L. ult. Leave out “valve” and insert “ stop- 
valve.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration London Bridge- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, ao 
intituled, An Act for enlarging the present Station Statement 


of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Bill. 


authorized to be made between the equalizing 
tank and the reservoir at Kensington, it may be 
necessary to cut through or disturb any road so 
as to render the same during the construction of 


such works dangerous or impassable, the said 
mayor, aldermen and burgesses shall, if required 
by the persons having control of such road, and 
on being furnished by them with sufficient land 
for the formation of another substituted road, 
make such substituted road, and maintain the 
same in as efficient a condition as circumstances 
will permit, during the continuance of any such 
obstruction, and shall also make full compensa- 
tion for the temporary occupation of the lands 
required for the formation of such substituted 
road, the amount thereof to be settled by Two 
Justices in case of difference.” 

Pr. 98. 1. 7. After “ been” insert “ damnified 
or.” 

Pr. 98. 1. 22. After “ always” insert “ that the 
consideration money for the purchase of such 
land to be furnished by the trustees or governors 
of the said school as aforesaid, and all the costs 
and charges of and incident to the purchase, title 
and conveyance thereof, and also all the costs 
and expenses, as well of such trustees or gover- 
nors and such rural dean respectively, as of the 
said mayor, aldermen and burgesses, attending 
and incident to any such reference as aforesaid, 
and the performance and observance of any such 
decision shall be borne and paid by the said 
mafor, aldermen and burgesses: Provided also.” 


Pr. 99.1. 19. After “ injured” insert Clauses 
(O.) and (P.) 

Cuiause(O.) “ And be it Enacted, That so 
“ much of the Waterworks Clauses Act, 1847, as 
** relates to the following offences; that is to say, 
to the offence of bathing in any stream, reservoir 
or aqueduct or other waterworks belonging to 
the undertakers, or washing, throwing or causing 
to enter therein any dog or other animal, or throw- 
ing any rubbish, dirt, filth or other noisome thing 
into any such stream, reservoir, aqueduct or other 
waterworks as aforesaid, or washing or cleansing 
therein any cloth, wool, leather or skin of any 
animal, or any clothes or other thing, shall apply 
“ only to any filter beds or equalizing tanks to 
“ be constructed in the townships of Rivington and 
Anderton, or either of them, and to any reservoir 
or other works of the mayor, aldermen and bur- 
gesses constructed or to be constructed within 
“« the borough of Liverpool.” 


Ciause (P.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall 
be held or construed to authorize any person to 
trespass upon the property of the mayor, aldermen 
and burgesses, or to corrupt or foul any water of 
the mayor, aldermen and burgesses, or to pre- 
judice or affect any right or remedy which the 
mayor, aldermen and burgesses may have against 
“* any person for any nuisance or injury that may 
“ be occasioned by the fouling or corrupting of the 
“ water of the said mayor, aldermen and _ bur- 
“ gesses.” 


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Company at or near London Bridge; and for the 
Division of the present Station between the London, 
Brighton and South Coast and the South Eastern 
Railway Companies, forthe separate Accommodation 
of the Traffic of such two Railway Companies ; 
and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 5. 1. penult. After “ that” insert “ subject 

“ to the provisions in this Act contained.” 
Pr. 6. 1.1. After “to” insert “ alter and.” 
Pr. 14. 1.27. After “Companies” insert “ upon 
the requisition of either of them.” 
Pr. 14. 1. 36. After “ Engineers” insert “ sub- 
ject to such modification as may be rendered 
necessary by any alteration which may have been 
made in the general plan for the enlargement of 
the stations of the two Companies subsequent to 
the date of such arrangement, and if the engineers 
of the said two Companies cannot agree as to 
such modification, the same shall be referred to 
the decision of the Commissioners of Railways 
or to an umpire appointed by them.” 
Pr. 15. 1. 8, After “ effect” insert Clause (A.) 
Ciavuse(A.) “ AND whereas by reason of the 
alteration of the general plan for the enlargement 
of the said London Bridge Station agreed on by 
the said two Companies, and the modifications 
consequent thereon, which may be made under 
the provisions hereinbefore contained, the South 
Eastern Railway Company or the said London, 
Brighton and South Coast Railway Company 
may be called on to relinquish for the joint use 
of the said Companies, a portion of the lands and 
buildings belonging to them respectively, and 
which may be required for widening the entrance 
or approach to the said station; BE it therefore 
Enacted, That full compensation shall be made 
to whichever of the said Companies may be 
called on to relinquish any lands or buildings for 
the purposes aforesaid, by the other of the said 
Companies, the amount thereof to be determined 
in case of difference by the engineers to whom 
the nature of such modifications may be re- 
ferred.” 
Pr. 16.1. 17. Leave out “ eighteen” and insert 
nineteen.” 
Pr. 16. 1. 21. Leave out “ ten” 
nine.” 
Pr 22. Is. 26. and 27. After “ repealed” insert 
Clauses (B.) (C.) (D.) and (E.) 

Crause (B.) “ AND whereas the said Com- 
“ pany are hereby authorized to purchase certain 
‘ lands in the said parish of Saint Thomas, be- 
longing to the Governors of Saint Thomas’s Hos- 
pital; and it is expedient that other lands should 
be provided in lieu thereof for the said Hospital ; 
“ BE it therefore Enacted, That the London, 
“ Brighton and South Coast Railway Company, 
“ before they shall purchase any land from the 
“ Governors of the said hospital, for the purposes 
“of this Act, shall give two months’ notice in 


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said hospital, of their intention to purchase such 
lands, and they shall thereby require the said 
Governors to elect whether they will purchase 
the land lying between the south-eastern side of 
Joiner-street and the black line defined upon a 
lan deposited in the office of the clerk of the 
Peckham, marked (A.), and signed by the 
Right honourable the Lord Stanley, and coloured 
purple, or any part thereof; and if the said 
Governors shall, before the expiration of the said 
two months, by writing under the hand of their 
treasurer, signify their intention to purchase such 
piece of land, the said Governors shall be bound 
to purchase, and the said London, Brighton and 
South Coast Railway Company shall be bound 
to sell and convey them, the same land when and 
so soon as they shall have provided accommodation 
for the traffic upon their Railway in some other 
situation by virtue of the powers of this Act; 
and the price of such land shail, in case of dispute, 
be settled in manner provided by the Lands 
Clauses Consolidation Act,1845, but the Company 
shall pay the expense of the title and conveyance 
of the land; Provided always, That when the 
Company give the said notice, the Company shall 
be bound to purchase from the said Governors 
land equal in area to the land which shall be so 
offered to the said Governors: Provided never- 
theless, That if the Company shall not give such 
notice within twelve months from the passing of 
this Act, the Company shall not be authorized 
to purchase any land from the said Governors 
without the consent of the said Governors.” 

CxiavusE (C.) ‘“‘ AND whereas it would be at- 
tended with convenience and advantage to the 
Governors of Saint Thomas’s Hospital, if the pre- 
sent line of Joiner-street were altered and diverted 
from the north end thereof adjoining Duke-street, 
to the south end thereof adjoining Saint Thomas’s- 
street, and anew street were carried from the 
north end of Glean-alley to a point near the south 
end of Joiner-street, adjoining Saint Thomas’s- 
street; BE it therefore Enacted, That subject to 
the purchase by the said Governors of the lands 
which by this Act they are authorized to purchase 
from the London, Brighton and South Coast 
Railway Company, and subject also to the con- 
sent and approval of the Commissioners of Pave- 
ments having control of the said street, the said 
South Eastern Railway Company and the said 
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 
Company shall, if required by the Governors of 
the said hospital, divert the said street at the joint 
expense of the said Companies, and in equal 
moieties, and form a new street in substitution 
thereof between the points aforesaid, of a width 
of thirty-five feet and of a height to the soffit of 
the of eighteen feet and ten feet over the 
footpaths ; Provided always, That so much of 
the present street as is or may be situate under 
the station or works of either of the said Com- 
panies shall, upon the completion of a new line of 
street in substitution thereof, vest in such Com- 
pany, and so much of the said present street as 
may adjoin the lands belonging to the Governors 
of Saint T’homas’s Hospital, and for which a new 
line of street may be substituted, shall vest in the 
said Governors.” 

Crause (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
in this Act or in any Act incorporated herewith 
contained, shall authorize the said Company or 
Governors of Saint Thomas's Hospital, to take, 
stop up, appropriate or in any way interfere with 
the said street, called Joiner-street, until the street 
in substitution thereof shall have been set out, 
made, paved and lighted to the satisfaction of 
the said Commissioners of Pavements for the 
East Division of Southwark, and dedicated to the 
use of the public, and from and after such street 
and diversion shall have been set out and paved, 

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“ and completed as aforesaid to the satisfaction of 


the said Commissioners or their surveyor, the same 
shall be under the control, jurisdiction and man- 
agement of the said Commissioners.” 
Crause (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That all arches 
which may under the powers of this Act, be 
“ constructed over public streets, shall be built 
with roman cement, instead of mortar, and that 
wherever the said arches are built on the skew, 
they shall be provided with stone springers.” 
The said Amendments, being read a-second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration gouth Devon 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Railway (Ex- 
intituled, An Act to enable the South Devon Rail- po 
way Company to extend the Line of the South jin, 
Devon Railway to Torquay and to Brixham, and for 
other Purposes ; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 12.1, 33. Leave out “road” and insert 
“ roads, ard in the same line after “ numbered” 
insert “ respectively, and also in the same line 
after “146” insert “149.” 

Pr. 18. 1. 3. Leave out “ lease.” 

Pr. 19.1. 12. Leave out from “ them” to “ and” 
in 1. 35. 

Pr. 21.1. 5. Leave out “ lease.” 

” Pr. 21. 1. 35. After “ Company” insert Clause 

(A.) 

Cravuse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ not be lawful for the said Great Western Rail- 
way Company, the Bristol and Exeter Railway 
Company, and the Cornwall Railway Company, 
or any of them, out of any money by this Act 
or any other Act relating to the said Companies 
respectively authorized to be raised, by calls in 
respect of shares, or by the exercise of any power 
of borrowing, to pay interest to any shareholder 
on the amount of the calls made in respect of 
“ the shares held by him in the capital by this Act 
“ authorized to be raised: Provided always, That 
nothing hereinbefore contained shall be deemed 
to prevent the said Companies from paying to any 
shareholder such interest on money advanced by 
him beyond the amount of the calls actually 
made as shall be in conformity with the provisions 
in the Acts relating [to such Companies respec- 
tively in that behalf contained.” 

Pr. 23.1. 7. Leave out “ or renting.” 

The said Amendments being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Ordered, That Newbart (or Gravenor’s) Estate Newbart (or 
Bill be read the third time this day. sarge 

Ordered, That Paterson’s Estate Bill be read the Paterson’s 
third time this day. Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That Pickernell’s Estate Bill be read Pickernell’s 
the third time this day. Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That the Duke of Richmond’s Estate Duke of 
Bill be read the third time this day. Richmond's 
Estate Bill. 

Ordered, That Hylton’s Estate Bill be read the Hylton’s 
third time this day. Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That Penson’s Estate Bill be read the Penson’s 
third time this day. Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That Mansel’s Estate Bill be read the Manscl’s 
third time this day. Estate Bill. 


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Earlof Devon’s 
Estate Bill. * 


Dundas’s 
Estate Bill. 


Gillespie’s 
Estate Bill. 


Oldmixon’s 
(or Lyon’s) 
Estate Bill. 


Northam 
Bridge Com- 
pany’s Estate 
Bill. 


Lord Ward’s 
Estate Bill. 


Newhbart (or 
Gravenor’s) 
Estate Bill. 


Paterson’s 
Estate Bill. 


TPickernell’s 
Estate Bill. 


Tylton's 
Estate Bill. 


Pecnson’s 
Estate Bill. 


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Ordered, That the Earl of Devon’s Estate Bill 
be read the third time this day. 


Ordered, That Dundas’s Estate Bill be read the 
third time this day. 


Ordered, That Gillespie's Estate Bill be read the 
third time this day. 


Ordered, That Oldmizon’s (or Lyon’s) Estate Bill 
be read the third time this day. 


Ordered, That the Northam Bridge Company’s 
Estate Bill be read the third time this day. 


Ordered, That Lord Ward’s Estate Bill be read 
the third time this day. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for ex- 
tending the Time for enrolling (pursuant to the Sta- 
tute third and fourth of William the Fourth, c. 74), 
a Deed executed in the Colony of New South Wales, 
for the purpose of enlarging a Base Fee in Heredi- 
taments at Messingham, in the County of Lincoln, 
into an Estate in Fee Simple, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
exonerating the Trustees of the deceased George 
Paterson, of Castle Huntley, Esquire, the Elder, of 
their Expenditure in making Improvements upon 
the entailed Estates left by him; for enabling them 
to acquire certain Lands contiguous thereto, and to 
grant Feus, and for certain other Purposes, was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
authorizing the Sale to the Right honourable Wil- 
liam Baron Ward, of certain Freehold and Copyhold 


Hereditaments in the County of Worcester, devised 
by the Will of Thomas Pickernell, Esquire, de- 
ceased, and for directing the Investment of the Pur- 
chase-money in other Hereditaments, to be settled 
in like manner, was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to au- 
thorize the Sale of an Estate called Morrant’s- 
court, otherwise Morant’s-court, otherwise Madam’s- 
court, in the County of Kent, late the Property of 
John Fry, Esquire, deceased, and for applying the 
Monies to arise by such Sale in payment of Incum- 
brances affecting the said Estate, and for investing 
the residue of such Monies for the benefit of the 
Parties beneficially interested in the said Estate, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
enabling Leases, Sales and Partitions to be made of 
certain Estates in the County Palatine of Lancaster, 
heretofore belonging to John Penson, and Molly his 
Wife, was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 


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A. 1847. 


the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for au- Mansel’s 
thorizing Leases to be granted for Quarrying and Estate Bill. 


Mining Purposes of certain Estates in the Isle of 
Purbeck, in the County of Dorset, subject to the 
Uses of the Will of Maria Sophia Richards, Spin- 
ster, deceased, was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for EarlofDevon's 
enabling certain Estates in Ireland, of the Right Estate Bil. 


honourable William Earl of Devon, deceased, to be 
sold, and the Proceeds arising therefrom, after Pay- 
ment of certain Charges and Incumbrances, to be 
applied in Payment or towards Reduction of the 
Charges and Incumbrances affecting the Family 
and other Estates in England, late of the said Earl 
of Devon, and for authorizing the raising by Mort- 
gage of the Estates in Jreland, until sold, of a 
limited Sum of Money, to be applied, under the di- 
rection of the High Court of Chancery in England, 
in or towards permanently improving the said 
Estates in Ireland, and for making Provision for the 
Liquidation and Payment of the Principal Monies 
and Interest, and for other Purposes, was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Dundas’s 


authorizing the Sale of so much of theentailed Lands 
and Estates of Dundas, in the County of Linlith- 
gow, belonging to James Dundas, Esquire, as may 
be required to pay the Debts affecting, or that may 
be made to affect the said Estates, and for enabling 
the said James Dundas to borrow Money upon the 
Security of the said Lands and Estates, for Repay- 
ment of a Portion of the Monies laid out in the Im- 
provement of the said Lands and Estates, and in 
building a Mansion-house and Offices for the same, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to vest Gillespie's 


in Trustees certain Lands in the vicinity of Glasgow, 
which belonged to the late Colin Gillespie, for the 
purpose of selling a portion thereof to pay off the 
Debt affecting the same, and of partitioning and 
feuing out the remainder for the benefit of his Heirs, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled An Act for Oldmixon’s 
authorizing the granting of a new Lease of certain (or Lyon's) 


Coal Mines and Hereditaments, iu the County of 
Durham, late the Estate of John Lyon, Esquire, 
deceased, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Northam 


Reading of the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 


for vesting in the Company of Proprietors of Northam pi 


Bridge and Roads certain Lands in the Town and 
County 








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Estate Bill. 


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County of Southampton, and in the County of South- 
ampton, and for empowering them to sell the same ; 

And a Motion being made, 'lhat the Bill be now 
read the third time ; 

Mr. Strutt, by Her Majesty's Command, acquainted 
the House, That Her Majesty, having been informed 
of the purport of the Bill, gives Her consent, as far 
as Her Majesty’s! interest is concerned, that the House 
may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
enabling the Sale and Conveyance of certain Cot- 
tages, Gardens, and other improved Lands comprised 
in the Will of the Right honourable John William 
Earl of Dudley, deceased, and for laying out the 
Sale Monies in the Purchase of Estates, to be settled 
to the Uses of the said Will, and for other Purposes, 


17° Julie. 921 


“ said Waterworks Clauses Act, 1847, shall mean 
“ the Commissioners for the time being authorized 
to carry this Act into execution ; and the expres- 
“ sions ‘the Undertaking’ and ‘the Waterworks,’ 
“ wherever used in the said Waterworks Clauses Act, 
1847, shall respectively mean the springs of water 
and the works connected therewith hereby autho- 
rized to be taken by the Commissioners on lease.” 

Pr, 23.1. 15. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 25. 1.11. After “ Act” insert “and the ex- 
pression ‘ the Undertakers,’ wherever used in such 
clauses and provisions, shall mean the Commis- 
“ sioners for the time being authorized to carry this 
“ Act into execution.” 

Pr. 27. 1. 25. Leave out “ Commissioner” and 
insert “* Commissioners.” 
Pr. 31, |, 21. Leave out “ and” and insert “ or.” 
Pr. 33. 1. 14. Leave out from “ York” to “the” 
in 1, 21. 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


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was, according to Order, read the third time. The House proceeded to take into consideration Direct Lon- 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, —— 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to | intituled, An Act for authorizing the Sale of Part Brighton and 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath | of the Brighton and Chichester (Portsmouth Ex- Chichester, 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. tension) Railway to the London and South Western, weed _— 
and the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway South Coast, 


Rutherglen The Order made upon the 23d day of March last Companies, and the Use by the last-mentioned and London 


and Strath- for referring the Rutherglen and Strathbungo Road 


beneo Read : r : : Company of Part (Wandsworth to London) of the 224South 
a ped ~ Committee of Selection, was read, and | 7, 0 re 3 Soeth Some Railway; and 8 hon —e 
"Seen “ That the Bill be withd were read, as follow : 
Ry Se er ere Pr. 22.1. 18. After “ contract” insert “ hereafter Hl. 
Caledonian The House was moved, That the Order made upon | “ to be made.” 


a —_ the 14th day of June last, That the Report on the Pr. 28.1. 15. After “ thereof” insert Clause (A.) 
Sf Wishaw ang C@ledonian Railway (Purchase or Lease of Wishaw| | Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 


Coltness Rail- and Coltness Railway) Bill, do lie upon the Table, | “ not be lawful for either of the said Companies, 


way) Bil. § might be read ; and the same being read ; “ out of any money by any Act or Acts relating to 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. “ either of the said respective Railway Companies 

, , R . |“ authorized to be raised, for the purposes of such 
Bingley Im- The House proceeded to take into consideration | « ot op Acts, to pay or deposit any sum of money 
——— the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill,|« hich by any Standing Order of either House 


intituled, An Act for lighting, paving, cleansing, 
sewering, draining, regulating and improving the 
Town and Neighbourhood of Bingley, in the West 
Riding of the County of York, and for other Pur- 
poses connected therewith ; and the same were read, 
as follow : 

Pr. 2.1. 21. After “1847” insert “the Towns 
“ Improvement Clauses Act, 1847.” 

Pr. 2.1. 27, Leave out from “ Act” to “ And” 
in |. 37. 

Pr. 8. 1. 11. Leave out “ caused” and insert 
“* cause.” 


“ of Parliament now in force, or hereafter to be in 
“ force, may be required to be deposited in respect 
of any application to Parliament for the purpose 
of obtaining an Act authorizing either of the 
“ said Companies to construct any other Railway 
“ or execute any other work or undertaking.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


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Pr. 10. Ils. 26. and 27. Leave out from “busi-| The House proceeded to take into consideration Duffryn KS 
“ ness” to “ And” in 1. 31. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, plynviand iy 
Pr. 11.1. 15. After “ Act” insert Clause (A.) intituled, An Act for the Consolidation of the Duf- Liynvi Valley it 
Ciause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it | fryn Llynviand Porth Cawl Railway Company with Railways _ i 
“ Enacted, That nothing in this Act or any Act | the L/ynvi Valley Railway Company; and the same ee 1 


“ incorporated herewith shall make the service of 
“‘ any writ or proceeding at law or in equity a good 
“ service by the same being transmitted through 
“ the Post-office.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 6. Leave out from “ flagging” to 
“ And” in 1. ult. 

Pr. 15. 1.30. Leave out “ may” and insert shall.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 36. Leave out “ but.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 37. Leave out “in their opinion.” 

Pr. 15. 1. penult. Leave out from “ Act” to 
“ And” in Pr. 16. 1. 25. and insert ‘‘ within five 
“ years after the same shall not be required in the 
“‘ same manner as superfluous lands are required to 
“ be sold under the said Lands Clauses Consoli- 
“ dation Act.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 38. Leave out from “rate” to “ And” 
in Pr. 19. 1, 2. 

Pr. 21. 1.32. After “ Act” insert “ and the ex- 
« pression ‘ the Undertakers,’ wherever used in the 

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were read, as follow : 

Pr. 20. 1. 27. Leave out from “That” to “the” 
in]. 30. 

Pr. 21,1. 11. Leave out from “Company” to 
“ And” in Pr. 22. 1. 6. and insert Clause (A.) 

Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 

not be lawful for the said amalgamated Company, 
* out of any money by this Act or any other Act 
“ relating to the said amalgamated Company, or 
either of the said Companies hereby amalgamated, 
“ authorized to be raised, for the purpose of such 
“ Act or Acts, to pay or deposit any sum of money 
“* which by any Standing Order of either House of 
“ Parliament now in force, or hereafter to be in 
“ force, may be required to be deposited in respect 
“ of any application to Parliament for the purpose 
“ of obtaining an Act authorizing the said amal- 
“ gamated Company to construct any other Rail- 
“ way or execute any other work or undertaking.” 


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Paving, Light- the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
ing and Im- 


provement 
Bill. 


St. Ives (Hun- 
tingdon) 
Improvement 
Bill. 


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The said Amendments, being read a second time, | 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


intituled, An Act for paving, lighting, cleansing, 
watering, regulating and otherwise improving the 
Town of Portsmouth, in the County of Southampton, 
and for removing and preventing Nuisances and 
Annoyances therein; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 11. 1. 33. Leave out from “ year” to “and” 
in Pr. 12.1, 8. 

Pr. 14. Is. 3. and 4. After “execution” insert 
Clause (A.) ’ 

Crause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
“ acted, That nothing in this Act or any Act incor- 
“ porated herewith, shall make the service of any 
“‘ writ or proceeding at law or in equity a good 
“ service, te the same being transmitted through 
‘ the Post-office.” 

Pr. 15.1. 13. Leave out from “ proper” to “and” 
in 1, 26. 

Pr. 16. 1.15. Leave out “ exchange.” 

Pr. 22. 1. 20. Leave out from “that” to “the” 
in 1, 21. and insert “ for the purposes aforesaid.” 

Pr, 22. 1. 22. Leave out from “1847” to “ shall” 
in 1, 28. 

Pr. 22. 1. 29. Leave out feom “ Act” to “and” | 
in Pr, 25 |. 21. and insert “ and the Clauses of such 
** Act shall be construed as if the word ‘Commis- 
sioners’ had been inserted therein instead of the 
word ‘ undertakers’: Provided always, That no- 
‘“‘ thing in the said Gas Works Clauses Act con- 
“‘ tained shall authorize the said Commissioners to 
manufacture or supply gas for any purposes other 
than for lighting the streets within the limits of 
“* this Act.” 

Pr, 35.1. 23, Leave out from “rating ” to “and” 
in Pr. 36. 1. 27. 

Pr. 29. Is. 10 and 11. Leave out from “ what- 
“ ever” to“ and ” in Pr, 40. 1. 2. 

Pr. 49, 1. 20. After “ Jreland” insert “ or of the 
“¢ principal officers of Her Majesty’s Ordnance.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for paving, lighting, watching, 
draining, cleansing and improving the Town of Saint 
Ives, and the Neighbourhood thereof, in the County 
of Huntingdon; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 31.1, 12. Leave out “ reciting” and insert 

“ citing.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 37. Leave out from “ interest” to “ of” 

in 1. ult. 

Pr. 6. 1. 2. Leave out from “ interest” to ‘‘ be- 

“ come” in |, 4, and insert “ shall.” 

Pr. 6.1.13. Leave out from ‘ mortgagee” to 
may” in |, 18. 

Pr. 6. 1. 23. Leave out “such” and insert 
any,” and in the same line leave out from 
money” to “ be” inl. 24, 

Pr, 6. 1s. 31. and 32. Leave out from “ mort- 
gagee” to “if” in 1. 34. 

Pr. 6. 1. 37. Leave out “ he.” 


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Crause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That nothing in this Act or any Act 
incorporated herewith, shall make service of any 
writ or proceeding at law or in equity, a good 
service by the same being transmitted through 
“ the Post-office.” 

Pr. 18. 1.15. Leave out from “ necessary” to 
“ and” in I, 29. 

Pr, 20. 1. 5. Leave out from “ Act” to “ and” 
in I. 28. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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A Petition of Members of ‘the Court of Policy British 
and of the Financial Representatives of British Guiana. 
Guiana in combined court assembled, praying the 
House to pass, for the colony of British Guiana, an 
Act of similar import to the Drainage Act, 9 and 10 
Vic., c. 101, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Finsbury, and others Raja of 
interested in the welfare and good government of Sattara. 
the British Indian Empire, stating that they are 
deeply interested in the case of his highness 
Pertaub Sing, the ex-Raja of Sattara, who has 
been accused of hostility to the British Govern- 


/ment, forcibly deposed and exiled from his domi- 


nions upon this charge, and for seven years denied 
the means of being heard in his own defence; and 
praying the House toadopt measures to secure to this 
Prince that which is the right of every man subject 
to British Law, namely, the opportunity of examin- 
ing the charges which have been brought against 
him, the evidence in support of the same, and of 
bringing forth the proofs of his innocence, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Charles Miller, u.a., Clerk, praying Tithes Com- 
the House to take the necessary steps for staying the mutation Act. 
proceedings of the Tithes Commutation Act, either 
by the immediate dissolution of the Tithe Commis- 
sion, or by its reconstruction on the principles of 
Canon Law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ship-builders of the Port of Liver- Navigation 
pool, praying the House not to sanction any altera- Laws. 
tion in the principle of the Navigation Laws, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Navigation Laws. 


The ingrossed Bill to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated 
Consolidated Fund, and certain other Sums, to the Fund 4 oy 
Service of the year One thousand eight hundred P™ton) 3 
and Forty-seven, was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Billdo pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to apply a Sum out of the Conso- 
lidated Fund, and certain other Sums, to the Ser- 
vice of the year One thousand eight hundred and 
Forty-seven, and to appropriate the Supplies granted 
in this Session of Parliament. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ecclesiastical 
into a Committee upon the Ecclesiastical Jurisdic- Jurisdiction 





Pr. 13. ls. 14. and 15. Leave out “ from Com- 
missioners” to “ Provided in Pr. 14. |. 2. 
Pr. 14. 1.3. After “always” insert “ And be it 
enacted.” 
Pr.16.1. 10. Leave out from “ same” to “ and” 
in |. 24, 
Pr. 17. 1.37. After “ thereof” insert Clause (A.) 


tion Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent — 


therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Greene reported, That the Committee had gone 


through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 


unto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
| day next. 
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Joint Stock The Order of the day being read, for the Com-|“ rated instead of the Zynn and Ely Railway 
Companies mittee on the Joint Stock Companies (No. 2.) Bill; | “ Company.” 
Cans Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Pr. 22. 1. 27. After “ Company” insert “ exclu- 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. “ sive of the additional capital by the recited 
“ Acts of the present Session of Parliament autho- 
Bankruptcy The Order of the day being read, for the Third |“ rized to be raised by the same Company, and 
and Insolvency Reading of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill; | “ which under the provisions of this Act may be 
7 Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, |“ raised by the Company hereby incorporated.” 
upon Monday next. Pr.23. Is. 20. and 21. After “incorporated” insert 
“ exclusive of such additional capital.” 
Trinidad, Ordered, That the Petition of Merchants, Pro- Pr. 33.1. 6. After “bond” insert “ in addition 
prietors and other Inhabitants of the Island of} “ to the sums of money by the recited Acts of the 
Trinidad, which was presented yesterday, be printed. | “ present Session of Parliament authorized to be 
“ borrowed by the Lynn and Ely Railway Com- 
Lynn and Ely, The House proceeded to take into consideration | “‘ pany, and which under the provisions of this Act 
od = — the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in-| “‘ may be borrowed by the Company hereby incor- 
coun and _ tituled, An Act for consolidating the Zynn and Ely, |“ porated.” 
Dereham the Ely and Huntingdon, and the Lynn and Dere- Pr. 49. 1. 2. After “ quantity” insert Clause (B.) 
pene sd ham Railway Companies into one Company, to Cause (B.) “ And whereas one of the Railways 
&gt; Bill. be called the East Anglian Railways Company; and|“ by this Act authorized to be maintained is in- 


the same were read, as follow : 

Pr, 2. 1. 32. After “ construction” insert “ And 
whereas an Act was passed in the present Session 
of Parliament, intituled, An Act to enable the 
Lynn and Ely Railway “ee to make a Na- 
vigation from Lynn to Wormegay, all in the 
County of Norfolk, whereby the same Company 
was empowered to execute the undertaking therein 
mentioned: And whereas another Act was passed 
in the said present Session, intituled, An Act for 
making a Deviation in the Line of the Lynn and 
Ely Railway, and for forming a Dock within the 
Borough of King’s Lynn, whereby the Lynn and 
Ely Railway Company was empowered to execute 
the undertaking therein mentioned.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 20. After “ said” insert “ four.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 21. After “ Acts” insert “ passed re- 
spectively in the Sessions of Parliament holden in 
the eighth and ninth, and in the ninth and tenth 
years of the reign of Her present Majesty (ex- 
cept such provisions of the same respectively as 
may be necessary for enabling the purposes of 
this Act to be effected).” 

Pr. 3. 1]. 29. Leave out from “ anywise” to 
affect,” in 1. 30, and insert “ prejudicially.” 

Pr. 3.1.31. After “ lease” insert “ mortgage 
bond.” 

Pr. 3.1.32. After “ contract” insert “ agree- 
ment.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 34. Leave out “ committed” and insert 
entered into, executed.” 


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Pr. 3. 1. ult. After “ leases” insert “ mortgage 
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tended to unite at or near Wisbech with a Rail- 
way to be formed by the Boston, Stamford and 

Birmingham Railway Company, and it will be of 
public advantage that facilities should be afforded 
for the interchange of traffic; Be it therefore 
Enacted, That the Company hereby incorporated 
shall, and they are hereby required from time to 
time, to convey and afford all such facilities for the 
transmission and interchange of traffic to and 
from the Lines of the said Boston, Stamford and 
Birmingham Railway Company, over such parts 
of the said Railways by this Act authorized to be 
maintained, as lie between Wisbech aforesaid and 
East Dereham aforesaid, and to and from any 
place or places lying between the same points of 
the same Railways, as fully in all respects as the 
said Boston, Stamford and Birmingham Railway 
Company shall from time to time give and afford 
for the conveyance and interchange of traffic which 
may be passing to or from the ten by this 
Act authorized to be maintained, or the lines of 
the said Boston, Stamford and Birmingham Rail- 
way Company, and in case any difference shall 
arise between the said Companies as to the mat- 
ters aforesaid, the same shall be determined by 
the Commissioners of Railways or by an umpire 
to be appointed by them; or in case such officers 
shall refuse to act, then by arbitrators in such 
manner as is prescribed by the Railways Clauses 
Consolidation Act, 1845.” 

Pr. 50. 1. penult. Leave out “ sixth” and insert 
eighth.” 

Pr, 51. 1. 12. After “ Railways” insert “ and ano- 
ther was passed in the same Session, intituled, 
An Act for constituting Commissioners of Rail- 
ways.” 

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in 1.9. and insert “for, against and with refer-| 
“ence to the Company hereby incorporated, as | 
if the same Company had made, done, entered | 
into, executed or instituted or had been a party 
to, or had been named in relation to the same, in- 
stead of the dissolved Companies, or any of them.” 
Pr. 22. 1. 25. After “‘ same” insert Clause (A.) 
Criause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
the several Undertakings by the recited Acts of 
the present Session of Parliament respectively au- 
thorized, may be carried into execution by the 
Company hereby incorporated in the place of the 
Lynn and Ely Railway Company, and the seve- 
ral provisions of such recited Acts respectively, 
save only so far as such provisions are modified 
by or are inconsistent with the provisions of this 
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agreed to. 

Pr. 49.1. 2. The next Amendment, being read a 
second time; 

An Amendment was made to Clause(B.),in Fo. 1., 
1. 25., by inserting, after the word “ Railways ” the 
words “upon the same terms and conditions, and.” 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was 
agreed to. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships, with an Amendment; to which Amend- 
ment this House doth desire the concurrence of 


their Lordships. 


rated instead of the Lynn and Ely Railway Com- 
pany, and such recited Acts respectively shall 
accordingly be construed and take effect as if the 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Duke of Rich- 
Reading of the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An mond’s Estate 
Act to enable Charles Gordon, Duke of Richmond ® 


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and Lennox, to borrow a certain Sum of Money 


japon the Security of his entailed Estates, for Re- 


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payment to him of a Portion of the Money laid out 
by him in the Improvement of those Estates ; 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time ; 

Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
consent, as far as Her Majesty's interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Harriett Comber 
Munn, Widow of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Henry 
Munn, of the 27th Regiment of Madras Native 
Infantry, which was presented upon Thursday last, 
be printed. 


Flarriett 
Comber Munn. 


Metropolitan 
Improve- 
ments. 


Viscount Morpeth presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Sixth Report of the Commis- 
sioners appointed by Her Majesty to inquire into 
and consider the most effectual means of improving 
the Metropolis, and of providing increased facilities 
of comuunication within the same. 

Copy of Architect’s Report of the present state of 
the Works of the new Palace at Westminster, 30th 
June 1847. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the last be printed. 


‘Westminster 
New Palace. 


No. 684, 


Jesus Hospital Mr, Greene reported the Jesus’ Hospital (ew- 
—, castle) Estate Bill, with Amendments. 
; Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Navigation 
Laws (Fifth 
Report. ) 


No. 678. 


Mr. Greene, by Order, reported from the Select 
Committee appointed to inquire into the operation 
and policy of the Navigation Laws; That they had 
further considered the matters to them referred, and 
directed him to report the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell 

and Mr. Wingfield: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz.: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to empower the Com- 
missioners of Her Majesty’s Woods to purchase 
Lands for the purpose of a Harbour of Refuge at 
or near Holyhead, in the County of Anglesea : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend an Act of the 
last Session for facilitating the Employment of the 
Labouring Poor in the Distressed Districts in 
Ireland, so far as relates to Compensation for 
Damages : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue for a limited 
Time the Provisions for summary Proceedings con- 
tained in the Act of the last Session to amend the 
Acts for promoting the Drainage of Lands, and for 
other Purposes, and to amend the said Act : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue, until the 
First day of October One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty-eight, and to the end of the then next Ses- 
sion of Parliament, the Exemption of Inhabitants of 
Parishes, Townships and Villages from liability to 
be rated as such, in respect of Stock-in-Trade or 
other Property, to the Relief of the Poor: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend an Act for the 
Registration, Incorporation and Regulation of Joint 
Stock Companies: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to continue the Copyhold Commission until 
the Thirty-first day of July One thousand eight 
hundred and Forty-eight, and to the end of the then 
next Session of Parliament, with Amendments; to 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Holyhead 
Harbour Bill. 


Compensation 
for Damages 
(ireland) Bill. 


Drainage of 
Lands (Ire- 
lund) Bill. 


Stock in Trade 
Exemption 


Bill. 


Joint Stock 
Companies 
Bill. 


Copyhold 
Commission 
Bill. 


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A. 1847. 


which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Polling at 
Act to limit the Time for taking the Poll at Elec- Cineland) Bill. 
tions of Members to serve in Parliament for Coun- 
ties of Cities, Counties of Towns, and Boroughs, in 
Ireland, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Lord Mac- 
to vest certain Estates in the County of York, in ae agg 
England, in Alexander William Robert Bosville and Estate Bill. 
Godfrey Wentworth Bayard Bosville, and in Skye 
and North Uist, in Scotland, in the Right honour- 
able Godfrey William Wentworth Lord Macdonald, 
and to enable the said Lord Macdonald to sell Parts 
of the said Estates in Scotland, for the Payment of 
Debts, and for other Purposes; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 


The Clerk laid upon the Table, pursuant to Or- Highways Bill. 
der,—Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select No.684. 
Committee on the Highways Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes be printed. 


Lord Macdonald and Bosviile’s Estate Bill was Lord Mac- 
read the first time ; and referred to the Examiners £0"2!¢ and 
of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That the Examiner have leave to sit, 
and proceed, upon Monday next. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday 
next. 


Bosville’s 
Estate Bill. 








Lune, 19° die Julii ; 
Anno 11° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Forster, from the Commissioners for Build- NewChurches. 
ing New Churches, was called in; and at the 
bar presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act 
of Parliament,—An Account of Charges and Ex- 
— paid by Her Majesty’s Commissioners for 
uilding New Churches, from 25th March 1846 to 
the 25th March 1847 :—And then he withdrew. 
. — That the said Account do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Goodbody, from the Court of Chancery, was Court of 
called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the Chancery. 


directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of 
Order on the resignation of Mr. George Kitson of the 
situation of second Clerk in the Accountant-Gene- 
ral’s Office, for payment to him of an Annuity of 
£.450 per annum :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wolverhamp- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, ton General. 
intituled, An Act for establishing a General Ceme- ny 
tery at Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford,and 
for making certain direct Roads and Approaches to 
the said Cemetery, from the Town of Wolverhampton 
and the Neighbourhood thereof; and the same were 
read, as follow: 

Pr. 12. 1. 34. Leave out from “ Cemetery” to 
“ And” in Pr. 13.1. 11. and insert Clause (A.) 

Cuavuse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That the dis- 
“* tance from any dwelling-house near to which no 
“ part of the Cemetery shall be constructed, shall 
“ be not less than one hundred and twenty yards.” 

Pr. 22, ls. 22. and 23. Leave out “ conclusive.” 

Pr. 24.1.36. Leave out from “ grave” to “ And” 
in Pr. 26.1. 15. 

Pr. 27.1. 25. Leave out from “ Reverend” to 
“ Incumbent” in ]. 27. and insert “John Osmond 
“ Dalleyne.” 

Pr, 31.1, 15. After “receive” insert “ And 

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said Company shall pay to the said Incumbent or 
officiating minister.” 

Pr. 46. 1.20. Leave out from “ grounds” to 
“ And” in Pr. 47.1. 11. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Mr. Greene reported the Dean and Chapter of 
Westminster's Estate Bill, without Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


Ordered, That the Report on Passingham’s Estate 
Bill be now taken into consideration :—The House 
accordingly proceeded to take the Report into con- 
sideration; and the Amendments were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 29. 1. 28. After “ construct ” insert “to the 
“ satisfaction of the surveyor or engineer for the 
“ time being of the Grand Junction Canal Com- 
pany.” 

Pr. 56. 1. 28. After “construct” insert “ to the 
“ satisfaction of the surveyor or engineer for the 
time being of the Grand Junction Canal Com- 
“ pany.” 

Pr. 5. Is. 18. and 19. After “circumstances ” 
insert Clause (A.) 

Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That in con- 
structing any of the said docks or basins, or any 
of the works connected therewith, and authorized 
to be made by this Act, the party or parties so 
constructing the same shall not diminish by the 
said works any of the waters of the said Grand 
Junction Canal, or the depth of the same in any 
part below the top-water level thereof, without 
the consent of the said Grand Junction Canal 
Company; and the said party or parties shall at 
all times after the construction of the said docks 
or basins and works connected therewith, maintain 
and keep the same in perfect repair so that no waste 
of water shall be occasioned in consequence of 
leakage, or otherwise, to the said Grand Junction 
“ Canal.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


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Jesus Hospital © Ordered, That the Standing Orders of the House 


be suspended in the case of the Jesus Hospital 
(Newcastle) Estate Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report on the said Bill be now 
taken into consideration :—The House accordingly 
proceeded to take the Report into consideration; and 
the Amendments were read, as follow : 

Pr. 64. 1. 7. After “ whereas” insert “ by the 
‘“‘ omission to insert in the Engrossment of the said 
“ Act during its progress through the House of 
“ Lords, certain Alterations and Amendments re- 
“ quired by the Court of Chancery to be made 
“ therein, the said Act is defective and inoperative, 
“« and that.” 

Pr. 64. 1. 9. Leave out “passed in the last Ses- 
“ sion of Parliament.” 

Pr. 64. 1.11. After “repealed” insert “and that 
the powers and provisions therein contained, toge- 
ther with the said alterations and amendments 
required by the Court of Chancery should be 
re-enacted.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
niorrow. 


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Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Edinburgh and Andrew’s and 
Northern Railway Company to construct Branch a 
Railways to Saint Andrews and Newburgh Harbour, Branches and 


and to divert and alter the Levels of certain RoadCrossings 
(Newport Rail- 
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Turnpike-roads, in the Line of the Newport Rail- 
way Extension; and the same were read, 
follow : 

Pr. 13. 1. 25. After “ that ” insert “in the event 
“ of locomotive power being used in the said New- 
“ burgh Harbour Branch Railway the Company 
“ shall.” 

Pr. 13.1. 27. Leave out “the Company shall.” 

Pr. 13. 1.30. Leave out from “the” to “branch” 
in 1. 31. and insert “ said ;” and in |. 31. leave out 
from “ Railway” to “shall” in 1. 33, 

Pr. 14.1. 1. In the interlineation : 

L. 14. After “if” insert “in the event afore- 
“ said.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
— to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Glasgow, 
Airdrie and 
Monklands 

"@yY Junction Rail- 
Monklands Junction way (Cowlairs 


Railway, at or near Whitevale-street, Glasgow, to Branch) Bill. 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for making a Branch Railway 
from the Glasgow, Airdrie and 


the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, at or near 
Cowlairs, and to amend the Acts relating to such 
Railways; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 3. 1. penult. After “ purpose” insert “ Pro- 
vided always, That none of the powers by this 
Act granted, save only as herein mentioned, shall 
be carried into execution until the said Compan 
shall have completed and opened for traffic the 
“ main line of the said Glasgow, Airdrie and Monk- 
lands Junction Railway, and until the said Com- 
pany shall have completed the purchase of the 
College Lands authorized to be taken by the said 
“ first-recited Act for the station at Glasgow: Pro- 
vided, nevertheless, That such restriction shall not 
extend to the construction of so much only of the 
“ Works as shall be necessary for carrying the 
said Branch Railway under the Branch of the 
“ Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway 
“ authorized to be made by the Caledonian Rail- 
“ way (Garnkirk Station) Act, 1847.” 

Pr. 4.1. 27. After “Saint John’s” insert “ pa- 
“ rish,” 

Pr. 12. 1. 31. Leave out “ six” and insert “ten.” 

Pr. 12. 1.33. After “ same” insert “if such depth 
“ of water shall be required by the said Canal Com- 
“« pany.” 

Pr, 15.1. 31. After “ option” insert Clauses (A.) 
(B.) (C.) and (D.) 

Cuause (A.) “ And whereas the Branch Rail- 
way hereby authorized will pass under and across 
“ the line of the Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge 
“ Railway now belonging to the Caledonian Rail- 
“ way Company, and also near the same point 
“ under and across the line of the Branch Rail- 
“ way from the said Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coat- 
“ bridge Railway to the Port Dundas road, in 
“ the city of Glasgow, authorized by the Caledonian 
“ Railway (Garnkirk Station) Act, 1847; and it is 
“ necessary to make provision, so that the execu- 
“ tion and maintenance of the works hereby autho- 
“ rized may not endanger the stability or interfere 
‘¢ with the construction, maintenance or use of an 
“ of the works of or connected with the said Glasgow, 
“ Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway and Branch 
therefrom ; BE it Enacted,That the Branch Rail- 
“ way hereby authorized to be formed shall be 
“ carried under the said Glasgow, Garnkirk and 
Coatbridge Railway by means of a tunnel, as laid 
down on the said plans and sections, and under 
the said Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge 

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“ Branch, by a tunnel or bridge of proper con- 
“ struction and dimensions; and such tunnel, and 
tunnel or bridge and works therewith connected, 
shall, if required by the said Caledonian Railway 
stint constructed at the sight and to the 
satisfaction of a neutral engineer to be appointed 
by the Commissioners of Railways, and the cost 
or expense of the said last-mentioned tunnel or 
bridge shall be borne equally by the Company 
and the said Caledonian Railway Company : 
Provided always, That in constructing the said 
first-mentioned tunnel, it shall not be lawful for 
the Company to deviate laterally to the eastward 
from the line, as laid down on the said plans, nor 
deviate vertically upwards from the said sections, 
without the permission of the Commissioners of 
Railways.” 

Cuavuse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That in the 
event of the construction of the said Branch from 
the Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway 
and relative works being impeded, or of the said 
Railway or Branch or relative works being in- 
“ jured, or of the maintenance, repair or use thereof 
“« being obstructed in any manner in consequence 
“ of the execution or maintenance or disrepair of 
“ the works hereby authorized, the Company shall 
“ be bound not only to be at the whole expense of 
“* forthwith repairing such injury and removing such 
impediment or obstruction, at the sight and to 
the satisfaction of the engineer of the Caledonian 
Railway Company, and to pay the whole loss 
occasioned to the Caledonian Railway Company 
and the traders on their lines by such injury, im- 
pediment or obstruction, but also to pay to the 
said last-mentioned Company the sum of Twenty 
pounds for each hour during which such injury 
shall remain unrepaired, or such impediment or 
obstruction unremoved ; and in case of any differ- 
ence as to the execution and maintenance of such 
works, or as to anything required by the engineer 
of the said Caledonian Railway Company in re-~ 
gard to the matters aforesaid, the same shall be 
settled by such neutral engineer as may be agreed 
on, and failing such agreement, by an engineer to 
be appointed by the Commissioners of Railways.” 

Crause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
herein contained shall authorize the Company to 
enter upon or acquire any of the lands or works 
of the Cale vonian Railway Company, except for 
the purpose of constructing the said Branch Rail- 
way and works.” 

Cuavse (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
herein contained shall alter, prejudice, diminish 
or affect any of the rights, powers, privileges or 
authorities vested in the Caledonian Railway 
Company, except so far as herein expressly pro- 
vided.” 

Pr. 28.1. 16. After “ Act” insert Clause (E.) 

Crause (E.) “Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the Com- 
pany, by virtue of the power hereinbefore con- 
tained, to convey, nor for the said Edinburgh and 
Glasgow Railway Company to accept of a con- 
veyance of, the right to form the said Branch 
Railway hereby authorized to be made, unless it 
shall have been proved to the satisfaction of the 
Commissioners of Railways, and certified by them 
under their seal previously to the completion of 
such conveyance, that One-half of the whole 
amount of the capital (exclusive of loans) by the 
Act or Acts relating to each of the said Compa- 
nies authorized to be raised, has been actually 
paid up and expended for the purposes autho- 
rized by the Act or Acts of the said Companies 
respectively, exclusive always of the capital autho- 
rized to be raised by this Act, in the event of the 
transfer of the right to form the said Branch 
Railway to the said Edinburgh and Glasgow 
“ Railway Company.” 

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Pr. 31. 1. 34. Leave out “ or” and insert “nor.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Leeds Water- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, — (No. 2.) 
intituled, An Act for better supplying with Water 


the Inhabitants of the Town and Neighbourhood of 
Leeds, in the county of York; and the same were 
read, as follow: 

Pr. 5. 1. 9. Leave out from “ company ” to 
“ under” in |. 10. 

Pr. 5. 1. 11. After “Act” imsert “hereby dis- 
“ solved.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 1. Leave out “ consolidation.” 

Pr. 9.1.10. After “ Acts” insert “ for all the 
“ purposes of this Act.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 38. Leave out “ six” and insert “ ten.” 

Pr. 9.1. penult. Leave out “two hundred and 
~ ay.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 33. Leave out “three” and insert 
* four.” 

Pr. 12.1. penult. Leave out “ the directors” and 
insert “ such meeting.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 17. Leave out “ as aforesaid” and 
insert “ to be.” 


Pr. 15. 1. ult. Leave out from “ aforesaid”’ to 
“ And” in Pr. 18.1. 13. and insert Clause (A.) 
Cuiavuse (A.) “ And whereas plans and sections 
denoting the lines and levels of certain aque- 
ducts, conduits, sluices, drains, drifts and other 
works, and the situation of certain reservoirs and 
other works, and the lands in, upon and through 
which the same are proposed to be constructed 
and made, and the streams and waters proposed 
to be taken and used by the said Company for 
the purposes of this Act, in the several parishes 
in the said West Riding, together with Books of 
Reference thereto, containing the names of the 
owners, lessees and occupiers, or reputed owners, 
lessees and occupiers of such lands, have been 
deposited with the Clerk of the Peace for the 
said West Riding: And whereas since the deposit 
of the said plans and sections and books of re- 
ference, an alteration in the line or course of the 
proposed works has been deemed expedient; BE 
it Enacted, That before the said Company shall 
commence the works by this Act authorized, they 
shall deposit for public inspection with the said 
Clerk of the Peace, an amended plan and sec- 
tion, with an amended book of reference thereto, 
authenticated by the signature of the Right 
Honourable the Speaker of the House of Coin- 
mons, which said plan and section shall describe 
the whole of the proposed works according to the 
altered line or course thereof; and the streams 
and waters proposed to be taken and used by the 
said Company for the purposes of this Act; and 
thereupon it shall be lawful for the said Company, 
subject to the provisions and restrictions in this 
and the said incorporated Acts contained, to make 
and maintain the said works in the line, upon the 
levels and in the lands to be delineated on the 
said plan and described in the said book of refer- 
ence so to be authenticated and deposited as 
aforesaid, and to enter upon, take, use and ap- 
propriate for the purposes of this Act, the said 
streams and waters, or any of them; and the said 
plan, section and book of reference so to be de- 
posited with the said Clerk of the Peace, shall 
be kept by the said Clerk of the Peace, and shall 
be deemed and taken to be the plan, section and 
book of reference referred to in this Act, and ac- 
cording to which the works thereby authorized 
shall be constructed.” 








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Pr, 19. 1. 2. Leave out “names” and insert 
name.” 

Pr. 19.1. 6. Leave out “ herein.” 

Pr, 19. 1. 12. Leave out “1847” and insert 
1845.” 

Pr. 19.1. 18. After “streams ” insert Clause (B.) 

CiausE (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it 
shall be lawful for the said Company, and 
they are hereby authorized and empowered to 
make and maintain in and through any of the 
lands of the said William Rhodes, either upon 
the line or within the limits of deviation, shown 
and described by the said plans deposited with 
the Clerk of the Peace of the West Riding of the 
County of York, or (with the consent of the said 
William Rhodes,) in and through any other lands 
of the said William Rhodes, all necessary and 
proper conduits for the purpose of passing and 
conveying in and through such lands the water 
proposed to be taken and appropriated by the 
said Company, issuing from the north end of the 
Bramhope Tunnel, and other waters hereby au- 
thorized to be taken by the said Company; and 
for the purposes aforesaid, the said Company 
shall and may exercise all the powers and autho- 
rities given to them by this Act or the Acts incor- 
porated therewith, for entering upon and taking 
lands for the purposes of this Act, so that all 
such conduits be covered and laid and continued 


underground through the said lands: Provided | ‘ 


always, and it is hereby declared, That nothing 
in this Act contained shall authorize or empower 
the said Company.to enter upon or take any lands 
of the said William Rhodes, for the purposes of 
making, erecting or constructing thereon any 
steam-engine, reservoir or building, or for any 
other purpose than the said conduits, without the 
consent of the said William Rhodes, or the owners 
of his lands for the time being, by writing, under 
his hand for that purpose first had and obtained.” 

Pr. 19. 1, 20. After “ works” insert “ by this 
Act authorized.” 

Pr. 19. 1. 34. Leave out “the said.’’ 

Pr. 25. ls. 25. and 26. Leave out from “ Com- 
inittee ” to “ by” in 1. 27. 

Pr. 26. 1.19. Leave out from “said” to “ John” 


in]. 20. and in 1. 20. after “ Dynelly” insert “ and 


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Margaret Chamberlain.” 
Pr, 26. 1. 34. After “ and ” insert “ to.” 
Pr. 26. 1. penult. Leave out “ the said ” and in- 


sert “ their.” 


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Pr. 27. 1. 18. After “ manner” insert “ and 
subject to the provisions and restrictions contained 
in this Act.” 

Pr. 27. ls. 19. and 20. Leave out from “ autho- 
rized” to “ And” in Pr, 28. 1. 21., and insert 


Clauses (C.), (D.), (E.) and (F.) 


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CuauseE (C.) “And whereas by the Leeds and 
Thirsk Railway Act, 1845, it is Enacted, That it 
should not be lawful for the said Company to sell 
or convey or to use or apply for any purpose 
whatsoever, nor should the Company permit any 
other person or persons to sell or convey or to use 
or to apply for any purpose whatsoever, any of 
the water which should be collected or obtained 
by the making of the tunnel or other works 
thereby authorized to be made in the village of 
Bramhope, from the said lands and hereditaments 
of the said John Dynelly and Margaret Cham- 
berlain, or which they then had or which they 
were then entitled to the use of, without the con- 
sent in writing of the said John Dynelly and 
Margaret Chamberlain, or of the owner or re- 
spective owners for the time being of the said 
lands and hereditaments of the said John Dynelly 
and Margaret Chamberlain having been first 
obtained for that purpose, except only that the 
Company should be at liberty to convey, use and 
apply, for the several purposes next thereinafter 
mentioned, so much of such water as should be 

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necessary for those purposes respectively, (that is 
to say) for the purposes of restoring to the said 
John Dynelly and Margaret Chamberlain any 
water which might have been abstracted from the 
said lands and hereditaments by the making of 
the said tunnel or other works, and for the pur- 
poses of supplying the engines to be used on the 
said Railway, and other purposes necessary for 
the supply of the said Railway, and of the stations 
thereon, with so much water as should be neces- 
sary for the use thereof respectively, and whereon 
the waters collected and obtained by making of 
the said tunnel or some part thereof are proposed 
to be taken by the said Waterworks Company ; 
and it is expedient that the said John Dynelly and 
Margaret Chamberlain should have full compen- 
sation in respect thereof, in manner hereinafter 
provided: BE it therefore Enacted, That in case 
the said Company, under the powers and provi- 
sions of this Act, shall take the said waters or 
any part thereof, the said Company shall make 
and pay to the said John Dynelly and Margaret 
Chamberlain full compensation for all such waters 
for the taking of which the consent of the said 
John Dynelly and Margaret Chamberlain, or 
either of them, would have been necessary under 
the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Act, the amount 
of such compensation to be determined by the 
Recorder of Leeds, for the time being (if the par- 
ties cannot mutually agree touching the same), 
and in case the matters aforesaid shall be referred 
to the said Recorder, the said Company shall 
pay all such costs and expenses of and incident 
to the said reference, as the said Recorder may 
determine to be reasonable and proper to be 
paid by them to the said John Dynelly and 
Margaret Chamberlain, or either of them.” 


Craussz (D.) “And be it Enacted, That the 
award and determination of the Recorder to whom 
any such dispute or difference as aforesaid ma 
have been or shall stand referred, shall be final 
and binding upon all parties, and be acquiesced 
in and observed by them accordingly.” 


Crause (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That if the 
Recorder to whom any such dispute or difference 
as aforesaid may have been or shall stand referred 
shall, by his award, direct any sum of money to 
be paid by the said Waterworks Company to the 
said John Dynelly and Margaret Chamberlain, 
or either of them, or other the owner or owners 
for the time being of the said lands and heredita- 
ments, or any part thereof, and such sum of 
money shall not be paid at the time and in the 
manner in the said award appointed for payment 
thereof, it shall be lawful for the said John 
Dynelly and Margaret Chamberlain, or either of 
them, or other the owner or owners for the time 
being of the said lands and hereditaments, or any 
part thereof respectively, to recover the same by 
action of debt against the said Waterworks Com- 
pany; in any of Her Majesty’s Superior Courts of 

ecord at Westminster, and to have execution 
for the same against and upon the works and 
property of the said Waterworks Company.” 


Cuavuse (F.) “ And be it Enacted, That if for 
any reason, any award made by the said Recorder, 
under any of the provisions of this Act, shall be 
insufficient or invalid the said Recorder, aotwith- 
standing the said insufficient and invalid award, 
shall have power to proceed with the reference, 
until he has made a good and valid award, and 
the costs and expenses of the said invalid award, 
and the matters incident thereto, shall be and be 
deemed and considered to be part of the costs 
and expenses under such valid award, and pay- 
able by the party liable to pay the costs and ex- 
penses under such valid award, and no award 
shall be considered invalid for any defect of 
form.” 


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928 


Pr. 28. 1.22. After “that” insert “ notwith- 
“ standing any thing herein contained.” 

Pr. 28.1. 31. After “ restore” insert “all,” and 
in the same line leave out from ‘“ water” to 
“ which” in 1. 35., and insert “ of” 

Pr, 29.1. 31. After “ purpose” insert Clause 

G.) 
Cuause (G.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
in this Act contained shall take away from or 
prejudice the owners, lessees and occupiers of 
mills, and other works on Addle Beck, or any 
of them, or the said John Dyneley, Margaret 
Chamberlain or William Rhodes respectively, or 
any other person, in prosecuting any remedy by 
action, suit or otherwise which they or he are, or 
is, or may have or be entitled to, against the 
said Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company, or any 
other person, in respect of such diversion, taking 
pee detention or diminution of water as afore- 
said. 

Pr, 32. 1, 32. After “ at” insert “ any.” 

Pr. 34. 1.1. Leave out “ subscriptions” and 
insert “ subscribed capital, or any part thereof.” 

Pr. 36.1. 17. Leave out “ the said” and in the 
same line after “ Englefield” insert “ Esquire.” 

Pr. 36. 1. 36. Leave out “ last-mentioned” and 
insert “ recited.” 

Pr. 37. 1, 11. Leave out from “ Act” to “any” 
in |. 14. 

Pr. 37. 
“ ready.” 

Pr. 37. 1. ult. After 
** ready.” 

Pr. 39. 1. 7. After “ hall” insert “ and the 
“ said,” and in the same line leave out “ land” and 
insert “ lands.” 

Pr, 44, 1. 32. 
“lands.” 

Pr. 54.1. 8. Leave out “ the.” 

Pr. 54.1. 9. After “time” insert “ to time.” 

Pr. 87. 1.4. After “effect” insert “save and 
except so far as they are expressly varied by or in- 
consistent with the clauses and provisions by this Act 
enacted. 

Pr. 88. 1. 4. Leave out “ of the first Victoria.” 

Pr. 89. 1. 13. Leave out from “ Act” to “ for” 
in ], 14. 

Pr. 92. 1. 20. 

Pr. 92. 1. 21. 
“referred.” 

Pr. 92. 1. ult. 

Pr, 93. 1. 26. 
in |. 27. 

Pr. 94. 1. 12. 

Pr. 98, 1. 26. 
“ intent.” 

Pr. 98. penult. Leave from “ Act” to “ autho- 
rized,” in |, ult. 

Pr. 100. 1. 30. Leave out “in” and insert “on.” 

Pr. 101. 1. 1. After “Company” insert Clauses 
(H.) and (1.) 

Cravuse (H.) “ And whereas it is expedient that 
“* the said owners and lessees for years for the time 
“ being of mills and other works on Addlebeck, 
mentioned or referred to in and by the said recited 
Act, and the said Waterworks Company, shall 
have power to treat and agree together, and to 
release each other in manner and for the objects 
and purposes hereinafter mentioned ; Be it there- 
fore Enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to 
and for the said owners and lessees, and they are 
hereby authorized and empowered, at any time or 
iimes hereafter when they shall deem it expedient, 
to treat and agree with the said Waterworks 
Company to accept and receive from the said 


1. 28. After “ reservoir” insert “ al- 


“reservoir” insert “ al- 


Leave out “land” and insert 


Leave out “of the first Victoria.” 
Leave out “agreed” and insert 


Leave out “ of the first Victoria.” 
Leave out from “Act” to “or” 


Leave out “ of the first Victoria.” 
Leave out “extent” and insert 


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owners and lessees any sum or sums of money 
in lieu of and as a substitution for all or any 
waters which have already been or may hereafter 
be diverted, detained or diminished by reason of 
any of the works already executed or which here- 
after may be executed by the said Waterworks 
Company under the powers of the said recited 
Act or of this Act, or which may have been or 
may be executed under the Leeds and Thirsk 
Railway Act, 1845, or any of them; and in lieu 
of and as a substitution for all or any waters 
which may be apprehended or alleged by the said 
owners and lessees to have already been or may 
hereafter be so diverted, detained or diminished, 
contrary to the provisions of this or the said 
recited Act; and in case the said owners and 
lessees shall agree to accept and take, and the 
said Waterworks Company shall agree to pay any 
such sum or sums of money, and upon payment 
thereof accordingly in manner hereinafter pro- 
vided, the same Waterworks Company shall 
thenceforth be wholly and effectually and for 
ever released and discharged of and from all the 
liabilities, duties, responsibilities, powers, autho- 
rities, claims and demands whatsoever, mentioned 
and provided for in and by the said recited Act or 
this Act; and the said Company shall no longer 
be bound or required to provide, restore or make 
compensation, or otherwise be subject to any 
claim or demand for any water which by the 
means or operations of their works under the 
said recited Act or this Act may have already 
been or may hereafter be diverted, detained, 
diminished or otherwise prevented from flowing 
into the said Addlebeck in any part of its course 
from Blackhill Dam to the River Aire.” 


Cravss (I.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for any three or more of the said owners 
or lessees to be appointed for that purpose, at any 
meeting of the said owners and lessees specially 
convened for that purpose, in the manner and 
form by the said recited Act provided for the con- 
vening of meetings of the said owners and lessees, 
to receive any such sum or sums of money which 
may be so agreed to be paid by the said Water- 
works Company, and received by the said owners 
and lessees for or on the behalf of all such owners 
and lessees, and to give to the said Waterworks 
Company good and sufficient receipts, releases and 
other discharges for the same, and after payment 
thereof by the said Waterworks Company to such 
three or more persons so to be appointed as afore- 
said to receive the same, and having obtained 
their receipt, release or other discharge from the 
same, the said Waterworks Company shall not 
afterwards be bound or liable to see to the appli- 
cation of such money, or any part thereof, nor be 
in any manner answerable for the misapplication 
or non-application thereof, but shall thenceforth 
be effectually and for ever discharged from the 
same, and from all the said liabilities, duties, 
responsibilities, powers, authorities, claims and 

** demands as aforesaid.” 


Pr. 101. 1.3. Leave out “ of the first Victoria.” 

Pr. 105. 1. 1. Leave out “ always.” 

Pr. 108. 1. 16. After “things” insert “ touching 
or relating to the same.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, that Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
— to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Company, and it shall be lawful to and for the 
said Company at any time when they shall think 
fit, at any general or special general meeting of the 
said Company, to authorize or empower the direc- 
tors of the said Company to pay to the said 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Lord Mac- 
Mr. May, one of the Examiners of Petitions for donald snd 
Private Bills ; That in the case of Lord Macdonald fgtate Bill 
and Bosville’s Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are 


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Lord Mac- Ordered, That Lord Macdonald and Bosviile’s 

donaldand Estate Bill be now read a second time :—The Bill 

ee ae was accordingly read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Committee of | Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 

Selection. = mittee of Selection, to appoint the Committee on 
Lord Macdonald and Bosville’s Estate Bill to meet 
To-morrow. 


Lord Mac- Ordered, That the Committee on Lord Macdonald 
donald and = and Bosviile’s Estate Bill have leave to make their 
Bosville’s ’ 

Estate Bil. Report To-morrow. 


19° Julz. 929 


ployed as above: — And, showing the Name or 
Names of the Paper-maker or Paper-makers who 
supply the Paper for making the said Stamped 
Envelopes, &amp;c., as above, with the Date of the pre- 
sent Contract for the same; and whether the Con- 
tract was competed for publicly or made privately ; 
—and, also, should there be no issue of Stamped 
Sheets of Paper, the reason to be assigned. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Leicester 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Waterworks 
intituled, An Act for better supplying with Water aa 
the Inhabitants of the Borough of Leicester, and 
certain Parishes and Places adjacent thereto, in the 
County of Leicester; and the same were read, as 


follow : 
Salt (East Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Pr. 8. 1. ult. After the second “ be” insert “ not 
india.) Statement, showing the Net Profit of the Salt Mo- | “ less than.” 


No. 685. nopoly for Three years, ending April 1845 or 1846, 
and Arrangements connected with the Order of the 





Pr. 22.1.8. After “ Aldermen” insert “ and.” 
Pr. 24. 1. 8. Leave out “rent” and insert 


Court of Directors of the East India Company re- |“ rents.” 


lating to Bonding of Salt. 

Sir John Hobhouse accordingly presented the said | xs 
Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 








Raja of Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Sattara, 


a Copy of a Despatch from the Secret Committee | 


of the East India Company to the Governor-Ge- , “ 
neral of Jndia in Council, dated the 24th day of “ 
March 1846 ; and a Copy of the Letters in Reply, | “ 
dated the 7th day of June and 18th day of July | “ 
1846; together with a Copy of their respective In- | “ 
closures, relating to the case of the ex-Raja of | “ 
Sattara. . 
Public Income Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | “ 
and Expen- an Account of the Public Income and Expenditure | “ 
—_— of the United Kingdom, in the years ending the 5th | “ 
day of January 1845, 1846 and 1847, distinguishing | “ 
the actual Payments for the Expenses incurred in | “ 
the Collection and Management of the Revenue; | “ 
for the Charges of the Public Debt (the Terminable | “ 
Annuities being also valued by Estimate); for the | “ 
Expenses of the Civil Government; the Allow- | “ 
ances to the Royal Family, and to His Majesty the | “ 
King of the Belgians; the Establishment of the | “ 
Lord Lieutenant of Jreland; the Expenses of the | “ 
Two Houses of Parliament, and the Civil Depart- | 
ments; the other Pensions on the Consolidated | “ 
Fund, on the Gross Revenue, and the Civil List :— | - 


wn 


Pr. 35. 1. 24. After “ river”’ insert “ Soar or 


Leicester Navigation.” 


Pr. 39. 1. 32. Leave out “ all.” 
Pr. 40.1. 26. Leave out “ Bugworth.” . 
Fr. 40. 1. 33. Leave out from “Company” to 


“ And,” in Pr. 41. 1. 1., and insert Clauses (A.) 
and (B.) 


Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That this 
Act shall not interfere with any rights of the Right 
Honourable Henry Viscount Maynard, or other 
the Lord of the Manor of Thornton, for the time 
being, with respect to angling in the proposed re- 
servoir, but that the said Viscount Maynard, or 
other the lord of the manor of Thornton aforesaid, 
or his assigns, shall have all such and the same 
rights, powers and authorities with respect to 
angling for fish in the said reservoir, as he now 
of right has in the brooks or streams which are 
intended to run into and form the proposed reser- 
voir: Provided nevertheless, that such rights, 
powers and authorities shall not in anywise inter- 
fere with the right, power and authority of the 
Company, at all times to draw off the water from 
the said reservoir, and to do ali such other acts, 
matters and things whatsoever, as may be expe- 
dient or necessary for cleansing and repairing the 
said reservoir, and for preventing the water therein 
from being fouled or disturbed.” 

Cuause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
powers herein contained to take and use the said 
lands and streams at Thornton aioresaid, shall 


Also, the Payments for the Administration of Jus-  “ 
tice; Diplomatic Expenses ; and on account of the 
Sums voted for the Army, Navy, Ordnance and 
Miscellaneous Services: — Also, Public Works, 
Bounties, Post-office, the Quarantine and Ware- 
housing Establishments, and all other Payments 
not coming under any of the foregoing Heads ; with 
an Appendix, showing the several items composing 
each head of Account (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 517, of Session 1846). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns, showing the Number of Stamped Postage 
Envelopes, Stamped half Sheets, and whole Sheets 
of Paper respectively, which have been issued from 
the Office of Stamps and Taxes in each of the Three 
last Years, for which an Account is made out ; also, 
the entire Annual Cost of making, issuing and ex- 
posing for sale the said Stamped Envelopes, half 
and whole Sheets of Paper respectively ; also, the 
Names and Designations of the Persons employed 
in the Prepuration and Manufacture of the above ; 
showing also where the several Workshops, Offices 
or other Workshops are situated in which the above 
takes place, with the Department in the Stamp- 
office the Parties belong to who are engaged with 
the above Duties, together with the Salary, Per- 
quisites and other Emoluments of each Person em- 
VoL. 102. 


Post-office, 


not confer on the said Company, their successors 
“ or assigns, any right to the fish in the reservoir 
“‘ proposed to be made on the said lands, or to take 
the same.” 

Pr. 41. i. 4. After “ manor” insert “ of Thorn- 
“ ton.” 

Pr. 41. 1. 5. Leave out from “ his” to “ own 
in 1. 6. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, .that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


” 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, NorthWestern 
intituled, An Act to empower the London and (Kenilworth 
North-Western Railway Company to make certain to Berkswell, 
Branch Railways and Hssinctelas from Kenilworth Branches and 
to Berkswell, and from Leamington to Warwick, ke) Bill.” 
and to widen the Line from Leamington to Coventry, 
all in the County of Warwick, and for other Pur- 
poses; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 2. 1.20. Leave out from “ Warwick’ to the 
first “and” in |. 32. 

Pr. 4.1. 28. Leave out “ Branches” and insert 
“ Branch.” 








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Fever Hos- 
pitals Bill. 


Medical 
Registration 
and Medical 
Law Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Sewers (West- 
minster. ) 


No. 686, 


Redundant 

List (Public 

Departments.) 
No. 687. 


Public Works 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 688. 


Capital Con- 
victions, &amp;c., 
Forgery, &amp;c. 
and, Criminal 
Offenders. 
No. 689. 


Committals. 
No. 690. 


Answer to 
Addresses. 


Prisons. 


930 


Pr. 4.1. 29. Leave out from “ Berkswell’ to| 
“ and” in 1. 30. 

Pr. 5.1.38. After “ Western” insert “ Rail- 
“ way.” 

Pr. 6.1.15. Leave out from “county” to “a” 
in |. 30. 


Pr. 9.1.24. Leave out “three”? and insert 
“ two.” 

Pr. 9.1.25. Leave out “ thirty” and insert 
“ three.” 

Pr. 10. 1.36. Leave out “three” and insert 
“ two.” 


Pr. 10.137. Leave out “thirty” and insert 
“* three.’’ 

Pr. 18.1. 10. Leave out from “ successors” to 
“ and” in Pr. 29. |. 1. 


In the Title to the Bill: 

L. 2. After “make” insert “a,” and in the 
same line leave out ‘“‘ Railways and Extensions ”’ 
and insert “ Railway.” 

L. 3. Leave out “and from Leamington to 
“ Warwick.” 

The said Amendments, being a second time, were 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
— to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


A Petition of Governors of the London Fever 
Hospital, praying that they may be heard, by their 
counsel or agents, against the Fever Hospitals Bill ; 
and that the said Bill may not pass into a law, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


19° Julie. 


A, 1847. 


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to se- Episcopal 
veral Addresses to Her Majesty,—A Return of the Fund. 
Proceeds and Application of the Episcopal Fund, 
from its commencement to the present time. 

Copy of a Letter from the President of the Col- College of 
lege of Surgeons of England to the Secretary of Surseons. 
State, written in March 1846, and of the Answer of 
the Secretary of State to such Letter. 

Sir William Somerville also presented, pursuant Valuation 
to Orders,— Returns of the several Counties, Coun- (Ireland.) 
ties of Cities, and Counties of Towns in Jreland, of 
which the Valuation under the Act 6 &amp; 7 Will. 4, 

c. 84, has been completed, specifying the name of 
each Barony or Half-barony, the acreable Contents 
and the Valuation thereof; stating, also, the Sum 
ordered to be levied by the Grand Jury Warrant of 
Spring Assizes, 1846, for each Barony or Half- 
barony, and the rate per centum which each such 
Sum bears to the Valuation; also, the Sum ordered 
to be levied by the Grand Jury Warrant of Summer 
Assizes, 1846, for each such Barony or Half-barony, 
and the rate per centum which each such Sum bears 
to the Valuation; stating, also, the Name and acre- 
able Contents of each such County, County of a 
City, and County of a Town; the Annual Value 
thereof, according to the Valuation under that Act ; 
the Amount of the Expense of such Valuation, the 
Cost per Acre of such Valuation, and the rate 
which the cost of such Valuation bears to each 
£.100 of the Valuation:—From the Counties of 
Waterford and Cork, specifying the Name of each 
Barony or Half-barony, the acreable Contents, and 
the Valuation thereof; stating, also, the Sum or- 
dered to be levied by the Grand Jury Warrant of 
Spring Assizes, 1846, for each such Barony or Half- 
barony, and the rate per centum which each such Sum 
bears to the Valuation; also, the Sum ordered to 








Petitions from William Eales ;— Charles Webb ; 
—John Gannon ;— George Hine Young ;— Alic 


be levied by the Grand Jury Warrant of Summer 
Assizes, 1846, for each such Barony or Half-barony, 


M‘Knabb;--- John Lee Jardine ;—James Bryant | and the rate per centum which each such sum bears 
Burridge ;—and, Frederick George Rose ; praying | to the Valuation :—And, of the Counties, Counties 
that the Medical Registration and Medical Law | of Cities, and Counties of Towns in Ireland, except 


jesty 


Amendment Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Sewers 
(Westminster), which was presented upon the 25th 
day of February last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Redundant 
List (Public Departments), which was presented | 
upon Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Public | 
Works (Ireland), which was presented upon Friday | 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Capital | 
Convictions, &amp;c., Forgery, &amp;c. and, Criminal Offen- | 
ders, which was presented upon Friday last, be | 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Committals, 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That their 
several Addresses of the 12th and 13th days of this 
instant July, (that Her Majesty would be graciously 
pleased to give directions that the Papers therein 
mentioned might be laid before this House) had 
been presented to Her Majesty; and that Her Ma- 

had commanded him to acquaint this House, | 
that She will give directions accordingly. 








Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty's 
Command,—Copy of Second Report of the Sur- 
veyor-General of Prisons. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 








Cork and Waterford, of which the Valuation under 
the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 84, has not been com- 
pleted ; specifying the Name of each Barony or 
Half-barony, the acreable Contents according to the 
Ordnance Survey; stating, also, the Sum ordered 
to be levied by the Grand Jury Warrant of Spring 
Assizes, 1846, off each such Barony or Half-barony, 
and the rate per 1,000 acres assessable in the 
County Book for each Barony, &amp;c.; also, the Sum 
ordered to be levied by the Grand Jury Warrant of 
Summer Assizes 1846, off each such Barony or Half- 
barony, and the rate per 1,000 Acres assessable in 
the County Book for each Barony, &amp;c. (in continu- 
ation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 216, of Session 
1846). 

A Return of the Names and Numbers of Towns Quarter 
in each County in Zrefand in which Quarter Ses- Sessions 
sions are held, and the distance of each such Town “!*#"4) 
respectively from the County Town. 

Sir William Somerville also presented, pursuant Poor Law. 

to the directions of several Acts of Parliament,— 
Copy of each of the general Rules issued by the 
Poor Law Commissioners since the commencement 
of the present Session of Parliament, to Unions 
formed under the Poor Law Amendment Act in 
England and Wales, and to certain Incorporations 
and single Parishes; also, Copies of Two Circular 
Letters, addressed by the Commissioners to the 
Clerks to the Boards of Guardians, which accom- 
panied the Orders, explanatory of the provisions of 
the respective Orders. 

The Annual Report of the Commissioners of Education 
Education in Ireland, to his Excellency the Lord (reland.) 
Lieutenant, for the year ending the 25th March 
1847. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
| Setile. 


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Mr. 





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British 
Museum, &amp;c. 


Milford and 
Waterford 
Packets. 


Army, 
Ordnance and 
Marines. 


Disinfecting 
Fluid. 


Bishoprick of 
Manchester, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Post-office 
— 


11 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Ward presented,—Further Return to an 
Order, dated the ist day of this instant July, for 
a Return of the Number of Visitors to the British 
Museum, the National Gallery, and the Tower of 
London, in the year 1846 (so far as relates to the 
Tower of London). 

Return to an Order, dated the sth day of this 
instant July, for a Return stating the Number of 
Passengers carried by the Packets plying between 
Milford or Pembroke and Waterford, in each Month 
during the year 1846, and the Amount received for 
such conveyance; also, the Number of Letters 
during the same Period, the Amount received for 
the same, and the Total Expense for the Year 
1846, of the Packets running between the above- 
named places (so far as relates to the Naval De- 
partment). 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Ward presented,— Return to an Order, 
dated the 31st day of March last, for Returns 
of Recruits attested between the 1st day of April 
1845 and the 31st day of March 1846, and be- 
tween the 1st day of April 1846 and the 31st day 
of March 1847:—Of Non-commissioned Officers 
and Men who have been discharged the Service 
under Ten years’ and above Ten years’ Service ; 
specifying the Number discharged at their own Re- 

uest, andthe Number through Disability, between 
the ist day of April 1845 and the ist day of April 
1846 :—Of Non-commissioned Officers and Men 
who have died within the same Period; specifying 
the Number under and above Ten years’ Service:— 
Of Men deserted within the same Period ; specify- 
ing the Number under Three months’ Service, be- 
tween Three and Six months, Six and Twelve months, 
One year and Two years, Two years and Three years, 
Three years and Four years, Four and Five years, 
and upwards of Five years’ Service :—And, of the 
Number of Men above Twenty-one years’ Service ; 
distinguishing Serjeants from other Ranks, to be 
taken from the Returns which will give the latest 
intelligence of the whole Army, not including Ord- 
nance Corps; (Nos. 2, 3 and 4, from Annual Re- 
turns of ist April 1846) :—Ordnance Corps ; the 
same Returns for the Royal Artillery, the Royal En- 
gineers and Sappers and Miners:—Marines; the 
same Returns for the Royal Marines (so far as 
relates to the Royal Marines). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House a 
Copy of Reports on Sir William Burnett's Disin- 
fecting Fluid. 

Mr. Ward accordingly presented the said Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Order of the day for the Committee 
on the Bishoprick of Manchester, &amp;c. Bill be now 
read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “That the” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “Orders of the day be now read,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Ques- 
tion ; 





A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson 

and Mr. Farrer: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for giving further Faci- 
lities for the Transmission of Letters by Post, and 

Vou, 102. : 





19° Juli. 931 


for the regulating the Duties of Postage thereon, 
and for other Purposes relating to the Post-office : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to allow, until the First Navigation 
day of March One thousand eight hundred and (N° 2.) Bill. 
Forty-eight, the Importation of Corn, Maize, Rice, 

Grain, Potatoes, Meal, Flour, Biscuit, and certain 
— similar Articles, from any Country in any 

ips : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to facilitate the Recovery Recovery of 
of Public Monies advanced for the Relief of Distress Public Monies 
. Ireland by the Employment of the Labouring “"*#"® 

oor: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend an Act to Canal Com- 
enable Canal Companies to become Carriers upon Panies Bill. 
their Canals : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue, until the Highway 
First day of October, One thousand eight hundred Rates Bull 
and Forty-eight, and to the End of the then next 
Session of Parliament, an Act for authorizing the 
Application of Highway Rates to Turnpike-roads : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to defray, until the First yijitia Pay 
day of August, One thousand eight hundred and Bill. 
Forty-eight, the Charge of the Pay, Clothing and 
contingent and other Expenses of the disembodied 
Militia in Great Britain and Ireland; to grant 
Allowances, in certain cases, to Subaltern Officers, 
Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, 
Assistant-surgeons, Surgeons’ Mates and Serjeant- 
majors of the Militia, and to authorize the Employ- 
ment of the Non-commissioned Officers : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize a further Destitute 
Advance of Money for the Relief of Destitute Per- fad) (No. 3.) 
sons in Ireland : Bil. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Law Copyright 


relating to the Protection in the Colonies of Works (Colonies) Bill. 


entitled to Copyright in the United Kingdom : 


A Bill, mtituled, An Act to provide Additional Public Works 
Funds for Loans for Drainage and other Works of Civciend) Bal 
Public Utility in Jreland ; and to repeal an Act of 
the last Session for authorizing a further Issue of 
— in aid of Public Works of acknowledged 

tility : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the Protection of Mussel 
Mussel Fisheries in Scotland : (Seotlnd) Bill, 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to regulate the Super- Constabulary 
annuation Allowance of the Constabulary Force in Force (Ire- 
Jrelund, and the Dublin Metropolitan Police : nd) Se, St 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for the better Drainage Crowland and 
of Lands called Crowland Washes and Fodder CowbitWashes 
Lots, Cowbit Wash and Deeping Fen Wash, in the Pt#inage Bill. 
several Parishes of Crowland, Spalding and Pinch- 
bech, the Hamlets of Cowbit and Peakkili, and the 
Extra-parochial Place or Lands called Deeping Fen 
or Deeping Fen Welland Washes, all in the County 
of Lincoln: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to facilitate the effectual Surrey and 
Drainage of certain Districts within the Commis- Kent Com- 
sion of Sewers for the Limits extending from East Sowers (No.2.) 
Moulsey, in Surrey, to Ravensbourne, in Kent: And Bill. 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Trustees 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for the Relief Bill. 
Relief of Trustees, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Masters in 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for the Chancery 
Discontinuance of the Attendance of the Master in ag 
Ordinary of the High Court of Chancery in the 
Public Office, and for transferring the Business of 
such Public Office to the Affidavit Office in Chan- 
cery, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Northam 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for Bridge Com- 
vesting in the Company of Proprietors of Northam Bin¥® peel 
Bridge and Roads certain Lands in the Town and ~ 
County of Southampton, and for empowering them 
to sell the same, without any Amendment: And 
also, 





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The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to enable 
the Trustees and Executors of the Will and Codicil 
of Sir John Saint Aubyn, Baronet, deceased, to raise 
a Sum of Money towards the Liquidation of his 
Debts by Mortgage of his devised Estates in the 
County of Devon, instead of selling certain Lease- 
hold Hereditaments in the County of Cornwall ; and 
to enable the said Trustees to convey the Reversion 
in fee-simple in the same Hereditaments, vested in 
them for that Purpose, under the Will of the Reve- 
rend John Molesworth Saint Aubyn, deceased, to 
the Uses of the said Will and Codicil of Sir John 
Saint Aubyn, so as to convert such Leaseholds into 
a fee-simple Estate in Possession, and for other 
Purposes, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for 
enabling the Tunstall Market Company to sell their 
Estate, and wind up their Concerns, and for dis- 
solving the Company, without any Amendment : 
And also, 


Sir Henry The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 

Willoughby by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for 

ge 8 Estate enabling the Trustees of the Will of George Charles 

ill, aaa : 

Rooke, Esquire, deceased, to carry into effect a 
Contract for the Purchase of the Life Estate and 
Interest of Hannah Rooke, Widow, in the Real and 
Personal Estates of the said George Charles Rooke, 
ee and bequeathed by his Will, and 
for raising Money for that Purpose, and for Payment 
of the Debts of the said George Charles Rooke, and 
of the Legacies and Arrears of Annuities bequeathed 
by his said Will, and for other Purposes incidental 
thereto, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
tingdon, and Py this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lynn and _ Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act for conso- 
Dereham Rail- lidating the Lynn and Ely, the Ely and Huntingdon, 
=e and the Lynn and Dereham Railway Companies 

into one Company, to be called The East Anglian 
Railways Company, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to alter and amend the Acts relating to the 
Birkenhead Commissioners Docks, and to make 
further Provision with respect to the Construction 
of the Sea (Wharf) Wall along Wallasey Pool, and 
for other Purposes, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 


Birkenhead The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
(Commission- Act to authorize the Birkenhead Dock Commis- 
ers) Dock 4. sioners to construct an additional Dock and other 
ment (Con- Works at Birkenhead, in the County of Chester, and 
struction of for other Purposes, with Amendments; to which 
_— ja Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
ofCulvert)Bill. this House: And also, 
Royston and The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
nny dopey Act to enable the Royston and Hitchin Railway 
Lasers Bil, Company to lease or sell their Line, and to autho- 
rize the said Company to enter into Contracts and 
complete Arrangements with the Great Northern 
Railway Company, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 


Manchester, The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

ee Act to make certain Deviations in the authorized 

jand Junction Line of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Mid- 

Railway De- lands Junction Railway, and to amend the Act 

viations Bill. yelating thereto, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 


Messages to The Lords request a present Conference with this 

the Lords. | House in the Dew Gallery, upon the subject- 
matter of the last Conference with respect to 
Messages from their Lordships to this House :— 
And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Sir John 
St. Aubyn’s 
Estate Bill. 


Tunstall 
Market Com- 
pany Estate 
Bill. 


Lynn and Ely, 
Ely and Hun- 


Birkenhead 
Commission- 


ment (as to 
Construction 
of Sea Wall 
alongWallasey 
Pool) Bill. 


19° Julie. 











A, 1847. 


Resolved, That this House doth agree to a Con- 
ference with the Lords, as desired by their Lord- 
ships. 

And the Messengers were again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith :—And 
then they again withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Managers who managed the Messages to 
last Conference do manage this Conference :—And the Lords. 
the Names of Mr. Williams Wynn, Sir James East 
and Lord Seymour, were added to them. 

Then the Names of the Managers were called 
over, and they went to the Conference :—And being 
returned ; 

Lord John Russell reported, That the Managers 
had been at the Conference, which was managed 
on the part of the Lords by the Lord President of 
the Council, who informed them, That the Lords 
have taken into consideration the Resolution com- 
municated to this House, at the last Conference, by 
the Commons, “ That the Commons are willing to 
receive Messages from the Lords brought by One 
Master in Chancery, instead of Two Masters, as 
heretofore,” and have agreed thereto. 


And the Question being again proposed, That the Bishoprick of 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the Manchester, 
Question :—The said proposed Amendment was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Order of the day for the Com- 
mittee on the Bishoprick of Manchester, &amp;c. Bill 
be now read; and the same being read :—The 
House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
Question eo proposed: In P. 4. Is. 1 and 2. 
to leave out the words, “ and for establishing forth- 
with a Bishoprick of Manchester.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Preamble ; 

The Committee divided : 

Mr. Tufnell, 

Tellers for the Yeas, yest "ae reus Hill: } 86. 

Tellers for the Noes, _ —— % } 14. 

Another Amendment proposed: In P. 4. Is. 2 
and 3. to leave out the words “and also so soon as 
*‘ conveniently might be three other additional 
“ Bishopricks.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Preamble :—Amend- 
ment, by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed: In P. 4. 1. 35., 
after the word “ recommendations” to insert the 
words “ save and except so much of the same as 
** relates to the new Bishoprick of Manchester.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted,— 
put, and negatived. 

Preamble, as amended, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 1., (Repeal of repugnant enactments, 
and power of former Acts extended to this Act). 

Amendment proposed: In P. 5. 1. 1., to leave 
out from the word “ That” to the word “ shall” in 
1. 3. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause,—put, and agreed to. 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed : In P. 5. 1. 3., to 
leave out from the word “ repealed” to the end of 
the Clause. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause,—put, and agreed to. 

Several Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill ; 

The Committee divided : 

Mr. Tufnell, 

Tellers for the Yeas, ne Wpnell Hill: 

Mr. Hume, 


}azs. 
Mr. Collett: t ” 
CLAUSE, 


Tellers for the Noes,{ 








Poor Laws 
Administra- 
tion Bill. 


11 Vicrorim. 


Cxavuse, N° 2, (Number of Lords Spiritual not to 
be increased). 

Several Amendments made. 

Amendment proposed: In P. 5. 1. 21., to leave 
out the words “ Durham or Winchester.” 

Question, That the words “ Durham or Winches- 
ter” stand part of the Clause,—put, and agreed to. 

Other Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the f Mr. Tufnell, lan 
Yeas, L Lord Marcus Hill: F gins 

Tellers forthe f Mr. Stuart Wortley, } BY 
Noes, Mr. Law: ' 


Crauses, N° 3 and 4, disagreed to. 
Cause, N° 5, agreed to. 


Cause (And be it Enacted, That from and after 
the death of the present Archbishop of Canterbury 
the patronage of the several Advowsons of Roch- 
dale, in the county of Lancaster, and of Blackburn, 
in the said county, now held and enjoyed by the 
Archbishop of Canterbury for the time being, shall 
be separated from the See of Canterbury, and shall 
be held and enjoyed by the Bishop of Manchester 
for the time being, and his successors) ; brought up, 
and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the said Clause 
be now read a second time,—put, and negatived. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis 20° die Julit, 1847: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for the Administration of the Laws 
for Relief of the Poor in England; and the same 
were read, as follow: 

Pr. 6. 1. 17. Leave out “ him” and insert “ the 
person holding such office.” 

Pr. 15.1. 35. Leave out Clauses (A.) and (B.), 
added by way of Rider to the Bill, and insert 
Clause (A.) 

Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That in all 
cases where Boards of Guardians neglect to ap- 
point a visiting committee for the purpose of vi- 
*¢ siting the workhouse of the Union, or when Three 
months shall have elapsed during which such 
committee shall have neglected to visit such work- 
house, the Poor Law Commissioners shall be re- 
” Fe to appoint a visitor, not being one of the 

uardians, at a salary to be fixed by them, to be 
“ paid out of the general fund of the Union: Pro- 
vided always, That the appointment of any such 
paid visitor shall cease at the expiration of Three 
calendar months next after the appointment of 
any visiting committee by the Guardians, subject 
nevertheless to his re-appointment, in case of any 
repetition of such neglect of the Guardians or 
visiting committee as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 6. |. 17. The first Amendment, being read a 
second time, was agreed to. 

Pr. 15. 1. 35. The next Amendment, being read a 
second time; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House doth agree with the 
Lords in the said Amendment, to leave out Clause 
(A.), added by way of Rider tothe Bill :—It passed 
in the Negative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House doth agree with the Lords in 
the said Amendment, to leave out Clause (B.) added 

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933 


by way of Rider to the Bill: —And a Debate arising 
thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Debate be now adjourned :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

And the Question being put, That this House 
doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment to 
oy out Clause (B.), added by way of Rider to the 

ill ; : 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Tufnell, a9 

Yeas, L Lord Marcus Hill: } &lt; 
Tellers for the § Mr. Etwall, } _ 
Noes, l Mr. Wakley : j 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Clause (A.) The last Amendment, being read a 
second time, was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 
up Reasons to be offered to the Lords at a Confer- 
ence, for disagreeing to the Amendment to which 
this House hath disagreed :—And a Committee was 
appointed of Lord John Russell, Sir George Grey, 
Mr. Attorney General, the Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. ZLabouchere, 
Viscount Morpeth, Mr. Goulburn, Sir James Graham, 
Mr. Sidney Herbert, Lord George Bentinck, Mr. 
Stuart Wortley, Mr. Cripps, Mr. Henley and Sir John 
Duchworth:—And they are to withdraw immediately. 

Ordered, That three be the Quorum. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Laws Execu- 
tion (Ireland) 


tituled, An Act to provide for the Execution of the 
Laws for Relief of the Poor in Ireland; and the 
same was read,as followeth : 

Pr. 15. 1. 17. After “ misdemeanor” insert 
Clause (A.) 

Cuavse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
Commissioners shall once in each year submit to 
the Lord Lieutenant a general report of their 
proceedings, and every such general report shall 
be laid before both Houses of Parliament within 
“* Six weeks after the date thereof if Parliament be 
‘ then sitting, or if Parliament be not then sitting, 
within Six weeks after the next meeting of Par- 
liament, and that every such report shall contain 
a distinct statement of every order and direction 
issued by such Poor Law Commissioners in re- 
spect to out-door relief.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


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Mr. Greene reported the Ecclesiastical Jurisdic- Ecclesiastical 


tion Amendment Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, as follow : 


B 
Pr. 2. 1.30. Leave out “on demand”’ and insert 


“ once at least in every quarter of the year, and on 
“* demand at other times.” 
Pr. 2. 1. 33. Leave out “Commissioners” and 
insert ‘‘ Governors.” 
Pr. 4. 1. 28. Leave out “ first” and insert “ se- 
“ cond.” 
Pr. 4. 1. 29. Leave out “ August” and insert 
“ November.” 
Pr. 4. 1. 35. Leave out “ August” and insert 
“ November.” 
Pr. 5. 1. 16. Leave out “ August” and insert 
“« November.” 
Pr. 6.1.1. After “ person” insert “ who shall 
“ have been appointed after the passing of the first 
“ recited Act, except as therein excepted or.” 
Pr. 6. 1.6. Leave out “ take” and insert “ hold.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
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Polling at 
Elections 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Copyhold 
Commission 
Bill. 


Bankruptcy 
and Insolvency 
Bill. 


Insolvent 
Debtors Bill. 


Fever Hos- 
pitals Bill. 


Joint Stock 
Companies 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Leeds Free 
Grammar 
School Estate 
Bill. 





934 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to limit the Time for taking the 
Poll at Elections of Members to serve in Parliament 
for Counties of Cities, Counties of Towns and Bo- 
roughs in Ireland ; and the same were read, as fol- 
low : 

Pr. 1.1.8. Leave out from “ Ireland” to “should” 
in |, 10. 

Pr. 1. 1.30. Leave out from “boroughs” to “ so” 
in |. penult. 

he said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituied, An Act to continue the Copyhold Commis- 
sion until the Thirty-first day of July One thousand 
eight hundred and Forty-eight, and to the end of 
the then next Session of Parliament ; and the same 
were read, as follow: 

Pr. 2.1. 20. Leave out from “ the” to “in” in 
1, 21., and insert “ first day of October.” 

Pr.2. 1.23. Leave out “ forty-eight” and insert 
“ fifty.” 
In the Title to the Bill: 
L. 1. Leave out from the second “ the” to 
“ one” in }. 2., and insert ‘‘ first day of Octo 
“ ber,” and in 1. 2. leave out “ forty-eight” and 
insert “ fifty.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
(and it appearing that the Commissioners are also 
Tithe Commissioners, and that an Act has been 
passed in the present Session, whereby the Tithe 
Commissioners are continued for the time the Lords 
proposed for the Copyhold Commissioners), were 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The Order ¢f the day being read, for the Third 
Reading of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report on the Insolvent Debtors Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Fever Hospitals Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

mittee on the Joint Stock Companies (No. 2.) Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to enable 
the Trustees of a Charity, called The Leeds Free 
Grammar School, to sell Parts of the Trust Estates 
belonging to the said Charity, and to purchase other 
Lands for the Uses and Purposes of the said Cha- 
rity, and for other Purposes, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Two of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 


19°—20° Juliz. 





A. 1847. 


Martis, 20° die Julii ; 
Anno 11° Victoria Regine, 1847. 
PRAYERS. 


M R. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of Mr. Bucking- 
the East India Company, was called in ; and »2™. 


at the bar presented,—Return to an Order dated 
the 7th day of this instant July, for Copies of all 
Correspondence between the Board of Control for 
the Affairs of India and the East India Company, 
on the subject of Mr. Buckingham’s Claims, ms 
sequent to the Report of the Select Committee of 
the House of Commons, appointed to consider the 
said Claims, in the Session of 1834, in which they 
unanimously resolved, That compensation ought to 
be made to Mr. Buckingham :—And, of all Cor- 
respondence between Mr. Buckingham and the East 
India Company, and between Mr. Buckingham 
and Her Majesty’s Government, or any Members 
of the same, on the subject of the said Claims, 
subsequent to the date of the aforesaid Report 
of the Select Committee of 1834, up to the present 
time. 


Mr. Campbell also presented, pursuant to the East India. 


directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Resolu- 
tions of the Court of Directors of the East India 
Company, being the Warrants or Instruments 
granting any Pension. 

Resolutions of the Court of Directors of the 
East India Company, being the Warrants or In- 
struments granting any Salary or Gratuity. 

Statement of the Amount proposed to be trans- 
ferred from the Company’s Cash to the credit 
of the Fund for the benefit of the Widows and 
Families of Officers and Clerks of the Regular Home 
Establishment of the East India Company, and to 
the credit of the Fund for the Benefit of the Widows 
and Families of extra Clerks and others of the said 
Establishment, as Compensation under an arrange- 
ment sanctioned by the Board of Commissioners for 
the Affairs of India, and laid before the Honourable 
the House of Commons, on the 26th February 
1835. 

List, No. 187, specifying the Particulars of the 
Compensation proposed to be granted to the Widow 
of a Person who belonged to the late Maritime 
Service of the ast India Company, under an 
Arrangement sanctioned by the Board of Commis- 
sioners for the Affairs of India, and laid before the 
Honourable the House of Commons on the 26th 
February 1835 :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s Quarantine 
Command,— Copy of Correspondence respecting Laws. 


the Quarantine Laws (in continuation of the Papers 
presented to Parliament in 1846). 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Bartolacci, from the Jrish Reproductive Loan Irish Repro- 
Fund Institution, was called in; and at the bar ductive Loan 


presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of 
Parliament,— The Third Annual Report of the 
Corporation of the Jrish Reproductive Loan Fund 
Institution incorporated by Her Majesty’s Charter : 
—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee Public 


on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 15th, 16th and 17th 
days of this instant July, and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. TI 
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Birkenhead The House proceeded to take into consideration | “ powers and authorities of this Act hereinbefore 
cepock Acts the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, | “ directed to take place has ceased, and thereupon 
Amendment intituled, An Act to authorize the Birkenhead Dock |“ the several powers, authorities and permission 
(Construction Commissioners to construct an additional Dock and | “ hereinbefore mentioned or referred to shall come 
i gr tiomesad other Works at Birkenhead, in the County of Ches- | “ into operation and take effect as if this clause had 
ofCulvert) ter, and for other Purposes; and the same were | “ not been inserted.” 

Bill. read as follow : 


Pr. 41.1.2. After “is” insert “or claims to be.” 

Pr. 41.1.15. After “ whereas” insert “ the right 
“ and title of Her Majesty to.” 

Pr. 41.1. penult. Leave out from “ so” to “them” 
in ]. ult., and insert “granted to.” 

Pr, 42. 1. 27. After “ successors” insert “all the 
“ estate, right, title and interest of the said Com- 
“ missioners to.” 

Pr, 42. 1. 28. Leave out “ vested in” and insert 
granted to.” 

Pr. 45. 1. 11. Leave out “ Crown” and insert 
“ estate, right, title and interest of Her Majesty, 
‘“* Her heirs and successors 1n the.” 

Pr, 45. 1. 27. After “the” insert “same estate, 
“ right, title and interest of and in the.” 

Pr. 47. 1. 5. After “ raised” insert Clause (A.) 

Cuavse (A.) “ And whereas a large part of the 
monies raised by the Commissioners, under the 
powers and for the purposes of the said first- 
recited Act, has not yet been expended on the 
works authorized by the said Act, but some part 
of such monies has been expended upon works 
“ intended to be authorized by this Act, and the 


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Pr. 47.1. 25. After “ to” insert “ or claimed by.” 

Pr. 48. 1. 16. After “ ferry” insert Clause (B.) 

Crause (B.) “ Provided also, and be it Enacted, 
That nothing herein contained shall prejudice, 
diminish, alter or take away any of the rights or 
privileges, or any power, jurisdiction or authority 
“* now vested in or enjoyed by the Mayor, Alder- 
“ men and Burgesses of the Borough of Liverpool 
“ or’ the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks respec- 
“ tively, or alter, repeal or affect any of the Acts of 
“ Parliament relating to the Docks or Harbour of 
« Liverpool, but that all such rights and privileges, 
and every such power, jurisdiction, authority and 
Act shall continue and be preserved, and be in 
force as if this Act had not been passed, except — 
so far as the same may be expressly altered or 
“ interfered with by this Act.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 

were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir Philip Egerton do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by © 
their Lordships. 


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remainder has been invested by the said Commis- 
sioners upon securities which are not immediately 
available, in consequence whereof the prosecution 
“ of the works authorized by the said first-recited 
Act has been temporarily suspended; Be it there- 
fore Enacted, in order to insure the speedy rein- 
statement in the hands of the Commissioners of 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Birkenhead 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, tr one omy 
intituled, An Act to alter and amend the Acts relat- Amendment 
ing to the Birkenkead Commissioners’ Docks, and (as to Con- 
to make further Provision with respect to the Con- —= a 
struction of the Sea or Wharf Walls along Wallasey Wailasey _ 


Pool, and for other Purposes; and the same were Pool) Bill. 


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all such monies as aforesaid, and the immediate 
“ yesumption and continuance of the works autho- 
“ rized by the first-recited Act, That, notwithstand- 
ing any thing hereinbefore contained, the powers 
intended to be hereby conferred on the Commis- 
sioners of constructing such new dock and graving 
docks, and other additional works as are herein- 
before respectively mentioned, and the permission 
hereinbefore contained for vessels of greater bur- 
“‘ then than two hundred tons to resort to and use 
“ the Coasters’ Basin at Woodside for the purpose 
“ of passing into and out of Wallasey Pool and the 
“ Docks communicating therewith, for the term 
“ hereinbefore mentioned, shall not, nor shall any of 
“‘ them, come into operation or take effect until all 
such monies as have been raised under the powers 
“ and for the purposes of the said first-recited Act, 
“ but have been expended on works intended to be 
authorized by this Act, or have been lent on such 
securities as aforesaid, shall have been replaced 
“ and made available for the objects for which the 
same were originally raised, or until the Commis- 
sioners shall give or procure to be given to the 
“ Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, 
“* Land Revenues, Works and Buildings such good 
and sufficient security as shall be approved of by 
the said last-named Commissioners, that all such 
monies as aforesaid will be repaid and reinstated 
at such times and in such portions as shall be 
fixed by Her Majesty’s said Commissioners, and 
that the same shall be actually laid out and 
expended in the immediate resumption and con- 
tinuous prosecution with the utmost possible 
despatch of the sea-walls and tidal basin, and the 
permanent embankment across Wallasey Pool 
and the Coasters’ Basin, and beaching-ground, 
and the several other works in the said first-recited 
Act specified or referred to; and immediately after 
such repayment and reinstatement shall have been 
made, or such security shall have been duly pro- 
vided as aforesaid, Her Majesty’s said Commis- 
sioners shall cause notice to be published in the 
London Gazette that the partial suspension of the 
Vou, 102. 


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read, as follow: 

Pr. 3. 1. 8. Leave out from “completion” to 
“ the” in |. 9., and insert “ or.” 

Pr. 5.1.7. Leave out from “of” to the first 
‘¢ the’ in 1. 9., and insert “all.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 2. Leave out from “abstract” to 
“ And” in |. 13., and insert Clauses (A.) and (B.) 
CrausE (A.) “And be it Enacted, That the 
word ‘ owner,’ when used in this Act in reference 
to the said sea or wharf walls, or the purchase 
thereof, shall mean any person or corporation 
“¢ who shall be entitled to the lands adjoining the 
said sea or wharf walls in fee simple, or for any 
greater estate than a term of years whereof not 
less than twenty-one years shall remain unexpired, 
and shall also mean any person or corporation 
capacitated by the Lands Clauses Consolidation 
Act, 1845, to sell lands for any undertaking.” 
Crause (B.) “ Provided always, and be it 
“ Enacted, That nothing in this Act contained 
shall be construed to alter the mutual rights, 
remedies and obligations of lessors and lessees of 
land, or covenantors and covenantees with respect 
to land on the north and south sides of Wallasey 
Pool, but such mutual rights, remedies and obli- 
gations shall, between such respective parties, 
remain in full force and effect.” 
Pr. 16. 1, 26. Leave out from “aforesaid” to 
“ And” in Pr. 18. 1. 10. 
Pr. 26.1.2. After “is” insert “or claims to be.” 
Pr. 28.].28. After “is” insert “ or claims to be.” 
Pr, 29.].10, After “ is” insert “ or claims to be.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir Philip Egerton do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


Mr. Greene reported Lord Macdonald and Bos- Lord Mac- 
donald and 
Bosville’s 


ville’s Estate Bill, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third y 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 
6c4 Resolved, 








936 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


20° 


Dean and 
Chapter of 
Westminster’s 
Estate Bill. 


The Bill from the Lords, intitituled, An Act to 
empower the Dean and Chapter of Westminster to 
sell and exchange certain Lands and Hereditaments 
in the Parishes of Paddington and Saint George, 
Hanover-square, in the County of Middlesex, and to 
lay out the Monies to arise from such Sale in the 
Purchase of other Lands and Hereditaments,and for 
other Purposes, was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Passingham’s 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
Estate Bill. 


authorize the Construction of a Canal on the Estates 
devised by the Will of the late Mr. Jonathan Pas- 
singham, for the Transport of Bricks manufactured 
on such Estates, and to enable the Trustees of the 
Will to complete the Purchase of an adjoining Estate 
contracted for by them, and for other Purposes, was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

rdered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 

the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
eee ant the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
Midlands intituled, An Act to make certain Deviations in the 
Junction Rail- authorized Line of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock 
way Devia- and Midlands Junction Railway, and to amend the 
tions Bill Act relating thereto; and the same were read, as 
follow : . 
Pr. 3.1.19. Leave out from “1847” to “ And” 
in pr. 4. 1, 27, and insert Clause (A.) 

Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company, out of any 
money by this Act or any other Act relating to 
the said Railway Company authorized to be 
raised for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to pay 
or deposit any sum of money which by any 
Standing Order of either House of Parliament 
now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 
required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
an Act authorizing the said Company to con- 
struct any other Railway or execute any other 
work or undertaking.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 29. Leave out “ proposed.” 

Pr. 4.1.31. After “Railway” insert “ herein- 
after more particularly described and set forth.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 12. Leave out “ proposed.” 

Pr. 5. Is. 12 and 13. After “alterations” insert 
as hereinafter described.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 7. Leave out “proceeding to” and insert 
terminating at.” 

Pr. 6.1.19. After “to” insert “also a line of 
Railway commencing in the public road in the 
township and parish of Darley, in the county of 
Derby, numbered 85 in the said parish on the 
said plan last referred to.” 

Pr. 7.1. 30. Leave out “ proposed” and insert 
said.” 

Pr. 7.1. 31. Leave out “and” and insert “ to- 
gether with.” 

Pr. 39. 1. 16 
- 24. 

Pr. 39. 1. 25 

road.” 


Pr. 39. 1.26. Leave out “57 and.” 


Manchester, 
Buxton, 


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Juli. A. 1847, 


Pr. 40. 1. 32. Leave out from “incurred” to 

“ And” in pr. 42. |. 7, and insert Clause (B.) 
Cxause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That as re- 
“ gards the Roads numbered as hereinafter men- 
“ tioned on the said Plans and Books of Reference 
“ deposited as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the 
Company to make the rates of inclination of such 
roads respectively when altered as follows ; that 


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Tazxall - | Tazall 
Wormhill - | Tideswell 
Darley - | Darley 

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Matlock 


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A public road 
A public road 
A turnpike road 
A turnpike road - 
A public highway - 


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1 in 26. 

1 in 30 and 1 
1 in 20 and 1 
1 in 13. 

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Pr. 43. 1. 37. Leave out from “and” to “ as” in 
Pr. 44. ]. 1. 
Pr. 45. 1. 4. After “ up” insert Clause (C.) 
Cuause (C.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway 
Company, out of any money by this Act or any 
other Act relating to the same Railway Company 
authorized to be raised by calls in respect of 
shares, or by the exercise of any power of bor- 
rowing, to pay interest to any shareholder on the 
amount of the calls made in respect of the shares 
held by him in the capital of Fifty thousand 
pounds by this Act authorized to be raised by the 
said Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail- 
way Company: Provided always, That nothing 
hereinbefore contained shall be deemed to pre- 
vent the same Company from paying to any 
shareholder such interest on money advanced by 
him beyond the amount of the calls actually made 
as shall be in conformity with the provisions in 
the Companies’ Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, 
in that behalf contained.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to enable the Loyston and Hitchin 
Railway Company to leasé or sell their Line, and 
to authorize the said Company to enter into Con- 
tracts and complete Arrangements with the Great 
Northern Railway Company ; and the same were 
read, as follow : 

Pr. 4. 1. 35. After “up” insert Clause (A.) 
and in the same line, after “ that,” insert “ subject 
* to the provision hereinafter contained.” 

Crause(A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 

not be lawful for the said Royston and Hitchin 

Railway Company, out of any money by any Act 

relating to the said Railway Company authorized 

to be raised for the purposes of such Act or Acts, to 
pay or deposit any sum of money which by any 

Standing Order of either House of Parliament 

now in force, or hereafter to be in force, may be 

required to be deposited in respect of any appli- 
cation to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining 
an Act authorizing the said Company to con- 
struct any other Railway or execute any other 

Work or Undertaking.” 

Pr. 5. 1s, 31 and 32. After “ authorized ” insert 

subject to the provision hereinafter contained.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 7. After “‘ that” insert “ subject to the 
“ provision next hereinafter contained.” : 

Pr. 7. 1. 30. After ‘“‘ Company” insert “ and 
“ subject as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 8. 





Royston and 
Hitchin Rail- 
way (Sale or 
Lease) Bill. 








Houses of 
Parliament. 


11 Vicroriz. 


Pr. 8. 1. 38. Leave out from “ thereof ’’ to “ pro- 
“ vided,” in Pr. 9. 1. 11. 

Pr. 9. ls. 37 and 38. After “ Company” insert 
Clause “ B.” 

Cravuse (B.) “ Provided always, and be it 
“ Enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the said 
“* Royston and Hitchin Railway Company, by vir- 
“ tue of the powers hereinbefore contained, to sell, 
** demise or lease, nor for the said Great Northern 
“ Railway Company to purchase, enter into or 
“* accept such lease of the said Royston and Hitchin 
“« Railway, unless it shall have been proved to the 
*&lt; satisfaction of the Commissioners of Railways, and 
“ certified by them under their seal, previously to 
“‘ the completion of such sale, that one-half of the 
“ whole amount of the capital, exclusive of loans 
“ by the Act or Acts relating to each of the said 
“‘ Companies authorized to be raised, has been 
“ actually paid up and expended for the purposes 
“* authorized by such Act or Acts respectively.” 

Pr. 12. ls. 3 and 4. After “ hundred ” insert “ and 
* sixty-six.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 4. After “ thousand ” insert “ six hun- 
“ dred and sixty-six,” and in the same line, after 
“ pounds,” insert “ thirteen shillings and four- 
“ pence.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 7. Leave out from “ exceed ” to “ and” 
in 1. 8, and insert “ the sum of eighty-eight thou- 
“ sand eight hundred pounds.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


n 


A Petition of David Boswell Reid, m.p., was 
presented, and read; setting forth, That at a time 
when sanatory improvement had not attracted the 
attention it has latterly engaged, the Petitioner 
devoted a large share of his time to this subject, and 
that in consequence of this and of the practical ex- 
amples given by him in 1833, in the experimental 
rooms built by him at Edinburgh, he was cited to at- 
tend Committees of the House in 1835; that at one of 
those Committees the Petitioner expressed his belief 


20° Julz. 


957 


ther referring to the New Houses of Parliament 
generally, or tothe New House of Commons in par- 
ticular, including also all special letters between the 
Chief Commissioaers and the Petitioner, or between 
the Secretary to the Chief Commissioner and the 
Petitioner, since September 1846; 2. The original 
notes of evidence mi by Mr. Philip Hardwicke, 
— the progress of the reference appointed by 
the Viscount Canning, when the referees decided 
that they would not have reporters present, the Peti- 
tioner having attended the reference solely under 
the pledge that he should have an opportunity of 
revising these notes, and be provided with a copy 
of them (the pledge of the referees is adverted to 
by the secretary in the printed paper, 555, laid 
before the House, though the pledge has never 
been fulfilled); 3. The answer transmitted by the 
Petitioner to a document issued by the Commis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, on the 2d Decem- 
ber 1845, and in juxta-position with it (that the 
difference may be seen) the “ Objections by Dr. 
Reid,” that appear in page 46, of the Minutes of 
Evidence laid before the Select Committee on West- 
minster Bridge and the New Palace; the Petitioner 
has reason to believe that nothing has proved so 
deeply injurious to him as the impression that the 
statement that appears in the cos referred to, 
under the title of *‘ Objections by Dr. Reid,” formed 
his answer to the Commissioners; 4, A pape., dated 
19th April 1845, and titled, “ Minutes of Couversa- 
tion,” which was transmitted by the Architect to 
the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, and 
the Petitioner’s reply thereto when informed of it 
about two months afterwards, viz. his letter ad- 
dressed to the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Woods, and dated 30th June 1845; 5. A copy of 
the evidence given by the Petitioner before a Com- 
mittee of the House of Peers on the 11th May 
1846, upwards of three pages of the Petitioner’s 
evidence not being printed in a document laid 
before the house, while the evidence of the Archi- 
tect appears in full in the same paper (No. 719, 
Session 1846), 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


that the value of the poor man’s income might be 
doubled by the introduction of measures that would 
make more generally known the immediate evils to 


Mr. Ward presented, pursuant to Order,—Copy Greenwich 
of Report for 1847 of Inspection of the Greenwich Hospital 
Hospital Schools by Mr Moseley. i, 


nd 
uil- 
or 


which human life is exposed, and the means by 
which they might be counteracted ; that in another 
Committee the views advocated by the Petitioner 
led to those alterations in the acoustic, warming and 
ventilating arrangements that have been sustained 
without change by the House for a period of 11 
years; that thousands of professional persons from 
all parts of the empire, and all parts of the globe, 
have inspected the Petitioner’s plans, and in nume- 
rous instances have adopted his principles, which he 
believes to be in process of general application ; 
that, notwithstanding this, the Petitioner has been 
deprived of all that is most valuable in his appoint- 
ment at the Houses of Parliament, and, so far as he 
acts at present, is compelled in self-defence to sus- 
tain a continual protest against the system adopted 
in reference to him ; that the Petitioner, confiding 
in the justness of his cause and in the soundness of 
the principles and practice he has advocated, awaits 
with confidence the period when official documents 
shall prove to the sn the true state of the case 
in reference to the application of his plans; that, in 
the meantime, the Petitioner, satisfied that the 
general progress of his plans at the Houses of Par- 
liament and elsewhere, has been greatly injured 
and impeded by causes which it is in the power of 
the House to prevent, prays that the following 
documents may be laid on the table of the House : 
1. All correspondence entered into between the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, the Archi- 
tect and the Petitioner, since September last, whe- 
VoL, 102. 





Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Private Bills. 


that part of the Message from the Lords of Thursday 
last, wherein their Lordships request that this House 
will be pleased to communicate to their Lordships, 
a Copy of the Minutes of Evidence taken before the 
Select Committee appointed by this House in the 
present Session of Parliament on Private Bills. 

Resolved, That a printed Copy of the said Minutes 
of Evidence be communicated to the Lords, as desired 
by their Lordships: And that Mr. Parker do de- 
liver the same. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Indexes to 
that part of the Message from the Lords of Thurs- Reports. 


day last, wherein their Lordships request that this 
House will be pleased to communicate to their Lord- 
ships Copy of Indexes to Reports of Commissioners, 
1800-1846 (Law and Courts of Justice, Parts 1 
and 2) and (Roads and Bridges). 

Resolved, That a printed Copy of the said Indexes 
be communicated to the Lords as desired by their 
Lordships: And that Mr. Parker do @eliver the 
same. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Destitute Poor 
mand,—Copies of Despatches addressed to the Se- (Ireland and 


cretary of State from the Governors of Her Majesty’s 5° 
Colonial Possessions, relative to the Money voted 
6D and 














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i 





938 


and Subscriptions raised for the Relief of the Desti- 
tute Poor in Ireland and Scotland. 

Mr. Hawes also presented, pursuant to several 
Addresses to Her Majesty,—Copies of the Official 
Correspondence relative to the erecting a Lighthouse 
at Barbadoes, alluded to in the Governor’s Speech 
in 1845 :—Of the Despatch of the Colonial Secre- 
tary to the Governor in Barbadoes, stating the rea- 
diness of Her Majesty’s Government to contribute 
half the expense of such Erection :—And, of any 
Documents in the Colonial Office, which explain 
the refusal of the Council at Barbadoes to appro- 
priate the Money deposited in the Colonial Bank 
for this express purpose. 

Copies or Extracts of Correspondence between 
Her Majesty’s Government and the Parties interested 
in Railways in Ceylon, Trinidad, British Guiana 
and New Brunswick. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Lighthouse 
(Barbadoes.) 


Railways 
(Ceylon, &amp;c.) 


New The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by 
Churches. Her Majesty’s Command,—-The Twenty-seventh 
No. 693. Annual Report of Her Majesty’s Commissioners for 


Building New Churches. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Report, dated 23d March 1847, of the 
Committee a. age by the Government of Bom- 
bay in September 1846, to inquire into and report 
upon the extent as well as the causes of the decline 
into which the Cotton Trade was alleged to have 
fallen, and to suggest remedial measures ; together 
with the Appendix thereto: —And, of any Despatches 
and Correspondence of the Bombay Government, 
arising out of the above Report. 


Cotton Trade 
(East India.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Abstracts of the Number and Classes of Non-re- 
sident Incumbents, and of the Number of Resident 
Incumbents, according to the Diocesan Returns for 
the year 1846 :—And, of the Number of Resident 
and Licensed Curates in England and Wales, with 
the Amount of Salaries of Curacies, according to 
the Diocesan Returns for the year 1846, 


Clergy. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns, showing the Quantities of Grain (specifying 
the different kinds), and of Flour or Meal imported 
into Ireland, from the 1st day of September 1846 to 
the 5th day of July 1847:—Showing the Number 
and Description of Live Stock, the Quantities of 
Cured Provision of all kinds, of Butter, Poultry and 
Eggs imported into Jreland during the same Period : 
—And, showing the Quantities of Cured Provisions, 
of Butter, Poultry and Eggs exported from Ireland 
during the same Period. 


Grain and 
Provisions 
(Ireland.) 


The Order made upon the 15th day of June last, 
That there be laid before this House an Alphabetical 
Return of all Persons who, in any capacity, receive 
£.100 8 year and upwards of the Public Money, 
whether from the Crown or under the Civil List, 
the Duchy of Cornwall or the Duchy of Lancaster, 
with the Dates of their commencing to receive the 
same ; and whether such Money, and to what Amount, 
be paid as Salaries, Pensions, Profits, Fees, Emolu- 
ments, Superannuations, Grants or Allowances, was 
read, and discharged. 


Public Officers, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, an Alphabetical List of all Persons em- 
ployed in the Duchy of Cornwall, the Duchy of 
Lancaster, in the several Public Departments, or in 


PublicOfficers, 


20° Jule. 


A. 1847. 


any capacity, receive £.100 a-year, and upwards, 
of the Public Money, stating whether such Money, 
and to what Amount, be paid as Salaries, Profits, 
Fees, Emoluments, Grants or Allowances; also 
stating, as far as practicable, the Date of the first 
Appointment of each Person in the Public Service : 
—And, a similar List of all Persons receiving £.100 
a-year, and upwards, of the Public Money, as Pen- 
sions, Superannuations, Compensations or Retired 
Allowances, of any description and from whatever 
source defraved, stating, as far as practicable, the 
Dates of the respective Grants. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Religion and 
Return of the Sums paid out of the Consolidated Education. 
Fund for Religious and Educational Purposes in 

Great Britain, Ireland, and each of the Colonies ; 
distinguishing, as far as possible, the Amount paid 

for such Purposes in connection with each religious 
denomination, for the year ending the 5th day of 

January 1847, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Crinan and 
Copies of Memorial or Petition to the Lords of the Argyll Canals. 
Treasury, from the Magistrates and Town Council 
of the Borough of Oban, on the advantages of the 
Crinan Canal as compared with the proposed Argyll 
Canal:—And, of Memorial or Petition from certain 
Shipowners and Merchants in Glasgow, praying for 
an yt into the comparative merits of the Crinan 
and Argyll Canals. 


A Petition of Catholic Clergymen and Laymen Education. 
of Southhill, Whittle-le- Woods and its vicinity, com- 
plaining of the exclusion of Roman Catholics from 
their share of the monies granted for educational 
purposes, and praying the House to interpose in their 
behalf, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Sheffield Union, Game Laws. 
praying that the laws for the protection of Game 
may forthwith be repealed, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of George James Guthrie, one of the College of 
Council and late President of the Royal College of Surgeons. 
Surgeons of England, stating that the Petitioner 
having petitioned the House on two different occa- 
sions against any medical legislation taking place 
until inquiry had been made into the nature of the 
New Charter lately granted to the College of Sur- 
geons, and which inquiry he considers necessary for 
the due administration of justice, naturally, and he 
hopes not unreasonably, expected to be examined by 
the Committee appointed by the House, to inquire 
into the Registration of legally-qualified ~Practition- 
ers of Medicine and Surgery, and into the Laws and 
Charters relating to the practice of Medicine and 
Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland, in preference 
to others who had not so petitioned ; and praying, 
that as the Committee have not been able to hear 
him, the House will give him an opportunity of 
proving that illiberality and injustice with which he 
considers nearly the whole of the Members of the 
College of Surgeons have been treated, and of which 
so many have complained by Petition to the House, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Chippenham, and Raja of 
others interested in the welfare and good government Sattara. 
of the British Indian Empire, stating that they are 





the Public Service, including the Diplomatic Ser- 
vice, and the Courts of Law and Equity, who, in 


roe 4! interested in the case of his Highness Pur- 
taub Sing, the ex-Raja of Sattara, who has been 


‘peas of hostility to the British Government, for- 
cibly 











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ls. 








Septennial 
Act, &amp;e. 


Education 
(Wales.) 


Education. 


Slave Trade. 


Warminster 
Union. 


No. 694. 


‘Turnpike 


Trusts. 
No. 695. 


Colonies. 
No. 696. 


Road Sessions 
Towns (Ire- 
land.) 


No. 697. 
Quarter 


Sessions (Ire- 
land.) 


No. 697. 
New 
Churches. 

No. 698. 
College of 
Surgeons. 

No, 699. 


11 Vicroriz. 20° Juliz. 939 


cibly deposed and exiled from his dominions upon ( 
this charge, and denied, for seven years, the means 
of being heard in his own defence; and praying the 
House to adopt measures to secure to this Prince 
the opportunity of examining the charges which 
have been brought against him, the evidence in sup- 
port of the same, and of bringing forth the proofs of 
his innocence, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Benjamin Wills, of Brixton, Surrey, 
praying for the repeal of the Septennial Act, and for 
the adoption of the allotment system for labourers, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copies of Reports of the Commissioners 
of Inquiry into the state of Education in Wales, ap- 
pointed by the Committee of Council on Education. 
In three Parts:—Part 1. Carmarthen, Glamorgan, 
Pembroke:—Part 2. Brecknock, Cardigan, Radnor, 
Monmouth :—Part 3. Anglesea, Carnarvon, Den- 
bigh, Flint, Montgomery, Merioneth. 

Copy of Minutes of the Committee of Council on 
Education, with Appendices,—1846. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Class (A.) Copy of Correspondence 
with the British Commissioners at Sierra Leone, 
Havana, Rio de Janeiro, Surinam, Cape of Good 
Hope, Jamaica, Loanda and Boa Vista, and Pro- 
ceedings of British Vice-Admiralty Courts, relating 
to the Slave Trade, from January 1 to December 31, 
1846, 

Class (B.) Copy of Correspondence on the Slave 
Trade with Foreizn Powers, Parties to Treaties under 
which captured Vessels are to be tried by mixed 
Tribunals, from January 1 to December 31, 1846, 
inclusive. 

Class (C.) Copy of Correspondence on the Slave 
Trade, with Foreign Powers, Parties to Treaties and 
Conventions under which captured Vessels are to be 
tried by Tribunals of the Nation to which they be- 
long, from January 1 to December 31, 1846, in- 
clusive. 

Class (D.) Copy of Correspondence with Foreign 
Powers, not Parties to Treaties or Conventions giving 
a Mutual Right of Search of Vessels suspected of 
the Slave Trade, from January 1 to December 31, 
1846, inclusive. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Warminster 


Union, which was presented upon Thursday last, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Abstracts of the Returns rela- 
tive to Turnpike Trusts which were presented upon 
the 12th day of July last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Colonies, 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Road Ses- 
sions Towns (Jreland), which was presented upon 
Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Quarter 
Sessions (Ireland), which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to New 
Churches, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the College of 


Surgeons, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
VoL, 102, 





Ordered, That the Paper relative to Education Education 
(Ireland), which was presented yesterday, be printed. aay 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Valuation Valuation 
(Ireland), which was presented yesterday, be printed. og 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Episcopal Episcopal 
Fund, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 202 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the British British 
Museum, &amp;c., which was presented yesterday, be “ae 
printed. en 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Army, Ord- Army, Ord- 
nance and Marines, which was presented upon the }/00° a 
30th day of June last, be printed. No. 352. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to Disinfecting Disinfecting 
Fluid, which was presented yesterday, be printed. Ne. 708. 

Admiral Bowles presented, by Her Majesty’s Tidal Har- 
Command,—Tidal Harbour Commission, Copy of ae 
Appendices to Second Report of the Commissioners, 
with Supplement. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Petition of Robert Post-office. 
Grapes, relative to his dismissal trom the Post-office, 
which was presented upon the 12th day of this instant 
July, might be read; and the same being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That it is the Opinion of this House, that a 
searching Inquiry should be instituted into the 
various complaints, on the part of Robert Grapes 
and other subordinate Officers of the General Post- 
office, into the conduct of Mr. F. Kelly, Inspector 
of Letter Carriers :—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Sir George Grey reported from the Committee Poor Laws 
appointed to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the a 
Lords at a Conference, for disagreeing to one of the "°° ™* 
Amendments made by their Lordships to the Poor 
Laws Administration Bill; That they had drawn up 
a Reason accordingly, which they had directed him 
to report; and the same was read, as followeth : 

The Commons disagree to the omission of Clause 
(A.) added by way of Rider to the Bill, for the fol- 
lowing Reason : 

Because poor persons above the age of sixty 
years are very generally relieved out of the 
workhouse; and there is not therefore rea- 
son to apprehend any serious practical in- 
convenience from giving them accommoda- 
tion in the workhouse without the separation 
which is indispensable in the case of able- 
bodied persons. 

The said Reason, being read a second time, was 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords, upon the subject-matter of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the said Bill: And that 
Sir George Grey do go to the Lords, and desire the 
said Conference. 


Mr. Hawes reported from the Committee ap- Passengers 
pointed to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the — 
Lords at a Conference, for disagreeing to one of the 
Amendments made by their Lordships to the Pas- 
sengers Act Amendment Bill; That they had drawn 
up Reasons accordingly, which they had directed 
him to report; and the same were read, as follow : 

The Commons agree to the Amendments made 
by the Lords, as far as 1. 11. of Clause (B.), added 
by way of Rider to the Bill. 

The Commons propose to amend the Amendment 
made by the Lords in 1. 11. of Clause (B.), added by 
way of Rider to the Bill, by leaving out the words 
“ as hereinafter provided.” 

The Commons agree to the Amendments as far 
as Clause (B.) 
6D2 + The 








Poor Laws 
Administra- 
tion Bill. 


Passengers 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


940 


The Commons disagree to Clause (B.) for the 
following Reasons : 

The Commons conceive it would be impolitic 
to interfere with the Navigation Laws at 
present, because they are now under con- 
sideration of a Select Committee. 

Because if the Amendment was carried into 
effect, Foreign Ships would much more easily 
evade it than British ships. 

Because it must inevitably raise the cost of the 

assage, and check emigration at the time it 
is desirable to promote it. 

Because if any vessels can sail with an under 
complement of men, vessels carrying pas- 
sengers may safely be allowed to do so, in- 
asmuch as among the passengers will be 
found many to assist the crew in any 
emergency. 

Because the Commons see no reason why Bri- 
tish vessels should be compelled to take 
more hands, under any circumstances, than 
the American packet ships, which are ad- 
mitted on all hands to be safe and well- 
manned vessels. 


The Commons agree to Clause (C.):—— 


Sir George Grey reported, That having been with 
the Lords, to desire a Conference on the subject- 
matter of the Amendments made by their Lordships 
to the Poor Laws Administration Bill, the Lords do 
agree to a Conference, and appoint the same imme- 
diately in the Royal Gallery. 

Ordered, That the Committee who were appointed 
to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a 
Conference, for disagreeing to one of the said Amend- 
ments, do manage the Conference: And the Names 
of the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Lord Marcus 
Hill, Lord Granville Somerset, Sir Robert Harry 
Inglis, Viscount Sandon, Sir John Hobhouse, Mr. 
Hawes, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Milnes, Mr. Strutt, 
Mr. Ewart, Mr. Thornely, Sir Thomas Acland, Mr. 
Bodkin, Mr. Hudson and Sir William Clay, were 

dded to them. 

Then the names of the Managers were called over ; 
and they went to the Conference; and being re- 
turned ; 

Sir George Grey reported, That the Managers had 
been at the Conference, which was managed on the 
part of the Lords by the Lord President of the 
Council; and that they had delivered the Reason 
for disagreeing to the said Amendment, and had left 
the Bill, and Amendments, with their Lordships. 


The Reasons for disagreeing to one of the Amend- 
ments made by the Lords to the Passengers Act 
Amendment Bill, being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords, upon the subject-matter of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the said Bill: And that 
Mr. Hawes do go to the Lords, and desire the said 
Conference. 

Mr. Hawes reported, That having been with the 
Lords, to desire a Conference on the subject-matter 
of the Amendments made by their Lordships to 
the said Bill, the Lords do agree to a Conference, 
and appoint the same immediately, in the Royal 
Gallery. 

Ordered, That the Committee who were appointed 
to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a 
Conference, for disagreeing toone of the said Amend- 
ments, do manage the Conference :—And the Names 
of Mr. Brotherton, Sir James Graham, Mr. Strutt, 
Mr. Thornely, Mr. Henley, Sir John Duckworth, 
Colonel Lowther, Mr. Stuart Wortley and Mr. 
Hudson, were added to them. 

Then the names of the Managers were called over ; 
and they went to the Conference :—And being re- 
turned ; 


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A. 1847. 


Mr. Hawes reported, That the Managers had been 
at the Conference, which was managed on the part 
of the Lords by Earl Grey; and that they had 
delivered the Reasons for disagreeing to the said 
Amendment, and had left the Bill, and Amendments, 
with their Lordships. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Edinburgh 
Act to enable the Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway ee 
Company to deviate a Portion of their Main Line, viethen ena “ 
and for other Purposes, without any Amendment : Amendment) 
And also, (No. 2.) Bill 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Trustees 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for the Relief Bill. 
Relief of Trustees, without any Amendment: And 
also, . 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Masters in 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for the Chancery 
Discontinuance of the Attendance of the Master in aay ol 
Ordinary of the High Court of Chancery in the 
Public Office, and for transferring the Business of 
such Public Office to the Affidavit Office in Chan- 


cery, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Leith Harbour 
Act for improving the Harbour and Docks of Leith, and Docks 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords BH! 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An London and 
Act to amend the Acts relating to the London and South Western 
South Western Railway, and to enable the London ®#!way Bill 
and South Western Railway Company to increase 
their Capital, and to complete various Arrangements 
with other Companies and Undertakings, and for 
other Purposes, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Manchester, 
Act to enable the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin- Sheffield and 
colnshire Railway Company to sell the Water not ee 
required for their Canals called the Peak Forest Pe of 
Canal and Macclesfield Canal, and to make addi- Surplus Water 
tional Works in connection with such Canals, with t? Manchester, 


* Salford 
Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords de- g¢ ay 


; 2 Lockport) 
sire the concurrence of this House: And also, Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An London Bridge 


Approaches 


Act to vary the Priorities of the Charges made on een aa 


“ The London Bridge Approaches Fund,” and to 
give further Indemnity to the Land Revenues of the 
Crown, with an Amendment; to which Amendment 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Marine Glue. 
Copies of all Correspondence and i relating 
to Marine Glue, since the 1st day of February 1846. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Scinde. 
Copy of the Despatches of Lord Hardinge respect- 
ing Scinde. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Famine in 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased Ireland. 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copy of the Letter from the Secretary of 
State for Foreign Affairs to Her Britannic Majesty’s 
Minister at Washington, acknowledging the Dona- 
tion in Food and Money of the Legislature and 
Citizens of the United States of America, for the 
Relief of the Famine in Ireland. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Lieutenant 
Copies of all Memorials or Petitions presented by Colonel Munn. 
the late Lieutenant-Colonel Munn, formerly of the 

14th 





Deserters. 


‘Captain 
Cogan, 


‘Trigonome- 
trical Survey 
{India. ) 


11 Victroriz. 


14th and afterwards of the 27th Regiment of Native 
Infantry in India, or by Mrs. Harriet Munn, his 
widow, to the Board of Directors of the East Jndia 
Company, or the President of the Board of Control, 
complaining of deprival of his just promotion in the 
Indian Army, and of the Loss of the Pay attached 
to his rightful Rank, and the Answers thereto, as 
well as of any Order or Orders issued by the Com- 
mander-in-Chief or the Governor-General of India, 
in the Month of May 1824, for the Division of the 
said 14th Regiment, and the regulation of the Pro- 
motion to take place in such Division. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Soldiers of Her Majesty’s 
Land Forces, Cavalry and Infantry, that have been 
marked as Deserters in each of the Three last years : 
—Also, a Copy of any General Orders by the Com- 
mander of the Forces respecting Marking now in 
force:—A similar Return for the Marine Forces 
(if any) :—And a similar Return for the Navy (if 
any). 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of all Correspondence during 1838 
and 1839, between the Government of Bombay and 
Captain Cogan, relative to the Affairs of the Raja of 
Sattara, together with Copies of any Communica- 
tions, Minutes, or Opinions of the Government of 
Bombay relating thereto; and a Copy of all Com- 
munications made to the said Government of Bom- 
bay relative to Captain Cogan :—Copies or Extracts 
of a Letter from Lord Palmerston to Captain Cogan, 
dated the 28th day of September 1838:—Of a 
Letter from Captain Cogan to Lord Palmerston, 
dated together with an accom- 
panying Copy of a Communication from the Imaum 
of Muscat, empowering Captain Cogan to act as 
the Political Agent of his Highness in England :— 
Of Lord Palmerston’s Reply thereto :—Of a Letter 
from Captain Cogan to John Backhouse, Esquire, 
Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign Depart- 
ment, dated the 15th day of January 1840 :—And, 
of a Letter from Lord Palmerston to Captain Cogan, 
dated the 28th day of March 1840. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as 
are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Full and detailed Reports of the Extent and Nature 
of the Operations and of the Expenditure connected 
with the Grand Trigonometrical Survey of India, 
and of the Grand Triangulation thereof, for the 
Measurements of the Arcs of the Meridian, from 
the year the first base was measured to the latest 
date: — Also, Reports of the Surveys, whether 
General, Revenue or Military, which have hitherto 
been carried on, completed or are in progress, spe- 
cifying the Divisions or Portions of India; also, 
the Number and what Sheets of the Grand Atlas 
have been completed and engraved, with the Cost 
thereof to the Government, and the Selling Price 
per Sheet to the Public, and what progress the re- 
maining Portions of the Atlas are n:—Of the 
Nature of the Information collected in connexion 
with the Grand Survey, and with the detailed Sur- 
veys of India, and a List of all the Memoirs, and 
their Contents, sent in:—And, Statements to illus- 
trate the Nature of the different great Divisions and 
the smaller Districts or Departments thereof, into 
which Jndia within the line of the Zndus is divided, 
for Political, Civil, Revenue, Judicial and Military 
Purposes, exhibiting the Areas, Population and 
Nature of Productions thereof; and showing the 
relation and the authority under which they stand 
in to the East India Company, whether immediately 

Von. 102. 


(20° Sulit. 








941 


subordinate to and under the direct rule, or are 
tributary, protected, subsidiary or independent. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Penny Receipt 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to Stamp Tax. 


inquire and report as to the expediency of adopt- 
ing an uniform Penny Receipt Stamp Tax for 
all Sums above Five pounds, in lieu of the present 
graduated scale of Duty:—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Revenue. 


Return of the Net Amount of Duty received upon 
each Article paying Customs Duty to the Amount 
of £.1,000 or upwards, and of all other Articles 
paying Customs Duty collectively, in each of the 
years ending the 5th day of January 1842, and the 
5th day of January 1847, divided into classes A 
and B, (A containing those Articles in the Duties 
on which no alteration has been made; B contain- 
ing those Articles the Duties on which have 
been altered, with the Increase and Decrease of 
receipt on each Article respectively, and dis- 
tinguishing, in the year ending the Sth day of 
January 1847, the Increase or Decrease in the 
amount of Sugar Duties received before and 
after the 18th day of August 1847, when the Sugar 
Duties Act 9 and 10 Vict., c. 63, was passed :—A 
similar Return for Duties of Excise, Stamps, Taxes, 
Post-office, Crown Lands, Miscellaneous :—And, a 
Return of the declared Value of the Exports of the 
four great Articles of our staple Manufactures, viz., 
Cotton Manufactures and Cotton Yarn, Woollen 
Manufactures and Woollen Yarn, Linen Manufac- 
tures and Linen Yarn, Silk Manufactures, in the 
Five months ending the 5th day of June 1845, and 
in the Five months ending the 5th day of June 
1847; together with an Abstract of each of the 
foregoing Returns. 


Sir William Somerville reported the Bishoprick of pishoprick of 


Manchester, &amp;c. Bill; and the Amendments were Manchester, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Pr. 3.1.19. Leave out from “ Manchester” to No. 704. 


read, as follow: 
“ and” in |. 32. 

Pr. 4.1.31. After “ Bangor’ insert “ and also 
any Orders of Her Majesty in Council relating to 
‘ the said Union, or to the new See or Diocese of 
“© Manchester.” 

Pr. 5.1.10. After “ Orders” insert “ to be.” 
Pr. 5. 1s.14. and 15. Leave out “ of the said 
‘“¢ Commissioners.” 
Pr. 5. 1. 19. Leave out from “ Enacted” to “ that” 
in line 21. 
Pr. 5.1. 25. Leave out from “ of” to “ and” in 
1, 26, and insert the “ Bishoprick of Manchester.” 
Pr. 6.1. 3. Leave out from “ who’’ to “ previ- 
“ ously ” in 1. 7. and insert “ shall not have.” 
Pr. 6. 1.16. Leave out from “ prescribed” to 
‘“* pounds ” inclusive in Pr. 8. 1. 2. 
Pr. 8.1. 2. Leave out from “ and” inclusive to 
“and” in Pr. 9. 1. 8. 
The said Amendments being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time to- 
morrow. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


“ 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Ecclesiastical 


amend the Law as to Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in J 
England, was, according to Order, read the third time, 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Parker do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read for the third 
reading of the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
Act to abolish the Court of Review in Bankruptcy, 

6D3 and 


Amendment 
Bill. 


and Insol- 
vency Bill, 














942 20° Jultz. 


and to make Alterations in the Jurisdiction of the 
Courts of Bankruptcy and Court for Relief of In- 
solvent Debtors ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for thes Mr. Tufnell, } 45 
Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill : ; 
Tellers for thef Mr. Stuart, } 18 
Noes, Mr. Borthwick: 4 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 


A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill, 
(And be it Enacted, That no Judge of any County 
Court, who has been appointed or who shall here- 
after be appointed to that office, under or by virtue 
of the hereinbefore recited Act, passed in the tenth 
year of the reign of Her Majesty, intituled, “ An 
Act for the more easy Recovery of Small Debts and 
Demands in England,” shall, during his continuance 
in such office, be capable of being elected or of 
sitting as a Member of the House of Commons) :— 
And the said Clause was brought up ; and read the 
first and second time. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Clause, by inserting after the words “County Court” 
the words “save and except any Judge of any such 
“* Court in the Metropolitan districts.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there inserted :--The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Then the said Clause was read the third time, and 
added to the Bill. 


Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill, (And whereas the delay which sometimes takes 
place in procuring an Order from a Judge of one of 
the Superior Courts to hold a defendant to bail, and 
in issuing a Capi:s thereon, is injurious to creditors ; 
Be it Enacted, ‘That if a plaintiffin any action in 
any of Her Majesty’s Superior Courts of Law at 
Westminster, or Her Majesty’s Court of Common 
Pleas at Lancaster, or the Court of Pleas for the 
County Palatine of Durham, or the Borough Court 
of Liverpool, for the recovery of a debt, or the cre- 
ditor of any debtor who shall enter into an under- 
taking immediately to commence such an action, 
shall, by the affidavit of himself or some other 
person, show, to the satisfaction of any Judge of 
any of the County Courts aforesaid, or any one of 
Her Majesty’s Commissioners for the District Courts 
of Bankruptcy, that he has a cause of action against 
such defendant or debtor to the amount of twenty 
pounds or upwards, or has sustained damage to that 
amount, and that there is probable cause for believ- 
ing that such defendant or debtor is about to quit 
England, unless he be forthwith apprehended, it 
shall be lawful for such Judge to issue his warrant, 
directed to such person or persons as he shall think 
fit, whereby such person or persons shall have autho- 
rity to arrest any such deféndant or debtor named 
in such warrant, wherever he may be found within 
the limits of the jurisdiction of such Judge, and him 
safely keep for five days then next, or until such 
defendant or debtor shall have given a bail bond to 
the Sheriff, or shall have made deposit of the amount 
of the debt or damages mentioned im such warrant, 
together with ten pounds for costs, according to 
the present practice of Her Majesty’s Superior 
Courts of Law at Westminster, or Her Majesty’s 








A. 1847. 


Court of Common Pleas at Lancaster, or the Court 
of Pleas for the County Palatine of Durham, or 
the Borough Court of Liverpool, when a defendant 
is in custody upon a writ of Capias, or until an 
order for holding such defendant or debtor to bail 
can be obtained under the provisions of an Act 
passed in the Session of Parliament held in the first 
and second years of the reign of Her present Ma- 
jesty, intituled, “ An Act for abolishing Arrest on 
Mesne Process in Civil Actions, except in certain 
cases; for extending the Remedies of Creditors 
against the Property of Debtors; and for amending 
the Laws for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in 
England :’—And the said Clause was brought up, 
and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second time: 
—It passed in the Negative. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

dered, That Mr. Parker do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read for the Third 
Reading of the Jesus Hospital (Newcastle) Estate 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Insolvent 


the Report on the Insolvent Debtors Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to Order,—A Re- Post-office. 


turn showing the Number of Letters now lying in 
the General Post-office, containing Coin, Bank 
Notes, Bills of Exchange or other Property, the 
Amount in each case, with the Total of the whole, 
and what steps have been taken during the last Seven 
Years to return such Letters to the Parties writing 
them :—A similar Return of all Letters containing 
Money Orders, stating the Amount as aforesaid, 
the practice with reference to the return of Property 
paid into the General Post-office, but not given up 
in consequence of any informality in the Address, 
or otherwise, and where, and with whom, or in whose 
Name such Property is deposited :—Also, a Return, 
showing the manner in which the Clerks, Sub-sorters, 
Letter-carriers and all other Officers, both in the 
General and London District Post-office are pen- 
sioned, the Authority for granting the Retiring 
Allowance so given, the Fund from which paid; 
and further, stating the Reason, if any, why the 
Letter-carriers and Sub-sorters are not pensioned, 
in conformity with the provisions of the Acts for 
the Regulation of Pensions and Superannuation 
Allowances to Officers and Persons in the Public 
Service. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Cattle, &amp;c. 


Account of all Cattle, Sheep and Swine imported 
into Great Britain from Ireland, from the 5th day 
of April to the 5th day of July 1847 (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 544, of the present 
Session). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Wheat, &amp;c. 


Account of the Quantities of Wheat, Barley, Oats, 
Wheat Flour and Oatmeal imported into Great Bri- 
tain from Ireland, from the 5th day of April to the 
5th day of July 1847 (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 543, of the present Session). 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Lords London Bridge 


to the London Bridge Approaches Fund Bill be 
taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Ordered, 





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&amp;c. 


Bridge 
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pill. 





and Docks 
Bill. 
No. 691. 


House of 
Commons 
Costs Taxa- 
tion. 


Disinfecting 
Fluid. 
No. 703. 


Manchester, 
Sheffield and 
Lincolnshire 
Railway 
(Supply of 
Surplus Water 
to Manchester, 
Salford and 
Stockport) 
Bill, 


11 VicToriz. 


the 
Lords to the Leith Harbour and Docks Bill be 
taken into consideration To-morrow; and be 
printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—A Table of Fees 
to be paid on the Taxation of Costs on Private 
Bills. 


Mr. Ward presented, — Further Return to an 
Order, dated the 19th day of this instant July, for 
Copy of Reports on Sir William Burnett’s Disin- 
fecting Fluid. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Mercurii, 21° die Julii ; 
Anno 11° Victorie Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


he House proceeded to take into considera- 
tion the Amendments made by the Lords to 
the Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Manchester, 
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company to sell 
the Water not required for their Canals, called the 
Peak Forest Canal and Macclesfield Canal, and to 
make additional Works in connection with such 
Canals; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 2. 1.15. Leave out “the” and insert “a 
“ considerable.” 

Pr, 2.1.16. After “water” insert “is.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 20. Leave out from “ water” to “ And”, 
in Pr. 3.1. 11., and insert “and the Company are 
“ entitled to certain waters on and near the Maccles- 
field Canal which are now allowed to run to waste 
by reason of the insufficiency of the reservoirs 
and works of the Company for impounding the 
“‘ same in times of floods.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 20. Leave out “ Two” 
“* Three.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 26. Leave out from “ inhabitants” to 
“ And” in Pr. 4, 1. 5., and insert “ And whereas 
“ the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rail- 
way Company are desirous of selling their surplus 
waters not required for their canals, but they are 
unable to do so in the manner most beneficial to 
the public, unless they should be authorized to 
purify and store the same after it has been con- 
veyed along the canals, or some parts thereof ; 
and it would be of public advantage if they were 
enabled so to do.” 

Pr. 5. 1.28. Leave out from “is” to “ thousand ” 
in |. 29., and insert “ ninety.” 

Pr. 6. 1.1, Leave out from “ of” to “ thousand ” 
in ], 2., and insert “ ninety.” 

Pr. 7. 1.7. Leave out “eighty-three” and insert 
“ thirty.” 

Pr. 7.1. 16. After “ Act” insert Clause (A.) 

Cuiause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
“ Company shall be authorized to make the follow- 
“« ing works, described on the deposited plans here- 
“ inafter mentioned ; (that is to say) 


“ An enlargement of the existing Bosley reser- 
“‘ voir, in the parish of Prestbury, for the 
“ purpose of more efficiently storing the flood- 
“ waters of the streams now supplying the 
said reservoir : 
A new reservoir, adjoining the existing Sutton 
“ reservoir, belonging to the Company, in the 
“ parish of Prestbury aforesaid, for the pur- 
“ pose of more efliciently storing the flood- 
“ waters of the streams now supplying the 
“ Jast-mentioned existing reservoir : 


“ The reservoirs, filtering-beds and works in the 
VoL. 102, - 


ii4 
“ 
if 


and insert 


“ 
“c 


Q)°—21° Julie. 


Leith Harbour Ordered, That the Amendments made by 





943 


“ township of Marple, in the parish of Stock- 
“ port, for the purpose of purifying, holding 
“ and conducting the water, together with 
“ such works and conveniences connected 
with the aforesaid reservoirs and works 
respectively, as the Company may deem 
necessary.” 

Pr. 7. 1.18. Leave out from “the” to “And” 
in |, 20., and insert “‘ works before mentioned.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 22, Leave out from “ carried” to the 
second “ and” in ]. 24. 

Pr. 7. 1. 31. Leave out “ Derby.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 38. Leave out “ and waters.” 

Pr. 9. 1. ult. After “reference” insert “ and 
“ required for the works hereinbefore authorized to 
“ be made.” 

Pr. 10. 1.11. Leave out from “same” to “ they” 
in |, 16. 

Pr. 11.1. 3. Leave out from “ Act” to “ Pro- 
“ vided” in 1, 27. 

Pr. 11. 1. 29. Leave out from “ that” to “the” 
in 1. 30. 

_ Pr. 11.1. 34. Leave out “ either of,” and in the 

same line leave out “ Acts” and insert “ Act.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 35. Leave out “canals” and insert 
“« Macclesfield Canal.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 29. Leave out from “ compensation ” 
to “ Provided ” in Pr. 13.1. 9. 

Pr. 16. 1. 20. Leave out from “ proprietors” to 
“ And” in Pr. 21. 1. 22., and insert Clause (B.) 

Cause (B.) “ And whereas by the said recited 
“ Act of the thirty-fourth year of the reign of King 
“* George the Third it is enacted, that if it shall at 
“ any time hereafter be found by experience that 

the gauges of Jodd’s Brook, Comb’s Brook and 

Hockham Brook, therein mentioned and described, 
or any of them, are not sufficient for the full and 
ample supply of water for the use of the several 
water corn-mills, cotton factories, printing works, 
collieries and other works situate and being on or 
near the River Goy¢ or the said brooks respectively, 
then and in each such case the said Company of 
Proprietors shall enlarge the said gauges in and 
upon the said river and brooks respectively, so as to 
secure to the said water corn-mills, cotton facto- 
ries, printing works, collieries and other works 
the natural streams of the said river and brooks 
respectively in common seasons in as full and 
ample a manner as before the passing of this Act, 
any thing therein contained to the contrary thereof 
in anywise notwithstanding : BE it Enacted, That 
any question which may arise in respect of the 
said gauges, or any of them, shall be settled by 
arbitration, in the manner provided for by the 
Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, for settling 
cases of disputed compensation : Provided always, 
That it shall not be competent to the said arbi- 
trators to entertain any questiun affecting the legal 
rights of the parties under the said Act or an 
other Act relating to the said Peak Forest Canal, 
in respect of the quantity of water to be sup- 
“ plied.’ 

Pr. 21. 1. 34. Leave out “ One hundred” and 
insert “ Ten.” 

Pr, 22. Is. 12. and 13. Leave out from “ pro- 
vided ” to “ And” in 1. penult. 

Pr. 23. 1. 21. Leave out from “ completed” to 
* And ” in Pr. 24. 1. 36. 

Pr. 25. 1.27. Leave out from “ upon” to “ And” 
in Pr. 41. |. 5., and insert “ Provided always, That 
nothing in this Act contained shall extend to con- 
stitute the said Company a Waterworks Com- 
pany, so as to enable them to distribute water as 
such to the inhabitants of any town, district or 
place,” and also insert Clause (C.) 

Cuause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
in this Act contained shall extend or be construed 
to extend to alter, vary, diminish or take away or 
prejudicially affect any of the rights, powers, au- 
thorities, interests or remedies now vested in, or 

6p4 “ which 


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94.4 21° Julie. 


which by all or any of the said recited Acts 
relating to the Peak Forest Canal, or any Act 


A. 1847. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London and 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Suivey Ba 


Private Bills 
(Third 
Report.) 


No, 705. 


Railways. 
No. 706. 


Railway 
Accidents. 


No. 707. 


Railway Acts, 
No. 708. 


Railways. 
No. 709. 


Captain 
Wynne’s Lei- 
ters. 


Indexes to 
Reports of 
Commis- 
sioners. 


No.710, 


therein referred to, are given or secured to the 

owners and occupiers of mills and works on the 

Todd’s Brook, or Comb’s Brook, or Hockham 

Brook, or River Goyt respectively.” 

Pr. 54. 1. 32. After “ Bridgewater” insert “ or 
now belonging to or enjoyed by the North Staf- 
“ fordshire fisiiwny Company.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Parker do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
shiy&lt;. 


Mr. Hume reported from the Select Committee 
appointed to continue the inquiry into the Private 
Business of the House, the Expenses attending the 
obtaining of all Private Bills, including all the Ex- 

enses of the opponents as well as the promoters of 

ills, and the Taxing of Expenses relating thereto, 
and who were empowered to report their Opinion 
thereupon, together with the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them, from time to time, to the House ; 
That they had further considered the matters to 
them referred, and directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House, together with the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Strutt presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—A Return, showing the Number of Passen- 
gers carried on the Railways of Great Britain and 
freland, during the year ending 30th June 1846, 
and the Fares of each Class, and the Receipts from 
each Class of Passengers, and for Goods. 

Further Return of the Number and Nature of 
Accidents and Injuries to Life and Limb which 
have occurred on Railways, from the 1st day of 
January to the 30th day of June 1847, as reported 
by the various Railway Companies to the Commis- 
sioners of Railways (in continuation of the Report 
printed on the 29th March 1847). 

Mr. Strutt also presented, pursuant to Orders,— 
A Return of the Railways for which Acts were passed 
in the Session of 1846, the Length of each Line, the 
proposed Capital Stock, and the Amount of Capital 
subscribed for each; the Number of Shares that 
each Line is empowered to create, and the Sum of 
Money each Line is empowered to borrow (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 637, of Ses- 
sion 1845). 

A Return of the Sums which must have been paid 
up by the several Railway Companies having Pur- 
chase, Sale, Lease or Amalgamation Bills before 
Parliament during the present Session, before those 

owers can be carried into execution under the Sixth 

esolution of the 10th day of June 1847, relating 
to Railways, and of the Amount of such Sums 
which now remains to be paid up by each of those 
Companies. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Captain 
Wynne’s Letters have leave to sit, this day, during 
the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Indexes to 
Reports of Commissioners : 
1. Colonies and Emigration. 
2. East Indies and East India Company. 
3. Agriculture, Manufactures and Commerce. 
4. Railways. 
5. Public Works (Zreland). 
6. Finance. 
7. Army and Navy. 
Ordered, That the said Indexes be printed. 


intituled, An Act to amend the Acts relating to the 
London and South Western Railway, and to enable 
the London and South Western Railway Company 
to increase their Capital, and to complete various 
Arrangements with other Companies and Under- 
takings, and for other Purposes ; and the same were 
read, as follow: 

Pr. 2. 1. 21. Leave out from “ Alton” to “ and” 
in Pr. 3.1. 2. 

Pr. 4. 1. 9., Leave out from “ therewith 
“ and” in Pr. 5.1. 21. 

Pr. 5. 1. 26. Leave out from “ the ” to “and” 
in ], 27. and insert “ subscription.” 

Pr. 8.1. 10. Leave out from “undertaking” to 
“ and” in |. 33. 

Pr. 9. 1. penult. Leave out from “ Company” to 
“ and” in Pr, 13.1.1. 

Pr. 13. 1.2. Leave out “ purposes” and insert 
“ purpose,” and in the same line leave out “ objects” 
and insert “ object.” 

Pr. 13.1.4. Leave out “ several subscriptions ” 
and insert “ subscription.” 

Pr. 13. 1, 22. Leave out “ amounts” and insert 

“ amount.” 

Pr. 14.1.8. Leave out “amounts” and insert 
“ amount.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 23. Leave out “ amounts 
“ amount.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 5. Leave out from “ for” to “ the” in 
1. 6., and inl. 6. leave out from “ said” to “to” in 
1, 8. and insert “ Southampton and Dorchester Rail- 
“ way Company.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 22. Leave out from “ thereto” to 
“ And”’ in Pr. 16. 1. 14. 


In the Title to the Bill : 


L. 2. Leave out from “ Railway ”’ to the end 
of the Title. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


”? to 


” 


and insert 


’ 


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Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Days on which the House 
sat in the Session 1847, stating the Total Number 
of Hours occupied in the Sittings of the House, and 
the Average Time; and, also showing the Number 
of Hours on which the House sat each Day, and 
the Number of Hours after Midnight :—And, of 
the Number of Divisions in the Session 1847; 
stating the Subject of the Division, and the Number 
of Members in the Majority and Minority, Tellers 
included ; also, the Aggregate Number in the 
House on each Division; distinguishing also the 
Divisions on Private Bills from Public; and, also, 
the Number of Divisions before and after Midnight 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
723-II, of Session 1846). 


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty,—A Statement from every 
Gas Company established by Act of Parliament in 
the United Kingdom; stating the several Acts of 
Parliament under which established ; the Rates per 
1,000 cubic feet at which each Company or Corpora- 
tion have supplied Gas in each year since 1820, or 
if later established, in each year from the year the 
Company commenced to supply Gas, and the Price 
of the best Coals in each year for the same period : 
—Also, stating the Amount of fixed Capital of each 
Gas Company, and the rate per cent. of Dividend to 
the Prone ae Se or Proprietors on their Shares in 
each year during that time. 

7 Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 





A Petition 


Sittings and 


Divisions of 


the House. 


Gas Com- 
panies. 








Marriage 
(Guernsey.) 


Education. 


West India 
Produce, &amp;c. 


Metropolitan 


11 Victoria. 


A Petition of the Reverend Daniel Dobree, M. A., 
Rector of the United Parishes of the Forest and Tor- 
teval in the Island of Guernsey, stating that on the 
12th of November 1845, he was formally summoned, 
in his character of Rector, to attend and assist at an 
Ecclesiastical Court held in the Church of Saint 
Peter’s Port, in the Island of Guernsey, and as- 
sembled by the Reverend Thomas Brock, Commis- 
sary of the said Island, contrary to all former pre- 
cedefit ; that the said Ecclesiastical Court was so 
called together on the day above mentioned, for the 
special purpose of breaking and annulling a marriage 
solemnized a few weeks previously by the said Reve- 
rend Thomas Brock ; that the said Thomas Brock, 
assisted by a part of the said Court, did then and 
there pronounce the said marriage to be null and 
void, on account of the nonage of one of the parties, 
in direct violation, as the Petitioner conceives, of 
every law human and divine; and praying for 
inquiry, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Scottish Board 
of Dissenters, Edinburgh, praying the House to refuse 
their sanction to any grants of money for educational 
purposes following on any future Minutes of the 
Committee of Council which may be at variance with 
the principles set forth in their Petition, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Ma- 
gistrates, Proprietors and Inhabitants of Saint 
George, in the Island of Jamaica, praying that the 
duties on Colunial and British Spirits be equalized 
in England, Scotland and Ireland, and that an in- 
quiry may be instituted into the effects produced 
by emancipation on private property, granting in- 
demnity and compensation for past losses, protection 
for the future, and such other measures as shall 
prove to the proprietors and inhabitants of that 
island, and to the world, that free labour is more 
productive and more profitable than slave labour, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Viscount Morpeth presented,—Return to an Or- 


Buildings Act. der, dated the 11th day of March last, for a Return 


Clocks (New 
Houses of 
Parliament.) 


Raja of 
Sattara. 


No. 711. 


for the years ending the 31st day of December 
1845 and the 31st day of December 1846, of all 
Sums of Money received for Salaries, or by Fees, or 
from any other Source, either by the Registrar, 
Official Referees, Clerks, District Surveyors, or by 
any other Person employed in the execution of the 
Metropolitan Buildings Act, for what Purpose, and 
for what Duty or Business the same has been re- 
ceived, and by whom received, during the said Pe- 
riods; and also, Return, for the like Period, of all 
Payments made, and all Expenses incurred, during 
the said Periods, in the execution of the said Act; 
also, of ail or any Sums of Money owing to or by 
the Departments of the Metropolitan Buildings 
Office (in continuation of Parliamentary Papers, 
No. 286,286. I. Session 1846). 

Return to an Order, dated the 13th day of this 
instant July, for Copies of all the Papers and Cor- 
respondence relating to the Great Clock and all 
other Clocks for the New Palace at Westminster 
(omitting Drawings and Descriptions of Mechanical 
Details). 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Sir John Hobhouse presented, pursuant to Order, 
—Copy of a Despatch from the Secret Committee 
of the East India Company to the Governor-Ge- 
neral of Jndia in Council, dated the 24th day of 
March 1846 ; and a Copy of the Letters in reply, 
dated the 7th day of June and 18th day of July 
1846 ; together with a Copy of their respective In- 
closures, relating to the Case of the Ex-Raja of 
Sattara. 

VoL, 102. 


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RT 


21° Julie. 


945 


Copies of the Report, dated 23d March 1847 of Cotton Trade 
the Committee appointed by the Government of 8st India.) 
Bombay in September 1846, to inquire into and re- Ne-712. 
port upon the Extent as well as the Causes of the 
Decline into which the Cotton Trade was alleged to 
have fallen, and to suggest Remedial Measures ; 
together with the Appendix thereto :—And, of any 
Despatches and Correspondence of the Bombay 
Government, arising out of the above Report. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Third Bishoprick of 
Reading of the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Manchester, 
Act for establishing the Bishoprick of Manchester, ** Bi 
and amending certain Acts relating to the Eccle- 
siastical Commissioners for England ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
word “ now” stand part of the Question ; 





A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An yerring 
Act to increase the Number of Trustees for the Fishery (Scot- 
Herring Fishery, and to direct the Application of !#4) Bill. 
the Funds granted for the Promotion of Manufac- 
tures and Improvements in Scotland, without any 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Drainage of 
Act to facilitate the Drainage of Lands in Scotland, Lands (Scot- 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords "4 Bill. 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Poor Removal 
Act to amend an Act of the ninth and tenth years Act Amend- 
of the reign of Her present Majesty, for amending Wa" (N° 
the Laws relating to the Removal of the Poor, and 
for more equally distributing the Burden thereby 
occasioned, until the First day of October One 
thousand eight hundred and Forty-eight, and untii 
the End of the then next Session of Parliament, 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords agree to the Amendment made by Passengers 
the Commons to the Amendments made by the Lords Act Amend- 
to the Passengers Act Amendment Bill, and do not ae 
insist on the Amendment Clause (B.) made by their 
Lordships, to which the Commons have have dis- 
agreed :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


And the Question being put, That the word Bishoprick of 

“ now” stand part of the Question ; — 

The House divided : ela 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Mr. Tufnell, 1 98 

Lord Marcus Hill:J **" 
Tellers for the Noes, { 94 _ : 14. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Kill be now read the third time. 

Lord John Russell, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in P. 3.1. 13. (Bill printed, as amended), by 
leaving out from the word “ Mazchester” to the 
end of the Clause. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 





6E Resolved, 




















946 21° Sulit. A, 1847. 


Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 

ass, 

Ordered, That Mr. Parker do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and aquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


Jesus Hospital The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for the 


(Newcastle) 
Estate Bill. 


London Bridge 
Approaches 
Fund Bill. 


Leith Harbour 
and Docks 
Bill. 


Drainage of 
Lands (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


better Support and better Regulation of the Hos- 
pital of the Holy Jesus, founded in the Manors in 
the Town and County of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, at 
the Cost and Charges of the Mayor and Burgesses 
of the Town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in the County 
of the Town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne aforesaid, and 
for confirming Sales and other Dispositions made 
of Estates formerly part of the Possessions of the 
said Hospital, and for other Purposes, and for re- 
pealing an Act of the last Session of Parliament 
for the same Purposes, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 

ass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Parker do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendment made by 
the Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to vary the 
Priorities of the Charges made in The London 
Bridge Approaches Fund, and to give further In- 
demnity to the Land Revenues of the Crown; and 
the same was read, as followeth : 


In the Title of the Bill: 
L. 2. Leave out from “ fund” to the end of 
the Title. 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Parker do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act for improving 
the Harbour and Docks of Leith; and the same 
were read, as follow: 

Pr. 4.1. 5. Leave out “ Government” and in- 
sert “ Her Majesty.” 

Pr. 5.1. 86. After “ debt” insert “ due.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 7% Leave out from “ Treasury” to 
“ And” in 1. 34. 

Pr. 10.1. 19. Leave out from “ provided” to 
“ And” in Pr. 11. 1. 22. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Parker do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to facilitate the Drainage of Lands 
in Scotland ; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 5. 1.36. Leave out “ near” and insert “ ad- 
joining to.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 3. Leave out “One month” and insert 
Two months.” 

Pr. 12. ]. 29. After “ consent ” insert “ in 
writing.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 31. After “thereof” insert “ and that 
every such order of the Sheriff shall be subject to 
review by the Court of Session according to the 
ordinary forms of law.” 


“ 


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. 









Pr. 16. 1. 5. Leave out “owner” and insert 
‘¢ proprietor.” 

Pr. 16. Is. 12. and 13. After “ respectively ” 
insert Clause (A.) 

Ciavuse (A.) “ Provided always, And be it 
Enacted, That nothing herein contained shall 
authorize the removal of any obstruction in any 
river or stream, so as to occasion injury to any 
salmon fishery, and that in all cases where it 
shall be necessary to remove any obstrffction 
required for the supply of water to any mill, the 
proprietor of such mill shall he entitled to require 
of the person making the application as aforesaid 
to purchase such mill, and make full compen- 
sation thereof in the manner directed by this and 
“‘ the said Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) 
Act, 1845, or such proprietor may determine that 
the diminished supply of water power shall be 
compensated as hereinbefore provided, and in such 
“ case he shall be entitled to decide whether such 
compensation shall be effected by steam power, or 
by other machinery or power; and no steam 
engine shall be erected in or upon the bank of 
any river or stream in any situation in which the 
same shall be a nuisance, or shall injure the 
amenity of any dwelling-house, without the con- 
sent in writing of the proprietor of such river or 
stream, and of the owner and occupier of such 
dwelling-house first had and obtained thereto.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 28. After “consent” insert “ in 
writing.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 36. After “consent” insert “ in 
“ writing. ” 

Pr. 17. 1. 32. After “ 1845” insert “ in so far as 
the same are not inconsistent with this Act.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Parker do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration Poor Removal 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Act Amend- 
intituled, An Act to amend an Act of the ninth and —" aati 
tenth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, for 
amending the Laws relating to the Removal of the 
Poor, and for more equally distributing the Burden 
thereby occasioned, until the First day of October 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-eight, and 
until the End of the then next Session of Parlia- 
ment; and the same were read, as follow : 
Pr. 1. 1. 2. After “the” insert “last,” and in 
the same line leave out from “ Parliament” to ‘ in- 
“ tituled” in 1. 5. 
Pr. 2.1. 29. Leave out “ greatly,” and in the 
same line after “ increase” insert “ unduly.” 
Pr. 1.1. 31. Leave out from “ parishes” to “ Be” 
in 1. 38, 
Pr. 3. 1.11. After “who” insert “shall have 
been at any time within One Year before the 
passing of the above-recited enactment in the 
receipt of relief from some other parish, township 
or place by right of settlement or reputed settle- 
ment therein, and who.” 
Pr. 3. 1. 15. Leave out “ such” and insert “ the,” 
and in the same line after “ place” insert “ in which 
“ such person or persons shall be residing.” 
Pr. 3. 1. penult. Leave out from “ eight” to 
“ And” in Pr, 4. 1.1. 


In the Title of the Bill: 
L. 1. Leave out from ‘‘ amend” to the second 
“ the” in 1. 2. 
L. 3. Leave out from “ Poor” to “ until” in 
1. 4. 


L. 5. Leave out from “ eight” to the end of 
the Title. 


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The said Amendments, heing read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, 


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Pensioners 
(Army.) 


11 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That Mr. William Henry Bodkin do 
carry the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that 
this House hath agreed to the Amendments made 
by their Lordships. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, Copies 
of such Warrants, Orders or Directions as may have 
been issued by the War Office or Treasury, bearing 
date about the year 1832, inviting or authorizing 
Pensioners to receive a commuted Allowance for 
their Pensions, with the promise of Land in the 


21°—9 


2° Sulit. 947 


tively completed ; together with a Statement of the 
circumstances, if any, which, after the completion of 
the Agreements, shall have occurred to prevent the 
commencement of the Works, 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this * as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Post- Post-office. 


office, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


No. 713. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Irish Re- Irish Repro- 


Colonies ; of such unpublished Representations to| productive Loan Fund Institution, which was pre- ductive Loan 


Government as may have been made by the Earl of | sented yesterday, be printed. a 
Durham, while Governor of Canada, on the conse- No. 714. 


— of these Commutations ; of such Orders or 
xplanations as may have been issued by the 
English Treasury or War Office to the Cunadian 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Light- Lighthouse 
house (Barbadoes), which was presented yesterday, (Barbadoes.) 


Tlouses of 
Parliament. 


Captain 
Wynne’s Let- 
ters, 


Thames Em- 
bankment, 





Government or otherwise, on the subject of restoring 
the Pensions of the Pensioners in Canada, under 
certain specified circumstances ; of such Minutes 
or Orders as may have been drawn up by the Trea- 
sury, showing why the Measure of Restoration of 
Pension extended to the Pensioners in Canada, 
ought not to be granted to the commuted Pension- 
ers who may not have left England, or who may 
have returned to England from Canada :—A\lso, of 
such Representations as may have been addressed 
to the Treasury subsequent to 1832, by the Right 
honourable Edward Ellice and the Right honourable 
Sir Henry Hardinge, when Secretaries-at-War, in 
reference to the Justice or Policy of commuting 
Pensions for Service or Wounds, and to the case of 
those who claimed Restoration of their Pensions, 
after having, in fact, paid back with Interest the 
Amount which had been advanced to them, as a 
Commutation, by Government: — And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Answer transmitted by Dr. 
Reid to a Document issued by the Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Woods, on the 2d day of Decem- 
ber 1845, and in juxta-position with it the objections 
of Dr. Reid, that appear in page 46 of the Minutes 
of Evidence laid before the Select Committee on 
Westminster Bridge and the New Palace :—And, of 
the Evidence given by Dr. Reid before a Committee 
of ihe House of Peers, on the 11th day of May 1846, 
upwards of Three Pages of Dr. Reid’s Evidence 
not being printed in a Document laid before the 
House. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Captain 
Wynne’s Letiers have leave to sit this day, not- 
withstanding any adjournment of the House. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
within Twenty-one days after the next meeting of 
Parliament, a Return, specifying the Date of the 
Report addressed to Her Majesty by Her Majesty’s 
Commissioners for the Improvement of the Metro- 
polis, wherein they recommended an Embankment 
of the Middlesex Shore of the Thames between 
Battersea and Vauxhall Bridges ; the Date at which 
the Bill for empowering Her Majesty’s Commis- 
sioners for Woods, &amp;c. to enter into the necessary 
Agreements for the construction of such Embank- 
ment, received the Royal Assent; the Date of the 
first Instructions issued by Her Majesty’s Com- 
missioners of Woods, &amp;c. to the Solicitors of their 
Board, to prepare such Agreements; and the Dates 
at which the same have been, or shall be, respec- 

Vou. 102. 





be printed. 


No. 715. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways Railways 
(Ceylon, &amp;c.), which was presented yesterday, be (Ceylon, &amp;c.) 


printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 22° die Julii ; 
Anno 11° Victoria Regine, 18 47. 
PRAYERS. 


No. 716. 


M R. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in ; Exports and 
and, at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders, Imports. 


-—Return to an Order dated the 28th day of Ja- 
nuary last, for an Account of the Declared Value of 
the various Articles of British Produce and Manu- 
factures exported to the British West India Colonies 
for each of the past Seven years ending the 5th day 
of January 1847, with the Rate of Duty imposed 
on each Article in the Colonies; and of the Quan- 
tities of the principal Articles of the growth and 
manufacture of the British West India Colonies, 
imported into the United Kingdom; and of the 
Quantities cleared for Home Consumption, and the 
Rate of Duty charged on each Article, with the 
Gazette Average Price of Sugar for each year ending 
the 5th day of January 1847; also, the Number of 
Ships, distinguishing British and Foreign, with their 
Tonnage, that have entered and cleared for the 
British West India Colonies from the United King- 
dom during the same period :—A similar Return for 
the East India Company’s Territories and Ceylon : 
—A similar Return for China:—A similar Return 
for Mauritius :—A similar Return for the British 
North American Colonies :—A similar Return for 
New South Wales and Australian Colonies :—A si- 
milar Return for the United States of America :— 
A similar Return for Cuba:—A similar Return for 
the Brazils:—And, a similar Return for Mexico 
and the other Ports of South America (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 651, of Session 
1845). 


No. 717. 


An Account (since the Union), of all Sums of Public Works, 


Money advanced on Loan by the Imperial Treasury, ® 


for Public Works or other purposes in Jreland; 
specifying, in the case of each Loan, the purpose 
for which, the parties to whom, the conditions on 
which each such Loan has been advanced, and how 
far such conditions have as yet been complied with; 
distinguishing all Advances and Re-payments made 
since the establishment of the Board of Works :— 
Similar Returns for England and Scotland :—Re- 
turns, stating the remittances of Public Money from 
the British Exchequer to the Irish, and vice versd, 
down to the present time (in continuation of Ac- 
count, No. 2, of Sessional Paper, No. 652, date 
8th August 1845):—And, stating the Totals of 
Relief of Taxation to Great Britain and Ireland 
respectively, in each year since 1800, down to the 

' 6E2+ present 


Cc. 


No. 718. 








Shipping. 
No. 719. 


Cured 
Provisions. 


No. 720. 


Cattle, &amp;c. 


Protestant 
Dissenting 
Ministers 
(Ireland.) 
No. 721, 


Post-horse 
Duties. 


No. 722. 


948 


present time (in continuation of the Return, No. 
573, of Session 1843). 

Return to an Order, dated the ist day of this 
instant July, for a Return of the Number and Ton- 
nage of British Ships entered Inwards from and 
cleared Outwards to Ports of Europe, not being 
British Possessions, in each year since 1820 :— 
A similar Return of Shipping from and to Ports of 
Asia, not being British Possessions :—A similar Re- 
turn of Shipping from and to Ports of Africa, not 
being British Possessions :—And, a similar Return 
of Shipping from and to Ports of America, not being 
British Possessions. 

Return to several Orders, dated the 6th day of 
this instant July, for a Return, showing the Quan- 
tities of Cured Provisions of all kinds imported 
into the United Kingdom from Foreign Countries 
and from the Colonies, for the year ending the 5th 
day of July 1847; specifying the different kinds, 
the Countries whence sent, the Quantities of each 
kind entered for Home Consumption, and the 
Amount of Duty paid on same respectively; also, 
the Quantities of each kind re-exported, and 
whether taken for the use of the Ship or for Mer- 
chandize, and the Place to which same were re- 
exported :—And, fora Return showing the Number 
and Description of each kind of Live Cattle and 
other Animals imported into the United Kingdom 
from Foreign Countries, for the year ending the 5th 
day of July 1847. 

Copies of any Correspondence since the 1st day 
of January 1847, between the Non-conforming or 
Protestant Dissenting Ministers in Zreland, and the 
frish Government or the Treasury, respecting any 
Increase to their Grant, or any Suspension of the 
Rules under which the Congregations have to pay 
certain Sums before their Ministers can receive the 
Parliamentary Grant. 

Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of this 
instant July, for Accounts of the Annual Produce 
of the Post-horse Duties; distinguishing the same 
by Counties, so far as practicable, for the years 
1845 and 1846 :—Of the Gross Receipt of the Duty 
on Post-horses, from the time when it first came 
under the management of the Excise Department, 
showing the Amount in each quarter, to the 5th day 
of January 1847 :—Of the Gross Receipt of Duty 
on Post-horses in the London District during the 
Six Months ending the 5th day of January 1846 
and 1847 respectively :—Of the Post-horse Duty 
in the Excise Collections on the Line of the North 
Western Railroad for the same period :—Of the 
Gross Receipt of the Duty on Post-horses in the 
Eastern, South Eastern and Western parts of Eng- 
land for the same period ; including and distinguish- 
ing the Lines of the Great Western, the South 
Western, the South Eastern, and the Eastern Coun- 
ties Railroads :—Of the Post-horse Duty for the 
District within which the County of Kent is in- 
cluded, for the several Years from the 5th day of 
January 1812 to the 5th day of January 1823, when 
Steam-power was first generally applied to locomo- 
tion on water, and for each of the years next follow- 
ing, ending the 5th day of January 1847 :—And, 
of the Post-horse Duty for the District within 
which the County of Lancaster is included, for the 
years 1829, 1830, 1831, and 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845 
and 1846 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 597, of Session 1845). 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of this 
instant July, for Returns of the Quantity of Sugar 
used by Licensed Brewers in England, Scotland and 
Ireland respectively, from the passing of the Act 
10 Vic. c. 5, to the 5th day of Fuly :—And, of the 
Quantity of Sugar taken into Stock by Distillers 
in England, Scotland and Ireland, respectively, from 
the passing of the Act 10 Vic., c. 6, to the 5th day 
of July; of the Quantity of Sugar actually con- 
veyed to the Mash Tun; the Number of Gallons of 
Proof Spirit made therefrom; the Average Produce 


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A. 1847. 


of such Gallons per Hundred weight of Sugar; the 
Total Amount of Drawback allowed thereon; and 
the Total Amount which would have been payable 
if the Drawback of 12s.10d. had been calculated 
according to such Average Produce, instead of upon 
each eleven and a half Gallons, as fixed by Clause 8, 
of the said Act. 

Further Return to an Order dated the 13th day Clocks (New 
of this instant July, for Copies of all the Papers —— of 
and Correspondence relating to the great Clock and gan, 
all other Clocks for the New Palace at Westminster ‘N° 74. 
(omitting Drawings ard Descriptions of Mechanical 
Details). 

Returns showing the Quantities of Grain (spe- Grain and 
cifying the different kinds), and of Flour or Meal oe 
imported into Jreland, from the ist day of Septem- ‘ png 
ber 1846 to the 5th day of July 1847:—Showing “~® aoe 
the Number and Description of Live Stock, the 
Quantities of Cured Provisions of all kinds, of 
Butter, Poultry and Eggs imported into Ireland 
during the same period :—And, showing the Quan- 
tities of Cured Provisions, of Butter, Poultry and 
Eggs exported from Zreland during the same period. 

An Account of the Quantities of Wheat, Barley, Wheat, &amp;. 
Oats, Wheat Flour, and Oatmeal imported into Wo, 796. 
Great Britain from Ireland, from the 5th day of 
April to the 5th day of July 1847 (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 543, of the present 
Session). 

An Account of all Cattle, Sheep and Swine im- Cattle, &amp;. 
ported into Great Britain from Ireland, from the No. 727. 
5th day of April to the 5th day of July 1847 (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 644, of 
the present Session). 

Return to an Order dated the 20th day of this Revenue. 

instant July, for a Return of the Net Amount of No. 728. 
Duty received upon each Article paying Customs 
Duty to the Amount of £.1,000 or upwards, and of 
all other Articles paying Customs Duty collectively, 
in each of the years ending the 5th day of January 
1842, and the 5th day of January 1847, divided into 
classes A and B. (A containing those Articles in 
the Duties on which no alteration has been made; 
B containing those Articles the Duties on which 
have been altered), with the Increase or Decrease 
of Receipt on each Article respectively, and dis- 
tinguishing, in the year ending the 5th day of 
January 1847, the Increase or Decrease in the 
Amount of Sugar Duties received before and after 
the 18th day of August 1847, when the Sugar 
Duties Act 9 and 10 Vic., c. 63, was passed :—A 
similar Return for Duties of Excise, Stamps, Taxes, 
Post-office, Crown Lands, Miscellaneous :—And, 
a Return of the declared Value of the Exports of 
the four great Articles of staple Manufactures ; viz. 
Cotton Manufactures and Cotton Yarn, Woollen 
Manufactures and Woollen Yarn, Linen Manufac- 
tures and Linen Yarn, Silk Manufactures, in the 
Five Months ending the 5th day of June 1845, and 
in the Five Months ending the 5th day of June 
1847; together with an Abstract of each of the 
foregoing Returns. 

An Account of the Public Income and Expen- Public Income 
diture of the United Kingdom, in the years ending , ab igaaa 
the 5th day of January 1845, 1846 and 1847; dis-° 
tinguishing the actual Payments for the Expenses ent 
incurred in the Collection and management of the 
Revenue; for the Charges of the Public Debt (the 
terminable Annuities being also valued by Esti- 
mate); for the Expenses of the Civil Government ; 
the Allowances to the Royal Family, and to His 
Majesty the King of the Belgians ; the Establish- 
ment of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; the Ex- 
penses of the two Houses of Parliament, and the 
Civil Departments; the other Pensions on the 
Consolidated Fund, on the Gross Revenue, and the 
Civil List:—Also, the Payments for the Adminis- 
tration of Justice; Diplomatic Expenses; and on 
account of the Sums voted for the Army, Navy, 
Ordnance and Miscellaneous Services: — Also, 

Public 








ce, 
6. 


ncome 
en- 


29. 





Public Works 
(Ireland.) 


House of 
Commons 
Costs Taxa- 
tion. 


Colonization. 


West India 
Produce, &amp;c. 


Bread, 


Public Works 
(Ireland.) 


Public Works 
(Ireland. ) 


Answer to 
Addresses. 


11 Vicroriz. 


Public Works, Bounties, Post-office, the Quaran- 
tine and Warehousing Establishments, and all other 
Payments not coming under any of the foregoing 
heads; with an Appendix, showing the several items 
composing each head of Account (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 517, of Session 1846: 
—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to 
Order, —A Return of all Expenses incurred by 
Counties, and applied for at the Assizes, as Com- 
pensation for damages for Land required for carry- 
ing on the Relief Works, under the Acts 1 Vic. c. 21, 
and 9 Vic. c. 1,and 9 and 10 Vice. c. 107. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House was moved, That the Table of Fees 
which was laid upon the Table of the House upon 
Tuesday last, might be read; and the same was 
read, as followeth : 


That the following Fees be paid on the Taxation 
of Costs on Private Bills; viz. 
£. 8 d. 
For every application or reference to the Tax- 
ing Officer of the House of Commons, for the 
taxation ofa Billof Costs -  - - -|; lo-- 
For every 1007. of any Bill which shall be 
allewed by the Taxing Officer - - - 
For every Bill under 1007. - - - - 
On the deposit of every Memorial complaining 
of a Report of the Taxing Officer - -} le-- 
For every Certificate which shall be signed by 
Mr.Speaker - - - - - -j; Lle--= 
For copies of any Documents in the office of the 
Taxing Officer, per folio of 72 words - -| - 1- 





That the same Fees be paid in case Mr. Speaker 
shall refer to the Taxing Officer any Bill of Costs, 
under the authority of an Act of the sixth year of 
his late Majesty King George the Fourth, to esta- 
blish a Taxation of Costs on Private Bills in the 
House of Commons. 

That the said Fees be paid and applied in the 
same manner as the other Fees which are charged 
at the House of Commons. 

And the said Table of Fees having been read a 
second time, was agreed to by the House. 

Ordered, That the said Table of Fees be a Stand- 
ing Order of this House. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
communicate to this House, a Copy of the Report 
of the Select Committee appointed by their Lord- 
ships on the subject of Colonization from Jreland, 
together with the Minutes of Evidence: And that 
the Earl of Lincoln do carry the said Message. 


Ordered, That the Petition of the Chairman of a 
Meeting of Magistrates, Proprietors and Inhabitants 
of Saint George, in the Island of Jamaica, relative 
to West India Produce, &amp;c., which was presented 
yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Petition of the Reverend Harry 
Farr Yeatman, u...B., Acting Magistrate for the 
Counties of Dorset and Somerset, relative to the 
Saie of Bread, which was presented upon the 16th 
day of June last, be printed. 


Mr. Parker presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of the Fourth Monthly Report of 
the Relief Commission for Lreland, under the Act 
10 Vic., c. 7. 

Copy of the Report of the Commissioners of Pub- 
lic Works in Jreland, for the month of June 1847. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lieupon the Table. 


Sir George Grey reported to the House, That their 
several Addresses of the 20th and 21st days of this 
instant July,(That Her Majesty would be graciously 

VoL, 102. 


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949 


pleased to give directions that the Papers therein 
mentioned might be laid before this House,) had 
been presented to Her Majesty; and that Her 
Majesty had commanded him to acquaint this 
House, that She will give directions accordingly. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, pursuant to seve- Tariffs, &amp;e. 


ral Addresses to Her Majesty,—Further Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 24th day of 
February last, for Returns specifying any Altera- 
ations which have been made since the Ist day of 
January 1844 in the Tariffs of Foreign States, and 
of any Alterations of the Terms and Conditions upon 
which Raw Produce, Goods or Merchandize are 
imported into or exported from such Foreign States, 
specifying the Date at which such Alterations have 
been made, and the Time at which they have or 
are to come into operation :—Specifying any Alter- 
ations of Custom Duties or other Alterations affect- 
ing the Commerce of the British Possessions, which 
have been authorized or effected under the powers of 
the Act 9 and 10 Vic., c. 93:—Of the declared 
Values of the following Manufactured Articles, viz., 
Manufactures of Cotton, Woollen, Silk, Leather, 
Hardware, Pottery and Glass, which have been ex- 
ported from this Kingdom, specifying the Countries 
or States to which such Manufactured Articles have 
been exported, in the years 1844, 1845 and 1846 
respectively :—Of the Corn, Grain, Flour and Meal, 
measured in Quarters of Corn, and of the Quanti- 
ties of the following Kinds of Provisions, viz., But- 
ter, Cheese, Biscuit,and Cured or Fresh Meat, which 
have been imported into this Kingdom, in the years 
1843, 1844, 1845 and 1846 respectively :—And, of 
the Foreign States, the Governments of which have 
prohibited the Exportation of or have imposed ad- 
ditional Export Duties, specifying the Amount and 
Increase of such Duties, upon Corn, Grain, Flour, 
Meal, Potatoes or other Provisions, together with 
the Date of such Prohibition or Imposition of addi- 
tional Export Duty, in the years 1844, 1845, 1846 
and 1847 respectively. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Famine in 
20th day of this instant July, for Copy of the Letter Ireland. 


from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to 
Her Britannic Majesty’s Minister at Washington, 
acknowledging the Donation in Food and Money 
of the Legislature and Citizens of the United States 
of America for the Relief of the Famine in Jre- 
land. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Captain 
20th day of this instant July, for Copies of all Cor- Cogan. 


respondence during 1838 and 1839, between the 
Government of Bombay and Captain Cogan, re- 
lative to the Affairs of the Raja of Sattara, together 
with Copies of any Communications, Minutes or 
Opinions of the Government of Bombay relating 
thereto :—Copies or Extracts of a Letter trom Lord 
Palmerston to Captain Cogan, dated the 28th day 
of September 1838 :—Of a Letter from Captain 
Cogan to Lord Palmerston, dated 
together with an accompanying 

Copy of a Communication from the Imaum of AMus- 
cat, empowering Captain Cogan to act as the Poli- 
tical Avent of His Highness in England :-—Of Lord 
Palmersion’s Reply thereto: —Of a Letter from Cap- 
tain Cogan to John Backhouse, Esquire, Under 
Secretary of State in the Foreign Department, dated 
the 15th day of January 1840 :—And, of a Letter 
from Lord Palmerston to Captain Cogan, dated the 
28th day of March 1840. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. , 


A Message from the Lords by Mr. Farrer : 
Mr. Speaker, 


Message from, 
the Lords. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Bankruptey 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to abo- and Insolvency 


lish the Court of Review in Bankruptcy, and to” 


6E3 make 











Ecclesiastical 
Jurisdiction 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts. 


Dover 
Harbour. 


Settlement. 


Captain 
Wynne’s 
Letters. 


No. 732. 


Taxes. 


No. 733. 


Army, 
Ordnance and 
Marines. 


No. 302. 


Clocks (New 
Houses of 
parliament.) 


No. 724. 


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make Alterations in the Jurisdiction of the Court of 
Bankruptcy and Court for Relief of Insolvent 
Debtors, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to 
amend the Law as to Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in 
England, without any Amendment :—Anda then the 
Messenger withdrew. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid beforethis House, 
Returns of the Number and Name of all Ecclesias- 
tical or other Courts, having peculiar Jurisdiction, 
or exempt from Jurisdiction, locally situate within 
any Parish or Place within the limits of the several 
Dioceses of Canterbury, London, Winchester, Chi- 
chester, Lincoln and Rochester, comprised in a 
Scheme or Order of the Ecclesiastical Commis- 
sioners, dated the sth day of August 1845:—Of 
the Number and Name of all Peculiars not holding 
Courts within the said Dioceses comprised in the 
said Scheme or Order :—And, of the Notice (if any) 
that was given to the several Owners, Holders, 
Patrons, Officials, and other Parties interested and 
affected by the said Scheme or Order, and whether 
they had any opportunity of being heard respecting 
the same :—And, similar Returns with respect to 
any Schemes or Orders which have been issued, or 
have come into operation, under the authority of 
Her Majesty in Council, subsequent to the Date of 
the above Scheme or Order, dated the 8th of August 
1845. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Reports and Plans submitted to the 
Board of Admiralty for the construction of a Har- 
bour of Refuge and Breakwater in Dover Bay, or 
any part thereof, and of the Minutes of the Board 
of Admiralty and Treasury approving of the same. 


A Petition of Members of the Tunbridge Board 
of Guardians, praying that the present Law of Set- 
tlement may be repealed, and one more intelligible 
in its provisions, and less likely to throw difficulties 
in the way of the poor to obtain relief, may be 
speedily enacted, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, Tnat the Select Committee appointed 
to inquire into the statements contained in the 
Letters of Captain Wynne and S. Gamble, Esquire, 
addressed to the Board of Works, in reference to 
the county of Clare, and to report thereon, and 
into the circumstances connected therewith, which 
may appear to them fit subjects for investigation ; 
and to whom several Petitions praying for inquiry, 
were referred, have power to report the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Aglionby reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee; That they had considered the matters to 
them referred, and directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House, together with the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Taxes, 
which was presented upon the 12th day of February 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Army, 
Ordnance and Marines, which were presented upon 
the 4th day of May last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Clocks (New 
Houses of Parliament), which was presented yes- 
terday, be printed. 


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A. 1847. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Returns relative Gas Com- 
to Gas Companies, which were presented yesterday, Panics. 
be printed. No. 734. 


_ Ordered, That the Return relative to Metropo- Metropolitan 
litan Buildings Act, which was presented yesterday, Buildings Act. 
be printed. No. 735. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Fine Arts. 
Command,—Copy of Seventh Report of the Com- 
missioners on the Fine Arts, with Appendix. 

Copy of Twelfth Report of the Inspectors ap- Prisons. 
pointed, under the Provisions of the Act 5 and 6 
Will. 4.,c. 38, to visit the different Prisons of Great 
Britain: —1V. Scotland, Northumberland and 
Durham. 

Copy of First Report of the Commissioners ap- Criminal Law 
pointed to inquire into the state of the Criminal (Channel 
Law in the Channel Islands (Jersey). aaa) 
‘ — That the said Papers do lie upon the 

able. 


Sir William Somerville presented, pursuant to Electors. 
several Addresses to Her Majesty,—a Return, ina 
tabular form, for the year 1846, of the Number of 
Electors on the Registers of each County, City, 
Town and Borough in England, Wales and Scotland, 
returning Members to Parliament, exhibiting the 
several Qualifications, and distinguishing those who 
are required, from those who are not required, to 
pay Rates and Taxes to entitle them to be placed 
on the Registers :—A Tabular Return of the several 
Qualifications of Electors in the Counties, Cities 
Towns and Boroughs of England, Wales and Scot- 
land, which returned Members to Parliament pre- 
vious to the passing of the Reform Act, distinguish- 
ing the Qualifications for which the payment of 
Rates and Taxes was required, from those for which 
such payment was not required :—The £.10. Voters 
in each Borough classed according to the Annual 
Value at which they are rated in the Parish Books, 
distinguishing those rated at £.10, and not ex- 
ceeding £.15; £.15, andnotexceeding £.20 ; £.20, 
and not exceeding £.25; £.25, and not exceeding 
£.30; £.30, and not exceeding £.40; £.40, and 
not exceeding £.50; and classing all those rated 
ata higher value than £.50, according toa scale 
ascending £.20 at each step. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Rates. 
19th day of March last, for Returns of the Number 
of Informations for non-payment of Rates, together 
with the Number of Persons included in each In- 
formation, during the year 1846, against Persons 
occupying tenements rated under £.6 per annum, 
at the different Petty Sessions in England and Wales: 
—And, of the Number of Persons excused from 
Payment of Rates, upon the application of the 
Overseers, at such Petty Sessions (so far as the 
information has been obtained), 

Abstracts of the Accounts of the several County County 
Treasurers in England and Wales, for the years Treasurers. 
ending Michaelmas 1845 and Michaelmas 1846 (in 
similar form to the Return presented and ordered to 
be printed by the House of Commons, on the 31st 
day of July 1846, Parliamentary Paper No. 550). 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Ward presented, pursuant to Order,—Copy sutton 
of the Report of the Surveying Officer to the Harbour P 
Admiralty on the Sutton Harbour Improvement — 
Bill. as 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the ieee 
Table ; and be printed. 


A Message, by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman Royal Assent 
Usher of the Black Rod : to Bills. 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
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several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers:—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Public and Private Bills 
therein mentioned; and that the Lords, thereby 
authorized, had declared the Royal Assent to the 
said Bills: Which Bills are as follow : 

An Act to defray, until the First day of August, 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-eight, the 
Charge of the Pay, Clothing and Contingent and 
other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia in Great 
Britain and Ireland ; to grant Allowances in certain 
cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, 
Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Sur- 
geons’ Mates and Serjeant Majors of the Militia ; 
and to authorize the Employment of the Non-com- 
missioned Officers : 

An Act to suspend, until the First day of October, 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-eight, the 
making of Lists, and the Ballots and Enrolments 
for the Militia of the United Kingdom : 

An Act for giving further Facilities for the trans- 

mission of Letters by Post, and for the regulating 
the Duties of Postage thereon, and for other Pur- 
poses relating to the Post-oflice : 
Navigation An Act to allow, until the First day of March, 
(No. 2.) Bill One thousand eight hundred and Forty-eight, the 
Importation of Corn, Maize, Rice, Grain, Potatoes, 
Meal, Flour, Biscuit, and certain other similar 
Articles from any Country in any Ships : 

An Act to authorize Her Majesty to assent to a 
certain Bill of the Legislative Council and Assembly 
of the Province of Canada, for granting a Civil List 
to Her Majesty, and to repeal certain Parts of an 
Act for reuniting the Provinces of Upper and Lower 
Canada, and for the Government of Canada: 


An Act for the Naturalization of Aliens: 


Militia Pay 
Bill. 


Militia Ballots 
Suspension 
Bill. 


Post-office 
Bill. 


Canada 
Consolidated 
Revenue Fun 
Bill. 


Naturalization 

of Aliens Bill. 

Bankruptcy An Act to abolish the Court of Review in Bank- 

oe ruptcy,and to make Alterations in the Jurisdiction 

; of the Courts of Bankruptcy and Court for Relief 
of Insolvent Debtors : 


Juvenile An Act for the more speedy Trial and Punishment 
Offenders Bill. of Juvenile Offenders : 


Ecclesiastical 
Jurisdiction 
Amendment 
Bill. 


An Act to amend the Law as to Ecclesiastical 
Jurisdiction in England: 


Trustees An Act for the Relief of Trustees : 

Relief Bill. 

Passengers’ An Act to amend the Passengers’ Act, and to 
Act Amend- 


make further Provision for the Carriage of Passen- 
gers by Sea: 
An Act for the Discontinuance of the Attendance 


ment Bill. 


Masters in 


pros sae! f of the Masters in Ordinary of the High Court of 

Office Bill. Chancery in the Public Office, and for transferring 
the Business of such Public Office to the Affidavit 
Office in Chancery : 

House of Com- 


An Act for the more effectual Taxation of Costs 
mons Costs . “WO: 
Taxation Bill, 08 Private Bills in the House of Commons: 


An Act to amend the Law as to the School 


Print Works 
_ Attendance of Children employed in Print-works : 


StockinTrade An Act to continue, until the First day of October, 
Exemption One thousand eight hundred and Forty-eight, and 
, to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, 
the Exemption of Inhabitants of Parishes, Town- 
ships and Villages from liability to be rated as such 
in respect of Stock in Trade, or other Property to 
the Relief the Poor: 
Canal Com. An Act toamend an Act to enable Canal Com- 
panies Bill, 


panies to become Carriers upon their Canals : 
VoL. 102. 


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ne ne ae noe en, 





951 


An Act to amend an Act for the Registration, Joint Stock 
Incorporation and Regulation of Joint Stock Com- ——— 
panies : 

An Act for consolidating into one Act certain police Clauses 
Provisions usually contained in Acts for regulating Bill. 
the Police of Towns: 

An Act to explain the Acts for the Commutation Tithes Com- 
of Tithes in England and Wales, and to continue the mutation Bill. 
Officers appointed under the said Acts until the 
First day of October, One thousand eight hundred 
and Fifty, and to the End of the then next Session 
of Parliament : 

An Act to continue, until the First day of October, Turnpike Acts 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-eight, and Continuance 
to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, 
certain Turnpike Acts: 

An Act to empower the Commissioners of Her Holyhead 
Majesty’s Woods to purchase Lands for the purpose Harbour Bill. 
of a Harbour of Refuge at or near Holyhead, in the 
County of Anglesea : 

An Act for the further Amendment of the Laws Turnpike- 
relating to Turnpike Roads in South Wales : roads (South 

Wales) Bill. 

An Act to continue, until the First day of October, Highway 
One thousand eighthundred and Forty-eight, and to Rates Bill. 
the End ofthe then next Session of Parliament, An 
Act for authorizing the Application of Highway 
Rates to Turnpike-roads : 

An Act to continue the Copyhold Commission Copyhola 
until the First day of October, One thousand eight Commission 
hundred and Fifty, and to the_End of the then next Bl. 
Session of Parliament: 

An Act to amend the Law relating to the Pro- Copyright 
tection in the Colonies of Works entitled to Copy- (Co!onies) Bill. 
right in the United Kingdom : 


An Act for the Protection of Mussel Fisheries in Mussel Fishe- 
Scotland: — (Scotland) 
lil, 


An Act to increase the Number of Trustees for Herring 
the Herring Fishery, and to direct the Application Fishery (Scot- 
of the Funds granted for the Promotion of Manu- #4) Bill. 
factures and Improvements in Scotland: 


An Act to continue for a limited Time the Pro- Drainage of 
visions for Summary Proceedings contained in an Lands (Ire- 
Act of the last Session, to amend the Acts for pro- 1") Bill 
moting the Drainage of Lands, and for other Pur- 
poses, and to amend the said Act : 

An Act to amend an Act of the last Session, for Compensation 
the facilitating Employment of the Labouring Poor for Damages 
in the Distressed Districts in Ireland, so far as re- *!@nd) Bill. 
lates to Compensation for Damages: 


An Act to make Provision for the Punishment of Punishment of 
Vagrants and Persons offending against Laws in pen. sar &amp;e. 
Force for the Relief of the Destitute Poor in Jre-t#"®) Bill. 
land : 

An Act to authorize the Advance of Money out of Railways 
the Consolidated Fund for Loans towards defraying om ; 
the Expense of making certain Railways in Ire- ree 
land : 

An Act for the further Improvement of the Fish- 
ery Piers and Harbours of Lreland : : 


Fishery Piers 
and Harbours 
(Ireland) Bill. 
An Act to provide for the Repayment of Sums Shannon 


vances of Public Money for the Improvement of - 
the Navigation of the River Shannon : 


An Act to facilitate the Recovery of Public Recovery of 
Monies advanced for the Relief of Distress in Jre- (inelana) Bane 
land by the Employment of the Labouring Poor : a 


An Act to authorize a further Advance of Money Destitute Per- 

for the Relief of Destitute Persons in Jreland: sons (Ireland) 
(No. 3.) Bill. 

An Act to provide additional Funds for Loans for Public Works 
Drainage and other Works of Public Utility in and Drainage 
Ireland, and to repeal an Act of the last Session “elnd) Bill 
for authorizing a further Issue of Money in aid of 
Public Works of acknowledged Utility: 

An Act to regulate the Superannuation Allowance Constabulary 
of the Constabulary Force in Ireland, and the Dublin Force (Ire- 
Metropolitan Police. Ee ee 

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952 


An Act to provide for the Execution of the Laws 
for Relief of the Poor in Ireland: 


Poor Relief 
Laws Execu- 
tion (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Polling at 
Elections 
(Ireland) Bill. 


An Act to limit the Time for taking the Poll 
at Elections of Members to serve in Parliament, for 
Counties of Cities, Counties of Towns and Bo- 

roughs in Lreland : 
Midland Rail- An Act to empower the Midland Railway Com- 
pre — pany to extend the Line of their Nottingham and 
Nottingham Lincoln Railway at Lincoln, and to make a Brauch 


and Lincoln Railway to their Lincoln Station : 
Branch at 


Lincoln) Bill. 


Midland Rail- An Act to authorize certain Deviations in the 
way (Syston 


and Peierbo. Line of the Syston and Peterborough Branch of the 
rough Railway Midland Railway, and the Formation of a Road or 


Deviations | Approach to the intended Manton Station thereof: 
and Approach 


to Manton 
Station) Bill. 


York and 


An Act to authorize the Purchase by the York 
North Midland 


Railway (East and North Midland Railway Company of the In- 
Riding Canals terests of the Shareholders in the Market Weighton 
Purchase) Bill. Canal, and the Purchase of the Canal communicat- 
ing therewith, called Sir Edward Vavasour’s Canal, 
of the Pocklington, and of the Leven Canal, all in 
the East Riding of the County of York: 

An Act for enabling the York and North Midland 
Railway (Hull Railway Company to make a Station at Hull, and 
Station and certain Branch Railways connected with their 
Branches) Bill. Railway and the said Station, and for other Pur- 

poses : 


York and 
North Midland 


York and ? Ri —— ; 
Srth britlen . An Act for enabling the York and North Midland 


Railway (Har- Railway Company to make a Railway from their 
rogate Branch, Church Fenton, and Harrogate Branch to Knares- 


Boroughbridge borough and Boroughbridge: 
and Knaresbo- I oe I 


rough Exten- 
sion) Bill. 
Edinburgh An Act to enable the Edinburgh and Northern 
ooo Railway Company to make a Deviation and Exten- 
(Branch from sion of their Branch Railway to Dunfermline, to 
Burntisland to make another Railway from their Strathearn Devi- 
Branch &amp;e) ation Railway to the Scottish Central Railway, and 
(No. 2.) Bill, to make an Alteration in the manner of constructing 
the said Branch and Strathearn Deviation across 

certain Roads: 

An Act to enable the Northern Railway Com- 
pany to make a Branch Railway near Sutton, in 
Lincolnshire : 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
(Branch to 
King’s Lynn) 
Bill. 


Manchester 
and Southport 
Railway and 
Branches Bill. 


An Act for making a Railway from Southport 
through Wigan to Pendleton, near Manchester, with 
several Branches, to be called “ The Manchester and 
Southport Railway.” 

An Act to incorporate the Chester and Birken- 
head Railway with the Birkenhead, Lancashire and 
Cheshire Junction Railway : 


Birkenhead, 
Lancashire 
and Cheshire 
Junction Rail- 
way and 
Chester and Birkenhead Railway 
Purchase or Amalgamation Bill. 


Birkenhead, 


An Act for enabling the Birkenhead, Lancashire 
Lancashire 


ashire , and Cheshire Junction Railway Company to make 
and Cheshire nade : ‘ ’ : : 
Junction Rail- 2 Deviation in the Chester Branch of their Railway, 
way (Devia- and for other Purposes : 
tion of Main 
Line and Chester Branch, &amp;c.) Bill. 


Coventry, 
Nuneaton, 
Birmingham 
and Leicester 
Railway Bill. 


An Act to enable the Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir- 
minghamand Leicester Railway Company to sell and 
transfer their Railway, Works and Interests to the 
ondon and North Western Midland Railway Com- 
panies, or either of them, and for other Purposes : 


An Act to enable the East of Fife Railway Com- 
pany to make a Deviation in their main Line, and 
to improve the Junction with the Edinburgh and 
Northern Railway near Markinch. 

An Act to enable the Great Northern Railway 
Company to make certain Alterations in the Line 
and Levels of their Railway between London and the 
Neighbourhood of Grantham : 


East of Fife 
Railway 
(Markinch De- 
viation) Bill. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
(Deviations 
between Lon- 
don and Gran- 
tham) Bill. 


22° Juliz. 





A. 1847. 


An Act to empower the Eastern Union Railway Eastern Union 
Company to make a Railway from the Eastern Coranck P 
Union Railway at Manningtree to Harwich, with ieedae 
Branches thereout, and for other Purposes : te Muewech) 

An Act for making Branch Railways from the Great Wester 
Great Western Railway to Henley and to Radstock, Rulway 
to widen certain Portions of the Great Western —_ — 
Railway, to enable the Great Western Railway sions) Bill. 
Company to purchase or amalgamate with the 
Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley Railway, 
and to purchase the Wycombe and Great Western 
and Uxbridge Railways, and for other Purposes : 

An Act to enable the Liverpool and Manchester Liverpool, 
and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Com- Manchester 
pany to make a Railway from the Burnley Branch net ena 
of the Manchester and Leeds Railway, in the Town- Junction Rail- 
shop of Habergham Eaves, in the Parish of Whalley, way Acts 
in the County of Lancaster, to the East Lancashire }mendment 
Railway in the same Township, and for other Pur- 
poses: 

An Act to empower the Zundon and North- 
Western Railway Company to enlarge their Stations 
at Liverpool and Crewe, and for other Purposes : 


London and 
North Western 
Railway 
(Lime-street, 
Liverpool, 
Station Extension, &amp;c.) Bill, 


An Act to authorize the Sale of the Paisley and Paisley and 
Renfrew Railway to the Glasgow, Paisley, Kil- Renfrew Rail- 
marnock and Ayr Railway C d the Im- 72, Gale and 

arnock and Ayr Railway Company, an e Im- fmprovement) 
provement of the said Railway by that Company: Bill. 

An Act to enable the South-Eastern Railway South Eastern 
Company further to widen the London and Green- Railway 

= , : : . (Widening of 
wich Railway, and to enlarge their London Bridge th. Greenwich 
Station: Railway, and 

Arrangement 
and Enlargement of the Lon- 
don Bridge Station) Bill. 


An Act to authorize certain Alterations in the Waterford 
Line of the Waterford and Limerick Railway, and a 
to amend the Act relating thereto, and for other” “”Y 
Purposes : 

An Act to enable the East Lancashire Railway East Lanca- 
Company to alter the Line and Levels of their Rail- shite Railway 
way, and to make a Branch Railway therefrom, and Ym 


, and Rawten- 
for other Purposes relating thereto : stall Coal 


Branch) Bill, 
An Act to enable the Saint Helen’s Canal and Rail- St. Helen’s 
way Company to make Branch Railways to War- Canal and. 
rington and to Blackbrook, and to make certain prscata ghey . 
Alterations in their Railway, and also to take a Blackbrook 
Lease of the Rainford Branch of the London and Branches, &amp;.) 
North Western Railway: 
An Act to enable the Great Northern Railway Great North- 
Company to make a Railway from Saint Alban’s to Clewuiea? 
the Great Northern Railway at Hatfield, and thence fya:feld and 
to the Town of Hertford: St. Alban’s 
Branch) Bill. 
An Act for making certain Lines of Railway in Oldham 
the County of Lancaster, to be called “The Oldham Alliance _ 
Alliance Railway :” eee dae 
An Act to empower the London and North- London and 
Western Railway Company to make divers Branch NorthWestern 
Railways in the County of Lancaster, and for other COrmobirk 


Purposes : and Rainford 
Branch, &amp;c.)} 
Bill. 

An Act for making a Deviation in the Line of Taw Vale 
the Taw Vale Railway, for making Branches there- Dok ete 
from to the Towns of Bideford and South Molton, tions and 
for enlarging the Dock, and for amending the Acts Bideford and 


‘elating ther : South Molton 
_— ewe Branches) Bill. 


An Act for making a Railway and Branch Rail- Manchester 
ways in the County of Chester, to be called “The and Birming. 
Manchester and Birmingham and North Stafford- yr venire 
shire Junction Railway ”: Junction Rail- 
way Bill. 

An Act to enable the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar- Glasgow, 
nock and Ayr Railway Company to make certain Paisley, see 
Branch Railways in the County of Renfrew, and for psec a 
other Purposes: and Ayrshire 
and Bridge of Weir Railway (No. 3.) Bill. 


An 





11 Vicrorrz.’ 


An Act to enable the Eastern Counties Railway 
Company to make a Railway from Wisbech to 


Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway 
(Wisbech to 


Spalding) Bill, Spalding : 
Buckingham An Act to authorize the Consolidation into One 
and Brackley 


Undertaking of the Oxford and Bletchley Junction 


oan ae a Railway Company and the Buckingham and Brack- 
Oxford and Jey Junction Railway Company, and to enable the 
oe Rail. Company so to be consolidated to make Extension 
way Compa- Lines to Banbury and Aylesbury, and an Alteration 


nies Amalga- of the Line into the City of Oxford: 
mation an 
Extension of Lines Bill. 


Caledonian 
Railway(Edin- 
burgh Station 
and Branches 
to Granton, 
and to the 
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway) Bill. 


An Act to enable the Caledonian Railway Com- 
pany to extend their Station in Edinburgh, and to 
make Branch Railways to Granton and to the 


Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway : 


22° Juliz. 


An Act to enable the South Devon Railway Com- South Devon 





953 


pany to extend the Line of the South Devon Rail- ee ee 


way to Torquay and to Brixham, and for other amendment 
Purposes : Bill. 

An Act to amend the Ezeter and Exmouth Rail- gxeter and 
way Act 1846, and to enable the Zondon and South Exmouth — 
Western, Railway Company to subscribe towards, Railway Bill. 
lease, or purchase, the said Railway : 


An Act for authorizing the Sale of Part of the Direct Lon- 
Brighton and Chichester (Portsmouth Extension) don and 
Railway to the London and South Western, and the eo wantin 
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Com- Chichesterand 
panies, and the Use by the last-mentioned Company London, 
of part (Wandsworth to London) of the London and Brighton ond 


° South Coast 
South Western Railway : and London 


and South Western Railways Bill. 
An Act to enable the East Lancashire Railway East Lanca- 





Chester and 


An Act to enable the Chester and Holyhead 
Holyhead 


Teiever the. Railway Company to extend their Line of Railway 
tensions at | to the proposed New Harbour at Holyhead, and to 
Holyhead)Bill. contribute towards the Expense of constructing the 
said Harbour: 

An Act to enable the Edinburgh and Northern 
Railway Company to improve the Ferry between 
Shore of the 


Edinburgh 
and Northern 
Railway (Im- ae 
provement of Ferry Port-on-Craig and the North 
the Ferry _ River Tay: 

between Ferry 
Port-on-Craig and the North 
Shore of the River Tay) Bill. 


| 


Edinburgh An Act to incorporate tne Edinburgh, Leith and 
an eee™ Granton Railway Company with the Edinburgh 


burgh, Leith and Northern Railway Company : 
and Granton 
Railways Amalgamation Bill. 





Liverpool, An Act to authorize certain Alterations in the 
Mamcnestcr ,. Line of the Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne wupon-Tyne Junction Railway, and for other Pur- | 


Junction Rail- 
way (Altera- 
tion of Main Line and Hawes Branch) Bill. 


poses : 


| 
An Act to enable the Northern Counties Union 
Railway Company to make certain Alterations in| 
their Railway in the Parishes of Aysgarth and | 
Wensley, in the North Riding of the County of 
York: 
An Act to authorize a certain Alteration in the 
Line of the Reading, Guildford and Reigate Rail-, 
way, and to amend the Act relating thereto : 


Northern 
Counties Union 
Railway De- 
viation Bill. 


Reading, 
Guildford and 
Reigate Rail- 
way Bill. 


South York- 
shire, Doncas- 
ter and Goole 


An Act for making several Lines of Railway be- | 
tween Penistone, Barnsley, Elsecar and Doncaster, | 


Railway in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to be called the | 
(Penistone, South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Railway, | 
arenas? and for authorizing the Purchase of Part of the 
Rotherham, Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Hudders- 
Barnsley, field and Goole Railway, and of the Dun Naviga-, 
Huddersfela tion, and Dearne and Dove Canal : | 
and Govle 


Railway, Dun Navigation and 
Dearne and Dove Canal) Bill. 


Wear Valley, ‘ . r ’ P | 
pcan: An Act for enabling the Wear Valley Railway | 
land and : 

Weardale, and Weardale Railway, the Wear and Derwent ' 


Weardale Ex- 
tension, and 
Wear and Der- 
went Rail- 
Ways, and 
Shildon Tunnel Amalgamation Bill. 


Railway, the Weardale Extension Railway, and the 
Shildon Tunnel, and to raise an additional Sum of 
Money, and for other Purposes : 


Lynn and Ely, 
Ely and Hun- 
tingdon and 
Lynn and 
Dereham Rail- 
ways Amalga- 
mation Bill. 


Duffryn 
Liynvi and 
Porth Cawl 
and Llynvi 
Valley Rail- 
ways Amalgamation Bill. 


An Act for consolidating the Lynn and Ely, the 
Ely and Huntingdon, and the Lynn and Dereham 
Railway Companies into one Company, to be called 


“ The East Anglian Railways Company :” 


An Act for the Consolidation of the Duffryn 
Llynvi and Porth Cawl Railway Company with the 
Liynvi Valley Railway Company: 


Railway Company to construct Branch Railways to 


Company to purchase or lease the Bishop Auckland complete Arrangements with the Great Northern 


Company to extend the Liverpool, Ormskirk and ‘ooteen 
Preston, and the Blackburn and Preston Lines of Branch and 
their Railway into Preston, and for other Purposes Preston Ex- 
relating thereto : aaeiiaiane 
An Act for enlarging the present Station of the LondonBridge 
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Com- money a 
pany at or near London Bridge, and for the division inenns 
of the present Station between the London, Brighton Bill. 
and South Coast and the South Eastern Railway 
Companies ; for the separate Accommodation of the 
traffick of such two Railway Companies : 
An Act to enable the Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh 


and Northern 


° , Rail » St. 
Saint Andrew's and Newburgh Harbour, and to Andress and 


divert and alter the Levels of certain Turnpike- Newburgh 


roads in the Line of the Newport Railway Ex- Harbour 
‘ é Branches and 
tension : RoadCrossings 


(Newport Railway Extension) Bill. 


An Act for making a Branch Railway from the Glasgow, 
Glasgow, Airdrie and Monklands Junction Railway #irdrie and 
at or near Whitevale-street, Glasgow, to the Edin- Junction Rail- 
burgh and Glasgow Railway at or near Cowlairs, way (Cowlairs 


and to amend the Acts relating to such Railways: Branch) Bill. 


An Act to empower the London and North London and 
Western Railway Company to make a certain ee 
Branch Railway from Kenilworth to Berkswell, and (Kenilworth to 
to widen the Line from Leamington to Coventry, Berkswell, 


all in the County of Warwick, and for other Pur- emer ond 
poses : Uxtensions, 


&amp;c.) Bill. 
An Act to enable the Edinburgh and Bathgate Edinburgh 
Railway Company to deviate a Portion of their _ Bathgate 

; ‘ aan ailway (De- 
Main Line, and for other Purposes : viation and 
Amendment) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 

An Act to make certain Deviations in the autho- Manchester, 
rized Line of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock hepa 
and Midland Junction Railway, and to amend the janq ciel 
Act relating thereto: Railway De- 
viations Bill. 
An Act to enable the Royston and Hitchin Railway Royston and 
Company to lease or sell their Line, and to author- aren ge 
ize the said Company to enter into Contracts, and de Bil. 
Railway Company: 
| An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Zondon London and 


and South Western Railway : Railway Bul 


An Act to enable the Manchester, Sheffield and Manchester, 
ll the Water pee ne 
° ~ al 

‘not required for their Canals, called The Peak Fo- rer tee a 
rest Canal, and Macclesfield Canal, and to make (Supply of 


additional Works in connection with such Canals: nin Water 

o Manchester, 
Salford and Stockport) Bill. 
An Act to repeal an Act passed in the Fifty-fifth Bathwick 

year of his late Majesty King George the Third, for Church Bill. 

building a New Church, and also a Workhouse, in 

the Parish of Bathwick, in the County of Somerset, 

and another Act passed in the Fifty-seventh year 

of his said late Majesty, to amend the said Act, and 

to provide for the future Administration and Exercise 


| 


| 


| Lincolushire Railway Company to se 


} 





VoL. 102. 


6 F of 





Surrey and 
Kent Com- 
mission of 
Sewers 

(No. 2.) Bill. 


London (City) 


954 


of the Trusts and Powers thereby respectively 
created : 


An Act to facilitate the effectual Drainage of cer- 
tain Districts within the Commission of Sewers for 
the Limits extending from East Moulsey, in Surrey, 
to Ravensbourne, in Kent : 


An Act for widening and improving Cannon- 


oo street, and for making a new Street from the West- 


Lytham 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Tunstall 
Paving, Light- 
ing, Cleansing, 
Watching, 
Improvement 
and Market 
Bill. 


Rathmines 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Colchester 
Navigation 
and Improve- 
ment Bill. 


Belfast 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Blackburn 
Improvement, 
Market, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


St. Ives 

(Huntingdon) 

Improvement 
Sill. 


Portsmouth 
Paving, Light- 
ing and 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Bingley 
Improvement 


Bill. 


Wexford Free 
Bridge Bill. 


Swansea 
Harbour Bill. 


Liverpool 
Corporation 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Leeds Water- 


works (No. 2.) habitants of the 


sil, 


Leicester 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


End of Cannon-street to Queen-street, and for widen- 
ing and improving Queen-street, and for effecting 
other Improvements in the City of London : 

An Act for paving, lighting, watching, draining, 
cleansing, regulating and otherwise improving the 
Town of Lytham, in the County Palatine of Lancas- 
ter, for supplying the Inhabitants thereof with 
Water, and for establishing and regulating a Market 
and Market-places therein : 

An Act for paving, lighting, watching, cleansing 
and otherwise improving the Town and Neighbour- 
hood of Tunstall, in the County of Stafford, and for 


. . . j 
improving and regulating the Market-place and 


Markets therein: 


An Act for better paving, cleansing, draining, 


regulating, lighting and improving the District of 


Rathmines, Mount Pleasant, Ranelagh, Cullenswood, 
Milltown, Rathgar and Haroldscross, and such 
other Portions of the Parish of Saint Peter, within 
the Barony of Uppercross, in the County of Dublin, 
and for otherwise promoting the Health and Conve- 
nience of the Inhabitants : 


An Act to amend an Act for improving the Navi- 

“ay ; &gt;. . 
gation from the Hythe at Colchester to Wivenhoe, in 
the County of Essea, and for better paving, light- 
ing and improving the Town of Colchester, and for 
making a new Channel and deepening the River 
Colne from Wivenhoe to Ram’s Hard, leading to- 
wards the Sea: 


An Act for the further Improvement of the Borough 
of Belfast ; 


An Act for improving the Streets and Public 
Places, and erecting a Town-hall and improving 
the Markets in the Township of Blackburn, in the 
County Palatine of Lancaster : 


An Act for paving, lighting, watching, draining, 
cleansing and improving the Town of Saint Ives, 
and the Neighbourhood thereof, in the County of 
Huntingdon : 


An Act for paving, lighting, cleansing, watering, 
regulating and otherwise improving the Town of 
Portsmouth, in the County of Southampton, and 
for removing and preventing Nuisances and Annoy- 
ances therein : 

An Act for lighting, paving, cleansing, sewering, 
draining, regulating and improving the Town and 
Neighbourhood of Bingley, in the West Riding of 
the County of York, and for other Purposes, con- 
nected therewith : 


An Act for constructing and maintaining a Bridge 
across the River Slaney, near the Town of Wezford, 
with Approaches, and for taking down the present 
Bridge there : 


An Act to amend the several Acts relating to 
Swansea Harbour : 


An Act for better supplying with Water the 
borough of Liverpool and the Neighbourhood 
thereof, and for authorizing the Mayor, Aldermen 
and Burgesses of the said Borongh to purchase the 
Liverpool and Harrington Waterworks and Liver- 
pool Waterworks : 

An Act for better supplying with Water the In- 
Town and Neighbourhood of Leeds, 
in the County of York: 

An Act for better supplying with Water the In- 
habitants of the Borough of Leicester, and certain 


22° Juliz. 











A, 1847. 


Parishes and Places adjacent thereto, in the County 
of Leicester : 


An Act for making Docks at Jarrow Slake, in Tyne Docks 
the River Tyne. Bill. 


An Act for removing Doubts as to the Purchase Kingston- 
of Lands by the Dock Company at Kingston-upon- upon-Hull 


Hull, in certain cases : a 


An Act to authorize the Birkenhead Dock Com- Birkenhead 
missioners to construct an additional Dock, and ————- 
other Works, at Birkenhead, in the County of Ches- {Pi ndment 
ter, and for other Purposes : (Construction 
of New Docks and Alteration 
of Culvert) Bill. 


An Act to alter and amend the Acts relating to Birkenhead 
the Birkenhead Commissioners Docks, and to make — 
further Provision with respect to the Construction of pe tn ” 
the Sea or Wharf Walls along Wallasey Pool, and (as to Con- 


aa : ; struction of 

for other Purposes : Sea Wall along 
Wallasey 
Pool) Bill. 


An Act to purchase and define the Manorial and Stockport 
Market Rights of Stockport, to establish Public Manorial Tolls 
Parks, to Purchase or lease Waterworks, to build — 
Bridges, and to make other Communications within 
the Borough of Stockport : 


An Act for authorizing the Sale of the Leominster Leominster 
Canal, and other Property of the Company of Pro- Canal Naviga- 

: - ° aa tion Sale Bill. 
prietors of the Leominster Canal Navigation, and for 
winding up and adjustlng the Concerns cf the same 
Company : 

An Act for establishing a General Cemetery at Wolverhamp- 
Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, and for tom General. 

: . ‘ Cemetery Bill. 

making certain Direct Roads and Approaches to the 
said Cemetery, from the Town of Wolverhampton, 
and the Neighbourhood thereof : 


An Act for establishing a General Cemetery for Newbury 
the Interment of the Dead, in the Parish of Newbury, Cemetery Bill. 
near the Town of Newbury, in the County of Berks : 


An Act for the better Drainage of Lands called Crowland and 
Crowland Washes and Fodder Lots, Cowbit Wash tr onting 
and Deeping Fen Wash, in the several Parishes of ae 
Crowland, Spalding and Pinchbech, the Hamlets 
of Cowbit and Peakhill, and the extra-parochial 
Place or Lands called Deeping Fen or Deeping Fen 
Welland Washes, all in the County of Lincoln: 


An Act tochange the Name of the Liverpool Fire Liverpool __ 
and Life Insurance Company, and for other Pur- Fire and Life 


poses relating thereto : Sener Bill. 


An Act to enable the National Mercantile Life National Mer- 
Assurance Society to sue and be sued in the Name “tile Life 

f a nominal Party, and for other Purposes relating Society Bi 
of a nominal Party, and for other Purposes relating gociety Bill. 
to the said Company: 


An Act for forming and regulating the “ Timber Payne’s 
Preserving Company” and to enable the said Com- Patents + 
pany to purchase and work certain Letters Patent: “8°” 


An Act to enable Charles Gordon, Duke of Rich- Duke of 
mond and Lennox, to borrow a certain Sum of —— 
Money upon the Security of his entailed Estates, seaside 
for repayment to him of a Portion of the Monies 
laid out by him in the Improvement of these Estates: 


An Act for enabling certain Estates in Zreland of Earl of Devon's 
the Right honourable William Earl of Devon, de- ©state Bill. 
ceased, to be sold, and the Proceeds arising there- 
from, after payment of certain Charges and Incum- 
brances, to be applied in payment or towards 
reduction of the Charges and Incumbrances affect- 
ing the Family and other Estates in England, late 
of the said Earl of Devon, and for authorizmg the 
raising by Mortgage of the Estates in Jreland, until 
sold, of a limited Sum of Money, to be applied 
under the Direction of the High Court of Chancery 
in England, in or towards permanently improving 
the said Estates in Ireland, and for making Pro- 
vision for the Liquidation and Payment of the prin- 
cipal Monies and Interest, and for other Purposes: 

An 





Lord Ward's 
Estate Bill. 


Bowes’ Estate 
Bill. 


Huggens’ 
College Incor- 
poration Bill. 


Dollar Institu- 
tion (Mylne’s 
or M‘Nabb’s) 
Estate Bill. 


Goddard’s 
Estate Bill. 


Hylton’s 
Estate Bill. 


Pickernell’s 
Estate Bill. 


Paterson’s 
Estate Bill. 


Dundas’s 
Estate Bill. 


Oldmixon’s 
(or Lyon’s) 
Estate Bill. 


Mansell’s 
Estate Bill. 


Gillespie’s 
Estate Bill. 


11 VicToriz. 


An Act for enabling the Sale and Conveyance of 
certain Cottages, Gardens and other improved 
Lands comprised in the Will of the Right honour- 
able John William, Earl of Dudley, deceased, and 
for laying out the Sale Monies in the Purchase of 
Estates to be settled to the Uses of the said Will, 
and for other Purposes : 


An Act for authorizing the Sale and Exchange of 
certain Lands, Collieries, Hereditaments and Mining 
Stock, forming Part of the Estate of John Bowes, 
late Farl of Strathmore, and for enabling the Trus- 
tees to shift the Charges affecting the Inheritance of 
the same Lands and Hereditaments, and for other 
Purposes : 


An Act to incorporate the President and Trus- 
tees of Huggens’ College at Northfleet, in the 
County of Kent, and to enable them the better to 


carry on the charitable Designs of the said College : 


An Act to increase the Number of Trustees for 
the Management of the Dollar Institution, or John 
M‘Nabb’s School, and to incorporate the Trustees: 


An Act for enabling Conveyances to be made of 
the Estate and Interest of Elizabeth Goddard (who 
is of unsound Mind), in Lands and Tenements, a 
Partition or Division whereof is directed by a Decree 
of the High Court of Chancery, made in a Cause 
“© Whitmore v. Goddard :” 


An Act to authorize the Sale of an Estate called 
Morrant’s Court, otherwise Morant’s Court, other- 
wise Madam’s Court, in the County of Kent, late 
the Property of John Fry, Esquire, deceased, and 
for applying the Monies to arise oy such Sale in 
Payment of Incumbrances affecting the said Estate, 
and for investing the Residue of such Monies for the 
Benefit of the Parties beneficially interested in the 
said Estate : 


An Act for authorizing the Sale to the Right 
honourable William Baron Ward of certain Freehold 
and Copyhold Hereditaments, in the County of Wor- 
cester, devised by the Will cf Thomas Pickernell, 
Esquire, deceased, and for directing the Investment 
of the Purchase-Money in other Hereditaments to 
be settled in like manner : 


An Act for exonerating the Trustees of the de- 
ceased George Paterson, of Castle Huntly, Esquire, 
the Elder, of their Expenditure in making Improve- 
ments upon the Entailed Estates left by him, for 
enabling them to acquire certain Lands contiguous 
thereto, and to grant Feus, and for certain other 
Purposes : 

An Act for authorizing the Sale of so much of 
the entailed Lands and Estates of Dundas, in the 
County of Linlithgow, belonging to James Dundas, 
Esquire, as may be required to pay the Debts 
affecting or that may be made to affect the said 
Estates, and for enabling the said James Dundas 
to borrow Money upon the Security of the said 
Lands and Estates, fur Repayment ofa Portion of the 
Monies laid out in the Improvement of the said 
Lands and Estates, and in building a Mansion- 
House and Offices for the same: 


An Act for authorizing the granting of a New 
Lease of certain Coal Mines and Hereditaments, in 
the County of Durham, late the Estate of John 
Lyon, Esquire, deceased : 


An Act for authorizing Leases to be granted for 
quarrying and mining Purposes of certain Estates 
in the Isle of Purbeck, in the County of Dorset, 
subject to the Uses of the Will of Maria Sophia 
Richards, Spinster, deceased : 


An Act to vest in Trustees certain Lands in the 
Vicinity of Glasgow which belonged to the late Colin 
Gillespie, for the Purpose ofselling a Portion thereof 
to pay off the Debt affecting the same, and of par- 
titioning and feneing out the Remainder for the 
Benefit of his Heirs : 

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22° Juliz. 








955 


An Act for extending the Time for enrolling Newhart (or 
(pursuant to the Statute 3 and 4 Will. 4., cap. 74,)a tia 
Deed executed in the Colony of New South Wales, ‘ 
for the purpose of enlarging a Base Fee in Heredi- 
taments at Messingham, in the County of Lincoln, 
into an Estate in Fee Simple : 


An Act for vesting in the Company of Proprietors Northam 
of Northam Bridge and Roads certain Lands in the Bridge te 
Town and County of Southampton, and in the 3," * _ 
County of Southampton, and for empowering them 
to sell the same: 


An Act for enabling the Trustees of the Will of sir Henry 
of George Charles Rooke, Esquire, deceased, to Willoughby 
carry into effect a Contract for the Purchase of the ——— 
Life Estate and Interest of Hannah Rooke, Widow, 
inthe Real and Personal Estates of the said George 
Charles Rooke, respectively devised and bequeathed 
by his Will, and for raising Money for that Purpose, 
and for Payment of the Debts of the said George 
Charles Rooke, and of the Legacies and Arrears of 
Annuities bequeathed by his said Will, and for 
other Purposes incidental thereto : 


An Act for enabling the Tunstall Market Com- Tunstall 
pany to sell their Estate, and wind-up their Con- Market Com- 


cerns, and for dissolving the Company : ard Estate 


An Act to enable the Trustees and Executors of Sir John 
the Will and Codicil of Sir John Saint Aubyn, Saint Auiyn’s 
Baronet, deceased, to raise a Sum of Money to- 
wards the Liquidation of his Debts by Mortgage of 
his Devised Estates in the County of Devon, instead 
of selling certain Leasehold Hereditaments in the 
County of Cornwall, and to enable the said Trustees 
to convey the Reversion in Fee Simple in the same 
Hereditaments vested in them for that Purpose, 
under the Will of the Reverend John Molesworth 
Saint Aubyn, deceased, to the Uses of the said 
Will and Codicil of the said Sir John Saint Aubyn, 
soas to convert such Leaseholds into a Fee Simple 
Estate in Possession, and for other Purposes : 


An Act for enabling Leases, Sales and Partitions Penson’s 
to be made of certain Estates in the County Pala- Estate Bill. 
tine of Lancaster, heretofore belonging to John Pen- 
son, and Molly, his Wife : 


An Act to enable the Trustees of a Charity called Leeds Free 
the Leeds Free Grammar School to sell Parts of the : 9 a 
Trust Estates belonging to the said Charity, and to a Bill. 
purchase other Lands for the Uses and Purposes 


of the said Charity, and for other Purposes : 


An Act to empower the Dean and Chapter of Dean and 

Westminster to sell and exchange certain Lands Chapter of 
: ° ae ° Westminster's 

and Hereditaments in the Parishes of Paddington pytate Bill. 

and Saint George, Hanover-square, in the County 

of Middlesex, and to lay out the Monies to arise 

from such Sale in the Purchase of other Lands and 

Hereditaments, and for other Purposes : 


An Act to vest certain Estates in the County of Lord Mac- 
York, in England, in Alexander William Robert I 
Bosville and Godfrey Wentworth Bayard Bosville, eon 
and in Skye and North Uist in Scotland, in the 
Right honourable Godfrey William Wentworth 
Lord Macdonald, and to enable the said Lord 
Macdonald to seli Part of the said Estates in Scot- 
land for the Payment of Debts, and for other Pur- 
poses : 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Thomas Brooks's 
Brooks with Mary, his now Wife, and to enable Divorce Bill. 
him to marry again, and for other Purposes. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





956 


Veneris, 23° die Julii ; 
Anno 11° Victoria Regine, 1847. 


PRAYERS. 


| Be D Marcus Hill reported to the House, That 
their Address of the 16th day of this instant 
July, relative to the New House of Commons, had 
been presented to Her Majesty, and that Her Ma- 
jesty had been pleased to receive the same very 
graciously, and to give the following Answer : 

It is My anxious wish that there should not be 
any unnecessary delay in the completion of the 
Buildings for the permanent use and occupation of 
the Members of the House, and I will give direc- 
tions accordingly. 


New House of 
Commons, 


Message from 
the Lords, 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz., 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to apply a Sum out of 
the Consolidated Fund, and certain other Sums, to 
the Service of the year One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty-seven, and to appropriate the Supplies 
granted in this Session of Parliament : 

New Zealand A Bill, intituled, An Act to promote Colonization 
(No. 2.) Bill. jn New Zealand, and to authorize a Loan to the 
New Zealand Company : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to extend the Provisions 
of the Act for the Inclosure and Improvement of 
Commons: 

Sutton Har- A Bill, intituled, An Act for improving and regu- 
bour Improve- lating the Harbour of Sutton Pool, within the Port 
ment Bill. of Plymouth, in the County of Devon : 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for 
establishing the Bishoprick of Manchester, and 
amending certain Acts relating to the Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners for England, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to au- 
thorize the Construction of a Canal on the Estates 
devised by the Will of the late Mr. Jonathan Pas- 
singham, for the Transport of Bricks manufactured 
on such Estates, and to enable the Trustees of the 
Will to complete the Purchase of an adjoining 
Estate contracted for by them, and for other Pur- 
poses, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for the 
better Support and better Regulation of the Hos- 
pital of the Holy Jesus, founded in the Manors in 
the Town and County of Mewcastle-upon-Tyne, at 
the Costs and Charges of the Mayor and Burgesses 
of the ‘Town of Newcastle-upon- Tyne, in the County 
of the Town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne aforesaid, and 
for confirming Sales and other Dispositions made of 

Estates formerly part of the Possessions of the said 
Hospital, and for other Purposes, and for repealing 
an Act of the last Session of Parliament for the same 
Purposes, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords do not insist on the Amendment made 
by their Lordships to the Poor Laws Administra- 
tion Bill, to which this House hath disagreed: Ard 
also, 

The Lords communicate to this House a Copy 
cf the Report of the Select Committee appointed by 
their Lordships on the subject of Colonization from 
Ireland, together with the Minutes of Evidence :— 
And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Consolidated 
Fund (Appro- 
priation) Bill. 


Commons 
Inclosure 
(No, 3.) Bill. 


Bishoprick of 
Manchester, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Passingham’s 
Estate Bill. 


Jesus Hospital 
(Newcastle) 
Estate Bill. 


Poor Laws 
Administra- 
tion Bill. 


Colonization. 


Colonization. 
No. 737. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Colonization 
from Ireland, which was this day communicated 
from the Lords, be printed. 


Public Peti- 
tions (Forty- 
sixth Report.) 


Mr. Thornely reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 





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A. 1847. 


Petitions presented from the 19th to the 23d days 
of this instant July, both inclusive, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law District 
Commissioners, was called in; and at the bar pre- Auditors. 
sented, pursuant to Order,—Copies of all Complaints 
of Boards of Guardians in England and Wales re- 
specting the Conduct of District Auditors, which 
have been addressed to the Poor Law Commissioners; 
together with Copies of all Correspondence of the 
Poor Law Commissioners with the Rete of Guar- 
dians and District Auditors in reference to such 
Complaints :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- British 
mand,—Copy of the Reports made for the year 1846 Colonies. 
to the Secretary of State having the Department of 
the Colonies, in continuation of the Reports annually 
made by the Governors of the British Colonies, 
with a view to exhibit generally the past and present 
state of Her Majesty’s Colonial Possessions, trans- 
mitted with the Blue Books for the year 1846. 

Mr. Hawes also presented, pursuant to several Lighthouses. 
Addresses to Her Majesty,— Return to an Address to No. 738. 
Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of August, in the last 
Session of Parliament, for a Return ofall Lighthouses 
in the Colonies and British Possessions Abroad ; 
showing the Date at which each Lighthouse was 
erected ; the original Cost thereof, and from what 
Funds defrayed ; the Annual Expense since its first 
Erection, and from what Source the same was paid : 

—Also, an Account of the Annual Receipts and Ap- 
— of all Monies received as Tolls for such 
ighthouses. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Public Offices 
12th day of August, in the last Session of Parliament, (Colonies. ) 
for an Account of the aggregate Amount of all Fees No. 739. 
of every kind received in each of the Public Offices 
in each of the Crown Colonies; stating the Name 
of the Office, and a Schedule of the several Fees 
charged in each Office, and for what Service done, 
in each of the vears 1844 and 1845; stating also, 
the Authority by which the Fees are now charged, 
and the manner in which they are appropriated ; if 
paid to any of tke Officers in any of the Departments, 
stating the Names of such Officers, and the Amount 
in each year received by each of them. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Colonies. 
26th day of August, in the last Session of Par- No. 740. 
liament, for a Return, in a ‘l'abular Form, for the 
last year in which they can be made up, of the 
Gross Revenues, under their different heads, of 
each of Her Majesty’s Colonies, exhibiting the Costs 
of Collection, and any Deductions made in their 
Progress to the Public ‘Treasury :—And, a similar 
Return of the Disbursements of each Colony, under 
their separate heads, showing the Authority on 
which such Disbursements are made :—Returns, 
showing which Colonies have Representative As- 
semblies, and which not, and by whom the Execu- 
tive is nominated, and of what Number of Members 
it consists ; and also whether, and in what cases, the 
Members of the Executive have Seats or Votes in 
the Legislature :—And, of the Colonies which have 
adopted the Resolutions of the House of Commons 
for the Return of the Colonial Accounts. 

Copy of a Communication upon the subject of Transporta- 
Transportation, addressed to Earl Grey by the Lord “- 
Bishop of Tasmania. No. 741. 

Copies or Extracts of Despatches, and of their Convicts(Cape 
Enclosures, received during the years 1843 and 1844 of Good Hope.) 
from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, rela- No.74?- 
tive to a Plan for improving Discipline among the 
Convicts, and employing them on the Roads of the 
Colony. 


Copy 








Mr. Mont- 
gomery 
Martin. 


No. 743. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Punishment 
of Vagrants, 
&amp;c. (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Pensions. 
No. 745. 


Robert 
Grapes. 
No. 744. 


John Meak- 
ings. 


Property Tax. 


(747.] 


11 Vicrortiz. 


Copy of Correspondence of Mr. Montgomery 
Martin with the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 
relating to his Resignation of the Office of Treasurer 
of Hong Kong. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and, except the first, be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords do not insist on the Amendments made 
by their Lordships te the Punishment of Vagrants, 
&amp;c., (Treland) Bill, to which this House hath dis- 
agreed :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to an Address 
to Her Majesty,—Returns, containing the Names 
of all Persons to whom Pensions have been granted 
since the Establishment of the separate Fund of 
£.1,200; specifying the grounds upon which such 
Pensions have been granted, to the 20th day of June 
1847 ;—And, of all Pensions granted as above, 
which have fallen in, showing whether by Death or 
Resignation of the Recipients. 


Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to Orders,—— 
A Return of all Papers, Reports, Communications 
and Correspondence among the Post-office Autho- 
rities, relative to the Dismissal of Robert Grapes, 
late a General Post Letter Carrier in the General 
Post-office ; showing the Grounds of such Dis- 
missal, with a Copy of the Order read to Robert 
Grapes on Saturday evening the 3d day of July, by 
Thomas Boyden, the Assistant Inspector, announc- 
ing such Dismissal :—Also, a Copy of the remaining 
Charges brought against the Superintending Pre- 
sident and the Inspector of Letter Carriers by the 
said Robert Grapes; the Correspondence between 
Robert Grapes and the Post-office Authorities re- 
lating thereto, with the Reason why the further in- 
vestigation of such Charges has been discontinued 
by Mr. Peacock, Solicitor to the Post-office ; also, 
a Copy of the Evidence given before Mr. Peacock 
during the late investigation of Robert Grapes’ 
Charges, with Mr. Peacock’s Report thereon. 
Copies of the Memorial presented by Charlotte 
Hussey to the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes, 
on the 9th day of June last, and the Answer there- 
to: — And also, of all Correspondence between 
James Eaton, and others, or their Attornies, with 
the said Commissioners, respecting the residuary 
Estate of John Meakings. 
Return to several Orders, dated the 6th day of this 
instant July, for Returns of Charge on Persons in 
Trade and Professions to the Property and Income 
Tax, 5 and 6 Vic., c. 35, under Schedule D., for the 
year ending the 5th day of April 1846 ; distinguish- 
ing the Amounts charged in Classes, from above 
£.150 and under £.200 ; £.200 and under £.300; 
£.300 and under £.400; £.400 and under £.500; 
£.500 and under £.600; £.600 and under £.700; 
£.700 and under £.800; £.800 and under £.900; 
£.900 and under £.1,000; £.1,000 and under 
£.1,500; £.1,500 and under £.2,000; £.2,500 and 
under £.3,000; £.3,000 and under £.4,000; 
£.4,000 and under £.5,000; £.5,000 and under 
£.10,000 ; £.10,000 and under £.20,000; £.20,000 
and under £. 30,000; £. 30,000 and under £.50,000; 
£.50,000 and upwards ; showing the Amount charge- 
able in each Class ; the Number of Persons in each 
Class ; and the Amount of Tax received from each 
Class:—And, of Charge to the Property and In- 
come Tax, 5and 6 Vic., c. 35, on Persons in receipt 
of Salaries, Pensions, Annuities or other Payments 
under Schedule E., for the year ending the 5th day 
of April 1846, distinguishing the Amounts charged 
in Classes, from above £.150 and under £.200; 
£.200 and under £.300; £.300 and under £.400; 
£.400 and under £.500; £.500 and under £.600; 
£.600 and under £.700; £.700 and under £.800; 
£.800 and under £.900 ; £.900 and under £.1,000 ; 
VoL. 102. 


23° Julie. 


957 


£.1,000 and under £.1,500; £.1,500 and under 
£.2,000; £.2,000 and under £.3,000; £.3,000 and 
under £.4,000; £.4,000 and under £.5,000; 
£.5,000 and upwards; showing the Amount charge- 
able in each Class, the Number of Persons in each 
Class, and the Amount of Tax received from each 
Class :—And, for a Return of the Net Amount of 
Property and Income Tax received for the year 
ending the 5th day of April 1846, classed under the 
several Schedules (A.), (B.), (C.), (D.) and (E.), 
contained in the Act 5 and 6 Vic., c. 35 (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 107, Sess, 1846): 
—And, a like Return for the year ending the 5th 
day of April 1847. 


A Return of the Sums paid out of the Consoli- Religion and 
dated Fund for Religious and Educational Purposes Education 
in Great Britain, Ireland and each of the Colo- 

nies ; distinguishing, as far as possible, the Amount 

paid for such purposes in connection with each Re- 

ligious Denomination, for the year ending the 5th 

day of January 1847. 

Mr. Parker also presented, pursuant to the di- Colonial Land 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Trea- and —* 
sury Warrant adding the Establishment of the |Win 
Colonial Land and Emigration Commission to the 

Schedule of the Superannuation Act, 4 and 5 Wiil. 4, 

c. 24. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table; and that the Returns relative to Pensions ; 

Robert Grapes; and, Property Tax; be printed. 


The Clerk laid upon the Table, pursuant to Or- sittings and 
der,—Returns of the Number of Days on which the Divisions of 
House sat in the Session 1847, stating the Total te House. 
Number of Hours occupied in the Sittings of the No 746- 
House, and the average ‘Time; and, also, showing 

the Number of Hours on which the House sat each 

Day, and the Number of Hours after Midnight :— 

And, of the Number of Divisions in the Session 

1847; stating the subject of the Division, and the 

Number of Members in the Majority and Minority, 

Tellers included ; also, the aggregate Number in 

the House on each Division ; distinguishing, also, 

the Divisions on Private Bills from Public; and, 

also, the Number of Divisions before and after 

Midnight (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 

No. 723~I1., of Session 1846). 

Ordered, That the said Returns be printed. 


Sir John Hobhouse presented,—Further Return Captain 
to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 20th day Cogan. 
of this instant July, for Copies of all Correspond- 
ence during 1838 and 1839, between the Govern- 
ment of Bombay and Captain Cogan, relative to the 
Affairs of the Raja of Sattara, together with Copies 
of any Communications, Minutes or Opinions of 
the Government of Bombay relating thereto : — 
Copies or Extracts of a Letter from Lord Palmers- 
ton to Captain Cogan, dated the 28th day of Sep- 
tember 1838 :—Of a Letter from Captain Cogan to 
Lord Palmerston, dated together 
with an accompanying Copy of a Communicatien 
from the Imaum of Muscat, empowering Captain 





Cogan to act as the Political Agent of His Highness 


in England :—Of Lord Palmerston’s Reply thereto : 
—Of a Letter from Captain Cogan to John Back- 
house, Esquire, Under Secretary of State in the 


Foreign Department, dated the 15th day of January 
1840 :—And, of a Letter from Lord Palmerston to 


Captain Cogan, dated the 28th day of March 1840, 


Sir John Hobhouse also presented, pursuant to geinde. 
Order,—Copy of the Despatches of Lord Hardinge No. 748. 
respecting Scinde. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the last be printed. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty's Union Work- 
Command,—Copies or Extracts of Correspondence houses (Ire 
relating to the state of Union Workhouses in Jre- ae 

6F3 land.— 





958 


land.—Third Series—(in continuation of Papers 
presented in March 1847). 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


23° Juli. A. 1847. 


Ordered, That the Abstracts of Accounts relative County 
to County Treasurers, which were presented yester- “"COSUre?s- 
day, be printed. No. 753. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Civil and Civil and Milj- 
Military Appointments (Prussia), which was pre- ®tY oo 
sented upon the 11th day of February last, be (Prussia). 
printed. No. 754. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s Slave Trade, 


Viscount Morpeth presented, pursuant to several 
Addresses to Her Majesty,—Returns, for the year 
1846, of the Names of the Woodmen in the Vew 
Forest who have Residences attached to their Office ; 


New Forest. 
No. 749. 


Tlouses of 
Parliament. 


No. 750. 


Clergy. 


Clergy. 


Public Works 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 730. 


Tariffs, &amp;c. 
No. 731. 


Electors. 
No. 751. 


Rates. 
No. 


the Names of their Residences, and the Number of 
Acres attached to their Residences ; and the Amount 
of the Salary and Fees paid to each of them respec- 
tively; the Number of Browsers employed in the 
said year, their Duties, Salaries, Fees and Emolu- 
ments ; the Amount of Fees received in the years 
1844, 1845 and 1846 by the Groomkeepers for 
Pawnage or the Commonage of Swine, or from any 
source exclusive of Buck-fees, and the Amount of 
Fees received for the Commonage of Swine and 
Cattle in the said years, and to whom paid :—And, 
of the Quantity of Acres of Land sold during the 
last Ten years, the Amount of the Purchase-money 
in each case, and the Purposes to which each Sum 
has been applied. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
21st day of this instant July, for Copies of the An- 
swer transmitted by Dr. Reid toa Document issued 
by the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, on 
the 2d day of December 1845, and, in juxta-position 
with it, the Objections of Dr. Reid, that appear in 
page 46 of the Minutes of Evidence laid before the 
Select Committee on Westminster Bridge and the 
New Palace :—And, of the Evidence given by Dr. 
Reid before a Committee of the House of Peers, on 
the 11th day of May 1846, upwards of three pages 
of Dr. Reid’s Evidence not being printed in a Do- 
cument laid before this House. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


The Order made upon Tuesday last, that there be | 
laid before this House, Abstracts of the Number and | 
Classes of Nen-Resident Incumbents, and of the 
Number of Resident Incumbents, according to the 
Diocesan Returns for the year 1846 :—-And, of the 
Number of Resident and Licensed Curates in Eng- | 
land and Wales, with the Amount of Salaries of 
Curacies, according to the Diocesan Returns for the 
year 1846, was read; and discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Abstracts of the Number and Classes of 
Non-Resident Incumbents, and of the Number of 
Resident Incumbents, according to the Diocesan 
Returns for the year 1846 :—And, of the Number 
of Resident and Licensed Curates in England and 
Wales, with the Amount of Salaries of Curacies, 
according to the Diocesan Returns for the year 
1846. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 








Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Public 
Works (Jreland), which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Tariffs, &amp;c., 
which were presented upon the 30th day of April last, 
the 28th day of May last, and the 22d day of this 
instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That Abstracts of the Returns relative to 
Electors, which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That Abstracts of the Returns relative to 
ates, which were presented yesterday, be printed. 





Command,—Minutes of Evidence taken ‘before the 
Duke De Broglie and the Right Honourable Ste- 
phen Lushington, p.c.t., March $1, April 1, 2, 3 
and 4, 1845, on the subject of the Slave Trade. 


Viscount Palmerstonalso presented,— Further Re- Captain 
turn to an Address to Her Majesty,dated the 20th day ©°8™™ 


of this instant July, for Copies of all Correspondence 
during 1838 and 1889, between the Government of 
Bombay and Captain Cogan, relative to the Affairs 
of the Raja of Sattara, together with Copies of any 
Communications, Minutes, or Opinions of the Go- 
vernment of Bombay relating thereto :—Copies or 
Extracts of a Letter from Lord Palmerston to Cap- 
tain Cogan, dated the 28th day of September 1838 : 
—Ofa Letter from Captain 7, at to Lord Palmer- 
ston, dated together with an accom- 
panying Copy of a Communication from the Imaum 
of Muscat, empowering Captain Cogan to act as the 
Political Agent of His Highness in England :—Of 
Lord Palmerston’s Reply thereto :—Of a Letter from 
Captain Cogan to John Backhouse, Esquire, Under 
Secretary of State in the Foreign Department, dated 
the 15th day of January 1840 :—And, of a Letter 
from Lord Palmerston to Captain Cogan, dated the 
28th day of March 1840. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House was moved, That the Petition of the West India 
Chairman of a Meeting of Magistrates, Proprietors Produce, &amp;c. 


and Inhabitants of Saint George, in the Island of 
Jamaica, relative to West India Produce, &amp;c., which 
was presented upon Wednesday last, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
take into consideration the said Petition :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Mr. Hawes presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- School of 
mand,—Copy of the Second Report of Special Com- Desig. 


mittee of the Council of the Government School of 
Design, appointed on the 23d of June 1847, to report 
to the Board of Trade measures for carrying out the 
Recommendations of the Report of the Special Com- 
mittee recently presented to Parliament. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Customs. 


Returns of the Quantities of all Articles which in 
the year 1841 paid Customs Duty to the Amount of 
£.1,000 and upwards, which have been imported, 
and of the Quantities brought into Home Consump- 
tion during each of the years 1841, 1842, 1843, 
1844, 1845 and 1846, distinguishing those Articles 
on which the Duty has been since 1841 either altered 
or repealed :—And, of the declared Value of the 
Exports of British and Irish Produce and Manu- 
factures, in the Five months ending on the 5th day 
of June in each of the said years, distinguishing the 
principal Articles. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Battersea 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Park, &amp;c. 


to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
within Twenty-one days after the next Meeting of 
Parliament, a Return, showing the Progress made 
by the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Works, &amp;c., 
towards the Formation of a Park at Battersea; such 
Return specifying the Number of Acres purchased 

or 





ili- 
nt- 


Shrapnel 
Shells. 


No. 755, 


Public Bills. 
No. 756. 


Private Bills 
and Acts. 


No, 757. 


3read. 


11 Vicrortz. 


or agreed to be purchased, and the Number remain- 
ing to be acquired for the entire purposes of the 
Improvement ; together with the Amount of Monies 
expended by the Commissioners under every head 
of Service (distinguishing the Outlay incurred for 
the Purchase of Property), and the Amount remain- 
ing to be expended, according to the Estimates 
already before this House :—And, also, a Return of 
all Monies expended and remaining to be expended, 
at the Date of the Return, on the Erection of a 
Bridge across the Thames, to connect the Park at 
Battersea with the left or Middlesex side of the 
River. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Shrapnel 
Shells, which was presented upon the 15th day of 
this instant July, be printed. 


The Clerk laid upon the Table, pursuant to Orders, 
—A List of the Public Bills which have been in- 
troduced into the House of Commons during the 
Session 1847, stating by whom introduced, or which 
have been brought from the Lords, and the Date of 
their several Stages in the House, and distinguishing 
those which have since become Law. 

Returns of the Number of Private Bills intro- 
duced, and brought from the House of Lords, and of 
Acts passed in 1847, classed according to the fol- 
lowing subjects :—Railways ; Roads and Bridges ; 
Waterworks; Ports, Piers, Harbours, and Docks ; 
Canals and Navigations; Churches, Chapels and 
Burying Grounds; Paving, Lighting and Improv- 
ing Gaols and other County Buildings; Inclosures ; 
Small Debts Courts; all other Bills and Acts:— 
Of ali the Private Bills, other than Railway Bills, 
which, in the present Session, have been treated as 
Opposed Bills; together with the Names of the 
Members selected to serve on the several Committees 
on such Bills; the Number of Days on which each 
Selected Member has so served, the Names of such 
of the Members on the Speaker’s Lists as attended 
such Committees, and the Number of Days on 
which each such Member attended, and the Num- 
ber of Days on which each Committee has sat :— 
Of all the Railway Bills which, in the present Ses- 
sion, have been Jaid before the Classification Com- 
mittee, arranged in the Groups in which they were 
placed by such Committee, specifying the Names 
of the Members who sat upon each Committee to 
which a Group was referred ; the Number of Days 
on which-each such Committee sat; the Bills in 
each Group the Preamble of which was reported 
to have been proved; the Bills in each Group the 
Preamble of which was reported to have been not 
proved ; the Bills in each Group referred to the 
Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means; 
the Bills ineach Group withdrawn, or not proceeded 
with by the Parties; and the Bills in each Group 
suspended under the Resolution of the 10th day of 
June 1847, specifying in what stage such Bills were 
so suspended :—Of all the Private Bills, other than 
Railway Bills, which in the present Session have 
been treated as Unopposed Bills, and have been 
referred to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways 
and Means :—And, of all the Railways Bills which, 
being unopposed, have been referred in the present 
Session to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways 
and Means. 

Ordered, That the said Papers be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Petition of the 
Reverend Harry Farr Yeatman, u...8., relative to 
the Sale of Bread, which was presented upon the 
16th day of June last, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That a Select Committee be appointed, 
to whom shall be referred the aid Petition; 

Vou. 102. 





93° Julie. 





959 
A Message from Her Majesty, by Sir Augustus Royal Assent 
Clifford, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod: adie 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Queen commands the attendance of this Ho- 
nourable House immediately in the House of Peers. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to attend Her Majesty, when Her Majesty was 
pleased to give the Royal Assent to the several 
Public and Private Bills following ; viz. 

An Act to supply a Sum out of the Consolidated Consolidated 
Fund, and certain other Sums, to the Service of the hore ag 
year One thousand eight hundred and Forty-seven, ieee 
and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this 
Session of Parliament : 

An Act for establishing the Bishoprick of Man- Bishoprick of 
chester, and amending certain Acts relating to the fo" 
Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England : nd 


An Act for the Administration of the Laws for Poor Laws 


the Relief of the Poor in England : —— 


An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Re- Poor Removal 
moval of the Poor, until the First day of October Sar elle Sch 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-eight : Bill. 

An Act to extend the Provisions of the Act for Commons In- 
the Inclosure and Improvement of Commons: (No. 3.) Bill. 

An Act to promote Colonization in New Zealand, New Zealand 
and to authorize a Loan to the Wew Zealand Com- (No. 2.) Bill. 
pany: 

An Act to facilitate the Drainage of Lands in Drainage of 


\ . Lands (Scot- 
Scotland : jand) Bill. 
An Act forimproving the Harbour and Docks of Leith Harbour 
Leith: and Docks 
Bill. 


An Act for improving and regulating the Harbour Sutton Har- 
of Sutton Pool, within the Port of Plymouth, in bour —_— 
the County of Devon: ment Bill. 


An Act to vary the Priorities of the Charges made London Bridge 


: ' : Approaches 
on the London bridge Approaches Fund : Fund Bill, 


An Act to authorize the Construction of a Canal Passingham’s 
on the Estates devised by the Will of the late Estate Bill 
Mr. Jonathan Passingham, for the Transport of 
Bricks manufactured on such Estates, and to enable 
the Trustees of the Will to complete the Purchase 
of an adjoining Estate contracted for by them, and 
for other Purposes : 

An Act for the better Support, and better Regu- Jesus Hospital 
lation of the Hospital of the Holy Jesus, founded tea 
in the Manors, in the Town and County of New- seein: 
castle-upon- Tyne, at the Costs and Charges of the 
Mayor and Burgesses of the Town of Newcastle- 
upon- Tyne, in the County of the Town of Newcastle- 
upon- Tyne aforesaid, and for confirming Sales and 
other Dispositious made of Estates formerly part of 
the Possessions of the said Hospital, and for other 
Purposes; and for repealing an Act of the last 
Session of Parliament for the same Purposes. 


After which, Her Majesty was pleased to make Her Majesty’s 
a most gracious Speech from the Throne to both Speech. 
Houses of Parliament, as followeth: 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 

I have much satisfaction in being able to release 
you from the duties of a laborious and anxious 
Session. 

I cannot take leave of you without expressing My 
erateful sense of the assiduity and zeal with which 
you have applied yourselves to the consideration of 
the Public interests. 

Your attention has been principally directed to the 
measures of immediate relief which a great and un- 
precedented calamity rendered necessary. 

1 have given My cheerful assent to those Laws 
which, by allowing the free admission of Grain, and 
by affording facilities for the use of Sugar in brewe- 
ries and distilleries, tend to increase the quantity of 
human food, and to promote commercial intercourse. 

‘I rejoice to find that you have, in no instance, pro- 
posed new restrictions, or interfered with the ae" 

6F4 Oo 





— 


a , &lt;=). —— 


960 23° Julie. A. 1847. 


of foreign or internal trade as a mode of relieving | 


distress: I feel assured that such measures are gene- 
rally ineffectual, and, in some cases, aggravate the 
evils for the alleviation of which thev are adopted. 

I cordially approve of the acts of large and libe- 
ral bounty by which you have assuaged the suffer- 
ings of My Jrish subjects. I have also readily given 
My sanction to a law to make better provision for 
the permanent Relief of the destitute in Jreland. I 
have likewise given My Assent to various Bills cal- 
culated to promote the agriculture and develop the 
industry of that portion of the United Kingdom. 
My attention shall be directed to such further mea- 
sures as may be conducive to those salutary purposes. 

My relations with Foreign Powers continue to 
inspire Me with confidence in the maintenance of 
Peace. 

It has afforded Me great satisfaction to find that 
the measures which, in concert with the King of 
the French, the Queen of Spain and the Queen of 
Portugal, 1 have taken for the pacification of Por- 
tugal, have been attended with success, and that the 
Civil War which for many months had afflicted that 
Country has at last been brought to a bloodless 
termination. 

I indulge the hope that future differences between 
political parties in that Country may be settled 
without an appeal to arms. 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 
I thank you for your willingness in granting Me 
the necessary Supplies; they shall be applied with 
due care and economy to the Public Servicc. 





I am happy to inform you, that notwithstanding 
the high price of food, the Revenue has, up to the 
present time, been more productive than I had reason 
to anticipate. The increased use of articles of ge- 
neral consumption has chiefly contributed to this 
result.. The Revenue derived from Sugar, especially, 
has been greatly augmented by the removal of the 
prohibitory Duties on Foreign Sugar. 

The various Grants which you have made for 
Education in the United Kingdom will, I trust, be 
conducive to the religious and moral improvement 
of My people. 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 


I think proper to inform you that it is My inten- 
tion immediately to dissolve the present Parliament. 

I rely with confidence on the loyalty to the 
Throne and attachment to the free institutions of 
this Country which animate the great body of 
My people. I join with them in supplications to 
Almighty God, that the dearth by which we have 
been afflicted may, by the Divine blessing, be con- 
verted into cheapness and plenty. 


Then the Lord Chancellor, by Her Majesty’s Parliament 
Command, said : prorogued, 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 


It is Her Majesty’s Royal Will and Pleasure, 
That this Parliament be prorogued to Tuesday the 
21st day of September next, to be then here holden ; 
and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to 
Tuesday the 21st day of September next. 








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